Pirate Prussia x Reader 8

You keep on moving in the North Eastern direction of the jungle with a few parrots still hanging around. A couple of them were echoing your sister's screams while the other ones were echoing Lovino's voice 'SHUT THE FUCK UP!'

"Couldn't have said it better myself." Lovino smirked. He looked up and Antonio and a six of his men were at the base of the pyramid's staircase. Antonio leaned against a tree covering his ears. You could hear a parrot nannering on and on and on about things that need to be paid off.

"Ah! Senor Beilschmidt!" One of the sailors unplugged his ears and greeted you. "The entrance is just this way. We'd be more than ready to go… except… Our captain…" A couple of parrots started squawking in a woman's voice repeating numbers and places over and over and over. It was rather annoying. While three others were say 'Shall be hung by the neck until dead.' Like an echo. They turned their eyes on your group, screamed that boy's voice then imitated Victoria's screams.

"I got this. Here, __________, give me your gun." You gave Lovino your pistol and he stepped towards the parrots. "SHUT THE FUCK UP AND SCRAM!" He fired the pistol at the tree but missed on purpose which sent the parrots flying away screaming "SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

He walked over to Antonio who was still leaning against the tree and muttering "So much debt… So much to pay off… I'll never be able to do it…"

Lovino grabbed the front of his shirt and slapped him across the face. The cracking sound he made was so loud that it made you jump.

"Snap out of it, you bastard! Those damn parrots are gone!"

"Oh… Lovi… Thanks. Gilbert. We've got a huge problem. Kirkland's crew is already here. Most of my men separated from us already."

"Same here. At least you got some men left. Mine are all fighting them." Gilbert said. "Then we ran into those black bastards."

"We ran into some carnivorous plants then those bird brains along with Kirkland's crew. Apparently, they imitate things that we fear the most."

"And they imitate the things that are scarier." You point to Lovino.

"I'm just glad we found the pyramid before we ran into worse things." Antonio sighed in relief.

"That may be a little too early to say that, Tonio. We've got a giant lobster to fry somewhere in there and Gott only knows what else."

"Ooh, oh oh! Can I cook it? It would make a good feast for when we get back." Feliciano raised his hand.

"Uh… Feli... I think you missed the part where he said it was GIANT." You turn your head to him.

"Exactly! And that's why it'll be a feast!" Feliciano smiled absently. He was just so freakin' adorable and you weren't sure if he was trying to be funny or not. Either way, it cheered you up.

Your eyes followed the stairs at the base of the pyramid. They were narrow and very close together which would be a very exhausting trip up. If they were more spread out, it would be easier to climb. For now you would walk carefully up there then go into the ruins.

Antonio ordered his men to help Gilbert's crew keep Kirkland's crew at bay. There would be a signal fire lit then they must retreat and were expected to return immediately.

You followed Feliciano and Lovino up the stairs with Sakura beside you and Gilbert and Antonio behind you. The golden temple like entrance was increasing in size every little step you took, tightening your stomach into a knot. It was like walking up to the gallows on your execution date, you don't want anything to do with it and you want another chance, another way out, but it just mocks you by increasing in size every baby step you take.

Once you arrived at the top, two statues stood by the entrance. They appeared to be human until you say the head which were like... a dog. You've never seen anything exactly like it but it looked like a dog. You drew your sword after you finished admiring the statue and walked over to the foot of the statue on the right, there was a map of the ruins inside.

"That's helpful…" You mutter. The ruins were huge and looked like it was a massive labyrinth. There was a large symbol with the head of a dragon in the top left corner and you were sure that's where the Seal itself was.

"Are we all ready to go?" Sakura turned to the group. "Let's do this quickly. I memorized the map so please, let me lead the way. The sooner we go in, the sooner we can help our allies." You all ran through the entrance, with Gilbert and Sakura grabbing a couple of torches along the way. You followed the dark and damp corridor until there was a cross road to the left and to the right. Sakura held her torch to the left and carefully inspected the path.

"Is this where we're supposed to go?" Antonio asked.

"Hai. But I can't help feel like something's going to happen. There's something near, I'm not sure what." You listened carefully and you could hear the wind howling down here and it sounded like something was moaning.

You thought you saw something green out of the corner of your eye and you whipped your head around to find nothing.

"There you are.~" You heard a voice purr and you felt arms wrap around your waist.

"Who's there?" You shout in panic. [1]

"__________, what is it? Get away from there!" Gilbert knocked you to the floor and you watched as a light blue light engulfed him.

"Gilbert!" You screamed as he disappeared. All that was left was a small seal with a pentagram engraved on it.

"That's a teleporting seal." Lovino said. "Only experienced magic users can produce them."

"Then it's probably Kirkland's." Antonio said gravely. "Gil's gonna be fine. He can handle Kirkland. But not for very long, we've got to keep moving."

You followed Sakura through the corridors, noticing a symbol along the floor as you walked along. It was an red symbol then when you were at a cross roads, where the path split into three, the path to your right was violet, the path ahead was indigo and the left was yellow. Sakura took you down the violet path and every step you took, you could have sworn there was something moaning and groaning.

The corridors were lit by torches and along the sides were iron gates. Within the gates, there were mountains of treasure, treasure chests, and torture equipment in every other cell. The walls inside the cells had some sort of hieroglyphics on them while the corridor walls and the floor were all a dark brown stones that were perfectly pressed together.

Once you reached the end of the violet path, your path was blocked by an iron gate. It could still be opened, you followed the gears and chains to see if you could spot a switch or lever. The pulley that was used to open the gate was underground so there was no switch or anything in site. Feliciano went to one corner of the room where it looked like it was a cubicle.

"Hey, everyone, I think I found what we need to open the door!" There was a large lever on the floor that was just waiting to be pulled.

"Hold on, idiot brother, don't touch any-" Feliciano pulled the lever before he could finish. There was a loud rumbling and you could hear a gate being raised and a large 'clank' as if it was locked in place. You turned around and the gate was still shut.

"Why didn't it open?" You wondered out loud.

"Perhaps this is some sort of puzzle?" Sakura replied. "I memorized the layout of this labyrinth but I don't know what it is the puzzle."

"The stones on the floor… What if they were our clue?"

"What did they look like, ___________?" Feliciano asked.

"I can't really describe what they're shape is but they're different colours. The one that was on the path after we lost Gilbert was red, these ones are violet and the other ones at that cross road were blue and yellow."

"They're colours of the rainbow! We should follow them in order!"

"But there was no orange…" You sighed. "So should we start with following the yellow path?"

"Alright! Let's- Veeeeeeeeeee!" Feliciano shrieked. A hand suddenly came out of the ground along with an upper torso. Its flesh was rotten and bandages were half wrapped around its body and dangling from its arms. Its empty eye sockets were glowing an eerie red.

"Holy shit, what the hell is that?" Lovino yelped. Feliciano ran behind you as you and Antonio raised your weapons. Once it came from the ground, Antonio charged at it and within a few powerful strokes with his axe, he diced it into bits.

"I have a feeling that he's not the only one." Antonio said. "This goes without saying that we should be ready for anything."

You followed the violet stones back to the cross road and sure enough, more of those mummy like creatures kept on popping up along your path. They weren't very difficult to defeat with your attacks but they had a nasty retaliation if they hit back. As you passed the cells, there were even skeletons walking around wielding weapons within them. They were rattling the cell bars in a threatening manner as you passed.

You followed the yellow trail until it met an orange trail then followed an orange trail until it came to a room like the one you need to go through. There was a lever on the wall with a yellow symbol underneath it.

"This will probably open all of the cells along the yellow corridor. We have to keep going until we find the level with the purple symbol." Sakura said.

"Oh that's brilliant." Lovino sneered. "Why couldn't the designers of this place just have ONE master lever then we can just book it?"

"If I had to guess, this place is set to test humans to see if they're worthy of facing the guardians. I've dreamed of something like this before, where these humans have to overcome these challenges and puzzles and defeat horrifying monsters to survive. And usually the attractive ones don't make it. It would be so weird if something like that happened."[2] Sakura's eyes went distant as she had a hint of a smile. "Oh, sorry, I got a little carried away."

"Yeah… Maybe in a couple hundred years… This is my limit for adventure and horror." You say slowly.

You continued down the paths to their ends to find the levers with many enemies along the way. The skeletons were a little more difficult to handle. They were knocked out with yours and Antonio's attacks but until Feliciano and Lovino intervened with their spells, they couldn't be destroyed.

There were some treasure chests in the cells and you took a second to go through them to find any useful items. You found some bottles with something in them in most of them. Feliciano and Lovino identified them as potions and that they were alright to drink. You were still skeptical about it, it was how many years old and how do you know it wasn't poison instead of healing potions? But it passed Feliciano and Lovino's inspection as they were experienced magic users and had knowledge of some potions and could tell which ones were poison and which ones were good.

You found another potion that was different from the rest, it was a light yellow colour and smelt very sweet compared to the healing potions that smelt like rotten cabbage. This one was identified as a speed enhancing potion by Feliciano. He knew because apparently, he drank a lot when he was younger when he mistook it for juice. You thought that maybe that's the reason why Feliciano is faster than anyone you've ever seen but he said it only lasted for a little while. You decided to keep it with you for later.

You finally went through the entire maze and found the lever you needed to open the gate. Once you were through the gate, you found another switch that closed it behind you so that skeletons couldn't follow your group. You could hear water rushing and echoing in the corridor.

"The Seal's just up ahead. We should take a few moments to recover before we proceed." You were all covered with scratches and scrapes from the labyrinth. You took out the healing potions and divided them among the five of you. You cringed at its horrible taste, it was worse than (least favourite food). You pretended that your mother was there reprimanding you to finish it all without question as if it were (least favourite food). Once you were done, you felt a cool tingling feeling around your body. Your injuries were starting to fade immediately and it felt like pressure was being relieved off your back. You cringed after you were done your portion, saving some for later if you needed it, thinking that bitter taste in your mouth would last for hours.

You could see the Vargas brothers struggling to take theirs but managed to do it. Lovino spat on the ground followed by a string of curses in his language and in English.

"Tastes worse than shit."

"But it gets the job done. Funny how medicine makers like to torment us. The best things always taste the worst." You chuckled to make light of the situation. "Let's go."

As you continued down the corridor, the echo of the roaring water was getting louder and louder and light was entering the corridor. Once you reached the end of the corridor, you were amazed to see what was before you.

This place was a world of its own, bluefish grey cliffs surrounded you, decorated with vines and other mosses. You could see above you, there was a spiral path that led to the top of the cliff and you could see part of a tree. However, the entrance to the spiral path was not accessible from the floor that you were on. Below you was a huge pool and you could barely see an entrance to a carven in it. The path ahead was the only way to go and it was damaged and broken into stepping pillars that were close together and easy to get across. The path ahead lead to a level below you that was halfway to the pool and it seemed like that path lead to the ground floor, to the pool itself. If this was the place where the lobster lived, they could have easy access to you but what choice did you have?

You went across the pillars and pressed your back against the wall as you walked along the narrow path. The waterfall in front of you as you passed was magnificent, you've never seen anything like it. Although you weren't too fond of the noise that it made. You made your way down to the lower level and you arrived at a large circular area like an arena. There was a massive sandstone door that had a dragon engraving on it, its wings were spread out like it was about to take flight. It was just like your typical storybook dragon, large wings, large horns, a pointed snout, and a lethal looking tail that had the shape of a spade.

"I was kinda hoping the Seal would be more extravagant than this." You say quietly.

"Well, there's no lobster here. What are the chances somebody already mutilated it?" Lovino said out loud while looking around. There was a deafening roar that echoed all around. You drew your weapons as you stepped a little closer to the waterfall waiting for the lobster to appear. Instead, something zoomed past you and landed on the arena with a loud BANG. You whip your head around to see a massive half decayed-half bones showing dragon just like the one on the door. It's eyes were still intact and they were a dark orange. It's black body was imitating and its tail was all bones, barely intact but the spade on the end was bloody and sharp looking.

"Okay, skeletons and mummies are one thing, but a DRAGON? Where the heck do you find a dragon?" You shout. There was another roar behind you and you whip your head around to see that the waterfall stopped and a lobster's head and claws appeared. It looked like it was armoured as a silver coat glazed the top half of its body parts.

"Does that answer your question, Lovino?" You say. The dragon took a deep breath and you could see a large ember in its exposed rib cage. You all jumped away as it breathed a stream of fire. You had to dodge again quickly as a powerful claw came down on your level making the entire floor rumble.

"Vee! How are we going to do this?"

"Take out the dragon first. It has long range attacks whereas the lobster can't really touch us unless if we're really close." Antonio said.

"I'll keep the lobster at bay with my song. Don't follow me until you're done with the dragon." Sakura dashed alongside of the path you just came from and started singing which started to affect the lobster but didn't completely stop it. All she could do was slow down its movements.

The dragon breathed another stream of fire and once it was gone, you and Antonio charged at it and started attacking it's front legs while Feliciano and Lovino started attacking it's head and its tail with various spells. It roared in pain and aimed its tail at you and Antonio. It failed to stab you but it flung both of you against the wall leaving you winded.

Feliciano and Lovino were its next targets and they didn't seem to be moving. They were back to back, glaring at in the eye, with one hand intertwined with the other's and the other hands were glowing.

"Are you ready, idiot brother?" Lovino asked.

"Vee!" Feliciano nodded. The faced their palms to the dragon.

"____________, Antonio, stay down! We're taking this bastard out!" Lovino shouted. Their hands were glowing an intense white light.

"Together! Rosa Fiamma!" Several threads of flames danced on the floor and in the air, encircling the dragon and imprisoning it with the shape of a flaming rose. You could hear it roar in pain as everything was cloaked in light. You were impressed on how skilled Feliciano and Lovino were despite their appearances. Once the light faded, the dragon was still alive, barely moving but still alive. And. It. Was. Pissed.

You all took turns coordinating your attacks with each other, trying to keep it down however not without retaliation. The dragon threw you all around when it could but you managed to get back on your feet every time. You couldn't give up. You had to keep fighting. For Victoria. Victoria will surly die if you don't get the treasure. That drove you to power up your attacks at any cost.

You remembered that you had that potion you found earlier. You jumped out of the dragon's attacking range to swallow a good portion. It tasted much better than that healing potion. And once it went to your stomach, your feet suddenly felt funny, as if you were wearing some sort of skates which made you dash around the arena.

You attacked it quickly and mercilessly and it couldn't strike you because you were too quick and you were careful not to get too close to the waterfall so the lobster could possibly attack you. At it looked like Sakura couldn't even get a dent on the lobster but was able to get the armour off of its head.

This was becoming a long and drawn out battle. The dragon was close to defeat but the lobster looked even tougher. You had an idea: if there was nothing that you had that could penetrate the armour of the lobster, get the dragon to kill it. You shouted to Sakura to lure the lobster over to where you were.

She did so and it was right on the edge of the arena, ready to strike anything. You instructed for Antonio and the Vargas brothers wait until the last minute. You lured the dragon closer to the edge, with its eyes on you. You whipped your head back and forth between the two monsters. They raised their tail and their claw respectively and it was coming straight at you. Sakura started singing and the lobster stopped moving and the dragon's tail went straight for the lobster's head.

"Lovi!"

"Stupid brother!"

"Rosa Fiamma!" You dove out of the way as several threads of flames danced under your feet, once more encircling and engulfing the dragon, crumbling it into dust. You panted heavily as you stared at the pile of dust and the headless lobster. You couldn't believe it, you actually defeated the guardians.

A glowing green circle stood on the ground in front of the stone door that was meant for you. You felt your heart pound with anticipation and total nervousness. You carefully walked onto the circle and stared at the door, expecting it to open.

"What's the hold up?" Lovino asked out loud.

"Perhaps one of us has to open it ourselves while ___________ is standing there?" Sakura pondered.

"I don't think so, Señorita. It should open on its own."

"Valiant champions," A voice boomed from nowhere. "I congratulate you for surviving the trials but here is where your journey must end. None of you possess the blood of Corazana and I cannot allow you to proceed."

"Corawho?" Lovino raised an eyebrow.

"She's the mother of the Pure Ones. The source of all of their power." You turned to him.

"However, I sense a child is here but they must come on their own will to gain access to the treasure."

"Vee~? Bu-but ___________ is a Pure One!"

"And I truly wish to seek the treasure, not for myself but for my friend. Please, I humbly request access." You say to the sky.

"You do not possess Corazana's blood and the one who does is not here on their own free will. Now, begone."

You felt your heart sank to your stomach as the circle faded. That glowing jade stone was faulty or something. You weren't a Pure One. You couldn't get the treasure to free Ludwig and Victoria.

"____________? You are a Pure One... aren't you?" Feliciano asked shakily and looked like he was about to burst into tears.

"Feli- I swear I didn't know. I only know what I've been told. There- there must be a mistake." You looked at him in disbelief and remorse. You only knew what you've been told.

"Before we jump to conclusions, please, think about this. That voice said the Pure One is here but did not come on their own free will." Sakura said. "Perhaps ___________ chan is being hesitant?"

"Of course not. If my sister is in danger I would do anything to protect her."

"What about that day Gilbert found you?" Antonio asked. "His stone was the brightest when he was close to you?"

"When I went to- ... Oh God!" You gripped your hair in horror. "It's Victoria!"

"We made a horrible mistake." Antonio said slowly. "We have to get back outside, now."

"There's a transporter at the bottom of the waterfall. It's a shortcut that humans made so that they wouldn't have to face the monsters in the ruins again, I'm sure of it." Sakura pointed to a golden floating stone on a lower level below you.

"Touch that and I'm sure it will go back to the other one outside the pyramid."

"Hang on, we can't go back empty handed. We can still pull this off." You looked around for something that could be used as the treasure. There were tons of gold and other small items in the ruins but you didn't want to face the skeletons and zombies for one measly piece of treasure.

"The pool at the bottom." Sakura pointed. "Occasionally there are items dropped in the water."

You climbed down to the bottom of the waterfall. The stone was on your right, waiting to be touched. You went to the left, carefully circling around the rim scanning for anything that could be used. The water was a crystal clear blue that was rippling from the waterfall and it was difficult to see anything on the bottom because of the waves.

"Any volunteers to go down and look?" Lovino turned his head to everyone else.

"I'll go. I'm the one who's supposed to get a treasure so..." You were about to take your boots off and dive in but Sakura stopped you.

"No, __________ chan. I'll go. If you come out wet, they might know you got something from the bottom of the pool instead of the Seal. There are no waterways into the Seal itself, I'm sure of that."

"But didn't you say that you couldn't swim without your fin?" It had slipped your mind to ask why Sakura had her fin stripped from her and made a mental note to ask later.

"No. Thanks to Feliciano kun, I can fully use my legs. I'm a fast learner so how hard can it be?"

"Alright..." You sighed. Sakura dove into the pool head first and you could see her go deeper into the water with ease as if she did have a fin and it seemed like it was bottomless as Sakura appeared only to be a goldfish. She finally stopped going down and you could see her barely move around on the bed.

Soon you could see her coming back up quickly. She shot to the surface, arching her back and lightly gasping for air as her body burst from the surface. She sank a little, leaving her head above the water as she carefully swam toward you with yours and Feliciano's hands waiting to take hers and help her out. She accepted your hands and carefully climbed up.

"There wasn't much down there. This was the only thing that seemed to be very valuable. And I don't think there's enough time for me to look deeper. But if I must, I will." Sakura held out a pendant that was made out of solid gold with a ruby stone embedded in it. It probably wasn't even close to what the treasure should be but you had to use something.

"I know! What if we could use a bit of magic on it to make it more convincing? Like a controlling spell. That sounds like something Kirkland would want." Feliciano suddenly got an idea and you thought it might work. The treasure has some kind of power that anyone could use, right?

"I dunno... I'd rather not give him something he could possibly use to his advantage." Antonio frowned.

"It's a WEAK spell, genius. It will be very easy to break from." Lovino said irritably.

"Besides, even if we did have the treasure, we'd be giving something to Kirkland that he could use for power if we are gonna get Ludwig and Victoria back." Antonio nodded his head slightly at you because you had a point. Sacrifices had to be made to save a loved one.

Lovino and Feliciano chanted their spell as quick as they could and you all headed for the stone. Once you touched it, it felt like you were being sucked down a drain. Everything was blurry and it felt like you were riding a tornado. You stumbled upon landing, almost losing your balance before you stood upright.

Once your vision cleared, you were surrounded by pirates. You whipped your head back and forth to see only crewmen you have never seen before. You started to panic but you kept calm because you remembered to keep a solid defence in case Arthur decided to turn his spell on you. You looked around and there was no sign of Gilbert.

"Well well well. What do we have here?" A thick British accent drawled from behind you. You whipped around to see Arthur himself and your friends/allies being held by his crewmen and had weapons pointed at them.

"Arthur Kirkland." You growled at the pirate in the red coat before you.

"That's my name, lass. Would you give me the pleasure of giving me yours, Lady Pure One?" He had a cruel smile.

"_____________. Where's Gilbert? What did you do with him?" Seeing his amused expression made your blood boil. You willed every cell of your body not to attack him here and now.

"Instead of worrying about him, shouldn't you be asking about your sister?" He said slyly. Your entire being froze and you felt your heart stopped. She actually is here. No illusion. No trick whatsoever. And the entire crew's lives are at stake as well. Everything was all on your shoulders.

That blonde haired pirate with the cowlick carried Victoria in his arms with a look of pity or remorse on his face. Victoria was asleep and didn't even budge.

"Tori!" You screamed and took a step forward but stopped yourself. No response from her whatsoever. 'Oh God, please let her be alive.'

Soon, Gilbert was being dragged by his neck by a man a head taller than him and slicked back blonde hair and lifeless blue eyes. Gilbert was beaten up and was resisting as much as he could but he didn't seem to be using his entire strength.

"West, I'm your BRUDER! It's me, Gilbert! Snap out of it and let go of me! Ludwig! I swear I'll kill you, you English bastard!" Gilbert snarled at Kirkland but his expression softened once he saw you. "__________!"

"Gilbert!" You realize that was Ludwig, Gilbert's brother. You couldn't imagine anything worse than having your own sibling turn against you.

"Oh, you really do care for each other?" Arthur smirked and turned his gaze back to you. "After what that person did to you and your poor sister, you actually care for him? He's a pirate-" Arthur pointed at him.

"He's not the monster YOU are." You bare your teeth. He murdered your parents. He turned Gilbert's own brother against him. He has your sister hostage. There was no way that you could forgive him. He was no longer classified as a human in your eyes.

"It's not polite to interrupt."

"If I learned anything about pirates, manners are the last thing on their minds. I have the treasure from the Seal. I'll give it to you if you hand over Ludwig and my sister and let Gilbert's and Antonio's crew go unharmed." You chose your words very carefully so that there would be no possible loopholes.

Arthur gave a short chuckle.

"You do realize that is a very large demand, ____________. One piece of treasure must be very valuable to obtain all of those demands. But, as a gentleman and nothing against you personally, I will release the crew members for now. I only held them to make sure that you wouldn't run." He snapped his fingers and everyone who was being held at the end of a weapon no longer were threatened but they were being held back.

"I don't really plan to." The atmosphere was so tense between you and Arthur, it gave you an uneasy, sickening feeling.

"The treasure is enough to warrant Ludwig's freedom. But... It's not enough to warrant the freedom of your allies AND your sister." He put his hands behind his back and smirked. "So now you have to make a choice: Your allies or your sister? Whichever you don't take with you will serve me forever."

You would immediately have said your sister but you whipped your head around to look at everyone who was taken hostage. The looks on their faces were heartbreaking to you. They knew you long enough to know that you would do anything to protect and fight for those you care about. You have grown to care for them but your sister was far above them on your priority list. There must be another way out. There must!

Your eyes met Gilbert's and he shook his head at you with a resigned expression in his eyes, ready to accept his fate. You didn't want to lose him, or anyone else but what choice did you have?

"Well? What's your decision ___________?" You stared ahead, wide eyed and unable to speak.

Victoria's voice was in your head and a faint apparition of her was standing beside you. You turned your head to the side and her bright turquoise eyes were vibrant, strong and determined to save you.

"Big sister, don't choose me! You'll lose everything! It's a trap! Please, trust me!" Your heart couldn't take any more damage. Why must this place torture you so? They portray your sister always out of your reach.

"Please, I'll be fine. You can't do everything on your own. I'm right here, next to you. I'll be with you no matter what." She touched your arm and you felt warm as she faded. You knew that was your Tori, she was telling the truth. Arthur couldn't do anything to her if she was in you.

"I love you, Tori." You whispered.

You made up your mind and returned your look to Arthur.

"The crew. Release my friends." Arthur looked surprise as if that was not what he was expecting along with the other crew members. The one who looked the most horrified was Gilbert.

You gave him a brave glance not unlike the one you gave the townspeople that said 'Trust me, I know what I'm doing.' The pirates let them go save for Gilbert who was still being held in a headlock by Ludwig.

"After you hand over the treasure, you be on your way. Any funny business here and you'll be witnessing a true pirate battlefield." Arthur said.

You took the pendant from your pants pocket and unravelled it and dangled it by its chain.

"The one who wears this will be yours to control." You tossed it to Arthur who inspected it carefully. You held your breath and prayed that he would believe you. You were eagerly anticipating him to order Ludwig free.

"I must admit, Miss __________, you have true courage and strength to put yourself in danger to retrieve this." His sadistic grin steadily grew which made you shiver. Your heart was pounding in your ears as you took deep silent breaths. "However, as much as I praise you for going through all of this trouble... This isn't part of our bargain and if it was, it doesn't satisfy me." He had a cruel cold smile that made your heart stop completely out of fear.

"You back stabbing assho-ah!" Ludwig tightened the grip around Gilbert's neck. "You wanted a Pure One for the treasures!" He growled in a raspy voice.

"I said I wanted a Pure One, I never said anything about the treasures." Arthur smirked. You noticed that his eyes were changing colour from emerald to gold. That was the exact appearance he was in on that night and it made you furious seeing him. "You failed to bring either. But that doesn't mean you won't be useful to me." It felt like those eyes could stare through your soul. You hand your had on the hilt of your sword, ready to draw it.

"What?" Gilbert shouted.

"Do I really need to spell it out for you, Beilschmidt? You chose the wrong person. I have the Pure One but she went to ____________ and I can't do anything unless she comes with me."

"Mein Gott…" Gilbert gasped.

"You can't use the Pure One's powers if they're not willing to. I WILL NOT help you and I WILL NOT let you have my sister's heart." You draw your sword, ready to attack. Antonio had his axe ready and Lovino and Feliciano were close together with their hands starting to glow.

"You need their consent only for the treasures. I just need their body, heart and soul and you're being extremely difficult ____________. I can't even take your heart because you're so well protected."

"Good. That means I'm doing what I'm supposed to." Arthur drew his sword quickly as you raised yours. Gilbert broke free from Ludwig's grasp and went in front of you protectively. Arthur jumped back from him as Gilbert thrust his sword.

"Get back to the ships, now! I'll be right behind you!" He shouted before Arthur lunged at him crossing their blades. You watched as that pirate who was carrying your sister's body disappear into the bush. You were about to run after him but you knew that this wasn't the last you'll see of Arthur. You could get her body back later. She was safe in the very least.

"Vee! Ludwig, wait!" Feliciano didn't follow the others and ran after Ludwig.

"Feli! You can't go in there by yourself!" You ran after Feliciano in the bush. He was so far ahead of you and every time you felt like you were catching up he would go further ahead.

Feliciano tripped over something, and it triggered a vine which left him dangling by his ankle.

"___________! Help me! Help me!" He cried while flailing his arms desperately. Your eyes followed the vine to where it was tied around a nearby tree and you ran over to it, ready to cut it.

"Brace yourself, Feli!"

"Not so fast, girly. You're coming with us." Two British pirates emerged from the bush and charged at you. You blocked their attacks and forced them to move back. Your arm was always in motion and lightning fast, denying any form of access that they could use. You realized what kind of tree this was and as soon as you got the chance, you swung at the trunk, bringing down a rather large coconut on his head, knocking him out.

You shuffled back towards Feliciano with the other pirate following you. You started by pretending to attack him from above and the abdomen when it was open but he was quick to block it. You were right next to the vine that held Feliciano and when the pirate aimed for your abdomen, you moved away at the last moment which struck the vine trunk and dropped Feliciano.

You quickly grabbed his right arm and bent it behind his back then threw him to the ground, winding him. You ran to get Feliciano and were about to run away until something grasped Feliciano and positioned him in a lethal headlock, ready to snap his neck.

"Ludwig! Ludwig don't! He's your friend isn't he? Put him down!" You shouted at him. You couldn't draw your sword on him and your only hope was to reason with him.

"Vee! Ludwig! Please don't! I don't wanna hurt you! Fight him! Fight Arthur!"

"West!" Gilbert appeared of nowhere, panting heavily. "West, listen to me! You have the power to resist him. You can do it. Put Feli down." Ludwig seemed a little more responsive and lightened his grip a little. You could see Ludwig cringing and scowling as if he had a headache. He used one hand to grip his forehead. Feliciano was able to turn around in his grip and placed his hand on Ludwig's heart.

"Let's go home. Together." He chanted something and a white light appeared around Feliciano's hand. Once it faded, Ludwig relaxed his grip and blinked several times. He let go of Feliciano and looked around. You could see his eyes looked better, full of life although his emotionless expression was still mostly there. He looked very surprised.

"Feli... Feliciano?" His voice was very deep which fit his appearance, you thought.

"Vee~ Ludwig's back!" Feliciano cried happily as he threw him in a tackle hug. "I can actually hug you now!~"

Ludwig continued to observe his surroundings and stopped wide eyed when he saw Gilbert.

"Bru-Bruder?"

"West! You're finally back!" Gilbert ran up and hugged him tightly, squeezing Feliciano in the middle. "Gott, I missed you so much! You grew, you grew!" You could even see Gilbert crying tears of joy.

As much as you were happy for Gilbert, it hurt so much watching him. You had to turn your head away. You lost Victoria. You didn't lose her completely as her soul was in you, but still... You couldn't embrace her; you couldn't feel that same joy without her being physically here with you. But the thought of it happening soon increased your motivation to win this fight against Arthur. For now, you knew you had to retreat.

"Gilbert, we need to go. Now." You said.

"You're not going anywhere." Arthur emerged from the path that you came from and you were surrounded by several members of his crew, hopelessly outnumbering you. "___________, I suggest that you come with me otherwise all of you die."

"This fight is between you and me, Kirkland." Gilbert snarled. "Leave her out of this!"

"Oh really?" He drawled. "I could have sworn ___________ wishes to strike me down as well. I can see it in her eyes." He said as he approached you and met your eyes. "Don't you hate me? Aren't you furious with me? I took your sister away. I took your parents away and burned your home to the ground." He stepped back and spread his arms out.

"Go ahead. Shoot me. Drive your sword through me. I won't stop you." His ghostly grin sent shivers down your spine. You closed your eyes as you heard the voices raging inside of you. Attack him. Get revenge. Who cares if it's a trap? You will take him down with you. You have the power.

'No, I won't. Victoria needs me. I have people I care about that need me.' Your mind flashed images of the townspeople, Matt, Feliciano and Lovino, Antonio and Francis, Sakura and Victoria, and finally, Gilbert.

"It's going to take more than that for me to fall into your trap." You smirked as you opened your eyes. You and Feliciano went back to back, stretching out your arms.

"Vento Rafficato!" You blasted all of the weapons out of the pirates' hands and some of the pirates as well. Gilbert drew his sword and charged at Kirkland while you, Feliciano and Ludwig dealt with the other pirates. You defeated most of them without much difficulty however, the one that had your sister was fighting you and you were having a very hard time with him. He made you skid back quite a bit every time he clashed his blade with yours and you admired his strength. Although you had a feeling that he was holding back.

You heard Arthur chant a haunting spell and out of nowhere, skeletons started to march towards you, wielding bloody weapons that were ready to kill.

"You have GOT to be kidding me!" You said loudly.

"If can get up, it can go down." Ludwig said. "Don't let your guard down, no matter the odds."

"Right." You raise your sword again.

"Wait! Look! It's Lovi's seal!" Feliciano pointed behind you and a red and green tomato like circle was a few seconds dash away from you. You look over to Gilbert and he was moving further and further away from it while dueling with Arthur. You ran towards him only getting caught on the arm by a skeleton. Its bony hand had an incredibly strong grip on you.

"Beat it, Bonehead!" You punch the skull with all your might knocking it back but still attached to the spine. You shake your hand in pain afterward, you never knew bone was so hard. While it was reattaching it's head, you broke free and ran to Gilbert and Arthur. "Vento Rafficato!" You blast Arthur away and grab Gilbert's arm. "We have a way out! Let's go!" He followed you to Lovino's circle which was starting to fade.

Feliciano pushed Ludwig onto it and he instantly disappeared. You pushed Gilbert on it before he could push you and disappeared as well.

"__________, go!" Feliciano shouted. You barely touched the circle with your toe when you were pulled back out of it by a skeleton.

"Feli!" You screamed as you reached for his hand. Feliciano used a powerful spell to disintegrate the skeleton and pushed you onto the circle. You reached to grasp his arm to pull him with you but he made you let go and gave you a sad smile.

"I'll see you soon, okay?" He said before he faded away.

"Feliciano!" You were being sucked down a chute and soon you landed on the deck of a pirate ship laying on your stomach with your arm reaching out to the fading light. "No…" You lowered your arm and sank your head with tears streaming down your cheeks. You could faintly see Sakura, Antonio, Francis, Gilbert and Ludwig and that blonde pirate from before around you. Apparently he was captured at some point.

"____________? What happened to Feliciano?" Lovino asked, kneeling next to you.

"That idiot!" You cried as you sat up on your knees. "I was… I was supposed to… Not him!" You buried your face in your hands.

"He-he was captured?" Gilbert's tone was frightening. It was worse than that night it was cold, fierce and uncontrollable. "Why didn't you help him?" He shouted at you.

"You think I didn't TRY?" You shot up angrily. You could see the rage in Gilbert's eyes. It was nothing like before. He got Ludwig back but he just lost someone very dear to him. And what about you? You were in much worse condition. You had to give up your sister to save Gilbert and the crew and you lost your dear friend. You were starting to lose it too.

"Bruder, please, calm down!" Ludwig tried to hold his brother back. "Don't do anything rash!"

"This is your entire fault! You liar! You lied about being a Pure One! If you were actually the Pure One this would have never happened!" How dare he! You wanted nothing to do with this to begin with!

"MY FAULT? I didn't lie about anything! I only knew what YOU told me! YOU'RE the one who dragged me into this!" Lovino stepped in and held you back by your arms.

"You VOLUNTEERED!"

"Stop it right now before either of you says something you'll regret." Antonio warned you as he stepped in between you two.

"Only to save my sister! You were going to kill her if I didn't become your sex toy!" You couldn't keep your rage in and everything just came out what you've been holding in. And several more things that you never intended to say. "If anyone should be called a liar it's YOU, you devil eyed bastard! You could see who was a Pure One! You were just using me being a Pure One as a fucking excuse so you could use me! You know what? I'm done being used by you! Follow up on your goddamn threat, kill the people in my home! You might as well. You killed my sister." You couldn't stop your mouth fast enough. It just spilled out and the crew was left speechless. Your words stabbed you harder than you unintentionally stabbed him. But your body didn't want to stop, you had to make him pay. "I HATE YOU! I wish I could just disappear so that I won't want to kill you next time I see your stupid face again!"

You finally were able to stop yourself with tears streaming out of your eyes. You never felt more regretful in your life. You never lashed out at anyone like this before and you wanted to apologize immediately. You could see that the rage in Gilbert's eyes has been replaced by shock and pain.

"___________..."

You were about to apologize until your pocket started to glow violet and you looked down in horror. That stone! You completely forgot about it! It was something of Arthur's and that meant bad news for you.

"Hey, you found my Homing Stone! Thanks- Wait a minute!" The blonde pirate broke free of the pirate that was holding him and shoved Lovino to the ground before the light engulfed everything. You and that blonde pirate disappeared into thin air.

Several sailors called your name in horror but Gilbert barely whispered it as a tear rolled down his cheek.

I'm sorry… I didn't mean it…