Chapter: Destiny sometimes goes inexplicable ways

Shadows of the Past - You don't forget them

Hello!!

Thank you for your clerks and for waiting so long! Took a little longer this time because I haven't been on the internet that often in the last few days and therefore couldn't get around to uploading the next Chap.

but now it finally goes on:

Chapter 3: Destiny sometimes goes inexplicable ways

Anyone who knew her past would think she would marry him just for the money, but it wasn't. She wasn't a greedy thief for a long time. She had other reasons.

Even though she was a stranger, Jamie's parents, as well as his siblings, accepted her immediately. Jamie had told them her story and they had all been as shocked about it as he was. These people had treated her like part of the family from the start, even though they knew her past as a pirate. And for that she would be eternally grateful to them. She was especially indebted to Jamie's father Georg (please pronounce in English).He'd paid double her bounty and bought her off the Navy and their wanted lists. Just like that, even though he had no reason to. He had barely known her and still did. To this day she did not know how she could ever return the favor to him. After all, thanks to him, she had her "freedom" back and what could be better and nicer than being able to move around without fear of the navy and without playing hide and seek, just to be free?

Nami carefully ran her thumb over the date circled in red. She still couldn't believe she was really going to get married. It wasn't that long ago, only a few weeks, when Jamie proposed to her, along with a confession of love and the declaration that he had fallen in love with her the first time they met. Well, and she accepted the proposal. She didn't love him the way he loved her, but she really liked him very much and would never forget what he had done for her.Jamie had been the first person she had trusted again in a long time and that was how she wanted to thank him for everything. With him she was really sure that he would not hurt her and would be there for her forever. In addition, with this wedding a new chapter in her life would begin. She could finally leave her past behind, maybe even forget it, and she didn't want anything else.

At the same time, several hundred kilometers away on the Grand Line, a large ship was anchored off an island. Most of the crew were just about to carry heavy boxes with new provisions on board.

On the other side of the ship, a young man with black hair stood leaning against the Rehling and stared lost in thought at the sea. The hustle and bustle behind him didn't interest him. He had other worries.

Where was she? How was she He had been looking for her for two years now. Without success. Surely she couldn't have disappeared from the ground that easily.It had to be somewhere! Why did it all happen in the first place? He didn't understand, didn't understand his brother and his friends.

He was torn from his thoughts when someone tapped his shoulder. It was the ship's helmsman. "Here, the newspaper. Maybe there will be something interesting in it. And oh yes, we will be casting off again in about an hour. So if you still want to go ashore, you have to hurry." "Thank you." Mentally still a bit absent he took you newspaper from his colleague, who then went back to work.

He looked at the cover for a while and scanned the cover stories. There was nothing interesting about it, at least nothing that sounded interesting to him, but at least that way he could distract himself for a while.

Obviously bored, he turned the pages page by page and only occasionally read an article about the latest naval weapons they wanted to use to hunt down pirates, or looked at the latest wanted posters.He was about to close the newspaper again when his eyes fell on a photo. His eyes got bigger and bigger. At last! That there was still such a thing! It was, in fact! He quickly scanned the article next to it. But he couldn't believe what it said. That just could not be the case!

In no time at all he dropped the newspaper and jumped over the Rehling down onto his little boat.

“Hey, where are you going ?!” One of his people had observed him and was now looking after him in amazement.

"Tell the boss that I'm gone for a while! I have something very important to do! I don't know when I'll be back!" he called to his crew member and was then already gone with the help of his firepower.

He finally found her! At last! He had almost given up hope. But now! He still couldn't believe it. He didn't like the circumstances in which he'd found her, but that didn't matter. She was more important.Even if he didn't like to admit it, she had become very important to him. He liked her very much. When his brother had told him the story back then, he thought badly that he was dreaming. And now maybe light would finally come into the whole thing.

The helmsman looked puzzled after his second captain. What had got into them so suddenly? Shaking his head, he turned away. It would have been something new if he had stayed on the ship longer. He had only recently been back. But he wouldn't be him if he could stay in the same place for longer. He had too many bumblebees in his butt for that.

His gaze fell on the newspaper lying on the floor. It was open and the headline caught his eye immediately: 'Prince is finally marrying a princess'.

He picked up the newspaper and examined the article more closely:

'The Montgomery family has been waiting for a long time (please don't ask where I got the name>. <, But I think it fits well because it sounds so "rich"), the richest family in all of East Blue and that is why it is already known as the "prince family" that one of their 5 children (yes, yes ^^) marries in order to finally secure the continued existence of the family and to provide for heirs.Unfortunately without success. They had to wait a long time, but now the time has finally come. Last week, the second eldest son, James Alexander Montgomery, finally announced his upcoming wedding in front of the entire city of his home island. And not just with just any woman, no. The lucky one is none other than Nami, the 21-year-old singer who forms the famous group "Sunset" with James sisters Lynn (22) and Jessica (20) (I said yes, that I still have a lot planned ^^). However, more is not yet known about the bride. Where does she come from? What's your last name? What was she doing in all the years before James and Sunset? None of this has yet been made public. A secret? "Once she's my wife, people will have enough time to get to know her better." so James on this question.

We still wish the couple all the best for the future and of course the band in the further course of their careers.Good luck.'

(Sorry, if that didn't turn out well, but I don't like writing newspaper articles>. <)

A photo was also shown next to the article. It showed an orange-haired woman in the arms of a brown-haired man, her fiancé, who smiled happily. She smiled too, but you could tell that this smile was just a fake smile. There was a certain sadness and hurt in her eyes. Still, she was pretty. The look in her eyes didn't match her at all.

But was it because of this article that his second captain disappeared so quickly? He should show that to his first captain. Maybe he had an answer to that.

Still brooding, he went to the captain's room. Whitebeard was hunched over a map of the Grand Line, surveying the route to the nearest island, when his helmsman stepped inside. He looked up in surprise. "Is something wrong? You have such a serious expression on your face.Are there any problems with the provisions? "" No, no, everything's fine with the provisions, but you should have a look at that. "The helmsman stepped closer to Whitebeard's desk and put the newspaper on it.

“What about it?” Whitebeard didn't quite understand what his helmsman was getting at.

"Ace said goodbye again shortly after reading this article." "Again? Oh that kid (^^)." Whitebeard looked at the picture, mumbling a little to himself. "Does he know the two? Or is it because of the girl? Surely the guy won't have disappeared because of a girl who is going to get married soon ?! Oh, the youth nowadays. Well, sooner or later he'll be showing up again. ”Without looking at the picture again, he put the newspaper aside. “You can then go back to your work, we will cast off soon.” He said to his boatswain and then turned back to his map. The person opposite just nodded and left the captain's room.He stopped again in front of the door. Somehow he didn't quite believe that Ace would flee the ship so quickly because of some woman. That wouldn't suit him. Besides, the more he thought about it, the more he thought he'd seen this woman somewhere. There was definitely more to it than that. But it was none of his business.

Shrugging, he went on.

On another ship, also on the Grand Line, a young man sat in the shade of the mast and sails, also holding the newspaper in his hand. The wind blew through his green hair, waving the corners of each page. His expression was dark and his gaze stared without any emotion at the open page, on which was written in large letters 'Prince is finally marrying a princess'.

He didn't even really notice when another person sat down next to him. Only when cigarette smoke penetrated his nose did his eyes fall on the blonde next to him.He had already read the newspaper and when their eyes met, one could read in the other's eyes that they were having exactly the same thoughts at the moment.

As if struck by lightning, the green-haired man suddenly stood up. "Let our captain know. Even if it takes weeks to get there, we'll go there." The other only nodded and went back to the kitchen, where the remaining 3 crew members were.

Sequel follows...

And I hope, this time faster ^^.

Bye

Chichi_17