Will we ever meet again?

Chapter 1: Because you are unhappy ...

A few years have passed. Alabasta is a prosperous country again and is full of life. Peace has finally returned. The people are happy and content with the king. Arbana is back to the city it once was and even after 8 years nothing has changed in the palace. Well, almost nothing ...

"Mom, I don't want to go to sleep yet! I'm not tired at all!" Whined a 6 year old girl with long, blue hair. With these words, it struggled to suppress a yawn. She looked at her mother reproachfully, almost defiantly. Her mother, Princess Vivi, leaned down to Ria, her daughter, and smiled indulgently. "It's getting late, come on now.", She tried to persuade the little one. “Only if you tell me about the past, when you saved Alabasta!” The child's dark eyes looked pleadingly at Vivi. Ria loved stories from the past, especially when those stories revolved around Alabasta's salvation.Just as other children were told fairy tales, Ria loved to hear the stories of Alabasta's rescue. The little one loved her country everywhere, how could it be otherwise? "Well, come with me then." Vivi gave in with a smile. With these words she took the little one in her arms and carried her carefully to her bedroom. On the way they met Peruh, who was still watching over the palace and above all over the royal family. When he saw Ria, he smiled and asked: “Vivi, should I put Princess Ria in bed?” The little girl was extremely popular with everyone in the palace and apart from Vivi, not only Igaram took care of Ria, Peruh and Chaka also had Vivi's daughter very much with pleasure and often cared for them in a touching way. The little one, for her part, was extremely fond of the three, so she was all the sadder that her grandfather, King Kobra, was in Nanohana with Chaka and Igaram. Ria turned her head to get a better view of Peruh. "Mom promised that she would tell me a lot of stories from the past!", the girl explained to him. If Peruh was disappointed now, he did not father it, because in the last few days he had mostly put the bright girl to bed. Peruh smiled at Ria." Well then, good night Princess Ria. "The little one yawned heartily." Good night to you, too, Peru. "He made a short bow and continued on his way.

A few minutes later, Princess Ria was already in bed, impatiently waiting for her mother. Vivi sat down on her daughter's bed, gently brushed a few strands of hair from her face and talked about when Sir Crocodile wanted to take over Alabasta and was looking for Pluton. Vivi often told Ria about it, so the memories came back to life and lived on in her heart. Her daughter listened attentively and asked about Vivi's last sentence: “And you never saw her again?” With “they”, of course, meant her old friends, the straw hat gang. Ria knew the answer to her question, but she asked as well as every time after her mother finished.Vivi looked at the window. "No, unfortunately not.", She explained to her daughter sadly. "Then you would have gone with them and become a pirate." Ria looked at her mother seriously, it was important to her that Vivi was just as happy as she was. Vivi sighed deeply and looked deeply into her daughter's eyes. "Oh, if only it were that easy." Ria sat up and looked at her mother seriously. "If you'd been happy at sea, you should have gone with me, mom," Ria said firmly. "I would have waited a few more years until I came." Now the little girl smiled cockily at Vivi. Vivi felt a wave of tenderness for her daughter. She hugged her daughter and hugged her. Ria returned her mother's hug. "Oh Ria ...", Vivi sighed and gently stroked the girl's back. The little one carefully freed herself from her mother's embrace and looked at Vivi. "You could still be a pirate," suggested Ria. Vivi smiled indulgently.“What will become of you then, my little one?” The girl thought hard for a while. Then an idea occurred to her. “You just take me with you and I'll become a pirate too!” Vivi smiled indulgently at her daughter. "I think we'll stay in Arbana for the time being. You can live here too, right?" Ria's eyes began to shine. "Yes, of course. It's beautiful here! I never want to live anywhere else.", The little one exclaimed loudly. Vivi gently pushed her little daughter back into the pillows. "So, now we sleep." Ria curled up, mumbled a "love you mom" to herself and fell asleep on the spot.
Vivi listened to her daughter's steady breathing for a short time. Then she stepped to the window. It was pouring rain. Rain, a blessing for the country and the people. Vivi smiled and automatically thought of Luffy and the rest of his crew. As her daughter had said, "If you had been happier at sea ..." Vivi couldn't prevent a tear from running down her cheek.She looked at her arm, although she no longer believed that she would ever see her old friends again, she had never removed the cross, and the bandage-like cloth still adorned her forearm. Vivi looked sadly at the dark sky.
"Where were they all? Still looking for the One Piece, were they all still trying to realize their dreams? Did their friends still remember them or had they long since been forgotten?" Vivi always asked herself all these questions again. The only thing left were the memories, and no one could take them away from her ...
Vivi had to smile through tears as she thought back to the time with her friends. "If only I had gone with you back then ..." Vivi reluctantly called herself to order. It was her own decision to stay here, now there was nothing she could do about it. Her place was in Arbana, here she belonged, here she was at home. Even if she wasn't always happy here, Vivi had to stay in Arbana.For the people, for her father and for her daughter, whom she loved everywhere. But Vivi didn't know whether her decision to stay in Alabasta had been the right one. Nobody knew ...
Vivi let her gaze wander over the houses of Arbana. The houses were typical of the capital, small houses in white, cream or earthy tones that Vivi loved so much, just like everything else in her beautiful country. She knew that she was unconsciously passing this love on to her beloved daughter. To Ria, the sunshine in her life. Vivi loved her child everywhere, maybe even more than alabasta. In this country, in this city, in this palace she grew up and this is where her daughter grew up. It was right, wasn't it?
The rain had grown weaker, and a bright streak of light on the dark horizon heralded the dawn. Princess Vivi made sure that her little daughter slept well, gave her a gentle kiss on the forehead and then went to her own room to get a few more hours of sleep herself.The next day started like any other day. Princess Ria sat early in the huge kitchen, a glass of milk in front of her and perforated terracotta with her innumerable questions. "You terracotta?", The little one dared cautiously. "Yes, sweetheart. What's up?" The palace chef continued to work to get breakfast on the table quickly. “Is mom very unhappy?” The words came reluctantly from the little girl's mouth, she looked almost fearfully at the floor. Terracotta, who was carrying a pile of plates, promptly dropped them. Startled, she turned to Ria and stared at her. That couldn't be true, how should Ria know how her mother was feeling. She was still a child, much too young to understand such things. Terracotta laughed nervously and called out in an exaggeratedly joyful voice. “So what would you like to eat?” Ria's beautiful dark eyes began to sparkle angrily. “Tell me the truth immediately!” The little girl's voice sounded commanding and harsh, but if you listened more closely, you could hear a hint of fear in it.The chef sensed that there was no point in pretending. "Yes, my little one, your mother is unhappy," she admitted with a sigh. The little princess's eyes took on a different expression and Terracotta could see pain, fear and even compassion in them. “Why?” Rias voice broke and she looked at Terracotta almost crying. There was so much pain on her delicate face that it almost broke the cook's heart. But she couldn't comfort the girl either. "I don't know, honey. I just don't know ..."
Ria stared thoughtfully in front of her and took a few sips of milk every now and then while Terracotta tried to keep working, but her mind kept wandering. Suddenly the little girl slammed the frosted glass onto the table with a jerk. The milk spilled over and stained the table, but that didn't matter at the moment. "If mom is really that unhappy, I'll make sure that she can laugh from the bottom of my heart again.I will help my mother so that she will never be this unhappy again! "Ria stared defiantly at Terracotto and then left the kitchen without another word.

So folks, that was the first chapter of my FF. I hope you like it and you write me a few clerks
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