The Gift

{ Word Count 1205}

Drop some stones if you want, it would help me out greatly.

02/25/1475 ] 

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(Achilles' Pov ) 

" Happy Birthday to You

Happy Birthday to You

Happy Birthday Dear, Achilles

Happy Birthday to You.

From good friends and true,

From old friends and new,

May good luck go with you,

And happiness too." 

After mom and dad finished singing the song, I blew the candles out. 

" So what did you wish for?

" I wanna go explore the outside world. I'm bored just staying on the island all by myself. I love you guys but I wanna make friends and explore the world."

" You're too young right now dear, we can talk about it when you're older." Mom lightly scolded me whilst dad didn't say anything as he knew about my goal. 

I have been thinking about what I wanted to do in this world since I got here. Unluckily I'm not one of those fanfiction characters who can instantly decide on a dream.

I've put a lot of thought into what I want to do, and yet I've still not been able to come up with anything that I want to pursue.

The best thing that I could come up with is exploring the world until I can find something to pursue with all my being.

The birthday party did not end until midnight. 

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[ Time: 11:59 02/25/1475 ]

*Ding Ding*

"So now ROB decides to give it," I grumbled out in annoyance as I had been waiting for this the entire day.

Suddenly a light blue screen appeared in front of me, almost making me jump in shock and fright.

"So here's my system!" I found myself exclaiming in pure joy, luckily my parents weren't awakened by it.

An amused chuckle sounded in my head, scaring the daylights out of me for the second time just this night.

" Ah don't be frightened; it's just me your friendly neighborhood ROB."

" Ya, I figured." I huffed, annoyed at being scared so thoroughly twice.

" Well then, what do you think your gift is going to be?" 

" A system?" 

" Heh, no. What do you think this is, a Webnovel fanfiction? Let's not be stupid. I will be giving you something so much better than a mere system." 

" Really? What is it?" Whilst I did find myself originally disappointed at the lack of a system, I was excited to be getting something even better.

" I will be giving you… a map." 

"..."

" You there? Hello, where'd you go?"

"..."

" I see. Your mind was blown away by the awesomeness of my gift. Very fitting reaction indeed." 

" A freaking map?! Out of all the things you could give me, you chose a map! How the hell is that better than a system?!" I found myself snap due to his constant stream of annoying comments and the fact he had duped me so greatly.

" Heh, it's a good thing I soundproofed this room or your parents would have come rushing thinking you were crazy."

" Now now. This map will be very special, but I'm not going to waste my time explaining to you, I'll just send the instructions to your head or something."

I felt myself twitch in anger once again.

" But before you snap and continue being an ungrateful brat. Like seriously who could ever deny a map, but you do you, my friend. I will give you something to make up for this."

" What would that be?" I asked in curiosity, but kept my hopes low, as I did not want to be disappointed again.

" That would be to give you the option of obtaining the location of anyone random devil fruit. The categories you have to choose from are Logia, Paramecia, or a Mythical Zoan.

Now I gave mythical Zoan because regular Zoans are pretty useless. You've read One Piece before so you know exactly what these categories are, so choose wisely my young friend."

" I think I'll choose Mythical Zoan."

" Oh, and may I inquire why?" ROB spoke, feigning ignorance.

" Paremcia is way too broad, there are far too many, additionally I don't know who has what devil fruit, so I may be able to get the Gravity fruit or the Jacket fruit. It's just way too big of a gamble. 

Whilst there are far fewer Logia, there are some less than ideal ones, and once again like Paramecia, I don't know who has eaten what, so while I may be able to get the Light fruit, I may also be stuck with the Swamp fruit.

Finally Mythical Zoan. Whilst it is true we don't know a lot about this category and haven't been shown many, all that have been shown have been powerful. Also, all of these are based on myths so it is without a doubt not only the safest option but also hopefully the best one."

" Intriguing. You'll see your map and your devil fruits location first thing tomorrow morning. Well, then I'm running short on time cya."

" Wait! Before you leave what do you mean by devil fruit location?" I spoke out to ROB.

" Heh, I guess you'll find out tomorrow now, won't you. Peace!" 

As he said those words my eyes suddenly felt heavy and I collapsed on my bed asleep.

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Thanks for reading and I hope you all enjoyed this chapter.

Let me know what you all think of Achilles' gift lol. He wanted that system so bad, alas life does not always go as intended.

Now, this is the third chapter I've written in a day. My friend and I just decided to bring this back and here we are three chapters in a day, though I doubt all 3 will be released on the same day.

Hopefully, you have all enjoyed the story thus far. And please do let me know if you guys want me to go back and improve the older chapters. And if there are any spelling, or grammar mistakes I might have missed.

Now the devil fruit that we chose for Achilles. It was a pain to come up with, my editor and I spent like two hours coming up with it. Though I am pretty proud of what we came up with, it's definitely original and unique. And I hope you guys are excited about its reveal.

Another thing I would like to acknowledge is the word count of these chapters. I realize that these chapters have been a bit short, but writing 2000+ words a chapter burns me out and pretty much gets rid of any motivation I have for writing lol. As I continue writing the word count should increase but for now, you can expect anywhere in the 800-1200 words per chapter range. 

I'm not sure about a schedule for now, but I'll try and be as fast as school allows me lol.

Once again thanks for reading. Have a wonderful day.

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