Charlotte Family

"Mommy, why are we here?" Amande asked her

"Amande dear, I'm going to create something special. Something that is going to protect our family."

"Wowww~!" Her beautiful children chorused as she explained what was happening.

Right now, her family (and herself) was on a ship heading towards the shore of one of the most dangerous islands in the New World. She had traveled all the way to the beginning of the New World to track down this very island…and now she was here.

It was grander than she could have ever imagined. The pure level of static and power in the air made even her shiver from excitement and the nerves telling her that she was absolutely batshit insane. But this was for power, power to protect her family from harm, so for her, the thing that she was about to attempt (and risk) was justified.

Raijin Island. Even from this far away, she could tell how it earned its name after the Japanese god of lightning.

Great bolts of lightning thick as entire buildings battered down endlessly on the broken and desolate landscape. The winds howled madly as the dark clouds above stirred everlasting chaos…it was perfect.

Leaving her children and crew on board the safety of the ship, she took a smaller boat as she made it to the banks of the island that was constantly hit by lightning…over and over and over. Lightning so strong and powerful it made the ones seen even in the New World storms look like toothpicks in comparison.

As soon as she finished her thought, she was immediately hit with a lightning bolt which sent her down onto one knee as she waited for the charge and shock to pass. Being an invulnerable monster, she was unharmed but just from the level of shock she was feeling, she knew that anyone less would have died instantly from the blow.

She continued onwards towards the highest point on the island, the mountains, in order to complete what she had came here to do. As she climbed she found that, somehow, there were inhabitants of the island. Covered head to toe in black cloaks and not having a shred of metal on their figure…huddled inside of the caves and peaking out to take a look at her.

She ignored their hushed whispers and sounds as she finally made it to the peak of the mountain…where she lifted up her spear to the sky like a lightning rod and hoped it would work.

Perhaps it was fate that sensed what she was doing, or perhaps it was just immense luck but the dark clouds above stirred as they formed into one colossus blob-like entity looming over her like an elephant over an ant.

Static in the air began to sizzle her hair as she felt the air begin to overcharge and electrify. Love her she saw the clouds building up what she knew would be the largest, grandest, of all lightning.

She reached deep within herself as she prepared to do what she had came here to do.

*flash!* …

With a flash, the lightning struck true at the spearpoint…just as she injected a portion of her soul into both the spear and the rumbling clouds. Like magic, the spear began to absorb the dark clouds following the lightning. The clouds above churned and heaved before turning into a cyclone (tornado) like structure as it began to drain into her spearpoint.

Slowly but surely, the thunderclouds entered her spear along with all the energy it held. For the first time since the beginning of the very island, the sun could be seen as the clouds retreated from the sky and into a single pole arm weapon.

It took hours for every last bit of the clouds to enter her new weapon but it was done…and Raijin island would most likely have to change it's new soon. But she had done it…she had crated a weapon of mass destruction.

She felt her own soul resonating within the wooden pole and the spearpoint. She could feel the rumbling of the heart of chaos embodying the New World under perfect control. Most importantly, she could feel the pure power of a weapon such as this, a weapon that would only respond to her.

This was no Zeus like her original had created…this soul would not betray her as it simply didn't have much of a conscious other than being able to recognize her. She didn't create a companion but rather a pure weapon, and a weapon was supposed to do exactly what the wielder wished. No free will.

As a test run, she pierced the air with her spear and keeping the far corner of the island in mind. The very moment she willed her spear, an arc of island unseen before in scale fell from the heavens above as it vaporized the part of the island into nothing. Where it was once land, it was now ocean.

The Goro Goro no-mi would have nothing to her against this weapon. She chose to name it after the spear of legend.

Gungnir. The Piercing Spear of Odin

… …

At the bottom of the sea on her way to Fishman Island, she took a detour to the deepest chasms known to man. Underneath it all was tangible, bubbling, glowing red and orange magma.

Enduring the heat, she took out her shield. A special shield that was manufactured solely for her. Perfectly round with an arm grip strengthened with diamond on the inside and leather. The outside was layered with a Seastone alloy.

As she lowered herself (with a bubble around her) she touched the bubbling liquid with the tip of her shield as she brought the heat of the earth into her shield.

This too took months but once it was done, there was only one name worthy of her shield.

Aegis. The impenetrable shield of Athena that pierces fear into the hearts of mortals (Later on she would call it Red Bull out of habit and for the memes)

… …

Many believed that the greatest waves crashed on the surface of the New World…they were half correct. She knew that the greatest of waves existed under the New World. Under the waves where currents of size untold swept even the largest of the Sea Kings.

Here she was, having parked her vessel right out of the largest current of the world…and she was attempting to put her soul into it.

On her back was her cape that she had come to adopt months ago. A specially made cape weaved from a newly discovered alloy called Wapometal (she remembered the general method of its creation and played around with some burnt toys before she got it correctly.) She could worry about cashing in the discovery and profiting from the discovery later…but for now she had a nigh impenetrable, shape memory alloy, cape that flowed freely on her back.

Within hours, the cape was imbued with the powers of the greatest ocean current in the world. She could already see the potential of having such an ability in an ocean dominated world.

Njord. She chose to name it after the Norse god of wind, sea, and riches. Fitting as she was a pirate who relied on the wind, the sea, and sought the riches the world had to offer.

Now, she had all three homies she had planned and dreamed of for years. All she needed now was a place to call home…and she knew exactly where to go.

… …

30 Years Old

They spent two more years at sea going on various adventures as she let her fleet grow and grow. Around the New World, she heard of her former crew mates growing infamous on their own rights as well.

Shiki, the boisterous charmer that he was, had already become an annoyance to the World Government as he picked up people left and right. Having taken most of the fodder that Rocks had left behind and any piece of scavenge-able stuff of worth for a pirate. Of all the survivors of the God Valley incident, it was him that had the most…if only in terms of volume.

Newgate had finally taken on his title of 'Whitebeard' as he began picking up his sons across the world. Creating his family as he sailed across the New World and putting those in need under his direct protection. He was obviously stronger than Shiki but less of a threat. As incompetent and dumb as the Marines could be sometimes, even Kong (and soon to be Sengoku) knew the boundaries of pushing pirates better left alone.

John, the greedy bastard, began his career…only for him to disappear soon after. She honestly didn't care.

She was doing great as well in terms of a 'Pirate Captain'…but it wasn't as if she wanted this to happen. All she was doing was creating her three main homies and trying to get back to her island where she could create a home for her family to live in peace.

She did not ask for stragglers to swear loyalty, nations to become her protectorate, have a group of escaped slaves (each of them former pirates of 100 Million beri or more) somehow saved by her and stating they have a life debt towards her or have a fleet of 200 ships subjugated after she took out their horrendous and abusive leader.

By the time she reached her very starting point in this world…she had a fleet rivaling that of the force shown in Marineford. As much as she was pleased that so many put their trusts in her ability to govern and rule, she was not looking forward to all of that extra paperwork and trouble such a large group against the world government would bring.

Perhaps as a little pat on the back, she had Mont D'Or that year…hopefully her little child would grow up quickly, eat the book book fruit, and help her deal with all the problems that would surely arise. Sure, she had the ability and capability to deal with these things as captain but she was a mother first and foremost. She would rather spend her days with her children than sitting in front of a desk signing away on papers she had no interest in.

… …

32 years old

She used to wonder if there were the 4 Emperors before Rocks or herself. The short answer was No.

The Balance of Power in the New World was always balanced but not always by the same forces. She remembers when she was just a child, she had never even heard of the 7 Warlords of the Sea.

It was only after she joined the Rocks that she heard of the creation of a system where the Marines would employ powerful pirates to fight against them…and balance the scale once more.

During her time with the Rocks, the sole force to balance the so called Justice was the Rocks crew. Him and his crew alone were enough to put the forces of the Marines at bay. It was after the 7 Warlord Systems that the balance was restored (or the way the Marines wanted it).

After Rocks' death (and the Marines made Garp take full credit for it. How typical) the balance of power began to shift back to the Marines once more…until the remnants of the Rocks crew began to grow more powerful than they had originally expected.

Whitebeard. Shiki. Kaido. Herself…and maybe John? Not to mention Roger was still sailing out there as well, though he had no interest in power, treasure, or land like the rest of us. He was simply on his way sailing throughout the world.

This level of power as we spread across the New World, taking what we desired as our own spread a level of panic in the World Government never seen before since centuries…however like always, the balance had to be restored as a World Draft was done and the Marines (with extra budget from the Celestial Dragons after their massacre) grew more powerful than ever before.

Now a new force was introduced to replace Rocks. The Yonko of the sea. Not as unified or collected as the Rocks but easily more organized and larger. Due to their separation, they had more of the New World under their heels than Xebec ever did.

It was really the World Economic News (NewsCoo) saying all of this but the people of the world gobbled up the news and took it for word. As soon as the papers were published (much to the Government's displeasure), it was official; she, along with Whitebeard, Kaido and Shiki, were Emperors (yonko) of the sea.

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33 years old

Taking the island for herself was not even a challenge. Apparently the current ruler was someone the citizens hated even more than the Drum Kingdom hated Wapol…and so driving out the Kingdom and his supporters (or draining out their souls and leaving their bodies out for the citizens to torture…sadists really) they were seen as heroes who saved the nation.

Unanimously, they immediately voted her as Queen of the land before she could even say no or come up with a clever reason of why that was not a good idea. She really should have said that having an infamous pirate as a ruler would bring all sorts of trouble but she was weak to her children after all…and her beautiful babies simply adored the idea that their mother was becoming a queen. Especially Angel with how she could play princess. Seeing that, she lost her ability to say no.

Ahh, the joys of being a mother (stress to, but let's not mention that)

She failed to convince her children to not name the island Whole Cake Island or the new country Totto Land. No matter how many times she asked them or tried to tell them that it was not a name befitting an Emperor…oh well, they were her children and she had to go along with their loving suggestions.

So an Empire was formed, or more specifically a strange wacky country called Totto Land. She put in every desire to not turn it into a horror Disneyland filled with living flowers and furniture singing creepy songs or have houses and pretty much everything created with sweets.

No. No. If she was forced to rule a country anyway, then she was going to do this properly. Proper infrastructure, benefits, taxes, roles, and a functional government that did not involve a hungry queen eating away at the city.

Laying out the groundwork with Streusen (who was all for the food city), she relented about having the Whole Cake Chateau as a symbol of Power but nothing else. Streets would be properly paved, ports and harbors were to be properly maintained and checked for pirate invasions, drugs, and any illegal activities, and more.

She's never ruled a nation before but really, who has? She could only hope that things turn out to be better than she hoped. At least a consolation was that she had a beautiful pair of twins that year; Smoothie and Cinnamon.

… …

She couldn't remember sacking innocents after the God Valley incident but it seems like creating an entire nation in the New World was simply too much for even the World Government.

Originally her bounty poster was simply her name 'Charlotte Linlin' along with an old photo of hers with the Bounty of 1.8 Billion Beri…but being a Yonko meant that things needed to change.

With the formation of her nation and being crowned (with no actual crown) queen, she decided to name her bundle joy of family that loved to play pirates as the 'Union' Pirates.

The name stuck as it was partially true. She had children from many different species; subjects and crews from all sorts of different backgrounds. From the height of the White White Sea to the depth of Fishman Island, to the bland islands of East Blue and to the wildest denizens in the New World…she had them all united under her rule.

Her Jolly Roger was a shield with a white skull embedded into it with two spears crossed under it. She wasn't having her original's shabby Jolly Roger…no…ew…even a child would have more artistic talent than that. That flag would never have gained notoriety if not for the fact that the captain happened to be a gluttonous madwoman who rampaged across her own territory often.

No. Not her. She was not Big Mom.

So she became known as 'Charlotte Linlin. Captain of the Union Pirates' 2.5 Billion Beri

It was around this point she began to question the bounty to begin with. She knew in the early stages that bounty held meaning. There were bounty hunters who actively hunted pirates…and some of them were quite alright (at best) being capable of catching those with a hundred million bounty.

But as the price and strength skyrocketed in the New World, the bounty became meaningless as there was nobody with the strength to even try and catch someone with a bounty of over 300 million and much less one of the yonko like herself.

Oh well, whatever ideas floated the Marine's ships after all. Perhaps she should have some members of her crew that did not have a bounty catch other pirates and cash them in. She was already giggling at the prospect of when the Marines realized that they had been paying her crew the entire time.

… …

37 years old

She hears of the Celestial Dragon (Donquixote) giving up his rights to live amongst humans. She had to say…she was amused.

Originally she planned to let the story flow as it did in canon since she really could not care less about their family. Homing (Doffy's father) had made his choice and risk when he decided to give up his power and that was his to pay alone.

But the thing was…her mind was just greedy like a pirate's. She had no love for Homing or his family but she cared for her family and her safety. Another sandbag in front of them would not be turned away.

Knowing the capabilities that Doflamingo was capable of with his Devil Fruit as well as his skills in the Underworld, she knew that if she lost this chance, then it was an opportunity wasted. Perhaps this was one aspect she shared with her original (despite how much she despised that) of collecting individuals of use into her crew. Her original more for her own amusement and herself for further protection and influence on the world.

So she waited…and waited…for the perfect chance to strike. Nineteen year old Perospero and 17 year old triplets were too eager to prove their capabilities to her, and who was she to say no to her babies.

She gave them a clear route and idea on what to do as well as had their ship flying her Jolly Roger high. She did not plan on having some idiot or dumb Marines attacking her children.

It took months but in the end they half succeeded. They had failed to save the father (Homing) as it was too late but they managed to bring back a fatally ill mother and two very-alive Donquixote brothers.

It turns out that they had decided to go on a long detour to where Doflamingo tried to return to the Holy Land…but was rejected by the Celestial Dragons. Calling him and his family a 'family of traitors' they warned him to never associate himself with them again…and here he was.

Already she could see the madness infecting him as he swore to bring down the Celestial Dragons (good for him!) and everything they stood for. It seemed as if he was at least the slightest bit manageable as his mother was still alive. Thankfully with a little help from her Devil Fruit and their best doctors, Miss Donquixote was able to make a full recovery and Doflamingo, Rosinante joined her little Kingdom.

He would have to find Trebol and the rest of his family later…but for now? Doflamingo and his family were under her protection…and hopefully results would begin to show in the next few years. Taking in a mentally unstable child capable of mass destruction was not an easy decision even for her…even if she happened to be leagues stronger than what he would ever be.

… …

"Publish this immediately"

"Yes Mama" Katakuri replied.

A month later in the city of Flevance, the White City, the city of Amber Lead, the people left in horror in what could have happened. The reason being a literary document published and spread to the city detailing the experiments done on a rat…regarding the Amber Lead syndrome.

The Royal family, when it was discovered that they knew that the lead was poisonous the entire time, fled the nation never to be discovered again while the White City began to rebuilt…but this time color entered the city.

From the sidelines, very few realized the presence of a yonko looming over them. Unaware that they owed their lives to a rather lazy mother who didn't want to deal with future upstarts.

The less supernovas, the less problems for me later on. Blah

… …

38 years old

Having studied Finance and Economics in her previous life, she knew the basics of how to keep their finances afloat…but generally except for inflation, more was always better.

When she heard about Chinjao's defeat against Garp, she knew exactly what she needed to do…after all, she was a pirate.

Gathering up her fleet with as much storage ships as possible, she set off towards the Ice Island where she knew Chinjao's secret stash of treasure awaited. Treasure which could help her and her family, her expenses, and her nation as a whole. She had big plans for the money (gold) than just a spending spree. She was an Emperor of an independent nation and that meant their money should act like it.

Finally arriving in the place and beating up a couple of guards, she came to the location where she found the largest stash of treasure she had ever seen in her life. The amount of treasure stored here was enough to rival entire mountains worth in size alone. An endless amount of gold laid beneath them.

She knew this couldn't be the work of one pirate. Even Blackbeard, Kaido, or herself would never be able to amount to this much even if she (or they) dedicated their entire life to amass nothing but treasure.

The was the work of generations of the Chinjao family storing their riches little by little over the centuries…and she was here to loot it all. She knew some would be foolish enough to ask if she didn't feel guilty…but in truth, she didn't. She was a Pirate and Chinjao was a pirate as well.

From the very moment he decided to sail into the sea, he had to take the unspoken risks that anything could happen. He could die, he could lose, and he could be robbed of everything he had. Even the very best of Pirates including the future Pirate Kings (Roger and Luffy) have robbed from others…even she was ready and prepared for such a possibility.

So no. This was already in the job description of a pirate as a possible risk.

She raised her Gungnir high up as it began to gain static as it began to crackle and spark. She could feel her own hair begin to rise as she gathered it all into her very palm. The pole arm began to ink black as her will took it as its own.

A moment of suspense…and she stabbed her spear down into the unbreakable ice

*CRAAACCCCKKKK!!!!*

The ice underneath shattered as the cracks spread across the entire island before it widened…revealing the full glow of the endless treasure below.

From behind, cheers rose up as her crew began to excavate the entire place, bag after bag, ship after ship. Just from a far glance, she could tell that this entire thing was worth at least several trillion beri.

More than enough to level an economy of any island…good for her as she was running a union of islands. Specifically an archipelago of 1 main island (Whole Cake Island) and 34 surrounding smaller islands. The scale together larger than nearly any landmass or nation around the world.

It took a full week for all the gold and treasure to be dug out and taken her ships (she called new ones in as it wasn't enough) but it was done…and now they were beyond filthy rich. As a final fuck you and putting the art of misdirection to practice, she had her crew put the symbol of the Celestial Dragons right underneath the Ice…perfectly visible to anyone (or anything) attempting to break through.

Nobody was there to witness her heist. Anyone who saw her and her crew were caught and killed (the guards)…and the only evidence left was the symbol many feared (except for powerful idiots like herself). She had no problems with another nation antagonistic against the World Government.

… …

Currency was powerful and having one as universally adopted as beri was undeniably the most influential in the world…and she didn't like that, especially in her territory. Putting the power of currency in the hands of another meant giving some degree of control over their economy…and that was unwise as her enemy happened to be the world government itself.

But now, they had a solution. A solution backed on mountains and mountains of gold to create a new currency. Money no longer backed by the Celestial Dragon's wealth but rather by themselves.

First she created a bank (Union Totto Bank) where all the gold was stored before they developed a new form of currency to be declared use in her territory. Union Island's Dollar or USD. Putting together her best team, they created a printing press which would make the currency near unforgeable (is this the right word?) Before they began to print and print. Print enough to replace the beri within their territory.

As far as she remembered, the beri was equivalent to Japanese yen…and it got confusing fast as the numbers got too big so she set the exchange rate to 100 beri to 1 USD.

As the bank opened and using her authority for once, she called in all the beri in her territory to be exchanged for the new currency. Declaring that beri was no longer allowed to be used to exchange goods and services within her territory, the change happened fast. To keep the people calm about the value the USD held, she allowed her people to exchange their USD for gold directly at the bank.

Having stockpiles of beri from the change, she had much of the beri sent across to unaffiliated territories to purchase gold and stock in important businesses (shipbuilding and such) as they could prove to be useful later on.

Overall, it took a couple of months to shake the beri off of their economic hold but it was done…and now the power of money was in their own hands. Encouraging the circulation of the USD across the various islands, trade flourished.

A happy country was a rich country after all. Just like how nobody complained about having steak for dinner instead of vegetable gruel.

… …

40 years old

He came. He finally came. Gol D Roger, the future Pirate King. He sailed on the Oro Jackson to the edges of her territory before going ashore on one of the outer islands…setting up camp.

Gathering up her men and some of her older (and more confident) children, she too arrived on the spot to meet him.

Roger and her met in the middle while behind them, their (and her) crews shot glares to the other side. Roger had his sword out as she had her spear and shield at the ready.

How long has it been since she's met him? The last time she had seen him in person was the God Valley incident over 10 years ago. It seemed much had changed during that time as Roger, while stronger than ever before, did not look healthy to her eyes. His body was harder and battle ready but his soul was all but broken. He was worried…worried that his body will fail him before he reaches his last goal. Worried that he would fail to leave a legacy in this world.

Despite that, he showed none of that in this confrontation. His signature mustache groomed perfectly to the last hair, his wide grin matching hers as they both waited in anticipation of what was to happen.

As they looked at each other in the eye, they couldn't hold it for more than five seconds as they burst out laughing.

"HAHAHAHA" "MAMA—*cough* HAHAHAHA!!"

And suddenly, the laughter stopped. Smiling with a full grin to each other, they said to each other.

"You're looking old Roger!"

"It's been a long time Linlin. It's you who didn't age, not the world."

At our words, we burst into laughter again before once again, silenced. Looking at him dead in his eye, and him to mine, we said the same thing.

"Whatever you've got, hand it over!"

Conqueror's roared to life as our eyes glowed red. A single moment of peace before the clashing will of kings broke apart everything near them. Weaker members of both their crews (poor babies!) fainted right away as the stronger members struggled to remain standing.

"HAHAHAHA! LINLIN! LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE STILL A MONSTER!" Roger rushed towards her as he took back his aura of a supreme king. Instead, the power moved to his blade as he jumped high up. His blade inked black and red before crackling with something more than just armament; infusion.

She readied her own as she crouched and braced herself to receive the future Pirate King's full attack. The outside of her shield began to melt as magma began to rise before turning black as pink lightning raced across its surface. He wasn't the only one able to play that game…she too was perfectly capable of infusion.

"Come then ROGER!" She brought her shield up to protect her head. "SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT!"

The blade and shield never managed to touch each other as their wills battled for supremacy…but neither managing to get a clear upper hand. Her's was stronger in pure force and power but Roger knew how to maneuver so that he never lost his grip.

While there was no winner, the clear loser was the island and environment around them as the entire place began to be blasted to bits. Trees and rocks were uprooted, shattered, cracked, and broken as they were sent all across. The fainted members of the crew who were just regaining consciousness were knocked back into dreamland and the waves of the sea were pushed far back from the pressure.

"HAHAHAHA!!" "HAHAHAHAHA!"

Like maniacs, they spent the better part of the day battling as the sky above split in half.

… …

7 hours later…

"You should have just said so Roger!" She was happily drinking the sake that the Roger pirates brought to her as she conversed with the man himself. "Obviously you can't take the actual thing, not that I think it's even possible, but a rubbing of the Poneglyph is something I can give you."

"Hahahaha! If only you weren't with Xebec then we might have become friends earlier!" Roger threw back his head in joyous laughter as the rest of his crew followed.

As the night deepened, their talks did as well until Roger finally told her of his condition…of his soon to come death.

"Rouge…I plan to drop her off in Baterilla before I go die."

"Don't"

"Ehh?" His cheeks were red from all the drinking they had done.

"Once you reach the end…once you become Pirate King. Bring her here, to Totto Land. I'll protect her from everyone. The Marines, the Pirates, and anyone who has a grudge against you. I swear it on my name."

She wished she had a den den mushi to remember the face Roger had when she told him what she was willing to do for his lover. It was…it was a face of a man who was going through a thousand different emotions at once.

Initially doubt, distrust, confusion but as he searched my heart (with his observation) and found nothing but conviction his face turned into one of gratefulness, sorrow, regret…and tearful gratitude. She was never able to picture how a crying Roger would have looked like but here it was…

She pat him on the back and they both knew what it meant.

I've got your back. You can do what you want and die in peace when your time comes.

… …

43 years old

The madman did it. Well…she knew he would do it but seeing it done was another matter. The world exploded into madness as the Roger Pirates entered ever dialogue in every tavern and bar across the world.

The Marines, delusional Pirates and bounty hunters, and many old players gathered up their forces to catch the man for their own reasons. To bring him to Justice, for money, to become the next Pirate King.

At this, she simply laughed watching as Roger played with them up until his very last moments.

On his way back to Paradise…he visited her land one last time with a woman in tow. A very beautiful woman whom she recognized as soon as Roger walked in.

"So you've finally come Roger. You must be Rouge, a pleasure to meet you." They shared pleasantries and small talk as one mother to another about to become one. At the end of the day, there was a tearful goodbye between the two as Roger planned to go onto his last journey.

"Take this Roger. It'll help…a bit." She handed him a small vial filled with purple liquid. While it looked like poison, it was actually a concoction her best doctors brewed along with the help of her soul manipulation. In essence, it was an incredibly powerful painkiller in which allowed the drinker to go in peace. The effect lasted for over a week.

"Hahaha. Having feelings for me Linlin? I'm afraid I belong to Rouge!"

"Shut your mouth you damn monkey. Now take this and drink it once it becomes too much. This is my respect to you as one captain to another."

Carefully, he took the vial, inspected it, and placed it inside his coat pocket. In exchange, he took out a flag, his very own flag, from his back pocket before giving it to me.

"Will you keep this Linlin? Will you give this to my child?" She smiled as she accepted his flag. How ironic for a captain of one crew to take the flag of another…but such was life after all.

"Good luck Roger, but you won't need it."

The only reply she got was his crackling laughter as he set off…never to be seen again until a few weeks later when the Marines announced that they had caught the Pirate King…and the beginning of a new era.

… …

Her bounty skyrocketed (which she didn't think was possible at this stage) when it was discovered that she was sheltering Roger's child. After it rose to 4.5 Billion Beri, the Marines decided to launch an all out assault on her in Totto Land.

Raising a Tsunami with her Njord (cape) she instantly wiped out most of the fleet before they were anywhere near her island. Only the strong managed to survive before a battle ensued.

The battle was 3 days long and the Government published as a 'draw' when in reality she came out the obvious victor.

They had failed to kill Rouge and her newborn son while she suffered nothing but the deaths of replaceable homies.

They had failed to kill her while she had killed 2 of the admirals, severely injured Kong and Sengoku while fighting Garp to a standstill. Her children had decimated the weaker Marine forces as the stronger ones faced off against the Vice Admirals. Years of harsh, neverending, training had finally paid off and the results were showing.

As the Marine fleet was retreating, she sent a final lightning bolt into the calm sea to draw out the Sea Kings on them. After what they tried to do (harm her family) she didn't plan on letting them escape easy.

Her bounty reached 5.5 Billion (just 64 million below that of Roger) after that, but really, who cares?

… …

Little Ace was toddling around the nursery in the Chateau while her children ooh ahh-ed at the cute little baby. The little child giggling at every peek-a-boo and clapping every time Cracker swore.

Rouge, though sad about her husband's death, was pleased to know that his legacy lived on by blasting forward an entirely new era; the Golden Age of Piracy. She wouldn't have expected anything less from her love.

While this new mother-child love was going on, she placed the island of Ohara under her protection. She knew she was messing up canon far too much but thinking back, she already broke the chain multiple times. Whatever will be will be as they say. A genocide on that scale was too much…even for her. If nobody was going to stop it, then it had to be her.

There were many skirmishes between her and the Marines following her announcement to take Ohara under her wing but thankfully the Marines backed off. Instead, she caught many (many) spies and assassins trying to sneak into the island and kill off the scholars but after bringing her Tart Border Control ships around the island, none of them ever made it through.

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49 years old

Kaido took over Wano and was doing his shenanigans with Orochi and Oden…the same time she discovered a secret path to greater strength. Unrivaled greater strength. She already had practiced her observation and armament to greater lengths (future sight and emotions, ryuo).

After so long, she had finally managed to awaken her Devil Fruit which allowed her to see and manipulate the souls of even inanimate objects. Obviously, her first target was other Devil Fruits. As crazy as it was, she succeeded.

Battering the soul of the devil residing inside a fruit inside submission, she took it into herself where the two souls remained calm and didn't fight to the death (thankfully as she didn't want to die).

As a result…she had taken Kaido's mythical fish fruit for herself. She remembers' Katakuri's pikachu surprised face when he entered and found a dragon instead of his mother. Cute child.

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50 years old

She congratulated Kaido on officially getting on Whitebeard's 'I'll kill you soon' list after he had killed Oden after boiling him in a pot.

The idiot only realized then that perhaps it wasn't the best idea to risk war with the Strongest Man in the World…and she totally would have helped her best friend whoop the old cabin boy's ass. Unfortunately, Newgate was buy trying to stop the rampant parasite pirate problem in his domain.

Due to his crew sticking strictly on the Moby Dick and having his territory all over the New World, his territories tended to cause problems. Much more than her safe and sound islands which happened to be surrounding her main island. So much better…at least this way she had a one up on Whitebeard the next time they met for a drinking session. So far, the scores were 30-31 with her being the 31.

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51 years old

She was surprised when a young Monkey D. Dragon along with the original members of the Revolutionary Army came to her island seeking help. Being someone who also hated the Celestial Dragons…she welcomed them into her domain.

It was interesting to see a young version of Emperio Ivankov as well as Bartholomew Kuma among them…she would really like to have them in her crew (as extra body bags) but sadly, even she can't have them all.

As her land's form of currency (USD) was nearly untraceable for the World Government, they made their temporary base on one of her islands while they regrouped gathered their allies from all across the blues.

The Marines, like always, found out that she was hiding yet another highly wanted criminal in her territory and the same scene happened. (Sengoku: Why can't I just retire! Goddamn this hag) Feeling a sense of Deja Vu, she picked up her spear and shield, her cape hanging behind her as she marched into battle…only to see Dragon whipping around the storm of the New World as if it belonged to him and sweeping away the Marines.

Making sure to document this legendary scene, she had it spread to all across the world where it accelerated the process of those joining the Revolutionary Army's causes.

It was a full year before they paid their respects and left her land for Baltigo. Finally being strong enough, resourceful enough, and large enough to operate entirely on their own to oppose the largest faction in the world.

"Good luck" She told the young dragon as he left.

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She managed to steal the Ope Ope No-mi from the World Government's very hands. She didn't know how it could come in helpful but a fruit with an ability as BS as this one…she could not let it exist outside her control.

Who knows? Maybe one of her own children might take it.

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52 years old

After a night with a member from the Three-Eyes Tribes, she ended up having Pudding…but it was twins instead? Even to this day, she had no idea how her pregnancy worked but she wasn't complaining about another beautiful baby.

She decided to name her Syrup.

She could already sense that her little one was strange. For one, having no third eye despite carrying the blood, and having a soul that seemed a bit older (or mature) than what it was supposed to be. Despite all this, she loved her children…strange soul or not, once they were born into her family, they were family. In her opinion, family was more important than nakama.

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53 years old

Doflamingo and his family was beginning to take over the black market as he began to supply nation after nation for rebellions against the ruling governments…all of whom were those which were subservient to the World Government.

Having already toppled a few powers and the World Government missing out on the payment of a couple billion beri, she could say that this plan had merit. Obviously he was contacted by Dragon later on for his brilliant idea as the two began to exchange information and plans.

She had to admit that she never expected the two to work together so flawlessly had it not happened right in front of her eyes…though in hindsight it made sense.

One wanted to replace the government while the other simply wanted to watch the former burn.

That didn't excuse Doflamingo from going crazy and trying to take his birth right to take over Dressrosa (she brought the idea to her) but she did agree that it was alright to place the island under her protection.

She would have to gather more men and people to have the island protected from annoyed Marine forces but she was a yonko after all. Yonko did what yonko wanted to do and it was as simple as that. In the New World, her words were law and those that didn't accept it would either die or run.

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54 years old

Garp came to take Rouge and little Ace to East Blue. She didn't know how he managed to convince her but after a couple of hours, they were ready to leave.

Giving Rouge a large (literally) hug and a suitcase full of cash (beri), she said her goodbyes and exchanged den den mushi numbers (expensive ones which the Marines wouldn't be able to tap into), Garp took the loving mother and her child away. Hopefully she would be able to see her again…she missed playing sudoku with that woman.

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55 years old

She had her children stop the Sun (Fishman) Pirates from disbanding into two when she offered the chance to let them serve as a subordinate crew. Jinbei, knowing the benefits, accepted as the captain immediately only to be followed by Arlong going out of his way to attack her children.

Having received prior instructions, Cracker and Snack beat up the poor shark black and blue until they were sure he could no longer live a life above the sea. After witnessing that, the Sun Pirates decided that it would be a good idea to seek protection by becoming a Subordinate crew. Good for them (and they sent Fishman Island candy as a thank you gift! Cute children).

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57 years old

"Gurararara!!!" He really looked a lot older "So that cheeky Roger's son is on the sea now, is he?"

"Not yet, but he will soon. Why, you have plans for him?"

"Eh? No. Not yet, but who knows? Gurararara!!!"

Every time her and Newgate met up, the entire world held their breaths for a fight or an alliance…especially the Marines as they knew that the two of them were on extremely good terms.

The thing was, neither one of them were interested in forming an alliance. For Newgate, he didn't want another family to come crashing his own while for her…ehh…to much work and less time to spend with her family.

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59 years old

Syrup ate the Ope Ope No-Mi before she could even say stop.

Well…at least it seemed like she had great potential with the fruit. While she lacked in physical strength, Syrup had far more skills and knowledge that it even put her to shame in her younger days.

Words couldn't describe how proud she was of her little baby already.

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60 years old

After declining a marriage request from Prince Loki of Elbaf (the giants) and nearly risking a war when she (herself) refused to force Lola's hand in marriage, Lola decided she wanted to explore the seas under her own flag.

A few other of her children have sailed on their own but so far nobody truly left to become their own captains…perhaps that was why she was more worried about her.

"Do you have all the supplies? Log Poses, maps, enough cannonballs?"

"Yes Mama. Really, you don't have to worry."

"Oh~ My baby! When have you grown up so fast!" Hearing the news, Pound came rushing to say his goodbyes (or more like begging her to change her decision) while Chiffon helped her father stay on his feet.

"Make sure not to trust any man that approaches you without a gun or a sword. It's most likely a trick."

"Mama, I kno-"

"And don't forget to call often! Your father and I are going to be worried sick!"

"Mama, seriously. You don't have to worry"

"And take my flag with you in case things go wrong. Hopefully those idiots won't disturb a crew flying my flag"

She finally hugged her grown up daughter as she made her way to port.

As she waved goodbye, she came to realize the long years she had spent in this world…this dangerous cruel world where she came to have a family of her own. How things will go? She didn't know…and that was exactly how she liked it.