The Bride of the Desert

Category: Harry Potter / One Piece

Rating: T (just to be safe)

Warning: Language, Violence

Pairing: Fem!Harry/Crocodile

AN: I live! I've decided to post the minimally revised chapters that TheBlackSeaReaper did so that I will have more time to write up new chapters. :) I chose the name Dagga from a flower called Wild Dagga that grows in Africa. Quite fitting for the wife of a man who controls sand, no? The chapters for this story will come more quickly than my other stories because I am just revising until after chapter 4. I am still working on chapters from my other stories, and the links on my homepage seem to have malfunctioned, so I have to try to fix those as well! XD

Disclaimer: I tried to claim Harry Potter, but Snape AK'd me. I tried to claim One Piece, but Robin choked me to death. Therefore, I DON'T OWN THEM!

Chapter Two

It has been several weeks since Dagga woke up in the hospital and fulfilling her end of the deal, signing papers that made her Mrs. Dagga Zero. Apparently, his full name was Zero Crocodile, or Crocodile Zero for English speakers. When she found that out, she gave him a look that caused Crocodile to mutter something about Iva and his stupid names.

It had been two weeks since Dagga moved into the mansion that her new husband owns after being released from the hospital. She is now living in the bedroom right next to Crocodile's. Dagga met Paula Doublefingers, and they got along very well. Dagga was told about their curse and their immortality, but after they had told her, they thought that she was going to freak out. To their shock, she just shrugged her shoulders and said, "If magic exists, anything is possible."

Today was Wednesday and she was packing a light suitcase for her trip to the Burrow later today. They all thought it would be best if no one outside of their kind and her knew about the marriage, except the Goblins. Crocodile was thrilled that he could put his illegally earned money in their bank and that they would not question it. The goblins were as bloodthirsty as Crocodile gets sometimes.

"Are you almost done with your packing?" Crocodile asked as he came into her room.

Dagga smiled at him and answered, "Almost. I will have to get a new trunk when I go to Diagon Alley and replace whatever I lost."

Crocodile nodded as he sat down on her bed and watched her pack the last of her things to take with her. He had taken to visiting her and getting to know her every day. He noticed that she was a very fast healer, just as fast as they were, if not even faster.

He knew by just looking at her that she would be very beautiful when she comes of age. She was wearing an emerald green sun dress that the girls under his command got her when she came here. It looked very nice on her. It even had a matching hat and sandals, plus it matches her eyes.

What she did not know was that he made her relatives disappear in every sense of the word for what they had done to her. Good news for him, it seemed that Mr. Vernon Dursley had owed quite a bit of money to a questionable group, so it was quite easy to pin the disappearance on them.

"All done," Dagga said cheerfully as she shut her suitcase close.

Crocodile smiled as he took her suitcase and let her out to the car that they will be using. Crocodile noticed quite a few changes around the mansion since Dagga first came here. Apparently, she loved to work in the gardens tending to the plants, which made the gardens around the mansion somehow more colorful and cheerful than before. He never saw the mansion with more life in it before she came to live here. Secretly, he enjoyed it a lot and hoped that it stayed that way.

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After a few hours of being in a car, they stopped just outside of Ottery St. Catchpole at the bottom of the hill with a dirt road that led straight to the Burrow. Crocodile got out of the car and lifted the suitcase out of the trunk. He turned to his fourteen year old wife and said, "You can tell your two friends the truth, but no one else. Also, I want you to write every week so I can make sure that you are doing alright."

Dagga smiled as she replied, "Of course I will. And thank you for everything."

She was surprised when Crocodile pulled her into a hug and kissed her on the forehead before letting her go. Then he said, "Take care of yourself, please."

"Will do. See you after school, I guess."

Crocodile nodded before getting back inside the car and driving off. Dagga shook her head in amusement; she knew that Crocodile cared for her, even if he did not show it in front of others. At first, when she was in the hospital, he was cold and distant with her. But as the weeks slowly passed, he warmed up to her and began treating her like someone special to him. She never had anyone do that before other than her friends, but it felt very nice.

She picked up her suitcase and made her way up to the Burrow. It was not a long way to walk, but it was a good distance. She finally made her way to the kitchen door, set down her suitcase, and knocked on the door. A man that Dagga did not recognize answered the door. He was stocky, and Dagga could see that he had burns on his hands as well as scars.

"Hello, how may I help you, miss?" the guy asked as he leaned against the door.

"I'm Dagga Potter and I was…" Dagga did not get a chance to finish when Mrs. Weasley pushed the young man away from the door and pulled Dagga into one of her famous bear hugs.

"Dagga, I am so glad that you are here! I was so worried about you when Hedwig refused to deliver any letters to you and…" Mrs. Weasley trailed off when she noticed a fresh-looking scar that the sundress was unable to hide. In actuality, the scar started from her abdomen and traveled upwards to the base of her neck. Dagga did not think of hiding it from someone like Mrs. Weasley, but thankfully, Crocodile came up with a cover story for her to tell whomever asked.

"What is this, Dagga?"

Even though it was a cover story, Dagga still felt uncomfortable, ashamed that she could not do more to protect herself. Mrs. Weasley sensed it was a tough topic to talk about, so she gently guided Dagga to the table and kicked her son out of the kitchen, telling him to keep everyone else out of the room. She then threw up a silencing ward on the door, so that no one could overhear them.

"What happened, dear?" Mrs. Weasley asked gently.

Dagga told her the cover story about what happened to her during the beginning of the summer. How she was beaten up and cut by her uncle when she was knocked unconscious, then dumped in a ditch in the middle of nowhere. How an old friend that used to live nearby her relatives' house, before he moved away, found her and took her to a nearby hospital. In addition, that she was living with him and some of his workers that he hired to work for him. By the time she was done explaining that her relatives disappeared after she was admitted to the hospital and could not be found, she had tears running down her face and Molly was hugging her tightly, while whispering soothing words.

Once she calmed done, Molly flicked her wand, and almost all of the Weasley children came crashing down on the floor as they were trying to listen in. However, before anyone could say anything, Molly put a plate full of food in front of Dagga and demanded that she eat, as she was too thin for Molly's liking. As she ate the food, Bill and Charlie were introduced to her.

As Ron and the twins were drinking some juice, Charlie asked Dagga, "So Dagga, got a boyfriend?"

Choking sounds could be heard from the direction of Ron and twins, but Dagga ignored them and answered, "No, I don't have one, and I am not looking for one."

Charlie smiled and replied, "I'm surprised, because usually a beautiful young woman like yourself already has a boyfriend."

Dagga smiled. What they did not know was that she got something even better than a boyfriend; she got a husband. Sure, they sleep in different bedrooms, but it still counts. Dagga stated, "I am mostly into studying, hanging out with friends, and Quidditch. I don't have time to have a boyfriend. Besides, I can't really trust them as they might be after my fame, my money, and in the end they were probably using me for their own needs and wants."

Charlie wrapped an arm around her shoulders and said, "Well, when you do want a boyfriend, you could always look me up."

Then the twins jumped in and said, "You old geezer, you are…"

"Too old for her. So…"

"Go and find someone that is…"

"Your own age, besides…"

"If our dear Dagga is going to have…"

"A boyfriend, it should be…"

"One of us, younger generation."

Charlie snorted and snapped back at them. "As if a pretty little lady like our dear Dagga here would want to date idiots like you two. And I'm not old."

As they continued to argue back and forth, Dagga gave the empty plate to Molly and pulled both Hermione and Ron up to Ron's room to explain what really happened to her.

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Albus Dumbledore had never felt so old in his life before. He had just finished talking with Molly Weasley via floo about what happened to Ms. Dagga Potter. He should have kept a closer eye on her, so what had happened would never have happened.

Just then, Hogwarts' Potion Master Severus Snape walked into his office and sat down in a seat in front of his desk. Headmaster Dumbledore sadly stated, "It seems I should have kept a closer eye on Ms. Potter."

Snape rolled his eyes and asked, "So what happened to the spoiled little brat…"

Albus cut him off as he was sick of Snape's attitude. "I am up to here with your attitude, Severus. And I want it to stop. Let go of your pointless and useless grudge. Ms. Potter showed up at the Weasleys with a scar that was fresh. Molly questioned Ms. Potter about it, and Ms. Potter confessed about her relatives. How they almost killed her, and left her broken body in a ditch in the middle of nowhere to die. Thankfully, an old friend of hers found her and was able to get her to the muggle hospital as soon as possible. Now Severus, does that sound like someone who was spoiled by her relatives?"

"No Headmaster, is doesn't," Severus said quickly before leaving the office to go back to the dungeons to think about what he had learned.

Albus only hoped that this would change how he acted towards the Potter heiress.

AN: Chapter 2, done! I'm almost done making changes and fixing any mistakes I made in Ch. 3, and have almost everything typed for Ch. 4. Good news to my Angel of Music followers! I am making great progress with the next chapter, so it should be out soon! I can't say when, but it's progress! :3 If I made any grammatical and spelling errors, please let me know in your reviews.