This chapter is a little bit short, but I am already working on the next chapter. The chapter is short for the sake of the cliffhanger. Also, this chapter can be a bit graphic on the abusing/harassment subject, but I am absolutely not detailed about it.

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece

It was over, wasn't it? Two days had passed since Lucci confronted Nami with all those hard words. No friends, no Knights to protect her and she still wasn't allowed to see her parents. Were her parents even still alive? It wouldn't even surprise her if Lucci killed her parents too and in all honesty... She didn't have any tears left to cry for them. No, she cried for Sanji, Zoro, Robin and Luffy. Even for Chopper whom, she had only met once, but because of her, he lost his life.

Currently, the Princess was only lying in bed. Her eyes didn't show a sign of life. Her hair and make-up was a complete mess. Nami didn't feel like showering the same way she didn't feel like living anymore. Lucci's knights made sure to remove everything sharp out of her room. They even stole every kind of fabric for if she had any depressing thoughts. So here she was, lying on her mattress.

Two of her own traitorous Knights - the purple and the green - were standing downstairs under her balcony. The blue coloured Knight was standing next to her door; all to make sure she wouldn't escape. All she felt like now was some kind of breeding machine for Lucci. He hadn't tried anything to her, but she was sure as hell she wouldn't care anymore if he did. Nami always wanted to save herself for the love of her life but well... Luffy was dead.

A hiccup left her throat, but her tears were nonexistent.

Lucci told everyone in the castle about Robin, Sanji, Zoro and Luffy being traitors and they immediately received the death punishment. Because of this, no one in the castle thought something was wrong and they all did what they normally did. Just same old, same old... While Nami was rotting away on her mattress.

"Knight, leave us alone for a bit."

Nami heard that slimy voice of Lucci, yet she had no emotion accompanied by it. She didn't even move an inch. The door opened after she heard the Knight walk away and she still didn't lookup.

"Ugh, you look disgusting." Lucci looked down on the ground, seeing Nami hadn't touched her food and water. "Are you deliberating starving yourself? Pathetic."

Nami's eyes finally looked at Lucci, yet she still didn't make a sound or show emotion. "Well, you aren't any fun anymore. Are you completely dead inside?" Lucci waved his hand in front of Nami's sight, just to look if she was blinking or anything at all. "Just to warn you, I hope once I get you pregnant you eat and drink because otherwise, the baby will die. How about this: The moment you give me a Prince will be the moment I will get you out of your misery. Deal?"

Nami still didn't move nor reply. She did hear him and she registered everything, but she just didn't care. At all. Or at least, she thought she didn't...

"Are you going to ignore me forever?" Lucci against, now turning a bit annoyed. "Here I am proposing a good deal and you still won't react, pathetic woman? I'm being very reasonable to you." Nami looked away, her eyes now focusing on a thread on her mattress which only seemed to fuel his anger. Of course, it did, because now it seemed as if Nami was ignoring him even more. In a way, she did.

Lucci had it and grabbed her by her hair, pulling her up and receiving a small grunt from her. "I have had it with you. So before you even get more unattractive-"

A gasp left Nami's throat the moment Lucci ripped her dress in pieces, and especially around her chest area. He wasn't actually going to-

.oOo.

"Ok, do you still remember the plan?" the woman in the castle hallway whispered, receiving two nods. "Alright, let's do it."

"Prince Lucci! Something is wrong at the castle gate and we need you!" A heavy voice yelled throughout the hallway. Lucci stopped in his tracks, hearing a voice he hasn't heard before, but it was enough for him to actually sigh and move away from the trembling Princess.

"That's annoying, I didn't even get as far as opening my pants." Lucci looked back at Nami, who was covering her chest with her arms and holding her knees together. "Let's continue later, honey. We were having so much fun."

Lucci left the bedroom, and as soon as he did, Nami felt a tear roll over her cheek. Apparently, she still had enough tears and she did care if he did something like this. Nami made herself very little, trembling as she did and feeling every disgusting hand-print oh his burn on her body. Her breasts, stomach and even between her legs. A woman suddenly entered the room, of which Nami first thought it was Lucci again so she immediately jumped backwards against her bed-frame with a shriek.

The woman shushed softly, but Nami kept trembling. "It's ok, honey. We are here to rescue here." Nami stared at the woman, but she had no idea who she was. "What happened to your clothes? Why-"

Suddenly, she saw Nami's state and expression. The Princess was showing complete angst, trembling and her underwear lied at her feet.

"Oh no. Oh dear, I am so sorry we weren't here sooner." The woman embraced Nami against her, receiving a sob from the Princess. Still, she had no idea who this woman was but she felt so trusting and motherly to her. She missed a warm embrace like this. "Princess, we are here to rescue you. The blue Knight is still gone so now is the moment to flee. I am so sorry I can't comfort you more but once you are safe, we will talk about everything."

Nami nodded against her shoulder, smelling her black shoulder-length hair as she did. Nami and the woman suddenly heard a slow knock, which stirred the woman suddenly. She removed her black leather robe and put it around Nami's shoulders. "This will do. We have to go, the Knight is coming."

Nami gulped but nodded and she held the robe closed to make sure she wasn't showing anything. The knock resounded again and Nami now could see a man with red hair and leather robe standing on the lookout outside the room. Nami and the woman left the bedroom and the three of them ran through the hallways. They were going to the backside of the castle and the Princess was extremely surprised how those two people knew the directions so well. They entered the maze and the red-haired man looked around every corner before they went further. The woman kept holding Nami's hand, making sure to not lose her. They went to the back of the maze, and again, Nami was surprised they knew the exact way to go without getting lost once.

They got met with a wagon with two horses and... the red Knight.

The Princess immediately stopped in her tracks seeing one of the traitorous Knights and the two rescuers suddenly stopped when the Royal Highness stopped. The two rescuers looked at the Princess, who was only blindly staring at the red Knight.

"Oh no no, you can trust him! He is with us!"

Nami frowned deeply. Right now, she had a train of thought... Or raped and killed by Lucci, or killed by these strangers... Option two it is...

.oOo.

The wagon began to move with the Princess, woman and red Knight sitting in the back. The red-haired man was stirring the horses. Nami had no idea where she was heading nor who the woman and man was, but right now, knowing they saved her from Lucci's evil act made her some kind of grateful. The rocking of the wagon somehow worked hypnotic to Nami, as a little baby getting rocked asleep by its mother. Maybe finally, after two hours, Nami could catch some sleep. She still didn't know what to think about these people but she was really tired.

Her eyelids were getting heavier and heavier and she slowly fell asleep. The hand holding the robe close slowly slid down, opening her robe a little and showing what was underneath.

"Whoops," the woman whispered, closing the robe for the Princess. The red Knight saw what was underneath and he sat up straight immediately.

The woman tamed Nami's hair softly, smiling when the Princess began to snore a bit. "I'm not going to explain why she's half-naked, red." the woman began, hearing the harness of the Knight move. "I don't trust you enough to tell you. She will explain to us when we're back at the base."

The Knight nodded softly, easing back against the wall of the wagon. The woman kept her robe close, making sure she stayed decent in front of the red Knight.

After a bit, the wagon arrived at the base. The base was a small torn down cabin in the middle of the woods. The cabin was still usable if you'd ignore the broken windows and leakage through the roof, but it was a nice sunny day. The red Knight carried the sleeping Princess inside and the red-haired man put his robe over her to make sure she wouldn't show anything. The red Knight put her in a bed and he closed the door behind him. The people in the cabin were all having thought about why the Princess was in this state and, to be honest... The thoughts horrified them...

.oOo.

An hour passed and the Royalty woke up, but she gasped when that same woman was sitting in front of her. The woman immediately put her hands in the air to show she meant no harm. "I didn't want to scare you, I'm sorry."

Nami looked down seeing she was suddenly wearing wide pants and a knitted sweater. She suddenly didn't look like a Royalty anymore. "I dressed you into something more decent since there are only men in the room next to us. So um... Would you like to tell me what happened in your room?"

Nami's eyes widened and she shook her head. "T-Thank you for saving me," Nami said, hearing her voice for the first time in two days. "But I have no idea who you are."

"I understand," the woman answered. "I am Makino. I am part of this rescuing mission against Lucci. The red-haired man you saw is Shanks, the leader of this mission. There are a few other people in this mission whom you have and haven't met yet."

"Who I... Have met?" Nami heard her voice break a little, probably due to hydration. Makino noticed and grabbed a bottle of water for her. Nami drank it eagerly and Makino made a mental note to also grab some food for her. Once Nami was done drinking, Makino stood up. "Red, your turn."

Nami heard the sounds of a harness next door, and Nami couldn't help but be a bit afraid when Makino left the room and the red Knight suddenly entered. Was that woman going to leave Nami alone with that Knight? The Princess crept a bit backwards against the wall, making herself very small.

Makino entered the living area, where Shanks was sitting on the old couch. Even though it was old, it was still very comfortable. "How did it go? Did she tell you anything?"

Makino frowned and shook her head. "She didn't. She doesn't trust me enough yet. I hope she won't tell red either because I don't trust his actions..."

"And yet, you're leaving him alone with her... Ballsy." Shanks added, drinking from his bottle with water. "What do you think had happened?"

"Well... Seeing her underwear got removed, she was almost completely naked and the shocked emotion... I don't even want to think about what she went through. We have no idea how far Lucci went before we interrupted." Makino sat down with a sigh next to Shanks.

"Oh right," Makino stood up again. "I have to go and grab something to eat for her. She is probably starving."

Shanks watched Makino rummage through the cabinets, grabbing boxes with the little bit of food they had. Shanks' eyes now went to the door where the red Knight just went to.

Nami stared at the Knight, afraid to say anything to him. If she had to believe Lucci, that Knight was a traitor. Why was Makino leaving her alone with that person? "P-Please, don't hurt me..."

The Knight tilted his head and he walked towards her, suddenly going on his knees. Nami's eyebrows knitted into a frown, seeing him somewhat bowing. The Knight slowly removed his harness and with every bit he was removing, Nami's eyes kept widening. The first thing she saw was the red blood-drenched bandage under his shoulder. The second thing she saw was the man she cried for, for two days. Even if this was a nightmare or more like a dream, this felt really real to her. Tears dropped down her cheeks, but this time finally, tears of happiness.

"L...Luffy?"

HE IS ALIVE! HE IS ALIVE! MHUAHUAHUAHUA

But wait… Who was the original red Knight and where did Makino and Shanks come from? Explanation in the next episode of Royal Affairs!

Ps. I am pregnant. Yay for the morning sickness :D