Chapter 8: Witchey deals
You felt as though you'd been talking to Luffy for ages. He was in fact really funny and was fun to talk to. Even though he had a crap memory for names, it seemed he called Kid Jaggy and Law Traffy. Apparently he considered you to be apart of his inner circle of friends since you'd let him eat the peaches. He asked you about the plants and the animals who lived here, you answered.
"So that rabbit says he doesn't like you, but still comes around?"
You figured there was no harm in telling him these things after all it was merely a dream, not like any of it was real. You'd thought for a moment that you'd heard Kid's voice and he'd sounded so incredibly sad, you missed his hugs.
"Yeah, I offered him a place to stay but he says the hill where he was born he's been there since he was a kit. But he comes and goes as he pleases."
"And he birds?"
"There's little places where they can go in and out of, but they usually stay here."
"I don't blame them. It's nice here, I don't want to ever leave."
You could understand, many supernatural beings were drawn to the cafe due to the greenhouse.
"I feel myself fading, but I'll see you soon anyway, I'll come right to you!"
Fading?
"What fading?"
"Yeah it's part of my abilities! I can wander into dreams!"
Fucking shit!!!!
"See you soon!" He hugged you and disappeared into thin air, you were now horrified! Shakky had freaked out over a kiss and a hickey from Kid...and if Luffy had done what you think he'd done...
"FUCK!"
You awoke with a start with several sets of eyes looking at you. Your uncle's, aunt's, Ace, Sabo, some Ogre, and...
"You fucking asshole!" You pounced on Luffy and sucker punched him in the face, only for you to feel the pain resignate in your own cheek. "SHIT!" A pair of arms wrapped around you and pulled you from the incubus, it was uncle.
"Let me go! I'm going to kill him! How dare you! How fucking dare you!"
"Y/N sweetie please calm down!" Uncle Ray was trying his damn hardest to keep you from hurting yourself, you'd never felt this angry before. Your choice had been taken away from you, you'd thought it was a dream, he'd snuck in when you were the most vulnerable and defenseless. Your emotions were spiraling, you felt hot and cold at the same time, your breathing became labored.
"Give her to me! She needs me!" You heard Luffy he sounded like he was feeling what you were feeling. His own breathing was picking up in speed.
"FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU, FUCK YOU, FUCK YOU, FUCK YOU!" Then you felt your breath leave you. He was going to find out, you would need to stay with him, or both of you would suffer, he would figure it out! You couldn't breathe, your head felt light and your body felt heavy.
Before you could faint, you were pulled back into Luffy, he seemed to fly and he took you back to the greenhouse. Instantly you felt calmer, the earth, the plants, the bugs, and the animals all grounding you. And then there was Luffy, he smelled like a campfire, and chocolate. You could smell him, meaning he'd imprinted on you. You cried, sobbed, you killed your coven, your family.
"No! I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
"Shhh, shhh, you're okay. I'll keep you safe, I keep all my friends safe."
If only he knew, if you were going to be marked or imprinted, you would've chosen Kid. Oh no...Kid, the tears were fresh, he was your first kiss, and now due to the imprint you had on your body, you couldn't touch or reciprocate another's touches or feelings, it would hurt you and Luffy.
"Y/N...honey, you okay?"
You couldn't talk so you shook your head no. None of this was okay.
"Sweetie, we need to talk you me, Shakky and Newgate. Luffy will wait outside with his brothers."
You felt Luffy's grip on you tighten. And heard a menacing growl come from him, he sounded almost as scary as Kid did.
"I am not going to keep her from you, young incubus, but there is a matter we need to talk about, and it isn't something you or anyone else, besides who I mentioned, that are permitted to be here."
"Go." You pushed yourself away from Luffy and stood. "What is it?" Luffy walked away his shoulders slumped and a frown covering his handsome face.
"Y/N." Ray whispered and hugged you. "You need to let Shakky back into the greenhouse, it's the only place that's soundproof."
You lifted the curse, didn't even care anymore, once this imprint was gone, you needed to leave. You couldn't risk your family, not after all the sacrifices they took to keep you safe.
"Hello little lass, my name is Newgate, Edward but everyone calls me Whitebeard. It is very nice to meet you."
There was something in the way he said that it had you shivering, you looked to your uncle and the sigh he gave, you knew, he knew what you and your family were.
"Y/N." Your aunt's hard tone made you flinch, you turned to stare at her black eyes, she shook her head and then hugged you. "I-I am sorry honey." Your eyes went wide and you looked at your uncle again, and he just smiled. "We'll talk more later for now, we need to talk about the deal we made."
"What deal?"
You looked to the Ogre, and he was walking around, staring at everything, and his relaxed posture didn't make it seem that he was going to hurt you or your coven.
"Honey, we are going to need a life stone. And you will be helping Rayleigh build a greenhouse for this gentleman."
Your eyes went wide in shock, as you stared at her. The Ogre may have known that you were a witch but not what kind.
"Sweetie he could tell, ogres have that ability to discern that if we aren't careful, they were our guardians at one point." Shakky practically growled that last part.
"I am not going to say anything High Witch, I wouldn't have even if your niece wasn't imprinted to my boy. I would've been happy to just ask to sit in here. But since you are willing to give me my own, it's a win-win situation." The ogre turned and looked at you his smile was one of pure joy, and happiness. You vaguely wondered if that is what you looked like when you were in here.
"Why are you called Whitebeard if you have a moustache? My uncle has more of a beard than you do."
The man's laugh was loud and unexpected, it caused the place to shake. It awoke your favorite grumpy rabbit, and he returned the gesture by hopping on the ogre's head and scratch at him.
"Oy! Damn rabbit!" He jumped away and huffed.
Why is there an ogre in my garden?
"Long story old man. Sorry we woke you up."
I am going to be here from now on witchlet, so keep him away from me.
You smiled you couldn't help it, he was finally staying.
"You can communicate with animals as well?" He sounded shocked, and impressed.
"Yes. It's not that impressive." You shrugged your shoulders but then felt a pain in your chest, and rubbed at it.
"My boy is calling you. Look missy, you and my boy are bonded now, and he will need to be with you until his imprint goes away, unless you both decide to keep the bond. You and your uncle will be coming by every day after your cafe closes, next week when school is out, and all day on the weekend to build the greenhouse. I will be teaching my boy about his nature more, to help him understand what he has done, and how he will need to behave in the future. Your uncle said you would in order to keep my silence about you and your family, I will also put your cafe under my protection, so no hunters will come poking around any of you."
You let out a breath you didn't know you had been holding, and nearly fell over. The door bursting open made you all jump, and suddenly you were smothered in a hug, and flown about everyone, Luffy nuzzled his face in your neck.
"I don't know why but I don't like being away from you."
This did make you glare at the ogre and he did seem to look a little guilty.
"But that's okay, Marco says I'm going to be here for a couple of weeks, and that you'll be coming over all the time now! I'm so happy you're my friend now."
You groaned, guessing that that had been another part of the deal.
~Time Skip~
"So let me get this straight, you have to build a greenhouse for an Ogre, you have to deal with Luffy being imprinted to you for two weeks, and you get what out of this exactly?"
"I don't know, maybe my aunt and uncle will let me test out of this place, and I can just focus on my greenhouse and creating my soups and jams."
Perona's ears turned into a cat's and they flattened in sadness,
"I'll miss you, please don't do that."
You hugged her, and she hugged you back.
"I won't I'm sorry."
"Y/N!!!!" You heard the bane of your existence screech, and quickly let go of Perona before she could be mauled by Luffy. He pulled you into a hug, and you felt more of your energy drain. He took more than he needed but you didn't know if he knew he was doing it, or if he did and was just taking it because he could.
"Luffy! Get off of me! You're taking too much of my energy again!"
He refused to let you go, then he yelped in pain as did you, when it felt as though claws were digging into your shoulder.
"AAARGH!" You screamed in pain, you couldn't help it.
"Y/N!" Killer was next to you in an instant, his hand pulling at your shirt and there it was, claw marks. "KID you need to stop! If you hurt Monkey you hurt Y/N too!"
The growls that came from Kid and Luffy along with Luffy's gang and Kid's pack, were enough to make someone go deaf.
"ENOUGH!" The menacing voice that echoed throughout the hall made everyone shiver. You turned to see Principal Crocodile half shift into his natural self, his horns protruding from his head, his normal brown eyes were now a swamp green and glowing and the smell of the forest was heavy in the air. "Ms. L/N, while I understand that you are caught in the middle of all of this, I would suggest that for the rest of this week you do not attend school so as to avoid a turf war happening over you."
"Sir, please I-"
"NO EXCUSES. THE REST OF YOUR SCHOOL WEEK WILL BE SPENT AT HOME!"
The command wafted over you. Like witches Windigos had magic as well, nothing like a witch but nearly as powerful and since you had to pretend to be human, you had to follow it. Plus his voice no longer sounded like you were used to, his beastly gravel was present and he had the rest of the passerbys kneeling.
"Y-yessir...m-may I g-get my things from the locker?"
He simply nodded his head. You ran for your locker, Luffy trailing right behind you. You saw him reach for you to touch you.
"Knock it off! Don't you fucking touch me. We agreed I would give you energy after breakfast, after lunch and right before dinner. We already sleep in the same fucking bed every night. So until dinner time rolls around stay the fuck away from me."
"Can't you be a little nicer to Luffy?"
Nami a cat shifter hissed at you.
"How about you mind your own damn business. Yeah? He's lucky I didn't just skip town."
The look of horror on her face almost made you smile. You saw Zoro, Sanji and Ussop, a forest elf, coming up. You hated that they went wherever Luffy did. You groaned. You went to your locker and called your uncle.
"Sweetheart what happened?"
"Luffy isn't adhering to his stipulations and drained my energy right as I got into the school to my first class, I have been told that I cannot be at school for the remainder of the week."
"Haa alright sweetheart. Come home help me and your aunt for a few hours, and then we will head over to the Newgate estate to get to work earlier than planned. And Luffy I know you are there. Since you drained more energy than you should've, you will not be allowed to follow my niece. You do and I will use that mistle toe necklace on you. Am I clear?"
You saw Luffy and his friends stiffen at the mention of mistletoe, it causes extreme nausea, headaches, and sometimes it can affect the beast within. Nami looked pissed at that, but she said nothing. You and your uncle had been at the Newgate estate twice, getting everything ready and set up all your tools and prepare the ground, and these numbskulls were ever present.
"Also me and my niece will not be allowing anyone around while we work. Ms. Nami you raise a stink I may just let the school know that you stole the answer sheets for the exams to sell. Understood."
She hissed but walked off.
Luffy seemed to be deep in thought but said nothing. You left the school building thinking now more than ever that you wanted to go into a forest and disappear forever.
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