I have no idea if anyone is still checking this, but the last little bit finally came to me, so here's my take on the prompt: --------
Stepping out into the area was always one of the most nerve-wracking things she had to do, no matter how many times she had done it. Rebecca could feel every eye in the area turn to her, and had learned long ago that it was best to ignore all the whispers (the first few times she had listened, and quickly lost the round as a result). She knew what they were all thinking anyways: would this be the time that she finally died? She never blamed them for it, if anything, she had the same thoughts herself. Rebecca knew that, while she stronger than the typical person, all of those in the Arena today weren’t the typical gladiators who she normally fought against. Most of the fighters had been royals, trained guards, and pirates, and almost all of them were trained, either by schooling or because they had been forced into ‘life or death’ situations before. The only advantage she had was that only a small percentage of contestants had ever fought in an arena before, which had proven useful in the previous fight. (She distinctly remembered one of her opponents not realizing that she had backed him right to the edge of the ring, which meant that he had fallen backwards out of the ring when he tried to take a step back.)
Rebecca looked around at her final opponents. She had seen all the previous fights and knew that all of the people she was fighting against weren’t going to be easily taken down.
Well…
She looked at the one that she thought she knew. Lucy. Something seemed…..off about them. Lucy had been full of smiles when the two had talked, but now they barely even acknowledged her. Their stance was different too, along with a newly painted ‘scar’ on their chest. To the crowd, they would probably appear the same. To her, it was like they were a completely different person.
Rebecca forgot whatever she had been thinking about when a loud gunshot sounded. She instinctively got ready to fight, defend, or seek, preferably one of the last two. When it came to brute strength, she knew she wouldn’t stand much of a chance compared to her much larger opponents. She could, however, keep dodging until her opponent was winded and deal a quick blow to knock them out, or she could search for the fish that had the prize while the others were busy in the fight and win that way. Some would call it the easy way out, but she simply saw it as using what she could as her advantage.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw something silver come towards her, and spun just in time to have her own sword defend against the one that easily would have gone through her if she had not seen it. She smiled when she saw the guy’s reaction (obviously, he had thought she was an easy target), and felt it widen as she gracefully turned and dodged the crash that was his body due to the lack of pressure that she had created below him.
It wasn’t too much longer into the fight before she saw that both Diamante and ‘Lucy’ were eagerly looking for the chest with the prize, getting into fights in the process. Bartolomeo was keeping her former opponent busy.
Now or never.
Temporarily sheathing her sword, she ran to the edge of the ring and starting running the perimeter, keeping her eyes peeled for anything that could be the chest.
There it is!
Rebecca saw that she wasn’t the only one who saw the golden chest--both ‘Lucy’ and Diamante had already seen it. (She had half a thought to drop her sword and shield so she could run faster, but dismissed it immediately). Instead, she ran exactly opposite from where it was. It was a gamble, but if she was right, then she could grab the chest before either of them.
Both of the men behind her scrambled to stay on the large fish, mainly jumping to the closest one whenever the fish started to dive underwater. Despite that, both were slowly catching up to where she was waiting.
Any second now!
‘Lucy’ had almost reached the spot where she was when she finally saw the golden glimmer beneath the water. She took off in a sprint, trying to get slightly ahead of the fish, before jumping. She knew she had timed it just right when she felt the solid body of the fish below her.
Rebecca only had maybe 15 seconds before the fish would go back underwater and she would have to attempt the same jump again, just on the opposite side, thus she ran as best as she could up the scaly body, using the chains when possible, until she reached the chest. At any other time, she probably would have marveled at how beautifully decorated the chest was, but now, she only reached for her sword, and brought it down as hard as she could on what looked like the weakest part of the chest, completely breaking open the top part.
The fish below her had a sudden shift in its direction, which put both her and the newly freed fruit into the air.
“Sorry, Princess. Hope you don’t mind me grabbing this!”
Rebecca hadn’t realized that ‘Lucy’ had gotten this close, but she wasn’t going to give up so easily. Using her feet to find any type of leverage, she came in contact with the fins from the fish that had just flung her, which she used to push herself forward. She stretched as much as she could, her fingers reaching slightly past ‘Lucy’s’.
Got it!
There was a smirk on her face as she jumped away from her opponent. She had heard from the first Lucy earlier that the fruit was important to them, and this ‘Lucy’ seemed to feel the same. She could see the mix of emotions on their face (shock, anger, annoyed….and a bit of pleading?), but she couldn’t bring herself to care about what the fake Lucy was feeling.
(The fruit tasted horrible, it burned the whole way down. Her whole body felt like it could burst into flames.)
No, she couldn’t bother to care what her opponent thought. (She moved her arm, testing the new flow of fire that was her body). The crowd had gone silent, and the announcer could barely say the words she had always dreamed of hearing. None of that mattered to her now.
Right now, she had a kingdom to take back.
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And then Rebecca fights Diamante, kicks butt, and then her, Viola and Law actually help take Doflamingo down.
So, yeah, hopefully it was at least something close to what you were thinking!
(Also, I’m going to de-anon myself over on my tumblr for both this one and the other prompt I filled. This one is here: http://starlightsmusings.tumblr.com/post/138908964823/fandom-one-piece-prompt-dressarosa-salute-your)
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Stepping out into the area was always one of the most nerve-wracking things she had to do, no matter how many times she had done it. Rebecca could feel every eye in the area turn to her, and had learned long ago that it was best to ignore all the whispers (the first few times she had listened, and quickly lost the round as a result). She knew what they were all thinking anyways: would this be the time that she finally died? She never blamed them for it, if anything, she had the same thoughts herself. Rebecca knew that, while she stronger than the typical person, all of those in the Arena today weren’t the typical gladiators who she normally fought against. Most of the fighters had been royals, trained guards, and pirates, and almost all of them were trained, either by schooling or because they had been forced into ‘life or death’ situations before. The only advantage she had was that only a small percentage of contestants had ever fought in an arena before, which had proven useful in the previous fight. (She distinctly remembered one of her opponents not realizing that she had backed him right to the edge of the ring, which meant that he had fallen backwards out of the ring when he tried to take a step back.)
Rebecca looked around at her final opponents. She had seen all the previous fights and knew that all of the people she was fighting against weren’t going to be easily taken down.
Well…
She looked at the one that she thought she knew. Lucy. Something seemed…..off about them. Lucy had been full of smiles when the two had talked, but now they barely even acknowledged her. Their stance was different too, along with a newly painted ‘scar’ on their chest. To the crowd, they would probably appear the same. To her, it was like they were a completely different person.
Rebecca forgot whatever she had been thinking about when a loud gunshot sounded. She instinctively got ready to fight, defend, or seek, preferably one of the last two. When it came to brute strength, she knew she wouldn’t stand much of a chance compared to her much larger opponents. She could, however, keep dodging until her opponent was winded and deal a quick blow to knock them out, or she could search for the fish that had the prize while the others were busy in the fight and win that way. Some would call it the easy way out, but she simply saw it as using what she could as her advantage.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw something silver come towards her, and spun just in time to have her own sword defend against the one that easily would have gone through her if she had not seen it. She smiled when she saw the guy’s reaction (obviously, he had thought she was an easy target), and felt it widen as she gracefully turned and dodged the crash that was his body due to the lack of pressure that she had created below him.
It wasn’t too much longer into the fight before she saw that both Diamante and ‘Lucy’ were eagerly looking for the chest with the prize, getting into fights in the process. Bartolomeo was keeping her former opponent busy.
Now or never.
Temporarily sheathing her sword, she ran to the edge of the ring and starting running the perimeter, keeping her eyes peeled for anything that could be the chest.
There it is!
Rebecca saw that she wasn’t the only one who saw the golden chest--both ‘Lucy’ and Diamante had already seen it. (She had half a thought to drop her sword and shield so she could run faster, but dismissed it immediately). Instead, she ran exactly opposite from where it was. It was a gamble, but if she was right, then she could grab the chest before either of them.
Both of the men behind her scrambled to stay on the large fish, mainly jumping to the closest one whenever the fish started to dive underwater. Despite that, both were slowly catching up to where she was waiting.
Any second now!
‘Lucy’ had almost reached the spot where she was when she finally saw the golden glimmer beneath the water. She took off in a sprint, trying to get slightly ahead of the fish, before jumping. She knew she had timed it just right when she felt the solid body of the fish below her.
Rebecca only had maybe 15 seconds before the fish would go back underwater and she would have to attempt the same jump again, just on the opposite side, thus she ran as best as she could up the scaly body, using the chains when possible, until she reached the chest. At any other time, she probably would have marveled at how beautifully decorated the chest was, but now, she only reached for her sword, and brought it down as hard as she could on what looked like the weakest part of the chest, completely breaking open the top part.
The fish below her had a sudden shift in its direction, which put both her and the newly freed fruit into the air.
“Sorry, Princess. Hope you don’t mind me grabbing this!”
Rebecca hadn’t realized that ‘Lucy’ had gotten this close, but she wasn’t going to give up so easily. Using her feet to find any type of leverage, she came in contact with the fins from the fish that had just flung her, which she used to push herself forward. She stretched as much as she could, her fingers reaching slightly past ‘Lucy’s’.
Got it!
There was a smirk on her face as she jumped away from her opponent. She had heard from the first Lucy earlier that the fruit was important to them, and this ‘Lucy’ seemed to feel the same. She could see the mix of emotions on their face (shock, anger, annoyed….and a bit of pleading?), but she couldn’t bring herself to care about what the fake Lucy was feeling.
(The fruit tasted horrible, it burned the whole way down. Her whole body felt like it could burst into flames.)
No, she couldn’t bother to care what her opponent thought. (She moved her arm, testing the new flow of fire that was her body). The crowd had gone silent, and the announcer could barely say the words she had always dreamed of hearing. None of that mattered to her now.
Right now, she had a kingdom to take back.
------
And then Rebecca fights Diamante, kicks butt, and then her, Viola and Law actually help take Doflamingo down.
So, yeah, hopefully it was at least something close to what you were thinking!
(Also, I’m going to de-anon myself over on my tumblr for both this one and the other prompt I filled. This one is here: http://starlightsmusings.tumblr.com/post/138908964823/fandom-one-piece-prompt-dressarosa-salute-your)