Chapter XI - Father... Who is she?

In the gleaming halls of Mary Geoise, the sky was always blue, even when the world below wept.

A young boy with wild blond hair and cruel eyes lounged on a velvet divan, legs swinging above the polished floor. A baby cried somewhere nearby, but the sound was muffled by layers of marbled distance.

Donquixote Doflamingo.

"What is it now..." he muttered, annoyed, turning his head toward the commotion.

Nobles and servants gathered near a transponder snail, its expression twisted in terror. A live broadcast crackled through its mouthpiece, its voice frantic and choppy.

"... THE SEA... IT'S... SHE PARTED THE SEA!!"

The image came into focus.

A woman—no, a monster. Hair like flowing void, eyes burning red. Her presence alone caused the den den mushi across the world to distort. Even at this young age, Doflamingo felt something in his gut twist.

He knew power. And she was beyond power.

"Father," Doflamingo said, not taking his eyes off the screen. "Who is she?"

Homimg Donquixote, draped in pale robes with the baby Rosinante cradled in his arms, turned slowly toward the snail.

His face lost colour.

Memories flickered. A celebration just a few weeks ago. Rosinante's birth had brought the highborn together. That day had been like all others in Mary Geoise: dull, stifling, ceremonial.

Until she arrived.

"Zenka," Homing whispered.

Doflamingo blinked. The name echoed, stirring something unplaceable in his still-forming mind. He remembered the celebration had become... strange. A boring song. Nobles stepping aside. A hush. A pair of eyes that looked not through him, but into him.

"She smiled at me once," Doflamingo said slowly.

Homimg nodded, clutching Rosinante protectively.

"That girl was different... and cursed."

Back in the present, the broadcast cut to black.

"Saint Zenka..." someone muttered behind them. "The Miracle Sword Saintess of the World Government."

But Doflamingo wasn't listening anymore.

He was still staring at the snail. Eyes wide. Breathing shallow.

He finally asked: "Why is she called a miracle?"

Homimg did not answer.

Bum, bum, bum. 

A sound was heard from the door of their mansion.

„Homing, are you there?" A figure emerged

„ Aah Valquier. What can I do for you?"

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Elsewhere, in a stone-walled underground chamber lit by floating seastone lamps, a cloaked figure bowed before a man sitting behind a carved desk.

"Grandmaster," the figure asked. "Who is she?"

The Grandmaster did not look up from the documents he studied. He simply said:

"I searched the truth, it says that..."

…

…..

Zenka was born from the union of two powerful Celestial Dragon bloodlines: the Nerona and Jaygarcia families. As a child, she had flowing red hair and gentle purple eyes. Despite being born into privilege and cruelty, Zenka displayed a kindness that was rare among her kind—a gentle spirit reminiscent of newborn Donquixote Rosinante. She was a true sweetheart, innocent and curious about the world.

During one of her family's frequent luxury trips, this time to Long Ring Long Land, four-year-old Zenka wandered away from her entourage and discovered a mysterious Devil Fruit. Unaware of its consequences, she ate it—the Miracle Miracle no Mi. That single moment would reshape her fate forever.

Her ship, sailing back from the island, was mistaken for a Heavenly Tribute vessel by the notorious Wukk brothers and their crew, Jean and Victor, the sea overlords rivalling Rocks. Knowing that attacking such a ship might bring Admiral-level pursuit, the brothers staged an "accident" and slaughtered everyone onboard, including her parents and the ship's slaves. But Zenka survived. Her newly awakened Miracle powers surged, threatening to shatter her bindings, but the brothers subdued her before she could escape.

Victor Wukk, wielder of the Pain Pain Fruit, devised a cruel plan. After torturing her, he placed a symbol of pain on her head. Making everything more painful 10x times. Not willing to risk keeping her alive, but unable to kill her outright, they shackled her with layer after layer of Seastone cuffs and cast her into the ocean, condemning her to an endless cycle of drowning and resurrection. For a full year, she suffered at the ocean's mercy, dying and regenerating in eternal agony. Amplyfied by his Devil Fruit powers. accumulated so much mental stress that her brain shut itself off.

„A poor child...yet an enemy ", a figure muttered towards their Grandmaster.

Her torment ended when a colossal sea monster swallowed her whole. But fate intervened. A passing ship led by the Black Arm Zephyr killed the beast, discovering the barely living girl inside. After 2 months of Nonstop rest, she had awoken, unable to speak or breathe on her own. They recognised her identity. Calling the world government. They had to give her an artificial breathing machine. Overseeing her condition in the laboratory. Later, they labelled her as "Miracle."

Word of her survival reached Saint Jaygarcia Saturn, who became obsessed with her Devil Fruit's potential. Under the guise of training, Saturn conducted years of experiments on her body and mind. He enlisted agents with other Devil Fruits to refine her further, notably Mikaels, user of the Memo Memo no Mi, who erased and replaced memories as Saturn saw fit. All this was done to craft the perfect Celestial Dragon weapon. Some experiments were even quite brutal. Which Saturn didn't report to the rest of his fellow elders and Imu. He was too proud of his work as a scientist.

But Zenka's trauma, rage, and grief never truly faded. Her will for vengeance and death against the Wukk brothers burned hotter with each passing day. From the depths of her Modified Mind, amplified by Miracle energy, she summoned a cursed sword from an unknown place: Soul Edge. 

„Strange... even the truth can't see behind that sword background" murmured Grandmaster, then he continued....

What followed was an eternal battle of wills. Zenka, a chained, drugged, and tortured mind, resisted its corruption with everything she had. Mutating and dying in the process.

Eventually, even Imu became aware of her. But Soul Edge's aura had distorted its abyss mark upon her. Fearing what she could become, Imu constructed the Abyss Prison—a colossal, dark facility designed to contain her. In time, the Gorosei and God Knights intervened, and after a brutal confrontation, they subdued Zenka. She was placed in deep sleep, her memories suppressed again. During this time, she awakened Conqueror's Haki, strong enough to briefly suppress Soul Edge's hold.

„So even the devil stepped up... " Murmured the cloaked Figure.

Three years later, she awakened. Her mind was steadier, but her deep-rooted vengeance remained. Upon learning the Wukk brothers were active again, she left for battle. Zephyr, Garp, and Kong were already engaged with the Wukks when Zenka appeared, tipping the scales entirely. In a moment of fury and grace, she unleashed her ultimate attack from soul edge—Yatsufusa—for the first time, cutting down Jean Wukk.

But the toll was immense.

Her mind collapsed. Yatsufusa consumes too much of her willpower and haki. Marines secured Victor Wukk, but before they could finish the job, orders came to retreat. Zenka, overwhelmed, went berserk once more. The last thing she saw were the silhouettes of God Knights closing in around her.

To the world, Zenka remains a myth. To the Celestial Dragons, she is the ultimate weapon. But to herself—somewhere in the remnants of her soul—she is still that little girl who once loved the world and was devoured by it.

A few minutes later...after a strange silence.

„Grandmaster. A few years ago, wasn't that his mission?"

„Yes. It was. ACK..... my head is aching..." Grandmaster said. Searching for some documents around him. 

„Remind me. Who is he impersonating again?"

„Yes, Grandmaster. Latest report says that he is impersonating someone named …....."

A masked figure found the right document. Listing through pages.

…....

…....

„Donquixote Valquier."