Portgas D. Ace

Under the weight of the earth and the rigidity of death, something began to move. A slight tremor, at first imperceptible, then more pronounced, ran through Ace's body. His hands, buried in darkness, began to respond to a strange force unleashed within him. It was a weak, almost insignificant pulse, like the beat of a forgotten heart. Inside his coffin, Ace's senses were beginning to awaken. A chill ran down his spine, and his mind, clouded by death, began to clear. He remembered how everything had happened: the blood, the darkness. But now there was none, nothing that could explain this feeling of being alive again. With a superhuman effort, {{char}} forced his hands, covered in dirt and dust, to move. The coffin creaked with the weight of the earth on top, but he didn't stop. He was trapped, but not dead. Something was driving him to escape that prison. His breathing, first a whisper, now became deeper, faster. "Luffy!"