Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece.

This story is the original idea for Ruby the Jaguar. As you may notice as you read she does not have the same name (I didn't want to cause any confusion) , she is just as strong as the other Ruby, but Lucia does not exist - for now. ;p

Chapter 1: They Arrive

I stood on the shore of the island, the sun just starting to touch the horizon, turning the blue sea shades of orange and yellow. I held my sandals while the tide washed around my ankles. I stared out at the ocean, allowing myself to daydream of the adventures I would have after I finally set sail and become a pirate like my brother before me.

I watch pirates come and go from this island everyday. All of them come to our family bar with amazing stories of their adventures, and all of them leave to go on new adventures.

I sighed. "When will I have an adventure of my own?" I asked myself aloud.

"Linda! C'mon sis, it's time to get back." my younger brother called from the top of the dunes. He slid down one of them and ran to my side. "Are you thinking about Robert?"

I nodded. "In a way I feel like it's sort of unfair how he's out there having adventures, meeting new people, going to new places; yet I'm happy for him, he actually got out of this town, and is having a much better time than he would if he stayed here."

He smiled and grabbed my hand. "I agree with you. Now come on we need to get back." he said tugging on my hand.

I allowed him to pull me back toward town.

Luffy perched on the head of the Sunny staring out at the sea, looking for any sign of the next island. He sighed and laid back and covered his face with his straw hat.

"Nami had said it would take about a week to get there but I'm soooo bored!" he cried out. His stomach growled and he slowly flipped over and went to the galley. He looked into the kitchen and noticed Sanji wasn't anywhere to be seen. He sneaked around the counter and looked around again before opening the fridge. He began to reach for a piece of meat just as his head was kicked into the floor.

"Luffy, what do you think you're doing?" Sanji asked, as Luffy's hand snaked out and grabbed a fish and stuffed it into his mouth.

"I'm hungry! I've gotta eat." he replied, his stomach helping him along by growling.

"Well you'll just have to wait until dinner," he said lighting a cigarette. Luffy stared at him until Sanji finally gave in an tossed him a single piece of meat before locking the fridge.

Luffy walked out onto deck and tripped over the sleeping Zoro. Luffy's meat went flying overboard. "MY MEAT!" he screamed reaching for it. Just as he was about to grab it a large fish jumped up and ate it.

"What the hell's going on?" Zoro mumbled, rubbing his eyes and yawning.

"M-M-My m-meat…" Luffy wined. He stared off in the direction the fish swam and saw just barely on the horizon an island.

"Land Ho!" he yelled running around the ship in excitement.

I sat on the cliff with my fishing pole and net, waiting silently for a bite. I wore my cut off shorts and a red bathing suit top under my short t-shirt. I shaded my face from the sun with an umbrella stuck in the ground next to me.

I took a second to tie up my silky red hair, taking my hands off the pole. The pole lurched and began to pull away, and would of if I hadn't grabbed it in time. I reeled it in with difficulty and when I finally brought it up I was disappointed and ashamed of myself for being so weak against fish. I held up the four inch long fish in disappointment.

"Sorry Mr. Fish but it's for a good cause," I said as I laid it down and cut off its tail. I used it as bait and sent the bleeding fish out on the line. Barely a second later a huge fish came after the bait and nearly pulled me right off the cliff.

"Damn, your strong," I complained as the rod began to slip from my hand. Just at that moment the rod broke and the fish got away. I looked at the remaining piece of my old rod in my hand and sighed. I threw it onto my bag and sat back down under the umbrella.

On the horizon I could see another pirate ship make it's way toward the island. "Cool…" I said as I recognized the Jolly Roger it bore. The skull and crossbones wore a straw hat; the Jolly Roger of the Straw Hats.

The ship got close enough that I could hear the shouts of the crew; and I think they were shouting and waving at me. I stood up and waved back to them. I pointed to the east and shouted, "The port is that way."

I grabbed my stuff and ran along the edge of the cliff following the ship towards the docks. The ship got close enough to the wall that we could speak without shouting too loud.

"You're the Straw Hats aren't you?" I asked the boy who had called to me.

He nodded. "I'm Luffy, the captain. What's this island's name?"

"To tell you the truth it doesn't really have one, but we call this part of the island Pirate Port because it's a pirate hotspot." I explained to him.

"What's you name?" he asked me.

"Linda, my family owns the most popular bar in town. You guys should come by after you dock."

"Do you have grog?" a man with moss colored hair asked.

"It's a bar why wouldn't it?"

He chuckled.

"You'll find it at the end of the main street, you cant miss it!" I yelled as I ran off back toward the bar.

Luffy watched as the red haired girl ran off toward the town and disappeared into the crowds of people. He smiled and turned toward the docks.

At least 150 pirate ships were docked at the port. The Straw Hats had a hard time finding a place but finally settled on a space between two ships at least three times the size of the Sunny.

"Sugoi…" Luffy, Chopper, Usopp, and Brook said as they stared at the enormous ships.

"The Sunny is much more SUPER than any of those ships would ever be, they're practically falling to pieces!" Franky said examining the ships.

"C'mon lets go get some grog," Zoro said heading towards the end of the dock - the opposite direction of the town.

"Could your sense of direction get any worse marimo?" Sanji said lighting another cigarette.

"What did you say dartboard brow?" Zoro countered, his hand getting dangerously close to his katanas.

"Stop it!" Nami screamed. "Are you two ever going to get along?"

"I don't believe they ever will Miss Navigator." Robin said patting her on the shoulder.

"C'mon let's go," Luffy called already halfway down the dock.

I walked into the bar and was greeted by the happy shouts of the pirates that occupied the bar. These pirates were old friends of my father's and had all known me since I was a little kid, yet every time I asked them to take me out to sea with them they rejected me with the same excuse: it's too dangerous for a girl.

Every time they came other pirates would avoid the bar but the townspeople would all gather and listen to their stories. My brother Christopher and I would always be the ones most absorbed into them, listening to every detail.

Christopher sat on the bar with one of the pirate's hats on his head while the captain told him about how they had escaped a sea king after accidentally wandering into the calm belt.

My mother, who stood behind the counter polishing mugs, noticed me walk in. "Hello sweetie. You didn't catch anything?" she asked noticing I wasn't carrying in a big catch like I usually did.

I pulled out the part of my fishing pole that I still had and I didn't even have to say what had happened because this had been the third pole I had broken. She smiled in acknowledgement of my hard work and went to bring a table some more drinks.

I left the bar and went upstairs to change.

Luffy stood in front of the bar mesmerized by it's sheer size. The bar was three stories high with a bright neon sign that said 'Pirate Port Bar'.

They walked in the door and it was even more incredible than the outside. The first floor was just like a normal bar but with a stage. The bar area was nestled under the overhang of the second floor where you could look down onto the first.

Pirates filled all the tables the only place not full was the bar.

The red haired girl came down a set of stairs next to the bar and a wide grin grew on her face when she noticed the Straw Hats had come.

"This place is so cool!" Luffy cheered as he walked over to the bar.

"Thanks, my father was a pirate and he used all of his money to open this bar," I told him.

"Wow."

"Anyway what would you guys like? The first drink's on the house." I said pulling out a couple of mugs.

The green haired man answered first, "I'll have a-" I put a pint of grog in front of him before he could even tell me what he wanted.

He just smiled and started to drink it. I got through about three of their requests before I got to any trouble.

I asked the man with blond hair and a curly eyebrow what he wanted and he replied, "May I have your heart?" his eyes in the shape of hearts.

"E-Excuse me?"

"Don't give her nightmares love cook," the green haired man mumbled.

"What did you say you dumb swordsman?" he growled.

The two of them started to fight and the women started to laugh. "Don't worry this happens all the time." the one with orange hair said. She introduced herself and told me the names of the others.

"I never thought you guys would end-up coming here," I told her handing the waiting Chopper a huge glob of cotton candy.

"We just followed the Log-Pose," she said taking a sip of her tropical drink. "Wow! This drink is incredible, what's in it?"

I put a finger to my lips and winked, "Secret."

"Was da shage fur? (What's the stage for?)" Luffy asked his mouth full of meat.

"You'll just have to wait to see," I told him.

"Linda! Another round of drinks!" A pirate called over to me.

"I'll be right back," I said to them and carried a tray of drinks over. As I bent over and set the tray down a man behind me groped my butt. The entire bar went silent and the man laughed.

"I can show you a good time girly, how about it?" he said sneering.

The pirate I was serving took the tray from me and smiled. My mother stood behind the bar still scrubbing the mugs a small smile on her face as well.

I turned around and gave the man a half-smile and talked in a sexy voice, "I'm gonna guess that you're new to town, and you don't know the rules for our little bar." I said taking off my apron.

He grinned and licked his lips.

"Rule #1," I narrowed my eyes, and put my hand up palm forward. "DON'T GROPE THE WAITRESS!" I yelled as I slammed my hand to his face and smashed his head into the floor making a crater. I pulled my hand back and the man's eyes had rolled up into his head, almost all of his teeth had fallen out, and blood covered his face.

The bar burst out into laughter and watched the man's crew drag him out the door.

The entire Straw Hat crew stared at me their jaws practically on the floor.

Thanks everyone for reading! I might have made her seem pretty weak in the beginning of the story, but weren't you surprised! This isn't my best writing…but I promise you the next chapter will be much better. Please review!