A/N: To people who are wondering where some of my other stories went, I deleted them. The cover of this story is from the One Piece wiki, it's an official cover the Dressrosa Arc. I guess, you would have seen it if you read the manga. So, in short, I do NOT own the cover picture. This AU was made as a request for Suzuka-sama on deviantART. She wanted an x mermaid!reader story. Hope you guys like it. I DO NOT OWN ONE PIECE.


Summary: In a world of fairytales and wonder you, the reader, are a mermaid. You lived the perfect life under the sea, until your best friend, Luffy, decides to explore a forbidden part of the ocean. And soon, you find yourself in the adventure of a life time where wishes and dreams come true. But, happy endings don't always come so easily, you know. Complete list of canon characters so far: Luffy, Corazon, Zoro (to be added later, for sure)


"_!" Luffy called and banged his fists on the blue seashell door.

"Wh-Who's there!?" you yelled as you ungracefully fell on your butt and hid behind your bubble bed, unaware that it was Luffy who had been calling.

"Oi! _!" Luffy pushed your door open. Like, literally pushed through the door and broke it.

Realizing that it was your bestie who had given you the unwelcome morning call, you swum up from your hiding place and gestured wildly at your door. "Luffy! Do you know how long it took me to find a new shell!? It took me a week since you broke the last one!"

"Sorry," he scratched the back of his head while giving you a not-so-sorry grin. "But we have to go! I found something cool!"

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You sighed. You definitely shouldn't have followed him. Especially without eating your favorite breakfast, Seaweed Crispies (LoL I just decided to make a cereal for mermaids to eat). Knowing Luffy, he was probably gonna show you a hermit crab. Or a black rock. Or another hermit crab. So, you were definitely surprised when he stopped in the middle of nowhere. The oh-so-new definition of cool.

"Luffy?" you began, suspicion creeping into your voice. "What is this?"

"Don't you know?" he turned to you with a grin.

You shook your head.

"This is the Forbidden Ocean!" he swung his arms enthusiastically. (Okay, I know, that's a super lame name but, I really can't think of a better one)

"What!? NO! We didn't even pass by the sign!" you thought about the small wooden sign that kept merfolk from straying too far. You remembered that it was supposed to be there, right where Luffy was, and that you had put a blue smiley on the side… Scratch that last part!

"Oh, you mean this?" he asked nonchalantly as he held up the signboard, complete with the blue smiley face.

"OH NOOO!" you panicked, swimming circles around Luffy as you tried to calm down. "King Neptune will be mad! We'll be sent to the dungeon!"

Luffy pouted at you and tilted his head to one side. "But it's just a sign, isn't it?"

You stopped circling him and took a deep breath before talking. "Did you read what was on the sign?"

"Ah," he held up the sign for you to see. "It said, Forbidden Ocean."

You groaned in frustration. "Did you read the fine print?"

When his face zoomed in on the signboard, you instantly knew that he hadn't. "Erm, Failure to Keep Away Means… I can't read the last part."

"See?" you grabbed his tail and shook him upside down. "DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!?"

He gave you a look. "But, I can't read the last part."

Frowning, you released his tail. "Stupid fine print."

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"LUUFFFYY!" you whined.

Luffy swum ahead of you, occasionally doing backflips under the water as he tried his best to contain his excitement. He was heading towards a shallow part of the water, which you guessed was not very good. Weren't merfolk supposed to stay in the water? And whatever was not in the water was probably hideous and scary. But it's not like you've been outside the water though, you were too scared for that kind of risk. Well, actually everyone is too scared for that kind of risk except for, well, you know who.

"_! Hurry up!" Luffy called back to you while he swum backwards.

"Luffy! This is dangerous!" you protested as he took your hand gently.

"Come on!" he urged, pulling you alongside him. "We're almost out of the water!"

"I want IN the water! Not OUT!" you pulled your hand out of his grasp, pink tinting your cheeks. Sure, Luffy was your bestie since birth but stupid mer-girl hormones and puberty made that into a small crush. Like, really small…

"Shishishishi! Why do you change color when I touch you?" he laughed. Oh, the innocence of his brain.

"I'm NOT changing color!" you stiffly brought your hands to your side, balling them into fists as you willed your face not to become any pinker. "Repeat, NOT!"

He then grabbed your arm and he shot up to the water's surface.

"KYAAAAHHHH!" that's the sound of you screaming.

"OW!" and that's the sound of Luffy wincing from your half-hearted punch to his stomach.

Still somewhat mad at him for doing that all of a sudden, you haven't really noticed that the top half of your body was out of the water. You kept on punching him lightly until he made a move to stop you. You frowned at him and was about to talk when he pointed to something behind you and whispered in a soft voice.

"_, look."

You craned your neck to get a better view. "Wow."

The seagull that Luffy pointed at flew past your face, creating a small gust of wind that blew away small strands of your hair. Luffy laughed and proceeded to chase after the bird. Your face showed amazement at the new surroundings you experienced. The air, the birds, the clouds, the sun, the wind. But you, of course, didn't know what any of those were. You were a mermaid, after all.

Still waist-deep in your fantasy, you raced after Luffy. "Wait for me, Luffy!"

By now, you had completely forgotten about your opposition to going out the water. The two of you laughed as you followed the bird, swimming by the water's surface. Through all the fun you were having, you didn't notice that the water lever was getting lower and lower until the seagull flew over land.

"Hey, what's with this wall?" Luffy asked as you reached the shore bank.

You placed a hand on the rocky bank, the top was a few feet above your head. "Maybe we can go over it?"

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Corazon looked up to the sky, the sun's harsh rays obscured partly by his bangs. He sat up, pulled his scarf down to tie it around the collar of his shirt and looked around.

"I must be hearing things," he stood up and walked over to the shore which resembled a tiny cliff. "Either that or-" His eyes widened in shock. Dropping down to the ground, he looked over the edge carefully. "Are those mermaids?"

His lips pulled up in a small smile, soft blue eyes twinkling slightly in amazement. "I've never seen a mermaid before. Wait a minute, that other one's a-"

His voice caught in his throat as the ground underneath him gave way. "AAAHHHH!"

Luffy looked up just in time to see something fall from the sky. "_, look out!"

You tilted your head upwards only to get hit, right smack in the forehead by something quite heavy and solid. "OOOFF!"

You massaged your temple as you tried to get all the blurry things out of your eyesight by blinking. You felt a something hold onto your chest, well, to be exact it was holding onto the shells on your chest. Your eyes slowly regained their focus and you saw the something still holding onto you. And your face immediately turned pink.

"A-a-are you alright?" you stuttered as Luffy moved behind you to get a better view.

"It's alright, it happens all the time." He tried to pull himself up and you heard something pop.

"My shell!" you screamed, face turning a whole new shade of pink.

"Shishishishi! _'s face!" Luffy laughed, completely unaware of your predicament.

"LUFFY! That is NOT funny!" you covered your chest with your hands while giving him your best glare. With pink-tinted cheeks.

Corazon's face reddened as he tried to look away. "I am SO sorry! It was accident, I swear!"

"Give my shell back!" you reached a hand out for your shell.

"Oh, here," he blindly tried to give you your shell back while his back was turned. "Y-yo-you got it yet?"

"Maybe, if you stopped moving around, so much." You made another grab for it.

"Here, _!" Luffy took it and shoved it into your hand.

"Thanks, bestie."

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"I'm REALLY sorry about-"

"What is this place?" you and Luffy breathed.

Corazon had managed to help the two of you over the 'wall' and onto the top. And after a quick round of introductions, the three of you were sitting by the water's edge. "Have you never been out of the water before?"

"This was actually Luffy's idea," you gestured back to Luffy.

"Yo," he held up a hand and swished his tail back and forth.

"So you really are mermaids," he mused putting a knuckle to his chin and leaning to the side. Just then the ground gave way and he fell into the water, again.

"Grab on!" Luffy pulled Corazon out of the water using his tail.

Corazon coughed up some water and you patted his back hesitantly. "Are you alright?" you asked him for the second time that day.

"I'm just real clumsy," he gave you a sheepish smile.

"Oh," you nodded in understanding. "Anyway, me and Luffy had been wondering for a while-"

"Do you poop?" Luffy asked enthusiastically as he butted into the conversation.

Corazon's face paled and he gave Luffy a nervous chuckle. "Ugh-"

"DO NOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION!" you slapped the air next to your face.

"Why not?" Luffy turned to you with a pout which you returned with a blank stare.

You took a deep breath, "What I mean is, what exactly are you?"

"Me? I'm a human. Well, more or less."

"Oh, a hooomann," you and Luffy echoed.

"You guys," he shook his head in unbelief. "Seriously don't know what a human is?"

"Nope!" Luffy grinned.

"I wish I was hooman!" you put both hands on the ground before you and smiled at him. (Sometimes, I think Luffy's attitude can rub off you, well, it definitely happened to me)

"Sounds fun!" Luffy agreed.

Corazon's smile widened. "Actually, that could-"

"Fufufufu, a wish?"


A/N: Suzuka-sama, if you're reading this, please know that I do intend to include Zoro in the next chapter. I promise I will. Anyway, I hope you don't mind the extra author's notes that I sneaked into the story. If it annoys you, even just a little bit, please tell me and I won't add them again. Also, is it just me, or did Luffy laugh a lot in this chapter? Is that OOC? Is Corazon OOC? Please tell me in a review or PM. I promise to update as soon as possible. Please Fave, Follow and Review!