Prologue: Monkey D. Lilynette

The view was perfect. That was what she decided as she sat in her spot in the crow's nest of the passenger ship she was hitching a ride on. She found it soon after her small ship sank in a whirlpool. She snuck aboard and found a quiet hiding spot.

Her knee-length black hair hung around her. Her red vest fitted loosely over her white t-shirt. Her jean shorts and sandles helped her to move freely. Completing her outfit was her treasured straw hat. She was thin and of average height. Her name was Monkey D. Lilynette, or "Luffy" as she liked to be called.

Her dream was to become Queen of the Pirates. She even had the edge of being probably the only person who ate a devil fruit and could still swim. In fact, she could breath underwater… now if only she could find one piece before Ace finds her.

~Elsewhere~

"Luffy!" a very angry but more worried Ace screamed out after handing up the Den Den Mushi. He burst out onto the deck area and started to pace. He paced and cussed and was releasing his flame (unintentionally).

It would have been funny if a lot of the crew didn't have to dodge the fire Ace was letting loose.

Marco the Phoenix watched Ace in a mixture of amusement, confusion, and slight worry. Walking over to the pacing man, he placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Hey, calm down, Ace. What has you so wound up?"

Ace calmed down a bit. "It's my little sister Luffy. I just got a call from Makino that she ran away. It wouldn't be so bad if she was still on the island, but apparently she took a small boat and went out to sea."

"So that's it, look, no need to worry. I'll even help you look for her. Just let me go tell Pops and we'll get going," Marco said, hoping that this would calm the other man.

Ace took a few deep breaths and sighed. "Thanks, Marco."

"You're welcome. Now, I'll go talk to Pops. You start packing…. and you should probably apologize to Thatch before we leave." Marco started out serious but was laughing by the end.

Ace blinked before looking around the deck. He soon saw what Marco found funny. Apparently, Ace had set Thatch's butt on fire in his fit. A sweat-drop fell down the back of his head.

"Oops…"

~Back with Luffy~

Luffy heard something going down on the deck. Looking around quickly, she picked up her bag from her side and went to check out what was going on down below. Following some loud person's voice, she eventually found a pink-haired boy being yelled at by a fat…woman?

"Hey!" Both turned and looked at her. She went up to the boy. "Hi, I'm Luffy. What's your name?"

"I-I'm Coby."

"Well, Coby, what's-" the question Luffy was about to ask was cut off when she had to dodge the fat… person's club.

"How dare you ignore me! I'm Alvida, the most beautiful woman in the sea!"

"You're a woman? I thought you were a giant mole!" Luffy said in shock.

Alvida was steaming mad now as she raised her club to strike at Luffy again. She never got to lower her club as a hit to the gut literally sent her flying.

Coby stared in shock. The once black-haired, tanned-skinned girl was now a little taller (and curvier) and way different looking. Her hair was now wavy and a dark forest green color. Her skin was now very pale and gave her a goddess-like glow. Her nails were both longer and sharper. Her hands and feet now seemed to be webbed, and a dolfin-like tail had sprouted from her tail bone area, only it seemed to have beautiful snow white features. Two wings of pure water formed. She now had purple eyes.

"Wow, didn't know I could send someone flying that far by hitting them with my tail," Luffy said with laughter in her voice as she watched Alvida fly away.

Soon she heard cannon fire and saw a big splash as the Navy come. "Uh-oh, come on, Coby, let's get out of here! That Alvila's or whatever that woman's name was ship may be real ugly, but it will get us away! I can tell you don't want to be here when the Navy comes!" Luffy said, changing back to her 'normal' form and jumping onto Alvida's ship, dragging Coby along after her. She let go of Coby, pulled the anchor quickly, and opened the sails. Taking a deep breath, she filled her lungs. "Air bullet!" she said, breathing out a strong ball of air that pushed the boat forward faster.

~An Hour Later~

They had gotten away from the Navy. So Luffy was exploring the rooms of the ship before she would talk to Coby who was steering the ship for a bit. She found a room… that had two people chained in it! Luffy's eyes widened before she spotted a key on a hook on the wall near the door. She took the key and opened the door.

"Hey, you two, are you all right?"

Both looked at Luffy in shock as she came in. "What are you two doing in here?" Luffy asked.

"That fat woman threw us in here after finding us on a raft we were on when the ship we were originally on sank."

Luffy, due to the odd wiring of her brain could tell the man on the right was telling the truth.

"You don't have to worry about her anymore! I took care care of her for now. I'll free you and let you move around a bit then we'll talk on the deck in a while!" Luffy said, releasing their shackles before leaving to go to the deck.

When she got there, Luffy went to Coby. "Hey, Coby, how come you didn't tell me there were two people chained up on the boat?"

"Huh? Two people were chained up in the boat? Oh man, I didn't know. The crew never really told me anything since I was just a chore boy and and/or navigator, and I was only forced to do what they wanted me to do."

"Oh man, that sounds suckish!" a male voice said, coming up behind them. Luffy turned and saw two… unusual men. The one that spoke was a pink-haired… cat man. He wore punk type clothing along with tattoos, piercings, and a very soft-looking, fluffy boa around his shoulders.

"Of course it did. He was forced to do it!" the blond-haired rabbit eared man said. He was dressed kinda like a soldier.

It took ten minutes for them to all sit in a circle to talk. Coby told his story first, then the cat man spoke up.

"Hi. I'm Boris. I followed Elliot here onto a ship to see what he was doing. That ship sank in a storm and we somehow wound up on this ship."

"Arg! Here, I'll explain it better. I went on a ship to go look for something my boss wanted, and Boris followed me because he was bored and wanted to annoy me for fun. We come from a place far away from here. No, the animal-like parts of us are not from devil fruit. Some people where we come from have these. We can hide them too," Elliot said, ranting.

"Hey! Why don't you two become part of my crew for a while. You see, I want to be Queen of the Pirates. To do that I have to find one piece and gather a crew. You two can come with me for a while. Maybe we could find whatever it is your boss wanted."

The two took a minute to think.

"Well… all right. I guess that would be okay," Elliot said.

"Sure," Boris chimed in. "Sounds like fun."

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Neither of us own One Piece.

Boris and Elliot are characters from Alice in the Country of Hearts. I suggest googling them to get a better picture.