Manga Maid's Notes and Comments: I: Zoro is going to be called Zolo and Ace, Trace and Smoker as Chaser. Zolo is in the manga! B) Sanji's stick is a lollipop and no alcohol (I believe in not using cigarettes and alcohol, look at profile for more information) and C) No Japanese words like bakaor swearing. Except for when a couple of my characters speak Japanese to each other. (But that's later.) Sorry I don't know Japanese except for the word baka, right now, I'm going to research it though and I find profanity very vulgar. I you write me a flame… Sob!(Just Kidding about crying but I prefer no flaming) That is all I will say. You have been warned. SO THERE! MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!(I was hyper right here.)

II: I just wanted you to know that I am thanking you for your time!

III: I don't own One Piece Eiichiro Oda does. P.S I don't know Franky.

Chapter 1

Meeting Sora.

Luffy stepped out onto the dock of a new town. According to Franky, the shipwright, this town was called Aqua Town. It apparently was famous for its water, which had special properties, to bring strength to a weak body.

Luffy frowned. The town seemed to be deserted. Why would the town be deserted?

"Franky, I thought you said the town was prosperous," said Chopper from behind Luffy.

Robin agreed, "Franky was right. This town was very prosperous. I think there was a raid. Usually a town like this wouldn't be deserted. Let's go take a look around."

Zolo suddenly froze and spoke, "Someone's here. Over there to be exact." He pointed to a bunch of barrels.

A girl, a little younger then Luffy, with light red hair that was so messy it covered her face, jumped out from behind the barrels and said, "All right! Who are you? I won't let you pirates attack our town again! Just because you couldn't find our water, you think it's okay to destroy the town! Now you come back to finish the job! I won't let you! You…you… dirty, rotten, would-be-pirates! I can't let you hurt our village! You … JERKS!!"

Robin said, "So we were right. Someone did attack the town."

The girl looked confused, "You mean you're not here to destroy our village?"

Nami asked, "Why would we? We just have to stop here to get the magnetic field of the next island on our Grand Compass."

"Then we can keep going on until we find One Piece! Then, I'll be King of the Pirates!"

The girl stared at Luffy as soon as he finished his remarks. Then she asked, "Is your name is Monkey D. Luffy?"

"Yeah. Why?"

The girl ran to Luffy and hugged him saying, "Luffy! You came here! I knew it! Marina will be happy to see you! She said that she knew you would come, and you did! She never doubted you! I guess she knew what she was talking about when she said you would keep your promise to Dad! This is so awesome!"

She let go of him and moved the hair from her face. Her brown eyes glistened like gems while her dirt covered face smiled at him.

Luffy suddenly asked, "Sora?"

"Yes! You remember me still? After ten years! You still remember me!"

Sanji asked, "Hey Luffy! Who is that gorgeous angel? How do you know her?"

Luffy turned around and said, "This is my friend Sora! She is Shanks's youngest daughter."

Sora chuckled, "Actually I'm now the fourth youngest, Luffy. My mom had another baby girl when I left my home, and, apparently, had twin boys. The girl's name is Lillian and the boys are Kevin and Ian. But I'm pretty sure Lillian will know about you. Marina won't want to leave her in darkness about her only friend that isn't part of the family. Who are your friends?"

Luffy started to introduce everyone, "This is my pirate crew. This is our swordsman and first mate, Zolo, our navigator, Nami, Sanji, our cook, Robin is our historian, Chopper is our doctor, Usopp is our marksman, and Franky is our shipwright."

Sora smiled, "Hi! I'm Sora!"

Chopper said hi back while the rest of the crew nodded or smiled. All except…

"Hello. Sora, a name that is weightless, but full of beauty. You have taken my heart and caged it."

Sanji…

Sora looked confused, "What?"

Nami said, "Don't pay attention to it. He falls for almost every girl he sees."

Sora said, "It's okay. Our town hasn't been doing well. Every since the pirates came we had to pay tribute until we give them our water. We thought you might be part of the crew. I mean this group of pirates is not well known. That's why they want the water. They want to earn a bounty."

Nami looked icy. The crew wasn't surprised. Her island had been under similar conditions, except the Arlong Pirates had a name.

"Can you please help this island?"

An old man who looked fragile and breakable and was walking with a cane came toward them. He looked unhappy. He was glaring at them.

Sora looked nervous. "R. J.! I didn't except you to follow me…"

He said, in a voice to strong and stern for his body, "Sora! How many times do I have to say it? If the pirates find you on the street, you will get punished! Are these friends of yours?"

She bowed in respect and said, "Yes sir."

"Then let's get them inside. If they're caught, they probably won't survive."

"Yes sir."

After they were inside the old man's house, the crew noticed another man in there. He looked about 18. He had black hair, glasses and was in working clothes.

"My grandson, Roshindu. Grandson, these are Sora's friends."

He smiled and said, "Hello. You know you all remind me of types of dragons by looking at you."

Usopp asked, "D-Dragons?"

Sora said, "Roshindu is a dragon fanatic. He reads every story, knows every poem, has drawings and so-called "photos", and he even has figurines."

Roshindu said, "They are real. I tell you Sora, I will prove there are dragons."

"Uh huh… Well when you do that I'll be on the crew that finds One Piece."

Roshindu chuckled, "Hah. Your sister has been holding on to the dream she'll see One Piece since she was little. Now, what does she have to show for it? She works as a waitress. I bet you I have I higher chance of seeing a dragon than she does of becoming a pirate."

Sora grew angry and snapped, "Roshindu! My sister has a high bounty, shall I remind you, and she has had the ability of a fist-fighter and swordsman since she was little. If she was here she'd make you cry like a baby."

Roshindu said, "So?"

Sora groaned.

R. J. said, "Both of you. Knock it off. We can't have fighting. That's what the pirates want. If we start to fight amongst ourselves, they can get our precious water."

"Yes sir."

"Now," he said turning to Luffy and the crew, "What do you need?"

Nami said, "Well… we need to stop here to get to the next island. Also do you know how long it will be until the Grand Compass changes to the next island?"

R.J. said, "So your pirates too, are you?"

Usopp said, "Yeah. How'd you know that?"

Roshindu answered, "Oh, pirates come here asking about the next island. Also since Gramps didn't tell you, it takes about a couple of weeks for the Compass to change."

Sora said, "Yeah. Anyway, do you guys want some special water?"

"Sora!" R.J. said, "You know we can't go giving it out like it's regular water! We have enough troubles as it is without having the Deadheads finding out we still have it!"

"R.J. sir, the Deadheads are a stupid bunch of pirates. Their captain named them that because his crew is skeleton-like. I hear he doesn't feed them very much. I call that stupid."

Roshindu laughed, "Ha! That's funny!"

Chopper said, "Oh! You have special water?"

"Sure do! Luffy, since you're family friend, I'll give you a case of each for free!"

"Sora! That's a lot of money!"

"R.J.! I noticed that they could get hurt here so I want to! Please! It'll come out of my salary!"

"Fine! Whichever of you is the doctor, go with Sora."

Chopper followed Sora down to the cellar.

Robin asked, "Roshindu, I noticed that you wear clothes that aren't for working in water. May I ask why?"

"Oh, I work in a book store. That's how I learned about dragons. Speaking of which, are you a dragon?" he asked Zolo.

"No."

Roshindu smiled a weird smile and said, "That's funny."

Zolo's eyes narrowed into anger slits.

Chopper ran upstairs smiling. He was in his huge form carrying several cases of water each marked with a different color. He put them down and turned into his normal self.

"This is so awesome! Each of these colors is for a different purpose: Green, increases the healing rate of wounds, blue, removes scars, red, gives you strength, yellow, relaxes your muscles, takes away your problems for a while, and makes you happy as if a downpour of laughter has been poured on you, orange, increases speed and endurance, purple, draws out the most lethal poisons, and indigo, is a sleep-inducer."

Sora grinned at the way Chopper grew excited about the water. R.J. frowned. Roshindu, however, looked nervous.

Zolo narrowed his eyes. He said, "I'm going outside for air."

Sora said, "You can't go out looking like that!!"

"Why not?"

"You look like you could be a bounty hunter! My sister showed me pictures of some. But that when I was seven, but you can't possibly be one… you're a pirate!"

Zolo thought, 'How little you know…'

Luffy said, "Zolo-"

Zolo gave Luffy a look of raised eyebrows.

Luffy asked, nervously, "Are you hungry?"

"No Luffy. I'm not."

"Oh."

Sora threw at Zolo a black and tattered cloak. She didn't look happy. Her frown looked worrisome.

Zolo raised his eyebrow again, as he looked at the cloak. It was patched and some of the patches had patches. He shrugged, put it on, and went outside.

After Zolo left, Sora began to ask Luffy and the rest of the crew of their adventures. They chatted late into dinnertime. Sanji prepared a gourmet meal as per usual. Yet, no one noticed Zolo hadn't come back or Roshindu quietly leaving during dinner.

Meanwhile while everyone was having dinner…

A man walked in the library and met Roshindu, who had gone to the library. He gestured to a table for both of them to sit. As he spoke to Roshindu his voice was very raspy, as if running nails on a chalkboard.

"Excuse me. I'm looking for a book. Do you have any suggestions?"

"Yes, we have a new book. It's about a band of eight thieves that came to a town, and were parched. The kind wind spirit came and gave them seven barrels of water from the rainbow. One, the leader, had a pack of gum and a lot of rubber bands; upon his head was hair of straw, another, a boy, who had a frostbitten nose, carried his late sister's doll and wore a reindeer cloak, another carried a bouquet of flowers, another carried a staff that called upon the weather, another was a well-known thief warrior with them that likes onigiri."

"Is that all?"

"Pretty much."

As the man walked briskly away to where Roshindu had directed with his finger, there was a sound of creaking like bones rubbing together. He looked at a book, put it back, and headed for the door. As door opened, a wind gust blew in and the cloak fluttered, revealing sun-bleached bones. Roshindu dropped his head in apparent exhaustion; on his face was an expression of pain.

Amongst the bystanders, there was a person frozen to the spot. He kept his face covered as the weird man walked on. As the Deadhead walked out, the man quickly went over to the book that Roshindu had pointed out. He looked at the book whose title read: How to Fix Leaky Faucets and Other Plumbing Problems.The man lifted his head to reveal Zolo's cold and steely brown eyes full of confusion which was quickly turning into a furious and a betrayed look.