It was a normal day for Kailee Wolf, nothing out of the ordinary.
Except for the fact that there was a glowing white portal on her bedroom wall.
Kailee blinked at it, not really sure if she was awake. "Well, this is my first lucid dream. First, slap myself," Kailee did so. It stung but did nothing to get rid of the swirling vortex.
"Two, count my fingers," she looked at her hand, and she had the normal amount of fingers.
"Three, read," Kailee looked over to the poster on her wall with little puppies and read the text at the bottom.
"Okay, so not a dream," Kailee rubbed her eyes. "You know, I've told myself too many times that this would never happen to me. I mean, I've read plenty of fan fiction about it, but this is just ridiculous!"
Kailee pursed her lips thoughtfully. "Okay, so hopefully I'll fall into a world I know. I really wish I had watched more anime."
Taking the plunge, Kailee leapt into the white portal. "Mysterious universe, here I come!"
Kailee opened her eyes, blinking at the sunlight. She shaded her face, sitting up quickly and looking around.
She was on a beach, an island it looked like. The ocean stretched out for miles. "Okay, so I'm pretty sure I'm in One Piece. Could've been worse I guess. Tokyo Ghoul could have ended very badly."
The female picked herself up, dusting the sand off her clothes, a thoughtful expression on her face. "If I'm here, I'm definitely saving Ace. I'm still way too sore about his death! Besides, that is where all the issues started, and thankfully, Sabo is alive, so I don't have to save him!"
She paused for a second before face palming. "Shit! I don't even know what episode we're on! For all I know, Ace could already be dead!"
"No, no, don't think like that! Think positive!" Kailee nodded to herself. "Now, let's see if there's a village on this island!"
The young girl skipped off the beach, descending into the trees and searching for an area with a village. "It would be pretty shitty if this wasn't One Piece, and I just think it looks like it..."
"Are you lost?" Kailee whipped around to find an old man. "Oh, hi! Is there a village around here? My boat crashed, and I'm kind of stranded otherwise."
"Yes, there is. Follow me," the elder smiled kindly at her, walking away. Kailee eagerly followed.
'If this is a trap and I die here, I swear, someone better save Ace's sexy ass! I will not let my little rubber child suffer such a horrible tragedy!'
Kailee pouted to herself. 'On second thought, if I die here, I'm going to also regret never getting to pinch Luffy's rubber cheeks!'
The old man lead Kailee to the village. It was smaller than other villages she'd seen in the anime but bigger than a few others she had seen in One Piece.
She thanked the old man and wandered the village, her eye catching Whitebeard's flag flying on a tall building. She cocked her head. 'Protected island?'
"Excuse me!" Kailee called to a woman, waving her hand. The woman turned her head. "Yes?"
"I was wondering, is this island protected by Gian-Whitebeard?" Mentally, Kailee cursed herself. 'Dammit, inner-Luffy! Now is not the time!'
The woman furrowed her eyebrows at the slip but nodded. "Yes."
"Does Fire-Fist Ace happen to be alive?"
The lady blinked at her. "Is he supposed to be dead?"
"Okay, thanks!" Kailee ran away, her thoughts swirling. 'Usually people land on the Strawhat's ship, maybe even Whitebeard's, but it seems I didn't have the same luck. I'll have to catch Whitebeard's attention if I want to warn them!'
Kailee stopped, tapping her chin. "I'm being a nice person, this is a first. Oh well, I've always wanted to go to different worlds and freak people out with my unlimited knowledge!"
"Now, how to catch Giant Ossan's attention..." Kailee murmured before grinning. "I know! I'll shoot their flags down!" She could hop from island to island on trading ships, searching for protected islands and shooting down the flags! Although, if she did that, she'd be in big danger of being maimed by Pineapple Head...
"My life or one of my favorite anime character's..." Kailee tilted her hands back and forth before smiling. "Shooting down the crew's pride and joy it is!"
Kailee wondered if the One Piece world allowed her to be stronger since even the kids were monsters!
She shook that thought off for another time, focusing on how she would shoot down Whitebeard's flag. "I could always chuck a firecracker at it. I wonder if they have flamethrowers in this world?"
Kailee shrugged, looking around for a shop that sold anything with fire.
She ended up wandering into a shop with all kinds of weapons. "And what's a child like you doing here?"
Kailee turned to see a man behind the counter, curious eyebrow raised at her. Kailee sighed, knowing that she was a bit young to be buying weapons even in the One Piece world, her being thirteen and all. Kailee was glad she hadn't run into any weirdos yet, but she knew it was only a matter of time.
"I'm wondering if you have anything that I can shoot with, something small, a slingshot maybe. And if you have anything that can be used as a flamethrower, that would be nice," Kailee told the man.
The man narrowed his eyes, confused. "Flamethrower?"
"Guess those don't exist..." The female muttered before smiling brightly at him. "Like, do you have any pellets I can shoot that would set things on fire?"
"Uh, are you a pyromaniac?" The man smiled slightly.
"No. I just...I don't need to explain myself to you!" Kailee huffed, crossing her arms.
The man rolled his eyes. "Yeah, I can sell you a good slingshot. Burning ammo is out of my league though."
"Sure, that'll have to do," Kailee nodded, hoping the man would make good on his word and not sell her a cheap toy. She wouldn't be able to tell the difference unfortunately. Kailee didn't think she would ever need to.
The man set a slingshot on the counter. It looked simple enough and strong enough not to snap at the first touch. Kailee shrugged. "I'm gonna be honest with you, I can't tell the difference between some toy and the actual thing. Fair warning just in case you do want to mentally laugh at me as I walk away with some toy I should be able to recognize as a fake weapon, but I don't."
The man gave her an odd look before laughing. "You don't really care much, do you?"
"Not really, but it'd be greatly appreciated if I could get a good deal. I'll let you in on a little secret. This slingshot you're giving me is going to change the world," Kailee grinned.
The man raised an incredulous eyebrow. "Oh yeah?"
"Don't believe me, I don't care. Nobody knows it, but trust me, I'm going to turn Eiichiro Oda's universe upside down!" The female laughed.
"Eiichiro Oda? Who's that?" The man asked.
"I'll tell ya after I can buy my slingshot," Kailee said.
The man sighed but nodded. "Alright. That'll be twenty beli."
"Better be a damn good slingshot," Kailee murmured, smiling ironically at the random beli she pulled from her pocket. Why beli was in her pocket was a mystery to her, but it was one step closer to saving Ace!
"So, who's Eiichiro Oda?" The man asked as he took the beli, Kailee sliding the slingshot off the counter and turning to walk away.
The girl turned back to him before smiling. "Eiichiro Oda? He's God!"
The girl laughed, rushing away into the crowd of people outside. The man blinked before shaking his head. "Crazy people..."
Crazy, crazy...She's crazy, is she? Bye my doggies!