I don't own Calvin, Hobbes, One Piece, or anyone/thing related. Bill Watterson owns Calvin and Hobbes, Eiichiro Oda owns One Piece, and Jhonen Vasquez owns Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Squee!, and Invader Zim, and all related characters and place(s).

Alright, let's try this thing again...

It is said that imagination is a wonderful thing, but sometimes it can run away with you. Such was the case with a 6-year-old boy by the name of Calvin. He lived somewhere in the United States with his parents. He was known for getting in trouble, but he wasn't always to blame. In fact, Calvin has always claimed it was out of his control, usually putting the blame on his stuffed tiger, Hobbes. Many people think Hobbes is Calvin's imaginary friend, but if that was true, then why would Calvin be arguing with Hobbes? Imaginary friends are made so kids have someone to agree with them.

The answer is simple. Calvin sees things that others don't. But he's not crazy! One time, Hobbes supposedly tied Calvin to a chair at the boy's request. Calvin couldn't get out, so his father had to untie him. The question is, how did Calvin get stuck that way if Hobbes isn't real? IS he real? Maybe...

Well, if he wasn't real before, he would be quite soon. Soon, something would happen to change the companions' lives...

But first, let's see how the whole thing got started.

It all started when Calvin was taken to a book store known as Farmer & Valiant. You see, anyone who knew Calvin would know that he loved comic books, and while Calvin was at school, he overheard someone talking about an excellent comic book series called One Piece, as well as a graphic novel called Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. He decided to check them out.

Soon, he was directed to the Manga section, wherein he found One Piece. Now, Calvin wasn't an average child, but like the average child, he found something interesting. He felt that he had to find out more about this.

The same thing happened when he found and read Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, or JTHM for short, only this comic was a lot more, well...dark. Of course, this was nothing new to Calvin: he read comic books with content just as bad as what was in JTHM, perhaps even worse! Still, something about this particular comic book was interesting to Calvin; he couldn't put his finger on what. Was it the method to the madness of the main character, Johnny C? Was it the author's drawing style? Was it the dark humor?

Whatever the reason, Calvin now had two new favorites, and soon, he discovered more about the comics via the internet on the computers at the library.

This was the start of something extraordinary...

Many days later...

Calvin had just gotten off of the bus after ANOTHER disastrous day at school. Imaginative though he was, he wasn't a very cooperative student.

Well, Calvin thought, at least I'm home. Now I can read some more One Piece. He grimaced as another thought entered his mind. Sheesh, I'd really appreciate it if Miss Wormwood would leave me alone.

He walked up to the door, wondering if this day could get any worse...

"I'M HOOOME!" Calvin shouted as he opened the door.

KAPOOOOOWWW!

Suddenly, an orange and black blur flew at Calvin, sending the both of them flying across the street! They skidded to a halt and the orange-and-black creature got up. It was Hobbes, giving Calvin the usual greeting.

"Whoa!" the tiger exclaimed, "That's gotta be a new record!"

Calvin groggily got up, shaking his head. "Next time," Calvin muttered, "I'll have a tiger trap ready and waiting."

As they got into the house, Calvin's mother gave her son a surprised look and asked, "What on earth happened to you?"

"Let's just say," Calvin replied, "that sometimes I wish I had an ordinary tabby cat and not a tiger."

When the friends got up to Calvin's room, the boy asked, "Why do you do that all the time?"

Hobbes grinned. "I dunno," he said, "Tiger's instinct, I suppose. I can't suppress it!"

Calvin groaned. Then he decided to change the subject. He reached into his backpack and pulled out a book.

"What's that?" asked Hobbes.

"It's part of an awesome book series called One Piece," Calvin explained, "It's about this guy who ate a weird fruit and got a rubber body!" He read the back cover's summary.

Author's note: I took the summary from the back of One Piece, Vol. 1, with a few changes.

As a child, Monkey D. Luffy was inspired to become a pirate by listening to the tales of the buccaneer "Red-Haired" Shanks. But his life changed when Luffy accidentally ate the fruit of the Gomu-Gomu Tree, and gained the power to stretch like rubber ...at the cost of never being able to swim again! Years later, still vowing to become the king of the pirates, Luffy sets out on his adventure...one guy alone in a rowboat, in search of the legendary "One Piece," said to be the greatest treasure in the world...

"...Somehow that doesn't sound too exciting..." Hobbes said.

"I know," Calvin grumbled, "The stupid editors didn't give a good enough summary. See, later on, Luffy gets a whole crew. The members are Roronoa Zoro, the 1st mate, Nami, the navigator, Usopp, the marksman, Sanji, the cook, Tony Tony Chopper, the doctor, Nico Robin, the archaeologist (go figure why they'd need one of those), Franky, the shipwright, and Brook, the musician. They go on all sorts of crazy adventures in search of One Piece ... the search that the editors also didn't describe well enough."

"Yeah, how would getting One Piece make Luffy 'King of the Pirates'?"

Calvin cleared his throat, then, attempting a deep voice, said...

"Wealth, fame, power: Gold Roger, the King of the Pirates, obtained this and everything else the world had to offer, and his dying words drove countless souls to the sea. 'You want my treasure? You can have it! I left everything I gathered together in one place! Now you just have to find it!' These words lured men to the Grand Line in pursuit of dreams greater than they'd ever dared to imagine! This is the time known as the Great Pirate Era!"

Hobbes gave a satisfied grin. "Now THAT'S better!" he said.

Calvin then headed toward the closet. "I've been reading all the chapters so far," he said, "and watched all the cartoon episodes that have been broadcast so far. Now I intend to meet that crew." He then started pulling out a certain cardboard box...

"Uh-oh," Hobbes murmured.

Alright, folks, I'm trying to do this whole thing over again. I'd posted this elsewhere in the Calvin and Hobbes section, and now I'm gonna try again, but better. Lemme know what you guys think.