Disclaimer: I have never owned, nor will I ever own, One Piece. Unfortunately.

A/N: My first fanfiction ever, so please review and tell me how I did!

"Please join me in welcoming our newest student president, Cecilia Daring!" the principal announced.

The entire auditorium burst into enthusiastic clapping. I stood up from my seat, and elegantly stepped up to the podium.

"Fellow students and honoured staff, I am very happy to be privileged-" I was rudely interrupted, however by the sound of an idiot's voice.

"Hey, Cecily! Wake up!"

I groaned. It was only a dream? I thought. I slowly opened my eyes, only to see a certain someone's face.

"Gah! Get away from me, you pervert!" I exclaimed, pushing my older brother away from me. What annoyed me even more was the fact that he just laughed.

"You know you love me!" he said, waggling his eyebrows.

"I didn't know you read Gossip Girl." I teased. Unfortunately, he was unfazed.

"I have a wide variety of reading sources."

"Just get out of my room, Leo. Stalker."

"We live in the same house. More specifically, my house. I'm not exactly a stalker."

"Whatever, just go!" He finally left, laughing the entire time. God, he annoys me to no end. I can't believe we're actually related.

I am Cecilia Daring, and that was my older brother, Leo. Though I usually just call him perverted, annoying, stalkerish, ecetera, ecetera.

I dragged myself out of bed, and started to brush my hair.

When I arrived at school, I immediately felt the stares of everyone around me. Well, it's to be expected, being the most popular girl in school. And believe me, I worked hard for that status. It took hours and hours of studying, and hours and hours at the gym, training. Frankly, I think I deserve being popular.

Wow, that sounded egotistical.

"Cecilia!" I heard someone call from behind me. I turned around to see my friends heading towards me. I put on my winning smile.

"Hello, Amy, Evangeline. How are you?" They giggled.

"Oh, Cecilia, you don't need to be so polite all the time. Loosen up!" Amy said.

"Heh, I guess." I replied. Sadly, everyone at school only saw me for my disguise. Ah well. Another price of being popular, although I sometimes did wonder what I was working so hard for.

As I walked home, I did some thinking. And when you were a senior in high school, there was plenty to think about. Specifically, what to do after graduation. University was out of the question. There was no way Leo could earn enough money for four more years of schooling. And our parents were kinda dead. It's a long story, one I don't want to get into for another fifty years.

Most of my classmates already had a straightforward plan in life. Lucky them. I, on the other hand, didn't know what I was going to do at all. I suppose I should get a job or something. But what?

"I'm home." I said as I entered our house. There was no answer. Strange, I thought. Leo should be home by now.

As soon as I entered my room, I was in for the biggest shock of my life.

Leo was lying on the floor, either unconscious or… I didn't want to think about it. Meanwhile, a strange person wearing a cloak that covered his face was sitting calmly on my bed and drinking tea. Tea!

"Who the hell are you and what have you done to Leo?" I demanded.

"Tsk, tsk. A lady shouldn't be so brash. Why don't you calm down and join me with a cup of Earl Grey?" he said serenely with a British accent.

"Hell no!" The creepy guy sighed.

"Let me ask you something, Ms. Daring. What is the most important thing in life?"

"I don't know, money? Wait a minute, why I am answering your question? You should be answering mine! And how do you know my name?"

"You do not truly see the wonderful things in life. And so, I've been given permission to teach you a lesson."

"What the frick are you talking about?"

"Have fun. I wish you good luck." There was suddenly a flash of light, and I was temporarily blinded.

When I opened my eyes, all I could see was nothing. Well, there were three strange lights in front of me. One was red, the other was green, and the last one was orange. I reached out for the green one, and ended up poking something. Skin?

"What the- why is she poking me?" I heard a gruff voice say.

"I think there's something wrong with her eyes, they're pure black!" the orange light said.

"What?" I said. "What's wrong with my eyes? Where am I? Where's Leo? Who are you?"

"Woah, woah, slow down there." The orange light said.

"I can't see…why can't I see?" I was starting to seriously panic.

"Oh, boy. Okay, you need to calm down. First, what is with your eyes? They are entirely black!"

"What? They weren't like that before!"

"I don't know if this is a new disease or something." Orange continued. "It might even be contagious. Hey, what's your name, girl?"

"C-Cecilia Daring."

"Do you know that guy over there?"

"What? Where?" I looked around frantically, until I saw a glowing white light off to my right. "What does he look like?"

"Oh shit, I think she's blind. Um, well, the guy has light brown hair like you, wears glasses, and has a sweatshirt on, and jeans."

"Leo!" I tried to get up, but I suddenly felt dizzy, and laid back down. And that's when Leo decided to wake up. I couldn't see anything, but the next thing I knew, the white light was directly in front of me, shielding me from the three other lights.

"G-get away from my little sister!" It said. During all this, my poor brain was trying to grasp everything. Okay, calm down, C, I thought. First problem: I can't see. But I can see these weird lights. When I reached out for one, I touched skin. So…do these lights represent people? I guess…then…the white light is Leo?

Meanwhile, Leo had stopped yelling, and I could somehow sense that he was confused. I guess I just know him too well.

"Wait a minute…are you…oh my God!" he exclaimed.

"What? What's wrong?" I asked, afraid that they were kidnappers or something.

"Luffy, Zoro, Nami…oh my God oh my God oh my God…."

"What, you know them?"

"Hey, we're already famous!" the red one spoke, sounding strangely happy.

"That's a bad thing, you idiot!" the orange one yelled.

"Oh, you're famous, alright." Leo muttered. "In our world."

What?

"Hey, Leo, what the heck are you talking about?" I asked. And that's when I assumed he saw my eyes.

"What the fuck? What's with your eyes?"

"I don't know! All I know is that I can't see anything except these strange lights…that I think are people." For some reason, saying my theory out loud was a little embarrassing. Probably 'cause it was so farfetched. "Like, you're a white light, and those three are red, green, and orange."

"…"

"Anyways, where are we?"

"We're…on a ship. A crappy little ship, the one the Strawhats had before the Going Merry."

"What the crap are you talking about?"

"You know all those manga I read? The ones you insist on calling picture books? Well, there's this one called One Piece, and…right now, we're meeting the main characters."

"…we're in a picture book?"

"It's called manga!"

"Whatever." I then proceeded to tell Leo about the weird British guy.

"…this sounds like a fanfiction."

(A/N: Leo, stop breaking the fourth wall! I have to repair it later!)

"So I guess Mr. Tea sent us here, and made my eyes all weird."

"I guess so."

"Excuse me, are you done talking over there?" Ms. Orange asked.

"Oh, uh, yeah." Leo said.

"Hey, hey, wanna join my crew?" Mr. Red asked.

"What?" I replied.

"They're pirates." Leo whispered to me.

"Pirates?" I exclaimed. "We're on a pirate ship?"

"Calm down, C, they're the good kind. I'd actually call them adventurers, not pirates."

"Well, I'm gonna trust you this one time. Just. This. One. Time."

"…I should record this moment." I groaned. Even when I was blind and stuck in another world, Leo always seemed to be fooling around.

"Hey, answer my question!" Red demanded.

"Sure, why not?" Leo replied calmly.

"What? Leo, what are you saying? They're still lawbreakers, we can't join them!" I felt his hand cover my mouth.

"I'll talk to you later." He whispered. Then louder, he said, "I suppose we have some explaining to do."

We went through with some introductions. Red was Luffy, the captain. Green was Zoro, (with one r, Leo said.) the first mate and swordsman. Orange was Nami, the navigator. I guess they seemed okay, for pirates anyways. Then again, I don't exactly have anyone to compare them to.

Leo then explained about us being from a different world. Luffy and Zoro accepted it right away, but Nami was very suspicious. Well, we were in the middle of the ocean, so we were kinda stuck here whether we liked it or not. And believe me, Leo loved it.

Later, when we were alone, Leo finally told me why he decided to join.

"Okay, basically, all of the pirates in this world are all after one thing-a mystical treasure called One Piece. It's said that if you find it, you would have wealth, fame, and power beyond your wildest imaginations. We all know where it is, but no one knows exactly what it is. Gold? The secret to immortality? Maybe even something else. Whatever it is, there might be something there that could help your eyes, or get us home."

"But there's no guarantee, is there?"

"This world is big, Cecilia. And it's filled with many strange things. For example, Luffy is made of rubber. He ate a mystical fruit that turned him into that."

"Um, okay?"

"There're islands in the sky, and islands in the sea. Each island in this world is like a universe of its own. There's gotta be something to help you."

"It may be a big world, but it's also dangerous, isn't it? How are we supposed to fend for ourselves if I can't even see? And you're only 20, barely an adult." And that's when Leo surprised me with something I never thought he'd do.

He kissed me on the forehead, and said, "I'll protect you no matter what, little sister. You can always depend on me."

A/N: Awww….family fluff! :D Anyways, I know this was kinda short, but it's just the beginning. Please review and tell me how I did!

-Nomsujet