Author's note:
I'm so so so sorry to the people who subscribed to the other version... this might sound stupid, but I can't figure out how to make a "Next Chapter" and connect it to the previous one. Could someone please help?
Also, until I figure this thing out, I will just post the next chapter as "Meet April Chapter _"
Thanks for understanding/ help? :P
CHAPTER ONE: Enter April
(Before time skip- and this fanfic may be LONG)
Nine years ago . . .
"Come inside, Mr. Swordsboy." The hotel lady grinned at the young boy with green hair and three swords.
"Why?" He asked, staring out at the field where he had just come from. The full moon lit up the dark green grass, and wind whistled gently through the trees.
"Just-" The lady blushed a little. "It may sound silly- but there are evil creatures out there- creatures that bite. Please, young sir, come inside before they come out."
Zoro thought she was crazy, and continued on his way, thinking nothing of it.
Half an hour later
Zoro looked back and saw that the hotel had closed all of its windows and shut its lights off.
That's odd, Zoro thought, it's not that late out yet.
Suddenly, Zoro felt a chill run down his spine, and he got intensely scared. Normally, he would have tried to fight the- whatever was behind him- but this he could sense in his bones- this, this was evil.
So he ran.
After the Enies Lobby
Since they rescued Robin, the crew has been closer than ever, and things were going well.
It is a normal day for the crew of the 1000 Sunny. Zoro is on his sixth nap that afternoon, Sanji's making something in the kitchen, Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper are playing tag, Nami and Robin are discussing books, Franky's building something, and Brooke is playing his violin.
All the crew knows is that they're heading to the next island, and Nami's lockpost keeps changing directions.
Eventually, the lockpost stops and points exactly south. Nami shouts, "Usopp, get up in the crow's nest and start scouting!"
"I'm going, I'm going." Usopp replies, climbing the rope to the crow's nest.
Five minutes later, Zoro's still asleep and the last one still on the deck, when Usopp shouts, "Zoro! There's someone in the water!"
Immediately, Zoro wakes up. He strips off his boots, shirt, and swords, and leaves them on the deck.
He dives into the water, swimming quickly to the spot where Usopp's pointing.
Zoro reaches the spot, and clambers onto the raft that the stranded person is on. Once on the raft, Zoro realizes that it's a young girl.
She's on her side, and Zoro can see that she has indigo hair with yellow tips. Her skin is pale, and there is a small black star on her cheek. She wears a white tank top with a lightning bolt on the right side, and rainbow- ish Capri shorts. Her white boots match her shirt, with lightning bolts on the right sides.
Her eyes are closed, and her hand is loosely curled around a black whip that seems on the edge of breaking.
Zoro reaches out to take her back to the ship, when her eyes shoot open. The girl eyes him suspiciously.
"Who are you?" She demands, trying to get away from him. "You seem familiar..."
"I'm Roronoa Zoro. You're stranded- so come with me back to my ship. Hang onto me, and I'll swim us both back there." Zoro replies, holding his hand out.
She slaps it away. "Are you crazy? If I touch the water, I'll drown!" She snarls, and electricity seems to crackle down her hair.
"Sorry, sorry. You ate a Devil Fruit, then?" Zoro inquires.
"Yes I did. I ate the crackle- crackle fruit. I am made of electricity." She replies. Like Eneru, Zoro thinks. "I am April, cousin of Cutty Flam, otherwise known as Franky."
Apologies:
Again, sorry for all of the trouble.
Sorry for making this chapter really short, and any confusion caused by it. If you have questions that need answering, please read all of the other chapters first and if that still doesn't answer it, please write it in the review! :) I will try my best to answer any questions at all, either in the fanfic or in the authors notes at the bottom.
Thanks,
EJ, signing out