The sea was calm, and Robin sat on on the lawn (deck), reading. Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper were screaming around, and Nami was trying to get them to be quiet by screaming at them.

But Robin did not notice them. She did not even notice the fact that there was a child - about four years old - screaming at the top of his lungs, until she put down her book.

As she stood up, she became aware of the fact that there was small boy – dripping wet – screaming and trying to jump back into the water. The only thing that stopped him was Usopp dragging him back by his shirt.

"What happened?" Zoro (who had just come down from the gym) asked Sanji.

"We found that boy in the water, so Franky fished him out… But he seems to want to jump back into the water. "

Nami approached the boy and tried to gently bring him inside.

"I want my mama," he screamed.

"So where is she?" Nami asked.

The boy pointed at the water.

"You mean she drowned?" Franky asked.

"No," the boy wailed, "she's there." He pointed once again at the sea. Usopp sighed.

"We mean," He said, "was she in the water the last time you saw her?"

"No," the boy sniffed, " she was in the kitchen."

Usopp rolled his eyes.

"How did you get here?" Robin asked.

The boy suddenly stopped sobbing, and looked at them all extremely proudly.

"I'm learning to swim!" He said.

"Don't you have a swimsuit?" Franky asked. For the boy was wearing ordinary clothes.

"My parents don't know that I can swim, so they haven't bought me a swimsuit," He said, looking prouder than ever.

"So how did you end up here?" Sanji asked, "I can't see any land around us."

"Well," said the boy, " I was learning swim deep down under water. But then the water pulled me away from shore. And I wasn't sure what to do, but by the time I started suffocating, the water brought me back up. The shore was really far away. But I wanted to see how far I could go. So I swam on and on. But I got tired, and there was no place to rest… And I don't know where I came from… So I swam a bit more, and you found me."

"Well, before we think of getting you back, why don't we get you some dry clothes?" suggested Chopper.

"Come to think of it, we don't even know your name," said Sanji.

"It's Alas," said the boy.

"Well, this one with the straw hat is Luffy, the guy with the yellow hair is Sanji, this muscular guy is Zoro, the black haired woman over here is Robin, the little fluffy thing is Chopper, the orange haired woman wearing a mini skirt is Nami, the big guy with strange arms is Franky, and I, am Captain Usopp."

Alas stared blankly at him.

"Never mind," said Nami, "just get him in some dry clothes."