It was just a normal day in the New World. The Whitebeard Pirates were docked in a random island to see if there was a town they could replenish their stocks thanks to one bottomless pit. Thatch, Marco and Ace were wondering around the island to find any people not just them. Thatch was collecting fruits through their wondering. There efforts were in vain when they reached the other side of the island without finding any people.

Marco deflected another attack that was thrown at him by a wild wolf. Killing the animal by one hit Marco took the animal with him back to the ship. He knew that Thatch and Ace would still be hunting still. He sighed since they had to collect the islands natural resources for now. They had a huge crew so they might end up depleting the islands animals for meat. Marco stopped his thoughts when he heard Ace call him over to where he was. Carrying the animal with one hand he went over to Ace.

Ace was grinning widely when he showed Marco his kills. Thatch came back to them with a bag filled with fruits and some kills also. Thatch then asked Marco if he found anything unusual about the island. But when he received a no, Thatch scratched his head.

"what wrong-yoi?" Marco asked his brother with a bored expression.

"well you see in the area i was hunting there were glowing stone, so i took one to examine! but other than that the island feels like its...alive, thats thought" Thatch admitted while showing them the glowing stone he found. Surprisingly the stone started to shine brighter and dim again.

Ace looked at it in wonder and took the stone from Thatch to play with. Marco told Thatch to show him the area after they bring the food they caught back to the ship. Thatch nodded his head and took the stone back from Ace who pouted when he his play thing was taken from him. Thatch laughed at Ace's face, who in return got back a fire ball. Marco whacked their heads stopping them from fighting.

Once they got back and the other crew members took the stuff. Marco told Oyagi that they will be going back to the island to inspect an area that Thatch found. Oyagi told them to be careful with whatever they find. Ace cheered and raced to the island like it was gonna disappear. Marco and Thatch groaned before chasing after their brother. Oyagi laughed when he watched Marco and Thatch chase down their brother. Oyagi hoped that they will come back with minimum trouble.

When Marco and Thatch finally caught up with Ace, said person was looking at the ground. Thatch placed a hand at their hot-headed brother's shoulder. Marco had a scowl on his face, but was replaced by curiosity when he saw Ace looking down.

"oi Ace what y- oh what the fuck?" Thatch commented when he saw what Ace was looking at. Marco leaned over their shoulder and saw a head, a dead head to be exact.

Though there was a little bit of skin left and it wore armor of some sort. Damn what's up with this island. Ace pointed at another object that was connected with the dead head. It looked like an arrow but it looked like a different type of arrow. The arrow's tip was feathers, but the sharp point itself was split in 2, one part is bigger than the other. Its was like a fork but it only had 2 sharp points rather than 4 sharp points. Marco crouched down to inspect the creature more.

But while inspecting it the dead head opened its eyes. Marco jumped back up, Thatch and Ace back away a bit since the head had startled them. Thatch was silently whining and used Ace as something to hide from. Ace wanted to make fun of his Pompadour brother but the situation right now doesn't need the teasing. The head began to open its mouth, but before it could do more Marco used his phoenix power and smashed the head.

Thatch looked at what Marco did and felt somewhat disgusted with the sight. The dead head is really dead now since it was smashed and the arrow fell down to the ground. Marco picked up the arrow and noticed that it was still in one piece though he smashed the head. By logic Marco thought that the arrow was made of sea-stone but that thought completely vanished since he could still use his powers though he was touching it. Marco put tied the arrow on his sash since he didn't have any pockets.

"so what are we gonna do now?" Ace asked after his shock diminished.

"what else we have to see if came from anywhere near here-yoi" Marco stated like it's the most obvious thing which probably is. Thatch grumbled before he noticed something by the corner of his eye, so he walked over to it.

"oi Marco Ace look over there, doesn't this look like...a sword?" Thatch questioned his brothers and himself when he saw the look of the sword. The sword looked ancient and it had weird markings on it and was shaped weirdly that the swords that they were used to seeing. Ace raised a brow before he picked it up. Thatch warned Ace to be careful.

"it's heavy but not too heavy it looks weird doesn't it, ne?" Ace asked them Marco shrugged his shoulders but he did agree with Ace, the sword itself was weird looking. Marco then noticed a glowing stone was under where Ace took the sword.

"hey Thatch doesn't that look like the stone you picked up-yoi?" he asked Thatch. Thatch took the stone out to compare it. He nodded his head confirming that it was the same looking as the stone he picked up. Ace attached the sword to hip belt hoping that the sword won't bring his pants down. When he noticed that it will he found a thick vine and wrapped the sword around his back, making sure that the tip of the sword was tilted.

Thatch looked around his surroundings and saw that it was near the same place he found the stone. He smiled knowing that they were near the area. He told Marco that they were near so Marco let him lead them. Once they were there Ace looked around the place in wonder. The place had a waterfall and a lake that surrounded the front of the waterfall, There trees surrounding the area, and by the waterfall was hanging vines. The area looked like it was out of this world. While Thatch and Ace were busy taking in the surroundings even though Thatch was already here before, Marco noticed there was a whole row of glowing stones leading to the waterfall. Marco wanted to touch the stones himself but they were submerged under water.

Ace didn't think about the water though. So he instantly went under the water to grab a stone. However he didn't go weak like Marco or Thatch expected. When Ace noticed that he was touching water, he panicked but he didn't feel weak at all. Maybe the water was fresh water. Marco took that chance to walk closer to the waterfall. However when he was halfway to the waterfall he suddenly had a horrible headache. Marco suddenly fell down and before he everything went black he saw Thatch and Ace approach him.

When Marco woke up again he was in the Moby Dick infirmary. He sat up but held his head when he felt a throbbing pain shoot through his head. Nurses were instantly by his side telling him to take it easy. Thatch and Ace also appeared by his side.

"oi buddy you ok? you just blacked out in the water all of a sudden!" Thatch informed him, while Ace was frowning.

"what's wrong Ace-yoi?" Marco couldnt help but ask his younger brother.

Ace crossed him arms across his chest "you know after you blacked out the arrow suddenly floated inside the the waterfall" he finished while looking at Marco sternly. Marco check his sash and the arrow was indeed gone. Marco sighed and had a feeling that there was something wrong with the waterfall or the lake itself.

Marco climbed out of bed and told the nurses that he didn't need any medical treatment. Thatch and Ace were reluctant about letting their best friend move around without a check up but after one glare from the flaming turkey himself the idea was dropped. The trio went to Oyagi to report what happened. On the way Marco felt really hungry, so he asked Thatch if he missed lunch or dinner. Thatch told him that he missed both. Now he knew why he was very hungry.

Oyagi was already expecting them and he wore a worried expression, "Marco are you alright?" he asked his eldest son. Marco nodded but when he heard Thatch call him turkey he shot Thatch a dark look. Thatch looked away and held up his hands in a way that says 'i said nothing'.

Ace began to laugh but stopped when Oyagi gave him a look. Marco then asked where the sword was. Ace told him that Vista took the sword to examine it. Marco nodded his head understanding what Vista could be doing. Oyagi asked what happened and Thatch gladly explained everything. He included everything also about the unusual arrow that floated inside the waterfall. Oyagi began to think about what Thatch said.

"we will see what the waterfall is hiding tomorrow for now Marco go eat something and everyone else go take sleep" Oyagi commanded everyone since it was night. Marco went to the galley to get some food. Ace and Thatch went with him.

Once Marco had chosen his food he sat down on one of the empty tables. Thatch sat down beside him and began to talk of what they will do.

"so Marco what do you think happened?" Thatch asked while placing his chin of one of his palms. Ace tried to take a leg of his chicken but was stabbed by a fork instead. Ace whined but retreated.

Marco swallowed the food that was in his mouth "well before i even blacked out i felt some sort of pain in my head when i was in the middle of lake-yoi" he answered before eating a piece of carrot. Thatch began to think.

"did you loosen your sash before you went in? cause like we told you the arrow floated inside the waterfall. Also i still have the stone, but it started glowing brighter..."Thatch told him, Marco shook his head.

Ace started to play with his fingers with a pout since he can't eat any food. Thatch snickered at the sight that the 2nd division commander was giving. Marco was still eating but he smiled at the scene.

"oh yea Ace i heard that your brother got a new bounty" Marco started, Ace grinned.

"yes i heard he now has 300,000,000 million berries on his head! but i don't know what he did to get triple his last bounty..." Ace said proudly before thinking about what could've his baby brother had done to deserve that bounty.

"well i read in the newspaper that he declared war on the government, just so that they could retrieve their crew member Nico Robin. Your brother is crazy!" Thatch exclaimed before laughing. Ace had a shocked look on his face. When Thatch saw this his laughter doubled because he never saw Ace like this.

"are you kidding me?! why did that idiot do that?! wait, never mind it's Luffy i'm talking about..." Ace screeched before sighing, Thatch slapped him on the back. Marco merely chuckled at the sight since his brother was fretting about his little brother that seemed strong enough. Once he was done eating Marco put his dishes in the sink and walked back to his room with Thatch and Ace.

Marco said goodnight before entering his room, so did Ace. Thatch entered his room but he placed the stone on his desk that had a huge amount of paperwork that he had yet to do. Thatch groaned before plopping down on his bed.

Everyone was finally asleep on the Moby Dick. It was around midnight when the glowing stone that Thatch had placed on his desk began to move. It fell on the floor and began to cross along the floor until it reached the floor. The island suddenly began to split open and the stone was making the ship turn to where the split part of the island was. The lake suddenly became a huge river that leads the way to the waterfall.

Ace woke up when he felt the ship move all of a sudden. He groaned and went outside, expecting to see the ocean. Instead he saw the forest moving, he was instantly awake. Ace ran to the railing and noticed that the move was moving through a river, wait there was never a river! Since when?!

"OI Guys wake up! the ship is going in land!" Ace yelled to the top of his lungs and not too long Thatch came out with the stone glowing as bright as the sun by now. Marco also and he seemed worried when he indeed saw that the Moby Dick is going in land. Oyagi followed a suite not to long and he began looking at the surroundings.

"o-oi! isn't that the waterfall?! why did it seemed bigger than it did before?!" Thatch yelled while looking at the waterfall from this morning.

"turn the ship!" Oyagi commanded, but a crew member came rushing in with a panic look.

"O-Oyagi we can't! we can't turn the ship!" the man said but then the ship stopped all of a sudden, by now everyone was outside watching the phenomenon.

Ace gaped at the site. The waterfall began to open up, literally open! Everyone had their jaws on the floor, Oyagi's eyes opened in shock and wonder, never in all his years had this type of event ever happened. The commanders either looked at the waterfall in wonder or shock like Oyagi. Once the waterfall was completely open the stone that Thatch was clutching onto, suddenly flew to the waterfall. Thatch fell down on the deck, Ace and Marco helped him up.

Then all of a sudden a Giant gate suddenly appeared it was white colored but it wasn't glowing. The stone that had flew suddenly had fight into a tiny hole that even Marco could hardly see. All of a sudden the gigantic door glowed and it opened. The Moby Dick began moving again but it was so fast that everyone had to hold onto someone or something. Ace and Marco held onto Thatch who was holding the railings.

"AHHHH!" everyone screamed but Oyagi just groaned, when the Moby Dick entered the gate a bright light appeared and then the gate was gone, the waterfall returned to its normal size, and a mist suddenly covered the island from existence...

~over to Tamriel~

It was a normal day for the guards of Windhelm. There was no dragons in sight so far, and the place was still snowy like always. That was until a bright light appeared and right in front of the guards post, they saw a ship fall down. They also heard people screaming. One of the guards ran back to the Jarl to inform what happened.

The Moby Dick landed with a loud splash. The cold icy water splashed whatever was near, that included the farms. The crew members in the ship are either knocked out or shaking from fear, for the commanders and Oyagi they were standing up slowly to ease their body from the shock. Marco was the first one up Oyagi following him. Ace was still holding onto Thatch, Ace was helping Thatch up but when he saw where they were he literally jump up with Thatch, who yelped.

Ace was by the railing instantly looking at the new environment, Thatch was beside him giving him a glare. Marco stopped Thatch by putting a hand on the pompadour man's shoulder. Oyagi saw some civilians but when he moved to try and speak to them.

"AHHHH! A GIANT, GUARDS!" A woman screeched while running away with the other civilian, while carrying her children. Oyagi stood still from the shock, the people thought of him as a wild giant?

Ace Thatch and Marco stood there shock at what they saw. But their attention was taken away from the civilians onto the cry of pain from one of their crew members. Right now there were raining arrows Ace used his devil fruit power to burn all of it away.

"A DEMON! CALL THE GUARDS A DEMON HAD APPEARED!" A man had cried when he saw Ace use his devil fruit powers, sure the people saw fire mages, but this is a demon! Ace suddenly felt anger swell up in his chest, so he accidentally shot a fireball to the way of the civilians were running to. Marco hit Ace with a haki infused fist and yelled at him to snap out whatever trance he was in. Ace apologized silently and stood back up.

By now they heard arrows fire at them again. Marco used his phoenix powers to burn the arrows also. By now every civilian was screaming for their life even the children. Oyagi told them to cease using their powers before anything else happens. For now they have to survive the attacks that was being thrown at them.

Marco observed where they were, over the distance he could see a city probably. However because he was so focused on fighting he can't observe further on. Thatch had been using his sword to deflect the arrows but damn! The arrows were coming like rain, Ace was having difficulty not using his devil fruit abilities in a fight, the arrows were just god damn annoying.

The Moby Dick began to move once more without any guidance. However the civilians were looking at them with pure terror written on their faces. Ace fell down because he never expected the ship to move. Marco and Thatch glanced at each other before they continued to deflect the arrows. Oyagi stood strong however his face showed anger.

The Moby Dick began to advance and then it had hit a bridge violently. Everyone held onto something and the arrows suddenly stopped. When Thatch looked over to the guards he saw bewildered faces. This place is just weird! Marco had gotten a better view, and he was right it was a city and it was huge! The ship still sailed forward until it left sharply. The shipwrights began to yell orders to each other to see if there was any huge damage that was inflicted on the Moby Dick.

Oyagi had let the river take them wherever it wanted to bring them However if they don't find any answers to what happened they might be stuck here for quite a while. For now the crew is at peace since they had left the dangerous territory. Ace sighed since he could still remember what the people in this place called him...a demon! Marco and Thatch each placed a hand on Ace's shoulder to try and calm him down.

They were at peace for now, but they still needed to be cautious for whatever might attack them. The place they are currently in is unknown territory.

To Be Continued~