Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece
Spoiler Warnings: at some point this story will include spoilers for some of the most recent chapters of the manga

This is my first fanfiction. I hope you enjoy it.


I was laying in bed. Eyes closed, trying to fall asleep.

"Is this really the place?" said an oddly familiar voice. My eyes flashed open in surprise as my light was flicked on. I quickly put my glasses on and I saw that in the center of my room stood 9 teenagers that were impossibly familiar. These were no cosplayers, of that I was sure. Some of the die-hard fans of the anime had incredibly realistic costumes, but they were no more than that, costumes. These people were no joke. This was the real Strawhat crew.

My eyes were widened in shock, my mouth gaping. I was frozen, not in fear as some would think with a skeleton wearing clothes, a small hairy reindeer creature, and the rest of the odd assortment of people squeezed into my bedroom, but rather in awe, amazement, and surprise. For there stood a group of people that didn't exist in my world, that I had only dreamed of actually meeting.

"Yup. This is her," Luffy stated loudly as he always did or at least as he always did in the anime. I was so engrossed in the excitement of seeing the Strawhat crew that it took me a minute to realize what Luffy had just said.

"Yup. This is her. Yup. This is her. Yup. This is her," the words rebounded through my head. "Her? Is he seriously talking about me? No way. It can't be! I've got to be dreaming. Wait. If I ever think I must be dreaming, I'm always awake. NO WAY!"

"Let's take her back to the ship" exclaimed Luffy. "Zoro you take care of it."

"What, why me?" Zoro called after his captain's retreating figure. All the other crew members started filing out after their captain. I was staring at the crowd now exiting my bedroom when I heard Zoro growl,

"Come on lets go." At the moment I was sitting crossed legged in the middle of my bed, wearing long sleeved pajama top and bottoms. My mouth still hung open and I was in a daze.

"I said lets go!" Zoro's declaration made me come to my senses only to find that he had drawn one of his swords and was pointing it at me about a foot from my neck. Part of me was totally scared witless, another part told me Zoro was a great guy and wouldn't hurt me, and the other part was going on and about impossibilities of Zoro actually being in my bedroom! I should actually be thankful for once for watching so much anime. After watching so many people calmly handle bizarre and dangerous situations, I naturally tried to react the same way. I nodded my head. Okay. So I wasn't cool or anything, but for me that was good. I was naturally rather shy, so I would usually just nod anyway.

Zoro sheathed his sword and nodded his approval. I hung my legs over the side of the bed and scooted off. As I was standing facing my window, I noticed my digital alarm clock said it was 12:00 P.M. I glanced at Zoro and his expression told me I was supposed to follow his crewmates' example and exit my bedroom. As walked though the doorway I flipped the switch and turned off the lights in my room. The hall light wasn't on, but I could still see by the light coming from my living room. I suddenly began to worry about all of this waking up my family. I probably shouldn't be afraid of them waking up, I mean they're my family and I was being taken somewhere by a guy they wouldn't recognize. Also, technically this was my "first time meeting him", but it was ZORO and the STRAWHAT CREW! They could be some creeps who have AMAZING costumes, but why in the world would they go through all that trouble for me? I was trying to be logical and decide what I should do, but I just had to know what was going on, plus the fact that if I didn't go Zoro seriously would attack me. So, I continued down the stairs while mentally debating about what I should do.

As I walked down the stairs I could see that my front door was open a few inches. I figured that they must have went outside. Luckily, my boots and winter coat were by the front door, so I was able to put them on silently without making Zoro cautious of what I was doing. I opened my front door and walked out into the chilly night. Zoro followed me out the door and closed it behind him. My breath was creating steam that swirled in front of my face before disappearing. I could only see by the faint light coming from a few street lamps and the moon. A thin layer of snow covered the ground.

My front yard had foot prints covering almost all of it, but to my right I could see a trail of prints different from the others. Through the middle of this trail was 4 rows of dots and those dots were accompanied by prints shaped like the front of a boot. I realized that the footprints must have been from Nami and Robin walking to and from my house. I started towards the prints I had just discovered. I heard the snow making a slight crunch as Zoro followed behind me. I followed the path down my driveway and down the hill that led to my backyard, the entire time I could hear Zoro not far behind me. It was starting to get darker and more difficult to see. Luckily, the moon did provide some light and I could now follow the trail better because there weren't other footprints around to obscure it.

The path led all the way into the park behind my house. After I was to the right of my shed, it became even darker. I could barely see to make the right turn and I had to be careful of all the sticks on the ground. I swayed a little, but regained my balance quickly. This happens quite often at school, but it was even more embarrassing in front of Zoro. Especially, seeing as people usually didn't notice at school and Zoro was probably watching me in case I decided to suddenly sprint away or something. At least it was dark, maybe he didn't notice.

I followed the path all the way to the woods to the right of the park. I was getting cold and scared. Everything looked pretty creepy in this light and I was headed into the woods now. After walking into the forest about 10 feet, the trail turned to the right. I had been staring at the ground so I could follow the path. I looked up when I saw the turn. In front of me stood the Thousand Sunny. The ship was huge!


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