Hello dear fellow fanfiction-people. This is my first story in years. This is more or less an experiment that got out of hand and now I can't think of anything else. So this stuff needs to get out of my head and into the internet - because of reasons.

If you want to know where I will be going with this fanfiction: I was inspired by "Race for One Piece" by Teruul (a true masterpiece if I may say so).

The cast will mostly be OCs, later on in the New World this little crew of misfits will meet the Straw Hats and Co.

[edit] Well. No. I decided it'll be more fun if the meet some of the 'normal' cast before the New World-Saga begins. Drabbles because I'm mostly learning to write something worthwhile in english, which isn't my main language.

[edit] I'm actually trying to lengthen the chapters ;)

Please be gentle - I'll try to create something interesting to read, but I cannot promise you'll like this story.

Small note: I do try to avoid mary-sueing!

Disclaimer: One Piece isn't mine. Sadly.

What should not have been...

She heard the engine of a car, honking, screeching of tires.

Searing pain raced up her spine. Screaming. Cursing. A siren blared.

And then:

Silence.

When she came to, her senses were dull. Her head swam and everything seemed muffled and slow. Neither her arms nor her legs moved according to her wishes. Panic swelled up in her chest and she tried screaming, speaking, croaking – nothing. She couldn't even feel her lips.

What's happening? Where am I? I can't see!

Sometime later – much later – she came to the conclusion that she was trapped in her own body.

The accident must have cut her off from the outside. Her parents had to be worried. She promised she'd be home by twelve.

There shouldn't have been this much traffic at an hour like that.

There shouldn't have been a problem with crossing a road.

There shouldn't have been that much sheer pain.

There shouldn't have been true and utter darkness and blankness and- she didn't want to be trapped.

And . . . she was

So scared!

She didn't know how very wrong she was with her assumption of a fate with locked-in-syndrome...