Thinking back on it all. Everything about my journey was strange.

But I suppose that was the whole point.

Or maybe there wasn't one at all.

Either way, I recall it all started when I woke up in the warm, comforting room.

My senses slowly returned to me. I could hear the ocean as it gently rocked the boat. I could smell a very faint trace of cigarette smoke. My mouth was dry, and all my joints felt stiff.

"How long 'til she wakes up, you think?" I heard a voice. Deep and worried.

"I don't know, but the captain told us to get him when she does." Another voice responded, muffled but something in their mouth.

I finally started to move. I flexed my fingers first, then my arms. "W- where…?" I tried to push myself up, but I was far too weak. I felt like I'd been asleep for days, maybe longer…

The muffled voice laughed. "Well, I'll go get the captain." The door to where ever I was opened and I heard footsteps quickly move away.

"Hey. Hey now, don't push yourself too hard." The other voice, The deep worried one, took on a gentle almost fatherly tone.

I blinked, trying to process everything around me and only getting a headache in return. I threw an arm over my eyes to stop myself from making that mistake again. "Where am I?" I managed to choke out.

"You're only on the best pirate ship on the four oceans!"

"Pirates…?" Had I been kidnapped? No, With just what I could tell based on voices… They seemed to kind to kidnap someone. I moved my arm and tried my eyes again. Everything was blurry, but at least the headache was more or less gone.

"The Red Hair Pirates!"

The name rang a bell faintly, somewhere in the very back of my mind. "I… I don't know that name."

"Oh."

I looked over at the man, just from seeing him sitting, I could tell he was a little taller than me. HIs skin was tan, and he wore something on his head that read "Yasopp".

He, I guessed he was Yasopp, smiled at me and asked. "What's your name?"

My name? Now that was a thought. Before I could answer the door swung open, in the doorway stood a tall man, maybe as tall as Yasopp, with red hair, probably the captain. "I heard she was awake!" His voice was loud and boisterous as his appearance, he certain looked and sounded the part of "Pirate Captain"

I forced myself to sit up. Every part of me ached from lack of use.

"Captain!" Yasopp's smile got even wider.

"Quick! Inform the crew we're celebrating tonight!" He moved into the room with some sheer form of excited grace as Yasopp bolted out. He looked down at me, a smile even wider than Yasopp's on his face. "We're all glad you're alive! We found you passed out on a small little boat."

"Really?" I turned my head down to look at myself. I didn't seem to be injured. Red shirt, black pants… No, I seemed completely fine. "I don't remember."

"That's fine!" He produced two bottles of beer and held one out to me. "I'm Shanks, I'm the captain of this crew."

I looked down at the beer in my hands. I'd never had it before, I was certain of that. Those faint bells were back. I closed my eyes. Shanks seemed like a trustworthy guy. And It was only polite I introduce myself back. But..

"My name is…" There were no bells. I frowned. "It's…" I couldn't recall it, no matter how hard I tried. I dropped the bottle and covered my face. "I don't remember!"

Shanks handled the situation remarkably well. He set down his bottle and rubbed my back gently. "It's okay. Don't worry. You just woke up. It might take a while."

"N- no… It's more than that." The realization was slowly dawning on me as I tried to focus on anything else. "I can't remember anything! Not my name, not my parents, not where I grew up. Nothing!"

"It's fine." He spoke softly. "I'll send the doctor to check on you later, and someone to clean up the beer. You just rest some more."

I slowly curled up and tried to rest as per Shanks's suggestion.

Soon after someone entered. "I… hope you remember." I recognized the voice as Yasopp.

"I hope I do too…" I squeezed my eyes shut and drifted to an uneasy sleep.


Heyo!

Bet y'all thought I was dead.
But as always I RISE FROM THE GRAVE.

I can't promise regular up dates, but here are those rewrites I promised a year ago.
There are some major changes in store for L, some of which I don't even want to say because it'll ruin the fun!
One thing I will say is that I'm planning on glossing over a lot of the stuff that everyone knows, so stuff like Chopper's backstory is going to be condensed because I'm sure you've all read that so many times you don't really need this story to repeat it back to you.

As Always
Your ever willing Author,
Kari910