Chapter One. Ave Maria.

My brother once told me that fanfiction is bound to be the end of the civilized world. I should have just believed him and stopped my fangirlish ways. I suppose I would have certainly been more cautious. At least, I would have had a different reaction towards seeing a magical portal. It certainly would not have been, 'let's explore the damn thing'.

Now when I found a magical portal, which turns out to be way less fabulous then people imagine it is, my crazy friend Ter decided to jump in dragging me along. The bitch. And to make things worse our sane friend, Rose, decided to follow us instead of doing to logical thing. Like calling parental supervision at least.

Not that it would have helped much. The portal closed after about being open for less than a couple of hours, just as we had entered. I don't know if that was a coincidence or caused by our intrusion, but it doesn't look good.

I don't know why I'm here. This whole mess was enough to shake even my faith in God. After all what God would land three teenagers into an actual Anime world. I know the idea may seem fun to others, but I doubt that living in a world based on piracy and fighting would be great for the health. Oh right, I hadn't mentioned. Somehow that mysterious portal landed us into the One Piece world. Or more specifically, on the Thousand Sunny.

It would be more logical to presume I somehow tripped over some stairs or something, and entered a coma dream. Still, coma dream or not, I would eventually have to deal with my new 'reality'.

Well, at least I'm not alone. That means I'm not a complete Mary Sue now at least. Thank the lord for small comforts. Still, it is hard to believe that I managed to get into such a huge mess in such a short time space.

Hours Earlier

'Nothing good ever happens after 2 a.m.' was one of my favourite quotes. So I should have done the smart thing and stayed in bed, but as you've probably guessed by now, I did not.

As an insomniac, I was forced to stay awake every night for hours. It was something I had grown used to, however this particular night I had stayed up unto 2:30 and I still felt as awake as a hyperactive hamster. So I got up to grab a glass of water from the kitchen. Yet as I passed the front door I noticed a light shining from under the bottom of it. I figured the light in the common hallway of our apartment complex must have gone on. If anybody enters the stairway the light stays on for 5 minutes after all, due to motion sensors.

Back into my bed, I tried to fall asleep, but somehow I kept feeling as if something was off. As if something was calling out to me. I eventually stayed awake the whole night.

The next morning I felt completely exhausted due to the loss of sleep. So I believe I can't be blamed for almost missing the portal itself.

You see, there was suddenly a door where there previously were mailboxes. Our apartment mailboxes were next to the entry of our complex, so it seemed a bit redundant to have a door there. It wasn't like the door was special or anything either, it was just a regular door. Intrigued, I decided to try and open the door.

I ended up seeing an ocean.

Considering this was still the random doorway that appeared where our letterboxes were, and the fact that the door next to it lead to the street, it was more than a little bizarre. So I blinked a few times, pinched myself then walked back upstairs.