Prologue: How it all began

I sat on the edge of the Sunny, staring out at the wonderful ocean. Me and my nakama had just departed Thriller Bark, so I had on my black baggy trousers with flame designs, my purple shirt with a dark smiling face on it, and a white skull imprintment on the back of my right hand.

At the moment, there was nothing but smooth sailing ahead.

Well, apart from one thing.

"LUFFY YOU BAKA!" Our red-head navigator hit the captain of the ship over the head, leaving a giant bruise. "HOW THE HELL COULD YOU EAT A WEEKS SUPPLY OF FOOD IN ONE DAY!?"

"I was really hungry." Luffy replied stupidly, innocently, but still stupidly. Earning him another punch.

"How the hell did you get the key to the fridge anyway!?" The cook roared.

"Usopp got it for me." Luffy said, pointing to the sniper in question.

That earned the both of them large steaming welps.

The local archeologist just chuckled at the crews misfits, finally coming out of the library. "Perhaps we must find a hiding place for the key." She suggested.

"Excellent idea as always Robin-chwaaaaan!" Sanji swooned.

"Ahhhh! Luffy! Usopp!" The reindeer/doctor shrieked. "Somebody get a doctor!"

"Pardon me Chopper-san, but aren't you the doctor?" Our newest nakama musician asked.

"Oh yeah!"

The green haired swordsman just slept through the chaos as per the norm.

"Oi! I could build a SUPER fridge for ya!" A certain cyborg suggested.

"Stay away from my kitchen!" Sanji shouted at him, stomping off.

Nami sighed and rubbed her temple. "Okay, you two are going to fish up some food or we're having YOU for dinner!"

The pair instantly stood to attention with their badly bruised faces. "Yes ma'am!" They then proceeded to carry out their task.

Nami came over and sat beside me, giving a deep sigh.

"You okay?" I asked her.

"What do you think?" She replied with half-lidded eyes. "I swear, sometimes those two act more like children then pirates."

I looked over my shoulder at said pirates to see them poking each other in an attempt to start...something.

"Here, I'll help." I got my fishing rod from beside me and threw the end into the ocean.

"I asked those two to do it. Not you." She huffed.

"I know but-"

Suddenly I felt something tug at the end of my line. "Whoa! I got something!"

"Nani? All ready?" Nami asked, staring at the line.

"Yep! And it's a big one!" I tried pulling some more, but this fish was strong!

"Luffy! Usopp! Help Ellix!" Nami yelled to the two bakas.

"Nani!? Ellix caught something!?" Usopp yelled, dashing over.

Luffy immediantely wrapped his rubbery arms around my waist and started pulling. "Don't let it escape! I want meat!"

All four of us began to pull hard on the line as a certain marimo woke up. "Oi...keep it down." He mumbled.

"ZORO GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE AND PULL!" Demoness Nami yelled.

The swordsman walked over muttering something about a damn sea witch. He grabbed the line and with one huge pull a large object exploded out of the water and landed on deck.

"Your welcome." He grumbled, going back to his usual spot to sleep again.

I sat up and rubbed my head. "Damn it...oh well, at least we got a fish."

Everyone gathered round the new object.

"MEAT!" Luffy yelled running over to the thing, but instantly started pouting. "Huh? That's not meat!"

No, it was not.

It was a large black box.

"What is it?" Chopper asked.

"I believe the better question is what it contains." Robin said.

This enticed the navigator who rushed over with berri signs in her eyes. "An underwater treasure!? Great! We can add it to what we got from Thriller Bark!"

I wasn't interested in the box however, I was interested in the thing that had fallen in front of me.

It was a pendant as big as my hand, it had five golden points like a star and had a rainbow coloured gem in the middle, it was beautiful.

Seeing as how everyone else was looking at the chest I slipped it into my pocket.

"Hold on, I'll prize it open." Franky said.

"M-Maybe we shouldn't." Usopp the coward stammered. "It could be a trap or something. Plus my Don't-open-the-creepy-chest disease is acting up again."

"Whooooaaaaa!" The giant black box suddenly shook violently and everyone jumped back. "Looks like someone fished me out!"

"T-The box is talking!" Usopp shrieked.

"Sugoiiiii! A talking box!" My captain said with sparkling eyes, he then began shaking the box. "Hey! Mystery box! Say something else!"

"Huh? You can hear my voice!?" The box said. "That must mean your some kinda legendary hero or something!"

"We're not heroes! We're pirates!" Luffy shouted at the inanimate talking object.

"Really? Whatever floats your boat." The box said. "Anyways, can ya let me outta here? It's really cramped and there's a lot of sea water in here. It's not nice ya know!"

"Okay!" Luffy tried to pry the box open but was interrupted by Nami.

"Just wait a second!" She yelled. "We don't even know who this guy is! Or how he got stuck in a box!"

"How could someone even fit in there anyway?" Sanji asked, lighting a new cigarette.

"I must admit my ears have never listened to a talking box before." Brook said. "Ah! But I have no ears! Skull joke!"

Zoro snorted. "Reminds me of that weirdo we met on that island."

"What do you think, Ellix?" Nami asked, as I was keeping my distance.

"Ummm...it's a guy in a box, I got nothing." I admitted.

"Oh pleeeaaase let me out!" The box whined. "If ya do, I'll give you an ancient technique handed down through my...people."

"An ancient technique!?" Luffy yelled with sparkles in his eyes. "We gotta get this guy out! Captains orders!"

"LUFFY!" Nami yelled with shark teeth.

"He probably just said that so we'd let him out." Franky pointed out.

"Nani!? He lied!?" Chopper shouted.

"Maybe we should learn more about him first." Robin suggested.

"Good idea, Robin." Nami approved, bending down at the box. "Alright then, who are you and where did you come from?"

The box almost looked like it was sweating. "Ummm...Canada?"

"Name or place?"

"...place?"

She stood up and sighed. "Never heard of a place called Canada."

"Looks like this guys going back in the water." Zoro said.

"WHAT!?" The box yelled.

Luffy slumped in defeat. "Awww, I wanted to learn that secret technique. I hope we get some meat soon..."

And so the box found its trump card. "Ah! Meat? I have loads of meat in here with me! You can have all of it if you let me out!"

'Oh dear...'

Luffy instantly leapt onto the box. "MEAT! GIMME!" And with monstrous strength he tore the the top clean off, hinges and all.

We all just stared at him with our jaws on the floor.

"Phew! Thanks pal! I really owe you one!" The box said. "Oh! And one more thing...WEHEHEHEHE! FOOLS!"

A large black blob emerged out of the box, sensing the danger I leapt back just in time, my nakama weren't so lucky as the blob unfolded itself and caught them all, like a piece of paper.

"OH MAN! DID YOU ALL FALL FOR THAT ONE!" The giant crumpled ball cackled. "LIKE I COULD CARRY MEAT! I DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY ARMS! BUT I'M A GENEROUS GUY! SO I GUESS I GOTTA GIVE YA SOMETHING! HOW ABOUT A FIVE-STAR CURSE!? YOU CAN THANK ME LATER!"

"Hey! Stop that!" I yelled. "Leave my nakama alone!"

"ZOOBOBBIDY ZANG! HAVE A CURSE! BANG! BANG!"

There were a few flashes of bright light, and the paper ball uncrumpled. But instead of my nakama falling out...

...a bunch of small dolls that LOOKED like my nakama fell out.

"WOW! THAT'S MY BEST WORK YET!" The creature who now looked like a sheet of purple paper with yellow eyes and a yellow pumpkin mouth chuckled.

"You! Turn my nakama back to normal!" I shouted.

"WHOA! I MISSED ONE! OH WELL! HAVE FUN PLAYING TEA-TIME WITH YOUR FRIENDS!" The thing said as it started to fly off.

"Come back!" I yelled, giving chase with Geppo.

The thing seemed to stop as it hovered above the Sunny, looking around in confusion. "HUH? THIS DOESN'T LOOK FAMILIAR! DID I GET LOST OR SOMETHING!? AH WELL, I'LL MAKE A WAY HOME! ZOOBOBBIDY ZANG! GET ME HOME! BANG! BANG!"

As I grabbed onto his papery body a large purple portal suddenly opened up! It was twice as big as the Sunny!

"W-What is THAT!?" I yelled.

"HEY! LET GO OF ME!" Thingie roared as the portal suddenly started sucking in everything!

The vacuum was so strong I could only watch as my dollified nakama were sucked into it.

"NAMI! LUFFY! USOPP! CHOPPER! ROBIN! BROOK! FRANKY! SANJI! ZORO!"

Then Sunny was sucked into it too! "SUNNYYYYYYYY!"

And finally it was our turn! "GET OFF!" Thingie screamed.

"NO! I'm gonna find my nakama and YOUR gonna turn them back!"

And so we were sucked in as well. It felt like being flushed down a plug hole, everything just kept spinning and spinning as I closed my eyes and wished for it to stop.

Then...darkness.

To be continued...

Hello there! This is my first crossover! It's between my favourite anime One Piece, and one of my favourite Mario games 'Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door'! (seriously, I've completed it seven times.)

I hope you all enjoy it! Sorry this chapters so short, I promise it'll be longer next chapter.

Mario belongs to Nintendo, One Piece belongs to Eichiiro Oda, Ellix belongs to me. Thank you for reading!