I've decided to whip out my keyboard and type this story titled, The Colors of Love and Friendship. A type of a 'what if' scenario type fic about what would happen if the straw-hatted pirate we all know and love had a female childhood friend. Enjoy, and remember to read and review!

Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece. I wish I did though…

Chapter 1: The Dream

It was just another night aboard the Going Merry. Nami was being bossy as usual trying to convince everyone to sleep. After a few minutes of reasoning (and threats…) everyone decided to just sleep. Zoro was the first to go. It never took much to make him sleep. Robin just slept in her chair, while Sanji and Nami went off to bed (separate beds of course!). Ussop, Chopper and Luffy just slept on deck. It was a somewhat peaceful night.

"LUUUUUUUUUFFFFFYYYYYY!!!" shouted a girl. She ran through the stone paved streets of her village to find her friend. She was a very short 16 year-old girl, about 5 feet, with tomato-red hair put up into ponytail with a blue ribbon. She wore a plain yellow top, a pair of blue jeans, and yellow sandals. As she ran through the streets she called for her friend. "LUUUUUUUUFFFFFFYYYY, WHERE AAAARRRRE YOOOOOUUU!?" she screamed. She stopped to catch a breather when she heard a faint cry. "Amy!" cried the voice. "Stay where you are!" The girl did as the voice told her. A few moments later, Luffy ran to go meet her. He was carrying a rather large knapsack over his shoulder. "Hey Amy!" said Luffy. "Hey ya self! What's with the bag? Ya going somewhere?" asked the girl known as Amy. "Oh this? Yeah, I'm leaving." said Luffy.

"Leaving? What do ya mean?"

"I'm hightailing it outta here. I wanna go out to sea and chase my dream!

"What the heck are ya saying?"

"Remember when I said I was going to be the Pirate King? Well I can't fulfill that dream here can I?"

"But what about me!? Ya can't just leave me here!"

"But I know you can take care of yourself. And besides, this is something you know I have to do …"

"But Luffy! I…I'll miss you…"

"I'll miss you too! Buck up kiddo! I know you're stronger than this!"

Amy averted her grass green eyes from Luffy's face and stared at her feet. "So ya leaving me huh?" she asked sadly. Luffy's grin turned into a frown. "Yeah I guess I kinda am… I'm sorry, but I really wanna do this." he said. He took Amy by the hand a gently squeezed it. "We'll see each other again! I promise..."Tears streamed down the girl's face. "Promise?" Luffy hugged and pecked her on the cheek. "Oh course! I love you!" With that he grabbed his bag and ran out of sight leaving a silently weeping girl on her knees.

The Straw Hat captain woke up with a start. He was sweating and breathing heavily as his eyes scanned the area. "It was a dream…" he thought. "Why do I keep having these dreams? Do they mean something?" He got up and leaned over the railing of the ship. A slight wind blew his hair. "Oi Amelia, are you ok?" he said aloud. "Are you alive and well? I'm dreaming about you again…" He continued to stare out into the deep black horizon when he heard a voice call to him. "Luffy…" said the voice. "Who are you talking to? Luffy swiftly turned around to find that it was Ussop. Luffy grinned and turned back around.

"The air." he replied. "The air?" asked Ussop as he joined Luffy on the rail. "How are you talking to the air? Have you finally cracked?" "No. The person I'm talking to isn't here, so I'm talking to no one. I'm talking to air." explained Luffy. Ussop looked at his captain and sighed. "Oi Luffy, that makes no sense. If you're talking to no one, then how are you talking to air?" The straw-hatted man chuckled at his crewmate. "Ah!" he said. "I guess you're right! I'm talking to someone who is not here.

"So you're talking to someone who is no one?" asked Ussop.

"No, I'm talking to someone who is away. So basically I'm talking to no one since that someone isn't on the ship." countered Luffy.

"Ah so your talking to a person who doesn't exist!"

"No! She exists! I hope…"

"What do you mean 'you hope'? Did you make up another imaginary friend? Luffy, we've been over this…"

"No no no! She's a real person! And Bob was also real too!"

"Are you having another episode? Do you want me to go get Chopper?"

"No dammit! I'm not having an episode! I was just thinking about my friend."

"Oh! You were thinking aloud! Why didn't you say so? I thought the Ocean Madness was getting to you."

"But I thought that wasn't a real disease Ussop…"

"Ahhhh but that's what they want you to think! Of course, only the Great Captain Ussop can see through those lies!"

"Whatever…" said Luffy. He yawned. I'm tired so I'm going back to bed… Luffy got back on to the floor and fell asleep, his hat covering his face. "Humph…" thought Ussop as he shrugged his shoulders. He attempted to go back to sleep, but he heard one of his nakama shout, "LAND HO!"