Ch. 1: The Storm
One Piece © Oda.
Blizzard © Me.
Summary- Three weeks after rescuing Robin from the clutches of Enies Lobby, Luffy and the crew stop to rest at Rivet Island after escaping another storm. There, they meet Mayor Hillary, the mayor of the island, and Blizzard, a white, half-Husky, half-wolf hybrid. As a puppy, Blizzard was left in Hillary's care while his master, Robby Rivet, and his pirate crew, went on a voyage to find the One Piece without him, and ever since, Blizzard has been waiting for three years for his return. Learning that Blizzard is an outcast, like himself, Luffy decides to try and befriend him. However, is Blizzard willing to let him?
It was a dark and stormy night…
BA-BOOM! FLASH! Thunder rumbled and lightning cracked the sky. The waves in the sea had gotten rough. The wind blew harder and harder. Rain began to pour down upon the ship known as the Thousand Sunny, and the crew on board, the notorious Straw Hat Pirates, were currently fighting the storm.
It has been three weeks since the crew had rescued a very valuable friend from the clutches of Enies Lobby. One had returned after a fight, another had been lost forever, but two more were gained in her place.
"Cat Burglar" Nami barked out orders as everyone scrambled around the ship.
"Demon Child" Nico Robin, using her Devil Fruit powers, managed to furl the sails.
The captain, Monkey D. "Straw Hat" Luffy tied down everything to make sure they wouldn't fall off the ship or get blown away by the wind, with Usopp's help.
"LUFFY!" Usopp cried. "YOU TIED MY HANDS DOWN BY MISTAKE!"
"Sorry!" apologized Luffy.
"Cyborg" Franky went down below deck to secure what he could.
"Black Leg" Sanji took the helm to try and keep the ship steady.
As for "Pirate Hunter" Roronoa Zoro, he was currently busy trying to pry a scared-out-of-his-mind Tony-Tony "Cotton Candy Lover" Chopper from his face.
"CHOPPER!" snapped Zoro. "LEGGO OF ME! THIS IS NO TIME TO PANIC!"
"WE'RE GONNA DIE!" Chopper screamed at the top of his lungs.
Nami tried to stay calm, but it was hard to keep her nerves together with every storm that hit in the Grand Line. She had to admit, even she, the navigator who knew everything about predicting weather, got scared every time this happened.
Suddenly, she heard a small clicking sound. Looking down at her Log Pose, she saw that the needle was pointing to the east. She gasped. There must be an island with a strong magnetic pull nearby.
"Sanji!" Nami called out to the blonde-haired chef. "Turn the ship to 3 o'clock, now! There's an island there where we can dock the ship!"
"Right away, Nami!" Sanji cried, lovingly before he steered the ship to the east.
Now, there was only one thing left to do, now…
Nami stomped on the deck.
"Franky!" she called. "Prepare a Coup de Burst, on the double!"
Down in the Energy Room, Franky had a gleam in his eye and three barrels of cola at the ready.
"Way ahead of you, sis!" Franky called back.
The back cannon began to glow.
"Brace yourselves, everyone!" Nami called.
Luffy put his hands to his hat to keep it from blowing away, giggling.
"Oh, man," he said. "This is gonna be so cool!"
"Coup de BURST!" Franky yelled.
BLOW! The Thousand Sunny went flying towards the East, the Straw Hats screaming, but Luffy mostly cheering, the whole way.
Little did they know that where they were headed, the crew would meet another misfit…