Chapter 2:
I wasn't surprised to see the two nose bleeders were the first on my ship. Soon, the rest of their crew marched over while a few others stayed on the ship to keep it safe. When the bear walked over, I had to laugh as his tongue was lolled out the side of his mouth. He panted heavily as he flopped onto my deck, just out of the way of the plank. Soon, the captain joined us and I motioned to everyone that they could go inside and get food.
"I'll be there in a minute, I'm just going to show the bear the pond so he can cool off." I stated before I helped the poor bear to his feet. Once he was steady, I gently pulled him to the stairs that lead to the higher deck. His captain followed as we made our way up and through the grove of willow trees. The moment the bear caught sight of the pond, he threw off his jumpsuit and almost face planted into the water. A content sigh left him as he relaxed into the cool waters. I laughed before walking to the edge and placing my hand in.
The captain came up behind me and watched as a golden sky fish swam towards my open palm. Closing my fist quickly but gently, I moved the fish to another smaller pond that rested between two willows. I repeated the process three more times with a red bull fish, black moor goldfish, and a purple bamboo shark. When the four were safely in the other pond, I turned to the bear who had stopped playing in the water to watch me move the last two fish.
"You're free to eat any of the fish in that pond, just don't touch the ones I just placed in this smaller pond." he nodded with a gleam of excitement in his eyes. I laughed and started to move to the lower deck when a hand caught my shoulder.
"Who are you? All I could make out was that is started with an F and you needed to surface." I smiled before turning to the male with a bow.
"I am Flick, a medicine pirate. I grow nearly every type of plant you could ever need and sell them to doctors and pirates such as yourself, though I'm surprised that we haven't met yet Trafalgar Law." I grin at the man before starting down the stairs again. When I entered the kitchen and dining hall, I was surprised to see that everyone hadn't eaten any of the food yet. Hurriedly I rushed to the food and tested them to find that they were good and still warm.
"Is something the matter?" I asked, I turned to find all the men watching the door as their captain strode in. I chuckled at myself before moving out of the way. I grabbed some beer from the fridge and started to distribute it among the men before turning to Law.
"Whenever you feel ready, eat up. I don't have use for this much food so eat as much as you want." I say before walking into the kitchen to check on my plants. There was a grunt and suddenly, I heard all the men run up and start grabbing food. When I walked into my medicine room, which was placed right beside the kitchen, I could hear cries of joy and surprise causing me to laugh to myself. Focusing back to the task at hand, I looked at the hundreds of plants were growing wildly, taking every piece of space they could without taking over my walk space. I sighed as I noticed one of my newer plants struggling to get through the others to grab hold of the fencing covering my walkway.
"Well hello there little one. What are you doing? You don't seem to be growing as much as the others. Ah, I see your problem. Well if I do this and tug here." I grabbed the pot that the little guy was in, gently pulling him forward and helped twirl a branch around the fencing so he had something to cling to.
"There you go, that should help you out. Just let me know if the big guys take up all your space,okay?" I chuckled as I patted a small leaf on the plant before standing and checking the others. When it looked like everyone was in good shape, I sat down on the floor and started thinking for a moment.
"What song should I sing for you guys? I think we have more than enough energetic people on this ship right now so how about a calmer song? Oh I know." I cleared my throat and breathed deeply, preparing myself.
Hold, hold on, hold onto me
'Cause I'm a little unsteady
A little unsteady
Hold, hold on, hold onto me
'Cause I'm a little unsteady
A little unsteady
Mama, come here
Approach, appear
Daddy, I'm alone
'Cause this house don't feel like home
If you love me, don't let go
Whoa, if you love me, don't let go
Hold, hold on, hold onto me
'Cause I'm a little unsteady
A little unsteady
Hold, hold on, hold onto me
'Cause I'm a little unsteady
A little unsteady
Mother, I know
That you're tired of being alone
Dad, I know you're trying
To fight when you feel like flying
But if you love me, don't let go
Whoa, if you love me, don't let go
Hold, hold on, hold onto me
'Cause I'm a little unsteady
A little unsteady
Hold, hold on, hold onto me
'Cause I'm a little unsteady
A little unsteady
Hold, hold on, hold onto me
'Cause I'm a little unsteady
A little unsteady
I breathed deeply as I finished, smiling when I saw my plants facing me. They swayed slightly towards me as I chuckled. I started to sing the song again, feeling the strength and rhythm in the plants. I looked to the door to see the two nose bleeders and Law watching me. I sang smoother and watched as the two nose bleeders took a seat on the floor. I sang out, calling my plants to reach out and sing with me. They glowed slightly and I could hear them singing along with me in my mind. I smiled deeply and closed my eyes, letting the song take me away.
When the song ended, there was applauds for the two on the floor. They both beamed at me with questions coming left and right.
"Wow, you have such a pretty voice. Where did you learn to sing like that? Why were the plants glowing? Why were you singing in here?" the redhead asked. The other who had the word 'Penguin' written on his hat added to his friend's questions.
"Why did you sing such a sad song? It was pretty powerful, we could hear you out in the dining hall. Where's the rest of your crew? Why do you sing to the plants?" I sighed as I looked at the two in exasperation.
"It's just what works for me and the plants. There is no one else on this ship other than my fish but they don't really count. Thank you but I learned on my own. I'm sorry if I disturbed your dinner." the two shook their heads and said it was fine. They said the crew enjoyed the song all the same and were wondering if I would sing more for them. I chuckled and told them no as it was often too much for my plants to hear me all the time.
"Are these all your plants?" I looked to Law before laughing at his face. He had awe struck eyes with a slack jaw that sent me onto the floor with no hope of coming up anytime soon. For several minutes, I held onto my stomach trying to ease my laughter so I could sit up. Before I could gather the strength, a set of vines slipped through the fencing and wrapped around my wrists. I gripped them gently before letting them haul me back up right. I sighed, wiping a tear from my eye before shaking my head vigorously.
"I would hope not, this is a very small room to meet all the demands of doctors and pirates from all over the grand line. No this is my nursery for the newer plants that have yet to adapt to the sea life. The much bigger plants help the little ones to grow and help pollinate a few of them. The rest are spread out on the ship depending on what kind of sunlight they need. Essentially, this ship is one big nursery that helps me keep my medicine plants alive." I yawned as the vines strated to cover my arms and wrap around my neck. I yawned again as I leaned back against the wall of vines that had wrapped around me.
"Though, they are attracted to my voice so I have to be careful in this room as you can see. They like to take energy from me while I'm in here." By now, the vines had wrapped around my legs and torso. I looked over to see the little plant I help earlier reach out to me with trembling branches. I smiled and reached out my hand, watching as it wrapped its tiny branches around my finger. A tattooed hand suddenly grabbed mine, causing me to look up at Law who wore a look of horror.
"That plant is extremely poisonous to humans. The oil from its branches are very toxic." he stated with concern. I chuckled and moved his hand off mine. The branch moved further up my finger till it wrapped around my hand.
"Surprisingly, plants to have a very small conciseness. It always helps them to determine light from predator. They see me as their form of sun. I give them energy to grow and prosper. They in return don't harm me. The most they do is wrap me up like they are now to take my energy and distribute it to the other newer plants that can't reach me." I motioned for the two nose bleeders to shut the door. The one with "Penguin"stood up and shut the door gently. In the darkness the vines around me glowed gold, flowing around the arch towards the ground. The dirt began to glow gold as well, the plants glowing different colors against the darkness.
The little guy glowed a mellow red as he strengthen his grip on my wrist. I smiled and pushed more energy towards him, watching the golden flow become red as he absorbed it. After a moment, i gently pushed him back and replaced his vine onto the wire. The other vines began to let me go and soon, I was free to stand up. I walked over and opened the door, looking back to see Law staring at me closely while the two on the floor stared in awe.
"Anyway, we should work on some food. Letting them take my energy wears me down faster than a fight with an admiral. By the way, I never got your names. You guys can call me Flick." I turned and walked backwards as we made our way back into the kitchen.
"I'm Shachi and this is Penguin." He smirked as he pointed to himself and his friend.
"Well, at least Penguin will be easy to remember." I smiled as I turned around and worked on grabbing some food. I miss seeing shachi as his jaw dropped in shock, with penguin laughing his butt off.
