Here's chapter 2! This chapter switches to Alley's point of view and what's happened in her world over the past two years.
Chapter 2
I was sitting on Sunny's head looking out at the ocean. It was hard to believe that two years had passed since I had seen Luffy. I was 18 now. Luffy would have been 19 if I figured it right. I gave a small sigh. Things had been boring around here lately for once. We had been at sea for three weeks with no sight of land and everyone was growing restless, including me. So in order to keep my mind off things, I thought about all that had changed in those two years as I stared out at the sea.
First off, my crew had grown alot. Mostly it was through marriage though. It seemed to me that these days, I was the only one still single. But that probably had something to do with the fact that I was one of the youngest crew members. It also had to do with the fact that I knew that somewhere out there, the man of my dreams was fullfilling his dreams and would one day come back to me. I was determined to be with him again.
I let my mind wander as I stared out at the endless stretch of sea. I began to think about Luffy. I just couldn't help it. I had been keeping track of his whereabouts by the news paper delivered by a seagull. Actually, I stole it from Mellony after she was done, but still, I knew where he was. His bounty had been raised. It was currently 450 million berries. He and the rest of the strawhats had last been seen three islands away from Raftel. He was getting so close. I knew it wouldn't be long until he became king. And then he would be back for me. I couldn't wait!
"Hey! Stop staring out at the sea and come here and read this!" Mellony called as she ran out on the deck and towards my sitting spot.
"Huh?" I said. She had just snapped me out of my day dreaming and it took my brain a minute to start working.
"Look!" she said. She sounded out of breath. I figured she must have run all the way from her quarters to wave a paper in my face. "This arrived yesterday. I started reading it today and I think you might want to see this!"
I just stared at her. I had never seen Mellony looking so hyper and bent out of shape. "Um..." I said.
That's when she started to get annoyed. "Just get down here!"
I jumped down off Sunny's head and stood in front of her. "Why can't you just tell me? I hate reading those things." I whined.
"Oh really?" she asked. "Then why have you been stealing my papers?"
I looked at the ground. "Rats!" I thought to myself. Then outloud, "Um...I...umm...I like the pictures."
"Suuurrreeee." she said. "Then why are pages missing when you put them back?"
"You noticed that?!" I asked surprised until I remembered I was supposed to be playing dumb. "That wasn't me!"
"Um hm. Sure. And you expect me to believe it was a coincidence that they were all about Luffy and the Strawhat crew?" she asked.
"Okay, okay! Fine! You caught me! But you know how I fill about him!" I cried. "I told you guys about what really happened at Phantom Island! He promised me. I have to know where to find him when the time comes!"
Mellony gave a small sigh. "Just read it!" she said. She threw the paper at me and then walked away. "I'm done arguing with you."
I stuck my tounge ot at her back.
"I saw that!" she called back.
I just stood and stared. "How does she do that?" I said in wonder. Then I glanced down at the paper in my hand. When I saw the headline, I gasped. My jaw dropped and I rubbed my eyes to make sure what I was seeing was true. I pinched myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming. I had imagined this moment so much that I couldn't believe it was actually here. When the shock wore off I went flying toward the galley.
When I burst through the doors I cried, "Sandra!"
"Ahh!" she screamed, dropping all the plates she had been carrying. They crashed to the floor. "If I've told you once I've told you a-" but she stopped short when I held up the paper. "No way!" she whisphered.
I set the paper on the counter. The headline said "The World's New King: Monkey D. Luffy." Below was an article about how Luffy had become the pirate king after finding One Piece on Raftel.
"I just can't believe it!" Sandra cried as she set the paper down after reading the article.
"I can! I knew he would do it! Now he can keep his promise!" I cried exitedly.
Sandra smiled at me. "So this is what this whole thing is about." she said with a grin.
"No!" I cried.
She just gave me a look.
"Okay fine! Yes." I admitted.
"Then I guess we found our course, huh captain?" she asked.
"Yep!" I said cheerfully. "We're going to find him! I mean them!"
"You better go above deck and tell the rest of the crew and Mellony so we can steer this tub in the right direction." she said.
"Oh right!" I cried and then took off flying. I ran up two flights of stairs and burst out onto the deck. "Mellony!" I cried. "Set a course for Raftel!!!"
When I said that, everyone on deck stared at me. Finally Mellony spoke up. "So you read the article?"
"Yes! Now let's move!" I said. I could hardly contain my excitement and my joy.
"Isn't that a little dangerous captain?" Lissa asked.
"Huh? Oh, but it's worth the risk!" I said.
"What's gotten into her?" Lissa asked.
"Luffy." Mellony replied.
Lissa smiled. "You heard the captain. Get to work!" she said.
I smiled and then walked to the front of the ship as Mellony shouted instructions to the crew. "I'm coming Luffy. And then I can show you what I've learned in these two long years. You won't have to save me anymore." I gave a small sigh as I thought about seeing his face again. "And finally, we can be together."
Well, now that you've read it, please review!
