Disclaimer: I will probably never own One Piece.

We travelled for a couple of days. I somehow figured out some things about my new…situation. Now that I was blind, my other senses have heightened. Such as my sense of smell. I could identify who was who with just my nose. Luffy obviously smelled like rubber. Zoro smelled grossly like a combination of blood, sweat, metal, and alcohol. Nami smelled like tangerines and money. Leo was coffee and food.

After a week of being together, Nami's suspicions subsided somewhat. Probably because we haven't murdered them in their sleep or something.

Zoro was also suspicious; I could practically feel him glare at me every time I said something strange. But for some reason, he completely accepted the fact I was from another universe altogether. Turns out that wherever they are, boys were always confusing.

Meanwhile, I was seriously missing my sight. I mean, I was in a whole different world, and I couldn't even see it for myself. It sucked. Plus, I now had to depend on Leo for everything! I even fell overboard a couple times 'cause I didn't acknowledge exactly how small the ship was.

"Land ho!" Leo called out. He had officially deemed himself as the 'lookout'.

"It's a small island, with only one village called Syrup Town." Nami said, walking up beside me. I could always count on her to know where we are. Once we reached the island, Leo led me off our boat.

"Someone's there." Zoro suddenly said. I looked around frantically, and then I saw a new light that seemed to be floating in midair. It was an orangey-brown colour.

"I am the Great Pirate Usopp, the captain of the pirate crew that took over this village!" it called out to us.

Oh shit, pirates. I clutched onto Leo's sleeve tighter. For some reason, he just laughed quietly enough for me to hear him.

"Don't worry," he whispered. "It's just a guy with the world's longest nose, and his three friends. They're harmless."

I let go of a breath I didn't realise I was holding. 'The Great Pirate Usopp' kept on rambling.

"Don't waste your energy trying to defeat me, lowly pirates, for I have a legion of 80 million men under my control!"

80 million? More like him and the three little lights beside him that were probably hidden.

"AWESOME!" I heard Luffy yell out. God, if the entire crew was this gullible, then I'd better start writing my will.

"He's lying," Nami said. Okay, maybe I could hold off on the will thing.

"Crap, she saw through it!" Usopp exclaimed. After that, I zoned out. Basically, Usopp went all panicky, Nami saw through all his tricks, the three little ones ran away, and then Luffy went surprisingly serious.

"Are you willing to bet your life on that?" Luffy asked Usopp. The air around us suddenly felt as thick as the 'pudding' in my school cafeteria.

"We are real pirates, after all." Zoro said. I could hear a shing as he unsheathed his sword with his thumb.

There was a moment of silence, but I bet it felt like hours to poor Usopp. I could practically feel the fear rolling off of him.

Eventually, he just gave up. "Real pirates are a lot more intimidating than I thought." He said.

And that's when Luffy and Zoro burst out laughing.

"I was repeating what someone else said." Luffy said. "Shanks said that."

"Eh?! You know Red-Haired Shanks?" Usopp exclaimed.

"Who the frick is Red-Haired Shanks?" I whispered.

"One of the world's most famous pirates. One of the closest to One Piece." Leo explained.

"Oh, great. Wouldn't it be just fantastic if this Shanks guy found One Piece before we even get close?"

"Don't worry, no one has found it yet, and won't for a long time."

"What makes you so sure?"

"Read all the chapters, watched all the episodes?"

"Right."

"And guess what? Usopp's dad is in Shank's crew."

"Oh okay. I don't really care."

That's when the Usopp light fell off…whatever he was standing on.

Then Leo went all nerd on me and told me all about how Shanks saved Luffy as a kid and yadayadayada.

"Woah, what's with your eyes?" Usopp said to me. "Are you a demon?!"

"It's a long story." I sighed. "And I am not a demon."

"Really? You could've fooled me." Leo said.

I punched in the direction of the white light. "Shut up."

Usopp led us to a restaurant, where we all had a filling meal. Of course, Leo had to order for me, but for once he did something right. I think that was the best meat I've ever had.

Meanwhile, Luffy and Usopp were having a great time talking about Yasopp.

"Oh by the way, do you know anyone who could help us get a ship?" Nami asked.

"Uh, well, no, no one here can help you." Usopp was obviously lying, but I kept quiet.

"There was this mansion though," Zoro said.

"Yeah, they could help us." Leo added.

"NO! No, you can't go there! Ah…I just remembered that I gotta go do something. Bye!"

And then he left.

"Eh…we're gonna go for a walk. Come on, C." Leo lifted we by my arm and led me out the door.

"Hey, where're you taking me?" I asked.

"Like I said, for a walk. We're gonna have a talk."

Oh shit. I've only ever heard Leo say, 'we're gonna have a talk' when things were serious.

"What is it?"

"Well, I do have some questions. First of all, tell me about your sight."

"Like I said, I can only see people, who are represented by these coloured lights. I just think of them like people's souls or something. And I can smell and hear better now. Lately, I've been sensing how people feel, too. It's kinda weird."

"Okay. Oh, and once we get to Loguetown, I'll buy you some sunglasses so people won't be staring at you all the time. And I'll get some weapons there too. I'm thinking something like a bow and arrow for you, since you can see people whether they're hiding or not, right? And a good old-fashioned gun for me. I don't have time to learn how use a sword or anything like that. Oh, but we don't have any beli! I guess I can just borrow some from Nami. But I don't want any debt…."

There he goes into rambling mode. When he's like this, it's smart to just walk away. He could talk to himself for hours.

"Hey, Leo?"

"What?"

"Please shut up."

"I refuse. Anyways, I've doing some thinking, and have decided that I am going to tell you all about One Piece."

"Why?"

"It'd be good if you knew what's going to happen, like I do. So, starting from right now…"

As we walked down the worn path through the village, Leo talked on and on about some guy named Kuro, the Baratie, and fishmen. I didn't really listen though. The way I thought of it, as long as I don't mess with the main plotline and hid in the ship every time we got attacked, I should be fine.

I closed my eyes and tapped into my other senses. The smell of food-someone must be cooking. Some usual bird chirps. The rustling of the leaves. Ah, even if you're in a different world, some things never change.

"You still haven't solved your old problem?" My eyes opened, but since I could only see darkness, it was a bit disorienting.

"Did you hear that?" I asked Leo.

"What?"

"I just heard someone ask me, 'You still haven't solved your old problem?'"

"Oh, I know who it is. It's Kuro, telling Jango all about his plan."

"Who the heck are they?"

"I just told you about them!"

"I wasn't listening, duh."

"Well, let's go check it out!" And then he ran off, forgetting that I was kinda blind.

"Ugh, Leo!" I followed the white light, and then I crashed into a tree. And then it got weird. By that, I mean things got weirder than usual.

I started sinking into the tree. Head first. I tried to call for Leo, but I felt like I was underwater. And that's when I blacked out.

Ever heard of lucid dreaming? It's when you're conscious of what you're doing, even when you're dreaming. I've never experienced it myself, until now.

I was back at my high school, and I could see! I looked around, but couldn't see anyone. Not even Mr. Dytsha, our janitor. He practically lived in the school.

"Hello, Ms. Daring." I whirled around. Looks like I spoke too soon.

"Oh, hi, Mr. D."

"Did you miss this place?"

"I dunno, I kinda missed my sight more." He chuckled quietly.

"Well, that is to be expected. Are you enjoying yourself in another world?"

"Not really. I'd rather stay here." I didn't know why I was telling him all this. Probably because it was only a dream.

"Well, you should start having a little fun. You're gonna be there for a long time."

That's when I started feeling suspicious. "What do you mean?"

"You want to come back home, don't you? Well, too bad for you, then."

"You are not Mr. Dytsha."

He chuckled evilly. "Took you long enough." That's when I realized what I thought was Mr. D was actually an illusion. The person standing in front of me was a guy around my age. He had dark brown hair and eyes. Or I should say, eye. His right eye seemed to have been sewn closed (ew), and had a tattoo that was the card symbol for cloves over it. He wore a plain, no logo black t-shirt, and a pair of jeans. Slung across his body was a bulging leather bag.

"Then who are you? Why are you in my dream?"

"Oh, this isn't a dream, Ms. Daring. And for your information, my name is Derek Landy. Pleased to meet you. Not."

Well, aren't you rude. I thought grumpily. That's when he pulled out a gun from his pocket. My eyes widened, and I took a step back.

"Don't worry, it's not for you. It's for your brother." He threw it at my feet. "He'll need a lot sooner than Loguetown."

"What, can you see the future or something?"

"As a matter of fact, yes. I can see everything in the your future with my left eye. Don't ask about my right."

"Wasn't going to."

"Smart girl. And for you…" He reached into his bag and took out an entire set of bow and arrows. He handed them to me.

"These used to belong to er, a friend of mine, I guess you can say. They're a lot different from normal arrows. For one, they return to you after hitting their target. Second, you see how the ends are all different shapes from regular arrows? Weeeeeellll, each one has a different ability."

"…and those 'abilities' are…?"

"I ain't telling. What fun would that be? Anyways, I gotta go. I have date in an hour, an-"

"Wait! Who are you, exactly? Or should I ask, what are you? And why are you helping me?"

"Like I said, I am Derek Landy. Just your average Lacriyon."

"Cecilia! Wake up!"

I groaned, and felt déjà vu. Why is it that my annoying brother must always interrupt my dreams just when something important was happening? I slowly opened my eyes, saw the blinding light in front of me, then quickly shut them again.

"Cecilia? Cecilia!"

"Go away, you imbecile, you're blinding me. Pun not intended."

"Oh, yeah. Sorry." When I opened my eyes again, the light was a lot more tolerable, since it was farther away.

"What happened?" I asked.

"Well, I, uh, sorta left you behind, and when I look back, you were sinking into a tree. I tried to pull you back, but you ended up sinking all the way into the tree. A few seconds later, though, it kinda spat you out. And I've been spending the last two minutes trying to wake you up."

It was only a few seconds? It felt a lot longer, I thought. My hand bumped against something. "What's this?" I picked it up. It was a gun.

"Uh, where'd you get that?"

"I guess he was telling the truth after all. That was more than a dream…" I muttered. "I got it from some weird guy in my…dream. He said it's for you." I handed it to him. "Now, there should be some bow and arrows around here…."

"You mean like the ones you're carrying?"

I touched my shoulder, and sure enough, I felt the leather strap of the bag containing the weapon.

"Well looks like our problems are solved. We've got weapons now, so we can defend ourselves if necessary. Let's go find the others."

No questions whatsoever about the dude in my dream… I thought. Idiot. He'll probably get himself killed one day due to his ignorance.

We met up with the Strawhats while they were in the middle of plotting against Kuro. (Well, that's what Leo told me, anyway.)

"Hey, where'd you get those cool weapons?" Luffy asked, excited.

"It's a secret." Leo and I said in unison. I could feel Nami's suspicion grow, but I chose to ignore it.

After they explained the plan to us (technically to me, since Leo knew all about it anyway.), I found a somewhat comfortable spot near the place where we predicted the pirates would anchor, and tried to sleep.

The others took turns as lookout throughout the night. That's when I noticed something else about my sight problem. When I looked at Leo, who was asleep next to me, his light was a lot dimmer than usual. I was in the middle of thinking, when I felt someone poke me on the cheek.

"Hey, Cecil, are you awake?" It was Luffy.

"Yeah, I am." I sat up. "What do you want? And my name's Cecilia, not Cecil."

"But Cecil is a lot easier to say than that other one!" he pouted.

I sighed. "Fine, fine, call me whatever you want. Now, what is it?"

"What's Earth like?"

I had to think about it for a second. Should I tell him about Earth, which may or may not cause a humongous paradox? Sure, why not.

"Well, it's like here, except we have seven seas. And seven continents. We don't have all these islands like yours." See Leo, I was sort of paying attention earlier! "And there aren't as many pirates."

"Your world sounds boring."

"And your world sounds dangerous."

"That's what makes it fun! So, what's your goal in life?"

"What?"

"Like, I'm going to be the pirate king, and Zoro wants to be the world's best swordsman! What about you?"

"Hm, I never really thought about it. After school, I need to get a job, but I don't know what I really want to do. I guess I'm just like millions of other people, who just go along with the wave of the world."

"…You're boring."

I hit him. "That's rude!"

He just laughed. I shushed him. "The others deserve their rest, idiot! Anyways, not everyone is like you, you know. With your straightforward future. I only know one person like you, and that's Leo. He already knows he wants to start his own company, something to do with computers. And he's good at it, too."

"What's a computer?" Oh shit.

"It's complicated."

"So it's a mystery thing."

"Sure, let's go with that."

"…if you're going to be in my crew, you need a dream."

Ah great, we've made a full circle. "First of all, that's ridiculous. Second, I didn't agree, my brother did for the both of us."

"Well, do you want to join my crew?"

I facepalmed. "I don't want to, but I have to."

"So what's your dream?"

"…I guess I've always liked to write stories."

"'kay, so you can write a book about our adventure!"

"Um, hello? I'm kinda blind! How can I write like this?"

"You can tell me, and I can write it down for you!"

"…spell 'halitosis' for me."

"What? Uh, I don't know that one, but you probably aren't gonna use that often, right?"

" 'The man leaned forward, and I could tell he had halitosis. I swiftly punched in the gut and ran off. Once safe, I leaned against the main office building and caught my breath. A fatal mistake on my part, for the Italian mafia had found me then…'"

"Slow down! That's not fair, you talk too fast! And too formal!"

"You wouldn't have enough time or patience anyway. Just give up, I don't really care anyway."

"…"

We sat in awkward silence, until I finally realized he was asleep. I sighed. I guess I can keep lookout. Can't sleep anyway.

I felt the sun's rays on my face. Ah, I thought. The sun must be rising. Unexpectedly, I felt tears run down my cheek.

A/N: Next chapter will be the end of this arc! I hoped you enjoyed it, and thanks to everyone who read this! If you have time, please review, and tell me what you liked or disliked! I'm trying to improve as an author, so some feedback would be helpful!

Thanks again for reading!

-Nomsujet