A/N: This is a work of fanfiction. One Piece is property of Eiichiro Oda.
Only Zelda and other OCs are mine.
"Talking"
Flashbacks
Thoughts
Chapter 2
"I'm going out, see you later!"
"Raj! Where do you think you're going young man?"
The eight-year old boy stopped just before he could reach the door of the shop where he helped his parents.
"You're not planning on leaving the mall are you? Young man, you know I don't like you going to the lower numbered grooves, it's nothing but murderous pirates and thieves who wouldn't give a second thought to hurting a child. "
"I'm not afraid of those losers because I'm going to be the king of the Pirates!" the boy boasted but decided not to mention that he had already ventures to the lawless area.
"I thought I told you to stop it with that pirate nonsense, what if someone were to hear you, could you imagin the shame, my only son going into a life of piracy. Oh my!" he said gasping before wilting into a faint.
The boy's mother rushed to her husband's side, "Darling! You know what gasping in shoick does to you!"
Taking the opportunity while his parents were distracted, the boy ran out of the store and headed towards Shakky's Rip-Off Bar to hear more of the new owner's story as he had had to leave before she finished.
The boy stood up in shock, "What! You were sent flying by the Bartholomew Kuma!"
"That's right and I can't tell you first hand his push is no joke. I was in the air so long that after a while I couldn't even tell what day it was," Zelda told him recalling her first experience with the warlord.
"So what happened then? Did you meet Captain Luffy?" The boy asked eagerly.
"We'll get to that part soon."
The boy pouted, "You've been saying that for two hours."
Hearing how long she had been talking with the boy, Zelda glanced at the wall clock. Almost as if automatic the door to the bar opened as several people walked in. Despite the bar seedy reputation for ripping off its customers there was always a couple of suckers who had no idea that their wallets would be empty by the end of the night.
"I'll have to continue the story another time, I've got customers coming in," she told the kid.
"Can I come back tomorrow?" the boy asked.
Before she could say anything one of the new arrivals called out "Hey can we get couple pints of grog over here?"
"Oh um sure," she answered Raj distracted as she began pouring the drinks.
Not bothering to knock the red-haired boy walked into the drinking establishment calling out, "Hey Bar Lady! I'm back!"
He entered the nearly empty bar expecting to see the grown woman behind the counter only to find that the only other occupants were a couple of old men hovering over a chess board and a cat on sitting on the bar counter.
"Hey Bar Lady where are you!?" he called again before taking a seat at the bar near the light orange cat.
Looking over at the animal he asked "Are you getting food for your fat cat?"
Upon being called heavy the feline's fur seemed to bristle in annoyance. The orange tabby cat jumped from the counter and landed on the floor next to this his chair.
Raj's jaw dropped when before his eyes the large cat turned into the human woman he had been calling out for.
"That was bloody brilliant!" Raj exclaimed in awe as Zelda appeared before him.
"Well thank you for that assessment young man," she said not surprised at surprised face.
Those who hadn't had many encounters with people who had devil fruit abilities tended to be the most shocked at such sights.
"How did you do that?!"
"Weren't you paying attention yesterday? I told you, I ate a devil fruit when I was little girl," she said taking a seat next to the boy.
"I ate a zoan type fruit, meaning I gain the ability to change into an animal form. In my case an orange tabby cat."
The boy couldn't help but be in awe of ability before remembering why he had come to the bar in the first place.
"Oh yeah, lady you promised to finish your story from yesterday."
"Huh? Oh right I had forgotten about that. Where did I leave off?" she asked her visitor.
"You had just encountered Bartholomew Kuma," the boy answered.
"Okay let me see if I can recall what happened after…. well it's like this, the famous warlord had sent the beautiful, cool, well loved young girl-"
"Beautiful? Cool? Well loved? Hahaha are you sure you're talking about yourself Zelda?" one of the old men playing his board game interrupted.
Joining in his friend added, "Hahaha, yeah that's the first time I've heard those words in combination to describe you."
Zelda shot the two old men a glare before grabbing a lime from the bar and throwing it at their heads.
"You want to run that by me again," she said with an eerily calm smile on her face.
Old ladies are scary…Raj thought making sure to watch himself around the former pirate.
"Right so as I was saying the beautiful, cool , popular beloved maiden found herself on a small island in the east blue…"
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"How long has it been now?"
Flying through the air non-stop had caused the young woman to become disoriented and lose any sense of time. As far as Zelda could tell she had been flying through the air for at least three days. Until finally…
I really hope mom didn't eat that half of the chocolate bar I opened….Did they ever end that strike at the dome….dad's probably robbing another rich idiot, how much did he lose th-
Zelda was jolted from her train of thought when she felt the sensation of falling. Her journey was at its end as the girl braced for a crash landing, thinking quickly she transformed into her full animal form having found the old adage about cats always landing on their feet to have been proven true in the past.
Shutting her eyes she braced for impact as the female feline broke several tree branches before reaching the bottom. While the landing had been rough in her paws the landing had been as bad as she expected. Surrounding Zelda on the ground was a giant paw print in the ground, similar to the marks she had seen on the warlord's palms.
"Could that have softened the landing?" she asked returning to her human form once more as she examined the landing area.
Her curiosity was put to a halt with the rumbling of her stomach and the feeling of dry lips hitting her harder than ever seeing as thanks to the incident with the celestial dragon Zelda hadn't been able to get her breakfast order.
"At least my glasses didn't break," she said to herself grateful to at least where she was going in the forested area she had ended up in.
While she could see well enough without her glasses, Zelda was already at a disadvantage with only the clothes on her back and a couple of berries in her pocket, bad eyesight wasn't something else she needed.
It took over an hour of trudging but the blonde finally found what she was looking for.
"Water!"
The water in the small brook seemed fresh and clean enough to drink. Cupping her hands Zelda drank the spring water greedily only slowing down when her stomach began to ache.
Having had her fill of water the wonderer turned her attention to finding food oor at least some sign of civilization. Slightly delirious from dehydration Zelda had been careful as she wondered the forest.
Where the hell am I? Somebody get me o- The young adult didn't even finish her thought as she slipped on mud and lost her footing causing the young adult to fall down a steep hill in a tumble.
Zelda tried changing forms in an effort to stop her fall hoping to grab something with her tail or claws. For all her effort she ended up hitting her head on a rock just as she tried her feline form.
The girl only came to a stop as she landed with a hard thud in a small clearing in the woods. The hit had caused her to become unconscious.
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Watermelon Island was a small island located in the East Blue. The small land mass wasn't famous by any means but the small population that called it home were happy enough with the bounty provided by the islands forest and fields of watermelon that gave the island it's name.
One such resident was Harold, an old woodsman who live on the edge of the forest with his wife of forty years.
The old man was whistling a tune as he walked home after a long day of gathering wood to sell in the village market.
It gets harder and harder every day. If only I had a son, a child to help this old man, he thought wistfully as he walked through the woods only to step back when bunch of debris fell in front of him.
"That was a close one! I could have been hurt really bad….hold on what's this?"
His attention was caught when he saw an orange lump in the middle of the forest clearing. Grabbing hold of his axe, the old man approaching the object blocking his path. To his surprise it appeared to be a rather large orange and yellow cat. He poked the animal with the axe handle. The cat let out a small meow thought its eyes remained closed.
The woodsman couldn't help but feel sorry for the kitten. Harold had always had a soft spot for small animals as his wife could attest to from all the small animals he had brought into their home over the years.
Bending down he grabbed the cat in his arms and brought her home.
"Wife! Look what I found!" he called out to his spouse. The woman rushed to the door of the small cottage wondering what her husband had brought home this time around.
"What is it Harold?" Momo the old woman asked. She couldn't help but hope that this would be the day that perhaps he had found some gold or diamonds. "Please don't tell me it's another injured squirrel or shrew."
"No it's a cat," he said holding out the injured feline. "I found her in the forest she looked like she had quite a tumble."
"Seriously Harry you have to stop bringing all these animals with you we're not a vet's office," she said before resigning herself knowing she wouldn't be able to convince her husband to stop.
With a large sigh the wife knew there would be no convincing her husband to put the animal out. "Fine but put it in the wash tub first. We need to clean off some of that mud before we treat it's injuries."
The couple ended up treating the cat's injuries and placing the feline to rest in the kitchen. The next morning Momo had gotten up and gone to the kitchen to make breakfast. Harold had slowly followed still sleepy only for his eyes to pop open upon hearing a crash come from the kitchen.
"Wife what is it?!" he asked only to have the old woman point to the floor.
Expecting to find the recovering cat sleeping on the kitchen floor, there was instead an unconscious young woman in its place.
The girl appeared to be human and couldn't have been older than sixteen. To their surprise the former feline was fully dressed and was even wearing glasses. Noting her features they saw that she had Strawberry blonde hair that reached her lower back and bangs that frame her face, had an attractive face, possessed fair-skinned, and was a slender, curvaceous and very well endowed young woman of tall stature.
"Do you think she wandered away from the village?" the old man asked, never having seen the girl around the small hamlet.
"Look at her head and arms, she has the same bandages as that orange cat," his wife pointed out.
Harold thought for a moment, "You don't suppose…no,no, it's too….although anything is…."
"What are you trying to say?" Momo asked.
Thinking back to the stories he heard as a young boy, he at first thought it unlikely but said, "Perhaps it is an answer to our wish. A young person to help out around here."
"But a cat?" Momo couldn't help but wonder.
Harold thought it over, "Perhaps it's like that story with the old woman who got a flower and inside was a tiny girl or that old couple who found a peach and there was a little boy inside. Maybe this is one of those situations, but in our case our child was a cat."
"Our child…"
The couple had always wanted their own child but had never been able to have one. Although the girl was older than she would have expected of any child she would think of adopting, Momo thought it perhaps for the best since at their age a baby would be more than they could handle. And an older child would be able to help out around the home.
Due to the rarity of Devil Fruits in the East Blue, the thought that their guest had consumed one never occurred to the senior couple.
It was a day later that the girl began to stir as they heard rustling having moved the girl to the living room of the small cottage.
"Hurry Harry she's waking up," Momo called out.
Slowly the young lady sat up. Her hand went to her forehead where she winces from the pain.
"Don't pick at it dear," Momo said slightly scolding the injured person..
Noting the girl's silent response, the woodsman approached her slowly. "Do~ you~ understand~ me~? What~ is~ your~ name~?"
The girl tried to remember her name but for all her effort she got a head ache "I don't know."
"Oh excellent you know how to talk like a human," the old man said.
Looking at the old couple in confusion the young lady asked "Where am I? Who are you?"
Due to her head injury Zelda couldn't remember who she was or where she came from. Developing amnesia she had no recollection of her past.
"I'm Momo and this Harold, and if you like this can be your new home."
Before anymore could be said the girl's stomach growled.
"How about we get you something to eat. Do you eat human food or cat food?" Momo inquired.
Unsure as to what the woman meant she answered, "Human food, I guess."
Several different dishes were laid on the table. To the old couple's surprise the girl ate not just her portion but asked for four more portions
While the blonde ate, the new parents watched on as they discussed what to call the teenager.
"Perhaps we should call her kitty," the wife suggested.
"A little on the nose don't you think? Hmm…From the way she's eats maybe Piggy would be more appropriate," the old man joked only to receive a slap on the arm from his spouse.
"Now dear be serious you can't go around calling a young woman 'Piggy' do you want to destroy her self-esteem?"
"I like it," a voice interrupted the married couple, having been listening in on the conversation..
"Do you really want to be called Pig? I mean do you know what a pig is sweetheart?" Momo asked thinking that perhaps the former cat had never seen or heard of a pig.
Lifting the point of her nose to look like the snub snout of a pig she made animal noises, "Oink, oink."
Harold laughed at the girl's gestures "Blahahahaha! See my love, the cat likes it. It's settled 'Piggy' is your new name."
Momo couldn't help but think about what the other woman in the village would think if they thought that she had named her child after a farm animal. This is probably why it's not a good idea to let children name themselves.
"More please!" the girl asked holding out her plate.
Over the next couple of weeks the trio settled into their new routine as life continued at the small cottage at the edge of the woods. Harold and Momo finally had the child they had wanted even if she had come from unusual circumstances.
It was not long after that rumors began to spread in the village that the woodsman and his wife had a daughter that they had kept hidden for years when Piggy first travelled to the village having helped Harold carry the chopped wood.
"Momo dear, I had no idea that your daughter was such a beauty. No wonder you and Harold wanted to keep her your little secret," one of the women at the market complimented upon spotting the older woman with her new family member as they shopped for groceries.
"Well she does take after me," Momo said, with a coy smile.
"What is your name dearie?"
"Piggy," The girl said oblivious to the odd look the name earned her.
"I'm sorry, I think I misheard you," the woman said.
"Never mind that, how is your son?" Momo asked hoping to change the subject of conversation as she spent a bit of time hearing the latest gossip.
"My son just finished his apprenticeship and…"
Leaving the two women to talk, Piggy walked around taking a look at some of the other shop windows and stalls.
The sound of glass breaking quickly interrupted the peace as loud cackles could be heard in the square.
A group of six pirates had come to the village and rather than go about their day had begun causing trouble. "Alright fellas, take what you want. Anyone gives you any lip you just shoot them," one of the pirates said taking out his pistol.
Due to the small size of the island and low population there wasn't much of a marine presence in the village making it an easy target for pirates. While the sheriff and his deputy could handle the occasional thief or drunkard, bands of pirates were a different story.
People began running away as the pirates grabbed whatever they could get their hands on. Momo looked around for the familiar mop of reddish blond hair. "Piggy! Where are you?!"
Despite hearing the call of the old woman, almost as if on auto pilot Piggy grabbed a bat that had been dropped by a child who had ran past her and walked in the direction of the roving pirates.
Two of the men were caught off guard only being aware of what happened when their guns fell to the ground in pieces.
Jumping in front of another of the pirates, Piggy sent the pistol flying out of his hands before hitting him in the ribs with the bat sending the man to the ground in pain.
Hearing the commotion, a fourth pirate aimed his gun at the girl, but quickly found himself with a broken hand as the gun was knocked out of his hands. "You ugly bit-"
Not letting him finish his sentence, Piggy shattered the man's knee cap and collar bone with the club. The three standing pirates had watched as their associate was being beaten by what appeared to be a teenage girl.
"Come on lads let's show her what's what." The three ran towards the girl only to receive whacks to the back or head.
Groaning in pain the low ranking pirates huddled together. "Let's get out of here."
"You won't get away with this! We're the Tiger Moth Pirates." They said before running off in tears.
"Piggy! Where did you learn to fight like that?!" Momo asked having watched the pirates being sent running.
"I'm actually not sure….It's almost like my body knew just what to do…" Piggy said only to quickly forget the seriousness of the situation. "But how cool was I? Check me out, Little Miss kickbutt, yeah."
Upon their return to the cottage Momo sat Piggy down to talk.
"Piggy, I know I've asked this before but how much do you remember from before you met us?" the old woman inquired.
"Not much, I mean I knew things like how to count and how to take a bath and…"
Shaking her head Momo said "Not like that, I meant if you knew how you came to be with us?"
Receiving a no, she continued. "I suppose I should have mentioned it but when we found you, you weren't well you…that is to say Harry hadn't brought a person but rather a cat."
"A cat?"
"We woke up and found you as you are now. It was a bit of a shock to the old heart to say the least."
"Hmmm I need a moment to think about this," she said before going off to the woods to think over the information.
In a way it did explain the way they treated her the first few days. From offering her balls of yarn to play with to always offering her milk when she was thirsty.
"I wonder if I can change into a cat again…."
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"You didn't think we'd let this go, did you?!"
Two days had passed since their first appearance when the Tiger Moth pirates came back into town. This time it was the same five pirates but they had brought not only five more members of their crew but their first mate as well.
Once more the citizens of Watermelon Island were being menaced by the band of pirates.
One of the shop owner grabbed his apprentice. Taking the young boy and pushing him out the back door he gave the boy instruction to find the woodsman daughter having witnessed how easily the young woman had gotten rid of the criminals.
"Quickly go find Miss Piggy, she should be back at the woodsman's cabin at the edge of the forest. Go!" he sent the little boy running before returning to the store front to watch what was happening.
The old town sheriff appeared, "Now, now gentlemen, I'm sure we can work something out wherein you leave the people alone and go about your business."
The officer's effort to calm down the situation was met with laughter from the pirates who pushed the old man and his deputy to the ground and took to shooting the ground near the two.
"Now where can we find the guy who took down my men?" The first mate asked out loud looking for answers.
Noticing how the people were glancing at Momo who had gone to the market to buy food to feed the very person they were looking for, the first mate approached and signaled for one of his men to grab the short old woman.
Leaning down to look the housewife in the face he couldn't help but smirk.
"This is the eight foot tall wrestler in spikes and chains that beat you up?" the first mate asked reiterating his men's description of who they said had beat them up.
"Let her go!" One of the villagers shouted at the pirate.
"Are you the one?" The first mate walked up to the villager and gave him a kick to the stomach causing him to kneel in pain. "Guess not."
Taking Momo hostage, the first mate called out "Who was it?! Who was the one who messed with my men?!"
Not getting an answer he grabbed a canister of oil and poured the flammable liquid over the old woman as another pirate held Momo in his grip.
"Speak now or the old lady gets it!"
Taking out his lighter he lit up a cigar and started counting started counting. "You have until the count of three! One! Two! Thr-"
Before the man could count to the third number, the old woman had been removed from the sailor's grip. Additionally a few yards away the same low level pirate had been stuffed into a barrel face first with his legs kicking in the air.
"It's alright mama, I made it just in time."
Momo looked up to see who had rescued her, "Piggy is that you?!"
In front of her stood a cat-girl. While an amber-orange stripe patterned fur covered most of her body the woman still looking fairly human. Despite the seriousness of the situation the old woman couldn't help but Cat ear atop her head cat-like nose and a long tail to be cute.
The little boy had found the girl in the woods, where she had been trying for a couple days to turn into a cat once more. Rather than a cat, the boy had found a person sporting cat-like features.
After getting over his awe at the cat-girl, he remembered his mission and alerted Piggy to the situation at the market square.
The first-mate looked in shock at the sight of the easily disarmed pirate. Addressing the rest of the shipmates that had come along he said, "You didn't mention that the person was a devil-fruit user."
As seasoned sailor he was well aware of what devil-fruits were, tough knew they were rare in that part of the world.
"You're so strong sir that we didn't think it would matter." In truth the men didn't want to admit that she had managed to defeat them without the aid of the devil fruit.
"Hey you!" Piggy addressed the man leading the pirate group. "That's right I'm talkin' you Ugly face donkey face donkey neck weird legs! You're going to get it now. No one messes with my family and get away with it!"
"Weird legs?" With a bored expression on his face the first mate took a puff of his cigar. "Well you idiots, what are you waiting for? Go get your payback!" he order.
A bit hesitant the pirate crew ran towards the cat girl, this time weapons in hand, as they wouldn't let the girl win so easily this time around.
"Kit kat kick!" she called out her attack, leaping into the air the girl kicked three of the men in succession, before jumping once more and kicking two more at the same time with a split kick.
One of the pirates came at her with a sword. Piggy went low as she swiped at his ankle and then quickly kicked the same man in the back as he fell.
The three remaining pirates surrounded her. As they tried to attack at once only to receive kicks to the groin as she took one of them and sent him flying into a shop window.
"Sorry Mr. Baker!" she apologized as soon as she heard the glass break.
The first mate took his own sword and aimed for the girl while her back was turned to him.
"Look out Piggy!" Momo warned.
On instinct, the blonde girl back flipped out the way delivering a kick to the older man's jaw and she distanced herself.
Rather than pursue her, the first mate called out to the men. "All of you get back to the ship. We'll finish this later."
"Alriiight!" Piggy cheered. "I sure showed them."
The citizen that had been hiding all came out as soon as the pirates left many quickly thanking the girl for her fighting off the pirates.
Piggy chose not to stay as she approached her adoptive mother. "C'mon let's get you cleaned up."
Taking the old woman in her arms, Piggy still in her cat-like form took off on the rooftops.
"Piggy how did this happen?" Momo asked regarding the woman's new feline characteristics.
"After you told me about the whole 'You use to be a cat' thing, I tried to turn into a cat and well…" she then gestured to her cat ears.
By the time they got home Piggy was fully human once more.
Harold saw the state if his wife and asked what had happen.
Piggy had finished telling the story to the old man when she made a declaration."I've decided I'm going to get rid of those pirates once and for all!"
"But Piggy! You can't take on a whole ship of pirates on your own. What if this time they hurt you," she said worried Piggy had been pushing her luck.
"Don't worry I've fought worst….I think…..I mean I could have…."
While Piggy didn't know anything about her life before being taken in by Harold and Momo, she had to assume that thise fighting moves she had been showing off had to come from somewhere and the way she easily took down her opponents meant she either had some tough opponents or rough training. Maybe I'm overthinking it.
Heading for the door the girl was ready to kick some pirate booty.
"Wait," the woodsman said.
"I want you to take my lucky axe, if it can take down a bear it'll come in handy against those bandits" the old man said as handed the bladed tool to the girl.
"Ooh a lucky axe, look out pirates Piggy's gonna get ya."
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Unknown to most people in the village who rarely explored any part past the woods, the south side of Watermelon Island had a large cavern. Large enough to hid a large ship, thus it had become the preferred of the Tiger Moth pirates, a group of pirates that had originally arrived on the island for supplies and instead had taken to causing trouble for the locals.
It had taken a bit of detective work but after some inquiry Piggy found the Tiger Moth Pirates' hiding spot. The pirates had no sense of subtlety if the loud music and noise coming from the ship's deck was any indication.
The girl looked around for a way onto the ship without getting in the water, as something told her that she wouldn't fare ware in the deep lagoon. Her problem was quickly solved by the placement of a plank that she could climb.
Carrying the axe on her back the girl snuck aboard the sailing vessel. She didn't have to worry about making any noise as on the open deck many of the pirates were drinking and being loud.
Spotting the man with long white hair who seemed to be in charge of the pirates that had come to the village she jumped out of her hiding spot and called out to him much to the surprise of the prates on board.
"Hey you! Ugly face donkey neck, are you the captain of this crew? I have a bone to pick with you! "
The white haired first mate and the man with whom he had been talking with turned to look at their party crasher.
"Who the hell are you?" he asked before realizing who had been the one to address him in such a manner.
"Boss this is the vermin I told you about," he said addressing the man with whom he had been talking.
Looking at Piggy, the man didn't even bother getting up from his throne-like chair. "What do you want brat?"
"I want you and your cronies to stop harassing the villagers and to stop causing trouble in town."
"Oh really, well since you asked so nicely, sure we'll leave." The captain said before snapping his fingers.
All twenty five members of his pirate crew ran to the deck to surround the woman holding out their weapons. In response Piggy took hold of the axe she had with her ready for the first hit.
Leaning back in his throne like seat the captain gave her a smirk," You didn't think it would be that easy did you?"
"Yeah, for a moment there I did."
Half the crew had already crossed paths with the young woman and hadn't had much time to recover. They were the quickest to go down as all Piggy had to do was hit them with a couple of swings of the axe and they were down the count.
The remaining half remained cautious having seen what she had done to the shipmates. The captain watched with anticipation as his first-mate stood back.
One of the pirates had gotten in a lucky shot when his chain got tangled with the axe blade and the weapon was pulled out of Piggy's grip to another part of the deck.
Piggy dodge a few punches when she decided to up her game. Though she was still learning how to use her abilities, the female brought out her hybrid form that granted her cat-like features.
Drawing out her claws, Piggy didn't hold back as she took down the pirates. Slashing at their legs and hands many either dropped to the floor or let go of their weapons giving the girl and opening to get them in the groin or stomach.
"Kit kat kick!"
Seeing all of his crew withering in pain, the captain sent his first-mate to handle the girl. The white-haired man leapt at her, throwing sand from his pocket at the girl's eyes.
"Ow! My Face!"
Temporarily unable to see Piggy walked back Only to hit the railing of the ship. The first-mate smirked at the devil-fruit user. "Be a shame if you were to fall into the water, since we both know you would drown."
Swinging his sword at the girl she ducked and ran under his legs causing the man to hit the railing effectively getting his sword stuck . Having gotten her vision cleared Piggy stood up behind her opponent aiming for his back.
"Paw print punch!" She shouted punching the man in his kidneys, causing him to double over in a hiss.
"Alright!" she cheered only to hear the clicking of a pistol behind her.
The captain had his gun pressed to the back of her head. Seeing how easily she was mowing down his crew, the lead pirate found himself having to step in, something he would later punish his men for.
"I'm getting bored with this joke. Do you know I happen to have a bounty of five million berries," Thw captain bragged to the cat-girl.
"Let me show you why they call me 'two guns' Tony" he said clicking a second pistol.
While he was in the middle of his monologue, the yellow-orange cat girl took the chance to wrapped her tail around his ankle. As he kept talking she pulled his leg making the man fall back. The captain scrambled to where his guns had fallen.
Jumping behind a couple of grates, Piggy happened across her axe. The captain shot at the large boxes in an attempt to hit her. After a couple of round, Piggy took the chance to leap out of her hiding spot.
Lifting the axe up, the cat-girl brought the bladed hatchet down with force, landing next to the captain.
"You idiot, I knew you wouldn't land a lousy hit like that on me," the captain said pointing one of his reloaded pistols at Piggy.
"I wasn't trying to hit you," she said pointing at the rope she had cut.
Looking up, in only a few seconds the ship's heavy sail unraveled and fell on the captain.
Despite not being able to recall if she had ever gone sailing. Piggy had somehow known which rope was used for lifting the sail.
Shortly after Piggy found some extra rope on deck and tied all the pirates up. Admittedly the cat-girl found herself exhausted to the point that she returned to looking fully human.
Axe in hand, the young woman proceeded to search the ship for any other pirates that might still be lurking about. Instead of more pirates, Piggy found a room filled with money and valuables and gold.
Among the treasure trove she had manage to find something that stood out. Not only had they taken gold and jewels but they even had a mermaid in their possession locked in a glass case.
Using the hatchet Piggy broke the lock on the glass case. From within the case out popped a mermaid and an large orange starfish wearing a hat.
Seeing the human girl the mermaid had a look of shock consisiting of her eyes popping out with a very wide open mouth that shows her teeth and her tongue sticking out in a zigzag manner.
"I don't believe it! A real-life mermaid! This is so cool!" Piggy exclaimed.
The young mermaid was wearing a cropped t-shirt and carrying a backpack. a She had green hair and dark purple eyes and a pink tail.
"Are you a good human person or a bad human person?" The mermaid asked.
"Um good I guess…"
"Okay" she replied immediate seemingly satisfied with the human woman's answer.
"Wait what about the pirates?" the starfish asked.
"A talking starfish?!" Piggy said in shock.
"Can you help us out of here?"
Piggy agreed to help them off the ship, but not before packing the treasure to take home. With this much treasure, mama and papa can retire comfortably,'she thought
When they were outside, the starfish got a look at the clothes their rescuer was wearing. The top she had on had a familiar brand. A logo with a star the word 'Crimin' written underneath the star.
"I see you're a fan.", the starfish who had introduced himself as Pappug said,
"A fan?"
"Don't you know Piggy-chin, Pappug is a designer" said Keimi the mermaid.
"Where did you get that shirt?" Pappug asked.
Looking at her shirt, she had been wearing the top since the day she came to live on Watermelon Island.
"I've had it as long as I could remember…" Suddenly an image flashed in Piggy's head.
"Happy birthday!" the figure said handing the girl a pink and white shirt box.
Opening it up the young woman was surprised to find the top she had been eyeing for some time.
"How did you know?...Were you following me again?" she asked taking out the shirt nonetheless.
"Did it ever occur to you that I'm just that good at picking out presents," the male figure countered, though they both knew that wasn't the case.
Giving the figure a hug, she looked up. "Thanks for the present."
"Hey hurry up after I'm taking you to Sabaody Park," the figure added.
"Hey are you okay? You just sort of stood there for five minutes staring into space."
Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, she looked at the two. "Yeah I'm fine. You two should get out before I send this boat adrift."
The mermaid and starfish leapt into the water.
"Thanks for the help Piggy-chin!" Keimi yelled giving her a quick wave before diving into the water.
Taking up her axe Piggy cut the rope line that kept the pirate ship tethered to the shoreline, sending the ship adrift. They won't be sailing anywhere anytime soon, she thought having made sure to wreck their sails, ship's wheel and even managed to damage its rudder.
Picking up the two bags of treasure she had taken out of the ship. Piggy headed back to the other side of the island and the village.
+++++++ Another Mouth to Feed++++++++
Waiting hours in the small cottage located at the edge of the woods, the woodsman and his wife were pacing as they awaited the return of their ward.
"What if they've hurt her Harold?"
Before her husband could answer, the cottage door opened as the topic of conversation walked in triumphantly.
"Mama! Papa! I'm back!" the girl announced as she entered the tiny house.
"Piggy! Thank goodness you're back!" the shorter woman cried as she hugged her adopted child.
"Look what I brought," she said opening one of the bags. The two seniors were in shocked.
"What are we going to do with all this treasure?" the old man asked overwhelmed.
"With this the two of you can retire," Piggy said to the old couple.
A couple of days later the small family three of three were settling into the new house. There was enough money and gold that they moved into a nicer home with a housekeeper to help out around now that Momo and Harold were getting on in years.
Gathered around the dining table, the old couple had bee surprised when Piggy had called a family meeting.
"Piggy is everything alright?"
"I had a memory," she told them
"A memory? Of what?" asked Harold.
Explaining she told them, "Of something from my time before here. I think it might have been of my father though I couldn't remember his face….Oh I did get the name of a place. Sabaody Park, I think if I go there then I might get a clue to who I am. Maybe figure out how I got these powers."
"Where is this Sabaody Park?" Momo asked.
Taking out a book, Piggy pointed out a spot on a map. "It a place on the grand line, and that's where I'm going. Old Man Fisher said he can take me as far as Loguetown and from there I'll find a ship that can take me to the Grandline."
Seeing the sad look on their faces, Piggy got up and hugged the two short people. "Don't worry I'll be back once I find the answers I'm looking for."
Piggy had made up her mind and had a dream, to find out who she was and discover the true about her origins.
++++++ Another Mouth to Feed++++++
"And that's where you met Monkey D. Luffy!" Raj exclaimed. "Right?"
"Wrong!" Zelda said correcting the boy.
"What do you mean?" he asked
"As a matter of Luffy wasn't the first of the Strawhat pirate I met, he was actually the second," Zelda clarified.
"So who was the first?" he asked wondering who could have Zelda or Piggy as she was called at that time could have met if not the captain.
"Well…"
++++++ Another Mouth to Feed++++++
"Be quiet you dumb seagulls…."
Water splashed the girl on the beach like an alarm. Sitting up, Piggy found herself on the shore in the sand.
"Where am I?"
"Looks like the weather is getting pretty rough," Piggy commented. "Maybe we should head for an island and wait for the storm to pass."
Hearing the click of a pistol the blonde turned around and found old man Fisher pointing the loaded weapon at her.
"I wouldn't go trying anything if I was you girly," the fisherman warned.
Turning her head sideways in confusion she looked at the old man and his three sailors who joined him on deck..
"Um what are you doing?"
"Why taking you for ransom of course, you didn't really think I would take you all the way to Lougetown for free did you? I heard how that old woodsman suddenly struck it rich and thought why not take some of that gold for meself."
The old fisherman had been so preoccupied with his kidnapping scheme that he forgot about the storm brewing outside.
A large wave came and knocked over the fishing vessel dropping all those aboard into the sea. Everyone scrambled for the surface.
"Where's the girl?" the old fisherman asked trying to stay afloat among the rough waves.
As someone who had eaten a devil fruit Piggy couldn't swim and was paralyzed in the water. The girl began to drift in and out of consciousness. 'I didn't even make it one day on my journey…' she thought.
Unbeknownst to her, Piggy was saved by someone whom she had met not too long before. Keimi the freed mermaid had been swimming by when she saw the human person falling deeper into the water. To her shock it was her rescuer.
Taking hold of the girl the mermaid brought her to shore after rescuing her from a watery grave going as far as to resuscitate her using a technique she had seen other human people do.
Keimi would have stayed longer but Pappug hurried her back to the water when he spotted other humans.
Looking around Piggy didn't have much with her. Aside from the clothing she was already wearing and the axe hat had been strapped to her back Piggy had lost all her money and extras she had packed in her knapsack.
Looks like I'll have to find another way to get back to sea, she thought bitterly as she got up walked to the nearby town.
After asking the locals a woman had given her some information."There aren't any inns but a couple people in town could probably rent you a room for the night. Here a friend of mine might have room."
Piggy looked the name on the slip of paper.
'Food Foo'
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Edited on 10/4/2017