Chapter 1. Worst Pirate Ever

(One Piece © Eiichiro Oda)

T. Meow wondered along the bridge of the harbor at Auckland village. She watched the large pirate ships docked in front of the harbor. She hated the thought of travel by sea. She would immediately get sea sick and would not be able to stand that much exposure to the sun. Just thinking about it gave her a headache. She crouched at the edge of the bridge facing the water clutching her head, in case she throws up. Just as she was about to stand up, she felt a push on her back. She lost balance and her head started spinning. As she fell into the water she took a glimpse of what had pushed her over: a boy wearing a red vest and a straw hat. Anger boiled up inside her but she refused to lose control, that would only damage her pride even more. Only when she hit the water did she realize that she cannot swim. This was a result of eating the Genie Genie fruit. She was never meant to eat the damn thing. She was only curious to what it would taste like, so she decided to try it. Her friends after would give her a hard time about it saying: curiosity kills the cat! Even though Meow never showed it she was quiet humiliated by this.

She started to splash furiously with her hands, 'how embarrassing' she thought blushing. She was grateful for her dark skin in these time to hide her redness of blushing. She reached for her pocket and grabbed her lamp. She swiped two fingers along the side of it, and as usual a chubby, old blue man came out. He was wearing his reading glasses with a expression that said: 'I am not amused.' He also wore a small purple vest that was open in the middle (clearly because it would not fit, and buttoning it up seemed impossible), the rest of body was a smoky tail that lead into the lamp (he usually floated around like a large bubble as Meow always thought). As irritated as Meow was, she smiled an arrogant smile and said: "alright Genie, since this was probably your bad luck fruit's fault, I would appreciate it if you would help me out."

Genie snorted.
"Well well princess look who asked for help!" He grinned twirling Meow's Silver hair with his large finger.

"Are you begging me?" He asked in a provocative voice. Meow lost her patience.

"Hell no you bastard! I rather drown. But if you don't save me, I can always just dump you in the ocean where you would be stuck in your lamp forever!" Meow needed to hurry or her arms aren't going to support her anymore. "You know your one of the worst devil fruit there is. No one wanted you so much that they practically payed me to have it. Apparently your bad luck, even without being eaten, I know how much you hate being trapped in that lamp". Genie's expression changed from not bothered to an annoyed look.

"Che, feisty little princess ain't ya! Oh fine since I'm in such a good mood, not because you threatened me with your pathetic excuses" Genie reached in, grabbed Meow from the back of her shirt lifting her up and out of the water. He threw her on to the the bridge with his large fingers. "There you go, happy?"

Meow coughed and shivered as she hated the way the water feels. Her mum used to mock her about it saying she was born from a cat and she was not meant for the ocean, which was even more embarrassing since Auckland is known as the city of sails, one of the only villages where pirates are allowed to pass through, as long as no trouble were caused. Which reminds her of the straw hat boy that has pushed her over the bridge and didn't even notice. "That idiot! He'll pay for this! He's a pirate for sure! He should still be in town" Meow started stomping down to the town still soaking wet, and now freezing cold. Genie sighed.

"You sure you want to mess with a pirate, princess? And have you ever consider a more feminine haircut.." Meow ignored him. "Oi return me this instant! You know I hate this time of day it's bad for my perfectly blue skin! You listening?! Princess?! I'll never help you again!"