Now, in a different world, it was a terribly hot day. The Straw Hat pirates lay around, trying desperately to cool off. The girls sat inside in the shade, but the rest of the crew sat around on the grassy deck of the Thousand Sunny. Luffy stretched out on the green lawn, feebly complaining. Sanji asked tiredly if anyone was in the mood for lunch, but, to everyone's utter shock, Luffy said, "It's too hot to eat!" Zoro and Sanji both stared at him in horror, while Chopper ran over to Luffy to see if he was sick or something horrible.
"Ah, Chopper," cried Luffy. "I'm fine."
"Well, you know Luffy," started Sanji. "I was going to make a nice, cold snack for you, but I guess if you're not hungry…" he trailed off, and headed into the kitchen.
Luffy bolted upright. "Well, if that's the case, sure! Can it be meat flavored?"
Chopper let out a sigh of relief. Luffy was fine after all. With the promise of dessert, Luffy lie back down and looked up at the sky. Usopp snickered. Just then, a small rock came falling from the sky. It smacked Luffy in the forehead, and he picked it up and looked at it, confused. Soon after, two more came falling, and then another. Luffy stared at the rocks in wonder.
"Ah!" Chopper screamed. "It's raining pebbles!" He ran around in circles until he became exhausted from the heat, and collapsed on the deck. Luffy stood up and threw the pebbles over the side when, not a pebble, but a person came crashing from the heavens and landed right where Luffy had just been sitting. His head became lodged in the ground, so Luffy strode over and picked him up by his ankles. Luffy stared at the boy, and said, "Man, you're tiny!"
This set the boy off. "Don't call me tiny! I'm not short, dammit!"
Luffy accidentally dropped the thrashing boy onto the deck where he first fell. The boy stood up, rubbing his head, only to see everyone on the ship was staring at him. He looked around, not noticing where he really was. His blond hair was windswept, as though he fell from a considerable distance. It was all pulled out of the braid it was pulled back in.
"What's with all the ruckus?" Nami asked, walking onto the deck, Robin following close behind.
"Oh, hi Nami," said Luffy. When Nami saw the stranger, she stopped dead in her tracks. "Who's that short guy?" She looked around, and everyone shrugged. Her comment set him off again, and he started screaming. Soon, he regained his composure and cleared his throat.
"My name is Edward Elric," Edward said, standing up straighter. "But you can call me Edward the Great." Nami rolled her eyes.
"Nice to meet you, Ed," said Luffy. This seemed to get to Edward, but he calmed down enough to ask where he was.
"You're on the Thousand Sunny," replied a man with blue hair. "It's nice, isn't it?"
"Thousand Sunny?" asked Edward, clearly confused. Who were all these people anyway?
"It's a ship. We're on the Grand Line, after all," said Nami. Something was a little strange about this guy. Edward just looked at her like she was crazy.
A woman with long dark hair took a step forward. "You're not from here, are you?"
Edward shrugged. "I'm from a country known as Amestris. Do you know where that is from here?"
The whole crew just shook their heads. "Who are you guys anyway?" Edward continued.
"We're pirates," Luffy laughed. "We're headed for the New World."
Edward Elric was as confused as ever now. Grand Line? Pirates? New World? What were these crazy people talking about? He had no idea where he was, but he didn't have any time to think about that, because just then, the little raccoon thing started screaming.
"Marines! Marines! The Marines are here!" yelled the raccoon. Luffy grit his teeth and everyone else prepared for battle.
"Yohohoho!" yelled a tall, thin man with a black afro. He turned around and looked straight at Edward. He screamed at the sight of him. Standing before him was a living skeleton. "A battle! How exciting!"
"W-w-w-what's going on here?" yelled Edward. The Marines had started to board the Sunny and everyone was engaged in a full out frenzy, except Ed. He stood back and watched everyone fight. It was wild! The blonde man was kicking ferociously. The green-haired man was fighting with multiple swords while the orange hair woman was creating lightning strikes. The raccoon kept getting bigger and smaller, the woman with raven hair was growing arms out of nowhere, the man with the metal arms (automail?) was shooting bullets out of his hands, and the skeleton was running around frantically, laughing madly and slicing any enemy he happened to pass by. It was quite a scene.
He stepped backward to steady himself when he bumped into something big. He spun around and his eyes were frozen in shock to see a giant man above him, wielding a large sword. "I'll get you now, pipsqueak!" the man cried. Instantly, Ed created a spear from the ground. He blocked the sword, but was knocked down. The spear flew out of his hands and he landed with a thud on the grass. Luffy spun around and yelled "Gum Gum… PISTOL!" His arm stretched out and knocked the man right off the ship and into the water, where he flailed around until he righted himself. His mouth had trickles of blood coming through the corners. Ed stared at Luffy in horror. What kind of alchemy was this?
He crafted another spear and hopped right into battle. He was ready now. "Awesome!" cried Luffy. "You just made that spear appear out of nowhere!"
But Edward didn't hear him. He was too busy fighting and trying to avoid the crazy attacks the Straw Hats were using.
"Damn, how many of these shitty Marines are there?" said the blonde man.
"Just keep going!" said Nami. They had taken down plenty, but they just kept coming. This was a large unit. Edward didn't know how long this would take. These guys were strong, but against this many, would they be overwhelmed?
