As I look out to the ocean that's right in front of me, my mind starts to be filled with questions. Like how do I get home? or What am I here for? I shake my head and head inside. But one question stops me when I stood in the middle of the dining room. What about my family? I may not like my family, but they're still family. Before I knew it, my eyes were flowing with tears. I hiccuped and whimpered a bit, so the cooks and Zeff don't wake up. A pair of footsteps are walking across the ceiling and went for the stairs. I wiped my tear away and hid under nearest table.

' If someone is coming down, I'll have to say the first word that comes to mind. Or at least be like Lucy/Nyu from Elfen Lied.'

I lift the the table cloth a little and see a pair of familiar dress shoes. My eyes went up and saw a head of blonde hair. The figure turns and it was Sanji. He was still here at the Baratie and his hair was parted to the left. That means it's the pre-timeskip. I tried to crawl back, empathis on the word" tried." My foot hit a table leg. Sanji walked to where I was right now and he lifted the cloth to see what was the cause of the noise.

Sanji"s Pov

I wake up, as usual, but I wasn't in my room. I was in an empty room that the waiters had before they bailed and jumped ship. Oh yeah. I found a little girl who fell from the sky. I wonder what happened to her. Without waking anyone up, I walk down the hall, did my business and passed my room. I wanted to check if the little girl was awake, but little kids don't wake up early so I left her alone. I went downstairs to the lower deck and saw everything was in place. I gazed at everything for a while, but a sound knocked me out of my was a table was shifted a little bit so I checked what was it.

It was the little girl. She was in different clothes than what she came in. It was cute and the purple top hat suited her. My hand went towards her and she backed up a little. I stopped and she did. Her emerald colored eyes with a hint of yellow green eyes went to my hand and then to me. It was as if she was studying me. I let my hand get closer, and her stare went to my hand.

"Don't you want to come out?" Hoping it will convince her to come away from underneath the table. Her small hand grabbed mine and she went to me. I pulled her to me gently and lifted her up. She was about 7 and had ocean colored hair. She was cute, not that I would treat like I would to ladies. I would, but she was a little girl. I just noticed her eyes were a little red. She must have been crying. I smiled at her and started to talk.

"Hey. What's your name,my name is Sanji." She stares at me.

"Nya?"

"What's your name?" I got the same mind wanted some answers, but didn't get any. I look at her and every time I would ask a question, it would be "Nya", "Un", "Myu" or a small noise that would lead her to tilt her head and look in curiosity. A stomach growl cuts in before I could ask her another question. I guess she's hungry.

"Are you hungry?" She just tilted her head and poked her belly. I sighed and sat her on a chair.

"You" I pointed at her. "Hungry?" I made eating motions. Hopefully, she understood that. Her stomach growled again and she nods.
I pick her up and carry her to my waist all the way to the middle deck. She was pretty light and tiny. If she was any shorter, I would have thought she was 5. I was about to put her down gently and took out eggs, bacon and some fruits. I never realized it, but the little girl was just following me around the kitchen. It was cute, like a baby chick follows the mother... wait does that make me the mom? Oh well... I didn't mind. She was watching my every move with fascination. I smiled as I got an idea. I went to grab rope and got her on my back.

I tied the rope under her knees and around my waist and her back, so she could see more. (AN: If you watched Grave of The Fireflies, it's like how Seita tied Setsuko on his back.) She smiled as she watched me cook her eggs and bacon. Suddenly, a pack of footsteps reached the kitchen door and the guys were awake, well... half awake. That is until they saw the girl on my back while cooking. Patty was the one to scream it out.

"SANJI WHAT IS ON YOUR BACK?!"

" Can't you tell idiot? It's a little girl."

" I CAN SEE THAT YOU MORON, BUT WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS WHY IS IT HERE?!"

"I SAVED HER FROM DROWNING CRAP COOK!"

"CRAP COOK? AT LEAST MY COOKING IS EDIBLE, UNLIKE THE TRASH YOU FEED THEM! AT ANY RATE, WE HAVE TO CUT DOWN ON FOOD AND SPEND MORE ON SUPPLIES ALL BECAUSE OF THAT LITTLE PIPSQUEAK!"

"WHY YOU-!" I was about to kick him until a little whimper was heard behind me. The girl was covering her ears and crying. I was about to get her to calm down until she struggled out of the ropes and went past the guys to the lower deck. I turned off the stove and raced to the room. She was hiding under the table I found her under. When I tried to reach out to her, she backed away hiccuping and crying. My heart weighed down after seeing that. Patty came next to me and tried to get her to come out. Everyone did. But they all failed and I could see that they were feeling sad about making a little girl cry, Patty especially.

I wonder what made her so scared all of a sudden. Something must have happened to her and I want to help her. A familiar sound of a peg leg and a foot was heard.

"What's going on?" It was the old man, Chef Zeff. He saved me when I was a kid and even lost his leg in the process. Carne stepped up.

"Chef, Sanji saved a little girl and we kinda made her cry." Zeff looks at me and back to Carne.

" Well where is she?"

"Under the table" Zeff walks to the table and crouched down and told us to start cooking. I did as asked since it was for the girl. I went to get her food and kept thinking of a name for her.

~Zeff's POV~

As soon as I saw everyone leave, I turned to the girl."All right they're gone, you can stop crying." She lifted her face and knew she was faking her little sobs.

"What's your name?"

"Myu." she replied.

"Cut the act. I know you can talk." The girl tensed and I sighed. I carried her to my room over my shoulder. I closed the door and sat her on my bed.

"Now speak up."

"How did you know I can talk?" Her little voice was of a child, but held the maturity of an adult.

"I knew Sanji took you in and I heard you talk to yourself in the bathroom as I went to go to. So what is your name?"

"My name is Azmaria. I don't know how I got here, but I do know where am I." I looked at her and took in her appearance. I saw the top hat and the little dice card. It had 2 stitches and a patch. I knew where she came from. I heard stories on the Grand Line that people another world would come down and would where a purple top hat. Those who wore it suffered, went insane and died. I knew the last person who wore that hat and I knew that it was the same. The lower stitch under the patch was my doing. I threw a knife at the person and it went to the hat.

"Are you from around here?" She was silent a little as if how to phrase her words.

"Not really."

"How old are you? I know you're not really a kid." Her eyes widened a bit and then went back to normal.

"18" This girl will fall into the depths of insanity. Should I tell her about the story, or let her find out? She'll have to know later. If she is from another world and she barely came last night, she must be still be in shock and disbelief to be in our world.

"OI OLD MAN!" I sigh mentally. I already had trouble taking care of one little kid and I still deal with the little eggplant.

"OLD MA-" Oh there you are." Sanji picked up Azmaria in his arms, like you would for a baby.

"Hey...I'm really sorry for screaming back there, but I didn't want Patty calling you it. Do you forgive me?" This was the first time I saw the brat smile like that. It was sad, concerned, but still happy.

"Un." Azmaria went back to her little act and hugged Sanji. He was glad she wasn't mad at them, even though she just cried to stop the fight.

"Hey. I got a surprise for you. Come on. See ya old man." Sanji starts to leave.

"Just get outta here brat." Sanji leaves with Azmaria in his arms and she waves at me without him noticing. I nodded in response. My thoughts went to that girl. I had to admit, I'm really concerned. No one could forget that hat if they saw it.

' I hope you don't end up as that person, Azmaria. As you live here, dangers will come for you and rip apart at your very being.'

*~Azmaria's POV~*

Sanji carries me downstairs. We head to the kitchen where everybody stopped and stared at me. I felt overwhelmed, so I grabbed onto Sanji tighter and looked down. True, I cried, but it wasn't because of them, sorta. It was because I didn't want a big fight to break out, so I used my little body as an advantage. Aside, it being a reminder of what my family is. My mind was brought back as the guys cried out:

"WE'RE SO SORRY!WE DIDN'T MEAN TO MAKE YOU CRY!"

Patty came up and scratched the back of his head. " I'm sorry I scared you earlier when I was screaming at Sanji. I was just surprised."
I was surprised. Patty can't even say a polite greeting without it being an insult. He just apologized with it being serious and sincere. I wasn't even mad.

"Nya." I was happy that he apologized anyway. He was really a nice guy. Sanji adjusted his hold on me.

"Well let's get you some food." he faces me with that smile that makes me want to melt in his arms. However, I have to act like I don't know anything and force the blush away from my face.

'I may never want to leave, but I can't help but wonder what will happen now that I'm in the story?'