Sorry for not updating in while, school got in the way. Don't expect regular updates to resume, but I'll try my best. Here is chapter 4.

A blugori swung an axe at Edward, not fast enough to actually hit him. Edward ducks out of the way and claps his hands together, putting one on the axe. The wood dissolves, leaving the Blugori with nothing.

"Gum Gum Bazooka!"

The strike hits the blugori in the chest, sending it flying backwards into a wall. They continue the same strategy while Buggy was just fine fighting on his own, seeing as being chopped to pieces doesn't affect him at all.

Edward was surprised just how different this brand new world was from his own. New types of enemies and abilities that didn't make sense to him at all were what mostly filled his mind. While Luffy explained the plan to Buggy, Edward seemed to be thinking about just how much more he would have to go through. However, some screaming pulled him out of his thoughts.

"Hold it right there, Strawhat!" , shouted Buggy at Luffy.

"What's wrong with you?!"

"There they are. They found us!"

"Why are you yelling?"

Edward wasn't sure what was going on anymore. Buggy wanted Luffy's armband and Luffy wanted to get to level 2, so they made a trade. Buggy starts flying, while Luffy and Edward follow him on the ground.

"Level 2?! No, no, I want to go to Level 5!"

"I'm telling you Strawhat, you can't go straight there! Listen, the Impel Down prison is set up like this: This is the first floor underground, so it's called Level 1. Level 2, Level 3, the criminals get more and more powerful as you go farther down! I've been sent to Level 4 for burning torture. I don't even know what the next level down would be like! I'm pretty sure they keep the guys with bounties over 100 million on Level 5, the Lowest Floor. Anyway, I can lead you as far as Level 4!"

"I see you got nice all of a sudden.", commented Edward

"Kyahahahaha, that's because Luffy's going to give me the treasure mark that shows you the way to Captain John's Treasure, HA!"

Buggy realized his mistake and covered his mouth.

"You… You're here because you weren't strong enough to earn a place on the floors below, huh?", said Edward.

"Shut up!", responded Buggy indignantly.

"So this armband is like a treasure map, I didn't know at all!", said Luffy.

Buggy takes the axe that he stole from one of the Blugori off his back.

"So you heard! Damn it! There's no helping that! I'll just have to take it by force!", says Buggy, getting ready to swing the axe at Luffy. Edward jumps up to meet Buggy, claps his hands, and dissolves the axe, making it useless. Luffy, even after seeing he was going to be attacked, decides to give Buggy the armband anyway. Buggy was dumbfounded, confused as to why. Edward was just as surprised. Edward, knowing his new captain wouldn't hear his opinion on the matter said nothing and kept walking. Buggy bumps into a wall while he was zoned out and Luffy takes this as a message to break down the wall.

"This is… a red forest? Why?", asked Edward.

"There's a bunch of people down there", comments Luffy.

"This isn't just a forest", Buggy explains. "These are blade trees. Their leaves cut like knives!"

"Even the plants on this world are strange…", Edward thinks to himself. Apparently, the grass is just might be the most normal plant he could find.

"So this is what was meant by Crimson Hell…", said Edward, recalling what Hancock had told him on the way there.

They had an easy way over. Edward and Luffy hopped on Buggy's back and flew over the needle grass.

Edward notices a hole and didn't like what he thought was going to happen next.

"That's the entrance, isn't it?", asks Edward, hoping the answer was "No".

"Yes, it is!", replies Buggy.

Luffy jumps straight down without a second thought, pulling Edward down with him. It was all of Edward's self-control not to bash Luffy's head in. Edward heard Buggy's laughter, and then saw him falling along with them with a distraught look on his face. His eyes narrowed at Buggy.

"If you even think about ditching us I'm going to kick your ass, your hear me clown?!", screamed Edward from below (possible short joke?).

"What? Why would I do such a thing?", asked Buggy. Edward ignored him.

Maybe it wasn't that Edward wanted to ignore him, instead there was a much larger issue at hand.

Edward hits the ground with Luffy and Buggy, wordlessly. However, soon started the screaming.

"THERE'S A GIANT FUCKING CHICKEN!", screamed Edward, thinking it was a weird chimera for a second, then he remembered chimeras don't exist, not on this side of the gate.

"A snake born of chicken! It's a basilisk!" explains Buggy, in a more quiet, albeit still loud voice. "Level Two is the 'Beast Hell'! The whole floor is infested with monsters like this one!".

The basilisk bursts forward suddenly, its' mouth open and its' target Edward. Edward jumps to the wall on the right of the basilisk and claps his hands quickly, touching the wall. Edward jumps back down just as a stone fist comes out of the wall, aimed at the basilisk's head. The basilisk dodges, tilting its' head to one side.

"ALRIGHT!", screams Luffy "Let's see what you've got!".

Whoa it a line and it breaking

All that happens here is pretty simple to explain. Hancock meets with Magellan and asks for permission to go see Ace. Its' granted to her. Security informs Magellan that Luffy has infiltrated the prison. Now, back to our protagonists.

Whoa it a line and it breaking

Edward and Buggy were both in shock. Luffy had just inflated his hand to several times his size and knocked out the basilisk. The prisoners are cheering. However, a certain prisoner from a long time ago has spotted something.

A man with the hair on his head tied into a three has a crazed smile.

"If I play my cards right here… this could be the best chance I'm ever going to get to escape this place! Perhaps the gods haven't completely stopped smiling upon me after all!", he thought to himself.

"ALRIGHT! IT'S OPEN!", shouted a prisoner.

"WE'RE OUT OF THE CAGES!" exclaimed another.

"GYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" laughed Buggy. "That's right, show your thanks, fools!".

The freed prisoners begin chanting Buggy's name. He's having one of the best moments of his life. However, he's pulled out of it, literally, by a hand made of rubber.

"What the heck do you think you're doing?!", asked Luffy. "Is there another hole leading down to the next floor or something?!"

"Aaaaaaagh! Get off me already! I don't know how to get down to Level 3! Did you expect me to remember the entire damn layout of this place?!", responded Buggy.

"What are you talking about?!", asked Luffy. You said you'd lead me down as far as Level Four, didn't you?!"

And so, here began Buggy's confession about how he was lying.

Just as Edward was preparing to kick some clown ass, a man with his hair in the shape of a "three" comes out of nowhere.

O SHIT WADDUP ITS DAT BOI

Thanks for all the reviews, guys! :^D

I'll be responding to all of the questions in the reviews I've gotten on this story below.

"I don't think that world is ready for Edward Elric. When is chapter 4 coming out?"

Right now. :^D

"Will Ed being there change the plot much, or is he gonna be more of an observer-type character?"

A bit of both. Dependent on the arc. He's going to have an impact on when he fights Smoker during the war. That's going to be some good shit.

"I'm curious as to the interaction between alchemy and Devil Fruit powers, e.g. if Ed were to transmute Magellan's poison to a solid could he still control it or would it not count as 'poison' anymore due to it no longer being the same material."

Good question. If its not a poison anymore, Magellan would not be able to move it around, no. As for other interactions, you're going to see alchemy a similar effect to Haki in terms of being able to hit Logias.

"Wow! They're gonna rescue Ace! I can't wait! Does that mean they'll meet the Whitebeard Pirates?"

Yes. Edward is going to have quite the introduction with Whitebeard and some members of his crew.