A/N: This is where the plot picks up... I hope everyone likes the twist... I wont' say what it is, but I hope you'll enjoy it... and I'll go more in details about after the chapter please enjoy.
Chapter 4: Dress-up and Inviting
The 6 Straw Hats were in shock… after all it wasn't every day they would have to deal with one of them.
"One of the 7 Warlords of the Sea?" asked Luffy.
Mami sighed, "So who are the 7 Warlords of the Sea?" she asked.
"How can you not know about the 7 War Lords of the Sea?" asked Zoro.
"Oh I guess they never told you about them on Corallo Island." Said Robin.
"No wonder they hid it from you." Laughed Luffy, "If you knew the World Government hired pirates when you probably would have joined."
"What?" asked Mami.
"We'll explain later." Said Robin.
"What's a man like that doing here?" asked Franky.
"I don't know." Said the Old man, "But there are many victims who live in this forest."
"There are others?" asked Mami.
"Yes!" cried the old man. "Some of us stayed in this forest always running from zombies, while others took to the sea. But they must spend their lives in the mist. Either none of are truly alive. I just want to walk in the sun one more time before I die."
"Is that true!" cried Franky, "It must have been so hard for you!"
"Don't be such a softie." Muttered Zoro.
"Yeah! Seriously!" yelled Sanji, "Crying for sympathy is something only ladies can do! When you do it does nothing for me."
"Don't' worry about it." Said Luffy, "I was planning to beat him up anyways, besides Brook said he's after us too! So I'll beat him up more for that."
"Thank you! Even if you're not doing it for my sake." Said the old man.
"Yes defeat Moira." Said a voice in the forest.
"And I'm sorry if our tears don't do anything for you." Came another voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Are the other victims listening?" muttered Sanji.
They counted their way to the mansion. Soon it began to rain. As they did, Luffy looked up.
"Hey I see something." Said Luffy, "It looks like a flag."
Thanks to the rain, the fog began to disperse, they all saw what the flag was… a gigantic sail.
"Indeed! It's so big you can see the whole thing." Said the old man.
"You're still here!" yelled the men of the group.
"Thriller Bark is actually the Word's largest pirate ship." Explained the old man, "It's so large it has it's own village on it."
He pointed to a large building behind the mansion.
"That is the mast, it's there where you will find Moria." Explained the old man.
They to the mansion, after breaking the lock were inside.
"Hey Moria! Where are you!" yelled Luffy.
That was when they heard laughter combined with oinking.
They looked and saw a pig that was laughing.
"So you know about our master." Mocked the pig, "And you still came. I applaud your courage."
That was every single painting as well as a bearskin rug came to life.
Of course this was nothing to the Straw Hats.
They beat up the painting like it was nothing.
Kicked, punching, using additional limbs to break them.
Though Mami's method of shooting them with her muskets then having ribbons emerge from the bullet hole.
"Wow… Corkscrew head that's a little twisted…" said Franky.
"Their not alive so I figured it would be the best way to deal with them." Said Mami.
Franky just stared at her.
After the fight was over, the zombies chuckled.
"What are they laughing about?" asked Zoro.
That was when they all noticed.
"Sanji's missing." Said Robin.
The zombies began to mock them over Sanji's disappearance saying he won't be fine and everything is over.
"Sanji will be fine." Said Luffy, "Besides, if anything happens to nay of my crew I will blow this island apart."
Of course this unsettled the zombies.
They took the pig to act a guide through the mansion and continued their search.
As they did however they noticed something. Zoro was missing.
"Zoro too." Said Luffy.
"We should start looking for them." Said Luffy.
"I guess you're right." Said Luffy, "Though chances are good Zoro probably got lost as usual."
"As usual?" asked Mami.
Luffy laughed, "Yeah he gets lost all the time."
That was when Luffy saw something.
"Awesome! Suit of armor!"
Luffy went over to put it on. That was when Mami heard something. She turned around but she suddenly found herself suddenly coated with web and none of the others noticed, her mouth was also covered with the web so she couldn't call out.
And before she could use her ribbons to get attention she was suddenly stuffed into a coffin.
After began arrived around for several minutes she was finally like out.
A strange, she saw a large strangely looking man, and a man with a lion's face.
"Are you this girl will make for a good one?" asked the large man.
"If it weren't a rouge wave she probably would have captured me." Said the lion faced man.
"Really, how?" asked the large man.
Even though she was bound and gagged Mami was able to summon her ribbons.
She tired to bind the two, but the large man ribbons and tossed them away.
"Oh ribbon powers, never heard them but then again there are many unknown Devil Fruits." Said the large man, "By way why is her mouth covered."
"Don't ask me, I just warned you to take her quickly." Said the lion faced man.
The large man turned to several zombies, which were combinations of spiders and mice.
"We have our reasons." Said one of the zombies.
"Dude…" said the lion faced man, "She's like 15…"
The zombies and the large man stared at the lion faced in shock.
"He has limits…" said the zombies.
"Will you shut up!" yelled the lion faced man.
"By the way what are you doing here?" asked Moria to the lion faced man.
"I heard you captured her, I wanted to make sure you weren't effect by her powers." Said the lion faced man.
"It's Lola again… isn't it?" asked the large man.
"No. What would make you think that." Said lion faced man clearly lying.
The large man rolled his eyes then hung Mami by a rope, figuring it was best to keep her gagged.
A lager spotlight was shined behind Mami while a small dead animal that seemed to be a patchwork of a rabbit and a cat was carted in.
"She might be strong but it's all tied to her Devil Fruit powers." Said Moira, "I'm sure a teenaged girl's shadow wouldn't mind being a cat rabbit hybrid."
The large man placed his on to Mami's shadow and began to lift off the ground like it was nothing.
"That must be Moria." Thought Mami.
Indeed Mami was correct, the large man was Moria.
He pulled on her shadow then used scissors to cut it off. When he did Mami fell unconscious.
Moria also started shacking. He didn't understand why. It was as if there was something wrong with the shadow… something unnatural.
"What's wrong?" asked the lion faced man.
"Nothing." Lied Moira he turned to the spider mouse zombies that were in the room, "Take her back to the ship."
The mouse spider zombies did just that.
Moira looked at Mami's shadow in his hand, the shadow was strangely calm.
"Now, I will give you a new voice and body and you will become my zombie. You will also forget everything about your old body and attachments."
Whenever this happened the shadow would always nod.
But this time… it didn't.
Instead it merely pointed opt the cat rabbit corpse.
"What's wrong with this shadow?" thought Moira.
However he was already this far and would ask the shadow once it's put into the zombie what's it problem was.
He placed Mami's shadow was put into the corpse.
Then something happened that never happened before. There was a large explosion of energy that came from the copse sending him, the lion faced man and any zombie that was when flying to the walls. IT was just that powerful.
When they all regained their senses they heard a voice.
"That was intertying." Said the voice, "But it seems like you couldn't erase my memories or my ties. I guess you never stile a Magical Girl's shadow before."
Moria looked up at the person speaking and saw a young girl that resembled Mami. Expect a few years younger.
Her hair was much straighter than Mami's (IE: not in the corkscrew style) but still done with pigtails though tied with flower shaped scrunches. She wore a black dress over a white blouse that was tied with a ribbon around her neck and on her feet were black Mary Janes.
Moira quickly realized that this girl was the zombie.
Nothing like this has ever happened before. This zombie not only appeared human but resembled her original owner and had free will.
"I noticed something… you have zombies, ghosts, an invisible man and other sorts of monsters. But I noticed you're missing something…" said the girl.
"What?" mumbled Moria.
"Well then don't worry, I might not be under your control but I'll still help you." Said the girl.
Moria didn't know why but he saw a strange image of a strange doll like creature with ribbons for arms.
"My name is Candeloro." She said giving a curtsy, "And I am a witch."
Next Time: Candeloro shows of her abilities... an ability that will cause both Franky and Robin many problems... what's the ability? Find out next time!
A/N: For those that don't know, yes Candeloro is canon... and so is her is human form. See Candeloro appears in various other media of Madoka, the video games and the manga spin-off Different Story, in fact that's where her human form comes from. Though I should point out that according the official article on the Madoka Wiki, it's said that Candeloro's human from just has a flat chest, though personally I see her as a younger version of Mami.
Any ways I hope you like the twist and I would like suggestions how long I should wait to add Candeloro's name to character list...