Chapter 4
-Please safe us!-
Dr. Cynder's second laboratory was in the ruins. When he heard that Robin could read the Porneglyphs he was happy.
"That's really good. The last kings of this island who lived 900 years ago made the Porneglyphs. There stood were the places where the antique weapons are. Or the history.
On the Rio Porneglyph stood the true history. And Shanks said it can also be that on it stood what exactly the 'Will of D.' is.
"But we'll do it tomorrow." Said Dr. Cynder. "Night fall soon. Sabo, show them a room."
"All right." Sabo answered. "Come on, guys. I'll show you a room."
He lead the mugiwara pirates to a room in the house where Dr. Cynder's laboratory was.
"Aah! That had been such a tiring day." Said Usoppe and fell down on one of the beds.
"You haven't done anything." Said Sanji and threw a pillow in Usoppe's face.
"Yeah? You haven't done anything, too." Said Usoppe and threw the pillow back. And then a heavy pillow fight.
Anne grinned and went out before one of the pillows could hit her.
Then she felt it again. This weird feeling since she had saw the mass grave. In the northeast something was calling for her. She couldn't hear anything calling but it was like something was dragging her there.
She went some steps forward and saw Dr. Cynder. He looked into the sky with a telescope.
" What are you doing?" She asked. Dr. Cynder wince and let the telescope fall down to the ground.
"Girl, don't scare me! I am an old man, I could get a heart attack." He said angrily. Anne laughed.
"I'm sorry. But what's so interesting on the sky?" She asked and looked up.
"Here. Look inside and over to the largest star."
She looked over to it with the telescope to the star.
"What's wrong with it?" Anne asked and gave the telescope back to Dr. Cynder.
"Did you see this star in the sky on the Grand Line... or any other sea?" Said Dr. Cynder.
"No... not really." Anne answered. The star shines somehow red.
"Since 900 years it shines like this." He said. "From the day on the massacre happened."
"Where do you know it from?"
"Because of I was there back then." He said.
"You're 900 years old?" Anne asked. Dr. Cynder nod.
"I am. We scientists have created a serum and I tried it. It have got aftereffects in Form of being weak. But now I'm waiting until the thousand years will pass... and I will be able to die." He said.
"Okay... but why don't you know what stood on the Porneglyph."
"Because of the royal family created it. And they were the only ones who have created the font of the Porneglyphs and write down. But in the last minutes they wrote down something on a stone... and then they died."
"Oh." Said Anne.
"Yes... and when I saw you for the first time... you resemble the empress so much... like a living effigy." Dr. Cynder answered. "But she hadn't the scar over her left eye... and it wasn't red."
"I supposed that she hadn't saved her younger brother and lost her real eye." Anne answered.
"It's Kokan Haki, right?" Dr. Cynder asked. Anne blinked and then she nod.
"Yes, it is."
"I knew it. It's the most rare power of the world." Said Dr. Cynder.
"I know." Answered Anne. "But there was something else why I'm not sleeping. It's like something is calling me.. and I couldn't understood what exactly it was."
"Calling you say?" Said Dr. Cynder. "Hm... and you say it's going to this way?"
Anne nod.
"That's the way to the ruins... hm I've got a feeling that..."
"What?"
"Nothing. We'll go to the ruins when everyone is awake again." Said Dr. Cynder.
"All right." Said Anne and then she turned around and went over back to the room.
All were sleeping in very weird poses.
And there weren't enough beds to sleep in.
"Onee-chan." She suddenly heard. "Where have you been?"
Luffy wasn't asleep. He sat on his bed with crossed legs and stared out of the window.
"I... I... have got this feeling." Said Anne.
"Like someone's dragging you." Said Luffy.
"You've got the same feeling like me?" Anne asked. Luffy grinned.
"Let's go and see what's there!" He shouted. "Now I'm really excited."
He had again this weird shine in his eyes and a big grin.
Anne sigh and then she smiled.
"Heading off without the others?" She asked.
"They can rest. Come on, Onee-chan!"
He put his arm around Anne and dragged her out.
"Hyperactivity like always." She said while Luffy still dragged her.
"Wow!" Shouted Anne and looked around. There were a lot ruins of buildings and a palace. But on the street was dried blood. Plants were on the ruins. The moon shines directly at the street.
"This place looks old." Said Luffy and went into every ruin.
"Of course. It's 900 years old." Answered Anne. "Looks like a war had happened here."
She went on, there was still the thing calling her.
Then she heard how something rumbled.
"Luffy! Don't touch anything!" She shouted.
"But look what I found!" Luffy said and went out.
Anne looked around. It looked like a sword.
"It's a sword." She said and looked at it. She could feel how heavy it was. Then she looked at the blade. It had got a white flower-like edge and the blade was shining nearly invisible.
"That had got a diamond blade." She said.
"It's a sword for Zoro."
"How should he use it, silly? He can just use the three-swordsmanship. What should he do with a fourth sword?"
"Maybe when the next one will break?"
"I don't think he'll let this happen. I'll give that sword to Sabo. He told me that he had got a second sword some time ago but he lost it. I think he'll like it." Said Anne and put it over her shoulder.
"Hey! I wanted to have it!" Shouted Luffy.
"And lost it? Forget it!"
"You're so mean, Onee..."
"Shut the hell up!" She shouted and hit Luffy.
"Ouch! Hey, that hurts!"
"Of course, I'm using Haki." Said Anne. Then she walked on with the sword on her back.
She walked towards the ruins of the castle.
"Aah! Matte iru!" He shouted and headed after Anne.
She then stopped. The castle was cut off.
"What the..." Luffy said and looked down the cliff.
"It looks like there was a earthquake and the earth between the castle and the village collapsed." Anne said. She looked at the other side of the cliff.
"If we'll jump... then we'll may get to the other side." She said.
"But I can use my devil fruit!" Luffy said.
"Didn't you listened to me before? I told you this weird fog around this island is neutralizing it! You can't use it! Me, Chopper and Robin, too!" She said. Then she went some steps back and ran then. As she reached the edge she jumped and flew over to the other side. She slides, stumbled and
crashed into a tree.
Without any word she stood up and rub her back.
"Come on, Luffy!" She shouted.
"All right!" Shouted Luffy. He ran and by the edge he jumped and landed directly next to Anne.
"Hehe! I did it!" He shouted.
"See? But now let's go. This thing – or whatever it is – is still calling. And it's inside the ruin of the castle."
They both walked into the ruins and Anne looked around the hall. Everything looked so familiar it was really creepy.
"This looks kinda familiar." Said Luffy.
"Yeah." Said Anne. She could now feel where the thing was. In the underground.
She went to a heavy metal door and kicked it open because of it was already rusted.
There were stairs down.
"Found the way." Said Anne and walked down.
"It's too dark to see anything." Said Luffy.
Anne remembered how to make a torch. There was a burnt-down torch. She took it and light it. The fire made the room light.
"Okay, then let's go." Said Anne and went further down.
When both reached the room they looked around. There was just a table with some chairs around it. There was also some bookshelves with rotten papers inside. On the wall stood something in a spidery handwriting. It looked exactly like that what stood on the Porneglyphs.
But in front of Anne's eyes the letters moved and stopped in an other place.
Then there stood something what Anne could understand better.
In a world like this one cruelty is usual.
But no one has excepted this...
that he would betray us and made an alliance
with the other 20 kings.
On this day many, many people left their lives.
And we feel that we'll do the same soon, too.
But before that when someone will be able to read this...
PLEASE SAVE US!
"Please save us?" Asked Anne and Luffy at the same time.
"Isn't it too late?" Asked Luffy.
"It is. I don't know what they meant with it." Anne said.
Then she suddenly saw a blue-white glint underneath her and looked down.
Luffy and she stood on a platform with weird runes.
"What have you done again?!" She shouted and looked at Luffy.
"I didn't do anything!" He shouted at the moment when Anne felt a weird feeling in her stomach an everything turned dark.