Hello, everyone! I'm really sorry for taking so long with this update! It's my exam week, so I'm very busy, as well as those other weeks before when I didn't update was schoolwork and such. As a treat, I'm posting a chapter to my other story One Piece Adventure as well as posting this one. My space bar also seems to be sticking o.o.

Girl-luvs-manga: I want Tia to seem quiet and reserved for now. Later, she'll get more open. Yes, I agree. Nami is that character.

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"So this is Whiskey Peak! Thank god we've arrived alive!" Luffy said from his perch on Merry's figurehead. The others had gathered around him, watching as the island drew closer. Tia smiled excitedly to herself, her tail wagging quickly. Usopp noticed her tail and started freaking out.

"AH! TIA! YOU'RE TAIL! You have to hide it" Usopp pointed at said thing. Tia looked at him, blinking, then bolted off, heading for the girl's bedroom. About a few seconds later, she was back, tail and ears hidden. She had missed Mr. 9's and Mrs. Wednesday's departure, but she didn't feel sad about it.

"They're gone…"

"Just what is up with those two…"

"FORGET ABOUT'EM! PREPARE TO LAND!"

"There's a river right up ahead. Looks like we can dock inland" Nami said, pointing out the river mouth. At this point, Usopp started freaking about monsters and such. Sanji didn't help when he commented that there was a good possibility of monsters being there. Luffy just said they could run away. Nami started talking about the Log Pose. Tia tuned her out and started thinking about her race. Would she meet one of her own on this island? If she did, would that person attack, or just want to talk? What would happen if she had to fight one of her own kind? Well, she never was around her kind before, so that shouldn't be a problem but still…

Tia shook her head to stop thinking about it.

"Well, we'll worry about it when it happens. So let's just go already!" Luffy said, smiling. Tia blinked, and then sweat dropped. It almost seemed to her as if he was answering her mental questions when he was really answering Usopp. It was still kinda creepy.

"It'd be weird not to go in when there's a river in front waiting for us!" Luffy yelled.

"For you, maybe…" Nami said, hands on her hips.

"No, what he says is right. There's no use in worrying about is so let's just go" Zoro put in.

"I'll protect you, Nami-San, Tia-Chan" Sanji said with his thumb up.

"H-hey guys… Listen… I uh… I think I've suddenly developed a can't-enter-islands disease" Usopp said, shaking and sweating in fear.

"… Find. Let's go in then."

"I'm serious, guys. My can't ente-"

"Ready? Be prepared to fight or run away at a moment's notice."

Tia leaned forward, trying to see through the thick fog, her hand on her sword. She could hear voices coming from the island as the Merry sailed down the river.

"I can hear people. But this fog's too thick to see them. Tia, can you see anything?"

"Only shapes and figures"

"PEOPLE!? YOU SURE IT'S PEOPLE!?"

There was some yelling from the people on land. Tia gripped her sword, ready to draw it if they were attacked. She was not expecting the welcome that they got. Not at all.

"WELCOME! TO THE TOWN OF WELCOMEING, WHISKEY PEAK!"

The people where cheering loudly, yelling welcomes. Tia was very confused at this welcome, as where the other pirates.

"Oh?" Luffy said, sounding pleased. Of course, he wouldn't be worried or confused.

"Huh? Not only are there no monsters, but there're people greeting us" Usopp said in confusion, no longer scared.

"What's going on…?" Sanji asked, looking wary.

The cheering continued. Tia knew something wasn't right with this. Since when did people welcome pirates? She opened her mouth, ready to say something about it, when her eyes caught Zoro's. He shook his head slightly. Tia closed her mouth and nodded slightly in return. He was telling her to not worry about it and that they'd deal with whatever came their way.

Sanji lost his wariness when he saw all the girls on the land.

"T-there's a bunch of lovely ladies too!" Sanji said his eyes and cigarette smoke turning into hearts.

"Talk about a warm welcome! Looks like pirates really are the people's heroes!" Usopp said as he gave air kisses to the people.

"YAHOO!" Luffy yelled his arms in the air.

They docked and once they were on land, a guy with majorly curly hair walked up to them.

"Welg- Ahem! Ma-ma-maa~! Welcome. My name is Igarappoi. You may be a little shocked at the welcome, but this is Whiskey Peak, a town of liquor and music. Hospitality is our middle name. If it's fine liquor you want, we have an ocean's worth. So please I cordially invite you to our banquet and hope that you may entread- Ahem! Ma-ma-maa~! Entreat us with tales of your adventures." The curly haired name, Igarappoi, said.

Luffy mumbled something about Igarappoi's hair.

There was a moment of silence, and then Luffy, Sanji and Usopp slung an arm over one another shoulders and yelled "GLADLY!" To Igarappoi's invite. Luffy then detached from the other two and ran over to Tia with a wide grin.

"Come on! Let's go party!" He said and grabbed Tia's hand. With that, he started pulling Tia with him over to where the party would be.

"Huh? Hey! Wait a second!" Tia protested, but it fell on deaf ears. Plus Luffy wouldn't let go. With a sign, Tia decided to go along with it. Why not have a little fun?

"ALRIGHT! TIME FOR A PARTY!"

The party had start and liquor was being handed around along with food. Tia found herself sitting with a bunch of guys fawning over how cute she looked (was she cute?) and she had no idea how to react. Every time she got a compliment, she'd get all flustered, her face going red and she'd start stammering. This just caused some of the girls that where cooing over her to fawn even more. A mug of liquor was pushed into her hand and without thinking about it, she drank from it.

Looking around, she noticed Usopp telling his tales to girls and men. He somehow got the girls to swoon over him and the men to raise their glasses in respect, Zoro and Nami where in a drinking contest, Luffy was eating like a starving man and Sanji was flirting with 20 girls.

A plate of food was pushing in front of her and more liquor was poured into her glass. Without thinking it through, she ate and drank. The food tasted strange to her, but she didn't stop to think about it. This was a party after all.

The welcoming party continued on. Tia kept drinking and talking now more openly with the men and women around her. All rational thought had left her. She talked about her past, how bad her childhood was. She even showed her pointed ears and tail. How many glassed of liquor had she drank down? She had lost count after 12.

After an undeterred amount of time, Tia started to get sleepy. A few seconds later, she fainted. After, the other pirates followed, partying all the energy out of themselves. Tia didn't notice the other people leaving as she slowly dropped into dream land.

The first thing Tia felt was the cool breeze. It felt good on her flushed face. She lay there for a few seconds, just relishing the feel of the wind on her face and the grass under her. Wait… grass?

Tia opened her eyes to see a blue sky. She blinked, starting. Where was she? She wasn't in the party house at whiskey peak anymore. In fact, she wasn't in a house at all. It took a few seconds, but when it finally clicked, she bolted upright, only for her world to tilt to the side and with a cry, she fell onto her back.

As she waited for the world to stop spinning, she heard a giggle come from somewhere on her left. Slowly looking that way, she saw the Dream Demon.

"Eh. Dream Demon?" Tia asked slowly, her words slurring.

"It looks like you got really drunk!" Dream Demon giggled. Tia blinked slowly at the girl demon. The world started to right itself and Tia was able to sit up. "It is great, is it not? Having a body like we do" Dream Demon giggled some more.

"This is a dream?" Tia asked, just to make sure.

"Yes. We share dreams now. Every time you go to sleep, I'll be here" Dream Demon said, smiling. Tia sweat dropped. "Anyway, I am sure you have questions about yourself, about your race so ask away! I will answer as many as I can!"

Tia thought for a second, and then asked "You've called me a Great Demon before. What 's a Great Demon?"

"If you want me to explain that, I will have to start from the beginning. First off, I will tell you the legend passed down through our people. It goes like this:

A long time ago, there was a race of holy people, ruled by 12 different warriors. Each warrior had his own color to represent him. They lived in peace, until a dark force attacked the people. The 12 warriors stood against the darkness. After a long and hard battle, the 12 was able to win. However, the dark force used the last of its power to change the people from holy being to beings of darkness, in other words, demons. The now turned demons had to flee to an island, where they made their home, far away from humans. When the people got to the island, the 12 died from their wounds. Taking pity on the leaderless race, the sea devil made 12 devil fruits with the powers of the ones who died. The people, from then on, waited for their new leaders."

"That was where our people came from. As that old legend had mostly explained, Great Demons are the 12 rulers of our people. The power they hold depends on the color of their flames. Since your flames are blue, you would be the second hand to the queen, whose flames are white" Dream Demon finished. Tia was silent, letting what she just heard sink in. Something didn't seem right, though. If there was a queen, then how could the other 11 Great Demons be rulers as well?

"If there's a queen, then how could the other 11 be rulers?" Tia asked, trying to work it out in her head.

"The queen is called that just for symbolism. She's not really the queen, but it comforts our people to have one" Dream Demon said. Tia nodded to herself.

"Um, do you know about a flute?" Tia asked, her face going a bit red.

"A flute? Ah, you are talking about a demon flute, correct?" Dream Demon asked. Tia nodded.

"It is an instrument for us demons to practice using our flame on. Have you tried to blow through it?" Tia nodded. Dream Demon started laughing.

"HAHAHAHAHA! Oh, that is too funny… you do not blow into it to make it play! You use your flame!" Tia started blankly at Dream demon, not sure what she meant.

"Oh, that is right! I keep forgetting! You know nothing about our race. I will have to educate you from scratch, then. But that will have to wait. Now would be a good time to wake up!" Dream Demon said, nodding to herself.

"Huh? Wait! What's your name?" Tia asked, even though she could feel herself waking up.

Dream Demon smiled and said "I will tell you that only when you become a strong Great Demon" and with that, the dream world melted away as Tia rose into the waking world.