First off, I'm so so so sorry that this is so late, I really meant to get this out before Christmas,...and before New Years, but it never happened. And, schools starting again...but one day late...we have gotten 12 inches of snow today...I woke up and looked out my window aaaaaaand snow. Everywhere. Anywhooo~! Thanks for waiting.

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Life on the Moby Dick was hectic. There never seemed to be a dull moment. Today...

Was no exception. In fact it may just be worse.

"OI! TIE THE ROPE!"

"HEY WATCH IT!"

"WHERE IS THAT SACK OF SUPPLIES?!"

"IM TELLEN YA THAT I DON'T KNOW!"

"WATCH WHERE YOU THROW STUFF YA HALF WITT!"

Ace blanched at the chaos that unfolded on the deck, as the crew barked at one. Ace couldn't decide if they were yelling because they were grouchy over they cold weather, or because they were all grouchy cause it was close to lunch. He also blanched at the Christmas decorations Holiday Molly had ambushed the ship with. Not a single room had been spared.

"O-Oi." Ace turned to find Molly staring at him, her voice muffled by the scarf around her mouth and neck. "A-Aren't you cold?"

Ace shrugged, his coat ruffling slightly at the movement, before poking her hat. "Unlike you, I don't need fifteenth layers."

"W-whatever." She glanced away, muttering under her breath about 'Stupid firemen, stupid warmth.'

"Hey!" Marco huffed, as he walked up to them. "Pops said where staying here until the storm blows over."

"Really?" Molly smiled, or at least Ace assumed she did under the scarf. "Awesome! Hey, I'm going to go explore the town while we're here!"

"Hey!" Marco caught her by the back of her coat. "I don't think you should be running off alone in this storm, yoi. Take Marcus with you...Where is that dog anyway?"

Molly glared at the door to the lower deck. "Prince prissy pants wont come out i-in the snow."

"Well, you can't go alone, yoi."

"Ah, I won't be alone! Ace is coming with me."

"I'm wha-" Ace barley blinked, before she took his hand and started dragging him across the deck. "W-whoa! Hey! I never agreed to this!"

"Shh!" Molly shushed him as they ran down and across the dock. "You didn't have to."

"H-hey!" Ace almost tripped over his own feet as she ran between various people and off onto the path to the town. If Ace had to pick something that he wasn't good it, it was most defiantly be being as graceful and nimble as Molly. And the snow falling heavily defiantly did not help. "Where are we go-Oof!" He cut himself off as Molly suddenly stopped, causing him to plow into her and knock them both over into the snow.

"Ow." Molly groan, before wiggling under him. "Ace, get off me!"

Ace sighed before he sat up, picking up a handful of snow and dropping it onto her head for good measure. "Your fault. You're the one who decided to stop suddenly."

"Thats because I th-thought-" She stopped as she shivered violently, the cold rushing back to her in waves. "Di-di-did it j-just get co-colder?"

Ace rolled his eyes before he stood up, taking her with him. He pulled her into a hug, hoping to stop her shivering. "Come on, the village was just this way, right?"

Molly nodded her head. "Yeah, should j-just be straight a head."

Ace sighed again before he started walking. "They better have some hot chocolate, for what its worth."

"Hmm, th-that'd be nice." Molly hummed with a smile.

"Why did you stop?" Ace asked after a few seconds of walking.

"Oh..." Molly looked at her hands, her eyebrows scrunching together slightly. "I thought I heard...I thought I heard one of my family members...but...maybe I just imagined it?" She seemed to be questioning herself. "I mean...its so windy...and you were yelling so...maybe I..."

Ace tilted his head. "Haven't you been searching for your family for a while, now? Don't you want to go check it out?"

Molly shook her head.

"Huh?" Ace stopped and turned her around to look at her face. "Why not?"

"I..." She turned to look back at the space they where before. "After so much time and failure...I'm afraid to hope..."

Ace smiled and poked her lightly on her forehead. "Hey, it's Christmas Eve. Aren't there supposed to be Christmas miracles happening around now?"

Molly laughed a bit, before shivering again. "I think a hot drink would be a f-fantastic miracle r-right now."

Ace laughed as they continued to walk.

Molly chuckled as well. "Ya know, my sister Mika was addicted to hot chocolate."

"HEY TOP-HAT!"

Sabo jumped at the sudden scream, his top hat almost tumbling off his head and into the snow. He turned to glare at his 'partner'. "Mika, will you keep quite?! You're gonna cause a freakin avalanche!"

Mika just chuckled and pointed to the path in front of her. "Come on!"

Sabo looked down the path, then back to her, then back to the path, before rolling his eyes. "No, Mika. Dragon said to just scope out the mountain, report and leave. No sight seeing."

"Dragon be damned." Mika huffed as she grabbed onto Sabos arm and started walking towards the town. "I wanna sight see. Its Christmas Eve! Do you see that giant tree down there?! Its all lit up, practically calling for you. 'Look how pretty I am~! Come stare at me, enjoy the sights, the town, the atmosphere~! THE HOT CHOCOLATE!"

Sabo began to question the sanity of his partner, and his own, for teaming up with her. "What is wrong with you?"

"Many things, Blondie. Many things." Mika laughed, before rushing down the slope. "Race ya! If I win, I keeping this~!" She laughed as she waved around a coin bag.

Sabo quickly patted his sides, before rolling his eyes and taking off after the woman, and his money.

"Would you look at this."

"Ah...I suppose we shouldn't mess with him. Especally since he's sleepin' and all. Not nice to wake a sleepin' man."

"Uh...I don't think he's sleeping...he's covered in snow and in a dingy...I think he's dead."

"What?!...Well...you better check..."

"Yeah...HEY WHY ME?!"

The mysterious man cracked an eye open, peering at two. "Whadda want?"

The two shady men jumped away from the boat with some very unmanly shrieks.

The tanner one seemed to snap out of it first. "Uh...well I uh...ya see..."

"We just wanted to see if you're alright!" The blonde man smiled nervously."We, uh, we though' you were dead."

"Huuuuuuuh?" The man in the boat tilted his head and opened both eyes to look at them. "Why would I be dead?"

"Well...uh..." The blonde man gestured to the younger boy, who just stared at him. "You're covered in snow."

The man looked down at the snow in surprise, as if just realizing it was there. "Oh...when did that happen?"

The blonde man almost face faulted into the snow. How do you not know you're covered in snow?

"Ah, crap! I must of dosed off and forgot to tie up my boat to the dock!" The young man hissed, hitting himself on the head.

"Boy, you're lucky if you just drifted from the docks to here." The man sighed at the stupidity of the younger man.

"Yeah, ya could have drifted out to sea. And with this bein' Grandline, you've most defiantly wouldn't have survived on a dingy." The tanner man scolded.

"Ah...but I docked at a summer island..." The young man muttered, looking around as if he hadn't heard the other two, whose jaws dropped in shock.

'He's joking, right?' The two thought as they watched the young man stand and brush off the dust.

"Aww~!" The man whined as he looked around. "I was looking forward to the beach~."

Their jaws dropped father, if that was possible. 'He's not joking!'

The blonde brushed off his shock, as he wearily held out his hand to the other man. "You must be cold, boy. We know a great place to get a hot drink and a good meal. My names Yaku, that's Suko." He nodded at the tanner man, who was still in shock. "What your name boy?"

The kid stared at the hand for taking it with a smile. "The names Ryan. Don't go lookin for a last name, you won't find it!"

"Uuuuh..." Suko finally snapped out of it, looking towards Ryan. "Ah, um...you seem to have some...a lot...of snow in your hair..." He gestured to the kids hair, which seemed to be stark white with all the snow in it.

Ryan glanced up, a bit confused, before looking at the other man with a smile. "Ah, no, actually, that's just my natural hair color." They two men blanched when they caught sight of his red eyes. "And before you ask, yes, those are my natural colored eyes, and no, I'm not cursed."

They stared at the odd man, before deciding that they'd seen worse. This was Grandline, after all.

Ryan suddenly shivered violently, grabbing onto his arms. "When did it get so cold?"

"YOU JUST NOW NOTICED?!"

Ahahahaha, betcha didn't see that coming! Hahahaha...ha~...Pleasedontkillme.

I know I should finish this, buuuuuut- I'm lazy, its one am, and tomorrow I'll probably have to shovel a path for my sissy dog, who will NOT go out unless there is a clear spot with no snow(She's a small dog), and the help shovel the drive way, then do other things, go to bed, and the go to school! YEAH! So I'll give you this, for now, then return to the main story to write, and update this when I can.

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