Chapter 10
Treats and Falls

We arrived at Ice Cream Cake around midnight. Usually it takes a day to travel from isle to isle, but I led them through a short cut so it only took about a little more than half a day. I advised Luffy– no matter how much he wanted to make it to shore –that we sleep on the ship and then in the morning we go out on the isle. It's more dangerous at night to be walking around, that's when the Rune Monsters become even more aggressive. He only agreed after I threatened that I would put a binding spell on him again.

So once morning broke, Luffy was nowhere in sight. At least we knew where he went since we put all of our outdoor winter gear together so it was easier to grab, only his was missing. I'm just surprised that he skipped breakfast.

"LUFFY!" I guess not. Sanji sounded pretty angry. I don't think I want to see what the kitchen looks like, so I went outside to keep an eye on the surroundings.

I found Luffy, now along with both Chopper and Usopp, making snow men and sculptures. If only things were as simple as that; just playing in the snow without a care. Too bad I knew the harsh reality of the Rune Monsters so I kept a keen eye of our surroundings. So far so good.

"Priiiiiiincesssssss~!" Great. Just what I needed.

"Yes Sanji?" I asked as he zipped over to my side. "Is breakfast ready?"

"Yes! I've saved all of the food for the ladies separated from the disgusting men," he replied. "Make sure you come in before it gets cold." Soon he zipped back inside the kitchen/dinette.

I called the three children-at-heart up to join in on the first meal of the day. The faster they eat, the faster I can teach them why this isle is called Ice Cream Cake.

I gave directions to a concealed ice cave where we normally hide our ships away from the creatures. The cave is also protected by a strong barrier for just in case emergencies. Franky maneuvered the Sunny along the trail and soon we were at the opening of the cave.

"Now I'm going to explain why this place is called Ice Cream Cake," I stated. "As you know, islands in the Grand Line are extremely warped in their own ways. The Isles are no different. As we go through, carefully try and look beyond the icy walls."

There were a chorus of awes as the Sunny paddled through the cave. There were many things that were frozen within the ice such as vegetation, small animals, and sediment through the ages.

"The cave exists on the side of the mountain which is why you can see every layer there is to the land. It really does almost look like a cake. Back when they were naming the Isles, they were just going to call this Cake until they discovered the geysers. There's a little one at the place where we're going to dock, you'll see what I'm talking about."

Franky pulled the Sunny to a stop. Luffy being the impatient person he is hopped down from the ship immediately. Without fail, both Chopper and Usopp followed in suit. The only thing the rest of us saw happening was the trio slipping on the icy floor and wiping out.

"Forgive my captain," Nami sighed. "I swear he has little to no class at all."

"But it makes everything amusing, right? He does things that a normal person would die from." Now I'm not sure if that's a good thing. Robin sure does have an … interesting thought process.

We descended from the Sunny, some slipping more than others. In Brook's case, his legs kept flailing all over the place. Once I was sure majority of the crew were stable I shuffled over to a little lump in the ice almost the size of a big watermelon. "Now, whoever's up to it, once the little geyser goes off you can taste it."

"Excuse me, did you just say taste the geyser?" Usopp asked in disbelief. I only nodded my head in response. Luffy ran over, slipped, and fell at my feet. "Well why not? It sounds like fun!" He took off his gloves to prepare.

After a few seconds a mist of white flew straight up from the hole in the small geyser. The mist then became a little thicker like a creamy substance. Luffy stuck out his hands and caught some of the contents before it disappeared, and since he's Luffy his rubbery cupped hands expanded in order to catch a lot of the cream. A bit of it spilled onto his wrist so he licked that up first.

Then he squealed.

The captain of the pirates squealed.

"This is amazing! I've never had ice cream that tasted so good!" he said in a dreamy state. There were stars in his eyes too. "It's so cold but I can't let go." The others took this as a chance to dip their fingers into the cream before he decided to suddenly let it all go.

"He's right. I've never tasted ice cream like this," Robin said.

"It's like a beautiful lady that–"

"Please save the indecency for later," Zoro flatly stated successfully cutting off Sanji. He took another taste.

"WHAT!?" Sanji shouted back at him. Soon the two engaged into an argument/duel that the rest of us didn't care about. Having enough of it, also because I announced a warning on deaf ears but one, Nami hit them over the head to stop. As much as the ice cave is beautiful it's also a bit on the delicate side.

Luffy downed the rest of the ice cream. "Alright let's get going! Princess Magician, show us the way." Why do the names keep changing every time? Anyways… "If you follow me, we have to go down, there." I pointed in a general direction.

"We just need to go down there? Sounds pretty easy," Usopp replied. He tried to take the lead of the group. "Let's go Usopp Pirates!"

"Who? Aren't you the Straw Hats?" I asked. He suddenly fell flat on his face.

"He likes to pretend he's a captain," Franky sighed. He reached over and picked up the dizzy Usopp.

"O..k?" I really didn't know what to think. "Well then let's carefully go down, over there, without any of you being concussed."

"Let's go down over there!" Luffy commanded. He fell over once again. Sighing, I took hold of his hand and lead them through the cave. At least this way he can be on his two feet rather than his face since we docked.

"You literally meant down."

"What else would I have meant?"

We were looking down a huge hole in the cave. It had multiple staircases and slide-like paths.

"You said that we have 'to go down there', so really I thought it was just you figuratively speaking to just go through the cave," Nami replied.

"No I was actually being quite literal. I did say that but if you listened carefully you would hear 'to go down, there'. On the bright side, it's not as scary as it looks." I stood in front of my favourite path. Of course it was the fastest slide. "All the routes to go down are the ice slicks. The stairs are for coming up."

"You call that scary?" Zoro skeptically asked. He came up from behind to get a good look. "I've fell from higher heights."

"Oh yeah that's right!" about six of the other Straw Hats agreed. Only Brook and Franky were confused.

"It was when we visited the Sky Island," Zoro continued.

"Enough of that, I'm going to be first!" Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper shouted as they ran passed Zoro and I – is what I would like to say. They blatantly ran into us but continued on their way to their slicks while Zoro and I fell over each other and were now going down the slippery slide.

I never knew going down the slide could be so awkward. That is until now where I was half sitting-half straddling Zoro's chest facing him the entire time. We couldn't move to adjust the position even if we wanted too. The path was too narrow and we were going downwards too fast.

Let's all say goodbye to my dignity and sanity. Oh, don't forget my tolerance. Once we get down there, somebody's going to get hurt.

Author Notes:

That's all for now until the next batch update! I hope you enjoyed with what I have so far.