Locks smelt blood, and not just that of the soldiers Zoro was massacring. She wandered of, following the scent. It smelt like . . . buffalo? Bison?
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'Dalton' leader of the people of this island, had been attacked by a fat hippo man, who was apparently in charge of the same soldiers Zoro was beating up. The only doctor on the island was apparently a crazy old lady on top of a really tall (therefore really cold) mountain. Locks was a dragon, and therefore could fly. Obviously the thing to do was to send the cold-blooded reptile up the mountain with a heavy burden. It wasn't like she was going to get so cold she'd faint and fall and kill their beloved bison man . . . oh wait. That is exactly what would happen.
So the wonderfully stubborn people of the island came up with a new plan: Make the dragon carry Dalton through some kind of special lift-thing up the mountain, and everyone else would follow her whilst heavily armed. They were kind enough to lend her a (very extra thick) coat, so that she'd be (somewhat) toasty and warm and ready to intimidate Wapol and his goons. Locks was quite firmly convinced that they were all lunatics. But then again, so was her little rubber brother's crew, and their idiotic plans usually turned out alright, so the dragon saw no issue in going along with everything.
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The reindeer/ adorable plushy thing that Luffy had convinced to join their crew was chased out of the castle by a loony old woman throwing a great variety of sharp pointy objects. Locks was snatched by a passing panicking crew member and shoved into a sleigh, which started moving quickly after.
"We leave now?" Locks asked plaintively, cold and sleepy despite the big coat she was wearing (like hell she was giving it back, she was a pirate after all).
"I believe that is what we're doing, yes." Vivi answered, looking more and more panicked as the edge of the plateau approached.
"Good." Locks grunted, curling into a ball.
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Somewhere between the giant pink snowcloud and setting sail from Drum Kingdom (thank goodness) Locks was introduced to the plushy.
His name was Chopper (Tony Tony Chopper) and he was a doctor. Was it true that Locks was a dragon. Locks blew smoke out her nostrils. Chopper the plushy shrieked and . . . hid half of his face behind Luffy, shrieking "Don't eat me!".
"Shishishi!" the rubber boy laughed. "Don't worry, she won't eat you! She'll just electrocute you."
"Electrocute me!" the plushy said, looking even more frightened.
"Am Thunder dragon." Locks said. "Now, quiet. Want to sleep."
She curled up to do just that, ignoring the frightened gibbers of the new recruit and Luffy's raucous laughter.