"Colour Shift, Purple!"

They looked up, relieved beyond measure when they saw Midnight standing there, arm bent and holding her necklace in front of her chest, a purple bubble surrounding her hand as the purple stone span.

"MIDNIGHT!"

She smirked at them, before looking at the giant Moriah, her eyes gleaming as he looked at her, surprise clear on his face.

"Shadow Magic; Shadow's Veil!"

The purple bubble disappeared into the necklace, the stone coming to a standstill before a blast of purple energy burst from the necklace, forming a purple dome around everybody present, the Rolling Pirates included.

As the sunlight hit the dome, it passed through it effortlessly and hit Luffy-san directly in the face, prompting him to block it with his hand as the Rolling Pirates began to cry at the loss of their friend.

Moriah began to laugh.

"KiShiShiShi! Looks like that 'Shadow's Veil' did nothing to stop the sun from killing your Captain!"

She smirked at him.

"Take a closer look, Jackass-san."

Moriah stumbled a bit, blinking, before looking at Luffy-san.

His eyes widened.

The straw hat wearing boy was still standing there, not being burned in the slightest as sunlight continued to pour in.

Her smirked turned smug as she crossed her arms.

"Shadow's Veil isn't a spell designed to keep the sunlight out. It's designed to make sure that everyone under it is save from it's rays, no matter the weakness they may have towards it."

The Rolling Pirates looked at her in shock while Luffy-san cheered.

"Alright, Midnight! Now we don't have to worry about the sun."

She smiled at him, before being forced to jump away as Moriah destroyed the stone she had been standing on, doing a tuck-and-roll as she hit the ground, quickly looking back at Moriah's furious expression.

"How dare you!"

She raised an eyebrow.

"Jackass-san, you are trying to kill my friends. What the hell did you expect?"

Moriah clearly didn't appreciate hearing that, as he raised his hand to try and punch her again.

"GOMU GOMU NO JET PISTOL!"

Moriah's cheek was smashed inward, sending him flying back.

She looked over at Luffy-san, who had a furious look on his face.

"STAY AWAY FROM MIDNIGHT!"

She watched as Luffy-san started fighting Moriah, his second gear activated, giving his skin a pink sheen, steam coming off of him.

He showed no mercy, hitting Moriah with attack after attack, only letting up when Moriah somehow trapped Luffy-san in a black box he made with his shadow. She stood up, confident that Luffy-san could handle himself as she walked over to the rest of the crew.

"So... What's with the giant red ogre? I sort of got caught up in cleaning up my mind, and didn't pay attention."

They laughed at her.

"I see."

They looked up at the owner of the voice, the only one of them not looking at him in fear Midnight, who had just raised an eyebrow.

"...A talking snail?"

The voice had come from a Den-Den Mushi located in the hand of giant, bear-like man.

He was wearing a grey hat with paw prints on it that was covering some of his black, curly hair. His eyes appeared to be white and he had a purple bible resting on his crossed legs. He was wearing a black jacket with a white, target-like design on the front, white paw prints going around the bottom of it. He had grey spotted pants and black gloves.

"My greatest fears have become an unfortunate reality."

"So it would seem."

"...No seriously, how is the snail talking?"

"Wow, who is that guy?"

"He's here."

Midnight looked at Nami.

"You know this man, Nami-san?"

She nodded, out of breath.

"Stay calm and listen, please."

They all looked at her.

"During the fight with Moriah and the others, I forgot to tell you, but... There's another one of them on the island. One of the Seven Warlords of the Sea!"

"Wait, so he's... One of the Seven Warlords of the Sea?!"

"...Nami-san, I have been trapped in a crystal for god knows how long. How the bloody hell am I supposed to know who that is? Though judging from your reactions, it can't be anything good."

"The Seven Warlords are seven government approved pirates. People that were deemed so dangerous that the government would rather ally themselves with them than try to fight them."

"... Bugger the lot of them."

"There's... There's no way!"

"What's going on, they weren't working together so why would there need to be two of them here?!"

"Of course all of this happens when we'd just found a replacement for Crocodile. Losing another Warlord in such a short time is a bad example. Can you tell if he's still breathing? Even in the slightest?"

"No."

"If he is in fact still alive, we will wait for his recovery and hope he can pretain his position as one of the Seven Warlords. We will follow up after such time comes. The dignity of the Warlords would be tarnished if we were to keep losing them so easily. It is critical that this news not reach anyone else. These damn Strawhats are such a nuisance."

"It's, him. The man that stands just as tall as Moriah. The pirate know across the world as the Tyrant. Bartholomew Kuma."

"I feel I have made my orders quite clear on this matter. We cannot afford to let anyone else know of Moriah's defeat. This is a direct order from the world government, obliterante the Strawhat crew and everyone else on Thriller Bark. Leave no one alive."

"Simple enough."

"Well... That's not good."

Midnight stood up, completely ignoring Usopp as he yelled at her for stating the obvious.

"Since the Captain's out, what's the order Zoro-san?"

Zoro looked at the Mage, who had already taken off her necklace.

"Got anything against giant bears?"

"Well there is a spell for warding of hostile animals, but in this case I doubt it would work."

The bear-man stood up, looking down at them.

"OH COME ON! HOW MANY OF THESE WARLORDS DO WE HAVE TO FIGHT?!"

"I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that was a rhetorical question?"

"OF COURSE IT WAS!"

"It took everything we had to defeat Moriah, we're worn out and done for."

"What am I, stale bread?"

"YOU CAN'T EVEN TOUCH HIM!"

"No, but I can still use Magic. Or have you forgotten? Zoro-san, hold still."

"Huh?"

Midnight quickly got her necklace spinning.

"Colour Shift, Light Green!"

The stone turned a pale green, Kuma seemingly too fascinated by the Magic happening in front of him to try and stop her.

"Support Magic; Recovery!"

Instantly after she had said those words, Zoro could feel his energy returning, his wounds healing at a fast pace as he started to grin.

"Alright, thanks Midnight."

Said Mage gave him a small grin, panting slightly as sweat became visible on her face.

"Yeah well, what kind of Mage would I be if I couldn't even heal?"

"Don't know, but it's damn useful."

"Be careful, he has some strange abilities. I saw him make someone disappear, with only a touch of his hand."

"Wait do you mean like 'poof' and they're suddenly gone?!"

"So, scary!"

"And he can move from one location to another in a split second."

"Sounds like a Speedster."

"A what?"

"A Mage who specialize in Speed Magic."

"These badasses just keep popping up out of nowhere."

The bear-man started to take off his gloves.

"Don't let him touch you, it's dangerous."

Zoro's grip on his sword tightened as he waited for the man to attack.

Then the tall man disappeared, appearing in the middle of the Rolling Pirates.

'Shit... That took way too much energy.'

She panted as she hunched over, hands on her knees, looking up at the bear-like man with a challenging gaze.

"Interesting. To endure such an attack. Who are you?"

She gave a grin, slowly taking her hands off her knees and standing on her own, though only just.

"Who am I, huh? I'm the resident Mage of the Strawhat Pirates."

Kuma looked at the so called Mage as she panted, obviously drained from whatever she had done to prevent the blast from affecting her.

"Oi, your battle is with me, buddy."

Kuma nodded, turning his head from the fascinating girl to the swordsman.

"Let's get started then."

Zoro's grip on his swords tightened, glaring at the Mage. The message was clear.

Stay out of this.

She stared at Zoro-san as he fell to the ground.

'That bloody moron!'

Who in their right mind would ever do something like that?!

She got up, ignoring how her Soul protested as she moved, and walked over to the suicidal idiot she had learned to call friend, collapsing when she reached him.

She sighed with relief when she heard him breathing, however faint.

Good. He wasn't dead.

She lifted her hand to his hair, watching as her fingers passed through the light green strands as if she wasn't even there.

"You truly love your Captain, don't you Zoro-san?"

He didn't answer, not that she expected him to.

"I wonder... Would you ever do the same for the rest? Would you take their pain as your own had it been them that were in danger?"

She stared at his face.

"Would you ever do the same for me?... Would you accept me with the ease you did the first time around, if you knew what I had done?"

She looked to the right, staring at the unconscious bodies of the people she had grown to love.

"...Would any of you, if you knew who I once was?"

She gave a bitter smile, before closing her eyes and going to sleep, letting the Magic binding her pull her to her prison.