Chapter 11: Two Journals, two versions, one's a lie
"Do we really need to listen to this?" Zolo asked me.
"Yes, anyways," I cleared my throat and began.
"December 12, 1849 Dear Journal,
Gold Rush Fever on Fannette Island, that's all they said in town. Father left us to earn more money in the mountains, he said that to come back richer than ever, but he never did. I was left in charge of Fannette Island as mayor, only age 20 to count! They all depend on me, mother, my younger sister and brother (Alison and Jack) and the town too. Things are smooth, miners came to mine for gold here, we were able to get enough money to support ourselves.
-Edgar Silverback
January 20, 1850 Dear Journal,
A pirate came, that's all that happened, he asked us if he could stay for the night and be fed, we said no. That was a wrong thing to say, the pirate going by 'Nine Tailed Trace' said that he would curse me, my family, and my descendants who live in our home to keep a 'family pet' for ever in the Silverback Manor. Of course, we don
t believe in magic, so I had his head removed the next day.
-Edgar Silverback
May 16, 1850 Dear Journal,
The 'family pet' the pirate gave to us was true. Mother had told Alison and Jack to fetch some water from the lake. They did as they were told, but when it was the afternoon, Jack only returned. He looked like he was attacked by some sort of beast and told me that Alison was killed. I hitched my horse, gathered some men, and rode off; we found her body at the water's edge. A nine tailed fox that was as big as a wagon stood there with blood in his mouth. The family pet was a monster.
-Edgar Silverback
June 7, 1850 Dear Journal,
The next victim of the attacks was my mother, she went to tend for the garden, only to be found dead. The sight was horrid as the nine tailed fox gave an evil laugh and fled to the forest again. I swear, upon my mother and sister's grave, that I shall find the fox and kill him.
-Edgar Silverback
June 1, 1850,
Dear Journal,
Jack and I had discovered the creature's weakness, but we're unable to finish him. His weakness was-
"Wait, the pages are torn off," Luna said, Sanji looked at the journal, he said,"Maybe the fox might have stolen it to not reveal his weak points."
"How could it, it had no thumbs," Usopp said, he looked at his arm and sighed. "Oh, thank god the fox missed me. He nearly grabbed me, so I though I was bitten."
(In Shirt Tail Inn)
"And so, we had defeated the nine tailed fox by drowning him in water. He can't swim, that's the good part, and so he sank in the murky depths," Constance read from the journal of Edgar Silverback. "That's it, that's the journal of Edgar Silverback, the second mayor of our town."
"So the nine tailed fox died?" Nami asked, Carue was sleeping on the floor next to Vivi.
"Yep, but people say he's alive. That rumor was proven wrong years ago by a descendant of Silverback," Constance said. "The Silverback Manor was abandoned though, so yeah..."
Vivi looked at the grandfather clock, 1:00 a.m. She said,"We better get some sleep, that prank we pulled off pretty much tired me out."
Both went upstairs and went to bed, Constance looked at the Silverback Manor through the window.
(Silverback Manor)
I saw Luffy waking up, I said,"When you were in the kitchen, were you attacked?"
"Yeah, by a nine tailed fox," Luffy said, he suddenly got up and looked around. "Wait, where am I?!"
"In the dinning hall," Loki said, taking another bite of his fish.
"There's something that still stumps me," I said, I looked around the place and saw a large tapestry hung over a large fireplace at the end of the room. I walked over to it and glanced at all the names that were sewn onto it. "'Silverback Family Tree'. Okay, why is my name at the bottom of this piece of cloth?!"
"What?" Chopper asked, he came to me and I placed him on my shoulders for him to see. "It says Luna H. Silverback...ow!"
I accidentally dropped him and checked the tapestry again, my name was written in gold letters, I said,"My name is Luna Silverback, but what would it be doing here? Better yet, if this island isn't in the Grand Line, why is it here?"
"Those are questions you should be asking yourself," said a voice, we turned around to see a man dressed in a rancher's outfit behind us. I looked at him, then at a portrait of Edgar Silverback hung on the wall, they look the same. When the rest turned to see, he vanished in a puff of smoke.
"G-g-g-g," I stuttered, I let in a deep breath and screamed,"GHOST!"
"What did I say, what-did-I-say?!" Usopp said. "I told you this place was haunted, but no, let's go and find treasure instead, we're gonna get our soles taken by evil spirits!"
"None said that!" I yelled. "Maybe I need some sleep, then I won't be seeing things."
"You can sleep next to me," Sanji said, I blushed but I went over to Loki and fell asleep with his wing acting as a blanket.