A/N: Thanks to everyone for sticking with me during this story! Hope you enjoyed it. If you thought the rest of the story was OOC and crack-y, then just wait till you read this, lololol.

As the curtain begins to fall on the story of our two lovestruck simpletons, so does the rest of the world reach its own resolutions.

After an initial meltdown, Perona tasks herself with taking the newly spotless alabaster castle and re-gloomifying it. She spends her days chasing down her servants, her brother, and his new beau to do the heavy lifting.

Gaston does not perish after falling into the ravine. He is washed away by the river and never seen again. Some say he drifted into the Forest of the Okama Fairies.

Eventually, the old inventor finally makes his way to a science fair. When he receives second-place, he sets his woodchopping machine off in a frenzy, destroying the entire fairgrounds. He is subsequently banned from all future competitions.

As for our main heroes…

Zoro's arms encircle Luffy protectively like a warm scarf. They're leaning against the sofa in the common room and soaking in the warmth of the fireplace, the first area that Perona had forced them to restore.

Luffy sighs regretfully. "If only we'd done this when you were still a swamp monster. It probably would've been super warm and fuzzy."

"Really." Zoro put on the strong, manly equivalent of a pout. "Well excuse me for having a proper human anatomy."

Luffy makes a humming sound through his smile. "It's fine. I like this Zoro too."

And Zoro finds that answer irrationally satisfying, so he just leans down to let his cheek rest against Luffy's messy hair. The fact that Luffy seemed to like Zoro equally in any of his forms, that he had seen something even in Zoro's beastly form that Zoro couldn't recognize in those ten years, was just one of the many reasons that he loved the teen.

The quiet moment is suddenly interrupted when the front door is kicked open.

"WHERE ARE YOU, FOUL BEAST?!" The enchantress, of all people, marches in.

Zoro and Luffy disentangle themselves from the floor, Zoro quickly moving to shield Luffy.

"Who's that?" Luffy asks from behind.

Zoro lets out a familiar growl, which has lost some of its deepness but none of its hostility. "She's the bitch who cast the spell on me in the first place."

"What?!" Luffy feels an unstoppable fury flush through his veins. Despite Zoro's efforts to hold him back, Luffy stomps forward. But before he can say a word, the enchantress sweeps him into a tender embrace.

"My dear Luffy, how you've grown! I'm so relieved to see that disgusting Rufus Shanks has not rubbed off on you. Or Garp, the senile fool. How have you been? Have you missed me? Have you been eating enough? "

Luffy tries to wriggle from the enchantress' hug, his anger quickly morphing into confusion as the enchantress coos slightly at his soft cheeks. "You know my dad?"

"Of course I do. I'm your mother, after all!"

"…EH?!"

"And I'm can see that you've also inherited my gorgeous looks."

"I…" Dumbfounded, Luffy lets himself get squashed a little longer before he notices Zoro sharing his bewilderment. "None of that matters. More importantly, I can't forgive you for making Zoro suffer like that."

"Ah yes. The rude brat who stole off my son."

The enchantress gently lets go of Luffy. She stretches out her hand in the direction of Zoro, whose eyes widen in recognition. Right before she lets loose a beam, Luffy jumps in her path, arms outstretched. Two voices cry out simultaneously.

"NO-"

The beam ricochets off a conveniently-appearing black steel blade, demolishing a nearby wall.

Zoro gapes, his arms having wound themselves desperately around Luffy. "…Mihawk?! I thought you were dead!"

"Evidently not." Mihawk awkwardly pats the air over his daughter, who's wailing by his side. There are inch-long fangs peeking out from his mouth. And his eyes are wine-red.

The enchantress stares haughtily at the interruption. "And who might you be?"

"Mihawk Dracule. Pardon me for my rudeness, but I won't permit an attack within my house. If you would allow me to suck you dry of your blood. I find myself starving."

"You…you disgusting pervert!"

The enchantress jumps toward the vampire, and her high-heeled shoes collide with his sword. The walls start to crumble around them from the sheer air pressure.

Zoro and Luffy fixed their confused stares at each other and share a silent exchange through eyebrow movements.

'I think we should leave, before we get killed in the crossfire.'

'Yeah. And later, you've got some explaining to do.'

'I guess. Though even I don't know what's going on anymore.'

'Me neither. You have anywhere in mind?'

'Spain.'

'Heh. You don't mean…?'

'Damn right. I'm gonna kick Donquixote's ass.'

'Not if I get there first!'

They smirk excitedly. As the first sign of an opportunity, they evade the tumultuous fight and flee out the door.

And they lived happily ever after.