We were suddenly surrounding by a dense fog that covered everything. I couldn't even see my hand in front of my face. I chill went down my back and I made a choking sound like I couldn't breath. I heard it from the others also was this fog suffocating us? The fog cleared and air filled my lungs again with great grasps. In front of was a dreary looking island that had a large floating sign bobbing about in the water in the front. It read Demon Island: Ghost Island. 'Well that's not creepy.'
"Let's go there!" Shouted Luffy. I nodded with the same excitement bracing myself against the railing beside Luffy.
"Does no one else noticed the island is called DEMON island?" Ussop asked wide eyed.
"They might know the reasoning behind the swimming of cursed ones." Robin said.
"Yea, my exact point." I said walking over to Robin like that was my really my whole idea. The group just grinned laughing softly. "What?" I asked. This made them smile even more and burst out laughing even harder.
"Wow, Brandie you're really smart." Luffy said with an amazed look on his face. Everyone finally fall to the floor laughing. After a few minutes of continuous laughter everyone calmed down and they sailed the boat to the dock only to have to dock somewhere else considering the large fences surrounding the village.
"I guess they really don't like people." Nami said.
"Or they don't want anything to leave." I muttered but everyone heard me. Ussop and Chopper began to cry like little babies holding each other. I kicked both in the legs and hauled them up to their feet. "Come on guys I was joking…or was I?" I smirked laughing.
"Come on stop pulling their legs they're going to wet themselves." Zolo said laughing also high fiving me.
"You guys are mean." Nami said pulling both our ears.
"Ow you hobo let go." I groaned yanking my head away from her grasp.
"What did you call me?" She asked fire behind her. I hide behind Luffy as the flame rose into the sky.
"Nothing!" I screamed covering my head with my arms. Nami lunged at me knocking me overboard and that's when I saw it. "I guys I found something!" I shouted. Luffy's arms came down and grabbed my waist and shot me up onto the deck.
"What did you find Brandie?" Luffy asked bouncing up and down.
"I know where we can dock the boat." I said pointing behind all if them. They turned and all their faces dropped but Luffy's. There a large stone skull stood above everything on the island. "I don't know why we didn't notice it before."
"Yoshi! Let's go!" Bellowed Luffy grabbing me once again and catapulting us over to the skull stone. I clutched onto the eye socket for dear life totally spasing out after my human sling shot ride.
"No, more! I mean it." I cried kissing the ground.
"No more what?" Luffy asked cocking his head to the side.
"No more catapulting me…without telling me it's going to be awesome!" I shouted spring up from my false cry-baby position. A scream escaped my lips as I slide down the eye socket and landed with a splash.
"Brandie are you alright?" Asked Luffy his voice echoing through the cavern.
"Yea, I'm fine but I don't know how to get out." I called back looking up to the dot of sunshine I could see.
"I'll get you out!" He shouted and a sliding sound echoed through the cavern and a large weight landed on top of me. "Brandie where are you?" Luffy said feeling around. I poked him in the butt making him squeal like a little girl. I burst out giggling and it echoed making me laugh even more. I felt Luffy get off me and his hand touching my face. I grabbed it with my left hand putting my right hand to his face where he did the same grabbing my hand. We stayed like that for moment until we heard the most girly scream.
"Hey Sanji." I said nonchalantly. "Love the scream by the way." I could feel Sanji glaring at me giving me the bird.
"I found them!" Sanji grumbled through the whole in the ceiling. A hand clamped down and my shoulder and I flipped whatever it was over my shoulder.
"Hiya!" I screeched landing in a karate pose.
"Damn, did you really have to do that?" Asked the person.
"Well don't sneak up on me." I spat back. More screams erupted from the tunnel and Robin, Nami, Zolo, and Frankie landed beside us. Robin crossed her arms and a bright light suddenly appeared blinding me.
"Sorry, I didn't think the lamp would be this bright." Apologized Robin. I turned screaming latching on to Luffy. The man who was talking to us in the talk was half dead. His skin was pealing off on his face and his hands were just bone no muscle or anything. He had no left eye his hair was caving in along with half his head. Though I wasn't the only one who screamed Nami screamed latching herself onto Sanji who got hearts in his eyes. I peeked slyly to the man unburying my face from Luffy's shirt. The man looked saddened and his one eye seemed to sink even more.
"I'm sorry for the way I just treated you." I said turning around looking him straight in the face. He smiled but his bottom jaw broke off and landed at my feet. I gagged but swallowed it down bending down and picking it up.
"I believe this belongs to you." I said dropping it into his hand quickly. He placed the jaw back in with a crack and moved it around a few times before talking.
"It has been awhile since someone has figure the way into demon island." He said thoughtfully. "I'm Jack Skeleton." He said introducing himself. 'Is this some kind of joke? Jack Skeleton for real?'
"I'm Brandie nice ta meet cha." I said shaking his carefully afraid it would also fall off.
"Pleasure. And who are the other people with you?" Asked Jack. Luffy jumped in front of me and shook Jack's hand energetically breaking it off. Jack just laughed sticking it back on and snapping it two times.
"Wait ago Luffy you broke him." I elbowed him in the rips not so gently. He ignored me and began to introduce everyone.
"I'm Luffy captain of the Straw Hat pirate crew, that's Robin the women with black hair she's our archeologist." Luffy pointed to Robin who bowed politely. 'I never knew what Robin did and now I do.'
"The man with blue hair is Frankie and beside him the man in the tux is Sanji, our cook. The orange haired women is Nami our navigator My second mate is standing behind Robin and......" Luffy stopped when we all heard screams coming from the tunnel. Ussop and Chopper landed on Zolo who grunted and threw them off. "That's Ussop my marksmen and that'sChopperour doctor ,he's the reindeer." Luffy said as Ussop dusted himself off. 'I feel stupid I never did learn what everyone did on the ship.'
"You reindeer I mean Chopper you have eaten the cursed fruit?" Asked Jack interested in only Chopper. Chopper hide behind my and Luffy's leg nodding slowly. Jack stayed quiet for a few moments before nodding. He looked over to me then to Luffy. "What does she do?" he asked rudely.
"She's our entertainer." Luffy answered pulling me into a hug.
"I bet she entertains you somehow." Muttered Jack.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Nami and I asked angrily. I smiled to Nami who only nodded.
"Nothing. But, It's wonderful to see we have one member who has eaten a cursed fruit." Jack said rubbing what was left of his chin.
"Actually we have two more." Zolo butted in. Jack's forehead muscle rose making my stomach lunge.
"Who?"
"Me, I'm a rubber man." Luffy said excitedly pulling his cheek and stretching before letting snap back. "And Robin can create hands." Luffy added. Jack nodded once again before waving his hand over a large boulder. It shivered for a minute before rolling to the side revealing a town that looked a lot Halloween Town.
"Come you need to talk to Sally. She is the oldest on the island she needs to explain a few things before you continue your journey." Jack said walking through the town towards a grave yard of sorts. Jack stopped in front of a coffin with craved roses and other flowers on it with incrusted rhinestones. Jack tapped on the lid four times before it opened slowly. A women with orange hair sat up and stared at use with empty eye sockets. The bottom half of her jaw was totally gone along with both arms.
"Jack what is it you need?" Asked the broken women. 'How does she talk without her lower jaw?'
"I'm a mind reader dear, and it seems you are one also." Sally said turning to me. I shook my head turning to everyone else who stared broadly at Sally.
"So it seems." I said out loud. Jack glanced at me and smirked nodding knowingly.
"I was wondering when you would find your talent." Jack mumbled incoherently to everyone but Sally and myself.
"Children!!!" Shouted Sally in everyone's head. "I am aware that three of you have the powers of the cursed fruit am I correct?" Asked Sally. Robin, Luffy, and Chopper nodded their heads but realized that Sally couldn't see them.
"Yes." They chorused.
"It seems you were in fight with another cursed fruit is that also correct?" Sally questioned.
"Yes." I answered for everyone since they were all thinking the same thing -How did she know?-
"He swam in the water even though that is impossible, and I know I'm correct this time. Do any of you know why?" She ran a stern gaze without eyes by us. "Do answer I know you don't. You see those tree over there?" She pointed passed the crumbled church over to beginning of the forest. Trees that were brightly and vibrant stood out of place in between the dying trees. "Those are the trees that bore the cursed fruit."