Coco: It's time! Time to start the Jaya Arc! I have three chapters ready to post. The last three chapters where I used pieces from my previous story to help write the story. After this, it'll all be fresh and new! Exciting, isn't it?

Ready to dive in?

'While I did enjoy our time on Zenny's island, I am glad to be back on the sea.' Wren thought as she sat in her chair out on the deck.

It's been a few days since they've left Zenny and his goats behind. A few days since they had to say goodbye to them and the fae of the island. Now, they were back to sailing with the log pose not yet locked onto a new island. Besides the crew's usual antics, everything has been relatively peaceful.

In fact, today has been the most peaceful of them all. Peaceful enough for her to enjoy a good book, pastries made by Sanji, and her favorite tea. Not to mention, enjoy the company of her faithful familiar. Or well, she would be if Havel wasn't currently watching Usopp and Chopper fish. The feline was obviously hoping they'd catch something he could sink his claws into. Though it would seem that Wren wouldn't be alone for long.

"Hey, care if I join you?" Nami asked as she walked over with her own chair.

Wren gestured for the girl to pull up a spot next to her, and Nami smiled as she unfolded her chair. Wren poured the young navigator a cup of tea and passed it over to the orangette.

"Thanks," Nami said.

She took a sip before letting out a content sigh as she leaned back into her chair.

"I wonder when the log pose will pick up the next island." Nami said. "I feel like Luffy is going to start getting antsy if we don't hit land soon."

Both women glanced towards said captain as he was sitting up on his special seat with his leg bouncing.

"That boy certainly does look forward to a new adventure," Wren agreed.

"That's an understatement," Nami snorted. "He's completely fanatic about it."

Wren chuckled supposing Nami had a point. Though at least the boy never seemed to have a dull moment. And usually those around him never did either.

"I was thinking about doing some shopping on the next island," Nami said with a grin. "Care to join me? I noticed your dad didn't pack too many clothes before leaving Magus with us."

"I didn't have many clothes to pack," Wren said. "I had to leave most of my belongings with my old crew as we didn't part on good terms. So, yes, some shopping sounds like a wonderful idea."

Wren needed more than a few outfits in her wardrobe. That and she was hoping to buy a new tea set as she was only able to save that one cup from her old one.

"Perhaps Robin would like to join us." Wren suggested.

She was trying to be accepting of their new crewmate despite the odd way the woman joined. And despite who her former allies were. After all, Wren couldn't really judge anyone for their past considering how hers is.

"Yeah!" Nami agreed. "Maybe we can get Sanji to come along and carry all our things. Maybe even Havel could help out."

She looked over at said feline who turned at the sound of his name. He narrowed his emerald eyes at Nami who smirked at him in return.

"Convince Sanji to make me sweets again, and I'll consider it," he told the orangette.

Sanji was still sore about Havel laying on top of him on Goat Island and hasn't given the feline anymore sweets. Not even when Havel mewed pitifully.

"Deal," Nami said with a laugh.

Wren shook her head in amusement at the pair as she turned the page in her book.

"I was thinking about getting some new tops specifically." Nami said as she looked back to Wren. "Or new shoes…accessories…everything really."

Wren hummed because that all sounded good to her. It's been a long time since she's been on a shopping trip. Not since she and Baby 5 went shopping together for a gift for Senor Pink's birthday. Though they had definitely gotten sidetracked.

—FLASHBACK—

"Oh, Wren, I think this would look great on you!" Baby 5 said as she held up a black dress with red roses decorating it.

"Really?" Wren asked. "It is nice. However, forget about me. I believe you would looking darling in this."

Wren held up a mauve dress with white ruffled collar that went down the torso. It was a bit low cut, but Wren believed it would really flatter the older woman.

"It's cute, but I'd rather find something for you," Baby 5 said. "…Though I do feel as if we are forgetting something…"

Wren thought about it for a moment as she cupped her chin in a thoughtful manner. A voice was cleared ad they turned their heads to look at the subordinate they brought with them to carry the things they bought. The poor man had his arms full and had boxes of things they bought stacked high above his head.

"You were looking for a gift for Senor-sama." He reminded them.

"Oh, that's right." Baby 5 said.

"Oh dear, I suppose we got a bit distracted," Wren said. "We should try another store. We won't be able to find anything here."

Baby 5 agreed with the two women moving on. Leaving the poor man carrying their things to struggle after them.

—break—

"Please, tell me, you two didn't forget to buy something for Pink," Diamante said when seeing all their purchases.

There was a mountain of boxes and bags behind the two, and none of it looked as if it might be for their crewmate.

"Of course, we got him something." Wren said as she held up a small, almost miniscule bag. "It's right here."

Diamante sighed as he ran his hand down his face.

—END OF FLASHBACK—

"I warn you that I might go overboard though," Wren said.

Nami just grinned in reply though it faltered when she felt something hit the top of her head. Wren was hit in the shoulder as well, which had both women exchanging a curiously glance. The rest of the crew, who had been hit as well, paused in what they had been doing.

"Is that rain?" Zoro asked.

Wren held out her hand with a piece of what was falling dropping into her it. She tilted her head seeing it was a small chunk wood.

"No, this ain't rain." Sanji said as everyone tilted their heads back to see what the cause could be.

Wren's eye widened partially when seeing a large galleon was falling from the sky right towards them.

"That's interesting." Sanji said. "It looks like a…oh."

Soon everyone realized just what was happening, which had most of them shouting in fright. The galleon then fell dangerously close to them that sent the ocean waters up high and sent the ship rocking. Wren and Nami jumped out of their chairs while trying to keep their footing. Smaller yet dangerous chunks of the galleon kept falling, which had the crew holding onto the Going Merry to keep from being thrown overboard.

"Grab a hold of something!" Zoro ordered. "Whatever you do, don't let go!"

Everyone was already doing that, but some tightened their holds on what they had grabbed.

"Why are there ships falling out of the sky?!" Nami shouted over the chaos.

No one had an answer for her, and Wren didn't think Chopper and Usopp, who had Havel clinging to him with his claws, heard her since they were being tossed around as they screamed. Wren reached out towards them, which meant letting go of what she had been holding. She managed to snag them from the air, and push them towards the railings, which they grabbed.

"Thanks, Wren!" They cried.

Wren nodded then gasped as she went rolling backwards as the ship tipped far to the other side.

"Wren!" Sanji called out in worry as Wren hit the other side of the ship.

She shook her head though managed to grab the side to keep her in one place. That had been too close for comfort.

"I know!" Usopp exclaimed. "This is just an awful dream!"

"Great, I love dreams!" Chopper said.

The two then slammed their heads together by accident when the ship jerked again, which had them groaning in pain. Havel winced knowing that had to hurt. Sanji let go of what he was holding to slide over to where Wren was clinging onto the ship.

"Are you alright, my dear?" He asked.

Wren nodded her head as he put one arm around her to hold her close as the other held onto the ship to protect the both of them from being tossed around. Wren subconsciously grabbed onto the front of his suit as she looked up to see things weren't over yet as more stuff came falling from the sky.

"Heads up!" Sanji shouted to the others when seeing the same. "I don't think the party's over yet. It won't stop falling!"

"The rudder!" Nami yelled at Zoro. "Turn the rudder."

The swordsman was the closest one to the rudder since he was just outside the room it was in. However, he was finding it difficult to stand straight let alone try to move.

"That'll never work in these waves!" Zoro told her.

Nami frowned knowing that was true, but they couldn't just sit there and take this beating much longer.

"Luffy, you've got to protect the ship!" Sanji said. "She's taking a beating."

"Right!" Luffy said.

However, before he could do anything he was distracted by Usopp who was sitting on the deck in a meditating-like position.

"Ah, Usopp?" Luffy muttered in confusion.

Usopp didn't reply as he remained in place with his eyes closed and a smile on his face. Wren's brow quirked while not thinking this was the time to be taking up mediation.

"I cast aside my worries and reach deep within to find my happy place." Usopp said. "And when I open my eyes, the serene landscape will be all that lays before me."

He opened his eyes hoping to see just that, but he nearly had a heart attack when seeing a skeleton instead. He screamed shrilly as the bones landed in his lap.

"A skeleton-dead guy!" Usopp cried before tossing the skeleton away.

It landed near Nami, which had her protesting as well about it being near her.

"When is this stuff going to stop falling?!" Nami screamed.

After things finally calmed, the crew had a moment to catch their breaths. Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji all gathered around the mast of the ship as Wren was holding a shaking Chopper to console him. Havel was trying to calm Usopp as well as he rocked back and forth on the deck while holding his knees to his chest. Though it wasn't going well. Nami was just trying to calm her nerves as Robin looked at the wreckage curiously from the safety of the deck.

"Okay, why did a ship just fall out of the sky?" Luffy asked.

"Captain error." Sanji suggested.

"The sky is clear, who knows?" Zoro said shrugging.

He was just glad it was over since that had all been a pain in the ass in his opinion.

"I knew coming to the Grand Line was a mistake!" Usopp whimpered. "It freaks me out! Ships falling out of the sky complete with skeletons isn't normal!"

"It could have been worse." Wren said as she handed Chopper to Usopp. "Ships falling from the sky aren't exactly normal. However, anything is possible the farther in the Grand Line you go. You should expect much worse as the journey continues."

Chopper and Usopp whimpered as they continued to hold onto each other. The Grand Line just got scarier in their opinion. The group then turned towards Nami when the young navigator gasped.

"What's wrong, Nami-san?" Sanji asked. "Problem?"

"Oh, no." Nami said. "The log pose is broken. It's pointing into the sky."

"It's not broken." Robin said. "The log pose registers an island with a strong magnetic pull, and its needle is reflecting that."

Nami looked to Robin in confusion since that didn't make any sense to Nami. Wren's brow quirked when hearing that because she had a feeling just where Robin was going with this.

"If the needle is pointing towards the sky." Robin said. "Then it must be pointing towards Sky Island."

"Sky Island?!" The rest of the crew—but Wren—exclaimed.

"Are you serious?" Nami asked.

She still felt very skeptical since there shouldn't be such a thing as a sky island.

"There's a floating island up there?!" Luffy asked.

"If there is one, it's full of skeletons and rickety old ships!" Usopp said as he and Chopper continued to cower.

"That's ridiculous." Zoro said as he looked up. "I don't see anything but sky."

"Just because you don't see something, doesn't mean it doesn't exist." Wren said. "You didn't believe in fae or magic. However, I believe your opinion has changed, yes?"

Zoro didn't comment though he supposed he couldn't argue with that. However, he still didn't believe in Sky Island.

"I've heard of the place before." Havel spoke up. "It isn't described as an island in the sky, but more like the sky above is its own ocean."

"Yes, that's right," Robin said nodding.

Chopper, Usopp, and Luffy gasped in awe as they leaned forward to hear more about sky island.

"I'm still confused." Sanji said.

None of this made any sense, but despite that, Luffy and Usopp looked ready to go.

"Yeah!" Luffy cheered. "Raise the sails and set our course for Sky Island! Men, are we ready?!"

"Put the rudder down and point the bow high into the sky!" Usopp added.

They both then cheered for Sky Island, but they were silenced when Wren bonked them both on the tops of their heads. They both whined while crouching down to hold their heads.

"It isn't that simple." Wren said with a small sigh.

Everyone turned towards Wren as she stood behind the two boys who were whining about their heads.

"If it was, don't you think people would have been talking about it more?" Wren asked.

Usopp, who finally recovered from his aching head, looked to Wren with a question in mind.

"Are you saying the Sky Island exist?" Usopp asked. "I mean, you didn't say it was impossible to get there."

Wren sighed once more as she sat down on the side of the ship while crossing one leg over the other.

"Many people say Sky Island is just a legend." Wren said. "Such a ridiculous one that those who do believe in it are often ridiculed. However, I've learned during my time on these waters that anything is possible."

Wren has seen many unusual and wonderous things while sailing the Grand Line. Things she never would have thought to exist until laying her eyes on them.

"What do you believe?" Nami asked. "Do you think it exists?"

Wren didn't reply at first as she gave a hum and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Hmm, it's hard to say." Wren said. "I suppose, I never really cared if it did or not. However, all I know of the sky islands are stories based through chains of people. There's no telling how much is fact and how much is fiction."

"That is true." Robin said. "All I know about Sky Island is word of mouth. I've never seen it either."

"Of course, not." Nami said. "Because it's a lie. Islands don't float in the sky. Our log pose is broken. That's all it is."

"Now, now Nami." Wren said wagging her finger at Nami. "You are making a rookie mistake that most navigators do on these waters. A kind of mistake that could get a crew killed."

Nami's eyes widened at Wren's words while wondering what she was doing wrong.

"You never doubt your log pose." Wren said. "No matter, which direction it tells you to go, you trust it completely and without question."

"Mage-san is right." Robin said nodding. "You are trying to fix something that isn't even broken. We should be trying to find a way to Sky Island. You really need to trust your instruments, or you will do exactly as Mage-san warned."

Nami frowned as she looked at the log pose. She knew Wren and Robin both have been on these waters much longer than her. But it couldn't be possible for an island to float above them.

"That needle is pointing towards an island." Robin said. "I'd bet my life on it."

"Then I suppose we better start learning what we can if we plan to get there." Wren said. "Robin, as an archeologist, I'm sure one of our new skeletal friends could be of service to you."

Robin looked to Wren with a small smile as she nodded her head. Nami, Usopp, and Chopper gave the two disturbed looks.

"I suppose we should find one in good enough shape then," Wren said.

"You can't be serious!" Nami said.

Wren stood behind Robin as the older woman was putting together a skull from the remains they found. As things progressed, Chopper and Nami hid behind the mast as Zoro stood off to the side. Only Sanji and Wren got close enough to watch Robin's work curiously. Havel was the closest though as he was inside the coffin and sniffing the other bones curiously.

"That's disgusting—digging through a dead man's clothes." Chopper said.

"I've done much worse to get intel," Wren commented casually.

Chopper frowned not wanting to think about Wren had meant by that comment.

"That's really going to tell ya something?" Zoro asked as Robin continued working.

"Don't know." Robin said.

"You're into some pretty weird stuff, Robin." Nami said.

"Any lady with a fascination for dead things is interesting in my book." Sanji said.

Wren subconsciously threw a frown in Sanji direction without realizing it before she put her attention back to the task at hand.

"Hmm, where'd Luffy go?" Zoro suddenly asked when realizing their captain was missing.

Wren silently pointed to the side without looking up. Zoro looked to where she was pointing. He frowned when seeing Luffy and Usopp were scurrying around the shipwreck as if it wasn't sinking down into the ocean. He knew things wouldn't end well if Luffy didn't get back to the Going Merry before the wreckage sunk too far.

"What kind of trouble are those idiots getting themselves into now?" Zoro asked as he scratched the back of his head.

"Probably the bad kind." Chopper said.

The two turned back to Robin as she sat down the completed skull onto the deck. Wren tilted her head when seeing three puncture wounds at the top of the skull. Seems as if someone had taken some kind of medical tool to this man's skull. However, Wren was unfamiliar with what kind of procedure called for puncturing someone's skull like that. Of course, she wasn't a doctor like her father and Law, so she only knew of what they've mentioned to her before, which isn't a lot.

"Hey, looks good as new." Sanji said.

"Except from the holes on the crown." Robin said. "Those came from an external source."

"Oh, yeah." Sanji said. "It looks as if it could have been arrows or a spear or something."

"Unlikely." Wren said. "Arrows or a spear wouldn't have left such clean holes. There would be more damage to the skull if that was it. Furthermore, a spear head is much larger than whatever made these punctures. I would venture to guess some kind of medical tool made the holes."

It was silent for a moment as the others kind of just looked at Wren. She blinked wondering what she had said that had been so wrong. Robin then chuckled again.

"You're right, Mage-san." Robin said. "Very good."

"Wren-chan is so smart." Sanji swooned as he clasped his hands together. "I love a woman with brains and beauty."

Wren just gave the blonde a blank look. Though she did feel a small stirring in her chest that she didn't understand. She ignored it, however, as she focused back on Robin.

"As Mage-san said, these holes are from a medical procedure." Robin said. "The procedure is known as cartelization, right, Doctor-san?"

Chopper nodded his head from where he was backwards hiding behind the mast of the ship with Nami.

"Mm-hmm, an ancient one." Chopper said. "They cut out a small hole in the skull to remove a foreign mass like a tumor. And since it leaves a crater behind that's how you get the name."

"Knowing how old of a technique this is, I'd say this man has been dead at least 200 years." Robin said. "I can also say with confidence this man was in his early thirties when he died. It must have been during his voyage that he finally succumbed to the illness. Whatever it was. Much more than the rest of his bones, his teeth have remained in surprisingly good condition. Because he rubbed tar on them. It was a common practice in the South Blue to keep out bacterial infections. And considering the history of that region, I suspect he was with an exploratory party."

Wren had to admit she was impressed with how much information Robin could get out of one skull. It truly was fascinating.

"That is about all I can get out of this skull." Robin said. "Some books on the area this ship came from would be useful."

After searching for a moment, Robin found a book that should be able to help her. She flipped through the pages as some of the crew gathered around.

"Here it is." Robin said landing on a page that had an image of the ship. "The Briss Kingdom of the South Blue. They launched the St. Briss as a scout ship 208 years ago."

"That's it!" Nami exclaimed. "That's the ship that fell on us."

"Yeah, I recognize that figurehead up front." Zoro added.

Wren did as well. Of course, it was hard to forget considering it nearly crushed them and their ship.

"It's probably sailed the seas above us unmanned since the captain and crew died." Robin said.

"It's amazing what you can tell by looking at old bones." Nami said.

"I'm sure you've heard that dead men tell no tales, right?" Robin said. "But everything around them does. If this was a scouting party, we should find evidence of that on the St. Briss."

"Yeah," Nami said while glancing to the side. "Except it's sinking like a stone."

She then gasped when seeing Luffy was drowning in the water and shouting for help.

"What are you doing, you idiot?!" Nami demanded. "You can't swim!"

"So, who is going in for them?" Wren asked. "Or are we going to let Usopp bring Luffy back on his own?"

The crew sighed though Zoro stepped up while removing his swords to hand over to Wren. She held them in her arms as the swordsman jumped overboard into the water. He quickly swam over to the two to help Usopp get their anchor of a captain back to the Going Merry. He scolded the pair on the way back until they reached the Merry. They were helped on board by their crewmates, and as soon as they were all safe and sound, Wren gave Zoro back his swords.

"I hope you learnt your lesson, Luffy." Wren said. "I never want to see you exploring sinking ships again, understood?"

"But, Wren!" He said. "I did it!"

Wren's brow quirked wondering what he had done besides cause trouble and nearly drown. The rest of his crew was wondering the same as Luffy looked up with a grin on his face.

"I found the most incredible thing!" Luffy said then unrolled a map.

Everyone gasped when seeing it was some kind of map to a place known as Skypiea.

'Could it really exist?' They all had to wonder.