What if Skyloft was in the land of Skypie how would this effect Groose, Zelda and Link? How would this effect the Straw Hats? A mix of Legend of Zelda and One Piece some characters and concepts are going to be switched. Major spoilers ahead if I get that far.
A few days before Straw Hats arrive
Skyloft was a quiet village the main attraction was the bazaar where various goods were sold. Nearby was the Pumpkin Café famous for its soup. There was also one small school run by an old soldier who trained all the young lads in the village. Everything had a peaceful cloud look decorated with various flowers.
A young man tossed and turned in his bed as a nightmare consumed him. The sounds of a battle echoed around Link's head as he yelled. He was desperately looking for someone, but he could not make out who. Suddenly the battle dropped into silence and a monster covered in thick scales roared as Link found himself falling from the sky right into the creature's mouth.
With a jolt Link woke up as a letter slapped into his face. His loftwing Crimson squawked at him through the window. The letter reminded him of his promise to Zelda all those years ago as he read
"Wake up sleepyhead! Did you forget about your dare with Groose? If you win, I'll meet you at our special place, make sure you don't get caught though, he would be furious!" Zelda
Link was wearing a tan shirt with brown and red stripes going across the bottom. His pants were a plain brown color held up with a black belt the buckle had a symbol of a red loftwing. Notably he was lacking wings and the normal hair fashion of Skyloft.
How did he get into these messes? Link vaguely remembered going out to drink with Zelda and Groose at the Pumpkin Café. Of course, Groose kept teasing him that Link did not have wings like the other skyloftians like always. Zelda tried to intervene, and he ended up finally shouting into Groose's face.
"OH YEAH YOU COULDN'T BEAT ME AT A RACE THROUGH THE SACRED FOREST ANY DAY OF THE WEEK!"
"BRING IT ON BUT NO FLYING FIRST ONE TO OUR MEETING PLACE WINS!" Groose had shouted right back.
Groose was wearing a plain green tunic over brown pants. As usual his red hair was set in a perfect pompadour. His wings were also proudly shining as he probably combed them every day.
"THE WINNER GETS TO SPEND TIME WITH ZELDA ALONE AT THE SACRED CEREMONY!" Groose proudly exclaimed.
Zelda was wearing a simple white dress with her bow slung onto the back behind her own wings. Her blonde hair was somehow in two braids and in two antennae.
"WHO DECIDED THAT ALL OF THE SUDDEN YOU CAN BOTH COME TO MY COMING-OF-AGE CEREMONY YOU DUMMIES!" Zelda yelled into the conversation knocking a large goose egg lump on both of their heads.
Both boys grinned knowingly at Zelda she loved the idea of a competition as much as they did. They just had to make sure they were not caught.
Link hurriedly grabbed his shield and sword handed down from his grandfather many years ago. The shield was reinforced on the edges with sea prism stone. While as far as he knew the word was ordinary.
He often snuck into the skyberets camp or even watched the guerillas fight so he could train. Despite that he never earned the SkyKnights respect because of he was called a coward. It was very rare to capture a Loftwing let alone tame one and still Link felt like an outsider even to his friends. His dream of becoming a knight was useless but still he fought every time the Shandians would invade the sacred forest. Maybe that was why Groose was so bitter, he felt that Link was defending his own home. Groose had also grown up beside Zelda before he had met her and made his promise. Groose just did not understand that Link did not want to fight over the land, he just wanted to make sure no one was hurt.
Shaking his head at the memory Link rushed out to the very edge of Skyloft and jumped whistling on his way down. He would never get tired of the sheer freedom he felt as Crimson came rushing underneath to catch him and lazily soared closer to the main city of Skypiea it was a short hour flight. Link enjoyed every minute of it not even bothering to strategize as he expertly somersaulted onto the main square right in front of Zelda and Groose who were both waiting in front of the statue of Vearth on Lovely Street on Angel Island.
"All right Zelda what are the rules this time?" he asked rolling his eyes at Groose who was posing in the background.
"You two start at the milky road River of Trials the first person to the altar wins but Link you cannot use your Loftwing to just fly over everything. You know what happens if you get caught." Zelda exclaimed.
Both Link and Groose sweat dropped as they thought of the Vassals also guarding that area. Neither of them was willing to back down Groose because of pride, and Link because he had something to prove.
"I'll be following behind to watch and to see who the winner is, let's borrow a ride and start." Zelda said as the made their way to Angel beach it was the closest location to the Sacred Ground and happened to rent out Wavers.
Conis and her father Pagaya happily shouted after them "Be careful!" waving from their repair and waver shop. Of course, they had no idea the friends were headed straight for trouble.
Conis was a young lady with a long dress decorated with flowery symbols along the left side, her white cloud fox Suu always curled up on her shoulder. Her hair was in a long braid and in the usual style. Paquya had a bushy brown beard that covered his mouth and short antenna on his bald head.
Soon the group found themselves at the entrance to their wavers idling quietly. "All right here's the plan we go as fast as possible to avoid being noticed if we don't make too much noise the vassals should leave us alone. We back each other up if we get caught. We each choose the same challenge, so we don't get separated." Link said deadly serious if it came down to the wire, he would defend his friends with his life.
"Ready set go!" Zelda called quietly carefully following in her own waver and then leaping onto her skyskates to hover over the river her bow ready.
Groose let his hair writhe along his head, while Link had his shield ready. Soon they came to the scythe section the deadly blades crossing their path. Groose grew out his hair further and let one of its lengths catch the ropes tangling up the traps.
"YEAH, baby the power of the hair-hair fruit!" he shouted over.
Link meanwhile used his natural athleticism to dodge each one relying on the maneuverability of the waver it was just like flying. His shield easily caught one blade and deflected it away.
Zelda was calling from behind "Scythe from the left Link!" or "Duck Groose." The boys obeying her words without question.
The same thing happened as they encountered the hungry sea lampreys. This time Link sliced some of them up with his sword leaping into the air to meet them and then landing again on his ride. Groose sharpened his hair into sword like points and pierced the fish bodies. Zelda supported them both with her bow the arrows flying with deadly accuracy.
With the way clear it was easy enough for her to catch up just before they saw the four doorways each displaying its challenge.
"Zelda?' Link asked relying on her perception to sense anyone nearby.
"We go through the string challenge it's clear." She replied.
Link growled beneath his breath he had a grudge against that man but hurried through the tunnel.
The group hurried through the rest of the forest keeping an eye out for trouble. The race was in earnest as the altar soon came in sight. Groose and Link were side by side as they grinned at each other. Groose tried to trip Link up with his hair, but he easily avoided it. They were going so fast when they finally touched the altar that anyone seeing it would probably declare it a tie.
"Tie, you guys' better luck next time." Zelda laughed at their antics. They had many such races and almost always ended in a tie.
"Meet me at the Godess statue Link." Zelda exclaimed leaving them in the dust, Groose had an abashed look on his face.
"Fair is fair Link I think you won by a hair. I'm going home see you tomorrow" He said winking at his friend.
Later Link and Zelda end up atop the Goddess statue.
"Link do you remember that promise all those years ago." Zelda asked her feet dangling off the edge.
"Of course, I'll never forget that!" Link exclaimed
"I have something for you." Zelda said bring out and elaborate sailcloth embroidered with the triforce and a stylized loft wing.
"So that you can always fall with style when you catch me!" She said mischievously as she leaped off the statue.
Link barely hesitated he used the sailcloth to slow his fall so he could catch Zelda in midair and lower them gently to the ground. Except Zelda somehow ended up on top of him uncomfortably close when they hit the ground.
Link gasped in surprise gently stroking Zelda's cheek "Are you alright." He asked.
"Ah-hem" a voice interrupted the moment as they both scrambled to their feet. It was Wyper glaring at Link especially.
"Zelda I forbid you from coming here again especially with that wingless one."
"But" Zelda protested her poster saying she was barely containing anger.
"I'm you chieftain that is my final word on the matter now we are going home."
Zelda muttered a goodbye and whispered something under her breath before resigning herself to walk away.
Link hurried away before Wyper to do something worse, going back to Skyloft to rest from the long day.
Day of strawhats arrival
Link immediately goes to Ganfar to ask to go on patrol with him. Everyday there was the same answer "When you are strong enough you may follow me."
Link muttered under his breath and waited for the knight to go over the horizon. He called Crimson and flew behind anyway. He was just in time to see Ganfar defending a small ship from one of the guerillas. Link grinned it was time to surprise some blue sea people.
He flew up above the ship and skydived onto the deck "What you need is a guide, not some old man." He blinked as he realized there was a foot, a sword, and a fist ready at his throat. These people were the strangest he had ever seen.
A few minutes earlier
The Going merry had finally came to rest after flying from the knock up stream. The ship had a prow shaped like a sheep's head with a makeshift collar and horns. The main deck featured a small cabin holding the kitchen. Above the cabin was a grove of tangerines. Above the mast was a giant sail with a skull and cross bones bearing the famous straw hat with a pirate flag to match. Further back was the smaller yellow and red striped sail for tacking.
Just a few hours earlier they had avoided a falling ship, visited the island of Jaya, and met a man searching for a lost treasure Monteblanc Cricket.
Everyone gasped and coughed as they recovered from the shock. Of course, the captain Monkey D. Luffy was first to recover. He was wearing his usual red vest and shorts with his straw hat thrown back to hang behind. His black hair was a spiky mess from the wind.
"Hey you guys look! Look where you are! Luffy called excited about a new place.
The view was amazing with white clouds stretching out in all directions almost like the sea.
Rornoa Zoro the first mate and swordsman got up water dripping off his face. "Blast what happened? We lose anybody?" he huffed. He had on a white shirt and dark black pants. His three swords hung in a green sash. To match he had a green bandanna wrapped around his arm and green hair.
"We are sailing on the clouds?" Nami the navigator asked. She was wearing a striped halter top with a super short skirt. She had short red hair and a tattoo of an orange and pinwheel on her right shoulder.
Usopp the sniper was still lying on the deck sleeping. He had a polka dotted bandanna on his head and brown coveralls. He also had a white sash around his waist and a pack was always around his shoulder.
When Chopper suggested giving Usopp mouth to mouth. Sanji the chef shouted, "Okay I'll give Nami mouth to mouth." With hearts in his eyes. Sanji was wearing his black suit over a blue collared shirt. His blonde hair was parted to cover one of his eyes displaying one curly cued eyebrow.
Chopper the doctor was checking over the sniper and determined that he had just fainted. Chopper was in his small reindeer form his usual red hat sitting on his head.
"Idiot" Zorro muttered.
Finally, there was Robin the archeologist who was helping Nami examine the compass the logpose. She had short black hair and piercing blue eyes. She was wearing a yellow halter top with a black pattern on it and long dark pants.
"This must be the middle of the empire cloud the logpose is still pointing up." Robin hypothesized. The compass used magnetic fields to lock onto different islands. Resetting after a certain time period.
"How do we go even higher?" Chopper asked. In the background Sanji was yelling at Zorro again
"Did you just call me an idiot?"
"I forget." Zoro replied right back.
Usopp finally got up and announced, "First course of action Captain Usopp will go for a swim." Even taking his shirt off for the experiment.
"Hey, be careful we don't know anything about this ocean." Sanji called over. Off course Luffy and Chopper were cheering Usopp on.
"All oceans are the same!" Usopp laughed manically as he leaped over the railing.
There was hardly any resistance as the visibility dropped and he fell deeper and deeper.
Above the straw hats realized he was not coming up.
"I was thinking does this ocean have a bottom?" Robin asked calmly.
"Did he fall through the clouds? I'm going to stretch as far as I can." Luffy yelled leaping up. His rubber body letting his arm go deep. "I can't see through the clouds!" he glanced at Robin
"Leave that to me. Ojus Fleur" Robin replied as she used her power to blossom eyes along the captain's arm. "There he is! Seis Fleurs!" this time Robin sprouted hands "Okay pull him up!" she called.
Surprisingly Luffy was struggling with a weight as he reeled in not only Usopp but a giant skysquid. Even before Nami and Chopper finished yelling Zoro was already leaping up to meet the beast "It's not so scary." He scoffed as he landed. The creature collapsed having been cut in half with one slash.
Finally, there was a moment for the straw hats to examine the creatures. "That octopus was like a balloon I guess we should think of this as a sea. "Sanji explained thinking about how the thing could be cooked.
Somehow Usopp managed to get a flounder type fish in his pants. Chopper was muttering about how the sky island was scary. Robin was just as excited to examine the skyflounder.
"Noland mentioned this in his diary, in order to survive in in this bottomless ocean the fish are flat and balloon like. Their bodies are like airfoils since the air is less buoyant than water. "Robin referred to the old tale that had led to their hunt for the sky island in the first place.
"They even have sail like feathers and teeth like carnivores." Nami said. Before they even finished Sanji had sauteed it and Luffy had scarfed it down.
Unnoticed Chopper was watching through a pair of binoculars seeing another ship and a person in the distance.
"Listen I saw a ship, but it is gone now. It looked like a man attacked it and he's coming this way! There is a bull running over the clouds, we might be in big trouble." Chopper yelled.
Everyone turned to see a man running over the clouds wearing an elaborate mask resembling a boar. Even as Sanji yelled for him to stop the man was relentless. "I'm going to get rid of you." The stranger said. He easily carried a large cannon and shield. All he had on was short grass like pants.
Taken by surprise Sanji, Luffy and Zoro all took heavy hits collapsing onto the ground.
"You wimp there are three of you and only one of him!" Nami yelled. Usopp was pretending to be down and muttering "sky island is scary" over and over.
Before the stranger could attack again someone said "Enough." An armored knight fought the figure off with a few well-placed blows. While the crew wondered who the man was the guerilla finally retreated.
"I am the sky knight Ganfar." He said revealing himself to be an old man with a long white beard. He was wearing what looked like old heavy armor with a helmet and was wielding a lance.
Nami was on a rant again "What the heck? You guys were pathetic. He clobbered all three of you."
"Thank you for saving us" Chopper said giving a cute little bow.
"Um yes, I had no choice it was my duty." The knight replied.
"How could I lose like that?" Sanji lamented.
"I can hardly move" Luffy complained.
"That is probably because the air is so thin." Robin thought aloud
"Now that you mention it you must be blue sea people from below the clouds. This is the white sea which floats 23,000 feet above the blue sea and higher still is the white white sea 35,000 above us in the upper stratum. Most blue sea people can't tolerate these altitudes." Ganfar explained
As soon as the knight finished, he was flabbergasted as Luffy and Zorro declared they were already used to the atmosphere.
"Who was the man who attacked us?" Chopper asked.
"One moment no doubt you have many questions but let's talk business first. I am a soldier of fortune this sea holds many dangers. Those unfamiliar with sky fighting are targeted by guerrillas and become food for the sky fish. But I can save you from them. One whistle for five million extols. "The knight explained.
There was a moment of silence because no one had an idea what he was talking about.
"Don't be stingy! That's an incredible bargain! I won't go one extol lower I have to make a living!" Ganfar declared.
"What the heck in an extol? And what's this about a whistle? Sanji asked.
"Didn't you people come by way of the peak of high west? Then you must've got here by island hopping. Don't tell me you rode that beastly sea current!" Ganfar said.
"We didn't have to ride the current. "Nami sweat dropped.
"Want is the big deal? We made it." Luffy asked.
"We were almost killed! We should've gotten more information! "Nami yelled back anima teeth showing.
"You're lucky you did not lose any crewmembers. The other routes are different, but they all have their perils. The knock up stream is one of those gambles where either everyone makes it, or no one does. There aren't many who'd take the risk especially these days. You must have both courage and skill you're worthy see dogs." The knight exclaimed impressed.
Usopp took the opportunity to brag "It was all thanks to me actually! The others were all in tears and had given up but I said, "Never fear I'll get us there!"
Ganfar did not even pay attention but dropped his whistle on the deck "Here is one whistle blow it once and I will come down from the heavens to save you! By rights you should pay me five million extols in sky currency for that. But you may have that one for free in honor of your courage. You can use it to summon me anytime."
"For I am Ganfar the skyknight with my partner Pierre" All the strawhats watched in astonishment as Pierre transformed from a horse to a Pegasus. "Piere is a bird with the power of the horse-horse fruit!" the effect was rather thrown off as Pierre was pink with blue polka dots and was rather ugly.
"Good luck brave ones!" Ganfar called as he flew away.
"What a strange creature but we did not really learn very much from him did we?" Robin remarked the others agreeing.
As they were talking a young man dropped from the sky right onto the deck, rather jumpy from the experience Luffy , Sanji, and Zoro all prepared attacks.
"What you need is a guide, not some old man." He spoke. Link held up his hands sweat dropping a little not expecting the reaction. "I will even not charge an extol." Link said figuring Ganfall had tried his usual spiel.
"I'm Nami welcome aboard!" the red-haired woman said berry signs in her eyes. Everyone introduced themselves as they finally relaxed.
"Um, how do we go higher up? I want to blow the whistle so badly." Luffy pouted.
"That is for emergencies besides the entrance is right there." Link pointed to the giant cloud waterfall in the distance.
"That settles it then we sail forwards!" Luffy called with enthusiasm.
Soon the ship sailed closer to the cloudfall before seeing a cloudbank of the thicker clouds in the way. Nami suggested coming to a stop briefly to investigate.
"This you have to discover for yourselves I think you'll love it." Link remarked grinning,
Luffy nodded and to Link's surprise stretched his arm out to touch one of the fluffy clouds and bounce back.
"Oh, I should mention if you have devil fruit powers like my friend does you can't swim in the thicker areas either." Link said casually. Everyone who had powers sweat dropped. Link was referring to the how devil fruits gave extraordinary powers but at the cost of being unable to swim.
"But…" Link leaped onto the bouncy clouds "You can bounce on these all you want." He laughed at everyone's expressions.
Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp quickly joined him calling excitedly on how fun and soft the clouds were.
"Guys I need you to call directions the ship cannot pass through these clouds!" Nami called from below. The boys made their way to the top to see a giant heavenly gate peeking through the maze of clouds. Link made sure to pay attention and guide the ship to just outside the gate.
It was an amazing sightseeing a huge waterfall drop down and then bounce up again. It made room for a huge archway that proudly exclaimed "Heaven's Gate"
Link could barely contain his laughter as he heard the crew discussing whether they were dead and in heaven. He quick ducked into the doorway of the cabin and whispered to Nami "Hey, um you're expected to pay a toll of about 5,00 berries per person." Next thing he knew was the deck in his face and a pounding headache. "Ooff pirates right." He had almost forgotten what Ganfar had told him about pirates because the crew seemed goofier then murderous.
Link was just in time to see Amazon the gate inspector "If you want to go up to the upper stratum the entrance fee is one billion extols per person." Even to Link's hazy mind that seemed a bit much.
The crew shouted at seeing an angel for the first time "An angel isn't she a little pruny to be an angel? What is an extol? UM we don't have any money." Everyone said in a jumbled mess.
"You may pass." The gatekeeper winked at them. But the choice is entirely your own." Amazon said smiling sweetly. "I'm neither a gatekeep nor a guardian, I'm merely asking what you wish to do."
Link was too concerned about being caught with pirates to think of warning the crew. He still had that giant lump on his head from earlier.
Astonished Luffy replied honestly "then we're passing through to the sky island! "
"I see seven of you right?" she asked. Link was furiously shaking his head at luffy and waving his arms.
"…. Yeah how do we get up?" Luffy's reply was cut off as giant crab like claws emerged from under the boat. The claws grabbed the railing and whisked them up the windy roads higher up.
"Great I hope she did not see me; I don't need to be reported." Link said worried.
Indeed, as soon as the boat was out of earshot Amazon had picked up a receiver snail and reported "Eight people have illegally entered Godland Skypia render heaven's judgement." She smirked.
The clouds spiraled out of sight as the crab rushed up using the belt like a river. "The exit is ahead Godland Skypie?" Nami read from the sign they sped past. As everyone yelled.
The Land of the Gods of the white white sea Skypie came into sight as the ship launched into the air. An island made of more clouds supported a large city. Most of the buildings were domed with archways of more roads going overhead.
The beach was made purely of more fluffy clouds. "What about the anchor? There's no bottom to this ocean." Zorro asked
You can throw it to the more solid clouds on the island" Link suggested.
Luffy was completely ignoring their discussion "never mind about that the beach feels fluffy. Yippe!" he said as he leaped off the sided of the ship.
"Look at those guys they're so excited, they're hopeless. Nami laughed. In the background the south bird the strawhats had brought with them hassled Usopp for forgetting to let him free.
"According to the map that Luffy found in the galleon that fell from the sky this is Skypiea." Robin commented.
Link boggled at Robin surprised that they avoided a ship would falling from the sky.
"Frankly when I heard about an island in the sky. I didn't believe it existed. But here we are It's real! Nami called as she leaped off too. Everyone else followed leaving Zorro and Robin behind briefly.
"What about you? Sailing the seas and exploring new lands is your idea of adventure?" Robin asked.
"I'm going ashore too. I never thought about it that way. Zorro replied surprised by Robin's question. They were interrupted by Luffy shouting in the distance.
"Raaah I love this place! The smell of adventure is overpowering!" he said.
Link, chuckled thinking about what adventure exactly smelled like as he enjoyed watching the crews' interactions.
Nami was now in her colorful bikini so she could enjoy the beach. "The navy will never find us here We can really relax at least! It's been so long since I went to the beach. We always stop at ports!" She said.
"Are the Navy like the Sky berets?" Link thought aloud. Everyone was ignoring him each exploring in their own way.
Chopper was excited because this was his first visit to a beach even making little cloud angels as rolled around in the fluff.
"This is Captain Usopp. it's all so fun I don't know where to start. Why don't we stay here and relax a while?" Usopp asked. Examining everything with his spyglass.
"Relax sounds great! Proposal rejected!" Luffy said.
"Rejected you mean accepted" Usopp yelled now nervous.
Sanji was examining some balloon like flowers picking them to present to the ladies.
Luffy was soon up a tree to pick a strange looking nut always thinking with his stomach.
Just as Luffy was trying to chew through the hard shell of the nut. Zorro had found a white fox who carefully sniffed his hand. From a distance ethereal like music from a harp carried through the air catching everyone's attention.
Standing on a nearby hill was Conis playing her harp and humming along with her music. With a bit of nostalgia Link remembered how rare it was for his friend Zelda to play her own harp.
"Look a person! It's an angel!" Sanji exclaimed dancing excitedly.
Link braced himself for usual comments about how he did not have wings, but the group seemed more interested in meeting Conis.
"Heso" she said in greeting. Luffy got bumped on the head by the large nut mishearing the word to be slang for bellybutton.
"Did you guide these blue sea people here Link?" Conis asked beckoning her cloudfox Suu closer.
"Yes, I think they flew up here on their ship. Conis lives here on Angel beach" Link explained. It was nice to have the crew accept him as a guide.
"Do you like conash? The top of the shell is as hard as a rock. It's no use biting it. Here you are." Conis deftly took the giant nut from Luffy cutting a hole in the top and adding a straw.
Everyone exclaimed how delicious the juice from the nut was.
"We have lots of questions all of this is very strange to us" Nami pointily glared at Link.
"Hey, you forgot to ask any while you were exploring! I would be glad to continue guiding." Link stuttered.
He was saved from further explanation as something was spotted on the ocean.
"Oh, that's my father. Heso father." Conis called
"Conis Heso!" he called back
"What does heso mean?" Luffy was confused from mishearing the word again.
Pagaya was riding on a small boat with a large handle up front for steering. It seemed to not to run on its own.
"That's pretty cool! I think we salvaged something like that. Nolan mentioned that a boat that runs without wind. What is that thing he is riding?!" Nami asked intrigued be the device.
"We call that a waver." Conis explained. Her father nearly crashed as he swept by the crew waiting on the shore.
Pagaya introduced himself "Oh you must be feeling pretty lost. I was just out fishing and caught some skylobster. Wont you join us for supper?" he asked.
Link sweat dropped as he was completely ignored as a guide again.
"Let me help cook!" Sanji exclaimed excited about skypien cuisine. Luffy was just excited at the mention of food "Really sure we'll come!"
"Before we go how does this waver operate? There is no sail to catch the wind and you were not rowing. How does it move over the waves?" Nami bombarded them with questions as the group headed to the more open area.
Luffy begged and pleaded in order to try out the waver, everyone stood back a fair distance expecting the inevitable. Luffy pressed the petal for acceleration and was soon bouncing along the sea.
"It won't stop!" Luffy shouted as he tumbled into the clouds. Link rolled his eyes and leaped confidently after him whistling for Crimson.
"You can fly! That is so cool" Luffy exclaimed stars in eyes not even caring that he was plopped on the ground not so gently.
"Really it's all my friends Crisom here." Link replied
"Crisnom says the flock leader is an idiot!" Chopper translated.
"You can talk to animals? That's cool!" Link said in surprise,
"Your complicate doesn't make me happy you idiot." Chopper smiled as he did a little dance confusing link.
"I'm sorry I should have not let him ride it alone. " Pagaya cried.
"Luffy is an idiot he would have stolen a ride anyway." Zoro proclaimed deadpanning.
"Wavers are built to be very light for speed. But even a small wave can send it out of control. The operator must understand the sea and anticipate the waves. IF you practice you can be ready in ten years." Papaya explained.
Chopper was disappointed "I wanted to try too but it's too difficult."
"What that is a long time!" Usopp yelled. Out of the corner of his eye he could see Nami operating the waver like a natural. "She's amazing." He comically screamed.
"That's wonderful Nami! Sanji yelled hearts floating in the air around him.
Luffy was jealous "How come she can ride that thing?" Link just laughed at the captain impressed by the navigator.
"Hey Nami! We're going up to the house now! Hurry up and get off! Stupid. Get off right now you dummy!" Luffy yelled angerly.
"Nice try." Sanji bumped Luffy's head with his foot for being rude to a lady.
"You guys go ahead! Can I ride it a little longer, mister?" Nami called back.
"Of course, but please be careful!" Papgaya called back.
Out in the white ocean Nami was enjoying herself. "I wish I could take one home with me but the one we salvaged is probably too damaged. She said to herself.
Meanwhile the rest of the crew was climbing up a long staircase to reach the house above.
"What is that over there it looks like a factory?" Robin asked curious about the quarry like construction they could see in the distance.
"You must mean the cloud quarry, it's a place we cut clouds for construction. We came in by the milky road when used the sky lobster." Link finally got to explain something.
"You mean the road like a big noodle?" Zorro asked.
"There's a long explanation but basically that is a man-made canal. Different chemicals including sea prism stone are shot out of volcanoes and make clouds with different properties. There are the sea clouds which you can sail in and the island clouds which you can walk on. "Link explained half the crew was not paying attention already.
"Basically, the island clouds are squished and cut into the desired density so that we can make things." Link added noticing that Luffy had half fallen asleep. Shrugging to himself he followed everyone into Pagaya's house.
In the house Conis showed the group a tone dial. "You speak into it like this, and then press the top of the shell" she explained the shell repeating what she just said.
Luffy immediately recorded "Usopp you idiot," and Usopp saying "Huh what did I do?" laughing like an idiot as he did.
"We gather all sorts of dials from sandbars around the reefs. They can even be used for combat. I've been working on something with impact dials." Link said.
"I'm interested in learning how a waver moves?" Robin asked
"Oh that's because of a wind dial, basically it stores moving air. You must spin it around for a minute to receive the wind back for minute. The larger ones can even propel a small craft. We use it for skates. boards, and all sorts of things." Conis took over explaining.
"We salvaged one but it's over 200 years old I doubt it will run." Usopp said sighing in disappointment,
"Actually, I think I can fix it up since the dial is just a shell it should be still functional. I'm a waver engineer after all." Pagaya explained.
Soon Sanji was helping in the kitchen discovering that the seasoning was allot like regular seafood. His plates looked delicious as usual. After they were done eating Sanji looked out the window to check on Nami. "Hey where did Nami go? he exclaimed.
"I forgot to warn her not to go to the sacred ground we are supposed to not go there no matter what." Link said sheepishly. Of course, he regularly ignored that rule.
Out on the clouds Nami was staring at a large forest where the trees were huge.
"A place where we can never go why not?" Chopper asked.
"It's sacred It's the upper yard the domain of God." Conis said seriously.
"A God? And a place nobody's allowed to go? Luffy exclaimed excited.
"Yes, this is Godland the realm of the omnipotent God Eneru." Conis explained.
"You don't want to mess with him, trust me." Link said.
Usopp spotted Luffy daydreaming and tried to snap him out of it. "Luffy, what are you thinking about? Listen to what she's saying! We must never go there! Do you understand what that means? Luffy?" he ranted.
"Huh, there's a place I can't go and a guy you don't mess with huh?" Luffy thought aloud stars in his eyes.
"You're going to get into so much trouble." Link sighed.
"But if he's a God, won't he forgive us? Gods are kind, right?" Luffy asked.
"I'm afraid that the God would certainly destroy you, we barely survived when he came." Link replied.
"I see, oh well it doesn't matter. All right! Let's go find Nami! Wait let me eat first." Luffy shrugged as he stuffed his face.
"Hey! While you're stuffing your face. Nami could be danger! Leave that We're coming right back." Sanji yelled.
"Please we don't know if she went that waver not. Please be extremely careful! You mustn't incur God Eneru's wrath." Conis hastily said.
"In the meantime, I should take a look at your waver." Pagaya said.
Meanwhile Nami heard something coming from the large trees of the sacred grounds. "This is creepy I'm getting out of here. I heard something, maybe voices?" Nami thought looking over her shoulder she heard someone yelling.
"Help me"
Further in the forest the man was running from several figures. He was easily cornered by a bird flying, and a gigantic dog. The figures argued with each other about interfering. The man scrambled away making it to shore.
"Hey, help me get out here! I'll pay you whatever you want." He shouted at Nami.
"But this is a one-man craft! I don't know if can carry us both. We might sink." She replied.
Before anyone could react, there was giant flash from the sky as a lightning bolt came out of nowhere. Destroying everything in its path.
Nami overheard some of the figures talking to each other.
"I don't get Lord Eneru sometimes. If He's just going to settle things himself. What are we supposed to do?
"He wanted to save time"
"More illegal trespassers have arrived. Old Lady amazon said there was a ship with eight seven blue sea people aboard."
Eight blue sea people poor Link were they talking about us? The amazon said we could go by without paying the fee. They hunt people down for that. What was that blast? Who were those men? Nami thought. She quickly turned around and rushed towards the beach.
On Angel Island Captain Mckinly was announcing "Be on alert! Several illegal entrants arrived at Angel Beach Today! The White Berets are now conducting a search for these criminals. "Each member was wearing a white cape with a beret. There were white clouds decorating their pants.
On the beach Pagaya was fiddling with the ancient waver when Luffy spotted something.
"Who are those guys?" he asked
Link saw the berets coming in slowly "Oh boy" he said sarcastically.