Chapter 2: Lygandia
"Amy," she heard Nami's voice call. "Get up, the island is in sight and breakfast is ready. "I'll be ready in a few minutes." she said. Amy rolled over and climbed out of bed. She had slept in her underwear that night and didn't think about covering up. She caught Nami's gaze staring at the dark bruises all over her body. Amy immediately looked away. Nami didn't say anything. She could tell by Amy's expression that she didn't want to talk about it, so she left her alone.
Amy was dressed and in the kitchen in a matter of minutes. "Good morning, Amy-san," Sanji said sweetly. "Good morning," she said back to him. The other crew members where already eating. Amy watched Luffy and Usopp argue over something. Apparently Luffy had taken food from Usopp's plate and he denied it. This meal was noisy, much like every meal on this ship. Amy was quiet at breakfast; she was tired and didn't sleep much last night. "Amy-san, are you alright?" Sanji's voice snapped her out of her thoughts. "Uh, yeah, I'm fine," she said. Sanji looked at her skeptically but decided not to push it. Breakfast ended as soon as it had begun.
Amy watched as her crewmates prepared the ship for its arrival to Lygandia. Luffy sat on the ram's head at the bow of the ship and his eyes glittered as the ship got closer to the island. "Woooo, hoooooo!" shouted Luffy. "A new adventure waits for me!" "Luffy, don't go running off this time," said Nami. "Wait for instructions first." "Wait," Luffy whined. "Yes, wait." The ship floated slowly into the harbor and the crew anchored it down securely. Luffy jumped off the ship and ran towards town. "Luffy!" shouted Nami. "I told you to wait, now get back here!" "That idiot, he's going to get himself lost." "Forget it," said Zoro. "He can take care of himself."
"Shouldn't someone stay with ship?" asked Amy. "That won't be necessary, the ship will be fine," said Nami. So, the Straw Hat pirates went to explore the town. It was very different from any town Amy had ever seen before. There was shop after shop, right next to each other. Tons of people were walking up and down the streets. A large castle stood in the distance. Amy could tell it was beautiful.
Luffy walked through the streets of the town, he had seen the castle and that was where he was headed. He didn't think that maybe he would not be allowed in. He also didn't know that pirates weren't welcome in this town. The ruler of Lygandia was already notified that pirates were in her kingdom. Luffy walked closer to the castle but stopped at a very steep ravine. The drawbridge was up and it was a long way down. Luffy looked up towards the castle's tower. It was a very high. "Gomu Gomu Rocket!!" he yelled and he was sent flying to the top of the tower. He climbed in the window and walked down the tower stairs. Luffy found himself in a long hallway dimly lit by candles hanging on the walls. Luffy walked and walked. "It just keeps going," he said aloud.
Meanwhile the other members of the Straw Hat Pirates were walking by the shops of the town. They had decided to split up and do some shopping. They would be on the look out for Luffy and would meet back at the ship later. Of course Sanji would go with Nami-san and Amy-san. That would mean that Usopp would go along with Zoro.
Before the two groups could go their separate ways they were suddenly surrounded by guards. "Stop right there, pirates!" shouted one of the guards. "Queen Anondia demands to see you at once!" "Pirates are not welcome here." "It is her decision on what your sentencing will be." There was only about a handful of them so they would be no match for Zoro and Sanji. The guards were knocked unconscious in a matter of seconds.
The group decided to make a run for it when a lot more guards charged towards them. The group ran in different directions to make it harder for the guards to catch them. When they did that the guards split up too. To make matters worse Amy and Zoro ran into the Marines. "Damn it, not them, this is not good, said Zoro. "Who are they?" asked Amy. "The Marines," said Zoro. "What do they want?" "Us." "What!" "There's no time," said Zoro. "This way," he said as he pulled her down an alley and behind a building.
"Is this what a typical day is like?" asked Amy. "Pretty much," said Zoro. "Stay here," he said. Zoro walked back toward the street to see if the coast was clear. It was for now. He signaled Amy that it was alright to continue on.
"Get away from Nami-san!" Sanji yelled as his foot pounded in to the face of one of the guards. "Sanji stop!" said Nami. "We don't have time to fight!" "What about the others?" asked Usopp. "We have to find them before we go back to the ship." "We don't even know where Luffy is." "I'll bet you anything he's in that castle," said Sanji. "Then what are we waiting for?" asked Nami. "Let's go there."
Meanwhile Luffy was still wandering around in the empty hallways of the castle. "You there!" a voice rang out. Luffy turned around to find himself surrounded by guards. "How did you get in here!?" asked one of the guards. "Through a window in the tower," answered Luffy. "There's no way you could have gotten up there from the outside." "That tower window is a couple hundred feet high." "I stretched myself and shot up to it," said Luffy. "Stretched?" asked the guard. "Wait a minute, I recognize you," said another guard. "You're Straw Hat Luffy." "Your wanted poster is all over town."
One of the guards left and came back shortly with some chains and wrapped Luffy up in them. All of sudden Luffy felt very weak, and powerless. "These chains are made of sea stone," said the guard. "It's something that stops devil fruit powers from working." "Let's take him to the dungeon." There was no way out of this one, yet. Luffy knew his crew would come looking for him at one point. Right now he couldn't do anything to save himself.
The other members of the crew caught up with each other and headed for the castle. The castle guards spotted them and ran after them. Since there wasn't really any room to fight now, they had to run. The road to the castle was narrow and steep, so they had to slow down on the running. They realized that the guards weren't chasing them any more, probably because they were supposed to go to the castle anyway. The group came to the edge of the steep ravine. "What now?" asked Amy. "We wait," said Zoro. "For what?" "For the guards to open the bridge." "They wanted us to come here anyway."
Inside the castle, Queen Anondia waited for her guards to bring her the loathsome pirates. "Your Majesty, those pirates are right outside the castle gates." "Well what are you waiting for?" "Lower the drawbridge and bring them before me." "Yes your majesty." "Queen Anondia, we have imprisoned a pirate that made his way in to the castle walls." "What, how is that possible?" "He is the possessor of a devil fruit." "He's none other than Straw Hat Luffy." "I have a hunch that the other pirates about to be brought to me are his comrades," said the queen."
Before to long, Amy and company were standing before the queen. "How dare you show yourselves in my kingdom," she said, with anger in her voice. "Pirates are not welcome here." "Nothing good happens when pirates are involved." "We haven't done anything wrong," said Zoro. "We were just going to stock up on some supplies." "A likely story, I'm sure you weren't planning to raid and pillage," she said sarcastically. "We're not those kinds of pirates," said Zoro. "Don't even try to convince me that you are good." "There is no such thing as a good pirate." "I should turn all of you over to the Marines, or I could throw you in the dungeon with your friend." "I knew he was here," said Sanji. "That idiot went and got himself captured."
"Mother!" came a voice form the stairway. "What is this I hear of pirates in the kingdom?" A young man came into the throne room. He was shocked to see a group of people standing before his mother. He figured they were the pirates he had heard about. "Yes, my son," said the queen. "The people standing before me are in fact pirates." "And not just any pirates, but the Straw Hat Pirates." "One of their friends is locked in the dungeon." "Well, good, that's the only place that a pirate belongs, other than the execution stand." "Not that it concerns you," said the queen to the pirates, "but this is my son Prince Allanon."
Prince Allanon walked up to the throne to take his place beside his mother. He was about to say something, but his eyes locked onto Amy and he could not remove them. He had never seen such a beautiful woman before. Amy looked around her to assure herself that this man was staring at her. He was, in fact, starring directly at her. Allanon walked right up to Amy and took her hand in his. "It is an honor to have such a beautiful woman in my presence," he said as he softly kissed her hand. "What are you doing!" yelled Sanji as his leg shot out. "What are you doing?" asked Zoro as he grabbed Sanji's leg and pushed him towards the ground. "We're in enough trouble already, you think attacking a prince is going to help our situation?"
Sanji got up off the ground and glared at Zoro. "I was only defending Amy-san," he said. Zoro scoffed, "like she was really in any danger." "The only one she needs defending from is you." Amy could tell this was going to get ugly. She stepped in between the two of them before it could go any further. "Sanji, it wasn't that big of a deal." "It's the same type of thing, you would have done." "You're lucky you did not strike me, for you would be in serious trouble." "Yeah, whatever, just keep your hands to yourself," said Sanji, as he stood protectively in front of Amy.
Amy rolled her eyes and walked out from behind Sanji. "Look," said Amy. "We didn't mean any harm, we weren't going to cause trouble." "Did these pirates kidnap you my lady?" asked Allanon. "What, no, of course not, they are my friends and." "Oh, in that case you are welcome in my castle, allow me to give you a tour." "Not so fast," said Amy. "The only way I'll go anywhere with you, is if you release Luffy and bring him here and treat my friends with respect." "It shall be done," said Allanon. "Allanon, what are you thinking!?" asked his mother. "You can't possibly trust them, they're pirates." "If this breathtaking woman is one of them, then they can't be that bad."
Queen Anondia knew that there was no convincing her son that he was making a big mistake. She knew that her son would have to learn from his mistakes so she did not interfere. Allanon went down to the dungeon and let Luffy go free. He led Luffy to the throne room to be with his friends.
"Hey guys!" he said enthusiastically. "Did you look around this castle yet!?" "It's so cool!" "There's a maze of hallways in here and they went on and on and I got lost and then I found myself in the dungeon." "It was fun." "That's great Luffy," said Amy sarcastically. "I'm happy you had such a good time." "Now that we're all here, let's eat, I'm hungry!" While they ate Allanon told them about the castle and some of the dangers that lingered inside its walls as well as some castle secrets.
