Chapter 33: Goblin Dogs
Pony Head decided to take Star, Luffy and Marco to get some Goblin Dogs… however there seemed to be a hiccup.
"You're lost!" laughed Luffy.
"Oh you really think that's funny rubber boy!" yelled Pony Head, "I've seen you get lost so many times!"
It was clear she might try to stab him… again…
Marco sighed at Pony Heads reaction, he was close to pointing out she was lost too, though he was sure that the reason way she might try to stab him was the sheer fact that well… it was Luffy.
Everyone knew unless it was Quest Buy, he had zero sense of direction.
Thankfully Star was able to avoid any possible stabbings.
"Hey! I see the goblin dog truck!" called out Star.
"All right!" cheered Luffy.
They all went to where Star saw the truck and they saw it along with the ridiculously long line.
"That's the line!" yelled Marco, "It's like a million miles long!"
"It's all good, my friend Kelly is holding a place in line for us!" said Pony Head.
"Kelly! Really?" asked Luffy.
"Oh yeah I totally you and Kelly are good friends…" muttered Pony Head, "Yo Kelly!"
They got to a spot where a strange furry thing with eyes was standing in line.
Of course Pony Head being Pony head pushed around several people to get in line with flurry thing named Kelly.
"Hey Kelly!" cheered Luffy.
Kelly just blinked, and Luffy began to pout for some reason.
Pony Head started to catch up with Star while forcing Marco to talk with Kelly.
"She's not going to talk." Grumbled Luffy.
"Why?" asked Marco.
Luffy didn't answer only pouted a little.
"So are you sure you want to want to wait in such a long line for a hot dog?" asked Marco.
"It's not just a hot dog!" said a voice.
However that was when a battle-axe was thrown at Marco. He saw a little koala (as in the animal, not Sabo's revolutionary liaison)
"It's a goblin dog! Some would kill for a goblin dog! Just like I nearly killed you with that axe" said the Koala, "Just to be clear, I was the one who threw the axe."
"I pulled myself out the ground for a goblin dog!" said a talking tree, "I'm a bit tender."
"So it's the best meat in the world!" said Luffy.
"Oh yeah! I had a goblin dog last week and it was teh bomb." Said Pony Head earning the admiration of everyone in line.
That was when a goblin showed up as a one-man band singing. Marco was weirded out but Luffy laughed.
"Good I wasn't imagining things." Said Marco.
However that little thing with the signing was the last time joy would be had in the line… thanks to the long line and one of the worst forces known to man kind…
Luffy's stomach.
"I'm so hungry!" whined Luffy lying down on the ground.
"I know…" said Marco, "I'm hungry too!"
"So hungry!" whined Luffy again.
That was when Kelly produced an apple from her hair and dropped it front of Luffy.
"I WANT MEAT!" yelled Luffy.
"Uh… can I have that since Luffy doesn't want it." Said Marco.
Kelly just blinked.
Marco shrugged, whipped the apple on his hoody and ate, he was so hungry he didn't care it was on the ground.
Not Luffy hungry but still pretty hungry.
"So hungry!" Luffy whined again.
That was when Marco got hit by something.
Turned out it was a t-shirt cannon. Everyone was excited for the t-shirts.
However Marco got an idea after the goblin stopped firing t-shirts.
"Excuse me!" asked Marco.
"Hi." Said the goblin.
"You work here?" asked Marco.
"Yes!" replied the goblin.
"We've been waiting in this line forever and I'm pretty sure that my friend might resort to cannibalism." Said Marco.
"Meat!" yelled Luffy notice a man that looked to made of bacon.
Star restrained her brother using a magical net.
"Don't eat me!" yelled the bacon man, "I'm not that deicloius!"
"I don't know if that actually counts but it's close enough!" said Marco, "How do we get a goblin dog?"
"You wait in line." Said the goblin.
Can you tell me how to get into that short line." Said Marco.
It was a really short line that ended at the truck.
"Oh that's the VIP line!" said the goblin, "It was my boss' idea."
"How do we get into the VIP line?" asked Marco.
Star knew Marco was up to something so she dragged Luffy over to there to distract him from the bacon man.
"Well it's very exclusive!" said the goblin, "But I guess I could S-N-E-A-K you in."
"No thank you! I am not going to do that!" said Pony Head.
"What? He just offered to sneak us in." said Marco.
"Oh… I thought he just spelled something else." Said Pony Head.
"Don't worry Luffy! We'll get a Goblin dog soon!" said Star.
They got in line.
"All right!" said the Goblin showing up, "Who's ready to buy some goblin dog merchandise."
"We just want the goblin dog." Said Star.
"You're in the VIP line." Said the goblin, "It stands for very "Very Interested in buy Products" But the products, stay in line, get the dogs."
"I don't have any money…" said Star.
"MEAT!" yelled Luffy.
"I have some money in my back pocket!" said Pony Head.
Star went through her pocket… somehow…
"I have 27 cents and two pistachio shells." Said Star.
"I have some cash." Said Marco taking out a huge wad of cash.
"Whoa! How much is that?" asked Star.
"Like 650 bucks." Said Marco he then whispered to Star so the Goblin wouldn't hear, "It's actually just half of what I have on me."
"Half? Why do you have 1300 dollars?" asked Star incredulously.
"I'll tell you another time when Luffy isn't meat mad." Said Marco.
"I want my meat!" yelled Luffy.
"Calm down we should be getting those dogs soon." Said Star.
"That will do it." Said the Goblin taking the 650, "That will get you executive package."
He gave all five in line swag.
He was pouting because he couldn't eat any of it but seemed to be calming down because of the short line they were in.
"Man this goblin dog stuff is ridiculous." Said Star.
"Yeah you dropped a lot of cash on all this swag." Said Pony Head.
"It wasn't that much." Said Luffy.
"Okay… there is something going on with that money." Said Star, "And you're in on it!"
"We're next!" cheered Luffy.
Thankfully they were next in line so that Star forgot the topic about the mysterious money.
They got to the window and the goblin opened up.
"Five Goblin Dog please!" said Star.
"Oh you have to wait in that now line now." Said the goblin.
"How many lines are there?" asked Marco.
The goblin began to list all the lines… there were so many lines.
"I'd like to speak to your manager please." Said Marco.
"I WANT MEAT!" yelled Luffy.
"Calm down Luffy." Said Star putting him in another magical net.
"I'll go get him." said the goblin, he closed the window revealing the same goblin but now wearing a hat.
"Yes?" asked the goblin.
"What's taking so long?" asked Marco, "We've been wafting for 6 hours to get a Goblin Dog… as I said earlier I'm pretty sure my friend might resort to cannibalism."
"I WANT MEAT!" yelled Luffy.
"I think you're friend has a problem." Said the goblin.
"I know." Sighed Marco.
"Well you might have been waiting for six hours… but a lot of these people have been waiting for years." said the goblin
"Years!" yelled Luffy hearing what he just said.
Well the others yelled that too, but they were quiet when compared to Luffy's yell.
"Years!" yelled the goblin before closing the window and reopening it sans hat, "What did the manager say?"
"You are the manager!" yelled Star, Marco, Luffy and Pony Head.
"You know what! Forget this! I'm not waiting years to try a goblin dog." Said Pony Head.
"Wait… try? I thought you said you had one." Said Marco.
"Well as it were." Said Pony Head.
"Well did you have one or not." Said Marco.
"I'm done and I'm taking Luffy with me to a steak house!" said Marco.
"Yeah!" yelled Luffy.
"Oh come on guys… you know Pony Head didn't mean anything from that, she's just a liar." Said Star.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait…" said Pony Head stopping them from leaving.
"Wait?" asked Marco, "That's all we've doing! Luffy's close to going insane."
Pony Head gave him a look that said "We all know he wasn't sane to begin with."
"Okay… but he's going meat crazy, and I'm tired, hungry and sweaty." Said Marco.
"Come on everybody in this line has lied." Said Pony Head.
"I lied." Said the koala, "I wasn't the one who threw the axe at you."
"I lied too." Said the Bacon Man, "I am probably deicloius, I just don't want to be eaten."
Other people in line began to admit to their lies.
"See lying is bad and we shouldn't do but there is one person who lied to us all!" said Star.
"Yeah! Pony Head!" yelled the koala.
"No not her!" said Star then she pointed to the goblin, "Him!"
Everyone realized it was the truth.
"Oh yeah he did lie to us! Get him!" yelled the koala.
"You'll lose your place in line!" yelled the Goblin.
However he took out a T-Shirt gun knowing that the didn't have any choice.
However Pony Head got an idea.
"Luffy! Do your thing you Gum Gum Dum Dum!" yelled Pony Head.
Luffy jumped in front of the t-shirt canon and took the hit, but thanks to being rubber it just bounced off him.
Pony Head then shot some sort of beam from her horn at the T-Shirt cannon, destroying it.
"Oh no!" yelled the Goblin.
"All right!" cheered Star.
"Good work Pony Head." Said Marco.
However the Goblin began to drive away, however Luffy grabbed onto the truck, but was grabbed away.
"Do you think Luffy can handle it?" asked Marco.
"He can! But I isn't letting him do all the work! Grab on Turd." Said Pony Head.
"I don't like you calling me that." Said Marco as he grabbed onto her.
She flew away very quickly.
Star also summoned cloudy who thankfully wasn't acting high this time.
Luffy mean while managed to get to the roof and started to punch through it.
"How strong is that guy!" yelled the Goblin.
However Marco began to distract him by throwing some Goblin Dog Merchandise..
However it was Star who took him down by turning the truck's wheels into marshmallows.
The truck crashed throwing Luffy off the roof.
"You okay?" Star as she helped him up.
"I'm okay." Said Luffy.
They all turned their attention to the Goblin.
"All right Roy! Give us all your Goblin Dogs." Said Pony Head.
"Look you got me." Said the goblin named Roy, "Goblin dogs aren't real."
"What!" yelled Pony Head.
"It's a ruse I took you for everything." Said Roy.
"Come on guys let's just go. Marco said something about a steak house." Said Star.
"Look kids you can have your money back." Said the Goblin.
"You know what… Keep it..." said Marco.
"Uh… Marco… that 650." Said Star.
"And I still have 650…" said Marco, "And when he no sees my 650, he'll remember the group of kids that beat him."
"I'll probably just spend it." Said Roy.
"He's right Marco… we should just take the money." Said Star.
"No Star we're going home." Said Marco.
Then Luffy's stomach rumbled loudly.
"I need meat!" yelled Luffy.
"After going to a steak house." Said Marco.
The four began to leave…
"So shines a good deed in a weary world." Said Roy.
However the money began to blow away in the wind as Roy laughed, then he ran up to Marco and grabbed his arm.
"Hey can one of you…" said Marco.
"You've done it!" yelled Roy.
"Come on!" said Marco.
That was when there was a shout of "Gum Gum Pistol!" and Roy fell to the ground.
He was relatively okay however.
"You've earned a Goblin Dog!" said Roy.
"What are you talking about?" asked Marco.
"Goblin Dogs are real." Said Kelly.
She pushed away her hair revealed she was actually a dark skinned girl that looked almost human, but lacked a nose.
"Kelly!" said Star.
"We thought you died." Said Pony Head.
"No we didn't." said Marco.
"Well I thought she died so excuse me." Said Pony Head.
"Wait, is that why you were quiet and not because…" said Luffy as his eyes trailed to the top of her head.
"A little of both." Said Kelly, "But I have had a Goblin Dog before and I got it from Roy."
"So Goblin Dogs are real?" asked Marco.
"Yes, yes they are." Said Roy.
"So you tricked us." Said Star.
"No it feels like one of those secret test things." Said Luffy.
"He's right!" said Roy, "A goblin dog must choose its master. And they have chosen you!"
He created some sort of magic circle using ketchup and mustard and all of them found themselves in some sort of temple. All of them were amazed by what was going on.
"Behold!" said Roy.
He took out five hot dogs.
"These are not Goblin Dogs!" said Roy.
He then placed them in a Micro Wave.
"These are Goblin Dogs." Said Roy.
"Finally!" cheered Luffy.
"Bon Apatite." Said Star as she held Pony Head's.
All of them began to eat it.
"IT's good." Said Luffy with a shrug.
"It tastes like a normal hot dog." Said Marco.
"It's basic but like Luffy said it's good." Said Pony Head.
"Yeah I was expecting something else…" said Star.
And then it kicked in… all of them experienced the true power of the Goblin Dog and they woke up in the desert once it was done.
"Whoa! That was awesome!" yelled Luffy.
"You were right Pony Head! That was amazing." Said Marco.
"You know! The Best for my besties and stuff like that." Said Pony Head, "But for real! I'm tired of this place and let's get out of here!"
Luffy's stomach once again rumbled.
"They were good, but I'm still really hungry!" said Luffy.
"Of course you are." Laughed Kelly.
"Hey Kelly, it was nice meeting you." Said Marco.
"It was cool hanging out with you too." Said something that came from Kelly hair… that matched it completely, he was had eyes popping out much like Kelly before she moved her hair.
"What the!" yelled Marco.
"Oh this is my boyfriend Tad." Said Kelly.
"You've been here the whole time?" asked Marco.
"yeah I don't really eat hot dogs, I'm vegan and stuff." Said Tad, "But I like to hang."
However it looked like he started to glare at Luffy.
"Luffy…" muttered Tad.
"Chad." Said Luffy.
"It's Tad." Muttered Tad.
"Hey don't really like each other." Whispered Star.
"Yeah… I think I get why." Said Marco.
And so they had Goblin Dogs… and thankfully Luffy didn't eat anyone during the long, long, long, long wait… on the bright side they did earn the right them so there's that…
Next Time: Glossaryck gets into a fight with Star and refuses to leave a donut box. thanks to some outside the box thinking from Luffy they have a plan to get him out. However Ludo shows up during his idea. What will happen? Find out next time!