A/N: Frist off, this chapter and the next one are Synchronous Episodes. That means the two take place in the same time frame, like the episodes Starsitting and On the Job as well as The Bogbeast of Boggabah and Total Eclipsa the Moon. Not only that but the end of the chapter will give away the Wham-ness of the next chapter as a cliffhanger... So up to read it or to stop reading when Glossaryck arrives back from his meeting! I'm going to try to update against tomorrow but I make no promises. You have been warned!
Also something I have to say about this chapter, I had few ideas for how the conversations went but once I actually wrote it they didn't go the way I had planned out... they contain the same spirit that I had in mind, but not the same words... either way I hope you enjoy and once again... read the last part of the chapter at your own risk.
Chapter 44: Glossaryck and the Unknown Future
Glossaryck was worried… extremely worried which was cornering on multiple levels.
And Luffy was the cause of this worry.
There was one person he had to talk about it… but unfortunately that means he had to leave for a while and it was a bad idea to leave at the moment.
Thankfully he managed to convince Star to go on a Blue Dimension Adventure.
"All right! You two ready for another North Blue Adventure?" asked Star.
"Oh yeah!" cheered Luffy.
"Remember to create clothes if it gets cold." Pointed out Marco.
"Oh I know!" laughed Star, "Later Glossaryck."
Star created a portal and all three went though the portal to the North Blue.
Once they were gone, Glossaryck breathed a sigh of relief. And then astral projected to the Bureaucracy of Magic.
However he didn't stick the landing and crashed into the wall.
"Oh hey sorry about that." Said a moose like creature who then peeled him off the wall.
"I know… it's still on the fritz." Sighed Glossaryck, "It's okay Sean… I was the one who scheduled this meeting."
The creature named Sean gasped in shock.
"I know, I know… I willingly came here." Sighed Glossaryck.
He floated into the building.
"Wait… no magic… especially not after last time." Sighed Sean.
Glossaryck sighed and walked inside the building, went through the magic detector, had to get a strip search because of his forehead jewel which he insisted he kept that.
Thankfully he made sure the meeting was on the first floor so he didn't have to deal with anything else.
The only downside was no one used the first floor meeting room, so it was very dusty with a broken light.
He thankfully waited for only a minute before the person he wanted to meet arrived.
She appeared to be chalk white with long red hair with a flame over her head and a black corn on her head.
She was Hekapoo, the one who forged the Dimensional Scissors and choose who was worthy.
Thanks to this she was also good friends with Luffy and sometimes went on adventures with him.
Not only that but thanks to Luffy she decided to look into the often-overlooked Dimension, this led to her getting a hobby in the Blue Dimension.
"So… this a surprise." She said sitting down in a chair, which was wobbly, "The first floor meeting room though?"
"I'm not dealing with the elevator or stairs like last time." Said Glossaryck.
"Good point." Said Hekapoo with a shrug, "So what did you want to talk about?"
"You're good friends with Luffy." Sighed Glossaryck.
"Yeah… what about it?" asked Hekapoo.
"I've realized something about Luffy, that he's unpredictable." Said Glossaryck.
Hekapoo started to laugh. "Seriously? You only now just realized it?" asked Hekapoo.
"No… I don't mean "Luffy's so crazy and unpredictable LOL!"" he said in a rather goofy voice, "I mean he is literally unpredictable! As in I saw a future but his very presence changed it!"
"Oh…" said Hekapoo honestly surprised, "So…"
"I've noticed it the last couple months… I've never foreseen Luffy… if something happens I never expect him to be there. It's like he's a psychic blind spot… the times I noticed it before the outcome was still the same even if the execution was different."
He sighed remembering the incident on Garp's ship. What he foresaw was instead of getting Garp to open the box like they did, he saw them putting the box in the dumpster which would end up in garbage truck and that would lead to a rube Goldberg thing where he would trip up Ludo and get Star properly learn the spell.
He also didn't see, Luffy being locked in the closest but that was literally just "well Luffy's here…" and didn't affect the future he predicted.
"He changed the future I saw." Said Glossaryck.
Hekapoo looked both surprised yet at the same time not surprised.
"So what was supposed to happen?" asked Hekapoo.
"You see, I had predicted that Ludo was going to steal the Book." Said Glossaryck.
"What…" said Hekapoo?
"Look it didn't happen so don't worry about it." Said Glossaryck.
Hekapoo still stared at Glossaryck in disbelief.
"Like I said don't worry about it." Said Glossaryck.
"So it's a bad thing Luffy prevented it?" asked Hekapoo.
"Look that's not the important part." Said Glossaryck.
Hekapoo just gave him a deadpan look.
"Okay on the surface it's not a bad thing, but not for cosmic importance." Muttered Glossaryck.
Hekapoo just rolled her eyes.
"Look Luffy changed what was going to happen!" said Glossaryck.
"So he's a threat?" asked Hekapoo.
"What?" asked Glossaryck.
"He can clearly change the future that's set in stone, so he must be a threat." Said Hekapoo.
"Of course not!" said Glossaryck.
"We both know he's dangerous! And I've seen that's he's only going to get even stronger when he gets older…" said Hekapoo.
"But he's also Luffy!" said Glossaryck.
Hekapoo smirked when he said that.
"Knew that's what this is about." Said Hekapoo.
"What?" asked Glossaryck.
"You just needed to reassured that despite that Luffy is a psychic blind spot. You still know he's Luffy and won't hurt Star." Said Hekapoo, "I know for a fact he would rather die than betray the people he cares about."
"What happened?" asked Glossaryck.
"Don't ask." Said Hekapoo.
"Do you have any idea why I can't predict what he'll do?" asked Glossaryck.
"I have a couple theories." Said Hekapoo, "One is that he's Luffy, he's so unpredictable that not even the universe knows what's going to do."
"And the other?" asked Glossaryck.
"Have you heard about the Will of D?" asked Hekapoo.
"No… I haven't… then again I haven't really paid attention to the Blue Dimension like you have." Admitted Glossaryck.
"There's something about those that have the middle initial D." said Hekapoo, "I haven't really paid much attention about it because by the time I heard about it I was already neck deep in my hobby."
"Ace is one of those?" asked Glossaryck.
"And hos old man. From what I found out his name is actually Gol D. Roger not Gold Roger." Said Hekapoo.
"Interesting." Said Glossaryck, "I'll have to keep an eye on Ace to see if he's a blind spot."
"Also Luffy's family I don't need to explain about that one." Said Hekapoo.
"I got to meet his grandpa." Said Glossaryck, "He seems just crazy as they say."
"Haven't gotten a chance to meet him yet." Said Hekapoo, "But then again I'd rather not see if he's just as crazy as they say."
Glossaryck eyed Hekapoo.
"You know… that hobby of yours matured you." Said Glossaryck, "Not by much, but it has."
"So what of it?" asked Hekapoo.
"Just a stray thought." Said Glossaryck.
"Whatever." Muttered Hekapoo.
Both of them knew what the words really meant but of course neither would voice what they were really feeling.
"So… about the future." Said Hekapoo.
"Well I can still see a lot of things will go the same way as it's supposed to… but the things were changed I still can't see properly." Said Glossaryck.
"Congrats… you have no idea what's going to happen in the future!" said Hekapoo, "You're now at the level at everyone else."
"I can tell you haven't completely matured." Said Glossaryck.
Hekapoo just rolled her eyes Glossaryck comment. But at least it was clear he wasn't as worried as before.
Not too long later Glossaryck returned to his body and left the book, he found Star was on the mirror with her father.
While Marco and Luffy were talking about their adventure.
"Thank you so much!" said Star.
"Not a problem, and you're mother hopefully won't find out." Said King River.
"And that's why you're immune to lighting." Said Marco.
"Okay." Said Luffy.
"So how was your adventure?" asked Glossaryck.
"Oh you know the usual." Said Marco.
"Fought evil people, found weird places we'll probably never see again… convened a princess to run away from her evil father who raised her to be an assassin…" Said Star.
"Wait what was that last one?" asked Glossaryck.
That was when he notice there was a fourth person in the room, one that was using the changing area. It was a young woman with short pink hair, but the strange thing about her was that she had a swirly eyebrow. She was holding a strange pink cylinder and tossed it out the window.
"Okay then." Said Glossaryck.
Thanks to his talk with Hekapoo he realized that his fears about Luffy were unfounded. Yes, he couldn't predict Luffy, but in the end he knew Luffy wasn't a threat (or least a threat to his side at the moment)
And honestly the more he thought about it, the more he realized not knowing the future for once might be a good change of pace.
Though he also knew… he did have to figure out what to do when the time came, because there was going to be a point where Star needed him for something… and the path he was currently on there was no logical way for him to him to be at the point Star needed him.
He could only hope it would work out.
But for now he actually wanted to know what happened at the North Blue… because it sounded interesting…
Next Time: Star, Luffy and Marco go to the North Blue and end up in a strange location. Turns out it's the infamous traveling kingdom, home to an army that is said to be an urban legend! What's worse is that they know their there and they have a way to stop portals! Deciding to spilt up to find out why their portals aren't working Luffy faces off against one of their strongest warriors while Marco ends up befriending their Princess... who's a fan. What will happen? Find out next time!
A/N: I warned you didn't I! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!
Also about Hekapoo, she's a bit more mature than canon due to the nails laid out. Not much though... a good comparison would be Canon!Hekapoo is a teenager while M&B!Hekapoo is a college student, still immature, but more mature than a teenager. Her hobby will be revealed in due time, but will receive hints before then... I hope you like the chapter!
