English is not my mother tongue. Sorry if I made some mistakes. I will still give my best. Hope you like it. Have fun reading it.

Chapter 1

Everything around me was black. Where am I? What had happened? I heard voices but didn't understand what they were saying. Only slowly the voices became clearer and I could understand something. "Is she still alive?" "Yes" "Why is she alone here?" "How should I know?" "We'll take her to the ship so the doc can take a look at her." Why did the voices sound so familiar to me? Why ship? Up to the sea it was approx 800-900 km from my home. I noticed how someone took me up and strangely enough I felt no fear. Why was that so? They were strangers. To be exactly strange men according to the voices to judge. So why didn't I feel any fear although they just took me somewhere. I tried to open my eyes and it worked. "I think she is waking up." said one of the voices. My gaze went up as I finally wanted to know who my wearer was who had stopped after this statement. Two radiating blue eyes, which reminded one of the sea, looked at me. I recognized the person immediately. It was Marco! Marco the Phoenix, one of my favourite characters from One Piece. That couldn't be. He was a fictional character, created by a genius. So either I just have the best dream in the world or I'm dead. "I think I'm dead, I see an angel." it slipped out. God when will I ever learn it? Do not speak thoughts out loud! Unfortunately this often happens to me. "I would rather say pineapple instead of angel." it came laughing from the left. There stood Ace! And as if that wasn't already confusing enough, Thatch and Izou also pushed themselves into my field of vision. "He can fly but he is more of a flaming chicken and definitely no angel." said Thatch. If Marco wouldn't carry me and I would feel better I would have punched both Ace and Thatch. Somehow I always found it stupid to name Marco with that strange nicknames like pinapple or chicken. It was surely because he and the surgeon of death Trafalgar Law were ranked number 1 of my favorite characters at One Piece. I closed my eyes again and grabbed my forehead with my left hand as my head hurt extremely.

So in thoughts sunk I did not noticed that Marco had started to move again. I only noticed it when I opened my eyes again and we were on the Moby Dick. "My son whom have you brought there" I heard a deep voice. My son? Wait, that meant Whitebeard was asking. "We found her unconscious on the island. She woke up a short time later but has not told us yet who she is. She seems a little confused." Marco reported and then told an unknown man to get the doc on deck. "Confused is exactly what she is! She called Marco an angel." came laughing from the fire fist. Now the emperor looked slightly irritated at Marco and me. Meanwhile all commanders as well as many crew members unknown to me had gathered around us and stared at me, which was very unpleasant for me. I remained mute, which was probably better for the beginning because the situation overtaxed me a bit too much. "What is your name my child?" Whitebeard asked me now directly. Well great and what now? I looked for the eye contact with Marco and looked at him slightly pleadingly. Please let him understand that I cannot cope with the situation. Too many people were looking at me at once. I just didn't like being the center of attention. The last time such a similar situation ended in a panic attack. Please don't let it get that far. "I think it's better if the doc examines her first and we ask her questions later." Marco said and looked at his captain, who nodded approvingly after a short hesitation. A short time later the doc finally arrived on deck and said that he would like to examine me more closely in the infirmary. So Marco carried me to the infirmary.

"Thank you." I whispered quietly as we walked through the many identical corridors. Marco looked me straight in the eyes and smiled slightly. So he had understood it. "Will you tell me your name?" he asked. "Tiara" I answered briefly. "I'm Marco but I think you already noticed that." he gave me a slight grin what made me smile slightly. Arriving at the infirmary, he laid me on one of the beds in there. The doc began his examinations and took blood from me. Marco stayed in the room the whole time for which I was grateful to him. Strictly speaking, he was a stranger to me, just like the others, but he radiated such peace and quiet, which did me good. Nevertheless I was still confused. What was that here? A dream or reality? How did I get here? Would I be able to go back to my world if this was real after all? Was I in a coma and dreaming all this? Or was I maybe even dead in the end and this world here, the world of One Piece, something like paradise? Too many questions at once buzzed around in my head. "Here this should help against your headache." said the doc and gave me a tablet and a glass of water. Quickly I took these and asked if I could go. So far everything was fine with me, except for the headache.

After I entered the hall I stopped. Why did everything look so alike here? From which direction had we come? I should have been more careful earlier and not just stared at Marco. "Come I bring you to the galley first so that you can eat something. Then we go on deck again. Pops surely has some questions for you." Marco explained and set himself in motion but I stopped. Just the thought of having to get out where everyone was staring at me made me freeze. "What's the matter?" he asked when he noticed that I had stopped. "I can't do that. I can't talk when so many people stare at me. I hate to be the center of attention and get panic attacks every now and then when it gets too much for me." I explained to him. "I noticed that. Don't worry, I'll make sure that later only pops and I are present during the conversation. But you have to understand that we have to know who you are." came from Marco and I nodded. I knew what he meant. They had to make sure I wasn't someone from the Navy or something like that. "Thank you. Ace and Thatch can also be there. Just not so many." I answer again without thinking. Marco looked at me irritated, but was silent. I am so stupid why did I said that? Neither of the two had introduced themselves to me or someone had mentioned their names and yet I knew them. It was clear to me that this must have seemed strange or suspicious to him.