Hi, everyone! I'm back! So I'm not going to respond to the comments due to there not being a lot of them. Anyways, let's start.

Lucy is surrounded in light, traveling to the new world to find Aquarius's key. She was so happy she was close to finding Aquarius but she was also anxious and nervous about going on an adventure alone.

'Well, at least it'll be exciting,' Lucy smiles.

The light soon fades and Lucy finds that she had appeared a mile over a mountain. Lucy screams.

"You have got to be kidding me!" She screams as she falls to the very rocky mountain side. In desperation, she takes out her key. "Open! Gate of the Ram! Aries!"

A ram horned woman dressed in white appears. "Sorry I'm late, Miss Lucy!"

"Not now! Save us!" Lucy yelled, the two of them falling to the ground at a fast rate.

"Sorry!" Aries yelled over the wind rushing. "Wool Cushion!"

A massive woolen cushion appears and acts as an airbag for the too. They bounce off the rocks and fall into a nearby river, which was more akin to a roller coaster. The two, riding on the wool cushion, fell into said river.

"I'm sorry!" Aries yelled, as they were thrown down the river at extremely fast speeds. The two screamed.

Lucy sees a nearby lighthouse. "Aries!"

Aries nods. "Wool Shot!" She shoots wool towards the ground, sending them flying towards the lighthouse.

Lucy takes out her whip. "Fleuve d'etoiles!" she yells. The whip suddenly begins flowing water, extending its reach to grab onto the lighthouse

The two land on the ground, slightly exhausted. "I'm sorry, Miss Lucy but I'm going to go home now." Aries says as she disappears back to the celestial spirit world.

"Ugh," Lucy said. "Where am I now?"

She turns to the lighthouse and knocks.

"Hello, is anyone in there?" she asked. No response.

Lucy, sighing, turned to see a giant whale had appeared in the water, silently. Lucy screams again.

"Now calm down."

Lucy looks down into the water to see a tiny little boat. On it, stood an old man who strangely resembled a flower. Petals-like things were coming out of his head.

"Now just wait there so I can get to you," the old man said.

"I've got a better idea," Lucy said, "Fleuve d'etoiles!" Using her magic whip, she grabbed the old man and safely brought him up to the lighthouse.

"What the-" Crocus yelled, surprised by the whip. "What's that thing?"

Lucy blinked. "It's just magic. Why are you so surprised?"

The old man looked at her strangely. "What the hell do you mean magic? There's no such thing!"

Lucy gave a confused look. This man didn't know about magic? But everybody uses it. At least everybody in her world.

'I guess they don't have magic in this world," Lucy thought. 'Should I hide my abilities? But I already told this guy.'

The old man narrowed his eyes, staring intently at Lucy. Personally, it creeped her out.

"You're not from around here, are you, girly?" he asked, both cryptically and intently.

"Uh… no, I'm not," Lucy replied nervously. "Why do you ask?"

The old man shrugged, the intensity of his stare gone. "Just curious."

"Are you kidding me?" Lucy yelled, annoyed by him. She calms down, though. Lucy had spent years with more insane characters with more quirky habits.

"Anyways, why are you here?" old man asked. "What brings a girl like you to the Grand Line?"

"Gr-Grand Line?" Lucy asked, confused.

Old man gives her another intense glare. "What do you mean?"

"Uh…" Lucy said nervously.

"You don't have to answer," the old man said. "Your secrets are your own."

"Then why did you ask?!" Lucy cried.

"Haven't you ever heard of a running gag?" the old man asked. "Anyways, I still think you should tell me who you are anyways. With no ship, you aren't going anywhere and I might be able to help."

Lucy sighed. "I guess I have no choice…"

The two went to a nearby table to chat and Lucy began telling her story, how she was a mage from another world and how she was searching for her friend. The old man, who told her his name was named Crocus, was a good listener, not looking surprised and only asking questions at needed points. Afterwards the old man groaned.

"Ugh," Crocus groaned. "I'm too old for this…"

Lucy narrowed her eyes. "Y-you don't seem that surprised about all this…"

Crocus shrugged. "Let's just say I've had a very interesting past. I've seen things that you wouldn't even believe."

Lucy sighed in relief. "Thank goodness you believe me, Mr. Crocus."

"Don't mention it-"

Just then, an explosive hit the whale, who Crocus had introduced as Laboon.

"LABOON!" Crocus shouted in a panic. Both of them turned to see a pair of individuals in the distance, a male and a female. Both were holding rocket launchers, trails of smoke coming from the ends.

Lucy glared at them in anger. From what Crocus had told her, the whale was a good friend of his. How dare they try to hurt him!

"HOW DARE YOU?!" Crocus yelled at the mysterious strangers. "I'll get you for this!"

"Crocus," Lucy said, her clothes transforming. "Leave them to me."

Crocus looked at Lucy surprised. "Okay. So this is magic, eh?"

Lucy nods and she finally wore a green outfit consisting of a twin tailed coat, her hair was in a ponytail, a bow was in her hand, and the symbol for Sagittarius was on her left shoulder. "Star Dress: Sagittarius Form."

In the distance, the man and the woman were surprised by the girl's transformation.

"Eh, Miss Wednesday? Do you see what that girl did?" the man asked.

"Uh, yes I did Mr. 9, I did," the woman replied. "Why is she pointing that bow at us?"

"Don't worry. She couldn't possible hit us from that distance."

Lucy smiled as her magic arrows collided with the rock around the mysterious duo, exploding on impact. The duo screamed as the blasts managed them to send them flying. Lucky for them, they had landed directly on their docked boat.

"Thanks for that, kid," Crocus said to her. "Hey, how about I offer you a job?"

Lucy blinked surprised. "Job?"

"Yeah, those two have been trying to get Laboon for some time. Something about using him as meat for their village."

Lucy was disgusted. "That's horrible!"

Crocus nods. "Indeed. Anyways, if you can keep them away, I'll provide food and shelter until a boat comes to take you to a nearby island."

Lucy smiled. "Sounds like a plan."

And there's the end to that chapter. I hope you liked it. Please comment!