Disclaimer I do not own One Piece, I only own Crystal!
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I woke up at about early morning. I grabbed my staff and put on the clothes Nami gave me yesterday and headed up to the kitchen. I yawned as I walked in and sat down without thinking and put my head on the table. I sat there for a good ten minutes until I noticed it was too quiet. I looked around and noticed nobody around. I used my enhanced hearing to listen for any heartbeats on the ship but I didn't feel a single beat. I began to panic and ran outside onto the deck.
The first thing I noticed was the snow still falling and the giant winter island in front of me. I smiled and to make me feel safe I listened for heartbeats on the island and heard eight of them but I just assumed that Brook was on the island. I grinned and sprinted towards the edge of the ship and jumped off. I then felt the wind spinning around me; I looked around and saw it holding me up in the air! I wasn't expecting that, I just wanted to jump to the ground but I guess instincts took over and I started to fly.
I started to giggle as I flew above the snow covered trees. I then started to full out laugh with joy as the air flew in my face making my hair fly away from my face. I didn't know how fast I was going but everything was a blur as I flew in between trees and dodging everything in my path. I finally found myself in a pure white field of snow that was untouched. I started to walk on it but I kept the wind lifting me up just enough so I wouldn't damage the perfect field. When I reached the middle I sat down on the snow without damaging it.
I focused on everything around me and I felt all of the snow, wind and ice that was around me. I could feel the energy of it all flowing through me, and I felt the best that I ever had in my whole life. I focused on all my senses so I felt everything and just let it all soak in. It felt like I was receiving knowledge from winter itself about how I could use my new found power. I smiled, thinking that even nature wanted to help and make me happy.
I heard a rustling in the bushes at the tree line and my head snapped there instantly. I knew exactly who it was though. I then put my hand in the air and made a motion with my hand. The wind I commanded flew over to the bushes and picked up the small reindeer as he screamed in fright as I giggled and brought him over to me. He looked at me in surprise as I sat him down and not damaging the snow.
"Crystal…did you just…?" Chopper was speechless and it was adorable.
I giggled, "Yes Chopper, I just flew you over to me, why are you so curious?" I asked amused at his facial expression.
"Well everyone was back on the ship and we were ready to eat lunch. We then realized that you weren't on the ship and I decided to come looking for you," Chopper said smiling at me looking proud of himself.
"Well thank you for coming all the way out here for me. Shall we go back then?" I asked and he nodded. He stood up while I just sat there smiling at him. Chopper just looked at me looking really confused.
"Aren't we going back?"
"Yea we are, I was just going to warn you before you started screaming," I said and finally stood up and waved my staff around us in a circle.
"Do you mean we are…?" Chopper trailed off.
"Yes Chopper, we are going to fly there, I hope you don't mind because I don't want to ruin this beautiful snow," I said as we started to levitate.
"It ok, but can I hold onto you?" He asked nervously.
"Of course, but don't let go or else you could fall," I said and he shrieked but I just laughed it off.
I then started to put more force into the wind and it carried us up far into the sky. I started to push the wind with us towards the direction of the Sunny. We flew for a good five minutes until we landed onto the deck and Chopper just looked at me with literal stars in his eyes and I laughed at him.
"Crystal, that was AMAZING!" Chopper yelled at me and I smiled but Choppers yell attracted a young captain and sniper.
"What happened, Chopper?" Luffy asked.
"Well Crystal did this amazing thing with her powers! She-" Chopper was cut off by Usopp.
"I would love to hear it Chopper but can we head inside?" Usopp said shivering without a coat on.
"Yea, besides I'm starving because I didn't have breakfast," I said walking to the kitchen.
Lunch went by normally, well normal for the straw hat pirates at least. Chopper told the whole crew that I could fly and his amazing adventure though the winter forest. I ate my soup that Sanji made and laughed at Usopp's adventure in the woods, but you knew he was lying about most of it. Nami then told us that we only had until tomorrow morning to stay because of the log pose. I was a little sad but knew we were going to find another one again someday.
"So Nami," I said getting her attention.
"What type of island are we going to see next?" I asked getting quite curious to see another island possibly with people.
"Hmmm…I believe it's a summer island, and it has a big town in it," Nami said with a smile.
"What is summer like?" I asked assuming it was another season.
"It's the exact opposite of winter. Everything is boiling hot and there's green leaves on the trees with flowers everywhere…"Nami explained, but when I thought about it I didn't want to be in the heat. I liked being in the cold even if I could really feel it I still liked it.
"Thanks Nami, well I'm going to be out on the island training until tomorrow morning," I said taking my staff and waving at everybody.
"Wait Crystal-swan!" Sanji yelled, stopping me right at the door.
"Here, take this so you don't get hungry," Sanji said giving me a pot of soup, "Don't worry, it'll stay warm through tonight."
"Thank you so much Sanji," I said giving him a bright smile.
"Ahhhh! Crystal-swaaaaan just gave me a beautiful smile!" Sanji danced. I giggled and walked outside and flew back to the meadow.
For the rest of the afternoon I spent on learning how to create snow from my own will. Let me tell you it wasn't easy, it took me at least an hour for a snowflake to appear on my palm. The most after I was done training in that section was being able to make a snow ball the size of my hand. After that I went out to search for a lake to learn how to manipulate ice. When I found one I walked out to the middle of it and sat down. I got into my normal meditation state which is when I sit crisscross on the ground and place my staff across my lap, then I put my hand together and rest them in my lap. I focused on the ice and felt the energy but it was way harder to control.
I first tried to manipulate the ice but nothing moved. The ice was the hardest to feel the energy at all but maybe I should just start small. I decided to go back to the ship and steal an ice cube from the freezer with Sanji's permission and ran back to the lake. I sat back down and just concentrated on the cube in my hands. I wanted to make a circle out of the cube first so I tried imagining the cube forming into a sphere. When I opened my eyes I saw what looked like a cube with very smoothed edges. I sighed and kept on trying. I did this for the rest of the day and at the end I was finally able to manipulate the ice cube at my own will.
When it was pitch black outside I decided I would head back to the cave I found this morning. I had put the soup that Sanji had given me in there and I'm going to eat. When I finished my bowl I went to go sleep on the bed made out of snow that I made. I had such a peaceful sleep…until he woke me up.
"Crystal-san…get up…" I heard a sleepy voice say.
"Who are you and what do you want?" I asked sleepily reaching for my staff but the man took it away from me.
"You are coming with me and we are going to train," He said again and at that I woke up.
"Who are you and what do you mean you want to train me?" I asked the man that was wearing a white suit with black hair and wearing a sleeping mask on his forehead.
"I'm Aokiji, an admiral for the marines, and I'm taking you with me to headquarters to train," Aokiji said walking outside into the snow.
"I'm not coming with you, I have my friends here with me and I'm not leaving them.
"Hmmm, well I don't care, I was ordered to take you with me and if I don't then I will be in a lot of trouble," He said picking his ear and walked over to me again.
"I'm not going with you and that's final," I said walking past him but he grabbed my arm as I walked past him.
"Then, you are coming with me by force," Aokiji said pulling me and he was surprisingly strong. I couldn't break hold from his grasp as he pulled me across the island.
"Will you stop; I'm not going to train with you! You were the one who imprisoned me my whole life! I will call for my friends! I'm warning you!" I said yelling as I was trying to pull my arm away.
"Go ahead, you are still coming with me," He said bored and I just stared at him before screaming.
"LUUUFYYY! NAMIIIIIII! CHOOOPPEERRRR! ZOOOROOOO!" I screamed and Aokiji looked at me with slight shock, then it disappeared.
"So you are a part of the Straw Hats?" Aokiji just sounded amused and then off in the distance you could hear Luffy yelling.
"Yes I am and they will come and get me," I said confidently.
"Do you really believe that?" he said and I just blanked, "You have never been in the outside world, they are pirates, they kill and steal from innocent people. Do you really trust them that easily? They will turn their back on you any day now and you will be abandoned. You should come with me and the navy will take care of you."
"I-I do trust them and I believe in them, you can't make me think otherwise Aokiji," I said as we just stood in a clearing.
"CRYSTAAAALLLLL!" Luffy yelled close and I turned in the direction but Aokiji then crouched down and touched my ankle.
"Sorry Crystal-san, I'm gonna have to do this," Aokiji said and I then felt a horrible pain in my ankle slowly spreading. I screamed out with as much energy as I could, and I assumed Luffy could hear it because he started to yell for me again and the others were with him.
"Just stop it please!" I yelled as the pain was in my legs and growing up my stomach.
"I can't do that until Straw Hat and his crew are gone," Aokiji said and I felt tears going down my cheeks.
"What are you doing to me?!" I screamed in pain again as it was almost at my chest and my arms were also fully engulfed with pain.
"I'm freezing you alive, it must be painful but it must be done. I will not freeze your head though unless the situation gets drastic," Aokiji said and I processed the information. Since it was ice then I might be able to manipulate it, but I'm in too much pain and I wouldn't be able to manipulate this much ice.
"CRYSTAL! AOKIJI GET AWAY FROM CRYSTAL AND STOP HURTING HER!" Luffy yelled as he, Zoro and Sanji came into the clearing.
"I can't do that Straw hat, she is the government's property," Aokiji said as he smiled at Luffy.
"She isn't anyone's property! She is her own person! Crystal are you okay?!" Luffy yelled with full anger.
"Luffy…it hurts…" I said my voice hoarse from the screaming, the ice had fully covered my body except my head and I was surprisingly cold, "I'm cold and it hurts a lot Luffy…"
"Don't worry Crystal, we will get you back, I promise," Luffy said running at Aokiji with his fist raised.
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*Sigh* There it is. I hope you guys are ready for a fight scene next chapter. And this is after the time skip but its right after Fish Man Island. Aokiji is still an admiral too so you guys don't get too confused. Well that's all I have to say so please review and have a good day! Bye bye!