PEOPLE WHO WERE READING THIS I AM SO EFFING SORRY!!!! I have had SO much writers block PLUS homework PLUS teachers bothering me I hadn't had ANY time to think! I'D LIKE TO THANK JOJO FOR PROVIDING US WITH THE SONG A Little Too Late AND MIKE SHINODA FOR Where'd You Go, GIVING ME INSPIRATION FOR THIS CHAPTER!! I'll stop typing in caps now!!!

P.S: Godell has virtually married me to Jack Spicer

P.S.S: Sorry people!!

P.S.S.S: I like pudding.

P.S.S.S.S: I'll shut up and write the fic now.

After the very short re-introduction, here's where the drama, romance, angst begins. Let's fast-forward to a few months later…

Rose, Godell, Tanisha and Angie were all somewhere on the ship, while Sanji was preparing a haddock dinner for the crew. It's been 3 months since September, Sanji and Rose have STILL not confessed their love to each other, Tanisha and Zoro are starting to roll though. And I mean ROLL. (Not forgetting the SOUNDS Rose heard in the storage room one night…)

Godell has been helping Angie and her evil plots to capture Luffy, and they've been working quite well.

In other news, it's Winter now and there's snow everywhere. Rose was sitting on the crow's nest, her hair had grown from her shoulders down to the middle of her back. (My hair grows fast.) She looked dazedly into the dark horizon, painted with a layer of dark blue, to blue, to light blue, orange then the sea.

She sighed. "A Winter's Sunset."

-Episode 28: A Winter's Sunset-

(I'm going to start having more chapters like that. This would be a setting as a new season.)

Rose closed her eyes slightly as her cat ears flipped in the light wind. "Ugh…Cold." She shivered. The hypnotic scent of baked haddock passed her heightened sense of smell. Her brunette tail started flipping around, and her pupils formed into cat-like slits. Since three months, her devil fruit powers have started to increase. Her claws got longer, her fangs got sharper, her irises became a golden-yellow and the fur on her ears and tail became fluffier.

Her feet also changed. She grew claws on her toenails and the soles of her feet became as thick as paws. So as her hands… She has a small nose piercing now, gold pole with peridot stone. She did it herself, by using her claw to puncture the skin. It was hard but she thinks it was worth it.

She was wearing a brown sweater hoodie with a white coat stuffed with goose down, a denim miniskirt with brown leggings and brown Alaskan Style boots, twice the size of her feet (and my feet are size 10, think about that for a minute.), and cat-paw mittens. (They're brown furry mittens that look like cat-paws. Usopp gave them to her when the winter came.)

Rose jumped down from the crows nest and headed into the kitchen. She saw Sanji cooking in his usual attire, blue shirt with black striped, tie and tuxedo items from the waist-down. His sleeves were rolled up so he didn't burn himself.

"How'd you know I like haddock?" Rose mewed. Sanji perked up. "Hey kitty, what's new?" He joked, smiling at her. She blushed a bit, but smiled back. "LUFFY!!!!" a shrill scream pierced the ship. Rose sighed. "He caught Godell in the shower again…" Rose sweat dropped. "I'll go get him."

Rose walked down to the bathroom. She opened the door and walked in to find Godell backed in a corner with a towel wrapped around her tightly, and Luffy lying on the floor with a lump on his head. Godell was different to; her fox ears were fluffier, so was her tail, her irises became orange, her hair has also grown to her shoulders and developed an orange tinge to it. She had also gotten skinnier, and surprisingly more busty.

"ROSE!! GET THIS PERVERT OUTTA HERE!!" Godell screamed. Rose's ear twitched. "Kay." she said, dragging Luffy by his feet outta the bathroom. "When am I gonna get a little privacy!!" she screamed.

Rose tossed Luffy onto his bed and left to find Tanisha. "Tanishaaaaaaa, Zoroooooooo!" Rose called, looking for them. She heard a giggle come from the storage closet, and sweat dropped widely. She opened the door only to find Tanisha and Zoro making out.

"Nya?" Tanisha looked at Rose, blushing. She was sitting on Zoro's lap. Zoro look over at Rose with an annoyed face. "Shut the damn door, it's cold." He said, shutting the door in Rose's face. She blinked, her hand staying in the one position from when she opened the door. "OMFG. MY EYES." She said, her eyes going into those anime lines.

"Okay then…ANGIE!!" Rose called, looking for Angie and the others. She walked past the cargo hold and heard hysterical laughing. She opened the door and found Robin, Nami, Chopper, Usopp, and Angie sitting in a circle playing a game.

"What are you nerds doing?" Rose smirked. "Telling stories!" Chopper said. "Oh really? I know who's winning." Rose laughed. "Who?" Nami asked. "Usopp." Rose burst out laughing.

Usopp sweat dropped. "Surprisingly no. Angie's got the best stories so far." He said. Rose stared at Angie in fake horror. "An-GIE! You told him about Manga Club didn't you?" She laughed. "Nope! I told them about the time when I was with Liza and Kelsie and we went to the stairs all bored with a CD player so we blasted it to MAX and played MCR for two hours tackling each other and yelling at random people."

There was an awkward pause, then the whole room burst out laughing. "I REMEMBER THAT!! HAHAHA!" Rose laughed. Sanji came in the room. "What's so funny? Oh, and dinner's on." He said, quickly leaving the room.

"Woohoo!" everyone cheered, going to dinner.

Later on, after dinner was over, Rose stood out on the deck. The sunset stayed afloat in the sky. She started daydreaming, but it was quickly broken by Nami yelling "Island!" from the crows nest.

"Huh?" Rose said. She looked out further, the crew came out of their rooms. An island formed before them. "Oh my god…" Rose gasped. City lights began to form, streets, buildings, some trees, stores, cars, people, ice rinks, Melrose.

Rose, Tanisha and Angie were wide-eyed. "Melrose…" The three gasped simultaneously. Godell looked on as well. "So that's the great Melrose I've been hearing so much about…" She said. The crew was in awe as well.

"I'm home…" Rose choked out. Suddenly, she burst into joy. "I'm home!! It's home it's home it's HOME!!!!!" she cheered, jumping around like a maniac. "Luffy!! Set course straight for Melrose!!" Rose ordered. "Aye-aye- Neko-Oyabun!" Luffy said, setting the ship straight for Melrose. "Angie! Use Wind Burst on the sails!" Rose commanded. "Got it!" Angie used her powers to steer the winds into Melrose.

"Guys, I'm gonna give you the BEST winter ever!!" Rose exclaimed. The crew cheered. "To Melrose! My home!" Rose cheered.

-Next Time, Episode 29: Cold Prosperity-

heart!!!!! I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY EXCEPT R&R!!!!