Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece, the show, the characters, or anything else about the t.v. show. But, I do own other characters that you'll find in this fanfic.

"Little Girl Lost." --
Chap. 01. --
"The Reunion On Sky Island!"
"WE'VE MADE TO SKY ISLAND!!"

"That voice?!" a young girl turned to hear someone shout. "Nah! Itcan't be?!" The girl was 16 years old; bearing light-brown hair, tied up in a ponytail with some bangs left aside on the right side of her freckled face, the rest served as a resting place for the magenta-colored bandanna on her head; her eyes were beautiful, ruby-quartz pools. She wore a fannel shirt, over a long, halfshirt; long, baggy pants; & a silver-famed, ruby pendant on a silver chain around & a gold & pearl bracelet on her wrist.

"Roar, roar, roar, roar?!"

"Well, Salty, I heard a voice!" the girl, who was known as Mel, said the white lion, of whom she called Salty. "I thought it was Luffy for a sec?!"

"Roar?!"

"He's a friend I knew from 10 years ago."

Much later...
"Come on, men! We've gotta catch those Straw Hat Pirates!"

"Excuse me, captain?! Did ya say 'Straw Hat'?"

"Yeah. We're calling them that because their captain wears a straw hat. Curse that black-haired rubbery devil!"

"Straw hat?! Black hair?! Rubbery?!" she said as she then grasped. "Luffy?!"

"You say something, Servent girl?!"

"Nothing!"

Meanwhile, elsewhere...
"Hurry, we've gotta get out of here?!"
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Meanwhile, back with Mel & Salty...
"Hurry, Salty?! Before King Emel knows we're gone?!"

"Roar, roar?!"

'Please don't let me be too late?! Please don't let me be too late?!'

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Meanwhile, back with the Straw Hat crew...
"This is bad!"
Several days later...
"Yahoo!"

"Way to go, Sanji!" Ussop cheered as his expression morph from excitement to fear. "Look out!"

"JETSTREAM BLAST!" Mel sent her rage on Satori so fast, Sanji didn't have any time to see it happen.

"Hello?! What are ya guys looking at?" he did, however, have enough time to turn around & see the young girl standing behind him. "Well, hello beautiful?!"

"Hello, my name's Mel. What's yours?"

"Sanji's the name, cooking's the game." he said, starting to draw out a pick-up line, but she was gone from his before he could do so.

"My name's Ussop..." the marksman said as the machanic oddly pawed at his nose. "...& would you stop poking my nose!?"

"Hi?! Wow! Has anyone ever told what a cool nose you've got there!?"

"Aww, thanks?!"

"Hey there!" Luffy said as she jumped around, causing a repeat of something they did years ago, which confused him. "What are you doing!?"

"Luffy?!" Mel smiled, remembering the face of her childhood friend, giggling in delight as she realized how much he had grown. "Is it really you?"

"Who are you?"

"It's me." she said, revealing the bracelet he had given her when they were kids. "Mel."

"Mel?!"

&

When you're scared, I will stay with you;
When you feel you've fallen, I'll lift you.
When your heart breaks, I'll ease your aches;
Whatever it takes, I'm in;
Anytime you need a friend.

"MEL!!"

"WOAH!" they both screamed, happy to see each other again.

"This is cool! It's great ta see ya!"

"How--" Luffy almost asked, happily play-fighting her. "Where did you come from!?"

"I can't believe this!" Mel exclaimed, displaying how much she missed her old friend. "What're y'all doin' here?"

"What do you mean, 'What am I doing here?'!? What are you doing here?"

"HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON!?" Ussop yelled, frustrated & confused as to what was going on.

"Ussop, this is Mei. She's my best friend!"

"Friend?!"

"ROAR!"

"AAAAAHHHHH!!"

"Salty?! How many've I told ya not ta eat humans."

"There goes my good pants."

"Sorry?!"

"Roar?!"

"Lemme get this straight: she knows you, you know her, but her lion wants to eat him, & everyone's O.K. with this." Ussop said before he started to freak out. "DID I MISS SOMETHING!?"

"Please relax, Ussop?!"

Disclaimer: Sami-SDGForce here!! Gotcha u w/ a cliffhanger, heh?! Don't worry; u'll all find out what happens next soon.