This is ending soon... so... GET OVER IT!

Chapter 24

As the land neared...

"Got everything?"

"Why?"

"Cuz! WE'RE FINALY HOME!" Ia screamed at Skie.

"Oh... ya..." she said.

"Something the matter?"

"No! Nothing." she said, still gazing out her porthole.

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"See a storm, Usopp?" Ia called to the lookout.

"Coming from the east... about 20 miles away!" he called back.

"We'll be there by then!" she yelled and went inside.

"How are we going to get back?" Nami asked.

"I dunno. I never thought of that. I was hop-thinking that you would stay here."

"We don't belong here." Zoro said.

"I know... but..." Ia drifted off.

"STORM! STORM! STORM!" Usopp yelled from outside.

"I THOUGHT IT WAS 20 MILES AWAY!?" Ia screamed through the rain and wind and waves.

"IT'S A DIFFERENT ONE! I MISSED IT! CAME OFF THE LAND AND HIT US!" he screamed as he got down from the crow's nest.

As they got the boat ready for the storm, Lightning struck the front mast and set it ablaze.

"FIRE FIRE FIRE!" Chey screamed.

Ia tried to grab water with her mind to put out the fire but her vision was obscured by the rain, waves, and fog.

Waves broke over the deck, taking over some barels of grog. Zoro nearly had a heart attack.

"WHAT DO WE DO!?" Luffy yelled.

"I DON'T KNOW!?" several of the crew members yelled.

Ia felt pricks like tiny knives hit her skin on her face. Looking around she saw sleet mixed with snow. The winds blowing harder than ever.

"WE HIT SOMETHING!" she heard someone scream.

Ia looked over the railing and nearly fell into the water.

Looking up, she saw Sanji holding onto her wrist, her arm slowly inching out of his hand because of the wet.

Ia tried to climb up and remembered that she could levitate.

Trying as hard as she could, she couldn't. She felt for her necklace and found that it wasn't there.

"Grab this!" Luffy yelled, sticking over some rope. Ia grabbed on and felt a tug. She slipped considerably lower towards the harsh waves of a November storm on Lake Superior.

Skie appeared and helped pull up the rope.

Suddenly, the rope snapped about a foot above where Skie was pulling. Both girls fell into the lake.

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Skie looked around and saw Ia sinking in the water. She swam down and grabbed her arm and hoisted her up to the surface.

"How-what-why?" Ia sputtered as she held onto Skie.

"What?"

"You can't swim?" she yelled over the howling wind.

Skie just remembered, she had eaten the Devil Fruit.

"How?"

"SANJI!" Ia screamed as she saw the ship with the burning mast and no sails.

Just as Skie got a good look at it... it was consumed in the fog.

The storm stopped. The lake calmed. The girls looked around and saw the lighthouse and Presque Isle and the Ore Docks.

"Home." Ia said as the girls swam to shore.

IT'S THE END!!!! YEA!!! What happened to the crew... though...

I'll creat the sequel later... Like... NEXT YEAR!!!

Till then... Good bye! So soon!