Pink Feathers peaked in as he opened my door and looked at me for a second, seemingly perplexed as to why I was blowing bubbles in my drink through a straw. Clearly he's never tried it because its heaps of fun.
"We'll be taking a side trip to the Isle of Fenrir. I hope you like dogs." With that, he closed the door and left.
"Dogs? What a weird thing to say."
It was about two days later when we arrived at the Isle. It was a vast forest filled with tree's the size of skyscrapers (skyscrapers don't exist in the world in One Piece; I saw them in one of my space jumps). The mountains were capped with snow, the ground was mossy and the soil black.
"What a cool place. So why did you want to come to this Island?" He didn't react to my question immediately; he just continued surveying the countryside for a while.
"There's someone I want to talk to." Hm, I didn't think he paid much attention to people unless he had a use for them in some way. Unusual. I decided not to question it.
"Fair enough." I said as he glanced down at me. He seemed surprised that I chose not to press him for information. Then a satisfied smile came across his face. I guess I made the right choice.
"Hey, is there something easier I can call you. Doflamingo's a bit clumsy." A vain popped in his forehead but he just took my question as it as it was meant and not as an insult.
"Since my name is so clumsy... I guess you can call me Doffy."
Doffy, hm. I like that. It has a nice ring to it, "Doffy." He looked down at me and realised I wasn't saying his name to get his attention. I was saying it just to appreciate how it sounded. That seemed to make him happy.
˜A SHORT WHILE LATER˜
We arrived, just the two of us, at an old neglected cabin deep in the heart of the woods. Doffy walked up to the door and knocked, it was about 20 seconds later and the door opened, scratching along the wooden floor as it went. A man with blonde hair, shaved along the sides of his head wearing three quarter length pants received us.
"Doflamingo. What are you doing here?" The man in front of us didn't seem too pleased to see Doffy.
"Kaiyan, this man is Marco; he was the first commander of the Whitebeard Pirates." For some reason Doffy chose to ignore this Marco guy. He has a bad habit of doing that. Ignoring people when they don't say anything interesting enough for him to take note of.
"It's nice to meet you. I'm Kaiyan." I held out a hand, but he didn't seem too eager to accept it and just motioned for us to come in.
There was an old brown leather couch in the living room we sat down on. Doffy initiated the conversation.
"Wasting away in this forsaken land. Such a shame." The more Doffy said, the more this Marco guy became irritated.
"Spit it out Flamingo. What do you want?" Doffy relaxed against the back of the couch and continued.
"Very well. To be honest, I think your talents are too valuable to be left wasting away out here. I understand it must be a shock to lose Whitebeard and Ace all on the same day, but it's about time you got over it don't you think. I came to make you an offer. Join the DonQuiote Pirates. I promise you'll be given an elevated rank and you'll be well looked after." The Marco guy was shocked and livid by Doffy's frank and abrupt proposal.
I was also focussed on what Doffy said. Whitebeard is dead. Wow, that's one hell of a blow. He died with Ace too. I hope Ace died first. I don't think Ace would have liked to see the man he idolised die before him.
"Like hell I will. You were one of those who were fighting against us. I'll never forgive you."
Hm, what's this? Doffy was fighting against Ace and Whitebeard. I don't like that. Knowing this makes me a little uncomfortable.
"I wasn't there to kill you. I was only there to see how things went. More of an observer you could say." Well, that's not so bad I guess. But even so.
"I don't care what you say. I'll never join you. You were actively helping the Marines execute Ace and Oars is dead because of you."
The Marines tried to execute Ace, and Doffy helped them?
"Is that true", I could no longer suppress myself. "You helped the Marines to kill Ace?" They both looked over to me. Marco was stunned that I was questioning the man I came with and Doffy just looked at me, almost emotionless. He wasn't smiling. He had an irritated, hostile expression that nearly made me shudder.
"Yes." That was all he said. It was all he needed to.
'Yes', you really did. I couldn't take being in his presence any longer and I stormed out of the cabin. How am I supposed to stay with someone who tried to kill my brother?
I ambled off into the forest, darkness had spread and only the moon and stars were left to light the surface of the ground. I was just wandering around, no idea where I was going. My mind was swimming with contemplations. The more I thought, the angrier I got.
I'd been gone for over two hours before I snapped out of my mania and realised I had no idea where I was. I looked around me, trees stretching as far as I could see. Nothing but trees. Then I heard a howl. A long, deep howl that echoed from every direction. It sounded like a wolf, but bigger. Much, much bigger. Then I remembered. This Island is called the Isle of Fenrir. If memory serves, Fenrir is a mythical beast. I giant wolf. Awesome. Just my luck. I'm lost in a creepy forest. It's dark and there are giant mythical wolves roaming around. Today has been a really, really, really unpleasant day.
Suddenly the wind picked up, and the trees around me started to rustle and sway. Then I heard the howl again. Oh shit. It was a lot closer. It sounded as though it was right in front of me. And the reason it sounded that way, is because it was. The trees about twenty metres ahead of me were being pushed apart as a black figure over four times my height appeared in front of me. I was completely paralysed. It isn't so much the fact that a giant, drooling wolf was looking at me as though I was its next meal, it was more that this fantastic mythical creature really existed. And what's more is its right here; this thing of legends is standing in front of me. I can almost touch it. Oh my god, I'm so excited.