Chapter 4: Prologue

The sun was beating down on the Thousand Sunny, everyone was just going about their daily business or just messing around.

This was a week ago, when everything was going well. At the time I was wearing dark blue shorts and yellow flip-flops, along with a no-sleeve plain red shirt and a pair of orange tinted sunglasses.

I was hanging around Brook and Chopper, Brook was wearing a plain yellow shirt with writing on it, and was...smoking? 'I didn't realize Brook smoked.' I thought. Chopper seemed to be wearing some kind of pink bathrobe that looked like a hippo, but he was pretty happy for some reason, so I didn't pay it any mind.

Luffy suddenly dashed down the stairs, he was wearing blue and white shorts, his straw hat (obviously) and a FRIKKIN SCARF!

"Luffy. Why the hell are you wearing a scarf on a day like this?" I asked. My captain and best friend chose to ignore my question and poked me in the face "Hey Ellix. I'm bored, lets playyyyy." I sighed "It's too hot Luffy, why don't you try Usopp?"

"It's hot?" Luffy asked, he seemed to ponder this for a second, then started panting and sweating. "It's hooot! Sanji! I need a drink!" He replied with a typical quote "Get it yourself you bastard!".

He danced over to Nami and Robin with a lovestruck look in his eyes "Nami-swaaaan! Robin-chwaaaan! I will gladly make any drinks you desire!" I frowned at him, I always got annoyed when he fawned over her, but I shrugged it off due to the heat.

Then Nami spoke up "Hey guys! Listen to this." I got up and walked over along with Luffy and Usopp. "What is it Nami?" I said. she turned and showed me the paper, it was a several page article on towns vanishing in East Blue. "Apparently villages just...disappear, no-one knows how."

"Only in East Blue?" Usopp spoke up taking the paper. "Nani? Why only there?" Luffy said cocking his head. Nami rested her head on her hands "I don't know, but it's troubling."

"Oh yeah!" Chopper spoke up "Most of our nakama are from East Blue right?" Brook blew out smoke and spoke himself "I believe Luffy-san, Ellix-san, Zoro-san, Nami, and Usopp-san are from East Blue."

"OW! Sanji-bro! Aren't you from East Blue too?" Franky said. Sanji gave a puff on his cigarette before answering. "Technically I was born in the North Blue, but I was raised in the East Blue."

"In that case we should go back." Luffy said with a grin, "Don't worry, we can postpone our adventure." "Sure, no skin off my back" Zoro confirmed. 'Wasn't he sleeping...again?' I thought.

As we were about to turn around a large shadow suddenly fell over us. I looked up and my eyes almost popped out of my head. A HUGE island with oars, flags and a lion figurehead FLEW over us and started hovering alongside us.

"What is that!?" Usopp yelled terrified. "R-Robin..." I started "Is that a-" "A flying island?" she answered "Yes, I haven't seen anything like it, if it didn't look so much like a ship it could be compared to Sky Island."

I looked over at Nami to see her staring at the ocean with a worried look on her face. "Nami? Whats wrong?" I questioned. "Everyone! There's a cyclone coming! We need to turn to 9 o' clock to avoid it! Franky! Turn us around! Everyone else brace yourselves!"

"Hey! What about those guys up there?" Luffy asked, he then began calling out and waving his arms around "Heeeeeyyyyy! There's a storm coming! You gotta turn!" "Luffy!" Usopp called desperately "Don't call up to the scary floating ship!".

Just then a small seashell floated down to the Sunny. "Is this...a dial?" I asked. Nami picked it up and turned it over in her hands. "Alright, I'll send a message up using this." Zoro chose this moment to speak "Maybe we shouldn't, they could attack us afterwards." "Whats the matter shitty marimo? Scared of a floating island?" The argument escalated quickly. "What did you say bastard!? I'll take all of them with one hand!"

"Shitty swordsman!"

"Ero-cook!"

BAM! BAM!

Two lumps appeared on their heads

"You two bakas shut up and get ready!" Nami growled. "Yes Nami-swaaaan!" Sanji replied dreamily. "Sea witch." Zoro mumbled.

BAM!

That one was from me. "Don't talk about Nami like that!" I yelled.

Nami sent a message up to the floating island to inform them of the cyclone. After preparing ourselves we barely managed to escape the cyclone after getting sucked in, everyone was thrown upwards from the air pressure.

"Aaaahhh! We're gonna die!" Usopp and Chopper screamed in unison. "Marimo! This is all your fault!" Sanji yelled over the wind. "You think this is my fault Curly-Brows!?" Zoro yelled back. "Owowowow! This isn't so SUPER!" Franky yelled. "Aiieeehh!" I heard a familiar scream. "Nami!" I yelled. "Geppo!" I jumped of the air and grabbed her hand with one hand while grabbing the Sunny's railing with the other hand "I gotcha!" I screamed into the wind.

Afterwards we laid on the deck exhausted. "Is everyone all right?" Nami asked. "We are fine Nami." Robin replied. "Oh dear, I think my heart stopped...oh wait, I don't have one. Yohohoho!" Brook said. "We're alive!" Usopp and Chopper cried to the heavens. "Woo-hoo! That was fun! Let's do it again!" you can guess who that came from.

I sat up rubbing my forehead "I'm alive." I murmured. I then felt a pair of feminine arms wrap around me, "Thank you Ellix." she said, I smiled in return "I won't let anything hurt you.". I looked up to see the floating island was still beside us as well. After organizing ourselves and hitting Luffy we noticed two figures were coming down from the island/ship. One had golden hair, matching long robes, was smoking a cigar, and SWORDS FOR FEET AND HALF A SHIP'S WHEEL STICKING OUT OF HIS HEAD! The guy next to him had short, neatly combed silver hair, he was dressed in a white tuxedo with a red rose sticking out of his breast pocket, with black trousers and polished black shoes.

The two eventually floated down onto the deck, where we just stared at them. "I am Golden Lion Shiki of the Golden Lion pirates." he spoke in a commanding voice "Which one of you recorded the message on that Tone Dial?" I clasped Nami's hand in my own, but she gave me a reassuring smile "That would be me."

He smiled at her, his smile freaked me out. "Very well then, you have my thanks Baby Doll." I glared at him after the nickname and instantly decided I hated him. It was then that Luffy stepped forward "Hey there! I'm-"

He raised his hand "Please, you do not need to introduce yourselves." he turned to the smart-looking guy. "This is my first mate, Silver, I believe he can tell us." 'Silver' bowed to 'Shiki' "Thank you Captain Shiki..." he whispered. I could barely hear him, I stepped forward to try to hear better.

"GREETINGS PIRATES!" He screamed at full volume. I fell backwards clutching my ears in pain. 'WHAT THE HELL!? ONE MINUTE HE'S QUITE NEXT HE'S LOUDER THEN LUFFY!?" I screamed in my mind over the ringing of my ears. "Ellix! Are you ok?" Nami asked. I sat up still clutching my ears. "ON CLOSER INSPECTION YOU APPEAR TO BE THE STRAW HATS!" he said full volume yet again.

"Silver has the largest knowledge on all pirate groups in the whole of the Grand Line." Shiki said smugly.

Silver turned to Luffy and pointed at him "MONKEY D. LUFFY A.K.A STRAW HAT LUFFY, BOUNTY 300,000,000 BERRI. CONSUMED GUM-GUM FRUIT" Luffy just smiled. "Shishishi! That's right!" He then turned to Zoro "RORONOA ZORO A.K.A PIRATE HUNTER ZORO, BOUNTY 120,000,000 BERRI. NO DEVIL FRUIT CONSUMED." Zoro raised an eyebrow "What the hell?" he murmured

He went round naming each of us in turn, listing names, titles, bounty, devil fruit powers (if any) until he finally came to me "WODOS T. ELLIX A.K.A ROKUSHIKI NIGHTMARE ELLIX, BOUNTY 240,000,000 BERRI. CONSUMED DREAM-DREAM FRUIT." I had grown bored of his shouting and my ears hurt, but I was impressed by his facts.

"Hey." Luffy almost shouted himself, pointing to the island "How did you get that thing to float?" Shiki looked up at his ship and smiled. "Ahhh, that's because of the power of my Float-Float fruit, allow me to demonstrate." He walked over to one of Zoro's weights (How he could balance on those sword feet I have no idea) and placed his hand on it, then he lifted his finger and the weight shot into the sky as if it were a feather, much to the amusement of Luffy and Usopp.

"Sugoiii!" Luffy smiled with stars in his eyes "Do that to me too!" the weight floated back down to its place on deck. "Unfortunately I cannot do that." Shiki replied. "I can make myself float, but not other people, only objects."

I raised an eyebrow and looked at Silver "Wait... then how did Silver get down here?" "I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED!" he shouted. "BEHOLD!" He then began to walk up the side of the mast, causing Luffy to go sparkly-eyed again. "I ATE THE STEP-STEP FRUIT! WITH IT I CAN WALK ON ANYTHING: WATER, AIR, FIRE, WITHOUT FALLING OR INJURING MYSELF!" He then walked back down and bowed.

"Anyway, I would like to properly thank you kids." Shiki announced "I invite you to join me on my ship for celebration." "Sorry old man." Luffy said "But we're heading back to East Blue at the moment, postponing our adventure."

I still hadn't got over the fact that Luffy was willingly putting his adventure on hold, but personally, i was worried as well. Was Orange Town ok?

Shiki then erupted in a booming laugh "Jihahahaha! I'm starting to like you kids. I get it, your worried about your friends and family, so I'll use my devil fruit powers to help you get back to East Blue."

Luffy looked at him with his silly grin "Really? Thanks old man! You're the best!" he then turned to us. "Alright! We're off to the East Blue!" "Yeaaahhhh!" everyone cheered. "YOU GUYS ARE FAR TOO HASTY!" Nami yelled.

Silver then bowed to Shiki "Captain Shiki..." he whispered "I must return to the ship..." "Of course Silver." Shiki smirked. "Keep an eye on everything for me." Silver the smiled at us "FAREWELL STRAW HAT PIRATES" he screamed at us before walking on air back up to the island.

Thanks to Shiki's Devil Fruit the Thousand Sunny was soon flying through the air on the way to East Blue, with Luffy, Usopp and Chopper marveling at the fact we were flying. After flying for a while we had got pretty far, I had changed into the clothes I was currently in and was leaning over the edge of the Sunny.

"Ellix?" I turned to see Nami behind me. "Oh...hey Nami." I sighed. She rested an arm on my shoulder "Are you ok? Worried about East Blue?" "Yeah...but I also don't trust Shiki." She smiled at me "Don't worry, we won't let anything happen." I smiled back "Thanks Nami." I could always count on her. The touching seen was interrupted by a straw-hatted captain. "Sugoiii! look at that!" I ran to the rail to join the three idiots.

I saw a group of floating islands, all different sizes and shapes, around a huge one with water in a ring around it, it was beautiful. "Ahhh...home sweet home." The Golden Lion said. "In that case..." I heard Nami shriek. "Nami!" I yelled I turned around to Shiki grab her, as we went to attack he placed his palm against the deck and we were suddenly falling.

"Jihahahaha! I've got you navigator!" "NAMI!" me and Luffy yelled. Luffy sent a rubbery fist upwards, but the attack was interrupted by the Sunny spinning around and whacking him away. I dodged with Geppo only to see all my nakama fly off in different directions. "Guys!" Nami yelled.

I angrily stared up at him. "SHIKI!" I screamed using Geppo to jump above him. "Ellix!" Nami yelled. "Jihahahaha! Stubborn aren't you kid?" Shiki sneered. "Give Nami back!" I shouted. "Rankakyu!" The silver wave flashed towards him, only to be intercepted by Shiki's own yellow wave from his sword legs, the two attacks cancelled each other out with an explosion.

I dashed forward in an attempt to grab Nami but was stopped by a strong grip to the face. "God dammit! Let go of Nami!" I felt my body being spun around so fast that I was gonna be sick. Then the grip released and everything was just spinning as I felt myself get thrown far, far away.

"Ellix!" I heard Nami call. "Nami!" I called back as I felt myself painfully crash onto an island, separated...and alone.

Two chapters in one day! Yes!

To ThiefofStealth the Dream-Dream Fruit is a paramecia type, thank you for asking and for your second review.

One Piece is property of Eiichiro Oda, Ellix, Florina and her family and Silver are all property of me.