Sorry about the wait, I just have had a case of writer's block I guess. I am officially all caught up with the series and have to say that it was truly fantastic. Anyway, finally, chapter 2...
I woke up, in a bed. My bed. In the room I shared with Nojiko as a kid. But it seemed a little different. I didn't have a fever anymore, which was a relief, so I sat up and looked around to see what was different. There was my bed, Nojiko's bed, a single dresser we shared, a...desk. I don't remember that. I decided to investigate that first. There was paper, maps, and pens. Nothing that should have seemed strange, but the fact that there was a mysterious desk set me on edge.
I turned my attention to the dresser. There were a few pictures and some papers strewn about. Pictures of Nojiko and I growing up...with Bellemere? There was the one I kept on the Going Merry next to my bed, there was one of Nojiko and I in our mid teens picking tangerines from the orchard, and there was one of Nojiko, Bellemere, and I that looked like it would have been taken less than a year ago. Upon closer inspection, the papers were letters...from Nojiko. Nojiko had never left the island, had she? I took a peek into one of the letters, it didn't make any sense. She was talking about some pirates that she had caught. And she hoped I would tell her the next island I would be mapping out so we could meet up and hang out. Why was she hunting pirates? Was she a bounty hunter? Or...or a marine? I quickly tried to organize my thoughts to figure out what was going on.
Number one, I woke up in my childhood room. How did I get here? Someone had to have brought me here. Who brought me here? Probably Luffy or Sanji. Where were Luffy and the others? I had no idea. Wasn't I shot? Yes, by Arlong, which was impossible. Wasn't I sick? I had had a terrible fever and now I didn't. Things made no sense.
Number two, there were pictures of Nojiko and I with Bellemere when she would not have been alive. How did these pictures exist? I was the one shot by Arlong, not her. Did Bellemere not die then? If we had truly traveled trough time, it was possible. If Bellemere had never died, why did I remember things happening differently? Maybe I had had a bad dream. That had to have been it. I must have dreamt that Bellemere died eight years ago when those fishmen pirates came. Why did those guys leave anyway? Things were starting to make more sense, just a little.
Number three, Nojiko was off somewhere hunting pirates. Why? How? Was she a bounty hunter or a marine? I must have forgotten a lot from dreaming about such a long timespan. If that's possible. I must have dreampt up a different life, right? It seemed like the rational answer, considering the other was time travel.
Number four, there was a mysterious desk in my childhood bedroom. We would never have been able to afford a dest. Did I steal it at some point? Probably. Or Nojiko was making a lot of money as a badass bounty hunter or high ranking marine.
Still a little shaken by what had to have been a dream, I went downstairs to get some breakfast-er lunch, it was apparently pushing noon. I rummaged through the fridge, finding various leftovers. I decided on a slice of pizza and sat at the table, where there was a note from Bellemere.
Nami, I went to sell tangerines in Gosa. I'll be back before supper. Do your chores whenever you wake up. Love you. ~ Bellemere
I had chores? Shit, I didn't know what they were.
I shrugged it off and headed to town, thinking it might jog my memory of anything other than that weird dream. The town seemed peaceful, like it always had. I went to the town office, where Genzo usually was.
"Blowing off your chores again, eh?" His greeted me as I arrived, not even looking up from the paper he was reading.
"No!" I replied defensively, "I just...forgot what my chores are."
"That's a new excuse," He flipped the page and continued, "You're supposed to trim the trees, Nami, not that hard to remember. You'd better get to it so it'll be done before she gets back this time. You know she doesn't like having to do it after long days of selling fruit."
I sighed and started back toward the house. Why did we live on the edge of the village anyway? We could've had the house closer to the edge of the village and still have had the orchard. All of the questions were making my head hurt.
Bellemere was back before I finished trimming the trees. She seemed genuinely surprised that I had actually done it, but she didn't say anything. I felt weird seeing her, but there wasn't any reason for it. Maybe I'd tell her about the dream. It'd depend on if it came up casually. I definitely wouldn't be like "I had I weird dream where you died eight years ago and then dreamed an entirely different life from that point on". That'd totally not make her concerned about my mental health.
"I didn't expect you to actually trim the trees," Her voice sounded humored as I came inside when I had finished, "I guess I have some extra time now, what should I make for supper? How about some omlets?"
"That sounds good," I replied as a sat down at the table. Bellemere had brought back a newspaper and some letters. I scanned them to see if any were from Nojiko.
"Your sister hasn't sent anymore mail recently," She stated, noticing my actions, "Didn't she say she'd send something in a few weeks?"
"Probably," I answered absentmindedly as I moved on to the newspaper, "I don't really remember."
There wasn't any notable news at first glance, but after looking it over again a single article caught my eye. Captain Morgan defeated at Shells Town. He was later imprisoned for abusing his power over citizens and soldiers. He was defeated by an unknown pirate and the pirate hunter, Roronoa Zoro, who had apparently been imprisoned at the base. I did a double take. I mean, I had to, it was too much to have been a coincidence.
"Why would a pirate hunter be imprisoned?" I asked, half to myself, "Isn't it good that they catch pirates?"
"They aren't always careful about how they catch the pirates," Bellemere replied while cooking, "They aren't worried about collateral damge. Where'd that question come from?"
"It says here that a pirate hunter escaped from Shells Town," I told her, "The guy in charge of the base was imprisoned for abusing soldiers and citizens. Maybe the pirate hunter tried to defy him or something."
"I guess it's possible," Her voice was kind of sing-songy as she jokingly added, "Or he tried to cut someone."
"Zoro wouldn't do that," I said under my breath, Bellemere didn't even hear. I don't know anything about this guy. Why would this guy have been in my dream. I've never heard of him before. Or maybe I have? I have got to get to the bottom of this. I'll get to the Baratie and see if Sanji recognizes me. If he doesn't then I'll know for sure. It was a dream.
So I know it's a little weird. I hope it makes sense, not sure it does. Also I kinda want to rename it, so please comment suggestions from what you've read so far. And any suggestions for what you think should happen. Cya soon!
