Alrighty, so I'm finally off hiatus. Now if you haven't or don't read Donquixote Prince you should know the schedule is changing so as to not stress me out. This means that instead I'll be updating the first full and last week of the months, give or take one day of fullness. I will also be going back into hiatus come July to use Camp NaNoWriMo, the July version to write more chapters. Anyways, I'm also going to give a fair warning that the writing gets a bit sketchy come the Thriller Bark straight into Amazon Lily. For one, Thriller Bark, Impel Down, and Marineford are my least favorite arcs. Not because they're horrible, well, Thriller Bark is meh to me. It's because they're rather sad, Impel Down and Marineford that is. So I'm skimming past them with unbridled speed. Come the end of Marineford, which coincidently is the most recent chapter written, it'll get a lot better because I won't be too constrained by the plot and will have like two years, of in story time, to play around with. Also, we'll be finally at the New World portion so there's that. OH YEAH and today is the unveiling of the Harry goes to Ilvermorny story! Which makes today's update day a theme, Harry Potter Wednesday!
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Death's Gift To His Master
When they finally hit the clouds in the sky, all the Devil Fruit users felt their strength disappear. This showed that they had entered the sea in the sky as it seemed to have the same Sea Magic as the Blue Seas below. Thankfully though, it didn't take them long to get out of the clouds and they were awed by the sight. For miles upon miles there were clouds below them. One thing they also noticed was that the air there was very thin, attributed to the fact that they were very high up. Luffy solved this quite easily by creating an oxygen bubble around the ship with a spell. He however, told them that it'd slowly decrease the amount present in the bubble until it matched the outside, so they could get used to it. Shortly after that Usopp pointed out someone on a weird vehicle sailing towards them in a weird mask. The man soared at them but Carmen, using the Kenbunshoku Haki and Busoshoku Haki she had, slammed him off course with her fan, causing the man to go flying away from there ship. Thankfully the stranger decided to ignore them for now as he sailed off into a different direction Suddenly there was a wooshing sound coming from behind them.
"Gah, what is it now?" Nami asked, getting irritated.
They turned and saw an old man in knight armor flying to them on a weird polka dotted bird. The man landed on their ship before getting off the ship.
"You Blue Sea dwellers seem to be getting pretty used to this place. Normally most people have trouble due to the thin air." The man said.
"That's thanks to Captain-san here, he made us an oxygen bubble." Robin said, gesturing to the semi-translucent bubble around the ship.
The old man looked around in awe.
"Is this a Devil Fruit ability?" The old man asked.
"Nope, magic." Luffy said with a smile.
"How… mysterious. Well, anyhow I am Gan Fall, the Knight of the Sky. I'd welcome you to Skypiea but you have a bit to go before you reach it." Gan Fall said.
Nami checked the Log Pose and sure enough, it was still pointing up.
"How far do we have to go?" She asked.
"Ah, well this is the White Sea, which is seven thousand meters above the Blue Sea. Skypiea is located on the White-White Sea which is located ten thousand meters above the Blue Sea." Gan Fall explained.
That was a very specific number, Nami wondered if there were other places having to do with that number, maybe underwater? Anyhow, she bowed to the man before thanking him.
"Thank you for that information, which way do we go to get there?" She asked.
Gan Fall pointed in a direction before speaking.
"If you head that way then you should reach Heaven's Gate. There you'll have to pay a fee or be considered criminals. But if I may ask, how did you get here?" Gan Fall asked.
"Oh, we took the Knock Up Stream." Luffy said nonchalantly.
The old man seemed to be shocked at that.
"That's… really brave of you! I for sure thought you took the other path to get up here, it's far safer. With the Knock Up Stream you either all get here or all die." He said.
Nami turned to Luffy in anger and started ranting about how there were safer ways to do this before Luffy stopped her.
"There may be Nami but me, Zoro, and Sanji heard some things about the Sky Island while we were heading for Blackbeard." Luffy said.
Sanji chose then to speak up.
"Yeah, everyone there mentioned the idea of a Sky Island as a joke, as if it didn't exist."" Sanji commented.
"They were making fun of Cricket, saying he's believing in a fake dream." Zoro added.
"So, what makes you think that anyone would know of the easier ways to get up here. How long has it been since a Blue Sea dweller has been up here?" Luffy asked.
Gan Fall seemed to think for a second before speaking.
"Actually… It's been about, maybe twenty years and even then, it was only one crew." Gan Fall said.
"See? People don't know about the Sky Islands. So there was no way we were going to get information about how to get up here safely." Luffy said.
Nami sighed before acquiescing to that. Gan Fall then pulled something out of his pocket and tossed it to Luffy. It turned out to be a whistle.
"What's this for?" Luffy asked.
"If you blow that whistle I'll be able to hear you and come save you. Because of your bravery, the first use is free but every use after that is fifty million Extol." Gan Fall said.
Extol? That made Luffy voice a question.
"What is the rate of Belly to Extol?" Luffy asked.
"Ah, right you don't know what Extol is. Extol is the currency used here in Skypiea. For every ten thousand Extol it is one Belly. So, the whistle will be five thousand Belly." Gan Fall said.
Luffy nodded and smiled at the man.
"Alright, but we won't really need the whistle." Luffy said.
"Even so, just blow if you need help." The man said before flying off on his weird bird.
They then set sail for the Heaven's Gate. On their way there, they found really neat clouds that you could bounce on. Of course, they had to be really careful as to not fall into the White Sea or fall to their deaths. They played around on the clouds for a while before making their way forward. Soon enough they reached what seemed to be a giant waterfall of clouds, which Luffy and everyone else found pretty cool. On top of that there was a really extravagant entrance that had a sign on it saying 'Heaven's Gate'. As they passed through it they were met by a short old lady with wings on her back.
"Are you here as criminals or visitors?" She asked.
"Visitors, mam." Luffy said.
The woman looked at each and everyone one of them before nodding.
"That'll be eight billion Extol." She said.
Usopp had to calm Nami down before she throttled the old lady. Luffy shook his head before sighing.
"Eight hundred thousand Belly right?" Luffy asked, causing the woman to nod.
"Nami, we can spare that much, it wouldn't even make a dent in the amount of money we have." Luffy said, causing Nami to sigh and gripe about it.
Luffy went into the treasure room, which also acted as Nami's and Robin's bedroom. He then brought out a chest and tossed it to the left of the old lady. The old lady counted through the chest before nodding and gestured for them to move forward. The crew nodded and started to move their ship forward. Suddenly it was grasped by what seemed to be a giant shrimp and it was pulled up the waterfall. The ride was really amazing to everyone because after clearing the waterfall they saw that it was a giant road made out of clouds. Ten minutes later they passed through another large sea of clouds and soon came out of it, in front of a beautiful cloud island town. The shrimp detached from them and they sailed forward to the beach of the town. It was there that they met a blonde-haired woman with wings wearing a pink dress holding a weird fox looking animal.
"Oh! Are you Blue Sea dwellers?" She asked eagerly as everyone was getting off the ship.
"Yeah, I'm assuming we've reached Skypiea?" Carmen asked.
In the background Nami and Usopp were laughing at Sanji. This was because Sanji seemed to desperately want to flirt with the woman but Zoro was having none of it and sending him glares. So, you could see Sanji depressingly looking at the ground. Of course, Nami and Robin 'awed' when Zoro rolled his eyes and gave Sanji a kiss, causing the man to blush. The winged woman seemed confused before redirecting her attention to Carmen.
"Yes you have! This is Angel Beach. Uh, is that normal for those two?" She asked.
Carmen looked and rolled her eyes.
"Yes, Zoro, the green haired man, and Sanji, the other one, are boyfriends. Sanji has a habit of flirting with women but Zoro dislikes and has been trying to get Sanji to stop." Carmen said.
The woman seemed to understand and nod.
"Ah, I understand. I wouldn't want my significant other flirting with other people either. I'm Conis by the way!" Conis said cheerfully.
"I'm Carmen and the co chef for the crew. The man in the straw hat is our captain, Luffy. The orange haired woman is Nami, our navigator. Zoro is our swordsman, Sanji is the other chef. The black-haired woman is Robin, our researcher. The human-reindeer is Chopper, our doctor. Lastly, the man with the log nose is Usopp, our Sharpshooter." Carmen said, introducing each person of the crew.
Conis nodded and smiled.
"Would you guys like to come to my house? You can learn more about this place there." Conis said.
"That would be love-" Carmen started before there was a slam and a crash into the trees.
Conis facepalmed before running over to the crash site.
"Papa! You really don't know how to use the Waver." She said, shaking her head and pulling an older man out of the wreckage.
Nami instantly seemed interested because she had briefly seen the vehicle that had crashed. She wandered over to Conis and asked a question.
"How is that vehicle able to move without wind?" She asked curiously.
"Oh, the Waver? It works on Breath Dials." Conis said.
"Dials?" Nami said, confused.
Conis realized that Nami didn't know what a dial was so she reiterated her previous question as to if they wanted to come to her house. She said that she'd show them what dials were. Nami nodded and Conis and her father, who she introduced as Pagaya, led them to their house. There Sanji and Carmen cooked a feast while the two Skypieans explained what dials were. Apparently they were seashell like items that had different functions. The Breath Dial, was a dial that could store gases, thus how it could power the Waver. They then showed off various other types of dials, like the Tone Dial that could store sound, the Vision Dial that could take pictures, the Heat Dial that could store heat, and many other dials. Usopp of course found it really cool and wanted some but then Conis had a warning for them.
"You might not want to stay here too long. Otherwise God might get angry." She said.
"God? As in grants miracle God?" Luffy asked.
Conis shook her head at that.
"No, here in Skypiea, God is the title for the ruler of Skypiea. Some years ago we had a different one who was kind but now we have a man named Enel as our God. Whoever he deems as troublesome he punishes them with a Judgement." Conis said.
"Judgement?" Zoro asked, curious.
"Yes, he strikes the person or people with lightning, killing them on the spot." Pagaya said.
Nami perked up at that.
"Lightning? Sounds like a Devil Fruit. Though it could be different, we don't exactly know what's normal here." Nami said.
"What's a Devil Fruit?" Conis asked.
"Oh, a Devil Fruit is a mysterious fruit that grants people abilities. There are three types, Paramecia, Logia, and Zoan. Paramecia gives the eater a superhuman quality, for example, I am a Rubber Human." Luffy said, stretching his face.
Conis seemed awed by that and started pulling on Luffy's cheek. Nami chuckled and took up the explanation.
"Logias are Devil Fruits that allow a person to turn into an element. An example, would be me. I am a Weather Human." Nami said, turning her arm into a storm cloud.
Conis seemed to perk up at that.
"That sounds about right. God Enel is rumored to be able to turn his body into lightning." Conis said.
Chopper spoke up at that time.
"That does sound like a Logia. The last type is the Zoan and it lets you turn into an animal. I ate the Hito Hito no Mi making me a human-reindeer." Chopper said, turning into his perfect human mode.
That caused Conis to squeal and pull the younger boy into a hug, causing Chopper to blush. Everyone laughed at that before food was served. After eating though Luffy stood up.
"Where is Enel located?" Luffy asked.
"Why do you want to know that?" Conis asked.
"Because, the way it sounds, it sounds like this Enel guy is a tyrant and the Straw Hat Pirates don't do well with tyrants." Luffy said, causing the others to nod.
Conis seemed to be getting frantic but Pagaya sighed and nodded.
"God Enel is located in the Upper Yard, the only source of Vearth in Skypiea. You'll have to take a Milky Road to get there. Be warned, Enel has four priests as well as a bunch of warriors." Pagaya said.
"But Papa! They'll die!" Conis said.
"I highly doubt that Conis. Just trust me on this." Pagaya said.
Pagaya then gave them directions to the Milky Road before they took off. When they got back to the ship they all started talking about what they'd do. Robin said she'd want to look at the ruins that seemed to be marked on the map as there may be history there. Nami was actually really interested in fighting Enel because if she recalled, Luffy had told her that her fruit was superior to the Lightning Logia fruit. Usopp and Chopper said that they'd guard the ship as they weren't entirely sure about searching the giant forest area that was the Upper Yard. Luffy said he'd be joining Robin in searching the ruins and that all things considered, Nami may as well follow them. Primarily because of the fact that if Enel was as arrogant as he sounded he'd be the closest to the ruins where the treasure would be. Carmen, Sanji, and Zoro said that they'd take care of the Priests. Of course, despite all this planning they knew that they wouldn't necessarily need to split up, as everything would more than likely be a straight path.
It was about maybe ten to fifteen minutes later that they finally reached the Upper Yard. Just like the map showed, and they had seen in the distance as well, it was a large forest with gigantic trees. Luffy however, recognized something familiar.
"Guys, doesn't this forest look eerily familiar, despite the fact that it's huge?" Luffy asked.
"No, not really." Usopp said, looking around.
"It looks near identical, yet larger, to the forest on Jaya." Luffy said.
Robin seemed to recognize it because she pulled out the map of Jaya, that she had requisitioned from Masira, and combined it with the map of the Upper Yard. Sure enough, the two maps combined to form a skull which reminded everyone of the story of Montblanc Noland. Right where the ruins were was eerily a right eye of a skull.
"The bell should be right there…" Robin mused, pointing at the spot.
"Then it's perfect that we're looking for the ruins." Luffy said.
The crew nodded and sailed onwards into the Upper Yard. As they proceeded onwards they came into a four-forked pathway. Each tunnel had a sigh on it with a different name: The Ordeal of Balls, the Ordeal of Iron, the Ordeal of String and the Ordeal of Swamp. Luffy however, sat down in a meditative position and sunk into his Kenbunshoku Hai. He began to focus on each path to see which one would lead them the closest to the ruins. Luckily enough he found one that led directly to the Ruins.
"We need to take the path to the Ordeal of Iron, it leads straight to the beanstalk." Luffy said.
The crew nodded and turned the rudder to face the tunnel. When they came out on the other side they were on another Milky Road that twisted and turned as it made its path to the beanstalk. It didn't take them long to reach the beanstalk but when they reached the area the Going Merry couldn't go further because the area around the beanstalk was solid cloud. So they hopped off and observed the area. However, when they did an iron barbed cage surrounded the beanstalk, trapping them in. There were thuds by them and they turned to see what it was. It turned out to be a green shirted man with wings holding a sword on top of a giant dog.
"Welcome to the Ordeal of Iron, where the chances of success are zero percent. I'm the Priest Ohm and it's going to be fun killing you all." The man said.
Zoro rolled his eyes and stepped forward, deciding to take this one.
"You seriously have to be all talk, because the level of arrogance coming from you is astounding." Zoro said before charging at the man, avoiding the pressure plates he could sense on the ground.
Ohm hopped off the giant dog who assumed a fighting pose. When Zoro got close enough for the dog to attack him it threw a punch at him. Zoro however, using his Haki moved around and blasted off one of his newer techniques, one hundred and eight pound phoenix. This was a ranged attack that he had made, at the behest of Luffy who wanted him to be able to hit farther away targets. The burst of air slammed into the dog at frightening speeds and sent him flying through the trees before being knocked unconscious. Sadly, he wouldn't be able to use that technique again at least for a while. So, instead, he charged forward at Ohm, three swords ready and clashed with him. The sword seemed to be holding up but Zoro smirked. Instantly he imbued Busoshoku Haki into his swords and sliced through the sword before spinning and slashing the man across his chest, sending him flying. The man groaned in pain and tried to get up but his wounds wouldn't let him. Soon enough though he blacked out from pain. Seconds later the barbed cage disappeared.
"Hm… now if I were ruins where would I be?" Luffy mused.
"Maybe downwards?" Robin asked.
Luffy nodded and cast a few severing charms at the clouds on the ground, carving out a square block of cloud, specifically the block around the beanstalk. They all hopped down and found themselves surrounded by ruin buildings and further down a giant temple-like building. Usopp and Chopper stayed back as they had planned, Usopp positioning himself in the crow's nest and Chopper positioning himself behind a wall. Back in the ruins, Robin herself was in awe, as well as everyone else. Robin wandered over to one of the ruined buildings and began examining it.
"I'd estimate these buildings are well over four hundred years old, possibly beyond that." She mused.
"Actually it's twice that." Luffy said, looking around and recognizing this place as Shandora, one of the Kingdoms that was aligned with the Great Kingdom.
"Wait, you recognize this place?" Robin asked, intrigued.
Luffy walked over to the wall and rubbed his hand on it, feeling the grooves.
"Mhm, this place is the place that Montblanc Noland was talking about. The Kingdom of Shandora." Luffy said
"But where's all the gold? Wasn't this known as the City of Gold?" Nami asked.
Robin took a closer look at the walls before sighing.
"It seems like someone scraped the buildings clean of the gold, if anyone I'm betting it was Enel." Robin mused.
"Then we'll just have to beat him up for the gold." Nami said firmly.
Robin then made her way to the temple, where the others followed her to. She carefully made her way up and entered and her eyes widened in surprise. Sitting in the center of the room was a cube like block with, to most of the crew, unreadable characters, a Poneglyph. Robin quickly hurried up to the Poneglyph and started reading it to herself. Luffy was reading it as well but he was chuckling. Robin turned to him with shock in her eyes.
"You can read this?" She asked.
"Mhm, but I didn't think Poseidon would be mentioned… Boy was she a spitfire." Luffy said with a chuckle.
Robin gave him a confused look.
"Poseidon's a person? But it's an Ancient Weapon." Robin said.
"Eer, not exactly. Not to spoil much of the Void Century for you, but back then a Weapon was considered anything that had the potential to do massive amount of damage. And boy did Poseidon count, though she wouldn't use her powers for anything but to protect her people." Luffy explained.
"Hmm… that makes me curious as to what Uranus was…" She mused to herself.
"Eh, I'm curious too, my method of knowing uses the original names for the things. The only reason I recognized Poseidon was because that was her actual name." Luffy said.
Robin nodded and then continued to study the Poneglyph. Luffy however was wandering around, just like everyone, and found another Poneglyph, but it read differently than the other one. In fact, it was signed by Gol D. Roger which made Luffy chuckle, catching everyone's attention.
"What is it Luffy?" Nami asked.
"It's a message from the Pirate King himself." Luffy said.
"A message from Gol D. Roger?" Chopper asked, shocked.
Robin hurried over and laughed as well when she saw it.
"What does it say?" Carmen asked, eagerly.
"It's just a message saying we're on the right path." Robin said before something caught her eye.
Everyone followed her until they found another Poneglyph etched into the wall. Robin read it out loud to everyone.
"Keep thy motives in heart, with closed mouth. We are those who will weave history with the ringing of the great belfry." She read.
"So… the bell is supposed to be here but where?" Sanji asked.
"Well… I actually might have an idea." Surprisingly it was Zoro who said this.
Everyone then turned their attention to Zoro who blushed a little under the attention. He quickly cleared his throat then spoke.
"Well, think about it, what is the one thing in this place that stands out?" Zoro asked.
Everyone thought about it for a while but it was Robin who spoke the answer.
"The giant beanstalk, it's way too big for it to have been here to begin with. The belfry is at the top of it." Robin said, causing Zoro to nod.
"Yahahaha, that golden bell is at the top of the beanstalk eh? As thanks, I, God, will not end your lives today." An arrogant voice spoke from behind them.
They turned and saw a shirtless man wearing weird orange pants and four large drums with tomoe marks on them.
"You must be this Enel person I've heard so much about." Luffy said.
"Oh? A Blue Sea dweller knows my name? I feel like I should be honored, after all it seems like my greatness has reached down there." Enel said.
Nami rolled her eyes and turned to Luffy.
"Can I? Please?" She begged.
Luffy laughed and nodded causing her to break into a smile.
"Hiiiiya!" She shouted launching herself at Enel with a Haki imbued staff strike.
Enel did not expect it to land and thus was shocked when he was sent careening out of the temple and into a ruined building. The crew followed out and they saw Enel getting out of the rubble. The man cracked his neck and glared at Nami.
"I'd love to know how you hit me, but no matter. I'll have finished you off soon and my other Priests will be dealing with the Shandians and I'll get to choose the people to go with me to Fairy Vearth." Enel said.
Shandians? Well, it was Robin's assumption that the Upper Yard had been blasted up here by the Knock Up Stream. She supposed there could have been people who survived and were probably drove from this place by the Skypieans. But she had no clue what the man was talking about with Fairy Vearth. Nami however, was still having none of the man's arrogance and launched herself at the man. Enel smirked and launched a bolt of lightning at her. He however, did not expect Nami's body to absorb the lightning, making her crackle with it.
"How the hell is my lightning not affecting you?!" He shouted.
"Ha! You may be a Lightning Human but Weather trumps Lightning!" Nami shouted before she spun and a bolt of lightning flew off her staff and slammed into Enel.
When Enel looked at his chest he saw a large burn on his chest and was staring at it in shock.
"You burnt me with lightning." He muttered before pulling out his golden staff and charged at Nami.
Nami charged as well and began matching the man strike for strike. Whenever she'd get a free strike, Enel would try to dodge but Nami would redirect her swing and manage to hit him.
"How are you getting past my Mantra!" Enel yelled.
"Oh, you mean Kenbunshoku Haki? I can use it too, it's not that hard to predict your predictions." Nami said before slamming a Busoshoku Haki infused strike at his golden staff.
The strike seemed to dent the golden staff by a little bit, which seemed to unnerve Enel. He went back to blocking each of her strikes and this went on for ten minutes. By then a muscular looking, shirtless, man with a lot of tattoos and a large cannon weapon came skating into the ruins. The man had an angry look on his face until he saw Nami matching Enel blow for blow.
"H-how is that woman fighting Enel so easily?" He muttered.
Luffy waved the man over, causing him to, reluctantly, skate over.
"Hey there, you must have been the person who attacked us when we got here." Luffy said.
The man's eyes widened in shock again.
"If you're wondering how I know, your presence is the same as the person who attacked us. My name's Monkey D. Luffy, and this is my crew; Robin, Sanji, Zoro, Chopper, Carmen, Usopp, and the woman beating Enel up is Nami." Luffy said.
"Ah, my name's Wiper, wait why am I telling you my name?!" He shouted.
"Uh… because you're a decent human being?" Luffy asked.
Robin giggled at that before getting an idea. She coated her hands in Haki, having started training as soon as she joined, and then crossed them. Suddenly a pair of hands appeared below Enel and pulled him to the ground before vanishing. This allowed Nami to strike Enel again. After doing so she briefly turned and gave a thumbs up to Robin.
"Uh, how are you guys hitting Enel?" Wiper asked curiously.
"It's something called Busoshoku Haki, or Armament Haki. Basically it lets you interact with the dormant bodies of Logia-types." Luffy said.
"Oh… is it like Mantra?" Wiper asked.
"Mantra? Is that what you guys call Haki up here? Well I guess then, yeah." Luffy said.
Wiper seemed to think for a second before asking another question.
"Why hasn't Enel electrocuted her yet?" He asked.
"Oh, that? He tried it earlier but Nami's a Weather Human. She can absorb lightning and redirect it. See that burn on Enel? That's from him trying to electrocute her." Luffy said.
Wiper looked and gapped when he saw the burn on Enel's chest. Over with Nami she was getting bored. The man was overly arrogant to the point that his fighting skills sucked. She rolled her eyes and then prepared herself for a final strike. Before she did so she apologized to all the men on the crew.
"You know, Logia Users who rely too much on their fruit die pretty quickly. I'm done having my fun." Nami said before sending a Haki infused strike to the man's crotch.
Instantly every male winced in pain at that as Enel crumpled to the floor in agonizing pain. Nami then pressed a button on her staff, causing the bottom quarter of the staff to open up and reveal a blade. She then stabbed Enel directly in the heart, killing him outright. Nami then turned to everyone and waved, the crew cheering her on. Sanji and Carmen pouted because they realized that they didn't get to fight at all. Zoro cheered up Sanji with another kiss, causing him to blush and oddly enough Wiper. Wiper soon though shook the blush off and began looking around.
"What are you looking for?" Luffy asked.
"The Golden Bell, it's my goal to ring it for our people and end this war." Wiper said.
"Oh, I was actually hoping to ring it for a friend of ours, Montblanc Cricket." Luffy said.
Immediately Wiper stopped in his tracks and looked at Luffy in shock.
"Montblanc Cricket? Is he related to Montblanc Noland?" Wiper asked, his voice sounding hopeful.
"Mhm! He's his descendant. He's been looking for proof that his ancestor wasn't a liar." Luffy said, causing Wiper to look confused.
Luffy then explained the story of Montblanc Noland to Wiper. Wiper's face had a look of rage on it and he even ranted for a bit. His rant consisted of him yelling at the stupidity of people for murdering a friend of Calgara. Luffy asked who that was and Wiper told them that Calgara was his ancestor and a friend of Noland. He then told them how Noland saved their ancestors from death by curing them of a disease and that he wanted to ring the bell to end the war and reaffirm the friendship between the two. But then he sighed and said that he had no problem if Luffy rang it.
"How about we both ring it? From my understanding the bell's really big." Luffy asked.
Wiper gave Luffy a smile and nodded at that. The two then began to climb the beanstalk. It took them about twenty minutes but they did it. When they reached the belfry, they stared at it in awe. It was a magnificent golden bell with various etchings all over it. Luffy, as Harry, had once seen the bell but it was only briefly that he saw it. Now he could see the entirety of it and it was gorgeous. Shaking his head, he looked to Wiper and they both nodded. The two charged at the bell and struck it, causing it to ring out a melodious sound all over Skypiea. Ten thousand meters below them where Luffy's crew and Cricket and his friends were they heard the melodious sound.
"They did it boss!" Masira shouted, cheering.
"Yes, they did." Cricket said with a smile.
All over Skypiea everyone else heard it and smiled as well. Because that sound meant one thing, the war between the Shandians and the Skypieans was over and Enel had been taken care of. Everyone was celebrating all over. Shortly after that Luffy and Wiper made their way down the beanstalk and when they reached the bottom there were Shandian warriors and Gan Fall there. There the crew found out that Gan Fall was the previous God until he was ousted by Enel. As everyone was talking Luffy wanted to ask Gan Fall a question.
"Hey, Gan Fall, is there an area in the White-White Sea where there seems to be weird things happening?" Luffy asked.
Gan Fall seemed to think for a second before speaking.
"Yes, actually, why?" He asked.
"I need you to take all of us there, including the Skypieans." Luffy said.
Gan Fall nodded and gathered everyone up. About an hour later there was a mass of boats filled with people in a part of the White-White Sea, North of Angel Beach. It was a large open area with miles and miles of clouds. Luffy smirked at Robin.
"You ready to see a piece of the Void Century?" He asked.
"What do you mean?" She asked really interested.
Luffy just continued smirking before turning to everyone gathered. He casted the voice-enhancing charm and spoke.
"I have gathered you all here for a reason. Eight Hundred Years ago was the ending point of the Void Century, you all probably know that. In that Void Century there existed a legendary city and kingdom where cultures of all kinds would live in perfect harmony. Originally, that city and kingdom existed on the Blue Sea, which back then was known as the Atlantic Ocean." Luffy said.
Robin was trying to memorize all this information because it was extremely exciting to learn it all.
"This Kingdom, had become part of a larger Kingdom in defense of one enemy, one horrible enemy. To save its people the leaders decided to move the Kingdom into the sky, more specifically here." Luffy said before turning to the open sea.
Luffy pulled out his wand and began pulling on the large reserves that the title of Master of Death gave him. He then pointed it at the clouds.
"I give you, the Legendary City and Kingdom of Atlantis, Wingardium Leviosa Maxima." Luffy intoned.
Suddenly the clouds rippled and something began to come out. At first it was a flag that had the design of a Sea King on it. Then it grew bigger and people started seeing buildings. The size of it was enormous, as large as the Upper Yard itself. It explained why Luffy wanted them this far back, lest they be capsized. Everyone was watching in awe as this gigantic place was being brought up. There were magnificent buildings and what interested the Skypieans and Shandians the most was that there were farms, parks, and much more made out of what they believed to be Vearth. Not a single bit of the kingdom was made out of cloud. About five minutes later Atlantis was fully emerged from the water and there were docks in front of them. Luffy hopped off and stood on the dock, gesturing for Robin and everyone else to come.
"Please, explore as you want. This place was created for people to live in harmony." Luffy said.
Luffy then gestured for his crew to follow him. Wiper and Gan Fall also followed as well, curious as to where they were going. Robin was looking everywhere, her face looking as if she was given the best present ever.
"How is everything running without electricity or dials?!" She asked curiously.
"Shishishi! It's all running on magic. Atlantis was a magical city, Robin. Over half its population of eight hundred million was magical." Luffy said.
Everyone was staring at Luffy in shock.
"E-e-eight hundred million?! That's the current world population!" Usopp shouted.
Luffy gave them all a sad look.
"Back then, the population was twelve billion people strong." Luffy said, drawing a look of horror on everyone's faces as they realized what that meant.
Luffy then gestured them to continue following him. He led them to the very top which was a magnificent palace. Once again Robin was awed and wanted to ask Luffy a question.
"Did the Royalty use this palace?" She asked.
"Shishishi, nope. Nobody actually lived in this palace. This was the place where everyone met for meetings, no matter what kind of meeting you were having." Luffy said.
Luffy then led them to a closed off door that seemed to have no handle. Luffy simply placed a hand on the door that flashed and vanished from its place. Walking in, Robin was extremely shocked. In the center of the room was another Poneglyph, one that seemed to have a different piece of history. Luffy just let her read it out loud.
"It's the eightieth year in this long and stupid war that the Twenty Kingdoms has against us. Their war against magic. We, the people of Atlantis, are placing this Poneglyph for the people who won't know of our history when our savior finishes his plans. First, you may be wondering who our savior is, well his name is Harry James Potter and he is a magical human, a Wizard. He is also a man who is over a hundred years old and yet still in his prime. For that is the nature of magical humans. Their magic helps them live much, much, longer lives than non-magicals. But the non-magicals of our united kingdoms, the Great Kingdom, don't care. So, if you find this Poneglyph, then please remember our savior's kindness and love. Please remember that he wanted everyone to live in peace but the Twenty Kingdoms wouldn't allow that. And please, remember the Will of D." Robin read.
Luffy was desperately trying, and thankfully succeeding, to hold back his tears. He wasn't aware that the people loved him that much. He was just a man who wanted the world to be happy. Robin was a bit in shock.
"… The Twenty Kingdoms didn't like magic?" Robin asked hesitantly.
Luffy sadly shook his head.
"Not at all, they absolutely abhorred it. They wanted to eradicate magic in any way they knew how." Luffy said.
The silence lasted for a solemn twenty minutes before Luffy sighed and turned to everyone, smiling.
"We shouldn't be sad, everyone's partying, now let's go!" Luffy said, heading off.
Everyone looked at where Luffy was before shrugging and following. The party lasted well into the night, with everyone celebrating. The Shandians had apparently found where all the gold was going, a giant ship that Enel was planning to use. The Skypieans and Shandians wanted to give the Straw Hats a gift for saving them so they gave them all the gold that they could carry on their ship, which made Nami very happy. When the party ended, everyone was passed out all over Atlantis. The next morning, Gan Fall showed them to where they could leave Skypiea from, the edge of White-White Sea. There he attached a giant balloon squid to their ship and they sailed off, floating off Skypiea, back to the Blue Sea. When they made it back to Cricket's, everyone celebrated once more. After the celebration they all set off for their next destination that the Log Pose was pointing towards.
Okay, so, yeah, the fight with Enel was rather swift. I think I did mention at one point that with the amount of Devil Fruit users who are immune to his powers, he's kinda screwed. Also before anyone says that Nami's powers shouldn't be superior, I believe I said that the Weather Logia fruit is superior to Enel's fruit because a storm is where lightning originates, thus can produce much stronger lightning. Next is my favorite arc (because Long Ring Island's being reduced to a very small blip on the next Chapter) the Water 7+Enies Lobby arc! Please give suggestions, I enjoy them. Although don't suggest anything about Perona, I already have a plan for her.
