Chapter Three: Black Wind, the King of the Sky
Night
I slept in my hammock in Nami's room. My riding boots were on the floor. It turns out that an old trunk full of my thing was found on the raft with me. Sanji was kind enough to take them on board. A list on what's in it:
Clothes
Reins for a horse
Violin
Some music sheets
A hunting knife
Next Day
"Luna?...get up, breakfast is ready."
"Yeah, I'll be there."
I waited for her to leave, then I stumbled out of my hammock. I fell flat faced against the floor, klutz. After I placed my boots on, I headed for the kitchen. Even though I was at another part of the Going Merry, I could strangely smell Sanji's cooking from a distance.
I found Luffy and the crew, minus Usopp, eating their meals. I was the last to arrive, and I started to eat.
"Land! I see land!," cried Usopp, we ate then left to see an island a mile away. By the time we made anchor, I ran to the beach, then through the trees. The crew tried to keep up with me. Vivi and Carue stayed on the ship.
I ran into a large clearing. Animals surrounded the area, most were herbivores. I like crazy to the nearest deer, but I felt a sudden change in my running. I stopped and looked at my feet...or should I say, paws. Large paws, like the wolves.
My reflection was seen by me, I looked closer. I'm a wolf! An animagi! My fur was white with a bit of black and gray. A tundra wolf was my breed, but I don't think they have breeds in One Piece. I concentrated for a moment, then I changed myself back to human point.
"Whoa! Did ya see that?!," Luffy exclaimed, the crew finally caught up.
Sanji gave a hard look at my eyes, then he said,,"Weren't your eyes brown? Why are they blue?"
I looked at myself again at the water, they are blue! I always wanted blue eyes. I leaned in for a better look, then I fell in the river, man, I was bred to be a klutz. A few years ago, Sirius taught me how to swim, he went in the lake with me on his back and I just swam. Now, I'm just sinking like a rock.
"Luna!" Sanji yelled, I saw him jump in the water after me. I hit the bottom of the river, then I felt his hand hold mine. I grabbed it and he pulled me to the surface.
"Doctor! Call the doctor!," Chopper said running around. "They might've drowned!"
"Shut up Chopper!," Nami said. "Sanji will fish her out."
We finally broke the surface, he tried to drag me to shore, but we suddenly got caught in a current. Just then, a large eagle came swooping down on us. It took us in its talons and carried us to shore.
It opened its beak and chirped. Chopper said,"He said that he saw them being dragged in the river's current from the skies, he came down as soon as he could to help."
"Thanks," I breathed as I poured water out of my boots.
He chirped again, Chopper said,"He also said that Sanji and Luna are the most stupidest humans he ever saw."
"Hey, I was saving Luna!" Sanji said, I blushed a bit, the crew didn't notice though, thank god!
"Does he have a name?" Nami asked.
"No, but the people at the village around here call him the Black Wind. We can find the town at a waterfall if we fallow the river up," Chopper said, the Black Wind took off and flew high in the sky until he was no longer seen.
"Why do they call him that?" Zoro asked.
He didn't say that," Chopper said, we walked along the river until we reached the base of a waterfall. At the top, there was a town, just as Black Wind said. Chopper and I switched to walking point and beast point and helped the crew up the waterfall by jumping on a series of boulders until we reached the top, which was about 200 feet high.
The last was Sanji, I had to carry him, whoo...At least I was big and strong enough for him to ride my back. I blushed under my fur as I said,"Hold tight."
"Right, love," Sanji smiled, he held my fur as I jumped on the first, the second, then third. I was able to jump higher as a wolf, I looked down accidentally. The number one rule on the list: DON'T look down!
I remembered falling off of Sirius, then landing in the water. I shut the memory out of my head and looked up. About 100 feet to go, nearly there.
"Hey, Luna," Luffy called out. "You all right?"
"Yes!" I barked, I jumped several more boulders and made it to the top. Sanji got off my back, then I switched to human point. "I have to admit, now I know how Sirius feels when I ride him."
We walked into town and looked around, the townspeople were all going,"Black Wind, did you see him save those guy in the river?"
"He never saves humans," said another.
"Excuse me, but what's so important about Black Wind?" Nami asked a man who was about 20 years old.
"He's this horse that ate a Tweet Tweet Fruit hundreds of years ago. We call him the King of the Sky here," he said. "At first, he was the most wanted horse on the island since he is the fastest on the island. Of course, it's just a myth, my horse is the only one that can beat everyone else's. The White Galleon, that's her title. We're not to sure-"
"You're horse isn't the fastest mine is," I blurted out, the crew and the man stared at me. "Sorry, I just used to have one."
"What's you're name? Mine's Loki," he said.
"Luna, and I'm going to catch the Black Wind and prove you and you're horse wrong," I said in a competitive voice. Great, what did I get myself into now?! I can't wrangle a horse! "Where do you want to challenge me once I obtain him?"
"Let's see, the next island you make port on," Loki said, he walked away as the crew stared at me like O.o
"How can you catch that thing?" Nami asked.
"I've got an idea!" Luffy said, we all stared at him in a 'oh, man, why is he my captain' way.