Oh yeah, Franky never got a single line of dialogue these past few chapters… I kinda forgot. It's hardest to write a group, and I forgot about him…

Canada doesn't have much development from where I'm at, so he might seem a little OOC and forceful. I just have to move the plot along. Plus, when he exclaims something, just pretend that he's yelling quietly.

Chapter 6

"Nami, I don't think that this is a good idea," I said.

"Hey, at least we're not drowning him!" she replied cheerfully.

"Still…" I sighed. When Nami gets an idea in her head, there's no stopping her.

"Right then. We're putting this on every chair in the inn!" She held up a large bag of powdered seastone.

I sighed again. As much as I wanted to know why Cap'n didn't age, I felt that this was pushing it. "How can we make it touch his bare skin?"

Nami's face fell, her plans ruined. "Bare skin…" she muttered. "I have an idea…" She rummaged through her bag, and found a pair of black outfits. "Put this on. And I hope that we can tell him apart from the others!"

… Don't tell me… "You're planning on putting it on when Cap'n's sleeping?"

"You have a better idea?"

I couldn't find an answer to that. "Just… Can't we ask? I feel like I'm betraying him by doing this,"

Nami gave me a deep look. "I know, but I get the feeling that he might not know either,"

"Then why don't we ask first?"

Nami couldn't find an answer to this. "You really are devoted to Arthur, aren't you," She said it conclusively, not as a compliment or as an insult.

"Well, he was my captain for years," I replied.

TIMESKIP (Neutral POV)

Arthur lay in bed, awakened by some force that he could not recognize. As he looked around, his intuition began to flare. What it was about, he had no idea. But whatever it was, something was going to happen [1].

THE NEXT DAY (IGGY POV)

The market was bustling with activity. Farmers brought in their produce from the fields on the other side of the island and hawked the locals. A few just bought it just to prevent them from glowering at them… that sounded familiar. Anyway, Robin, Franky, and I went out just to pass the time.

"So, how do you fight?" Franky asked.

"Er… sword, I guess?" I really wasn't sure. I felt like I used something else before.

"You guess? Wouldn't you know your weapon?" he replied. "I mean, sometimes I lose track of mine, but even if you lost your memory, you should still know,"

"Er, you lose track of your weapon?" that didn't sound right. "What weapon do you use?"

"My entire body is a weapon!" He said a bit too loudly. "No, wait, I mean that literally. I'm a cyborg,"

"Really? Sounds like something that-" An image of a young blonde man with glasses flashed through my head, but I couldn't attach a name to him.

"Cap'n? What's wrong?" Robin noticed my lapse.

"I-it's nothing," Even if I couldn't name him, he was still familiar…

"H-hey!" Someone whispered behind us. How did he sneak up on us? Franky probably wasn't that good at detecting, but Robin practically had eyes on the back of her head. Sometimes literally. "Arthur!"

I spun around to see yet another farmiliar face. He had blonde hair and glasses, but he wasn't the one in my vision. His hair was longer, and he was carrying a polar bear.

"Arthur! We just got here; we don't know why- Ivan got out his pipe-"

"Slow down, and speak up. We can't hear you," said Robin.

"Ah, okay. As I was saying, Arthur, we need you to get us out of this mess!"

"Er, not to be rude, but what's your name?" I said awkwardly.

He looked at me with shock in his eyes. "MAPLE! Y-you mean you forgot about me, too? I thought that you of all people would remember me! I'm your brother!"

"I-I have amnesia," It felt like I was making an excuse.

He looked like he was halfway between relief and concern. "H-how much can you remember?"

"I can remember my name…" I said lamely, "and Robin here,"

"What's your name, then?"

"…What? You just said it, it's Arthur."

"No, your real name!" he looked desperate now. "You forgot that too?"

"…Sorry," I said sincerely.

"You don't remember… anything?" He jolted up, "Your brother's name? Everythimg we've been through? The time you talked me into burning someone's house down? Diana hates us both now!" He practically collapsed.

"Are you all right?" asked Robin.

"I don't blame you for what happened," he muttered, taking no notice of Robin's words, "it was an accident. Neither does Alfred or Peter. I'm not sure about the others, but Ivan and Antonio are on the warpath..."

I couldn't remember any of these names, but a dim light came on at the mention of Alfred and Ivan.

"You're saying that you're Cap'n's brother?" Robin broke in.

Mathew nodded. "If you don't count all the legal custodies… [2]" I could barely hear him, and I was sure that Robin couldn't hear him either. "Anyway, if you don't come, then both Ivan and Antonio will… I'm not sure what Antonio would do, but Ivan would try to kill you,"

"Wait, even if Cap'n came, they'd attack anyway, wouldn't they," Robin said.

"Well, Ivan's a psychopath, so he would anyway, but Antonio would at least hear him out," That didn't help. Robin was on the line of attacking on the account that he might be a threat, and hearing him out because of his honesty.

"I'm still coming," even if it was a trap, I trusted Mathew.

"Then I'm coming with you," Robin said.

"Hey, can't we tell Luffy first?" Franky cut in. He did have a point.

"You could… but Ivan and Antonio are still around…" he didn't say it like a threat as much as a warning.

"We'll be fine," said Robin. "After all, we've faced plenty of psychopaths. We're pirates,"

"I know," he didn't just say it to hide ignorance, he really knew.

"Come on, it's already two, we should get back to the inn," said Franky, looking at the clock tower.

"Er, do you mind if I come?" Mathew asked.

"Sure," replied Robin.

As we walked back, Mathew seemed to disappear, until I looked straight at him. I didn't know why, but no one looked at him. Almost like no one could see him besides us…

TIMESKIP

"Hey, who's this guy?" asked Chopper. Just from looking at his expression told me that he was frightened. I couldn't tell if it was the bear or the fact that he hunted reindeer… wait, where that come from?

"I'm Arthur's brother, Mathew. Mathew Williams,"

"Hold on, why do you have a different last name than him?" asked Ussop.

"It's a long story," I said automatically. Being around Mathew triggered some of my memories, but I still couldn't even place names yet. "Anyway, we just wanted to let you guys know that we're going,"

"You're going? We're coming too!" Luffy exclaimed. It's not like I could say no to him. After all, he's my captain now.

"Okay…" Mathew never protested; the only time he ever did was when… I was struck by a sudden vision- no, memory. The two of us stood on a hill, a city set ablaze before us… a young girl screaming in pain, cursing both of us… Mathew crumpled next to me, filled with remorse… I stood, thinking Why did it come to this, little-

"Arthur!" Mathew woke me up. "What just happened?" I had just noticed the beads of sweat dripping down my body.

"I-I just had a flashback… Mathew?"

"Yes?" he came closer, trying to comfort me.

"Did we ever… set an entire city on fire?" I asked.

He gave me a gloomy look. "We did."

"You what?" Nami gasped.

"I saw a girl screaming… who was she?" I knew it was a stupid question, how would Mathew remember one girl out of many that we might have seen that day?

"Did she… have black hair and blue eyes?" I nodded. "That was Diana… she hates us both for that…"

"…Why? Why did we even set the city on fire to begin with?"

Mathew sighed. "Blame bad communication [3],"

"What?"

"Never mind, the others are waiting, and as much as he doesn't want to admit it, Alfred really wants to see you,"

"Who's Alfred?" asked Zoro.

"He's… my brother…" He had more to say than that, but I think that he just didn't say it all. "Anyway, can we go? If we stay, then we'll get more sidetracked,"

To make a long story short, we left.

TIMESKIP

Mathew referred to it as a boat, but it looked nothing like one. It reminded me of an oil rig, or a fort. Wait, a fort?

"Wow, this is a boat?" Nami looked up in amazement.

"I thought that it was a dock," said Zoro.

"I know, but it moves, so I guess that it could be called a boat," commented Mathew. "I just hope that everyone's here…"

"Hey! Jerk-Arthur! It's about time you got here!" A boy who looked about ten called from a crane overhead. He wore a blue-and-white sailor suit, and he looked awfully comfortable for someone fifty meters in the air.

"P-Peter?" All I could remember was the name, and nothing else.

"Of course it's me- Hang on, how come you look so surprised? Don't you remember anything?"

"Actually…" whispered Mathew.

"What is it? It's not like you have amnesia, right?" said Peter. "… Wait a minute, you really have amnesia?" He began to sweat profusely. "How much do you remember? Do you remember how we got here?"

"I-I can only remember a few things,"

"He can't remember his real name," Mathew put in.

"What? But then-" he cut off. He then began to breathe deeply, and exhaled. "Okay, so you told me that if anyone lost their memory, then we should-"

"Hola! I brought tomatoes!" A new voice called regardless of the tense atmosphere. I turned around and saw- a flash of brown, green, and silver-

The blade of an axe was heading straight for me.

TO BE CONTINUED!

[1] Iggy's intuition- Originally, that part was where he knew about Robin and Nami's plans, and was glad that Robin didn't do anything that would hurt him behind his back.

[2] Legal custodies- To me, this is how I think of countries getting colonies and territories. England claimed America as his little brother in one episode, and he got Canada later. However, if America was England's little brother, and Canada's twin, then Canada would be both France's and England's brother.

This may be the little history I know, but Britain (the country itself) and America won the French and Indian War, and won Canada as a colony, as well as much more lands. Remember, the borders were different back then. This led to yet another dispute between America and Britain, as the British said that the colonists should pay for the war, since it was their fault and there was already a massive debt, but the colonists said that the war was already in Britain's self-interest to win. Plus, it led to higher taxes… remember, taxes, tariffs, and lack of representation were the main causes!

[3] Bad communication, city burning, both Canada and England- War of 1812, Britain was at war with France (again). America stayed neutral, since France was an ally in the Revolutionary war, and they wanted to stay on Britain's good side, even if they poured tar and feathers on naked custom agents. Yes, that really happened, or at least back before the Revolutionary War. Britain ended up impressing (i.e. kidnapping, except more 'legally', look it up) American sailors to serve in the British navy. America naturally got mad and declared war. However, since Britain was not willing to have two wars at the same time, they passed a law forbidding impressments. Unfortunately, since telephones were not invented yet, the U.S. didn't find out until after they declared war. So, naturally, America did the most logical thing, and invaded Canada. Why? I'm not entirely sure. Anyway, then Britain won their war with France (I think), which left them only one enemy to focus on, i.e. rather than having two enemies, the full army could go to America rather than splitting up. Eventually, Britain and Canada came together against their mutual enemy and burned Washington D.C. Luckily, a freak hurricane hit, and the fire was put out. If you find out that any of this is wrong, remember, this is a fanfic, not an essay. Diana is my name for D.C., the idea is that the states' names share initials with their state initials, i.e. D.C. is Diana Catherine, South Carolina is Serena Carolyn, etc.

The part where the farmers are hawking people with their goods is from Harry Potter, Hermione tries to get people to buy her anti-slavery badges.

Why did Iggy lose his memory? What is Canada so worried about? Why is Spain so upset? Why didn't Iggy age after twenty years? And when will I update? Find out next chapter!