A few days later we reached land. We landed in a city called Treetops, it had huge trees in and surrounding the town. The lights were always on in the town because the trees blocked out the sun. People in the town never ventured any further then they needed too. They were afraid of the surrounding forest. When we first arrived it took my breathe away. I have lived most of my life in that tiny village so the vastness of the huge city confused me and at the same time awed me.

"We need to get food," said Shachi.

"And repairs for the submarine," Penguin added.

"Don't forget medical supplies," Continued Shachi.

They continued giving a list of items they needed, I blocked them out and talked to Law,"Do you need anything?"

He glanced at me before speaking,"I would like to get my sword sharpened."

"Well then let's go that!" I started taking the lead and stopped,"Um, where would you do that at?"

"Just follow me, unless you want to go out by yourself."

"I would get lost in this huge city! Hey, where did the other three go?" I looked around for them,"We must have lost them."

"They will be fine, I'm sure they can figure out how to get back to the ship." He started to walk a bit faster.

"Hey! Don't go to fast! I won't be able to keep up!" I ran to catch up with Law.

The town was filled with lively people. Everyone seemed to know what they were doing and were having fun doing it. There were stalls with varies goods set up and the smell of food was everywhere. Children were playing in the streets and adults were having a drink and gossiping.

"Wow, it sure is busy."

Law was walking ahead of me, but he has slowed down. "Have you never been to a city before?" he asked.

"Yes, I was born in one, but I moved out of the city and into the village when I was five. So I don't remember a whole lot."

"Why did you move away?"

I went quite and looked down at my feet, "I don't want to talk about it."

He had slowed down enough that he was walking by my side. "That's fine. I don't really care about your personal life."

I looked at him with confusion. Then why did he ask? We walked through the crowded streets until we reached a blacksmiths.

"You wait here," Law said as he entered. I looked around and watched the people walk by.

"Everyone here seems to know where their going." I sat down in front of the blacksmiths shop. I looked up at what little sky there was and noticed nothing but darkness. "It looks like some dark clouds-" It started raining as soon as I said that. "Wonderful," I mumbled. I stood up and got closer to the blacksmiths shop. There was little ledge from the roof that provided some shelter.

After was seems like forever Law came out. He looked at me with a small smile on his face. "You know you could've came in, right?"

"What? You told me to wait out here!"

"Ya, but it's raining. I figured you would've came in."

I started at him with my mouth open,"Ugh, you are completely ridiculous!"

"Oh, I'm I now?" He had a smug face on, "And you are very strange. Now let's stop arguing for the time being and find a place that's dry." We both took off to find some shelter.

We found a small stable that was not being used. "I guess we will stay here." Law leaned up against the wall.

"I think the storm is getting worse." The wind had picked up and the rain was getting heavier.

"In these types of dense forest rain is common. So don't worry about it."

The storm continued on raging when Law suddenly stood up right with his hand on his sword.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Shhh." He walked over to me and put his other hand over my mouth.

"mmhh."

"I said be quite." He pulled me into the back of the stable and we hid behind some hay. That's when I heard voices.

"The storm is just going to get worse! Evacuate the citizens!" Yelled a man.

"Yes sir!" Yelled some other men. They ran past the stable, "Pull the alarm, have everyone go inland."

"Shit," Law whispered.

"What?"

"Marines and it seems that the storm is going to get worse."

Almost all of the marines walked past the place we were hiding, except for one. This man was tall and he wore a symbol of a higher ranking officer. He had an eye patch on his right eye and he had short spiked purple hair. He had no weapon that I could see of. The marine turned and walked into the stable. "Who's in here?" He yelled out,"You need to evacuate now!" The man came closer.

"Kathren, what ever happens don't move from this spot, do you understand." Law looked me directly in my eyes.

"Yes."

"Good," He stood up.

"Oh? Look what he have here." The man gave a freaky smile, "Trafalgar Law. What a pleasant surprise." The man started pulling something our from his coat.

Law had his hand on his sword and the other in the air. The man threw some shurikens at Law, but Law dodged them, they hit right above my head. More marines were gathering at the entrance. They had guns that were ready to fire. Law drew his sword and said "room," a big circle appeared around us. The marines started firing and Law-!

"MMHH!" Someone grabs me from behind covering my mouth

"Shhhh!" The person starts dragging me through a small whole that was in the back. How the hell did we not notice that before? The person that held me didn't let go after exciting the stable. He then dragged me through the rain. I struggle under his grip, I try to kick him but at the angle I'm at I can't get a good one in. He dragged me all the way to an area that was fenced in. It was a big building, that had the marine symbol on it. Shit! He dragged me into the doors of the marines headquarters.

They gagged me and tied me up to a chair. "What should we do?" asked one of the marines.

"Wait tell the commander gets back," replied another. The commander must be the creepy guy that with purple hair. Wait, that's the guy Law was fighting! I hope Law is alright…

The door flew open and in came the commander with some other marines behind him. "Damn! He got away!"

"Sorry sir, we can't go after him in this weather, but we got someone that was with him. I'm assuming she is a new crew member."

"Hmm," The commander walked up to me and looked me in the eyes. "What's your name?"

"mmph!"

"Oh," he removed the thing from my mouth,"Now tell me your name."

"Kathren! My name is Kathren." I sighed from exhaustion.

"Kathren, what are you doing with a man like Law?"

I have to think of something quick! "He kidnapped me!"

They all looked at me with surprise,"Did he really?" The commander spoke with an evil laugh,"Don't lie to me!"

"I'm not lying! He came to my house on a rainy night a couple days ago. I, being the stupid person I am, let him in. I felt sorry for him! He looked cold! And plus, at the time I didn't know who he was! Later in the night he set my house on fire and took me to his ship! I was to tired to fight back! He put me in an empty room with a dim light and left me. They feed me food through a small whole in the door. H-He did horrible things to me." I started to cry,"It was awful! I was so afraid! But now I am safe thanks to you guys! I just want to go home!" I was sobbing at this point.

"Hmm…untie her."

"Yes sir!" The marine untied me.

"Thank you! Thank you!"

"Ok, girl, I believe you. At least I will let this incident slide, just don't do any more stupid things, okay?"

"Yes, I promise!" Still crying they led me to a room.

"Enjoy your stay here, with this weather you can't go anywhere." The commander and the other marines left.

I closed the door and sighed,"I can't believe they fell for that…" I looked around the room, it was plan and boring, not roomy at all. I walked over to the window. "I wonder if…." I pushed on the window, it opened. "Yes!" I climbed through the window and into the rain.

I somehow made it through the fences of the headquarters. They didn't try to stop me… or maybe they just couldn't see me. I was running through the now empty town. I think this is the way to the docks. As I was heading towards the docks the wind got worse. Thats when I realized that something was terrible wrong. A huge wave was heading straight toward me. "This isn't just a storm! It's a hurricane!" I started running the opposite way, but the wave was to fast. The water fell on me like a heavy blanket.

I was being thrown about in the strong current and I knew if I didn't do something now, I was going to get sucked into the ocean. I reached my hand out trying to grab anything.

My hand touched and grabbed hold of a pole. The water retreated back to the ocean. I took a deep breath of air. "Gasp!" I started coughing,"Cough, cough!" I opened my eyes, just now noticing I had them closed. I was on top of a roof. I saw a little cover that was near the pole. I quickly went to it. I stayed there the rest of the storm. The waves splashed on me and tried to pull me in, but it failed. I somehow survived, the next thing I knew it was morning at the storm had passed. I climbed down from the roof, there was a ladder on the back of building, it was still intact. My feet touched the wet ground and I instantly started running to the docks. When I arrived at the docks I started searching for the submarine. "Where is it, Where is it?" I looked everywhere, I eventually came to the horrible realization. The ship was gone, they left me.