Water rocked the bed of roses being carried into a whirlpool. Luffy awoke. She scrambled up.

"Wh-what?" she muttered. "Where am I?" she asked. What happened to her? She remembered... she was bored, on the Thousand Sunny, a man appeared and took her Devil's Fruit. She was taken from her crew. Where was she now? She felt herself spinning. She screamed when she saw she was being sucked into a whirlpool. "Zoro!? Sanji!? Guys!?" She hugged her knees. Wait, since when did she get this dress? Where was her hat? She felt scared without her hat. The whirlpool sucked her in. This was it. She never learned how to swim. She was sucked down, opening her mouth trying to breath. Down she went, kicking, making futile screams and cries for help.

She fell unconscious and when she came to, she was out of the water and falling down a very strange hole. Luffy steadied herself.

"Whoa." Luffy looked around. "What a strange place," she murmured. She flipped a switch that floated by and the room was illuminated. Pictures of her, her crew, her family. She fell and fell. "I wonder... what if I fall right through the earth and I end up in that part of the world were people walk upside-down? How will I deal with that?" she wondered aloud. Then she shook her head. "Don't be silly, Luffy. Everyone knows that nothing's on the bottom of the earth." She laughed to herself. "But how long will I be falling for?" She looked around, and her falling speed increased. She hit the ground hard. Only it hurt. "That's right. My Devil's Fruit is gone. I should be careful," she muttered.

Then that man appeared.

"Hello." He grinned that sharp-toothed grin.

"Where am I!?" Luffy yelled. He smiled wider.

"Welcome, my dear, to Wonderland!" He spread his arms. Luffy crossed hers.

"I want to go back," she snapped.

"Why would you want to do that?"

"Because my crew needs me!"

"Do they?"

"Of course they do!"

"They didn't seem to need you." He shrugged. Luffy frowned. Of course they needed her... but...

She shook her head.

"They do," she insisted, a bit less sure.

"Nami didn't need your help gardening," the man said.

"Because I don't know how."

"Robin didn't invite you to read with her."

"She knows I don't like to read."

"Brook didn't even notice you were there watching."

"He was concentrating..."

"Chopper didn't ask you to help gather herbs."

"Because I -"

"Usopp and Franky didn't need you to help with the invention."

"Well that's -"

"Sanji didn't need you for cooking."

"I -"
"Even Zoro wouldn't take time out of his training for you."

Luffy played with the hem of her dress. She felt fidgety now. It was true. Her crew didn't need her. They had their own things to do. They probably didn't notice she was gone. She shook her head, tears threatening to fall. She had to trust her crew. They would come for her, right? Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, Chopper, Nami, Robin, Franky, Brook. They all... needed...

She couldn't help it. She started crying.

The man came over and wrapped an arm around her shoulders.

"Now, now, don't soil that face of yours with tears!" he cooed. Luffy looked up. "Your crew may not need you, but I do." He tilted her chin so she would look at him.

"For what?" she wiped her face, embarrassed she was crying in front of her captor.

"For you! You're incredible! Gorgeous, strong, kind." He walked around her. Luffy smiled at him.

"I appreciate the compliments, but I really have to get back to my crew," she said. The man frowned.

"At least allow me to introduce myself." He grabbed Luffy's arm before she turned. Luffy relunctantly directed her attention back to him. She didn't notice the exit close off.

"Oh, what's your name?" Luffy asked.

"I'm the King of Wonderland! Wonder D. Ryuu!" He bowed.

"I'm Luffy. Nice to meet you, Ryuu." Luffy nodded her head in greeting. Then she turned to see the exit was gone. "Ah! Hey! Ryuu!" she yelled angrily. Ryuu smiled at her and grabbed her hand.

"Oh! I'm afraid there's only one way in and one way out." He clicked his tongue, wrapping both arms around her neck. Luffy moved away and crossed her arms.

"Show me! I have to get back!" Luffy stomped her feet. Ryuu smiled.

"Of course! Also, might you consider staying here? Being my Queen?" he suggested, walking away.

"Your Queen? I'm gonna be Queen of the Pirates!" Luffy followed after him. He turned a corner, she turned a corner, and he was gone.

Luffy looked around.

"Hey!" she called. She was in a round room. "Ryuu!" She tried to open all the doors. They didn't open. They were locked. "Ryuu!" she called again. "Oi! Ryuu! Come back!" she yelled. No Ryuu. She sighed. Then a curtain pulled open. A small door was there. She tried to open it. It was locked too. She growled, turning the knob hard.

"Ow, ow, ow! Hey, girly! Knock it off!" Luffy jumped back. The door was wiggling its knob. It now had a face and was glaring at her. Luffy stuttered.

"Uh, I-I'm sorry! I was just looking for Ryuu and -"

"Ryuu!?" the door interrupted. "So wait, you're Luffy? The Luffy?" Luffy nodded.

"I guess so." She scratched her short dark hair. The door smiled. It began to grow until it was just her size.

"Well, by all means. Find the key and you may pass," it said.

"The key?" Luffy looked around.

"Try around your neck, miss." The door smiled. Luffy felt her neck.

"Oh, yeah! He probably put something around my neck..." She grabbed the key that was dangling on the necklace. Luffy put the key in the lock and the door opened. She was staring out into an ocean. It was raging and stormy. She looked around, poking her head out the door. A boat floated along side the door, so she jumped in. When she reached for an ore, it was pulled from her grasp. She looked up to see another man. He had black hair and a white butler suit. He smiled at Luffy with familiar sharp teeth. "Ryuu?" Luffy asked.

The man scowled and shook his head.

"Ryuu's my brother. I'm also the King of Wonderland. Zyuu," he introduced. Luffy shook her head. It was all confusing. Zyuu held out a cookie. "Eat that," he demanded. Luffy bit into it without hesitation.

"It's good!" Luffy smiled, she went to take another bite when Zyuu pulled it away from her. Luffy frowned.

"I think not." He put the rest of the cookie in his pocket. Then, Luffy started growing smaller.

"Hey, Zyuu! What's happening!?" she yelled as she shrunk. Zyuu smiled and grabbed her, holding her up to his face.

"Well, don't you look adorable." Zyuu laughed.

"Change me back!" Luffy kicked.

"Not yet." He opened a small bottle and placed Luffy inside.

"Hey! Zyuu!" Luffy banged on the bottle.

"I'll see you later, Lu-chan." Zyuu winked.

"What?" Luffy was confused until Zyuu tossed her bottle into the sea before sailing away. Luffy punched at the bottle. "Hey! Zyuu! Come back!" she yelled. She was confused. Ryuu and Zyuu were really opposite. Ryuu was more like Sanji while Zyuu was more like Zoro, only Ryuu and Zyuu were brothers. She settled down into the bottle. This was all very confusing.

Luffy drifted off to sleep inside the bottle, which floated along in the ocean away from the talking door, away from the round room, away from the hall, away from the exit, away from the whirlpool, away from the beach, and away from her crew.

Straw Hat Crew

Robin continued to read book after book on Wonderland. Nami was looking at maps for any uncharted area near there. Zoro kept look out with the two in the crow's nest. Below, Sanji guarded the hat and fruit, making death threats on what he was gonna do if he ever found that "white-haired bastard." Chopper and Usopp panicked and Franky steered according to Nami's directions.

"Ryuu and Zyuu," Robin announced. Nami and Zoro looked over.

"Who?"

"The Kings of Wonderland." Robin showed them a photo of two men. One had white hair and a black butler's suit while the other had black hair and a white butler's suit. Zoro pointed at the white-haired one.

"That's the guy that took Luffy," he muttered.

Nami grabbed the book and read aloud. "The Kings take young girls and bring them to Wonderland to see if they will make a proper Queen. The girl will be put through dangers and tests, forced to continue without a way home or any special powers to aid them." She looked at the other book. "One girl who made it back recounts that she woke up in a bed of roses before being pulled into a high-speed whirlpool."

It was hours later that Chopper and Usopp ran in with a flower petal.

"Usopp fished it up," he said. Nami smiled at it.

"What is it?" Zoro asked.

"A rose petal," Nami replied. The crew, now all up to speed and sitting in the kitchen, started talking with each other until Robin came in with a book.

"Then we must be close. We have to hurry," Robin said.

"Why? What's the book say?" Sanji asked.

"Ryuu and Zyuu will choose their Queen, a girl of great beauty, courage, and kindness. Someone whose innocence exceeds their knowledge. Once a Queen is chosen, Ryuu and Zyuu with battle for her love and the girl will be forced to stay with her King forever." That was the end of the book. The crew was silent.

"Luffy," Chopper murmured concernedly.

"MAKE HER THEIR QUEEN, MY ASS!" Sanji and Zoro growled.

"Where's this island, anyway?" Zoro asked. Nami spoke up.

"North of here. About a day's trip. The whirlpool is strong, though. It drags the rose bed off the beach and down into the whirlpool, so we'll need to decide which one of us is going," Nami said.

"Only two can go. I doubt more can enter considering that Zyuu wasn't with Ryuu," Robin injected.

"I'll go," Zoro and Sanji both said. "No, I'll go," they both said again. "YOU'RE NOT GOING!" they yelled at each other.

"Then it's settled! You both go," Nami said.

"Oh, joy," Zoro grumbled.

"Yes, Nami-swan!" Sanji swirled.

Meanwhile, Luffy's bottle washed up on a different shore. Her tests were about to begin, the small girl completely unaware of the two men watching their precious Queen-To-Be's every move.