Mariposa

"During years when temperature and rainfall is right, silky, deep-orange to yellow-orange, three-petaled flowers appear. In an umbel-like cluster on top of short stems bloom 1-6 handsome bell-shaped, vermilion, orange, or yellow flowers. Each flower has a large, dark spot at the base." (Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. "Calochortus kennedyi", Plant Database, 2008)

"I'm gonna die."

"Stop it," scolded Nami, her grip tight on the younger girl's elbow as she tugged her along. "You're being dramatic."

"Why aren't you telling him that?" she whined, her arm flopping in the direction of Chopper, who was being dragged on the sled behind Zoro. "Why doesn't he have to walk?"

"Chopper is covered in fur, and last I checked, you weren't."

"I'm wilting, Nami!"

The redhead levelled her with an unamused look. "You're not a real flower, dumbass, and even if you were, there are plenty of plants that manage to thrive in the heat. You shouldn't be any different."

Terra's feet stopped in the sand. Her eyes were wide as she gawked at the navigator. "Nami, you're a genius!"

"Tell me something I don't know," the woman grunted, still trying to pull Terra along.

"You'll hate me less when you realize that you don't have to listen to my complaining," she said. At her words, Nami turned around just in time to see Terra dissolve into hundreds of desert mariposa lilies that scattered along the backs of their crewmates with the wind.

Upon realization, Nami's jaw dropped. "You lazy shit."

"Huh? Where'd the flowers come from?" asked Luffy as he pulled an orange flower from his hat.

Zoro was unruffled despite the flowers in his hair. "Where do you think?"

"No fair," whined Usopp, holding a flower in the palm of his hand. "Why doesn't Terra have to walk?"

"These aren't native to Alabasta," Vivi exclaimed, studying the flowers stuck to her sleeve with wonder in her wide eyes. "How long can she stay like this?"

"As long as she wants, unfortunately," bitterly explained Nami. "But only if she has something to grow back from, so don't toss away those flowers."

"Oh!" gasped Vivi as she frantically began to collect the flowers from her clothes. "I'll take good care of them, then!"

"Vivi-san has such a kind heart!" Sanji swooned, his body swaying. He had already collected all the flowers on his person into a bouquet, and he held them to his chest protectively.

"She'll be fine as long as one of us still has a flower, so don't worry about it so much," Nami explained to the blue-haired princess with a put-upon scowl, flicking a flower off of herself to the sand below. "She'll be lucky if I don't leave all of her behind to teach that lazy-ass a lesson, though…"

"It's fine," Luffy decided. "I can carry her."

"We're all carrying her, idiot."

"Stop it!" Nami screamed, her voice hoarse and watery with tears. "No!"

Beside her, Luffy's rubbery arms were wrapped around his body as he pushed forwards, kept in place by the stake driven through his palms. He strained with the effort of trying to detach his hands from his body, grunts filling the air alongside the terrible creak of snapping rubber.

"Stop it, Luffy!" she screamed over and over, her eyes tightly closed and head turned away from the sight of her captain. "You're scaring me! Stop it! You're going to be torn apart!"

"ARGGGHH! I don't care!" he shouted in response. "I have to tell Sanji about what Pudding is really like!"

The snap of his arms as they began to tear apart overcame the air, louder than either of their screaming.

Nami was crying, her head shaking rapidly back and forth. "No! Don't do it, Luffy!"

"I'm almost there! Ouch, ouch!"

"Damn, he's really reckless," they heard their guard say. "Hey, girl!"

"What?!" Nami yelled, her tears erased by a look of fury. "I'm busy here!"

Looking at her dumbly, the guard responded, "Mama told me to get Lola's location out of you during the night, fa. So just say it now, fa."

Nami glared at the man and tried to speak above the straining of Luffy's wrists. "No! I would never betray my friend!"

"Okay, then I'm going to torture you, fa," the guard added as he began to walk away.

Unbeknownst to the group, a solitary orange lily began floating to the ground from above.

"Hey!" Nami screeched. "Don't say things like that so casually!"

Returning with a bowgun, the guard said, "I'm going to shoot you every five seconds until you're ready to share, fa."

"Wh— what are you talking about?!" Nami stammered, her eyes wide and her heart racing in her chest. "That'll kill me!"

"Then just come clean, fa!"

"Screw you, warthead! I'm not going to let you do that!" Luffy loudly interjected with a look of pure fury on his face. He turned to Nami and said, "It'll be okay, Nami! I'll break my arms in five seconds!"

"What?!" screamed Nami, her tears renewing. "Don't do that either!"

Together, Luffy and the guard shouted, "Don't be a baby!"

Nami looked up as a flash of orange caught her eye, a beautiful stemless lily descending towards them like it was weightless. It fluttered slowly into place atop their guard's head.

He looked up, "Huh?"

"Giant Jack: Hammer!"

Thousands of flowers burst from atop his head like a tidal wave. They moved with an unnatural wind, and swiftly came together to form two large pillars, that grew to a torso, and arms, a head, until before them stood a vine monster as tall as the room, petals raining from its limbs like a waterfall.

"SO COOL!" shouted Luffy.

With a low rumble, one of its arms dropped down atop the guard, devouring the large man completely and pummelling him into the ground. The mass of its body gathered, forcing more and more pressure onto the guard before the monster burst into a cascade of petals and pollen, leaving the unconscious man tangled in an enormous, twisted fist.

Terra stood before them in the aftermath, a cheerful smile on her face and a crown of lilies atop her head. "Hey, losers," she greeted with a wave, careless of the pollen raining upon her clothes. "Do anything dumb without me?"