Pirates in Ponyvilleby JadevampChaptersNew Adventure! Fog on the Horizon!A new land! Our bodies have changed!Ponies encountered! Enter Twilight Sparkle!Travel to Ponyville! Encounter with a Pegasus!Enter Ponyville! Our nature recognized!Head to Sweet Apple Acres! Flashback! Enter Gol D. Roger!New Adventure! Fog on the Horizon!Pirates in Ponyville: Chapter One New Adventure! Fog on the Horizon! It was a quiet day on the Thousand Sunny. No storms in sight, no giant creatures, no inexplicable changes in heading or bearing. Of course, Nami knew that didn't mean anything. The grand line was an evil mistress, and any second this stupid inconsistent ocean would throw something insane at them and they'd all have to run about the ship in a panic for another two hours and- "Your lunch, milady" Nami looked up to find Sanji standing over her, a dish held in his palm with practiced poise. "Oh! Thank you, Sanji" Sanji placed down the dish in front of her and lifted the cover, releasing a delicious cloud of scents, and revealing the fish cutlets in orange sauce. It looked wonderful, of course-- everything Sanji made was delicious. "What's wrong, Nami-Chan? You seem troubled. Oh! Is my cuisine unsatisfactory? I will take it back right away!" Nami smiled and shook her head. "No, no-- It's fine. It's just this weather-- It's got me on edge." "Why Nami? It's beautiful out-- not a cloud in the sky! A perfect day for sailing!" Nami sighed. "Exactly. I keep expecting this sea to throw another giant dolphin at us or something." A cry came from the crow's nest. "Fog straight ahead!" Ussop leaned over the edge peering out of a telescope, and sure enough, following his gaze Nami saw a cloud of fog in the distance. She checked the log pose on her arm, and it was facing the same direction. She sighed. "Nothing we can do for it. The log pose is pointing in that direction. We'll have to go through. Everyone get ready for trouble-- and someone wake up Zoro! I won't have him sleeping through another disaster while we work our butts off!" While the rest of the crew came out on deck, Sanji walked over to the sleeping Zoro and placed his foot on top of his head. "Wake up you shitty swordsman! We're heading into some fog and Nami wants everyone ready!" Predictably, Zoro kept on snoring. A bubble began to form in his nose. "I said wake up Seaweed head!" Sanji brought back his leg and moved forwards, slamming his foot into Zoro's face. The bubble popped and Zoro's head formed a crater in the wood. He got up and proceeded to yell in Sanji's face. "What the hell, dartboard brow? I was sleeping!" "Yeah, well Nami wanted you awake!" "That doesn't mean you have to kick me!" Nami stepped up from behind and punched the two on the back of the head. Huge lumps grew almost immediately. "Shut up idiots." Luffy came rushing out, a huge hungry smile on his face and a knife and fork in his hands already. "WOOOHOO LUNCHTIME!" Nami's palm connected with her face. "It's not lunchtime, Luffy. We're heading into that fogbank right there so I want everyone on deck just in case." "Awww..." The rest of the gathered crew went to their positions, ready in case of an emergency as they sailed into the fogbank. Meanwhile, In Ponyville Twilight was in her home organizing the latest shipment of books when there came a knocking at her door. "Now, who could that be?" She walked over and magically opened the top half of her door. Outside stood Fluttershy, looking as demure as usual. She looked nervous, so Twilight decided to prompt her friend to speak. "What is it, Fluttershy?" Fluttershy spoke in her normal, barely audible tones. "Umm... can you come to the lake, Twilight? I saw something weird in there when I was going to check up on the bunny family that lives there." "Sure Fluttershy. What did it look like?" "Well, it was very big, and it looked like a sun was on the front of it..." AN:I think we all know where this is going. Anyways, thanks for taking the time to read my story! Reviews and critiques are welcome, random trolling is not. This is my first try actually writing a fanfic so if you see something wrong, TELL ME. PLEASE. Also, I really don't have plans for a villain just yet, or any other characters from One Piece-- if you have any suggestions I would appreciate them. On another note, I really wish this site supported font sizes-- fluttershy is supposed to have a smaller font there to reflect her whispering. Eh, what can you do. Next Epis-- I mean chapter: The Straw hat Pirates find themselves in a new world-- but what will they do when they find they have the bodies to match? Will they be able to adapt to new forms? Find out in: New Land! Our bodies have changed! A new land! Our bodies have changed!Pirates in Ponyville: Chapter 2-- A new land! Our bodies have changed! EDIT NOTE: I ran this chapter through spellcheck...and wow my spelling sucked. It's changed up now. AN:I'm not sure if my patterning the titles after Anime episodes is quite working. Any thoughts? In a lake in the land of Equestria, a ship drifted through a fogbank and came to a stop in its middle. On the ship, a young reindeer lurched up from a state of unconsciousness and rubbed his eyes. Chopper swayed a bit, and tried to find his bearings. He didn't remember shifting from Brain Point, but he was in walk point now. Stretching his legs, Chopper moved to the front of the ship and looked out at their surroundings. They appeared to be inland, in the middle of a large lake. Not only that, the colors in this place were extremely vibrant. The landscape appeared peaceful and full of life. Chopper smiled-- it looked fun out there! "Guys, you have to check this out! I think we're on an island, and it looks really nice!" Zoro's voice resounded from behind him."Really, Chopper? What's it like?" Chopper turned around with a smile on his face, which quickly mutated into a face of horror. Behind him stood, not Zoro, but a horse-- and not a kind of horse Chopper had ever seen. It was much smaller and more rounded, and was a light green, much like Zoro's hair, while its mane was more green and short. Every part of it was covered in scars, and it had three swords on its back, which appeared to be Zoro's as well. The reindeer scrambled back in shock. "WHO ARE YOU?" he screamed, though the pony seemed unfazed. "What the heck are you talking about Chopper? It's me." It responded in Zoro's voice. Chopper calmed down, somewhat reassured by his friend's voice. He cautiously approached the pony. "Is it really you, Zoro? You look different?" Chopper prodded Zoro with his hooves. "What are you talking about, I look norm-" Zoro said, raising his hooves to look at them. "WHAT THE HELL?" he screamed and reared up, and proceeded to fall on his back. The noise woke the rest of the crew, and as Chopper looked around he noticed ponies resembling the rest of his crewmates rising. A brown pony with a hat like Ussopp's covering a black mane stood first. He rubbed his eye with a hoof. "What's wrong Zoro..." he mumbled before seeing Zoro's new form. "AAAAAAH! A TALKING HORSE!" He turned to run, but tripped over his own hooves and tumbled, landing so he could see his own new form. "AAAAAAAAH!" He screamed, jumping up again revealing wings. By this point everyone had discovered their new bodies, freaking out... except Robin and Brook, who sat sipping tea in the corner of the ship. Out of the blue, Nami screamed. "EVERYONE STOP MOVING AND SHUT UP!" Everyone obeyed, except Ussopp, who kept running around until Nami stuck out a hoof and tripped him. "Alright. Now that we're calm, why don't we try to find out what happened?" Nami advised. "Anyone know what happened?" Luffy shot up a hoof. "Ooh! Ooh! I know!" Nami sighed. "Yes, what is it Luffy?" "We turned into ponies!" He replied with a huge grin. Nami yelled back "I CAN SEE THAT YOU IDIOT!" She replied, somehow getting enough motor control to smack him. He rubbed his head. "You asked..." he muttered. "Chopper, can you test us-- see if this is some kind of disease?" Nami asked. " Sure.. I guess." the confused reindeer replied. "Good! Alright, I'll go first-- everyone else, try and familiarize yourself with these bodies. We can't be sure we won't be attacked soon." Nami stumbled off, with Chopper assisting her. Everyone looked over at Robin and Brook in the corner. "Aren't you the least bit surprised by turning into horses?" Ussopp asked. "No." Robin replied, and then leaned to the side to avoid a spray of tea from Brook. "WHAT? I'M A PONY?" He asked, jumping up, and looking over himself. "Yes!" everyone (except Robin) yelled back. He immediately sat back down and began drinking tea, inexplicably using his hooves to hold the cup. "Oh well." Ussopp face-faulted immediately. Franky left the group after Nami gave them orders. Normally he would have imagined the captain giving the orders, but with a captain like theirs he didn't mind. Now walking fairly easily, even with his large front hooves, he moved over to a mirror. In the mirror he saw a large orange pony with blue stars on his forehooves, which were twice as large as his rear hooves. He retained his trademark hair, in the form of a blue mane, but to his disappointment he had lost his speedo. His sunglasses remained on his face, and he looked vaguely artificial, as was normal. Strangely he had a tattoo of a hammer and a bottle of cola on both of his hips. He ran a quick diagnostic on his weapons, merely checking where they were, not firing them at all, and was pleased to find that his weapons left still worked, along with his shoulder cannons. Strangely enough his strong right was now apparently a strong back-- his back legs contained the plating. He could still pull off coup de vent and coup de boo as well. "SUPER!" He exclaimed to himself, assuming his usual pose in what was a rather humorous movement for a pony. Robin vacated her little tea break to head to her room. In her mirror she found that she was a purple mare, wearing her usual hat, which covered her long black hair, parted by a horn the same color as her coat. Her other clothes were gone, revealing a pair of tattoos on her flank depicting, quite shockingly, a poneglyph. It would be rather difficult to hide her abilities like that... but then again, the crew would protect her no matter what happened. She tested her devil fruit abilities, and found that she could create her current body parts anywhere she wanted. This would make her standard quick-kill techniques somewhat harder to use, but she would simply learn new techniques. A matter of simplicity, especially if it aided her in the defense of those dear to her. Brook also returned to his room, looking into his mirror. In it reflected back a skeletal pony, much more slender than most of his friends. Thankfully he still had his afro, and directly below it was a large bone-white horn. On his pelvis there was a strange tattoo of a violin with everything but the strings and frame knocked out. On his back rested his normal cane-sword. Brook smiled as he got an idea-- to practice his new, greatest technique. "FORTY DEGREES!" Sanji returned to the kitchen and proceeded to check his reflection in the polished pans he kept hung up. Looking back at him was a handsome-looking dark blue pony. He had a blonde mane which hung over half of his face, though he no longer had his curly eyebrows to obscure. On his side was a tattoo, a flaming pan. Giving some kicks a quick try, he found that only his back legs retained his infamous kicking strength, and that it was harder to pull off some of his more complicated attacks. Still, he supposed he could make it work. Now he had to cook-- the crew would need energy. Could ponies eat meat? Ussopp sat in his room, poking his new wings in the mirror. He had already checked out his new tattoo-- a slingshot with Sogeking's mask behind it. He gave his new appendages a test flap and felt himself move up a little. He tried some more and was soon flying. However, he was unable to properly use his slingshot in this new form-- making him all the more useless. His head slumped, he moved to go outside. Zoro sat in his room, worried. After looking over his new body-- noting with surprise three swords on his flank in the Oni-Giri formation, he began to attempt to somehow wield his swords. While he had no problem with one in his mouth, there was no conceivable way to hold his swords. Without Santorryu, Zoro was much less useful in a fight-- a worrying event. Still, he retained his unnatural strength gained through years of training and sheer determination. But without his swords-- he was nothing. Luffy sat on deck, looking into a polished piece of metal Franky had left lying about. He looked at his tan coloration, with his messy black mane-- which looked just like his normal hair. Atop his head was his straw hat, and on his flank was the same symbol as his Jolly Roger. He knew his body was still rubber-- but it was time to re-learn his moves. He grinned and wound up his front legs, launching them up to the mast. "GUM-GUM ROCKET!!" Inside the infirmary, Nami was being examined by Chopper. While he went to go look at some blood samples, Nami looked at herself in the mirror. An creamy orange color made up her coat, while a normal orange made up her hair-- or mane in this case. On her flank was a modified version of her normal tattoo-- instead of just a windmill, it now had a log pose beside it. Oddest, though, were the wings she now had. According to chopper, she was now light enough to fly with them, and they were powerful too. Chopper returned with the blood test results. "Alright, no viruses as far as I can see. But I have a few more things I'd like to try before--". He was cut off as the ship lurched into motion. Nami and Chopper ran outside with the rest of the crew as they noticed the ship enveloped in a purple aura. They saw two creatures in the distance, ponies like themselves, and immediately assumed the worst. "Enemies already? That was faster than I thought!" Exclaimed Nami. She noticed Luffy backing up, and recognized the look on his face. "Wait, Luffy, no! Wait for us!" she yelled, but it was ineffective as he stretched out his forelegs in one of the few moves he had practiced. "GUM-GUM ROCKET!" "S-see? There it is, Twilight." murmured Fluttershy. Twilight nodded. "Yeah. Let's see what it's all about. I'll bring it over here." Focusing, her horn began to glow brilliantly as the began dragging the ship through the water towards the pair. Fluttershy, watching intently, noticed a shape move off the side of the ship and begin flying towards them. She directed twilight's attention towards it, and the purple unicorn stared at the fast-moving object. "What is that?" She asked, just as a loud roar sounded from the object. "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!" Well, that's over with. Show of hands: Who saw the ponification coming? Yeah, I thought all of you would. Some notes: I had a lot of trouble picking who would be of which race. I knew from the beginning that Luffy and Franky would be earth ponies, Robin a unicorn, and Nami a pegasus. Chopper, of course, had to be a reindeer-- I wanted to keep the race distinction. It was harder to pick the others-- but I realized Brook had to be a unicorn to play a small instrument like a violin, and his emphasis on precision made it easier to pick him. Ussopp was harder, but I decided to make him a pegasus because I only had one at that point, and he could plant kabuto in a cloud and use it. Zoro and Sanji--- they were really difficult. Both of their fighting styles are unsuited to pony bodies, so I for a while wanted to make them a Unicorn and Pegasus respectively to make it easier on them, but I wanted them both to have that solid strength aspect to them. Don't worry, Zoro will find out a way to do Santoryu wihout hands, and Sanji will just learn new variations of old techniques-- the monster trio will remain intact. Ponies encountered! Enter Twilight Sparkle!Spike was sorting books when there came a knock at the door of the Library where he and Twilight lived and worked. He sighed and without turning around from his perch on top of his stepladder yelled towards the door. "Come on in, the door's unlocked!" He cried. The door opened and a familiar orange cowpony entered. Applejack waited as Spike climbed down from the ladder and turned around. "What's up Applejack?? The young dragon asked. "Ah was lookin' for Twi. You seen her around? She was supposed to come and help us try and come up with a faster method for cider production today." Spike sighed and Applejack gave a knowing grin. "Lemme guess. Somethin interesting came up and she forgot all about it." "Yeah, sorry Applejack. She went off with Fluttershy-- she was talking about something big in the lake." Applejack turned to walk out. "No prob Spike. Thanks for your help!" She walked out, and Spike called after her. "Good luck!". He smiled, glad to help a friend... and sighed as he turned around towards the mound of books that awaited him. Today was going to be a long day. Fluttershy screamed --well, more like squeaked-- as the flying object, which was now clearly revealed as a tan pony, flew over their heads and slammed into the ground nearby, throwing up a huge cloud of dust. Twilight, having broken off the spell on the ship as she heard screaming, unsurprisingly freaked out at the near miss. "WHAT THE HAY WAS THAT?" she screamed. Looking towards the cloud of dust, she noticed a pony through the dispersing haze. He was a tan stallion, who was looking around rather frantically for something. He appeared to notice something and turned to his side-- to reveal a shocking lack of wings. Twilight was shocked-- there was no way an earth pony could fly like that, much less survive a crash at the velocity he had been traveling! What the pony did next shocked her more, however-- he shot out his hoof towards an object lying on the ground about ten feet away, and his foreleg stretched to cover the distance. Twilight's jaw dropped as he picked up a straw hat and placed it on his head. This was completely impossible! Was she hallucinating? Questions whizzed through her head at lightning speeds, so much that she almost didn't notice when the pony looked towards the pair of ponies, and walked towards them as Fluttershy cowered behind Twilight. "Hey! Are you guys the ones who were messing with Sunny?" Twilight was flabbergasted-- she couldn't help but unload the all of her questions. "What the hay is the sunny? Who are you? How did you fly like that? HOW THE HAY DID YOU STRETCH YOUR LEG LIKE THAT?" The stallion, unfazed, merely moved in closer and got louder. "The Sunny is my ship! Were you the ones messing with it!?" Looking at the angry pony in front of her, Twilight realized that now was probably not the time for questions. "Yes, I was the one pulling your ship to shore-- but I didn't mean any harm! I didn't know anypony was on it!" The pony glared at her-- and then backed up, a wide grin on his face. "Oh, why didn't you say so!" He sat back on his rear, and Twilight just stared at him. That transitioned so fast she practically had whiplash. She sighed, and realized something. "You didn't answer my questions. How did you fly and stretch like that?" The pony's grin increased. "Oh, that's easy! I'm made of rubber!" He exclaimed, and then brought a hoof up to his mouth and stretched it about two feet to the side. "Schee?" Twilight's mouth dropped. "B-But that's not possible! A pony made entirely of rubber--- the skeletal structure wouldn't function! The muscles couldn't do anything! The lungs would be completely inoperable!" She finally gave up and sighed. Obviously this new pony just had to be filed in the same group as Pinkie Pie-- Randomly unexplainable. Otherwise she would probably end up freaking out again-- and past experience told her that was never fun. "Alright. Whatever. Just-- who are you anyways?" The pony grinned even more at the question, if that was even possible. "My name is Monkey D. Luffy!" After he said this, he jumped up onto his hind legs and raised his forelegs in a pose that Lyra would probably pull off, and shouted at the top of his lungs "AND I'M GOING TO BE KING OF THE PIRATES!". Fluttershy fainted. As the purple unicorn pony started trying to rouse her scared friend, Luffy took the opportunity to look around in search of adventure. They were on a new island of course, and new body or not, he was going to look for some fun! The countryside was extremely colorful-- kind of like some books that Dadan had read to him when she was "trying to be a normal mother". It hadn't lasted. Turning his attention back at the lake, he was surprised to see Brook, in his new horse form, running across the water like he did back at Thriller Bark. Flying a ways behind him were both Ussopp and Nami, with Nami flying a little clumsily behind Ussopp. Brook soon arrived at shore and promptly hung his head in exhaustion, panting (somehow). "Gasp... Gasp... My lungs are killing me." He suddenly perked up. "But wait! I don't have any lungs! YOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO! SKULL JOKE!" As they laughed Fluttershy, who had been successfully awakened, noticed the skeletal stallion and passed out again. Brook's laughter petered down as he appeared to contemplate something. "Actually, I was supposed to tell you something, but I can't remember what...". As he said this, Luffy felt a harsh pain in the back of his head, as someone yelled from behind him. "YOU NUMBSKULL! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WAIT ON THE SHIP, INSTEAD OF RUNNING OFF LIKE AN IDIOT!" Luffy's face landed in the dirt as a lump formed on the back of his head. "Oh yes, Nami told me to tell you that you were a dead man." Brook remembered. After finally rousing Fluttershy and convincing her that the undead pony wasn't going to suck out her soul, Twilight listened to the orange pegasus mare berate her "captain", as she called him. How odd-- these ponies appeared to claim to be pirates, but they weren't anywhere near the ocean, nor did they look like any of the pictures she'd seen in books. Their ship, while the flag was similar to the Skull and Legbones of past, it had a very strange construction-- the head looked like a simplified monkey skull, and the "legbones" didn't look quite right either. None of them looked very menacing either. Sure, the skeletal one was strange, but his afro-styled mane made him look to ridiculous to be frightening to Twilight. The mare was honestly the scariest one, and she didn't seem murderous so much as scolding-- like a particularly enraged mother. Twilight almost didn't notice that the mare had stopped yelling at Luffy, and turned towards the pair of them, as lost in her thoughts as she was. "I'm sorry for our captain's idiocy. He just rushes ahead sometimes. I hope we can move past it." the pegasus said, giving a reassuring smile that would probably more effective if Twilight hadn't just witnessed the most violent chewing out she'd ever seen. She gave an uneasy smile. "It's OK. We were just curious about your ship-- we have no idea how it got here, seeing as there are no rivers feeding into this lake. I'm Twilight Sparkle-- what's your name?" The mare frowned, but it was more contemplative than anything. "Yeah, we have no idea how it got here either. I'm Nami, navigator of the Straw Hat Pirates." Well, there went all hopes that the captain was just crazy. They really were pirates. "Well... Nami... you say you're pirates? I hate to be rude, but I have to ask..." Nami interrupted her. "Let me guess-- you think we're here to raid your town? We're not-- we don't usually do stuff like that. We mostly get by on treasure from pirates who attack us." Twilight let out a breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding. "That's a relief." she said. "I have a few more questions though. For one-- what's up with your friend over there?" She leaned her head towards the skeletal unicorn, who was currently fiddling with a violin with telekinesis. "Oh, Brook? He's a devil fruit user. He got brought back to life after he died, but he wasn't able to make it back to his body for 50 years, so he was decayed at that point." Twilight was confused. "But raising the dead is dark magic! It hasn't been done in Equestria for centuries, and the dead don't keep their personalities when they're raised, much less their magic! And what's a devil fruit?" Nami seemed a bit dejected for some reason. "I guess that means I was right-- we're not on the grand line anymore." "Sorry, what?" Twilight asked. "Nothing. I can explain everything to you while we wait for the ship to come in with the rest of us. You see, Devil fruits are these mystical fruits which are said to be blessed by the Devil of the Sea--" Luna and Celestia sat in their bedroom, during one of Celestia's rare moments of free time. They were spending this time just talking, at this moment about humorous stories Celestia had picked up during the thousand years they'd been apart. They were in the middle of a particularly funny one involving two ponies, a wooden alpaca, and 30 pounds of tapioca pudding when Luna's older sister trailed off in the middle of her sentence. Silence reigned for a few seconds, until Luna spoke up. "What's wrong Tia?" she asked. Celestia merely gazed out the window and laughed in that knowing way of hers. "I can't believe it's that time again. I'll have to warn the guards to be on the lookout." At this she got up and turned to Luna. "We'll have to continue this story later Luna. Just wait until you hear about the bit with the corkscrew. " At this, she walked off, leaving Luna to wonder what she was up to. As usual. Finally, I got this one done. I'm sorry it wasn't done sooner, but due to an accident involving the refresh button the story got erased as it was halfway done. So now I'm using Word instead of the window to type up the story. I'm sorry I didn't have more involvement from Fluttershy, but I couldn't find a way for it to happen without her freaking out because of Luffy's antics and Brook... being Brook. Still, I hope you guys are enjoying it. I really appreciate the comments. Again, if there's any One Piece character you really wanna see in it ask away, so long as they aren't dead. Don't bother asking for Ace, Whitebeard, or Shanks either, or any of the Whitebeard or Red-Hair pirates-- they're too busy at this point to come in. Hope you enjoy later chapters! (I still have no idea who the villain's going to be. Damn it.) Travel to Ponyville! Encounter with a Pegasus!On a great ocean, in four places, a mysterious fogbank appeared. In one, a ship with a lion for a figurehead entered. In the others, other ships moved in. Ussopp sat and watched as Nami explained what seemed to be the history of their world to the purple unicorn that had met them here. Luffy was off pestering that shy-looking winged pony with his usual enthusiasm, and Brook was tuning his violin using some new telekinesis ability he had. Ussopp sighed. What he would give for something like that. As it was, he couldn't even really hold Kabuto, much less use it. As he flapped around-- if there was one upside to this new body thing, it was the wings-- he watched as the Sunny managed to get as close as possible to shore, before the soldier dock opened up and the mini-merry moved out, tugging a raft behind it. In front sat Chopper, Zoro, and Sanji, while Franky and Robin sat in the back. As they moved into shore and disembarked, the unicorn and Nami moved over to meet the newcomers. Sanji took the lead, rushing straight up to Nami. "Nami-chan, I pined for you every minute you were away! Were you harmed? Did anyone hurt you at all?" Nami shook her head, laughing. "No, Sanji, I'm fine." Ussopp chuckled as well. Usual Sanji-- checking on Nami first, and not caring whether the others were hurt. Ussopp looked back to his companions to see the yellow pony with huge, excited eyes-- and watched as she flew forwards knocking Zoro out of the way as she... tackle-hugged Chopper. Wow. Ussopp knew he was cute, but normally he didn't get this reaction. She then spoke for the first time he'd heard that day. "OHMYGOSH! A reindeer! I've never seen a reindeer outside of books! And he's just a kid! Aaaaww... so cuute." Chopper gave that little wobbly dance he did with a grin on his face. "I'm not cute at all!" He protested... not very effectively. The pony stepped off, though her enthusiasm was not curbed at all. "Oh! You can talk! I mean, I knew Reindeer could talk, but you seemed a little young to me... oh, you have to tell me about yourself!" Ussopp shook his head as he turned to notice Zoro struggling against several hooves sprouting from the ground-- doubtless the work of Robin. His cursing was muffled by a hoof to his mouth while Robin simply sat off to the side reading a book, turning the pages with the same telekinesis that the rest of the unicorns had exhibited. Franky was talking to the other unicorn as she occasionally glanced to his admittedly odd-looking body. Finally, Nami, who had managed to get Sanji to back off for a second, called for everyone. "Alright, everyone! I think it's time for a round of introductions!" It took a while for Twilight to convince Fluttershy to leave the reindeer alone, mostly with his promise to tell all about himself later. It took a bit longer for everyone to learn each other's names. All of the new pony's names were weird-- like "Franky" and "Zoro". Nothing like any name she'd ever heard before... but she had to admit even the scary ones were so goofy that it hardly mattered. Brook and Franky were both very silly, which helped Fluttershy deal with their frightening bodies. The only one that still scared Fluttershy was Zoro... for some reason he had been glaring at her when he said his name. Fluttershy spent much of the walk back talking to Chopper, learning about his past. Though some elements were shocking, like the betrayal of his herd, Chopper seemed satisfied in his current position in life. Fluttershy was confused by his "devil fruit" power, however... she had no idea what a "Human" was, but he promised he'd show her later. Fluttershy listened intently as he explained his life until a rainbow blur flashed past her and a crash sounded from behind. Zoro was walking along, still fuming about being tackled by that horse earlier, when a blur of colors forced its way past him and sent him flying. Again. As the dust settled he noticed a rainbow-colored pegasus standing on top of Brook. Strewn behind her were several other members of the group-- Sanji, Robin, Nami, and Luffy had all been knocked for a loop. The rainbow pony was yelling at Brook-- something about "Not going to be able to escape the greatest flier in Equestria" and "What's the big idea trying to foalnap my friend?" Not that it mattered. Zoro was tired of being pushed around by these overly cute little horses. He stood and yelled at the newcomer. "HEY! WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?" The rainbow-maned horse turned its attention towards him. "I'm tired of you ponies pushing me around. It's about time I started pushing back!" He continued, drawing his sword from his back using his mouth-- Kuina's sword, his best blade. He stood ready to charge and meet this new opponent when the purple unicorn from before-- Evening? Nighttime? Something like that-- jumped in front of them. "STOP!" She commanded, and the new pony leaned back in surprise. "Twilight? I didn't see you here!" Twilight turned towards the pony. "I've been here Rainbow-- escorting these visitors to Ponyville." She then turned back towards Zoro, the same glare in her eyes. "This is my friend, Rainbow Dash. I'm sorry for her rash actions, but that's no reason to pull a... sword... on her." Zoro growled in response, but sheathed his weapon. Rainbow stepped off Brook, and gave a sheepish smile. "Heh... sorry..." she said. Twilight gave her a glare, something around the lines of "we'll talk later." "Why are you here, Rainbow?" Rainbow explained. "Well, I was flying around practicing some of my awesome moves when I saw this group with Fluttershy in the middle. I thought she'd been snatched or something so I decided to fly in and rescue her. I guess I didn't see you behind that big guy over there." She said, motioning towards Franky. Twilight sighed. "Alright. Did you see anypony else on the road up ahead? I'd rather avoid another misunderstandings." Rainbow perked up a bit. "Yeah! I saw Applejack about a mile out." Twilight deliberated for a second, then looked back up at Rainbow. "Alright. I want you to head out and tell Applejack to head back to Ponyville with you. There, get the Mayor and Spike to meet us near the entrance. Tell them I sent you. And... I suppose you should get Rarity and Pinkie too. There's no reason to delay introducing them." Rainbow nodded and took off, throwing up another cloud of dust. Twilight sighed again. "Now if we can only make it home without anything else happening.". In Canterlot, Celestia waited near the gates for the visitors she knew would be coming. In the distance, she saw the pony trotting in, his gear marking him as foreign to the world. She smiled-- it was nice to see a familiar face after so long. She instructed the guards to let him in and flew back up to the room she reserved for diplomatic meetings-- it would serve well for this occasion. She told the maid to put a pot of tea on and sat in wait. AN: Finally done! Sorry it took so long, I had trouble writing this, but I got it done. It also helps that I was busy planning the rest of the story-- I finally know who the villain is! Enter Ponyville! Our nature recognized!In Trottingham, a large pair of ships appeared in the harbor, bearing ponies in white hats and long, strange coats. Twilight stood at the entrance to Ponyville, looking at the small group of Ponyville natives in front of her. She had asked the Strawhats (as they called themselves, despite the fact that only one wore a strawhat) to remain behind until she called for them so as to avoid frightening someone into another altercation. She turned her full attention to the group of ponies-- and Spike-- and began to speak. "I have called you here today to tell you about a unordinary new group of ponies entering Ponyville. Some of their appearances are quite strange, which is why they are waiting behind. I don't want another embarrassing encounter like the one we had with Rainbow Dash." Rainbow blushed as everyone turned to look at her. "Alright then, come on out guys!" Twilight called. The mayor watched as the group of ponies rounded the corner. She first noticed the skelepony-- strange, but Twilight seemed to trust these out-of-towners, so no reason to freak out. Still, they should probably get it inside before anypony saw it. The big one was shaped weird too, but not nearly as bad-- but he needed to get into hiding soon too. The rest were actually fairly normal, other than the scarred one. To no one's surprise, Pinkie Pie gasped and ran off, no doubt to prepare another party. Then she saw it. She walked up to the group, surprising the other Ponyvillians (who were no doubt gawking at the skelepony) and moved over to the tan-colored Earth Pony. "Excuse me son, but where did you get that hat from?" The stallion grinned, a look that just looked natural on his face. "This? Shanks gave it to me." Unexpected by everyone, the old mare began to laugh. "Oh, my! I knew this kind of thing was on a cycle, but I had forgotten it was that time again!" She turned to Twilight, who was looking at her with a puzzled look on her face. "I believe I know where these strangers come from, and if they're anything like the last ones they shouldn't be any trouble." Applejack spoke up first. "What in tarnation are you talkin' about, Ma'm? You've met these strangers before?" "No, but I've met people like them, Miss Applejack. Now, please hold your questions for a few moments." She turned back to the group of-- pirates, probably. "You all are from the Grand Line, right?" The Straw-hatted one spoke up. "Yeah!" "I thought so. Well, then best explain this to the young ones." She stepped off and turned to face the entire audience. "To start-- you these out-of-towners are from much further away than you think-- they're actually from a different world." Both groups seemed equally surprised at this revalation-- except the Orange pegasus, who seemed reserved. " I figured as much." she muttered. Rarity regained her composure first. "Mayor, do you mean to say that these... newcomers... are from a world outside of Equestria?" The mayor nodded. "Yes, Rarity. They were transported here by a..." she looked over at the pirate crew. "Fogbank, correct?" The orange one nodded, and the mayor continued. "It is an event that connects our worlds every ten years, and then twice in the span of a week. We'll need to get them to Princess Celestia-- She will know what to do and how to find the way to their world. Twilight, you and I can call in and get some transportation there. Meanwhile, Applejack and Rarity can show them around Ponyville. Meanwhile, Miss Fluttershy can take the two who are more likely to cause a panic and take them to her house. Let's go, Twilight." At this, the pair departed, followed closely by Spike. Applejack looked at the crowd of... outworlders... and sighed. Just their luck that the interdimensional travelers would end up in Ponyville. Were other towns in Equestria this crazy? No matter, she had to take them on a tour of Ponyville. At least Rarity was helping out-- that should make dealing with this crowd easier. "So... y'all have any questions 'fore we start the tour?" The tan-coated one shot his hoof up. "Yeah?" She asked. "Where can we get some food? I'm starving." The orange-coated one's hoof collided with her face. "Of course you are." She mumbled. "Oh, yeah. That reminds me." The navy stallion spoke up. He kind of pulled the tan pony off to the side and whispered something into his ear. The straw-hatted one's eyes widened as he screamed. "WHAAAAAAT?" Rarity looked at the rest of the ponies, who were all completely unsurprised by this turn of events. "What's wrong with him?" She asked. The brown one shook his head. "We'll tell you later. He'll be fine." "Well... anyways. Everypony follow me. Let's get this tour started." The ponies followed Applejack as she walked into town, Rarity keeping close behind. AN:Sorry for the shortness here-- I've been rather busy the last couple of days. More shall come... I've finally got the plot mapped out. So, anyways-- obviously, there have been connections between the two worlds before-- if Celestia's earlier actions didn't show it, this should make it clear. I decided to make the Mayor a more prominent character here than she is in the show, mostly because I wanted a connection between generations of pirates. Well, I hope you all enjoy it-- I tried formatting it a bit more this time, so hopefully it's less "Wall of Text". Head to Sweet Apple Acres! Head to Sweet Apple Acres! On a ship in the grand line, a red-haired man silently cursed the events that prevented him from returning to meet old friends. Applejack continued their town-wide tour with one of the most important buildings in town. "And right over here's town hall. This is where we hold all our big events an' meetings. It's still decorated from the last celebration we had-- I think it was Pinkie throwing a party for the Mayor's birthday." And indeed Rarity saw that the building was still covered in banners set up by Rainbow Dash, working off a favor she had owed Pinkie. A voice sounded from behind Rarity, one she recognized as Ussopp's. "Wow. Those things are beautiful-- and are those gems on the borders? Who made those?" Rarity smiled a bit. "Those are my handiwork-- they really aren't anything special." The stallion next to him-- Sanji, she remembered-- shook his head. "No, those are really amazing. I've never seen anything like them." She blushed a bit. "Really, I don't deserve this praise, darling. Come, let's move on to the next place-- where were you planning to take us next, Applejack?" Applejack looked off into the distance. "I was thinkin we'd head down towards Sugarcube corner an' the Library, then stop at Sweet Apple Acres. Granny Smith has been lookin' for an excuse to cook up a meal for this many people for a while." Rarity gave a weak grin. Well, there went her diet. "That sounds wonderful Darling. And perhaps afterwords I can take those interested to the Boutique. I would love to hear about the fashions from this other world you're from." The group walked for a good while, stopping briefly at Sugarcube corner (Which Luffy had to be restrained from rushing into and eating all the stock) until they came to the library. "Now this here's the Books n' Branches library-- and Twi's house. She lives here an' works as a librarian." Looking behind her, Rarity noticed that most everyone didn't seem to excited at the concept of a library. Suddenly, she felt a hoof tapping on her shoulder. She turned around to find the one they had called Robin... who had somehow gotten disconcertingly close behind her. "Excuse me, but would you all mind if I investigated this Library? I'm not hungry at all, and would much rather spend some time studying this world's history." Applejack looked over and shrugged. "Ah don't see a problem. Twi and the Mayor should be in there, but there shouldn't be any problem so long as you stay quiet. Y'all have any problem with that?" She asked, consulting the rest of her group. A small chorus of Nos and Nopes responded. Applejack turned to lead the group to her home, while Sanji turned back towards Robin, who was walking off to the library. "I will miss you, dear Robin! I will be thinking of you every moment you are away!" Robin smiled a bit as she opened the door and slipped inside. Finally arriving in Sweet Apple Acres, Sanji and the rest of the group walked up to the farmhouse as Applejack opened the door. They were greeted by a very large red stallion-- just as big as Franky, but much less misshapen. "Hey Mac. We've got guests." Applejack stated. "Mac" just looked at the group and drawled a simple "Eeyup." Applejack turned back to everyone. "Why don't you all stay out here, or just hang out around the front of the house. Ah'll ring the bell once lunch is done." Everyone complied, except Sanji. "Actually, if you don't mind I'd like to help out. I'm our ship's cook, and I would love to see how cooking is here." Applejack gave a smile. "Ah'll not say no to some help-- learned that lesson a while back." Sanji followed the orange farmpony into the kitchen, where already an amazing smell of cooking apples filled the room. He took a deep whiff, enjoying the sensation, while Applejack went over to the stooped-over green mare in the corner, who was holding a pie tray in her mouth. "Hey there, Granny. We've got some guests for lunch today-- we'll need to cook up a big batch of food. " The green pony set down the pie tray and grinned. "Alright then. Who's the big stallion? You finally got a coltfriend, Applejack?" Applejack blushed furiously. "No, he's not-- he's just a visitor! He wanted to help out in the kitchen." Granny smiled. "I'm just kiddin' you Applejack." She turned towards the newcomer. "So, you think you can keep up, youngster?" Sanji nodded. "I've worked in one of the most hectic restaurants you could imagine, and kept my friends out there fed for years." Granny smiled knowingly. "Let's see if that prepares you for Apple family cooking." About an hour later, Sanji came out of the kitchen panting, followed closely by a similarly tired Applejack. Both pulled behind them each a cart piled high with various apple-based treats and foods. Granny followed shortly, completely fine and smiling. "You whippersnappers-- no endurance these days. I could have done that for another hour by mahself!" Sanji sat down beside the table-- which had already been set by Apple Bloom-- and gasped. "I concede defeat-- you truly are the master." Granny smith grinned and walked over to the bell, ringing it loudly. "SOUP'S UP, EVERYPONY!" She yelled, in an act that seemed to powerful for her frail body. Luffy rushed in, screaming. "FOOOOOOOOOOD!" Granny narrowed her eyes, and gave a surprised smile. "Oh, hello Roger! It's been ages since I've last seen you!" Applejack and Sanji looked at her in surpise and confusion, as Luffy merely dug in with vigor. "What do ya mean, Roger? That there's Luffy." Applejack stated. Gears seemed to whir in Sanji's head for a second, before he realized who she meant. "Ma'm, you couldn't mean Gold Roger... could you?" Granny smiled as she took a closer look at Luffy. "Hah! I didn't realize-- sorry lad. I hadn't noticed. This old mare is reminiscing a bit too much of late." She turned her head back to Sanji. "Well, yes, if you want to call him by the wrong name. I was talking about Gol D. Roger. It's the hat that messed me up." Luffy looked up from his food as the rest of the ponies came in. "Wait, you knew Gold Roger??" Granny Smith laughed. "Alright, youngster. Back down... sit yourself down, eat some, and I'll tell you about him. The food's gonna get cold if you wait for me to tell you the whole story." Everypony sat down and Granny smith began talking. "Alright. It all started about... I'd say 'round 40 years ago. I was just a young thing and the town was just gettin' started..." Twilight walked out of her room, still speaking with Mayor Mare. "We can finish this discussion later. I can't wait to hear about these other incursions you're talking about, but I have to go and check on the pirate crew--" She cut off as she realized that one of said pirates was sitting in her library surrounded by history texts. Looking around, she realized Spike was there as well, sleeping while the cushion he was on was being rocked by what looked like... two hooves sticking out from the ground? That had to be the weirdest spell she'd ever seen. Except for the "hands" spell Lyra had shown her once. That was weirder. Twilight cleared her throat and Nico Robin closed the book and looked up, while setting the book aside. "Oh, hello. I didn't see you there." Twilight frowned. "Yeah... I didn't know you were there either. What are you doing in my house?" Robin set aside her book, placing it back on the shelf as she sat up. "I was simply indulging attempting to learn some about this world's history. My official role on the crew is that of historian, a job I very much enjoy." Twilight was confused. "Why would you--" Right. Pinkie logic. Maybe history is important on otherworldly pirate ships. Who knows? "So, I must ask... what is it your cutie mark means? I've never seen anything like it." Robin seemed to relax a bit at this question, almost as if it was a relief from something. "I suppose there is no harm in telling you if you don't know what it is. It's a curious piece of history from our world called a Poneglyph. Very few people can understand the writing on them, but I've studied the language and can translate them." Twilight responded with her trademark curiosity. "Really? Perhaps you could teach me something about them. I've always been fascinated by history myself." Robin seemed to compose herself a bit more as she replied. "I... don't see a reason why not. After all, it's not likely that you'll end up running into the marines anytime soon. You see, these cubes contain history from a period of history from which all knowledge has been erased..." Meanwhile, in a deep northern territory of Equestria, a fleet of ships exited the mist that had not been there minutes before. AN: Alright! I got this one done much faster, mostly because I was without internet for a while. I hope you all like it. Here, we see my opinion of Granny Smith, in that I believe she is possibly the most badass old lady in all of television. Oh, and that in this story she apparently knows Gol D. Frickin' Roger. The most badass man in all the seas. On a timeline-based note here... the timelines in both of these fictions confuse me. The only concrete dates for Roger I have are: Around 50 years ago he was an up-and-coming pirate, according to Brook, and 26 years ago he was killed. That leaves me with A LOT of room to work with. Plus, I don't know how old ANY of the ponies are. So, I've decided they live for Human-like lifespans, and Granny Smith is around 60. Mayor Mare, for reference, is about 40, and all of the Mane 6 are around 16, except Fluttershy, who is 17 (mainly because of little hints that she is older in the show, like her lanky older-looking Filly design and her comment to "Auntie Pinkie Pie.") If anyone has official age figures, feel free to point them out. Next chapter, Rarity gets in Fashion mode, and maybe I can get them closer to Canterlot (I honestly planned to have them there sooner, but I figure no need to rush.) Oh, by the way, the next chapter is not going to be Granny Smith's story. I plan on releasing that as a bonus chapter later on when I inevitably get writer's block. Flashback! Enter Gol D. Roger!AN: Ok... I lied. Or really, I hit writer's block pretty early (It's called "Finally getting Skyrim"). I'm back, but I wanted to post something to tide you guys over. I apologize in advance for Granny Smith's not-so-great grammar and the shortness of this story. Now, Ah was just a young mare gettin' started with what would soon be the family business when ah decided one day to take a walk out to old Lake Everfree just to take a break. It was 'round then ah saw a big ship, somethin' I only knew about from picture's I'd seen in Moneybag's office. Now at the head of this was a stallion, of about mah age, wearin' a straw hat a lot like the one you've got on your head there, youngster. He had a deep brown coat and a black mane, and just looked darned commandin'. Now, it were darker times back then-- the forest were still rebellin' against our presence. So, 'course ah don't trust the newcomer 'right away, but he was gettin' close to land and ah didn't have time to go get anypony else. So Iah stood mah ground and waited there by where he was headin' for land. He must've saw me, cus' he left the front of that there ship and got in a littler ship with another stallion-- one silver-maned unicorn. They headed right over and started up a conversation with me. They were right gentlemen, talked me right down and asked to see the leader of the town. Now, way back then that was a stallion named Knight Mare, Ms. Mare's father. He was a retired guard from Canterlot, and a stubborn old stallion -- but he was fair. He let them stay and called up Princess Celestia, but she weren't able to come by for a couple days. 'Til then the crew had to stay somewhere, and our farmhouse was the biggest place in Ponyville, so we let 'em go there. Worked 'em too-- never seen such hard-workin' stallions in all my years since. Roger were already friendly with each other. Ah'd learned his story-- right tough stallion he was, makin' it through half the stuff he had. Then trouble came runnin on in. This crowd of stallions came marchin' on into town, all wearin' these white coats on their backs lookin' for some shelter. They were headed by this stallion 'bout Roger n' Ah's age, with the silliest lookin' mane you've ever seen, black n' poofy. We were all ready to take 'em in, but then they saw Roger n' his crew and started makin' demands at us, tellin' us to hand 'em over. Now, Roger n' ah were fast friends and there was no way ah was gonna hand him over. Then they got violent. Luckily, they weren't real good at fightin' an' we were combat-hardened after livin' near Everfree so long. But then Roger all an' pushed us back, did somethin' ah really never understood. He just focused, got this real stern expression on his face and half the new ponies an most of the town just up an' fell over. All that were left standin' was Me n' Knight Mare, plus some of the new ponies and all of Roger's crew. He told us to leave, tryin' to protect us, but ah wasn't havin' any of it an' neither was Knight Mare. We were all ready to square off when out of the sky descended the Princess. She was a'blazin like the sun itself and all the fightin' just up and stopped. She was angrier than Ah'd ever seen an' it took a lot to get her not to flash-fry everyone right then. She decided to take everyone up to Canterlot an' figure out what happened. They tried to leave me behind, but ah wasn't havin' any of that-- told Roger Ah'd kick his behind inta next week if he didn't bring me along. He laughed and asked the Princess If ah could come along. She weren't about to say no-- probably figured Ah'd Run to Canterlot if she didn't bring me. So we all went up into Canterlot an' we told her the whole story. Ah learned about the Marines an' more about Roger's world, an' we found a few other groups too-- this stallion who called 'imself Whitebeard an' a small-time pirate crew who caused some trouble 'fore Roger, Whitebeard, n' Sengoku set 'em all straight.. Now we figured out how ta' send 'em back and we did, an' ah didn't see Roger fer' another ten years. That story's a bit more interestin'... AN: And this is the story of how Granny Smith and Roger met. Of course, there were other ponies she met. I'm trying not to use too many OCs in this story, but I had to make one to be the mayor-- it didn't make sense for Diamond Tiara's dad to be mayor-- why would he have stepped down? I couldn't explain it. So, Knight Mare. I might elaborate more on him later.
New Adventure! Fog on the Horizon!Pirates in Ponyville: Chapter One New Adventure! Fog on the Horizon! It was a quiet day on the Thousand Sunny. No storms in sight, no giant creatures, no inexplicable changes in heading or bearing. Of course, Nami knew that didn't mean anything. The grand line was an evil mistress, and any second this stupid inconsistent ocean would throw something insane at them and they'd all have to run about the ship in a panic for another two hours and- "Your lunch, milady" Nami looked up to find Sanji standing over her, a dish held in his palm with practiced poise. "Oh! Thank you, Sanji" Sanji placed down the dish in front of her and lifted the cover, releasing a delicious cloud of scents, and revealing the fish cutlets in orange sauce. It looked wonderful, of course-- everything Sanji made was delicious. "What's wrong, Nami-Chan? You seem troubled. Oh! Is my cuisine unsatisfactory? I will take it back right away!" Nami smiled and shook her head. "No, no-- It's fine. It's just this weather-- It's got me on edge." "Why Nami? It's beautiful out-- not a cloud in the sky! A perfect day for sailing!" Nami sighed. "Exactly. I keep expecting this sea to throw another giant dolphin at us or something." A cry came from the crow's nest. "Fog straight ahead!" Ussop leaned over the edge peering out of a telescope, and sure enough, following his gaze Nami saw a cloud of fog in the distance. She checked the log pose on her arm, and it was facing the same direction. She sighed. "Nothing we can do for it. The log pose is pointing in that direction. We'll have to go through. Everyone get ready for trouble-- and someone wake up Zoro! I won't have him sleeping through another disaster while we work our butts off!" While the rest of the crew came out on deck, Sanji walked over to the sleeping Zoro and placed his foot on top of his head. "Wake up you shitty swordsman! We're heading into some fog and Nami wants everyone ready!" Predictably, Zoro kept on snoring. A bubble began to form in his nose. "I said wake up Seaweed head!" Sanji brought back his leg and moved forwards, slamming his foot into Zoro's face. The bubble popped and Zoro's head formed a crater in the wood. He got up and proceeded to yell in Sanji's face. "What the hell, dartboard brow? I was sleeping!" "Yeah, well Nami wanted you awake!" "That doesn't mean you have to kick me!" Nami stepped up from behind and punched the two on the back of the head. Huge lumps grew almost immediately. "Shut up idiots." Luffy came rushing out, a huge hungry smile on his face and a knife and fork in his hands already. "WOOOHOO LUNCHTIME!" Nami's palm connected with her face. "It's not lunchtime, Luffy. We're heading into that fogbank right there so I want everyone on deck just in case." "Awww..." The rest of the gathered crew went to their positions, ready in case of an emergency as they sailed into the fogbank. Meanwhile, In Ponyville Twilight was in her home organizing the latest shipment of books when there came a knocking at her door. "Now, who could that be?" She walked over and magically opened the top half of her door. Outside stood Fluttershy, looking as demure as usual. She looked nervous, so Twilight decided to prompt her friend to speak. "What is it, Fluttershy?" Fluttershy spoke in her normal, barely audible tones. "Umm... can you come to the lake, Twilight? I saw something weird in there when I was going to check up on the bunny family that lives there." "Sure Fluttershy. What did it look like?" "Well, it was very big, and it looked like a sun was on the front of it..." AN:I think we all know where this is going. Anyways, thanks for taking the time to read my story! Reviews and critiques are welcome, random trolling is not. This is my first try actually writing a fanfic so if you see something wrong, TELL ME. PLEASE. Also, I really don't have plans for a villain just yet, or any other characters from One Piece-- if you have any suggestions I would appreciate them. On another note, I really wish this site supported font sizes-- fluttershy is supposed to have a smaller font there to reflect her whispering. Eh, what can you do. Next Epis-- I mean chapter: The Straw hat Pirates find themselves in a new world-- but what will they do when they find they have the bodies to match? Will they be able to adapt to new forms? Find out in: New Land! Our bodies have changed!
A new land! Our bodies have changed!Pirates in Ponyville: Chapter 2-- A new land! Our bodies have changed! EDIT NOTE: I ran this chapter through spellcheck...and wow my spelling sucked. It's changed up now. AN:I'm not sure if my patterning the titles after Anime episodes is quite working. Any thoughts? In a lake in the land of Equestria, a ship drifted through a fogbank and came to a stop in its middle. On the ship, a young reindeer lurched up from a state of unconsciousness and rubbed his eyes. Chopper swayed a bit, and tried to find his bearings. He didn't remember shifting from Brain Point, but he was in walk point now. Stretching his legs, Chopper moved to the front of the ship and looked out at their surroundings. They appeared to be inland, in the middle of a large lake. Not only that, the colors in this place were extremely vibrant. The landscape appeared peaceful and full of life. Chopper smiled-- it looked fun out there! "Guys, you have to check this out! I think we're on an island, and it looks really nice!" Zoro's voice resounded from behind him."Really, Chopper? What's it like?" Chopper turned around with a smile on his face, which quickly mutated into a face of horror. Behind him stood, not Zoro, but a horse-- and not a kind of horse Chopper had ever seen. It was much smaller and more rounded, and was a light green, much like Zoro's hair, while its mane was more green and short. Every part of it was covered in scars, and it had three swords on its back, which appeared to be Zoro's as well. The reindeer scrambled back in shock. "WHO ARE YOU?" he screamed, though the pony seemed unfazed. "What the heck are you talking about Chopper? It's me." It responded in Zoro's voice. Chopper calmed down, somewhat reassured by his friend's voice. He cautiously approached the pony. "Is it really you, Zoro? You look different?" Chopper prodded Zoro with his hooves. "What are you talking about, I look norm-" Zoro said, raising his hooves to look at them. "WHAT THE HELL?" he screamed and reared up, and proceeded to fall on his back. The noise woke the rest of the crew, and as Chopper looked around he noticed ponies resembling the rest of his crewmates rising. A brown pony with a hat like Ussopp's covering a black mane stood first. He rubbed his eye with a hoof. "What's wrong Zoro..." he mumbled before seeing Zoro's new form. "AAAAAAH! A TALKING HORSE!" He turned to run, but tripped over his own hooves and tumbled, landing so he could see his own new form. "AAAAAAAAH!" He screamed, jumping up again revealing wings. By this point everyone had discovered their new bodies, freaking out... except Robin and Brook, who sat sipping tea in the corner of the ship. Out of the blue, Nami screamed. "EVERYONE STOP MOVING AND SHUT UP!" Everyone obeyed, except Ussopp, who kept running around until Nami stuck out a hoof and tripped him. "Alright. Now that we're calm, why don't we try to find out what happened?" Nami advised. "Anyone know what happened?" Luffy shot up a hoof. "Ooh! Ooh! I know!" Nami sighed. "Yes, what is it Luffy?" "We turned into ponies!" He replied with a huge grin. Nami yelled back "I CAN SEE THAT YOU IDIOT!" She replied, somehow getting enough motor control to smack him. He rubbed his head. "You asked..." he muttered. "Chopper, can you test us-- see if this is some kind of disease?" Nami asked. " Sure.. I guess." the confused reindeer replied. "Good! Alright, I'll go first-- everyone else, try and familiarize yourself with these bodies. We can't be sure we won't be attacked soon." Nami stumbled off, with Chopper assisting her. Everyone looked over at Robin and Brook in the corner. "Aren't you the least bit surprised by turning into horses?" Ussopp asked. "No." Robin replied, and then leaned to the side to avoid a spray of tea from Brook. "WHAT? I'M A PONY?" He asked, jumping up, and looking over himself. "Yes!" everyone (except Robin) yelled back. He immediately sat back down and began drinking tea, inexplicably using his hooves to hold the cup. "Oh well." Ussopp face-faulted immediately. Franky left the group after Nami gave them orders. Normally he would have imagined the captain giving the orders, but with a captain like theirs he didn't mind. Now walking fairly easily, even with his large front hooves, he moved over to a mirror. In the mirror he saw a large orange pony with blue stars on his forehooves, which were twice as large as his rear hooves. He retained his trademark hair, in the form of a blue mane, but to his disappointment he had lost his speedo. His sunglasses remained on his face, and he looked vaguely artificial, as was normal. Strangely he had a tattoo of a hammer and a bottle of cola on both of his hips. He ran a quick diagnostic on his weapons, merely checking where they were, not firing them at all, and was pleased to find that his weapons left still worked, along with his shoulder cannons. Strangely enough his strong right was now apparently a strong back-- his back legs contained the plating. He could still pull off coup de vent and coup de boo as well. "SUPER!" He exclaimed to himself, assuming his usual pose in what was a rather humorous movement for a pony. Robin vacated her little tea break to head to her room. In her mirror she found that she was a purple mare, wearing her usual hat, which covered her long black hair, parted by a horn the same color as her coat. Her other clothes were gone, revealing a pair of tattoos on her flank depicting, quite shockingly, a poneglyph. It would be rather difficult to hide her abilities like that... but then again, the crew would protect her no matter what happened. She tested her devil fruit abilities, and found that she could create her current body parts anywhere she wanted. This would make her standard quick-kill techniques somewhat harder to use, but she would simply learn new techniques. A matter of simplicity, especially if it aided her in the defense of those dear to her. Brook also returned to his room, looking into his mirror. In it reflected back a skeletal pony, much more slender than most of his friends. Thankfully he still had his afro, and directly below it was a large bone-white horn. On his pelvis there was a strange tattoo of a violin with everything but the strings and frame knocked out. On his back rested his normal cane-sword. Brook smiled as he got an idea-- to practice his new, greatest technique. "FORTY DEGREES!" Sanji returned to the kitchen and proceeded to check his reflection in the polished pans he kept hung up. Looking back at him was a handsome-looking dark blue pony. He had a blonde mane which hung over half of his face, though he no longer had his curly eyebrows to obscure. On his side was a tattoo, a flaming pan. Giving some kicks a quick try, he found that only his back legs retained his infamous kicking strength, and that it was harder to pull off some of his more complicated attacks. Still, he supposed he could make it work. Now he had to cook-- the crew would need energy. Could ponies eat meat? Ussopp sat in his room, poking his new wings in the mirror. He had already checked out his new tattoo-- a slingshot with Sogeking's mask behind it. He gave his new appendages a test flap and felt himself move up a little. He tried some more and was soon flying. However, he was unable to properly use his slingshot in this new form-- making him all the more useless. His head slumped, he moved to go outside. Zoro sat in his room, worried. After looking over his new body-- noting with surprise three swords on his flank in the Oni-Giri formation, he began to attempt to somehow wield his swords. While he had no problem with one in his mouth, there was no conceivable way to hold his swords. Without Santorryu, Zoro was much less useful in a fight-- a worrying event. Still, he retained his unnatural strength gained through years of training and sheer determination. But without his swords-- he was nothing. Luffy sat on deck, looking into a polished piece of metal Franky had left lying about. He looked at his tan coloration, with his messy black mane-- which looked just like his normal hair. Atop his head was his straw hat, and on his flank was the same symbol as his Jolly Roger. He knew his body was still rubber-- but it was time to re-learn his moves. He grinned and wound up his front legs, launching them up to the mast. "GUM-GUM ROCKET!!" Inside the infirmary, Nami was being examined by Chopper. While he went to go look at some blood samples, Nami looked at herself in the mirror. An creamy orange color made up her coat, while a normal orange made up her hair-- or mane in this case. On her flank was a modified version of her normal tattoo-- instead of just a windmill, it now had a log pose beside it. Oddest, though, were the wings she now had. According to chopper, she was now light enough to fly with them, and they were powerful too. Chopper returned with the blood test results. "Alright, no viruses as far as I can see. But I have a few more things I'd like to try before--". He was cut off as the ship lurched into motion. Nami and Chopper ran outside with the rest of the crew as they noticed the ship enveloped in a purple aura. They saw two creatures in the distance, ponies like themselves, and immediately assumed the worst. "Enemies already? That was faster than I thought!" Exclaimed Nami. She noticed Luffy backing up, and recognized the look on his face. "Wait, Luffy, no! Wait for us!" she yelled, but it was ineffective as he stretched out his forelegs in one of the few moves he had practiced. "GUM-GUM ROCKET!" "S-see? There it is, Twilight." murmured Fluttershy. Twilight nodded. "Yeah. Let's see what it's all about. I'll bring it over here." Focusing, her horn began to glow brilliantly as the began dragging the ship through the water towards the pair. Fluttershy, watching intently, noticed a shape move off the side of the ship and begin flying towards them. She directed twilight's attention towards it, and the purple unicorn stared at the fast-moving object. "What is that?" She asked, just as a loud roar sounded from the object. "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!" Well, that's over with. Show of hands: Who saw the ponification coming? Yeah, I thought all of you would. Some notes: I had a lot of trouble picking who would be of which race. I knew from the beginning that Luffy and Franky would be earth ponies, Robin a unicorn, and Nami a pegasus. Chopper, of course, had to be a reindeer-- I wanted to keep the race distinction. It was harder to pick the others-- but I realized Brook had to be a unicorn to play a small instrument like a violin, and his emphasis on precision made it easier to pick him. Ussopp was harder, but I decided to make him a pegasus because I only had one at that point, and he could plant kabuto in a cloud and use it. Zoro and Sanji--- they were really difficult. Both of their fighting styles are unsuited to pony bodies, so I for a while wanted to make them a Unicorn and Pegasus respectively to make it easier on them, but I wanted them both to have that solid strength aspect to them. Don't worry, Zoro will find out a way to do Santoryu wihout hands, and Sanji will just learn new variations of old techniques-- the monster trio will remain intact.
Ponies encountered! Enter Twilight Sparkle!Spike was sorting books when there came a knock at the door of the Library where he and Twilight lived and worked. He sighed and without turning around from his perch on top of his stepladder yelled towards the door. "Come on in, the door's unlocked!" He cried. The door opened and a familiar orange cowpony entered. Applejack waited as Spike climbed down from the ladder and turned around. "What's up Applejack?? The young dragon asked. "Ah was lookin' for Twi. You seen her around? She was supposed to come and help us try and come up with a faster method for cider production today." Spike sighed and Applejack gave a knowing grin. "Lemme guess. Somethin interesting came up and she forgot all about it." "Yeah, sorry Applejack. She went off with Fluttershy-- she was talking about something big in the lake." Applejack turned to walk out. "No prob Spike. Thanks for your help!" She walked out, and Spike called after her. "Good luck!". He smiled, glad to help a friend... and sighed as he turned around towards the mound of books that awaited him. Today was going to be a long day. Fluttershy screamed --well, more like squeaked-- as the flying object, which was now clearly revealed as a tan pony, flew over their heads and slammed into the ground nearby, throwing up a huge cloud of dust. Twilight, having broken off the spell on the ship as she heard screaming, unsurprisingly freaked out at the near miss. "WHAT THE HAY WAS THAT?" she screamed. Looking towards the cloud of dust, she noticed a pony through the dispersing haze. He was a tan stallion, who was looking around rather frantically for something. He appeared to notice something and turned to his side-- to reveal a shocking lack of wings. Twilight was shocked-- there was no way an earth pony could fly like that, much less survive a crash at the velocity he had been traveling! What the pony did next shocked her more, however-- he shot out his hoof towards an object lying on the ground about ten feet away, and his foreleg stretched to cover the distance. Twilight's jaw dropped as he picked up a straw hat and placed it on his head. This was completely impossible! Was she hallucinating? Questions whizzed through her head at lightning speeds, so much that she almost didn't notice when the pony looked towards the pair of ponies, and walked towards them as Fluttershy cowered behind Twilight. "Hey! Are you guys the ones who were messing with Sunny?" Twilight was flabbergasted-- she couldn't help but unload the all of her questions. "What the hay is the sunny? Who are you? How did you fly like that? HOW THE HAY DID YOU STRETCH YOUR LEG LIKE THAT?" The stallion, unfazed, merely moved in closer and got louder. "The Sunny is my ship! Were you the ones messing with it!?" Looking at the angry pony in front of her, Twilight realized that now was probably not the time for questions. "Yes, I was the one pulling your ship to shore-- but I didn't mean any harm! I didn't know anypony was on it!" The pony glared at her-- and then backed up, a wide grin on his face. "Oh, why didn't you say so!" He sat back on his rear, and Twilight just stared at him. That transitioned so fast she practically had whiplash. She sighed, and realized something. "You didn't answer my questions. How did you fly and stretch like that?" The pony's grin increased. "Oh, that's easy! I'm made of rubber!" He exclaimed, and then brought a hoof up to his mouth and stretched it about two feet to the side. "Schee?" Twilight's mouth dropped. "B-But that's not possible! A pony made entirely of rubber--- the skeletal structure wouldn't function! The muscles couldn't do anything! The lungs would be completely inoperable!" She finally gave up and sighed. Obviously this new pony just had to be filed in the same group as Pinkie Pie-- Randomly unexplainable. Otherwise she would probably end up freaking out again-- and past experience told her that was never fun. "Alright. Whatever. Just-- who are you anyways?" The pony grinned even more at the question, if that was even possible. "My name is Monkey D. Luffy!" After he said this, he jumped up onto his hind legs and raised his forelegs in a pose that Lyra would probably pull off, and shouted at the top of his lungs "AND I'M GOING TO BE KING OF THE PIRATES!". Fluttershy fainted. As the purple unicorn pony started trying to rouse her scared friend, Luffy took the opportunity to look around in search of adventure. They were on a new island of course, and new body or not, he was going to look for some fun! The countryside was extremely colorful-- kind of like some books that Dadan had read to him when she was "trying to be a normal mother". It hadn't lasted. Turning his attention back at the lake, he was surprised to see Brook, in his new horse form, running across the water like he did back at Thriller Bark. Flying a ways behind him were both Ussopp and Nami, with Nami flying a little clumsily behind Ussopp. Brook soon arrived at shore and promptly hung his head in exhaustion, panting (somehow). "Gasp... Gasp... My lungs are killing me." He suddenly perked up. "But wait! I don't have any lungs! YOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO! SKULL JOKE!" As they laughed Fluttershy, who had been successfully awakened, noticed the skeletal stallion and passed out again. Brook's laughter petered down as he appeared to contemplate something. "Actually, I was supposed to tell you something, but I can't remember what...". As he said this, Luffy felt a harsh pain in the back of his head, as someone yelled from behind him. "YOU NUMBSKULL! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WAIT ON THE SHIP, INSTEAD OF RUNNING OFF LIKE AN IDIOT!" Luffy's face landed in the dirt as a lump formed on the back of his head. "Oh yes, Nami told me to tell you that you were a dead man." Brook remembered. After finally rousing Fluttershy and convincing her that the undead pony wasn't going to suck out her soul, Twilight listened to the orange pegasus mare berate her "captain", as she called him. How odd-- these ponies appeared to claim to be pirates, but they weren't anywhere near the ocean, nor did they look like any of the pictures she'd seen in books. Their ship, while the flag was similar to the Skull and Legbones of past, it had a very strange construction-- the head looked like a simplified monkey skull, and the "legbones" didn't look quite right either. None of them looked very menacing either. Sure, the skeletal one was strange, but his afro-styled mane made him look to ridiculous to be frightening to Twilight. The mare was honestly the scariest one, and she didn't seem murderous so much as scolding-- like a particularly enraged mother. Twilight almost didn't notice that the mare had stopped yelling at Luffy, and turned towards the pair of them, as lost in her thoughts as she was. "I'm sorry for our captain's idiocy. He just rushes ahead sometimes. I hope we can move past it." the pegasus said, giving a reassuring smile that would probably more effective if Twilight hadn't just witnessed the most violent chewing out she'd ever seen. She gave an uneasy smile. "It's OK. We were just curious about your ship-- we have no idea how it got here, seeing as there are no rivers feeding into this lake. I'm Twilight Sparkle-- what's your name?" The mare frowned, but it was more contemplative than anything. "Yeah, we have no idea how it got here either. I'm Nami, navigator of the Straw Hat Pirates." Well, there went all hopes that the captain was just crazy. They really were pirates. "Well... Nami... you say you're pirates? I hate to be rude, but I have to ask..." Nami interrupted her. "Let me guess-- you think we're here to raid your town? We're not-- we don't usually do stuff like that. We mostly get by on treasure from pirates who attack us." Twilight let out a breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding. "That's a relief." she said. "I have a few more questions though. For one-- what's up with your friend over there?" She leaned her head towards the skeletal unicorn, who was currently fiddling with a violin with telekinesis. "Oh, Brook? He's a devil fruit user. He got brought back to life after he died, but he wasn't able to make it back to his body for 50 years, so he was decayed at that point." Twilight was confused. "But raising the dead is dark magic! It hasn't been done in Equestria for centuries, and the dead don't keep their personalities when they're raised, much less their magic! And what's a devil fruit?" Nami seemed a bit dejected for some reason. "I guess that means I was right-- we're not on the grand line anymore." "Sorry, what?" Twilight asked. "Nothing. I can explain everything to you while we wait for the ship to come in with the rest of us. You see, Devil fruits are these mystical fruits which are said to be blessed by the Devil of the Sea--" Luna and Celestia sat in their bedroom, during one of Celestia's rare moments of free time. They were spending this time just talking, at this moment about humorous stories Celestia had picked up during the thousand years they'd been apart. They were in the middle of a particularly funny one involving two ponies, a wooden alpaca, and 30 pounds of tapioca pudding when Luna's older sister trailed off in the middle of her sentence. Silence reigned for a few seconds, until Luna spoke up. "What's wrong Tia?" she asked. Celestia merely gazed out the window and laughed in that knowing way of hers. "I can't believe it's that time again. I'll have to warn the guards to be on the lookout." At this she got up and turned to Luna. "We'll have to continue this story later Luna. Just wait until you hear about the bit with the corkscrew. " At this, she walked off, leaving Luna to wonder what she was up to. As usual. Finally, I got this one done. I'm sorry it wasn't done sooner, but due to an accident involving the refresh button the story got erased as it was halfway done. So now I'm using Word instead of the window to type up the story. I'm sorry I didn't have more involvement from Fluttershy, but I couldn't find a way for it to happen without her freaking out because of Luffy's antics and Brook... being Brook. Still, I hope you guys are enjoying it. I really appreciate the comments. Again, if there's any One Piece character you really wanna see in it ask away, so long as they aren't dead. Don't bother asking for Ace, Whitebeard, or Shanks either, or any of the Whitebeard or Red-Hair pirates-- they're too busy at this point to come in. Hope you enjoy later chapters! (I still have no idea who the villain's going to be. Damn it.)
Travel to Ponyville! Encounter with a Pegasus!On a great ocean, in four places, a mysterious fogbank appeared. In one, a ship with a lion for a figurehead entered. In the others, other ships moved in. Ussopp sat and watched as Nami explained what seemed to be the history of their world to the purple unicorn that had met them here. Luffy was off pestering that shy-looking winged pony with his usual enthusiasm, and Brook was tuning his violin using some new telekinesis ability he had. Ussopp sighed. What he would give for something like that. As it was, he couldn't even really hold Kabuto, much less use it. As he flapped around-- if there was one upside to this new body thing, it was the wings-- he watched as the Sunny managed to get as close as possible to shore, before the soldier dock opened up and the mini-merry moved out, tugging a raft behind it. In front sat Chopper, Zoro, and Sanji, while Franky and Robin sat in the back. As they moved into shore and disembarked, the unicorn and Nami moved over to meet the newcomers. Sanji took the lead, rushing straight up to Nami. "Nami-chan, I pined for you every minute you were away! Were you harmed? Did anyone hurt you at all?" Nami shook her head, laughing. "No, Sanji, I'm fine." Ussopp chuckled as well. Usual Sanji-- checking on Nami first, and not caring whether the others were hurt. Ussopp looked back to his companions to see the yellow pony with huge, excited eyes-- and watched as she flew forwards knocking Zoro out of the way as she... tackle-hugged Chopper. Wow. Ussopp knew he was cute, but normally he didn't get this reaction. She then spoke for the first time he'd heard that day. "OHMYGOSH! A reindeer! I've never seen a reindeer outside of books! And he's just a kid! Aaaaww... so cuute." Chopper gave that little wobbly dance he did with a grin on his face. "I'm not cute at all!" He protested... not very effectively. The pony stepped off, though her enthusiasm was not curbed at all. "Oh! You can talk! I mean, I knew Reindeer could talk, but you seemed a little young to me... oh, you have to tell me about yourself!" Ussopp shook his head as he turned to notice Zoro struggling against several hooves sprouting from the ground-- doubtless the work of Robin. His cursing was muffled by a hoof to his mouth while Robin simply sat off to the side reading a book, turning the pages with the same telekinesis that the rest of the unicorns had exhibited. Franky was talking to the other unicorn as she occasionally glanced to his admittedly odd-looking body. Finally, Nami, who had managed to get Sanji to back off for a second, called for everyone. "Alright, everyone! I think it's time for a round of introductions!" It took a while for Twilight to convince Fluttershy to leave the reindeer alone, mostly with his promise to tell all about himself later. It took a bit longer for everyone to learn each other's names. All of the new pony's names were weird-- like "Franky" and "Zoro". Nothing like any name she'd ever heard before... but she had to admit even the scary ones were so goofy that it hardly mattered. Brook and Franky were both very silly, which helped Fluttershy deal with their frightening bodies. The only one that still scared Fluttershy was Zoro... for some reason he had been glaring at her when he said his name. Fluttershy spent much of the walk back talking to Chopper, learning about his past. Though some elements were shocking, like the betrayal of his herd, Chopper seemed satisfied in his current position in life. Fluttershy was confused by his "devil fruit" power, however... she had no idea what a "Human" was, but he promised he'd show her later. Fluttershy listened intently as he explained his life until a rainbow blur flashed past her and a crash sounded from behind. Zoro was walking along, still fuming about being tackled by that horse earlier, when a blur of colors forced its way past him and sent him flying. Again. As the dust settled he noticed a rainbow-colored pegasus standing on top of Brook. Strewn behind her were several other members of the group-- Sanji, Robin, Nami, and Luffy had all been knocked for a loop. The rainbow pony was yelling at Brook-- something about "Not going to be able to escape the greatest flier in Equestria" and "What's the big idea trying to foalnap my friend?" Not that it mattered. Zoro was tired of being pushed around by these overly cute little horses. He stood and yelled at the newcomer. "HEY! WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?" The rainbow-maned horse turned its attention towards him. "I'm tired of you ponies pushing me around. It's about time I started pushing back!" He continued, drawing his sword from his back using his mouth-- Kuina's sword, his best blade. He stood ready to charge and meet this new opponent when the purple unicorn from before-- Evening? Nighttime? Something like that-- jumped in front of them. "STOP!" She commanded, and the new pony leaned back in surprise. "Twilight? I didn't see you here!" Twilight turned towards the pony. "I've been here Rainbow-- escorting these visitors to Ponyville." She then turned back towards Zoro, the same glare in her eyes. "This is my friend, Rainbow Dash. I'm sorry for her rash actions, but that's no reason to pull a... sword... on her." Zoro growled in response, but sheathed his weapon. Rainbow stepped off Brook, and gave a sheepish smile. "Heh... sorry..." she said. Twilight gave her a glare, something around the lines of "we'll talk later." "Why are you here, Rainbow?" Rainbow explained. "Well, I was flying around practicing some of my awesome moves when I saw this group with Fluttershy in the middle. I thought she'd been snatched or something so I decided to fly in and rescue her. I guess I didn't see you behind that big guy over there." She said, motioning towards Franky. Twilight sighed. "Alright. Did you see anypony else on the road up ahead? I'd rather avoid another misunderstandings." Rainbow perked up a bit. "Yeah! I saw Applejack about a mile out." Twilight deliberated for a second, then looked back up at Rainbow. "Alright. I want you to head out and tell Applejack to head back to Ponyville with you. There, get the Mayor and Spike to meet us near the entrance. Tell them I sent you. And... I suppose you should get Rarity and Pinkie too. There's no reason to delay introducing them." Rainbow nodded and took off, throwing up another cloud of dust. Twilight sighed again. "Now if we can only make it home without anything else happening.". In Canterlot, Celestia waited near the gates for the visitors she knew would be coming. In the distance, she saw the pony trotting in, his gear marking him as foreign to the world. She smiled-- it was nice to see a familiar face after so long. She instructed the guards to let him in and flew back up to the room she reserved for diplomatic meetings-- it would serve well for this occasion. She told the maid to put a pot of tea on and sat in wait. AN: Finally done! Sorry it took so long, I had trouble writing this, but I got it done. It also helps that I was busy planning the rest of the story-- I finally know who the villain is!
Enter Ponyville! Our nature recognized!In Trottingham, a large pair of ships appeared in the harbor, bearing ponies in white hats and long, strange coats. Twilight stood at the entrance to Ponyville, looking at the small group of Ponyville natives in front of her. She had asked the Strawhats (as they called themselves, despite the fact that only one wore a strawhat) to remain behind until she called for them so as to avoid frightening someone into another altercation. She turned her full attention to the group of ponies-- and Spike-- and began to speak. "I have called you here today to tell you about a unordinary new group of ponies entering Ponyville. Some of their appearances are quite strange, which is why they are waiting behind. I don't want another embarrassing encounter like the one we had with Rainbow Dash." Rainbow blushed as everyone turned to look at her. "Alright then, come on out guys!" Twilight called. The mayor watched as the group of ponies rounded the corner. She first noticed the skelepony-- strange, but Twilight seemed to trust these out-of-towners, so no reason to freak out. Still, they should probably get it inside before anypony saw it. The big one was shaped weird too, but not nearly as bad-- but he needed to get into hiding soon too. The rest were actually fairly normal, other than the scarred one. To no one's surprise, Pinkie Pie gasped and ran off, no doubt to prepare another party. Then she saw it. She walked up to the group, surprising the other Ponyvillians (who were no doubt gawking at the skelepony) and moved over to the tan-colored Earth Pony. "Excuse me son, but where did you get that hat from?" The stallion grinned, a look that just looked natural on his face. "This? Shanks gave it to me." Unexpected by everyone, the old mare began to laugh. "Oh, my! I knew this kind of thing was on a cycle, but I had forgotten it was that time again!" She turned to Twilight, who was looking at her with a puzzled look on her face. "I believe I know where these strangers come from, and if they're anything like the last ones they shouldn't be any trouble." Applejack spoke up first. "What in tarnation are you talkin' about, Ma'm? You've met these strangers before?" "No, but I've met people like them, Miss Applejack. Now, please hold your questions for a few moments." She turned back to the group of-- pirates, probably. "You all are from the Grand Line, right?" The Straw-hatted one spoke up. "Yeah!" "I thought so. Well, then best explain this to the young ones." She stepped off and turned to face the entire audience. "To start-- you these out-of-towners are from much further away than you think-- they're actually from a different world." Both groups seemed equally surprised at this revalation-- except the Orange pegasus, who seemed reserved. " I figured as much." she muttered. Rarity regained her composure first. "Mayor, do you mean to say that these... newcomers... are from a world outside of Equestria?" The mayor nodded. "Yes, Rarity. They were transported here by a..." she looked over at the pirate crew. "Fogbank, correct?" The orange one nodded, and the mayor continued. "It is an event that connects our worlds every ten years, and then twice in the span of a week. We'll need to get them to Princess Celestia-- She will know what to do and how to find the way to their world. Twilight, you and I can call in and get some transportation there. Meanwhile, Applejack and Rarity can show them around Ponyville. Meanwhile, Miss Fluttershy can take the two who are more likely to cause a panic and take them to her house. Let's go, Twilight." At this, the pair departed, followed closely by Spike. Applejack looked at the crowd of... outworlders... and sighed. Just their luck that the interdimensional travelers would end up in Ponyville. Were other towns in Equestria this crazy? No matter, she had to take them on a tour of Ponyville. At least Rarity was helping out-- that should make dealing with this crowd easier. "So... y'all have any questions 'fore we start the tour?" The tan-coated one shot his hoof up. "Yeah?" She asked. "Where can we get some food? I'm starving." The orange-coated one's hoof collided with her face. "Of course you are." She mumbled. "Oh, yeah. That reminds me." The navy stallion spoke up. He kind of pulled the tan pony off to the side and whispered something into his ear. The straw-hatted one's eyes widened as he screamed. "WHAAAAAAT?" Rarity looked at the rest of the ponies, who were all completely unsurprised by this turn of events. "What's wrong with him?" She asked. The brown one shook his head. "We'll tell you later. He'll be fine." "Well... anyways. Everypony follow me. Let's get this tour started." The ponies followed Applejack as she walked into town, Rarity keeping close behind. AN:Sorry for the shortness here-- I've been rather busy the last couple of days. More shall come... I've finally got the plot mapped out. So, anyways-- obviously, there have been connections between the two worlds before-- if Celestia's earlier actions didn't show it, this should make it clear. I decided to make the Mayor a more prominent character here than she is in the show, mostly because I wanted a connection between generations of pirates. Well, I hope you all enjoy it-- I tried formatting it a bit more this time, so hopefully it's less "Wall of Text".
Head to Sweet Apple Acres! Head to Sweet Apple Acres! On a ship in the grand line, a red-haired man silently cursed the events that prevented him from returning to meet old friends. Applejack continued their town-wide tour with one of the most important buildings in town. "And right over here's town hall. This is where we hold all our big events an' meetings. It's still decorated from the last celebration we had-- I think it was Pinkie throwing a party for the Mayor's birthday." And indeed Rarity saw that the building was still covered in banners set up by Rainbow Dash, working off a favor she had owed Pinkie. A voice sounded from behind Rarity, one she recognized as Ussopp's. "Wow. Those things are beautiful-- and are those gems on the borders? Who made those?" Rarity smiled a bit. "Those are my handiwork-- they really aren't anything special." The stallion next to him-- Sanji, she remembered-- shook his head. "No, those are really amazing. I've never seen anything like them." She blushed a bit. "Really, I don't deserve this praise, darling. Come, let's move on to the next place-- where were you planning to take us next, Applejack?" Applejack looked off into the distance. "I was thinkin we'd head down towards Sugarcube corner an' the Library, then stop at Sweet Apple Acres. Granny Smith has been lookin' for an excuse to cook up a meal for this many people for a while." Rarity gave a weak grin. Well, there went her diet. "That sounds wonderful Darling. And perhaps afterwords I can take those interested to the Boutique. I would love to hear about the fashions from this other world you're from." The group walked for a good while, stopping briefly at Sugarcube corner (Which Luffy had to be restrained from rushing into and eating all the stock) until they came to the library. "Now this here's the Books n' Branches library-- and Twi's house. She lives here an' works as a librarian." Looking behind her, Rarity noticed that most everyone didn't seem to excited at the concept of a library. Suddenly, she felt a hoof tapping on her shoulder. She turned around to find the one they had called Robin... who had somehow gotten disconcertingly close behind her. "Excuse me, but would you all mind if I investigated this Library? I'm not hungry at all, and would much rather spend some time studying this world's history." Applejack looked over and shrugged. "Ah don't see a problem. Twi and the Mayor should be in there, but there shouldn't be any problem so long as you stay quiet. Y'all have any problem with that?" She asked, consulting the rest of her group. A small chorus of Nos and Nopes responded. Applejack turned to lead the group to her home, while Sanji turned back towards Robin, who was walking off to the library. "I will miss you, dear Robin! I will be thinking of you every moment you are away!" Robin smiled a bit as she opened the door and slipped inside. Finally arriving in Sweet Apple Acres, Sanji and the rest of the group walked up to the farmhouse as Applejack opened the door. They were greeted by a very large red stallion-- just as big as Franky, but much less misshapen. "Hey Mac. We've got guests." Applejack stated. "Mac" just looked at the group and drawled a simple "Eeyup." Applejack turned back to everyone. "Why don't you all stay out here, or just hang out around the front of the house. Ah'll ring the bell once lunch is done." Everyone complied, except Sanji. "Actually, if you don't mind I'd like to help out. I'm our ship's cook, and I would love to see how cooking is here." Applejack gave a smile. "Ah'll not say no to some help-- learned that lesson a while back." Sanji followed the orange farmpony into the kitchen, where already an amazing smell of cooking apples filled the room. He took a deep whiff, enjoying the sensation, while Applejack went over to the stooped-over green mare in the corner, who was holding a pie tray in her mouth. "Hey there, Granny. We've got some guests for lunch today-- we'll need to cook up a big batch of food. " The green pony set down the pie tray and grinned. "Alright then. Who's the big stallion? You finally got a coltfriend, Applejack?" Applejack blushed furiously. "No, he's not-- he's just a visitor! He wanted to help out in the kitchen." Granny smiled. "I'm just kiddin' you Applejack." She turned towards the newcomer. "So, you think you can keep up, youngster?" Sanji nodded. "I've worked in one of the most hectic restaurants you could imagine, and kept my friends out there fed for years." Granny smiled knowingly. "Let's see if that prepares you for Apple family cooking." About an hour later, Sanji came out of the kitchen panting, followed closely by a similarly tired Applejack. Both pulled behind them each a cart piled high with various apple-based treats and foods. Granny followed shortly, completely fine and smiling. "You whippersnappers-- no endurance these days. I could have done that for another hour by mahself!" Sanji sat down beside the table-- which had already been set by Apple Bloom-- and gasped. "I concede defeat-- you truly are the master." Granny smith grinned and walked over to the bell, ringing it loudly. "SOUP'S UP, EVERYPONY!" She yelled, in an act that seemed to powerful for her frail body. Luffy rushed in, screaming. "FOOOOOOOOOOD!" Granny narrowed her eyes, and gave a surprised smile. "Oh, hello Roger! It's been ages since I've last seen you!" Applejack and Sanji looked at her in surpise and confusion, as Luffy merely dug in with vigor. "What do ya mean, Roger? That there's Luffy." Applejack stated. Gears seemed to whir in Sanji's head for a second, before he realized who she meant. "Ma'm, you couldn't mean Gold Roger... could you?" Granny smiled as she took a closer look at Luffy. "Hah! I didn't realize-- sorry lad. I hadn't noticed. This old mare is reminiscing a bit too much of late." She turned her head back to Sanji. "Well, yes, if you want to call him by the wrong name. I was talking about Gol D. Roger. It's the hat that messed me up." Luffy looked up from his food as the rest of the ponies came in. "Wait, you knew Gold Roger??" Granny Smith laughed. "Alright, youngster. Back down... sit yourself down, eat some, and I'll tell you about him. The food's gonna get cold if you wait for me to tell you the whole story." Everypony sat down and Granny smith began talking. "Alright. It all started about... I'd say 'round 40 years ago. I was just a young thing and the town was just gettin' started..." Twilight walked out of her room, still speaking with Mayor Mare. "We can finish this discussion later. I can't wait to hear about these other incursions you're talking about, but I have to go and check on the pirate crew--" She cut off as she realized that one of said pirates was sitting in her library surrounded by history texts. Looking around, she realized Spike was there as well, sleeping while the cushion he was on was being rocked by what looked like... two hooves sticking out from the ground? That had to be the weirdest spell she'd ever seen. Except for the "hands" spell Lyra had shown her once. That was weirder. Twilight cleared her throat and Nico Robin closed the book and looked up, while setting the book aside. "Oh, hello. I didn't see you there." Twilight frowned. "Yeah... I didn't know you were there either. What are you doing in my house?" Robin set aside her book, placing it back on the shelf as she sat up. "I was simply indulging attempting to learn some about this world's history. My official role on the crew is that of historian, a job I very much enjoy." Twilight was confused. "Why would you--" Right. Pinkie logic. Maybe history is important on otherworldly pirate ships. Who knows? "So, I must ask... what is it your cutie mark means? I've never seen anything like it." Robin seemed to relax a bit at this question, almost as if it was a relief from something. "I suppose there is no harm in telling you if you don't know what it is. It's a curious piece of history from our world called a Poneglyph. Very few people can understand the writing on them, but I've studied the language and can translate them." Twilight responded with her trademark curiosity. "Really? Perhaps you could teach me something about them. I've always been fascinated by history myself." Robin seemed to compose herself a bit more as she replied. "I... don't see a reason why not. After all, it's not likely that you'll end up running into the marines anytime soon. You see, these cubes contain history from a period of history from which all knowledge has been erased..." Meanwhile, in a deep northern territory of Equestria, a fleet of ships exited the mist that had not been there minutes before. AN: Alright! I got this one done much faster, mostly because I was without internet for a while. I hope you all like it. Here, we see my opinion of Granny Smith, in that I believe she is possibly the most badass old lady in all of television. Oh, and that in this story she apparently knows Gol D. Frickin' Roger. The most badass man in all the seas. On a timeline-based note here... the timelines in both of these fictions confuse me. The only concrete dates for Roger I have are: Around 50 years ago he was an up-and-coming pirate, according to Brook, and 26 years ago he was killed. That leaves me with A LOT of room to work with. Plus, I don't know how old ANY of the ponies are. So, I've decided they live for Human-like lifespans, and Granny Smith is around 60. Mayor Mare, for reference, is about 40, and all of the Mane 6 are around 16, except Fluttershy, who is 17 (mainly because of little hints that she is older in the show, like her lanky older-looking Filly design and her comment to "Auntie Pinkie Pie.") If anyone has official age figures, feel free to point them out. Next chapter, Rarity gets in Fashion mode, and maybe I can get them closer to Canterlot (I honestly planned to have them there sooner, but I figure no need to rush.) Oh, by the way, the next chapter is not going to be Granny Smith's story. I plan on releasing that as a bonus chapter later on when I inevitably get writer's block.
Flashback! Enter Gol D. Roger!AN: Ok... I lied. Or really, I hit writer's block pretty early (It's called "Finally getting Skyrim"). I'm back, but I wanted to post something to tide you guys over. I apologize in advance for Granny Smith's not-so-great grammar and the shortness of this story. Now, Ah was just a young mare gettin' started with what would soon be the family business when ah decided one day to take a walk out to old Lake Everfree just to take a break. It was 'round then ah saw a big ship, somethin' I only knew about from picture's I'd seen in Moneybag's office. Now at the head of this was a stallion, of about mah age, wearin' a straw hat a lot like the one you've got on your head there, youngster. He had a deep brown coat and a black mane, and just looked darned commandin'. Now, it were darker times back then-- the forest were still rebellin' against our presence. So, 'course ah don't trust the newcomer 'right away, but he was gettin' close to land and ah didn't have time to go get anypony else. So Iah stood mah ground and waited there by where he was headin' for land. He must've saw me, cus' he left the front of that there ship and got in a littler ship with another stallion-- one silver-maned unicorn. They headed right over and started up a conversation with me. They were right gentlemen, talked me right down and asked to see the leader of the town. Now, way back then that was a stallion named Knight Mare, Ms. Mare's father. He was a retired guard from Canterlot, and a stubborn old stallion -- but he was fair. He let them stay and called up Princess Celestia, but she weren't able to come by for a couple days. 'Til then the crew had to stay somewhere, and our farmhouse was the biggest place in Ponyville, so we let 'em go there. Worked 'em too-- never seen such hard-workin' stallions in all my years since. Roger were already friendly with each other. Ah'd learned his story-- right tough stallion he was, makin' it through half the stuff he had. Then trouble came runnin on in. This crowd of stallions came marchin' on into town, all wearin' these white coats on their backs lookin' for some shelter. They were headed by this stallion 'bout Roger n' Ah's age, with the silliest lookin' mane you've ever seen, black n' poofy. We were all ready to take 'em in, but then they saw Roger n' his crew and started makin' demands at us, tellin' us to hand 'em over. Now, Roger n' ah were fast friends and there was no way ah was gonna hand him over. Then they got violent. Luckily, they weren't real good at fightin' an' we were combat-hardened after livin' near Everfree so long. But then Roger all an' pushed us back, did somethin' ah really never understood. He just focused, got this real stern expression on his face and half the new ponies an most of the town just up an' fell over. All that were left standin' was Me n' Knight Mare, plus some of the new ponies and all of Roger's crew. He told us to leave, tryin' to protect us, but ah wasn't havin' any of it an' neither was Knight Mare. We were all ready to square off when out of the sky descended the Princess. She was a'blazin like the sun itself and all the fightin' just up and stopped. She was angrier than Ah'd ever seen an' it took a lot to get her not to flash-fry everyone right then. She decided to take everyone up to Canterlot an' figure out what happened. They tried to leave me behind, but ah wasn't havin' any of that-- told Roger Ah'd kick his behind inta next week if he didn't bring me along. He laughed and asked the Princess If ah could come along. She weren't about to say no-- probably figured Ah'd Run to Canterlot if she didn't bring me. So we all went up into Canterlot an' we told her the whole story. Ah learned about the Marines an' more about Roger's world, an' we found a few other groups too-- this stallion who called 'imself Whitebeard an' a small-time pirate crew who caused some trouble 'fore Roger, Whitebeard, n' Sengoku set 'em all straight.. Now we figured out how ta' send 'em back and we did, an' ah didn't see Roger fer' another ten years. That story's a bit more interestin'... AN: And this is the story of how Granny Smith and Roger met. Of course, there were other ponies she met. I'm trying not to use too many OCs in this story, but I had to make one to be the mayor-- it didn't make sense for Diamond Tiara's dad to be mayor-- why would he have stepped down? I couldn't explain it. So, Knight Mare. I might elaborate more on him later.
