A Real Shocker!

Chapter 9: Omakes

(Thoughts)
"Attack Names"

All Hallows Eve is in full swing, the children are running around in their costumes, Discord is out playing pranks and I'm doing my favorite past time on this great holiday. Turning off all the lights, and waiting for tomorrow when all of the sweets are on sale. I'm currently trying to waste time and right now I'm in front of my T.V. playing Equestria's equivalent to Skyrim. I never got to play it back home but so far it's quite fun and in the background, I'm playing some music to drown out all of the happy shouts and screams of the people outside.

Discord tried to get me to leave the house in the subtlest way he could think of. Teleporting me to Rarity's place with a sign on my chest that said: "Make me a Costume!" and when she saw me in her house she first hit me with a broom thinking I was a burglar and then soon after apologizing she asked me what I would like to have made. I told her about Discord and how he wanted me to go Trick or Treating with Pinkie and him and she thought it was adorable how close we've gotten over the past few months.

Ignoring the weird look in her eyes, I told her that I'd like a Red Longcoat with a black t-shirt, matching black pants and a pair of white gloves with a very special alchemical symbol sewn into them. Yep, I'm currently dressed as the Full Metal Alchemist: Edward Elric, I figure I already have the long blonde hair so I might as well just go the lazy route and cosplay as a character that no one knew about, that way I can still wear the costume in public without people looking at me lopsidedly. I get some kick-ass clothing and Discord gets me in a costume, it's a win-win situation.

Suddenly there is a loud knock at my front door that tears me away from my television screen. I was expecting some visitors so I did buy some candy, I'm just trying to make what little I bought last so I can eat it myself later tomorrow.I pick up the candy bowl from the coffee table and make my way to the front door. Opening the front door I am immediately assaulted by people screaming "Nightmare Night! What a fright! Give us something sweet to bite!"

I look down and see an adorable little pirate, he's the son of a neighbor of mine that just moved here from Trottingham. "Hey, Pip. What's a strong buccaneer such as yourself doing here? Are you here to steal my hard earned bits or are you here for this?" I ask as I slightly jangle the candy in my bowl.

"Hi, Mr.Mayhew! My mom finally agreed to let me go out on Nightmare Night! She said that if I can get an adult to come with me, she'll let me go to the fair too! I was wondering if you could take me? Pleeeeease, I've never done this before!" He actually gets down on his knees and begs... Fuck, I have to do it now.

Sighing, I reach over and dump my bowl of candy into his bag. "Let me lock the front door and we'll get going. Just stay close to me alright?"

He nods and hugs my leg, "Thank you, Mr.Mayhew! I swear I'll be on my best behavior!" He says as he salutes to me using his plastic sword. I swear if this kid gets any more adorable I'll die or something. Laughing I reach down and jostle his hair, causing him to move his head away from my hand. He readjusts his bandana and takes my hand, pulling me further into town.

(Timeskip)

Reaching into Pip's bag I check another apple to see if I can find any razor blades, once again I find no indication of any. "Mr.Mayhew, why do you keep checking the stuff I get?" Pip asks. Back home my neighbor's kid got a heroin needle in one of his chocolates and had to be put in a hospital for a while so that they could check the kid for any diseases and any other complications that may have arisen. The poor kid stayed there for 4 months before they gave him the ok to go home. That was only one of the times it happened too, that's the main reason I don't go out on Halloween, also the fact that it's way cheaper just to buy the candy by itself than to purchase a costume and waste a few hours.

"Just making sure it's safe." I put the apple back into his bag and stand up. For the past 20 minutes, we've been sitting here while I meticulously searched everything. As expected, it all checked out, I guess I just didn't want the kid to end up getting hurt or something. Either that or I was wasting time so I didn't have to go to the town fair currently going on... Yeah, I should probably head that way soon, I think Luna is about to show up.

I hand the bag back to Pip and gesture for him to follow, "We should get going before the fair closes, can't have your first Nightmare Night without a couple of games." I say.

He nods and runs up grabbing on to the back of my long coat. "Can we play one of those strength games, if they have one at least? I've been working really hard in my P.E. class at school. I'm sure I'll be able to hit the bell if I put my back into it. All pirates have to be strong, and as you've said: "Pirates are some of the strongest people in the world, they have to be in order to survive." I'm one of the strongest pirates there ever was!" He takes a heroic pose and points his sword at me.

"If we find one we'll both play it, that way we have double the chances to win. First things first, we have to find something to eat. I don't think either of us has had dinner yet." I ruffle his hair again and we make our way into the town fair. I see multiple stands, Caramel Apples sold by Big Mac dressed as a Scarecrow. I guess he didn't have to pull that cart like in the show after all. Sweets, and Treats sold by Mr. and Mrs. Cake dressed surprisingly as Mr. and Mrs.Addams, and finally, a few food stands run by some guy I don't know who is dressed as a Knight.

I walk up to the stand and order a few things while Pip makes up his mind, he sticks out his tongue and rubs his chin as he makes up his mind. "What do you think a pirate like me would eat Mr.Mayhew?" He finally asks after a minute or two.

"Meat, definitely meat. Pirates need a lot of protein in their diets in order to keep their big strong muscles." I say as I flex my right arm into a strong man pose while also bringing the shishkebab that has a ton of meat skewered on it to my mouth to take a bite out of it. "How do you think I got to be so strong?" I take a bite and relax back into a normal pose while holding my plate of food in my left hand.

"Wow, you sure do know a lot about pirates Mr.Mayhew, did you happen to know any?" he says as he finally picks out what he wants, I pay for it and we both go and sit down at a nearby table.

"Know any? Hell, I was one a few years ago." Technically not a lie seeing as how I have Zoro's memories. I can remember Kuina, his training, Luffy and the crew, and even the battle between him and Pica. I even remember all of the boring parts of One Piece like the sailing and sleeping.

Pips eyes widen and his jaw drops. "You were a pirate!? Tell me all about your adventures! Please Mr.Mayhew, I really have to know!" He shouts, drawing the attention of nearby people. In the distance, I hear a loud gasp and as I turn around I'm tackled by a barrage of white and pink.

"You were a pirate!? Please, please, please, please tell us about your adventures!" I hear a familiar voice coming from on top of me.

Taking a moment to readjust my self, I look at the food scattered on the ground in behind me. Pushing her off, I stand up and pick my food back up and put it on my plate after brushing it off, better not waste any, I paid good money for this. "Pinkie, what have I told you about tackling me?" I ask as I turn to the woman clad in a chicken costume.

"Not to do it unless it was an emergency. But this is an emergency Arty! I wanna know about your adventures!" she says as she stomps her left foot and pouts.

"Pinkie, why did you run off like that? Oh, Hi Arthur, what are you doing out here? Discord told us you didn't really celebrate Nightmare Night, so I thought you were going to stay inside tonight." I hear from Twilight as she approaches, around her there are a couple of kids all dressed in different costumes. Discord is following closely behind them lugging a large bag the size of a small boulder on his back.

"Arthur, It's so good to see you! I see you went as a world famous alchemist, it looks good on you. The only thing you're missing is the arm and leg! Well actually the only thing you have is the arm and leg, but that's beside the point, It's still good that you got out of that stuffy old house." Discord says as he walks up to me and pats my shoulder. He's currently dressed as Gintoki from Gintama. Yep, I officially corrupted the God of Chaos into being a weeaboo just like me.

"You say that like I only ever spend time in my house, I'm not like some people," I say as I glare at him.

"Hey, I've been spending time with Fluttershy almost every day. The only thing I've ever seen you do is train in the backyard." He says as he glares back. I think about it for a little bit and see that he's right, I nod and sigh. "Point, Discord. That makes it 1-0 my friend."

"I'm paying for your food while you freeload at my house, also you could be in stone right now." I jab back at him. He physically recoils at my reply. He snaps and a whiteboard comes out that reads: "1-0" he erases the zero and writes a one before snapping it out of existence.

"So... What were you saying about being a pirate, Arty?" Pinkie asks.

That draws the attention of all of the kids in the group as well as Twilight. "You were a pirate?" She asks, at my nod she takes a thinking pose and after a bit, she finally says, "Wouldn't that make you a criminal? If you really were a pirate how high was your bounty?"

I think back on it and tap into how Zoro would reply to a question like this. "320,000,000 Bits." I state with a feral grin stretching across my face, I let out a tiny bit of killing intent causing those nearby to shudder in fear.

"H-How in Celestia's name did you get a bounty like that!? The highest bounty currently is about 1,200 Bits! You have to be lying!" She all but screams at me.

I deadpan and in the blink of an eye I grab the Boken from Discord's waist and point it at her throat. "I'm many things, but I never lie. If you want to hear the story and see what I can do, follow me. If not, then go away." I say as I walk away, placing the Boken on my shoulders. I hear Pip start to run behind me trying to catch up and soon everyone is following me out to a nearby field. Discord stays behind shouting that he'll stay here and keep my food company.

(Timeskip)

Finally stopping I look around and see a ton of large rocks, boulders, trees, and other debris that I can use to showcase my sword skills. "Twilight, do you have any spells that can show my memories? If you do can you use it on me?" I ask as I take a seat on a nearby rock.

"Yeah, but I don't know why you brought us all out here. I guess I can cast the spell on you, it doesn't take much." She states as she takes out her wand and goes through some motions before a bright lilac glow overtakes me. I sift through the memories and alter a few things, so Zoro looks and sounds like me while also changing his name to be mine."Ready to go?"

"Yep, what should I do?" She instructs me to just think about what I want to see and then visualize it. I show them the Beginning of One Piece when Luffy saves Zoro/Me. They were appalled by the corruption of Captain Morgan and his son but Pinkie and the kids laughed at the way Luffy recruited me onto his crew. Over the next few hours, I showed them things from Buggy to Kuro until we finally made it to the fight between Mihawk and Zoro.

When we got there I asked if anyone was squeamish before continuing, when no one nodded I continued, showing them the fight between Mihawk and how badly Zoro/I lost. I take off my shirt and long coat to show them the scar that lies on my body. A few of them cried when they saw the tears as Zoro made his declaration to Luffy and Mihawk.

After a little while, I continued and showed them Arlong. Most of them cried when we heard about what happened with Nami. Then they cheered as we busted down the door to Arlong Park and then they laughed when Luffy launched us halfway across the park and cheered when we watched Arlong Park fall.

At Logue Town, they were on the edge of their seat as we threw the sword in the air and cheered when in missed our arm, and cried when they saw Luffy on the execution platform. Once they saw he was alive they cheered once more as we all ran from the Marines. They practically cried laughing when Luffy used "Gomu Gomu no Rocket" to get us to the ship

They all were on the edge of their seats when we went up Reverse Mountain, cheering with us as we finally reached the top. They screamed in fear as we met Laboon but soon cried when we heard about his story. As we went through the Grand Line they went from fear to wonderment at the many things we saw and experienced.

Finally we went to Whiskey Peak and they marveled at how I fought through the large group of bounty hunters, Pip had a couple of things to say such as, "How did you do that!?" or "Wow Mr.Mayhew, you're so cool" to which I replied with "You haven't seen anything yet."

When Nami got sick they all screamed at me hoping she was alright, Pinkie was biting her fingernails off as we all sailed to Drum Island. They waited with bated breath as we rode the trolley up to Kureha's Castle. The girls all squee'd and went on and on about how cute Chopper while the Boys went on and on about how cool he was when we found out about his abilities. The after party I hid from them because they don't need to see a 15-year-old Doctor drinking.

They cried when we heard about what happened to Robin and Cheered as we fought Kaku and then went ballistic crying when we gave Merry her send off. When we got to the part where Zoro/I took Luffy's pain they all cried as I showed them all of the pain and torment I went through for my/his captain, Twilight actually came up and hugged me when I showed them, I guess at some point I must have started crying because I didn't even notice the tears.

They all cried and screamed as the crew was separated and dried themselves out when they heard about Ace's Execution, then cheered us on as we fought against the Baboons in order to get the training from Mihawk. I skipped the two-year training and went right to where I split the ship in half, Pip, Pinkie, the CMC, and every one of the kids thought it was cool while Twilight chided me like I was a small child.

When we fought the Dragon their eyes practically popped out of their skulls and then when we finally reached Dressrosa they all laughed at the fact that we wore fake mustaches. Once more their eyes popped out of their skull as we cut Pica in half and fought. As the memories came to an end I decided to give them a little show, I showed a slightly altered memory of Bartholemew Kuma and then me getting "displaced" to have it seem like Kuma sent me into another universe. I then showed my memories of a mundane life and moving from one place to another, as if I had been stuck in Equestria for a few years. "And that's where my story ends, I didn't achieve my dreams and I didn't get to see if Luffy became the Pirate King."

I look up at the sky and see that it's about time for Luna to show up. I stand up and walk away, leaving the group with their own thoughts. Pip runs up and hugs my leg, causing me to stumble. "What's wrong?" I ask and he sniffles a bit then I see that he's been crying.

"I'm sorry for doubting you Arthur, I didn't expect-" Twilight starts as I cut her off mid-sentence.

"You didn't know... It's been a long time and I'm over it now. In this world, I've achieved my dream and I know for a fact that Luffy and the crew achieved theirs, the only issue I have is that I wasn't there to see all of them off. Now, I think we have a few hours before curfew, why don't we go get some more candy?" I ask.

They all nod and as we walk off I see Twilight stumble and almost fall, I catch her and carry her on my back. "S-sorry, I guess that took a bit more out of me than I expected. I should be okay to walk, you don't have to carry me." She says.

I turn my head to her and smile as I reply, "I know, but I want to. I want to make sure you're okay first before I let you go." She blushes at this and the crowd of kids and Pinkie all giggle.

"Arty and Twi, Sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love, Second comes marriage, then comes a baby in a baby carriage!" Pinkie and a few of the kids sing. Twilight blushes as I laugh it off. I turn my head and lean back a little, then kiss Twilight on her cheek. Her face becomes a bright crimson red as she uses my neck to hide her face.

"Tomorrow, would you like to go on a date with me?" I ask. Pinkie gasps and smiles widely and then proceeds to zoom off somewhere, presumably to tell her other friends. I feel Twilight nod slightly and she wraps her arms around my neck as she gets comfortable on my back. Tomorrow will be even better than today, I'm sure of it.