One Piece: the lost kingdomby thebandit2000ChaptersInvasionbattle for the SunnyThe shores of GriffonstoneThe Bounty HunterThe coming tempestSomewhere on the 'Grand Line'InvasionTwilight put her hands on her chest and took a deep breath, "okay calm down, Twilight calm down." The new princess told herself trying to smooth out the elegant white and purple dress. Her ears rose, and her wings began to sprout out from her back, Twilight gave the best elegant smile she could manage. "I can't do this!" Twilight suddenly yelled. "WhatifIscrewup,whatifsetoffawrongspell,andgetsenttomagickindergarten!?" The alicorn said all once beginning to hyper ventilate. Twilight put her hands on her head in vain effort to put her thoughts in order, however her thoughts were interrupted by loud knock at the door. "Twilight is everything ok?" A young voice called out behind the dressing room door. Twilight sighed finally able to calm down. "Yeah I'm fine Spike, you can come in." The door slowly opened with a creak as a small dragon in simple T-shirt and jeans came into the room with a worried expression on his face. "Are you ok?" the dragon asked again before continuing. "The Princesses have been wondering where you are, and we can't start the gala without you." Spike the dragon explained. Twilight smiled as she walked towards her young assistant and knelt down, putting a hand on his shoulder. "I'm fine Spike really." Twilight said warmly, giving Spike a small smile. Spike smiled back at her and gave a soft sigh. "Okay if you say so." Spike said the worry beginning to melt away. "Everypony else is here too, if you really have any issues we'll have your back." Twilight lifted herself up from Spike. "I know Spike... thank you." The purple alicorn said. Twilight walk towards the door, beyond it laid her future, her mentor, and her friends. Twilight took one last deep breath before finally opening the door and walking out to the hallway. On the other side stood Princess Celestia giving twilight a warm smile, her multi colored mane and tail flowing from some unseen wind, she also wore a loose white dress. Beside her stood Princess Luna sharing the same expression as her sister, her blue starry mane was flowing as well, she was wearing an elegant black dress. "Are you ready Twilight?" Celestia asked calmly giving Twilight a sense of comfort. Twilight smiled back. "Yes I'm ready." Luna let out a sigh, "Thank goodness I thought we were going to cancel the ceremony." Twilight laughed "no... I was just..." Twilight struggled to find the right words. Celestia put a hand on Twilight’s shoulder, "It's okay to be nervous twilight." Celestia said gently. Twilight looked at her feet nervously and bit her lip, she shook her head up and down absent mindlessly, her ears pressed against her head. Her tail laid flat against the white marble floor. Twilight looked up to see the princess offering her hand while giving a motherly smile. "Come Twilight I believe your friends are waiting for you." Twilight’s ears rose up and she smiled, finally taking Celestia's hand, began to walk beside her down the bright hallway with Luna not to far behind. They walk passed the stain glass windows that archived all Twilight’s and her friends adventures in the past two years. From the defeat of Nightmare Moon and the return of princess Luna, to discord the spirit of chaos and disharmony, and of course her transformation into an alicorn. Twilight smiled reminiscing on all of her adventures she had with her friends. All of the ups and downs, all of the smiles and tears had led her to this moment. Finally they reached a large wooden doors with guards on each side. Their gold armor shining in the candle light, their spears raised high, and their short swords in their scabbards at the ready for any intruder. The two guards moved to the side, and put their hands on the door handles as the two (soon to be three) princess walked towards them. Celestia nodded to the guards and they slowly opened the doors to reveal five ponies waiting for them on the other side. One of the ponies was a unicorn, that had white fur and dark blue hair that was curled at the end, she wore an elegant sky blue dress and white fancy gloves. "Darling where have you been?" Rarity asked bringing Twilight in for a hug. "We have been worried sick about you!" "Heh... sorry girls... I guess I am just a little nervous." Twilight explained. "There is nothing to be sorry about Twi." A pony with orange fur and a blonde hair that was in a pony tail, she also wore a simple dark green dress with a short skirt, and black leggings. "Thanks Applejack..." Twilight muttered. "Yeah Twilight!" a pink pony with messy dark pink hair and bright pink fur shouted, she wore a black dress with a short skirt, and fish net gloves on her arms, she also had a top hat with a pink ribbon that went around the brim. "Annnd we don't wanna miss the party after the ceremony." Pinkie Pie cried with a bit of worry in her voice. Twilight laughed. "Oh Pinkie..." A Pegasus with long pink hair and yellow fur placed a hand on Twilight's shoulder, she wore a plain white dress and had some yellow flowers in her hair. She smiled at her friend warmly. "We'll be here for you." Fluttershy said simply in a soft and sweet voice. Twilight smiled back. Loud crunching could be heard, as everypony turned their heads to the source of the sound, and traced it back to a Pegasus with a shaggy rainbow hair and sky blue fur, she was wearing a white collar shirt with a yellow tie, and black paints, she was currently eating a candy bar. She stopped what she was doing when she realized everypony was staring at her. "What!?" Rainbow Dash cried. "She'll be fine, it's not like some big super villain is going to come crashing in just because she has wings now." Rainbow pointed out. Twilight smiled and rolled her eyes, while Applejack just shook her head. "Um are we forgetting about the 'storm king' incident." Rarity pointed out, remembering the adventure that happened a few months ago. "That was a one time thing." Rainbow waved off. "Damn it Dash that's not what Twilight is worried about! " Applejack cried angerly. Rainbow raised a brow as she stuck the candy bar wrapper in her pocket. "If she's worried about being a 'good princess' she'll be fine, she has us, and Celestia and Luna." "AHEM" Everypony turned to see Princess Luna with her arms crossed and an eyebrow raised. "If we are done arguing we should really start the ceremony BEFORE our guests leave." Luna said impatiently, her foot tapping on the floor. Princess Celestia just giggled to herself. "Oh Lu Lu." Twilight took in a breath, before looking to the Princesses. "I'm ready!" Twilight said with some new found vigor. "Good... let the gala begin!" Celestia cried opening the large doors to the throne room. Behind it was a large crowed of ponies in different suits and dresses, looking towards the group that began to march towards the steps to the throne. Twilight breathed in and out as she walked past the crowd. Finally Twilight made it to the top of the stairs, while her friends waited at the bottom. Luna walked to the side as Princess Celestia got behind Twilight holding a crown. "Twilight Sparkle!" Celestia stated beginning the ceremony. "By the power invested in us and in our Goddess we give the title of-" Before she could finish her sentence an explosion rocked the entire castle, causing the ceiling to break apart. The crowed began to scream and run to safety as panic set in. Twilight looked up and gasped, where there use to be a ceiling was a grey sky, and in that sky was a large airship that had banners on the side that displayed a skull biting a cloud. Several figures jumped from the air ship and began to fall towards them. One of the figures that landed was a short chubby man in a cow onesie, he raised his hand and all at once dark circular holes blocked every exit available to the panicking guests. Another figure landed, it was a woman in grey skintight outfit, she also wore a black cloak and plague doctors mask, with red lenses, she pointed a scoped rifle towards the crowd. Rainbow looked around shocked. "What is happening?" She asked spreading her wings. "I don't know... but it don't look good." Applejack growled getting in a battle stance, just then a figure rolled up to them and pointed two sharp kitchen knives at the pair. He wore a tuxedo, he was also tall and balding, he also had a pencil mustache. "Rainbow!" Pinkie shouted, but before she could get to them a figure landed right in front of her, it was a hammerhead shark, or at least a man that looked like one. He had fins on his arms and he wore a typical sailors uniform. "Sorry girlie, but you're not going anywhere." The shark man growled in a deep voice. "Fluttershy!?" Rarity called out amidst the panic. "I'm over here!" Fluttershy cried out. Rarity ran to her thankful that at least one thing has gone right so far, she grabbed her friend close. "We need to leave, and find the eleme-" before Rarity could finish a very large figure jumped in front of them. The large man wore some kind of armor that was made of wood and metal, he also seemed to have some large weapons on his back, his face was masked by the helmet he was wearing, it looked like a grate. "Ello." The large man politely said. Just as everyone was rounded up, a thick fog poured into the room, the room went silent as footsteps could be heard. The figure walked out of the cloud of fog, that was slowly covering every inch of the room. The man had long grey hair, a thick grey bread. He wore a black trench coat, a dark brown vest, a white collar shirt, and he wore a black wide brimmed hat, he also seemed to carrying a worn out book. He slowly walked to Twilight, his boots echoing against the floor, the fog moving around him like tentacles. "Is this... Equestria?" The man said in a hushed tone. Two more figures came from behind the man. One of them was a woman with red hair, with a black headband, she also wore a black shirt with the top opened showing some of her chest, she also wore gold earrings that dangled from her head, she also wore a black and red captain's coat with some buttons missing. Her black boots echoed with the man she was following. The other figure was man in a cowboy hat, he also had a short brown beard, he wore a plaid jacket that was zipped up. He wielded what seemed to be chainsaws that spring out from a device on his arms, they were also covered in blood. "Who dares invade us at a time like this!!!" Luna shouted in anger. "I am Kate Jones, captain of the foggy pirates." The man named Jones explained. "And once a Warlord Of The Sea." Luna gritted her teeth before her horn lit up and a short slender sword with a moon emblem manifested in a burst of dark blue light. "Whoever you are you have no right to invade our kingdom, even at a time like this.... Pirate." Luna spat grabbing the sword in midair and taking on a fighting stance. "Princess Luna!" Twilight called however Princess Celestia pushed her to the back. "Twilight...." Celestia whispered, Twilight's ears rose trying to listen to what her mentor had to say. "If we are defeated.... I need you to run." Celestia explained. The Princess lit up her horn and in a burst of fire a spear decorated in shining rubies appeared in her hand. "Wh-what!?" Twilight almost screamed. "You heard me.... use your teleportation spell to go as far away from here as possible." Celestia explained calmly, almost slowly. Celestia stood beside her sister, aiming her weapon at the enemy. Jones let a bored sigh. "Is this really what you want?" Jones asked calmly. "DDDDDIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!!!" Luna roared diving into Jones and stabbing him in the heart. Luna smiled in victory, however it was short lived as Luna looked to the edge of her sword and realized, she didn't stab him... the sword went through him, where blood should be pouring out from instead came short wisps of fog. Luna then slashed him to the side, his body was sliced in half... but instead of blood and guts, all there was a cloudy fog that came from the disconnected body parts. Jones smiled as one half of his body had cloudy tendrils that came out from the top half of his diced body and connected to the bottom half, it then reattached itself together as if Luna never attacked him at all. Luna stood still, completely dumbstruck. "B-b-but, I d-don't, how!?" Luna stammered out. Kate Jones smiled. "You ever heard of Devil Fruits?" The pirate asked gleefully. "It's how I can have a power like that." Jones calmly explained, almost mocking the Princess of the night. Twilight listened in both interest and horror. Princess Celestia held her spear closer to her chest, nervous on what might happen next. "And in fact." Jones snapped his fingers and the red haired woman leapt in front of a shocked Luna. Before Luna could react the woman grabbed her arm, knocking her sword away from her. Luna felt a strange sensation come from her hand, and began to realize the fur and skin on her hand began to harden and turn grey. "My first mate possess one too." Jones said giving her a toothy smile. Luna tried to push the woman away from her, but it only sped up the terrifying process as the hard grey color spread down her arm and all over her body, all expect her dress. Luna tried to let out a scream but was silenced as her body stiffened and finally froze in place. "TWILIGHT RUN!!!" Celestia screamed. Twilight stood still and her ears pressed against her head, completely frozen in fear. "Leave her alone!" A raspy voice called out. Twilight turned her head, it was Rainbow Dash, her shirt was buttoned down to her chest, and her tie was missing. Rainbow let out a war cry as she lifted off from were she was standing. However the man in the cow outfit leapt in front of her and opened a dark hole in front of her. Before Rainbow could react she fell through the hole and disappeared. Jones looked over to where the other girls were. Rarity and fluttershy were being held the man in the armor. The half shark half man held Pinkie Pie by her hair, she was knocked out bruised and bloody. Applejack was gaged by an Carmel apple and was tied up with thick rope. "Hmm... Paulie" Kate Jones called over to the man in the cow onesie. The man looked over to his captain. "Scatter them." Jones ordered. The man smiled and held out his hands and dark holes appeared before the four ponies. The man in the armor dropped both Rarity and Fluttershy down the same hole, they screamed as they disappeared. The shark chucked Pinkie down as if she was a baseball. The man in the tux simply kicked Applejack down the hole. Jones smiled before turning to Celestia and Twilight. "TWILIGHT FOR THE LAST TIME RUN!!!!" Celetstia screamed at Twilight. However a cloudy tentacle wrapped around the Princess. Celestia tried to struggle but it was of little use. Kate Jones walked up to the captured alicorn, the tentacle coming out of his back. "Now now I still have some use for you." Jones said lifting his arm, his hand turned into a mess of grey tendrils then forced their way down Celesita's mouth and nose. The Princess then went limb, and her eyes rolled to the back of her head. Finally Jones turned his hand back to normal as the last of the mist went down her mouth. "Princess!?" Twilight cried horrified at what just transpired. "Don't worry little one she is alive, but...." Princess Celestia slowly got up with a blank stare. Twilight walked backed afraid. "Princess.... grab her." Jones ordered pointing to Twilight. "Yes... master...." Celestia said slowly, pointing her spear towards Twilight. "Princess?..." Twilight asked with tears in her eyes. Celestia gridded her teeth before taking a swipe at her. Twilight ducked the blade a few inches from her head. Twilight looked back at her mentor, she was turning around her spear pulled back getting ready for another attack. Twilight closed her eyes, tears beginning to run down her cheeks. "I'm sorry" she whispered before lighting her horn, it began to glow a bright purple as she charge her teleportation spell, taking her mentor's advise she decide she needed to go as far away form here as possible, Twilight never used the spell for long distance understanding the dangers that could happen, one unicorn that tried it lost her entire skeleton from useing the spell for long distance. Celestia charged but before she could connect Twilight disappeared in a flash of light only leaving behind the dress she was wearing. Celestia stabbed through the dress just as Twilight disappeared. Jones raised a brow upon looking at the now torn up dress. "Should we go after her?" The red haired woman asked. "No..." Jones said. "We have what we need to find it." Jones walked towards the empty throne with a frozen Princess Luna beside it. The Warlord then dusted it off before sitting on what used to be Princess Celestia's throne. battle for the SunnyTwilight tugged on the back of the green striped sweater that Robin had lent her. While she thankful that she lent her some clothes, Twilight still felt a little bad that she cut some holes into the back of the sweater to give her wings some room, Even if Nami was insistent that she can just sow it up with little trouble. "Sanji I'm hungry!" Luffy whined sitting at a long table with various plates, and cups aligned along the table, next to the plates were forks and butter knives. Next to Luffy was Chopper, hopping up and down excitedly waiting for his food. Across from Chopper was Usopp, picking at his teeth with a toothpick. "It's coming, whining about it won't make me cook faster." Sanji complained over the sound of grilling chicken. Twilight couldn't help but cringe at the smell of cooking meat as she sat down next to Franky, who was drinking a bottle of cola at the moment. "Um... Sanji?" Twilight spoke up. The cook turned to Twilight wiping his apron. "Can I have a salad?" Twilight asked shyly "If it's not too much trouble of course." Sanji smiled "One salad coming up!" Twilight gave a grateful smile. The door to the dining room and Kitchen opened with a creak as Zoro walked in with a yawn, his swords dangling from his hip. The swordsman sat at the far end of the table, placing his swords on the table with a load clank. "What did I tell about putting your swords on the table!" Sanji growled. "What!?" Zoro said defensively "What's the big deal?" "The 'big deal' is that you're getting the table dirty with all the blood your damn swords have on it." Sanji explained. "I clean my swords everyday, not that you would care!" Zoro said beginning to stand up from his seat. "Still... I don't want to see your swords on MY table!" Sanji yelled leaning over the counter. Twilight gave a worried glace at both of the men, they looked like they were about to kill each other. "Since when was it YOUR table shitty cook!" Zoro spat. "MOSSHEAD!!!" "PREVERT!!!" "JACKASS!!!" "SHUT THE HELL UP!!!" Nami shouted. Both the men went quiet, before going back to what they were doing before. "I swear they're like children." Nami sighed rubbing her temples, she sat down across from Twilight looking at a map. "Is.... that normal?" Twilight asked fearfully. "More then you would think...." Franky mumbled. "It's pretty funny!" Luffy said giggling next to Twilight. Robin sat next to Nami reading a book. "It smells good Sanji." Robin complemented "Good I'm glad to hear it!" Sanji said holding a large plate of Kebabs as well as another large plate of ham. Luffy watched Sanji place the plate of ham in front of him, the smell was mouth watering. Sanji also placed a salad in front of Twilight. Luffy was the first one to dig in, he grabbed a large piece of ham and promptly ate it in one bite, Twilight watched in amazement. Next to Twilight, Chopper was happily munching on a Kebab, while Nami was studying the map she was holding. Twilight picked at her salad not really feeling hungry at the moment. "So horse girl." Luffy said with his mouth full of food. "what were you doing in the middle of the ocean?" Everyone stopped what they were doing to look at Twilight. Twilight froze up, seeing so many people staring at her made her tense. "U-um.... uhh... w-well" Twilight stammered. This was just like before the Gala, all the expectations made her muscles freeze up, and her brain slow down. "If you don't want to tell us that's fine." Robin said reassuring her. "No... no I can tell you." Twilight replied. "I just don't know where to start." Twilight thought for a moment, before she finally settled on something. Twilight breathed in and began. "Well... first of all my name is Twilight Sparkle." Twilight introduced herself. "And I come from a land called Equestria-" Franky was sobbing after hearing all of Twilight's stories. Chopper, Luffy, and Usopp were on the edge of their seat. Robin was listening pretty intently. Nami had a brow raised a little doubtful of Twilight. Sanji was leaning against a wall smoking while listening to her. And Zoro fell asleep halfway through. "So wait..." Nami began, breaking the silence. "You have two rulers that can raise the sun and moon... and one of them was banished for wanting it to be night forever?" "Um yes?" Nami scoffed "If that was true then why haven't government taken over this 'Equestria'?" Nami asked. Twilight leaned her head to the side confused. "Government?" "You know the World Government the Marines." Nami said. "The only government I know is Princess Luna and Princess Celestia." Twilight explained. Twilight rubbed her chin getting curious about this so called World Government. "Wait you said you are from Equestria correct?" Robin asked. "Yes I am." Twilight responded. Robin rubbed her chin in thought. "What's up Robin?" Franky asked. "Oh?" Robin responded to the question. "Oh it's just that Equestria is considered a myth in a lot stories from around the world." The dark haired woman explained. "They're mostly told by sailors and adventurers, and from what Twilight has told us a lot of the stories line up." Everyone listened to Robin with intense curiosity, (especially Luffy.) Zoro was starting to snore pretty loudly at this point. Nami smacked the top of his head. The swordsman then woke with a "Wasizut?" "Where is it?" Luffy asked excitedly. Robin shrugged "Many have tried to find this mythical island and they have failed, which is why it has the nickname-" Robin gave a dramatic pause. "The Lost Kingdom." "Hmm... so basically The Government doesn't think Equestria exists." Sanji notes. Robin nods in confirmation. Twilight's stomach sinks. "So you don't know where Equestria is do you?" The alicorn asked. "Sorry, but I never heard of it until now." Nami apologizes. "Unless you have an eternal pose, we might as well be sailing blindly." Nami explained. "And that's very dangerous on the Grand Line." Twilight blinked. "the grand line?" She asked confused. "The sea we're sailing on?" Nami explained, getting confused at how little the mystery girl knows. "Do you not know anything outside of your island?" Twilight rubbed the back of her head and blushed. "To be fair I didn't think needed to learn much outside of Equsetria." "I get it!" Luffy cried out. Everyone turned to the straw hat wearing pirate. "It's a mystery Island!" He said as if he just solved the world's greatest puzzle. "Uh... Luffy that's what she just said." Usopp tried to explain to the smiling young man. "Idiot." Nami mumbled. Robin giggled. Twilight... was confused again. Suddenly an exposition rang out causing everyone to jolt as the ship rocked from the possible impact on their ship. Glasses and plates spilled to the floor causing a mess broken glass and abandoned food, Luffy looked like he was about to cry over the food. "What was that?" Twilight asked. "Dunno" Zoro said "but I think we're about to find out." The swordsman grabbed his swords getting ready for a fight. "I'M GONNA KICK THEIR ASS!!!" Luffy screamed. "Do you think it's the mari-" Franky began, but was quickly cut off by loud booming voice. "ATTENTION PIRATES!!!" The voice called out. Everyone stopped to listen. "YOUR SHIP IS NOW PROPERDY OF THE MOOSE EMPIRE!!!" Twilight shot up at the name of the would be invaders. "The moose empire!?" Twilight felt herself began to panic after she recognized the name. "Do you know them?" Sanji asked taking off his apron and putting out his cigarette. "They almost conquered Equestria two hundred years ago." Twilight explained "They enslaved Ponies and kept them like their pets." Luffy listened closely, he started to crack his knuckles as he did so. "If it wasn't for Princess Celestia using the elements to destroy their kingdom, we would have been nothing but slaves." Luffy rushed out the door with everyone else following close behind. Twilight gasped as she saw the ship that was attacking them, the ship was large.... Very Large completely dwarfing the ship they were on. However the ship was in rough shape, the sails were torn, and there was a large gash on the side of the ship. "AH HAVE YOU COME TO FACE ME!?" Everyone looked up to see a large moose wearing a crown made out of tree branches, he also wore grey baggy pants with a short sword dangling at his hip, and he had a long dark green cape that covered half his body. Twilight gulped, while she had her fair share of fights over years, what with saving Equestria and all, but fighting wasn't really her strong suit, she preferred to handle things peacefully and use her knowledge against any threats. But outside a few legends she knew next to nothing about the Moose Empire. Sanji lit a cigarette, Zoro pulled out two swords, Luffy cracked his knuckles, Robin crossed her arms, Nami pulled out some sort of rod, Chopper grabbed what looked like a small yellow ball, Franky pushed his sunglasses to his face and cracked his neck, and Usopp was shaking in fear. "Oi deer guy." The Moose looked offended "WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?" Twilight looked at Luffy completely dumfounded at the pirate's brash actions. "You ruined my lunch." Luffy growled. The moose blinked. "WHAT?" Luffy took a step back and drew his arm back. "GUM GUM-" Twilight's jaw dropped as Luffy's arm stretched all the way to the back of the ship, making sounds like rubber squeaking. "-PISTOL!!!" Luffy screamed as his arm shot forward like a rubber band, his fist slamming into the moose causing blood to spill from his nose, and his teeth to break. "AH" he cried out in pain, holding his snout with both of his hands. "KILL THESE BASTARDS!!!" The caped moose screamed. Twilight gasped as two of their cannons were aimed right at them. Twilight's horn glowed as she casted a shield around herself. "READY?" One of the moose soldiers cried "Aim." Both Zoro and Sanji leapt into the air. "FIRE!!!" Both of the cannons fired with a load boom. However Zoro cut one of the cannon balls in half with it exploding in the air, and Sanji kicked the other cannon ball right back at the ship, the top of ship exploded as the cannon ball hit the railing. The caped moose stumbled around as his ship rocked. After he finally found his balance he glared at the pirates with distain and hatred in his eyes. Twilight lowered her magic shield completely awe struck. "BROAD THE SHIP!!!" The moose screamed. "I WANT EVERY ONE OF THESE LOWLY PIRATES DEAD!!!" Armored soldiers let a loud battle cry as they jumped onto the pirate ship. The moose soldiers were welding many different weapons, from swords to maces, and one was welding a large battle axe. "Weapons Left!" Franky cried grabbing his left arm. Twilight's eye's widen as Franky's hand lifted out of his arm and moved to the top of his arm, his palm turning into a scope. Where his hand once was there was a gaping hole with even smaller holes on top of the bigger hole. A group of soldiers paused as they watched Franky's transformation. The soldiers were quickly blown away by what Twilight now realized was a cannon. That is amazing! Is he cyborg? How is that possi- "USOPP.....NOISE!!!" Before Twilight could finish that thought, the most horrible sound she ever heard rang out causing her to cover her ears. She looked to the source and saw Usopp scratching a small chalkboard, various soldiers were on the ground writhing in pain. Twilight casted a noise damping spell on herself to block off the scratching from hell. "RUMBLE!!!" Chopper shouted. Twilight almost didn't hear chopper, as she looked to reindeer as he put small yellow ball in his mouth, chopper munched on it with a crunch. Many of the moose soldiers began to surround the small creature. "ARM POINT!!" Suddenly all the soldiers that surrounded the reindeer went flying with hoofmarks on their faces, as well as broken teeth, and their armor dented. Twilight ducked as the flying attackers flew over her head. Twilight looked back to Chopper and saw that he got bigger and his arms (and or front legs) got more muscular, his arms bulging. "KOKUTEI ROSEO!!!" Chopper shouted as the last of the soldiers fell to the floor knocked out. Twilight gapped in awe at the creature that destroyed an entire platoon, suddenly Twilight felt something grab her. She gasped as a giant moose lifted her in the air. "NOBODY MOVE OR THIS PONY GETS IT!!!!!!" He screamed pointing his axe towards Twilight. "I got her!" "I got her!" Both Zoro and Sanji shouted at the same time leaping into the air. The moose slashed at Zoro, however in a flash of light the axe shattered leaving the attacker in a state of shock. "Two sword style." The moose cried in pain as several slashes appeared on his arm, with blood beginning to spill out. "Hawk Wave!!!" Before the moose could recover Sanji kicked him in the face, causing him to drop Twilight, and for his helmet to dent. "Mouton Shot!!!" Sanji yelled as his opponent fell to the floor knocked out. Twilight screamed as she fell however she was caught by arms attached to the floor, Twilight looked over to Robin, who just winked at her. "What the hell are you doing!?" Zoro yelled over to Sanji. "What!?" Sanji cried raising his arms in the air. "You jumping in that's what!" Zoro yelled marching over to the cook. "What?" Sanji asked. "I had everything under control till you jumped in and ruined my duel!" Zoro explained. "Your duel!?" Sanji cried in disbelief. "Oh please I basically saved your ass!" "Yeah right you just wanted to save that Twilight girl." Zoro accused Sanji, getting in his face as he did so. "So what if I did bastard?" "Eyebrows!" "Mosshead!" As the two were arguing they didn't notice the giant moose slowly getting up and glaring at the green haired swordsman and the blonde cook. However before the giant could enact his revenge on the two that defeated him he felt a stinging sensation run across his body before knocking him out cold. "You're both morons!" Nami said glaring at the two rivals, the end of her staff sparking with electricity. "Sorry..." Zoro grumbled as he crossed his arms. "Yes Nami-san" Sanji cooed. "Who the hell are these guys?" One of the soldiers asked, spitting blood as he did so. "Dunno." Another soldier said slowly getting up. "But they're distracted, we can sneak up on one of them." "Hey.... the black haired one is not even paying attention." A third soldier pointed out. Sure enough Nico Robin was looking at the soldiers armor pretty intently, taking notes as she studied the strange patterns on the armor. The moose smiled. "Come on!" he said gesturing towards Robin. Slowly the soldiers made their way to the distracted archeologist, all the while she was writing in her notebook. Finally one of the soldiers got close enough and began to raise his sword, however he felt two hands grab the top and bottom of his head. Robin laughed. "Next time don't sneak up on a former assassin." The dark haired woman said darkly. In one shift motion, the soldier's necks snapped with a loud crack, with the soldiers falling to ground unable to move. With that the last of the soldiers were defeated, Twilight looked around the battlefield in awe. "YOU-Y-YOU!!!!" The moose in the green cape screamed glaring daggers into the pirates that beat his entire army. The moose's face was face was covered in dry blood, with it staining a part of his cape, his crown was also crooked and cracked. "D-DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO I AM!?" The pirates looked up to the moose not saying a word, Luffy walked to the front of the ship glaring up at the humiliated warrior. "We don't care!" Luffy stated bluntly. The moose's face twisted in absolute hatred. "who... do... you think... you are..." He growled. Luffy smiled. "I'm Monkey D. Luffy..." The straw hat pirate declared "...and I'm gonna be King Of The Pirates!" Twilight raised a brow at what Luffy said. Suddenly Luffy leapt into the air and bit into his thumb. The moose in the cape watched him with a brow raised. "GEAR THRID!!!" Luffy yelled blowing into his arm. The moose's eyes widened as Luffy's arm began to grow to the size of his ship. "BONE BALLOON!!!!" Luffy yelled pulling his fist back. "What... what are you..." The moose began, stepping back in fear. Luffy's fist shot forward, causing the moose to scream in fear as Luffy's fist collided with the ship causing the ship to break into splinters, and for the moose to fall into the sea completely knocked out from Luffy's attack. However with a loud deflating noise, Luffy shrank to a quarter of his size. "Wuh oh..." Luffy said in a high pitched voice. Luffy began scream as he fell towards the water. "I got him!" Sanji said getting in a jumping stance. However before he jumped, Twilight leapt off the ship and flew towards Luffy catching him in between her arms. "Wow thanks horse girl!" Luffy said. Tears fell from Twilight's face. "....Help me." She whispered "Eh?" Luffy said confused. Twilight looked at Luffy with desperation in her eyes. "Please... I need your help." The shores of GriffonstoneLuffy cocked his head to the side "Kate Jones?" Luffy repeated making sure he had the name right. "Never heard of him." "I have." Robin said, everyone on the deck then turned to her. Robin sighed as she adjusted herself on the swing set just below the tree. "Kate Jones, sometimes going by his title 'the Storm Cloud' was one of The Seven Warlords Of The Sea, he was known to conquer islands and destroy any all government that the islands may have had, hence why he became a Warlord to began with." "He also had some kind of power." Twilight began to explain, standing up from the grass. "He was able turn his body into a cloud." Robin gave a concerned expression. "That sounds like his devil fruit." She said as she began to play with her hair "There have been rumors that he possessed one, however not many have seen it as he tends to kill anyone that crosses him." Twilight thought back to Celestia, and what the Warlord had done to the Princess. "Wait... when I met him he did... something to my mentor." Twilight explained feeling more nervous the more she learned about this invader. Everyone turned to Twilight as she spoke. "He used his power to... control her." Twilight said not sure how to explain what she saw that day. "So the rumors are true." Robin said grimly. "What rumors?" Sanji asked blowing out a puff of smoke. Robin shifted on the swing trying to find a way to explain everything. "You see... there were stories that when you where being attacked by Jones a thick fog would cover the ships, disorienting anyone one board, however there were stories of crew members being controlled by the fog, attacking each other.... and sometimes even themselves." "SOOO COOOLLL!!!!" Luffy yelled with stars in his eyes. "NO NOT COOL!!!" Usopp yelled looking terrified. Franky took a sip of his cola. "What do you mean by 'was'?" Robin blinked. "I'm sorry?" "You said he 'was' a warlord, not that IS a warlord." Franky explained. Robin smiled "True... I may have let out one detail." The woman admitted. "Kate Jones stepped down from his title, and nobody knows why." "If you don't mind me asking, what is a Warlord of the Sea?" Twilight asked. Robin stood up from the swing and looked over to Twilight. "The Seven Warlords are made up of powerful pirates who serve under The world government in exchange for immunity from their crimes." Robin explained. "We actually met a couple." Nami spoke leaning down from the upstairs railing. "One was a Pirate named Sir Crocodile, he ran an secret organization that tried to start a civil war in kingdom called Alabasta." "Yeah I kicked his ass!" Luffy said proudly. "Another one was Mihawk, the greatest swordsman in the world." Zoro spoke up from behind Twilight. "Yeah he kicked YOUR ass." Sanji pointed out, leaning against the door to the kitchen. "I had him on the ropes." Zoro said his eyebrow Twitching. "Yeah right, he sliced you open!" Sanji said "Well I like to see YOU fight him shitty cook!" Zoro yelled standing up. "Well I would do a better job then you mosshead!" "SHUT UP!!!" Nami yelled at the two. The two then glared at each other before going quiet. Twilight took in the information that was told to her. Her kingdom was not only taking over by a pirate, but a pirate that nopony can defeat. Not even Celestia. "Well what we waiting for?!" Luffy said cracking his knuckles. "Let's set sail for Equestria!" "As great as that sounds, we don't have a way of getting there." Nami pointed out, holding up her log pose with the needle inside pointing down. Twilight bit her lip as she racked her brain for anything that could help them, until she got an idea. Everyone watched in awe as Twilight's horn began to glow a brilliant violet, and from her horn came a translucent hand that pointed west. "This is a spell I use for when I get lost, it's basically a compass that always points to my house." Luffy, Chopper, and usopp looked at the hand in amazement. "Well that's great and all." Nami said jumping down from the upstairs balcony. "But we can't just drop everything and go to some island we never heard of, and fight a Warlord, with the chance of us all dying." Nami pointed out. Meanwhile Luffy and Usopp were busy poking the magic hand, with its surface rippling like water every time they poked it. "Well..." Twilight sighed looking at her legs with uncertainty. "...I could pay you.... since I'm technically a princess." Nami quickly turned to Twilight and narrowed her eyes. "How much?" Twilight thought for a moment before saying "As much as you need." A large smile crept up on on the orange haired woman's face. "Raise the sails we're going to Equestria!" "Well that convinced her." Zoro mumbled to himself. Twilight sighed as she looked at the stars, only light of note were the lights to the cabins behind her, and the hand that she summoned that glowed an other worldly light. A creak came from behind her followed by the sounds of footsteps that creaked against the wood. "You need to rest." Chopper said getting worried for his patient. "I'm fine..." Twilight grumbled. Chopper gave a concerned sigh. "You need to rest, you won't be able to heal properly if you don't sleep." Twilight grunted. "I said I was fine." The alicorn said starting to get annoyed. Twilight heard more footsteps coming towards her, when turned to look she saw Luffy standing beside her, giving a curious look. Slowly Luffy began to sit down and look at her. "Hey horse girl!" Luffy began. "I was wondering something." "What?" Twilight wasn't sure where conversion was going. "If you were already a Princess, why did you have that ceremony?" Twilight's horn flickered a little startled at the question. "Um... uhhh.... well." Twilight struggled to find an answer. "I... I was about to become the sole ruler of Equestria." She said nervous. Chopper gasped as he walked towards Twilight. "Wow that's great!" Luffy said smiling. Twilight bit her lip. "I guess." Luffy raised a brow. "What's wrong?" "It's just.... I don't think I'm ready." Twilight admitted. "I'm honored, but I'll give up my privacy with so many ponies looking up to me and the other nobles judging my every move, plus I will have to give up time with my friends and family with the kingdom needing me a lot more." "Then just say no." Luffy said bluntly. Chopper gritted his teeth at Luffy's statement, meanwhile Twilight looked at him as if he just insulted her family. "What!?" She blurted out. "I can't say that to the Princess!" "Why not?" Luffy said. "If the princess is really as good as you say she is, then wouldn't she understand if you say no?" Twilight was shocked, she thought back to the ceremony and how much she knew Celestia. Most of all she was shocked that Luffy of all people gave her pause. "I don't-" "What's that?" Chopper cried pointing a hoof in front of him. Both Twilight and Luffy looked to where the reindeer doctor was pointing. In front of them was at first a small cluster of lights, before it transformed into a cliff with hundreds of buildings on its side. There were also various rock islands with buildings on top and around the rocks. Luffy and Twilight gasp in amazement, with the glow on her horn disappearing with hand she was using. Luffy ran to the front of the ship and put a hand over his eyes to help get a better view of the port town. Luffy turned around began shouting. "HEY WAKE UP WE FOUND LAND WAKE UP!!!!!" All the while he was jumping up and down in excitement . Slowly the rest of the crew got out of their rooms. Robin was stretching and yawning. "Ugh it's too early for this" Nami said glumly. Franky was covered in grease from working on something in his workshop. "Oh that was fast." He said pulling up his wielding goggles. "Luffy did you need to shout?" Ussop grumbled as he adjusted his night cap. Sanji sighed as lit a cigarette. "And was having a wonderful dream too." "Knowing you it was probably something perverted." Zoro said walking past the cook. "Zip it." Sanji hissed. However Twilight noticed something the others haven't. In the port of the town sat hundreds of ships... ships that various skulls on their sails, and black flags. Oh no... The Bounty HunterA hooded figure made their way down the street, weaving around the human pirates that were drunk out of their minds, they were laughing and firing their pistols in the air, some were singing off tune while continuing to drink, and some of the more bold were flirting with some the mares that passed by. The figure slowly made their way towards a building that had a post board next to it. The board had various faces of pirates that had bounties underneath their picture, some of pirates were scowling at the camera, others were smiling whether of joy or malicious who could say, a few were also laughing taking pride in their life style. The figure scanned the board looking for a protentional target for their next payday. Nami of the Straw Hat Pirates-16,000,000 Berries. The poster depicted a beautiful orange haired woman in a dotted bikini with her back to the camera, with her head turned to face said camera while fixing her hair. Sixteen million not bad but there might be better, the figure scanned more of the board. Franky of the Straw Hat Pirates- 44,000,000 Berries. The poster depicted a man wearing sunglasses screaming at the camera, he also had a blue pompadour which gave him a very memorable look. The figure raised a brow at the poster, he didn't seem like too much of a threat it seems easy... too easy. Pirates like him always have a trick up their sleeve whether it be a specific fighting style, or a bizarre devil fruit that made the fight harder, the figure rubbed their temples remembering a target that had the ability to animate anything. Again the figure looked to the board. Soge King-30,000,00 Berries The poster depicted a man in a strange sun shaped mask with round goggles covering eyes. The figure scratched their chin in thought, thirty million wasn't bad, but not much is known about 'Soge King', other then him being among The Straw Hat Pirates when they destroyed the infamous Enies Lobby, besides it would be a pain to track a target without info. "This place is great!!!" A voice yelled out, startling the figure. The figure turned around to see what caused them to jump and saw a young man in a red vest, and a straw hat. Almost immediately the figure recognized him, and they pulled out a worn wanted poster from their coat pocket and read it. Monkey D. Luffy captain of the Straw Hat Pirates-300,000,000 Berries. "Bingo..." The figure said darkly. "Keep it down we don't want to start any trouble." Nami huffed looking around as she walked, she took note of all the pirates that were around them, either passed out or starting fights. (she even pickpocketed a few that weren't paying attention.) "Sorry." Luffy laughed as he ran around looking at everything there was to see. Twilight rubbed one of her arms nervously, she felt a chill as some of the pirates whistled and ogled her, not to mention all the pirates that were firing their pistols wildly. Franky looked over to Twilight and noticed how nervous she was. "Hey you okay?" Twilight jumped at the sound of the cyborg's voice. "I'm f-fine w-w-why?" Twilight stuttered. "You just seem jittery is all." Franky said raising an eyebrow. "I'll protect you Twilight-chan!!!" Sanji screamed as he began to cling to the nervous alicorn. "Thank you Sanji but I think I'm fine." Twilight said pushing the blonde cook off. "Say..." Usopp began, rubbing his chin in thought. "If Equestria is suppose to be a mythical land then why are there human pirates with pony girls?" The long nosed man thought out load. Everyone looked to Nico Robin, who just shrugged. Luffy just laughed and put his hands behind his head. "Well I'm starving!" The pirate cried. "Where are we going to eat?" "Ummm." Chopper looked around nervously. "Where's Zoro?" The reindeer asked, looking up to his crewmates. Everybody's eyes widened in shock, and soon they began to look around for any sign of the swordsman. "That idiot..." Sanji grumbled. "Huh didn't I just passed the dock?" Zoro thought out loud, looking around the area. Sure enough he was back at the dock, with various pirate ships dotting the shore. (including the Sunny) "Oi!" A gravely voice called out. Zoro turned to the source and saw a man in a flap cap, black pants, and a big nose approach him with a flintlock pistol in his hands. "Dis our turf see?" The man said pointing the gun at Zoro. "You need to pay the visitors fee or we shoot your head off see?" The ugly man said cocking the pistol, while several other men behind him snickered. Zoro put a hand on one of his swords. "Yeah... I'm not doing that." The goon narrowed his eyes. "well... it was nice knowing yous." But before the man fired his gun, a loud clang sound reverberated around them, as the green haired swordsman somehow managed to pull out his sword without any of them noticing. Half of the pistol fell to the floor with a thunk, being sliced in half. The goon in the flat cap meanwhile spat up some blood as a large gash appeared on his belly, slowly he sank to his knees. "H-how...." He choked as he passed out. The other goons gasped and took a step back, looking at the swordsman in fear. "Anybody else?" Zoro asked giving a sinister smile. The goons slowly backed away from the swordsman in fear, disappearing into a dark alleyway. Zoro chuckled to himself as he started to put his sword away, however he paused as he heard footsteps approach him. He turned around to see a bird like creature that wore a captains hat with a large red feather in the side, a captains coat that was covered in what looked like golden armour on her chest and shoulders, she had an earring in one of her feathers, and she had dark green crystal for a peg leg. The bird like pirate took a sip from the bottle of alcohol she was holding. "Can I help you?" Twilight watched in awe as Luffy ate his FIFTH plate of meat, meanwhile everypony else was happily eating their meal, except for Sanji who poked his meal with a fork. The place they decided to eat at was a small tavern with tons of rowdy pirates drinking away and partying the night away. "You guys don't seem too worried about Zoro." Twilight commented. "He gets lost all the time." Luffy said through a mouthful of meat. "It's kinda funny." "Luffy's right he'll turn up again." Sanji said pushing his plate of across from him. "Speaking of which I need to....'speak' with the chief." Sanji said walking towards the kitchen, dodging the various patrons on his way to air his grievances to the staff. Twilight watched as the cook left and then went back to staring her meal which was a grey slop. "Why are there ponies here?" Twilight wondered out load. "Yeah it's weird right?" Usopp responded to the alicorn. "You would think with Equestria being a mythical country, there wouldn't be human pirates running around." "Hmm... maybe the ponies are sex slaves." Robin theorized. Both Twilight and Usopp's faces contorted into a mix of shock and fear. "Where do you get these ideas from?" Franky said a little concerned for his crewmate. Chopper looked across the tavern not really paying attention to conversation, and saw a hooded figure watching them from a few tables across. The reindeer let out a small squeak before looking down at the table trying not to make eye contact. "What's wrong Chopper?" Nami asked noticing how nervous the ship's doctor was. "Um I think someone is watching us." Chopper said nervously. Nami narrowed her eyes and looked around the tavern and saw the hooded figure that scared Chopper, looking right at her Nami's eyes shrunk in fear. "Um guys..." The orange haired thief began, as the figure slowly got up and began to walk towards them. Luffy stopped eating the chicken leg that was in his hand. "What's wrong Na-" A loud crash rang out as the figure jumped on the table causing it to break, the crew and Twilight looked in shock as the figure stood over the spilled food and drinks and slowly rose to look at Luffy. "Monkey D. Luffy..." A low female voice spoke, the figure threw off her cloak to reveal a dark purple unicorn with spiky red hair, and a broken horn, she also had a large scar across her left eye giving her a menacing look. "You're coming with me." The pony demanded. The coming tempest"Hey you ruined my meal!" Luffy shouted at the unicorn that was towering above him like a lion about to eat it's prey. The unicorn grabbed Luffy by the vest and brought him up to her face. "You are going to make me a lot a of money." She said giving a sinister smile. "Tempest?" Twilight asked looking at the bounty hunter in shock. The unicorn's eyes widened, and her ears dropped "Princess Twilight!?" She said dropping Luffy. "What are you doing-" "GUM GUM-" "No Luffy wait!" Twilight yelled, but it was too late. "-BAZOOKA" Luffy screamed, his arms shooting out and hitting Tempest in the chest sending her flying. However Tempest pushed her legs down skirting to a halt, knocking over a few tables in the process. The tavern went quiet as the bounty hunter recovered. The unicorn slowly raised her head and spat, Luffy meanwhile adjusted his hat. Twilight looked on in fear realizing what was about to happen. "Oh no...." Tempest's broken horn began to spark, until a dark green orb began to float in front of her. "Ah... what happened?" Franky said cracking his neck. "I WAS trying to tell you guys someone was coming towards us!" Nami cried. "W-who was that?" Usopp stuttered, slowly rising from the floor. "WATCH OUT!!!" Twilight screamed, her horn glowing with purple magic. Suddenly, the group were enveloped in a a purple dome that shielded them from the on coming orb that crashed against the shield. Chopper moved one of his hooves from his eyes. "Incredible!" He said amazed. "What is this?" Franky mumbled to himself, touching the walls of the dome he was in. "Where's Twilight!?" Nami Asked looking around frantically. The dome suddenly disappeared as Twilight fell to her knees coughing. Hands popped out of the ground in front of Twilight, before she fell to the floor. "TWILIGHT!!!" Chopper screamed as he ran towards the passed out alicorn. "What's wrong chopper?" Usopp asked. Robin was feeling Twilight's forehead, as the alicorn Princess gave short raspy breaths as she breathed. Chopper was on Twilight's chest, listening to her heartbeat. "We need to get her out of here." The reindeer said transforming into a more humanoid form that resembled a bigfoot. Carefully he carried Twilight in his arms, "Luffy we need to-" "GUM GUM-PISTOL!!!" Luffy screamed shooting his arm forward towards the armored unicorn. However said unicorn grabbed Luffy's arm just as she dodged out of the way. Luffy struggled to pull his arm away but it was no use, Tempest used Luffy's arm to swing him across the room and causing him to crash into the nearby bar. (The restaurant goers took this as their cue to leave.) "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!!!!???" Chopper screamed. "Chopper..." Robin said putting a hand on Chopper's shoulder. "...We should focus on getting Twilight out of here." "She's right we should go..." Nami said grabbing Chopper's hand. Chopper nodded, however his eyes lit up as he remembered something. "Where's Sanji?" As if on cue a man dressed in a apron, and chef's hat, went flying out of the kitchen crashing onto a nearby table. "Thanks for your time..." Sanji said walking out of the kitchen, lighting a cigarette on the way out. "SANJI WE NEED TO GO!!!" Chopper screamed, clutching Twilight like a baby. "Huh why?" Sanji braced himself as something crashed nearby, it was Luffy, who was bruised and bleeding from his nose. "Alright who-" Sanji's heart leapt to his throat as he turned to see his captain's attacker, but all he saw was a GODDESS. Her green eyes sparkled like gems, her red hair was as beautiful as a rose, her thighs could crush diamonds, oh yeah she had pretty great rack as well. "Am I dreaming?" Sanji mumbled, not noticing her pulling out two daggers from her sleaves. "WEAPONS LEFT!!!" A huge explosion rang out near the bounty hunter, causing dust to fly everywhere and for Tempest to disappear in the dust cloud. "That was close..." Franky said as his hand going back to normal. "Thank goodness for-" Before Franky could finish his sentence, Sanji kicked him in the shins. "OW what the hell was that for!?" Franky hissed jumping up and down holding his left leg. "YOU COULD HAVE YOU KILLED HER!!!" Sanji screamed. "Wha-" Franky stuttered. "WHAT DID SHE EVER DO TO YOU BIKINI WEARING PREVERT!!!!" Sanji was screaming so hard his face was turning red. "SHE TRIED TO KILL YOU DUMBASS!!!!" Franky angerly screamed back at the lovesick cook. Tempest leapt out of the dust cloud, causing both men to stop arguing seeing the bounty hunter flying towards them, daggers at the ready. "egg-star!!!" Tempest was suddenly hit in the face with a raw egg, causing her to close her eyes as yok dripped off her face, and for her to loose her balance crashing onto the floor right on her face. Usopp then grabbed his two crewmates by the collar and ran out the door, practically dragging them behind himself. The red haired unicorn slowly got up, growling as she wiped the egg on her face. "Do you think I'll just let you get away-" "GUM-GUM-" Tempest spun around to see Luffy back on his feet, his arms stretched and curled behind him. "-GATLING!!!" Tempest raised her daggers to attack the wounded pirate, however she reacted too late as she was pelted by Luffy's fists in almost every direction, making her fly out of the tavern and crashing into a nearby fountain. "Jeez." Luffy sighed stepping out of the tavern and adjusting his hat. "That was tough." A small crowd began to surround the victorious pirates. "They just knocked out Tempest Shadow..." one person whispered in complete awe. More gasps and whispers soon followed as they watched the Straw Hat captain slowly walk out of the tavern, cracking his neck as he stopped just in front of the fountain. Where Tempest was knocked out and getting soaked. "Oi Luffy!" Nami called out waving one of her arms in the air. Next to her was Chopper who was holding a unconscious Twilight, Usopp and Franky were next to him looking amazed, and Robin was trying to consul Sanji who was absolutely beside himself. "Oh hey guys what's going on?" Luffy asked smiling. "Twilight passed out!" Chopper said. "What?!" Luffy shouted completely shocked. "Why didn't you guys tell me?" "WE DID!!!" The group (aside from a giggling Robin) screamed at the same time. "Oh this is where you guys were." Zoro said walking out of the crowd. "Hey Zoro!" Luffy called out, waving at the swordsman. "You missed dinner." "Yeah sorry about that..." Zoro said scratching the back off his neck. Zoro looked over to Sanji, who was hugging Robin while sobbing. "Jeez what happened to you?" "BUZZ OFF!!!" Sanji yelled at the swordsman, in-between sobs. "Just asking, sheesh." Zoro angerly mumbled to himself, while he walked over to where Luffy was standing. "So who was that?" Zoro asked looking at the bounty hunter who was leaning against the base of the fountain, her head being tilted downwards hiding her face. "Dunno." Luffy said bluntly, tilting his head in thought "But she was tough." Zoro looked at the knocked out Tempest. "is she some kind of bounty hunter?" Zoro questioned. Suddenly, Tempest threw a dagger that nearly grazed the now shocked swordsman. "Correct.... Roronoa Zoro." She cooed as she slowly rose, water dripping off her dented armor. "...Former pirate hunter." Tempest growled, wiping blood from her mouth. Somewhere on the 'Grand Line' Twilight took in a sharp breath as the world came in around her the sky was clear, the sound of seagulls and waves putting her at ease, and she could feel the wind rub against her bare skin. wait bare? Before Twilight could finish that thought, she realized she was falling. Upon realizing her current situation she began to scream and wave her arms helplessly. But it was of littlie use as she splashed into the ocean, Twilight splashed around trying to swim but realized she had used all of her energy when she teleported. "HELP!" "HELP!" "HELP!" Twilight screamed desperately hoping, praying somepony could help her. Twilight began to spit out more and more water as she was having a hard time keeping her head above the surface. But no matter how much she fought against the tide she just kept sinking lower beneath the water. Twilight sank under the water her throat stinging from the salt and water invading her lungs. The world around Twilight became darker and darker, until she lost conciseness not noticing the large ship coming towards her. Tick.... tock.....tick.... tock Twilight stirred her eyes felt so heavy, and her arms and legs felt so sore, and her mind was foggy. Twilight then began to hear herself breathing in short and raspy breaths, her chest rising and and falling against the mattress. where am I? Slowly Twilight opened her eyes, everything was blurry at first but soon the world became a lot more clear. She was looking at a wooden ceiling and she felt herself and the bed she was in rocking a little, it was subtle but it was there, Twilight was on a ship. Twilight's breathing became a lot more steady as she turned her head to take in her surroundings. To her right was various photos of a snowy landscape, with circular mountains in the distance. Another photo showed a older looking woman, with long silver hair, a long nose, and sunglasses smiling at the camera. Twilight looked to her left and saw a desk with different types bottles that are filled with what she assumed to be medicine, as well as a small clock ticking away. near the right side of the desk was a small bookcase, with titles Twilight couldn't read from where she was laying. Twilight sighed trying to remember how she got here. let's see.... I teleported out of Canterlot, Princess Celestia got possessed by pirate that can turn into fog, then...I was falling. Twilight choked remembering how her friends tried to stand up to the pirates, only to be met with a dark hole, if they were dead or alive Twilight didn't know. Twilight felt tears began to form as she remembered Princess Luna being turned into a stone statue, and Celestia being controlled by their captain. Despite the circumstances Twilight couldn't help but feel like she abandoned them. The door to the room opened with a soft creak as soft footsteps soon followed. Twilight slowly sat up trying to see who her rescuer might be. Coming into the room was a short creature, that at first Twilight mistook for being some kind of racoon dog. The creature was wearing a pink top hat with an x mark at the front, it had antlers sticking out from the hat, it was also wearing scarlet shorts, it also seem to have a blue nose as well. It was holding a tray in it's hooves that had medicine on top of it, as well as a cloth being dipped in hot water. The creature stopped as soon as it realized Twilight was watching it. It's eyes grew wide and it dropped the tray it was carrying. "....Um.... hi?" Twilight said awkwardly. The creature let out a high pitched scream, before stumbling backwards. "Oi Chopper!" a voice on the other side of the side of the door called out. "Is everything okay?" A young man asked in a raspy voice, poking his head through the door. The young man had messy black hair and a scar under his right eye. He wore a bright red vest, and puffy jean shorts. But the most memorable detail about him, was his yellow Straw Hat that had a red band going around it. The man in the Straw Hat looked over to Twilight and blinked. "Oh hey Horse Girl's awake." The man said giving a bright smile that remined Twilight of Pinkie Pie. "Horse girl?" Twilight repeated, a little insulted at the nickname he gave her. Twilight looked down at herself and remembered one glaring issue she failed to remember during her 'rest'. Her face turned a bright red and she squealed. "What?" The man asked a little worried. "What's wrong?" "I'M NAKED!!!!" Twilight screamed, trying to use the blanket to cover herself. "Oh." The man said dumbly. "GET OUT!!!!" Twilight threw her pillow at the man, barley missing him as he ducked. With a yelp the man quickly fled from Twilight's wraith by ducking out of the room, closing the door behind him. The creature who Twilight assumed was named Chopper, slowly got up and ran up to Twilight. "This is to help with any pain." Chopper said giving Twilight a small bottle of medicine, the reindeer then waddled out the door giving Twilight some privacy. Twilight looked at the bottle, it was filled with a blue liquid and it was unlabeled. Slowly Twilight opened the bottle and put it to her muzzle. It didn't smell dangerous, Twilight took a breath as she finally drank the bottle in one swig. Twilight coughed and sputtered after she was done drinking the bottle, it tasted horrible but she did feel her strength come back. Slowly Twilight climbed out of the bed she was laying on, wrapping the sheet around her like a towel. Her wings felt uncomfortable, having to be tucked into her makeshift outfit. However before Twilight opened the door, she noticed something tucked at the foot of the bed. Twilight looked to it and let out a sigh of relief, it was a pink bathrobe folded neatly against the bed. Twilight looked around, making sure no one could see her before finally dropping the sheet and grabbing the bathrobe. Slowly Twilight put her arms through the robe, she tightened it around her waist so she would look somewhat modest. Unfortunately there still wasn't any room for her wings, but that was a small price to pay. Twilight turned around, slowly making her way to the door before, she then opened it. At first the sun light blinded her for brief moment, before finally everything came into view. She was on a ship, but the main deck looked like it covered in grass, there was also a large mast that had at the top to what Twilight can only guess to being a small circular building, that had windows dotted around it, under the building was a megaphone to call out to anypony on the deck, in front of the mast was a set of stairs that led up to the front of the ship and many other different rooms at the front, and at the very front of the ship was the back of a large yellow figure head that had long orange spines coming out of the top of it. But the thing that caught Twilight's attention was the sail connected to the mast. On the sail was a smiling skull wearing a straw hat and crossbones going through the middle of the skull. She was on a pirate ship. Twilight's heart sank. Why was she on a pirate ship, did they rescue her? Did they know she was a princess? Were they holding her for ransom? Then why did they nurse her back to- "Ahem!" Twilight's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of someone loudly saying 'ahem'. The alicorn turned to the source of the noise, (and Tightening her robe around her chest just in case.) From the source of the noise she saw a man with curly eyebrows, and shaggy blonde hair that was covering half his face. He wore a blue collar button shirt with a black tie, he also had a rose in his mouth. He brushed his hair back before walking towards Twilight with a grin. "lovely rose, for a lovely woman." The man said seductively, holding out the rose with two fingers. "...Thank you?" Twilight said raising a brow, slowly grabbing the rose with one hand. "I'm sorry but I don't know who you are." Twilight stated. The man flicked his hair. "Sanji." The man introduced himself. "Cook, pirate, …and single." Sanji then began to slowly kiss Twilight's hand. "Oooookay..." Twilight mumbled, drawing her hand back. "Lunch will be ready soon, you should eat before Luffy cleans out everything." Sanji said lighting a cigarette. "Uh I'll keep that in mind... thank you." Twilight said. The cook let out a drag of smoke before walking away... but not before winking at Twilight. Twilight's eyes narrowed thinking back to the encounter. That was... 'odd' Twilight thought to herself. Twilight brought the rose to her face to smell it, before she ate the flower in one bite. Slowly Twilight made her way down stairs, she paused as felt the grass brush against her bare feet. The alicorn turned to the bottom of the mast as heard what sounded clanking metal emitting from it. The source of the clanking was a man lifting weights, The man had short green hair and some earrings on his right ear. He wore a simple white shirt and a green sash around his black pants, next to him were three katanas. He paused and looked over to Twilight. "Hey." The swordsman greeted, before going back to... whatever he was doing. Twilight blinked not expecting such a simple greeting. "Hel-" Before Twilight could respond a loud BOOM rang out, rocking the ship in the process. Twilight stubbled around trying find her balance, meanwhile the swordsman just calmly put down his weights. "SSSSSSSSSSSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!" A deep manly voice yelled, startling Twilight in the process. "What was that!?" Twilight cried. "Probably Franky...." The swordsman said. "I think he's up front if you want to see him." "Um.... thanks." Twilight responded The man nodded. "By the way, the name's Zoro." The man introduced. "Also your robe is coming lose." Zoro pointed out, raising an eyebrow at Twilight. Twilight blushed before she Tightened said robe, she thanked Zoro as she began to walk to the front of the ship. Following the sound of cannon fire Twilight made it to the front of the ship and saw two men tinkering with a large cannon attached to some barrels. One of the men had a blue pompadour, he wore sunglasses and a Hawaiian shirt, he had large arms with star tattoos on them, he also wore a speedo which reviled a little too much. "I think we're gonna need more cola for this bad boy." The man said in deep voice, Twilight soon realized he was the voice form earlier. "What do you think Usopp?" The man looked up form were he was looking, the man wore a dark green bandanna on his head, on top of the bandanna was a pair of goggles that shifted up and down, he also wore brown overalls and had black curly hair, but the most glaring detail was his long nose. "What?" the long nosed man asked "hmm I don't know-" "Um hello?" Twilight called out, the two men turning to her direction. "I was wondering if one of you was 'franky'?" Twilight asked. "That would be me, why?" The blue haired man said. "Well I have been meeting everypony else and I heard you at the front and I thought-" Twilight began to ramble. "You're losing me." Franky said tilting his head to the side. "And I am The Great Captain Usopp!" Usopp proudly introduced himself. Twilight blinked "I'm sor-" "I found you floating on sea completely unconscious, and I bravely dove in to save you from the fierce octopus that was going to devoir you whole." Usopp recounted. Franky knocked him over the head. "Yeah... no Luffy was actually the one who first spotted you, I was the one who pulled you out, and there was no octopus." Franky explained. well that does explain a few things. Twilight bit her lip mulling over the question that haunted her sense she woke up. "How long was I unconscious for?" Twilight asked The two men looked at each other hesitantly. "Well-" Franky began trying to find the right words. "Around three weeks." he finally said. Twilight's heart sank. THREE WEEKS!? Twilight's ears folded and she felt her knees buckle, before she fell to the ground with her head in hands and tears beginning to form. Three weeks... Franky went up to her and patted her on the back. "H-hey i-it's not so bad at least you didn't sleep for a month." He said with little comfort. Twilight covered her mouth thinking about all that could have happened while she was gone, however Twilight soon felt a hand patting her face with a tissue. Twilight looked to where the hand was and jumped back screaming. The hand was coming out of the floor still holding the tissue it was using. "Sorry about that." A woman's voice said. Twilight turned around and saw a tall slender woman with long black hair, she wore black jeans and a yellow tank top. "My name is Nico Robin, I'm sorry if I scared you." The woman said in silky mature voice. Twilight whipped around to the sound of Franky and Usopp letting out cries of pain. "WHAT WERE YOU TWO THINKING!?" Another woman screamed. The other woman had short orange hair and a windmill tattoo on her right arm, she wore a striped green shirt and a short yellow skirt. "What was that for!?" Usopp whined, rubbing the bruise that was starting to form. (Franky meanwhile was writhing on the ground in pain.) "That was for rocking the ship you nearly gave me a heart attack!" The woman lectured, she looked over to Twilight taking in a deep breath. "Hi my name is Nami, sorry about that." The woman said calmly. "I'm sorry if any of these idiots caused any problems." "What... is happening?" Twilight asked herself. Robin giggled grabbing Twilight's hand. "Come on, let's find you some clothes."
InvasionTwilight put her hands on her chest and took a deep breath, "okay calm down, Twilight calm down." The new princess told herself trying to smooth out the elegant white and purple dress. Her ears rose, and her wings began to sprout out from her back, Twilight gave the best elegant smile she could manage. "I can't do this!" Twilight suddenly yelled. "WhatifIscrewup,whatifsetoffawrongspell,andgetsenttomagickindergarten!?" The alicorn said all once beginning to hyper ventilate. Twilight put her hands on her head in vain effort to put her thoughts in order, however her thoughts were interrupted by loud knock at the door. "Twilight is everything ok?" A young voice called out behind the dressing room door. Twilight sighed finally able to calm down. "Yeah I'm fine Spike, you can come in." The door slowly opened with a creak as a small dragon in simple T-shirt and jeans came into the room with a worried expression on his face. "Are you ok?" the dragon asked again before continuing. "The Princesses have been wondering where you are, and we can't start the gala without you." Spike the dragon explained. Twilight smiled as she walked towards her young assistant and knelt down, putting a hand on his shoulder. "I'm fine Spike really." Twilight said warmly, giving Spike a small smile. Spike smiled back at her and gave a soft sigh. "Okay if you say so." Spike said the worry beginning to melt away. "Everypony else is here too, if you really have any issues we'll have your back." Twilight lifted herself up from Spike. "I know Spike... thank you." The purple alicorn said. Twilight walk towards the door, beyond it laid her future, her mentor, and her friends. Twilight took one last deep breath before finally opening the door and walking out to the hallway. On the other side stood Princess Celestia giving twilight a warm smile, her multi colored mane and tail flowing from some unseen wind, she also wore a loose white dress. Beside her stood Princess Luna sharing the same expression as her sister, her blue starry mane was flowing as well, she was wearing an elegant black dress. "Are you ready Twilight?" Celestia asked calmly giving Twilight a sense of comfort. Twilight smiled back. "Yes I'm ready." Luna let out a sigh, "Thank goodness I thought we were going to cancel the ceremony." Twilight laughed "no... I was just..." Twilight struggled to find the right words. Celestia put a hand on Twilight’s shoulder, "It's okay to be nervous twilight." Celestia said gently. Twilight looked at her feet nervously and bit her lip, she shook her head up and down absent mindlessly, her ears pressed against her head. Her tail laid flat against the white marble floor. Twilight looked up to see the princess offering her hand while giving a motherly smile. "Come Twilight I believe your friends are waiting for you." Twilight’s ears rose up and she smiled, finally taking Celestia's hand, began to walk beside her down the bright hallway with Luna not to far behind. They walk passed the stain glass windows that archived all Twilight’s and her friends adventures in the past two years. From the defeat of Nightmare Moon and the return of princess Luna, to discord the spirit of chaos and disharmony, and of course her transformation into an alicorn. Twilight smiled reminiscing on all of her adventures she had with her friends. All of the ups and downs, all of the smiles and tears had led her to this moment. Finally they reached a large wooden doors with guards on each side. Their gold armor shining in the candle light, their spears raised high, and their short swords in their scabbards at the ready for any intruder. The two guards moved to the side, and put their hands on the door handles as the two (soon to be three) princess walked towards them. Celestia nodded to the guards and they slowly opened the doors to reveal five ponies waiting for them on the other side. One of the ponies was a unicorn, that had white fur and dark blue hair that was curled at the end, she wore an elegant sky blue dress and white fancy gloves. "Darling where have you been?" Rarity asked bringing Twilight in for a hug. "We have been worried sick about you!" "Heh... sorry girls... I guess I am just a little nervous." Twilight explained. "There is nothing to be sorry about Twi." A pony with orange fur and a blonde hair that was in a pony tail, she also wore a simple dark green dress with a short skirt, and black leggings. "Thanks Applejack..." Twilight muttered. "Yeah Twilight!" a pink pony with messy dark pink hair and bright pink fur shouted, she wore a black dress with a short skirt, and fish net gloves on her arms, she also had a top hat with a pink ribbon that went around the brim. "Annnd we don't wanna miss the party after the ceremony." Pinkie Pie cried with a bit of worry in her voice. Twilight laughed. "Oh Pinkie..." A Pegasus with long pink hair and yellow fur placed a hand on Twilight's shoulder, she wore a plain white dress and had some yellow flowers in her hair. She smiled at her friend warmly. "We'll be here for you." Fluttershy said simply in a soft and sweet voice. Twilight smiled back. Loud crunching could be heard, as everypony turned their heads to the source of the sound, and traced it back to a Pegasus with a shaggy rainbow hair and sky blue fur, she was wearing a white collar shirt with a yellow tie, and black paints, she was currently eating a candy bar. She stopped what she was doing when she realized everypony was staring at her. "What!?" Rainbow Dash cried. "She'll be fine, it's not like some big super villain is going to come crashing in just because she has wings now." Rainbow pointed out. Twilight smiled and rolled her eyes, while Applejack just shook her head. "Um are we forgetting about the 'storm king' incident." Rarity pointed out, remembering the adventure that happened a few months ago. "That was a one time thing." Rainbow waved off. "Damn it Dash that's not what Twilight is worried about! " Applejack cried angerly. Rainbow raised a brow as she stuck the candy bar wrapper in her pocket. "If she's worried about being a 'good princess' she'll be fine, she has us, and Celestia and Luna." "AHEM" Everypony turned to see Princess Luna with her arms crossed and an eyebrow raised. "If we are done arguing we should really start the ceremony BEFORE our guests leave." Luna said impatiently, her foot tapping on the floor. Princess Celestia just giggled to herself. "Oh Lu Lu." Twilight took in a breath, before looking to the Princesses. "I'm ready!" Twilight said with some new found vigor. "Good... let the gala begin!" Celestia cried opening the large doors to the throne room. Behind it was a large crowed of ponies in different suits and dresses, looking towards the group that began to march towards the steps to the throne. Twilight breathed in and out as she walked past the crowd. Finally Twilight made it to the top of the stairs, while her friends waited at the bottom. Luna walked to the side as Princess Celestia got behind Twilight holding a crown. "Twilight Sparkle!" Celestia stated beginning the ceremony. "By the power invested in us and in our Goddess we give the title of-" Before she could finish her sentence an explosion rocked the entire castle, causing the ceiling to break apart. The crowed began to scream and run to safety as panic set in. Twilight looked up and gasped, where there use to be a ceiling was a grey sky, and in that sky was a large airship that had banners on the side that displayed a skull biting a cloud. Several figures jumped from the air ship and began to fall towards them. One of the figures that landed was a short chubby man in a cow onesie, he raised his hand and all at once dark circular holes blocked every exit available to the panicking guests. Another figure landed, it was a woman in grey skintight outfit, she also wore a black cloak and plague doctors mask, with red lenses, she pointed a scoped rifle towards the crowd. Rainbow looked around shocked. "What is happening?" She asked spreading her wings. "I don't know... but it don't look good." Applejack growled getting in a battle stance, just then a figure rolled up to them and pointed two sharp kitchen knives at the pair. He wore a tuxedo, he was also tall and balding, he also had a pencil mustache. "Rainbow!" Pinkie shouted, but before she could get to them a figure landed right in front of her, it was a hammerhead shark, or at least a man that looked like one. He had fins on his arms and he wore a typical sailors uniform. "Sorry girlie, but you're not going anywhere." The shark man growled in a deep voice. "Fluttershy!?" Rarity called out amidst the panic. "I'm over here!" Fluttershy cried out. Rarity ran to her thankful that at least one thing has gone right so far, she grabbed her friend close. "We need to leave, and find the eleme-" before Rarity could finish a very large figure jumped in front of them. The large man wore some kind of armor that was made of wood and metal, he also seemed to have some large weapons on his back, his face was masked by the helmet he was wearing, it looked like a grate. "Ello." The large man politely said. Just as everyone was rounded up, a thick fog poured into the room, the room went silent as footsteps could be heard. The figure walked out of the cloud of fog, that was slowly covering every inch of the room. The man had long grey hair, a thick grey bread. He wore a black trench coat, a dark brown vest, a white collar shirt, and he wore a black wide brimmed hat, he also seemed to carrying a worn out book. He slowly walked to Twilight, his boots echoing against the floor, the fog moving around him like tentacles. "Is this... Equestria?" The man said in a hushed tone. Two more figures came from behind the man. One of them was a woman with red hair, with a black headband, she also wore a black shirt with the top opened showing some of her chest, she also wore gold earrings that dangled from her head, she also wore a black and red captain's coat with some buttons missing. Her black boots echoed with the man she was following. The other figure was man in a cowboy hat, he also had a short brown beard, he wore a plaid jacket that was zipped up. He wielded what seemed to be chainsaws that spring out from a device on his arms, they were also covered in blood. "Who dares invade us at a time like this!!!" Luna shouted in anger. "I am Kate Jones, captain of the foggy pirates." The man named Jones explained. "And once a Warlord Of The Sea." Luna gritted her teeth before her horn lit up and a short slender sword with a moon emblem manifested in a burst of dark blue light. "Whoever you are you have no right to invade our kingdom, even at a time like this.... Pirate." Luna spat grabbing the sword in midair and taking on a fighting stance. "Princess Luna!" Twilight called however Princess Celestia pushed her to the back. "Twilight...." Celestia whispered, Twilight's ears rose trying to listen to what her mentor had to say. "If we are defeated.... I need you to run." Celestia explained. The Princess lit up her horn and in a burst of fire a spear decorated in shining rubies appeared in her hand. "Wh-what!?" Twilight almost screamed. "You heard me.... use your teleportation spell to go as far away from here as possible." Celestia explained calmly, almost slowly. Celestia stood beside her sister, aiming her weapon at the enemy. Jones let a bored sigh. "Is this really what you want?" Jones asked calmly. "DDDDDIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!!!" Luna roared diving into Jones and stabbing him in the heart. Luna smiled in victory, however it was short lived as Luna looked to the edge of her sword and realized, she didn't stab him... the sword went through him, where blood should be pouring out from instead came short wisps of fog. Luna then slashed him to the side, his body was sliced in half... but instead of blood and guts, all there was a cloudy fog that came from the disconnected body parts. Jones smiled as one half of his body had cloudy tendrils that came out from the top half of his diced body and connected to the bottom half, it then reattached itself together as if Luna never attacked him at all. Luna stood still, completely dumbstruck. "B-b-but, I d-don't, how!?" Luna stammered out. Kate Jones smiled. "You ever heard of Devil Fruits?" The pirate asked gleefully. "It's how I can have a power like that." Jones calmly explained, almost mocking the Princess of the night. Twilight listened in both interest and horror. Princess Celestia held her spear closer to her chest, nervous on what might happen next. "And in fact." Jones snapped his fingers and the red haired woman leapt in front of a shocked Luna. Before Luna could react the woman grabbed her arm, knocking her sword away from her. Luna felt a strange sensation come from her hand, and began to realize the fur and skin on her hand began to harden and turn grey. "My first mate possess one too." Jones said giving her a toothy smile. Luna tried to push the woman away from her, but it only sped up the terrifying process as the hard grey color spread down her arm and all over her body, all expect her dress. Luna tried to let out a scream but was silenced as her body stiffened and finally froze in place. "TWILIGHT RUN!!!" Celestia screamed. Twilight stood still and her ears pressed against her head, completely frozen in fear. "Leave her alone!" A raspy voice called out. Twilight turned her head, it was Rainbow Dash, her shirt was buttoned down to her chest, and her tie was missing. Rainbow let out a war cry as she lifted off from were she was standing. However the man in the cow outfit leapt in front of her and opened a dark hole in front of her. Before Rainbow could react she fell through the hole and disappeared. Jones looked over to where the other girls were. Rarity and fluttershy were being held the man in the armor. The half shark half man held Pinkie Pie by her hair, she was knocked out bruised and bloody. Applejack was gaged by an Carmel apple and was tied up with thick rope. "Hmm... Paulie" Kate Jones called over to the man in the cow onesie. The man looked over to his captain. "Scatter them." Jones ordered. The man smiled and held out his hands and dark holes appeared before the four ponies. The man in the armor dropped both Rarity and Fluttershy down the same hole, they screamed as they disappeared. The shark chucked Pinkie down as if she was a baseball. The man in the tux simply kicked Applejack down the hole. Jones smiled before turning to Celestia and Twilight. "TWILIGHT FOR THE LAST TIME RUN!!!!" Celetstia screamed at Twilight. However a cloudy tentacle wrapped around the Princess. Celestia tried to struggle but it was of little use. Kate Jones walked up to the captured alicorn, the tentacle coming out of his back. "Now now I still have some use for you." Jones said lifting his arm, his hand turned into a mess of grey tendrils then forced their way down Celesita's mouth and nose. The Princess then went limb, and her eyes rolled to the back of her head. Finally Jones turned his hand back to normal as the last of the mist went down her mouth. "Princess!?" Twilight cried horrified at what just transpired. "Don't worry little one she is alive, but...." Princess Celestia slowly got up with a blank stare. Twilight walked backed afraid. "Princess.... grab her." Jones ordered pointing to Twilight. "Yes... master...." Celestia said slowly, pointing her spear towards Twilight. "Princess?..." Twilight asked with tears in her eyes. Celestia gridded her teeth before taking a swipe at her. Twilight ducked the blade a few inches from her head. Twilight looked back at her mentor, she was turning around her spear pulled back getting ready for another attack. Twilight closed her eyes, tears beginning to run down her cheeks. "I'm sorry" she whispered before lighting her horn, it began to glow a bright purple as she charge her teleportation spell, taking her mentor's advise she decide she needed to go as far away form here as possible, Twilight never used the spell for long distance understanding the dangers that could happen, one unicorn that tried it lost her entire skeleton from useing the spell for long distance. Celestia charged but before she could connect Twilight disappeared in a flash of light only leaving behind the dress she was wearing. Celestia stabbed through the dress just as Twilight disappeared. Jones raised a brow upon looking at the now torn up dress. "Should we go after her?" The red haired woman asked. "No..." Jones said. "We have what we need to find it." Jones walked towards the empty throne with a frozen Princess Luna beside it. The Warlord then dusted it off before sitting on what used to be Princess Celestia's throne.
battle for the SunnyTwilight tugged on the back of the green striped sweater that Robin had lent her. While she thankful that she lent her some clothes, Twilight still felt a little bad that she cut some holes into the back of the sweater to give her wings some room, Even if Nami was insistent that she can just sow it up with little trouble. "Sanji I'm hungry!" Luffy whined sitting at a long table with various plates, and cups aligned along the table, next to the plates were forks and butter knives. Next to Luffy was Chopper, hopping up and down excitedly waiting for his food. Across from Chopper was Usopp, picking at his teeth with a toothpick. "It's coming, whining about it won't make me cook faster." Sanji complained over the sound of grilling chicken. Twilight couldn't help but cringe at the smell of cooking meat as she sat down next to Franky, who was drinking a bottle of cola at the moment. "Um... Sanji?" Twilight spoke up. The cook turned to Twilight wiping his apron. "Can I have a salad?" Twilight asked shyly "If it's not too much trouble of course." Sanji smiled "One salad coming up!" Twilight gave a grateful smile. The door to the dining room and Kitchen opened with a creak as Zoro walked in with a yawn, his swords dangling from his hip. The swordsman sat at the far end of the table, placing his swords on the table with a load clank. "What did I tell about putting your swords on the table!" Sanji growled. "What!?" Zoro said defensively "What's the big deal?" "The 'big deal' is that you're getting the table dirty with all the blood your damn swords have on it." Sanji explained. "I clean my swords everyday, not that you would care!" Zoro said beginning to stand up from his seat. "Still... I don't want to see your swords on MY table!" Sanji yelled leaning over the counter. Twilight gave a worried glace at both of the men, they looked like they were about to kill each other. "Since when was it YOUR table shitty cook!" Zoro spat. "MOSSHEAD!!!" "PREVERT!!!" "JACKASS!!!" "SHUT THE HELL UP!!!" Nami shouted. Both the men went quiet, before going back to what they were doing before. "I swear they're like children." Nami sighed rubbing her temples, she sat down across from Twilight looking at a map. "Is.... that normal?" Twilight asked fearfully. "More then you would think...." Franky mumbled. "It's pretty funny!" Luffy said giggling next to Twilight. Robin sat next to Nami reading a book. "It smells good Sanji." Robin complemented "Good I'm glad to hear it!" Sanji said holding a large plate of Kebabs as well as another large plate of ham. Luffy watched Sanji place the plate of ham in front of him, the smell was mouth watering. Sanji also placed a salad in front of Twilight. Luffy was the first one to dig in, he grabbed a large piece of ham and promptly ate it in one bite, Twilight watched in amazement. Next to Twilight, Chopper was happily munching on a Kebab, while Nami was studying the map she was holding. Twilight picked at her salad not really feeling hungry at the moment. "So horse girl." Luffy said with his mouth full of food. "what were you doing in the middle of the ocean?" Everyone stopped what they were doing to look at Twilight. Twilight froze up, seeing so many people staring at her made her tense. "U-um.... uhh... w-well" Twilight stammered. This was just like before the Gala, all the expectations made her muscles freeze up, and her brain slow down. "If you don't want to tell us that's fine." Robin said reassuring her. "No... no I can tell you." Twilight replied. "I just don't know where to start." Twilight thought for a moment, before she finally settled on something. Twilight breathed in and began. "Well... first of all my name is Twilight Sparkle." Twilight introduced herself. "And I come from a land called Equestria-" Franky was sobbing after hearing all of Twilight's stories. Chopper, Luffy, and Usopp were on the edge of their seat. Robin was listening pretty intently. Nami had a brow raised a little doubtful of Twilight. Sanji was leaning against a wall smoking while listening to her. And Zoro fell asleep halfway through. "So wait..." Nami began, breaking the silence. "You have two rulers that can raise the sun and moon... and one of them was banished for wanting it to be night forever?" "Um yes?" Nami scoffed "If that was true then why haven't government taken over this 'Equestria'?" Nami asked. Twilight leaned her head to the side confused. "Government?" "You know the World Government the Marines." Nami said. "The only government I know is Princess Luna and Princess Celestia." Twilight explained. Twilight rubbed her chin getting curious about this so called World Government. "Wait you said you are from Equestria correct?" Robin asked. "Yes I am." Twilight responded. Robin rubbed her chin in thought. "What's up Robin?" Franky asked. "Oh?" Robin responded to the question. "Oh it's just that Equestria is considered a myth in a lot stories from around the world." The dark haired woman explained. "They're mostly told by sailors and adventurers, and from what Twilight has told us a lot of the stories line up." Everyone listened to Robin with intense curiosity, (especially Luffy.) Zoro was starting to snore pretty loudly at this point. Nami smacked the top of his head. The swordsman then woke with a "Wasizut?" "Where is it?" Luffy asked excitedly. Robin shrugged "Many have tried to find this mythical island and they have failed, which is why it has the nickname-" Robin gave a dramatic pause. "The Lost Kingdom." "Hmm... so basically The Government doesn't think Equestria exists." Sanji notes. Robin nods in confirmation. Twilight's stomach sinks. "So you don't know where Equestria is do you?" The alicorn asked. "Sorry, but I never heard of it until now." Nami apologizes. "Unless you have an eternal pose, we might as well be sailing blindly." Nami explained. "And that's very dangerous on the Grand Line." Twilight blinked. "the grand line?" She asked confused. "The sea we're sailing on?" Nami explained, getting confused at how little the mystery girl knows. "Do you not know anything outside of your island?" Twilight rubbed the back of her head and blushed. "To be fair I didn't think needed to learn much outside of Equsetria." "I get it!" Luffy cried out. Everyone turned to the straw hat wearing pirate. "It's a mystery Island!" He said as if he just solved the world's greatest puzzle. "Uh... Luffy that's what she just said." Usopp tried to explain to the smiling young man. "Idiot." Nami mumbled. Robin giggled. Twilight... was confused again. Suddenly an exposition rang out causing everyone to jolt as the ship rocked from the possible impact on their ship. Glasses and plates spilled to the floor causing a mess broken glass and abandoned food, Luffy looked like he was about to cry over the food. "What was that?" Twilight asked. "Dunno" Zoro said "but I think we're about to find out." The swordsman grabbed his swords getting ready for a fight. "I'M GONNA KICK THEIR ASS!!!" Luffy screamed. "Do you think it's the mari-" Franky began, but was quickly cut off by loud booming voice. "ATTENTION PIRATES!!!" The voice called out. Everyone stopped to listen. "YOUR SHIP IS NOW PROPERDY OF THE MOOSE EMPIRE!!!" Twilight shot up at the name of the would be invaders. "The moose empire!?" Twilight felt herself began to panic after she recognized the name. "Do you know them?" Sanji asked taking off his apron and putting out his cigarette. "They almost conquered Equestria two hundred years ago." Twilight explained "They enslaved Ponies and kept them like their pets." Luffy listened closely, he started to crack his knuckles as he did so. "If it wasn't for Princess Celestia using the elements to destroy their kingdom, we would have been nothing but slaves." Luffy rushed out the door with everyone else following close behind. Twilight gasped as she saw the ship that was attacking them, the ship was large.... Very Large completely dwarfing the ship they were on. However the ship was in rough shape, the sails were torn, and there was a large gash on the side of the ship. "AH HAVE YOU COME TO FACE ME!?" Everyone looked up to see a large moose wearing a crown made out of tree branches, he also wore grey baggy pants with a short sword dangling at his hip, and he had a long dark green cape that covered half his body. Twilight gulped, while she had her fair share of fights over years, what with saving Equestria and all, but fighting wasn't really her strong suit, she preferred to handle things peacefully and use her knowledge against any threats. But outside a few legends she knew next to nothing about the Moose Empire. Sanji lit a cigarette, Zoro pulled out two swords, Luffy cracked his knuckles, Robin crossed her arms, Nami pulled out some sort of rod, Chopper grabbed what looked like a small yellow ball, Franky pushed his sunglasses to his face and cracked his neck, and Usopp was shaking in fear. "Oi deer guy." The Moose looked offended "WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?" Twilight looked at Luffy completely dumfounded at the pirate's brash actions. "You ruined my lunch." Luffy growled. The moose blinked. "WHAT?" Luffy took a step back and drew his arm back. "GUM GUM-" Twilight's jaw dropped as Luffy's arm stretched all the way to the back of the ship, making sounds like rubber squeaking. "-PISTOL!!!" Luffy screamed as his arm shot forward like a rubber band, his fist slamming into the moose causing blood to spill from his nose, and his teeth to break. "AH" he cried out in pain, holding his snout with both of his hands. "KILL THESE BASTARDS!!!" The caped moose screamed. Twilight gasped as two of their cannons were aimed right at them. Twilight's horn glowed as she casted a shield around herself. "READY?" One of the moose soldiers cried "Aim." Both Zoro and Sanji leapt into the air. "FIRE!!!" Both of the cannons fired with a load boom. However Zoro cut one of the cannon balls in half with it exploding in the air, and Sanji kicked the other cannon ball right back at the ship, the top of ship exploded as the cannon ball hit the railing. The caped moose stumbled around as his ship rocked. After he finally found his balance he glared at the pirates with distain and hatred in his eyes. Twilight lowered her magic shield completely awe struck. "BROAD THE SHIP!!!" The moose screamed. "I WANT EVERY ONE OF THESE LOWLY PIRATES DEAD!!!" Armored soldiers let a loud battle cry as they jumped onto the pirate ship. The moose soldiers were welding many different weapons, from swords to maces, and one was welding a large battle axe. "Weapons Left!" Franky cried grabbing his left arm. Twilight's eye's widen as Franky's hand lifted out of his arm and moved to the top of his arm, his palm turning into a scope. Where his hand once was there was a gaping hole with even smaller holes on top of the bigger hole. A group of soldiers paused as they watched Franky's transformation. The soldiers were quickly blown away by what Twilight now realized was a cannon. That is amazing! Is he cyborg? How is that possi- "USOPP.....NOISE!!!" Before Twilight could finish that thought, the most horrible sound she ever heard rang out causing her to cover her ears. She looked to the source and saw Usopp scratching a small chalkboard, various soldiers were on the ground writhing in pain. Twilight casted a noise damping spell on herself to block off the scratching from hell. "RUMBLE!!!" Chopper shouted. Twilight almost didn't hear chopper, as she looked to reindeer as he put small yellow ball in his mouth, chopper munched on it with a crunch. Many of the moose soldiers began to surround the small creature. "ARM POINT!!" Suddenly all the soldiers that surrounded the reindeer went flying with hoofmarks on their faces, as well as broken teeth, and their armor dented. Twilight ducked as the flying attackers flew over her head. Twilight looked back to Chopper and saw that he got bigger and his arms (and or front legs) got more muscular, his arms bulging. "KOKUTEI ROSEO!!!" Chopper shouted as the last of the soldiers fell to the floor knocked out. Twilight gapped in awe at the creature that destroyed an entire platoon, suddenly Twilight felt something grab her. She gasped as a giant moose lifted her in the air. "NOBODY MOVE OR THIS PONY GETS IT!!!!!!" He screamed pointing his axe towards Twilight. "I got her!" "I got her!" Both Zoro and Sanji shouted at the same time leaping into the air. The moose slashed at Zoro, however in a flash of light the axe shattered leaving the attacker in a state of shock. "Two sword style." The moose cried in pain as several slashes appeared on his arm, with blood beginning to spill out. "Hawk Wave!!!" Before the moose could recover Sanji kicked him in the face, causing him to drop Twilight, and for his helmet to dent. "Mouton Shot!!!" Sanji yelled as his opponent fell to the floor knocked out. Twilight screamed as she fell however she was caught by arms attached to the floor, Twilight looked over to Robin, who just winked at her. "What the hell are you doing!?" Zoro yelled over to Sanji. "What!?" Sanji cried raising his arms in the air. "You jumping in that's what!" Zoro yelled marching over to the cook. "What?" Sanji asked. "I had everything under control till you jumped in and ruined my duel!" Zoro explained. "Your duel!?" Sanji cried in disbelief. "Oh please I basically saved your ass!" "Yeah right you just wanted to save that Twilight girl." Zoro accused Sanji, getting in his face as he did so. "So what if I did bastard?" "Eyebrows!" "Mosshead!" As the two were arguing they didn't notice the giant moose slowly getting up and glaring at the green haired swordsman and the blonde cook. However before the giant could enact his revenge on the two that defeated him he felt a stinging sensation run across his body before knocking him out cold. "You're both morons!" Nami said glaring at the two rivals, the end of her staff sparking with electricity. "Sorry..." Zoro grumbled as he crossed his arms. "Yes Nami-san" Sanji cooed. "Who the hell are these guys?" One of the soldiers asked, spitting blood as he did so. "Dunno." Another soldier said slowly getting up. "But they're distracted, we can sneak up on one of them." "Hey.... the black haired one is not even paying attention." A third soldier pointed out. Sure enough Nico Robin was looking at the soldiers armor pretty intently, taking notes as she studied the strange patterns on the armor. The moose smiled. "Come on!" he said gesturing towards Robin. Slowly the soldiers made their way to the distracted archeologist, all the while she was writing in her notebook. Finally one of the soldiers got close enough and began to raise his sword, however he felt two hands grab the top and bottom of his head. Robin laughed. "Next time don't sneak up on a former assassin." The dark haired woman said darkly. In one shift motion, the soldier's necks snapped with a loud crack, with the soldiers falling to ground unable to move. With that the last of the soldiers were defeated, Twilight looked around the battlefield in awe. "YOU-Y-YOU!!!!" The moose in the green cape screamed glaring daggers into the pirates that beat his entire army. The moose's face was face was covered in dry blood, with it staining a part of his cape, his crown was also crooked and cracked. "D-DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO I AM!?" The pirates looked up to the moose not saying a word, Luffy walked to the front of the ship glaring up at the humiliated warrior. "We don't care!" Luffy stated bluntly. The moose's face twisted in absolute hatred. "who... do... you think... you are..." He growled. Luffy smiled. "I'm Monkey D. Luffy..." The straw hat pirate declared "...and I'm gonna be King Of The Pirates!" Twilight raised a brow at what Luffy said. Suddenly Luffy leapt into the air and bit into his thumb. The moose in the cape watched him with a brow raised. "GEAR THRID!!!" Luffy yelled blowing into his arm. The moose's eyes widened as Luffy's arm began to grow to the size of his ship. "BONE BALLOON!!!!" Luffy yelled pulling his fist back. "What... what are you..." The moose began, stepping back in fear. Luffy's fist shot forward, causing the moose to scream in fear as Luffy's fist collided with the ship causing the ship to break into splinters, and for the moose to fall into the sea completely knocked out from Luffy's attack. However with a loud deflating noise, Luffy shrank to a quarter of his size. "Wuh oh..." Luffy said in a high pitched voice. Luffy began scream as he fell towards the water. "I got him!" Sanji said getting in a jumping stance. However before he jumped, Twilight leapt off the ship and flew towards Luffy catching him in between her arms. "Wow thanks horse girl!" Luffy said. Tears fell from Twilight's face. "....Help me." She whispered "Eh?" Luffy said confused. Twilight looked at Luffy with desperation in her eyes. "Please... I need your help."
The shores of GriffonstoneLuffy cocked his head to the side "Kate Jones?" Luffy repeated making sure he had the name right. "Never heard of him." "I have." Robin said, everyone on the deck then turned to her. Robin sighed as she adjusted herself on the swing set just below the tree. "Kate Jones, sometimes going by his title 'the Storm Cloud' was one of The Seven Warlords Of The Sea, he was known to conquer islands and destroy any all government that the islands may have had, hence why he became a Warlord to began with." "He also had some kind of power." Twilight began to explain, standing up from the grass. "He was able turn his body into a cloud." Robin gave a concerned expression. "That sounds like his devil fruit." She said as she began to play with her hair "There have been rumors that he possessed one, however not many have seen it as he tends to kill anyone that crosses him." Twilight thought back to Celestia, and what the Warlord had done to the Princess. "Wait... when I met him he did... something to my mentor." Twilight explained feeling more nervous the more she learned about this invader. Everyone turned to Twilight as she spoke. "He used his power to... control her." Twilight said not sure how to explain what she saw that day. "So the rumors are true." Robin said grimly. "What rumors?" Sanji asked blowing out a puff of smoke. Robin shifted on the swing trying to find a way to explain everything. "You see... there were stories that when you where being attacked by Jones a thick fog would cover the ships, disorienting anyone one board, however there were stories of crew members being controlled by the fog, attacking each other.... and sometimes even themselves." "SOOO COOOLLL!!!!" Luffy yelled with stars in his eyes. "NO NOT COOL!!!" Usopp yelled looking terrified. Franky took a sip of his cola. "What do you mean by 'was'?" Robin blinked. "I'm sorry?" "You said he 'was' a warlord, not that IS a warlord." Franky explained. Robin smiled "True... I may have let out one detail." The woman admitted. "Kate Jones stepped down from his title, and nobody knows why." "If you don't mind me asking, what is a Warlord of the Sea?" Twilight asked. Robin stood up from the swing and looked over to Twilight. "The Seven Warlords are made up of powerful pirates who serve under The world government in exchange for immunity from their crimes." Robin explained. "We actually met a couple." Nami spoke leaning down from the upstairs railing. "One was a Pirate named Sir Crocodile, he ran an secret organization that tried to start a civil war in kingdom called Alabasta." "Yeah I kicked his ass!" Luffy said proudly. "Another one was Mihawk, the greatest swordsman in the world." Zoro spoke up from behind Twilight. "Yeah he kicked YOUR ass." Sanji pointed out, leaning against the door to the kitchen. "I had him on the ropes." Zoro said his eyebrow Twitching. "Yeah right, he sliced you open!" Sanji said "Well I like to see YOU fight him shitty cook!" Zoro yelled standing up. "Well I would do a better job then you mosshead!" "SHUT UP!!!" Nami yelled at the two. The two then glared at each other before going quiet. Twilight took in the information that was told to her. Her kingdom was not only taking over by a pirate, but a pirate that nopony can defeat. Not even Celestia. "Well what we waiting for?!" Luffy said cracking his knuckles. "Let's set sail for Equestria!" "As great as that sounds, we don't have a way of getting there." Nami pointed out, holding up her log pose with the needle inside pointing down. Twilight bit her lip as she racked her brain for anything that could help them, until she got an idea. Everyone watched in awe as Twilight's horn began to glow a brilliant violet, and from her horn came a translucent hand that pointed west. "This is a spell I use for when I get lost, it's basically a compass that always points to my house." Luffy, Chopper, and usopp looked at the hand in amazement. "Well that's great and all." Nami said jumping down from the upstairs balcony. "But we can't just drop everything and go to some island we never heard of, and fight a Warlord, with the chance of us all dying." Nami pointed out. Meanwhile Luffy and Usopp were busy poking the magic hand, with its surface rippling like water every time they poked it. "Well..." Twilight sighed looking at her legs with uncertainty. "...I could pay you.... since I'm technically a princess." Nami quickly turned to Twilight and narrowed her eyes. "How much?" Twilight thought for a moment before saying "As much as you need." A large smile crept up on on the orange haired woman's face. "Raise the sails we're going to Equestria!" "Well that convinced her." Zoro mumbled to himself. Twilight sighed as she looked at the stars, only light of note were the lights to the cabins behind her, and the hand that she summoned that glowed an other worldly light. A creak came from behind her followed by the sounds of footsteps that creaked against the wood. "You need to rest." Chopper said getting worried for his patient. "I'm fine..." Twilight grumbled. Chopper gave a concerned sigh. "You need to rest, you won't be able to heal properly if you don't sleep." Twilight grunted. "I said I was fine." The alicorn said starting to get annoyed. Twilight heard more footsteps coming towards her, when turned to look she saw Luffy standing beside her, giving a curious look. Slowly Luffy began to sit down and look at her. "Hey horse girl!" Luffy began. "I was wondering something." "What?" Twilight wasn't sure where conversion was going. "If you were already a Princess, why did you have that ceremony?" Twilight's horn flickered a little startled at the question. "Um... uhhh.... well." Twilight struggled to find an answer. "I... I was about to become the sole ruler of Equestria." She said nervous. Chopper gasped as he walked towards Twilight. "Wow that's great!" Luffy said smiling. Twilight bit her lip. "I guess." Luffy raised a brow. "What's wrong?" "It's just.... I don't think I'm ready." Twilight admitted. "I'm honored, but I'll give up my privacy with so many ponies looking up to me and the other nobles judging my every move, plus I will have to give up time with my friends and family with the kingdom needing me a lot more." "Then just say no." Luffy said bluntly. Chopper gritted his teeth at Luffy's statement, meanwhile Twilight looked at him as if he just insulted her family. "What!?" She blurted out. "I can't say that to the Princess!" "Why not?" Luffy said. "If the princess is really as good as you say she is, then wouldn't she understand if you say no?" Twilight was shocked, she thought back to the ceremony and how much she knew Celestia. Most of all she was shocked that Luffy of all people gave her pause. "I don't-" "What's that?" Chopper cried pointing a hoof in front of him. Both Twilight and Luffy looked to where the reindeer doctor was pointing. In front of them was at first a small cluster of lights, before it transformed into a cliff with hundreds of buildings on its side. There were also various rock islands with buildings on top and around the rocks. Luffy and Twilight gasp in amazement, with the glow on her horn disappearing with hand she was using. Luffy ran to the front of the ship and put a hand over his eyes to help get a better view of the port town. Luffy turned around began shouting. "HEY WAKE UP WE FOUND LAND WAKE UP!!!!!" All the while he was jumping up and down in excitement . Slowly the rest of the crew got out of their rooms. Robin was stretching and yawning. "Ugh it's too early for this" Nami said glumly. Franky was covered in grease from working on something in his workshop. "Oh that was fast." He said pulling up his wielding goggles. "Luffy did you need to shout?" Ussop grumbled as he adjusted his night cap. Sanji sighed as lit a cigarette. "And was having a wonderful dream too." "Knowing you it was probably something perverted." Zoro said walking past the cook. "Zip it." Sanji hissed. However Twilight noticed something the others haven't. In the port of the town sat hundreds of ships... ships that various skulls on their sails, and black flags. Oh no...
The Bounty HunterA hooded figure made their way down the street, weaving around the human pirates that were drunk out of their minds, they were laughing and firing their pistols in the air, some were singing off tune while continuing to drink, and some of the more bold were flirting with some the mares that passed by. The figure slowly made their way towards a building that had a post board next to it. The board had various faces of pirates that had bounties underneath their picture, some of pirates were scowling at the camera, others were smiling whether of joy or malicious who could say, a few were also laughing taking pride in their life style. The figure scanned the board looking for a protentional target for their next payday. Nami of the Straw Hat Pirates-16,000,000 Berries. The poster depicted a beautiful orange haired woman in a dotted bikini with her back to the camera, with her head turned to face said camera while fixing her hair. Sixteen million not bad but there might be better, the figure scanned more of the board. Franky of the Straw Hat Pirates- 44,000,000 Berries. The poster depicted a man wearing sunglasses screaming at the camera, he also had a blue pompadour which gave him a very memorable look. The figure raised a brow at the poster, he didn't seem like too much of a threat it seems easy... too easy. Pirates like him always have a trick up their sleeve whether it be a specific fighting style, or a bizarre devil fruit that made the fight harder, the figure rubbed their temples remembering a target that had the ability to animate anything. Again the figure looked to the board. Soge King-30,000,00 Berries The poster depicted a man in a strange sun shaped mask with round goggles covering eyes. The figure scratched their chin in thought, thirty million wasn't bad, but not much is known about 'Soge King', other then him being among The Straw Hat Pirates when they destroyed the infamous Enies Lobby, besides it would be a pain to track a target without info. "This place is great!!!" A voice yelled out, startling the figure. The figure turned around to see what caused them to jump and saw a young man in a red vest, and a straw hat. Almost immediately the figure recognized him, and they pulled out a worn wanted poster from their coat pocket and read it. Monkey D. Luffy captain of the Straw Hat Pirates-300,000,000 Berries. "Bingo..." The figure said darkly. "Keep it down we don't want to start any trouble." Nami huffed looking around as she walked, she took note of all the pirates that were around them, either passed out or starting fights. (she even pickpocketed a few that weren't paying attention.) "Sorry." Luffy laughed as he ran around looking at everything there was to see. Twilight rubbed one of her arms nervously, she felt a chill as some of the pirates whistled and ogled her, not to mention all the pirates that were firing their pistols wildly. Franky looked over to Twilight and noticed how nervous she was. "Hey you okay?" Twilight jumped at the sound of the cyborg's voice. "I'm f-fine w-w-why?" Twilight stuttered. "You just seem jittery is all." Franky said raising an eyebrow. "I'll protect you Twilight-chan!!!" Sanji screamed as he began to cling to the nervous alicorn. "Thank you Sanji but I think I'm fine." Twilight said pushing the blonde cook off. "Say..." Usopp began, rubbing his chin in thought. "If Equestria is suppose to be a mythical land then why are there human pirates with pony girls?" The long nosed man thought out load. Everyone looked to Nico Robin, who just shrugged. Luffy just laughed and put his hands behind his head. "Well I'm starving!" The pirate cried. "Where are we going to eat?" "Ummm." Chopper looked around nervously. "Where's Zoro?" The reindeer asked, looking up to his crewmates. Everybody's eyes widened in shock, and soon they began to look around for any sign of the swordsman. "That idiot..." Sanji grumbled. "Huh didn't I just passed the dock?" Zoro thought out loud, looking around the area. Sure enough he was back at the dock, with various pirate ships dotting the shore. (including the Sunny) "Oi!" A gravely voice called out. Zoro turned to the source and saw a man in a flap cap, black pants, and a big nose approach him with a flintlock pistol in his hands. "Dis our turf see?" The man said pointing the gun at Zoro. "You need to pay the visitors fee or we shoot your head off see?" The ugly man said cocking the pistol, while several other men behind him snickered. Zoro put a hand on one of his swords. "Yeah... I'm not doing that." The goon narrowed his eyes. "well... it was nice knowing yous." But before the man fired his gun, a loud clang sound reverberated around them, as the green haired swordsman somehow managed to pull out his sword without any of them noticing. Half of the pistol fell to the floor with a thunk, being sliced in half. The goon in the flat cap meanwhile spat up some blood as a large gash appeared on his belly, slowly he sank to his knees. "H-how...." He choked as he passed out. The other goons gasped and took a step back, looking at the swordsman in fear. "Anybody else?" Zoro asked giving a sinister smile. The goons slowly backed away from the swordsman in fear, disappearing into a dark alleyway. Zoro chuckled to himself as he started to put his sword away, however he paused as he heard footsteps approach him. He turned around to see a bird like creature that wore a captains hat with a large red feather in the side, a captains coat that was covered in what looked like golden armour on her chest and shoulders, she had an earring in one of her feathers, and she had dark green crystal for a peg leg. The bird like pirate took a sip from the bottle of alcohol she was holding. "Can I help you?" Twilight watched in awe as Luffy ate his FIFTH plate of meat, meanwhile everypony else was happily eating their meal, except for Sanji who poked his meal with a fork. The place they decided to eat at was a small tavern with tons of rowdy pirates drinking away and partying the night away. "You guys don't seem too worried about Zoro." Twilight commented. "He gets lost all the time." Luffy said through a mouthful of meat. "It's kinda funny." "Luffy's right he'll turn up again." Sanji said pushing his plate of across from him. "Speaking of which I need to....'speak' with the chief." Sanji said walking towards the kitchen, dodging the various patrons on his way to air his grievances to the staff. Twilight watched as the cook left and then went back to staring her meal which was a grey slop. "Why are there ponies here?" Twilight wondered out load. "Yeah it's weird right?" Usopp responded to the alicorn. "You would think with Equestria being a mythical country, there wouldn't be human pirates running around." "Hmm... maybe the ponies are sex slaves." Robin theorized. Both Twilight and Usopp's faces contorted into a mix of shock and fear. "Where do you get these ideas from?" Franky said a little concerned for his crewmate. Chopper looked across the tavern not really paying attention to conversation, and saw a hooded figure watching them from a few tables across. The reindeer let out a small squeak before looking down at the table trying not to make eye contact. "What's wrong Chopper?" Nami asked noticing how nervous the ship's doctor was. "Um I think someone is watching us." Chopper said nervously. Nami narrowed her eyes and looked around the tavern and saw the hooded figure that scared Chopper, looking right at her Nami's eyes shrunk in fear. "Um guys..." The orange haired thief began, as the figure slowly got up and began to walk towards them. Luffy stopped eating the chicken leg that was in his hand. "What's wrong Na-" A loud crash rang out as the figure jumped on the table causing it to break, the crew and Twilight looked in shock as the figure stood over the spilled food and drinks and slowly rose to look at Luffy. "Monkey D. Luffy..." A low female voice spoke, the figure threw off her cloak to reveal a dark purple unicorn with spiky red hair, and a broken horn, she also had a large scar across her left eye giving her a menacing look. "You're coming with me." The pony demanded.
The coming tempest"Hey you ruined my meal!" Luffy shouted at the unicorn that was towering above him like a lion about to eat it's prey. The unicorn grabbed Luffy by the vest and brought him up to her face. "You are going to make me a lot a of money." She said giving a sinister smile. "Tempest?" Twilight asked looking at the bounty hunter in shock. The unicorn's eyes widened, and her ears dropped "Princess Twilight!?" She said dropping Luffy. "What are you doing-" "GUM GUM-" "No Luffy wait!" Twilight yelled, but it was too late. "-BAZOOKA" Luffy screamed, his arms shooting out and hitting Tempest in the chest sending her flying. However Tempest pushed her legs down skirting to a halt, knocking over a few tables in the process. The tavern went quiet as the bounty hunter recovered. The unicorn slowly raised her head and spat, Luffy meanwhile adjusted his hat. Twilight looked on in fear realizing what was about to happen. "Oh no...." Tempest's broken horn began to spark, until a dark green orb began to float in front of her. "Ah... what happened?" Franky said cracking his neck. "I WAS trying to tell you guys someone was coming towards us!" Nami cried. "W-who was that?" Usopp stuttered, slowly rising from the floor. "WATCH OUT!!!" Twilight screamed, her horn glowing with purple magic. Suddenly, the group were enveloped in a a purple dome that shielded them from the on coming orb that crashed against the shield. Chopper moved one of his hooves from his eyes. "Incredible!" He said amazed. "What is this?" Franky mumbled to himself, touching the walls of the dome he was in. "Where's Twilight!?" Nami Asked looking around frantically. The dome suddenly disappeared as Twilight fell to her knees coughing. Hands popped out of the ground in front of Twilight, before she fell to the floor. "TWILIGHT!!!" Chopper screamed as he ran towards the passed out alicorn. "What's wrong chopper?" Usopp asked. Robin was feeling Twilight's forehead, as the alicorn Princess gave short raspy breaths as she breathed. Chopper was on Twilight's chest, listening to her heartbeat. "We need to get her out of here." The reindeer said transforming into a more humanoid form that resembled a bigfoot. Carefully he carried Twilight in his arms, "Luffy we need to-" "GUM GUM-PISTOL!!!" Luffy screamed shooting his arm forward towards the armored unicorn. However said unicorn grabbed Luffy's arm just as she dodged out of the way. Luffy struggled to pull his arm away but it was no use, Tempest used Luffy's arm to swing him across the room and causing him to crash into the nearby bar. (The restaurant goers took this as their cue to leave.) "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!!!!???" Chopper screamed. "Chopper..." Robin said putting a hand on Chopper's shoulder. "...We should focus on getting Twilight out of here." "She's right we should go..." Nami said grabbing Chopper's hand. Chopper nodded, however his eyes lit up as he remembered something. "Where's Sanji?" As if on cue a man dressed in a apron, and chef's hat, went flying out of the kitchen crashing onto a nearby table. "Thanks for your time..." Sanji said walking out of the kitchen, lighting a cigarette on the way out. "SANJI WE NEED TO GO!!!" Chopper screamed, clutching Twilight like a baby. "Huh why?" Sanji braced himself as something crashed nearby, it was Luffy, who was bruised and bleeding from his nose. "Alright who-" Sanji's heart leapt to his throat as he turned to see his captain's attacker, but all he saw was a GODDESS. Her green eyes sparkled like gems, her red hair was as beautiful as a rose, her thighs could crush diamonds, oh yeah she had pretty great rack as well. "Am I dreaming?" Sanji mumbled, not noticing her pulling out two daggers from her sleaves. "WEAPONS LEFT!!!" A huge explosion rang out near the bounty hunter, causing dust to fly everywhere and for Tempest to disappear in the dust cloud. "That was close..." Franky said as his hand going back to normal. "Thank goodness for-" Before Franky could finish his sentence, Sanji kicked him in the shins. "OW what the hell was that for!?" Franky hissed jumping up and down holding his left leg. "YOU COULD HAVE YOU KILLED HER!!!" Sanji screamed. "Wha-" Franky stuttered. "WHAT DID SHE EVER DO TO YOU BIKINI WEARING PREVERT!!!!" Sanji was screaming so hard his face was turning red. "SHE TRIED TO KILL YOU DUMBASS!!!!" Franky angerly screamed back at the lovesick cook. Tempest leapt out of the dust cloud, causing both men to stop arguing seeing the bounty hunter flying towards them, daggers at the ready. "egg-star!!!" Tempest was suddenly hit in the face with a raw egg, causing her to close her eyes as yok dripped off her face, and for her to loose her balance crashing onto the floor right on her face. Usopp then grabbed his two crewmates by the collar and ran out the door, practically dragging them behind himself. The red haired unicorn slowly got up, growling as she wiped the egg on her face. "Do you think I'll just let you get away-" "GUM-GUM-" Tempest spun around to see Luffy back on his feet, his arms stretched and curled behind him. "-GATLING!!!" Tempest raised her daggers to attack the wounded pirate, however she reacted too late as she was pelted by Luffy's fists in almost every direction, making her fly out of the tavern and crashing into a nearby fountain. "Jeez." Luffy sighed stepping out of the tavern and adjusting his hat. "That was tough." A small crowd began to surround the victorious pirates. "They just knocked out Tempest Shadow..." one person whispered in complete awe. More gasps and whispers soon followed as they watched the Straw Hat captain slowly walk out of the tavern, cracking his neck as he stopped just in front of the fountain. Where Tempest was knocked out and getting soaked. "Oi Luffy!" Nami called out waving one of her arms in the air. Next to her was Chopper who was holding a unconscious Twilight, Usopp and Franky were next to him looking amazed, and Robin was trying to consul Sanji who was absolutely beside himself. "Oh hey guys what's going on?" Luffy asked smiling. "Twilight passed out!" Chopper said. "What?!" Luffy shouted completely shocked. "Why didn't you guys tell me?" "WE DID!!!" The group (aside from a giggling Robin) screamed at the same time. "Oh this is where you guys were." Zoro said walking out of the crowd. "Hey Zoro!" Luffy called out, waving at the swordsman. "You missed dinner." "Yeah sorry about that..." Zoro said scratching the back off his neck. Zoro looked over to Sanji, who was hugging Robin while sobbing. "Jeez what happened to you?" "BUZZ OFF!!!" Sanji yelled at the swordsman, in-between sobs. "Just asking, sheesh." Zoro angerly mumbled to himself, while he walked over to where Luffy was standing. "So who was that?" Zoro asked looking at the bounty hunter who was leaning against the base of the fountain, her head being tilted downwards hiding her face. "Dunno." Luffy said bluntly, tilting his head in thought "But she was tough." Zoro looked at the knocked out Tempest. "is she some kind of bounty hunter?" Zoro questioned. Suddenly, Tempest threw a dagger that nearly grazed the now shocked swordsman. "Correct.... Roronoa Zoro." She cooed as she slowly rose, water dripping off her dented armor. "...Former pirate hunter." Tempest growled, wiping blood from her mouth.
Somewhere on the 'Grand Line' Twilight took in a sharp breath as the world came in around her the sky was clear, the sound of seagulls and waves putting her at ease, and she could feel the wind rub against her bare skin. wait bare? Before Twilight could finish that thought, she realized she was falling. Upon realizing her current situation she began to scream and wave her arms helplessly. But it was of littlie use as she splashed into the ocean, Twilight splashed around trying to swim but realized she had used all of her energy when she teleported. "HELP!" "HELP!" "HELP!" Twilight screamed desperately hoping, praying somepony could help her. Twilight began to spit out more and more water as she was having a hard time keeping her head above the surface. But no matter how much she fought against the tide she just kept sinking lower beneath the water. Twilight sank under the water her throat stinging from the salt and water invading her lungs. The world around Twilight became darker and darker, until she lost conciseness not noticing the large ship coming towards her. Tick.... tock.....tick.... tock Twilight stirred her eyes felt so heavy, and her arms and legs felt so sore, and her mind was foggy. Twilight then began to hear herself breathing in short and raspy breaths, her chest rising and and falling against the mattress. where am I? Slowly Twilight opened her eyes, everything was blurry at first but soon the world became a lot more clear. She was looking at a wooden ceiling and she felt herself and the bed she was in rocking a little, it was subtle but it was there, Twilight was on a ship. Twilight's breathing became a lot more steady as she turned her head to take in her surroundings. To her right was various photos of a snowy landscape, with circular mountains in the distance. Another photo showed a older looking woman, with long silver hair, a long nose, and sunglasses smiling at the camera. Twilight looked to her left and saw a desk with different types bottles that are filled with what she assumed to be medicine, as well as a small clock ticking away. near the right side of the desk was a small bookcase, with titles Twilight couldn't read from where she was laying. Twilight sighed trying to remember how she got here. let's see.... I teleported out of Canterlot, Princess Celestia got possessed by pirate that can turn into fog, then...I was falling. Twilight choked remembering how her friends tried to stand up to the pirates, only to be met with a dark hole, if they were dead or alive Twilight didn't know. Twilight felt tears began to form as she remembered Princess Luna being turned into a stone statue, and Celestia being controlled by their captain. Despite the circumstances Twilight couldn't help but feel like she abandoned them. The door to the room opened with a soft creak as soft footsteps soon followed. Twilight slowly sat up trying to see who her rescuer might be. Coming into the room was a short creature, that at first Twilight mistook for being some kind of racoon dog. The creature was wearing a pink top hat with an x mark at the front, it had antlers sticking out from the hat, it was also wearing scarlet shorts, it also seem to have a blue nose as well. It was holding a tray in it's hooves that had medicine on top of it, as well as a cloth being dipped in hot water. The creature stopped as soon as it realized Twilight was watching it. It's eyes grew wide and it dropped the tray it was carrying. "....Um.... hi?" Twilight said awkwardly. The creature let out a high pitched scream, before stumbling backwards. "Oi Chopper!" a voice on the other side of the side of the door called out. "Is everything okay?" A young man asked in a raspy voice, poking his head through the door. The young man had messy black hair and a scar under his right eye. He wore a bright red vest, and puffy jean shorts. But the most memorable detail about him, was his yellow Straw Hat that had a red band going around it. The man in the Straw Hat looked over to Twilight and blinked. "Oh hey Horse Girl's awake." The man said giving a bright smile that remined Twilight of Pinkie Pie. "Horse girl?" Twilight repeated, a little insulted at the nickname he gave her. Twilight looked down at herself and remembered one glaring issue she failed to remember during her 'rest'. Her face turned a bright red and she squealed. "What?" The man asked a little worried. "What's wrong?" "I'M NAKED!!!!" Twilight screamed, trying to use the blanket to cover herself. "Oh." The man said dumbly. "GET OUT!!!!" Twilight threw her pillow at the man, barley missing him as he ducked. With a yelp the man quickly fled from Twilight's wraith by ducking out of the room, closing the door behind him. The creature who Twilight assumed was named Chopper, slowly got up and ran up to Twilight. "This is to help with any pain." Chopper said giving Twilight a small bottle of medicine, the reindeer then waddled out the door giving Twilight some privacy. Twilight looked at the bottle, it was filled with a blue liquid and it was unlabeled. Slowly Twilight opened the bottle and put it to her muzzle. It didn't smell dangerous, Twilight took a breath as she finally drank the bottle in one swig. Twilight coughed and sputtered after she was done drinking the bottle, it tasted horrible but she did feel her strength come back. Slowly Twilight climbed out of the bed she was laying on, wrapping the sheet around her like a towel. Her wings felt uncomfortable, having to be tucked into her makeshift outfit. However before Twilight opened the door, she noticed something tucked at the foot of the bed. Twilight looked to it and let out a sigh of relief, it was a pink bathrobe folded neatly against the bed. Twilight looked around, making sure no one could see her before finally dropping the sheet and grabbing the bathrobe. Slowly Twilight put her arms through the robe, she tightened it around her waist so she would look somewhat modest. Unfortunately there still wasn't any room for her wings, but that was a small price to pay. Twilight turned around, slowly making her way to the door before, she then opened it. At first the sun light blinded her for brief moment, before finally everything came into view. She was on a ship, but the main deck looked like it covered in grass, there was also a large mast that had at the top to what Twilight can only guess to being a small circular building, that had windows dotted around it, under the building was a megaphone to call out to anypony on the deck, in front of the mast was a set of stairs that led up to the front of the ship and many other different rooms at the front, and at the very front of the ship was the back of a large yellow figure head that had long orange spines coming out of the top of it. But the thing that caught Twilight's attention was the sail connected to the mast. On the sail was a smiling skull wearing a straw hat and crossbones going through the middle of the skull. She was on a pirate ship. Twilight's heart sank. Why was she on a pirate ship, did they rescue her? Did they know she was a princess? Were they holding her for ransom? Then why did they nurse her back to- "Ahem!" Twilight's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of someone loudly saying 'ahem'. The alicorn turned to the source of the noise, (and Tightening her robe around her chest just in case.) From the source of the noise she saw a man with curly eyebrows, and shaggy blonde hair that was covering half his face. He wore a blue collar button shirt with a black tie, he also had a rose in his mouth. He brushed his hair back before walking towards Twilight with a grin. "lovely rose, for a lovely woman." The man said seductively, holding out the rose with two fingers. "...Thank you?" Twilight said raising a brow, slowly grabbing the rose with one hand. "I'm sorry but I don't know who you are." Twilight stated. The man flicked his hair. "Sanji." The man introduced himself. "Cook, pirate, …and single." Sanji then began to slowly kiss Twilight's hand. "Oooookay..." Twilight mumbled, drawing her hand back. "Lunch will be ready soon, you should eat before Luffy cleans out everything." Sanji said lighting a cigarette. "Uh I'll keep that in mind... thank you." Twilight said. The cook let out a drag of smoke before walking away... but not before winking at Twilight. Twilight's eyes narrowed thinking back to the encounter. That was... 'odd' Twilight thought to herself. Twilight brought the rose to her face to smell it, before she ate the flower in one bite. Slowly Twilight made her way down stairs, she paused as felt the grass brush against her bare feet. The alicorn turned to the bottom of the mast as heard what sounded clanking metal emitting from it. The source of the clanking was a man lifting weights, The man had short green hair and some earrings on his right ear. He wore a simple white shirt and a green sash around his black pants, next to him were three katanas. He paused and looked over to Twilight. "Hey." The swordsman greeted, before going back to... whatever he was doing. Twilight blinked not expecting such a simple greeting. "Hel-" Before Twilight could respond a loud BOOM rang out, rocking the ship in the process. Twilight stubbled around trying find her balance, meanwhile the swordsman just calmly put down his weights. "SSSSSSSSSSSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!" A deep manly voice yelled, startling Twilight in the process. "What was that!?" Twilight cried. "Probably Franky...." The swordsman said. "I think he's up front if you want to see him." "Um.... thanks." Twilight responded The man nodded. "By the way, the name's Zoro." The man introduced. "Also your robe is coming lose." Zoro pointed out, raising an eyebrow at Twilight. Twilight blushed before she Tightened said robe, she thanked Zoro as she began to walk to the front of the ship. Following the sound of cannon fire Twilight made it to the front of the ship and saw two men tinkering with a large cannon attached to some barrels. One of the men had a blue pompadour, he wore sunglasses and a Hawaiian shirt, he had large arms with star tattoos on them, he also wore a speedo which reviled a little too much. "I think we're gonna need more cola for this bad boy." The man said in deep voice, Twilight soon realized he was the voice form earlier. "What do you think Usopp?" The man looked up form were he was looking, the man wore a dark green bandanna on his head, on top of the bandanna was a pair of goggles that shifted up and down, he also wore brown overalls and had black curly hair, but the most glaring detail was his long nose. "What?" the long nosed man asked "hmm I don't know-" "Um hello?" Twilight called out, the two men turning to her direction. "I was wondering if one of you was 'franky'?" Twilight asked. "That would be me, why?" The blue haired man said. "Well I have been meeting everypony else and I heard you at the front and I thought-" Twilight began to ramble. "You're losing me." Franky said tilting his head to the side. "And I am The Great Captain Usopp!" Usopp proudly introduced himself. Twilight blinked "I'm sor-" "I found you floating on sea completely unconscious, and I bravely dove in to save you from the fierce octopus that was going to devoir you whole." Usopp recounted. Franky knocked him over the head. "Yeah... no Luffy was actually the one who first spotted you, I was the one who pulled you out, and there was no octopus." Franky explained. well that does explain a few things. Twilight bit her lip mulling over the question that haunted her sense she woke up. "How long was I unconscious for?" Twilight asked The two men looked at each other hesitantly. "Well-" Franky began trying to find the right words. "Around three weeks." he finally said. Twilight's heart sank. THREE WEEKS!? Twilight's ears folded and she felt her knees buckle, before she fell to the ground with her head in hands and tears beginning to form. Three weeks... Franky went up to her and patted her on the back. "H-hey i-it's not so bad at least you didn't sleep for a month." He said with little comfort. Twilight covered her mouth thinking about all that could have happened while she was gone, however Twilight soon felt a hand patting her face with a tissue. Twilight looked to where the hand was and jumped back screaming. The hand was coming out of the floor still holding the tissue it was using. "Sorry about that." A woman's voice said. Twilight turned around and saw a tall slender woman with long black hair, she wore black jeans and a yellow tank top. "My name is Nico Robin, I'm sorry if I scared you." The woman said in silky mature voice. Twilight whipped around to the sound of Franky and Usopp letting out cries of pain. "WHAT WERE YOU TWO THINKING!?" Another woman screamed. The other woman had short orange hair and a windmill tattoo on her right arm, she wore a striped green shirt and a short yellow skirt. "What was that for!?" Usopp whined, rubbing the bruise that was starting to form. (Franky meanwhile was writhing on the ground in pain.) "That was for rocking the ship you nearly gave me a heart attack!" The woman lectured, she looked over to Twilight taking in a deep breath. "Hi my name is Nami, sorry about that." The woman said calmly. "I'm sorry if any of these idiots caused any problems." "What... is happening?" Twilight asked herself. Robin giggled grabbing Twilight's hand. "Come on, let's find you some clothes."
