regret

I was strolling in a river and I fell into a portal

 Allie Spargo was stuck in a horrid situation at the moment, a situation that was totally not her fault.

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 Okay, maybe it was  but what could she have done, she was just a helpless teenage girl, and she'd much rather spend her time exploring the woods around her home than do her homework. I mean, you'd do the same if you lived near  the woods your entire life, admit it.

  And that was how our young heroin got in trouble and is now writing extra lines as a punishment. She was supposed to at least, as the teacher left to go do her teachery stuff (pretty sure that's not a word but whatever) that involves going to the principals office and dismissing  class early, that was Allie's last class so she was saved from her punishment.

Allie scooped up her books and pencil case, heading out towards freedom. Once Allie got out of the prison disguised as a school, she decided to head to the park first, since she got out of class early. As Allie walked, she wasn't paying attention, she was way too busy imagining herself as a knight in the prosses of slaying the deplorable dragon that was holding a little girl hostage.

"Allie!"

Huh... weird, it was almost as if someone was calling her name... Anyways, Allie swung her sword at the dragons chest, a loud clang resounded, seems as if the dragons scales are as thick and strong as metal, Allie took a step back.

"Allie!!"

Allie charged forward with a shout, driving her sword into the dragons eye, the dragon let out a mighty roar and then- "ALLIE!!!" 

Allie stopped in her tracks, turning around to discover Tasya (her bff of course, why else would she remember her name-) trying to catch up to her. "oh hey Tasya, why do you seem out of breath?" for some reason Tasya glared at her like she was a deplorable bug. "Oh i don't know... I was just trying to catch up to a giraffe that appears to be deaf" I get the feeling that she was being sarcastic.

"sorry, that was my bad, what did you want anyways?" I looked at Tasya, waiting for her answer. "I was wondering if you'd be able to make it to our annual sleep over later" 

"of course i'll be there, when have i ever missed it?" Tasya smiled "Yeah, youre right, i was just slightly worried" We talked a bit more before she waved goodbye and left, I continued on my walk to the park.

 The park was pretty, as always, i went over to my favourite spot in the park, did i mention that this park has a river? well it does, there is a little nook, hidden from the prying eyes of curious wanderers that i liked to relax in. its my secret spot, despite most people probably already knowing of its existence, what matters is that i can always count on it when i'm playing hide and seek.

 usually no body was there, this day was different though, as i saw a guy probably around my age there. being the unsocial introverted otaku that i am, i ignored him and pretended that my intention was always to stroll by the river... i dont think it mattered anyways as he was reading a book and didnt even seem to notice that i was there in the first place, so i proceeded to walk as i cursed my introverted self for being an introvert (not saying its bad, just what i usually do as an introvert).

anyways, i just enjoyed the scenery, cause why not. My mind was clearly distracted, as i didnt notice the stupid little pebble that (probably) didnt trip me on purpose. As the consequences of my actions, i  (unfortunately) fell into the river. 

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Great, now i'm sopping wet, embarrassed and kinda cold. As i hoped to sink into the ground and disappear forever, i stood up, intending to walk out with what little dignity that i had left, however, the universe apparently hates me. why do i say that you ask? well... i am currently falling through the air, i dont know how i ended up in a freefall without my consent, but i brushed that thought aside, opting to instead panic on the inside as i observed my surroundings which was literally just sky. I know that i wished that i could fly, but this was not what i meant!

  As i was internally panicking, i noticed that a blob of green and a whole lot of blue started to show up in my vision, through my panic stricken mind, i slowly registered that the blue was water, which to be specific, was ocean water. I sighed and resigned to my fate, deciding that if i was going to die i was at least going to die in the most unexpected way, at least according to me.

Before i knew it, i was falling past the top most branches of what seemed to be some ridiculously tall trees and crashing into something. "...did i die?" i mumbled out, blinking and looking around curiously. I realised that i did not in fact die, i had landed on top of some sort of squishy groaning pile.

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"wait what? groaning?!" i exclaimed, leaping up in surprise and turning to look at whatever poor soul was turned into my landing pad. Whoever it was, it had red hair. 

Third POV:

 Shanks groaned as something fell on top of him, pushing him to the ground and effectively trapping him as he was momentarily dazed (i know that its unrealistic since there is no way shanks wouldve missed a human falling towards him with that observation haki of his, but sacrifices for the plot have to be made). Allie jumped off from him and proceeded to stare at the red haired man in shock, contemplating whether to run away or to help him, however, her indecisiveness proved to be a liability, as she ended up frozen and staring at him in shock.

 Shanks got up after gathering himself, brushing off the dust from his clothes before he looked around, spotting Allie almost instantaneously. 

Shanks POV:

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  "i guess thats a relief, i thought it was another pirate that came to get revenge... youre not here for revenge are you?" I said to the girl, looking at her questioningly.

 "no... im definitely not, oh yeah, do you know where i am? and who are you? you look like a character i know from a show i like"

 I just listened as the girl rambled out her thoughts in a mix of confusion and amusement. "i think youre mistaken, as far as i know, i'm not in any cartoons, oh, and i'm shanks by the way, who are you?"

 Allie's pov:

 i stopped rambling when i heard him introduce himself. "oh, i'm Allie, Allie Spargo"  

...to be honest i was freaking out inside, i just realised that he looks exactly like shanks from one piece... and he has the same name too... wait, hold up, am i seeing this right? i looked around me just to realize that everything seemed pretty cartoony, including me... could it be? have i been transported to my favourite anime of all time? i wish, im probably just seeing things. i did just fall from the sky... even with the human cushion breaking my fall...

 Third pov:

 "Thats a cool name... oh yeah, did you just fall from the sky? how did you do that?" 

 Allie was silent for a bit before she answered "i dont know, but that definitely happened without my consent, curse whatever god out there that decided that i should try skydiving without a parachute.

 shanks let out a light a chuckle as he listened to her talk. "you know... youre quite the interesting character Allie." he smiled at her. "say, would you be interested in joining my crew? as an apprentice of course, you look quite young, say, how old are you?" 

 Allie stared at him dumbfounded. "...wait, what type of crew are you in?" 

 Shanks blinked in slight confusion. "isnt it obvious? im in a pirate crew, do you want to join in?" 

 As Allie stood there, a million thoughts ran through her head, an example of those thoughts would be 'do pirate crews even exist anymore?' or 'who the hell even is this guy? we literally just met' etc, you get the idea.

 "uh.... "

"is that a yes?" Shanks said with a grin.