The Unknown Pirate

CH. 3

I feel my eyes widen at the sight of meat on Luffy's plate. "how?!" I asked sitting down next to Luffy and Zoro. "We still don't know ourselves. He also ate the gum-gum fruit," Zoro said eating his big sized plate. "really?" I asked pulling on Luffy's face, it stretched. "would you stop that I'm trying to eat," Luffy said stuffing his mouth. I look down at my own plate and see a salad and fruits, I stared at it. "is something wrong miss Annabelle?" Sanji asked. I nodded. "where is the meat?" I asked. "oh! right away. I just figured with your body type you ate lightly," Sanji said setting a plate of chicken breast and ribs down in front of me. "ah, now this is more like it," I said digging into a rib. "I guess she not a delicate eater," Sanji mumbled. Zoro laughed. I look around at the crew. a reindeer, a cyborg, and a skeleton. "this is some crew you got here," I said. "yup they're the best!" Luffy said grabbing more meat. "what are their jobs?" I asked. "I'm the captain, Zoro is the swordsman and first mate, Nami is the navigator, Sanji is the cook, Ussop is the sniper, Chopper is the doctor, Franky is the ship wright, Brook is the musician, and Robin is the archaeologist," Luffy said with his mouth full. "wow, that's a good crew you got there," I said. "yeah, I know," Luffy said finishing his meat and starting to steal from his crew's food. I stood up. "where are you going Quartermaster-chan?" Robin asked. "please call me Annabelle and I'm walking to the deck," I said. "do you want desert Annabelle-chan?" Sanji asked. "no thank you Sanji I really don't care sweets," I said leaving the room. the sun was going down as I made my way across the ship. I climbed up on to the thousand sunny's head and sat down closing my eyes and laying back on the mane. "hey you're in my spot!" Luffy yelled walking over to me. "very well captain. I shall find another spot to sit then," I said standing up on the thousand sunny's head. "naw, you don't have to leave," Luffy said about to walk away. "you know there's room for two up here," I said sitting down and patting a spot next to me. Luffy walk back over to where I was and climbed up here. I wonder when I should tell them of my past? "what's wrong?" Luffy asked. "oh nothing. just thinking," I said looking over at the horizon. "what about?" he asked. "uh nothing important, just my mates," I said leaning back. "they're awesome," he said beaming. "it sure is a mixture," I said. "land ahoy! prepare to go ashore," Nami yelled on the speakers. Luffy jumped up to help with the sails. I shook my head and jumped on the deck to help.

"I wonder what things they have here?" Chopper asked. "I just hope they have meat," Luffy said walking along beside me. "I need a new katana," I said looking at the stuff natives had to sale. "I can help you with that," Zoro said walking on the other side of me. "thanks," I said. "okay this is what we're doing, Zoro and Annabelle are going after a katana and water, Sanji and Luffy go get food, Usopp and Franky can get parts for projects, Chopper get medication, if you need to, Robin and me will go shopping, and brook it's your turn to watch the ship. be back at the ship in two hours," Nami said assigning jobs.

"do you know where the shop is?" I asked. "yeah, it should be up here... I think," he said. "you don't know do you?" I asked. "I know there is a shop here, I just forgot where," he said. I shook my head. "I'm going to ask someone," I said. I look around to find someone to ask. I see this man looked remarkably like Luffy but, was also slightly taller and more muscular. He had a tattoo on his back of a pirate symbol purple bones formed in a cross behind a purple skull with a white mustache he had another tattoo on his upper left bicep that spells "ASCE" vertically. The "S" crossed out. he had no shirt, black boots, black knee-length shorts with an eyelet-studded orange belt, and a blue pouch belted around his left leg. He also wore a short second belt with a large red "A" on the silver buckle over his right hip, but left it unfastened and threaded the free end along the back of his shorts. A dagger in a green sheath hung at his left hip. On his left arm, he wore a log pose and a red and white striped bracelet around his wrist, an orange elbow guard, and his "ASCE" tattoo. He wore a red beaded necklace and an orange hat with two blue smileys one frowning and one smiling, and a string of red beads sitting above the rim. Two long orange side straps hung down sides of his hat and met at a large medallion of a bull's skull with orange tassels. 'I know him from somewhere.' "excuse me sir," I said tapping him on the shoulder. he turned around looked at me and looked behind me. "Oi Ace," Zoro said giving a half wave. " hey Zoro," Ace said. "you know him?" I asked. "yeah he is Luffy's older brother," Zoro said. " wait are you Portgas D. Ace of the Whitebeard pirates?" I asked. " yes, second division captain," he said. "so how is gramps?" I asked. "you know gramps?" he asked. "yes," I said. "how do you know gramps?" he asked. "why don't you come to the ship, you can catch up with Luffy and I'll tell you how I know gramps. we docked on the fourth pier," I said. "okay sounds good to me," Ace said. "great. we'll see you then," I said. "now lets find that shop," I said turning to face Zoro. "how do you know white beard?" Zoro asked. "I don't want to have to tell it twice, so you'll have to wait till later. look there is the shop," I said pointing to a shop. "lets go then," Zoro said walking in to the shop.