//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: Luffy the Rubber Pony! // Story: My Little One Piece: Nakama is Magic! // by TimmayIsHawt //------------------------------// Luffy picked himself off the ground, glaring at his attacker. He carefully picked up his hat and placed it on his head. Rainbow Dash and Luffy stared at each other for what felt like eternity, studying each other cautiously. Finally Luffy broke the silence. "Are you trying to pick a fight or something?!" Luffy raged putting himself in an attacking position. "Don't you dare try to hurt Fluttershy!" Rainbow Dash said defensively, ready to fend off her opponent. She looked over at Fluttershy, making sure Luffy didn't hurt her in any way. Bad choice. She than looked back at Luffy and noticed that the stallion's hoof was stretching towards her. "Gomu Gomu no... PISTOL!" Rainbow Dash stared dumbly at the stretching hoof but she quickly got out of her trance and was able to dodge before it hit her. The force of the punch completely broke two or three trees that laid behind them. Rainbow Dash noticed his strength and realized how dangerous it would be to get hit by one of his... strange punches. She planned quickly and decided to attack him airborne. She took to the skies carefully watching out for his punches that flew out towards her in the sky. Luffy began to realize that she was easily dodging his attacks from up there and slowly getting closer, so he came up with another idea. "Gomu Gomu no... GATLING GUN!" He yelled aloud, throwing off consecutive punches with amazing speed. Rainbow Dash tried to dodge all of them at once this time, but her luck was running out. She admitted she couldn't get close enough to attack him, his punches were just too fast. Finally one punch was about to make it's way towards Rainbow's face. "Oh no... this is it!" She shut her eyes tightly but than... "STOOOOOOOOOOOOP!" Fluttershy screamed. Luffy's punch stopped, barely touching Rainbow's mane. The two stopped what they were doing and looked over at the timid pony. "Um... only if you want too..." She added quietly. "What the hell!?" Luffy asked her with confusion. Fluttershy yelped but stood her ground. "Don't hurt Rainbow please!" Fluttershy told Luffy, frowning. "She is a... friend." Luffy looked at the cyan pegasus and back to her. "She's your... friend?" Luffy looked at the stunned Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash was not use to Fluttershy yelling loudly like that. The one time she could remember Fluttershy yelling that loudly was when she performed a sonic rainboom during the Best Young Flyer competition. Luffy than smiled widely and chuckled. "Oh! I see, why didn't you say so earlier?" The two mares just stared at him, shocked. Rainbow Dash quickly got out of her trance and flew over to Fluttershy. "Just who is this pony?!" Rainbow Dash whispered. "And why the hay can his hoof stretch!?" "Um... somepony I met when I got lost." Fluttershy told her. "He seemed scary at first, but he is a nice pony." "Gee, he sure was nice when he threw all those punches at me." "Well, you did attack him first." Rainbow face hoofed. "That's not the point Fluttershy, we don't know if we could trust him or not. You've seen what he was capable of." They both looked over at the bored Luffy. He was picking his nose, and looked over at them confused. "Well... I don't know... I don't trust him one bit." Rainbow told her, anxiety in her voice. Luffy carelessly trotted over to them. "What are you guys talking about?" He asked casually. Rainbow jumped, not noticing him come up from behind. "Oh uh... nothing important." She lied. "Oh well, I'm hungry. Do you guys have a town? Or maybe even a ship? I want to get off this island." Luffy told them. They looked at him confusion. "Well, there is a town not to far from here, but I don't know about the ship thing... this place is definitely not an island though." Fluttershy said. "Do you want us to take you there?" "Now just wait a second Fluttershy, this guy is dangerous, remember?" Rainbow protested. Luffy looked at them. "Who me?" Luffy asked dumbly. Rainbow Dash face hoofed. "Not only is he strong, but he's an idiot too. Why does he remind me of a certain somepony..." Rainbow Dash thought annoyingly. "I guess we can show him around town." Rainbow Dash finally agreed. "But I got my eyes on you!" She turned looking at Luffy. Fluttershy smiled happily and turned to Luffy. "So... um... you never told us your name." Fluttershy squeaked. "And why can your hooves stretch?" "Me? I'm Monkey D. Luffy. I'm a rubber hu- er... pony. Nice to meet you." Luffy told them casually. "A rubber pony? How is that even possible?" Rainbow Dash asked. "I ate a rubber fruit. Now I'm a rubber pony." "Ergwhat?" Rainbow Dash was just confused out of her mind. "Let's just go find the others and find what we were looking for, than we can take him back to Ponyville. We can also probably get Twilight to find how Luffy turned into rubber." She said as she flew above the large trees trying to determine were they where. Fluttershy and Luffy looked at each other as she flew up. Rainbow Dash flew up as high as she can and scanned the forest top for a few minutes. It took her awhile until she finally spotted the hut, then sped back down to her companions. "Alright, I found Zecora's hut, you guys ready to get going?" Rainbow Dash approached them carelessly. The two nodded and began to follow Rainbow. As Fluttershy began walking, she instantly felt the pain on her bad ankle. She yelped and collapsed on the ground. "Fluttershy, you alright?!" Rainbow Dash asked helping her up. "It's fine... I just sprained... one of my hooves." She winced as she tried to get up, the pain that was held itself back when she was being chased by Luffy consumed her. She began to float off the ground, using her gentle wings. "I can fly remember, so I'll be fine," "Alright... if you say so..." Rainbow Dash said worryingly. The two followed Rainbow Dash towards the supposed location of Zecora's home. As they slowly made there way through the forest, Fluttershy and Luffy began chatting. "So how did you get here? Were you lost in the forest?" Fluttershy asked. "Augh... no, I think I fell from the sky and landed here." Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy gasped. "Wait... so you're the flying object we came to investigate!?" Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy asked in unison. Luffy looked at them and shrugged, continuing walking in a random direction. Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash looked at each other and followed after him, well for Fluttershy's case floating after him. They walked in silence, the forest darkening by the time they reached hut. As they approached, they noticed the dim lights shining out of the windows. Rainbow Dash flew over and knocked on it a couple of times. A lavender mare opened the door, looking at her guests. "Oh Rainbow Dash! I see you got Fluttershy back." Twilight smiled warmly, allowing the three to enter the now very crowded hut. "Yeah... I did" Rainbow Dash sighed. Twilight noticed the red stallion with a straw hat tagging along them and decided to ask questions when everyone got comfortable. Three ponies looked up at the new arrivals as they walked through the door. "Fluttershy! Rainbow Dash! You guys are all right!" The three said happily, but than looked over at the red stallion. Most of the mares in the hut studied him carefully. "Who are you?" Twilight, Rarity, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie asked in unison. "Mares... let me introduce you to Luffy!" Fluttershy smiled at them. "I found him in the Everfree Forest, I think he was lost." "Nice to meet you." Luffy said casually as he picked his nose.