//------------------------------// // Luffy tries to recruit Zoro and Helmeppo's sick lie! // Story: My Little Pony: Pirates of the New World! // by MarlonCalpe4000 //------------------------------// "Little girl... Did you bring those rice balls for me? How thoughtful." Helmeppo said as he quickly snatches Zoro's lunch from her. "Hey! Give it back!" The little girl angrily tries to takes back the riceball but Helmeppo already took a bite of it. "Blech!! Disgusting!! Its sweet!!" Helmeppo blurted out as his eyes bulged out of his eye sockets and waving his tounge out trying to scrape the grains of rice like what he ate was just crap. Everyone's faces except for Luffy and Coby just went red trying to hold in their laugh as to not get caught. "There's sugar on it!! Rice balls are supposed to be seasoned with salt!! Not sugar!!" "B.. But I like sweets so I figured that Sugar would be better!" The innocent girl tried to reason with two hands behind her back. "Hey sweet ingredients can definitely work on rice! Haven't he heard of rice cakes yet?!" Applejack said with an annoyed look. "And furthermore I take offense to that critique as somepony who loves hot sauce drizzled over cupcakes!!" Pinkie said as she crossed her arms over her chest looking like she had just been offended. "And if you don't like riceballs being seasoned with sugar then do so respectfully!! You don't have to take the anger out on food!!" Applejack said with a snort. "These are completely inedible!!" Helmeppo yelled as he angrily threw the riceballs on the ground hard and splattering the wasted food under his shoe with every stomp and splat. "Stop!! Please!! Your ruining them!!" The little girl cried and cried which made Pinkie and Applejack really mad only being stopped by Spike and everypony else who are just as angry lest their cover is blown and alert a bunch of marines. "Why I oughta..!!!" Pinkie and Applejack simultaneously said as Pinkie held a knife in her right forehoof and Applejack pulls out her lasso rope from under her hat only to be stopped by Twilight's magic. "How evil... That little girl worked really hard to make those riceballs!!" Coby said who was shocked and appalled at the events that unfold. "Don't worry! I'm sure that the ants find them delicious! Hahahaha!" Helmeppo laughed and laughed as he kept squishing the dirt filled flattened riceballs with his shoe. The little girl looked at the mess that was the lunch for Zoro now completely ruined. The riceballs were smashed up. Everything that she worked hard for was sabotaged, and tears fell from her eyes. She tried to hold it in, but she couldn't. "Waaahhhh!!" The little girl cried as waterfall tears gushed from her eyes as everypony especially Pinkie, Applejack and Twilight just want to ran in there and tackle Helmeppo to the ground to give him a good beating but they don't want to give their hidden position out to the marines. They are lucky enough that this Naval Base hasn't conduct a search operation for these, one may assume 'Mythical Zoans' with all the yelling heard. "Oh stop that crying!" Helmeppo said as he pinch the bridge of his nose and fix up his hair. "That's why I hate kids!" "Its your own fault! Can't you read the sign?" Helmeppo asks as he pointed to the sign near Zoro. "It says "anyone" aiding this prisoner shall be guilty of the crimes he has committed. -Captain Morgan." "I'm sure you've heard how scary my father can be! If you were an adult you would be put to death!" Helmeppo said as he put a thumb on the little girl's chin who looked at him with sniffling tear filled eyes. "You there! Throw that brat over the fence!!" Helmeppo ordered the marine escorting him but he was reluctant to follow such a command. "B.. But!!" "I'm ordering you to throw that little brat over the fence!" Helmeppo yelled as he grabbed the marine by the collar about to strangle him. "Are you going to disobey a direct order?! I'll tell Daddy on you!!" Helmeppo threatened as he tightened a grip on the marine's neck. "Y.. Yes sir. Right away!!" The marine replied as he threw the little girl over the fence but luckily she was caught by Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. "Hey are you okay?!" Coby asks as he used his hands to clean out the dirt from the girl's shoulder. "What a bad man...!" "My aren't you a stubborn one!" Helmeppo said raising his arms before removing the dust and dirt from his suit only to put them on Zoro's shirt as a sign that he considers him thrash. "That's right! I'm gonna last the entire month! You just keep your end of the bargain!" "Hahaha! I won't dream of breaking my word. If you survive out here for a month then I'll let you go!! Its my pleasure, I'm sure!! Hahaha!!" Helmeppo laughs as he turns and walks away being escorted by two marines closing the gate and leaving Zoro hanging on the cross out on the hot sun. "You still here?" Zoro asks as he saw Luffy walking towards him. "Better not let Helmeppo's father catch you." "Look... I'm looking for good men to join my pirate crew." Luffy said with a confident grin. "Pirate Crew? You think I'd lower myself to that level? No thanks" Zoro ranted. "But becoming a pirate is my dream! What's wrong with it?!" Luffy retorted. "You think if you untie me... I'm gonna join your pirate crew?" Zoro asks with a menacing grin on his face. "I haven't decide to ask yet... You've got a pretty bad reputation you know?" Luffy asked as he put a hand on his hat and having a brief glimpse of Shanks when he gave the rubber kid his straw hat. "Bad reputation huh? Well anyway, I don't go for that kind of deal. I've got my own plans for the future. I don't need your help. I can get out of here on my own. All I have to do is last for a month here, then I'm a free man! Captain Morgan's Idiot Son promised me. All I've got to do is survive here for one month. Then I'll be free to pursue my dream!!" Zoro said with that menacing grin on his face and struggling to get a comfortable position by the ropes. "Hmm... I see. I don't think I could last with one week without food." Luffy said in amazement as he was getting ready to walk away. "Me and you are different. I've got more willpower. So go look for a crew elsewhere..." "Hey wait a minute..." Zoro called out as Luffy was about leave the prison compound. "Huh?" "Pick that up for me." Zoro said referring to the smashed up riceball on the ground. "Your not going to eat it are you?! Its more of a dirt ball than a riceball now..." Luffy said as he picks up the dirt filled riceball. "I know your hungry but this..." "Shut up!" Zoro yelled as he opened his mouth Luffy complied and scooped the remains of the riceball , the ones that still could have been eaten at least, up. Zoro raised his head and Luffy dropped them into his open maw and he heard him crunching them vigorously with his teeth. "Mnch!! Mnch!! Mnch!! Chomp!! Mnch!! Chomp!! Hak Koff Koff!!" Zoro breathe heavily as the dirty riceball went right down his throat and into his stomach. "Koff... Tell the kid..." Zoro said not even looking looking Luffy in the eye. "Huh..?" Luffy asks with a confused look. "Tell her I said it was delicious. Tell her I ate it all" Zoro said trying his best to speak out his words since his throat is all dried up from not having a drink of water the longest time. " A... And... Thanks... " Zoro said with sincere gratitude in his voice, which made Luffy smile. "I needed that." "Hehehe no problem!" Luffy said with a thumbs up as he left the prison compound. "Really?!" The little girl asked, Surprised about the news. "Yeah! He ate it all up!" Luffy said as he sat down by the doorstep. "Well that there's someone I can respect. Someone who can see the value of food worked hard for" Applejack complimented with a tip of her hat. "I'm so glad!" The little girl said with a joyful heart. This certainly has brighten up her day. "Could that guy really be bad as everyone says?" Coby asks with a skeptical look on his face. "He's not a bad guy!" The little girl said with stars in her eyes like she was admiring some kind of masked hero. "W.. W.. What?!" Coby, Spike and the rest of the Mane 6 simultaneously asked with large anime style question marks on top of their heads. "Everybody is afraid of him... But he hasn't done anything wrong! He got thrown into prison because of me. Captain Morgan's son had a bunch of mean dogs! They attacked me... Roronoa Zoro saved me! Besides, those dogs were running loose and scaring everybody in town!" "Jeez... He's using a bunch of dogs to scare everyone in town? What a meany pants!" Pinkie said with an angry snort. “I don’t like it when people are mean to my friends or to anyone else!” Fluttershy asserted herself, her normally gentle eyes looking like they could stare into souls. "No one should abuse their animals like that! Whoever does that deserves to be... Ooh! I'm... so... mad... that I could just kick something!" The butter yellow pegasus then proceeds to kick an old vase on the side of the street as it starts rocking back and forth for a minute or two before ends up still standing and everyone else looking at Fluttershy with awkward faces. "Anyways... So thats why Zoro is in prison..." Twilight said continuing the conversation after that awkward moment as she finally put the puzzle pieces of the story together in her mind. "Because he hurt that guy's dog to save you?" Luffy asks as a mental picture of Helmeppo popped up in his head which only Pinkie can see. "That makes sense! Zoro's really scary but he only goes after people with a price on their heads. And he wouldn't get thrown into prison for that!" Coby said pounding his fist into his palm. "Captain Morgan and his son are the bad ones! They put people to death for no reason at all! Everyone's afraid of them" The little girl said with an annoyed stare as she kicks a small stone knocking over a can in the process. "Hahaha! Your not bowing your heads low enough scum!! I'll tell my father on all of you!! Do you want to be jailed like Roronoa Zoro?! We're going to hold a public execution for him in three days!! We'll make an example of him! I can hardly wait!" Helmeppo said as he marches in the middle of the street with two marines on his back as bodyguards while the people bow their heads to him in fear of their lives as one of them already ran back to lock himself in his house. "Three days?" Luffy wondered as he marched up to Helmeppo to confront him with Twilight, Spike and everypony else behind him. "What? Where did you hear about that?" Helmeppo asks with a shit eating grin on his face as Luffy clenched his fists and Twilight has a purple aura surrounding her horn making the townspeople shock and appalled at what's about to go down. "That promise was just a joke!! He's a stupid beast for believing it!! Hahaha!!" Helmeppo mocked Zoro's words like they meant trash to him, even belittling him with that pinching finger and his mouth bloating like a pufferfish making Spike and everypony else feel like they just want to deck him right then and there when.. Flashback... "Captain Morgan's Idiot Son promised me. All I've got to do is survive here for one month" "KRACK POW!!!" Luffy punched Helmeppo so hard that blood splattered everywhere from his mouth and broken teeth scattered on the road with Spike and everypony else looking on with menacing death glares. "You... Insufferable!! Bastard!! Lying!! Jerk!!" Twilight yelled as she teleported in a flash of purple light and kicks Helmeppo right in the face with her right hind leg leaving a crack on the concrete floor as more and more blood splattered over it. "Luffy!! Twilight!! Stop! Calm down!!" Coby said as both Luffy back who was about to punch Helmeppo in the gut and Twilight who teach Helmeppo a lesson as well by suffocating him with her aura spell but the two enraged pirates were pulled back by Coby at the last second. "That guy is scum!!" Luffy yelled as everypony else nodded in agreement. "Come on!! Come on!! I WILL FIGHT YOU ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET!!!" Rainbow Dash yelled as she punched Helmeppo in the gut one more time before grabbing his neck with the intention to suffocate him while hitting his face repeatedly on the hard concrete pavement with his face getting bloodier and bloodier every second. "WHO DO YOU THINK YOUR SPEAKING TOO?! WHO?! WHO?! I'M TALKING TO YOU HUH?!!" Rainbow Dash yelled out loud as she continues to scrape Helmeppo's face on the rough ground while forcing him to eat the broken fragments of the concrete. "I'M TALKING TO YOU!!!" Rainbow pierces his face on one of the sharp fragments on the ground before throwing him hard to the two marines. " GET UP!!! GET UP!!! SCREW YOU THEN YOU CLOD!!!" Pinkamena yelled so loud that it even took everypony else by surprise especially Luffy, Twilight who occasionally uses the Royal Canterlot Voice and Coby leaving the townspeople shock and appalled that they shook a bit from the force followed by throwing a knife which only missed Hemeppo's body by an inch. If this was in the New World, It could be mistaken as Conqueror's Haki but at the end of the day it is Pinkie's yell. "You two want to make an enemy of the Navy do you?!" Coby asked as in shock as he tried pulling back Luffy and Twilight but to no avail while Rainbow Dash wasn't going to stop even with two marines around with the intention to outright murder him. "Coby I've made my decision! I'm going to ask Zoro to join my crew!!!" Luffy said. "A... Are those colorful ponies really fiercesome monsters? I.. I thought that they were just street performers on a visit for a event?" One of the people in the crowd asked. "T.. That Straw Hat Boy! H.. He really did it!!" One man proclaimed. "T.. That Rainbow maned pegasus just went straight ballistic at Helmeppo and start punching him like she's about to blast his guts from the inside!" A lady replied. "H... He punched the Captain's Son!" Another one commented referring to Straw Hat. "T.. that flying unicorn that talked just grabbed the Captain's son intending to suffocate him!" A woman responded. "Captain Morgan will be furious!!" The townspeople talked among themselves, fearful of trouble that is inevitable. "I.. I think that they are Zoan types! They ate some kind of devil fruits! Either that or they are have magic powers or something!" "W.. What? Y.. You mean one of the mysterious treasures of the sea..? Never thought that things could get that crazy here in the East Blue." Another random civilian commented as most of the people who witnessed this intense confrontation were still trying to recover from. "Luffy!! Twilight!! Stop!! Are you two trying to pick a fight with the whole Navy?!" Coby asked as he grabbed both Luffy and Twilight on their leg to stop them. "Scum is Scum no matter who the father is!!" Luffy yelled as he grit his teeth in anger and Twilight charging up a large magic blast to blow him up into oblivion. "Y... You all hit me!! You all hit me!! Screw you ponies!!! Screw you Luffy!!! Screw you all!!" Helmeppo said as held unto his blood drenched face and his broken ribs. " "I'm Captain Morgan's beloved son!!! I'm telling Daddy on you all!" Helmeppo yelled making the townspeople gasp in fear and shock. "Don't run crying to papa! Face me like a man!" Luffy yelled about to clench his fist and pull more punches on him. "Luffy please stop!" Coby said as he grabbed Luffy from behind trying to restrain him. "You'll die begging for mercy! Your all gonna be walking corpses!! Father will kill all of you!!" Helmeppo tried to say as he was getting carried away by the marines back to the Naval Base. "Yeah! Yeah! Run on home you big baby! We'll be here ready for another fight!" Rainbow Dash taunted as Pinkie who was back to her cheerful and poofy mane self gave her a hoof bump. "Hehehe! Good one Dashie!" "Now you've done it..." Coby said as he turned to Luffy while Twilight went over to Spike and everypony else to calm down. "He's not worth the hitting" Luffy said as he brought down his hat, shadows covering his face. "Alright! Woohoo!! You galls really gave that good fer nothin wretched bastard what for!! Applejack said as Spike and everypony else cheered for Princess Twilight, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie who fired her party cannon sending cupcakes, balloons, banners, streamers and confetti into the air to celebrate their small victory. Later on, Luffy, Coby, Twilight, Spike and everypony else were eating cupcakes by the town square... "You were great big brother! I feel a lot better now! Thank you so much for everything you did for me everypony!" Rika said as she smiled at Luffy and gave Twilight, Pinkie and everypony else a big hug as they decide to make a toast of victory using chocolate milk from Pinkie's mane. "Then I wish I'd given him a few more whacks for you!" Luffy said as Rainbow Dash flew over to the rubber kid and gave him a hoof bump. "You and me brother. You and me both" Rainbow said with a wink. "Woah!! You and Twilight were soo cool back there!! I'd never met a pony much less a unicorn and a pegasus before!" Luffy said with stars in his eyes as cow bells rang in the background showing his excitement. "Yeah I know, We're pretty awesome!" Rainbow said with a confident grin as she flew around doing loop de loops in the air to doing doughnut style driving maneuvers on the ground while Spike keeps doing fire dances with two pieces of wood which Twilight does not approve of one bit, seeing that they are a fire hazard with these houses around but it just makes Luffy more excited that these wonderful colorful ponies are in his crew and they are here to stay. "Oh so you all came from this magical land called Equestria huh? Wow that sounds so exciting! I wish I could visit where you girls live and..." The little girl's name who's revealed to be Rika was having a lot of fun hearing about the stories of Equestria from Twilight and everypony else when her mother quickly grabbed her and pulled the little girl back inside their house. "RIKA!! Get over here!!" Rika's mother said as she scolds her daughter, concerned for her safety with these ponies and rubber boy they don't even know about. "You shouldn't be talking to that person and his equines! If they think your their friends, they'll kill you too!" "B...But Mommy they're really good friends to have! And Zoro he's a good..." "What are you saying?! You didn't go to the parade ground did you?!" "Umm Well... No... O.. O..." "Hurry up, Lets get inside..." Rika gave one last sigh as she looks at Luffy, Coby, Twilight, Spike, and everypony else but the mother quickly slams the door in their faces, later on all the houses around them also slam their entrances, fearing for their lives. "Ahhhhh!!!" Coby freaked out as sweat starts to splatter from his forehead more and more as his jaw drops down on the floor warning Luffy and Twilight of the inevitable demise that waits for them but these ponies don't care one bit. "They won't let you get away with this! And Captain Morgan has the whole navy behind him!" Coby warns Luffy and the Mane 6 who are so relaxed and carefee at this time of the day that Helmeppo already went to his father and ask to destroy them. "Yeah! Yeah! Whatever! I need to talk to Zoro." Luffy says with a carefree smile as he walks off to the prison courtyard with everypony else following him and Pinkie pushing his party cannon to battle. At the Naval Fortress of Shells Town "I'm so great!!" Captain Morgan said with his back turned to Commander Ripper whiule smoking his traditional cigar. "Yes sir! You certainly are sir! You're the Great Captain Morgan Sir!" Commander Ripper said as he salutes his captain. "Then why are the tributes from these peasants... Ahem... Townsfolk... Getting smaller?!" Captain Morgan asked, not even considering worthy enough to face him while talking. "Yes sir... Regarding your tributes... I believe the townspeople are now too poor to raise..." Commander Ripper tried to explain keeping his salute up as to not disrespect and anger his captain. "Its not a question of how much they can pay..." Captain Morgan said interrupting him. "Its a question of their respect for me!" Suddenly Helmeppo quickly barged into Captain Morgan's office with his bloodied face and in gut wrenching pain. "Daddy!!!" "What's wrong Helmeppo? Why the commotion?" Captain Morgan asked as he turned to look at his son with whilst biting into his cigar wondering disaster has befallen, The statue! It can't be! What could have happened so bad that he needs to step outside and kill a troublemaker himself? "I want you to kill someone for me!!!" Helmeppo angrily yelled as he pounds his fist into the wall while putting a tissue in his nose to stop it from bleeding. TO BE CONTINUED!