The girls were all in shock to hear what this boy named Monkey D. Luffy said. "Did you just say you're going to be King of the Pirates?" a shocked Twilight asked as Luffy nodded. "So that means, you're going after Gold Roger's treasure?"
"Yep!" Luffy answered with a wide grin. Then Rainbow Dash walks right next to Luffy.
"So in other words you're a pirate, right?" She asked him
"Yea," Luffy said, still smiling. Rainbow Dash then raced toward him to attack but was stopped by a violet aura that wrapped around her. The violet aura came from Twilight using her horn.
"Twilight?! Let go of me!" Rainbow shouted to her as she struggled to get out of her aura to no avail. "You heard what this jerk said, he’s a pirate and if we don't stop him, he’s gonna destroy Ponyville!"
"But Rainbow..." Twilight was about to protest but was stopped by Applejack with a tap on her shoulder.
"I’m afraid I had to agree with RD on this." Applejack stated, "All pirates are known to plunder everything and torch towns to the ground."
The group looked back at Luffy, who was just picking his nose, which disgusted Rarity. "I don't know, he doesn't seem that bad," Twilight said.
"He threatened us over a dumb hat!" Rainbow shouted.
"And he was beating up Rainbow and Applejack." Rarity commented.
"Well," Fluttershy suddenly spoke up getting everyone's attention. "He didn't try to hurt me when I gave his hat back to him."
"Alright look, until we know more about this guy, let's just keep an eye on him for now," Twilight suggested it to the others and they all nodded except for one of them who was missing. "Where Pinkie?" Twilight questioned.
The girls then heard Pinkie and Luffy voices coming from Sugarcube Corner, the rest of the group just signed and responded with. "Pinkie..."
The girls walked into Sugarcube Corner to find them and what they saw shocked all of them. On the table was a huge stack of cakes and Luffy was eating all of these cakes whole, one by one. Pinkie was sitting right next to him and giggling at some of the stories Luffy was telling her. "So you really punched a sea king?" She asked, which got the other's attention.
"Yep," Luffy responded as he was stuffing his mouth with more cakes.
The others looked dumbfounded at all the cakes Luffy was currently eating. "How is he not choking right now?" Twilight wondered.
"And how is he still so thin?" Rarity asked, looking at Luffy's belly, almost feeling jealous.
Rainbow went over to Pinkie, "Pinkie! What is he doing here?" She pointed at Luffy who was still eating.
"Oh, Luffy said that he was feeling hungry, so I brought him here and he said he’s not going to plunder Ponyville." Pinkie answers.
"Pinkie!" Applejack calls out to her, "We don't know if we can trust him yet."
"Yeah, for all we know he could be lying," Rainbow suggested.
The two continue trying to get Pinkie to think otherwise of the straw hat pirate but then Twilight sits down opposite of Luffy. "Ok Luffy, can you tell us why you came to our town?"
Luffy, still stuffing his face, told her. "I ran out of food and I was really hungry."
"Ok, so why were you on Gally's ship?" Twilight asked him.
But Luffy didn't answer as he was looking outside the window. "I wonder if the captain was on that ship?"
Twilight was annoyed and angry when Luffy ignored her. "Pay attention when someone is talking to you!" She shouted as her face turned red, everyone was silent from Twilight's sudden outburst.
But Luffy was just laughing at it, making Twilight blush in embarrassment, "You're pretty funny...." Luffy then realized, "what's your name again?"
"We never told you our names, but I guess we can start with that." Twilight calmed down and stood up. "My name is Twilight Sparkle, and these are Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity and you kind of already met Pinkie and Rainbow Dash." Twilight introduces her friends
Luffy just laughed again and said, "You all have very funny names!" All the girls except for Pinkie felt insulted again from Luffy making fun of them.
"Hey, Luffy isn't that great of a name either." Rainbow claimed as she got up to Luffy's face. "And stop playing dumb! You’re really here to destroy our town, also what was that about a Sea King?" She asked.
Pinkie raises up her hand to answer. "Oh, Oh, Oh, can I answer? Please?" Pinkie kept at it until Rainbow allowed her to explain. "When Luffy first left his home village, a Sea King popped out of nowhere and Luffy punched it." She finished.
"What, no way! You actually punched a Sea King?!" Rainbow shouted to Luffy.
Luffy shot back at her, "Yeah I did, I punched the Sea King to prove that I was strong enough and I didn't need Shanks to save me this time." He states proudly.
"Who’s Shanks?" Fluttershy asked.
Luffy blankly looked at her giving her a wide smile and took off his hat. "He’s a pirate who came to my village when I was a kid." Luffy then sees an image of a red hair magicborn with three scars on his left eye.
"He’s the one who gave me this straw hat and asked me to return it when I become a great pirate someday." He said as he looked at his hat, smiling in nostalgia, remembering his time with Shanks, both the good and the bad. The girls sensed something about Luffy. Something that made them think he was someone that could be trusted.
"So you’re really planning on becoming the next King of the Pirates?" Fluttershy asked.
"Yep!" He answered with a toothy grin.
"Right, you really sure about this Luffy?" Applejack asked him, "Roger's treasure is in some place called the Grand Line and what Ah heard about that place is it’s really dangerous, you might even die."
Luffy just simply said, "If that happens, then I die. If I give it my all, then I will have no regrets." He put his hat back on. Everyone was astonished at Luffy's declaration to follow his dream no matter what. Luffy then got up and headed for the door.
"Thanks for the food, bye!" He was almost out the door until Twilight snapped out of it and called to the straw hat boy.
"Wait!" She got up and followed him. "You still haven't answered my question. Why were you on Gally’s ship?" Both of them got outside and the rest came out too.
"Gally?" Luffy said and Twilight nodded, "That's a really weird name!" Luffy burst out laughing which made the girls, mostly Twilight, really annoyed.
"Gally is the captain of the Crescent-Moon Pirates! That was his ship that you came on!" Twilight shouted.
"Was he really not there? Because if he really is here, then our town will be... "
"You little insect collector!"
Everyone turned to see a huge group of pirates holding weapons and right in the center was the man who wore the pirate captain's attire with the crescent-shaped mustache.
"I won't stand for this!" he yelled, "My name is weird?! Not even my own parents ever told me such a thing!" he pulled out a sword, "You've got some nerve mocking me, the great Crescent-Moon Pirate Gally!"
"That Gally!?" The girls all replied.
Luffy just said, "So he managed to untie his ropes..."
PInkie got one good look at Gally and started to giggle. "Pinkie what y'all laughing about?" Applejack asked her.
"Him!" Pinkie pointed to Gally, "He looks so funny!" Pinkie continued to laugh and cover her mouth, but this only made Gally even more angry.
"Enough! I was just going to kill this guy and take every last bit of this town's money but now I’m gonna to burn this town to the ground!" Gally declare.
Everyone minus Luffy looking at Pinkie with an angry glare. "Oopsie, sorry." She said.
"Geez, you're a jerk." Luffy said to Gally.
He shouted back, “Shut up! This is all your fault! Damn, you really pissed me off! I swear I'm going to kill you!”
Twilight whispered to Luffy to ask him. "Luffy, what did you do to make him so mad with you?"
"Hey, he was the one who started all of this by bringing me on his ship." Luffy replied, "All I did was say his mustache looked weird..."
"You said it again!" Gally shouted again, not liking Luffy making fun of him. "Who do you think you are? Thinking just because you got lucky, you were able to beat us and then tied us up!"
“Wait, you're telling me you all got beaten up by this guy?" Rainbow asked, pointing to Luffy. With no replies from the pirates, it was Rainbow's turn to burst out laughing.
"A bunch of dangerous pirates losing to a goofy kid? How lame!" She continued laughing.
"I don't know Dashie, you and Applejack already got beat by Luffy." Pinkie said to her. Rainbow Dash stopped laughing and then both she and Applejack glared at their pink friend.
Rarity quickly covered Pinkie's mouth, "Pinkie dear, we will always love you but please be quiet before you make the situation any worse."
"Too late. Men, attack!" Gally ordered his crew and they all charged at the group. Fluttershy got behind Rarity and Pinkie, Rainbow Dash was getting ready to fight them with Applejack by her side, and lastly Twilight was charging her horn to prepare to cast a spell, but then Luffy just ran through the mob of pirates heading straight for Gally. Gally tried to swing his sword but Luffy proceeded to dodge, punch Gally in the gut, and finally kick him into the side of a building. The enemy pirates all looked in horror at what just happened to their captain. On the other hand, the girls watched in amazement.
Luffy charged back to the group of pirates and started to beat them all down. Many tried to hit him, but Luffy just dodged each of their attacks and then knocked them out with one hit. One almost hit Luffy’s head with his sword but Luffy was saved when his wrist was tied up by a lasso. The lasso was from Applejack who yanked the lasso back sending the pirate flying toward her, greeting him with a good kick to his face. Then another pirate popped up to attack Luffy, but Rainbow Dash kicked him aside, "Look straw hat, I still don’t trust you, but you, me, and Applejack can work together, for now to take down these pirates. Okay?"
Luffy looked back at Rainbow with a smile, "Alright!" The three fighters stood together and continued the fight. Each one got a hit on many pirates and they each protected the others’ blind spots. They were fighting like a real team.
The rest of the girls just stood in pure amazement at their friends. "I can't believe how synchronized those three are. To think, a few minutes ago they were fighting each other," Twilight stated.
"Oh! I want to help too!" Pinkie brought out a colorful cannon out of nowhere and headed to the fight.
"I will help as well." Rarity said.
Fluttershy, still cowering in fear, looked back at seeing two of her friends walking toward the battle, "Really, but I... " She raised her hand but it was grabbed by Twilight who gave the shy girl a reassuring smile.
"Don't worry Fluttershy. I am going to help too, you just stay behind the doors for now, okay?" Fluttershy nodded as she moved to the door and Twilight followed along with the others.
The whole group minus Fluttershy charged into the battle. Pinkie used her cannon on the pirates but it only fired balloons, party streamers and presents, much to the pirates' confusion. Luckily it was a good distraction for Applejack as she kicked down the confused pirates and then Pinkie finished it off by throwing cupcakes at them. Rainbow flew up to look for a good hit but a few pirates drew their pistols and took aim at Rainbow. They fired but their bullets were stopped by a diamond-shaped shield. The pirates looked around to see that the shield came from Rarity who merely smirked at them. Before they could do anything, Rainbow came crashing down on top of them. She thanked Rarity with a big thumbs up. Luffy was surrounded by the last of Gally's crew who each held different weapons. Twilight cast a spell and turned all their weapons into random harmless objects and Luffy finished them off. Gally finally recovered to see almost his whole crew knocked out and defeated, making the Crescent-Moon Pirate furious.
As the fighting ended, the group turned to one another and smiled.
"We did it!" The girls cheered for their victory over the Crescent-Moon Pirates. Luffy then turned to the group with the biggest grin on his face.
"That was so cool! All that stuff you guys did!" Luffy cheered as his eyes turned into stars. "I take it back, you girls are awesome!"
Rainbow rubs her nose and says, "Well thanks Luffy, you weren't half bad yourself." Everyone nodded and shared the same sentiment except for Applejack who just turned her head. Fluttershy glanced at her friends and felt shame since she didn't do anything to help them.
Suddenly two of Gally’s crewmates came from behind and caught Twilight off-guard. One of them, an obese man, grabbed her horn and the other man held her at gunpoint. "Twilight!" the group yelled seeing their friend in danger. Most of them wanted to move to save her but...
"Stop!" said the pirate holding the gun. "If you guys value her life, don't move a muscle."
The group had no choice but to comply. "You damn cowards..." Applejack growled.
"That goes for you too," the obese man said to Twilight using his other arm to wrap around her. "Don't even think about using magic. One false move and I’ll break your horn." He tightened his hold on her horn and used his other hand to grope her chest, "wish you had bigger boobs." He sighed in disappointment. This made the rest of the girls mostly Twilight glare at him.
"HaHaHaHaHa!" Everyone turned towards Gally’s arrogant laughing, "This is what happens when you get too cocky you brats!" He pointed towards Luffy and yelled, "Men, kill that boy!" Suddenly, six more pirates appeared brandishing guns and fired at Luffy. The shots caught Luffy by surprise and he was riddled with bullets. Each of the girls was horrified about what happened to their new friend.
"Luffy!" Twilight shouted.
"No!" Applejack yelled.
"It can't be?" Rainbow denial.
"NoNoNoNo" Pinkie cried out.
"Poor Luffy..." Rarity covered her mouth in tears.
And Fluttershy screamed in terror.
"See, this is what happens when you mess with me!" said Gally as he laughed up a storm.
But Luffy was still standing. Instead of killing him, the bullets went through his skin and they bounced back, hitting random places and most of Gally’s crew. "No way!" Gally screamed out in shock. Luffy shot him back a determined grin. But it wasn't just Gally who was surprised. Everyone was shocked about what just happened to Luffy.
Luffy turned back to the two who had captured Twilight and he looked pissed, "D-D-Don't do it! W-W-We will kill her! said the man with the gun. But like with the obese man, they were too afraid to move. Then Luffy's arm suddenly stretched out hitting the pirates, knocking them to the ground. Twilight fell to her knees as Luffy's arm stretched back. Everyone was even more shocked at what Luffy just did.
Rarity tried to ask him, "Luffy. How-How....?" But she lost her nerve.
"Your arm!" Pinkie shouted, "Your arm stretched out!"
Rainbow got closer to Luffy and asked him, "How did you do that with your body?"
Twilight just stared at Luffy wondering how he did all that crazy stretching stuff. He was an earthborn so he couldn’t use any magic, unless…
"Luffy!" She called out to him, gaining everyone's attention. "By any chance did you eat something called a Devil Fruit?"
"Devil what?" Applejack asked.
"What!?" Gally shouted, "He is a Devil Fruit user!?"
Luffy laughed and said, "Yeah, I ate the Gum-Gum Fruit. It turns my entire body into rubber and now I'm a rubber man. Pretty cool, huh?" He finishes by pulling his cheek and stretching it out.
One of Gally's crewmates dragged himself to Gally. "Captain, these people are too strong for us. We need to head back and get Spiel."
But Gally was frozen in fear at the straw hat boy powers. He even struggled to grab hold of his own pistol trying to aim at Luffy again but instead going for Rainbow Dash who was standing next to him. Everyone was so distracted by what just happened no one was paying attention to Gally as he took aim at one of them. Except for Fluttershy who was still hiding at the door. She saw who Gally was aiming for. With enough focus Gally had his pistol at Rainbow and yelled, "DIE!" Before anyone could respond the pistol fired but his target disappeared. Fluttershy tackled Rainbow to the ground, saving her but she also got hit in the shoulder. "What!? Where did that one come from?!" Gally asked in shock.
Luffy saw what Gally had done to his new friends and he was angered. "That's it you stupid weird mustache man! I’ve had it! You messed with my friends, now I want you gone!" Luffy pulled back his arm and stretched it back for an attack.
"Gum-Gum Pistol!"
The blow hit Gally in the gut sending him flying all the way to the shoreline. Gally's crewmates who had recovered saw what happened to their captain. They decided to retreat back to the ship carrying or dragging some of their crew members who were still unconscious.
After they left Luffy held his hand to Twilight and helped her back up.
"You're not hurt, are you?" Luffy asked. She replied with a nod and the group turned their attention to their skyborn friends on the ground.
Rainbow finally looked up and saw Fluttershy on top of her. She then looked at Fluttershy's arm and worried about her being shot but before she could say anything Fluttershy was sobbing on her, "Rainbow, are you okay? You didn’t get hit anywhere?" She asked with tears and snot running down her face.
Fluttershy hugged Rainbow tighter as Rainbow tried to get Fluttershy off her, "I’m fine Shy, now let go." Fluttershy finally released her and they both got up, "But never mind me. What about you? Are you ok? You got shot."
Fluttershy looked at her injured arm and said. "Don't worry it just grazed me. I barely feel it." She assured her friends.
Applejack took a look, "Well it still looks bad. We better take care of this."
The group smile knowing their friends are all alright but then Luffy realizes something, "My boat!" he yelled.
"What!" the girls reacted with.
“My dinghy is still on their ship. I have to get it back. Gotta hurry!" Luffy then took off to where Crescent-Moon Pirates ship was docked.
Unfortunately, the ship had already left. Luffy looked around but didn't see it anywhere. "Oh man my boat, how can I sail now?" Luffy then saw two large men in front of him. One of them who had orange hair, wearing red asked him.
"Excuse me, but are you a pirate?”
Luffy answers with a grin "I sure am!"
The other guy shouted, "Alright! Everyone now!" The whole town got out of their hiding places and holding wooden sticks and other things, they all charged toward Luffy and managed to tie him up. The townspeople cheered on their victory over the pirate until the mayor showed up.
"Everyone, what are you doing?" She asked.
One of the two large men told her. "We took action and caught Gally!" He shows the tied-up Luffy. "You had us worried over nothing."
"He's right! You would have let him destroy our whole town but we saved it without you." One of the people said and most of them agreed, making the mayor feel hurt that her town didn’t want or need her anymore.
The other large men with the orange hair spoke up, "Alright, everyone that’s enough. We’d better find a good place to hold Gally until the authorities arrive." He then lifts up Luffy but drops him when he suddenly hears
"Big Macintosh, put him down!" It came from Applejack as she and the rest of the main 6 showed up. Most of them were out of breath. Spike along with the three crusaders came out of the crowd; they saw the main 6 and ran to their respective sisters.
"Applejack! I'm so happy ya'll are ok." Apple Bloom said looking up to her sister, "And we caught Gally."
“Uh, actually that’s not Gally." Applejack said not just to Apple Bloom but to the rest of the town.
"Yeah, he's our new super cool rubber pirate friend, Luffy!" Pinkie stated as Twilight uses her magic to untie him.
One of the town folk pointed, "But he's still a pirate! We should lock him up."
"Don't worry, Luffy’s not a bad pirate," Rainbow Dash told them. "In fact, Luffy and us, but mostly me, helped kick Gally and his sorry crew out of town."
"He did?" Everyone asked.
"Yeah, I mean you guys can see that Gally's ship is gone, right?" She pointed at the now empty dock.
"Wait, if he got rid of Gally, then that means... "
The folks soon gathered around Luffy and started tossing Luffy up in the air, "He’s a hero!" They all cheered, enjoying the fact that Luffy had saved their town.
"I am not a hero!" Luffy yelled back at them.