Later in the afternoon, the people of Ponyville were having a party for their hero Monkey D. Luffy who kept screaming at them to not call him a hero but everyone just ignored him and enjoyed the banquet. The party was filled with all kinds of foods and everyone was having a great time, especially Luffy who was mostly enjoying the food. Luffy was using his stretching arms to take some of the food from everyone else, anyone who wasn't in shock of Luffy's ability yelled at him to stop stealing their food.
Rarity was clearly disgusted at Luffy's behavior, "Luffy! Would it kill you to have some manners?" She asks him. But Luffy’s answers were muffled by his overstuffed mouth.
Twilight looks at Luffy using his stretching powers and wonders. "Wow, I can't believe I'm meeting a devil fruit user." She said in wonder.
"Hey Twi," Applejack called to her. "What are these devil fruits y'all keep talking about?"
Twilight began to speak and tell her friends what devil fruits are, How they can give people special powers by eating them. She explains how they are rare and hard to find as they are not navy to this part of Equestria and in fact, they can pay to sell for a high price. After she finished explaining, her friends were all left amazed.
"Wow, so these fruits can really make me a super stretchy person like Luffy?" Pinkie beams in joy, "Oh I want one."
"I won't recommend it, Pinkie." Twilight counter, "It said that each devil fruit comes with a terrible curse."
"Yeah, plus they taste like crap," Luffy stated.
"By the way Luffy, How did you get a devil fruit anyway?" Twilight asked.
Luffy answers her blankly. "From Sharks. I ate one by accident when I was angry at him."
"Really Luffy? Why were you mad at him?" Fluttershy inquired.
"It doesn't matter anymore," Luffy replied.
"Hey Twilight, How do you know so much about these devil fruits?" Rainbow Dash asked, looking at her magicborn friend.
"Oh well, an old friend told me about them once and I was able to find some books on it," Twilight said with some hidden sadness.
No one notices Twilight's sad look as their attention was on Luffy who was almost finishing the banquet, Pinkie calls out to him. "Hey, Luffy! What are you gonna do now?"
"I don't know, My boat is gone so I'm stuck here until I can get another one," Luffy said.
"Don't worry Luffy, we can find someone to build you a new boat for you," Twilight exclaimed.
"Really!" Luffy cheer. "Alright let's go!"
Luffy began to run out of the party but was stopped by a magic aura from Twilight. "Not so fast, it's late already. We can check in the morning."
"Arrh... fine." Luffy grumbles, but then looks toward Twilight and her friends, "Hey Twilight, can I ask you and everyone something?"
Twilight looked at her friends who all nodded. "Sure thing Luffy, what do you want to ask us?"
Luffy gave a wide grin, "Would you guys like to join my crew?"
"Join your crew!?" They all said in unison.
"Yeah, I'm putting together an awesome pirate crew to sail the sea with," Luffy told them.
The whole table except for Luffy were all silent in shock at Luffy's request for them. Rarity was the only one to respond to him back. "Luffy Darling, we are honored that you would ask, but why us?"
"Why not, Rainbow Dash and Applejack are really good at fighting, Pinkie is a lot of fun, you and Twi can do really cool magic stuff and Fluttershy is crazy brave!" He stated.
Everyone looks unsure about Luffy's request. "Sorry Luffy but, we all have lives and dreams here. We can't just drop everything and go to sea." Twilight told him.
"But... " Luffy was about to protest again...
"No Mean No Luffy!" Applejack shouted as she smashed her fist on the table, which got everyone surprised. Applejack looked at everyone's reactions to her outbursts and quickly sat back down. "Ah sorry, ya'll." She apologized.
"Hey, Twilight!" Then Spike calls out to her as he walk-in with Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo. Each of them went over to their big sister and sat with them. Spike starts to stare at Luffy. "So, is this the pirate guy who helped you guys beat Gally?" Spike asked, pointing at Luffy.
Luffy went closer to Spike and asked. "Hey, Twilight, Who is this weird talking lizard?"
Spike heard what Luffy called him and was insulted at what Luffy said. "Hey, first off I am not a lizard, I'm a ferocious fire-breathing dragon!" He then continued, "And secondly, My name is Spike the Dragon, Twilight’s number one assistant." Spike stated, proudly.
Luffy's eyes turned into stars as he said. "Really? That's so cool!" Luffy grabs the baby dragon and raises him up high, "Can you breathe fire?! Can you fly?! Can you poop?!" Luffy kept asking him questions and staking the baby dragon until Twilight used her magic to free Spike. She floats him back to her side.
Scootaloo looks puzzled at Luffy's actions, "Is this really the guy who helped you guys beat those other pirates?" She asks Rainbow Dash.
"Yeah, I know it's hard to believe." Rainbow answers, "But this guy really did take down Gally and the rest of his crew. But me and the girls but mostly me did all the hard work."
Applebloom then talks to Luffy, "Said Mr. Luffy if ya'll really are a pirate, how many other places have you been to?"
"Just this place for now. I just left my hometown a few days ago to start my dream." Luffy said.
"Really? What is it?"
Luffy got a wide grin on his face and shouted. "To be the King of the Pirates!"
The whole room went silent, as everyone stopped and turned toward Luffy. They all stare at what Luffy just said and all the mane 6 facepalm. "Did he just say that he was going to be king of the pirates?" One of the town folk said.
Before anyone could say anything else, Twilight grabbed Luffy's arm and asked him a question. "Luffy, you don't have any idea where you're going to stay, don't you?" Luffy shook his head in response, "Great, you can stay with me and Spike, for now, In fact, let's take you there, Now!" Twilight quickly rushed away from the banquet with Luffy in one hand and Spike in an energetic aura.
As Twilight, Luffy, and Spike make their way to her place, she turns to Luffy, "Luffy! You can't just say stuff like that out loud!" She scolded him.
"But why? It's true, I'm going to find the One Piece." Luffy stated.
"Wait, you were being serious back there?" Spike asked the straw hat boy, "You're really going to be King of the Pirates?"
"Yep!"
"Luffy, listen," Twilight said, getting both Luffy and Spike's attention. "The reason we don't want you saying that stuff out loud is, Gold Roger may have accomplished a lot of things in his time but to the rest of the world, he was one of the worst criminals in all of Equestria. What you said back there, means you're telling everyone that you're going to be the next worst criminal. This is why you need to...
Luffy was not listening again as he was ready at the front of her door. "Hey, Twilight! This treehouse is where you live? It's pretty awesome!” He laughed.
This caused Twilight to fall over and groaned, "This guy is going to be the death of me."
Twilight was looking deep inside Spike's mouth. "Are you sure you sent the letter?" She asked the baby dragon.
"Yeah, I did the writing, the flame sending part, all that stuff," Spike said.
Twilight was deep in thought. "Why hasn't the princess responded to my message? Was she really too busy to read it or... Ow!" Twilight was broken out of her thoughts when a book hit her on top of her head.
It was Luffy who was jumping from bookshelf to bookshelf grabbing some books and tossing them aside. "Luffy! What are you doing with my books?!" Twilight scolded him and moved to collect her drop books.
"Looking for a book with pictures to read, but all of these are boring," Luffy claims as he tosses another book which was caught by Twilight's magic.
"Well of course. The books I have are all about important information about Equestria, Magic and also... OW!" Twilight was interrupted when a book fell on her head, thanks to Luffy.
Luffy grabs another book and gets a good look at it. his eyes began to sparkle, He jumped down to Twilight and showed her the book. "Twilight! You have a book on the Grand Line!?"
"Yeah, a friend gave it to me a long time ago." Twilight took the book. "She taught me everything I wanted to know about the world beyond Equestria. All the islands, the different people, and also the tree where the devil fruit comes from." Twilight sign in nostalgia at the memories. "I've always wondered what is out there."
Spike looked up toward Twilight and said. "Wow Twilight, it's been a while since I heard you talk about the grand line like that."
"Well, I've been way too busy to think about it. But I would like to go there someday."
"Then it settles, Twilight can join my pirate crew so she can see the grand line itself instead of reading some boring book," Luffy suggested.
"Wait! You mean it, Luffy?" The baby dragon asked. "Then, Can I go with you guys too? After all, I am still Twilight's number one assistant and she will need me for assist stuff."
Twilight was about to protest, "Wait, Spike, I never said anything about joining... "
But she was cut off by Luffy who answered Spike with a smile, "Sure it, Spike you can join too. It would be awesome to have a dragon as a member of my crew."
"Alright!" Spike cheer.
"Wait, guys I... " Twilight tries to get their attention but they just ignore her and talk about pirate stuff. Twilight was getting frustrated and scream, "Will You Guys Let Me Talk For One Minute?!" The two finally stop and turn toward Twilight, who calms down and speak. "I am not going to join your crew or become a pirate."
"Aarrgh why not?" Luffy and Spike both complained.
"You know why Spike." Twilight stated, "I have a very important mission here in Ponyville by the princess herself. So I can't just wander off playing pirate somewhere." She then turned back to the straw hat pirate. "Look Luffy, it's been a long day, me and the girls will help you find a new boat but for now, let's just go to sleep."
Luffy stares at her blankly until he says, "OK," He then falls on his back and starts snoring with a nose bubble coming out of him.
Twilight and Spike were dumbfounded at Luffy's action. "Did he just fall asleep?" Spike questions.
Twilight just sighs and looks toward her number one assistant. "Come on Spike, Let's grab Luffy and head to bed." Spike nodded and got to work. Twilight looks back at Luffy with a smile and thinks to herself. 'Geez Luffy, you're quite the handful. I feel sorry for the first person who is dumb enough to join your crew."
Suddenly Somewhere in the world, a man tied up on a wooden cross just sneezed.
Twilight was finally resting on her own bed with Spike sleeping in his bedding and Luffy sleeping on a self-made bed. As Twilight looks upon her ceiling, she thinks to herself. "I wonder how you are doing or do you even still remember me?" She slowly closes her eyes. "Robin."
The next morning in Ponyville, everyone was going about their usual business, and Applejack was walking in town with a wagon full of apples. She stops at a food market and talks to the market owner. "Howdy mister." She greets as she pulls out a basket of apples from her wagon and hands it to the owner. "Here ya'll order of fresh apples." The owner gave Applejack a couple of gol bits, "Thanks. Have a nice day." She took her wagon and left.
She continued her delivery until she spotted Twilight, Spike, and Luffy. The three in turn spotted her too and each greeted her.
"Morning Applejack." Twilight said.
"Morning Applejack." Spike said.
"Hey Applejack!" Luffy said nonchalantly.
"Morning to you too, Twilight and Spike." She then turns to Luffy. "And you too Luffy." Luffy just waved to her back. "So, what ya up to this morning?" She asked them.
Twilight answered, "Oh well, I thought it might be a good idea for the first thing we should do is to go to the shipyard to make Luffy a new boat."
"Yeah, the sooner the better!" Luffy replied as he was eating an apple.
"Hey, where did you get that apple?" Spike asked the straw hat pirate.
Applejack's eyes go wide in realization and fury as she turns to her wagon and that almost half of her apples were eaten, she then turns back to Luffy in rage. "Luffy, Did you just eat meh apples?!"
"Eeyup." He answered, nonchalantly. Then Applejack ran toward Luffy and did a double flying kick on his face. The hit thrashing Luffy toward a nearby building and making a hole in it.
After Applejack calms down her face turns into horror as she realizes what she just did. She turned to Twilight and Spike who had a shocked look on their faces than the rest of the town folks who saw that. She ran toward where Luffy landed and helped pick him up. "Ah so sorry Luffy, are you ok?" She asked him.
"Yeah, I'm fine. OW!" Luffy said but the blood coming out from his head betrayed that claim.
"Luffy!" Twilight called out to him as she runs toward him and Applejack with Spike following her. "Are you sure? you're bleeding." She pointed.
Luffy checks his head and sees that blood was on his hand. "That's weird, I normally don't get that hurt from attacks like that."
"Well anyway, we should probably go to the doctors to have that check out," Twilight stated as she was looking closer at Luffy's injury.
Applejack was blushing in embarrassment, she tipped down her hat and walked away from the others. "Sorry ya'll but Ah really need to get those deliveries done and now need to go back to meh farm to get more apples." She grabbed her wagon and took off. 'What's wrong with ya girl? Just because he is a pirate doesn't give you the right to treat him like that, for cryin' out loud he saved us from a bunch of other no-good pirates!' She thought to herself.
The three just stare in the direction where Applejack left, Spike was the first of them to speak. "Wow, I have never seen Applejack hit someone like that for just making her mad. Not even Rainbow Dash."
"I know, that was very strange of her. But then and... " Twilight turns her attention to Luffy, "It's still your fault Luffy! It was wrong of you to just eat all of Applejack's apples like that, especially without her permission!" She yells at him.
"Hehehe, Sorry!" Luffy replies in a goofy smile.
"Seriously man, how can you still be eating? between the banquet and the fact that you ate 300 pancakes this morning. Including some of mine that had gems in the mix." Spike stated.
Luffy just gave out a chuckle, Twilight shook her head and said. "Come on guys, Let's get Luffy's head patch up and then go to the shipyard." They all agree and make their way to the hospital. Yes, today is going to be interesting.