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// Chapter 12 - Lay the Law down! Judgement on Luffy 
// Story: Luffy in Equestria 
// by SparkStone 
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	Luffy gave a loud yawn as he woke up to see his Ponyville friends. Twilight, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity were waiting in the room to see him. As he stretched, he welcomed them with a wide smile.

"Hi guys! Long time no see!" Luffy said.

"We're glad to see you're alright too Luffy." Twilight told him.

"And we brought you some grub to eat!" Applejack told him as she gave a basket of apples to him.

"Oh boy! Thanks!" Luffy accepted. As he ate though, he noticed something. "Long time no see?"

"We're all just so relieved that you're alright Luffy!" Rarity commented. "Especially Fluttershy."

Fluttershy began to hug Luffy very tightly as she cried, "I was so worried when they told us how hurt you were!!"

"Long time no see…" He said again. "The last time I said that was when I was in Alabasta, and the reason why I said that was because…"

"Well, you were in a coma for three days." Twilight explained.

"Three whole days!?" He yelled. "Fifteen meals gone again…"

"You could calculate meals that fast!?" Twilight yelled.

"By that count, it's five per day." Applejack laughed.

"Don't worry Luffy! I'll get some cake for you!" Pinkie offered. "After they release you from custody."

"Thanks Pinkie!" Luffy gratefully replied. "What's that about custody anyways?"

They all scratched the back of their heads or looked the other way with uneasy expressions. Rainbow was however able to maintain a straight face and say…

"The Princess wants to arrest you."





After taking Luffy and Rainbow to the hospital in Ponyville, The mares stood by until Rainbow began to wake up. She looked around and saw Luffy resting from across the room. She looked at her bandage and tries to recall what happened. A vision of her being carried and beneath her was Luffy, spilling more blood off his coat than herself. He then collapsed before asking Twilight to get a doctor for Rainbow. Everything else goes blank.

Back in the room, she glanced towards Luffy and sighs. In the waiting room, Twilight and the others burst in and are relieved that she's fine.

"Rainbow!" Twilight shouted. "I'm so glad you're alright…"

"What happened out there!?" Applejack questioned. "What in Equestria did you two run into?"

"Thank goodness! I was so worried that you were too hurt! I'm glad you're alright Rainbow." Fluttershy spoke.

"Yeah, that's great." Rainbow replied. "How'd you find us anyways?"

"It was thanks to Fluttershy. She said she sensed you or something!" Pinkie said before leaning close and whispering, "I think she's psychic."

"Actually, I was wondering about that." Twilight claimed. "How were you able to know about Rainbow and Luffy's whereabouts?"

Fluttershy looked away while hiding behind her mane and saying, "I… Well, Luffy taught me how to use Haki."

"Haki?" They all said in unison. Rainbow was aware of what she was talking about, so she didn't question.

"What's this about Haki?" Twilight questioned.

"Well… You know how Luffy was able to use the stare?" She asked. They nodded in response allowing her to continue. "Luffy taught me that it isn't necessarily called the stare, but called Haoshoku Haki."

"Wow! That's amazing!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"It is, and when I asked him to train me to use it better, he showed me how to use Kenbunshoku Haki and Busoshoku Haki."

"Can you give us a demonstration?" Twilight asked.

Fluttershy blushed and said, "Well, I'm not really good at it. But Pinkie has Kenbunshoku Haki which she calls her Pinkie Sense and Luffy said that Rainbow has Busoshoku Haki since she uses it every time she does a sonic rainboom."

"REALLY!?" They all said except for Rainbow. They turned to Luffy, impressed that he knows all of this and back to Fluttershy.

"So you used your new abilities to find Luffy and Rainbow?" Applejack made sure.

"Wow! I didn't know I have Haki!" Pinkie giggled.

"Can anypony use it?" Rarity wondered.

"I don't know." Fluttershy responded. "Luffy only told me who can use it so far. He didn't really say."

"Uh, listen." Rainbow got their attention. "I don't want to interrupt, but how's Luffy? Is he alright?"

They just remembered about Luffy and turned to the doctor as he was checking up on him.

"Doctor! How's Luffy?" Twilight asked.

The doctor took off his stethoscope and explained the situation. "I'm not an expert on rubber ponies, but your friend has been hit hard enough to go into submission for a month. I'm sorry."

Fluttershy was devastated as she soon began to tear up. "W-What do you mean!?"

"He's in a coma."

She started to cry, making the others hold their ears. Rainbow got out of bed and comforted her.

"Relax! He's not dead! Just sleeping… for a month… or so…" Rainbow assured her.

She sniffled and wiped her tears. Looking down she said, "I'm sorry. It's just… Luffy's done a lot, and I feel so sorry for him. We haven't been nice enough for everything he did so far."

"How about this? The second he wakes up, we'll pull off a party with food, music, and decorations!" Pinkie suggested.

"I'm afraid that won't be possible."

They turned around to see none other than Princess Celestia! Her appearance was enough to make the ponies around her bow. After so, she stepped up to the sleeping Luffy.

"Um, Princess?" Twilight called. "What's wrong?"

"I had just received a parchment of war been passed between the griffons and ponies." Celestia told the six, making them gasp. Rainbow looked away in shame as she continued. "They say the hero of Ponyville, Straw Hat Luffy threw the first attack on their territory. I have decided to bring Luffy to prison in hopes of ending the war and-"

"Luffy's innocent!" Rainbow yelled, surprising the others. "I was there. Luffy only did it because he had no choice!"

Celestia eyed Rainbow before giving her a chance to explain. "Go on…"

"Luffy was kidnapped by these two griffons, and tried to make him go under their king or something! And when he refused, they threatened to go to war if he didn't submit! Luffy told them to leave us out of it, but things happened and… well, we have a war." Rainbow finally finished.

"You couldn't just get Luffy out of there!?" Twilight scolded.

"You try to sneak him out under the watch of hundreds of griffons!" Rainbow retorted.

"Even if he had good intentions." Celestia began before pulling out a scroll. "It still doesn't change on thing. Straw Hat Luffy is a pirate with a bounty of 400,000,000 Beri!"

Revealing the wanted poster of Monkey D. Luffy, the girls now witness a small image of Luffy's human form. Looking back and forth, they screamed at the thought of this event.

"Why would you place a bounty and promise to pay in berries?" Pinkie questioned. "They'd rot by the time he gets caught!"

"Beri is the form of currency of the Blue Sea, specifically the same seas Luffy would travel." Celestia informed Pinkie. "As for exchange rates, seeing how 3 bits make up for 1 beri, that would make Luffy worth 1,200,000,000 bits."

Right there was when their mouths dropped. They looked back to Luffy and thought, We've been harboring a criminal worth 1,200,000,000 bits!?

"Do you still find Luffy worth saving from the law?" Celestia questioned.

The girls were frightened to defy the Princess. Rainbow however stepped forward and pointed out one thing. "He saved my life. It'd make me look bad if I can't return the favor."

"Rainbow…" Twilight muttered.

"I lived with the guy for a while, so I know he's not all bad." Applejack added.

"He's super fun!" Pinkie commented.

"Luffy is helping me with Haki, so I believe in him too." Fluttershy said in gratitude.

"I guess my friends do make a fair point." Rarity agreed.

Celestia nodded and turned to Twilight. "What do you think?"

Twilight looked at the sleeping Luffy and thought about those moments. He was there when the town needed to be saved. He was there when Rainbow was injured. He was there to cheer up the kids. Luffy was good to the heart even though whatever out there didn't see him that way. Smiling, she answered, "Of course he's a good pony Princess."

Celestia nodded and glanced at Luffy. "I will remember this. For now, he will be under my care as well as on watch until this is over. You have my word that he'll be fine."

"Can we please see him when he wakes up?" Fluttershy asked. "Please?"

"You're learning Haki from him, aren't you?" Celestia remembered. "If you'd like, I can show each of you how to utilize it."

"Really?" Twilight replied.	

"Yes, but only Fluttershy here can use Haoshoku Haki." She stated. "From the last time I checked, your skill has increased."

Fluttershy blushed as she admitted, "Well, Luffy helped me with it… so…"

Celestia giggled and said, "I see… I never thought you'd be able to increase your potential so quickly. You must have a strong bond with Luffy."

Fluttershy smiled and nodded.





The mares took a look at each and every wanted poster of the Straw Hat crew. Such high bounties. (Except for the reindeer, Chopper, which Fluttershy found cute.) The total beri bounty was 800,000,000, thus, the bit bounty was 2,400,000,150. Just by capturing any of them, except for Chopper, would make anyone in Equestria set for life. Each of them now knew how really dangerous Luffy is.

"But there's still one thing I don't get." Rainbow began. "If there was all this stuff about the Blue Sea, bounties, and the navy, how come we never heard of it? And how come the world outside never heard of us? We have the Princess's help of moving both the sun and moon for Celestia's sake!"

"There's a reason for that." Twilight claimed. "Equestria is said to be in the calmest seas in the world. Also known as the Calm Belt. Anypony can't get in or out unless they use magic to create their own waves. Also, our country is under the Empty Skies, similar to how in one land known as Enies Lobby would have the sun all day, or how the mythical Florian Triangle would have darkness for eternity. Which is why once every few centuries, the princess like Princess Celestia and Princess Luna would be born to uphold the responsibility of revealing the sun and moon."

Luffy fell asleep to the entire information while Rainbow was rubbing her head.

"I asked for an explanation, not a headache!" Rainbow retorted.

Celestia came in and took a look at Luffy. As she brought him to the throne room, Luffy wakes up and sees Princess Celestia for the first time. Of course, Luffy was amazed to find a bigger pony with both wings and a horn. The girls follow by to make sure he was alright.

"Monkey D. Luffy." Celestia began. "You are brought here under-"

"WHOA! You have wings AND a horn! That's so cool! I never saw anyone else that has both of them at the same time before!" Luffy stated. "Hey, can you poop?"

The girls practically fell over, not believing what he said. Twilight jumped to Luffy and bonked him on the head.

"DON'T ASK THAT!!" She scolded.

"Twilight." Celestia said warningly. "This is a judgment upon Luffy. Please, do not interfere."

Twilight took a few steps back and agreed. "Y-Yes your highness."

After Twilight went back to the others, Celestia went back to her attention on Luffy who happened to be picking his nose. The others looked down thinking, He's doomed…

"So why am I in trouble?" Luffy asked. "Pinkie said I was in custody or something."

"Well, let's begin by jogging your memory." Celestia insisted. "First, you were brought to Griffon Kingdom under the impression of being a simple tourist. You then attacked a griffon commander, thus giving a reason for Griffon Kingdom to declare war on us. Utterly destroying the peace as we are now brought to war."

"What? I thought I punched those two hard enough!" Luffy growled.

"So you did attack first?" Celestia questioned.

Just play it smart Luffy… Twilight thought. Try not to let yourself look guilty.

"Yeah! He was being scum!" Luffy yelled.

Twilight bonks her head on the table. "Of course he does that."

Celestia nodded and thus, ended the case. "It has been decided. Monkey D. Luffy of the Straw Hat Pirates, you are hereby…"

Then out of nowhere, Luna came rushing in from her room. She quickly looked around the throne room looking for someone.

"Is he here!? Where is he!?" Luna questioned.

Celestia grunted as the others were confused. Luna saw Luffy and suddenly became overjoyed.

"Luffy!" She squealed as she raced over to hug him.

"Whoa! There's another one!" Luffy pointed out the wing and horn similarity of both princesses. "Hey, how do you know about me?"

"Luna!" Celestia scolded. "We're kinda in the middle of something here!"

"You're not really going to punish him are you?" Luna asked with the lip, making Celestia falter at this.

"Stop that! That's not how you act in front of others!" Celestia snapped.

"I already told you how much I was a fan of the Straw Hats!" Luna reminded her. "You can't just throw him in a dungeon! Besides, he is Dragon's son after all."

"DRAGON!?" Fluttershy screamed.

"You have a dragon as your father!?" Twilight questioned.

"Cool! Does that mean you can breathe fire!?" Pinkie asked.

Celestia slapped her face and said, "He is actually a human named Monkey D. Dragon. He is an infamous revolutionary that has been fighting against the World Government."

Luffy wasn't expecting her to know of this. "You know my dad?"

"Of course she does!" Luna revealed. She came close and whispered, "In fact, she's a revolutionary too!"

"LUNA!" The princess yelled as she closed all doors and windows of the room. "Why don't you tell the world about it!?"

"Princess?" Twilight wondered. "What's going on? You're a revolutionary?"

Celestia sighed and admitted. "Yes… It was a few years ago, the ponies were in grave danger of humans. Many of them were pirates or bounty hunters that sold them into slavery. We luckily managed to rescue them in time thanks to Dragon."

"Oh, so he knows about you too?" Luffy wondered.

"Let's not change the subject." Celestia told the others. "I still must lay down the law to show Luffy cannot do as he pleases."

"She wants to scold Luffy for doing something reckless and ground him." Luna teased. "That's so cute."

Celestia blushed and yelled, "Shush! I do not know what you're talking about!"

"This is getting confusing." Luffy said as he scratched his head. "What's going on?"

"I have to agree." Applejack added. "Something ain't right here."

"Yes, I never seen you act like this before." Twilight pointed out.

"We might as well tell them." Luna suggested. "After all, you've been keeping an eye on him before he went out to sea after all."

Everyone was stunned. Celestia lowered her head as she covered her face in shame. Luffy was clearly curious. "What do you mean you've been watching over me?"

"It's not like I interfered!" Celestia complained. "I couldn't do anything seeing how you were on the other side of the world!"

"Can somepony just spill the beans!?" Rainbow demanded. "All this talk is getting nowhere!"

"Simply put, Celestia has a crush on…" Luna began. "Dragon!"