"What?"
Right in Alex's left palm was a big white sea shell, with a carving engraved into it. The image upon it he knew all to well. "What?" He asked himself trying to process what he had in his hand. The shell it self, had holes in its groves, but with black line going all the way round and up the groves of the shell. The image itself was in the middle of the shell. It was a black skull, with a yellow straw hat resting on it head. Turning it over, it had the same on the opposite side, so really he couldn't tell which side is up.
"What?" Alex asked out loud this time, trying to see if it help him, to think. Alex then inspected the shell, there was no cracks or anything. Why would someone leave a shell like this in a Forrest, in the middle of nowhere. It obviously didn't get here on its own, by sailing. Putting his thumb on the apex, he turned it over, but what he didn't expect, was the apex sunk in slightly.
"Hi!" came a sudden voice from the shell. Alex totally didn't scream like a little girl and dropped it. Yeah, he totally took the surprise like a man, and punch the voice in the face. (Not really) The voice laughed. In a very recognizable way, to Alex. "Who ever found this, I just wanted to say........
Usopp stinks!" Then there was someone talking in the background, but Alex couldn't tell what was said, followed by a slapping sound.
"Not but seriously, I'm going to be the king of the pirates!" What happened next, happened in the background.
"Hey idiot, you're not the king of the pirates yet." came a males voice, then what sounded like an exhale of air.
"And who are you talking to Luffy?" asked a high pitched voice
"Yeah Luffy, what if the person you're talking to is dangerous!" Said a scared males voice
"Nah! Don't worry, if he or she comes here, I can just kick their ass if they start trouble hahahaha"
"I wonder if they're strong?" Came a new male's voice
"They wouldn't have to be strong to kick your ass" said the 2nd voice
"What was that you perverted cook?!" said the newcomer
"I said your a small fry, moss head!"
"Oh bring it on you waste of a cook!""WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!" The 2 previous voices said both at the same time. Sounds of hits and something’s, swinging was to be heard.
"HAHAHHAHA! YEAH! GO SANJI! GO ZORRO!" Said Luffy
"WILL YOU GUYS KEEP IT DOWN!" came an angry woman's voice, then a series of loud bangs.
"We're sorry" Said 3 voices at the same time, but sounding like they had swollen lips
"You do realize that the Dial is still recording, right captain?" Came a new woman's voice, said in very calm way
"It is? Well, lets get straight to the point. If anyone wants a party, call us or we'll call you. But bring meat, I need meat." Stated Luffy
"Don't forget sake!" Said Zorro
"What? NO! Bring treasure!" Said the angry woman from before
"Or Cola, that would be SUPER! awesome." Said a male's voice in a robot tone"Hahahaha how do we end this thing?" Said Luffy
"I would think, like th......" Said the un-named woman from before, but Alex knew who it was. It was Robin.
The voices were cut off. Alex was stunned into silence. This wasn't who he thought it was, right? It could be the Straw Hat pirates could it? "Oh god, I'm going mad ain’t I? Well, that should have been in question when I saw talking ponies and stuff. That and I'm Mihawk. Maybe I should see if I can get it to play again, just to make sure I hear it and didn't crazy imagine it" Alex pressed down the apex of the shell, waiting for it to start up again. But was meet with silence.
"So I did imagine it, oh god I'm going crazy. I'm probably in some room with a straight jacket on, eating my own shit....... Why me? I was just about to finish University as............ OMG!!! MY HARDWORK!!! AFTER ALL THAT WORK, I GET SENT HERE OR TO A INSANE ASYLUM, WHEN I WAS GOING TO GRADUATE IN A MONTH! OH FUCK YOU GOD! FUCK YOU AND ALL YOUR BITCH UNDERLINGS! AND FUCK YOU THE DEVIL! AND FUCK YOU GOVERNMENT!.............. Okay Alex clam down, no need to go bat crazy, It won't help you any....... That’s it, take in deeps breaths.... in ........ and out........ in ...... and out." Alex sighed.
"Well so much for meeting them, they didn't even give directions" throwing the shell over his shoulder, Alex picked a direction and started to walk in it.
BANG!
Alex almost shat himself, the key word being almost. However that didn't stop him from shooting into the air and grabbing onto a branch for dear life, and then shaking like a leaf. Looking in the direction Alex thought the loud unexpected sound came from, was a sight to behold. Something you would only see in Sy-fi films and/or films. And like most common in this case, it was circular in shape. It was roughy 12 foot high, but a foot or so of the ground. It was darkish blue, not quite navy blue, but darker than normal blue. Fading or contrasting to black in other areas. However the colours themselves were a not staying in one place, they were rotating in a circular motion. The more he looked into the centre, the more the colours got darker, till it was completely black. The edge of the circle was fading into the outside world.
This thing is most commonly known as a portal.
“What?” Alex said dumbfounded. "Portals are real?! Why is it here?" are amongst the things going through Alex’s head at the moment. With Alex currently busy, he didn’t notice a few small things. One being that nothing was being pulled into the portal, even though there seemed to be air rushing into it. And that even though there was some wild life there, I.E a squirrel that went through it, like it didn’t even notice it. The other fact he was missing that his body was slowly moving towards it.
Because he was holding onto it with his arms, his lower body started to rise to a 70ish degree angle. “Wait……. What’s going on?” Alex said coming out of his train of thought. The thing he noticed apart from the things above, is that he had to actually use some strength to hold onto the branch. “Oh shit” Alex said simply, realizing his situation. The force that was pulling him backwards and into the portal suddenly got stronger, a lot stronger.
His hat flew of his head and into the depths of the portal. “HEY YOU BASTARD! THAT WAS MINE!” Alex said in anger. But he wasn’t going to risk his life over a hat.
SNAP!!!!!!!
Oh maybe he is going to risk his life over a hat. “FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKKK!!!!!” The branch Alex was holding onto like a koala bear suddenly snapped under the strain of keeping Alex in place. And Alex fate was sealed, he was sent screaming into the portal, cursing the branch to hell, as it fell to the floor, seemingly forgetting it’s once passenger.
The last thing Alex saw was the scenery of a forest getting smaller and darker, the deeper he went into the portal. Till the was nothing but darkness as he blacked out.
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"Very well then, what should we write to the Princess?" Said Rarity looking towards her little sister Sweetie Bell. The pair having their manes and tails, styled. With Spike in the background ready to take down what the pair say, for the famous 'Friendship Report'. Which was originally just for Twilight Sparkle to send to Princess Celestia, but turned into for anypony who is friends of Twilight, when they have learned something about being a good friend.
Sweetie turns around to the mirror behind her and thinks for a second. ""I'll start. Having a sister is just about the bestest thing in the world. But it sure isn't the easiest." Rarity walks over to the mirror to look at herself and her little sister in the mirror. Then takes off where Sweetie Bell ended, whilst taking her little sister into her hooves for a hug as the two remise of past events.
"I agree that being sisters is a wonderful thing, but it takes teamwork. Sometimes it's about compromising. Sometimes it's about accepting each others' differences. But mostly, it's about having fun together. Even if it means getting your hooves a little bit dirty."
"A lot dirty." Sweetie Bell says playfully having a big smile on her face.
"A little bit dirty." Rarity says having her face showing a little bit of concern, put keeps the smile on her face.
"A lot dirty." Sweetie Bell says unaware of the situation.
"A little bit dirty!" Rarity says raising her voice a little, starting to be annoyed
Sweetie Bell catches on, and its getting annoyed also and raise her own voice back "A lo–" but it interrupted by Spike.
Spike forever the peacemaker/sarcasmguy/etc. Gets between the pair and puts his claws over the pairs muzzles. "Hold it, hold it! How about a medium amount of dirty, not too little, not too much, just right?"
"Deal!" The pair says smiling in agreement and proceed to hug each other again.
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“Ugggghhhh” Alex moaned. His head was pounding, his muscles were aching, and his senses were straining. "What happened? Why does my…… everything hurt? I knew I shouldn’t have gone to that damn convention, I should of told Joe to shove it where the sun don’t shine". Alex took in a deep breath though his nose. "Why can’t something good happen to me? And why…….. why can I smell something delicious cooking?"
Alex shot up, forgetting his aching body.
BONG!!
“OOOOOOWWWWW!! THAT HURTS!!!!!” Alex said banging his head on what felt like hard metal.
“Oh good you’re awake. I'm Nami and the guy you just head butted is Franky” said a new voice. Alex slowly turned his head to the direction of the voice. And came face to face with a fire breathing dragon…… Just kidding. In front of him, sat down at a table was a woman, dressed in something you would expect on a model or pornstar. She isn't wearing a top, just a green/white stripped bikini, and blue jeans. This isn’t what he first noticed though. The first thing he noticed was the huge 'chest' she had.
What was you expecting? He’s a normal guy, well, was a normal guy. And its all there to see.
Blood started to come out of his nose, like you would expect to see in an anime, when a character sees something of the “sexual” kind. "Geez! They are fricking HUGE! Where Am I? A fecking anime high school?" Alex did manage to get his eyes off them, reluctantly. And turned his attention to the owner of the said double D’s. Now his attention was on something else, he notice what the rest of her looked like. She had orange flowing hair, which was long enough to come just above her hips. And boy where they good hips. The jeans also has a belt around them, it has a black finish with sliver accents. With blue sticks that had balls on them. She has a dark brown for eye colour and has light skin, which has a slight tan to it. She also has a large blue tattoo on her left shoulder.
“I suppose your wondering what your doing on our ship? But before I answer that I’ve got some answers of my own. Like how did a warlord just suddenly appear on our ship, and unconscious at that. What do you want with us? And…..” She would have carried on, but Alex interrupted her.
“Hey.... Can I smell bacon?” He asked calmly
“I’M ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS HERE!!” she said hitting Alex over the head, creating a comical round bump on the top on his head. As he was sent crashing into the wall behind him. Alex groaned in pain, as he was suck onto the wall, seemingly forgetting about gravity, until a few seconds later slowly moving down it, till he fell onto the floor.
“NAMI!! DON’T HIT MY PATIENTS!” Shouts a new voice, that Alex has heard before. But where? Then it hits him, the dial he found (I.E the shell he found). Gingerly getting up into a sitting position he comes face to face with a group of people. And not just any group. He's favorite group of all time, and they are known as 'The Straw Hat Pirates'. Although Zorro seems to be missing. The one who shouted at Nami was Chopper.
Chopper is a reindeer who ate a human-human fruit. So her gained the abilities of man, I.E the talking, walking on two legs and so on. But his base form, is forever stuck on his child form as a reindeer with a human element to it. That being said, Chopper wears a big blue round hat, with a red circle in the middle with a big white cross in the middle of that. The cap it self is also red. But his antlers stick out on the side of the hat, somehow not showing of any ripping. "How did he even put it on?" Alex thought to himself. But back to Chopper's choice of clothes. He is wearing a yellow/white stripped (going down) top, with orange shorts. It takes all of Alex's willpower to not Aw and huge Chopper for his instantly amount of cuteness. Also as a side note, Chopper has a blue nose, instead of the standard black nose reindeers have.
"NAMI WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! DON'T YOU REALISE HE'S A WARLORD?! HE COULD SLICE ALL OF US UP!" Screams a scared Usopp. He is wearing a cream big hat, over an afro that comes out of the back of his head. He hasn't got a shirt on, but has two elastic straps that are connect to his pants and got over his shoulders. He also has a pair of goggles on a chain/neckless that come down to his chest. And is wearing yellow pants with a brown/white pattern not he front bit, on the crouch area. And is wearing simple brown boots.
"Oh my, I can't believe I seen another warlord in such a sort amount of time, my eyes can't believe it!................ Although I don't have eyes to began with! YOHOHOHOHO! SKULL JOKE!!!!" Says Brook
"So this is Hawk Eye Mihawk? And that must be his sword 'Yoru', it looks SUPER!!! Strong to me, mecha" Says Franky whilst clashing his arms together in a dramatic pose.
“Errrrr…. Hi?” Alex said dumbfounded by the situation he is currently in.
“What is it you want buster?! I must warm you, If you even try to do anything, I’ll have my 1 million underlings kick your ass!” Usopp said trying to act courageous, behind Sanji
“I must say, I never expected to see Mihawk here of all places” Said Robin calmly, not even showing any bit of emotion.
Alex tilts his head to the side in thought, trying to figure out what has just happened. "How did I even get here? Okay I was walking through another forest type area, found a shell in the middle of it, heard voices come from it and then……… I don’t remember. Did I hit my head or something, no I would of felt it. Could I be on some drugs or something, even though I don’t do those. Not unless it was air based intake, then that’s out. Hmmmmm, come on remember, think, think, think….think………. AH HA! There was that weird portal thing, then I fell in, and then wake up here. Yeah…. Probably shouldn’t tell them that, they will think I’m crazy. Then again, saying I’m not actually Mihawk, I’m someone else in his body, doesn’t sound sane either. Hmmmmm what to do, what to do. I suppose I could make up a story, but the question is…."
As Alex monolog happens in his head, the Straw Hat crew, look on at the ‘warlord’ with confusion. They ask him some questions and stuff, then he looks at them funny whilst not saying anything for the past minute or two.
“I think we broke him” Luffy said, poking Alex in the head. The others nod in agreement.
"How do I make a cover story sound convincing? If I have to fight them, then clearly they will notice something is wrong. Especially Zorro, seeing as he fought and then was taught by Mihawk, on Thriller bark. Will I even be able to make it convincing? Luffy, Chopper & Usopp will believe anything really. But Robin won’t, they others are a hit and miss. Then it’s either tell them the truth, and hope they don’t send me to a mental intuition, or tell a lie".
“Hey, Weird guy, wake up, anyone home?” Asked Luffy, knocking on Alex’s head.
“Huh? Yeah I’m here” Replied Alex Finally. “I was just thinking is all. And could you stop doing that” Alex looking at Luffy with an annoyed look.
“So care to tell us why you just appeared on our ship?” Asked Nami looking a little angry.
“Oh yeah, that. Don’t really know” Alex replied, this response making the Straw hats fall to the floor, and their legs to be up in the air, in a comically sort of way. “Do you guys do comedy sketches or something?” Asked Alex
“NO WE DON’T DO COMEDY SKETCHES!!” Nami shouted whacking Alex over the head again.
“Owww that smarts.” Alex mumbled under his breath. "Well, no point in not telling the truth I suppose. Besides Nami sure can land a good hit, and I don’t know if I can survive another hit, without getting brain damage" Alex thought to himself, then sighed out loud.
“I’ll ask one more time, before I throw your ass overboard!” Nami said with an evil aura about her.
“You wouldn’t believe me anyway, I don’t believe it myself.” Alex said.
“Try us..” Nami said trying to keep her anger in check.
“I was walking through a forest, found a tone dial on the floor. Press the apex, heard you’re voice, then a portal opens behind me, I fall in it, and here I am” Alex said without missing a beat. Alex noticed that all the crew has a look of surprise/disbelief on their faces. “What? You guys asked for the truth”
The silence went on for a few minutes, Alex was starting to be creep out. But it was finally broken “HAHAHA ALRIGHT! IT WORKED!” Laughed Luffy. “Now, where’s my meat?” Luffy said drooling a little.
BONG!!!
Nami had hit Luffy over the head with a frying pan. “OWWW NAMI! THAT HURTS!”
“Seriously Luffy the first thing you ask for is food? But while we’re on that subject, where’s my treasure?” Nami said with money for eyes.
"Errrrr" Part of Alex's brain that has mastered the English language kicked in.
"You did bring treasure?....... right?..." Nami has gone from friendly looking to down right demonic. And it scared Alex down to the core.
"Yeah about that, funny story actually, hehehe. The whole portal thing surprised me, and I.... long story short, I don't have any meat or treasure on me..... hehehehe" Alex said rubbing back of his head, smiling nervously.
"Oh, well thats okay. Who Am I to think you would have treasure on you, at all times. And also to expect to come here with that said treasure...." Nami said calmly. Alex was confused, from what he saw of One Piece Nami would be fuming about something like this, maybe he misjudged h..... "I'll just have to charge you instead...hehehehe" Or maybe not.
"Well, here you go" Sanji said placing a bowl of soup in front of Alex. Alex just looked at the soup confused. "Well? You are going to eat it right. Look I know your hungry, don't worry we got plenty to spare."
"Wait you believe me? And not only that feeding me? But.." Alex said but was interrupted by Sanji.
"I was taught to never let someone go hungry, an old geezer taught me that. Now eat, if your worried about your pride or something. It's better to live today and get your pride back tomorrow right?"
Alex nodded and tasted the soup, from the show he know Sanji would be a good cook. But just not this good "HMMMM YUMMY!" Alex exclaimed in delight. His meal didn't last long, to his disappointment.
Luffy smiled and leaned over the table he was sitting at. "Yeah I know, is it any surprised? I hand picked Sanji my self"
"No, you didn't you moron. Remember we're Displaced or what ever that weird Robin guy said" Sanji said after he kicked Luffy in the face.
"Owww! why did you hit me?!" Luffy said rubbing his head
"Felt like it" Sanji simply said.
"Oh, okay" came the reply from Luffy
"Wait... What? Whats a Displaced?" Alex asked confused
"You don't know what a Displaced is" Asked Chopper, with his face showing confused and one of his ear going down. It took all of Alex will power not to hug the cute reindeer guy. But Alex just shakes his head to confirm the question.
"Displaced are typically someone in costume, from a show or comic or something of the sort, and is sent to Equestria or Equis. Sometimes in different time zones as well. But the most common way is that a person has been tricked by a Merchant into taking an item, normally from a convention, which will send them to Equestria or Equis. He's apparently some old guy, who sells real items from respective shows and then sell them for something as low as say, 10 bucks. Displaced is just a shorter for Dimensionally Displaced Human. But in our case it would be humans.
We however did buy something from a Merchant. But we don't fall into the normal category it seems. Were as most Displaced only gain the skills and body of their characters, we gained more than that. Our personalities also changed, you can see our real ones from time to time, if we are really emotional or shocked. The mostly like reason why I think we also gained their personalities, is because we were also acting like them, and not just dressed like them. We became more than just host of this bodies that day. It makes me wonder if these are the real bodies of the Straw hats, and if so what happened to them. Did they go into our bodies? Or just die without a body to live in?" Robin explained
"WOW! SO DEPRESSING!" Shouted Usopp.
Alex was speechless. "Maybe that girl was like the old guy merchant....... That bitch! Ooooo If I get my hands on her, Ooooo she's sooooooooo going to get it.....hehehe" And thought mischievously, planning his revenge on the girl. "I suppose I should count my self lucky then, seeing as I only gained this body and some of his skills."
"Wait you only gained some of his skills? Meaning I might have a chance against Mihawk?" Usopp said trying to feed his own ego.
"I might not has his sword skills, but I defiantly have his strength" That made Usopp depressed, as he went do to the floor, in a comical way. (As in there was a small cloud above him, and it was raining on him) Whilst him mumbled things like 'I can't even beat a rookie displaced' and so on.
"Well, thats no good is it. If someone found out that the strongest swordsman is on this ship. And then came to this ship and beat you, they could claim to be the strongest swordsman" Said a voice from nowhere.
"Hey, in my defence I've only been in this body for.... You know I don't actually know. It's not been long, or at least it doesn't feel long. Then again if felt like years when I was lost in that damn forest." Alex said in his defence.
"You got lost?! HAHAHAHA! YOUR JUST AS STUPID AS ZORO!" Luffy laughed whilst clapping his hands
Till Nami punch him "YOUR NOT MUCH BETTER!
"We're going to have to do something about that aint we" Something heavy land right next to Alex, to which he totally didn't jump in surprise. It was none other than Zoro.
"Errrr Y-yeah, I S-suppose so" Alex said in fear.
"What are you planing Zoro?" Asked Brook
"Isn't it obvious? I'm going to teach him" Zoro said without missing a beat.
"WHAT?!" Came the confused voices of everyone of board, with the exception of Zoro and Robin of course.
"But how are you going do that Zoro! We don't have time to wait for you to train him!" Said Nami
"Nami is right Zoro, Although I have no doubt you would be SUPER! good at it, we can't stay in one place to long" Explained Franky
Zoro sighed in disappoint "I said I was going to teach him, not train him. Meaning I only have to give him a few pointers and then he can do it himself."
"And here I thought we finally got rid of your useless ass" Sanji said in disappointment, only angering Zoro
"What was that, you shity cook?!"
"Bring it on moss head!"
"WHAT WAS THAT?!" Screamed the pair at the same time, and started to fight each other.
"KNOCK IT OF YOU TWO!" Screamed Nami even loud whilst punching the fighting duo square in the face.
"So anyway, once we get to an Island, we can get him a log pose to a certain Island, that is made for training. We might as well drop him of there, I'll give him some advice & tips and we'll be off, and he can follow the log pose.....Err what was you real name again? Or would you prefer to be called Mihawk?" Asked Zoro once he got over the pain from Nami's attack.
"I'm called Alex, But I think I would prefer now to be called Mihawk" Alex said.
"Fair enough, my real name is Dan, I'm from America originally" Zoro said
"My name is Prince Harry, and I was the prince of England!" Said Usopp proudly
"No, it's not" Till Nami said that. "His actual name is John, and he's from England. My name is Charlotte, and I'm also from England"
"And I'm Isaac, I'm from Egypt!" Luffy said with a smile
"My name was Luke, but I'm from SUPER! America" Said Franky
"And my name was Mohammed infidel! SILNCE! I"LL KILL YOU! Yohohohoho Just kidding! My name was Christopher and I was from Canada" Said Brook
"I'm Sofía, and I come from Argentina, It's a pleasure to meet you" Said Robin
"Nathan was my name, and I'm from Canada like Chris" Said Sanji
"And I'm from Switzerland human! And My name was Simon" Said Chopper proudly
"Its nice to meet you all. But can I ask, what Island where you talking about Zoro?"
"We don't know, there are lots of things in common with this world and the one piece world. But the Island aren't the same, or at least the route isn't the same from the real Straw Hat pirates took. We haven't been to Fishman Island or Thriller Bark or anything similar. But we have met Luffy's pony brother, which was a shock to us and him. It also seems the Griffins replaced the navy. And the top Pirates from one piece are either ponies, griffins, minotaurs or other inhabitants from this world, instead of human. However the one main difference from the real one piece world, is that Ace wasn't executed or killed. Because pony Luffy was the one to sacrifice himself for Ace from the punch from Akainu, which burnt his insides instead. And that send pony Ace on a rampage, he was tearing Akainu a new one, till the other two Admirals stepped in. And they almost killed him, until Whitebeard stepped in. Even though pony Luffy wasn't his son or crew member, Ace was. And he shared his pain. Also as a side note, If you thought Whitebeard was terrifying as a human, you don't want to see him as a minotaur.
However the second main difference from this universe and the one piece we know is; Whitebeard didn't die in the war, and he managed to kill Blackbeard. And that makes the main 3 massive differences from the one piece we know." Explained Robin
"Jeez I bet Ace was more than surprised, same with Sabo." Said Alex
"No kidding, he broke down when he saw Luffy. Even though our Luffy isn't a pony, or isn't his real brother. He thought he was. Well, technically at first he attacked us, saying we were fakes and disgracing his little brother's name. But we got to him eventually. I'm still sore from that fight" Said Usopp
"Baka, you didn't even attack or defend, you ran away" Zoro said, putting Usopp down.
"And then there was the marines, they were surprised they didn't kill Dragon's son. They increased Luffy's Bounty to 500 million. And don't even ask about how Dragon, Shanks, Sabo, Garp and so on reacted to Luffy's death and 'return' and then new human form, including his crew." Said Sanji
"Yes, I was afraid their minds would have been blown, I would in the same boat as well, in their position. Although skeletons don't have any brains! Yohohoho! SKULL JOKE!" said Brook
"Wait....... If there was a pony Luffy, were's this world's real Straw Hat Crew?" Alex asked
"I can explain that one. After they saw their captains' death in the paper, you can probably tell it wouldn't have been good news for them. Zoro, Sanji, Brook, Franky & Robin gave them selves in, and were executed. While Nami, Chopper & Usopp were probably either killed, committed suicide or went missing." Said Nami
"So have you met any people from the one piece world, in your universe Mihawk?" Asked Chopper
"Sadly no I haven't. The ponies I have met, amongst others, didn't even recognise me one bit. They even thought I was some monster." Alex said sadly
"I've got a question for you." Luffy said standing up. "Will you join our crew?" He said with a big smile. All of the crew was shocked into silence, even Robin.
"WWWWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHAAAAAATTTTTT??????!!!!!!" The Straw Hats shouted in unison, even Robin.
