//------------------------------// // Welcome to Ponyville; The reindeer doctor's journey begins! // Story: One Piece: Chopper's Quest in the land of Ponies // by mauvsheep //------------------------------// Separated from the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates, Tony Tony Chopper finds himself in the land of Equestria; where it is populated not by humans, but talking ponies. Chopper is rescued by the pegasus pony, Fluttershy, and she has agreed to help him in any way possible. "Good morning Dr. Chopper." Fluttershy said as she pulls the curtains apart to let in the sunshine of the morning day through the window. "I hope you rested well. You seemed to have fully recovered from your injuries." "Hi Fluttershy. Thanks for agreeing to help me. I hope I can get back to the rest of my friends. I'm ready to go to the town." Chopper said as he stretches. The pair then begin to head out of Fluttershy's cottage, as Angel bunny glares at Chopper. "I don't think your little friend likes me very much." Chopper said as Angel gives him a dirty look. "Oh don't worry about him. He's just protective over me." Fluttershy responded to the reindeer. "Ponyville is a bit of a walk from here. Normally I would fly, but I can't just leave you here by yourself, especially since you're walking on two legs." "Oh don't worry about that, WALK POINT!" Chopper yells out as his body transforms into his full reindeer form. Fluttershy let out a surprised yelp, as she sees him suddenly grow in size, and on all fours, with large antlers, yet still his clothes seem to stretch with his body. "Wha? What happened?" Flutershy asked in astonishment. "Like I said, I'm not a normal reindeer. I can shape shift my body into different forms. What you saw earlier was my Brain Point. It's my human-reindeer hybrid form. This is my Walk Point, my true reindeer form. I also have a Heavy Point, a full human form." Fluttershy listens in awe, and at the same time, can't help but somewhat oogle at his reindeer body. He was slightly larger than her, yet he also seemed very masculine, strong, and somewhat attractive. Even though he was a reindeer and not a pony. She shook her head to get those distracting thoughts out of her head. They needed to go to Ponyville, and thus began their walk. On the way, they conversed about the wildlife and animals that Fluttershy would take care of, and Chopper gave her some medical advice on how to treat each illness and wound as they would come along. After about half an hour, they finally reach the town. "Here we are Chopper. Welcome to Ponyville." Fluttershy said as they both walk into the town market place. "Whoa." Chopper said with astonishment. Chopper had never seen a town devoid of humans. Not a single one was in sight. Instead he sees, ponies everywhere. They were going about their business, as if they were people. Some looked like regular horses, yet very colorful, he saw others like Fluttershy, who had wings, and a third type, with a single horn on their heads. "I haven't seen so many colorful ponies in my life. What is this place, and where are all the humans?" Chopper asked. "There are no humans here. Humans don't exist. You're such a funny reindeer." Fluttershy said with a light chuckle. "Hmm, I think I better stay in my reindeer form." Chopper said to himself. He didn't want to spook any of the locals if there weren't any other humanoid creatures around. They begin to walk around the town square when Chopper's stomach began to rumble. "Umm, can we stop somewhere to pick up a snack or something?" He asked Fluttershy. "Why of course. I can't believe we skipped breakfast in our haste today. It's the most important meal." She responded. "Let's go to Pinkie's over at Sugarcube Corner. She always has wonderful snacks and treats." About another two minute walk, they reach the bakery of Sugarcube Corner, and enter it. "HIYA Fluttershy!" A pink pony said as she bounces up to the two. "And who's this? I've never seen you before. You must be new to Ponyville because I know everypony who lives here. I'm Pinkie Pie, and what's your name?" "I'm Chopper, and I'm looking for a way to reach the rest of my friends." He said to the pink pony. "OOOH, I'm always excited to meet someone new. Let me be your friend too!" Pinkie began to bounce around Chopper excitedly. "So, you want some cake? I'll bake you a special Welcome to Ponyville Friendship Cake! Doesn't that sound yummy?" Pinkie Pie said as she then suddenly pulls out a wagon out of nowhere. "Huh? Where'd that come from?" Chopper said dumbfounded. Pinkie then suddenly broke into song as the wagon began playing music. "Welcome welcome welcome A fine welcome to you Welcome welcome welcome I say how do you do? Welcome welcome welcome I say hip hip hurray Welcome welcome welcome to Ponyville today!" A microwave from the wagon opens, as confetti burst out, and cake batter shoots out of the musical horns, splattering all three of them. "Oops, I must have put the confetti in the cake oven, and the cake batter in the confetti cannon.... AGAIN!" Pinkie says as she licks up the cake batter covering her. She then runs off behind the counter and pulls out a large cake that says Welcome to Ponyville on it. "Pinkie, how did you? Where did you?" Fluttershy began to ask. "Oh, I have a welcome cake ready at all times, in case of welcome emergencies." She replied as Chopper simply laughed. "Aww, I'm glad I made you smile!" She said happily. "You're funny, and thanks for the cake." Chopper said cheerfully to Pinkie. The three began cutting into the cake and started eating. Chopper had always liked sweets, and Sanji had always made some of the best treats for him. This almost rivaled it. Of course he had a hard time trying to pick up the cake with his hooves in his reindeer form. Seeing that nobody else was around he looked over to Pinkie. "Hey Pinkie, I don't want to startle or scare you, but can you keep this between us?" Chopper said to the pink pony. "Sure I'm good at keeping secrets and not breaking promises, and I LOVE surprises." She replied. "Promise me you won't reveal this to anyone else, I don't want to start a panic if I don't have to...." "CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE DO FLY, STICK A CUPCAKE IN MY EYE!" She responded. "Ok, here goes...." Chopper said as he sighed. "Brain Point!" Chopper's body morphs back into his human/reindeer hybrid form. He's now the tiny bipedal creature that Fluttershy originally found. Pinkie lets out a gasp, then her eyes begin to shine with excitement. "Oh, that was soo cool! I've never seen anypony pull a trick like that. Do it again!" She said with glee. Chopper began to laugh, relieved that she wasn't scared of him. "Hey Fluttershy," Pinkie said to the pegasus, "How come you weren't scared?" "Oh, he already told me about how he's not a normal reindeer. He said something about eating a devil fruit that gives him special abilites. He can even turn into a human, though I haven't seen him do it yet." "That's so exciting! How do devil fruits taste? Are they yummy? What kind of powers do they give you?" "They taste terrible." Chopper explained, as he begins to use his new form to dig into his cake. It was much easier now since his hooves were now like fingers. He didn't want to turn fully human, because he was unsure how the ponies would react. And he knew the others would find this current form to be cute. "They do? Well, that's dissapointing." Pinkie responded. After they were done, Chopper transforms back into his Walk Point. Pinkie decided to join him and Fluttershy as they continue their trek through Ponyville. "Since you're my new friend, Let's give you a tour of our town!" Pinkie said in her hyper tone. "Well, what we're really trying to do, is meet up with Twilight at the library." Fluttershy responded. "Okie Dokie Lokie." Pinkie answered. Chopper couldn't help but laugh with Pinkie. As they walk through the town, Chopper couldn't help but see several things he found interesting. Such as pegasi pushing clouds around, unicorns using some sort of levitation to move objects, and how everything looked like a human society, yet it was run by ponies. Chopper was fascinated by his surroundings. Finally, they reach the library, which was literally a treehouse. Fluttershy knocks on the door, and a small bipedal reptile answers. "Hey Fluttershy, Hi Pinkie Pie, looks like everypony showed up. Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash are here too." The little reptile said to the ponies. "Oh really Spike?" Pinkie asked with excitement "Is it some kind of party?" "No not really," Spike answered. "They're just here because Twilight needed some helping hooves to reorganize her books this time around. The others kinda owed her a favor anyway." He then looks at Chopper. "Who's the new guy?" Spike asked. "Oh, this is Dr. Tony Tony Chopper, a visitor to Ponyville. He's lost, and I was hoping Twilight could help him get back home to his friends." Fluttershy answered. "Well, don't just stand there, come on inside." Spike said as the three enter the library. Inside, the other ponies were shelving books, and sorting some in order. "This....is......BORING!" a rainbow maned blue winged pony shouted out. "Well, ya did make a darn tootin' mess when you crashed into the library this mornin' Rainbow Dash!" An orange pony wearing a cowboy hat said while piling some books together. "It wasn't my fault Applejack! Derpy got in my way when I was trying to attempt another Sonic Rainboom. I had to veer out or else I would have slammed right into her." Rainbow Dash complained. "Now now girls..." A white unicorn with a purple mane said, "Let's just calm down, we promised we'd help Twilight this week with her reshelving. She modeled for my dresses, and helped Applejack with her harvest. We owe it to her as her friends." "Yeah, yeah, whatever Rarity." Rainbow replied. "Hey girls, we have a guest. One Dr. Tony Tony Chopper, a reindeer visitor." Spike said as the rest of the ponies greet them. "Where's Twilight?" Spike asked. "She's in the basement getting some cleaning tools." Rarity said as she also greets Chopper. "Why hello there! I've never seen a reindeer with such studly good looks. Though those clothes you're wearing, such a disaster to fashion!" Rarity said. "I am Rarity by the way. Dr. Chopper is it?" "Umm, yes, and what's wrong with my clothes? I like them." Chopper responded. "Howdy Partner, I'm Applejack!" The orange cowmare greeted the reindeer. "And I'm the one and only Rainbow Dash!" The blue pegasus said. "Um, hello. Tony Tony Chopper's the name." Chopper greeted the rest. Then out from the basement, a purple unicorn comes from the door, with several cleaning tools levitating around her. She then sees the reindeer, sets the tools down, and walks up to him. "Hi Twilight" Fluttershy said to her. "This is a visitor to Ponyville. His name is Dr. Tony Tony Chopper. He's a reindeer doctor not from our lands. He's lost and I was wondering, if, um, you know, could help him out, I mean, if it's ok with you...." "Oh, well, hello sir, I'm Twilight Sparkle, I'm the librarian here, as well as the prized student of Princess Celestia, our ruler." Twilight said to Chopper. "Nice to meet you, I'm Chopper, a doctor of the Straw Hat crew aboard our ship." He replied to her. "Ship?" Twilight asked, "Are you a sailor or something?" "I'm a pirate." Chopper said without thinking, then he realized he may have just said too much. "A PIRATE??!!" All six ponies and dragon replied. "You're pullin' our leg right?" Rainbow Dash said with a laugh. "That's a good one. Everypony knows there aren't any more pirates these days." "Well, that's not entirely true..." Chopper said. "And I'm not exactly a normal reindeer. I'd might as well be honest with you all, since I need your help. I'm the doctor of the Straw Hat Pirates, led by a man named Monkey D. Luffy, a human. But you all seem to think humans don't exist. Then again, I'm pretty sure none of you have been outside of your land before I take it?" "Well, not really." Applejack replied. "We've always stayed here in Equestria all of our lives. Never really had any reason to head out I reckon." "Well, let me tell you about myself and the world I come from, maybe it will shed some more light, and give you more information to help me." Chopper said. "And what did you mean by, you're not a normal reindeer?" Twilight asked. "Well, let me show you." He said. "I ate a devil fruit called the Human Human Fruit. Zoan type. It gave me my human level intelligence, and allows my body to shape shift into different forms." He then morphs into his brain point. All the ponies, and Spike gasp and take a step back. "Wha? WHAT ARE YOU?!" Rarity shrieked. "Don't be afraid." Fluttershy reassured the others. "It may look surprising, but he's actually very nice. I like him a lot." "Well, for Fluttershy, normally somepony like her to be timid towards everything to take a liking to you, I guess you're cool in my book." Rainbow said as she walks up to Chopper. "Yeah, he's fun to be around." Pinkie added. "Didn't you say you can turn into a human too?" "Well, yeah, but, I don't know if you're ready for that part." He said with a nervious look. "Well, he is rather adorable with his current look. I take it back, those clothes in your current shape look absolutely darling on you, especially that blue and pink cap you're wearing." Rarity said as she looks at him. "A.....Adorable? Your words won't bring me any happiness, you stupid head." Chopper says as he begins to blush, smile, and wave his body back in forth. "Well, isn't that just darling! He's the shy type, just like you Fluttershy." Rarity said while giggling. "He shrunk down to the same size as me." Spike said to Twilight. Twilight could only look at Chopper with a huge grin on her face. He's a doctor, he's from another land, he can shapeshift, and he apparently lives with humans. The knowledge she could gain from him was overwhelming to the unicorn. "Spike, get me a scroll, some ink and a quill." She said as Spike runs off to retrieve the objects she asked for. "Now have a seat, and tell me everything you know." She said while her grin grows even larger. "That mouth of yers' is enough to make Pinkie jealous." Applejack said as she looked at Twilight. And thus, Chopper began to tell his tale of his life. From his beginnings on Drum Island, how his family shunned him for his blue nose, how he was later more shunned after eating the Human Human Fruit. How the main human civilization rejected him because they feared him. He told them about a man named Dr. Hiluluk, who took him in, and taught him everything he knew about medicine. How he treated Chopper like his own son. Until his untimely death at the hands of Warpol, the then corrupt ruler of Drum Island. How Dr. Kureha, one of Dr. Hiluluk's associates, promised to take him in, and taught him everything there was to know about being a doctor. And then, about Luffy, and the crew, about how they were pirates, yet they don't pillage and loot, they journey only to have fun, and to follow their dreams. The adventures they had of how Luffy freed Drum Island from Warpol, their trip to the desert kingdom of Alabasta, and how they saved the country from destruction. The trip to Skypiea, an island in the sky made of clouds, how they had to rescue their dear friend Nico Robin from Enies Lobby, declaring war against the entire world to do so for the sake of a friend. About their adventure on Thriller Bark, fighting zombies, and monsters. And their separation for two years, and hard training to help Luffy overcome his grief over the loss of his brother, and the reunion after their intense training. And also about their underwater adventure in Fishman Island. Most importantly, He told them about the comradeship, and strong bond each of his crew members had with each other. How they would put each other in harm's way to save each other. Even if it meant giving up their one true dream. The devotion the Straw Hats had for each other, was a true bond of friendship that nothing will ever break. He also told them about his dream, to be the world's greatest doctor, and cure any illness that existed. His promise to Dr. Hiluluk. Once his story was done, the ponies, and Spike, had tears in their eyes, moved by his tragic history, and his devotion to his crew. "That was an amazing story!" Twilight said, as she wipes some tears from her eyes. "To think there's a whole other world out there." "These humans sound like they're a bunch of jerks." Rainbow Dash added. "Well, they can't be all bad if Chopper's crew took him in an' accepted him for who he is." Applejack replied to the pegasus. "I like this Luffy guy!" Pinkie chimed in. "He sounds like a lot of fun!" "Oh you poor dear!" Rarity said, "To think you suffered so much. But I'm glad you have such caring friends." "Oh Chopper," Fluttershy said with tears in her eyes, "We'll help you get back to your family. Anyone who loves you that much, are your family." She said as she hugs him. Fluttershy couldn't help but feel some kind of connection to Chopper. He's a doctor, a caretaker, much like her, he didn't have any friends when he was young, just like her, but he was very kind, and had such kindness that rivals her own. The more she got to know him, the more she began to admire him. "So Twilight, What can you do for him?" Spike asked. "Well, I'll need to so some research. If I can't find anything here, I'll try the Canterlot Libraries. Maybe the princess can help as well." She replied to him. "I also wish to learn more about the humans and the world outside Equestria." "One more thing..." Pinkie said to the reindeer. "Show us your human form. I WANNA SEE!" "You sure that's a good idea?" Chopper asked, "It's kinda scary looking." "It's ok, we know you're super nice!" Pinkie replied. "Alright, here goes....... HEAVY POINT!" Chopper then morphs into a giant bipedal hulking humanoid. All of the ponies take a step back in fright as they look at Chopper's towering monsterous form. "See? I knew I'd scare all of you." He said sadly. "If you're afraid of me now, then.... I'll just leave. I won't bother you anymore." "Oh no wait, please come back." Fluttershy said as she flies up to his head level. "You may look scary right now, but we know you're not a big meanie. I can still see it in your eyes. You're still the nice doctor I rescued yesterday. You're still our friend." The other ponies were amazed at how Fluttershy fearlessly flew up to him, and spoke to him. Her usual timid personality wasn't present. This also gave them to courage to interact with Chopper in his current form. "Yeah, I think you look kinda cool!" Rainbow added. "And I think this is fascinating!" Twilight responded. "Ah bet you can give Big Macintosh a run for his bits!" Applejack chuckled. "You may look like a brute, but you're a brute with a heart." Rarity said. "You're like the coolest reindeer monster I've ever met. Well, then again, you're the only reindeer I ever met!" Pinkie hyperly said as she bounced around him in circles. Chopper then transforms back to his brain point. "I, I'm glad you're not running me out of town just because I'm different, or because I'm a Pirate." He said with tears in his eyes. "Of course not! It wouldn't be neighborly of us!" Applejack replied. "Don't worry Chopper, We'll help you however we can." Twilight said, "Right girls?" "RIGHT!" The others replied. "Those are some awesome tricks man." Spike said as he pats Chopper on the back. "Think you can teach me?" "Sorry Spike, but that's the devil fruit ability. You didn't eat one." Chopper answered. Spike, slightly disappointed, just simply smiled at his new friend, as he walks back next to Twilight. "Devil Fruit powers. I wish to learn more about those too." Twilight said to the reindeer. "Do you have a place to stay while you're here?" "Oh, he can stay at my cottage." Fluttershy said. "Alright then, sounds like we have some work to do. We'll get you back to your friends, I promise." Twilight said, as she then hears a knocking at the door. She goes to answer it, and at the door stands a unicorn stallion, in guard armor. "Bro?" Twilight said to the unicorn. "Hi Twilie." The stallion replied. "I heard you have a guest in the library, The princess wants all of you and the outsider from Equestria to come with us to Canterlot." "Shining Armor's here?" Spike said with slight confusion. "Who's he?" Chopper asked. "That's Twilight's older brother, Shining Armor, Captain of the Royal Guards in Canterlot, the capital city of Equestria." Fluttershy answered. Shining Armor then walks up to Chopper. "Sir I need you to come with me. I don't mean to sound demanding or rude, but Princess Celestia has ordered your presence at the castle. All of you are to come as well." "What's this about?" Twilight asked. "Him" Shining Armor replied pointing at Chopper. "I'm sorry to do this, as I know you made friends with him, but he's under arrest." Shining Armor said as he pulls out a parchment, and unrolls it. All the ponies and Spike gasp at what is on the paper. It's a wanted poster of Chopper.