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The news that Luffy had found One Piece was certainly a disappointment to one big brother and the rest of his crew. But nonetheless, Portgas D. Ace was definitely glad that it was Luffy who was now Pirate King, and not some random.

He was lying in the middle of the deck (as he usually did at this hour) gazing up at the sky. He was certain that he had seen a shooting star a little while earlier, and had wished that something would actually happen before they reached his little brother. Raftel was still a long way away, and if something didn’t happen he was definitely going to die of boredom. After all, Ace wasn’t one to do nothing.

SAYS WHO HE’S DOING NOTHING!?

He sighed, before switching his mind to other things. The news circulating the Grand Line was that Luffy’s first mate and navigator had (finally) gotten together. Nami and…what was his name again? Zobo? Zogo!? Zoro, that was it. (EN: JOKE AT ZORO’S EXPENSE!!)

Ace couldn’t help but envy Zoro, not just because he was jealous. After all, Nami was a fiery girl, and what could he say? He was fire itself. But it was more that he just couldn’t find the right girl for him.

Suddenly, another shooting star whizzed across the sky, and he made another wish. That he could find himself a girl, since there was no longer a great treasure to be found. Well, until Luffy passes away, that is. And if things turned out as they should, Ace should be the first to hit the deck, not his brother.

He closed his eyes as he listened to the sound of the ocean lapping against the ship. As he slowly opened them again, another shooting star shot out across the inky sky. That was three! In one night! What was this, the wish-athon!?

Ace decided to let this one pass; besides, what could he wish for? Looking back at the star, he realised it was still there.

Wait…what!? That’s not right…

In fact, it looked like it was getting closer. Shooting stars aren’t meant to do that, either. Then, a faint shouting met his ears as he sat up, watching it come closer.

He could not believe his eyes.

Ooooooooh shit…

It all happened so fast for Ace to grasp what the hell was going on. The star crashed into the ocean, sending up giant wave that crashed into the side of the ship. Caught off guard, he was thrown backwards and into the sea.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH SHIT--!!

Now for all you uneducated One Piece followers out there, let me spell it out. Devil’s Fruit, and the sea, DO NOT mix. Rather, if a Devil’s Fruit user was thrown into the sea, their strength is sapped and they…well…drown.

But just as Ace was about to fall into this category, he felt a pair of arms reach down and grab his wrists, pulling him up to the surface. As he took a look under the water he saw another body sinking into the depths. He wanted to help them, but what could he do?

Right now, he was the one that needed rescuing.

He broke the surface of the water gasping for air. Looking up, he saw one of his crewmates holding onto him and keeping him afloat.

“Oi Ace, you alright?” He asked urgently as Ace felt himself get dragged to the edge of the ship.

“S-Someone else is…down there…” He was coughing up sea water by the litre and still going strong.

Then, he felt someone lift the two of them up onto the deck, accompanied by a lot of seawater and the lone fish. He squinted his eyes to focus on the face of his Captain.

“The Second in Command says there’s someone else down there,” his crewmate reported, using formal language in front of the (arguably) strongest pirate in the world.

“No one else fell off the ship other than you,” Whitebeard sent a look towards Ace that would’ve made any other person die of fright, “So whoever they are they are not a part of my crew. However, it was most likely the person that caused the giant wave, so you better go down and fetch them. They may have a Devil’s Fruit power and needs assistance. Might be a tracker. Bring ‘em up.”

The crewmate nodded and dived back into the water.

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Gabrielle couldn’t breathe as she opened her eyes. No wonder; she was underwater! What was going on? The last thing she remembered was smashing Emily’s mum’s vase, so how come she was underwater? No matter what, she had to get to the surface for air.

Suddenly, a pair of hands grabbed her around the middle. Caught by surprise, she kicked behind her as her defence mechanism kicked in.

The hands immediately let go as she swum for the surface. AIR! She broke and gasped in huge mouthfuls of air. Finally feeling a little better, she looking to her left and saw what looked like a giant ship next to her.

Well…that’s what it looked like…WHY WAS EVERYTHING BLURRY!?

But anyhow, this place definitely was not Emily’s pool. And somehow she got a feeling she wasn’t anywhere near anything at all. The surface of the water broke next to her and a man bobbed next to her with a grimace of pain. Gabrielle didn’t know what to say. Who was this guy?

“Jeez lady, what’s wrong with you?” the man asked, “I was trying to help you.”

“HELP ME!?” she spluttered, “Did you know that randomly grabbing people’s middles comes across as being PERVERTED!? Not to mention you scared the hell outta me.” She fixed the man with the best glare she could.

Which was hard, because she couldn’t see him properly.

“Look,” his tone showed he definitely wanted to be elsewhere, “maybe we should just get out of the water. Then we can talk. ‘Kay?”

“About what?” She was suspicious as she habitually reached up to adjust her glasses.

Which had disappeared. No wonder she couldn’t see properly!

“Shit…”

“What?” the man asked, looking at her.

“I can’t see,” Gabrielle said, furiously rubbing her eyes.

“Are you blind? Then why didn’t you say so?”

“I’M NOT BLIND GODDAMIT!! I just my glasses, which are now at the bottom of the ocean, no thanks to YOU!”

She didn’t need to see his reaction.

“Come on, we’ll….we’ll help you on the ship.” The man said, grabbing her wrist.

She immediately forced her foot into his ribs.

“I can swim by myself thankyou,” she said amidst his painful groans.

“But I thought you couldn’t see?” This was definitely more than he had bargained for.

“SHUT UP!!”

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Ace did a double take as a girl with long brown hair and eyes climbed on, closely followed by his (limping) crewmate.

The said crewmate collapsed on the deck, but not before sending Ace a “You owe me” glare.

Turning his attention back to the girl, he saw that she was wearing long pants and a shirt that had a green dragon with wings on it. He had never seen clothes like that before.

When he said he wanted something interesting to happen, this wasn’t quite what he had in mind…Whitebeard was the first to speak as he approached her.

“Who are you?” He asked, staring down at her.

“Actually, that was gonna be my first question,” she retorted, pointing an accusing finger up at him.

He looked a bit taken aback.

“Do you know who I am?” His booming voice echoed off the whole ship.

“No, that’s why it was gonna be my first question,” she stated as if Whitebeard was a little boy.

Ace stifled his laughter.

“You obviously don’t fear death, girly,” one of his men said, folding his arms.

“Oi! Name’s Gabrielle, and I’m not talking to you. So shut up before I do something I won’t regret later on,” she threatened, shaking her fist, “And as for death, you just try and kill me. I’d break your neck before you can touch me!”

The crewmate that was still lying on the deck looked up at Ace to give him a “See what I had to put up with?” look.

That was when he noticed something shiny lying on the deck. He walked over and picked it up. The object was a pair of glasses.

“What’ve you got there, Ace?” Whitebeard asked.

Gabrielle didn’t even bother looking over at the man. Right now, she had bigger things to worry about. Like getting the hell back to Emily’s house. And making sure these men get what they deserve.

“It’s a pair of glasses,” the man said. Now, where’s she heard that voice before?

Wait…GLASSES!?

She jumped up immediately.

“Hey, they’re mine!” she said, pushing people out of the way before snatching them out of the man’s hands.

Placing the glasses back on her face, she finally managed to see that everyone gaining a twin was due to her blurry vision. Then turning to face the man to give him her thanks, she nearly died of fright.

“SHIT!! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!?” she exclaimed as she fell backwards…and slipped on the wet deck.

Breathing heavily, she stared up into the face of one of her favourite anime characters. He looked quite startled at her reaction, and now looked on curiously as she proceeded to curl herself into a ball and rock back and forth.

“Er…you, alright?” He asked awkwardly.

Goddammit Ace, does she look alright!?!? His conscience blared at him.

“I’m dreaming I’m dreaming I’m dreaming I’m gonna wake up and ARGH! Who am I kidding!?” she said, gripping the top of her head.

She looked up at the Ace look-alike again and wanted to know what in the world was going on. Had she been sucked into the One Piece world? Nah, that wasn’t possible. Was it? He was still looking at her as if waiting for an answer.

Looking around, she noticed at least fifty (very strong) men towering over her.

Not exactly the best of situations.

“…You…You…just…look like someone…” She replied awkwardly, shifting uncomfortably as fifty one pairs of eyes bored into her.

“And who’s this person?” The man asked.

“His name’s Ace, but the crappy English version called him Trace…” she scowled, doing a mental bombing of 4Kids.

So she didn’t see the man’s eyes widen.

“Well then…how do I resemble…Ace?” he asked, looking slightly scared at the people behind him.

“For started, you wear the same clothes as Ace, you’ve got the same face, same voice, same everything! Except that Ace isn’t real.”

Said man cocked an eyebrow.

“Not real hey?” he said, smiling down at her.

“No, he’s not. He’s a cartoon, a drawing. You know,” she said at his confused expression, “2-D, fake, non living,” She gave up. “Well, at least I know Ace isn’t this stupid…”

“Well, my name’s Ace…” he said as she relaxed a bit. A BIT.

“That’s weird then…because unless you’ve eaten a Devils Fruit and got the power of fire and unless you’re the second in command to Whitebeard’s pirate crew and unless you have a younger brother called Monkey D. Luffy who also ate a Devils Fruit and has the power of rubber, and unless you fall asleep at random times you CANNOT be Ace,” she heaved a breath.

(Insert tumbleweed)

“What!? STOP STARING AT ME LIKE THAT!” She gained ten feet of private space, “Thankyou.”

“How the hell do you know so much?” Ace look alike asked.

“I get it off the Internet.” She said.

“What’s the in…teria…net?” He frowned at this new word, “Do you catch information in it?”

“NO! The In-ter-net.” She said, stating every syllable like she would to a two year old.

“And where is this place?” He asked.

“In a Com-pu-ter.” She said.

“What’s a com…puta?” Ace eyed her weirdly.

Gabrielle smacked her forehead.

“I need a break.” She said, finally giving up.

It was like trying to talk to a small child who still believed in the Easter bunny.

“I reckon the collision’s scrambled her brain,” said one man. He quickly shut up after a death glare.

“What collision course?” Her eyes narrowed.

“You came flying out of the sky,” Ace said, apparently happy he finally knew something this girl didn’t.

“I did? When’d that happen?” she asked.

(Silence)

“Maybe we should let her rest,” Ace said, looking behind him.

Gabrielle stood up and gaped at the man sitting on a huge chair.

“You’re huge!” she exclaimed, “Are you Whitebeard?”

He didn’t reply, but she could’ve sworn his moustache twitched in annoyance. Did she say something rude to him?

“Because if you are, you must know Shanks!” Gabrielle exclaimed happily.

“Yes, I know him. Partying rascal, he is,” Whitebeard was deciding what to do with this know all girl.

She knew a lot about Ace…what else did she know?

“Oh yeah…there’s something I wanna ask you.” She said, turning around to face him. “Why didn’t you call off Ace when Shanks came to visit you warning you about Blackbeard?”

“…”

“You know about Blackbeard?” Whitebeard asked.

“Yeah, a bit,” she frowned, trying to remember, “He mutinied or something like that. Then he stole a Devil’s fruit and got him some Yami power.”

Something suddenly jolted in her mind.

“What was the outcome of the match?” she asked eagerly.

Ace looked strangely at her.

“If I lost, how come I’m standing here!?”

“Oh, right.”

“If she wants to sleep, she can sleep in your room Ace. You don’t use it anyway.” Whitebeard interjected.

Ace shrugged, and signalled for Gabrielle to follow him. Liza had told her a bit about Whitebeard, so hopefully if she keeps on giving info, Whitebeard won’t have to do anything…drastic.

Gabrielle twitched a smile, and finally fell asleep.

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As Ace walked back outside, an annoying voice sing songed inside his head.

Be careful what you wish for be careful what you wish for be careful what you wish for…

Piczo