I was sitting in a chair feeling everyones eyes on me. Yeah, not uncomfortable at all.
"So...", I swallowed hard, "As you know I'm running from the Marines..."
There was a long pause as I didn't know how to continue. The silence was becoming more uncomfortable.
"Why do they want you?", Robin asked calmly.
Relieved from the silence I answered.
"I have something they want to use as a weapon against pirates to help them capture them"
The strawhats glanced at each other.
"What exactly?", Usopp had rised and eyebrow.
I exhailed quetly.
"...Magic"
There were some surprised faces.
"As in... a Devil Fruit power?", Nami sounded hopeful.
"No. Literally magic. I can use spells and stuff like that. Like at the Crows Nest when the storm stopped"
Another silence.
"Then... you made the storm stop?", Nami sounded disbelieving, "And cut the wave in half with magic?"
I nodded not daring to look up. Somehow I could tell Chopper and Luffy had something to say about this...
"COOOL!!"
...I knew it.
"Join my- !?", Luffy was cut off by someone whacking him on the head.
"Don't say that before this is cleared up!", Nami snapped.
"Let Merica-swan talk!", Sanji ordered.
Well, I didn't really know what to talk about. It was dangerous to have me around when the whole government wanted to use me and pirates wanted to kill me. I should probably tell them that too. But first...
"You wanted to know why I fell from the sky?", I asked.
Serious nods. I bit my lower lip and looked at a wall beside me.
"I... kinda... teleported"
Everyone, exept Robin (and Zoro), dropped their jaws.
"From where?" she asked still not surprised.
"...the Left Calm Belt..."
A bigger jaw drop. Nami was wide eyed and stared at me.
"Th- That's ridicilous! The Left Calm Belt is like two hundred miles away!"
"Why were you at a Calm Belt!?", Usopp seemed to find it stupid, which it was.
"...my teleportation failed", I answered finding their reactions funny.
A stunned silence.
"Wait... How many times did you teleport?"
Questioning looks were thrown my way. I blinked.
"...well... at first I got to a beast island because I didn't have time to concentrate at my previous location. Then, because you can't concentrate at a beast island either, I ended up at the Calm Belt. Of course, you can't concentrate there at all, so I ended up falling from the sky. So three", I counted on my fingers.
I didn't know how their jaws didn't break from that much gaping. Even Robin looked surprised. Luffy, of cource, broke free the fastest his eyes shining.
"COOOL!!! Join m- !?!?", he got four kicks in the head.
"Then, why did you teleport in the first place?"
A shadow crossed my face. That island.
"I needed to escape", a gulp, "from an exploding island"
Another stunned silence. Then Usopp leaned back.
"You know what? I don't think I can be more surprised", he said more calm then I think he was.
"...I can make ice cream with magic. Any flavour you like", I added just to see if he was surprised or not.
Apparently yes, since his mouth dropped open again and he almost fell of his chair. I continued with the island.
"The island was under attack. Marines and pirates. Both were trying to get to me. Marines to use my magic as a weapon, pirates to kill me so they can't", I still shivered at the big hand of the Marine that almost got me before I vanished to that beast island, "It's dangerous to have me here. Many strong ones are after me"
"So what?", Luffy asked.
I blinked at him twice. He was grinning joyously. Nami smiled.
"We're pirates, Merica. The Marines are after us anyway alongside other pirates. It's nothing new", she patted my head.
That was true, I guess.
"So, Merica. Join my crew!", Luffy finally said with no one interrupting.
My chest tightened. This was a new option. It had never even crossed my mind.
"Are... Are you sure?", I asked hesistantly.
"Of course!", Luffy's D shaped grin only grew.
"Then... I'm not a bother here?"
"Of course not!", others behind Luffy told me.
My mouth turned into a little relieved smile. I could be a part of this place.
"I'll join!"