I'm not sure if I cleared everything up here or not. If I didn't, let me know and I'll fix it.

Finally Free

"Huh?! Ah! Where are we?!" Luffy ask, his eyes darting around everywhere. Surrounding him and Zerina was nothing but a bluish black void with shining sparkles that resembled stars. The air was cold, but neither of them shivered.

One of the sparkles floated up to Zerina. It bumped into her nose and busted into several tiny little sparkles before fading off. She said, "I think we're inside the island."

"Inside the island?" Luffy looked down. Nothing appeared to be under their feet, but more bluish black darkness and sparkles. He dripped his toes down, but felt nothing underneath them at all. He straightened back up and put his hands behind his head. "Huh? This is a weird place. Well, what do we do now?"

"I'm not really sure," Zerina said. She looked at Luffy. He still wore the star on his forehead. "Half of my magic was stored inside of you. I made the correct wish that brought us to this place. I made a wish, but nothing bad happened. I don't understand."

"Perhaps I can explain," A tiny, familiar voice said.

"Huh?! Who said that?!" Luffy asked. He darted his eyes around again.

"That voice was…" Zerina looked around. At the same time, Luffy and Zerina saw a red sparkling star coming towards them.

"Whaaaa!" Luffy freaked. "That thing is on fire!"

Zerina took a closer look. The closer the star came to her she noticed it taking a different shape. Once close enough, the star took the form of a small person with spiky hair and pointy ears. The light around the creature faded and revealed the little person was covered in a soft reddish orange fur. Her eyes were yellow with a small star shimmering in place of a pupil. "Who are you?"

"My name is Lit," The creature said.

"It's you. You're the voice that kept talking to me," Zerina said.

"That's right." Lit nodded.

"Hm?" Luffy blinked several times. He had his arms crossed over his chest while he took in the creature. He then grabbed her little feet. Holding her upside down, he continued to run his eyes over her furry little body. "Why are you naked?"

"I'm not naked! I'm furry!" Lit snapped. She swiped her small hands at Luffy but was unable to hit him. "Let go of me!"

"Luffy, behave," Zerina said. She took Lit from his fingers and placed the creature in her palm. "Will you tell us what's going on?"

"I'll try," Lit said, shooting Luffy a glare. "I have no idea how you bonded with him. It seems so impossible."

"Bonded?" Zerina asked. "You know about that?"

"Yes." Lit nodded. She sat down in Zerina's palm and crossed her arms and legs. "It might not make much sense, but you giving half of your magic to his guy really doesn't have a clear answer. The only thing we can figure out is, you gave half of your magic to him to stabilize yourself."

"Stabilize myself?" Zerina asked. "That doesn't make any sense. I'm not stable at all. I make a mess of everything when someone makes a wish."

"Think about your wishes, Zerina," Lit said. "They never really did cause that much damage. Those snake creatures you created were still defeated. It took a lot, but they were still stopped. If you had your full magic the damage would have been a lot greater. You're wishes could actually done damage on a global scale."

"What?!" Zerina gasped.

"Hm?" Luffy hummed.

"Sorry. I don't mean to freak you out," Li replied. "But you had to know that. On a better note, you can actually control it."

"I can control it?" Zerina asked. "How is that possible?"

"It's possible because your dark wishes and everyone else's light wishes are actually one in the same," Lit replied. "But because of the circumstances surrounding your birth, the dark side of your magic actually overshadows the light side of it. Normally the light side is supposed to block out the dark side. Though I suppose it doesn't really matter. Angel proved that magic of light can be used for bad things too. Once we get out of here, we're going to take away their magic."

"Are you going to take away Rina's magic too?" Luffy asked. "She didn't do anything wrong."

"No," Lit replied. "It really wouldn't be fair to take away the magic from those who've done nothing wrong. We're just going to have to be more careful with who we give this gift to. And once we notice someone taking advantage of their gift, we're going to have to take it away from them."

"What about my mother?" Zerina asked.

"Yes, I know you have many questions," Lit said. "And we're going to answer them all."

"We?" Luffy asked. Just then several more Starlings flew up to them. Luffy gasped at all the colorful creatures that now surrounded them. They were of all colors. Oranges, purples, blues, yellows, greens, reds. Some soft pastel color, some darker shades, some lighter shades. But they all had the same spiky style hair and a star in place of their pupils. "There's so many of them. And they're so colorful."

"When your mother decided to move against Angel," Lit said. "We helped her. While Angel did take away our magic, we still retained some of it. And together we helped your mother escape this place."

"You helped her escape?" Zerina asked.

"We did." Lit nodded. "Do you know that portal Mari and Jon helped you escaped from?"

"You know Mari and Jon?" Zerina asked.

"We told them about the portal. We knew they were loyal friends to you and your mother," Lit replied. "We created that portal so your mother could go back down to the planet and have you. We were counting on you to come back and free us. What we didn't count on was you giving half of your magic to his guy. When you did, part of your memories vanished. We had to come up with that song you sing as a remind to you on where half of your magic was. We were hoping that you would figure it out sooner than you did."

"Mother's song?" Zerina asked.

"Yes." Lit nodded. "When you gave half of your magic to him, you started calling him Lalu."

"So? She's always called me that," Luffy said. He pulled his legs up underneath him and took a hold of his ankles.

Zerina lifted an eyebrow at him. Sitting cross-legged, he remanded floating in place. She turned her eyes back to Lit. The Starling said, "We believe that star was meant to be a stabilizer. Part of both of your life forces is sealed within it. That's why when Luffy made wishes, nothing bad ever happened. It connected you to each other."

"I'm sorry," Zerina replied with a sigh. "Everything seems so messed up. I didn't mean to make a mess of things."

"It's not your fault so don't worry about it. Besides, it really doesn't matter. Sometimes plans just get messed up. Nothing ever goes perfectly," Lit replied. She flew up to Zerina's face and placed her hand on Zerina's cheek. "What matters now is that we take care of this problem. As soon as that is done, we can stabilize your magic."

"You can fix her?" Luffy asked.

"We can." Lit nodded with a soft smile. "It's a gift after all."

Zerina carefully studied Lit's expression. Sometime about the Starling's expression sent small alarms going off in her head. It was nothing bad, but it wasn't good either.

"That's great! Isn't that great, Rina?!" Luffy asked with a huge grin. His grin faded when he noticed she wasn't smiling. "Rina? What's wrong?"

"Nothing," Zerina replied. She gave Luffy a halfhearted grin. "It's just hard to believe. That's all. This whole mess will soon be over. And I won't be making dark wishes anymore."

"Well, believe it," Lit said. "Now, let's get back to the exterior of Hydra."

"Right!" Luffy and Zerina nodded.

"Uh, how do we get back?" Luffy asked.

"Through Zerina's and your magic," Lit replied. She flew up to Luffy's face and placed her small hand on the star.

"What?!" Luffy shrieked when Lit and the star on his forehead started glowing.

"Here we go," Lit said. She lifted her free hand towards Zerina.

Somehow knowing what to do, Zerina lifted her hand and gave Lit her index finger. The glow from Lit and Luffy spread to her. Zerina asked, "Wait. How exactly are we supposed to fight Angel?"

"Don't worry about that. We'll help you fight," Lit said just before the light grew brighter and they disappeared.

…

"Ah!" Brook screamed when a large rock fell right beside him.

"We really could use Luffy's help right now!" Franky said. He pulled back his fist and punched a rock, shattering it. "Strong Right!"

"Gigantesco Mano!" Robin called out. She spread her hands over a large group of people, protecting them from falling rocks. "We have to get them out of here!"

"We're trying!" Jon shouted out. He and several others were up against the back wall. They were using their magic to try and create a passageway for the people to escape from. "But the damage they're causing from above keeps slowing us down! Rocks, dirt, and trees keep falling down! Once we get them cleared out of the way, more just fall down!"

"Ah!" A woman screamed. She tripped on a rock and fell to the ground. She curled into ball when she noticed several rocks and trees falling towards her.

"Diable Jambe!" Sanji kicked a couple rocks then broke up a couple of trees. He landed on the ground and helped the woman get back to her feet. "Hurry up!"

"Uh, thank you," The woman smiled at him. She was tall, curvy, with long hair and rounded eyes.

"My pleasure!" Sanji said with hearts in his eyes. Drool ran down his chin while he watched the woman run off.

"Stop flirting, you stupid cook!" Zoro snapped. He sliced up a rock then looked around the cave. "We can't keep this up forever!"

"We're literally getting no where!" Nami said. She batted smaller rocks with her baton.

Just then a large quake shook through the ground. The cave ceiling above them ripped open. Light poured in from above, temporarily blinding everyone inside of the cave. They shielded their eyes. When they adjusted to the light, they looked up to see a very angry woman glaring down at them. She was surrounded in a grey colored glow. Her dress was rumpled and her hair was pulled out in several places from her lopsided bun.

"Great," Sanji grumbled. "That witch is back."

"You!" Angel hissed. Her hate filled eyes landed on Jon and Mari. "You two have ruined everything!"

"You two, get out of here!" Sanji said. He leaped in front of the two that Angel was clearly targeting.

"We can't just leave!" Mari protested.

"You don't have any choice!" Zoro said. He joined Sanji. "She's clearly targeting you two!"

"Get out of here! Now!" Nami shouted. She twirled her baton.

Mari and Jon turned to run, but it was too late. Angel's glow spread out to them and wrapped around them. She lifted them into the air. Hissing, she said, "I want you to die! I wish you two would suffocate!"

"No!" The pirates shouted.

"Leave them alone!" Shanks demanded. He narrowed his eyes at Angel and sent a wave of his haki towards her. He growled when it didn't work.

"I wish all you pirates will freeze in place!" Angel shrieked. All the pirates froze in place. The people screamed and scattered. Angel glared at them, but didn't try to silence them. She focused her eyes back on Mari and Jon. Her glow was strangling them. A smirk pulled across her face as she watched them claw helplessly at the glow as the life drained from their eyes. "Now! Die!"

A flash of light washed through the room. It died down, revealing, Zerina and Luffy along with the Starlings. Zerina ran her eyes over everything and everyone. She gasped when she saw the pirates frozen and Mari and Jon hanging limply from Angel's glow. Her own glow flared up. She screamed, "No! Let them go!"

"You!" Angel snapped. She tightened her glow around Mari and Jon's necks before letting their bodies drop to the ground with a hard thump. "You horrid little girl!"

Zerina's eyes widened at the two lifeless bodies laying on the ground. Hot tears streaked down her face. She glared at Angel. "How could you?! They did nothing wrong! I'm the one you hate! You're going to pay for that!"

"You're going to died!" Angel shrieked. "I don't care how! Somehow I will kill you!"

Zerina growled. She took a step forward, but was stopped by a hand taking hers. She shot a glare at the person stopping her. "Let go, Luffy!"

"No," Luffy replied. He tightened his hold on her hand. "I'm not letting you do this alone."

"I can't let you," Zerina said. More tears spilled down her face. "I won't let her kill anyone else."

"We won't let her kill another person," A Starling said.

"We're protect everyone from this point on," Another Starling said. They began to fly over to all of the people in the cave.

Zerina and Luffy watched. The Starlings sat down on people's heads and shoulders and started to glow. Zerina asked, "What's going on?"

"Our magic is starting to return," Lit replied. She flew up to Zerina's shoulder and sat down on it. "Are you ready?"

Zerina looked at Mari and Jon. She closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. Opening her eyes, she looked at Luffy. He smiled and nodded at her. She said, "Yeah. I'm ready for this nightmare to be over."

"Then let's proceed," Lit said.

"I wish you Starlings would disappear for good!" Angel shrieked. Her glow shot out at the three facing off against her. She gasped when her glow was deflected by Zerina's glow. "What?!"

"Angel," Zerina said. "You have for far too long abused the gift that the Starlings have given you. We're taking it back. You'll no longer rule unfairly over people. You and yours will no longer be more powerful than everyone else. It's over. Just give up. You can't win."

"No!" Angel snapped. "I won't lose against a horrid little brat like you! You're weak! You're worthless!"

"Zerina is not worthless! And she's not weak!" Luffy growled. "She's a lot stronger than you will ever be! She's endured so much crap that you have put her through! She could have given up, but she didn't! She didn't because she knew one day that she would be free! Well, she's free now! And I'm going to keep her that way!"

"Luffy," Zerina whispered. She took a look at the young man beside her. He was glowing. His glow stretched out to her. His glow wrapped around her own glow like it was protecting it.

"We will be taking back our gift now," Lit said. She extended all of their glow out towards Angel.

"No!" Angel wailed when their glow wrapped around her. She struggled against their glow, but couldn't move away from it. It was starting to pull her magic out of her. Her eyes widened in fear and hatred at losing her magic and her youth. She shrieked out again and threw up her hands. Several strands of magic glow came from all corners of Hydra and flowed into her opened palms. "I won't let you take my power!"

"What's she doing?!" Luffy asked.

"She's trying to pull all of the magic from the people to her," Lit replied. "We have to take it back before she can get it."

"Right!" Zerina said. "How do we do that?"

"Just focus on the magic that's floating in the air towards her," Lit replied. She moved up to Zerina's head. "Do what you can to pull as much towards us as possible. We're still weak so we need your assistance in taking back our magic. Once we get enough of our magic back inside of us, we can completely drain Angel of hers."

"Right!" Luffy and Zerina nodded. They pushed passed Angel's shrieking and focused on the magic that was flying towards the irate woman. They wrapped their glow around the Starlings magic and pulled it to them. When the magic was in their bodies, they filtered it back out to the rightful owners.

Around the cave, Starlings were drinking their magic back in through their bodies. They own glows were starting to grow brighter. Their magic was returning to them.

"No!" Angel hissed. She pulled in as much magic as she could and sent a wave of magical energy at Luffy, Zerina and Lit.

The wave collided with their own magic, pushing them several feet back. Zerina and Luffy tightened their hold on each other as wind began to blow. Their clothes and hair flapped wildly. They stood strong while others ducked down and anchored themselves in place to keep from getting blown away.

"Just hold on a little bit longer!" Lit said, glancing back at the other people in the cave. The pirates were still frozen, but were slowly being pushed back by the wind. "You can do it!"

"Right!" Luffy and Zerina nodded in understanding.

"We won't stop!" Zerina said. "I won't let anyone else die because of me!"

Zerina's magic flared up. They started pulling back the Starlings magic at a faster place.

"What?!" Angel asked when she noticed that her magic was faltered before her eyes. Her body started feeling weak. "I can't lose! I won't lose!"

"You already have!" Lit said. Her tiny voice echoed out and around the cave. "You will no longer oppress people who have done nothing to you!"

"Angel! Your rule is over!" Zerina said.

With one more push, Angel's glow faded away. She shrieked out as the magic left her body. Her color faded away as her skin turned wrinkled and grey. Her hair turned an ashy white and hung loosely down around her shoulders when it fell from the bun. Her body then started crumbling into dust.

The wish around the pirates faded away. They inspected their bodies and moved their limbs to make sure they were really all right.

"Are we alive?" Chopper asked.

"I think so," Nami said. She looked around. Her eyes widened when she saw the last bit of Angel crumble away. "What is that?! What's going on?!"

"Angel has been defeated," Shanks said. He looked around at the glowing Starlings. "The Starlings have their magic back now. It's over."

"Yeah! We made it! We're alive!" Usopp shouted. He danced around with Chopper. They paused. Their laughter faded when the noticed Jon and Mari.

The rest of the pirates looked at Mari and Jon too. They then looked over at Zerina, Luffy and the Starling that was with them. Lit was know kneeling on Zerina's head. Her little hands were folded like she was saying a pray.

"Did we do it?" Zerina asked. "She's really gone?"

Luffy gave Zerina a grin. The grin faded when he noticed something happening to Lit. "Hey, what are you doing?"

"Fixing Zerina's magic," Lit said, her voice still echoing. She floated off Zerina's head and down to where the girl could see her. She smiled.

"What are you…" Zerina started. Her eyes widened when she realized what the Starling was doing. "No! You can't!"

"It's all right, Zerina," Lit said. "This is the only way."

"But that's not right! I don't want you to sacrifice yourself just to stop my Dark Wishes! It's not fair!" Zerina said.

"Not much in life is ever fair. We knew this would happen from the beginning," Lit said. "Don't worry about it. I was prepared for this since the beginning."

"But…" Zerina looked over at Mari and Jon. "Far too many have died already. I don't want to lose anyone else."

"Death is a part of life, Zerina," Lit said. She placed her small hand on Zerina's cheek. "Mari and Jon knew from the beginning that this was a possibility. They were prepared to make this sacrifice to save you."

"Just like your mother did," Shanks said. He walked up to Zerina and placed his hand on her shoulder. "They did all of this to protect you and free the people of Hydra."

"They had all of this planned?" Zerina asked. Shanks nodded.

"It's time," Lit said. Her glow became brighter. She wrapped her glow around Zerina. Her glow seeped into Zerina's body then died down. "Farewell."

Zerina closed her eyes. Tears streamed out of her face. She felt both Luffy and Shanks put their arms around her. She let them hold her. She clung to both of them and cried. It wasn't until a small white glow, between her and Luffy, started glowing that they pulled away from her. She held out her hands for the glow. It floated down into her palms then took the form of a baby Starling. She lifted an eyebrow. "What?"

"This is what happens when a Starling's light dies," A green Starling said. He floated over to Luffy and Zerina. "You could say that we are similar to a phoenix in that regard."

"So, Lit didn't die?" Zerina asked.

"I'm afraid she did. This little one will look like Lit, but she won't have her personality or her glow," The green Starling said. "This baby Starling is yours and Luffy's child."

"What?" Zerina, Luffy and Shanks all asked at the same time.

"To be able to stabilize your magic," The green Starling explained. "She had to take a part of your magic from both of you. I suppose you could say that your magic had holes in it. All she did was she used her own magic to patch up the holes."

"And she knew this would happen?" Zerina asked.

"She did. But she was prepared to make the sacrifice to save us all," The green Starling said.

"Just like mother, Mari and Jon," Zerina whispered.

"They were looking at the bigger picture," Shanks said. He then glared. "But I didn't know you two would end up with a child."

"I hate it. I hate that it had to end this way," Zerina said. The little Starling stretched out in her palms and yawned. Her white glow faded as she opened her eyes. Her eyes silver with a hint of red in them. She smiled up at Zerina then started sucking on her thumb and fell asleep again. Zerina couldn't help but smile.

"She's so cute!" Luffy smiled. He stroked his finger over the baby Starling's head. Their Starling child rolled over and grabbed a hold of Luffy's finger. He laughed when she wouldn't let go. "Looks like she's going to be daddy's little girl."

"This isn't happening," Zerina said.

"This is so weird," Robin said, inspecting the baby clinging to her captain's finger.

"Luffy as a parent," Sanji said. "Tell me this isn't happening."

"Isn't the child going to stay here on Hydra?" Brook asked. "She is a Starling, right?"

"She is," The green Starling replied. "But she's different. Her birth is tied to Luffy and Zerina. She has to stay with them so she can keep Zerina's magic under control."

"This child has to grow up and remain with her parents?" Usopp asked. He inspected the baby. "That would drive me nuts. Being an adult, but still living with your parents."

"She'll remain a child for several years," A blue Starling said. "We take over fifty years to grow out of our infant stages."

"Fifty years?!" Usopp shrieked. "That's crazy!"

"She'll want to stay with her parents anyway," The blue Starling said with a shrug. "So it won't matter."

"So what happens now?" Zoro asked. He sheathed his swords.

"Now, we return Hydra to where it belongs," The green Starling said. "Then we make sure that all of those who were abusing their magic get kicked off the island. We don't want anything like this to happen again."

"We also need to see to the burials of Mari and Jon," Robin said softly.

…

Zerina was sitting at the graves of Mari and Jon, hugging her knees. The wind teased her hair and cooled her tears. The ceremony had ended almost two hours ago, but she still didn't feel like leaving them. She barely registered her dad walking up to her until he sat down beside her. He said, "You know they wouldn't want you to be sad."

"Yeah," Zerina mumbled. She brushed away her tears, but more came. "I know."

"The Starlings have rounded up all of the elite," Shanks reported. "They're ready to pass their sentence down on them and lower the island back to where it belongs."

Zerina didn't reply right away. She tried to let everything that's happened sink in, but she wasn't able to process it just yet. "It doesn't seem possible. After all this time…"

"Your mother would be so proud of you," Shanks said.

"I didn't really do anything," Zerina replied. "It was all the Starlings."

"No, it wasn't. It was mostly because of you," Shanks said. "You hung in there. Despite the way you were treated, you still hung on. You knew that someday you would be freed from all of this. And now you are."

"Finally free," Zerina said. "And part of me still wants to stay here. But there's no reason for that. It's stupid."

"I suppose it is," Shanks agreed. "But despite all of the bad things that happened here, some good things happened as well."

"Like what?" Zerina asked.

"You're a great cook," Shanks said.

"I actually hate cooking," Zerina said with a light chuckle. "Though, I might keeping doing it so I can spend some quality time with Sanji."

"So you are staying with the Straw Hats," Shanks said.

"Did you have any doubt?" Zerina looked at him.

"None," Shanks said. "Though I'm still not that happy about you and Luffy having a child."

"But you love Luffy," Zerina said. She poked him in the ribs.

"I love you more," Shanks said. He put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her to his side. "And you're not suppose to have a child until you get married."

"It's not like we had sex, daddy," Zerina stated bluntly.

Shanks' face grew two shades redder than his hair. Zerina couldn't help but laugh at him.

"Don't tell me you've never thought of that," Zerina said. "We are in a relationship."

Shanks' jaw dropped open.

"And you know, we'll be sailing all over the world together," Zerina teased. "It's only a matter of time before our relationship becomes a sexual one."

Shanks' jaw bobbed up and down a few times before he was able to find his voice. "You two are not going to have a sexual relationship!"

"Well, eventually we will," Zerina said. She extracted herself from her dad's hold, brushed her pants off and headed back towards the mansion where everyone was staying until it was time to go back to the Sunny.

"No! You! Won't!" Shanks growled. He jumped to his feet and followed after her. "Zerina! Come back here!"

"Nope!" Zerina laughed. She picked up her speed and ran back to the mansion with her dad trailing after her and shouting threats of what he was going to do to Luffy if they had sex out of wedlock.

Zerina ran into the mansion. She heard the crew talking in the living room and headed towards them.

"So basically it was all just an accident?" Nami asked. "None of this actually had to happen?"

"Pretty much on the accident part," Crystal, a yellow Starling, said. She and several other Starlings were lounging about in the room with the pirates. "But I doubt this whole thing over all was an accident. Sometimes things are just mean to happen."

"I still feel like this was all Luffy's fault," Usopp said.

"Just like always," Chopper added with a nod.

"Well, look on the bright side," Sanji said. He looked up as the two red haired pirates walked into the room. He winked at her. "If it didn't happen, we might not have ever met Zerina."

"You do have a point there," Usopp said.

"So this was a happy accident," Chopper said.

"So it's all right then," Luffy said with a smile. Zerina walked over to him. He was sitting on one of the many couches in the large room. Their child was inside of his vest. She had her little white arms draped over the edge of his shirt and was curiously inspecting everyone.

"Only because we got lucky!" Usopp and Chopper shouted while slapping Luffy over the head.

Zerina sat down beside him and tickled under their Starling child's chin. "How's our baby doing?"

Shanks plopped down on the couch directly across from Zerina and Luffy. He grumbled at her question. She shot a smirk back at him.

"She's great," Luffy replied.

"What are you going to call her?" Robin asked.

"I haven't even thought about it," Zerina said. She looked at their child then at Luffy. "What do you want to call her?"

"Hm." Luffy crossed his arms and hummed. "I don't have a clue."

"Well, we have to call her something," Nami said just as the baby flew out of Luffy's shirt and over to her. She held up her palm and let the baby sit down on her. "She's so cute."

The baby sneezed, causing herself to fall backwards.

"She's so cute!" Chopper squealed. "I can't believe we get to add a baby to our crew."

Shanks growled again. He shot a glare over at Luffy, but the young captain didn't understand its meaning.

"He's just as dense as ever," Zoro said with a huff.

Just then a couple more Starlings flew into the room. One said, "We've gathered up all of the elite. We're also ready to lower the island back down the where it belongs."

"Let's go then," Zerina said. The group stood up and headed outside. They stepped out the doors to find several hundred elite standing before them. Among them was Zerina's uncle. Despite the man's sharp glare at her, she walked over to him. "Really? You're going to blame all of this on me?"

"Well, it is your fault!" Her uncle snapped.

Zerina shook her head. "I have no idea why I even thought for a second you might care. You never did. You never once stood up to Angel. You always just let her hurt me."

"I loved her!" Her uncle growled.

"Sorry." Zerina turned and walked away from him. "I'm having a very hard time believing you even know what that word means."

"Wait!" Taru shouted.

Zerina shivered at his voice and what had almost happened with him.

"What about me?!" Taru asked. He grabbed Zerina's arm. "We are still engaged! We can be happy together! I did nothing wrong!"

"You've done plenty wrong, Taru," Zerina said. She jerked her arm from his hold. "I know all about you. And we're not engaged. I never agreed to that arrangement."

"We are still enga-" Before Taru could finish, Luffy's fist slammed into his face.

"Luffy?" Zerina turned to him.

"I have business with him," Luffy said. He cracked his knuckles. "Baby, go to your mother."

The baby Starling immediately did as she was told while behind them Shanks seethed. Then Luffy stalked towards Taru.

"H-hey now!" Taru protested as Luffy grabbed a hold of his shirt. "I'm innocent in all of this!"
"Yeah. Right," Luffy said before he pummeled Taru.

"We're ready to lower the island!" A red Starling shouted out. "Here we go!"

The pirates looked up to the sky. All of the Starlings were flying over them. Their glows shining bring making them look like multicolored shooting stars. A few seconds later they felt a soft vibration through the island and it started to lower back down to place it use to be. About ten minutes later, the island was locked back into place with a small jerk. Everyone, but the elite, cheered.

"So it's finally done," Robin said.

"This is great. I feel like a song," Brook said. He looked at Zerina. "Would that be fine?"

"I think that would be great." Zerina nodded. She then walked over to Luffy. She pulled him from Taru before he could kill the man. She wrapped her arms around his while watching the Starlings guide the elite onto boats that they wished into existence. "So it's really over."

"It is," Luffy replied. The Straw Hats watched the Starlings work with smiles on their faces.

"Have you decided on a name?" Sanji asked, stepped up beside Zerina.

"I was thinking we could give her mother's name," Zerina said. She looked at Shanks.

"I think that would be lovely," Shanks replied with a smile. "She would be honored."

"By the way, what is your mother's name?" Nami asked. "I don't think you've ever mentioned it before."

"Nova," Zerina replied.

"That's a very pretty name," Robin said.

"Ah!" Zoro suddenly scream. The group turned to him to find little baby Nova was chewing on his ear. Everyone laughed. "It's not funny! Get her off of me! I'm not her lunch!"

"I guess she is hungry," Zerina said. She took hold of Nova. "Come now. Let go of Uncle Zoro."

Nova giggled and released her hold on the swordsman. She wiggled her little fingers out towards him.

"No! Way! You stay away from me!" Zoro said. "I'm not food!"

The pirates laughed even harder.

"Well, lets get something to eat before heading back to the Sunny," Sanji said as he headed back to the mansion. "Are you fine with that, Zeri?"

Zerina turned her eyes back to the mansion. All of the memories she had there started floating through her mind. They were quickly taken over by all of the memories she had already made with the Straw Hat crew. A smile pulled over her lips. She wanted more good memories in this terrible place before leaving. She said, "Yeah. I'm fine with it."

"Great! Let's eat!" Luffy cheered.

"Dada!" Nova cried out.

"Good girl!" Luffy said. He patted Nova on her head with his finger.

"This is this going to take a lot of getting use to," Shanks grumbled.

"Come on, daddy!" Zerina said. She grabbed his arm and pulled him towards the mansion. "You're going to make a great grandfather."

Nova then flew over to the red haired man. She latched onto his cheek and kissed him. He chuckled. "Well, she is cute."

Zerina smiled. She turned back and looked over Hydra. A huge burden felt like it had been removed. It was finally over. She was with her real family now. She was finally with Luffy. She was finally free.

End

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Author's Notes: I don't think I named Zerina's mom before. I looked, but didn't find it. If I did, let me know and I'll fix it. But that's it for this one. Sorry it wasn't the greatest. I didn't know doing a story on wishes would be this complicated. I'm considering doing a Zerina/Neo cross over in the future but have no solid ideas yet. Thanks for reading and commenting. Later.

Silver Pride: I apparently have a gift for cliffhangers. :/ They just happen and happen and happen.

MisfitMadhatter: We got a bit more Shanks this chapter.

Rodinaashraf: Luffy's such a lovable dork. I think he's smarter than people make him out to be.

PuddyKatz: Yea, they were being stubborn. Glad ya like it.