This is my first fic and I'll probably suck at writing, at least that's what my teacher kept telling me xD. As for grammar and spelling mistakes: please don't kill me my native tounge is NOT English. If you have suggestions for the story just write me.

Law will make his apperance in chapter two. The first one is just a introduction of my OC, but necessary.

I'll probably update every week or so. Guess that's it. Enjoy!

'thoughts' in italics (most of the time)

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So there she was. Sitting at the beach in hell knows where, playing absentmindedly with her nose piercing and drawing a picture of the stormy sea. Melody didn't really mind the cold wind, she had on her favorite black and yellow sweater and jeans shorts after all, but the petite girl could imagine thousands of things she preferred over a holiday with her 'family', in a village where the only store sold nothing but old bread and some other goods.

As she was staring dreamily at the grey scenery in front of her, she could make out something shiny a bit farther in the ocean. Curiosity had always been one of her virtues, that brought trouble most of the time, but whatever she just wanted to know what that thing was. Not losing a second she took one of the small rowboats, which were tied to the landing stage and rowed to the place where she had spotted it, with her beautiful emerald eyes.

Thanks to the storm taking place she couldn't make out much, so she leaned closer to the edge of her boat, probably a bit too much. Which sane person sailed out with a rough see anyways? Well, without such actions, life gets damn boring right? A huge wave crashed on top of the tiny vessel, flipping it over. Melody shrieked as her body connected to the ice cold water. If there was anything she really hated about the sea or water in general, it was getting thrown in, when the temperatures weren't really meant for a nice swim. Well, at least I don't have to worry about how to get that stupid thing, without getting wet, she thought somewhat grumpy while she pulled a few loose black strands out of her face. The waves played with her like she was a leave. This fact was definitely not helping to brighten her mood up at all. She took in a long breath and dived to the spot, where she guessed that she had seen the object.

Her vision was quite blurred from water and the lack of light, but she assumed that it was something akin to a sword, lying there on the ground. Oh, sure and next thing is a pirate ship and sea kings becoming reality, right? Whatever it is, it looks pretty old. She had definitely watched too much One Piece over the last few weeks.

Noticing that she was running out of air, she decided to just take the item and get to the save shore as fast as possible. There was enough time to think about what to do when she was out of danger. Just as she had grabbed it, a shock wave ran through her whole body and she drifted away into the dark world of unconsciousness. You could say that she was literally dead in the water.

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The first thing she became aware of as she awoke was the sound of birds chirping. This feels kinda familiar. Deciding that she could risk a look, she slowly opened her eyes, just to be blinded by the bright sun. Her aching body felt as if someone had decided to use her as punch bag and then tossed her from a high building. Wow, this headache is even worse, than the one you get after spending a whole night with good old Mr. Jack. Fortunately she was still able to get up… after her third try.

It was just then that she noticed that something was terribly odd about the place. She didn't recall the village being so close the beach, nor was the sand of the beach so white and the water of the ocean so Caribbean-like. It looked like paradise on earth. No way I'm dead right? Twisting a bit of skin between her fingers and feeling pain, she decided that it was neither a dream nor was she in heaven, but very much alive.

How the hell had she even got out of the water? At least the sword - that seemed to look much better and newer than before – was lying there besides her.

Eying her new possession her mood lit up a bit. It looked beautiful and deadly at the same time. She liked it. The hilt was black and had golden straps around. The sheath looked similar but had a golden snake winding around it. If Melody had to guess, she would say that it was a katana. Frowning she realized that the weapon felt familiar to her. It's as if I saw it somewhere before. Naaah, must be my imagination.

Once she took it out of the sheath, she had to painfully realize how sharp the edge was, as she cut her finger. Yeah that was something she really needed in this situation, but then again it was never bad to have a way to defend yourself.

Determining that it was time to get back, she went to the village to ask where she had landed. It couldn't be that far away from the place she stayed, right? Who would have thought, that she was awfully wrong.

Walking up to a nice looking old lady she asked "Ahm, I think I got lost, could you please tell me where I am ma'am?"

Turning around to face Melody the lady shrieked, a shocked expression on her face "Oh God, dear what happened to you?"

Utterly confused Melody looked for a mirror or something and paled a bit, seeing her reflection in a window or what she assumed was her reflection. Her hari was a complete mess, algaes hanging out of it, making her look like a sea-zombie. Her clothes didn't look better either. They were torn at some parts and covered in sand and something she didn't even want to know what it was.

Well now's not the time for this. Not paying more attention to the subject she said "It's a long story... Anyways where are we?"

Worried the woman replied "We are on Vira, an island on the Grand Line, sweetie. Did your boat get caught in a storm? Don't you want to take a shower at my house? It's not my intention to offend you, but you look like you really need it."

"Yeah, got caught in the storm. Wait! What the… How can we possibly be on the Grand Line? This place doesn't even exist!"

The lady stared at Melody as if she had six eyes and said "Have you hit your head, dearie? Should I call a doctor? I mean, how can this sea not be real. Look at it!" She had a point there, but how the hell was she supposed to believe this? I guess that it's best to play along for now. After rethinking things a bit, Melody happily accepted the offer from before. The raven haired girl really needed a shower at the moment and despite her normally mistrustful nature, she was glad that she had found someone that seemed nice. Just in case anything should happen, she had her new found weapon.

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The lovely lady - that introduced herself as Mary – washed Melody's clothes, while she took a shower. A long one. She had a lot to think about and the hot water of the shower seemed the perfect place to do so. What if it was true? She liked 'One Piece', but to be thrown into a world where a little mistake could be the death of you, was not cool. Well maybe it was, but not at this moment!

After chatting a bit with Mary, – you know information gathering and things - Melody thanked her. She felt a bit bad, because she had nothing to give the lady in return for her hospitality and was about to leave, when then the woman stated that Melody could stay if she had no place to sleep. In return she could help with the chores and keep her company. I don't have anywhere to go and this seems like a good opportunity to investigate a bit on my current situation.

"Yeah that would be nice."

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