" ": You talking

' ': You thinking

* *: Narrator/Voice-off

Your POV:

"The wind's getting worse..."

Luffy: Jeez, those guys are so persistent. Should we just stop and fight them off ?

Sanji: Don't there will be no end to them. More importantly, Nami told us to return to the ship as fast as possible. AH~ !

Tashigi: RORONOA ZORO !!

Soldiers: Sergeant-major Tashigi !

Tashigi: To think that you were Roronoa Zoro ! And a pirate at that, too ! You were just toying with me all along !

"You know her ?"

Sanji: You bastard !! What did you do to that lady ?!

Zoro: Never thought you were a marine...

Tashigi: I shall take back that Wado Ichimonji !!

Zoro: ... Just try it. You guys go on ahead.

Luffy: Ok.

Sanji: THAT BRUTE DARES HARM A LADY ?!!

"Let's go..."

Luffy: Someone's up ahead !

Sanji: Another one ?

Smoker: So you've come, straw-hat Luffy.

"And who might you be ?"

Smoker: the name's smoker. I'm a colonel of the navy's headquarters. AND I WON'T ALLOW YOU TO SET SAIL FROM HERE !!

Luffy: AHH !! W- W- WHAT ?!

Sanji: WHY YOU... FREAK OF NATURE !!

Smoker: I don't have time for runts. WHITE BLOW !!

"A devil fruit ! And a logia one at that !!"

Luffy: Logia ?!

"Luffy, we can't hope to beat this one ! We have to run to the ship !!"

Luffy: But...

"No but ! Shortcut !!"

Although it would seem that the three of us completely disappeared, that shortcut was only enough to get us out of sight from that guy.

Smoker: They ran away... That vice-captain knows how to use his head, I'll give him that. But their luck came to an end the moment they came in this town.

???: Or perhaps not... ?

Smoker: YOU'RE... !! ... The entire government is after your head, you know.

???: The World awaits our answer... !

Soldiers: IT'S A GUST !!!

"We won't have another opportunity like this one ! Let's grab Zoro and leave at once !!"

Zoro: Don't have to tell us twice ! With that huge-ass storm coming, it's either that or getting stuck on this island !

Luffy: Wha, what's going on ?!

Sanji: So this is what Nami was talking about !

???: Haha... Go on then, Luffy, if that is your desire ! After all, I know you are in good hands !

Smoker: Why did you help him escape ?! DRAGON !!

Dragon: What reason do you have for preventing a man from setting sail ?

Usopp: GUYS !! HURRY UP !! THIS ROPE WON'T HOD FOR MUCH LONGER !!

Luffy: Look at all this rain !

Sanji: Nami, I'm baaaack !!

Nami: What took you so long ! HURRY UP AND GET ON BOARD ! WE'RE SETTING SAIL IMMEDIATELY !!

Soldiers: Forgive us, sir ! Because of that sudden gust, the Baggy pirates have managed to esca-

Smoker: I'm continuing my pursuit for Straw hat. Take out our ship.

Soldier: Huh, wha ?

Smoker: I'll go to Grand Line as well.

Soldiers: WHAT ?!

Tashigi: I'm coming too, sir !!

Soldier: Sergeant major !

Tashigi: I can't forgive that Roronoa Zoro ! I swear I'll bring him down with my own two hands !!

Soldier: But sir ! This town is under your jurisdiction... ! What will the higher-ups say if they hear...

Smoker: You can tell them this, "Don't order me around" !

Pirate: G... GRAND LINE ?!!

Baggy: Yes, now's a good time. And I still have to settle things with that rubber brat. So we might as well go right in. Oh... How long I've missed you... Grand Line !

Luffy: Yahoo ! The ship feels like it'll flip right over !!

Nami: You see that light over there ?

"You mean that lighthouse ?"

Nami: It's known as the "light of guidance". The entrance to Grand Line, is just up ahead of that light.

"Grand Line... Such memories it brings back..."

Nami: So what shall we do ?

Usopp: D- Don't you guys think that entering Grand Line in the midst of this storm is a bit...

Sanji: So we've reached Grand Line, have we ? Well, this calls for a celebration !

Usopp: GUYS ?!!

Sanji: To find All Blue.

Luffy: To become the Pirate King !

Zoro: To be the greatest swordsman...

Nami: To draw a map of The World !

Usopp: T- To become a brave warrior of the seas !

" ... To uncover the secrets of this world..."

All: OFF TO GRAND LINE WE GO !!!

Luffy: Nami, this Is bad ! The light just went out ! And that was our guiding light too ! What do we do now ?

Nami: Well, it IS only a lighthouse. It can go out from time to time. Besides, it's for times like these you have a navigator, you know ? So don't worry. I know the basic direction at least.

Luffy: Wow, you're amazing !

Nami: More importantly, can you please get off from here ?!

Luffy: No, this is my spot ! You can't have it !

Nami: WHEN DID I SAY I WANTED IT ?! But this is rather troubling... At this rate, it'll be exactly as the rumors say... The entrance to Grand Line, is a mountain.

Usopp: A mountain ?!

Nami: exactly. I had a hard time believing it myself when I looked at the map, but look ! The light of guidance was directly pointing at Reverse Mountain, located here on Red Line.

"Does that mean we have to crash through the mountain ?"

Nami: No, there's a waterway right here.

Usopp: A waterway ? That's crazy ! Even if that waterway really is there, there's no way a ship could climb up a mountain !

Nami: But that's what the map says.

Sanji: That's right. As if what Nami says could ever be wrong !

Zoro: But isn't that the map you stole from Baggy ? How dependable could it be ?

Luffy: Are we really gonna climb up a mountain on a ship ?! That sounds sooooo cool ! So ? It's a magic mountain, huh ?

Zoro: In the first place, why do we even have to enter directly through the entrance anyways ? Couldn't we just head directly South and still enter ?

Luffy: NO WE CAN'T !!

"Well, for once, that is true, and for a good reason."

Luffy: IT'S SO MUCH COOLER TO GO IN USING THE REAL ENTRANCE !!

Nami: That's not the reason !

Usopp: Wait, what ? Guys ! The storm suddenly stopped !

Sanji: Hey, you're right.

Nami: What ? It can't be... That storm should have directly led us to the entrance...

Luffy: Wow, such a nice day ! I wonder what happened to the storm ?

"Uh oh... Nami, is this what I fear it it ?"

Nami... We've entered Calm Belt... !

Luffy: Calm belt ? What's that ?

Usopp: Hey, look. Even though the storm's still going on over there, it's perfectly calm over here...

Nami: THIS IS NO TIME TO BE JUST STANDING ABOUT ! GO GRAB THE OARS AND START ROWING AS FAST AS YOU CAN ! WE HAVE TO RETURN BACK TO THE STORM IMMEDIATELY !!

Sanji: As you wish, Nami !

Luffy: What're you getting so worked up about ? And you know this is a sail ship, not a rowboat, right ?

Usopp: Why would we even want to go back into the storm ?

"Just shut up and row ! We're going to sink if we stay here !"

Zoro: But the weather's so nice here...

Nami: FINE, THEN I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR EXPLANATION ! RIGHT NOW, WE'VE DRIFTED SOUTH EXACTLY AS YOU SUGGESTED DOING !!

Zoro: Oh, so we're in Grand Line now ?

"if it was that easy, anybody could just come to Grand Line whenever they wanted. To put it simple, Grand Line is surrounded by two ocean belts, known as 'Calm Belt'. Those are two completely windless areas, and we're currently stuck in one of those."

Zoro: Calm, huh ? Sure seems that way with no wind at all. So ? What's your point ?

Nami: THE POINT IS THAT-

Nami: This place is a den... For sea monsters... The big ones, especially...

"Alright, as soon as this thing dives back down into the sea, start rowing your arms off, go it ?"

Monster: A... CHOO !!

Everyone: WHAAAAAAAA ?!!

Sanji: AGHH ! A GIANT FROG IS JUMPING THIS WAY !!

"DON'T GET THROWN OVERBOARD !!"

Luffy: USOPP JUST FELL ! USOOOOOOPPPP !!!

Luffy: Oh thank god... We're back in the storm now...

"Now do you understand why we have to use the entrance ?"

Zoro: Yeah... Understood...

Nami: Ah, I got it... ! We really ARE going to climb up the mountain !

Zoro: You still going on about that ?

Nami: It must be due to the sea currents. If strong currents from each of the four seas, were to all head toward that mountain... Then they would drive the water up the waterway. And at the very top, the currents will merge and come out to Grand Line ! Since we're already riding the currents, all we have to worry about is steering properly. But Reverse Mountain is a winter island, so the currents that hit its edge will travel down to the bottom of the sea.

"Yikes... So if we miss the waterway, we'll get dragged to the bottom of the sea."

Luffy: So basically, you're saying that it's a magic mountain, right ?

Nami: I shouldn't have expected you to understand...

Sanji: Nami, you're amazing !

Zoro: Never heard of a ship going up a mountain before.

Sanji: I've heard a bit.

"About the mountain ?"

Sanji: No, but I've heard things about Grand Line... Supposedly, half of the people die just trying to go in. Entering it is no easy task.

Luffy: I SEE THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN !!

Usopp: Wait ! What's that huge shadow ?! IT'S HUGE !!!

"And here's Red Line, the only continent... So huge we can't even see the top, hidden by the clouds."

Luffy: GET A GOOD GRIP OF THE RUDDER SO WE DON'T GET DRAGGED DOWN UNDER !!

Usopp/Sanji: Just leave it to us !

Nami: Amazing...

Zoro: I can't believe it...

Nami: the ocean is really going up a mountain... It's the entrance to the waterway !

"We're veering off course, turn a little to the right !"

Usopp: Right ?! Turn starboard !

*CRACK*

Nami: ... The rudder just...

"WE'RE GONNA CRASH !!"

Luffy: Gum-Gum... BALLOON !!!

Nami: We're saved !!

Zoro: Luffy ! Grab onto my hand !!

All: WE DID IT !!

"Now all we have to do is go down !"

Luffy: Whoa... Ohh ! I CAN SEE GRAND LINE UP AHEAD !!