The crew were now waiting for their reindeer friend to come back from his little goodbye from the Doctress.
"Hey, we should go say good bye as well, to the Granny Doctor and that huge guys shaped like an acorn..." Luffy was sitting on a pile of snow, in a squat position.
"PFFTT! ACORN SHAPED!" Faythe fell backwards into the snow, laughing her heart out.
"DON'T LAUGH AT ME! THIS IS NO LAUGHING MATTER!" Luffy yelled annoyed at Faythe's reaction.
"Just let Chopper alone do that. It's just gonna be a big tear-fest for them..." Nami scolded, "That Doctor might seen cruel on the outside but she's a pretty soft-hearted person on the inside, you know."
"Then should we really just go like this?" Usopp asked, after having a little fit that Zoro kicked his snowman.
"Yes, as soon as Chopper comes back, we'll go down and sail straight for Alabasta!" Nami gave him a thumbs up. Luffy was somehow rolling around with the giant snowball while balancing himself in the background. Vivi was crouched down next to Sanji making sure he was fine. Which to Faythe looked like he'd be out for a good while.
"That's fine with you too, right Vivi?" Nami asked, a smile plastered on her face.
"Yes, especially since a Doctor will be coming aboard." Vivi confirmed happily.
"Doctor?" Luffy questioned.
"Chopper she means." Faythe clarified for him.
"Him?" Luffy frowned confused.
"Alright... we'll set up the Ropeway in the mean time. Yo Luffy, Come give me a hand." Usopp waved his hand at Luffy while he was balancing his even larger snow ball.
"Awesome, I didn't even know there was a Ropeway!" Luffy grinned.
"What's a Ropeway?" Faythe cocked her head a bit.
"Beats me!" Luffy replied over his shoulder.
/;/~***~/;/
From outside there was plenty of noises and clanks coming from the castle.
"What's with all the noise inside?" Zoro asked from where he sat on a mound of snow.
"It sure don't sound all too well.." Faythe muttered a bit nervously.
"Jeez... Whoever's making so much noise should show some class. Don't they know other's are trying to make a tearful goodbye...?" Nami huffed annoyed.
Faythe perked up at multiple shouts, especially from a old lady.
"You hear 'em?" Zoro questioned seeing her stiffen.
"Yep, now shush so I can listen." Faythe waved him off.
"JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU CAN EVEN ACCOMPLISH BY GOING OUT TO THE SEAS!? ARE YOU GOING TO LIVE OUT YOUR DAYS AS DELUDED AS THAT QUACK DOCTOR!?" Her shrill yell made her jump a bit, hearing what she said.
"So much for a tearful goodbye..." Faythe mumbled.
"NO, YOU'RE WRONG...! DOC WASN'T DELUDED!" Chopper growled out.
"HIS RESEARCH, WAS COMPLETED!"
Chopper's shout made Faythe smile a bit. She pushed herself off the tree, and stretched a bit.
"C'mon let's get going." Faythe smiled.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Nami wondered.
"Hey, isn't that him coming towards us?" Zoro said flatly.
"WHAT'S GOING ON!?" Vivi yelled concerned.
"I'M BEING CHASED!" Chopper yelled back.
"Knew it." Faythe whistled excitedly, tucking her arm behind her back.
Usopp and Luffy just now were exiting the Ropeway.
"Hey, we finished setting up the Ropew-"
"Hm?"
Chopper came in like a speeding wagon, he was in his full reindeer mode, a large sleigh tied to his side.
"EVERYONE GET ON! WE'LL BE GOING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN RIGHT NOW!" He yelled in full panic.
"STOP RIGHT THERE!" The Doctress was on his tail, throwing what infinite supply of knives she's got on her.
Everyone's faces paled at the sight and were screaming for their lives.
/;/~***~/;/
Faythe and all the crewmates were stuffed into the sleigh and Luffy was hanging on from the back. The whole thing was flying through the air like it was magical. She swore she thought this was how Santa Clause felt like in one night. But she couldn't think clearly because of the screaming and shouting.
Though the moon did look especially big tonight, it seemed like she could touch it if she reached out.
That would be suicide of course, because if she let go on the sides, she'll fall off this high in the air and die.
"Woo hoo!" Luffy laughed, just as they touched the ground with a painful crash. Now they were running down the mountains, as fast as the winter winds could carry them.
"That was awesome!"
"Do it again!"
"It was like I was flying again! Whoo!"
"Don't be stupid! We have to hurry up and set sail!"
"I... I thought I was gonna die..."
"Huh!? W-Where am I?"
"Oh, did you wake up, Sanji?"
/;/~***~/;/
Off in the distance from whence they just came, cannon shots could be heard. They had stopped to see what had occurred.
And to say if they were disappointed.
They sure as hell weren't.
"AAAAAAAAA-AHHHHHHHHH!" Chopper suddenly started to scream at the sight.
"Whoa..."
"You said it..."
"It's so pretty..."
"This is the winter I wanted to see for the first time..." Faythe muttered.
"Good luck, putting this into words, Miss writer!~" Nami teased, muffling her giggles at Faythe's predicament.
"Wait, how am I...!?" Faythe was so lost for words at the sight.
"UUU... UOHHHHHHHHHHHH! UOHHHHHHHHHH!" Chopper started wailing.
The thing they blasted into the air was powder that no had seen before. And in that powder could make snowflakes change color.
And what they saw were pink snowflakes fluttering down gracefully as if it was so natural. At the top of the cylinder mountains, was a large cloud of pink, making it look like a very large Cherry Blossom Tree.. And the snowflakes as cherry blossoms fluttering down on a spring evening.
And with that, Chopper had got his Goodbye Gift.
/;/~***~/;/
Right now on the ship that is on course for Alabasta, it sure was rowdy tonight.
"AHAHAHAHA!" Luffy shouted out looking like a fool with chop sticks between both nostrils and his mouth.
"THE FULL MOON IS OUT, AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS ARE IN BLOOM! WHAT A NIGHT!"
Faythe, Usopp and Zoro were on the floor laughing their hearts off.
"CHOPPER!"
"HEY CHOPPER! HOW LONG ARE YA GONNA SIT THERE MOPING!?"
"Come and drink with us!" Usopp tried to grab Chopper's attention.
"Yo Nami, look! I learned this from Yosaku!" Luffy tried to show her the funny look, only making Faythe double over having a coughing fit because of how much laughter she's spilled.
"My..! I CAN'T!! I'm DYING! I CAN'T BREATHE!" She cried out, tears falling down her face.
"Those cherry blossoms were sure pretty though. Didn't think I'd get to see something like that in a snow country!" Sanji was sitting with Zoro, holding up a glass of wine.
"You said it! And what better time than now is there for a drink?" Zoro started pouring more in Sanji glass, grinning all happy he can drink again.
"GUYS!" Nami shouted getting their attention.
"WOULD IT KILL YOU TO PAY ATTENTION OVER HERE TOO!?" She pointed towards the duck that was wrapped in multiple blankets, who was being embraced by it's owner, ViVi.
"What, those two look alive to me." Luffy said, with the chopsticks still in his mouth.
"I completely forgot about him, he gives no presence whatsoever.." Faythe muttered. Having Zoro chuckle at this bit.
"CARUE! WHAT WERE YOU DOING OUT FROZEN IN THE RIVER!?" Vivi exclaimed getting worried all over.
"Quack Quack Quack Quack Quack."
"Faythe?"
"I don't speak with actual birds." She answered flatly.
"Maybe he slipped and fell in? Haha, Clumsy lil' guy." Zoro started to chuckle at this, drinking more of his sake.
"YOU STAY QUIET, MR BUSHIDO!" Vivi yelled irritated.
"Ya ya, Mr. Bushido~" Faythe teased.
"He said he saw someone called Zoro disappear in the river, so he jumped inside to rescue him but ended up becoming frozen." Chopper translated for the duck.
"So this was your fault!" Nami and Faythe both bonked him on the head.
"You can understand what Carue is saying, Tony?" Vivi asked, now getting curious.
"Well, I was originally a normal animal so I can communicate with other animals." Chopper explained.
"So that explains how I can't. I was originally human when I ate my Devil Fruit... Interesting." Faythe concluded.
Nami started clapping to Chopper, "That's amazing, Chopper! You're not only well versed in Medical skills, but you can talk to animals too!?"
Chopper was amazed by this, he had gotten a compliment from someone other than Dr. Kureha. It felt exhilarating.
"S-Shut up! That Doesn't make me, happy one bit, you idiot!" Chopper started doing his happy dance. Faythe was gushing at this.
"You seem plenty happy to me..." Both Usopp and Luffy sweatdropped.
"Wait Nami, what do you mean by 'Medical Skills'?" Sanji asked.
/;/~***~/;/
"WHAAAT!? CHOPPER, YOU'RE A DOCTOR!?"
"If you didn't know that, then why on earth did you invite him on board?" Nami asked suspiciously, while Faythe held Chopper in her arms.
"He's a cool reindeer that can transform into 7 different forms, duh." Luffy answered.
"Emergency food supply." Sanji answered.
"Emotional Support Animal." Faythe answered as well.
Chopper was getting scared because of what Sanji had said, but realized something as he looked at his hooves.
"Oh no! I forgot to bring my surgical tools, because I was too busy trying to escape!" Chopper was now getting worried.
"Then what's this? It was already inside the sleigh." Nami held up a large blue bag, a white x crossed the middle, just like his pink hat had.
"My backpack! But how!?"
"How? I thought it was you, no?" Nami tilted her head, giving Chopper the backpack.
"So it was the Doctress... She knew all along about what you wanted to do it seems." Nami smiled, Faythe sat down on the ground, Chopper still in her arms and Nami beside her. Chopper just kept staring at the backpack with a blank expression.
"She's a wonderful person, isn't she..." Nami tilted her head towards Chopper.
"More like a witch putting a curse on me..." Faythe shivered.
"AHAHAHAHAHA!"
"KEEP IT DOWN OVER THERE!" Nami yelled at Usopp and Luffy who whizzed by with chopsticks up there noses and down there lower lips. They were both holding straw made bowls, like poor people would, asking for money.
"Hey, hyaher uanna ry hoo?" Luffy asked in some other language.(Hey Chopper, you wanna try too?)
Faythe busted out laughing, already grabbing chopsticks for Chopper, which he accepted rather quickly and copied their looks.
"DON'T FOLLOW THEM!" Nami yelled at Chopper, trying not to have him look at the boys like role models.
Which they clearly were'nt.
"Alright! Attention everybody!" Usopp held a large glass of booze and held it up to the sky, he was blowing a whistle to gather their gazes, "Ahem, I'd like to welcome our new friend,-"
"CARUE, YOU DRANK TOO MUCH!" Vivi was worrying over her duck who looked passed out.
"Quack!"
"Hey Chef! Bring some snacks to go along with the drinks!" Zoro barked at Sanji who looked pissed.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME!? I'M NOT YOUR SERVANT, PAL!" Sanji barked back.
-And Doctor Tony Tony Chopper-"
"SANJI! DO WE HAVE ANY MORE DINO MEAT!? WE PACKED A WHOLE BUNCH, DID'NT WE!?" Luffy asked hurriedly.
It was full on chaos. The good kind of chaos.
"This is..." Chopper started.
"-And so, I'd like to propose a toast on this occasion!" Usopp grab his mug. Zoro and Sanji had started to strangle eachother by their throats, Vivi was dodging plates thrown her way, while Luffy was eating the food supply.
"This is the first time, I've ever been so happy!"
Chopper was cheering up, a bright smile on his face.
"AGHH! Your so Cute!" Faythe gave him a little hug.
"TO OUR NEW FRIEND!" Usopp shouted happily, "CHEERS!"
"CHEERS!"
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A/N): Hey guys! For those who are enjoying the story thank you and for those who hate it, get off.
Anyways! I love comments and how you guys try to piece everything together about Faythe and her backstory! It's quite fun to watch.
Also I don't mind fanart~ I'm not a person to judge. I just wanna see how you guys see Faythe and how she experiences.
Here's a little fact about Faythe.
The name Faythe tmeans loyal and belief, so I kinda made her character the embodiment of loyalty, because let's be honest, WHO DOESN'T WANNA BE LOYAL TO THE STRAWHATS!? Zoro? He is loyalty.
There's a little fun fact! Hope you liked this weeks chapters!✨