34 Up up and awaaaaayyy!!!

In the evening of the last day before the knock up stream eruption. I have a midnight stroll alone. The moon shines with a few clouds obstructing it.

"He didn't lose my coordinates right? Let's help him just in case. He should have obtained a sling ring by now. I summon in my name! Doctor Stephen Strange!" I stand there for a moment and nothing happens, so I continue walking beside the sea.

"Hm, looks like everything won't be as easy as I think. Even with my weapons, abilities and allies I need to keep working. My current level can only be enough to be the top of Paradise excluding the government or be a higher leveled minion in the New world." Lynx

Kicking a pebble, it flies until invisible over the sea.

"Plus my dimensional summoning can only work on either idiots, those that are used to being summoned or those that are curious. Today's failure with both Dr Strange and Erza just proves it… Guess I will have to wait for the sling ring and follow my lasso to arrive in other dimensions to convince or make deals to get them as summons." Lynx

"Having fun under the moonlit night?" I turn around to see Dr Strange float out of a portal with a teasing smile.

"Well, there is no better time to be alone and think about stuff. Like when I can get my own sling ring~ I sent a summoning request just in case you forgot the coordinates." I smile back at him.

"Quite impatient, eh? Well, with innate mana you can abuse the sling ring more than most can. So are you ready to become an apprentice? I might need some assistance soon and it would be quite good for you to be able to come by yourself. Instead of me having to search for you with the door." Dr Strange

"Heh, of course!. Give me information about who you are fighting and their abilities and I will annoy them so much that you can just beat them while they keep chasing me into traps~" I smirk at him.

"That smirk… Are you maybe another brother of the Asgardian Loki?" Dr Strange chuckles.

"Nah, he is the god of mischief and deception. I will be the god of trolling and deals~" I chuckle with him.

"Alright, we do have a deal so let's begin." Dr Strange

…

The first morning light arrives and the first people wake up.

"A~ That was some good sleep! Now off to Agatha and mother!" Braum wakes up and tries to find me in my hammock.

But as he looks inside, he can only see Annie sleeping while hugging with Tibbers.

"Eh? He is awake already? Braum was always first and had to wake him…" Braum has a thoughtful expression.

"Maybe the milk changed him so he can go with less sleep too?" Braum smiles, since I am the second heaviest drinker of milk behind him.

"Uuu… Uncle Braum? Are you going to get milk again? … Wait, where is daddy?" Annie rubs her eyes and stares confused at the unusually empty hammock.

"You don't know? Must have been up longer than Braum thought. I'll go find him." Braum rubs his mustache.

"Annie wants to come too!" Annie reaches for him.

"Sure, let's go together!" Braum picks her up onto his shoulder and exits the room.

Coming onto the deck, they still don't spot me, so they jump off the ship.

"Ah! There is daddy!" Annie points further down the shore.

"Oh and he has company! Must be a new friend~" Braum smiles as he makes his way over.

…

"Fuck this is hard!" I am struggling with the eldritch magic.

Standing in a wide stance, I am holding my right arm with the sling ring forward as I am drawing circles in the air, occasionally releasing a blue spark. It seems that the color changes from orange to blue since I am using my own mana.

"Nothing comes easy. At least I didn't throw you into the himalayas, sahara or the pacific ocean." Dr Strange.

"... If we contracted with my ability, I could have had it easy by feeling out your memories and experience." I roll my eyes.

"I suffered to achieve this level, you must be dreaming that I will let you have it for free. Now suck it up and train! Oh, you seem to have visitors." Dr Strange looks at Braum and Annie.

"Oh you two woke up? Ah, right it's morning! Well, before you go Braum, Annie. Meet Dr Stephen Strange. He will be my eldritch magic master and our ally. He is also not my summon." I pointed at Dr Strange.

"Dr Strange, meet my best friend and first summon Braum. He is our shield master. And this here is my little daughter Annie. She is a pyro mage and also my summon. There are a bunch of others but they are all asleep right now." I introduced these two as well.

"Nice to meet you friend! The name is Braum and my shield is my sword!" Braum shakes Dr Strange's hand. They look funny from the size difference.

"Dr Strange, nice to meet you too." Dr Strange shakes his hand with a smile.

'If only our hulk was this nice…' Dr Strange

"So you are daddy's teacher of magic? Can you show it?" Annie looks up to him while trying to look cute.

"Nice to meet you too, Annie. I can show you a bit." Dr Strange smiles at her friendlily.

He then proceeds to conjure a shield, chains he swings around and a portal from which he pokes her shoulder from behind.

"WOW!!! Daddy will love this! He doesn't even have to chase people anymore to use his 1000 years of death! Teach me too!!" Annie looks excited.

"I think it's still too early for you, but a 1000 years of death?" Dr Strange gives me a weird look.

"I'll demonstrate it when we have to fight an enemy, it's a surprise until then~" I grin at him.

"Daddy, let me try~" Annie hops over to me and I just hand over the sling ring.

"Hey! Don't give a kid that! What if something happens to her!" Dr Strange yells.

"Am I doing it right?" Annie puts it on and imitates my earlier moves, conjuring a portal.

"... What?" Dr Strange just stares at her stupidly.

"Oh nice! Ice cream!" Annie reaches into the other dimension and takes an ice cream from a vendor before he can pass it over to a kid.

She closes the portal and starts licking it.

"Mmmm~ Strawberry~" She grins while giving a cocky look at Dr Strange.

"..." He just looks at her speechlessly until my hand pats his shoulder.

"I guess I will need another sling ring for Annie~ We will now learn together. Thanks in advance~" I grin at him, taking the sling ring and repeating after Annie with her memory, stealing another ice cream.

"Oh, chocolate. Hey Braum, you want one too?" I turn to Braum.

"Braum would like a banana ice cream! Need to warm up before going to Freljord hahaha!" Braum laughs.

"Jesus fucking Christ, what kind of ally did I get myself…" Dr Strange facepalms.

"Hey! No backsies! A deal is a deal~" I grin at him snatching another ice cream for Braum.

…

After that Dr Strange had enough of us for the day and left. Braum went to get milk and have some time with his mother and cows, while me and Annie started to prank the guys on the boat with the portals, dropping water on their faces or tickling them before disappearing without a trace.

"WHAT'S THE BIG FUCKING IDEA MOSSHEAD?!" Sanji

"I SHOULD BE ASKING THAT CURLY BROWS!!!" Zoro screams back.

The morning was not peaceful as everyone was fighting with me and Annie laughing our asses off on the beach.

An hour later we brought back Braum as we prepared to set off towards the knock up stream with the buffed up Merry with wings.

"Everybody, get on the ship as we need to go now! We need to be fast or we miss it." Masira

"We'll lead you so just follow us." Shoujou points at their ships.

As we all prepare on the boat beside Marianne that is waiting beside the house, Cricket yells.

"Monkey mountain allied force!!! No matter what, give it your all for these guys!!!" Cricket

"Alright! Let's go!" Luffy smiles while looking at Cricket.

"Boys! This is where we say our goodbye! Let me tell you one thing that I am certain of. No one has proved that El dorado or Skypiea don't exist. People say that they are silly legends and we'll laugh at them! Even if you boys are sure it exists, not being certain is what makes it a great adventure!!" Cricket

"A great adventure, huh?" Zoro smirks.

"It's what we live for, right guys?" Luffy yells at us.

"Yep!!!" Most of us yell with even Usopp mustering the courage to scream along.

"Well if we find it, I will bring you up to see it yourself! At that time I have a request for you, Masira and Shoujou." Lynx

"Huh? A request?" The three look at me weirdly.

"Yep, but you gotta wait for it~ We will show our sincerity first by showing you Skypiea!" I grin with the rest of the crew.

"Sure, do it for us and don't die! Hahaha!" Cricket laughs as he waves us goodbye.

…

"Well do you see anything?" Teach yells at Van Augur.

"No sign of land. Are they really going to the sky island?" Van augur

"Aye, that's what they said. I need to leave a goodbye gift to that bastard for what he did to me.�� Teach

"*Cough*? Has my medicine not worked on restoring your ass yet?" Doc Q asks Teach, getting some sniggers from the other crewmates.

"SHUT IT YA BASTARDS!!!" Teach got pissed off.

…

"Now listen up! It's 6 am and we should reach the spot at about 10 am." Masira

"Like Cricket says. The knock up stream erupts in a different place every time. So you gotta get in position before it blows." Shoujou

"We are right on schedule… HEY ARE YOU LISTENING?!" Masira yells at Luffy.

Luffy is playing with the South bird since even if you position it's head wrong, it will always point south.

"What a weird bird. It would have been useful in the wilderness." Lux is near there playing with it too.

"It's always forgotten until it is needed. A lot like myself before I solidified with this body." Janna comments.

"Well since it can't sing well, I don't really care." Sona seems bored while playing herself a tune.

"Um, I feel nervous about leaving the water completely behind…" Siren feels a bit angsty.

She did leave the water to explore the land, but there was still solid ground beneath her plus water in rivers and lakes. In the sky, there can't be much water besides the rain.

"Store some for yourself then? You can also wait in the ocean until we return from the sky." Braum gives his advice.

"Uuu~ But I don't wanna leave master… I'll just fill a barrel." Siren raises a bubble from the ocean and fills a barrel for herself.

"If you want water, daddy and Annie can create a portal for you if needed." Annie reassures her.

"Thanks Annie!" Siren hugs her, while Annie just sends me a grin.

'She will not put up much resistance at all Annie… But if you want to be closer, be my guest~' I smile to myself.

…

Three and a half hours early there was a change.

"Boss! Bad news!" Grunt

"What is it?!" Masira

"To the southwest! The 'Night' is coming! IT'S THE EMPEROR CLOUD!" Grunt

"Are you sure?! What time is it?" Masira

"9.30 am boss! We weren't expecting it this early!" Grunt

"Utan divers! Submerge immediately!" Shoujou yells and then proceeds to sing, much to Sona's annoyance.

"Reveberation confirmed! Giant current discovered, twelve o'clock!" Utan diver 1

Giant creature detected, nine o'clock! Possibly a sea monster!" Utan diver 2

Wave detected, ten o'clock, coming against the direction of the current!! Possibly a giant whirlpool!!" Utan diver 3

"That's it!! Turn the prow to ten o'clock!! That's the sign of the knock up stream!! Head for that whirlpool!!" Masira tells us.

Suddenly the Merry has to fight against giant waves.

"The waves got higher!!" Sanji

"Aaaarg! We're gonna sink!!" Usopp

"It's the tremor before the explosion! Watch out!!" Masira

"Siren! Help me control the waves!" I yell as I start to hold back the waves as they are about to crash at us from the side.

"Nami! What about the log pose?!" Robin yells at Nami.

"It's pointing straight up at that cloud!!" Nami yells alerting everyone that 'that' really is our next destination.

"The wind is on our side! The emperor cloud is heading straight towards the whirlpool!!" Janna

"Huh?! What whirlpool?! Where is it?!" Nami has a bad feeling in her guts.

"It looks like we hit the mark brother!" Masira smiles.

"It's all up to the current now!" Shoujou yells.

"Can we do it?! Aye, we're gonna make it!" Luffy smiles

"We'll tow you to the whirlpool!!" Masira yells from his ship.

"Then what do we do?!" Nami yells back.

"We sail for the eye of the storm!!! We need to be in the middle of it! But for now we have to be careful not to be swallowed!!" I laugh as I know the process. Like which fan didn't want to be on board the ship at this moment?

"WHAT?! ARE YOU CRAZY?! NO ONE TOLD US ABOUT THIS!!!" Nami yells at me, not wanting to believe it.

"Then grab on something and hold on!" I conjure some eldritch string and root most of us to the ship.

"I have never seen such a big maelstrom!" Robin gawks.

"It's a giant whirlpool!!" Siren is impressed by the size of her possible power.

"STOP!! STOOP!! LET'S GO BAAAACK!!!" Usopp seems to be ready to piss himself.

"Sorry, but it's impossible now." Janna and Siren are of one mind looking at the wind and sea currents.

"SKY ISLAND!! HERE WE COME!!!" Luffy becomes hyped.

The next moment the sea king from before got swallowed into the whirlpool beside us, scaring the less brave members shitless.

"Alright guys! You are now on your own from here on out! Good luck!" The monkey brothers are already a distance away from the whirlpool as we are getting sucked inside.

"Okay! Thanks for everything!" Luffy

"See you in Skypiea you two!" Lynx

"Bye bye monkey brains!!" Annie waves her hand too with a last insult.

Chopper, Nami, Usopp and Lola are already panicking seeing the size of what will soon swallow us.

"LET'S TURN AROUND LUFFY!! THERE IS STILL TIME!! DON'T YOU SEE IT WILL SWALLOW US?! SKY ISLAND IS A DREAM IN A DREAM!!" Usopp tries to convince Luffy

"A dream in a dream! YEP!!" Luffy

"He is right Luffy! I think it's impossible too!!" Nami

"Like Siren and Janna said, it's already too late. So what do you say to that Luffy? A dream in a dream?" I grin already feeling my adrenaline rush inside me.

"A DREAM IN A DREAM!! NOW THAT'S A GREAT ADVENTURE!! IF WE DON'T DO THIS, WE WILL REGRET IT FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES!!!" Luffy grins happily.

That smile killed all hope for Nami and Usopp, while motivating Lola and Chopper.

The next moment we are launched into the air towards the middle of the whirlpool, but we land on the calm sea surface where used to be the eye of the whirlpool.

"It's gone now?! HOW?!" Mikita looks around confused.

"Anything to say before we die, Lynx?" Zala looks at my grinning self.

"Hold on tight?" Lynx

"..." Nami and Usopp look at me in horror.

"Hold it!" Teach

"Huh?" We look at the raft-like boat of Teach.

"Ooooh, he actually came? Is he stupid?" I look at them.

"Well they are retarded and you destroyed that one's ass with the baton. You expect them not coming for revenge?" Buggs send me a look.

"Zehahaha! We finally caught up to you Straw hat and you bastard!!" Teach points at me.

"And what? You want another helping of the baton? Or did you come for your mates to try it as well?" I smirk at them.

"EWWW, WHAT A PERVERT~!! BUT WITH THAT KIND OF FACE AND BODY, NO ONE ELSE WOULD WANT TO TOUCH YOU PERVERTS~!!!" Annie yells at them.

"NO YOU PIECE OF SHIT!!! WE CAME TO COLLECT YOUR BOUNTIES!!!" Teach got pissed with his crewmates being annoyed as well.

"Well, I would gladly stay behind and shove the baton up your asses, but I got places to be~ Ta-ta~" I wave at them.

"PAY ATTENTION!! IT'S COMING!!! THE KNOCK UP STREAM!!" Shoujou yells at us.

"YOU AREN'T GOING NOWHERE!!" Teach yells at me.

But at this moment the water starts to swell beneath us.

"Everyone grab on something! Janna! Give us tailwind after we are launched!" I tell her.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

The Going Merry disappears from sight, replaced by a pillar of water. Beside it, the leftovers of Blackbeard's ship are falling down to the surface.

"Make it to sky island!!" MAsira and Shoujou smile.

…

"WOOOOHHOOOOOO!!!! WE ARE SAILING STRAIGHT UP!!!" Luffy yells.

"What!? The ship is sailing vertically up the water current?!" Nami

"Even if it's fun, but we need to hoist the sails!!! The tailwind of me and Janna will help the warm air current to sail upwards! If we tilt back it's all over!!" I yell at everyone.

"He's right! Everyone to work! We'll catch additional wind at starboard and sail to port! We need to follow the current!!" Nami yells.

I undo the eldritch chains, so everyone can move and do their things.

"Aye aye Nami!!" Sanji

"Waaah!! The ship is leaving the current!" Chopper

But as we lose contact with the water, The air finally reaches the sails and the ship flies up besides the stream vertically.

"So where would the sky island be?" Luffy asks Nami.

"If there is one, then it's on the top!" Nami

"Then let's go! To the top of the emperor cloud!!! Hahahaha!!!" I laugh with Luffy.