Forest of fear   von Sanko
                           (You must help us Luffy)
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                        Kapitel 7: Evil animals vs Zolo
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I yawn and rub my eyes. That was a stupid dream! I’m not in a forest. I’m on
the ship and I must take care of it. Every time this is my job. One more time I
yawn. I want to lay down again, when I recognise that it’s not the Merry Go
under me. It’s grass. I open my eyes. Was it no dream? Was is real? But where
are the others than? Why did they leave me here alone? Upset I stand up and look
around. There is really no one. I groan and walk in one direction. One side is
as good as the other. After my first view steps, I hear a strange noise. I lay
my hand of one of my swords and look around: “Who is there?” it can be only
a bear or a rabbit, but I’m on the save side when I have my swords. Then there
is a noise behind me. I turn around and pull out my sword at the same time.
Something was in the shrub. Slowly I go to the shrub. I don’t want to make it,
whatever it is, jump in fear. A feared animal can be evil. Really evil! Then
suddenly there are more noises. From all sides. It’s rustling. I can’t see
anything, but I can hear it. I take out my two other swords and get ready to
fight. “Come on,” I think. Then I san see, what is there. The things are
real animals. Bears, wolfs, tigers, lions and more. And they don’t look like
they are only here to say hello. There eyes are different. There is such a death
light in there eyes, what I never saw before on an animal. But why? What do they
want? Then the lions begin to roar and the wolfs howl. Too late, I recognise,
what’s the meaning of that. They attack. I stab them and want to get away.
They are to many. For every one I kill, there come two new ones. And they
won’t give up. The animals want to kill me. That is not what animals normally
do. They don’t hunt in so big groups and they don’t attack people for no
reason. So why? I feel the first time a claw in my arm. They tear up my back and
won’t let go. I scream and throw one off of my back, but another one is there
to take the lost place. My arms become so heavy and the power leaves my body.
Blood splits all over me and it’s not only the blood of the dead animals. They
will kill me. I can’t stop them. They are too much. I fight them on, but my
moves begin to get more and more slowly. All at once I fall. The animals over me
and the blood under me.  Pain and fear. The pan is so heavy. I can’t think
anymore. They bite me and more blood leaves my body. It’s over. “Luffy,” I
want him to hear me, “Luffy! Where are you? Luffy, I need help.” One lonely
tear leaves my eye and then anything is over. The pain is gone. What happened? I
open my eyes. I’m not dead. I look up and see her face in front of me:
Tashigi. Shocked I tear open my eyes. She tilts her head to one side and tells
me: “He will come. Luffy is on the way.” Then, she is gone. But I’m not
alone.

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