Dear readers,

This is a "What if" kinda fanfiction, and so I'm just going to jump in! Also, please fav, follow, and review! The more I get, the more I'm inspired to write! I looked up the whole backstory of Luffy as a reference (English Sub) and I used that as a reference. So the lines are going to be near identical.

A woman sat in her bed, her deathbed, holding two young twins, a boy and a girl.

"Aren't they beautiful…" She said with a laugh. "I'm going to name them…Luffy and Lucy… You okay with that…Dragon?" She smiled and closed her eyes as her pulse came to a stop.

Luffy and Lucy sat in a bar, surrounded by the crew of Red-Haired Shanks, who were laughing and drinking. The twins were very similar, having the same messy black hair and large eyes. The only difference was Lucy's hair was a bit longer, that and the large piece of hair that stood on the girl's head like an antenna. Both were smiling and admiring the crew.

"Then take me with you on your next adventure, Shanks! I wanna be a pirate, too!" Luffy said, grinning.

"Yeah, me too!" Lucy cried, nodding with a near identical smile on her face. Shanks started laughing.

"How could you two kids become pirates?"

"Why not?" The two said in unison.

"Luffy, Lucy," Yasopp said, slurring his words and sounding drunk. "It's not about how good you can swim. A pirate is more than that."

"We can fight too!" Lucy exclaimed.

"My kicks are as strong as a club!"

"And my punches are like pistols!"

"Eh, really?" Shanks said, sounding bored as he stuffed food in his mouth.

"What do you mean by that?!" Luffy yelled angrily. Lucy laughed at her brother's short temper.

"Luffy and Lucy are just little kids still." Roo said.

"They're about the same age as my kid." Yasopp added.

"I'm not a kid! I'm a man!" He cried. Lucy snickered and flicked the back of her twin's head.

"I wouldn't call you a man." She laughed. He growled at her. She frowned. "But I wouldn't call us kids, either!"

"Don't get so angry!" Shanks said. "Here, have some juice." Luffy's face lit up and Lucy looked at Shanks expectantly, wanting juice as well.

"Ah! Thanks!" He said before taking a sip.

"See! Still a kid!" He said, slapping his hand on the table. Luffy yelled angrily at Shanks as everyone laughed.

"Don't laugh at me! What the hell! Stinky Shanks!" Lucy pulled at her brother's ear.

"Don't take it so seriously, Luffy." She said.

Suddenly, the door of the bar came flying off its hinges as a tall shadow stood in the doorway, many more behind it.

"Sorry for the interruption." The voice of the tall shadow said gruffly. Everyone stopped and looked at him except Shanks, who continued eating as if nothing was going on.

"So these are the so-called pirates. They look like idiots." The man said as he walked in, making sure to step on the door. He walked up to the counter, causing Shanks to move out of the way a little.

"Welcome!" Makino greeted. Luffy and Lucy stared at the scene unfolding.

"Were bandits," The man introduced. "We're not here to destroy your bar. We need ten barrels of sake."

"I'm sorry, but were out of sake at the moment." Makino said apologetically.

"Hmm, that's strange." The bandit offered. "The pirates are drinking something… is it water?"

"All the sake we have is out there." Makino said, keeping up her smile.

"That's not good." Shanks said. "We drank everything. Sorry." He held up a bottle.

"If you want, you can have this. I haven't even opened it yet."

The bandit started to reach for it, but drew back his fist and smashed the bottle over Shanks. Makino gasped.

"I'm a wanted man. I'm worth 8 million Belli." The bandit said, smiling. "One bottle won't be nearly enough. Don't take me so lightly."

Shanks groaned. "Now the floor's all wet." He complained. "Sorry about that, Makino. Do you have a mop?" He knelt down and started picking up the shattered remains of the bottle.

"I-I'll take care of it." She said, rushing over to him. The bandit drew his sword and slashed all the dishes off the table. Makino cringed.

"Looks like you enjoy cleaning up." The man said sarcastically. "You'll enjoy this even more." Shanks leaned up against the stool as the bandit sheathed his sword.

"No point wasting time here if you don't have any sake. Let's go. Later, cowards." He mumbled as he stalked out of the bar.

Luffy was trembling with anger and Lucy put her hand on his shoulder, trying to calm him down. Makino ran over to Shanks and started to clean him up.

"Are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere, Captain?"

"I'm fine, no problem." He said. Then he broke into a grin.

The whole crew started laughing.

"They really got you, that's funny!" Yasopp laughed.

"How shameful!" Roo agreed. Shanks took off his straw hat and joined the laughter. But Lucy couldn't stop her brother's outburst.

"WHY ARE YOU ALL LAUGHING?" Everyone stopped and looked at him.

"That was so uncool! Why didn't you fight them? No matter how many there are or how strong they seem- you're not men—or pirates—if you laugh after something like that!"

"Luffy…" Lucy whispered, tugging at her brother's hand.

"I can understand how you feel," Shanks said, surprising the girl. "But he only spilled some booze on me. That's nothing to get mad over."

"Whatever!" Luffy muttered, turning to the fruit that was lying in a chest on the table. He started was about to start eating when…

"Hey, hey! I want some! Let's eat it at the same time!" Lucy cried. Luffy looked at her and shrugged. They split it in half.

"Three, Two…One!" At the same time, both the kids bit into it and swallowed it at the same time. And, being twins, they had the same metabolism. After she had taken a bite, Lucy made a face.

"This tastes terrible!"

"Eating out of frustration?" Shanks asked.

"Shut up!" Luffy said before swallowing another bite. Suddenly, Shanks face looked serious.

"Wait, what are you eating!?" The two looked up, guilty.

"That box! Did you eat what was in that box!?"

"Umm…" Lucy said nervously, glancing at her brother.

"Y-Yeah…" Luffy stuttered. Shanks suddenly grabbed the two children and started to shake the two of them upside-down.

"Spit it out! Right now! Every last bite!"

"W-What are you doing, Shanks?!" Luffy cried.

"Y-Yeah! Let us go!" Lucy complained.

"Which one of you ate it?!"

Suddenly, both the twins, at the same time, stretched down and faceplanted.

Everyone was quiet for a moment. They bounced back up, faces red.

"What…was that?" Luffy asked, surprised.

""Why did we…" Lucy stuttered.

"What you ate was the Gum-Gum Fruit! The Gum-Gum Fruit is known as a Devil Fruit! Eating it turns your body to rubber, and makes you lose your ability to swim for the rest of your life!" He looked to the side. "But for two people to have the same devil fruit is unheard of…"

"Eh!? No way!" They both cried.

"YOU DUMBASSES!"

And that *gasp* was chapter 1! I went way to far into detail, but I was trying to develop Lucy's character. So she's kinda like Luffy, but a bit more mature. But only a bit.

This is one of the many stories I'll be starting, but this is one of those stories that goes on forever. So I'll update depending on how any people like it, but I can't guarantee it will be updated every week.

-MetaWolf56