I'm a new author on this account, my pen name is AkitaWolfsbane.

This story takes place after both series respective time skips, but I am having Ace and Whitebeard in this story despite that fact.

Enjoy!

Chapter 1

"The Red Haired Pirate Meets His Double"

A pirate ship pulled into the harbor just outside Gallowstown, in the country of Fiore. They were stopping to restock on supplies after being out on the sea for quite a while. While the crew went to gather supplies, the red haired captain and his first mate went to go enjoy some drinking at a nearby pub. They wound down and relaxed in this pub for most the afternoon.

"I wonder how everyone else is doing." The captain said between gulps from his mug of rum. "Can you go see how they're doing, Ben? I'll catch up after I pay for the drinks." He giggled a little from being drunk.

"Sure thing captain," Ben chuckled as he got up. He left the pub and went looking for everyone to make sure they had gotten everything they would need for their continued adventure on the seas.

It took Ben only about 15 minutes to locate everyone in the small harbor town. He figured that the captain would be waiting for them back at the ship so he began leading everyone back to the ship. When they got back to the ship the captain was standing there as they all had expected, or at least they thought it was their captain. In the light of the sunset the person before them had the same hair color of the captain; he also had a similar cape and was around the same height as the captain.

"Hey captain, we're ready to head out again!" Ben smiled as he said that. That smile faded when the person before them turned around and faced them. While this guy did look a whole lot like their captain they could tell that it wasn't him.

"I think you've got me confused with someone else," the man chuckled and rubbed his head with his right hand.

"Who are you?! Where is our captain?!" Ben growled. He was on edge and worried that this guy did something to his captain. He had one hand on the gun in his belt.

"The name is Gildarts, Gildarts Clive," the man said as he suddenly got serious as he felt the mood in the air change. "I don't know where your captain is; I was just admiring this ship is all." Gildarts pointed to the pirate ship that the red haired captain and his crew had come in on. Gildarts could feel that the air was still very serious but he didn't want to cause any trouble, besides he knew it would awful of him to use his crash magic in the town.

"Well it's nice to meet you Gildarts. I'm Shanks," the red haired captain said as he came up beside Ben. He gave a look to Ben that told him to relax. "I'm sorry for any trouble my crew caused you," Shanks said and lightened the mood with a big grin. He reached his right hand out to Gildarts. "We good?"

Gildarts smiled and shook Shanks hand with faux left hand which was made of metal. His arm was made of metal all the way to just above the elbow. "Yeah, we're good, no harm was done."

"Your arm is…" Shanks stuttered in surprise.

"Huh?" Gildarts raised his eyebrow and look at his hand. "Oh it's nothing." He let go of Shanks' hand. "I lost this arm to a dragon a while ago, same with my left leg."

"A dragon?!" one of Shanks' crew members exclaimed in disbelief.

"How interesting, I lost my left arm to a sea monster a while ago, but I didn't have a chance to get a prosthetic," Shanks chuckled as he removed his cape to reveal his left shirt sleeve with only a stub in it. "Anyway, you said you were admiring our ship earlier?"

Gildarts looked at the large ship again in the dock. "Yeah I was. I'm trying to find a way to get back to my guild and sailing Hargeon then taking a train to Magnolia would be the fastest way to get back to Fairy Tail."

"Well I'd be happy to give you a ride, and then we could get to know each other better on the way there," Shanks chuckled.

"Really? That would be great!" Gildarts smiled.

Ben and the crew boarded the ship and put away all the supplies and got ready to set sail. Gildarts and Shanks got on the ship together, chuckling about something Gildarts had said as they got on.

"Alright everyone," Shanks said. "Let's set sail for Hargeon!"