Prologue
A girl stood at the front of a small boat as the wind pushed it along the ocean of the South blue. The girl's dark burgundy red hair was blown rapidly in the wind. Her bright green eyes shown with excitement at the prospect of adventure. Her long grown out bangs fell in her face, causing her to brush back her hair. She was wearing a green tunic. The tunic has only very short sleeves on the top of her shoulders, was shaped into a low v in the front and she wore tight light brown pants tucked into tall brown leather boots.
She stared out into the ocean with a content look on her face, her hand travelling up to touch the silver feather that hung from the left braided strand of hair. Finally she had begun her journey, just like she promised, she would keep all of her promises.
The girl smiled, happy to be on the sea again, it was here that she felt truly free. She had finally begun her journey. After the three years of being stuck in Blencogo town on Archensheen Island working in the bar to earn money for a ship, she was happy to be starting her journey. It wasn't just any journey, it was a quest for a promise. She was going to be a pirate, and she was going to find the One piece, for Hobb. She felt a pang in her chest at thinking of the kind old man, she lifted her hand to the precious silver feather, that hung attached to a braided strand of her hair, as she remembered him.
Three years ago:
"Aura, have I ever told you about the One piece?" Aura glanced at Hobb from where she was sipping down the table. It was closing time for the bar, Hobb always stayed till closing to keep Aura company. The town was small and most didn't like strangers like Aura. Hobb, the owner of the bar was nice and he accepted Aura to work there. Hobb was one of Aura's only friends. She had come to care for the older man greatly. He told her of his past adventures as a pirate. Aura had been staying with Hobb since she had gotten the job.
"No, you haven't Hobb." Aura said. "But I wanna hear about it!"
"The One Piece is a legendary treasure every pirate dreams of," Hobb began as he took a drink of his sake.
"Pirates for years have been searching for this treasure. It has only been found twice, by the first pirate king Gol D. Roger and the recent pirate king, 50 years ago. Since his disappearance after the proclamation that one piece exists and he left it for the next generation to find, many have been searching for it. But these past years the great pirate era has died. Now there's hardly any left who dream to find this great treasure."
"Do you really think it exists?" Aura asked.
"Do I think it exists!" Hobb exclaimed slamming his glass down. "Of course, it does! It's out there waiting, I know the pirate era isn't over. There are still pirates out there with dreams and ambitions to find it. And someone will, I only wish I could have at least seen it."
"What do you mean, you still can!" Aura exclaimed.
"Aura, both you and I know my pirate days are over. I'm too old, and with my bum leg I wouldn't hold much of a fight against anyone." Hobb said with a wan smile.
Aura sighed not saying anymore, knowing that Hobb was right. She hated it though, dreams were important and for him to acknowledge that he can't accomplish his made her sad.
Now:
"Hobb are you here with me like you promised?" Aura asked. "I promise, I'm gonna become a pirate and find the One piece, for you."
Aura stood on the front of the boat a broad smile on her face.
"Alright, let's start this adventure.
On a tropical island with a beautiful circular bay and rainforest filled with life, a girl lay in the sand. Next to her lay three katanas, one blue, one black and one white. The girl's long curly brown hair messily spanned out behind her. As if the sun glinted across the hilt, the blue sword, with the hilt in resembling a kraken, seemed to glow. The girl's blue eyes snapped open and she shot up. "I'M UP! DON'T EAT MY COCONUT!"
The girl's pale skin was a light shade of pink and she groggily realized she was burning in the sun. She turned to the blue katana, "I hate you, you tricked me." The sword flashed again.
"Yes, I know swords can't eat coconuts." The girl sighed. Her naturally green bags were tied up and out of her face with a pretty white ribbon. The girl stood up and stretched. She brushed sand off her white leggings, then picked up her three swords, and tied them to the back of her green dress. The dress in question was a green shoulder-less dress that was mid-length and has cute white bows on it. The flowy white sleeves came down to her forearm and a big white bow was tied at the back, and the girl's swords were tied above it. The girl left the beach, her brown boots filling with sand.
Marching through the jungle she walked down her memorized path easily and came to a pile of salvaged food and coconuts. It had been two months since the girl had been shipwrecked on the island. When she was sailing one day, she was suddenly attacked by a sea king, and during the attack, her ship had run aground and was destroyed. The sea king still circled the island. The strange girl picked out several coconuts, and drew her white sword out exactly six inches. Her blue eyes narrowed and the coconuts in front of her exploded. Sliding her sword neatly back into its sheath, she watched the tops of the perfectly cut coconuts land with a smirk. This girl is Roronoa Eve, She is the granddaughter of the previous number one swordsman, and her own childhood hero: Roronoa Zoro. Eve, just like her grandfather, wishes to become the top sword wielder in the world. Eve wishes to become the top swordsman so she can uphold her family legacy, but more importantly, so she can become stronger than her grandfather when her was the top swordsman.
Eve enjoyed her coconuts as she looked out upon an empty sea. Yawning cutely she rubbed her eyes. It was nearly noon and once again she found herself bored. She leaned her head on her hand and watched the sea with a bored expression. Her hand lazily played with the leftover coconut shell. Picking up the coconut shell she tossed it as far as she could. With her swordsman strength, it splashed into the ocean half a mile away. Sighing, she prayed to her grandfather ghost that something, anything, would happen. And happen it did. As Eve watched open mouthed, a small boat appeared into view. Shooting up off the ground Eve ran toward the direction of the boat. As she reached the end of her island, she cried out to the person on the boat.
"HEY MORON! THERE'S A SEA KING! SEA! KING! GET OVER HERE OR GET OUT OF HERE!" She watched the fin of the sea king approach the boat and sighed. "Be careful what you wish for I guess." Eve unsheathed her swords and prepared to fight
Aura sighed as she leaned against the last of her small boat. She was just so bored. It had been days since she left Archensheen and she had yet to come upon an Island. Of course she wasn't a navigator, and she hadn't really planned things out. After she had left the island she realized she had no map and no idea which way was the closest island. She had plenty of food but only for now because who knows how long until the next island. Aura lazily scanned the horizon looking for anything interesting. Looks like another boring day of sailing, Aura gazed up at the sky watching a lone seagull fly around as she wondered what it would be like to be fly up there. Her gaze shifted back to the horizon and get eyes lit up as she caught sight of an island in the distance.
"Finally!" Aura cried as she jumped. Aura ran to stand behind the sail. Aura lifted her hands, "Gale Gale propel!" Aura cried as she willed the winds to push the sails. The boat went flying swiftly across the water to the island. Once close the bar Aura willed the winds to slow down, allowing the former lazy breeze to push her boat into the circular way.
"HEY MORON! THERE'S A SEA KING! SEA! KING! GET OVER HERE OR GET OUT OF HERE!" Aura frowned and looked toward the shore and caught sight of a girl in a green dress who was wildly waving her hands.
"Sea King? I don't see a..." Aura trailed as she heard a splash behind her. She turned around to see a large blue sea king rising out of the water to tower over her boat.
"Oh that sea king. Well," Aura said with a smirk. "Finally something exciting, it's been awhile since I had a fight. Gale Gale Propel!"
Aura went went flying into the air, the wind propelling her to eyes level with the sea king. Aura hovered in the air, using the wind to keep her afloat. Aura unsheathed her two dual blades she keep strapped to her back, she gripped the red handles and and held the blades ready. The sea king let out a loud screech as it lunged at Aura.
"Gale Gale Storm!" Aura yelled as she spun slicing her swords and fierce slicing winds flew at the sea king beheading it before it could reach Aura. Aura allowed the winds to gently lower her to the boat, which had reached the shore thanks to the waves caused by the sea king. Aura stepped off the boat and into the sand to face the girl in the green dress holding two swords.
"You just flew right in the air and beheaded that thing! How the hell did you do that!"
"I ate the Gale Gale fruit, and now I can control the wind." Aura said with a smile.
"Wow, I've never seen a devil fruit user before, um my name's Roronoa Eve by the way." Eve said as she sheathed her two swords.
"Nice to meet ya Eve, I'm Lennox D. Aura." Aura said.
"What are you doing here Eve this place looks deserted." Aura asked as she looked around her at the small island.
"That sea king wrecked my ship and I've been stranded here that past few months. The island is relatively peaceful except for the..." Eve at the sound of splashing and a loud screech. "Sea king's surrounding the island."
They both turned to see a larger red sea king rising from the water.
"I got this," Eve said with a surprisingly dark smirk as she unsheathed three swords, holding the blue and black katana in her left and right hands and the white one in her mouth.
"This is the one that wrecked my ship," Eve mumbled around the white hilt of the sword she held in her mouth. Eve readied herself in a stance, and held her katana's at the ready as the sea king my her at her. At the last minute Eve leaped up on top of the sea king and sliced her swords, the force of the attack we her back into the air and she landed gracefully on the sand her green dress billowing. The sea king split into three slices and landed on the sand.
"Woah!" Aura exclaimed as she ran up to Eve. "That was awesome! You're really good with those swords, I was wondering what you were gonna do with three, it now I see. It's pretty impressive how you held it in your mouth and attacked."
"Of course I am," Eve said as she brushed her dress down. "My grandfather was Roronoa Zoro, the number 1 swordsman in the world. And like him my dream is to become number 1."
"Cool," Aura said eyes lit up with wonder. "Okay, I've decided you have to join my crew!"
"Your crew?"
"Yeah, I'm a pirate!" Aura exclaimed. "I'm gonna sail the grand line and find the One piece, it's my dream."
"A pirate? No thanks, I'm more of a solo person and I really don't see myself as a pirate." Eve said as she began walking away back toward a pile of coconuts underneath a large shade tree.
"Oh c'mon, pleeeeaaaassseee," Aura whined. "It'll be fun, you can get off this island and still achieve your dream."
"Or you can just give me a ride off the island and then we go our separate ways." Eve said as she picked up a coconut.
"Nope, if you don't join my crew you're stuck here." Aura said crossing her arms across her chest.
"What, oh come on," Eve said. "You'll really just leave me here?"
"Yep,"
"You're kind of childish you know that,"
"Eh, I've been called worse." Aura said with a shrug.
"Fine, I guess joining your crew won't hurt," Eve said with a sigh. "I mean if I don't I'm stuck here, and if you planning on sailing the grand line to find the One piece, so we're bound to see strong sword fighters, and I can find him."
"Yes!" Aura exclaimed jump in the air and throwing her hands up causing a slice of wind to cut palm tree above them in half and coconuts fell around them, one nearly hitting Eve in the head. "My first crew member!"
"Well this is certainly going to be an interesting journey, because you appear to cause chaos wherever you go," Eve said with a sigh, but then she looked at Aura with a dark flint in eyes. "But know this Aura, my dream is very important and if you come in between me and my dream I'll have to kill you."
"Okay, then I promise if I endanger your dream then I'll let you kill me." Aura said as her hand drifted up to touch the golden feather. "Dreams are important, I understand that. I Will find the One piece, it's my most important dream."
"Alright then, we have a deal. Where to next captain." Eve said with a small smile.
"Adventure!" Aura exclaimed.
Once Eve had gathered her supplies, and food she had gathered from the island and our it on the boat, the two were off.
"So, Aura where are we going next? We probably need more crew members and a bigger ship."
"I don't know," Aura said with a shrug.
"What do you mean you don't know?"
"Well I forgot a map and compass to I have actually just been drifting wherever." Aura said with a sheepish look.
"You have got to be kidding me. What kind of unprepared, reckless captain did I agree to sail under," Eve groaned. "You're lucky I have a map and compass. It looks like D'mar island is the nearest island. I've heard it's a large trading island so we can probably find a navigator and maybe a chef there. They are definite necessities for a crew."
"Okay let's go!"
"Geez, looks like this is certainly going to be wild journey," Eve said while sighing at her New captain.
End Author's Notes:
Hey guys, so here it is my first story. I'm actually really nervous about this, so I hope you like it. Constructive criticism is greatly appreciated. I've never done an SYOC story before so bare with me. I'm not gonna be too picky with the OC's submitted but I will say no Mary Sue or Gary Stue. I am going to have a certain number on the crew though, but I will take OC's for villains, crew members of opposing crews, or marines. Also, a huge thanks to PurpleThorne who is my co-writer, and has been a huge help. Go check out PurpleThorne's account and stories, they're awesome.
The following positions have been filled:
Captain: Lennox D. Aura- my OC
First mate: Roronoa Eve- PurpleThorn
Navigator: Wiltshire Fawkes- Turbulantreader05
Sniper: Xander White- tobi-is-an-artist
Chef: Spade Eren- kerennie
Doctor: Asra Blake- lacrimanightmare
Archaeologist: Takashi- robbo2480
Shipwright: Terrell Metan- Grey Nixilis
Astronomer/Scholar: Sterling- Carolyn12
Lookout/Seamstress: Junko Hayashi-JackHammerMan
Stern Master: Shimo Verglas- GlaxeySkyGlim
musician: Phoenix - fireandicephoenix
**update 02/28/18 - all positions filled and no longer taking characters, except for enemies and marines. In this update I changed some things and fixed some things in the chapter, not a lot though. My writing seriously got better as I write this and just stick with the story, it gets better I promise.