Hey guys! First fic ever, so please don't be hatin' or skating. Actually you can skate. Anyway, let's see if I'm a good writer or not.
The island of the rolling hills, valleys and mountains. Been my home since birth. I've been through good and bad, had my share of enemies but friends were a rare delight. I had begun to think that this was it, that nothing would change. But one person changed my mind on that and my life. His name was Wolf D. Ryuu. The one true friend and the one to show me that there was more to life than this. We met on a cloudy, overcast day, and it had been raining for a few days so the ground was soft and muddy. We saw each other in the flea market (surprisingly one stall was actually selling fleas) but we didn't talk. I started to notice him around town more often until one day I asked him if he was new around town. He replied a solemn "yes" and carried on with his business. The next day he asked me if I knew any good hiking routes.
"You know I hike as well. Would you like me to show you a few of my favourite routes?" I replied/answered.
"That would be wonderful!" He said in a slightly posh accent. To this day I do not know why. Anyway we went on a hike that weekend and somehow we were inseparable best buds. He told me he was cousins with some pirates, but I replied that I didn't exactly like pirates because my parents were on a cruise and pirates attacked them. I was still 9 when that happened. 6 years ago. Do the math to work out how old I am. He told me about a pirate crew that were really good friends with each other and that they attacked the World government just to get one crew member back. I realized that friends always had your back, and so I decided that he wasn't so bad and that if he wanted to become a pirate, that would be fine with me. He was on his own so I stayed with him, having no where else to go.
A few weeks later Ryuu received a letter and box from a man. Probably the postman. He opened the letter and read out loud so I could hear what was on the letter.
"Wolf D. Ryuu, you are the only person I can trust with this. Seeing as I am dead you will have to continue my legacy. You can take my name if you want, but you gotta take the hat. You've gotta go on your own adventure, and if you can, join my brother's crew. You'll be a great help to him." Ryuu read out, his face turning from shock to sad then happiness. A letter can be very emotional I guess.
"Why didn't you tell me you were related to Portgas D. Ace!? So then this means you're also related to Monkey D. Luffy? Right?"
"Yup!" He said proudly, puffing out his chest.
"So then do I, along with everyone else, have to call you Ace from now on?" I asked. He stroked an imaginary beard.
"Yeah, I guess so. I've not taken a liking to the name Ryuu though, I usually got a nickname like Ricky or Randy. Something like that. It'll be nice to have a different name" he said, still stroking at a beard that wasn't there. He had now looked up at the sky. I followed his gaze to some clouds.
"Hey that one looks like an upside down pig on a unicycle!" I said, after studying the cloud.
"Hehe, it does, but that one looks like a crocodile" he made his arms like a crocodile's mouth, and brought them down together on my face
"Aaaah. My face. don't eat my face off Mr crocodile sir." I said sarcastically, putting on a pathetic scared face.
"Never!" He chuckled lightly after that.
The weekend that came up we decided to go on the route of our first ever hiking trip. I remembered the route, even though we hadn't used it in a month or so. We talked about stuff while we were there, mostly about how we were gonna get into Luffy's crew.
"Aren't they going to Sabaody?" I asked, recalling something I read in the paper
"Yeah, but they haven't made it there as of yet, we'll have to wait until something happens and we get word of it" I was excited for this, meeting my best friends cousin. And the cousin being a pirate captain. "Luffy's an idiot by the way"
"And he's a captain!?" Idiot, how can there be an idiot captain. Must be a mutiny by now. Or at least thinking of one. We weren't looking where we were going and we had strayed from the path a bit. Little did I know that in the forest that was on this mountain there was some predators. Mountain lions, wolves and bears. Probably some more. While we were discussing Luffy's idiocy, we failed to notice a rustle in the leaves near us. Suddenly a wolf pounced on Ace, claws scratching into his back.
Well there's the first chapter! Anyway review, and tell me if you liked the story. I wanna know what you think. I will try my best with this, and I will try to do what I can if there's helpful criticism. Anyway! Bye! STAY AWESOME! (::) COOKIE!