I do not own One piece. I only own the OC's.
This story takes place just after Ace's acceptance into Whitebeard's crew and will continue from there. This is a different writing style to how I usually construct stories as my traditional ideas are usually very dramatic and with no doubt, though I am trying to be humourous there will be serious scenes which are hopefully hinted at in the prologue. :) Thank you
Prologue
Most things in our lives come and go.
Much like a wave that stretches with the tide we move, we make friends, we lose lovers and we pass through wonderful moments.
Most of us associate loss with something painful, something bound to stir an ample amount of tears, something which we can't help but feel a void in our lives that feels almost impossible to close up and eventually heal.
Even when it's all said and done and we have finally moved on from whatever we have lost that was so beautiful, we still feel it.
I have learnt a truth, a small and beautiful truth that has made my heart rejoice in even the most disheartening of times.
The truth: that if we are sincerely grateful for the things that we have lost most in this life, when we lose them we can still function because we are simply grateful that we had them at all.
It no longer becomes a question of why they had to go, it no longer becomes a fight to get them back. No, instead it's a warm comfort because those memories that you have you will never have to give away.
Gratitude saves a broken heart.
Appreciate what you have because then when or if you ever experience loss you will be content knowing that you shared the time with it that you did. When you look back on your life and are asked to recount the scars on your skin you will be able to smile…