Updated. The big revision is here! I'm rewriting this because of how poor my writing use to be. I'm not saying I'm a great writer now but there is a big, noticeable difference. I've made changes here and there. Some big, some small. The first several chapters are fairly long. So enjoy!

Hawk, his brother Tai and their friends escape a devastating pirate attack. What will they do with no home and only each other.

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece

Hawk's Story: One Piece

Chapter 1

"Everybody run!" Shouted a man from the street. "Pirates are coming, pirated are com-" The man was cut short when he was shot in the back. The mother of two young boys opened the curtains to see pirates running through the small dirt road and into people's houses. She grabbed her husband's old navy rifle and pistol and ran into the kitchen where the kids were.

"Tai, Hawk, I want you to go into the forest and don't come out until it's quiet." She told them, trying to remain calm.

"Mom what's going on?" Tai asked.

"There are pirates attacking the village. Now take this and go." She handed him the pistol.

"What about you, Mom?" Hawk asked, tears beginning to fill his eyes.

"I'm gonna stall them. Don't worry, I'll be fine." She said trying to reassure her younger son. Tai knew she was lying, but Hawk was too naïve and scared to realize.

"Okay mom. Come on Hawk, let's go." The pair made their way out the back door.

Hours passed before the village was quiet. A few other people made it into the forest. An elderly couple, two kids Tai's age and a man with a dog. Everyone moved cautiously out of the forest and into the village. The pirates were gone, but they left the village in ruins. There were dead bodies, broken glass and house hold objects strewn up and down the street. Some houses were burned, destroyed or still burning. It was an absolutely terrible sight. The man with the dog dropped to his knees and pounded his fist against the ground mumbling something. The elderly man hugged his wife to calm her down. Tai, Hawk and the other kids, Victor and Aria, just stood staring at the destruction.

"I should go see if anyone is at my house." Aria said, wiping the tears from her eyes.

"Yeah, that's a good idea. We'll go check out our house too." Tai said "What about you, Victor?"

He didn't answer for a moment. Then with a solemn look he said, "There's nothing for me there, I watched them kill my parents." There was a tense silence until Victor spoke again. "I'll just go with Aria."

"Okay. Come on Hawk lets go check out the house." Tai said before they all went to their respective houses. "Wait outside, Hawk. I'll make sure everything's okay." Hawk nodded and Tai walked into the house. The once quaint little house was now a depressing shell. There were two dead pirates on the floor outside the kitchen. Tai took a deep breath and entered the kitchen. There he saw what he hoped he wouldn't. His mother's dead body on the floor with the rifle in her hands. He knew this was going to happen, but that didn't stop the tears. He stood crying over her body for a moment, then regained his composure so he could face his brother. He knelt down picked up the rifle and kissed his mother on the forehead before going back outside.

"Tai, Where's Mom?" Hawk asked.

Now that he was looking at his brother, it became much harder to tell him, so he lied. "Oh, mom left a note that said to meet her at the big town on the other side of the island. So let's go.

"Oh okay." Hawk sighed in relief. Tai felt worse than he expected. He thought he would be relieved by Hawk's relief, but he felt uneasy. Then he noticed Victor and Aria walking towards them. Victor walked up next to them, but Aria walked over to the side.

"Hey guys." Victor greeted. "Aria's mom didn't make it and those pirates took everything. What about you guys, did you find your mom?"

"Our mom is waiting at the other end of the of the island. Um Hawk why don't you talk to Aria, see if you can make her feel better." Hawk walked over and gave Aria a hug. Tai pulled Victor closer so he could talk without Hawk hearing. "I lied. Our mother is dead too. I just said that so Hawk wouldn't get upset."

"When are you gonna tell him?"

"When we find a place to stay. We're going to the neighboring town. Do you guys want to come?"

"Yeah, going with people you know will be easier than going alone."

"Agreed." Tai and Victor walked over to where Hawk and Aria were now sitting. "Come on. We're going to the next town."

"What about Aria?" Hawk said staring up at him.

"Of course she's coming, right?" Tai asked smiling down at her.

"Yeah, I'm coming too." She answered with a small smile creeping across her lips. Tai put out his hand to help her up and they made their way to the next town over.

It took them awhile to get to the next town. They had to stop to sleep twice when night rolled around. They made it to town by dusk after that. There weren't many people out because everyone was sitting down to dinner, so they couldn't ask for direction. They walked down the street until they came to what they were looking for, an inn.

"How much money do you guys have?" Tai asked fishing out his money. The others followed his lead and took their money out as well. "I've got 78 Beri. How about you?"

"I've got 83 Beri." said Victor

"I've only got 56 Beri." said Aria.

"Damn, that's gonna give a day, maybe two at any inn, not counting food." Tai said a little frustrated.

"Wait, I'm not finished counting!" Hawk told them

"Hawk, I doubt you have that much. You got less allowance than I do."

"I have plen- wait you get more allowance than me?" They all just gave him a look of disbelief. "Well I have a lot of money so let me finish counting." they waited a few more seconds so he could finish counting. "There finished. I've got 234 Beri."

"Wait how do you have that much money. You don't do anything!" Tai shouted.

"Because I help mom around the house while you're out." He said, sticking his tongue out.

"Why are we fighting? This is a good thing." Aria said stepping in between them.

"Yeah whatever. Let's go inside and get a couple of rooms." Tai said defeated.

"Good than we can get some food, it's been two and half days since we ate. That's probably why we're all so edgy." Victor said. They walked in and up to the counter. They got to conjoining rooms and ordered room service at the front desk.

"Okay you three take that room, I'll take this one." Aria said taking the key from Tai.

"Oh no, there is no way all three of us are cramming into one room." Tai said taking back the key.

"I'm a girl. I can't stay in room with one of you."

"Fine. Then let Hawk stay with you. There are two beds and besides he's only twelve."

"Fine, it's not like I have any clothes to change into."

"Ah shit, you're right." They gave him a confused look. "We don't have any clothes."

"Then after dinner lets go buy some, dummy." Aria said

"Then we'll have to buy our cloths first."

"And why is that?"

"Because you're a girl you'd spent all the money we have."

"You did not just go there, you prick."

"Screw you, I'm not a prick for being realistic."

"That's not realistic, that's sexist."

"Why are you guys still fighting. The foods here?" Hawk said with a mouth full of food.

"Let's go eat. Maybe then we won't be so angry." Aria just nodded her head and they went and ate. After dinner they went to the small clothing store and got some more cloths without any more arguing. When they got back to the hotel, they changed and went to bed. The next morning, they left the hotel for the big town at the edge of the island.

"So Tai, did you tell your brother about your mom yet?" Victor whispered to Tai.

"Shit, not yet." He said putting his hand on his forehead.

"Just tell him now and get it over with."

"Okay, I will." He took a deep breath. "Hey guys can we stop for a minute." He called ahead.

Hawk and Aria walked back to where Victor and Tai were standing. "Why are we stopping? You can't be tired already?" Hawk asked

"Hawk I have something to tell you." Tai said nervously. Hawk tipped his head out of curiosity. "Hawk mom's not really waiting in the big town. I told you that so you wouldn't get upset. Hawk, Mom's dead." It Hawk a moment to comprehend what Tai said. Then he began to cry. "I'm so sorry I didn't tell you sooner. I was going to last night, but we were all so tired." Tai said hugging his Little Brother. Victor and Aria stood while they hugged.

Hawk slowly pushed out of the hug. "Maybe we should keep going to the next town any ways. It's not like there's anything for us back at the village."

"Yeah let's go." Tai said patting his brother on the back.

They continued on their way. It took two days to get to the big town. It was different than the last town they had been to. The streets were crowded with people. There were big shops, hotels and bars. The people in general were different. They were either merchants, store owners or pirates.

"Wow! There are so many people." Hawk said in awe. None of them had seen this many people in one place. "Hey I think some of these people are pirates."

"Why do you think that? Is it the pirate ships or is it the smelly guys with guns?" Tai said sarcastically

"Shut up, Jerk!" Hawk yelled. "Why are you mad all of a sudden?"

"Because I bet some of these pirates are the ones that raided the village." The realization of that left them a bit on edge.

"Let's just get something to eat. We'll feel better." Victor said trying to be the calm one in the group. They walked up and down the streets looking for a restaurant, but they could only find bars.

"Let's just eat at one of the bars." Aria suggested, holding her stomach.

"They probably won't serve us." Tai said

"Can't we try. We'll tell them we just want food." She pleaded

"Fine. It's not like they're gonna hurt us." said Tai. They walked into the closest bar, this one being by the ships. They took seats at the bar because a large group of pirates sitting at all the tables.

The bar tender walked up. "You kids need to leave. You're too young to be in here." He said in a gruff voice.

"We didn't come drink, we just really need some food." Hawk pleaded. They had Hawk ask because he was the youngest and maybe the bar tender would be more sympathetic.

"Sorry Kid, those damn pirates just showed up and they ate all the food. I can offer you either water, milk or cola."

They looked at each other and nodded. "Sure. Can we have four colas?" Tai asked. The bar tender went behind the counter and pulled out for mugs and poured them their sodas. "So what did these pirates do?"

"They robbed some village. Bragging that the village leader had a bunch of Devil's Fruits."

Tai clenched his fists. He knew exactly what he was talking about. The head of the village had weird fruit in small chests in his house. He had said he would give them to his sons to when they were old enough. "Do you know what their flag looks like?" Tai asked trying to hide his anger.

"The flags are usually on the wanted poster." The bar tender flip through a stack papers. "Here it is." He showed Tai the paper. On it was a fat man with his left eye sewn shut and a tattoo down the left side of face. Underneath was a picture of the flag. It was the usual skull and crossbones except it had the same tattoo as the man.

"Thank you, Sir." Tai said, putting money on the counter. "Let's go."

"Tai, why did you want to know what their flag looked like?" Aria asked

"Because they're the ones that attacked our village." He said receiving looks of shock. "They took the village leader's weird fruit and we're gonna take them back."

"How do you intend to do that." Aria asked.

"We're gonna sneak on and steal them. Didn't you hear the bar tender he said the crew was in the bar." They were reluctant at first but they agreed to sneak on the ship. They made their way to the harbor and boarded the ship. It only took a couple minutes but they found the room with the treasure. Sitting on a shelf were four small chests. Tai picked one up and opened it. "This is it. These are the fruits." They all grabbed a chest and headed for the deck. That's when they heard the pirates coming back on board. They were about to panic when they realized they could just jump to the ship next to the. It was merchant ship so they knew they wouldn't get hurt. They managed to jump on board before the pirates got on board.

"That was too close." Victor said holding his chest trying to catch his breath.

"Yeah but we made it." Tai said.

"And we got the fruit. Now can we get off this boat?" Aria asked.

"I don't think so. Look." Hawk said pointing out towards the ocean. They all ran to the edge of the boat to see it had set sail.

"What are we gonna do Tai?" Aria asked.

"There's nothing left for us on this island. Why don't we do this?" He suggested.

"Do what?" She asked again, getting a little annoyed.

"Ship hop from island to island until we find somewhere nice. It could be fun." He smiled.

The group thought about it and realized Tai was right. It would be a real adventure. So they all sat back and each ate a Devil's Fruit, which tasted terrible.