ch.1 over the garden wall

The large red apple hung innocently from the branch of an old crooked apple tree.

The tree sadly hunched over as the wind bent it's branches and the few leaves that it had rustled against it's gray bark.

Luffy stared up at the fruit that swayed along in the wind high above his twirled a brightly colored leaf between his fingers a grin wide on his lips.

A light frosty wind ruffled the dark brown hair that peeked from under his straw hat and he wiped at his slightly pink nose with the sleeve of his oversized red sweater.

Though it was already mid autumn it wasn't all that cold in fuusha village, only slight chilly gusts of wind disturbed the otherwise sun warmed weather, wich allowed the boy to stay warm in his knee lenght shorts and salmond pink sandals.

Luffy's stomach gave out a loud growl and a small hand was placed upon it. He'd been on his way home from school so the child hadn't had the chance to get anything to eat since lunch.

He stared up at the tall stone wall that separated little garden from the town. Bushes of pleasant smelling lilacs grew along the wall, their purple and white flowers already withering away, the changing seasons starting to slowly dull them down and blend them in with the old stones stacked upon each other in order to create the large barrier.

With a quick look around to make sure no-one was near he stuffed the leaf into the pocket of his sweater, reajusted his backpack on his shoulders and began to climb the wall ,stepping on some unfortunate dandelions that squeezed through cracks of asphalt as he did so.

It wasn't all that difficult, the large stones made it easy to climb. His small hands and sandal clad feet fit neatly into the gaps between the gray moss covered rocks acting almost as a staircase.

The wall seemed to stretch forever, becoming taller and taller as he climbed. Once he finally made it to the top though, he realized the apple was farther than he originally though. The fruit was cradled in dry gray dead and drying branches and hung above a drop that was several meters down and had no sight of a bottom.

No biggie, he could still get it.

He reached his little hand out to it, stretched out his whole body and leaned on some of the branches for support, but to no avail.

Cautiously he inched closer to the edge of the wall were some of the loose rocks moved around from his disturbance.

He reached.

'closer'

Once more.

'closer'

Almost.

Luffy was now standing on his tippy-toes, carefully balancing on the rocks and grasping onto the trunk of the tree for support.

His fingertips brushed the smooth surface of the fruit and he leaned over just a bit more.

The old branches creaked under the childs weight but he payed no mind to it.

One more final reach and-

'creek'

The fruit was now securely in his little hands.

The branches whined under the boy's weight and a few loose rocks trembled under his knees. A strong gust of wind blew from behind him forcing the child to lean in further into the tree.

"ah-"

is all he managed before

'crack'

The tree gave out under him, the old wood no longer able to support even the mere weight of a small child, and the mossy gray rocks rolled out from under his legs.

Luffy flailed his arms, desperately attempting to grab onto something nearby, anything that could stop his fall.

But he fell.

and he fell,

and he fell,

and he fell.

Wind rushed past his face, branches hitting him as he plummeted toward the forest floor. He seemed to fall forever, somewhat slow even. The wind didnt rush anymore, the branches merely brushed against him,

And then he hit the ground.

The wind was knocked out of him and he clutched his stomach in agony, rolling onto his side and groaning in pain.

After a few seconds he tried to shakily get up, wobbly hands supporting his upper body as he lifted it off the ground. A loud noise momentarily stopped him in his tracks.

'crish'

'crack'

'crash'

Luffy had just enough time to look up and see a large branch from the apple tree come crashing down right on top of the poor boy.

first chapter prologue thing done.

it's pretty short cuz' I cant really write long things

Yay! my firts fanfic in a while. So this exists i guess

I swear there are not enough Luffy, Ace and Sabo in the woods stories.

Luffy's about seven in this and Ace and Sabo are 19 i guess, they're not in this chapter though.

anyway Luffy roaming around the woods in the next one