Legacy

Prologue: A New Beginning

"You're not serious, are you?"

The shout rang through the halls of the palace of Alabasta, drawing the attention of many of the staff. After all, it wasn't everyday that they heard Queen Vivi yell.

The source of this outburst was staring in shock at the man in front of her, her long blue hair floating around her shoulders and making her look much younger than she actually was. Her companion was staring back at her calmly, picking his nose absently with one finger as he often did. His black hair was streaked heavily with gray, and his lined face showed the signs of someone who was always smiling. Now, however, that face was schooled into a look of complete seriousness.

"I mean what I say, Vivi," he answered.

"I don't believe this," one of the room's other occupants, a middle-aged woman with orange hair, murmured into the hands cupped around her face.

"Don't do it! There's got to be something else you could do," another chimed in, this time a blond man with curling eyebrows.

"There is not," the cause of all this trouble answered, unswayed. "You know as well as I do that people are losing their interest in piracy. I can't let that happen."

"Find another way then!" the youngest of the group, a man resembling a reindeer, cried with tears streaming down his face. With a warm smile, his black-haired companion walked over and ruffled his hair affectionately.

"It's fine Chopper," he said before turning to address the rest of the room. His entire crew, the people who had been with him longer than anyone else and who he trusted with his life, were assembled there to hear his last great plan.

"Every age needs something to trigger it," he said in an unusual display of wisdom. "You remember what Whitebeard said all those years ago? About how a new age was beginning, and there was no place on any ship for an old man like him anymore? Well, that's us now. It's time to start an age of our own. Wouldn't it be great to go down in history as the ones who started the next era of piracy?"

There was only silence after his speech. The winds could be heard through the open window as they blew across the dunes of the desert country outside, picking up sand and dropping it off somewhere else. The man crossed over to it in a few long, confident strides, staring off into the distance. Into a future that only he seemed able to see. He smiled.

"The last age was called Whitebeard. This one'll go down as The Straw Hat Pirates."

"You're wrong," his green-haired friend, who had remained silent until then, spoke up. "This was the era of Monkey D. Luffy."

~X~

The next day, Luffy sailed to the Marine Headquarters in Alabasta and turned himself in. He took no one else with him, instead disbanding the crew just before he left.

The World Government, not wanting a repeat of what had happened with Gol D. Roger, kept word of his execution from getting out. It was done in secret in the prison he was being held at. A week later, the Marines released the news that Pirate King Monkey D. Luffy was dead. It would shock people around the world, but they would just rejoice. The new era that he had so badly wanted would not come to pass.

...Or so they thought.

One month after the execution, papers around the world were telling of a shocking new story: Queen Vivi of Alabasta had just revealed the contents of the letter left to her by Strawhat before his death! It told of the treasure he and his crew had hidden right beside Gol D. Roger's famous One Piece!

Once again, people began flocking to the seas, the spirit of adventure that had almost died in them rekindled. Dreams and hopes were thriving all over the world, and it was all thanks to the death of a single man. It was the beginning of a new era.

Since then, twelve years have passed. The new age is still in full swing, with the Marines still combating the pirates like always. The world has almost returned to how it was back when Strawhat Luffy first started his legendary adventure forty years ago.

The people of the world are completely unaware of the history that is about to made over the course of the next few years, or how their futures are about to be changed. And it will all start with one boy.

And there you have it. The first chapter of Legacy! Hope you all enjoyed, please drop me a review if you did! Now, onto more important things: characters. Yes, I need some characters, and not just that, I need some villains, friends, and rivals. As much as I need crew members, I really need other people too. So there. If you have a character, please send it to me in a review in this format, which most of you probably already know it cause this isn't exactly a new idea :p. I'll try my best to get them in!

Name (Full):

Age:

Gender:

Specialty/Position (What they're good at, position in crew):

Race (Canon only, if possible):

Devil Fruit/Weapon/Attacks (What do they fight with? It's pretty simple. Attack names too, if they have them):

Physical Appearance (Description is good!):

History (See above for directions):

Personality (Traits, attitude, other important stuff):

Likes (Self-explanatory):

Dislikes (See above):

Dream (What do they want from life? Not necessary, but it would be helpful):

Other (Go wild):

Thanks for your help! ^^