AU: Well, this is it. My first ever fan fiction. Thank you for taking time to read my story, I really appreciate it. I'd also like to point out that I do not own One Piece. All the characters and locations (aside from the ones I created) were created by Eiichiro Oda.
With all of that out of the way, let's begin!
Chapter 1 – Meet Tylias! The Copy-Copy Boy!
Next to Foosha village on the Dawn Island, sat Loosha village. Foosha and Loosha are friendly villages that share resources with each other. These villages are known to be peaceful and home to a lot of friendly and sleepy people. But is also known for being the birthplace of the infamous pirate: Monkey D. Luffy.
And soon, Loosha Village would be known for being the birthplace of Tylias Murdoc!
It was a usual bright and calm day for Loosha Village. The seas were tame and peaceful on this day, too. This was definitely a site to behold for Tylias Murdoc as he sat pleasantly on top of the local village pub, although his sites were also set on that one big ship that sat by the ocean. This particular ship was owned by the pub's owner: Largey.
"Come on! Pull! Largey wants this in the kitchen as soon as possible!" barked a citizen from below.
Tylias bent over sneakily to see two regular citizens carrying a large sack full of fish.
He grinned at the sight of his soon-to-be next meal. He jumped down behind the pub and landed safely in a shrub. He placed his ear carefully up against the wall to hear the two people dropping the sack.
"What does the old geezer want with this many fish anyway?" the other citizen enquired.
"You know who comes on a Friday. The Loopy Pirates! They eat and drink almost every drop of resource this village has"
Tylias listened until they left and proceeded to enter in through the window that was placed right above him. He attempted to open it but – as he expected – Largey walked into the room before he could proceed. Luckily Largey was too busy handling the fish before he could notice Tylias staring at him through the window.
He cursed under his breath then smiled. "That old bastard knew this was coming!"
He stood up and walked a few steps away from the pub and proceeded to grunt and twitch. Any other person would think he badly needed to go to the toilet but he knew what he was doing. He was making a copy of himself.
"COPY-COPY DECOY!"
(*POOF*)
Another Tylias appeared beside him. He wore the exact same outfit that the original Tylias wore. Which were: a sleeveless blue vest (unbuttoned) with golden buttons, black shorts and a red bandana wrapped around the right bicep.
They each smiled and nodded to each other knowing what they each had to do. Tylias crouched back to the window while his copy walked around the pub and into the entrance.
The door bell rung as the copy waltzed inside with a grin.
"Oh, it's you" Largey sighed while rolling his eyes. "The Loopy Pirates aren't here yet, so you're not getting any fish!"
"I'm not here about that. I'm here about your ship" Tylias' copy replied, "Seriously; I'm not all about fish!"
Largey slammed his fat fist on the counter and glared at him.
"How many times do I have to tell you?! The ship is mine and I don't trust you with it!"
The deceitful copy sat on one of the stools that sat behind the counter and rested his elbows.
"Aw come on. I'll pay you once I start my pirate adventure!" he playfully begged.
(*CLASH*)
The clashing noise was the sound of pots and pans falling over. Largey's ears twitched at sound.
The copy vanished into smoke and disappeared, just as he smiled and stuck out his tongue.
"That boy!" Largey yelled, turning around and pushing through the kitchen door like a wild bull.
Tylias hopped out of the window just as Largey burst his way into the room. On the ground laid some pots and pans, as well as some raw fish.
The pirate sped off and into the distance with half a sack of fish. "DON'T WORRY" he called out, "I LEFT SOME FOR YOU!"
[A few hours later]
Tylias walked out of the forest and into the port area with a full stomach.
His sights were still on that geezer's ship. It was a Caravel ship that was big enough to hold at least 10 pirates on board. It had a men's room, toilet, kitchen and a spare room.
His vision of riding that ship off into the sunset was cut short when loud cackling was heard from the pub.
"The Loopy Pirates!" Tylias said in excitement as he rushed into the pub.
Before he could walk inside, he instantly smelled fish cooking and cigarettes burnings. Cheerful laughter could be heard from inside and the sound of beer mugs clinking and banging.
Tylias pushed the door open to be greeted by a ton of pirates. They sat everywhere. On the stools, benches, tables, and even on the floor. The place was stocked full of them, all of them cheering and waving their rum around.
"To Loopy!" they all cheered in unison. "LOOPY THE PIRATE!"
The door closed with the bell setting off and the pirates turned their heads around. Even Largey noticed behind his counter, that was stack full of plates and mugs.
"Tylias! It's good to see you!" the pirates smiled and cheered drunkenly. "Sit down and have some beer!"
"You guys seem rowdy tonight!" Tylias said as he couldn't help but smile.
"And for good reason" one of the pirates hiccupped, "Loopy got a new batch of treasure and his bounty increased!"
"That's right" said one of the pirates sitting by the counter. His voice was deep and soothing, so much so that the pirates went silent.
The pirate sitting on the stool turned around to reveal himself. It was none other than Loopy; the captain of the Loopy Pirates.
He wore an eye-patch around his right eye which was black with a small jolly Rogers on it. The jolly Rogers didn't look like your average jolly roger. The eyes looked swirled and the bones seemed broken. This was their own Jolly Roger and it is what struck fear into their foes.
The captain wore a white beer-stained shirt that had blue stripes on it. His trousers were long and black and his boots were brown. His smile revealed rotten teeth that looked like they were about to pop out.
"Tylias! Take a seat beside me, young one!" he howled, slamming his hand repeatedly on the counter as he just consumed another cooked fish.
Tylias sat next to him, hoping he'd hear another one of Loopy's grand adventures, although he never really cared for the Loopy Pirates personally. Just hearing about their adventures made him excited to start his own journey. On the counter sat several plates with a pile of fish bones on them. The plates looked like they all belonged to Loopy, as compared to the other pirates; he looked like he had an entire mountain of fish to himself.
"Tell them about that time you fought a sea king!" a pirate loudly suggested in the background.
Other pirates began to cheer at the statement, begging Loopy to tell them about their great victory.
"Yes, but first" Loopy said, rubbing his stomach, "Another round of fish!"
"Sorry, we're all out fish" Largey said, scrubbing away at the mountain of beer mugs.
"Excuse me?" Loopy said, his tone changed, which caused the room to be silent – again.
"I said we're out" Largey said once more, his back turned to the furious-looking pirate, continuing to scrub beer mugs.
(*SMASH*)
Loopy had darted from his stool and threw one of the plates at Largey. The plate smashed as it collided up against the back of his bald head.
"How dare you!" Loopy shrieked as the bar owner continued scrubbing mugs, despite the wound on his head.
"It's not my fault" the bar owner replied. "My other batch of fish were stolen"
These words caused Tylias' heart to beat furiously, sweat started to form and slowly slide down his cheek. "What… this is… MY fault?"
"Yeah" Tylias spoke up with new found courage. "I stole them. Sorry, Largey"
Largey scoffed, but was happy that Tylias owned up to his actions – for once.
Despite how furious of a person Largey may be, he and Tylias are friends – nay, more than friends.
(*SMACK*)
Tylias fell off the stool and crashed to the ground. Blood dripped from his noes as he looked up to see Loopy looking more furious than ever.
"So it was you, huh!?" he barked wildly, "How dare you defy your captain!"
"WHO SAID I WAS JOINING YOUR CREW!?"
Largey snapped himself around, with a knife in hand, ready to plunge at Loopy. His eye brows were burrowed deep as he grinded his teeth, as just seeing Tylias on the ground made his blood vessels pop.
"You bastard!" he yelled out at Loopy.
The other pirates started to take out their cutlasses that shined brightly in the pub lights. Just looking at them felt like they were cutting you from the inside.
"What the hell, old man?!" Loopy protested, "This guy robbed you, you should be pointing at him, not me!"
"Step away… from my son!" he screamed.
[END CHAPTER 1]