Dame: Why hello there, who might you all be? Apparently after a year or so I've hoped on and off many band wagons and apparently this time I got kicked off and I ended up here...in the One Piece section...Now some of you who read my other stories might want to beat me with a stick, but I reassure you. THEY. ARE. GETTING. DONE.

So I hope you all enjoy learning about the studies of Polysomnography and a touch of fantasy because in this story, those two are the things I like writing the most! Ace and Luffy too of course!

Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece, if I did though, I would have a very fun time with Episode 0 ;D

Prologue: Wakeup Call

The obnoxious ringing was not something most people enjoyed waking up to everyday. Some were still lost within REM or deep sleep, while some were annoyed with the light rest they had the night before. The loud echoing siren never ceased to end until a fist came down upon the poor clock, leaving it close to its utter demise.

Portgas D. Ace did not want to be woken up like this. The thought of a wake-up call never occurred to happen to the college student, especially at the ungodly hour of 2 a.m. Usually the call time would be 6, no, 7, no, maybe even 10, but whatever it was, the poor object could only await the terror of what was to befall itself when the male sat up, or at least attempted to.

If it wasn't for the sudden weight on his stomach he would have bashed the clock into tiny little bolts. It shall live for another day!

Now all he had to do now was get rid of the obstacle to a normal nights rest.

Groaning Ace covered his eyes with his palms almost as if they were obstructing the light. Looking on the bright side of things, at least he went to bed early, so what's a heavy object going to do to make him angry.

"Uhmm…hi?"

That is, if it was an object that woke the poor student up.

Great, now all Ace had to do was shut his eyes and hope for some miracle that this large 'object' resting on his stomach would just disappear into a narcoleptic fit and he'll wake up the next morning knowing that this was all just a dream.

Yes, that is all it was, just a really scary dream, one with flying 'objects' and direct hits to the stomach. 'Well, that's great, it's the last time I'm drinking with Zoro before an exam,' Ace felt a sigh escape his mouth. What he would do just to get back into la la land.

"Ahh, my bad, my foot slipped and in the spur of the moment I couldn't tell right from left and ended up falling on top of you. I hope I didn't wake you."

An oncoming scoff was making its way through pursed lips before Ace held it back. What, did the kid trip over the side of his bed or something?

He felt the weight on his stomach shift a bit and could have sworn whoever it is was now lying down over his chest staring at his face.

"Well…if you're still asleep that's good too, Merry-go would be relieved."

Wait, what...who's Merry-go?

"Well then, I better make my way out of here…"

The weight was back on his stomach before Ace fully registered that this was a human being sitting on top of him. A living. Breathing. Human.

HOW DID THEY GET INTO MY ROOM IN THE FIRST PLACE?

Ace jerked up so fast he swore his back just flew out the window. Rubbing his eyes free of any dust that the sand man has possibly left behind he blinked a few times until the moon eventually made its way through the drapes to only have Ace hear his own breath hitch at the sight before him.

The kid, who somehow ended up in his room was turned to the side, eyes hidden due to the angle, and was fidgeting with what seemed to be some kind of bag.

He was not pale or anything scary of that nature, but his cheeks were tinted a bright pink, probably from embarrassment, and a small scar running down under his left eye. His hair was hidden by a hood, but the college student could tell that it was as black as the sky outside.

A long blue and navy hoodie seemed to cover the small figure and red shorts trimmed with fluff peaked out from underneath. It was only then that the other realized that Ace was staring as he jerked his head towards the seemingly older male in a fashion Ace could've sworn he heard a bone snap.

But that wasn't what had Ace speechless, it was the others eyes. Dark obsidian eyes that reflected the moons rays turned them an off-blue were both staring directly at him, almost frozen in a block of ice. It was only then that Ace realized that there was something off about the kid, something almost unearthly.

Remembering that he wasn't breathing Ace quickly drew in a breath as the other male scrambled off of his stomach to the edge of the bed, grabbing a pillow to hide behind.

"Uh- Uhh…" the boy's voice was muffled due to the pillow but the other male could still hear him clearly, "I-I am not here, this is all a dream…I am not the person you think I am-"

Ace was almost baffled by the intruder's tone, almost like a child hiding the scribbles on the wall from his parents, and threw the blankets off of him to actually get a better look at the seemingly younger male. Seeing the other dart back behind the pillow Ace could only smirk at the childlike antics and debated in his head whether or not to beat this kid for interrupting his sleep.

Deciding not to he took the safer and more civil approach and poked at the pillow the kid fiercely put up between them.

"Hey, what are you doing in my room?"

There was no answer.

"How'd you even get here?"

"…"

A sigh was released as he continued poking at the pillow. "Are you going to answer my questions, brat?"

The other stiffened and the same dark eyes glared over the pillow at the college student almost hissing, "I'm not a brat."

Happy to get a reaction from the strange kid Ace could only grin even more, "You seem like one to me."

"I am not, human!"

That had the freckled male confused, "Human?" 'Is that supposed to be some kind of insult?' "Aren't you one yourself?"

Realizing his mistake the other immediately began whistling an off tone vaguely saying I don't know what you're talking about. Ha. Ha. Ha.

That didn't answer Ace's question as he felt a nerve almost twitch in annoyance. Grabbing the pillow away from the other male he threw it across the room and reached for the others wrists in a tight grip.

Attempting to relinquish the hold, the younger male felt almost helpless in the grasp but continued to struggle. There is no way he can get caught now, heck he didn't even expect to be seen so soon. What will the others say?

"Well brat, you didn't answer my question."

Annoyance was now visible on both faces as eyes connected angrily at each other.

After a few minutes of the intense staring contest the other male let out a heavy sigh and sat on the back of his legs submissively.

"I was hungry and the dream you were having seemed very appetizing."

If confusion was not written on the D.'s face, it definitely was now.

"Anyways," the other continued, "I am here because I really wanted to eat your dream, but now that you're awake, I'll have to find someone else to eat off of."

"Just…" Ace finally chocked out, "What in the world are you?"

"Hmm?" An eyebrow was lifted almost childishly as a large grin appeared on the others face, "I thought you would know, but I think I can tell you. You humans call me something similar to a tapir."

This dream was definitely spiraling out of control now. Ace was itching to pinch himself awake only to find the attempt worthless.

"I'm Monkey D. Luffy, my job, is to catch and eat Dreams."

Dame: So, how was it? Sorry for any errors or slight OOC D8 Its still the prologue but I'm still debating whether or not to make this with pairings or without. To be honest though I really have a deep weakness for the D. Brothers...and a few others but, I'll see how next chapter turns out before I decide on any pairings. I'm estimating for this to be a quick-moderate fic (I hope) so I could have time to work on my other stories, well, until then, CHAOS! (・□´・ｷ)＝≡⊃))