UPDATE 12/16/11: A few more roles were taken, so I'd check if I were you (y 'know, if you wanted to submit a character :/).

Title: Prologue: Ripples 1

Word Count: 585

*Summary: It's been several decades since the First Great Pirate King took control of the seas; a little over a century, it was the Second Pirate King's turn. Now, people are used to this switch in the power of the seas, and now it time for the fourth king—or should I say Queen—to take the "throne". Now, it's Cantarella D. Aislynn's turn to take charge and continue the legacy of the Great Pirate Kings before and bring about change to the world like never before.

Rating: T

Genre: Action, Adventure & Humor

Warnings: (Especially the first two) Language, mild violence, and PERHAPS some spoilers IF you aren't updated with the manga. Perhaps.

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece EIICHIRO ODA OWNS ONE PIECE. Why would I own it? I can't even if I wanted to because I wouldn't be able to come up with it.

OC Note: The character profile and roles are at the bottom.

A/N: Haha, well, this is my remake of the previous fanfiction, To be the Pirate Queen. I will try, but I will not promise any scheduled updates due to my workload and the upcoming track season. However, I feel I should at least attempt to finish what I started. In the meanwhile, I should improve the original story. I'm sorry to those who have read my previous fanficiton and wondered, "Where the hell is this chick?" I truly apologize from the bottom of my heart, but things weren't as I planned. Let's see if this will be finished, but don't get your hopes up—or should I say, I shouldn't get my hopes up. Anyways, a few of the chapters from To be the Pirate Queen are going to stay the same. Other than that, the rest will be tweaked and/changed completely. I don't know. It all depends on the chapters that are good.

There's a theory that states that if you drop a pebble into still water without boundaries, the ripples would never cease. Eventually, those ripples would gain momentum and become larger and larger until it grows in waves. (1)

~X~

Everywhere, around the world, televisions and radios were on. Reporters, from all corners of the world, gathered at a certain spot; den den mushis on and at standby. They waited; the whole world waited, the suspense growing in the atmosphere at each moment passes. Finally, the actors arrived on the grand stage, and now the world intently watched; some grinned while others cried.

Three men were walking up the stairs, gradually rising to the top. Two large, bulky men walked tall with large blades at their side; in the middle was a small, skinnier man with ruffle, black hair, a large coat that covered his body, and worn-out sandals.

Once they reach the top, the man in the middle fell to his knees and kept staring at the ground. The two marines turned to the man and held their weapons at his throat. Then, another man that stood on the platform earlier announced the kneeling man's crimes.

After the marine announced the crimes, the crowd yelled furiously at kneeling man. "Where is it?" they all shouted. "Where is One Piece!"

The kneeling man chuckled and grinned widely. He looked up into the crowd and announced, "If you want my treasure, go look for it! Go search the world for One Piece!" Immediately, the two marines executed him. The Second Pirate King died, and that was the end of the "Old Age", and the beginning of a "New Age".

Pirates and many others cheered and began packing up to go on adventures, just like earlier pirates. History liked to repeat itself, time and time again.

~X~

In a tiny room, there are old newspaper clippings and pictures the on wall, books worn with age on dusty shelves, and various papers scattered about the room.

Click! Creeeeek…

The door slowly opened, gushing golden light into the room and revealing a shadow on the floor. Soon, that shadow faded as the door closed behind the figure as it headed to the desk across the room. It maneuvered through the scattered papers—and if one looked closely at it, the newspapers showed pictures of pirates running or fighting, some pictures of a great battle long ago in the raging seas, some pictures were of the death of great men despised and respected by many, while others were of various major events. (2)

The figure carefully organized the desk, setting related items in stacks at the edge to make space in the middle. Then, it sat down and down and produced a weathered journal from its bag, opening it to a new page. A hand reached out for a pen from the cylindrical container and then began writing. It began,

A New Generation has been planted into the ground again, the seeds born from the Third Reign of a Great Man. The seeds will be growing again, wanting to reach the sun with eager, young leaves. What will these seeds be? What will they bring into this world, whose waves have changed courses once again?

After some time, the figure finished and replaced the pen back into the container and closed the book. A hand grazed over the engraved words: The Tales of D. Then, it dropped to the figures side and it left the room, closing the door of the little room again.

A/N: Confused huh? Well, all will be explained (not really) in the next one. So, think of this as the Part 1 of 2 for the Prologue. Now, why would there be such a thing? Well, we need to dive in a little more before we can truly begin our little adventure on the high seas!

As always, reviews are wonderful things that make me smile as I gaze upon them. They are great motivators and help me figure out what I did right or wrong.

Thank you for reading and hopefully I get to the next part! :D

Crew:

First mate: TAKEN

Navigator: TAKEN

Shipwright/Carpenter: TAKEN

Cook: 1 open

Doctor: TAKEN

Scholar: 1 open (might be taken, depending on where the story goes)

Chronicler: 1 open

Gunner: 1 open

Blacksmith: TAKEN

Musician: TAKEN

Infantry: Not sure how many it'll be. Two spots are taken however.

Pet: 1 open

Lookout: 1 open

Other: Just tell me, and I might add it. Tailor is taken along with helmsman.

~X~

Shichibukai: 5 open

Yonkou: 3 open

Rivals: Unlimited, unless told otherwise

Marines: unlimited, unless told otherwise (of course certain positions are limited)

Other: Just tell me, and I might add it.

Megumi's crew: Other submitted character may fall here

~X~

Profile:

Name: Include nicknames if any (also, if there is a bounty name, I would like the bounty stated)

Age:

Gender:

Birthday:

Personality:

Appearance: Include physical appearance, clothing, other things related to it, etc.

Likes: i.e. food, season, people (i.e. types of people and who they are 'in love with"), etc.

Dislikes: Just like above, but includes fears

Strengths:

Weaknesses:

History:

Affliation(s) and Position: Pirate? Navigator? Marine? Admiral? Something else?

Idol(s):

Dream:

Fighting Style: Weapons, devil fruits, way they fight…

-Weapons:

-Devil Fruit: (delete if none) Include name (if Japanese, meaning also), ability, type

-How: Explain the way they fight

Other: Hobbies, habits, etc.