DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ONE PIECE.

Chapter 1: The Beginning

It was a beautiful day, the sea was calm and sparkling under the rays of the warm sun. In a small harbor town somewhere in the East Blue a boy was loading up a dingy ready for the adventure of a lifetime.

From behind the boy came a small meow he turned around to see a small brown cat poking its head around a crate.

"Hi kitty." Said Luffy with a grin. "My names Luffy, what's your name?"

The cat held up a paw and run back around the pile of crates. "Aww, I thought that cat was going to be my friend." Whined Luffy sulking. As soon as he said it the cat came bounding back dragging a piece of paper and a pencil.

Luffy looked up and started grinning like an idiot. " Yay kitty! I knew you would come back." The cat proceeded to ignore Luffy and sat down in front of the piece of paper with the pencil in its mouth.

The cat began scribbling on the paper with Luffy looking over its shoulder. Luffy read out the contents of the letter out loud to no one in particular.

'Hello Luffy my name is Emily, its nice to meet you.'

"Wow you're a smart kitty aren't you, how about you be the first member of my new pirate crew?" Asked Luffy his voice full of excitement. Emily gave a mew of agreement and bounced up and down in front of Luffy. This made Luffy laughed hysterically. After a few more moments of silly antics to celebrate the pair climbed into the dinghy and sailed away toward adventure.