Well, yeah...this is my first story and I decided to go for an AceXOC, because I simply like such pairings^^

Disclaimer: Sadly, I do NOT own OP, otherwise Ace would still be alive, birds could swim and fish could fly, instead, it belongs to Eiichiro Oda (give us Ace back ...and WB T_T)

Important: The setting is a little bit different. Blackbeard ATTEMPTED to kill Thatch, but he survived (YAY for his hair), so Ace didn't go after BB, thus, he is still alive(obviously)

It was a calm, sunny day, somewhere in the New World and the Moby Dick was just about to reach a small island near the Red Line. Nearly the whole crew layed aimlessly around on deck, trying to cope with the nearly unbearable heat. Just a few hours ago it had been snowing and now they were almost melting in the sun. Even for those, who had been part of this crew for nearly a decade, it was still hard to get used to the drastic weather situations in this part of the Grand Line. Most envied their First and Second Commanders, who were apparently unaffected by the weather and played cards (A/N: I actually don't know how to play cards...lol). Portgas D. Ace, the current Second Division Commander, was just about to take another card from the middle, when he heard somebody approaching him from behind. His hand stopped midway and was instead placed on his orange hat on his head while he turned around to look at the man behind him. A big grin formed on his freckled face as he looked at his fellow commander Thatch who seemed to have come to watch them play.

"Yo" Ace greeted the brown-haired man (A/N: I think he was once blonde, but in the recent anime episodes he had brown hair) with a lazy wave, wich the latter returned. Marco looked at the 4th Division Commander questioningly.

"Pops said we'll arrive at Lubia Island in about 20 minutes. You still have to organize everything before we get there, Marco" Thatch told them. Marco just sighed and laid his cards down, got up and went away from the other two. Ace immediately picked up the cards from the grounds and compared them with the ones in his hands.

"Thank god" he sighed. "He would've won that round"

At the same time on Lubia Island

She had already wondered, why everybody in town had been in such a rush, but when she heard of the soon arrival of the Withebeard Pirates, a small smile formed on the face of the young woman, who sat in a café and ate a piece of cake.

She had been searching for them for almost a month now and actually thought about leaving this island just a few hours ago, but now she was relieved that she didn't have to travel any further. She took another bite of the cake and sighed with a rather content look on her face. Even though she didn't like the village, she had to admit that their cakes were delicious.

A small breeze came from the sea and her long hair streamed out behind her. A man, who just passed her, looked at her in awe, but she just ignored him. She already got used to that and sometimes it just annoyed her. Since she was small, people have praised her for her beauty, but she got tired from hearing it.

After she paid for her cake, she lefr the café and continues looking around town. She was not in hurry or anything, as she didn't plan to meet the person she had been searching as soon as he arrived here. Instead she planned to watch the crew a little bit, before aproaching their ship. In fact, she was a little bit nervous as she had already heard lots of stories about Whitebeard and his 'sons'. She already figured that most of them would leave the ship after their arrival and hoped that HE would stay on the ship.

She sat down on a bench on a small hill behind the town, which allowed her a pretty good view of the whole village and the port, and took out a book and started to read.

Back on the ship

All of the commanders were running around, shouting orders at the members of their division. Marco had previously divided them in several groups. Some of them were in charge of supplies, while others were tasked with getting new alcohol, which had been labeled as etremely important by none other as the captain, Edward Newgate. Just the evening before they had emptied all of their barrels in one of their excessive parties. Now he sat next to Ace, Jozu and Thatch and watched the rest of the crew running around the ship, preparing their arrival.

Ace yawned and lied back on the deck. He was glad that he didn't have to go into town and could instead stay on the ship. It was sometimes fun going around in the villages, but today he just didn't feel like doing anything at all. He knew, that most of the others thought that the heat didn't affect him because of his devil fruit, but in fact it did. He didn't feel hot actually, it just made him damn lazy. He listened to Marco's and Thatch's argument, whether they should tag along with the rest of the crew or not, but he didn't care for the outcome and instead just closed his eyes in an attempt to fall asleep. He felt the Moby Dick rocking, as they just docked at the harbor and opened his eyes again and instead watched the crew leaving the ship. He looked at the other three commanders sleepily and earned a laugh from Thatch.

"Go sleep, Ace. Your look horrible right now!" he advised the young man and patted him on his back. Ace just mumbled something inaudible and lied down once more, placed his hat on his face and closed his eyes.

Marco looked at his young fellow in slight envy. He always wondered how Ace could sleep in broad daylight, while other people were around. He didn't know why, but he could never do that. Somehow it was against his nature to let others see him sleep on deck. It had something to do with the respect the other had for him. Even though they were all something like 'brothers', he was still the crew's vice and he was known for being calm and composed all the time. Ace on the contrary, was always in a way childish and carefree.

Back on Lubia Island

The young woman lowered her book as she heard the voices of several men coming from the village. She saw the big ship at the dock and the many men running around town and carrying wooden boes and barrels. From what she could see, HE was not among the men.

'Good' she thought. 'Makes it easier for me.'

She put the book back in her backpack and proceeded to go back to the village. As she passed through it, she looked around to make sure HE was not among the men. She recognized some of the faces from the wanted posters in her hometown and the newspapers.

After just a few minutes, she had already reached the port and was standing right in front of the famous Moby Dick. She stopped and looked up at the ship. She had never been this close to the famous Whitebeard or his crew and ship's size simply amazed her. She looked around and waited until a crowd of crew members left the ship. Now, nobody seemed to be around anymore, which was the perfect opportunity for her.

She felt her heart beating increase and took a deep breath. She was extremely nervous right now, something, that she was actually not used. She opened her eyes with a firm llok and marched towards the footbridge which led up to the ship. Hell, she had already jumped down a cliff without hesitating, so this could be no worse.

Ace opened his eyes again. It was unexpectedly calm around him. The deck was nearly empty and the other three commanders, who had been net to him before, were now sitting in front of their father and chatted with him. He rubbed his eyes and yawned again while looking around, until his eyes stopped at the ships entrance. He felt his heart stop for a split second in surprise.

Right at the entrance was a young woman, not older than him and looked around with an unsure expression. She was frail and her skin was nearly white. In contrast to that, she had long, black hair which went down straight to her waist and even from the distance he could see her big emerald eyes which locked on his for a short moment, before she turned her gaze away again and instead fixed her eyes on his father and the other three commanders.

Ace was unsure of what he should do now, but was saved by Whitebeard who had just noticed her. This also caught the attention of the rest who turned around and looked at her in surprise.

A smile suddenly appeared on her face as she slowly approached the group.

"Hello Marco-niichan" she greeted the First Division Commander, who stared at her in a mixture of surprise and shock.

"Mia!"

Ok, that's it for the first chapter...it is relatively short, I'll try to fix that for future chapters^^

There will be humor...starting from the next chapter..:)

Please tell me what you think, what I could do better, since it's my first story

Note: "Niichan" means big brother