hi guys, this is my first fanfic. and I wanted to do one of an SYOC with my own crew and your guys giving me some characters and everything. i'll probably only be updating once a fortnight or maybe even earlier if things go well, but definitely once a fortnight I will post, but i still hope that you will follow, favourite and review.

so, to start things off. this is going an on SYOC story, after Luffy's death and he has found the one piece. I would say the main timeline of the story would be based roughly 80 years after Luffy's death. so that everyone has an rough idea on the timeline.

the types of characters I am looking for are pirates- for my OC's crew, other pirate crews- maybe even make them War Lords and maybe even make them one of my three needed Emperors if i like them that much, marines and others.

a form to use to create the characters will be towards the bottom of this chapter. anyway, i hope you all like and enjoy the chapter.

Levi: you should all know, it's my crew and i will have the final says on yes and no of people joining it.

oh Levi... your here... *sweating* anyway guys, this is Levi, the Captain of the Sky Raiders, which this story will be about. well, i guess you can take it from here Levi.

Levi: fireandicephoenix doesn't own One Piece. and welcome to our story.

Prologue: Captain...?

Levi wasn't good at many things- cooking, reading maps or navigating, talking to people and making friends and more. Especially making friends, it was one of those things that Levi really sucked at doing. He sucked at making friends- maybe it was his attitude? People were always telling Levi that he should smile more, since it looks like he wears an uncaring and unfriendly and scary face all the time. The problem was, Levi couldn't really find anything to smile about it. Especially not after all he has been through.

Sometimes Levi just wants to crawl up into a ball and die. Levi has already lost so much and he was so young. His mother was murdered before his eyes by his own father. The mountain bandits killed his two older brothers- Edwin and Arraon. Then there were the pirates that killed his aunt when he gone to live with her- they ignored him and just went right to her. The bounty hunters that had killed his godmother when he had gone to live with her. The Marine grandfather and uncle who never gave the time of day, too busy with work as Marines. And then were the slavers who had taken Levi- who had tried to sell him off before he was saved by friends of his godfather's. All of that, and Levi was only 13 years old.

Levi had been taught that there were good people and bad people in this world, the only problem- so far, Levi has only seemed to have met the bad people of this world... wait, no, that wasn't true.

Levi smiled slightly thinking about the pirates that he had met, who had saved him from the slavers that had taken him and had tried to sell him. They had known his godfather and had saved him for his godfather.

"Levi!" his godfather smiled noticing the slight smile on Levi's face. "You should smile like that more often kid. You'll make lots of friends."

Levi sighed at his godfather. "Whatever you say Henry." Levi didn't understand how his parents knew this totally upbeat and carefree man, who always seemed to wear a smile on his face. His godfather's copper hair shiny slightly in the afternoon sun and his light grey eyes, seemed so filled with live. Despite the fact he was an old man.

Henry laughed as he patted Levi on the back. "Come on kiddo, lighten up. Smile Levi."

Levi just sighed again and smiled slightly again- hoping that this would do for now as Levi didn't have the energy to deal with the older man who has more energy than most 5 year olds. A few girls walking around had commented on how 'cute' the normally 'scary' kid looked with a smile on his face.

"See!" Henry smirked to his 13 year old godson. "Just smile more kiddo and everything will be okay."

"Whatever," Levi shrugged as he looked at his godfather. "Will I meet them again?"

"Meet who again?" Henry asked- not sure who or what Levi was talking about.

"Your friends, the pirates who saved me when I was 10," Levi asked Henry. "Your friends."

"It's almost been 4 years since you've come to live with me already?" Henry commented. Levi wasn't sure if his godfather was deliberately not answering him or not. "Man, it's been so long."

"Godfather," Levi said in a stern voice. "I mean it. Will I ever see them again? I..." Levi could remember being so cold towards them, he didn't even thank them for saving him. "I still owe them a thank you."

Henry smiled as he ruffled his godson's hair. Henry was much taller than poor short little Levi, then again, Levi was still growing so he might get taller yet, or the kid might not. Both of his parents were kind of short after all.

"I'm sure you will meet them again, one day Captain," Henry told Levi.

"Captain...?" Levi said looking at his godfather.

"Of course!" Henry told Levi. "Your going to be a famous Captain one day Levi. I can feel it in my bones."

"A captain of what? Like in the marine? No thank you," Levi shook his head. Sure, Levi personally didn't have anything against the Marines but he still didn't like them. Probably thanks to his Grandfather and Uncle, damn assholes never have any time for him and they were Levi's blood family.

"No silly," Henry laughed. "Jahahaha! I mean a captain of your crew. Be them Pirates or Merchants or something else! But you'll be a Captain of your own ship and you'll be a great one at that!"

"But to be a captain..." Levi said thinking about it. He would need people skills wouldn't he? He would need friends. Levi doesn't have either of those. Now upset with himself- he doesn't have what it take to be a captain! And he would never be a great captain! "I would need friends... people skills... I... I don't have those things. I would be a horrible captain. No-one would want to sail or be under me."

Henry laughed as he smiled at his godson. "A Captain is a Captain, Levi. It has nothing to do with people skills or friends. It doesn't matter! Okay, maybe it does matter a little bit. But to be a great captain. You just need to show people your strong and help them fill full their dreams! My friends as you call them, the pirates who saved you. I was once their Captain."

What...? Levi never knew that his godfather use to be a pirate...

"Well, Co-Captain. Jahahaha." Henry laughed as he thought about it. "And let me tell you- none of them wanted to follow me and Nic just because of my people skills and being able to make friends with them like it was nothing." Remembering those times always brought a smile to Henry's face. "It was the fact that Nic and I were willing to risk our lives for them, that we were helping them fill full their dreams and the fact that we were so strong that people called us the 'Strongest Men and Crew' alive. That was why our crew followed us. Not to mention the fact that we kidnapped a few of them and refused to let them leave unless they joined us. Plus, everyone either feared or respected us. Jahahahaha!"

What...?

But the strongest man alive is... and the strongest crew is... they were the ones who saved Levi?

"You use be the Co-Captain of the Blackbird Pirates?" Levi asked his godfather in shock.

"Yep!" Levi's godfather smirked. "The only reason why I haven't been arrested yet is become of your grandfather. He needs to look after you, now doesn't he? Lazy ass man. But, that was also such a long time too."

"But the Blackbird Pirates Captains were..." Levi said looking at his godfather and he can't believe he hadn't realised it soon. "They were..."

"Twin brothers," Henry nodded to Levi- seeing what his godson was trying to say. "Yeah, Nicolai and I are twins. But I left during the time when our name was really starting to hit it big and get noticed by everyone all around everywhere."

"Why did you leave...?" Levi asked his godfather, having some new fond respect for them.

"Differences in opinions on too many things with me and Nic," Henry sighed thinking about the main reasons behind him leaving the crew. "One of two things would happened if i stayed. One, a civil war in our crew with the crew spilt in half and we would have fought till we were both dead. Or two, the Marines and the other pirate crews would have used our fighting as a chance to take us down. I decided the best thing for the crew and myself was for me to leave. Of course, many tried to get me to stay and others said that they would leave with me. But the crew needed Nic and them more than they needed me- I was too much of a dreamer back then. I could never see the big picture like Nic could."

Dreamer...? Big Picture? What was Henry talking about?

"It was just easier for the crew to follow Nic's dream then it was for them to follow mine," Henry smiled as he remembered the past. "We pretty much always went with what Nic wanted anyway. I mean, if we ended up going my way. The crew would have been a hell of a lot smaller and we wouldn't have been able to help as many people and places as we did. But still, it would have been nice to have found the One Piece."

"One Piece...?" Levi asked slowly- trying to wrap his mind around everything that his godfather was telling him. "You mean the rumoured treasure that makes you the Pirate King?"

"The one in the same!" Henry grinned- happy to see that everything was lost with his godson. "Have I ever told the stories of Gold Roger and the Straw-Hat Pirates?"

"Roger was the First Pirate King," Levi nodded as his godfather talked about them a lot when he first come here. "He died and created the Great Pirate Era. Twenty-two years after that, Whitebeard died claiming the One Piece was real and fired up the Great Pirate Era again, since many people believed that the Great Pirate Era was dead. But Whitebeard brought it back to life. A pirate called Ace died who was believed to be Gold Roger's son and who Straw-Hat tried to save, claiming Ace to be his brother. But he failed. Then Luffy and the Straw-Hat Pirates defeated the War Lords, the Marines, the Four Emperors of the sea and found the One Piece and Luffy become the next Pirate King. Then he hide the treasure again for others to find."

"Right," Henry nodded- happy that his godson had been listening to him when he use to tell the stories. "I bet you can become a greatest pirate there ever was. I bet you could become the next Pirate King!"

Levi stared at his godfather as if he was insane, because, well, what he was saying right now sounded insane. "But I'm not an pirate. I'm not a captain. I'm not a leader godfather, that is never going to happen."

"Levi my boy- never say never!" Henry told him. "Never is a very strong word. And don't worry about a thing! I'll tell and teach you everything you need to know about being a pirate!"

"What about being a Captain? Or a leader?" Levi asked his godfather.

"That is something you can only learn while doing the job itself Lev," Henry told his godson and he used Levi's pet nickname.

"It's Levi, not Lev," Levi pouted. Levi has always hated that stupid nickname.

"Whatever you say Captain," Henry grinned. "First things first! You need a cool pirate crew name!"

"Can't it just be the Levi Pirates?"

"No! It has been something memorable kid!"

Like what? Levi couldn't think of anything.

"Like what?"

"Well I don't know! But we will come up with something!"

Levi sighed- there was no point in arguing with his godfather over this. "Fine. Then let's go home and talk this over."

Henry grinned like a five year as he grabbed Levi's arm and started to run them home. "Let's go then!"

Seriously? Who was the adult there? Levi or Henry? It was meant to be Henry but it was clearly not him. And people wonder why Levi is so mature for his age when he lives with his childish godfather.

Three years later...

"I'm sorry Henry..." Levi cried in front of his godfather's grave. No one will ever know or realise just how sorry Levi is about this whole mess. "I'm so sorry..." Levi should have been stronger. Levi should have been able to protect his godfather, he should have been strong enough to protect the whole village, but he wasn't and because he wasn't strong enough, they all paid the price. They all paid with their lives. "Please forgive me... godfather."

"Captain...?" a very young sounding voice said, talking to Levi. "Ready to go when you are. Hi Henry, bye Henry." The young kid smiled and waved at the grave of Levi's godfather.

Levi wiped the tears from his eyes. At 16, Levi knew more heartbreak and lose than many others his own age. All Levi seems to be good at is letting those around him die. But not anymore! Levi wasn't going to let anyone else die! Levi wasn't going to let anyone suffer because of him! Levi was going to be stronger! He was become the strongest there ever was! Levi was going to live out his dreams! He was going to complete his godfather's dream for him while he was at it too! Levi was going to live his life without regrets! Levi was going to find the One Piece! Levi was going to be the King of the Pirates! Levi is going to be the strongest there is! And no-one, and Levi means no-one, is going to stand in his way.

Levi- 16 years old, 165 centimetres tall, charcoal black hair and blue eyes. Wearing a bright red jacket with a pair of different blue coloured wings crossing over on another on the left hand side of the jacket and with a pirate skull on the back of his red jacket, long jet black pants, midnight coloured lace up boots and a light grey coloured shirt. Levi was able to hold himself tall and proud. He had too, he wasn't going to let those bastards get away with this. He also wasn't going to let these bastards do this again.

Levi put his hand on his godfather's grave.

"I swear," Levi promised his godfather. "I will find the One Piece and become the Pirate King. I will live my life without regrets and i swear, I will get revenge on the motherfuckers who did this." The Ghost-Rider Pirates were they're names- the ones who killed Levi's godfather and all of the villagers in the small village where Levi was raised by Henry. The pirates focused Levi to watch it all happen before his very eyes, like when he watched his father murder his mother. With Levi unable to do anything to stop it. Never again was Levi going to be that weak. "I swear on my honour as the Captain of the Sky Raider Pirates. For we are forever free under our wing of freedoms. Now," looking over to the young kid with him. "Let's go find us a crew."

"Right Captain!" the boy smiled, his long brown hair tied back slightly and his emerald green eyes shinnying brightly. The kid was wearing dark long brown pants, a long sleeve grey shirt and had a green cloak with a hood and a red scarf wrapped around his neck. His black shoes were a little dirty with dirt and mud and blood on them. The Kid had two necklaces- one was a key and another was metal symbol of the pair different blue coloured wings crossing over another.

Levi had joking called the crossing wings- his 'Wings of Freedom'. A sign and symbol of his pirate crew- of the Sky Raiders.

"Let's go," Levi said turning his back to his godfather's grave. "Let's go make us some new friends."

I hope you all liked the chapter. it's just a small taste of what's to come. I wonder who is that kid has called Levi his Captain? I wonder who this young boy is and just how old he is *grinning since i already know*

Levi: please as descriptive with the characters as you can. the form is below for you all to fill out. we ask for PMs with characters so we can contact you about the character. please also follow, favourite and review this story.

I am more than happy to accept an co-writer if someone wants to help out. I don't have everything planned out as of yet since i am waiting for characters and stuff. so, yeah, that's why the chapters will most likely be once a fortnight or so. it will just depend on many things. anyway, hope to hear from you all soon!

Levi: what I am looking for is:

First Mate

Chef/cook

Musician

Shipwright

Archaeologist

Doctor

Sniper

Navigator

Levi: they may or may not appear in this order. the kid who is with me will be revealed next chapter.

yeah, the kid with Levi is a special case. more on the kid next chapter and let's just say, that the kid has a special position in Levi's crew. Other positions may be named and open up as we go and i work out what i need. don't forget to send in characters- for not only the crew but for others as well.

Levi: other characters such as Marines/Navy, 6 of 7 War Lords, 3 of 4 Emperors and even the Revolutionary Army, villains, allies and more. Here is the form to fill out anyway guys.

OC Form:

Name:

Epithet:

Gender:

Age:

Species (human, mermaid/merfolk/fishman, mink, long arm/leg, etc):

Personality:

Appearance:

Clothing:

Likes:

Dislikes:

Strengths:

Weakness:

Affliction (Pirates, Marines/Navy or Revolutionary):

Crew (Pirate or Marines/Navy):

Position:

Weapons and fighting style:

Devil Fruit/Abilities (optional):

Birthday:

Bio/History:

Family:

Levi: I look forward to hearing from you.

as do I!

Levi: no-one cares for you fireandicephoenix

*sulking in corner as Levi as is being mean to me*

Mystery kid: favourite, follow and review. thanks guys! we can't wait to hear from you! we might be able to get the next chapter out early if people sent in quickly!

Levi: as many people can probably guess- the Blackbird Pirates are one of the four Emperors of the Sea.

they're kind like this generations Whitebeard Pirates. more pirate crews and stuff to be named later on. anyway, we can't wait to hear from you guys. I can't wait for the next chapter and can't wait to see the type of the characters you guys send me XD! please enjoy and follow our story! i seriously can't wait to hear from you guys! love interests can be included and involved as well guys!