I do not own One Piece.

This is non-canon and contains an OC as the main character. This takes place post-timeskip, but Ace and Whitebeard are alive. This is slightly AU, the main character is a fox demon, not a devil's fruit user.


"Gol D. Ace." the whispered name caused me to turn sharply, glaring at the hooded figure leaning casually against a tree. Thankfully I was headed back to the ship alone, so no one was around to hear it.

"Who the hell are you? How do you know that name?" I ask sharply, pulling my dagger free. A light laugh emerges from the cloaked figure, before the cloak was thrown off, revealing a girl, slightly shorter than I am, with long silver hair, pale skin, fox ears and a tail. I stare at her is shock. There was no way this was her.

"It's been awhile, Ace. Don't tell me you forgot all about me," she replies with a grin, showing off a pointed tooth. I continue staring at her dumbfounded for a few minutes, before a wide smile stretches across my face. I jump forward, hugging her tightly.

"We thought you were dead, Zahara." I whisper, feeling tears begin to gather in my eyes. She hugs me back, smiling softly.

"I know…I know. I'm sorry, I wanted to get word to you all, but I just couldn't risk it….When I saw you in town, I wasn't really sure if it was you or not." she tells me, pulling out of the hug. "So, you actually became a pirate? Are you captain or what?" she asks, sitting down and pulling me down next to her.

"Nah. I was captain for awhile. But now I am under Whitebeard. He is great, Zahara. He is probably the best man that I have ever met. You have to come with me to the ship later and meet him," I explain, smiling fondly. She smiles back at me, before closing her eyes and leaning against the tree.

"I don't think your captain would appreciate you bringing a random person onto his ship, Ace." she says with a small laugh. I tell her not to worry, that Pops loves meeting his sons' family. She looked a little shocked when I called him Pops, but quickly smiled brightly at me. "Ace…" she whispers a few moments later, I raise my head to look at her, not liking the tone of her voice. "That tattoo…does it mean….did Sabo…." she seemed to not be sure how to ask her question, but I understood what she wanted to know. I felt the familiar grief fill me. I close my eyes tightly, willing myself not to cry.

"A few months after you disappeared, he tried to set out on his journey. But it was cut short…he…he got shot down a few feet from the shore." I inform her. I look up in time to see her nod her head and quickly wipe away the single tear that had fallen. "Luffy took it pretty hard, but he is doing really well for himself now. He is a pirate captain with a four-hundred million beri," I tell her, hoping to cheer her up a bit. She looks at me shocked for a second before bursting out laughing.

"Little weak Luffy is worth that much money? He must have changed a lot in the past twelve years." she says between her laughs.

"What about your tattoos?" I ask, nodding towards the three tattoos on her chest.

"I never thought I would see you again, so I wanted to have part of you all on me forever. So I got Luffy's treasured straw hat, Sabo's top hat and an ace of spades for you since last time I saw you, you didn't wear a hat. Where did you get that ugly thing anyway?" she asks knocking my hat of my head, ruffling my hair in the process. Picking it, I stare at it fondly.

"Luffy got it for me, right before I left Foosha. He said that every great pirate had to have a hat." I tell her, laughing slightly at the memory, before putting the hat back on. "But anyway…come on, you have to come meet Pops, Thatch, Marco and everyone else." I say, jumping up. I pull her up and take off running towards the ship, dragging her behind me.