A/N: This is a crossover created by three friends that have no impulse control when it comes to theorizing. It all began with the thought "Would Zoro lose his way at Hogwarts or would he always end up where he was supposed to be?" (The answer to which can be found in our oneshot "Not all those who wander are lost" written by SeaDevil), after which things escalated. Quickly. In the end, we had an entire OPxHP AU. This is the main story in that AU, which will focus on the magical world in its entirety as well as Luffy's journey to find what he seeks. Naturally, we own nothing and make no profit from this.

Relevant to note for this chapter is that "toto" is Portuguese for dumbass or idiot. This is a swearword that Luffy will most likely use a lot in the story, so it is worth remembering.

Chapter 1. A Strange Bird

On the small island Kauai, west of the U.S, the sun went up as per usual over the city Kapa'a, the townspeople slowly rising with it… with the exception of those that were already up and about before even the sun, of course. One of these early risers was a eleven-year-old boy that woke up just as the sky started to brighten. With the other three residents of the house still fast asleep, the boy brushed his teeth over the kitchen sink, taking note of the empty dog bed in the corner. On his way to the door, he picked up his old straw hat from its resting place upon a bunch of old newspapers before silently slipping out. The house he exited was on the far corner of a dirty street with a bunch of other sad-looking houses.

He looked around carefully, as if to make sure that no one had followed him, before he headed out on the street. His flip-flops smacked the pavement as he skipped with eager steps to wait at the corner of a crossing street, still not aware of the presence watching him from behind one of the dumpsters that had been emptied the night prior.

The low rumble of an engine could be heard over the sparrows' twittering as they welcomed the sun. It was a small, white pickup truck; the type of car that was just small and old enough to sound like a dying pair of lungs if it went over 40 km/h. As it drew closer to the crossway, it slowed down to take the turn and the boy ran up behind it, taking the opportunity to grab on to the back and jump up on the truck bed before hastily ducking low so as to not be seen in the rearview mirror.

The pavement beneath the car was a bit bumpy, but well used to it by now, the boy removed his straw hat from his head and laid down to enjoy the ride to the central parts of Kapa'a, placing the hat to rest on his stomach. As if on cue, his stomach growled; he was already hungry. When he got into the town, he was going to hunt for breakfast.

Behind the car a snow-white (if, perhaps, a bit ragged) dog ran, following the child as well as it could, what with being a bit slower than even the wheezing car.

When the car slowed down for a second time, it was to stop for the town's sole traffic lights. By now they had reached the town square and he jumped with perfectly timing; he had been doing this for a long time, after all. The square was pleasantly green and there was a park further up the street which he headed to in a sprint, flip-flops smacking the ground loudly and dark mop of hair mostly hidden under the straw hat he had once again placed on his head.

From one of the many bars nearby, a woman stepped out, black hair pulled into a bun beneath a handkerchief to keep it out of the way. Her dark eyes immediately caught on to the boy running across the empty street.

"Morning Luffy!" She called out to him; not that he heard her. He never heard her when she called out to him during his morning 'hunt', so instead of trying to catch his attention or follow him, she went to the harbor to pick up some fresh fish.

One or two nervous clucks could be heard as Luffy slowly neared two hens sitting under a rhododendron in the small park. It was apparent that they just had laid eggs as they did not really want to move when he crept closer. Both hens were brown; there was no sign of the grey one that always tried to peck him. Thankfully, these two were not aggressive at all, so he sneaked his hand in beneath the stomach of one of the hens to grab the two freshly laid eggs that the hen had kept warm. It squawks and gives him a look, but nothing more. Both eggs are light brown, and one of them have a lot of small, darker brown dots on it; he decides to let the hen have that one back and sneaks it in under her again.

He repeats the procedure with the other hen, but before he has managed to crawl out of the bush completely he hears a high-pitched squawking; the rooster has spotted him, seems to be really mad that Luffy has had the nerve to go near his hens and their eggs.

Terrified (he knows from earlier 'hunts' that the rooster is very quick, and that his beak and claws really, really hurt), Luffy rolls out from the bush - still cradling the eggs - and runs. The rooster furiously runs after him, and in the background he swears that he can hear the barks of a dog. It sounds like it is laughing.

Toto Pochi, Luffy thinks as he realizes that the dumbass dog must have been behind the rooster finding him.

Luffy runs for the one place he can think of that has a door and where he is welcome; Party's bar. Fortunately, the bar is not far from the park and he hopes that Makino will be there. If not... well, he would rather not think about that right now. Crashing through a fairly big rhododendron, Luffy has almost reached the small garden fence with chipped paint that surrounds the park.

Behind him, the rooster is still squawking and behind the rooster is Pochi the white, shaggy dog. Luffy almost falters when he reaches the fence but leaps over it. His hind foot scrapes the top of the fence, but he manages to keep his balance at the loss of one of the eggs, which he accidentally crushes. Safely on the other side of the fence, he dares to take a look back at the rooster, who is now flapping his wings uselessly.

"Shihihi!" The triumphant laugh slips out before he can stop himself, but it is stopped short as Luffy sees Pochi the dumbass dog jump over the fence with little effort. It seems as if his breakfast is not quite safe yet; Pochi loves eggs too.

As he turns around again and runs away, the straw hat tries to leave his dark mop of hair, but he catches it with one hand before it flies off, leaving him holding the eggs still left in his one remaining hand. The eggs wobble uncertainly in his small hand, which is still wet and slimy from the crushed egg, but luckily, they do not fall.

The bar is within sight now; Makino is standing outside on the porch in front of the door with her back turned to him.

"Open the door Makino!" Luffy shouts as soon as he is within earshot.

Confused, Makino looks over at Luffy, keys in hand; she was just about to unlock the door. Seeing the boy running with one hand cupped against his chest while the other clutched his hat to his head and with that white dog after him, she decides that it is best to comply as fast as possible if she does not want the porch to be covered in egg yolk before the first customer even arrives. The door clicks open and she opens it wide, letting Luffy rush past her before she steps in as fast as she can and slams the door shut behind her.

The bittersweet smell of beer barely registers for Makino, and Luffy adjusts to it quickly; he has been in here almost every day for years now. The smell is as permanent as the round, worn tables and the bar desk up front. The air is a bit stale after the bar has been closed up during the night, but she will get the air moving again as soon as she gets the windows open. She puts away her basket that is filled with fresh fish and Luffy follows her with his eyes as he sits down at the bar, carefully putting down the two intact eggs. From the front door they can hear Pochi barking, but they both knew that that dog can take care of itself, so they didn't let it in (it would just cause a mess if they did). Besides, it can always go back to Curly Dadan for some undercooked breakfast.

"Hey Makino, can I cook these?" Luffy calls happily as he wipes his right hand free from egg yolk on the bar desk since there are no napkins nearby.

"Sure, I'll do it for you in a minute! Just clean up that egg you smeared on the bar." Makino calls back as she opens a second window, startling Luffy since she had stood with her back to him and should not have seen him smearing egg on the bar desk in an effort to get it off of his hand.

The windows are set on opposing walls and create a small draft when opened, letting in the humid air from outside. Makino walks past the bar desk and picks up the basket with fish that she had placed on the bar desk before walking onwards into the storage rooms at the back of the bar to put the fish into the fridge.

A bit begrudgingly, Luffy jumps off the high chair he had been sitting on and gets some napkins from beneath the bar to wipe up the egg. Suddenly, as Luffy is working on removing the last of the egg from the now sticky bar surface, there is something heavy in the air of the bar. Literally.

As Luffy looks up, he sees an big, brown owl flying towards him. It looks really majestic up close and does not seem like it's about to attack, so Luffy only straightens his back - egg all but forgotten - and admires it.

It lands on the barchair Luffy had been occupying just a minute ago, its big claws comfortably settling on the back of the chair. On one of its legs, there is a letter attached. Written in very fancy, curling script, it said:

Luffy D. Monkey

Party's Bar

Kapa'a, Kauai

Hawaii