Hello. This is an attempt at a One Piece story. I have not made this kind of story before and OC's are kind of foreign to me which makes this a bit of a challenge to write. And that's besides the point that I'm not a good writer.

I will also have made up devil fruits in this story. Keep in mind that its hard coming up with something that's totally balanced so give them some time before you start complaining about them. Advice is always good though. Also, one of my fruits I found long ago on a forum that I cant remember, Ill talk more about it as the devil fruit is introduced.

If you have any advice, please, do PM or review and tell me what I'm doing wrong and what I can improve on. Anything would be appreciated except for flames. Please do not flame. Its unnecessary and brings down my confidence.

That being said, enjoy.

Chapter 1: Another way to start a new semester

"Hey Mike! Get over here!" My friend called out to me. I waved and started to slowly make my way to him. That was Kieran, my best friend. We actually didn't meet until maybe 4 years ago but we were very alike and our friendship grew very quickly. He was like a brother to me and he had told me the same thing.

It was early August and we were heading to school, a new semester was beginning. The summer had been great, I had been hanging out with my friends and we had tons of fun. I was surprised that Kieran was the only one that was already here. True, I was early but still.

"Hey!" I said as I approached him.

"Hey, looking forward to school?" He asked me.

My head fell down as I sighed and shed a few fake tears.

"I just want to stay home and sleep!" I cried out to him. "School is boring anyway..."

"Though it might get interesting this term" He said. I quirked my eyebrow, motioning him to continue. "We are having 3 new teacher this semester after all."

"Huh," I said. "What subjects?" I prayed silently it was the chemistry teacher.

"English, History and your favorite subject." He finished with a smirk.

"Maths?" I said as I smiled.

"Chemistry! They finally realized she sucks!"

I pumped my fist into the air and started to dance for a bit, Kieran joined me.

"What are you guys doing?" We both turned around. Three guys were approaching us. While two of them were very typical teenagers in shorts and a t-shirt, one of them was sticking out. The person in the middle wasn't only the longest of them, he had a presence that just screamed gentleman... and British. That was James. The other two were Arman and Oskar.

"You guys look crazy." Said Oskar. Arman nodded in agreement before flicking Oskar's head to the side. "You are the wrong person to say that." He told Oskar as Oskar carefully moved away from him. We all laughed for a bit.

"How are you doing this lovely morning?" James asked as he picked out a hat from his bag and tipped his hat to us. "Ready for a fantastic learning experience?"

I sighed; "Are you really James? I expected him to come to school in a suit..."

"A gentleman is never "styled"; he exudes style, effortlessly. A gentleman dresses the appropriate way for the occasion and would be as elegant and stylish in jeans and a T-shirt as he would be in a suit." James told us as he put his hat back into his bag.

Kieran sweat-dropped; "Why do you have a hat in your bag?"

"To be able to tip it." He replies simply, as if it was as normal as having your books in the bag.

Kieran looked like he was about to say something but Arman stopped him; "Its James. Leave it at that." We all agreed.

"Have you seen the rest of our group?" Oskar asked.

"Nope." I answered. "Leo and Edward are still not here."

"They have to get here soon. Were starting in less than 10 minutes now. Arman pointed out.

"Punctuality is a virtue." James pointed out. We all sweat-dropped.

"If I wouldn't have known James since before, I would've asked if he was for real..." Kieran said. We all nodded in agreement.

"Being a British gentleman is quite a feat you know. I know that I wouldn't manage for sure."

We turned around.

"Leo!" We all exclaimed as we saw Leo walking towards us.

"Hey you guys! How you all been?" He asked. From behind him, Edward suddenly appeared. "Hiya." He said.

"Edward!" We all exclaimed.

"Leo, how was Greece? And Edward, how was The Division?"

"It was warm."

"It was awesome!" After that, Edward started rambling about how awesome the game was and we all turned away.

"Were starting soon. We should get going." Kieran pointed out.

"Indeed we are." James added, which we all ignored. We all started to walk before Leo shouted back; "C'mon Edward. Were leaving!"

"... and don't forget the graphics! Looking at the graphics is pure..." He looked around as he realized we already left. "Guys! Weren't you listening?!" He shouted as he catched up to us.

"Whats our first lesson?" I asked. Leo looked at the schedule.

"Chemistry." I shuddered in thought.

"I hope this teacher is better..." While not all of them nodded, inside they all agreed.

We were a little behind everyone else as we headed through the corridors.

"Wait everyone!" Oskar exclaimed and we all screeched to a halt.

"Look at this random door."

"Was it there before?" Arman asked. "I don't think I have seen it before."

"How about we walk inside?" Oskar said in an evil tone.

"You and your adventures..." Kieran said. We all nodded.

"C'mon … … ... ...Please!" He begged as he bowed down on his knees before us. I looked at the group, most of them shrugged. I nodded at Oskar. He silently said yes and he was soon opening the door carefully. The door opened with a creek and Oskar looked inside.

"Guys, you might want to see this." And we looked. Not because he told us to, it was because of how serious he was. He was never serious! Inside, we were all in quiet shock as we seemed to realize just that. We all looked inside and saw a rotating ball of sorts. It was humming quietly, it was almost not noticeable.

"What is this?" Arman asked. We didn't respond. Unknown to all of us I think, we all stood there for a few seconds wondering before we heard a sound, a very porcelain-like kind of sound. We turned around to face James who had his bag opened and was pouring tea into a cup which was standing on the floor. Evidently, the tea was still warm because you could still see the tea steaming.

"Its time for tea." He said as he continued to pour tea into his cup. When he was done, he looked at us again; "What can I help you with gentlemen?" As soon as he uttered those words, we all sighed and turned back to the orb, or whatever that thing was.

"What is this thing?" Arman asked once again. Oskar decided to take action as he closed in to the orb.

"Watch out, it could be dangerous!" Leo warned as Oskar got closer and closer.

Oskar decided to touch it.

…

Nothing happened at first but then he simply disappeared. We all looked around, all freaked out a bit. Then all of us started to disappear, one by one. The orb collapsed inwards and no traces were left behind of it even being there in the first place.

Poor James. He couldn't quite finish his tea, and to top it all of, he left behind his favorite straw-hat.

Welcome!

This is your grand adventure that you are about to enfold in. Countless of adventures await, mighty battles and wonders to be seen. Your mission is to reach Raftel, if you can, that will be seen.

Thank you in advance.