The seas on the East Blue were very calm. It was but an ordinary day. An ordinary day in the middle of a brand new pirate era. It's been 13 years since Monkey D. Luffy and his fellow Strawhats made it to Raftel and claimed the legendary treasure. The One Piece! However, shortly after, they vanished without a trace. But not without a few words to keep the romanticism of the previous era alive!

A year after he claimed the treasure, the new pirate king made an announcement to the world itself! He left the One Piece in it's original place. By this point, the pirate era had started anew! The amount of pirates skyrocketed, each with their own ideals and dreams that Luffy's claim had urged them to follow. Whether it be their own selfish desires or a simple love for adventure, hundreds set out for the new pirate era!

This is not the story of one of those pirates. Not yet, anyway.

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It was 13 years since the Strawhat Pirates disappeared. A small troupe was performing in a small village. To be more precise, Bon Village. A young boy had a small crowd around him. He seemed to be about 10 years old, and had short brown hair. His eyes were brown and he had a boater hat on his head. If his teeth were seen, it would be apparent that they were slightly yellow. A stick with a white wick knot at it's tip was sticking out of his pocket. He had a very concentrated look on his face and his cheeks were puffed out, as if he had something in his mouth.

The boy was juggling four red balls, two in each of his hand. He was riding a unicycle while doing this, being extra careful to not screw anything up. The last time he performed he accidentally lost control and crashed into a very foul marine. One that did not take very kindly to this incident. He still had a small bruise on his face as a reminder of the event which would—luckily for him—heal in a couple of days.

The boy was so focused on not screwing anything up, he forgot that he should've been done with his act quite some time ago. He was only supposed to get the crowd warmed up for the much more interesting acts after all. And as it seemed, the crowd was getting bored of his act by this point. "Rem, you jackass!" He could hear his ringmaster calling out his name. "Finish it now!" The boy named Rem snapped out of his concentration and hastily threw all of the balls in the air.

Then, he quickly took out the stick and lit the tip of the stick on fire with a lighter that was in his pocket, spitting out the liquid he had in his mouth. Suddenly, a large, green flame came out from wicking knot, and the balls he had previously thrown into the sky came back and were left burned by the flame. The crowd let out a round of applause at this and cheered, the ringmaster went around with a barrel with its lid open, connecting tips from the viewers.

Rem was soon called back after all the tips were collected, however, he himself was distracted by the flames he made. So much so that he started pedaling rapidly towards a house, which he shortly crashed into moments later. Luckily, the crowd was easily convinced that it was all part of the act, and laughed as a result. "Tch! Damn, not again!" He thought sheepishly as he walked back towards the large caravan they had come in. At the very least he would be able to find Next up were two sisters performing some crazy acrobatic acts. For reasons Rem never understood, the men in the crowd always gave in as much money as possible when those two were performing. Sort of like what the women did when they saw the World's Most Powerful Man performing. He thought it was pretty weird...

Either way, Rem was glad that he was at least allowed to watch the others perform after he was done. The two sisters were lying down on their backs, one of them was holding a sword in with their feet. And to the crowd's amazement, she put the sword into her sibling's mouth and just kept shoving the entire blade in there!

The crowd applauded wildly, but then, a faint explosion could be heard. Seconds later, a cannonball had demolished a home, fortunately for the man who lived there, while they were all outside. A ship could be seen in the distance. It had a Jolly Roger on its flag, which could only mean one thing. "Pirates..." Rem thought with a furious expression on his face. That cannonball could've just as easily killed his friends!

Panic rushed through the town as the ship began to dock. The Jolly Roger had a multicolored afro and the skull on its skeleton had a crack on its forehead. Dozens pirates started jumping off the ship each with an avaricious look on their faces. While the civilians were retreating to their homes, the pirates were doing just the same. The only difference was that they were coming back a lot richer getting than they were when went in.

"Hurry!" The ringmaster was calling out to the sisters who were suddenly running towards the caravan, screaming wildly. The ringmaster did the same but was quickly thrown several feet away from it by a man who was at least 6 feet tall. He had a large multicolored afro and a orange jumpsuit that was partially unbuttoned at his chest area. He had goggles that were covering his eyes and a large grin on his face. "TahahahaHAHAH!" The man laughed wildly, a laugh so peculiar that Rem had never even heard anything like it!

"Hey there~. Where d'you think you're going with all that fine loot?" The man spoke in a singsong type of voice. The ringmaster immediately dropped his barrel of beli and ran away to the caravan without a look back. Rem, however, was still there, with the same furious expression on his face. "Hey! Bastard! Give us back our money! Or else...I'll beat the crap out of you!" He yelled out to the man, with no regard for the consequences. The man smirked as he saw the ringmaster's horrified expression as he realized the boy had strayed so far from the caravan.

"TahahahaHAHAH! Oh~? You're a brave little fellow aren't you~?" Rem was sweating wildly as the man said this, he was actually scared out of his mind! The man grabbed Rem by the neck of his shirt, and Rem attempted to fight back to no avail! "Let go!" He said as he failed to hit the man with the afro a single punch. "TahahahaHAHAH! I like you~. Just be glad I'm not killing you instead, you'll make a great cabin boy~!"

The man with the afro went back to his ship not only with a barrel full of money, but with a new cabin boy as well. Despite Rem's objections, he was forced to stay on the ship, all while there was no one to help him. He was held down by several of the afro man's (or Moones's as Rem would later find out his name to be) underlings who were celebrating all the stuff they got after their raid. The village was getting smaller and smaller as he was force to stay on the ship.

Smaller...and smaller...until it was gone.

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