An idea I've had just sitting in my head for some time now hope you guys enjoy it :D

I don't own One Piece or any of these amazing characters.

Full Summary: A lot of things happen in life that never make sense as to why they happened in the first place. Some of these events bring us tragedy, happiness, or maybe even both. It even has you meet people that under normal circumstances would of never met and all of this can get chalked up as Fate. Well, I Portgas D. Ace have come to this conclusion after undergoing certain events in the last 3 years. Fate is a really weird bitch.

Fate is a really weird bitch

"You be careful out there Ace! It's raining cats and dogs out there!," yelled a young nurse from behind the desk who was busy with the paperwork from their recent patients.

"I will I will! Don't worry about it Makino you'll see this pretty face again on Monday," grinned Ace as he made his way over to the exit.

"Oh you," Makino rolled her eyes as she giggled and went back to work.

"Alright let's see..," checking his pockets Ace made sure he had everything before stepping out. Today he came in to volunteer and stayed longer than usual because of the sudden growth in patients and he wanted to help out but whenever he worked long hours he tends to get scatterbrained. Plus the fact that Marco had left a voice message saying to get home the second he got out of the hospital. Nodding to himself he zipped up his flimsy sweater, because the sudden rain was a real surprise, put on his hood and stepped out of the hospital. Home was just 15 minutes away anyways so he wouldn't stay out too long.

He hadn't even taken 3 steps before he heard it. A soft sound barely noticeable in the pouring rain. Straining his ears Ace managed to trace where the sound was coming from. It came from a shrub that was literally just a few steps away from where he was. Once he had gotten closer to the shrub Ace crouched down and opened the shrub to see what was hiding inside.

"Quack"

A small duckling was standing there shivering every now and then but as it looked at Ace it almost looked excited and relieved.

"Awww you lost little guy," Ace reached out and gently started to rub its head.

"Quack!" The duckling nuzzled its head against Ace's hand taking advantage of the warmth and comfort it was being given.

Ace smiled at how adorable the duckling was. " Where's your mom lil dude?," asked Ace as he gave the duckling a look over. He was no veterinarian or farmer but the duck looked to be about 3 days old or something so he was very young. He always thought mother ducks would make sure all her ducklings stayed together since it's an important stage to teach them how to survive.

"Quack" The duckling shook its head as if it actually understood what Ace had just asked.

"Hmmm," Ace thought about it. Well the nearest pond in the city was about 15 minutes away so it wouldn't take him that long to get there. Then again he'd risk himself getting in trouble by Marco but looking at the poor lonely little thing Ace couldn't with a clear conscious just leave him there. So with that in mind Ace cupped his hands and brought them over to the duckling. "Hop on lil guy the Ace Express is ready to go," Ace waited for the duckling to get on before bringing him close to his face and said,"Let's go take you back home lil guy," grinning at the duckling Ace closed his hands and started to run off in the direction to the pond.

15 minutes later

Panting a bit Ace slowed down from his run to a walk as he started to get closer to the pond considering it was all muddy around the edge he didn't want to risk falling and hurting the duckling. After catching his breath Ace walked over to the edge of the pond carefully and kneeled down. He didn't really care that he was getting dirty he was soaked to the bone at this point so it didn't matter. Bringing his cupped hands down to the water he placed the duckling in it.

"Alright lil guy," Ace looked around," I don't really see any other ducks but I'm sure your mom will come back here and you'll be with your family again," he smiled at the duckling reached over and pet it one last time before getting up and running off to get himself home.

"..Quack?" The duckling tilted its head to the side in confusion as it saw Ace's figure get farther and farther away.

30 minutes later

Mannnnn he's in a fuck ton of trouble. Running up the steps of his two story house he immediately took out his keys from his pockets and unlocked the front door. Stepping in Ace practically melted at the warmth his home was emanating. He loved his home being toasty many thought his house was a sauna but it was perfect to him. He closed and locked the door before throwing his keys at the table near the doorway. Alright maybe if he was lucky Marco and Thatch were still at work giving him enough time to wash up. Sneaky mode activated. He started to tiptoe to the living room making no noise whatsoever (not thinking that he already made noise with opening and closing the door). Just a bit moreeee...

"We're here yoi"

"Goddammit," Ace slammed his head against the wall. Somebody busted out laughing and Ace knew that it was stupid Thatch. No point in dragging it out. Ace went into the living room to see Marco and Thatch sitting on the couch. "Alright before you," he looked directly at Marco ,"start bitchin I have a good reason as to why I didn't get home on time. See there was this duckling all by himself by the hospital where I do volunteer work at and I felt bad for him and decid-," only to see that nobody was listening to him. He expected it from Thatch but not from Marco. Both were looking at something behind him on the floor apparently. So he turned his head to see what was down there only to see….

"Quack!," said the duckling happily as it looked up at Ace with its cute little brown (brown?Since when do ducks have brown eyes?) eyes.

…..

Huh?

…..

HUH?!

Ace's eyes practically fell out of his eye sockets when he saw the duckling right there behind him in his house.

"B-But how? I just left you at the pond tho!," exclaimed Ace. That was like give or take 35 minutes ago. Why did the duckling trek from the pond a safe secure place to brave the merciless streets just to follow him? And the fact that he managed to keep up with him in the first place. The duckling just kept looking up at him and it almost felt weirdly enough like it was grinning at him.

The duckling went over to Ace's leg and started to nuzzle it with his head not caring that it was getting dirty. An obnoxious laughter broke out causing the duckling to jump a little thus his hair sticking up because of the mud while Ace just glared at where the laughter was coming from.

"Oh mannn,"Thatch tried to catch his breath,"this is fucking priceless," he put his arm around Marco's shoulder who looked at him with a what the fuck is wrong with you face,"our lil Ace is a mommmmyyy," and once again he started to laugh his ass off.

Ace's glare soon dissolved because rapidly his face was morphing into one of shock and realization. The only thought going through his head was….

I'm not ready to be a mommy yet..

So here's the first chapter to Fate and I know I have other stories that need to be completed buttttt I really wanted to get this one out lol and see what you guys thought about it :) Any feedback is gladly accepted