To start off, this is my first One Piece fanfic, so I'm super excited! I know I'm very new to this… but still! I'm really grateful to everyone who has left a review, following, or favorited this story or heck, just giving it a try! Thanks, fellow One Piece nerds!
(^ v ^) Hopefully, I can update this fanfic fairly regularly, meaning no more than two weeks per chapter. I am really looking forward to when everything starts rolling more fluidly in the story! Have fun, wonderful readers!
Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece. If I did…well, it would be a lot more boring. But, at least Ace, Thatch, Whitebeard (including all his lost sons from the War of the Best), all the people from Ohara (especially Saul), Kuina, Bell-mére, Usopp's mum (maybe…), Tom (Franky's adoptive father), and Fisher Tiger would all still be alive and living happily, Ace wouldn't have self-esteem issues, and Sabo would have had more time for brotherly bonding. So, at least all that would be better…right?
Finally, I can now say that this is being beta read by Sir Zesto!
PROLOGUE
It had been almost a whole year since the unofficial declaration of Luffy as the second King of the Pirates. Thirteen months since the title of the World's Greatest Swordsman shifted to that of the future Pirate King's first mate, Roronoa Zoro. Four months since coming so close to the discovering of the secrets behind the Void Century. Two months since the finding of the All Blue, only to leave while Sanji tearily swore on his treasured hands that they would later return. And only twelve minutes since the beginning of the drawing up of the last piece of land in all the seas…
Apparently, even less time is all that is needed for a crew to fall…
"NAMIIIIIIIIIII!"