How to Start an Adventure

I do not own one piece just the crew that I have made up.

On a small island in the south blue there was a restaurant that was well known to have good food. It was run by a family, the father was the chef, the mother was the hostess, the daughter was the waiter, and their son who was the oldest of their children was the bus boy and dishwasher. He was 5'11" ha black hair, dark brown eyes, a stocky build, and tan skin. They also had another worker, Dante who was Omar's closest friend, who helped out in the restaurant. He was 6'2" had black hair, hazel eyes, an athletic build, and black skin. The day was nice like any other; the restaurant had a steady flow of customers and at any given time the dining hall was only half full except for the holidays where the village gathered at the restaurant to celebrate. This day was a bit different as the local marine branch was coming to do an inspection of the island. Omar and Dante had heard some bad rumors about the particular branch that was coming to visit. But he decided to not stress as there should not be a problem anyway.

As the day went an unusual customer came into the restaurant, dressing in an unusual fashion with two swords on his side meant he was not one of the islanders. Many of the people including Omar's mom grew nervous as the man was then accompanied by several individuals. The man scanned the room until he found a table; he had some of the other people he was with slide some of the other tables together to make one large table. Omar's sister was a little frightened as the man had said nothing since he entered the restaurant. As she approached the table the man spoke, "do not fear child we do not mean to cause trouble, we merely heard about the good food here and wished to try some." The man had a gentle smile as he tried to alleviate some of the tension he caused. He then laughed along with his crew, "milady if you would be so kind as to bring us an order of everything on the menu, and so you know we are not just trying to inconvenience you, here." He brought out a large bag of gold, motioning for her to accept it as payment for the food. Hearing a sort of commotion outside in the dining hall Omar exited the kitchen to see who had arrived. When he saw the man he had on a blue jacket that was open with no undershirt, a top hat, and a distinctive mustache. His sister slowly walked into the kitchen with the bag of gold, their father also hearing the commotion stepped out and saw the daughter with the bag, "where did you get that bag?" When she placed the bag on the counter and some of the gold fell out the father knew exactly who was out there, "it seems pirates are in the dining hall." Everyone grew a little tense at that statement, the father placed his hand on his daughters shoulder, "while they are pirates they did give payment so treat them like any other customer so long as they do not cause trouble."

As it was turning into afternoon a man came running into the restaurant heading straight for the kitchen, "sir the marines that want to do the inspection are heading this way!" Omar's father, Omar, and Dante suddenly became tense, in the dining room was a pirate who may or may not be a wanted criminal. One of the man's friends snuck into the kitchen, "here hide this from the marines, if they get it then the whole south blue would be in danger." He held out a strange fruit, it resembled a Cherimoyas fruit, but the color scheme was off as it was a dark red with purple dotted in. Omar grabbed the fruit and hide it behind his back as some marines entered the restaurant. Dante stood little in front of Omar to hide the fruit a bit better; the marine captain that entered was a stern looking man. As he walked through the hall he spoke, "we have word that this establishment was serving food to pirates, while it is not against the law to do so, we heard that said pirate was one of the whitebeard pirate's division captains." The man who had entered before was nowhere to be seen. The marine captain spoke again, "I wish to see the owner of this restaurant." As Omar's father stepped forward the marine spoke again, "arrest this man and anyone who works with him, we shall execute them as an example." As Omar was about to rush into the dining room Dante grabbed him by the arm and forcefully dragged him out the back door. Omar's entire family was put in chains and taken to the village dock. Omar still detained by Dante yelled, "What the fuck, they are going to kill my parents!" Dante put his hands on Omar's shoulders, "I know, I'm pissed to but we cannot just rush in without a plan." Omar was still holding the fruit, "this has to be a devil fruit" Dante stepped back, "it may be but we don't know what kind it is." Vista walked out from the neighboring building, "young man I am deeply sorry for what I have caused, and to make amends I am willing to rescue your family." Vista had a sorrowful look on his face, "I will ensure your families safety on my name and life." Omar brought the devil fruit closer to his mouth, "any idea as to what kind this is, I need to know if eating it will give me enough power to save them myself. I am tired of relying on other people to help me, I want to do something on my own for ounce." Dante patted Omar on the back, "dude you will never be alone, we have been through a lot together so this will just be another one of those times." Vista puffed his chest out, "do not forget that we will also assist in the rescue as we are responsible for the situation at hand." Omar brought the devil fruit to his mouth to take a bite, Vista added one more thing, "child doing this will make you a pirate, and I am still willing to rescue your family." Omar looked at the fruit intensely, and then turned to Dante, "then I guess I will just have to become a pirate then." Dante smiled brightly, "I guess WE will just have to become pirates then, I'm not letting you do this by yourself they are as much my family as they are yours." Omar laughed then began to eat the fruit.

At the dock the marines had Omar's family lined up for the firing squad. The captain had gathered everyone in the village to the docks, "citizens the people before you are guilty of aiding a known pirate, for that their crime is death. We marines take pride in knowing that all citizens are good but can be easily swayed by the words of a pirate; let their deaths be a lesson to you all." A voice from the back of the crowd yelled, "STOP!" the captain smiled and motioned for his men to hold. Omar walked through the crowd toward the platform until the captain raised his hand, "that'll be close enough; these people are guilty of giving aid to a pirate and shall not be given mercy. Anyone who stands in the way of justice will also share the same fate." The captain held his hand high up in the air, "men on my signal fire!" the captain then smiled viciously, "unless you have something for me? Like a certain fruit that you were maybe given to hide?" Omar spat in disgust, "so this are who the marines are, a bunch of thugs that push people around to get what they want. To me you look exactly like a pirate, just that your clothes are more expensive." The captain became furious, "men aim and," before the captain could finish his sentence Omar leap at the stage hitting the captain into the water sixty feet away. Dante jumped up from behind the stage so the firing squad would focus on him. Vista used the commotion to have his men rush the marines. The entire ordeal lasted a few seconds; Omar's family was released from the cuffs they were in. Vista approached Omar father, "sir you have a strong boy," Vista knelt down, "I and offer my most sincere apologize." Omar looked at his hand; it was completely covered in scales, he took a deep breath and his hand morphed back to normal. Omar's father offered his hand to Vista, "I accept, but how did my son move that fast from where he was?" Vista stood up, "he has eaten the devil fruit that I brought with me, the same one these marines were looking for." Omar's mother rushed to his side, "why did you do that? You might as well become a pirate if this is the path you have chosen." Omar gave his mother a big hug, "it was the only way that I could save you." The town's people had already dispersed except for the mayor who approached the stage, "do not worry, we have known you for a very long time, we will not just rat you out because of some misunderstanding. Omar made the choice that he thought was right at the moment. We cannot blame him for that, rather we should be thankful that he had the courage to stand up and defend his family." Omar's family gave him and Dante a big hug, "we will always love you no matter what, but you cannot stay on this island anymore." Vista stepped forward, "if I may, it seems that you are in need of a ship to sail the seas with. Might I suggest that you use the ship that the marines came in, it most likely has provisions and is ready for travel." Vista motioned for one of his men to come forward, "as a gift to start you on your journey please allow Shawn to be your helmsmen." Shawn stepped forward he was 6'6" with dark brown hair, gold eyes, and a muscular build. He shook Omar's hand, "I look forward to sail with you." He shook Dante's hand as well as Omar looked over the ship he was about to sail in. It was a Carvel Sloop type ship; it had four cannons on each side and two in the front of the ship. Vista had left in his ship while Omar and his new crew were getting ready to set sail. The only thing that needed packing was extra clothes, the rest was useable. With everything set the village gave Omar and crew a farewell as they sailed out of the port.

A few hours after they left the island Shawn spoke up, "Captain where are we sailing?" Omar was sitting down in the kitchen, "I haven't thought of it yet, for now just sail to the next island I want as much distance from home right now." Dante was in the crow's nest looking out across the sea, "I never would have thought that I would be out here sailing, granted it's as a pirate but still the sea is beautiful." Shawn changed course for the next island as Omar ordered. Some time had passed and the next island was coming into view. Dante was the first to see it, "land ho," Omar stepped out of the kitchen, "Shawn since you know more about sailing then I do, with the provisions we have will we make it to Carevel town?" Shawn steadied the wheel, "with what we have no, but if we resupply as we go then yeah we can make it." Dante climbed down from the crow's nest, "planning on sailing the grand line?" Omar leaned against the door frame of the kitchen, "I really could care less about finding the one piece, but what I really want to do is get stronger. Strong enough so that I don't have to rely on my devil fruit to win fights. Not that I won't use it, just I want to use it as a last resort." Shawn smiled, "well you are significantly stronger since eating it, faster too. You just have to get used to the whole morphing into another creature." Omar nodded his head, "since we are going to be sailing the seas we are going to need some more people that fill specific roles on this ship." Dante leaned against the main mast, "have you thought of a name for this ship or are we just going to be calling it ship?" Omar walked up the stairs toward the ships helm, "how about The Tempest?" Dante walked to the bow of the ship, "I don't have a problem with that name." Shawn shook his head, "neither do I." As the ship steered into dock there was no panic as the ship was still flying the navy colors. Shawn had the ship tied off, "captain since there are only three of us right now and you are the only one with a devil fruit might I suggest that me and Dante head into town to buy some things?" Omar looked around the ship, "can I ask what you are going to get?" "Well since we are pirates we will need a jolly roger, and some new sails." Omar smiled a little, "how are you going to pay for those things?" Shawn smiled back, "well the marines were kind enough to leave some valuables on the ship for us." Omar nodded, "alright just don't take too long, I don't think we will be able to pass as a marine ship for too long." Shawn and Dante nodded as the left the ship.

It was night time by the time Shawn and Dante returned, Omar looked at the confused, "could you not get the supplies?" Dante shook his head, "we special ordered the flag and sails, and the rest of the supplies will be delivered by morning." Omar had a suspicious look, "we aren't going to be surrounded by marines in a little bit are we?" Shawn disagreed, "the people we talked to were allies of white beard, when they heard we were just setting sail they gave us a deal. Most of the people on the island don't have a problem with pirates as long as they don't cause trouble and pay for their stuff." Dante went into the cargo hold and came out with two flint lock pistols, "so who is taking first watch?" Shawn was confused, "what do you mean first watch?" "Regardless if the people are fine with pirates, we still cannot let down our guard. For all we know they could be calling marines over or bounty hunter, or marines could be sailing by and investigate us." Omar agreed, "That would be a stupid way to start a journey." Between the three of them a sleep schedule was made, Dante on first watch, then Shawn, then lastly Omar.

Morning came and nothing notable had happened, Omar woke everyone up to go over everything that they had and what they bought. The list consisted of ten barrels of fresh water, fifty pounds of meat in the freezer, forty loaves of bread, and fifteen pounds of citrus fruit. For weapons there was ten flintlock pistols, ten muskets, thirty cannon balls, thirty pounds of gunpowder for the cannons, and a dozen swords. The things they bought were one hundred yards of rope, a flag, new sails, and some medicine. The items they bought arrived to their ship as they were counting the last of their cargo. As they finished counting the new things another pirate ship pulled in. even before they were fully docked everyone could hear the captain yelling, "you stupid bitch, do you know how much medicine costs!?" Omar could see the captain on the deck of the ship yelling at a woman. He raised his hand to slap her, "you are going to make me bankrupt bitch!" the slap sent her falling to the floor. Dante heard the slap and looked up, "Omar?" Dante couldn't find him anywhere. As the captain was about the hit the woman again he heard a voice, "I would suggest not hitting her if you want to keep that arm." The captain turned around to see who was taking to him. Omar was standing on the railing of the ship physically bigger and more muscular then he was previously, he was also starting to get covered in scales. The captain was a little intimidated, "I don't know who you think you are but I am a notorious pirate worth twenty million beri." Omar cocked his head to the side still enraged, "and?" The captain and his men we shocked at the response, Dante and Shawn saw Omar and went to back him up. Seeing only three people gave the captain false courage, "ha you think three guys can win against my crew of twenty?" The rest of the captains crew exited from the cabin and were all gathered on the deck of the ship. Omar turned to the woman on the ground, "hey you're a doctor right, I'm in need of one. Wanna sail with me instead?" the woman who was quite before spoke up, "my name is Satomi." Omar cracked a toothy grin, "Satomi how about it?" Before she could answer the captain shouted, "She is still part of my crew; you want her you have to beat me first!" Omar disappeared from the captain's sight only to appear beneath him, "gladly," Omar hit him with an uppercut that sent him flying upward and off the ship. The rest of the crew attacked. The battle was fierce as Omar and his crew was out numbered six to one. After half an hour Omar and crew were victorious and lying on the deck of the ship exhausted, Dante laughed lightly, "Well that was interesting." Satomi was tending to Omar when she spoke, "you aren't going to regret have me as a crewmate are you?" Omar starring at the sky smiled widely, "I was the one who asked you to join; besides you are really good I don't know what that guy was taking about." Shawn and Dante agreed smiling. Satomi had tears in her eyes, "I'll be in you care from now on," Omar laugh, "so will we." After Omar and the crew were patched up he looked at the other pirate ship, "since we beat them they won't have any use for their stuff right?" Dante grinned, "The spoils of war do go to the victor." They stripped the ship of everything that was not nailed down and sold off what they didn't need.

It was the afternoon when Satomi had herself settled in. Omar was standing on the bow of the ship when Dante approached him, "so have you thought of a plan for us?" Omar was looking into town when he answered, "I want a strong crew to sail with, being the pirate king would be nice but I just don't see it happening for me so I'll aim to be a Yonko instead." Dante looked up to the sky, "we would have to defeat one of the existing ones first." "I know, so we'll get a strong crew then think of which one to go after." Shawn told hold of the wheel, "So the plane is to still head to Carevel Town?" Omar nodded, "and then to the grand line."