Hello everyone, My name is The Crescent Rider and welcome to my first One Piece OC Fanfic Story. Before you read the Prologue, Here's a Small Biography of the OC in the Story.

Character's Biography:

Name: Albert D. Mercer (First Name - Initials - Last Name)

Age: 19 (Before Time-skip) 21 (After Time-skip)

Birthday: November, 21st

Personality: Bookworm, Dependable, Secretive, Aggressive when someone threatens or hurts someone he cares about, Very Patient, Gets irritated when Luffy or his crewmates (Exceptions are Nami and Robin) interrupts him during his free time or role and Albert can sometimes act like a gentleman towards people to either get closer to his enemies without suspicion, receive information from Civilians (Men or Women) or a simply greeting and appearances to specific people

Hair Color: Crimson Red

Eye Color: Grey, Scarlet (When He's Enraged while his powers are active)

His Powers will be described and Appearances will change after each Arc of the original series (The story follows the anime version of One Piece)

So anyway, that's it for the Bio and Enjoy the Prologue.


Twelve Years Ago... (Albert is Currently 7 yrs. Old)

In the forest of the Conomi Islands...

Albert is seen wearing a white shirt with a picture of the waves from the sea, wears light blue shorts that go all the way to his knees with two pockets at each side and wears a necklace with a small metal cross on the middle.

Albert: (in his Thoughts) Where are you...?

His search wasn't getting him anywhere closer on finding his playmate.

Then he decided to cheat a little bit by using his Gift to find his playmate, Albert possesses a Gift that was greater than any devil fruit known to man. But remained a secret to the rest of the world and this Gift was known as... 'The Devil's Blood'.

Albert's powers from acquiring 'The Devil's Blood' gave him the powers that surpassed the limits of an average human body. But, despite the fact that it surpasses the limit of the human body, While the only thing it can't surpass was his aging cycle.

One of his certain abilities is called 'Devil's Pulse' it gives him the capability of sending out a Sonar to his surroundings, and when the pulse comes back towards him, He can tell the direction and distance of his target.

He then sends out his Sonar to his surroundings and waits for it to indicate his playmate's location when his Sonar detected his playmate, The Direction of his playmate was North to North-West and wasn't too far away from him. He then rushes towards the direction of his playmate's hiding spot while he sends out his another Sonar and indicated that his playmate was hiding behind a tree with both hands covering the mouth

He quietly approaches the tree where his playmate was hiding, grabs one side of the tree, and then...

Albert: FOUND YOU!

?: HAH!

He surprised her by popping his head out beside the tree and got his playmate spooked and falls on the ground, a moment afterward, they both shared a laugh together and Albert helps her stand up.

His playmate happens to be a young girl who was one year younger than him, wearing a yellow dress with a green line on the bottom edge, has orange hair and brown eyes.

Albert: Looks like I win again, Nami.

Nami: No fair! You were using your powers again.

He simply chuckles at her when she pouted at him but smiled after he admitted the fact that he did use his powers to find her.

Albert: Alright, I admitted that I used my Powers to find you. But next time, I'll try to find you without using powers.

Nami: You better!

?: Hey, you two!

They turned to the direction of the person who called for them, and the person who called for them was Nojiko; Nami's older sister

Nojiko: Bell-mere sent me to find you two, She's looking for both of you

Both nodded at Nojiko and Albert offers a hand to her

Albert: Let's go, Nami

Nami hums with the agreement, grabs hold onto his hand and both rushed towards Nojiko and the three went back to Bell-mere's house.

When they arrived at Bell-mere's house, They find her having a conversation with someone who happens to be in her late 20s, wearing a light grey buttoned shirt, trousers similar to Bell-mere's, has long light grey hair that goes all the way down to her shoulders, and has the same eye color as Albert's eyes

Nami: Hi, Bell-mere!

Nojiko: We're Back!

Albert: And it's nice to see both, you and my mother, are spending some quality time together.

Bell-mere looked at the trio and gave them a cheerful smile.

Bell-mere: Why thanks for the Compliment, Albert, And I'm glad that both of you are back...

Then her eyes landed on Albert and Nami and saw them holding each other's hand and switched her cheerful smile to mischievous one on the pair

Bell-mere: And it seems to me that I'm not the only who was spending some quality time together...

Albert and Nami were confused for a moment and looked at each other. Then their eyes landed onto their hands which was still holding onto each other and knew what Bell-mere what she was talking about as their eyes widen with realization

A few seconds later. They suddenly let go of each other, looked away from each other while both of their cheeks were a little red from holding each other's hands and sweating with embarrassment

Nojiko and Albert's Mother giggles at them, while Bell-mere simply laughs at the two while she pounds the table with her hand a few times and caused both Albert and Nami to feel a bit more embarrassed when the thought went into their heads

Then Bell-mere glanced to Albert's Mother with a confident smile

Bell-mere: Don't worry Sylvie; Soon They'll get along with each other...

Sylvie covers her mouth with one of hands and giggles for a bit then she smiled towards Bell-mere

Sylvie: I wouldn't worry about it, After all, they are bound to each other.

Albert and Nami: (Embarrassed) WE'RE NOT, WE'RE JUST FRIENDS!

Both Bell-mere and Sylvie started to laugh at the two and Sylvie stands up from the table and walks up to Albert.

Sylvie: Come on, Albert. It's time to go home now

Albert: OK, Mom

Albert then took his mother's hand and glanced at Nami and Nojiko

Nami: Thanks for having fun with me, Albert. Same thing next week

Albert: -hums with approval- And next time, I'll find you without using my powers

Nami nods and waved them goodbye as Albert and Sylvie left their house

Albert and Nami were best friends for a very long time. They play hide-and-seek either in the tangerine orchard or in the woods and sometimes they play with Nojiko in their game, Albert sometimes helps out Nami with her daily chores every time he visits her, and there was that one time, He made Nami laugh by pulling a hilarious prank on Genzo. Albert did enjoy spending time with Nami... Until one fateful day changed Albert's Life...

Four Years later... (Albert is currently 11 yrs. old)

Albert's Mother is seen helping out a few sailors lifting a few crates of cargo onto a merchant ship, and Albert was sitting on one of the crates with a sad look on his face when his mother told him that he would be joining them with their voyage for a couple of days.

He had plans to hang out with Nami and Nojiko a few days ago, But his mother then requested him to come along with them since he always wanted to sail with his mother. But he wasn't prepared to leave the island at all. He was scared that something bad might happen

Then he snapped out of it when he hears his Mother's Voice

Sylvie: Albert, Come board the ship, We're about to finish our packing, and We don't want you to get left behind

Albert: Coming...

Albert then approaches the pier to board the ship, Until...

Nami: WAIT!

Albert: Huh? -turns to his right and sees Nami running straight towards him- Nami?

When Nami stopped running, she was panting for a bit since she had to run all the way from Village to the Docks

Nami: You're leaving the island?

Albert: Yeah, But only for a couple of days...

Nami: oh...

Nami tilted her head down with a disappointed look on her face when she heard that Albert was going to leave the island for a while.

Albert noticed how sad and disappointed she is right now, and decided to cheer her up before he joined her mother on the ship

Albert: Hey, Nami...

Nami looks up to him

Albert: How about this. When I arrive at the Next Island. I'll try to find a Book about Navigation and buy you a Copy. And when I return from my voyage, I'll give it to you personally as a gift from my Voyage. What do you say?

She gasps in shock when he suddenly promises her something after he returns from his voyage.

Nami: You... promise...?

Albert: Of course, I promise. After all, you and I are Friends, Right?

Nami didn't have any words to say to him when he promises to find a book about Navigation for her since she told him about her dream of drawing a map of the entire world. The only thing she could do right now is putting both of her hands onto her mouth and form tears of joy into her eyes as they rolled down to her cheeks

Albert gave her a cheerful grin to keep his promise to her and cheer her up at the same, but then he switched his grin into a smile as he was prepared to leave

Albert: Anyway, I'd better get going, Cause I don't wanna-

Before he could continue what he was saying, Nami suddenly jumps on to him and hugs him tightly around his chest. Albert widens his eyes for a bit but blinks and smiles at Nami while he hugs her back

Sylvie's POV

Sylvie watched from the bow as she sees her son hugging his childhood friend for a while, then one of the sailors walked beside her and saw her son as well

Sailor: You know, Sylvie, Your kid ain't that half bad at all

Sylvie: Yeah, in fact, He's just like my husband the day I met him

The sailor crosses his arm together and gave a smirk

Sailor: Hmph, Do tell...

Sylvie: How about another time, We have work to do, remember?

Sailor nods and left to do some work while Sylvie leaner a little closer to the railing put her hand on the side of her mouth

Sylvie: Albert! Come on, Sweetie, We're about to set sail!

Albert's POV

Albert heard his mother's call, and they broke their hug with each other

Nami: Looks like they need you, Huh?

Albert: Yeah...

Albert turns way from Nami heads towards the ship.

Nami: Hey Albert!

He stops and glances at her one last time...

Nami: Don't forget to keep your Promise!

He gives smirk at her and nods with approval, then he ran towards the ship. Once he boarded the ship, The Crew raised the anchor, prepared the mast and the helmsman turns the ship to the opposite direction of the island, Then the crew pulled down the mast to catch the wind and the ship started to sail away from the island.

Albert went to the back of the ship and looked at the island one last time and saw Nami waving at him a goodbye along with some of the villagers who appeared to be family members to some of the sailors with him

Albert waves back at Nami while he puts on a big cheerily grin at her and hopes that he'll keep his promise and return safely to her.

A few hours later, The Conomi Islands was out of sight

Albert: Don't worry, Nami, Once I return from my voyage, I'll keep my promise to you. I swear it!

He promised to return to her with a book to help her achieve her dream. But that all changed on one fateful day...

A Violent Storm came upon them a week after they'd left the island.

The Men aboard the ship struggled to keep the ship's mast from breaking and Albert was one of them, Suddenly, A Strong wind current struck at them and Pole of the Ship mast's started to crack.

Albert continues to struggle with the other sailors to keep the ship's mast from breaking by pulling the ropes with all their might, But all their efforts were wasted away when the pole finally snaps and fall onto the ship's bow, Causing Albert and the others to stumble onto each other.

Then the worse came upon them.

A massive wave then appeared at their right and the only thing they can do was watch in terror as the massive wave was about to collide with the ship.

Albert also watched in terror when he saw the massive wave coming towards the ship, But he snapped out of his fear because he had something else to be concerned with. He saw his mother standing in terror and He tried rushed towards her.

But he was too far and too late to reach her, The wave finally collides with the ship. And the crew were thrown off of the ship, breaking the ship into pieces and Albert was sent flying onto a wooden board, knocking him out cold, and was carried away by the torrential waves of the sea.

A few days later. after the storm had passed, He and the sailors aboard the merchant ship were nowhere to be seen.

A Marine ship was then sent to the ship's last known location to investigate the area for survivors or it's cargo, But what they all saw was nothing more than a pile of broken wood, crates and barrels with a broken mast floating at the center of the shipwreck.

And The Marine later confirmed, that no one survived the storm... But that's what they think...

Several Days later, After the Storm had passed...

Albert miraculously ended up on another island and was washed up ashore on the beaches.

He was still unconscious from what occurred to him during the storm. But he was still breathing and was lying on the beach for a couple of minutes. Until a man walking by the beach saw him and went towards him.

Man: Poor Kid...

The man then looks around the beach and saw nothing but sand for miles on ends. Then he sighs and decided to carry the boy on his back.

Man: Looks like going for a walk on the beach wasn't so bad after all...

Then he carried him back to a house deep into the forest while he hopes for answers from the boy... A boy who carries a special gift


Author's Notes:

Hey Guys, This is the Crescent Rider, and I hope you've enjoyed the Prologue. And when you noticed something familiar about My OC's Powers, Well, Here's something you should know.

Albert's powers are kinda like the same powers from the Prototype game but readjusted to ensure non-lethal blows, cause I don't want to make my OC kill anyone except monsters. Cause He's sorta like Luffy when he beats someone up then he leaves them unconscious after the fight. More of Albert's Abilities will be told after a series of Future Chapters.

But that is all for now and I hope you've enjoyed the Prologue, I don't mind if the Reviews are Positive or Negative messages and Stay tuned for the next Chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece and Prototype, I only own the OC Character