Prologue

Dear Reader,

I shall tell you of a story of a man and his crew that found adventure and created a legend that was beyond of what could have been imagined that fateful day. I shall tell you of the treasure that was once called One Piece. I shall tell you the hardships of what a pirate really is and what it means to be a Pirate. I shall lead you to tale that was once thought long ago destroyed. I shall tell you The Will of D.

In a land far away, there was once a man named Gold D. Roger. As a young boy, Roger lived a plain life, a half-life. A life of continuous work and no play, a life where there is no adventure and no freedom. A life where you live the day same in and same out with hardly any change from the norm. That was the kind of life of what Gold D. Roger was fated to live for the rest of his days.

Then one marvelous day, it all changed for the better. Roger heard, in his small town pub next to the docks, a man named Gibbs and Jack Sparrow talking about going on a crazy, insane, adventure out to find a treasure among all men. The treasure of One Piece and to find the mystery centered on people with D. in their names.

As Roger crept closer to the pirates, he heard of a way to escape the everyday life of a fisherman.

"E'lls I'n sain' Smithe tis tat ther's a beters way of lifes. Thers' thee life of ye Pirate. An' a venture whre no man as to go befor'. Whre ye can be free an' live the way of true men." Slurs the man Jack Sparrow with a cup of rum in his left hand and the right shaking his mate, Gibbs.

"Ye right, Jack." Slurs Gibbs while Jack shakes him uncontrolledly.

As the night progresses, Roger listens to the adventures of Jack Sparrow and his crew and silently vows to himself to lead the way of a Pirate. With that in mind, Roger begins his journey to where ever it takes him.

Through the years, he finds crew members that become a part of his life and family. They become true Pirates that lean on each other and live the life of freedom. But this was to not last that very long.

A decade after Gold D. Roger had found the Treasure One Piece, he was capture by Monkey D. Garp and taken to be executed on his home Island, Logue Town. What was not known at the time was that Roger was dying of an incurable disease that only his inner crew knew about. With that, he let himself be captured by the World Government and be executed.

Minutes before his death, a man among the crowd asked one question that started the next Pirate Era. He asked Gold D. Roger where his treasure was, the famous One Piece. And he replied.

"My treasure? If you want it, you can have it! Find It! I left everything this world has to offer 'there'! My fortune is yours for the taking... I will give them to those who can find them I have gathered everything in this world and already hidden them in "that" place."

With those final words, Gold D. Roger ends his legacy and starts a new one. With those words alone, a single man created utter chaos and pandemonium that would last for decades until the next King of Pirates was chosen.

But Dear Reader, this is not where the story ends. No, this is only the beginning of a tale that becomes old as dawn. This is where my story truly starts. Where I learn the way of Pirates and where I finally find the path of life I was destined all along. Where I join a boy just like Gold D. Roger. Where I learn to live again, to find love, and to find an adventure of a lifetime. This is where I start my own legacy to pass down to future generations; this is where my Will of D. is created.

With these final words dear reader, I have a question to ask of you. Can you find not only One Piece, but can you also find the answer to The Will of D.? But not only will can you find them, but can you live them?

...With parting words, I can only hope you all find freedom, love, peace, and adventure in the pathway of being a Pirate. And in name of my father Gold D. Roger, "Inherited will, the swelling of the changing times, and the dreams of people. These are things that cannot be stopped. As long as people seek the answer to freedom, these will never cease to be!"

Sincerely,

Gold D. Tiger

A.K.A.

Harry James Potter-Black