Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter and One Piece, I do not have any rights to Harry Potter and One Piece and I do not make any money from writing these fic's.

A/N: Written for the Added a Million Words Computation. I got this plot bunny from the HP Crossover Challenges fic by phantom00.

Chapter Eight

Silence and shock washed through the group, the Whitebeard pirates stared at their captain with various emotions while the witches and wizards stared at the pirate captain with wide disbelieving eyes. Unable to reply because he was still in his wolf form Harry simply let out a silent whimper and lowered his head until it rested on the ground.

"Pops...I think we should let the kid get used to his new devil fruit powers first before making him decide whether or not if he wants to join our crew," Marco said finally as he broke the silence, "Besides have you forgotten about that little comment about them coming from another world?"

Whitebeard simply gave an understanding hum while never taking his thoughtful and insightful eyes away from the glowing emerald green eyes that stared up at him with fear and worry. Emotions washed through him that he had only ever felt for those he considered his children as he stared into the devil fruit user's emerald green eyes.

"How should we do this? Would it be alright for you all to stay here until we know everything is alright between us and there will be no problems," Albus suggested as a calculating expression crossover his face and a feeling of fierce protectiveness swelled up inside of him as the giant sized man continued to stare at his grandson, "I do believe that introductions are in order..."

"You are correct," Whitebeard replied as he finally looked away from the winged black wolf, "My name is Whitebeard, pirate captain, surrounding you all is my crew."

"A pirate?" Dumbledore repeated in surprised only to get a nod from Whitebeard.

"Yes, it is the age of the pirate, these days if you are not a civilian you are either a revolutionary or a marine or a pirate," Whitebeard replied carefully as a calculating look crossed his face, "Why? Do you not have pirates back in the world you come from?"

"No we do not, pirates only exist in children's books," Dumbledore replied calmly and truthfully only to get a shocked look from the pirate crew, "As for who I am, my name is Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Order of Merlin first class, Supreme Mugwump of the international confederation of wizards, Chief warlock of the Wizengamot, and Grand Sorcerer."

"It looks like this could take a while," Ace muttered softly to Marco only to freeze when he heard a soft huff of what sound like amusement and agreement come from the human turned winged wolf in front of him.

Looking down in surprise Ace found himself looking into a pair of amused emerald green eyes that just seemed to yell at Ace that the wolf agreed with him. A smile formed on Ace's lips which was copied by the wolf like grin that showed the two rows of sharp pointed teeth. Unable to help himself Ace slowly reached out and ran a hand over the devil fruit users fur only to blink in surprise as the softness of the harsh look black coat met his hands. Allowing the conversation between his Pops and who he guessed must either be the captain or leader of these strange people wash over him while staying aware of his surroundings Ace began to stroke the wolf's fur and allowed his world to shrink around him with each stroke.

"It looks like you might of just made a friend for life...even if the winged wolf is really a human," Marco said suddenly causing Ace to snap back to reality and turn his head to look at his fellow Whitebeard pirate, "Just take a look at that expression and the way his tail is moving."

Listening to Marco's suggestions Ace turned to look at the tail only for a small smile to appear on his face as he watched the tail wag in a relaxed yet happy way. Turning his attention to the transformed human's head Ace bit back his laughter as he found himself looking in a relaxed and happy face that looked as if the owner would fall asleep at any second.

"That expression on his face reminds me of Luffy," Ace said with a snicker as he took in the relaxed goofy expression on his face, "I wonder what the kid's like as a human, as a wolf he seems really affectionate."

"It depends really, I once knew someone who was kind and calm and never hurt a fly but in battle when they used their devil fruit powers they would rip you in half and throw you over the edge of a cliff," Marco replied calmly without changing his outwards expression as he watched Ace pale and quickly redraw his hand, "Then again the wolf brat might be different, you never know as everyone is different."

Opening his mouth to reply Ace found himself cut off by another younger voice full of curiosity but also fear.

"What are you two talking about?" Hermione asked quickly as she shot the two Whitebeard pirates a dark glare, "You are not planning how to attack us from the inside are you?"

"Attack you? Why would we do that for?" Ace asked with a friendly grin on his face as he looked up towards a young teenager girl with frizzy brown hair and an intelligent look in her eyes that made Ace wonder just who had hurt these people to make the children react like this, "We are not plotting, just remembering a few memories while our captain is talking to your...Dumbleydore guy."

"His name is Albus Dumbledore, he is well respected amongst us," Neville replied shyly only to gulp slightly as the two pirates eyes landed on him, "He has a lot of fancy titles but we just call him Headmaster..."

"Thanks," Ace said with a happy smile causing Neville to blush nervously, "Would it be alright with you if we went with you when you returned...home so we can have a look around and answer any questions."

Marco and Ace watched as the group in front of them shared a look with each other before they turned their attention back to them. After a few seconds of waiting Hermione sent them a thoughtful look and opened her mouth only to be cut off by Headmaster Dumbledore and Whitebeard.

"Children, Mr. Whitebeard and I have come to an agreement to allow these two men," Dumbledore said as he motioned to the still kneeling Ace and Marco, "To go with you back to Hogwarts so they may explain anything we may need help with and to meet everyone else so we can slowly introduce our two worlds together without being overwhelmed."

"Yes Headmaster," Ginny replied with a nod as she shot Ace and Marco and nervous look, "But...do you really think that it will be wise to do so? I mean the muggles just drove us from our old world...what if these people do the same?"

"I can promise you girl that we are nowhere as horrible as whatever these muggles where that drove you to just extreme methods of escape," Whitebeard said as he looked down at the red head girl with a soft expression on his face that he normally only kept for his sons and daughters, "Marco and Ace are two of my strongest sons so if you run into any problems they will be able to help protect you."

As one the group looked at Dumbledore who in reply gave them a nod of his head. With that reassurance they turned back to the two waiting pirates.

"Alright, but you are going to have to listen to us," Hermione said as she put her hands on her hips causing the Whitebeard crew to laugh.

"We will, we promise, after all we do not want to unknowingly insult anyone," Marco said good naturally as he held up his hands in mock surrender, "But before we do anything else we need to do one thing."

"A-And what is that?" Neville asked nervously only to gulp when the pineapple haired pirate turned his gaze onto him.

"We need to help your friend become human again or at least get him up and used to walking in his new body," Marco replied causing everyone to turn their attention to the still sitting black wolf in the center of the two circles.

"Something tells me," Ginny began as she looked at the now wolf Harry thoughtfully, "That this will not be easy."

To Be Continued...