IRON WILL

Prologue

This story is primarily inspired by other BETTER One Piece fanfics like "This Bites!" and "Coby's Choice". Stories where the Straw Hat Pirates are a larger crew and/or someone screwed with the cannon, if you want to read stories with actual talent and skill to read those. This is just coming from a 17-year-old that got curious and wanted to put a SI/OC to have fun and maybe cry, any and all feedback and advice is appreciated.

The prologue will mainly be used to introduce the main character and how he ends up in One Piece.

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So here I am, laying awake in bed, it's 12:00 am on a Monday. Insomnia's a bitch, yeah yeah.

My name's Lennon Terrance, Junior in high school, underachiever, underweight, over paranoid, gamer, have little to no friends, cried over a manga several times, light wei-wait I already said that.

Not exactly painting the best picture of myself, huh?

Well anyway, I guess I should talk about my likes and dislikes. My favorite live action show is 'It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia', my favorite character being the insane and absolute legend that is Frank Reynolds. My favorite American animated show being 'South Park' with my favorite episode being 'I Never Should Have Gone Zip lining'. My favorite band is 'The Beatles'. I hate hearing people bitch. People that use me in group projects and people that trick me into borrowing my phone only for someone else to come up to ask if I want a smoke ONLY FOR THEM TO STEAL MY PHONE, SERIOUSLY, SCREW THEM!

Damn that was a tangent and a half.

Anyway, I do...decent in school, moving on.

But, without a doubt, my favorite story ever told is the manga with over 1000 chapters, the love child of Eiichiro Oda, One Piece.

I just love the art style, characters, the arcs, just EVERYTHING. It's just that good.

I've just gotten done with the Reverie mini arc, and I'm about to get into Wano, I'm safe to say that I'm pretty caught up.

And seeing that I'm at a good stopping point, I decide to shut off my phone and whist myself off to dreamland.

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I wake up, or more likely I'm dreaming, in a blindingly white void. Like seriously it's hurting my eyes it's that bright.

So deciding to explore the dream I started to walk around and that's when I realized.

I'm butt necked.

"Oh goddamn it, I hate these kinds of dreams!", I murmur in embarrassment as I try to cover my…

I don't have to spell it out, right?

As I continue to walk around in this seemingly endless void, I start to think I'm just walking in place.

Like this is seriously so boring, have ever been in a boring ass maze? Well now imagine it if you're not making progress and with your pride and dignity out in the wind, it blows. Not only am I mentally numb I'm also embarrassed.

Yay, what a blast.

I swear this goes on for like an hour, when am I going to wake up? I was just about to slap myself awake until…

"Lennon Terrance."

A voice so loud and with so much bass it feels like god himself is shitting on my very existence.

Like seriously, going from absolute silence to hearing a voice that's like Morgan Freeman if he inhaled a tank of Sulfur Hexafluoride all around you is pretty startling.

"NGAH, holy shit!", I scream out in both shock and fear.

"Lennon Terrance, your time is quickly approaching."

"Wh-what do you mean?"

"Tomorrow, your life will come to an end."

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OH! GOD!

I don't wanna die! I'm 17! I never had a girlfriend! I never touched a boob! I have a sister that looks up to me! What will happen to my family?!

"Wait wait wait," I stammer out trying to put my two cents in, "How do you know that I'm going to die? This is a dream, in fact you're probably a-A BIIIG NEERD!" I end it while wiggling my finger

"Young Lennon, this is no joke, your death is quickly approaching."

"Well h-how do you know?!"

"I go by many names, Buddha, God, Satan, Yahweh, for you, you may call me... Rob."

Wow, for someone that is compared to LITERAL GODS, it's kinda funny that he calls himself Rob.

Well it would be if he wasn't telling me that I'm going to die.

"If you are a god, which you aren't, why are you talking to me about the fact that I'm going to die?... Which I won't!"

"Because young Lennon, I would like to give you a choice."

"A choice?"

"Yes, you see young Lennon," The being known as Rob starts to elaborate, "There are many fates for when one dies, some may go to 'Heaven', others may go to 'Hell'. They might be reincarnated with no memories of their past lives, or they might simply...cease to exist."

That's cosmically horrifying!

"But for you, Young Lennon, I would like to give you a choice."

"A choice?"

"Yes, in this case in your death you would be reincarnated, HOWEVER," Rob states with much grandeur, "I would like to reincarnate you with all your memories."

"Ok that's overly nice. Especially with the fact I called you a big nerd. What's the catch?"

"This world...isn't yours. This world is one with mystical powers, grand fleets, different races, people who go out onto the seas for fame, power and wealth."

Wait...this sounds...oddly familiar.

"In this world it's the golden age of piracy, a land with incredible adventures are bound to be had. Where one man, the King of The Pirates, left all his treasure…," Rob says. Even though I can't see him, I can HEAR his shit eating grin.

"In One Piece."

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WHAT THE FUCK!

Ok! Not only am I going to die, not only does God (or at least a type of god) exist, NOT ONLY does reincarnation exist, BUT, I, a filthy weeb, who stays up late watching funny Vinesauce streams, with little to NO accomplishments to my name, is going to get reincarnated into my favorite manga.

What doth life?

"Ok, reincarnated into a manga is where I cross the line in a dream," I say with complete exasperation," Screw you guys, Imma going home."

"Would you rather be reincarnated in North Korea?"

"... Damn it."

"That's what I thought. Anyway, there will be few...changes to the story when you get there."

I raise my eyebrow in intrigue.

"Like what?"

"Well, besides the ones you will make, you will be born 2 years before Luffy in Foosha Village. Besides that, I refuse to tell you what changes I'll make to the 'cannon'."

Alright, if I play my cards right, I could get to be on Luffy's crew.

That's neat!

"Alright, seeing that I'm going to die anyways, I...accept this insanity."

I hear Rob chuckle a bit.

"Young Lennon, I wish you the best of luck, may it be good or bad, heroic or villainous, may you have a grand adventure, now…"

I see the former white void darken as a yellow fire start to surround me.

"SHIAKAZING!"

And in an instant, I'm gone.

"...HAHAHA!!" Rob roars with laughter, "What a dumbass! I can't believe that he bought the whole 'you're going to die' schtick!"

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So this ends the prologue, leave any feedback as this is my first fanfic and leave any thoughts as to where you think the story will go.

Also, what do you think of pairings? Luffy and Lennon will end up with a lady in this story and many more crack-ass pairings.

Adios, and thank you for reading!