Edited
P.S i will most likely be swapping between Australian and American spelling- most of the author notes will be written with Australian spelling since i am Australian and the chapters will have a mix of both. depends on who edits and if i change words back after getting the chapters get back to me after being beta'd.
Hello my readers! if see something that looks like it spelled wrong, well there will be one of two reason for it. one- it might be spelled wrong or two- it might be because I am Australian and we spell a few of our world different. Like we say and write mum instead of mom, centre instead of center, colour instead of color and a more that I can't be bothered to add. now, on with the chapter! Macey, if you would my dear!
Macey: KERENNIE doesn't own One Piece, just this storyline and OCs. some characters may also appear a little OCC but that's all for the storyline so please forgive KERENNIE for it. Please read and hopeful enjoy!
Chapter 1
East Blue, four years later…
Macey hide as she saw people, the guards, running around. Damn it, first she wasn't able to get out the town before those damn gates closed, then suddenly they were open and she was going to leave but a freaking fire started so then the damn gates closed, again! And now these guard guys were getting people to go back to their houses and telling them they have nothing to worry about because they weren't going to the let the fire get in!
Macey can't let them find her! Macey untied her sash from her hip and wrapped it around her face to hide her face and the worse of her long hair, which wasn't tied back. Damn it, her hair was getting way too long. She'll have to get Don to cut it for her later.
Macey pulled out a Den-Den Mushi and called Don. The poor guy must be worried sicked about her by now.
"Mace?" a voice said as they answered. "Where the fuck are you? There's a fucking fire!"
"I know Don," Macey told him. It's not the fucking fire wasn't obvious or anything. "I'm stuck in town."
"Get to the docks. I'll come get you," Don told her.
"It's fine Don," Macey laughed. Her First Mate was worrying over nothing. She was fine. "I can survive one night in town hiding. The guards are getting people to either go home or taking them to the upper part of town. I'm pretty damn sure that the Nobles here started that fire."
"Agreed," Don sighed- obviously not liking that his captain has decided to not let him pick her up. "You sure you don't want me to swim and get you? I'm a Fishman. It's no problem for me Captain."
"And have people freak out and try to kill you if they see you?" Macey said in a serious deadpan voice. There was no way in hell that Macey was going to let Don risk his life that. Not just her, it is stupid and unnecessary. "I don't think so Donate. Tell Sin and the others I'll be back in the morning with food and… what the fuck…?"
Macey stopped walking and just stood there as she saw the cloaked figure. He turned and saw her and Macey dropped her snail. Fuck! Who the hell was he and the fuck did he come from!?
"What's going on!? Mace?!" Don's voice shouted as it came from the snail.
"Who are you girl…?" the figure asked Macey.
Macey said nothing as her eyes searched for a way out. Shit! Shit! Shit! She can't be caught already! Macey stopped searching for a way out when she saw a kid laying against a brick wall behind the man.
"What did you do to him?" Macey hissed. Damn it, she can't just leave the kid here!
"Nothing," the man answered. Macey would hear the honesty and truth behind his voice. If he didn't hurt the kid then who did? "The guards beat the kid up because he wanted to get out and warn the people of the Grey Terminal about the fire. He told me what happened. The Goa Kingdom has finally got a kid to say those words."
That was where Macey and her friends were? The Goa Kingdom? In the whole year that her and her crew have been here she never knew where they were till now. And the guards did this to the poor kid? If she sees any of them, they're dead.
"And what words were those, sir?" Macey asked.
Macey picked up her snail again as the cloaked man left. Damn it! She knew that the Royals and Nobles here were sick and bad (what ones aren't poor now that Macey thinks about it?) but… shit! And this kid was one of them (okay, maybe there one good noble in this world after all) but didn't want to be? (Not that Macey blamed him, she wouldn't want to be one of them either if she was in his shoes either). He tried to stop it? He tried to save people! This poor kid! And Macey also swears that he looks familiar to her but she can't work out why or how…
But Macey wants to hear the kid tell her himself what happened and about the fire… she wants to hear the boy tell her what he told the cloaked man herself.
Macey looked at kid- he wouldn't be much younger than Macey either… Damn it, she can't just leave him here now! Not when he was clearly injured and hurt! She had too many questions for him! And she needed to get him to a doctor too!
"MACE!" her snail yelled at her. "What's happening!? Are you okay!?"
"Don, change of plans," Macey told him as she picked up the kid and her snail. "Meet me at the docks. I'm leaving and I'm bring someone with me. A kid, he's out cold and he has a very interesting story for us. You have to hear it. Wake up Jack if he's asleep."
"Okay got it, on my way," Don said.
"Be careful Don," Macey told him.
"You too Mace, you too," Don smiled as he hung up.
"Aren't I always?" Macey laughed to herself then shook her head, "Why did I even ask that? Even I know the answer to that."
Sabo wake up slowly. His head was sore and hurting all over like all freaking hell. What happened? Was did Sabo's head hurt so much…? The last thing that Sabo remember was… the fire! That's right! Sabo was trying to get Ace and Luffy because of the fire! But the guards wouldn't let him past to save his brothers and they beat him up but he had managed to get away from them and then there was cloaked man! Sabo cried and told the cloaked man everything!
Sabo then remembered that he had passed out in the street so that means that someone must have found him! Most likely his parents or the police! Damn it!
Sabo looked around the room and realised that it wasn't a hospital room or his own bed… it looked an infirmary on a small ship or something… what the hell…? Where is Sabo…? Who picked him up? Why is he here? What's going on? Where is Sabo?
Has Sabo… has Sabo been saved…?
"Good morning," a voice said.
Sabo squeaked and jumped. Who the hell said that!? Who was here!?
"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you young man," the voice said again.
Sabo looked at the person who the voice belonged too. It belonged to a man, a kind tall man with black and white hair, blue eyes, looks like he is in his late teens maybe, wearing black pants, a black shirt with a white pirate skull on it and a white doctor's coat over the top of all of it. Who are the hell is this guy!?
"Who are you!?" Sabo yelled freaking out a little since he had no idea who this guy is. Who was this guy? Why was Sabo here?!
"You can call me Jack, everyone does," Jack smiled- with a very friendly smile. "I'll grab the Captain. She'll explain everything."
Captain…? She…? What?
"Are you a Marine or pirate, sir?" Sabo asked as Jack went to the door.
Jack laughed as he opened the door, "Let me tell you this kid, we aren't no fucking marines. And you don't need to be polite. Oi! Sin! Get the Cap and the rest of the crew would ya!? The kid wake up!"
Jack closed the door before he even got an answer.
Sin? Who was that? Sabo didn't know that name.
"Anyway kid, you know my name but I don't know yours, what is it?" Jack asked as he sat down.
"Sabo, sir," Sabo answered. Making sure to remember his manners. So… if he wasn't a Marine then was he was a pirate? He's one of the most normal-ish looking people that Sabo has ever seen if he was a pirate. Plus, he was really friendly. Nothing like Bluejam and his crew.
"How old are you Sabo?" Jack asked looking the kid over. Jack would guess to be somewhere between nine and twelve. There was no way this kid was older than the Captain, he had to be closer to nine or ten.
"Ten sir," Sabo answered.
Jack's mouth dropped for a moment then he closed it again. This kid is awfully polite. Jack hated it.
"Don't call me sir," Jack smiled at Sabo, "You make me sound and feel old. And I'm only eighteen. I'm not a sir."
"Okay, Jack-san," Sabo nodded and said slowly.
"Just Jack kid," Jack sighed.
"Jack!" a girl smiled walking in as she slammed open the door. "Our guest wake up, did he?"
Guest? So that means that Sabo's not a prisoner, he guesses. So, they won't or shouldn't hurt him and will let him go… right? Sabo needs to go as soon as he can! He needs to find and make sure that Ace and Luffy are okay!
"The kid you kidnap Mace," Jack smirked- teasing the younger girl and his captain. "Yeah, he did."
Mace was pretty- at least Sabo thought she was. She was a kind of tall though not as tall as Jack, she looked young, maybe not much older Sabo and was nowhere near as old as Jack. She had long blonde hair that was out but held back with an aqua, (or it was turquoise?) coloured headband, a purple shirt that was tied off to the side, black ankle length pants, wearing nice looking sandals and an aqua (or maybe it was turquoise again?) sash tied around her waist/pants.
"I didn't kidnap him!" Mace told Jack- a little annoyed and defensively. "I just merely took him without permission so no-one could find him, difference."
"So you stole him?" Jack teased again.
Macey hated Jack so much right now- he was never going to let her forget this, was he?
"Shut up!" Macey yelled at Jack.
"Jack? Are you teasing Mace again?" Don said standing near the door as the rest of the crew walked into the room. It was a small crew, only six of them in total- Mace, Don and Jack included in that.
Jack- the jack of all trades but he almost does doctor and infirmary stuff since he is the only one in the crew with any medical knowledge and experience other than Macey herself. Former Marine brat- dad's a marine and they did not get along at all and his mum was a doctor. Been with the crew for two years.
Don aka Donate- First Mate and main fighter with Macey. He is also a shark type Fishman, though none is completely sure what kind. Former slave. Been with Macey since she rescued him. So the beginning, about four years.
Sin aka Sinner- shipwright (repairs the ship when it needs it), engineer and inventor. Former slave like and with Don. Been with Macey and Don since the beginning, so about four years.
Max- former slave as well, but for a different master to Don and Sin. Cook. One of the newest members of the crew, only joined last year, just before they got this island, so been with the crew for two years now.
Marc- ex-travelling performer. Helps out wherever he needs too. Musician, Magician and Illusionist. Been with the crew for two years, another one of the newest members.
Mace aka Macey- devil fruit researcher, navigator (though she isn't the world's best one but better than nothing) and Captain of this small little crew. Saved and rescued all of her crew mates. Doesn't force them to do anything they don't want to do, though sometimes they still things that they don't want too. Only gives orders when needed and lets the crew voice and speak up with things they agree or disagree with. But just because they can voice themselves and their options, doesn't mean that Macey listens to them. She does have final say after all, she is the captain.
"Sabo meet the Captain of the Freedom Fighters Pirates," Jack said to Sabo who just stared at Macey and Don as they talked. Sabo has never seen a Fishman in life before, "Yo! Cap!"
"Sorry," Macey said as Jack got her attention. "I'm Macey but you can call me Mace if you like. Captain of the Freedom Fighters. Who is this pirate crew. Welcome aboard the Free Flyer."
Sabo looked at Jack- he was confused. The Flyer Free? What was that?
"The Free Flyer is the name of our ship," Jack sighed.
"Oh," Sabo nodded. that make sense. "Thank you for having me Captain Macey."
Sabo looked back at Don who was hiding behind the door. Don couldn't look at the kid. Macey looked between Sabo and Don.
"Sabo was it?" Macey smiled- yes, she had been listening to Jack even though she had talking with Don.
"Yes ma'am," Sabo nodded looking at her.
"Call me that again and I will make you walk the plank," Macey said in a dead serious voice then she laughed at Sabo's horrified face. "Not! I was just kidding kid. Shessh, why do you keep staring at Don?"
Sabo looked back at him again then looked away.
"Cause he's a Fishman…" Sabo muttered.
"Do you have a problem with that?" Macey asked him as she raised her eye brow at Sabo.
"No Miss Macey," Sabo shook his head and put his hands up defencelessly, waving them a little. Sabo had no problem with that at all! he thought it was cool in fact! "I've just… it's just... I've never seen one in person before is all…"
Macey looked at Don who stayed by the door. She knew out of all of the crew he had the hardest time with new people. Don is a Fishman and he got treated really badly by some humans. Macey is probably the only one, well, she was at least the first human who was nice to Don, so she is the only one that he trusts. The others are nice to Don too, just, the trust between Macey and Don is different between the trust that Don has with the others, especially with Sin. That trust that Don has with Sin is different to the trust that has with the others and with Macey, for certain reasons.
"Scared of him?" Macey asked- a little sadly. She was used to people being scared of Don, but that doesn't mean that she likes it. after all, Don is a nice guy once you get to know him. "Don can leave if you want. He won't mind or take offence to it. He's use to it. Plus Don's not good with new people anyway."
"No Miss Macey," Sabo said shaking his head. He didn't want Don to leave, he wasn't scared of the Fishman. He finds him interesting, not scary. "I'm not scared of him. I find him interesting is all."
"Why?" Sin asked- a little shocked. "Don is kind of scary if you ask me. I mean…"
Sin aka Sinner- fifteen, orange hair, brown eyes, wearing a long sleeve white shirt, a yellow jumper, brown boots and long black pants.
"Why?" Sabo asked Sin, though he had no idea who Sin was. "Because he's different? There's wrong or scary about being different."
"Sin, shut up before I throw you overboard," Macey sighed. Her crew is such a handful sometimes, she swears. "I'll introduce the crew then, Don! Get your lazy shark bum in here! The kid is cool with you! As I said before, I'm Macey, the Captain. That's Donate though we call him Don, my First Mate and resident Fishman."
Don walked in, closing the door behind him and nodded his head to Sabo.
"Sinner is our shipwright but we all call him Sin for short," Macey said pointing to Sin who just nodded his head. "He and Don go a bit back. Sin knows what Don is capable of which is why he is scared of him. Me, I find what Don is capable of highly amusing, that's why he's my First Mate."
"Highly amusing she says," Jack laughed. "Really, you call someone ten times, maybe even a hundred times stronger than you highly amusing?"
What was Jack on about?
"Of course," Macey said seriously, "Anything that I deem fun and interesting, like fighting with Don and Don in general, I also call highly amusing. You should know that by now Jack. Anyway, you've meet our jack of all trades but we force him to be our doctor, Jack."
"We have met," Jack nodded.
"Then there's our cook Max and the highly and always entertaining and helpful Marc," Macey said introducing the last two people in the crew.
"Hello young sir," Max bowed.
Max was around sixteen with red hair, brown eyes, wearing well, pretty much everything red- red shirt, red pants, red jumper and red boots- pretty much wearing all red.
"S' up!" Marc smiled.
Marc was around seventeen with dark blue hair, matching dark blue eyes and he was wearing a black cloak that has a kind of colourful (in dark colours) and shiny inside, long black pants, a long sleeve black shirt, black gloves and black boots.
"And that's the crew," Macey smiled and told the younger blonde. "Now Sabo, I would like you to answer a few questions and give me some information then we can talk about what we're going to do with you. But don't worry, we're not going to kill you."
Macey laughed and waved as the others all just sighed and shook their heads, why do they follow this crazy girl again? Oh right, they owe her their lives…
"Okay," Sabo nodded. "What would you like to know?"
Wait, what? Why wasn't this kid worried? Seriously, anyone else would be worried about their fate in her hands. Why isn't this kid worried?
Somewhere in the New World, three years ago…
"West!" Thatch shouted as he held some wanted posters in one hand and a newspaper in his another. "Where's Marco!? He has to see this!"
"I believe he's talking with Pops right now," West answered, "Why? What's up?"
West stood there with some of the other commanders, they just been talking about trivial stuff really. What they were going to do on the next land, how they all think Marco is going, what to do about the spot left by the twelfth division commander, the weather and things like that.
"I think there's survivor!" Thatch told West and his other brothers/fellow commanders.
"A what?" Izo asked.
"A survivor!" Thatch repeated.
"From what?" Kingdew asked.
"The researcher island! That one where Naomi was from!" Thatch told them excitedly, one could see the fourth division being pretty much vibrating. "I think there's a survivor!"
"What in gods name makes you think that Thatch?" Vista asked him.
"This!" Thatch answered showing them all newspaper article and the wanted posters he was holding. "Apparently, a kid was dumb enough to free slaves and steal a ship from a Celestial Dragon last year then attacked a Marine Base a few days ago this year!"
"What does this have to do with a survivor from an island that buster called last year?" West asked- to understanding where his brother was going with this.
"Just look at the damn wanted poster!" Thatch whined.
They all looked- a young girl, blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing a purple shirt that clearly too big so it looked a dress on her, an aqua or turquoise sash around her face to hide her identity most likely, black pants and black sandals that were also clearly too big for her…
Wait… what?
Purple shirt, black pants, black sandals and an aqua or turquoise sash plus blue eyes and blonde hair? That was pretty much like describing Marco to a T but he has a gold belt thing with aqua or turquoise gems and was male while this was girl…
What the hell!?
"Oh we so have to show this Marco," West said in agreement with Thatch. They had too! It was a young girl veriosn of him! West wanted to see Marco's face when he sees this! "And Pops. Come on! Let's go interrupt their meeting and hope that Marco doesn't kill us for it."
"Just blame Thatch," Izo smiled.
"We will," the other commanders agreed.
"Hey!" Thatch whined.
"What?" West laughed- finding Thatch's reaction hilarious. "It is your fault after all, remember?"
Thatch muttered some very colourful and choice words about his brothers which just made them all laugh.
Well, what do we think?
Marco: When do I get to meet my daughter-yoi?
You haven't met her yet?
Marco *death glaring*: No. I haven't. why else would I ask?
West: Yeah! when do we get to actually meet Mace?
Macey *standing right there in front of them*: Ahem, i'm right here you know.
Marco and West: Not here, in the storyline Macey/Mace.
Whenever I feel like, deal with it. it's going to be a bit boys.
*more death glares*
sigh, I can't win, can I?
Macey's crew: that's your dad? *pointing at Marco*
Macey: Yes
Jack: I don't know if I should be disappointed or not.
*Don laughing in the background as the rest of the crew nods their heads in agreement with Jack then hides behind Jack because of glares from Marco as West laughs*
West: Where's Pops and the others?
Not here. Next time boys.
West *shrugging shoulders*: okay.
*Don takes a picture with a camera that he that just appeared out of nowhere then runs away with the crew to find the Whitebeard Pirates as Macey, West and I crack up laughing and Marco just stares there in disbelief*
I love this crew.
Macey: Me too. Hey, do I get a bigger crew?
Maybe, we'll see.
*Macey shrugs her shoulder since she doesn't really care that much*
Macey: Are we going to cover their backgrounds/backstories?
Soon.
ASL: What about us!?
We'll cover and get back to you guys soon too. don't worry.
*ASL nods their heads then Ace and Luffy hug Sabo*
oh my god they're so cute!
oh right, diana9al- hope this chapter and the future ones are good and aren't a letdown for you! or the other readers! please leave reviews! if not, all well, I have enough to worry about.
Macey: we need longer chapters.
no, we don't. I think around 2777 for the chapter itself is enough, i am tyring between 2000-3000 words for each of your chapters Mace, then the added stuff from this/author notes makes it long enough. I do have other works you know. still need to finish the We're Taking Ace chapter plus, I need get back to Fire Brothers as well. they want longer chapters too. plus a fan who I can't remember the name of wants my We're taking Chapters to be longer too so I need to work on that.
Macey: then what about us?
i'll get there once I have the others worked out.
Macey: what about future generations? that future one piece fan-fic thing you started?
*stare at Macey* that was meant to be a surprise for Christmas/next year! I'm hoping to have at least half of it finished because I start posting it. it's going to be the longest fanfic I write. I have barely started that!
Macey: Your writing it for your brother, he's what like 14 and have finished like 4 chapters.
for a start- he has only read chapter 1, I only see him once a week, or every ten days so he only a chapter then. for the middle- I have finished 3 chapters. haven't even finished chapter 4 yet. and last but not least, it's not something I am putting up till either Christmas or next year! So shut it! or I won't write or post on you for a month! I have better things to work on right now!
Macey: sorry.
that's better. sigh, I can't win or make anyone happy man. okay, let's wrap this up before the others try and get in here and tell me what to do too! till next week/time fans!