Hiccup and the others soon found themselves in Loguetown, they had anchors the Going Tiger on the outskirts of the town. The reason for doing this was so that no one import realise that they were pirates as they did not the Marines on their backs when they were restocking supplies.

"Every pirate headed to the Grand Line stops here to resupply," said Hiccup. "It has everything you could possibly need."

"Good, because who knows what will hit land again once we're on the Grand Line," said Ragnar looking at them all. "We need to get everything we need before we leave."

"I just hope that there is a swordsman around here," said Toothless.

"I imagine they do have one and I had better get some navigation equipment specially designed for the Grand Line," said Fishlegs.

Hiccup walked off. "I'm just gonna sightsee. We'll meet up back on the Going Tiger once were all done and make sure your back before nightfall."

"He seems rather excited being here," said Astrid.

"This is where his idol was born and killed," said Snotlout.

As Hiccup walked he couldn't help but smile. 'The King of the Pirates was born here, I could be walking his very footsteps right now. He was probably even escorted down the street his execution.'


As this was the last island to the Grand Line it got a lot of pirates which meant that there was a Marine base located here in the man in charge was quite tough. A Marine on operations and immediately received a message and quickly made his way to the captain.

"Captain Smoker!" said the Marine as he entered the room which was covered in smoke. "A message from headquarters. I've just received word that Hiccup D Haddock and his pirate crew are headed to Loguetown from the East Blue, he has a starting bounty of 30 million Gil."

"30 million Gil?" said Smoker from within the smoke. "I can't wait to congratulate him."

"Sir, this is the pirate that defeated Krieg and destroyed Arlong Park."

"Shut your mouth," Smoker snapped. The Marine immediately remained quiet as Smoker rose to his feet. "Your stress is useless, you alone must take the pace of your battle. Am I wrong?"

"Uh, no, sir," said the Marine.

Smoker then opened the window and smoke flew out of the room. Now standing before the Marine was a muscular man with silver grey hair, who currently had a garment his mouth. It was clear to the naked eye that this was a man that was strict and not someone to mess with.

"Then why so tense?" Smoker asked.

"Uh, it's been a long time since I've faced a pirate group of this considerable strength, sir."

"You really have nothing to worry about," Smoker assured. "Under my command has their even been a single pirate to set foot on this island without being captured."

"No, sir."

Smoker then immediately grabbed a white jacket and placed it over his bare chest. "Then just calm the hell down, you're screwing up my pacing Marine."

"Sir?"

A second Marine then immediately rushed in to the room.

"Reporting, sir," said the Marine saluting. "I have worked at a pirate group has recently arrived. You're requested there at once."

"It must be Hiccup's group," said the first Marine. "How did they do that? I just got this?"

"30 million, huh?" said Smoker as he made his way to the door. "This might actually be interesting."

"Sir?" the second Marine frowned.

"Just talking to myself, forget it."

The Marine then followed him through the door and the first Marine realise that he hadn't shown the wanted poster to Smoker yet.

"Don't you want to see this, Captain?" he asked.

However, he had already left.


Smoker was now making his way down the street with a Marine, who was a little concerned.

"Captain, you have to tell us what your orders are," he said.

"No need to."

"Sir, you even know who this pirate has defeated?"

Smoker looked at him harshly. "You're annoying me, I am in command here."

"Understood, Captain," said the Marine saluting.

"Where is Stormfly?" Smoker questioned.

"Sir, she mentioned to me that she had some things to do this morning, but that she would try to make it back for training," the marine explained.

"Irresponsible girl," said Smoker shaking his head. "Where the hell did she go?"

Then suddenly the little girl was running the street holding an ice cream cone.

"Yea, I got ice cream!" she cried.

Her father was laughing. "You had better slow down or you're going to drop his."

In fact she had actually ran into Smoker and her ice cream landed all over Smoker's pants. She then slowly looked up and saw the menacing look of Smoker looking down at her.

Her father immediately panicked. "Captain Smoker!"

"M-me ice cream," she said.

"I am very sorry, sir," said her father quickly. "Please don't hurt my daughter, she should have run. Please don't hurt us."

Smoker then bent down and rubbed the girls head. "I'm sorry, my silly pants have eaten all of your ice cream." He then gave her a coin. "Here go by yourself five scoops." He then rose up and looked at the Marine. "Let's go."

"Sir," he nodded.

The girl's father was immensely relieved. "Thank you, sir."

"Thank you," said the girl waving at him.

Smoker merely waved back.


At the docks there was indeed a pirate crew running amok, but it wasn't Hiccup or anyone from his crew. In fact it was a long skinny guy with a curly moustache and beard and wore a pirate's hat shaped like a crescent moon.

"Have at it boys, no need to be shy on my account," he yelled to everyone. "I Galley the Crescent here by proclaim all of your food to be in service to the future King of the Pirates! So don't bother to try and hide anything!"

"Hey," said Smoker who was standing directly behind a bunch of pirates. "Who was in charge here?"

Galley turned to face him. "I think you need to leave."

"So you're Hiccup D Haddock?" he said sceptically. "You're not worth 30 million I guess you're not worth more than my grandmother's false teeth."

Galley glared at him. "Don't you dare speak to me that way! Got it!"

Suddenly smoke began to appear directly around Smoker and the pirates just stared in horror.


Astrid was currently in a shop buying some clothes and was talking to the desk girl.

"Captain Smoker?" she frowned.

"He is definitely one of the toughest Marines we've ever seen in this town," she said. "You see Loguetown used to be a hangout for pirates headed to the Grand Line, but not anymore. As soon as Smoker took over any pirate that has even come near this island has been caught, incarcerated and executed. Smoker is bad, he is a complete and utter monster. Their even those that say that he has Devil Fruit powers."

Astrid's eyes widened. "Devil Fruit powers?"

Smoker had created a thick smoke screen and had taken down every single pirate at the docks in less than a minute. All them were now beaten up and tied together.

"That's amazing, Captain," a Marine smiled. "You've captured Hiccup all by yourself."

Smoker shook his head. "You're a complete idiot. This isn't Hiccup, anyone can tell that. If this garbage was worth 30 million I would become a pirate."

The Marine frowned. "So where's Hiccup?"

"And what's your hurry?" Smoker questioned. "He'll be here soon enough."

Smoker looked up and saw Hiccup making his way down the docks.

"This town is so big it easy to get lost in," said Hiccup as he looked around.

Smoker looked at the Marine. "Is he a member of this garbage?"

"No, I don't think so, not him."

Hiccup made his way over to Smoker. "I don't suppose you can point me to the direction of the execution platform?"

"The platform?"

Hiccup smiled. "I just can't seem to find it."

"Having seen you around here before," Smoker noted.

"This is my first time here on the island," Hiccup explained. "All the previous towns I've been to with way smaller than this."

"So why go to the platform?"

"I'm just here to see where the King of the Pirates was executed," said Hiccup simply.

Smoker looked up.

"Well, I suppose I can find by myself," said Hiccup as he walked off.

"Hold it," said Smoker as a trail of smoke appeared from out of his cigar and down the alleyway. "Just follow the smoke the smoke kid."

"Thanks," said Hiccup and he began to follow the trail.

Smoker just looked at him curiously.


Toothless meanwhile was trying to find a swordsmith, he had some money but all the swords he had seen in the window so far were extremely expensive.

'I can't ask the others from money, but I can't go to the Grand Line with just one sword,' Toothless grimaced.

"Monster? How rude," said a female voice.

Toothless looked up and turned towards the crowd where he found a female drake, wearing a pair of glasses and holding some sort of bundle standing in front of two thuggish-looking figures.

"Shut up! Our bosses behind bars because of you and your idiot of a captain."

"Haven't you earned your lesson?" said the female drake.

"Definitely not, guess we'll need you to teach us again."

"We're supposed to bring your corpse to our boss so that he can see that we have finished you off."

"If you insist, I will fight you," she said bluntly.

One of the thugs laughed. "That's so cute."

"She's really very funny."

"You do know that you're a girl, right?"

Toothless reached for his sword preparing to jump in and then the two thugs jumped at her. However, before Toothless could do anything the girl immediately revealed the bundle was actually a sword. Then quick as a flash she unsheathed the sword and took down the two thugs in an instant.

Everyone was completely stunned, including Toothless.

"Whoa, she did it."

"That was awesome!"

The female drake then immediately tripped and fell to the ground and her glasses skidded across the floor.

"She's good with a sword, but not so good at walking," someone laughed.

"Oh man, where are they?" she groaned as she began beginning the ground for her glasses.

Toothless then picks them up. "Hey, here you go."

The girl looked up and Toothless' eyes widened, because she had an uncanny resemblance to Bladewhip.

"Thanks, that's so kind," she said gratefully. "May I have my glasses?"

Toothless was so stunned that he accidentally dropped the glasses and they smashed on the ground.

"My glasses!" the girl cried.

"I didn't mean… I'm sorry," said Toothless panicking.

"They were really expensive how could you be so mean?"

"It was an accident, I swear."

"You're going to pay for those," the girl glared.

Toothless groaned as he had just found himself in a difficult mess.


Hiccup was now in the back alleyway, now even more lost than ever.

"How hard is it to find an execution platform?" Hiccup groaned. He then began to look around and that's when he noticed a tavern which had the name 'The Roger Gold.' "Roger Gold?"

He then began making his way down a series of steps towards the tavern and found the place completely empty. It looked pretty worn down and was practically falling apart, but that's when he saw an old man sitting at a table.

The old man looked up as he entered. "Excuse me, do you work here? The sign outside said that this place was called The Roger Gold, how did it get that name?"

"Scram," said the old man. "You should leave, this isn't a place for unaccompanied children. Besides, we're closed for good starting today."

"You're going under?" Hiccup enquired.

"I'm not going under, I've decided to shut it down myself. I'm retiring."

"Sorry, I just want to know about the name," said Hiccup as he sat down at the bar. "You see I'm looking for the execution platform and I'm lost. Could you tell me the way?" Hiccup then noticed a skull laying on the table that the old man was sitting at. "What with the skull?"

"Killer Giant, one of the most feared villains to ever haunt the waters of the Grand Line," said the old man tapping the glass in front of the skull. "He sent hundreds of pirates to their deaths in the course of his life." He then smiled. "But it only took Roger D Gold a single blow to put the behemoth down for good."

Hiccup looked up. "Roger D Gold, killed him?"

"With lightning speed, you see Killer Giant was known for using this master blade, but it didn't matter. The whole fight was over before he could even raise it and here's the wound that did it," said the old man gesturing to the cut mark in the skull. "Killer Giant was a killer beast of human flesh anyway, but he proclaimed with his dying breath, 'Roger D Gold, I take my hat off to you. You will for ever be the King of the Pirates.'"

"Tell me more," Hiccup smiled.

"Eric Down, the man known as King… Silver Silver, the world's greatest gunmen… the Giant Beast Brothers, they were all famous for their strength for they were indestructible demons feared by everybody, but not Roger D Gold."

"Quite an interesting tale," said Hiccup.

The old man pleased his glass on the table. "No one wants to hear my stories these days."

"Well there is one person who does."

"Don't rush me, now Roger D Gold, in those days, I suppose even now, he's the only man I've ever known not to be afraid of entering the Grand Line."


The old man then began to remember back when he was much younger sitting in front of his bar was none other than Roger D Gold, before he became King of the Pirates.

'Back then the Grand Line was a mysterious place, boats that chose to venture there were never seen nor heard from again. It was a sea of evil that people feared, which few even conceived to even approach.'

"Old man, giving more rub, the whole bottle," said Roger.

"So what are we celebrating?" Said the Barman as he placed the bottle on the bar.

Roger laughed as he began to drink down the rum. "It's more the farewell, I'm travelling to the Grand Line tomorrow morning. I can't wait to see what it holds in store."

The barman stared at him as if he was crazy. "You can't go there! That places evil!"

"What's wrong with a little evil?"

"Come on, you've heard the same stories I have. It's suicide, nobody has ever come back they just disappear into nothing."

Roger laughed. "I'll just have to see about that. So, how about some more rum, a whole barrel?"


Hiccup was at the edge of his seat.

"After that he drank the entire place dry, he set out the next morning just like he was going sightseeing. Then when I heard that he conquered the Grand Line I wasn't surprised, I was happy to hear that he was the one that finally survived those evil sees. On this day 22 years ago, Roger D Gold died on that platform and that is how it started, that is when it all began the so-called Great Pirate Era where everyone with a boat claims to be a pirate. But look around in this once great town, I bet you won't be able to find yourself a real pirate, nothing here but cowards and scum. Men brave enough to make the journey to the Grand Line have all disappeared in these waters, there are no more true pirates left that is why I'm closing down."

Hiccup smiled. "I'm going to the Grand Line."

The old man looked up. "Roger D Gold was an interesting character and he was exactly what a pirate should be that is why I am here. To go to the Grand Line, get my hands on the One Piece and then become King of the Pirates."

The old man looked at him and for moment it was as if he was seeing the shadow of Roger D Gold behind him.

"Those are some pretty big words," said the old man. "Even more so considering you're in this bar."

"I meant every word of it."

The old man laughs. "Young man, if there are still people like you out there I should probably hold off from closing this place down."

Hiccup shrugged. "It could just be me."

"That's right, it could just be you," said the old man as he made his way to the bar. "In that case let's have a drink, I haven't been in this good mood for some time."

Hiccup smirked. "Perhaps a small one, I still need the use of my legs."

The old man laughed. "Very well." He then placed two glasses of rum on the bar. "Let's raise our glasses together, to the eternal King of the Pirates."

The old man then removed his hat and raised his glass.

Hiccup smiled and raised a glass. "Here is to the King of the Pirates."

The two of them then toasted.


A few minutes later, with directions to the execution platform, Hiccup had left no sooner had he did so that Smoker entered the bar.

The old man groaned. "So it's you?"

"Now that's no way to treat a customer," said Smoker as he made his way to the bar. "Especially your only one."

"Why don't you cut the crap, you just want to see me close this place down," he snarled.

Smoker sat down at the bar. "You don't have a right to be angry with me, I didn't earn all the pirates around here into cowards. That was the decision they all made once they got to know me, that's all." He then noticed two empty glasses on the bar. "Well, isn't that nice. So you had a guest?"

The old man just turned his back on Smoker and said nothing.

"I think I'd like a taste of rum old man," said Smoker.

"I don't have any for you," the old man grunted.

"Don't be such a bastard. Today is a special day," he said as he used his smoke to grab a bottle of rum from the shelf. "Don't you think?"

He then remove the cork and began to drink down the rum.

"Good stuff," he said and then he looked at the empty seat next to him. "I could see it as if it was yesterday, the he was executed."

Hiccup had finally found the Main Street and was now walking down it.

"Finally, I found Main Street," said Hiccup. "Roger must have walked down this very street on his execution day."


Smoker then began to remember the day of Roger D Gold's execution, it was a blistering summer's day and everyone in town had gathered around to see Roger walking down the street in chains.

'It was hot, like today, sticky. They had him shackled as he led him down Main Street towards the square where they built the execution platform. He walked through town like it was a victory parade.'

A young Smoker was making his way through the crowd to get a glimpse of Roger as he made his way down the street. When he looked at the Pirate King himself he didn't see it shred of fear in his eyes, in fact he was perfectly calm. As he walked past Roger gave him a quick glance and a small smile appeared on his face.

'Wealth, fame, power, Roger D Gold obtained this and everything else that life had to offer. He was facing his final moments before death, but he acted as if it was his coronation.'

Roger was now making his way up to the platform where the executioners stood ready. They looked very sweaty, but it had nothing to do with the heat, but of the fact that they themselves were about to kill the Pirate King.

"Do you have any final words to say?" said one of the executioners.

Roger smiled and held his manacles. "Would you mind taking these off? They're beginning to chafe me quite a bit, please."

"I can't do that."

"Where am I going to run?" he asked, but he didn't look entirely surprised that his request had been denied. "That's all right, I guess I'm on my own for this one."

Once he reached the top of the platform he immediately sat down and faced the crowd casually.

"I'll just say this… Destiny… Fate… Dreams… As long as there are people that see freedom in this life, these things shall not vanish from the earth," he said. He then looked at the executioners. "All right, let's get this over with."

The executioners then crossed this long swords and then cross them down so they were right in front of Roger. Everyone waited in bated breath to witness the death of the Pirate King and could barely speak a word.

"Hey!" a voice in the crowd cried out. "Pirate King, tell us where the hell you hit all of your treasure! Is it in the Grand Line or someplace else? You found it, didn't you?"

One of the executioners looked down. "You there… shut up!"

The spectator ignored him. "The legendary treasure, the One Piece!"

Roger chuckled and then burst out laughing. "You want my treasure…"

The executioners then immediately turned at him.

"Just shut your mouth!"

"You can have it," Roger continued as the executioners raise their swords. "I left everything I gathered in one place now you just have to find it!"

The executioners then plunged their swords into Roger, but they were too late. Roger had already sparked the kindling of what would be an aflame that could not be put out across the world. Upon hearing his words the entire crowd cheered at the top of their voices.


Smoker looked back at the barman.

"That is how it all began," said Smoker.

"Hey," said a new voice and Smoker watched as a marine entered the tavern. "Here is a new wanted poster, put it where people can see it."

The Marine immediately saw Smoker and quickly saluted and ended up dropping the poster he was holding. "Captain Smoker, my apologies, Sir."

Smoker notice the poster, gone out of his seat and picked it up and it was none other than Hiccup's wanted poster.

"I don't believe it," said Smoker shaking his head. "That kid was Hiccup D Haddock."


Hiccup had finally reached the execution platform.

"There it is, this is where they executed the King of the Pirates" he said as if he was standing in front of a sacred altar. "The place where the greatest pirate that ever lived died and the place with the Great Pirate Era began."