Welcome to the third chapter of Donquixote Prince. Yes, this chapter is like a day early but for a good reason. Tomorrow I have to get up early to get my new State ID, hopefully, and then go on a tour of a college. So I figured I'd post the chapter early rather than have you guys wait till the afternoon tomorrow for it. This chapter covers the introduction of Luffy, Ace, and Sabo. Now, you'll be a bit confused at Ace's attitude towards Luffy but I'll explain the reason post chapter. Concerning my other stories, I'm getting to a point I need to write more for this story and To Save A Brother's Life. But, the problem is I've been sick the past week with a really sore throat and sore body. Now, one may be like "But you can still write with those right?" No, not at all. Not when your body aches like a mothertrucker and every time you cough it hurts like somebody's stabbing you. Decisions Over Tea just finished its fourth chapter and as a piece of information, it turns out Tashigi's joining the crew as a Marine Liaison. Now you're probably wondering why that's happening. Well, in DOT Luffy, Ace and Sabo's relationships with the Marines are a lot better. This is part of Sabo's plan to get rid of the Tenryubito. He figured, what better way to get them than turn their protectors against them. The relationship for this story btw has been decided as AceSaboLuffy, with all of them being versatile in their relationship. But nothing will happen until Luffy turns sixteen/seventeen. As for the Devil Fruit, I have decided on a Mythical Zoan like the one that's going to show up in DOT. As a hint, it's going to be a Mythical Hito Hito no Mi, free cookies to anyone who can guess what it's going to be. Anyways onwards we go!
Disclaimer: Don't own OP, if I did then I'd hope that I could have the men of the Straw Hat Pirates' immune system. Like seriously none of them have ever gotten sick.
Donquixote Prince
They didn't actually leave for Goa Kingdom for three months. This was to get everything set up for the trip. One of the things was seeing if they could acquire a seastone lined ship for transport to East Blue. Rosinante made sure that it was possible by asking Sengoku who willingly allowed it. The other thing was that they were waiting on two Devil Fruits they had found that had arrived. These two Devil Fruits were wanted by Monet and Sugar, although they had to have a talk with Sugar about her fruit. The reason being for this was that Sugar's fruit, the Hobi Hobi no Mi had two downsides to it. The first, she was warned to make sure she got control of her powers before she touched anybody. When a person with the fruit turned somebody into a toy, it erased all memories other people had of the person. They warned her about this lest she accidentally use it on one of them. The other downside, or plus in some people's cases, was that it permanently halted the aging of the user. So, Sugar would be stuck at ten unless she ran into someone who had a Devil Fruit that could manipulate age. Sugar accepted this and ate the fruit before going into full training mode. Monet got a Logia-type fruit, the Yuki Yuki no Mi, or the Snow Snow Fruit. It allowed her to manipulate snow transform into it at will, as the name said.
Come the three months they were all packed and on the ship chartered to take them to East Blue. It took them a few weeks but they finally managed to make it there. Of course, Luffy was at the front of the ship staring at awe. The Marines manning the ship thought the boy was in awe because of the kingdom, that is until they heard him speak.
"Look Papa! Look at the mountain! That's where all the cool animals are!" Luffy said, causing his Papa to chuckle.
"Let's get to the hotel first then you can go exploring." Doflamingo said, ruffling his child's hair.
Many would wonder why it sounded as if Doflamingo wasn't going to send anybody with his kid. Well, that's because he wasn't. He was confident enough in his son to be able to take care of the animals here. He was also confident that even if there came an animal his son couldn't take care of, he'd know to run. Soon enough the boat reached the dock and everyone got off, helping carry everything to the hotel in High Town. Doflamingo really didn't want to get a hotel in the noble's town but the nobles in the town insisted, probably wanting to get friendly with an ex-Celestial Dragon turned Shichibukai. When they got to the hotel they all saw Luffy off who put his adorable little red feather mantle to match his father, as well as red sunglasses like his Papa's, and grabbed his steel bo staff. He hadn't really gotten a handle on any specific weapon so they stuck with a bo staff for now. Ignoring all the nobles looking his way Luffy made his way to where his Papa had said the entrance to Gray Terminal was. When he got there, he was stopped by the guards.
"Who are you little kid and why are you heading to a trash heap like Gray Terminal?" One of the guards asked.
Luffy scowled at them.
"I'm Donquixote D. Luffy! My Papa said I can go play on the mountain and this is the fastest way to Mt. Colubo." Luffy said.
The guards backed up a bit when they heard that.
"Donquixote? Could he be the son of the new Shichibukai?" The other guard asked his partner.
"Yup! That's my Papa!" Luffy said cheerfully.
The guards then gave him a questioningly look.
"Why would you want to go play on the mountain? There's bandits there and dangerous animals." The guard said.
Luffy pouted.
"How else am I going to play? It sounds like fun!" Luffy said.
With a sigh the guard shrugged before opening the gate and letting him through. With a cheer Luffy charged into Gray Terminal. Weaving his way through the junk he quickly made his way to the edge of the Gray Terminal and the start of the hike up the mountain. This was going to be fun!
Elsewhere there were two boys running through the forest. One of them had messy black hair, grey eyes and was wearing an orange sleeveless shirt and brown cargo shirts. The other was blonde haired with blue eyes and missing a tooth. He was wearing a black top hat adorned with blue goggles and wearing a fancy blue outfit. These two kids were Portgas D. Ace and Sabo, boys who were friends and looking to become pirates. Ace lived with the bandits on Mount Colubo while Sabo lived in Gray Terminal, having run away from his family. Suddenly Ace stopped as his stomach growled.
"Sabo! I'm hungry, let's catch some food." Ace said eagerly.
Sabo rolled his eyes as if this was an everyday occurrence. That, however, was because it was an everyday occurrence. How his friend could eat so much would always elude him.
"Alright, but no crocodiles. Every time we catch one you don't leave any meat for me." Sabo said with a look.
Ace gave a huff.
"It's not my fault you're too slow! Fine, we'll catch a tiger." Ace said before they headed off.
As they got further in the forest they heard the sounds of fighting. That caused them to pause and make their way to the location. What met their eyes shocked them, big time. Right in front of them was a boy that wore a red feather mantle and red sunglasses with no shirt and just shorts that had to be younger than them. That wasn't what shocked them, what shocked them was the fact that he was fighting evenly with a gigantic tiger that the boys recognized as the Beast King, the boss of Mt. Colubo. The boy charged at the Beast King with a metal bo staff that suddenly turned black. When the staff slammed into the tiger the tiger went flying and careened through a couple of trees. Seconds later the tiger tackled the boy which made Sabo move to run forward. However, he was stopped by Ace.
"He's going to get killed!" Sabo whispered furiously.
Ace scoffed at that.
"If he's dumb enough to attack the Beast King then he deserves to die." Ace said.
It was times like this that Sabo really disliked his friend's darkness in him. However, they were quickly distracted when the tiger was sent flying again, and it slumped to the floor, panting in exertion. The kid then darted at the tiger and jumped in the air.
"Buso: Sky Slam!" The boy shouted, his staff going black before he slammed it onto the tiger.
The two boys heard a sickening crack as the tiger suddenly stopped moving.
"Is… is it dead?" Ace whispered in shock.
The boy cheered and sat on the back of the tiger.
"That was fun! Hey you two can come out now!" The boy shouted.
Instantly the boys flinched, seeing that they had been noticed. It confused them because they were very well hidden. But nevertheless, they walked forward, their weapons out.
"Hiya there! I'm Luffy! Donquxiote D. Luffy!" Luffy said cheerfully.
Ace scoffed but Sabo had shock on his face.
"So? I care why?" Ace asked.
Sabo turned and started shaking Ace violently.
"Do you know who he's the son of?!" Sabo shouted.
Ace pushed Sabo back before righting himself. He then raised a brow at his friend.
"What? Is he the son of some noble?" Ace asked.
Sabo shook his head violently.
"No! He's the son of the newest Shichibukai and former Celestial Dragon, Donquixote Doflamingo, Captain of the Donquixote Pirates!" Sabo said.
Ace was a bit shocked at that, because that meant the boy was the son of a pirate. Which meant that the boy could have stories about pirate adventures. And despite Ace's hatred for the world, he could be bribed with stories, especially about pirates that were not his father. However, he had a question for Sabo.
"How the hell do you know that?" Ace asked.
Sabo glared at the boy because he knew very well how he knew that.
"I read the newspaper remember? You always said that it was useless but looks like the information came in handy." Sabo said.
Ace chuckled sheepishly at that, he had definitely said something along those lines. What? So he thought reading the news was useless. Well, it was useless to him until he became a pirate so he could read about his bounty. He then turned to the boy who was looking at them funny.
"So… you're the son of a pirate?" Ace asked.
"Shishishi! You guys are funny! But yeah that's my Papa! He's amazing!" Luffy said eagerly.
Sabo however had a different question for Luffy.
"Why is your Papa a former Celestial Dragon? I thought they kept their title forever?" Sabo asked.
Luffy's face scrunched up in concentration as he tried to remember the explanation his Papa and Uncle had given him.
"Ah, according to Papa, Grandpapa was a really kind man and wanted to live like everyone else. So he let go of his title. But… things got bad because people really don't like Celestial Dragons." Luffy said somberly.
Sabo and Ace winced at that. Sabo could only imagine how normal people would treat a former Celestial Dragon.
"What happened?" Ace asked, causing Sabo to slap him for the rude question.
Ace and Sabo started bickering until Luffy actually answered the question.
"According to Papa, Grandmum got sick and the other people refused to help her. They also would attack Papa and Uncle every day until one day Grandmum died. Papa… kinda lost it and blamed grandpapa and killed him. He thought that if he brought his Papa's body back to the Celestial Dragons they'd accept him back but they didn't." Luffy said.
Sabo and Ace really grimaced at that. At first it sounded like his Papa was a bad guy but from the sound of it, at least what Sabo thought, was that Doflamingo suffered a psychotic break. They however quickly realized that Luffy was still speaking.
"Ah, Papa was in a dark place for a long time, that is until he found me! He said that he changed after he found me and became a lot nicer and happier. He says I'm the light in his darkness." Luffy said.
Found him? That made him sound like he wasn't biologically Doflamingo's son. Ace voiced that much, curious about the boy's real parents.
"Ah, yeah Papa said he found me in a shipwreck on the beach. But I don't care if Papa's not my real Papa. Blood doesn't always make family! Some of the best family are people you form bonds with." Luffy said eagerly.
Suddenly Ace froze at that statement. Sabo noticed this and inwardly sighed. He agreed with Luffy and to be completely honest, Sabo felt that Ace needed to hear someone other than him say it. In Ace's mind, he was running through those words in his mind. He wasn't expecting somebody else to say that, at all. Automatically, without his brain filtering it, he asked a question.
"Do you believe the sins of the father fall to the son?" Ace asked.
This time Sabo froze, he actually didn't expect Ace to trust this new boy this far. He quickly however smiled because he knew that it meant that Ace was making progress. However, he really hoped that this Luffy boy was going to say the right thing. His hopes started failing when he saw Luffy's face scrunch up.
"Of course not! That'd be weird! I mean you don't inherit your parents' debts so why should you inherit your parents' sins?" Luffy asked confusedly.
That hope came rushing back like that avalanche that one year on Mt. Colubo that he almost got buried under. He saw Ace tentatively walking towards the boy, as if expecting him to disappear. What Ace said next shocked Sabo, for he didn't expect Ace to trust this fast as it was severely out of character for the boy.
"What would you say if Gol D. Roger had a child?" Ace asked, steeling himself for disappointment.
Luffy however just had a confused look on his face.
"I'd uh, say hello? I mean that's what Uncle Rosi says that you're supposed to say when you introduce yourself to people. Is this a trick question?" Luffy asked, clearly very confused.
All the work he did bracing himself for disappointment shattered under those words. The boy wouldn't hate him. The boy wouldn't hate him at all. Instantly Ace charged at the boy and tackled him to the floor. Sabo was about to go stop Ace, thinking he was attacking the boy. That was until he heard sobbing coming from Ace. Ace… was crying. That was an odd occurrence for Sabo because he had never heard Ace cry before. Luffy just hugged the boy, rubbing his back in circles, doing what his Papa did when he cried. After the sobs subsided Luffy decided to ask the boy a question.
"Hey, do you two want to be friends?" He asked.
Ace looked up with red eyes and smiled at the boy. Sabo, back by the trees was doing the same.
Thus began the friendship between the three boys. Every morning, Luffy would make his way to Mt. Colubo to hunt and play pirate with Ace and Sabo. On top of that, Ace and Sabo would ask about life as a son of a Pirate. He'd wow them with his stories, one of their favorites being how Law got cured. Of course, his Papa would also ask where he was going and he just said he was going to play with two new friends. One morning they were talking about Goa Kingdom.
"I've always wondered what High Town looked like." Ace mumbled as they laid on the grass next to a fire with a giant haunch of meat roasting on it.
Sabo and Luffy grimaced at that for different reasons. But it was Luffy who spoke up.
"It's not that nice. The people there are mean, except for Sarie." Luffy said.
Ace and Sabo perked up at the mention of a name.
"Sarie?" Ace asked, having never heard Luffy mention that name.
Sabo slightly recognized the name but it couldn't possibly be her. He had never met the girl but he was sure that it couldn't be her because someone with a father like that to raise her, she couldn't be nice.
"Mhm! She's younger than Tora but older than you guys, I think. She has a pointy noise and blonde hair and she doesn't like her father." Luffy said.
Sabo paused at that, the more that Luffy talked about this girl the more it sounded like the girl he heard of. So, he asked Luffy a question.
"Luffy… what's her full name?" Sabo asked.
"Ah, uh I think it's Sarie Nantokasomething." Luffy said, not really able to pronounce the full name.
"… Is it Sarie Nantokanette?" Sabo asked.
Luffy nodded cheerfully.
"Do you know that name Sabo?" Ace asked questioningly.
Sabo nodded hesitantly as he answered.
"She's the daughter and only child of the current King of Goa Kingdom." Sabo said.
Luffy oohed at that but Ace had a confused look on his face
"How can you know that if you've never been to High Town?" Ace asked.
Sabo looked away in shame, a blush showing on his cheeks. Luffy nudged Sabo and smiled at him, causing the boy's body to relax. Sabo then let out a sigh before speaking.
"I'd like to say that I'm an ex-noble. I ran away from my parents when I was five." Sabo said.
Ace and Luffy looked at Sabo, expecting something more. When Sabo didn't say anything else Ace facepalmed.
"You think I care about that? I already knew about that! Where the hell would someone who lives in Gray Terminal get what you wear and your crystal lens goggles?" Ace said.
Sabo blushed at that as Ace did have a point. The clothing he wore could never be afforded by someone in Gray Terminal.
"But why are you surprised that I knew about Sarie?" Sabo asked.
This time it was Ace's turn to blush.
"Well, I uh, thought that you were the son of a noble from outside of Goa Kingdom." Ace stuttered out.
Luffy giggled at that before he had an idea.
"Hey! Do you guys want to meet Sarie and my Papa?" Luffy asked.
Sabo started panicking at that.
"I can't! My father might recognize me!" Sabo shouted.
Luffy shook his head at that, as he had a solution for that!
"Aunty Jora can help!" Luffy said, confusing the other two.
"How can your aunt help?" Ace asked.
"Shishishi! Aunty Jora ate the Ato Ato no Mi! She can change how anyone looks by thinking of it. Normally she uses it for her own style of art but she can do realistic paintings pretty well." Luffy said.
Ace and Sabo were in awe, having never really heard of Devil Fruits before. Of course, Luffy had mentioned them like around their third meeting but never really went in depth. So, it was always cool when Luffy talked about them.
"I mean if she can change how I look then sure!" Sabo said eagerly.
He really wanted to meet Luffy's Papa and if it worked it'd be very helpful with some of their escapades to get more money for their pirate fund. So, it was the next morning that Luffy arrived with a tall woman with an hourglass figure and mismatched hair.
"Oh? So these are your new friends little master? They're so cute!" Jora said sweetly.
Both boys blushed at that while Luffy giggled at them. Jora then approached Sabo and hmmed.
"So, what would you like to change?" Jora said, pulling canvas and painting supplies out of a bag she had on her back.
Sabo thought about it for a few minutes before he answered.
"Well… he'd notice my attire and my hair everything else I can keep the same." Sabo said.
Jora then started to mix paints as she started to paint something, using Sabo as the base. About thirty minutes later, she was done and showed the boys. The painting was a very realistic and three dimension-like painting of a boy of similar height and structure to Sabo. The difference was that the boy wore a black fedora with a blue feather in its cap, had messy brown hair, and was wearing what looked like an archaeologist outfit complete with brown boots.
"That good for you dear?" She asked.
Sabo nodded in awe, loving the painting. Jora then began to think of how it'd look in three dimension, a thought bubble of the look appearing above her head. She then grabbed the thought bubble and tossed it at Sabo. A puff of smoke surrounded Sabo before it cleared, revealing him now looking just like the three dimensional art she had in mind. Both boys oohed and aahed at it before cheering.
"Now we can go into High Town." Sabo said happily, Ace nodding as well.
The four headed back to Goa Kingdom where Luffy and Jora led them into High Town to where Luffy and his family were staying. When they reached the door that led to their fancy room Jora knocked on it before it opened up, revealing Sugar.
"Oh hey! It's Jora and Luffy!" Sugar shouted.
Jora and Luffy led them into the room where Ace and Sabo saw a lot of people sitting at a table that had to have been moved into the room because it clashed with the color theme intended for the room.
"Hey son! Are those your friends you've been talking about?" Doflamingo said from his seat at the head of the table, going through some documents.
Luffy nodded eagerly, pushing Sabo and Ace forward. The two boys suddenly looked really shy and nervous, being in front of a famous Pirate Captain.
"The black haired one is Ace! And the one wearing Aunty Jora's art as a disguise is Sabo!" Luffy said.
Everyone waved at them before getting back to work. Doflamingo tossed a smile towards his son before speaking.
"Hey, little one, I may have gotten a lead on that Fruit you wanted." He said, causing Luffy to cheer.
Ace and Sabo looked at Luffy oddly before the boy said it was a surprise. He then told his family he was going to head off to see Sarie. Dragging Ace and Sabo with him he led them out of the hotel and into one of the few alleys in High Town. Sneaking through the alley he reached a wall and knocked on one of the bricks in a pattern, the object making a hollow knocking sound. Seconds later Luffy had them step back and a portion of the wall slid back, revealing a secret room and the blonde haired girl Luffy talked about as well as four other kids. The four other kids were two girls and two boys, the two girls both having long red hair and matching golden brown eyes. The two boys were different looking though, one having black hair and blue eyes and the other having dark blue hair and dark green eyes.
"Oh! It's you Luffy! Who are these two boys?" Sarie asked, letting them in.
"These are the two boys I told you I made friends with, Ace and Sabo." Luffy said.
Ace looked a bit nervous at the extra people, remembering Luffy having said he'd show them Sarie but not the others.
"Who are these other kids Luffy?" Ace asked.
"Oh! The two girls are the twins, Isa and Mashii. The two boys are Heion and Yasashi, Hei and Yasa for short. They're noble kids just like Sarie who don't want to be cruel like their parents. They want to change their kingdom for the better." Luffy said, the kids nodding.
Sabo was in awe at this. He never knew there were other kids like him. He turned to Luffy to ask him a question.
"How do I get rid of this disguise?" He asked.
"Mmm, Sarie you got a bottle of seawater still?" Luffy asked, remembering the girl had recently gotten some to experiment with in a dish.
The girl nodded and handed a bottle over to Luffy. Luffy uncapped it and dumped the contents onto Sabo. The effects were rather instant as the disguise dripped off of Sabo as if it was just painted on him. Sarie however seemed to recognize Sabo rather instantly.
"Hey! You're Outlook's son, the boy I was set up to marry. I heard you ran away." She said.
Sabo blushed at that, having not realized that his father had meant it literally when he wanted him to marry up.
"I did, I couldn't take it anymore." Sabo said, looking down.
Sarie just held tilted Sabo's chin up to show him the other noble kids were nodding in understanding.
"We had thought about running away long ago but Sarie here convinced us otherwise." Isa said, Mashii nodding.
"Yeah, she convinced all of us to stay." Yasa said.
Sabo had a confused look on his face.
"If you don't like it here then why are all you staying?" Sabo asked.
Sarie smiled at him before gesturing over to their large table that Ace and Sabo just noticed being there. On it were piles of papers with different things written all over them. As Sabo examined some of them he noticed a lot were law changes and other suggestions. One of them was in fact a suggestion to get rid of Gray Terminal and instead build a Waste Processing Plant instead that recycled waste and funneled it back into the economy.
"We're planning to change Goa Kingdom when we get old enough to take over. Thankfully to become Queen I don't exactly need to be married. Luffy's Papa's helping us get everything in order." Sarie said.
Sabo was in awe about it all. These kids took their horrible situation and used it to their advantage. All the while he ran from his situation and made nothing of it. Luffy sensed his shame and hugged Sabo, causing the boy to look at Luffy and smile sadly.
"Don't think dark things Sabo! You wanted freedom, isn't that what you told me?" Luffy said.
"Wha? How did you know what I was thinking?" Sabo asked, confused.
Sarie giggled at them before speaking.
"Luffy didn't tell you about his ability to sense emotions?" She asked.
Both boys turned to Luffy who blushed and sheepishly looked at the ground.
"T-there wasn't any time I could really mention it." Luffy said.
Ace decided to step in and save Luffy from his embarrassment.
"Well, it's not like you could have brought it up in any of the conversations we had. Is that how you sensed us when we first met?" Ace asked.
Sabo was gaping at Ace in comical shock.
"Ace?! You can think?!" Sabo said, causing everybody to laugh at the boy.
Ace blushed and hit Sabo on the head, causing him to tumble onto the ground.
"Yes, I can think damnit! I just prefer leaving it to you, you plan better." Ace said.
Deciding to change the conversation Sabo asked Sarie a question.
"So, how did Luffy tell you exactly?" Sabo asked.
Suddenly Sarie blushed and the other kids laughed at her. Mashii decided to take this one.
"So, picture this. Sarie here's trying to sneak around and inwardly is panicking because she thought her father had seen her sneak out." Mashii started.
"In comes Luffy who has been tracking her, curious about who was panicking in this 'fog of arrogance', his words, not ours. Lo and behold he follows her to the secret hideout and scares the living daylights out of her." Isa said, continuing.
Yasa picked up here with a chuckle.
"While Sarie is trying to recover from having a heart attack, I asked him how he found this place and he just says 'I followed blondie's panicked emotions, OOH this is a cool place!'." Yasa said.
"Long story short, after that we reluctantly explained what the place was and he introduces us to his father. Doflamingo offers to help us, stating how he hates noble arrogance as well and here we are." Hei said.
Sarie then recovered and gestured to their entire hideout which caused the two boys to actually look at it. It was actually pretty high tech. It had the latest kind of Den Den Mushi that allowed them to tap into other people's conversations as well as call any Den Den Mushi. On a table against the wall were several surveillance Den Den Mushi as well as several camera Den Den Mushi.
"Doflamingo actually funded a lot of it. With his help, we've been able to secretly help out the people in Gray Terminal as well as ease the crime rates from Edge Town and Gray Terminal." Sarie said.
Ace was a bit suspicious of the entire thing. Mostly because nobody helped people for nothing, he had plenty of experience with that.
"What does Doflamingo get out of it?" Ace asked.
Luffy spoke up with a cheerful tone.
"Papa gets to see the faces of the Nobles when Sarie becomes Queen and changes everything. Also, this was Sarie's idea, when Papa becomes King of Dressrosa again she's pledged to instigate a trade agreement between the two kingdoms." Luffy said
Normally Luffy wouldn't know this stuff, but his Papa had argued that as his son he would become King when he stepped down and Luffy needed to know this stuff for when that happened. So, Luffy reluctantly learned all about politics and running a business. Luffy had argued about the last one but his Papa in turn argued that it'd help with trading so Luffy learned it anyways.
"King of Dressrosa?" Sabo asked curiously
Luffy nodded eagerly at that.
"Papa's family, before they became Celestial Dragons were the Royal Family of Dressrosa. In a few years he's going to ask the King of Dressrosa to return the title to him." Luffy said.
Ace and Sabo were confused about that, not knowing about the political climate of Dressrosa. Seeing this confusion, and guessing what they were confused about, Sarie answered.
"The reason the King'll hand it back is because none of his children wish to take the throne, so he has no heirs. Also, the Rikku Family has always in a way disliked being royalty but they were the trusted family of the Donquixote Family." Sarie said, remembering her Royal History lessons.
Ace and Sabo nodded before Luffy asked them a question.
"So… do you want to join us?" Luffy asked.
With a brief look at each other they then turned to face the others and spoke two words together.
"Of course!" They said.
And thus started Sabo and Ace's entrance into the Underground Noble's Association for Equality of Dawn Island or UNAEDI for short. (The name was Luffy's idea because every cool group needs a name.)
ALRIGHT. Sarie is not an OC. The only OCs are the four other noble kids because I figured that she couldn't do it all alone. Sarie is a legitimate character in OP that was revealed like post Elephant Island when everyone was going to the Reverie. She is Stelly's wife and Queen of Goa Kingdom. Now while Oda does say that she's probably as bad as her husband I went a different direction due to her optimism. Anyways, now concerning Ace. Ace wasn't as rude to Luffy because Luffy showed strength beyond himself. If there's one thing Ace admires its strength. Now, I know Jora's sense of art is very abstract but I figured that if she loved art so much she would be able to draw in many different art styles. Also, Luffy befriending royalty is going to become a running gag/plotline further down the road. This will lead to the penultimate plot line near the end which I'm still working out. As usual I enjoy your suggestions. Someone had suggested that Luffy go to Alabasta to help out and that might work. If any of you paid attention deeply in the manga you'd realize that about a few years after the takeover of Dressrosa, the Reverie happened. So, Luffy's going to meet Vivi then and maybe anyone else. Who do you want Luffy to meet at the Reverie other than Vivi? Also any other suggestions would be lovely!