11/11/2015
While it's on no one's favourites list, I noticed that this one-shot had a follower. So here's another similar one-shot for that person.
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At the end of the Line, where the world we know ends, Raftel stands alone. It is an island surrounded by myths and legends. Most are not even sure if it exists. We have only the word of one man,a man who has now been dead for twenty years. His death brought us this new age, the Great Pirate Era, where many now sail the seas in hope of glory and riches. Only a few make it very far.
What is it that they search for? What draws them to this great sea, to this life?
A treasure beyond all imagination. The treasure of Gol D. Roger, the Pirate King.
The man sailed the Grand Line in its entirety, from Loguetown at the entrance to Paradise, to the very end of the New World. He was a man with many enemies, but also many friends, gathering these along his journey. But that is not all he gathered. He was a pirate after all. Along his journey, he also gathered many wondrous artifacts, a multitude of jewels, a pile of gold beyond imagination. Or so the rumours would have us believe. The same rumours hold that the treasure lies at that famed final stop, Raftel.
No one has ever actually seen this great treasure, apart from, perhaps, his crew. We don't know if they did, for the few members who survive have yet to divulge their captain's secrets, though Silvers Rayleigh certainly tried. Luffy was having none of it, however, so the treasure remains a hoard of mystery.
Upon the execution platform, some greedy soul screamed for the King of Pirates to reveal the location of his glittering trove. It was then that he uttered those fateful words . . .
"You want my treasure? You can have it. I left it all in one place."
Those words are his legacy. They began this bright new era, where thieves sail the ever-changing seas of the Line. Those words began the legend of One Piece.
They say whoever finds One Piece shall become the new Pirate King. And so, the many begin their journey to Raftel.
Whether they finish this journey, only time will tell.