Important: I added an extra scene I forgot to the second chapter. It's all at the end of the chapter.

Thanks to the following people:

xXFireFistAceXx- Haha, there is someone who had the same issues that I have . Thanks for the criticism :P

Neeky-chan- Thanks very much. I'm glad you find it interesting lol, even though this is the prologue.

ChIbINeKoChWan- Yup. I'll update as fast as I could. Lol. I get distracted a lot though ^.^

Disclaimer- I don't own One piece.

Important: I added an extra scene I forgot to the second chapter. It's all at the end of the chapter.

Within the heart of the Outlawed Area, lay a cozy hut with a young girl staring patiently out the window. Her eyes purposefully scanned the area around her, left to right. She saw people everywhere she looked, but none of them were the two she was looking for. And they had to be here, because today was a special occasion for this little girl. The girl was dressed in her most favorite, handmade black spaghetti strap dress. On it, she had stitched a light blue seagull overlapping a pair of white cross bones. Resting on her black haired head, lay a tiara made up of an assortment of blue flowers, twigs, and leaves, which perfectly matched her emerald green eyes. She looked like a doll as her porcelain white skin glittered from being exposed to the early morning sun.

"Old man!" the girl called from her room. Today, would mark her highly anticipated eighth birthday, and her brothers had to be here. "Where's Ced and Eru! They haven't arrived, yet!" she sulked. "I miss them! They haven't visited in a month!" she pouted slumping down so that her head rested on the window sill.

The old man rushed to the girl's room, half naked, for he was in the middle of changing into a new shirt. He hated seeing her sad or mad more than anything else. "Oi! Babyyy, don't cr-" he stopped and stared at the girl's attire. "S-so cute!" he blurted out as blood rushed to his head and squirted out of his nose like a waterfall.

"Hey, hey! Old man!" a boy waved happily at the two. The tanned boy was around 16 years old and about one and a half feet taller than the four foot girl. He had long and messy hair that was covered by his white hat. Instead of the sandals he used to wear, he now wore chocolate brown leather boots that went up to his knees. His white pants were neatly tucked in the leather boots, and a long black coat that stretched down to his feet hung over his white collared shirt.

"ERU!" the girl exclaimed joyfully, as she saw the boy appear from outside her window. Her head perked up instantly, and her depressed mood had instantly vanished.

"Squirt! You have the worst timing!" the old man scowled as he stomped his leg down on the rickety floor, and pointed angrily at the boy. 'Of ALL times! Why now?'

"Old man! Look at you." another boy laughed and pointed at the shirtless old man, wearing his pajama pants. Not to mention the blood that still flowed down his nose. "Everything about you screams pervert." he clutched his belly trying to hold his laughter. The boy was about 15 years old, and significantly tanner than Eru. A black bandanna hung around his neck loosely. He wore a maroon colored tank top and brown camouflaged shorts. Tied around his waist, was a yellow sash, which matched nicely with his golden yellow eyes. He was shorter than Eru by about five inches, but his brown, spiked up hair shortened the height difference by about two inches.

"Shut it, brat." he fumed as he stomped back to his room to change into something more appropriate. 'Every time they visit, these boys always manage to drive me insane!'

"Ced! You guys are finally here! " The girl jumped through her window to hug the two boys. They always smelled of a strong scent of pine trees combined with the sweet scent of the freshwater river and little bit of that heavenly scent of cut grass after it rains. She loved the smell, since every day, she would breath the rustic smell of her house.

"Would never miss it, baby!" Ced smiled as he nudged her head, while Eru grabbed her princess style and headed towards the hut.

"Why are you all still calling me that? I'm not a baby anymore." she whined, as she tried tackling Eru to the ground.

"Ah! You got me." he responded playfully, after her few failed attempts of head butting, and pushing him down.

"Don't let our little baby beat ya up!" laughed Ced as he rushed to the food, and began to dig in.

"I won!" she yelled triumphantly. "Now, tell me! Why do you guys still call me baby?"

"It's a cool name. It suits you!" Eru replied grabbing the girl from her waists in order to lift her off. "Boy, you grew!"

"And cause it's cute" Ced replied in between mouthfuls of meat.

"Nah Uh!" the girl replied. "I like your named better!" she proclaimed, pointing at Eru. "And… it is not cute!"

"Well. We like your name better!" they both said simultaneously.

The old man suddenly appeared out of nowhere. "HEY! Don't touch the food." he yelled and walked out in a striped green and white shirt and pair of white slacks. He held a tiny, plain white cake in his hands. "Brat, we gotta sing to the birthday girl." he grabbed Ced by the neck before he could eat anything else. "Hey squirt, get the candles." he ordered Eru.

"Oi! Remember, after today the baby is ours." Eru stated. "We had to wait two more years because you broke your promise."

"Yeah, you can't go back on your promise like you did last time!" Ced chimed in. "Stubborn old man!"

"Ehh. What promise?" the girl asked absentmindedly while staring at her beautiful, plain white cake. It was just how she liked it. Plain and simple. 'There better be some fruit in it…'

"When you turned six, the old man was supposed to hand you over to us." Eru plainly stated and rushed to get the candles.

"But…this stubborn old man, said you're a fragile little girl. And, he wouldn't stop complaining!" Ced added. "So, he made us wait two MORE years before telling you."

"OLD MAN!" she thundered. "That's not fair! You know how much I wanted to go with them!" 'Unforgivable!' She was always bored in this house, and she had always wanted to go with Ced and Eru on adventures. If she had known she could have left this house two years ago, she would've ran away a long time ago.

When Eru had returned with the candles, he noticed the scene had changed dramatically. Ced now stood atop a chair, arrogantly smirking at the old man. The birthday girl was standing up, glaring at him with her arms folded across her chest. And, the old man looked like he was going to collapse at any second. 'Wow. Baby is mad at him.' he thought as he marveled at the man's reaction.

"Sorry, baby!" he said apologetically trying to console the girl.

'Dang he never EVER took fault around us!' Ced and Eru both thought.

"How about this." he started. "You get one wish from us!" he glared at Ced and Eru, demanding silently for their agreement. "Right, you two?"

"Meh." Ced replied.

"Eh, ok."

"Don't give me those half-hearted responses!" he roared punching the two simultaneously on the head.

"Ouch…!" he barked. Eru rubbed the huge bump that had formed on his head. "Ok, baby, we'll give you one wish."

"Yeah!" Ced agreed, so the old man wouldn't punch him again. 'Gosh. For an old guy, his punches really hurt.'

The girl seemed to calm down. "Really?"

"Really." the old man said, happy that the girl wasn't mad at him.

"YAY!" she jumped for joy giggling maniacally to herself. She knew exactly what she wanted. This day couldn't get any better.

"Alright, baby. What do ya want?" Eru questioned, hoping she didn't wish for a dinosaur, or something. Of course, when it came to her, he just never knew what she was thinking.

She jumped up and down barely able to contain her excitement. "I want a n-"

BOOOM!

Something sounded of in the distance near the port, between the Outlawed Areas of Shine District and Rain Village. And it wasn't a nice sound. Screams, gunshots, and the clanging of swords could be heard from the hut.

"W-what is that?" the girl asked confusedly and angrily. Angry by the fact that her birthday wish had been interrupted, and confused by the commotion.

"Sounds like a fight. A big fight." Ced said as he grabbed binoculars, and climbed up to the nearest tree. The explosion had started a small fire in their area, and it was spreading rapidly, feeding off the numerous plants and trees within the area. People from both areas were running chaotically in random directions. Some tried fending off the invaders, but there were just too many. It was very unusual that the attackers were only targeting the Outlawed portion of the island. He then noticed that the fleet of marine ships that usually guarded the port, were missing. As if they had never been there in the first place. In its place stood an enormous pitch black ship with a figurehead that looked like the devil incarnate itself. With closer inspection, he saw the unscathed black flag fluttering on the crow's nest. Engraved on the flag were two crisscrossed horns that were overlapped by a standard skull. "Pirates."

"What?" Eru took the binoculars from Ced. "What kind of pirates would attack this wasteland?" he was baffled. Never had any threat invaded their land. Mainly because, there was nothing. Nothing worthwhile for the pirates to rob. It was just a waste of energy to bother with this area, when next to it, lay two much richer areas. "This just doesn't add up." he stared off into the fiery distance.