A/N: I am actually finished with this story. Sputters* What?* I know. I mean obviously this isn't the last chapter. There are three more after this one. I just thought I should let everyone know.

Warning: References of Oc not being a virgin, drinking, and admiting to stealing. I do not condone her views at all. Children don't be a Jamie. Rated T for a reason. Also I think I should put in here that I do not own One Piece. Just Jamie. That is all. You may now read.

Chapter 1

Present Day

My head pounded as I slowly woke my body up. I started by wiggling my toes, then my fingers then my legs. I rolled my back up so that I sat up, using my arms to prop myself. My neck was relaxed and flung back so that my long red hair tickled my spine. My limbs felt sore and my head throbbed painful. Judging by the fact that I could feel my hair touching my back I could deduce two things.

One I was naked, and two I had an awful hang over. I moaned and let my body fall back into the soft bed that I had tried to escape from. Luckily there was no body next to mine, which was the positive news at least.

I tried to remember exactly what had caused me to drink last night but thought better of it. Whatever it had been I had wanted to forget it for a reason.

I am not perfect ladies and gents. I'm a self-proclaimed outlaw (for reasons I'm assuming you'll see later). I stick to the shadows, avoid most human contact (besides late night rendezvous occasionally) and drink… heavily. I snorted at the thought. I was 21 years old and had just started drinking. Most people my age in this world had been drinking since they were 14 or younger, not like I need to justify myself any. I shook my head wincing and pressing my face into my pillow with a little more force.

All I remembered was the dream I had the night before. Well it wasn't really a dream, it was a memory. Of the first time I had met Ace and Luffy. I found a smile stealing over my lips at the thought of them.

Then I remembered why I had been drinking the night before.

Tears formed in my eyes and I hit my pillow roughly with my fist. I jumped out of bed, quickly, causing my head to spin. I grabbed the closest clothes and stumbled out of my room.

"And sleeping Beauty AWAKES!" roared Marco when I bumped into him. I had a sneaking suspicion that he was just about to check on me, and I'm glad that I got up when I did. It would have been embarrassing to say the least.

I couldn't tell if he was still drunk or not. He had a large goofy grin on his face and his eyes looked droopy. But then again when didn't he look like that? I took a step closer, and took a cautious sniff in the air. No alcohol could be detected by my nose. I smiled and gave him a light push.

"Shut up. It's too early," I grumbled making my way towards the end of the ship.

"It's 2 in the afternoon," he said rolling his eyes. He produced a bottle and offered it to me. I sniffed it cautiously and found that it was water before taking a deep swig.

"Exactly, early," I said and he laughed at my antics. I climbed the latter towards the deck and took my position by the wheel to make sure it was secured. We were docked in a cove and there would be no leaving any time soon but it was best to make sure the ship was in decent shape.

Despite the fact that Whitebeard was now dead the ship and crew remained together. Sailing around just being a family. I found it odd but I didn't say anything. They were nice people.

Sometimes I wondered if Marco would go after the One Piece, but they seemed intent to lie low, not get in the way of anybody or anything. They had taken a heavy loss and only a few remained faithful to this ship. It was sad to see it dwindle so. It was a sad ending the Whitebeard pirates stuck guarding their loved Pops from grave robbers.

The cause of my drinking, no doubt. I hiccupped and as I checked the lines and the sails. It was bright out. Either from my hangover making my eyes too sensitive or it really was bright out I couldn't tell you. I sighed wishing I had stayed sober the night before so that I could see a bit more clearly. I knew the effect would wear off soon but I was itching to have the cool steel of my knives in my hands and hear the satisfying sound of it sinking into the wood behind a chosen target. With how out of practice I was I probably would miss the target by a lot. I scoffed and finished my duties then found a quiet place to sit down and sharpen a few of my blades.

The next thing I knew I heard a familiar laugh.

My head whipped around with surprising speed in the direction. Judging by the looks I got by a few crewmates it looked like my neck might snap off. I couldn't see anything. I shook my head; sure I was just hearing things.

Then I heard it again.

"Luffy," I whispered to myself. I had to be going insane. A laugh I haven't heard in five years suddenly showing up here in the middle of nowhere? I was hearing it now, really hearing it. I found a grin spread over my face as I raised my voice when I heard it again.

"LUFFY!"

Flash Back Continuation

Garp looked at us. There was a glint in his eyes as he studied us each in turn. Me the longest.

"Alright fine. I'll tell your father I have you in a safe place until he leaves," Garp grumbled and I couldn't help but run up and hug him.

"Girls," I heard Ace grumble but Garp just patted me lightly on the end.

I heard Luffy's jaw drop in shock.

"Where's her 'Love Punch'?" he demanded, clearly outraged.

"Girl's don't get them Luffy," Garp growled gently pushing me away.

And then Luffy laughed. A laugh that I knew would sure to be famous one day.

End Flash Back

"What are you going on about?" Marco snapped climbing up and pulling out a telescope. "Luffy disappeared after the War," he looked strained when he said that.

He often had to deal with me. I had come to this crew two years ago, when they were beginning to fall apart, after the War. I refused to think of Ace as dead, Marco literally had to drag me to his grave and be extremely harsh to me about it. I refused though. I still do. I can't accept the fact that he is dead. It led to a lot of tension on the ship at times, but I ignored it all.

Maybe a simple marker of his gravesite isn't enough to convince me, or newspapers. Government run newspapers have a habit of lying. No matter what anyone says I can't accept the fact.

They are calling me insane and threating to kick me off the ship, and having been plotting it for months.

"No I heard him," I protested straining my ears. I knew I had heard him. There was only one person in the world that laughed like that. "It was definitely Luffy," I said firmly.

"It was probably the wind," Marco said sadly and gave me that strange look of pity and something else. "You remind me of—"

"I know," I snapped cutting him off. I didn't like hearing Ace's name out loud. It felt weird to say it when he wasn't around to hear it. That and I didn't like the look of pure pity in Marco's eyes when he said his name, it was like he knew he was inflicting pain on me and he felt bad for it. I hated that so much. I sulked returning to take care of my blades but left my ears open. Maybe his voice had just carried on the wind.

Hours passed by and I remained on constant look out. I saw a few crew members give me weird looks but then again they were always giving me odd looks. Then we all heard it. The carefree laugh of Monkey D. Luffy. My heart leapt into my throat as I raced towards the end of the boat. I peered overboard searching the horizon.

"THERE!" I exclaimed jumping from excitement and pointing to the dot on the horizon. A small orange blob could be made out but it was in a form of the ship I knew him to be on.

"LUFFY!" I yelled my voice cracking slightly. I kept yelling. I heard a few people next to me start to join in until the whole ship was roaring.

"LUFFY!" we all screamed deliriously.

"OIIIIII!" he answered as they drew nearer. His carefree laugh bouncing boisterously off the waves.

"Well I'll be damned," Marco whispered next to me. His face set in a hard line. He rarely smiles these days; in fact I don't think I've ever seen him smile unless it's sarcastically.

I wasn't concerned about that though. What I was concerned with was that I was on the brink of jumping over board and swimming out to the ship to see Luffy. I paced back and forth watching as they drew closer and closer. Finally their ship pulled up next to ours. I smiled. A pirate ship. I remembered the first time Luffy told me his dream.

Flashback

Living with Ace and Luffy for a week and a half had done nothing to improve my unladylike behavior. I was often burping and laughing about it or doing something else grotesque that would make my father cringe.

It was a normal day. Fighting, training, eating food we had hunted. I had learned of Sabo on accident when Luffy said I kind of reminded him of him. I felt sad but I knew I could never replace his lost brother. Ace had hit him very hard when he heard him talking to me about it.

We had just finished eating, and I noticed with some pleasure that I had filled out a little bit. I could only explain that from the rough training they put me through without really calling it training. I pointed it out to Ace that I might get as strong as him within the next few days and he just scoffed.

"No one's better than me. I'm the best," he said hotly when I told him so. I just smirked in answer.

"No I'm the best. I'm going to be the Pirate King," Luffy boasted.

I froze. I couldn't move a muscle. My shock was expressed through my expression as Ace waved his hand lazily in front of my face.

"Earth to Jamie," he taunted.

"Pirate King?" I sputtered. "Your Grandfather is Garp though!"

Luffy pouted.

"Who wants to be a smelly Marine and have to follow rules all the time? I want to have the freedom of the sea and go where I want to go. I am gonna be the Pirate King!" he said proudly.

"I'll beat you to it," Ace snapped and then ensued a wrestling match.

It made sense though. What Luffy said. I hated having to dress up and go to fancy dinners to impress my father's co-workers. I hated having to be polite all the time. I hated that I couldn't pick out when I played with friends, or what friends I could hang out with. I hated all of it. Maybe Luffy was right. Being a Pirate King would be way more fun.

"Then I'll be the Pirate Queen," I said hotly interrupting them both.

"You can't you're a gir-" I punched Luffy in the face before he had a chance to finish. "Girls are just as strong and important as boys," I growled and made a fist to threaten him with when it looked like he was about to protest.

"There can't be a King and a Queen," Ace said his brows furrowing together as he said so.

"Sure there can. It happens in almost every country," I said.

"That means one of us will have to marry you!" Ace protested his face hot, making him glow a pinkish shade.

"EW!" we all exclaimed together and busted out laughing.

"We wouldn't have to get married just co-rule the ocean together," I said quickly thinking on my feet after our fit of laughter calmed down. Now that I was thinking about it I really wanted a life of freedom out on sea. To travel the world and be free of my father, be free of all these restrictions and plan out my own life. I smiled at the mere thought. I wanted that freedom. I wanted it badly.

"No, marry me!" Luffy said quickly.

"What?"

"If you marry me then Ace doesn't have a full claim to the ocean as King!"

"Idiot that's how normal courts work in the world government… MARRY ME!" Ace yelled when Luffy made a grab for my hand despite Ace's protest. They both began exchanging wild punches. I flinched slightly when Luffy started to bite Ace's leg.

"I … uh… guys?"

End Flash Back

"Luffy!" I yelled and ran into his arms. I gave him a long hug. I heard him sigh and take a deep breath.

"Jamie," he said a smile breaking out over his lips as he held me an arm's length away.

"You haven't done badly for yourself," I said gesturing to his crew behind him. He smiled and nodded happily laughing.

"Everyone this is Jamie. She's like my older sister," he told everyone laughing as he said the last part.

"Like?" A girl with long orange hair said. She was looking at me suspiciously.

"Never got around to exchanging that cup of sake like you guys did," I said poking Luffy's side causing him to chuckle, purposefully avoiding Ace's name. I noticed that the girl's eyes narrowed dangerously at the action and I made a mental note to possibly tease her about it if possible.

"That's Nami. My navigator. The best one in the whole world," Luffy said proudly gesturing to the girl. She blushed slightly and looked down from my gaze.

"And Robin. Our Archeologist," he continued. I wanted to laugh at the sudden 'our' instead of 'my'. Oh Luffy. Same as always.

"Zoro, Brook, Chopper, Sanji, Ussop, and Franky," he said pointing out all the men respectively. I smiled at them and gave them a small bow.

"Pleasure," I said.

"JAMIE-CHWANNN~"

Suddenly a blonde tornado was showering me with compliments and trying to feed me snacks and give me drinks. If there was ever in my life were I sweated from awkwardness, now was that moment.

"You aren't allowed to hog her Sanji," Luffy snapped and pulled me away. He laughed though in a typical way at his friend's antics.

"You're friends… are interesting," I offered looking them all over. None of them looked normal except possibly this Robin girl.

"Sanji's our cook," Luffy told me. "Zoro's a swordsman, Chopper's a doctor, Brook's a musician you really should hear him sometime he's great, Ussop is a lair and has the best stories, and Franky's our shipwright."

Now that I was caught up with everyone's status on the ship they all looked like they fitted together now. I smiled politely again feeling drained suddenly.

"You came here to visit the graves?" I asked feeling my eyes grow tight and my face form a frown. Luffy nodded solemnly.

"Marco might not let you," I told him as a few other Whitebeard pirates began to climb aboard talking with the crew and waiting patiently to talk to Luffy.

"Why not?"

"Correction. He won't let me go with you," I told him.

"Why?"

"I've been deemed insane," I told him with a shrug and offered him a smile. Luffy laughed at this.

"You've always been insane," he said cheerfully. I wanted to punch him for old times' sake but that seemed out of place here. We were in a different world surrounded by different people. I could only smile half-heartedly and chuckle in response.

"Come with me anyways," Luffy said firmly.

"Take your crew," I told him trying to get out of it. Going with Luffy would make it too real. Too painful. I wasn't sure if I could take that. I didn't want it to be real.

"They didn't know Ace like we did. They can come later. Come on Jamie," he said tugging my wrist and ignoring my protest.

Despite my suspicion that Marco might stop us he did nothing but look on as Luffy trudged up the hill with me in tow.

I couldn't look up to see the beautiful graves in the bright sunshine. The grass was so green and the flowers were so vibrant, this was such a beautiful place to rest. I felt warm liquid begin to flood down my face.

"I loved him too Jamie. But he's gone. We have to move on," Luffy said softly. I cursed him under my breath. He was too capable at reading people, especially friends or people he knew well.

"I loved him more than a brother Luffy," I admitted out loud wincing at my past tense.

"It doesn't change the fact that he's gone."

"If you found out a way to bring him back… no matter what the cost… would you try?" I asked suddenly.

Luffy was deadly quiet for a moment.

"Jamie… death is part of a cycle we all have to go through. No matter what promises were made, no matter who it is, death will meet us all," he said quietly and I felt his hand come down and rest on my shoulder.

Tears began to flow faster down my face.

"I know!" I hissed pushing his hand off, ignoring his reason. Luffy who was always so simply brilliant with emotions, with things like this were always beyond Ace and I. I didn't want to think about it. I didn't want to know he was right, just like he always was.

"I know… but it was just so early… I just asked if you would try," I croaked, feeling my face flush.

"No," he said simply.

"If it was possible…"

"It's not. And it's not fair to Ace," he said easily.

Tears flowed faster and suddenly I was aware that we weren't the only ones here. I became aware that everyone else had joined us. I rubbed away my tears quickly and stood up. My eyes refusing to meet Ace's grave.

"I'm going to try," I said stiffly standing up. I don't know when I fell to the ground and was holding on to it so fiercely. The weakness I saw in myself was unnerving.

"I'm going to do whatever it takes," I said hearing my own determination and strength starting to pour through. My eyes met his grave stone.

"Portgas D. Ace. I will bring you-" Luffy punched me hard in the face interrupting my vow.

"Jamie," he said darkly, his breath coming out in deep pants. His face was hidden by the brim of his hat and I saw a few drops of liquid escape to the ground. He raised his face his eyes locking on mine. Tears filling both of our eyes and obscuring our vision, we were both in so much pain still, even two years later. I felt like we were worlds apart. How long ago it had been since we were on the same page, with the same dream.

"It's not possible Jamie. It won't happen," he pointed to Brook and shook angrily while he spoke, "Zombie… a Zombie, a raised corpse without a soul that's all you'd be bringing back Jamie and it would kill you. Brook died once. Only he had the Devil fruit bring him back. He's just a skeleton now because his body died. You can't have both Jamie. His soul has gone on. Stop being so selfish!"

His words brought me back to reality. And I felt myself crack. I was on the floor again like a wild animal beating the ground and sobbing. I was dimly aware that Luffy tried to calm me down, but I shoved him off. I didn't say anything hurtful like I wanted to. He had hurt me so badly with his words but it was for my own good. He was right. It wouldn't be fair to Ace, who after so long had found peace in his final moments.

"Ace," I sobbed clenching the stone head. "I'm so sorry," I whispered crying even harder. I cried for hours refusing to remove myself from the headstone. Either I was a good fighter when I was barely aware of my surroundings or the group decided to leave me alone, I'm sure it was the later. I cried until I heaved up my stomachs contents, which was just a liquid that burned my throat. I cried until the tears dried to my face, because I had no more tears to cry. I cried until the sun sank in the horizon and the stars began to shine in the night. I cried until my heart ached for relief for the pain I had been suppressing for so long. I cried until I felt like I was dying.

I cried myself to sleep.

Between the two I would rather drink myself to sleep.

A/N: Just so everyone knows Jamie is only a little like me. xD. She's not a Mary-Sue at all but we do have one similar characteristic which would be we both aren't shy. Actually I am pretty shy when I first meet people... Jamie doesn't seem to be as reserved. Okay so I lied she is nothing like me XD. I'm actually pretty proud of that fact. I hope you guys are enjoying the story.

Thanks to FlyingMonkiesAttack for the first review and the high compliment. I'm glad you think of my story as different and I'm glad you are interested. :D

Also thanks to lilyoftheval5 for the review as well.