A/N: Harry lands in the One Piece Universe. The young foreign wizard meets his first devil fruit user in the new exciting world of pirates. And no, it's not Luffy.

Chapter 2: A Whole New World

The sun was shining up in the cloudless clear blue skies, and it was the perfect weather for a hardworking scholar to take a well-deserved break and go fishing in the sea. The elderly man had a shaved top, with his green hair adjusted jutting on the sides and the back top, combined with a large beard, all in the shape of leaves. His name was Clover, a Professor and Scholar of the Tree of Knowledge that was a 5,000-year-old gigantic library tree surrounded by houses, located on Ohara Island, one of the numerous islands in West Blue.

Clover whopped excitedly as his fishing line starting tugging just a few minutes after he casted it into the waters. He grunted as he used all the strength he had to reeled his catch in.

"What the…?"

To his surprise, it was not a fish or any sea creature that was dangling from his steel enforced hook. The wet shirt on a young boy that looked to be about seven or eight years old, was ensnared on the hook. Clover, a kind and caring man, did not hesitate to bring the boy onto his boat and hurried back on shore to get the local doctor.

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"He's malnourished, has a few cracked ribs and numerous bruises that indicate injury caused by the fists of a large-sized adult. I have healed him up the best I could, but he will need lots of bed rest and good food. The poor boy…I wonder what happened to him…" The only female doctor on the island murmured as she smoothed down a stubborn strand of hair that was sticking up on Harry's head.

Clover nodded solemnly. "I'm afraid we will have to wake for the boy to wake up before we can get any answers, for now, I leave him in your care, Doctor Rin."

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"Good morning, Professor Clover!" An energetic boy burst through the entrance to the Tree of Knowledge, eager to explore the library full of books about this strange new world he has landed in.

"Hello Harry, it's good to see you again. Have you had your breakfast?"

"Yes! Rin-san makes the most delicious pancakes! But she doesn't like it when I try cooking breakfast for her…always saying a boy my age shouldn't be touching the stove…" Harry pouted cutely, grumbling about his new guardian, Dr. Rin, who had taken good care of the mysterious boy for the past few months.

Harry, upon regaining consciousness in the Ohara Clinic, didn't seem to remember much what happened to him before Professor Clover saved him. He knows his name, he vaguely remembered sleeping in a cupboard, spending a lot of time doing chores around a two-level, four bedrooms house. Fragments of a thin, blonde woman who had a sour expression on her face, and a large, angry man slithered into his brain and made it hurt, so he stopped trying to recall his memories. Dr. Rin suspected the boy's amnesia was caused by trauma, and having no wish to cause Harry further pain, she simply let the boy be, her questions about his past unanswered for now.

Harry, with an adaptability that amazed both the Doctor and Professor, quickly assimilated into the local culture and life. Perhaps it was magic, or something else, but the pre-teen was able to understand the language in this new world from the moment he woke up. It was a great boon, for he was now able to read the many books in the Tree of Knowledge and ease the itch on his young inquisitive mind.

His favorite place on the island is the Tree of Knowledge, which contained thousands of historic resources that were gathered from all across the globe over hundreds of years. Why, all the books here were able to fill up an entire lake! Not only were there so many wondrous books, his new and best friend, Nico Robin, was a frequent visitor of the libraries too! Though recently she was absorbed in some super secret research and too busy to play with him. Her Hana Hana no Mi powers were so much fun, and together with Harry's strange abilities, they got along pretty well. The six-year-old girl had, however, warned Harry not to use his abilities in front of other people, for they do not take well to those with powers they have never seen before.

Harry quickly learnt that it was true, some villagers and children treated Robin badly calling her a freak, and bullying her, all because of her Devil Fruit ability to replicate and sprout pieces of her body from the surface of any object or living thing. He thought Robin was pretty cool, and couldn't understand the prejudice of those people. However, even though he hid his powers from the others, he did not hesitate to use them secretly to pull pranks on those who bullied Robin. Villagers who thrown rocks at the young blue-eyed girl would find their hair turning pink or some obnoxious color overnight. Those who refuse to sell their wares to Robin would find their products (be it fruits or bread or other groceries) shrinking to half its original size. The Marauders' spirit lives on strong in our young wizard, even though he is now in a whole new world.

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Harry, recently turned twelve, sat on the edge of the cliff overlooking the ocean, quite a fair bit away from the hustle and bustle of the island, as he enjoyed the salty morning breeze. It was his second favorite spot on Ohara, other than the Tree of Knowledge of course. He liked coming here to think over what he has read, or to assemble the pieces of his memories that he has regained over the past 18 months ever since Professor Clover fished him out of the West Blue Sea.

He now remember everything from his past, how he suffered under the Dursleys, the normal world he survived in, the fateful day that his wish was granted and he was brought into this wondrous new place. The new world, dominated by the World Government, marines and pirates, is full of mysteries and adventures. This world resembles some of the pirate stories he had read back with the Dursleys, and was similar the colonial times of that world he came from.

From the large Geocentric model of this planet that can be seen in the Tree of Knowledge, there seem to be three big different kinds of environments which everyone lives in. The first is the Blue Sea, which is the massive ocean that covers most of the world. The next one is the sky ocean, which as the name indicates is an environment in the sky. The third one hasn't been given an official name so far, but since Fishman Island has been confirmed as being at the bottom of the ocean, the third environment is the ocean floor.

The Blue Sea consists of one large continent, one long chain of islands, and four seas that make up two larger oceans. The continent is called the Red Line, the big chain of islands is called the Grand Line and the four seas are called North Blue, South Blue, East Blue and West Blue, where Harry is currently residing in.

He has been itching to explore the other islands in West Blue, and has recently saved enough Beli from running errands in the village to buy a small, second hand fishing boat off a retired fisherman.

With Robin busy and engrossed with her super secret research and Dr. Rin newlywed and off on her honeymoon, Harry was feeling just a little lonely. Besides, even though he's only twelve years old, he is confident of his survival skills and ability to navigate to the nearest island. His head is crammed with knowledge about this new world, his mind is craving to put what he read to good use and fulfilling his sense of adventure at the same time.

Dr. Rin has also been a fantastic life-skill tutor, teaching him how to swim, how to fish, first aid skills, some self-defense moves which he had been fervently practicing ever since the villagers caught on to his moves and a few more violent ones tried to punish him. His stamina and speed have improved tremendously thanks to the angry villagers chasing him frequently, who started blaming him and his devil fruit user friend for many things, some of them were his pranks and some had nothing to do with him at all.

And that brings him another reason to explore the other islands - there are so many other devil fruit users out there, people with different and interesting powers he wants to meet! Harry felt comforted that he is no longer abnormal, and not a freak, in this strange new world, where virtually anything is possible.

Having finalized his decision to leave Ohara temporarily, he packed the few belongings he had (some clothes, a few books, a blank journal to record his adventure, some writing materials, his trusty fishing rod, dagger and toolbox), packed some food and cleared out the fridge and pantry. He left a note at the small apartment above Dr. Rin's clinic where he had been living in, and bid his farewells to Robin and Professor Clover. Surprisingly, the elderly scholar did not try to dissuade Harry from leaving the island and only given him a hug and well wishes for his first exploration trip. Robin, however, gave him a sad, kicked puppy look, and made him promise to come back soon. Harry would miss his first and only friend in Ohara, but his thirst for adventure overcame his girlish feelings and off he went into the West Blue, filled with excitement and enthusiasm.

Little did they know, it would be many years later before Harry and Robin ever see each other again.