Chapter 1: The mysterious time skip? Back to Sabaondy!

Luffy watched as Sanji walked out of the men quarters as the captain tried to remember where he was exactly before coming back here. Of course he knew that he had already attained his dream of becoming the Pirate King. Damn, that fight back in Raftel had been something he would never forget.

Then, why the hell was he back before… Luffy's eyes went wide. Ace! Ace was still alive!

His arm stretched to retrieve his straw hat and fumbled in the red ribbon in search of Ace's vivre card. Pulling it out he watched as it was already burning. Now he remembered that once they had left after defeating Moria, Lola had told him that this meant that the one that gave him the paper was in danger. He had shrugged it off saying that his foster brother was strong and he could take care of himself and that he'd be mad if he ever interfered in his business, but now…

The captain shifted uneasy on the hammock. What should he do? He couldn't change the past now, could he? Besides… He crossed his arms against his chest and hung his head. Now he knew how to use haki but… if they even made it out of the mess that was going to go down in Sabaondy and they did hide from Kuma, they wouldn't last too long in the New Word, not the way they were now and especially not at the moment with Zoro still so hurt.

"Ah, damn it!" he cursed under his breath. He'd have to go alone to Impel Down. Again. Try to reach Ace before they transferred him to Marineford. Again. And worse, he'd have to face the Kuja Pirates in Amazon Lily, all over again.

The Straw Hat captain sighed. How would he manage to keep the low profile he was supposed to have in that time with all the knowledge he had of the times to come? He now knew that he'd be able to take the Pacifistas with ease but that would be an error because they were supposed to be separated so they can become strong to face the New World when the time came to go there.

But, for now, he had to go up there. The crew would worry if they knew he was awake but not on deck with the rest of them. Luffy got off the hammock and began walking up and down the men quarters, trying to decide how the hell he was going to face this whole thing and wondering how he got here anyways.

Should he ask someone in the crew how this could've happened? Well, Nami would just hit him in the head telling him to stop talking nonsense. Zoro? He would just… say nothing. Sanji wouldn't even want to listen. Chopper was out of question, he'd think he had drank too much sea water. Franky and Brook wouldn't bat a lash about the whole thing. Which left him only with Robin. She was smart and read a lot… Maybe she would be able to find an explanation to the whole situation and a probable solution.

The thing was… How to approach her and how to explain the whole situation to her? He was as bad as always to express his worries and feelings. That much hadn't changed in those twelve years.

Setting his worries aside for a while, Luffy tried his best to act as he usually did. The feeling of dèja vu was oppressing but he shrugged it as much as he possibly could. And when Nami announced who'd be on guard for the night, the captain almost sighed in relief as Robin was nominated for it. At least he'd be able to get the archeologist alone while the others went to sleep.

As night fell and the rest of the crew retired to sleep, Luffy stayed up on the figurehead until all the doors went shut.

"Sencho?" Luffy heard behind him. It was Robin. Putting on his best grin, the raven-haired boy turned around.

"Oh, Robin" he said, hoping he'd sounded cheerful enough but seeing the woman's smile he knew he had failed miserably to accomplish his goal.

"Is something wrong?" she asked, placing the book she was carrying on the deck's table.

The Straw Hat captain sighed. Time to have an awkward talk.

"Robin, can I… eh… talk to you about… something?" he said, pushing his hat further on his head to hide his eyes. All the crew knew that this meant that he was in serious mode and the black-haired woman recognized the signs. Luffy heard the crack of a chair being crushed under the weight of someone that had taken a seat.

"Of course, Luffy." The archeologist looked at her captain with mild interest. She had noticed that he'd been acting slightly strange since he had a dive earlier that day but choose to not bring up the issue in front of the others.

The boy shifted on his seat and jumped off the figurehead to sit down cross-legged in front of her.

"Something's not right. I… I shouldn't be here, not after knowing all I know."

Robin smiled, putting her elbow on the tabletop and leaning her chin on her hand, listening to him without saying a word, not yet.

"I… Well, I don't know how to explain it. I just… came back to this time. I was…" Damn, this was more complicated than what he had expected. "I think I've traveled through time. I don't know how or why. But I've come back from twelve years in the future back to here, before… before we even reached Sabaondy. A lot of things have happened since then and… How am I supposed to act? How can I contain myself to not change things? I… I do want to change some but…"

"I see." Luffy looked up at her with a bit of surprise. "You weren't much yourself today, sencho. I don't think most of the crew have noticed but… You don't need to tell me everything that happens, if you don't want to. It's a complicated situation. Do you know if there was someone else, other than you, when you were sent here?"

The Straw Hat crossed his arms and tilted his head to the side, turning red as he made an effort to remember. His eyes went wide as he remembered. "Oh. OH!" Yes, there had been someone with him at that time. Someone he and Ace had thought dead, even at the time he had been sent back to.

Sabo. First Commander of the Revolutionary Army. The brother they had believed lost forever. But he had no way to contact him and he couldn't just call his father out of the blue and it wasn't like he had his den den mushi dial.

And even if he had it, he knew how much the World Government were trying to find out where the Revolutionaries were hiding.

"There was someone but right now would be nearly, if not absolutely, impossible to get in touch with that person." Luffy pouted. He wanted to see him so badly… And, if he really did something about Ace, how would he meet Sabo in Dressrosa? They met because he had entered the Coliseum to retrieve Ace's Devil Fruit and Sabo was the one to eat it afterwards. Damn, he and Law were "friends" thanks to their alliance to take out Kaido back at the time he came from.

Too many things could change for the worst if he made a single mistake. Zoro wouldn't be able to get stronger training with his nemesis. Sanji wouldn't mature the slightest if he didn't meet with the okama and Iva-chan. Nami wouldn't be able to learn more about the New World's weather if she didn't get to that sky island. Usopp wouldn't man up and Chopper wouldn't learn so much about medicine if he didn't get to that other island. Brook and Franky wouldn't improve themselves either.

"What should I do?" Luffy groaned. He now didn't need those two years of training with Rayleigh but his crew did.

What, indeed. Things had gotten so complicated and to him this whole thing was still the biggest mystery he'd had to face up until now.

Sabo woke up in his room back at the Revolutionary Army's headquarters. His eyes fixated on the ceiling while his arms were folded beneath his head. How did he get here? He was sure he was with Luffy about to pay their respects to Ace's grave when someone attacked them and had knocked him out.

He rolled to his side, thinking hard on what had happened. He had seen someone approach them and crouch in front of them before a light had surrounded his brother and Sabo reached for him.

When he woke up he was back on Dragon's ship and for what he could see of himself he was back to his younger self and knew he didn't have the Mera Mera no Mi powers anymore.

"You still lazing around, Sabo?" a feminine voice called out from the doorframe. Sabo looked up to find Koala leaning against the door with a smirk on her face. "The boss said you should wake up and get something to eat before everything's gone from the table."

Not like the blond had any appetite. "Yeah, yeah. Coming" he answered as he pushed the blanket aside and got onto his feet.

Koala turned around. "Hey, Koala," he called before she could exit the room. "What would you say if I told you that is possible to go back in time?"

"I'd say you've hit your head or somethin'. But… you know, nothing is that impossible. Especially since Devil Fruits exist."

Devil Fruits, huh? That could be a possibility.

"Hurry up!"

"I'm on it, already! Jeez."

A/N:

I'm back. Thank you all for the wonderful reviews, follows and favs. I was so unsure how this story would be received, especially since I don't have it all planned out and I don't know how it will turn out or how will it end. But you guys have cheered me on and made me want to try it out. I'll just ask of you to be patient with me. The work is unbetaed so any mistakes will be my fault. If any of you are available and want to give a shot to read and point out the mistakes, just PM me.

Someone asked me to put Sabo in there and here he is. They'll be separated for now but they'll eventually meet each other before or during Impel Down/Marineford, so don't worry.

My goodness. I've written this chapter twice... So now to answer the lovlies who have left their comments on the Prologue.

LostFairyMantic: I haven't either. All I've read is Reincarnated!Ace fanfics so I thought it would be original to push the time back before Sabaondy. Poor Luffy, he's so confused XD. Well, I think that Luffy's going to try and act as if he doesn't know all he knows and he will try his best to repeat all the steps he made from after Thriller Bark up to his crew's disappearance in Kuma's hands. But, who knows? We all know that Law's smart and he can't be fooled so easily. Maybe he'll catch something being off? *giggle*. Here's the second chapter, hope you enjoy it!

Dator Mortis: Here's the second chapter. Thanks for reading!

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Guest 2: The chapter was short due to it being the Prologue but don't expect that in the beginning they'll be huge either. Thanks for reading!

ichigo1508: Second chapter's up. Hope you enjoy it and keep interested in it! I'll try my best.

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Ang3l S0ng: Here we go. Luffy's reaction plus someone else's!

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Shifuku: Thank you! So do I, Shifuku. So do I. Lol.

BlackGryphon101: Lol. You gave me the idea. I hope I won't disappoint you with this! Right now they can't be together, is too soon but I promise they'll meet. Luffy already knows that maybe Sabo is here too from the future and now we have two teens confused like hell. XD Second chapter's up so go read it ;)

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