Warnings: Angst, horror(?), fluff, possible OoC characters

Disclaimer: Eiichiro Oda owns One Piece. I own the plot and words and everything having to do with the blue bloods since I made them up.

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It had been three years since Luffy had that awful nightmare that haunted him for months, and no one had dared to bring it up in front of the boy again. Seeing him suffer so much from the fear, seeing him prone to panic attacks and nightmares on a whole new scale...they feared for the boy.

Every year, Luffy still got sick like that. But it was only for a short time, and most everyone had fond memories of their times with the boy – the pranks he pulled with Sabo and Ace and occasionally Thatch (after his last prank on Marco he was reluctant to do it again for how miserably that had ended), the trouble he often got into, seeing his childish wonder whenever he saw something new. It was all around enjoyable for everyone.

But now they wondered if they should have asked about that nightmare back when he was sick when he was seven years old.

He had one very similar to that one that night. He was sick again. He had been throwing up the whole day and refused to go to sleep. The only reason he was asleep was because Ace had sung him a lullaby, which was always the boy's weakness.

Sabo had been the first one to reach him after the screams had started again, but it was different this time. When he had entered the room, there was…something hovering over the boy that was causing him to scream. Before he could stop it, it had entered the boy's body.

Sabo watched, horrified, as Luffy began to move. It wasn't his normal movement – he seemed delirious, drunken. And his eyes – they were glowing gold with bloodlust – his eyes were pure black normally, the color of the night sky that Sabo dearly loved.

"Luffy?" He whispered, but something in his long dead heart told him this wasn't his beloved little brother. He blinked in shock as he felt a wind blow by him, almost knocking him off of his feet. After a moment, he realized Luffy wasn't there.

Sabo cursed before running up to the deck.

The full moon was high in the sky, free in the sky and in complete sight as the clouds seemed to surround it yet avoid it all at once. The stars seemed especially dim that night as well. The seas were calm and the sails were flat from the lack of wind at their ships level. It was deathly still on the ship as they all stared at Luffy, who stood on the ships figurehead, precariously close to the edge.

Sabo ran up then, staring worriedly at the boy. "Who are you?"

Thatch was about to ask Sabo what he was saying when he saw Luffy smirk – Luffy never smirked. He only grinned.

"So you saw?"

Everyone tensed, because that was in no way Luffy's voice. Why the hell was that voice coming out of Luffy's mouth? Luffy's eyes glowed an unnatural gold in the night, much like how their eyes would glow an unnatural red or a werewolf's eyes would glow an unnatural silver. Whitebeard's eyes narrowed as he stood.

"This is why I love blue bloods so much. It's so easy to get inside of them once you've pushed the right buttons. Even if it's only for a short time, to feel alive again," The person in Luffy's body raised his arm to the sky, a wide smile threatening to break his face shining eerily in the moonlight, "It feels so good."

"Teach, what have you done to my son?" Whitebeard stepped forward in front of the rest of his children as the possessed Luffy turned fully to face him. He glared at the boy, feeling so wrong doing so, but he knew that this was not Luffy.

"You truly know nothing about the blue bloods, do you?" He made Luffy laugh like a madman and it looked so horribly wrong to everyone else there. The way his voice cackled as he threw his head back was sickening to them. This was not their sweet little brother Luffy.

Suddenly the light of the moon disappeared. With it, the gold vanished and Luffy's eyes rolled back into his head. His legs gave out as he collapsed forward, being saved from the harsh fall by Sabo's quick move to grab him.

No one said a word, all disconcerted as they stared at the unconscious boy in the blonds arms. He turned his eyes to Newgate, fright and fury dancing in his orbs.

"Ace, stay with the boy tonight. All other Commanders, find Nico Robin."

Ace took the ten year old from Sabo and walked down below deck as the Commanders gathered those under their command and began to make a plan to find the elusive woman, Sabo taking his place temporarily as the Second Division Commander. Ace didn't mind though. The blond could easily find Nico Robin with the right information and he was much more worried about Luffy at the moment.

Ace kicked open his own bedroom door and then kicked it shut behind him. He brought his finger up to a candle and lit it with his powers, lighting the room with the warm glow. He moved over to his bed, kicking his boots off in the process and removing his hat once he was on the bed. He leaned back against the wall, moving the boy to sit in his lap as he pulled him into a tight hug.

Too many strange things had happened around this child. Ace worried deeply for him. From all of the dangerous situations he had managed to get into to his annual illness, he felt fear for whatever was after the boy, which was so much more real than previously.

He buried his nose into the boy's hair as he rubbed Luffy's arm, inhaling his scent. Something about the boy was different, making him want to protect the boy rather than feed from him. It was strange, but they all admitted to having the same odd feeling whenever they got a whiff of his unique scent.

Small hands clenched against his skin and Luffy shifted. Ace pulled back a little, looking down into his thankfully black eyes. He was obviously dazed as he cocked his head to the side.

"Ace?" Luffy rasped out. Ace's teeth clenched, gritting against each other before he smiled shakily at the boy. Luffy gave him his bright smile, making Ace's heart tighten before the boy hugged him with weak arms. "'S cold."

At the barely there comment, Ace heated his body up, thankful for his power over fire. Luffy sighed contentedly and seemed to relax more into Ace. Ace smiled, more genuinely this time, and ran a hand through the soft dark locks.

"I'm scared."

Ace turned shocked eyes down to the boy, who was burying his face into Ace's chest. Ace could feel the small drops of water falling on his skin and frowned as the boy continued to talk.

"He's never been able to do that before…it's getting harder to hold him off. What if he does it again? I don't…I don't want him to do that," Luffy's words ended in a choked sob. Ace made soft shushing sounds as he began to rock slowly, rubbing his hand in soothing circles over his back. Just hearing that this wasn't the first time something had happened with Teach made his anxiety double.

But it made his resolve quadruple.

"We'll find out how to stop him Luffy. I promise, we won't let him have his way with you."

He felt Luffy smile softly against his muscled chest through his tears as he snuggled into Ace. "Thank you," He murmured softly through sniffles, sleep heavy in his voice. Ace smiled softly down at the boy and kissed the crown of his head as his heart rate slowed down with his breathing until he was in a deep sleep. He slept through the rest of the night and the day, and the whole time, Ace never left his side.

It was three days after Teach's voice had been heard from Luffy's mouth. The child hadn't left Ace's side, attached to him much like he had been when he first came onto the ship. He sat next to Ace at meals, stayed with him as he did paperwork, let him rest his head on his lap when he had narcoleptic attacks, went to the meetings even if he just sat in Ace's lap, and slept in his room, cuddled into the larger body.

No one said anything of the strange behavior. When it became widespread known on the ship that Teach had been invading the boy's sleep, they were very relieved that he was with Ace constantly. The man seemed to be able to calm the boy easily, knowing what would make him laugh or fall asleep or stop crying much more easily than the rest of the crew. It was especially important since the boy had been much more emotional, much more easily scared by small sounds or dark corridors found on the ship. He would always grab Ace's shorts in a death grip and refuse to let go whenever he felt uncomfortable or scared of something.

The Commanders were doing everything in their power to find Nico Robin. But, it was hard. They hadn't been able to find her in years.

That was why, when Nami, Zoro, and Sanji appeared on deck with the aforementioned woman, they were all shocked and immensely relieved but most of all, confused.

Zoro had immediately gone to sleep against the rail of their deck while Sanji swooned over the two women. When asked how they found her, Nami shrugged confusedly.

"She came to us and asked to see you."

The seer stepped forward then, eyes on the child practically attached to Ace's hip. She smiled softly at the child and kneeled down to his level. He blinked at her curiously and then he oh so slowly released Ace and took a few hesitant steps forward until he stood in front of her.

"So, you are the special blue blood," She said, eyes turning solemn as he cocked his head to the side in question. Everyone was staring at her at that moment; even Zoro's eye was cracked open.

"And?" Luffy mumbled, acting quite out of character. He was only like this if he was scared, which wasn't often. Except for recently of course, but still, being surrounded by them all they thought he would've been his outgoing self.

"You know very much what I mean, don't you?"

Luffy pouted at that and looked down.

"This man is haunting you because of your blood. You know that, right?"

"Yeah," He muttered quietly. The crew all stared at the boy, concerned, but did not approach, knowing they needed Robin on their side in this matter.

"None of these people know of what happened," She said softly. The boy nodded.

"I know."

Her eyebrows furrowed. "Did you not want to remember?"

Luffy frowned deeply and nodded. She looked sorrowful and apologetic as she spoke her next words.

"They must see, you know? And that means you can't run from this anymore."

Luffy took a shaky breath before he nodded again, slowly and with small amounts of fear. Robin watched with sad eyes as he bit his finger, putting small puncture holes in his thumb. He brought his arm up and, using his thumb, began making an X-shape in the air.

To their surprise, the blood separated from the finger, being drawn in the air as if it were ink on paper. When Luffy was done, he stepped back. The blood glowed and they were all quickly absorbed into it's light.

The Vampires, who hadn't seen such bright light in many years, all covered their eyes for several long, agonizing moments. They thought that they would've been burned to a crisp within seconds but were shocked to find that they were perfectly safe with no burns in sight. Their eyes all slowly opened and then looked around, all except for Whitebeard, who stared straight ahead behind Robin.

The woman turned, as did the Vampires, Werewolf and Demons, and what they saw surprised them.

Luffy was in the arms of the long dead Red Haired Shanks, a serious look on his face, a grin on his mouth.

"It's good to see you again, Whitebeard."

AN: And here is the start of everything. I have to say now updates may slow since I'm not as ahead as I would like to be, but I'll try to type chapters out fast. I also have work and some stray summer work to finish up. But, you now know who "he" is. Teach is dead, but that's the whole issue.

LyricoJ: fighting :)

luffylova: Sorry, I was frustrated and had some writers block so I didn't update :( You know who "he" is now though :). Garp will show up but he won't be evil.

shadowmarialove: Thanks :) And I was very frustrated yesterday but I feel better now. Thanks for your concern :) Yeah, I made Rose up on the spot, but she'll be in the story more now. I think she might end of being pretty important in the long run.

Kiki2000: Sorry :( I know the chapter was short but I didn't want to put up just an AN. I realized I hadn't had any moments where Luffy ran to Ace because of a nightmare and because I'm a sucker for those moments, I put one in :) I don't know Rose's level of importance yet but she may end up being pretty important

So, chapters will be longer now because of a bunch of information you guys'll be getting. It may take a while to update some chapters though, especially with school right around the corner, but I'll try my best :) Thank you so much for reading! Please leave a review!