A.n I own nothing.
I would like to address the most frequently asked question that has been sent to since the Edward and Adéwalé appeared: Dose Edward know if Connor is his Grandson?
The answer is No. This is because the mist distorts time, so at this point in time Edward is still a pirate and has not joined the Assassins yet, so Haythem has not been born. Connor similarly dose not know of his fathers side of his family yet as that was revealed to him by the Assassins. So he dose not know he is talking to his Grandfather and like Edward dose not realise that they are related.
In simple terms: Wibbly wobbly timey wimeys.
Edward led Connor away from the others to the other end of the deck, he wanted to talk to Connor in private about his gift. Adéwalé joined him as he knew about Edwards's gift as well to help explain or clarify tings if needed, Zoro and Robin joined them as Robin was curious and as eager to learn about this strange power as Connor. Zoro did not want Connor alone with the other two pirates; he did not trust them or Robin.
Once at the bow of the ship they sat down on and robin leaned against the railing. Connor sat next to Zoro backs against the outside kitchen wall and Edward and Adéwalé sat across from them.
"So…how's this going to work?" Zoro asked.
"I'll explain this gift the best I can and then I'll answer Connors questions…but be warned even though I possess it I do not know everything about it," Edward said.
"You probably know more than me," Connor said.
"That brings up a good point, what do you know about your gift?" Adéwalé asked.
"Not much, just that it's never wrong and what two of the colours mean," Connor answered.
"Oh…Okay…wow," Edward said.
"Did I say something wrong?" Connor asked.
"No, No…It's…let's just start from the beginning," Edward suggested.
Connor nodded and paid very close attention to what Edward was about to say, he wasn't the only one; Robin and Zoro leaned in closer too.
"So the human body has five senses, Hearing, Sight, Smell, Taste and Touch. It's how we determine what's what in the world, everyone has these senses but some have a sixth sense," Edward started.
"The glowing eyes," Zoro interrupted.
Edward nodded.
"Right, now here's were it gets…a little complicated. The sixth sense or as a friend of mine calls it the Sense, is a special sense that only appears in certain individuals. Those who possess it are able to instinctively know how people and objects relate to them, which manifests as a coloured glow," Edward explained.
"The coloured Auras that I see around people," Connor said.
"Right there are four Red, Blue, White and Yellow. Do you know what the colours mean?" Edward asked.
"Only two, Red is bad Blue is good," Connor answered.
"Well that's a good start, if you see a Red person then that means they want to hurt you or are a threat to you in some way and Blue means that they are your friends or allies and you can trust them," Edward stated.
"What about Yellow and White?" Robin asked.
"They're a bit different, if a person appears White it means that they are neither friend nor foe, they will not hinder you but they won't help you either. Certain parts of the environment can also glow White as well; that means you can use it to your advantage," Edward claimed.
"How?" Connor asked.
"Well you could hide from pursuers or use them to eavesdrop on conversations," Adéwalé supplied "Or hide dead bodies in them,"
"That works?" Robin asked.
"You would be very surprised how no one ever checks bushes or haystacks for bodies," Adéwalé confirmed.
"So what does Yellow mean?" Connor asked getting back on topic "I've only seen a yellow person a few times,"
"Yellow is persons of interest, you will only ever see yellow in people. Let's say you got lost in a busy market and you wanted to find him," Edward said pointing at Zoro "All you would have to do is stand above the crowd and use your sight. If you are focusing on a single person or looking for someone in particular they will appear yellow and once you catch up to them they will appear the colour that they were before,"
"You said that only people glow yellow, why is that?" Robin asked.
"Well that's not entirely true, sometimes objects glow yellow if it will help you find the person you're looking for," Edward clarified.
"What kind of objects?"
"Clues mostly, letters, clothes, footprints, basically anything that will help you find whoever you're looking for," Edward answered.
"I see…it defiantly is a powerful ability," Robin contemplated.
"Indeed and that's only the first stage," Adéwalé agreed.
"First stage?" Connor asked a little surprised.
"You mean there's more too it?" Zoro asked.
"Well…maybe, this sense is like any other skill or mussel. The more you use it the stronger it becomes and once mastered it can evolve into something even more powerful," Edward claimed.
"It'll become even more powerful…how?" Robin asked.
"That I can't tell you," Edward said sadly.
"Why not?" Connor asked.
"Because I don't know, I only recently found out that it could evolve myself and I am not near that stage yet myself,"
"Oh," Connor said disappointed.
"So how will the kid know when his sense is ready to evolve?" Zoro asked.
"I was told that there would be signs and the evolution process would be painful. But once a person has masted their sense it will evolve on its own," Edward claimed.
"So…what do I have to do to master it?" Connor asked.
"Just keep using it; it might not evolve at all. You'll know when you've mastered it, do you mind telling me what you see with it?"
"Just the colours of people, a yellow trail that rarely appears but it never stays long," Connor answered.
"The environment doesn't glow?" Adéwalé asked.
Connor shook his head.
"I saw a door glow white once but that was it," Connor answered.
"Ah, you've still got a long way to go then," Edward claimed "Once the environment starts to glow then the yellow trail will come more easily but only if you're focusing on someone. Once you can see people and the environment glow and make the yellow trail appear at will you will have mastered the first stage of your sight,"
"So if I want to make my sight stronger I have to practice using it?"
"Well yeah, I mean you don't just pick up a sword and expect to be a master swordsmen. It takes time and practice but it grows as you do and soon you'll be able to see things with it you never thought possible," Edward finished "it just takes time,"
Connor nodded in understanding, he knew he had a long way to go but he was exitited and determined to master his sight. Now that he understood more about it he hoped it would be easier.
"Why do only certain people have this gift?" Robin asked.
"I honestly don't know," Edward answered "There's a theory that it's heritridoal but there is no proof of that,"
"Do you mind if I ask when did you first discover you had this sense?" Edward asked Connor.
"I don't remember, I've always had it," Connor claimed.
"Must have been very young…mine showed up just before my sixth birthday…freaked my parents out," Edward chuckled "the moment it showed up I knew how to turn it on…but turning it off took some practice,"
"Edward don't forget about the warning," Adéwalé interrupted.
"What…oh right," Edward responded.
"Warning what warning?" Zoro asked.
"Don't let anyone you don't trust see or know about your sight," Edward warned.
"Why?" Robin asked.
"Because, they will kill him for it," Edward warned.
"W…What?" Connor gasped fearfully.
"What the hell does that mean?" Zoro growled angrily.
"I don't know why but there is a law that states if anyone possesses glowing yellow eyes they are to be handed over to the government for immediate execution or killed on sight," Edward claimed.
Zoro, Robin and Connors eyes widened in fear. Why would the government make such a stupid law? Did that mean that there were others who had this gift but were killed for it before they could understand it?
"B…B…B…But why? I did nothing wrong," Connor said.
"We don't know why that law exists but if any marines or soldiers see you using it they will kill you without hesitation," Adéwalé warned "It is part of the Reason Edward has such a high bounty,"
"Yep my wanted poster says Dead Only," Edward agreed.
Zoro put a comforting hand on Connors shoulder and the boy looked up at him.
"Don't worry kid I won't let anyone kill you," Zoro promised.
Connor nodded grateful that Zoro would look out for him. Then he remembered that both Zoro and robin were a mix of colours when he had firs used his sight on them.
"I have a question, is it possible for someone to be a mix of colours?" Connor asked.
"Oh yeah, most definitely," Edward answered "I haven't seen a mixed person in years though,"
"What does it mean if someone is mixed?"
"Depends on the colours, what mix did you see?"
"Mainly red and white,"
"Oh well that means someone who was indifferent to you was becoming suspicions of you, as long as white was the dominate colour you were safe. Once a person becomes a full red that's when you need to start worrying," Edward claimed.
Connor processed what Edward was saying it made sense and explained a lot. When Connor had first used his sight on Zoro he appeared white with a hint of red but the next time he'd used it red was slowly becoming the dominate colour. Later Zoro had become blue and had remained that way ever since.
The same went for Robin, she had been a mix of red and white but at the time white was the dominant colour but now she was mostly blue with a hint of white.
"So people can change colours," Robin stated thoughtfully.
"Yep, even people who are red can become blue, and vice versa," Edward agreed "it's rare but I've seen it happen,"
Connor was about to ask something else but Akibi ran up to them, they looked at him curious as to what he wanted.
"Edward Lapuni's picking a fight with Henzo," Akibi claimed.
Edward sighed and stood up, he walked back to the front of the ship to deal with whatever mischief Lapunni had started. Adéwalé, Akibi, Zoro, Robin and Connor followed him; at the front of the ship they saw Usopp trying to talk some sense into Lappuni while Isaoka and Pukau struggled to hold Lapunii back and Longo was helping Henzo who was on lying on the deck from being pushed.
Luffy was nowhere to be seen.
"Oi what's going on here?" Edward demanded.
The fighting stopped and the kids and Usopp all looked over to Edward.
"Henzo got a call from the outside," Longo claimed.
"What? Are you serious?" Edward gasped.
"Yeah he told someone called Philip who was on the other end and told him about an emergency rescue devise to get us out," Isoka claimed.
"So if there's a rescue party coming why is Lapuni fighting?" Adéwalé asked confused.
"Because he's working for Whetton," Lappuni said angrily.
"Whetton?" Edward asked confused "Wasn't he the pirate that burnt your town down?"
"I told you I was only working for him so I could find you," Henzo said.
"Shut it, I knew you couldn't be trusted. If you were really Henzo you wouldn't work for our enemy," Lapuni growled.
"Lappuni, sometimes people do bad things for the right reasons…even if it means hurting those closest to you," Usopp tired.
"No, if your do something that hurts others then your just as bad as all the other scumbags in the world," Lappuni declared.
"You have a very black and white view on life," Robin commented.
"Yeah, I've been trying to get him to change his view for a while now," Edward admitted.
"Hey….Where's Luffy?" Zoro asked noticing his captain was absent.
"He started launching himself back into the mist," Usopp answered.
"Idiot," Zoro sighed.
Edward gave Usopp a confused look.
"Why is he doing that?" he asked.
"Because he thinks it's fun and he's and idiot," Zoro said irritably.
"Why would he…"Edward Started
"LOOK OUT!" Luffy called out as he suddenly reappeared.
Everyone on deck turned to him and he crashed into Edward taking the other Captain with him into the mist.
"Edward!'" Adéwalé and the kids panicked.
"Don't worry, everything in here loops around on itself they'll be back in a few seconds," Robin assured.
Everyone looked to the opposite side of the ship and waited for a few moments but nothing came back.
"Or not," Robin finished.
"We have to find, them," Adéwalé urged.
"No we should stay where we are. Everything in here loops in on itself so we just have to wait for them to come back," Henzo said.
"But there not back," Usopp said.
"If they went to a deeper part of the mist then we have no way of following. But that does not mean they won't eventually come back to where their starting point," Henzo claimed "After all you said there was no way out,"
The straw hats, the kids and Adéwalé waited patiently for Edward and Luffy to come back but they never did, Henzo tried to make contact with Phillip again but had no success. Robin noticed Connor staring at Nami trees and went over to him; he had been like that for a while now.
"Connor everything alright?" Robin asked.
Connor looked up at her and Robin saw his eyes were glowing.
"I'm trying to make the trees glow," He said.
"Oh any luck?"
"No, they won't do it. I don't know how to make them glow," Connor answered and the yellow faded for his eyes.
"Edward said it would take time," Robin reminded him.
"I know….can I ask you something?"
"Of course,"
"Do you… Do you think Luffy and Edward will be okay?" Connor asked worriedly.
"Don't worry I'm sure they're fine," Robin claimed.
"Hey something's approaching," Usopp called out and pointed to a small boat.
The others ran over and looked to where Usopp was pointing and sure enough there was a small row boat approaching with a single figure on it. As it got closer the figure was revealed to be Nami, once she was next to the Merry she claimed on to the deck.
Usopp saw that her boat had bags and chests filled with treasure, it was clear that Nami had made a few stops along the way.
"You just can't help yourself can you," Usopp said.
"What are you taking about?" Nami asked.
"Your boat is filled with treasure, how many ships did you raid before coming here?" Usopp clarified.
"It doesn't matter, what matters is that I'm here now," Nami responded.
"IT DOSE MATTER!" Usopp yelled.
Nami then noticed the kids, Adéwalé and that Luffy was now where to be seen.
"So who are they and where's Luffy?" Nami asked.
Robin and Usopp then explained everting and introduced Nami to Adéwalé and the other children, Nami was surprised that they had been in the mist for 50 years.
"So they've been stuck here and Luffy got himself and one other lost deeper into the mist?" Nami summarised.
"That's pretty much it," Zoro said.
"Typical…oh well nothing we can do. Zoro Usopp start loading up the Merry with all the treasure you can," Nami ordered.
"WHAT!" Zoro and Usopp yelled.
"HEY THAT'S OUR PROPERTY, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT!" Lapunni yelled.
"Actually I can," Nami grinned evilly "You want to get out of this mist right?"
"Of course we do," Isoka answered.
"I have a way out and any treasure we take is my fee for rescuing you and your friends,"
"A fee…really?" Usopp asked disappointingly.
"Of course after all we'll be the ones doing the work and I bet you already fed them so we have to replenish our food supplies as well," Nami explained "A few bags of treasure is a small price to pay for a meal and a lift,"
"Well…." Lappuni hesitated "I suppose when you put it like that,"
"Your evil you know that right," Zoro stated.
Nami hit him on the head leaving a massive bump.
"I'm sorry Zoro I didn't catch that, did you say you wanted me to add extra interest on that loan I gave you?" Nami asked.
Zoro glared at her but said nothing.
"I thought so, now start loading up that tressure," Nami ordered.
Usopp and Zoro began to do as they were told with Zoro grumbling about Nami being a witch. Robin came up to the navigator.
"Nami do you actually have a way out?" she asked.
"Yep," Nami said and held up some rope.
Outside the mist
The sea was oddly calm, but there were no boats in the bay. The towns' people and Ruluka town militia had gathered to watch the mysterious and rare phenome known as the Rainbow Mist. Most of the town thought it was just a legend and a way for the Mayor to swindle money out of the townsfolk but know they could not help but stare at it.
Out in the bay a small broken and rotted plank of wood was floating on the surface. Suddenly bubbles began to form underneath it and Edward broke the surface of the water with a gasp. He spied the plank of wood and grabbed onto it, Edward then heaved Luffy up and the rubber captain grabbed on to it to keep him afloat.
They both took deep breaths of air although Luffy did not look so good.
"Man you devil fruit users are heavy," Edward claimed.
"I can't help it," Luffy moaned.
"Well hang on mate, the harbors not too far," Edward said and began to kick in the water, pushing the board towards the harbour.
Once back at the shore, Edward pulled Luffy onto some stone steps that led down to the water level and sat down; he was exhausted from the swim.
"I think you weigh more than Ade," Edward joked.
"Thanks," Luffy breathed, getting his strength back.
"No worries," Edward said.
Once both captains got their breaths back Edward stood up and walked up the stairs to the pier, he looked around at the town not recognising it and then spied the Rainbow mist out in the bay.
"So…where are we?" Edward asked.
"Ruluka town," Luffy answered.
Edward eyes widened, this was Lauppnis home, and he looked around but saw no sign of the destruction that the children described it was like it had never happened.
"But…shouldn't it be on fire or at least have evidence of the fire?" Edward asked.
Luffy gave Edward a confused look, he was about to say something when a man in uniform landed in front of them, he looked very dazed and had a red shoe print on his face.
"What happened to him?" Edward asked.
Luffy grinned and ran off in the direction that the man had come from.
"Hey wait for me," Edward said and chased after Luffy.
As Edward ran he kept an eye on his surroundings and Luffy, he did not want to lose the other captain because he had no clue where he was going. Edward and Luffy ran up to a large crowd of men in the same uniform they were in a large circle.
"Alright we've got you now, take them away," a man ordered.
Luffy tried to see what was going on but couldn't, he looked and saw a nearby bench and stood on top of it so he could, Edward joined him. Edwards's eyes went wide at what he saw, there was a blonde man and what looked like a big hairy man monster, in the centre of the crowd.
Luffy suddenly launched himself into the air and punched the solders holding the other two in the centre, they looked up and smiled.
"LUFFY!" Chopper cheered.
"About time," Sanji smirked, he then noticed Edward with the rubber captian.
"SANJI CHOPPER DUCK!" Luffy ordered.
Sanji and Chopper obeyed and Luffy pulled back his leg.
"Gomu-Gomu Whip," he cried.
Luffy swang out his leg and as it stretched it hit all of the surrounding solders carrying them with the leg and throwing them into the sea. Unfortunately several statues and guard houses were destroyed in the process; Luffy's leg bounced back to normal and he landed in front of his friends.
Edward stared at Luffy in surprise; he honestly did not know that he was that strong. After all Edward had beaten him easily back in the mist.
'Was he holding back?' Edward wondered.
"Hi guys, you look terrible," Luffy greeted.
"Your hurt," Chopper freaked out noticing Luffys cuts.
"Yeah but I ate some meat for lunch and now I'm all good," Luffy claimed giving Chopper a thumbs up.
"THAT'S NOT HOW MEDICINE WORKS!" Chopper yelled.
He tackled Luffy to the ground and began to wrap Luffys wounds up in bandages.
"You stole from the kitchen?" Sanji growled dangerously.
"Nah Usopp did, he made lunch. It wasn't as good as yours though," Luffy said completely ignoring Sanji's threat.
"I'll deal with him later," Sanji hissed.
Edward did not know how to react to this, it was quite a shock to see the hairy man monster talk and Luffy let him tackle him and…was he treating his wounds? The other man eyed Edward suspiciously as Edward approached but kept his hands on his cutlasses just encase.
"So who's that?" Sanji asked pointing at Edward.
"He's Edward, I'm going to beat him up and make his dragon part of my crew," Luffy introduced.
"His...Dragon?" Chopper asked not believing what he had just heard.
"Are you still on about that?" Edward asked "It's not going to happen matey,"
"Aww….but I want a dragon on my crew," Luffy whined.
"Then go find your own,"
"We did…but he died," Luffy said.
"You…you found a dragon?" Edward asked in surprise.
"Actually we found a whole nest of them," Sanji clarified.
"I'm sure there is a great story behind that but…who are you?" Edward asked Sanki and Chopper.
"This is Sanji and Chopper, there my Nakama," Luffy introduced.
"So why were those men attacking you?" Edward asked.
"Because the mayor here is a greedy thug and a moron," Sanji sighed "He wants all the treasure in that mist for himself,"
"So where's Nami?" Luffy asked.
"She went into the mist; we were supposed to pull her out but…" Chopper said sadly and held up the other end of the rope; it had been cut.
"But these goons cut the safety line," Sanji said.
"Is this Nami part of your crew two?" Edward asked.
Luffy nodded.
"Alright we should regroup with the rest of your crew," Edward advised "where are they?"
Luffy Sanji and Chopper all pointed to the mist; Edward stared at them as he realised what they were implying.
"Wait…the rest of your crew are in the mist?" Edward asked.
"Yep you've met them," Luffy pointed out.
Edward blinked, apart from Adéwalé, Lappuni and his friends that left the four pirates and the old man; add Nami and that makes eight.
"Hold on your sailing the grand Line with only eight people?" Edward gasped.
"Seven, Henzos not part of my crew," Luffy corrected.
"Do you lot have a death wish?" Edward asked seriously "How have you survived this long?"
"Simple, we're strong," Luffy shrugged.
Edward groaned and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Why would you come out here in the first place?" He asked.
"I'm going to find One Piece," Luffy declared.
"One piece, what's that?" Edward asked confused.
"You don't know about One Piece?" Sanji asked in surprise.
Edward shook his head.
"It's the name of the treasure hidden at the end of the Grand Line and whoever finds it becomes King of the Pirates," Luffy said excitedly.
"You don't say, how much treasure are we talking about?" Edward asked interested.
"It's said that One Piece is worth more than any other treasure in the world," Sanji claimed.
"Sounds interesting, where is it hidden?"
"Well the last Pirate King hid it on an Island called Rafael, he was the only man to ever get there and conquer the Grand Line completely," Sanji answered.
"So if he was the only one to get to this Island, how do you know it or the treasure exists?" Edward asked.
"Because he declared it at his own execution, he said that his treasure was out there and it was up for grabs; all we have to do is find it," Luffy answered.
"Pirates have been flocking here to the grand line ever since," Chopper supplied.
"You know I'd love to hear more about this as it sounds like my kind of adventure, but after we deal with this mess. Where's the mayor now?" Edward asked
Before anyone could answer the ground started to shake, the pirates looked around for the source of the shake and off in the distance the large tower like structure fell towards the sea. The big white tarp blew off revealing the top had a large Pumpkin shaped top, the tower landed in the sea with a large splash.
Much to the pirate's surprise, the tower began to extend all the way out of the bay and directly into the mist.
"Never mind I think I know," Edward said.
"They must be trying to get into the mist," Chopper said urgently.
"Nami-swan is in danger," Sanji panicked.
Suddenly another group of solders appeared and pointed there weapons at Luffy, Edward, Sanji and Chopper.
"Hey you two, you're under arrest by order of the mayor," a solder ordered.
"Luffy you get back to the mist, we'll handle this," Sanji said.
"Right thanks guys," Luffy said and ran off towards the downed tower; Edward followed him.
"Will they be alright?" Edward asked worriedly.
"Don't worry about it, they'll be fine," Luffy assured.
Edward and Luffy continued to run towards the now downed tower they were half way there when Edward stopped and stared at something. Luffy noticed this and ran to see what Edward was looking at.
Edward stared at a stone plinth with a bronze plaque on it; he could not believe what he was seeing.
"In memory of those who died in the fire of 12-05- 1472" (1)
"T…T…This can't be," Edward gasped.
Luffy looked at the plaque and then to Edward.
"A memorial, what about it?"
"No…look at the date…why is this here? that date was only a week ago," Edward claimed.
"What are you talking about that date was 50yrs ago," Luffy claimed.
"But…what's today's date?"
"It's the 21-12-1522" Luffy said.
Edward stared at Luffy for a second and then back at the plaque, so that old man was really Lappuni's friend and Henzo had been telling the truth.
"So…So 50yrs have really passed," Edward said softly.
"What was the date when you entered the mist?" Luffy asked.
"It was 18-05-1472…50yrs ago," Edward said sadly.
'Caroline(2)…your gone and…what did you think when I did not come back?' Edward thought to himself.
"You okay? You're taking this surprisingly well," Luffy observed.
Suddenly solders ran past them and heading towards the tower; Edward shook his head.
"Let's just save the others…then I can freak out later," Edward said determined.
"Right," Luffy agreed and the two dashed towards the tower.
(1) This the official year date for One Piece, Luffy began his journey in 1522 and continued in 1524. Thank you to Gammaman for providing this infomation. The days and months are random dates I picked except for 21-12 as that is the day and month this chapter was posted.
(2) For those of you unfamiliar with Assassins Creed, Caroline was the name of Edwards's first wife he left her to become a privateer. It was only years later when he asked the Assassins to deliver a message to her that Edward learned his wife had died and left behind a daughter as well in his absence.