Holly crap this came out much later than I intended. (Damn it Loki fics! Why must you distract me so?) Having two jobs doesn't really help either but I mostly blame Loki.

Disclaimer: (Why do I need to keep doing this again?) The world of One Piece belongs to Oda. The characters and spells of Harry Potter belong to J.K. I own none of this.

Chapter 4

More Mountain Bandits and a Relentless Chase

Garp finally came back to Windmill Villiage about a month after the Red Haired Pirates left. Of course, Luffy and Harry try to hide from him as soon as he showed up only for it to be in vain. And oh boy was he none too happy about learning of Luffy's new devil fruit ability. Even worse so when he learned that his grandkids had been palling around with Shanks for a year.

Which is how the twins were back in the forest fighting monkeys to "turn them into fine marines dammit!" as Garp puts it. This time though instead of fighting several small monkeys, they were fighting one larger one. Harry had just finished his turn and was taking a break while Luffy had his fight with the monkey. He was doing really well at first. Dodging punches, was able to land some hits even though they didn't do much damage. Luffy then tried to do a stretchy punch he's dubbing the "Gum-Gum Pistol" only for his hand to catch in a branch causing Luffy to swing around helplessly.

Garp and Harry both sighed as Garp went to help Luffy out. "Hey, Gramps want to know a secret?" Luffy asked as Garp straighten his hat. "Oh, yea. What's that?" Garp asked back. Luffy smiled. "Turns out I won't just be any old pirate," he said. "So you've finally gotten it huh?" Garp asked looking excited. Harry, on the other hand, paled at the any old part. Luffy please don't. he thought."Yea I'll be cooler than a pirate. I'll be King of the Pirates!" Luffy declared. Garp just about lost it.

The next thing the twins knew they were being dragged up the forest towards Mt. Corvo. Harry was being carried by the scruff of his shirt while Garp had a firm hold on Luffy's cheek. "Ow ow ow! Dammit, I'm rubber now why does this hurt so much," Luffy complained. "You could have let us say goodbye to Makino first. Or at the very least let us pack some clothes," Harry said. Garp just ignored the two. After a few hours of complaining, weak slapping on Luffy's part, and yelling from Garp, the three arrived at a run-down looking shack.

Garp finally lets the two go so he can knock on the door while the twins ran around to explore the place. Harry looked back toward the hut when he heard an older woman yelling "Hey shut the hell up! Whatever it is your selling I don't want any!" She then realized it was Garp and her demeanor quickly changed. The commotion brought out two more people.

Harry stopped running around with Luffy in favor of watching the adults talk to see what Garp wanted with them. He couldn't understand much as they were mostly talking about someone named Ace who was driving the three crazy. The woman, who Harry picked up was named Dadan, finally got annoyed by Luffy's laughter in the background and Garp picked him up to make introductions.

"Their yours now," he told them. "Luffy, Harry tell them hello." Luffy waved his hand saying "Yo." While Harry gave them a polite bow in greeting. "So who are they," the taller guy asked. "Their my grandsons," Garp told them. The other three were surprised at that with Dadan realizing that Garp wants them to look after the two. Which they flat out refused. "Well, then you have two choices. Either raise my kids or get locked up. Pretty generous considering all the crimes you've committed," Garp told them while laughing.

The door behind Dadan then opened. A little girl looking even younger than Luffy and Harry came out. "I've finished the laundry Dadan," the young girl said before taking notice of the sudden guests. "Well now, who do we have here?" Garp asked. "Just some lost kid," Dadan answered as she tried to usher the girl back inside before Luffy ran up to her. "Hi I'm Luffy and I'm going to be King of the Pirates," he introduced himself before turning to his twin. "And this is my brother Harry," he added.

"Nice to meet you," Harry said as he came up to Luffy. Garp came up as well and proceeded to give Luffy a Fist of Love for "spouting that pirate talk again". "Are you all right?" the girl asked. Luffy got up as he rubbed the top of his head saying "Yea Grampa does this all the time." The young girl then looked at Garp before pulling something out of her pocket and giving it to him. It looked like some kind of weird necklace.

"What's this?" Garp asked. "It's a charm used to ward off Wracksputs. They float around and make your brain go fuzzy. That's why you got angry so easily," the girl explained. Garp and the twins suddenly looked as though she just spouted two heads. "That's enough Luna go back inside now," Dadan told her, gently pushing her through the door. "Wracksputs?" Garp asked. "Don't mind her she tends to get her head in the clouds," Dadan said.

Suddenly Luffy felt something wet and sticky hit his cheek. "Huh what's this?" he asked himself as he touched the spot. "Eww spit! That's gross! Hey, who did that?" Looking around Luffy finally spotted another child sitting on top of a rather large animal. Harry looked to see who Luffy was talking too and felt a shiver of fear go down his spine. The kid looked about average, but his eyes were cold, dark, almost empty. It was a look Harry did not like at all.

Harry and Garp walked up to Luffy who was demanding an apology from the kid. Harry made a grab for Luffy's hand. "Knock it off," he said. Luffy looked at him confused while Harry just watched the newcomer with a weary look. "Luffy, Harry this here is Ace. Starting today you two are going to be living with him and Dadan from now on," Garp told them. Harry vaguely heard the people behind him still trying to refuse but he was too busy watching Ace, feeling like he's going to do something to the twins.

He was snapped out of his stupor when Garp lightly punched him and Luffy on the head. "You three play nice now," he said. "We already said we wouldn't look after them!" Dadan shouted at Garp. "Oh. Then why are you looking after that little girl I just saw now?" Garp asked her. "You seem to have no problem raising that one." Dadan paled as sweat poured down her face realizing that Garp practically put her in a corner. Finally, she said, "Alright we'll do it."Garp smiled and said "Alright I'll be going then. I'll stop by when I can."

Ace hopped down and walked passed the twins not saying a word to them. "Hey come back here and say you're sorry!" Luffy demanded. Harry put a hand on his brother's shoulder. "Calm down Luffy getting mad isn't going to help," he told Luffy as he put the straw hat back on Luffy's head. At that Luffy paused as he remembered Shanks's words. Wiping the spit off his face he looked at Harry and said "Your right." Harry nodded and the two walked into the shack.

The place seemed dark and empty at first. But as the two ventured in to look for Ace they were grabbed from behind by several bandits. "Give us all your money or we'll slice your throats right now!" one of them demanded. "We're kids we don't have any money," Harry told them in a shaky voice. "Fine then we'll have your parents bring us their money," another bandit figured. "Well we've got a grampa," Luffy said. "That works. Who is he?"

"It's Garp. And the kids are staying with us now," the shorter bandit, Dogra, told them. At that, every bandit seemed to pop out of nowhere to voice their complaints. Dadan just came in with a big plate full of meat. "Shut up you guys. Dinner's here. You can argue later!" she yelled at them. The bandits soon forgot about the twins and ransacked the meat as though it would be their last meal. Luffy and Harry tried to get some too only to be held back by the bandits.

In the end, the two only got a tiny bowl of rice and a glass of water. Luffy simply dumped the entire thing into his mouth before asking for some more. Dadan seemed to snap at him. "Shut it little brat. Do you even know where you are?" she asked him. "Not really. Gramps never explains his plans to us," Harry told her, eating his rice at a slower pace. Dadan then explained that she and her group were bandits that ruled over this side of the mountain prompting the twins to pull faces at the reminder of Higuma and his group.

"Mountain bandits suck," Luffy outright stated. Dadan got even angrier at that. "Well, you're stuck with us and we're stuck with you thanks to that pushy grandfather of yours. But if you don't like it here you can just leave and get eaten by wolves for all I care," she ranted. Harry simply sighed. "We just wanted some more food," he mumbled. Luffy looked at Ace who was eating some meat. "Hey can we have some of that meat?" he asked Dadan.

"I'll have you know that this came from that bison Ace brought back earlier and shared it with us so he doesn't have to work. You two, on the other hand, are going to be doing chores with Luna. That means cleaning, laundry, polishing our weapons. You will rob, steal, cheat and even kill people!" Dadan took another bite of food before she continued. "And if either of you says a word of this to your gramps, we'll be more than happy to string you guys up. One bowl of rice and a glass of water per day. The rest you've got to get for yourself."

"Yea okay," Luffy simply said causing Dadan to fall on her head. "Just 'okay' no crying or anything?" Harry simply chuckled at her expression and explained: "Grampa dumped us in the jungle before so we know how to survive on our own." Luffy nodded agreeing. "Yea we're going to be pirates someday so we've got to be strong." Harry noticed Ace looking at the two briefly as Luffy said that only for him to get up and walk away. "Wonder where he's going?" Luffy asked before getting up and following Ace. "Hey wait," Harry called back as he shoved the rest of the rice into his mouth and hurried after the two.

"Luffy wait where are your going?" Harry called out. "I'm going after Ace to try and be his friend," Luffy replied. Harry stopped in his tracks stunned. Luffy wanted to be friends with this guy? He continued to follow Luffy saying "Something tells me he doesn't want anything to do with us." Luffy looked back at Harry "You don't know that."

They finally caught up with him at the foot of a hill with Ace being at the top. Up there he turned around to see what the twins want. "Hi my name's Luffy and this is Harry. I'm not mad about the spit anymore so let's be friends okay," Luffy said. Ace didn't say anything. He just gave them that cold stare that set Harry on edge. Suddenly Ace kicked down a tree and it started rolling at the two.

The two quickly ran in the opposite direction only to hit a dead end. Luffy quickly grabbed Harry and wrapped his body around his brother to protect him from the tree since Luffy was made out of rubber. Luffy quickly shoved the tree off. "Hey Harry are you okay?" he asked. Harry tried to catch his breath. "Yea I'm fine. Are you alright?" Luffy nodded. The tree didn't do much to him thanks to his new rubber body. Just a few cuts from some stray splinters.

Luffy then started to walk back up the hill. "Come on we'll lose him," he said. Harry looked at Luffy surprised before making a grab for his arm. "Hey hold up. You're not going to try and befriend him again are you?" Harry asked. "Of course I am," Luffy answered. "He just tried to kill us!" Harry argued. Luffy looked at Harry with a determined expression on his face. "He looks like he's suffering. I want to help him with that," he explained.

Harry just looked stunned. He had never seen Luffy like that before. Luffy then pulled his arm from Harry's slacken grip and continued on. "You coming or what?" he asked. Harry looked down for a few seconds before growling to himself and hurried after Luffy. They caught back up with Ace at a rickety old bridge high above a ravine. Ace was surprised that they caught back up with him but the surprise quickly formed into anger as he headed towards them. Luffy smiled thinking Ace was finally going to talk to them. Harry, however, saw Ace's grip tighten on the pipe and stood in front of Luffy as Ace delivered a powerful blow to their heads, sending them over the bridge.

Harry and Luffy clung to each other as they plumbed towards the ravine. Suddenly they felt as though they were slowing down in their fall and soon had landed on the ground safely. Luffy breathed out a sigh of relieve. "Thanks for that Harry," he said figuring that was Harry's magic at play then. Harry nodded in return and the two looked around. It was very dark. Harry tried to make some light appear with his magic but it didn't last for long.

The two simply took their chances and wandered in the dark with Harry in the lead. After a while, Harry asked, "So you still want to be friends with Ace after this?" "Yep," Luffy nodded, his eyes bright with determination. Harry stop and turned to his brother. "Luffy that's twice he's tried to kill us now. I know you said you want to help with whatever pain he's in but he's made it very clear he doesn't want it!" Harry yelled. "But he can't be alone. And I don't want us to be alone anymore either," Luffy argued. The two were cut off by a low growling. Peering into the darkness they spotted yellow eyes that as they drew closer, belonged to wolves who eyed the twins with hungry looks.

By the time they finally escaped the wolves the sun had risen and they saw that they were out of the ravine. The two sat down for a moment to catch their breaths. The wolves had given them a very hard time but thankfully Harry and Luffy managed to fend them off. After Harry's breathing returned to normal he turned to Luffy. "Hey what did you mean when you said you didn't want us to be alone anymore?" he asked.

"Well, it's always been the two of us for the longest time. None of the other kids in the village would play with us since you've always spent your time with me," Luffy explained. Harry shook his head. "You are my brother, of course, I want to spend time with you," he said. "But I don't want you to be the only one I can rely on. And I don't want you to have to rely on just me," Luffy stated. Harry just stared in silence. Why would Luffy say something like that? Before he could voice his thoughts Luffy continued. "I know we won't always be together. So we have to have someone to turn too when we can't be there for one another."

Harry let that sink in for a few moments before giving Luffy a smile. His brother tends to be wiser than he lets on. "Alright, you win. But it looks like we lost him for the day so let's head back to the cabin," he said. Luffy nodded and the two made their way through the woods. After a few hours of walking and running away from big animals, they heard a voice call out. "There you two are."

The twins turned to see Luna approaching them with a large pitcher of water. "Where have you been? Dogra and Magra are really worried about the two of you," she said. "We fell down a ravine and got chased by a bunch of wolves and other animals," Luffy replied. Luna then noticed all the cuts and scrapes he and Harry had. Setting down the pitcher of water she reached into her bag and pulled out a bottle and a rag. "Here let me treat your wounds," she said.

Harry and Luffy took off what was left of their shirts as Luna poured the liquid from the bottle to the rag and applied it to their wounds. They winced at first as the cuts were being disinfected but then they slowly started to heal before their very eyes. "What is this stuff?" Harry asked. "It's a potion used for small scrapes," Luna explained. "Some of my spells can heal but they can't actually clean the wounds."

"Wait you can do magic too?" Luffy asked surprised. Luna nodded though she looked a little sad. "That doesn't bother you does it?" she asked. The twins shook their heads. "I can do magic too so it's nice to meet someone who's like me," Harry told her. "Why would you think it bothered us?" Luffy asked.

"Well, my parents didn't seem to happy when they saw me do my magic. They never said anything about it, but I saw it in their faces. One day when I came home from a walk my parents weren't there so I decided to go looking for them. I never found them, but I did find Dadan and the bandits and they took me in," Luna finished her story as she wrapped the last of the bandages around Harry's arm. "There, even with the potion, it's still best to leave the wraps on for the day just in case."

"So wait did your parents leave you?" Harry asked. Luna shrugged "I honestly don't know. But it's alright. I have Dadan, Dogra, Magra, the other bandits. And even Ace though he doesn't talk very much," she said. "Do you know what Ace's deal is?" Harry asked. Luna shook her head. "I've heard Dadan saying about how he's the son of the devil but she's usually drunk when she says that."

Luffy tilted his head in confusion "Why, who's his dad?" he asked. "I don't know. The bandits never gave a name," Luna answered as she put the supplies back in her bag and picked up the pitcher of water. The three then made their way back to the cabin and were back by nightfall.

After explaining where they have been Dadan made them take a bath before sending them to bed. Not long after Harry felt someone watching them. Opening his eyes just a little he saw that it was Ace. He just stared at the two. The usual hatred on his face was mixed with slight confusion.

Harry suddenly found himself connecting with Ace. He seems to feel like the whole world is against him. When Ace left Harry found himself promising something. While he's still not keen on the idea of becoming Ace's friend, he had decided that to at least figure out what Ace's deal is and help him out with it.

So yea Luna found her way into my story. Wasn't my initial plan but I realized that if I didn't there wouldn't have been another wizard until Harry and Luffy set sail. Hope I did her justice by placing her with Dadan's group.

Also a little side note. Someone asked me if Harry was going to be using rokushiki as his fighting style. The answer is no. Rokushiki is a close distance fighting style and Harry's magic is meant for long distance fights. I am planning on giving Harry haki though, but for obvious reasons, it won't be until much later.