Chapter 1
Arrivals and Meetings
Through a cave they arrived at a huge lake bathed in the light of the moon and the stars. They had just been attacked. Luckily, the ship had not sustained any permanent damage. The sail was a little bit torn but otherwise had Franky already repaired everything so it looked brand new. Luffy was standing on the figurehead. His hand was still covered in blood. They had been attacked. The words continued to echo in his mind. He couldn’t believe it. He had red about it in the newspapers what was happening but he never thought about it. It was Smoker who was in the lead. Last he saw him he was only a captain but now he was a Vice Admiral. They could only escape because Usopp lit the body of Smoker and then fired a huge smoke bomb to cover them.
But that didn’t matter right now. They were arriving at a safe haven. The place looked like a junkyard, but in reality was it a fortress build by pirates back in the days when they were called privateers. Hearing a song in his ears he steered the ship in the direction where it became louder and louder. As he arrived at the island had the song become clear. It was known as “Hoist The Colors” heard around the world when the pirates were to be gathered. A wind blew his red coat aside. It was almost like it greeted him welcome. “Who are you?” he muttered and remembered that the same wind had saved him from smoker in Lougetown. A wide smile spread on his face. His nakama standing on the lawn deck saw this and all wandered what the smile was about. “Yohoho. Our captain is happy again” said Brook.
The building in front of them was coming closer and now they could all see it was made out of shipwrecks and alike. The way through the docks was lit by lamps. All of them now stood in the front of the ship behind Luffy and looked around. They saw several people sitting around. Surely they were all pirates. Some of them were even marked with there pirate flag. Luffy recognized one of them as Shanks symbol. It was the scarier skull with swords as crossbones and three scars through the left eye. Finally they found a spot to dock there ship. At the entrance two flags danced. One of them was Shanks flag they knew that, but the other one, a smiling skull with red scars on the left side of the face and a pair of wings behind it, they didn’t knew who that belonged to. “Usopp our flag” said Luffy to which Usopp hang there own flag at the entrance.
Opening the huge gate they entered a marked concord were several pirates sat, drank and told of one another’s adventures. At the sound of the door many stopped talking and looked at Luffy and his nakama. “Is that really him?” they heard. “The man who declared war against The World Government”
A wind blew from a door near Luffy and felt like it was drawing him there. “Guys stay here for now” he said and wandered of leaving his friends confused. “Where is he going now?” said Sanji and sat down on some chairs at the wall next to the room. “Hey isn’t that the Black Leg guy?” said a pirate who had spotted Sanji. “Looks like him” he smiled knowing people had recognized him. “Yeah he properly is strong but that Pirate Hunter Zoro seems a lot stronger” another said and while Sanji heard it became a little depressed. Zoro had first gotten a bounty. Sure when he first got his bounty it was high but Zoros was still higher and they didn’t even get a real picture of him. Now they had at least gotten a real picture of him but his bounty was till lover than Zoros.
Inside the room were Luffy had gone to were a wind spinning around a single point and soon turned into a hooded man dressed in a green cloak. He sat at the wall with the smiling skull and crossed wings flag one the wall behind him. Next to him sat a tall man with long red hair, a white shirt, pants above the angles and a black jacket that covered his left arm. Looking at the face that had three scars on the left eye he knew it was Shanks. He looked up at Luffy and tried to smile, but it seemed the muscles in his face wanted something else. “Hey Luffy how are you doing” he said rather dull. Looking at the walls he saw his own flag and sat on a chair beneath it. He had been placed on the opposite side of the room from Shanks. “You don’t look so happy either” said Shanks. It was like he had red Luffys mind. “I will get over it” replied Luffy. He felt like he was being watched and looked over at the cloaked man but he couldn’t see where he was looking, because the hood covered most of his face except for his mouth which had a wide grin on it.
The big iron doors to the room opened and in walked a huge man, possible half giant thought Luffy. He had medical tubes attached to his body carried by a group of nurses.
He wore white pants and what appeared to be a marine jacket draped to his bare upper body. But the part of his appearance that Luffy noticed the most was the huge white half moon formed moustache he had. He sat down on a huge chair next to Shanks. Above him, hang the nurses a flag, consistent of a skull with his moustache on it and two bones forming a cross behind it. “Leave us” he commanded, to which the nursed obeyed and left.
“So you are here to runt, bring backs memories” said the man to Shanks.
Poring down a bottle of rum as it was a pitcher of beer, he sighted and looked at the two others. “Who is that pipsqueak?” he asked Shanks. His voice was rather rude. He didn’t seem pleased that Luffy was there. “That is Strawhat Luffy” said Shanks who wondered why Whitebeard didn’t knew about Luffy.
“Could it be he, who was the so called future you sacrificed your arm for?” replied Whitebeard still with a rude voice. Shanks just smiled at him and looked at the door waiting for someone.
“Zehaha. So this is the infamous shipwreck cove” in walked a tall man wide around the waste and slim around the shoulders. Wearing a white open shirt and a black naval jacket he looked dangerous. Around his jaw was a thin untamed black beard and on his head he wore a red bandana that held down his long curly black hair. From the scarf around his waist he took a bottle of whine and started drinking. He sat down next to Luffy. Above him was a flag consistent of 3 skulls facing left, right and front. Behind it was a set of long crossbones and one diagonal behind the middle skull.
“Ah Strawhat I don’t think I properly introduced myself during our last meeting” he addressed Luffy. “Ah the man from the bar, how are you doing” Luffy smiled at him. “I am Blackbeard Teach” he roared. “And by the thank you I am doing just fine” he made an evil smile towards Whitebeard, whom just looked away. Still whatever they were doing they were still waiting somebody.
There was still one empty chair but there was no flag above it. The iron doors opened up a little and sand flew in. Luffy looked confused. How could dry sand fly into that place when everything around them was covered in moist? In walked a tall man dressed in black robes with an almost clean shaven head. “The sand assembled in a chair next to Blackbeard and took the form of a tall man dressed in Italian style with a huge golden hook instead of a left hand. His slick black hair was combed back except for two to three locks hanging over his face and he wore a green skin jacket draped to his shoulders.
“Cro…Crocodile” erupted Luffy and raised his fist. “Luffy Stop!” called Shanks.
“Crocodile is on our side” Luffy still didn’t relax.
“Its true Strawhat, I never worked with those guys, I was spying on them” Luffy relaxed a little bit. “I still don’t trust you” said Luffy. “So we are all here” the cloaked man had finally spoken. They all looked surprised at him. “As the one who called upon you, I herby open the 4th Pirate Conclave” they still looked at him wondering who he was. “Hey, you mystery man who are you?” yelled Blackbeard at him.
A huge wind blew away his hood and revealed a firm face. The man had long wild black hair and deep red scars across the left side of his face. “I am Dragon the Revolutionary” he replied and smiled at the group. A light spread from the ceiling and revealed a fine carved table in the middle of the room placed so each of them could us it from there current position. Dragon had a wide smile on his face much like Luffys, but a little more fiendish
“Are you the infamous revolutionary? But why are you here, I though the business of pirates didn’t concern you” said Crocodile. His was calm and dark and could frighten most men. “Because, just like you who can hear the song I am a Pirate Lord” even though it was a serious situation he held a cheerful tone in his rather dark voice. “What are you staring at boy?” Blackbeard had seen Luffy looking puzzled at the strange man for a long time and wondered why. “He seems familiar, I feel like I had met him before” he couldn’t get his eyes of him. It was like he had known him for his entire life, but the face was not in his memory.
The Greatest Snipper will be able to see a little bug with the bare eye one the moonTHEN WHY DO I USE GOGGLES!
