"Look a little deeper and you will find the truth. What really happened to them in their childhood? What made them have the issues they did when you first met? What did they TRULY go through?
Do you dare find out?"
⚠️ TW for blood, somewhat graphic...
"Enjoy the show? What kind of person says that in this situation? So much could happen.." Thatch says frowning.
Marco puts a hand on Thatch's shoulder to try and calm him down. "Hey, maybe it won't be that bad. Let's at least give it a chance." He says even though he himself isn't too excited about this whole adventure.
Thatch ended up agreeing. Someone was about to start talking but before they could the scenery around them started changing. The group of pirates were now standing, or rather floating, above an island.
It was a relatively small island but it was quite pretty from what they could see. On one side of the island had a clearing of trees, a small creek, and an abundance of flowers. On the other side, there was a village. It was small but very busy.
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(A/N: Please think of the island like this but with the description above. Also the group would be directly above the island until they move.)
"I thought we were seeing Ace and Luffy's memories not some random island?" Zoro says raising an eyebrow.
"Maybe it's special to them in some way?" Marco suggests. The group thinks about it for a few minutes before Robin speaks up.
"But it doesn't look like Dawn Island?" she says. "Luffy said that he and Ace never left the island until they set sail." She finishes, looking a bit confused.
"That's because it isn't." Whitebeard suddenly says. Everyone turns to look at him. "You know this place, Oyaji?" Izo asks. Whitebeard nods. "It wasn't well known since the islanders mainly kept to themselves. But for an unknown reason, around 10 years ago, people lost all contact with it and every Log Pose that led to it just started acting really strange and no one could figure out why. If I remember correctly the name of the island was... Hanabi Island." He finishes looking thoughtful.
"Hanabi Island?" Robin repeats. "How strange. I can't remember ever hearing about it, not even when I was younger."
Nami makes a sound as she just made a realization. The sudden sound makes everyone turn to her. "What happened Nami?" Usopp asks. "C'mon, just think about it for a second," she starts. "Ace was the son of Gol D. Roger. The Pirate King, right?" Everyone nods although they're a bit confused as to where she's going with this. "And Luffy is Monkey D. Dragon's son. The leader of the revolutionaries." She looks at the group expectedly.
"We already know this. Why are you bringing it up now?" Marco asks. Nami sighs and continues her thoughts. "If you had two of the world's most wanted men's kids and they were alive, you'd want to hide them right? What better place would there be than to have them on an island barely anyone even knew it existed?" When she finished, everyone immediately understood.
It would make sense. But why would the boys never mention it? And why wouldn't they tell people they were originally from Hanabi Island? The group had a lot more questions than answers right now.
The group was then taken down to the island. They looked around and noticed that they were in the middle of the street in a decently sized town. It was quite busy but it wasn't overcrowded. They were confused as to why they were here but were taken out of there thoughts when a voice, that was exceptionally louder than everything around them, started talking.
"Ace! You need to slow down!"A tall man with black hair said, chuckling. He was carrying a small bundle that carried a baby that also had a small tuft of black hair.
A small boy with black hair and a splash of freckles on his face ran back to the man and started talking excitedly.
"But Uncle Dragon, we have to go quick! We're not going to make it in time!!" The boy was bouncing on the heels of his feet as if he couldn't wait to run off.
The group just looked on in shock. They couldn't believe who and what they were seeing.
A younger Portgas D. Ace was running alongside a young Monkey D. Dragon. Dragon was carrying... something but the group couldn't see it yet.
Dragon chuckled and sped up his pace a bit. "Don't worry we still have plenty of time until the festival even starts. And I need to get Luffy more comfortable." He says ruffling Ace's hair.
Ace smiled a little bit before he looked down again. He looked like he was contemplating something heavily.
"Uncle Dragon?" He says hesitantly.
Dragon raises an eyebrow and responds, "Yes, Ace?"
Ace stopped in the middle of the street and shuffled on his feet a bit, looking nervous. "Do you think I'll be a good big brother for Luffy? What if he doesn't like me?"
Dragon looks surprised at this and huffs out a laugh. "I think you'll be a great big brother. If Luffy takes after his mother as much as his looks suggest, it'll be hard for him to hate anyone."
After hearing this, Ace smiles and starts running off again and the scene ends.
The group of pirates watching are shocked. They had no idea that Ace even knew about Dragon. But seeing the two act like this surprised them hugely.
"Is this really what Ace was like as a kid..?" Thatch asks hesitantly.
"I mean if we are seeing him from his childhood... I would guess so." Marco replies uncertainly.
"This doesn't fit how he acted at all..." Nami says.
"People can change all the time Nami-chan. But I agree, he acted completely different at Alabasta." Sanji says, tapping his chin.
"OWH~! I think we should keep watching to see what happens." Franky says, while striking a ridiculous pose.
"Gurararara! I agree with him," Whitebeard laughs. "I'm interested to see where this is going."
"Alright then. Let's continue." Zoro says, crossing his arms.
A/N: Hello all!~ I'm so so sorry this took so long, life has been very stressful lately. I'm trying my best to get more chapters done so I can release them, however I'm currently working on school and I recently got a job interview (hoping I get it!!) So they will take a bit longer.
