Sons of Beasts

A New Baby Dragon

 It is in four parts, and as of now I'm not sure whether to separate them into different uploads since the rating will go from T to M after part one is over. Part one is the childhood, and much fluffier than the rest, which has a lot of angst and drama in it. I'm gonna post a chapter every two weeks, as of right now. I want to see if I will get more feedback if I stagger the chapters longer.

Update 10 minutes later: Will be separating part 1 from 2-4 after all. The story lines are just way too different, and I can't summarize effectively when the story changes so drastically. So, think of part 1 as a prequel!

P.S.: I might make some art for the fic and insert it because that's super cool you can do it on ao3.

Update: Not having the best drawings right now, but I did my best to show how Luffy looks.

Song: What About Us, p!nk.

Enjoy~

"What's with the rock he's so obsessed with?" Dadan asked the man who was dumping a baby on her and her bandits. No one wanted a baby here! But they weren't stupid -or brave- enough to refuse completely. Garp would no doubt put them in jail if they didn't comply, and surely raising a brat would be better than jail. It's just a baby, right? Just feed it and keep it in a pen or something simple like that. The baby cooed in the basket with the black and slightly translucent rock snuggled into his side.

The little one had freckled cheeks and black hair. His name was Ace, and that's all the information she was given about the brat.

"Just leave it with him. Don't take it away," Garp said nonchalantly as he shoved the basket into her arms. "Take good care of him and turn him into a good Marine!" and the man left. The baby looked up at Dadan, and she couldn't help but think he was cute. But still, she didn't want to raise him, and would just make sure to take care of him with the bare minimum except teaching him how to cook and clean and do chores. And maybe some criminal activities, too.

A bandit came over to see with the small crowd around the big woman and the child they had to look after. When he touched the egg, Ace started wailing and crying, throwing his hands at the bandit's to get him away from the egg. The bandit pulled his hand back, fingers throbbing from the kid's unnaturally strong blows.

Seems like this kid would be a handful already.

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Ace made his first trip through the forest, tired of the bandits and them constantly trying to make him do boring tasks. Dadan had told him that if he were to continue living with them, he had to be useful. So he would hunt for food. Plus, it sounded fun.

He was five but could already punch holes into the walls, not that it was saying much. The hut was a piece of crap. He had a stick he'd managed to sharpen into a crude weapon against the big animals he'd seen sometimes from the front yard or the lookout on the roof.

The first animal he saw was a large rabbit. He clumsily tried to stab it, but it quickly got away. But, Ace wasn't discouraged. He chased after it through the forest, eventually stabbing its leg down so he could catch it and kill it. He carried it in his arm as he tried to find his way back to the hut to show what he'd caught. It was good for a first try!

He was able to retrace his steps, which he was impressed with. He was also glad he kept his brother safe. He felt it was safer for him to stay with Ace at all times so he wasn't sold by a stingy and evil bandit. So he carried the egg in a backpack wherever he went. He kept it safe and put clothes around it as cushions in case it fell or was dropped. Ace wouldn't let him get hurt.