Surprise, surprise, another story! Once school starts again in 22 days, I won't be writing up a storm anymore :(

This is the longest story I have ever written, with 31 chapters and 105,000+ words. 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!

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.

-x-

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.

When he showed the bandits what he'd caught, they just told him it wasn't big enough for them all to eat. He glared at them and left to get something bigger to prove them wrong. He was strong. They were all weak, and couldn't even hunt their own food. And when they did, someone was always injured afterwards.

The young boy didn't manage to catch anything bigger than a deer, but that was enough for him to eat, so that was all that mattered to him at the moment. Well, from that moment on. They could eat what they caught, those lazy asses.

-x-

As a five year old, Ace was still a young child, and sometimes tried feeding the egg. It never worked, but he could hear his brother rumble sometimes, like he was hungry. The other bandits laughed at him sometimes, but he just threw something at their heads. They never understood why Ace took so much care of the egg that had always been with him.

Whatever was in the egg had been with Ace since the very beginning. He remembered having it for as long as he could. Sometimes he talked to him. Ace could hear it in his head. Sometimes it had the vocabulary of a baby, but other times, it spoke to him clearly. Ace loved him and he hadn't even hatched yet.

Ace thought he was a dinosaur, which would be so amazing! He took care of the egg, making sure it would hatch someday. He wished it would be soon. He felt lonely. Especially at night, all alone in an empty room with a cheap pad and thin blankets.

-x-

The next day, he left before any of the others woke up, eating some of the little food they had in the cupboards. They were all going to be doing useless stuff probably. Ace needed the food more than they did.

He hadn't explored much of the jungle or beyond, since he was too young before. He wandered out of the house, backpack secure with his brother in a comfy position. He walked through the large trees and assortment of plants. Ace stuck to the trees whenever he saw any big animal. And they didn't bother him if they couldn't reach.

He was able to catch a squirrel, and hang it onto a rope he'd tied around his waist for small critters. He walked for a couple hours before he encountered a bad smell. He followed it, and soon got used to it. The bandit's hut always smelled bad, too, and he didn't notice it anymore.

He came across a small city of trash piles. It had trails in it, like people walked in it often. He was proven right when he saw a haggard looking man walk through the towers and started digging, looking for something in the trash.

Ace's curiosity got the best of him and he cautiously walked into the dump. He held his spear at the ready, making sure to be ready for anything and to do his best to use his senses. He was good with sound the best.

He saw many people, and some living in little trash huts or just a small space with a tarp held over it. Ace suddenly thought he was living pretty well off at the bandit's hut. He grew uninterested quickly, and left, walking back into the forest to explore some more. He didn't notice the other little boy who saw him.

-x-

Ace went back to the trash heap the next day, and this time saw a robbery and a murder. He was surprised at it, and hurried away from that part. Some people bugged him and asked about his backpack, which he gave them the most demonic snarl at them that had them hurrying away. Nobody touches or even thinks about his brother.

He did notice the blonde kid this time. He walked over to Ace, but the freckled child just hurried away and back to the forest. He didn't know how to communicate with others, and the kid could be a bad guy in disguise. He might want to steal the egg. Ace wouldn't let him get the chance, and ran away, losing the blonde boy in the woods.

-x-

After that day, Ace couldn't help but watch the blonde boy from behind trees in the forest, looking over the trash heap. The kid would talk to the other residents of the junk city. Ace still hadn't known what it was called.

Ace saw the kid stole some money from a haggard looking man, hitting him with a pipe and running off with the money. Ace looked at the pipe and then back at his stick. A pipe would be much more effective.

The freckled boy followed curiously, finding the kid running to a tree with a hollow trunk high up on a thick branch. The blonde looked side to side before crawling in and hiding his money. Ace wondered how much he had and what he was saving for.

"Hey. I know you've been following me," he called with a grin, looking in Ace's direction. Ace turned tail and hurried away. But he was followed, the roles reversed. "Hey, wait! I'm not mad. I see you a lot, what's your name?" the blonde asked as he ran after Ace. "My name is Sabo!"

He caught up to Ace and grabbed for his hand, but Ace yanked it away, turning too fast and falling down onto his back. On top of the egg.

Sabo looked shocked as Ace screamed in horror and twisted back onto his front, pulling the backpack off in light speed and looking inside. Sabo thought it had broken based on Ace's tears as he looked at whatever was in the bag.

Ace hugged it, so relieved it didn't break or crack at all, though he heard an uncomfortable sound come from it in his head. "I'm sorry," he said to the egg. Sabo watched curiously, but didn't see what was inside. Ace turned to him with a furious glare on his face. He stomped away, and Sabo didn't follow, feeling guilty even though Ace was the one to pull away. What was so special in the bag?

-x-

Ace didn't go to the trash city for a week, not wanting to see that Sabo again. Ace's brother could have broken! If he had cracked, Ace didn't know what he would have done. He was waiting so long, he couldn't break him now. He kept an eye on the egg for the week he mostly stayed inside. He only went hunting in the nearby area, but was catching on quickly. He had found a metal pole in the shack of tools at the back of the hut, and was using that instead of the stick.

He had contemplated leaving the egg at home, but he just couldn't bring himself to part with it. He just had to be a lot more careful.

When Ace had gotten home, eyes still watery, he'd heard in his head, I okay. He had cried a bit more, hugging the big egg to his chest, locking himself in his room.

When Ace finally did go back, he wanted to look for something thicker than the metal pipe that was hollow, so it dented easily. He had come across some big animals he'd only seen in passing, and was able to land a solid hit on a bear's head, but the pole dented. Ace was able to escape, though, and not fall or hurt his brother.

Sabo ran over to him before Ace could run away, and apologized profusely about almost causing whatever was in Ace's bag harm. "I promise it was an accident," Sabo had said sincerely. "My name is Sabo."

He had already told Ace, but Sabo's sincerity looked genuine, so he said, "...I'm Ace."

That was the beginning of a close friendship of stealing money, hunting and exploring together. Laughing, building, working as a team to take down people in Gray Terminal, the name of the trash dump Sabo had lived next to.

Ace never told or showed Sabo what was inside his ever-present backpack. And Sabo didn't ask, not wanting to upset Ace, though he was painfully curious about what was so incredibly important to Ace in there.

Once, someone in the trash city had tried to grab it, and Ace had beaten his face in so hard with the cement pipe that he didn't get up. Neither boy knew if the man had died, for they both ran away before the guy's friends found him.

It had been the one moment Sabo was afraid of his best friend.

Ace had noticed the egg was getting bigger and thicker, so it was no longer translucent. He was so excited about it, since somehow, he knew that the egg was getting closer to hatching. He had stopped going to Gray Terminal, and mostly stayed home in his room, waiting for the egg to hatch someplace safe.

He had even forgotten about what Sabo would think when Ace didn't show up. He was just so focused on his brother. He also heard giggling from the inside of the egg. His brother was happy for some reason.

When the egg started rolling over a bit, Ace grinned and laughed happily. Was he finally gonna hatch? He wondered what was inside. What he looked like. Ace spent six years with the egg, so what would it be like when Ace didn't have to be so protective of such a vulnerable thing?

What would the bandits think? Ace had a feeling they thought the egg was fake, or that Ace was just weird with it or even had some sort of mental illness. He would be angry if they scared his brother in any way. It was too bad he didn't have a place of his own.

He jumped and gave a startled yelp when there was a knocking on the window in his little room. It was Sabo! He looked both angry and concerned. Ace hurried to the window and opened it, looking sheepish and guilty. Sabo immediately climbed in and glared at him.

"Where the hell have you been?" Sabo demanded.

"Sorry. I forgot," Ace said, but then winced. That sounded heartless. "I didn't mean it like that. It's just… he's gonna hatch!" Ace exclaimed, surprising Sabo with his 180 turn from somber to the happiest Sabo had ever seen Ace for the months and almost a year they'd been best friends.

Sabo looked confused, and Ace pointed to a large black egg moving around a little bit. It was huge for an egg. Even the giant birds in the forest didnt have eggs this big. It was the size of Ace's whole torso. And how did Ace know it was a he? And what was it?

"Is this what you've been carrying all this time?" Sabo asked. Ace nodded. "What is it?" Ace shrugged happily. Sabo gave an amused smile. "So, what's the story behind it?"

Ace seemed more than happy to explain about having it since he was a baby, and that it can talk to him. That part surprised Sabo, but Ace never lied. Even when it was tactful to lie or fib, Ace didn't. So Sabo had no choice but to believe the words were true, or there was something wrong with Ace in the head. Of course, he'd never say such a thing.

Sabo and Ace sat in comfortable silence and just watched the egg roll back and forth of its own volition. Ace was grinning the whole time. It was an hour after waiting that a little tap was sounded. Ace crawled closer until he was laying on his stomach right in front of it.

A little crack appeared, and a piece of the egg fell off. Liquid came out that slightly disgusted Sabo, but Ace didn't seem to care. He somehow managed to not help it out of the egg, wanting to meet him already. A little hand came out, with three fingers and a small thumb. It scraped at the edge of the shell, trying to get out faster. The hand was damp with the liquid inside that was dripping down the shell and onto the wood floor.

A foot popped out of the bottom, kicking slowly. It had shorter toes than fingers, but no thumb on it. The egg rolled on its side again, cracking one side, with little fissures spreading out, like a crack in ice would. Then the whole thing cracked open and a little wet creature came out, its eyes closed.

Ace looked at it in awe as Sabo looked at it in shock. Ace had no idea what it was, but Sabo did. Well, based on books and picture books he'd read for free time in secret back at "home". Ace touched its finger and it automatically gripped onto his finger, making a whining noise.

The freckled child got a blanket and began gently wiping the goo off of its body. "Hey, little guy. It's Ace," he said quietly. The baby gripped his finger tighter and moved his arm around jerkily, swinging Ace's hand. "I wonder what you are?"

"Ace, it's a dragon," Sabo said quietly. Ace looked at him in confusion. "It's supposed to be a mythical creature that breathes fire. It's said to fly and have big teeth and be violent. It's supposed to be fictional, though," the six year old said in confusion. He wondered how accurate everything he'd ever known was if dragons really existed.

"Hmmm," was all Ace said as he lifted the now dry baby dragon and into his arms. Ace! "Yeah, it's me," the boy said with a fond grin. "Been waiting for you for a while." The baby made a chuffing giggle. Ace hugged it close.

Sabo watched with shock. Ace had never acted like this. So happy and open. Then again, he'd been waiting for this dragon to hatch for his whole life. Sabo was happy for him, but was curious about how they'd raise it. Sabo would help, Ace was his best friend after all.

"What's your name?" Ace asked. The baby cocked its head at the words. His eyes were still closed. "No name? Okay, I'll name you then. Hmmm." Ace was silent for a good five minutes, thinking hard about what to name him. "Lu?"

Sabo looked surprised. "Where'd you come up with that?" Ace shrugged. "Don't you think Lu is kinda boring? Why not add something at the end?" Sabo suggested.

"Luka? Lumy? Lu-?"

"Okay, stop. Those are all horrible," Sabo said, only slightly joking. "How about Luffy? Sounds catchy. Then you can nickname him Lu if you want," the blonde explained. Ace turned to the dragon, asking if he liked that name.

Yeah!

"Great! This is Sabo. My best friend," Ace said. Luffy's eyelids twitched and slowly opened and looked at Sabo. He had big green eyes with round pupils. Sabo waved at him. Then the dragon looked up at Ace with a wondering expression. He'd never seen Ace before, even though he'd been with him for six years.

"Welcome to the world," Ace told him in a loving voice. It made Sabo soften his eyes. He hoped his friend wouldn't forget all about him. Luffy let out a happy sounding coo, popping his tongue out of his mouth and chewing on it with his small teeth. Both boys chuckled.

"Is he hungry?" Sabo asked. "What should we feed him?"

"I don't know… What food do you want to eat?" Ace asked Luffy.

Food?

"Yeah, you eat it. You put it in your mouth and then it gives you energy and keeps you alive," Ace explained patiently. Sabo thought it was very interesting that Ace was somehow communicating with him. Luffy wasn't sure.

"Can you open your mouth, Luffy?" Sabo asked kindly as he got closer. Ace looked at his friend strangely, but Luffy did as he was asked. Sabo looked at his teeth shapes, even if they were small. "Hmmm. Luffy is an omnivore," Sabo said in surprise. He had always thought dragons were meant to be carnivores with their extremely sharp teeth. While Luffy did have sharp canines and a few back teeth, most of his teeth were flat molars, like humans or deer.

"What's an omnivore?" Ace questioned. Luffy cocked his head as well.

"Creatures that can eat both plants and meat. Like humans. So Luffy can eat meat or plants if he wants. Let's try something easy first. Do you have any produce? Like fruits and vegetables?" Sabo questioned. Ace shook his head. They really only ate meat, which actually wasn't healthy. Sabo frowned. "Not at all?"

"Nope." Sabo sighed. He'd make sure ate Ace produce on their hunts and time together. That brought up the question of where Luffy was going to go when Ace and Sabo were out hunting. He was a baby, so it would be very dangerous for him.

"We can go out and find some," Ace offered. He looked down at Luffy, who was completely on his back now in Ace's lap. He'd started chewing on Ace's fingers with his blunt teeth. Slobber was all over Ace's hands now. He pulled them away gently, making Luffy's fingers make grasping moments, wanting the fingers back. Ace just smiled at him.

"Do you want to go outside?" he asked. He stood up with Luffy in his arms and walked to the window, showing him the front yard. Luffy sniffed the air loudly, and nodded.

Fun!

"It is fun. More than in here." Luffy wriggled. Down, down, the voice in Ace's head said. Luffy had no sound of voice, though he could somehow hear emotion in it. Ace just knew the words he wanted. It was strange. But Ace did as the dragon wanted and set him down on the ground.

Luffy laid on his stomach, trying to pick himself up. He couldn't do it for a few minutes, and Ace was about to pick him back up, but Luffy pressed his face against the wood and lifted his neck and back up, pushing his arms out ahead of him and shakily stood up, awkwardly pulling his back legs up as well until he was standing.

The dragon looked up at Ace, who grinned and congratulated him. He shakily walked to Ace's feet and pressed his own onto Ace's shoes. With him up and not scrunched in a ball, both boys could see what he really looked like.

His body was the size of a bear cub, and had smooth black skin that wasn't scaly, but was still thick and strong. He had long toes on his front feet and shorter toes on his back. His tail was longer than his whole body, and had been curled around himself before. He had a shorter snout with some frills going down his neck and chest area. The wings were small, too small for him to fly now, and furled into his sides starting from the top of his shoulder blades. The big green eyes were what made him look like a baby the most.

He was very pretty. The body frame could be compared to a tiger. Like a smaller version of the Tiger Lord in the forest.

"He sure is progressing quickly. Can already walk!" Sabo said in amazement. "Well, he was in an egg for six years, so maybe he should mature quickly now that he's out." Ace was crouched down and running his hand over Luffy's smooth skin. He made a purring sound.

"Wanna go outside?" Ace asked with a smile. Luffy stepped off of his brother's feet and turned towards the bedroom door, walking slowly and carefully. He seemed hesitant to step on the blankets, carefully walking around them. "Bet Dadan is gonna be thrilled to have a dragon in the house," Ace said sarcastically.

Sabo thought about that for a moment. "We could build our own place," Sabo suggested. Ace looked at him like he was crazy. They were only six. "What? We basically live by ourselves anyways. You just sleep here and then leave all day," the blonde pointed out.

Luffy pawed at the closed door. Ace put his hand on the doorknob and twisted, opening the room. The bandits didn't notice the extra boy and a new creature in the doorway at first, until Dogra saw and screamed about having a monster in the house. Everyone turned around and started freaking out.

Luffy didn't like the noise and hid behind one of Ace's legs. "Oi! Shut it! You all thought it was a rock. I told you it was an egg!" Ace shouted. Luffy wasn't afraid of Ace's shouting. He'd heard him shout before, it was just through a shell.

"And I'm Sabo, Ace's friend. Nice to meet you," he said politely.

Dadan came storming out of the bathroom, shouting about the noise, when she stopped after seeing Ace, Sabo and the thing behind his legs. Dadan blanched, but said nothing. Until, "OUT!" Ace and Sabo didn't know who she was talking to since she wasn't looking at either.

They both shrugged and only left because Luffy didn't like the yelling. And they did it at a slow pace as the newborn dragon cautiously walked to the door, sniffing everything, nervous about the big world outside of his shell. He was assaulted with new scents and sounds from all sides.

When the three reached the front door, they opened it and Luffy cautiously sniffed the grass before slowly putting his front foot down on it. He was a like a cat checking out a new place.

Once they were out of the house, Luffy became much more adventurous. He sniffed the house and all of the plants. He heard some sounds from the forest since his eyes stared that way and he raised his head. His eyes were wide, but not in fear. Ace followed him closely as the dragon walked to the edge of the lawn and looked at a flower.

Both boys watched in interest as Luffy ate it. He seemed to like it as he followed the vines to a bush and then ate all of those flowers. After that, he hurried back to Ace, trotting slowly. Ace carried Luffy as the three walked through the forest, going down familiar trails to both boys. They kept away from places they knew were infested with predators, like the ponds full of alligators, or the trees with the violent birds.

They didn't want Luffy to be afraid of the outside on his first outing. Sabo had his pipe ready to protect Ace and the baby. Luffy was interested in everything, but still cautious as well. He didn't leave Ace's arms the whole way.

Is big.

"Yeah, it's very big. There's a ton more places on this island, but we're only going through the forest right now," Ace replied. Luffy's tail was wrapped around Ace's back. They arrived at the treasure tree, a very big and tall one with an extremely thick trunk. One of the biggest trees on the island. "We go up there sometimes," he said and pointed up at the highest branch.

Wow! Luffy "said" as he looked up at the impossibly tall tree.

"You can't go up there yet. When you can fly you can," Ace told him, as he turned back to looking at his brother. Luffy cocked his head. "You use your wings so you can go up in the air. See, look at that bird. That is flying," Ace explained. His patience was something new to Sabo.

I can do that?!

"Eventually, yes. I'm sure it will be fun," Ace said enthusiastically. The three explored the forest some more, Luffy looking at everything in wonder. Eventually, like the baby he was, he became tired, and fell asleep in Ace's arm as they walked back to the hut. Ace and Sabo snuck into Ace's room through the still open window, and Ace laid the dragon down on his mat, convering him in a clean blanket, not the one still wet with the fluids Ace had cleaned off of his brother.

Sabo had left to go hunting for him, Ace and Luffy, while Ace stayed in the room with the dragon. He'd locked the door so none of the bandits could barge in and wake Luffy up.

The dragon twitched in his sleep. Ace had to admit that Luffy was very cute, not that he'd ever say that word out loud. Men don't say "cute"! When Sabo returned, he had a dead deer. He managed to contort the body in through the window.

"We have no way to cook it," Sabo said. Suddenly Ace's hands caught on fire, and he shouted in shock and surprise. Sabo immediately backed away from Ace, eyes wide. Ace began to breathe quickly, panicking as the fire spread up his arms. Sabo slammed the door open and ran to the bathroom to get a bucket of water from the bath, ignoring the startled bandits, and ran back into the bedroom, dousing Ace in water, extinguishing the flames.

"Are you okay?" Sabo asked, trying to sound as calm as possible.

"Uh, yeah. The deer is cooked," Ace said in a shaking voice. Luffy was awake and hiding under the blanket, scared from the sudden loud noises. He hadn't seen Ace on fire, since he'd immediately hid under the sheets.

Ace had no burns on him. His clothes weren't even burned. Sabo looked thoroughly confused. Ace didn't eat any devil fruit, and Sabo wasn't even sure if those actually existed. Then a thought came into his head.

"Hey Ace. Do you think you're a human?" Sabo asked slowly. Ace looked up at him in confusion. "I mean, you can talk telepathically with a dragon you seemed to be born with. And now you have a power or powers. Do you have any family that could tell you why?" Ace furrowed his brows, picking up the baby dragon and comforting him, apologizing for waking him up with yell.

Luffy just looked at him with big eyes and hugged him, his arms actually able to encircle him. Ace smiled and hugged him back. He set him back on the mat and covered him again. "Don't be scared if there's more yelling. The people here like to scream a lot," Ace said kindly.

The dragon didn't seem to be able to sleep again, and just rolled back and forth on his back, trying to scratch an itch. Sabo and Ace smiled at him. Sabo had to agree that Luffy was cute, though men don't say that. Ace would probably tease him for thinking that.

"Are you hungry for your first meal?" Ace asked, pulling a piece of charred meat off of the crispy deer. "It's a little burnt," the boy apologized. He handed Luffy the meat, who sniffed it thoroughly before taking it in his mouth and chewing it. It really was crisp since the boys could hear it crunching in the baby's mouth.

"I'm sorry it's crappy," Ace apologized, wishing he could have fed Luffy something good for his first meal.

Is yummy.

Ace grinned. "Good, I'm glad." He and Sabo helped themselves to the meat, making sure to not eat all of it so Luffy could have more if he was still hungry. And, despite him having a little belly, he ate a lot of meat.

Ace had told Dadan to "fuck off" when she told them they needed to go hunt, and then yelled about getting "that thing" out of the house. It took everything Ace had to not deck her in the face for talking about his brother like that.

Despite how loud and big Dadan was, Luffy wasn't scared of her, and Ace even had to pick the dragon up so he didn't wander over to the manly woman. Instead, Dadan had been slightly frightened of Luffy. The helpless baby scared her. Ace could only imagine how quickly he'd be kicked out if it was revealed he could light himself on fire.

They would need to work on controlling it. It could be very dangerous if he burned someone or started a fire that would burn down the house or even the forest. It frightened Ace. And when it was bedtime, he had trouble sleeping. Was he a monster? Sure, it would be cool to control fire, but he was a human, damnit! And it had never really clicked that it was strange that he'd grown up with an egg.

A big one. And he'd never really noticed that it was a big egg. He was just so used to it that nothing really seemed strange about it until it was pointed out. The freckled boy looked to the side to see Sabo sleeping on the floor with another blanket on him. Ace and Luffy were sharing the mat and blanket. Luffy was pretty small, after all. So was Ace, since he was a six year old.

He did fall asleep when he put his arm around the little dragon and he started to purr. The sound put him to sleep quickly.

I'm really into writing dragon stories right now, and just finished posting Ace and the Dragon. I'm glad people seemed to enjoy that one. The Whitebeards play a big part in parts 2-4. For part one, it's reserved for ASL. Anyways, hope the chapter hooked you, there's a lot more content to come! Review please.