"Life is one of the biggest pains. If you say its fine, your doing it wrong"- ?

Cold. It was a terrible feeling that nobody liked. It made you feel different and in the dark. It was an environment that was impossible to live in. That's why it was a level of hell. So a criminal of high standards was meant to freeze to death. In the deepest part of level five in a young man who never had much to live for.

Nakama? No he had none of them for awhile now. Happiness? What was there to be happy about. On the verge of freezing to death due to years of imprisonment. Parents? Dead mother and his father could most likely care less. Who was this young man?

Portgas D. Jerome

He was tied up in sea stone. He couldn't move even if he wanted to. He has small scar on his left eye and dark black hair. He has crimson blue eyes and his skin is pale. A diamond peircing in the ear.

His head lifted up apon hearing footsteps towards his cell. No one every came to his cell except for Magellan himself. Others were probably to scared to approach him. But why? He could only move his head. The rest of his body is tied in sea stone and suffering from frost bite on the side.

"Magellan is it feeding time already" asked the boy.

He got no response he only kept hearing the footsteps approach him. Something was wrong Magellan would have spoken to him. The more the man approached the more he could get a better scent on him. This was definitely not Magellan. Magellan smelled of the poison he was, but this man was something else.

His cell door was heard opened. He was finally able to get a somewhat better look at the man. He was tall and he is completely covered in a green robe. Who was this man?

"Yo, who are you? You don't seem like a guard of any type. Why are you here?" he asked.

The man brought out a pair of keys and then released him from the sea stones. Jerome is now seen wearing a black jacket and black pants. Jerome looked at the man in wonder.

"Tell me can you stand up" asked the man.

"No. My body is frozen to the bone, I can't even use my own devil fruit powers anymore" answered Jerome.

"I thought this might happen. I will have to carry you to the next level intense heat of the level should warm up your body"

The man then picked Jerome. Even if he did want to argue he couldn't. He was somewhat relieved to be leaving this hell hole. This was not something he wanted to see again. The mysterious man led him up the levels the entire trip there was filled with silence. Neither had nothing to say to each other. The pair had finally reached burning hell completely undetected. Who ever this man was he knew what he was doing. The mystery man sat him down close by a pit of fire a question was then brought up.

"So who are you and why exactly did you release me" asked Jerome.

"I can not tell you my identity at the time. But I released because I am betting on a change in tides. I know all about you from the day you were born to this point now. I truly believe you can change the future" explained the man.

"After I get out of here I have to confront my father and see my long lost brother. I don't know what I will do after that"

"So you must not know about the upcoming war"

"What war?"

"There is a war coming that will defiantly change the world for better or worse. This war is going on between the White beard pirates and the world goverment."

Jerome looked like he went into a state of shock for a moment before listening to more of what the man had to say.

"The war is happening because your brother Portgas D. Ace has been captured. So now they fight for his fate"

He was warm. The feeling he lost so many years ago he was warm again. It was a nice feeling to and his devil fruit powers were coming back. He attempted to stand up for the first time in years but he fell back to his knees. On his second try he was successfully able to stand again.

"Hey thank you sir. I don't know how I can repay you now. But after I save my brother I will pay you back" said Jerome.

"For now all you have to do is prove me right" the man placed the keys in Jerome's hand and walked off. This left Jerome with some thinking time alone.

"I didn't want to do this now but I should get a crew of my own. I will need some strong allies if i'm going all the way to Marineford"

Jerome then walked off leaving blue flamed footsteps behind him. This was really the start of a new era of change.