Chapter 1
Mike and Andrew, how it all started and what life is like as a pirate

It was the middle of summer in a small village and the sun was shining brightly down. It was the perfect day to take your ship out! Well, if you had a ship. The village was called the village of the sun because it hardly ever rained and it was always nice and warm. Not that many people lived here, only a few small houses stood here on the island. There was a school, a church and a market place. As always, it was a leisurely day with not many people doing anything.
The day was calm, and was only disturbed by a tolerable knock on the harbor.
"I'll tell you Mike! It'll be great! Together at sea in our beautiful ship!" Said the boy knocking around on a small ship, no better boat. He had built it himself, but it was relatively large for that fact. As big as a rowboat. His friend stood next to him and looked at him confused: "You know, that is probably not a magnificent ship! It would go under immediately!", He pointed out and scratched his head. "Mike, Mike, Mike!", Said the boy with the blond hair and grins a little: "We will only sail in it until we have a real ship!". "Set sail for two, that's ...", he looked at him puzzled, "That's crazy !!". But he seemed to have missed that because he kept pounding on the nutshell, which was probably much too small for more than three people. "B-well I'm not getting in there!" Said Mike, looking at his buddy. He looked at him and said: "Well, I do! Because I, Andrew Pike, will be a fantastic pirate!". Mike no longer understood the world. Why did someonevoluntarilywant to go to sea and drown? He thought the idea was pretty stupid, also because there should be pirates who had immense abilities. With the best will in the world, he didn't want to meet someone like that! No, absolutely not!He was deep in his thoughts when Andrew persuaded him: "Mike, imagine you and me. Famous pirates! A gigantic crew. Wanted by the Navy. Wanted posters with our names! Andrew Pike as captain and Mike Shinado as my best friend and Vice! Wouldn't that be great? ", He said very enthusiastically and had that special twinkle in his eyes. "Um ... Well ... The beginning was really great ... But wanted by the Navy? I really don't like that ..." he said and ran his hand through his brown, tousled hair. Andrew really wanted his best friend to come with him. He kept talking to him until he gave in. He happily bounces up until his friend is a lot bigger than he is holding him. Stop it, he said to him. It was also pretty embarrassing to see a 15 year old jumping around like that. Mike himself was already 16 and a lot more mature than his comrade, because Andrew was the class bully at school too. The only good thing about it was that there was always something to laugh about.
The next morning Mike went to school as usual and picked Andrew up. Andrew always had to be picked up because otherwise he would never get up. And even after that you had to pull him along. "The Fitz flattens me ...", the blonde mumbled to himself and still had a big grin on his face. Mike looked at him puzzled: "Do you have thumbtacks in the seat cushion again? Or screwed on the board?". "No, no!", Andrew grinned to himself, "Much better than that! You'll see!".
When he arrived at the school, the deputy headmaster came into the classroom: "Class, get up!". The 15-year-old just couldn't help but grin. "Mr. Pike? What are you grinning about? Put needles in my pillow again? Come here and have a seat!", Said Director Fitz, who was meanwhile ready for everything. With a grin Andrew sat down on the chair of the principal: "See? No needles!". The direct sent him back to his seat: "Well then, get out your math notebooks.We're going through the interest calculation today! ". He reached into his drawer and took out his math book. He always shows everything on his books because they weren't completely smeared." Here on page 62 you can see how ... ", he broke off and looked into the book," Oh my God What is it?? ". There was a slight giggle in the class, which turned into a loud laugh." Who was that ?? Who has this picture in there? ", his gaze went specifically to Andrew," What do you allow yourself to stick a photo of a teacher, of a principal sitting on the toilet in my book? Off to the director! And take the book with you! ". Andrew let himself be cheered, took the book and made her on her way. He didn't go to the principal, after all, he wasn't stupid. As usual, he just ran away.
During the break, Mike looked for him again in vain: "Where is this idiot again? Why is he always doing this?". At that moment, his friend pulled himself up the wall: "Hey Mike! Come on with me because I'm tired of it!". Mike looked at him horrified that he wasn't going to skip school. After all, he had a flawless school record, he didn't want to ruin it: "Andrew? Are you crazy? We can't just run away! We're getting into trouble!". Andrew shook his head: "Hello? We're leaving soon anyway, right? So what the heck ??". He was right about that, and Mike didn't want to listen to another lecture on interest calculation. In an unobserved moment Mike climbed over the wall: "But that's an exception, and if someone asks you have made me!". Andrew looked at him, always thinking the same.
The two of them went down to the lake like every evening, and tried to jump stones as often as possible. Andrew usually won, he just had the right technique. "Tell me, Mike ... Do you think it's going to be dangerous too? That would be pretty cool ..." Andrew said while looking at the water. "I hope not ... and it wouldn't be cool!"Mike looked at him horrified. He didn't want to fight dangerous pirates.
The next day the two got in trouble because they skipped class, Mike got a warning because it was the first time. Andrew had already had something to do that day, because as soon as the headmaster sat down on his chair in his office, a bucket of eggs would have fallen on him. Andrew had to see this and snuck out of the classroom into history. That was simply because the teacher fell asleep after 10 minutes of silence, and that is exactly what the students take advantage of over and over again. Andrew crept to the principal's office and waited eagerly for a cry of rage. Because he soon got to hear: "AAAAAAHHH !! WHAT IS THAT ?? WHO WAS THAT ??? PIIIIIIIKEEEE !!!!!". At such moments, Andrew just ran away.
In the evening the two met at the lake. Tomorrow they, or at least Andrew, wanted to leave. They wanted to discuss what they should take with them. And above all what about their parents. Leaving a letter there wasn't the best, but the only thing she couldn't stop the two of them.
Mike wasn't so sure yet. He had already agreed but somehow he didn't want to. "You know that I only go with you so you don't fall into disaster, understand?" Mike looked at him seriously. Andrew thought that was quite funny, however, because he started laughing out loud and rolled over on the floor. "Take care of me ??", he said and wiped away a tear, "You're not my mother!". The blond boy felt the look on the back of his neck. Mike couldn't accept such sayings, of course Andrew knew that. He slipped out a quick apology and then stood up. "See you tomorrow morning! Be on time and don't forget anything!" He said before saying goodbye and then running home.
Andrew left the house just as the sun was rising. In his letter he wrote that he went with Mike to become a pirate.He tried to explain everything gently. What else came across in the letter.
At the same moment Mike got up. He felt guilty for just running away. He had stuck the letter on the door. It had hardly found any words, but it was still quite long. He checked three more times if he had everything then he went off.
The two met at the port. Mike had brought a barrel of provisions because he didn't feel like starving at sea. He was a little pale around the nose because he hadn't slept much: "Should we really go out in the nutshell? That's damn dangerous ..." he said and wanted to talk his friend into conscience. However, he wasn't listening at all. He happily packed the things into the boat and whistled happily to himself. "Andrew! Hey! You're not listening to me! Hello!" Mike waved in front of his nose. Andrew looked at him. He didn't understand him, being a pirate is great! What more could you want than to sail across the sea, always in the direction of theGrand Line[i]. That was the name of the sea that all pirates want to be. It's dangerous there, he heard, but that only spurred him on. The greatest treasure in the world was hidden somewhere on the Grand Line.[i]Gol D. Roger, the former pirate king, had hidden it there somewhere, and whoever found it became king of the pirates. That was Andrew's big dream, Pirate King, but he had a lot of competition. However, he didn't want to go there until he had a navigator and a cook.
Andrew got into the boat and looked at Mike: "Come on before anyone sees us! Or do you want to stay with Mommy?". Mike didn't need to be told twice, so he got on the boat.
With that they could now leave. The big boy with the brown hair kept turning around. Now it was too late to change your mind. What should you do if you capsize? Or when she is attacked. He didn't want to think about that.Mike always had these negative thoughts, Andrew wanted to give him a shot: "Shut up Mike! We're not going under!". Mike looked at him and had to find out that he was pounding over the provisions: "Andrew !! Stop it or do you want to starve to death in a few days ??". However, he only laughed and continued to eat, but he also got a head nut.
It was now evening. Slowly one could see the stars in the sky. Andrew looked at Mike as he bit into a piece of bread. "You know Mike, I would like one of those devil fruits!", He looked at him and chewed on his bread, "You know. One of these, from which you can, for example ... um