Respinning the tale

Name: Nightroad
Character: Jack D Night
Description: Changing history slightly because of a detail I forgot.

New History;

A large manor, just north of the main of Macchina di Terrano. A young couple give birth to a happy, strong baby boy, and a cute, somewhat hyper baby girl, both with hair of silver and eyes as azure blue as the very sea. The children's grandmother, Platina, walked into the room, and stated that she would be naming them, as was customary in their family. So, Platina decided to name the boy Johnathan, after his grandfather, and the girl Jacqueline, a name she was somewhat fond of.

Over the next four years, the twins appeared to not only be rather smart for their age, but asked their grandmother to teach them to fight. As such, Platina decided to train the kids, teaching them how to use weapons. The training was rather grueling, because Platina held a secret. Before becoming pregnant with their father and deciding that it was time to move back to her hometown with her family, Platina was head gunner on Gold Roger's crew. Throughout the training, Platina would recount stories of her days on the seas with Roger's crew.

Eight more years passed, and, during his training with Platina, Jack had met two children about his own age, a boy named Alek, and a young girl named Luna, and became quick friends with them, while Jackie kept her distance, being somewhat shy. The girl had a keen interest in machines, which intrigued Jack. As more time passed, Jack soon fell in love with her, though he was too shy to tell her. So, he continued his training, and continued to spend time with her.

Jumping forward another three years, to when Jack was fifteen. Life was ideal, he had gotten in trouble with Alek various times, and hanging out a lot with Luna, until one day in the summer, disaster struck. The outskirts of Macchina was attacked by bandits, aiming to draw out Platina. Jack, finding out about the bandits, tried to confront them, managing to incapacitate two of the five large men, however, unfortunately for Jack, he had only then realized that Luna was being held captive by the bandits.

Jack, in his rage over the capture of the girl, charged at the men. But, he lost his composure, simply making him an easy target. The leader of the bandits, wielding a large axe, struck down upon Jack's left shoulder, severing the entire arm. Roaring out in pain, Jack doubled over, where the bandit leader struck at Jack's legs with his axe, severing the tendons. The second bandit, upset that his boss was having all the "fun", decided to stab Jack's right eye, permanently damaging it. Almost immediately after this, three gunshots were heard, and the bandits all fell, downed by bullets to the head.

After receiving medical treatment, Jack became depressed. He couldn't fight. He couldn't train. And worst of all, he couldn't protect the girl that he loved. However, Luna knew how to fix this. Over the next two years, while Jack was recuperating, she had decided to design mechanical replacements for what Jack had lost. New legs, a new arm, a new eye. She knew that this would cheer him up.

As Luna finished the prosthetics, she hurriedly brought them to Jack, and told him of what she had done for him. She requested that he have them attached immediately. After Jack was wheeled out of the room, he placed his new feet upon the ground, and walked over to Luna. He immediately hugged her, something he was unable to do for two long years, tears staining his left cheek.

As Jack got home, he gathered various books on mechanics, and a good amount of Beli to sustain him. Hiding away his supplies, he returned to Luna's side, confessing his love for her, and asked her to spend the night with him.

The next morning, Jack took his supplies from their hiding place, left a note on the pillow beside Luna, and set off on his travels, hoping to grow. Hoping to become strong. Strong enough to protect those he loves.

Inside the note, in a sharp, angular script, read the following. "I can't stay. I have to go out into the world and get stronger. Otherwise, I couldn't protect you. And I couldn't stand to lose the one I love the most. I won't be coming back to this place until I become strong enough to protect everyone. I'm sorry, and farewell. We'll be together again, for sure."

Shortly after leaving his homeland, he joined up with a crew, not realizing at the time exactly who the captain was. For a long year, Jack served as the shipwright on the woman known as Ace's crew. After about a month with her crew, he came across a crate in the storage of the ship, which appeared to be unopened and rather old. Cracking it open, he found something intriguing inside. A strange fruit in various shades of red and blue, and covered in swirls. Being quite hungry at the time, Jack simply devoured the fruit without thinking, only realizing afterward that it was a Devil Fruit. From there on, he practiced daily with his new powers, aiming to master them quickly. It didn't take him long to get the hang of them, and before long, he was creating near-perfect illusions. However, all good things must come to an end, and after a year, the captain, Ace, had been arrested, and sent away. Jack, suspecting they'd have executed her on the spot, assumed her dead, and slipped away in the night to continue on his own way, and kept his captain in his memories.

Before long, Jack had made his way into the New World, passing through Fishman Island as a stowaway on a pirate ship to get in, and another different one to get out. Upon reaching the New World, he made his presence on the ship known, and made the crew a deal. If they could defeat him in battle, they could decide his fate. But if he were to win, he would decide their's. Within a mere moment, the entire crew went down without even any effort. Jack had decided that, rather than have them swim with the sharks, he'd make them his own crew, and become a legend in the New World. He would soon take on the name of Nanashi, to hide his true self, and use this crew and his own power to become one of the infamous Yonkou, who ruled over the New World. However, although he enjoyed the life of a Yonkou, it took a heavy toll on him to constantly keep up his masquerade, so he had an idea. He would find another crew, and join as a low-profile member once again, a shipwright, and moonlight as Nanashi. Since then, his life has been both fun and exciting, and only greater adventures await.