【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"Hey, Harta!" Ace watched Harta take out a notebook and mark something on the date. Ace couldn't help but ask curiously, "What are you doing?"

When Lucci heard Ace's question, he looked at Harta curiously.

Harta grinned and showed Ace and Lucci the notebook. "I, the 'Prank Master', write down every time I do a great prank that has an amazing effect. Also, if something amazing happens, I write it down here so that I won't forget it and I can use it to tease my brothers one day!"

Ace and Lucci stared at their notebooks and read their notes. When they saw the amazing pranks that Harta had played on his brothers, they burst into uncontrollable laughter and even felt sympathy for some of the people who had been pranked.

"This is awesome!" Ace said with a loud laugh.

Harta was surprised for a moment, then he laughed out loud, "Right!"

"Then I seemed to see you circled today's date just now. Why is that?" Lucci asked confusedly.

Harta's smile became even brighter, and he replied with a smile, "Because today is the first day that you and Ace become our brothers, and you have completely begun to open your hearts to us!"

Lucci's throat felt a little dry, and he was speechless for a moment. He seemed to be avoiding the topic and continued to look at the notebook in his hand with Ace.

Ace noticed something was wrong, he frowned and turned to look at Harta in confusion "Why doesn't Marco have any pranks on his name?"

Harta opened his eyes wide, mouth open, looked at Ace in confusion, and whispered "Are you crazy?" He swallowed and looked around nervously, hoping that Marco was not nearby.

After making sure that Marco was not around, he turned to look at Ace "Who in their right mind would want to tease Marco? We tried to tease his department before...but..." Harta said in horror.

Ace heard what Harta said, closed his notebook, turned to look at Lucci, they looked at each other, and then they showed an evil smile on their faces "Is that so?"

Harta's face turned pale instantly when he heard Ace's words. When he saw the dangerous and naughty smiles on Lucci and Ace's faces, he subconsciously took a few steps back, swallowed, and looked at Ace and Lucci with a pale face.

"Really? Marco is going to kill us." Harta muttered in shock before an excited smile appeared on his face as he saw the prank that Lucci and Ace were planning on Marco.

"Hey, Harta, who else is the master of pranks besides you?" Ace asked Harta.

"Well... that's Thatch." Harta blinked and answered in confusion, then reacted and tried to stop him, "Uh... If Thatch gets involved, Marco will really kill us..."

"Really? Interesting..." Lucci's mouth curled up a mischievous smile, and then said to Ace, "Let's go, Ace!"

Harta couldn't help laughing as he watched them leave. He then chased after them and said, "Of course I want to participate in such an interesting event!"

……

"What?!" Thatch's horrified and shocked screams could be heard throughout the ship as Ace and Harta explained their prank to him.

Lucci, Ace and Harta all looked at Thatch with mockery.

Thatch stared at the three of them with a horrified expression "Are you suicidal?"

"Probably." Ace shrugged nonchalantly.

“And regardless of the consequences,” Harta added with a smile.

"It's true." Lucci said with a smile.

Thatch looked at the three of them in silence for a short while, then he grabbed Ace and Lucci's shoulders and said excitedly, "This is awesome! You guys are geniuses, and natural pranksters!!"

Ace put on a fake smile and bowed pretentiously, then raised his head and said teasingly, "Okay, okay, thank you. So are you up to the task?"

Thatch nodded, smiling excitedly "So what are your plans?"

Lucci and Ace looked at each other with evil smiles on their faces. Lucci motioned for Harta and Thatch to come closer, "Come here." Then he told Thatch about Ace and his plan.

……

The next morning, something incredible happened. Marco overslept. Yes, it was Marco who possessed the Phoenix Fruit and usually did not sleep at night.

What they didn't know was that during the party last night, Thatch put sleeping pills in Marco's drink, which was apparently the reason why Marco woke up late.

When Marco got up because of the noise, he turned around and saw his room filled with pineapples, each wearing a formal dress. He found a note on the door that said, "You look lonely, so we brought your mom, dad and the rest of your family to stay with you overnight."

Under the words Mom and Dad, there is a pineapple in a black suit and a pineapple in a purple dress.

Marco's face showed an angry look, he swore that he would punish the person who organized this prank, then he quickly got out of bed and walked towards the door, he could hardly control his anger, he opened the door with force, the next moment, three "click" sounds rang out at the same time, within a few seconds, Marco found that his body was all glue, and then covered with blue feathers. He turned around and saw a human-sized pink peacock standing next to him, its mouth facing Marco, it looked like it was going to kiss him.

Marco's pupils shrank suddenly, and a huge anger was released from his body. Everyone on the ship felt this anger.

His eyes were covered by his golden bangs, his eyes were hidden in the shadows, and he exuded a thick black aura. Someone was going to die. Marco was going to kill someone in charge. Ever since Thatch and Harta tried to play a prank on his department, they never dared to play any pranks on him again. Now this situation has caused someone new to join them. He was sure that at least one of them had joined this disgusting game, but it would be stupid for Lucci to participate in this game, so only one person was left.

"Portgas! When I catch you, you're fucking dead!!" Marco roared loudly.

Despite the danger to their lives, Ace and his accomplices still held binoculars in their hands, hiding in the lookout and laughing loudly. Even when they saw the "Phoenix" coming towards them, Marco's image was too funny. They laughed so hard that they could not take his anger seriously.

"Ow! Damn it, did he have to hit me so hard?" The first thing Ace felt after waking up was pain all over his body.

"I'm sure he used Haki!" Ace said with a grin, then he turned to look at Lucci who was watching the show and said angrily, "Where did you hide? Why didn't you get beaten? We obviously did it together!"

Lucci was holding a book in his hand. He blinked and looked at Ace innocently when he heard what Ace said, "Who told you not to run away? You kept laughing in front of the victim."

"Damn it!" Ace sighed, quickly put on his clothes and left the cabin. He walked to the railing, breathing the fresh air mixed with the saltiness of the sea, quietly listening to the sound of the waves, and gradually relaxing his body.

"Hey, Ace!" Ace turned around and saw Thatch and Harta standing behind him. They seemed to be in much worse shape than him.

"Good morning!" Ace waved to them.

"Man, this prank is well worth all the pain we've suffered! I don't think anyone will ever forget it!" Harta smiled widely, very satisfied with what happened today.