1 Prologue

In the floating lands of Skypiea, a tiny basket floats to the shore of Angel island. Inside the basket lies a sleeping baby with its thumb in its mouth.

A few hours later the baby awakens and starts wailing. An middle aged man carrying another sleeping baby in one hand walk over from his house on the side of the beach to the source of the sound. The man has a full round beard around his mouth, his head has two antennae-like hair and the most striking feature is the two wings on his back.

He notices the basket and runs toward it. Picking the basket up he takes the baby out,

"A baby?....Who would lea.. It has no wings! Is it not Skypeian? What should I do with it..?"

The baby then reaches its pudgy hands toward the man's beard and pulls it. The man almost drops both babies in shock. The baby then drops a peal of laughter and the man smiles.

"Might as well adopt you, Conis will now have a little brother. So little fella, what will be your name....Beach...Shore…Shell.. No.. No.. No , ah yes, you shall be called Stryke."

The baby smiles upon hearing the name, "You like it don't you?" the man says.

"Come on, lets go home."

The man walks back holding two babies, a boy, Stryke, and a girl, Conis.

Behind him the basket disappears and there seemed to be no evidence of anything happening.