This is my first One Piece story. So PLEASE be nice and no flames! I've always wanted to do a One Piece story circling around my favorite character, Brook. So please like and enjoy it!

I'd also like to thank my friend, XFangHeartX, a true One Piece fan, for their help on this!

PLEASE READ: This story may contain graphic material due to the graphic nature of One Piece.

It was a beautiful day in the New World. The sea was calm and the weather was peaceful...for the time being, at least. Right now, the Straw Hats are sailing on through their voyage to Raftel.

Their pirate ship, the Thousand Sunny was sailing the shimmering blue sea. These pirates were lead by their captain, Monkey D. Luffy, who always wore his signature straw hat.

Right now, Luffy and his two friends Usopp and Chopper were fishing.

"Sanji! I'm starving!" Luffy yelled. Luffy had a ravenous appetite that was considered inhuman.

"Luffy! Pipe down!" snapped Sanji, the crew's cook. "I told you that when your morons catch something, I'll cook it! So pull in some food or no dinner for any of you!"

"WHAT?!" the three exclaimed.

Usopp looked around. "Where's Brook? He said he was gonna help us fish!"

Chopper pointed his hoof. "He's over there."

Sleeping on the deck of the ship was a skeleton, a skeleton with an afro, his name was Brook. He is the Straw Hat's musician.

It was quite odd for a skeleton to be alive and have a full head of hair, but Brook fits in just fine with the Straw Hat pirates.

"Hey! I've got an idea!" said Usopp.

Brook snored in sweet bliss. It was such a warm, sunny day on the ship. Why wouldn't he take a nap?

Suddenly, Brook felt something nudge him. He began to stir and when he woke up, he saw a skull looking back at him!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Brook screamed like a girl and scrambled away from the horrible image. Then he heard the laughter of his crew mates and saw them holding a mirror.

"I knew that would work!" Usopp cackled. Luffy and Chopper rolled around with laughter.

"That wasn't funny!" Brook pouted. Despite being a skeleton, Brook is easily scared by ghosts and the supernatural. Sometimes his own reflection spooked him!

Brook put a bony hand over his chest. "That was scary though. I thought I was face to face with a real ghost!"

"Geez, it's hard to believe a scary looking guy like you is scared of things like that!" Nami, the crew's navigator said as she came up to the deck.

"I can't help it, Nami! Scary things scare me!" Brook said.

Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper resumed their laughter.

Suddenly, Luffy's fishing pole began to tug.

"Hey, Luffy! You got a bite!" Chopper said.

"Finally!" Luffy hurried to his fishing pole and gave it a great big tug.

A body came hurdling towards the ship.

The crew could only gape in shock as a woman's body flopped down on the lawn deck.

"OH, NO! I'M SORRY!" Luffy screamed.

"DON'T APOLIGIZE! THAT'S A DEAD BODY, YOU IDIOT!" Usopp screamed.

"THERE'S A DEAD BODY ON THE SHIP!" Chopper screeched.

The other Straw Hats came outside to see what all the ruckus was about. The boys screamed and panicked until the supposedly dead body started to move.

Everyone watched as the girl came to. She turned out to be a teenage girl. She had long, messy blue hair, pale grey skin, and flat silver eyes. She wore a grey t-shirt and torn blue jeans.

"Ohhhhhh..." she moaned, putting a hand on her head.

"You're alive! Thank goodness!" said Nami.

"Huh?" the dazed girl saw the pirates looking back at her. "Oh, hi."

"Uh, hi?" Usopp said, perplexed of this girl's casual behavior.

She looked around. "Where am I?"

"You're on board the ship of the Straw Hat pirates." said Franky, the shipwright.

"Oh, that's nice."

"Serously?" Usopp said. Normally, people would fear being on the ship of an infamous pirate crew.

"My name's Luffy! Nice to meet you!"

The girl smiled a little. "My name's Zoey. Thanks for pulling me out of the drink."

"No problem." said Luffy.

"But what were you doing in the ocean?!" asked Chopper.

"Oh! Well, I was fishing, then, uh..." Zoey pondered. "There was a storm and...then...uh, I blacked out and then...when I came to, I was on your ship."

"Sounds like you've had it pretty rough." said Sanji. "Should we drop you off at the nearest island?"

"We can't do that, Sanji." said Nami. "The log will be messed up if we go off course."

"But you can't get to my island with a log." Zoey said.

A pause.

"What?!" Nami blubbered.

Zoey reached into her pocket. "To get to my island, we use this." She pulled out a broken old compass that was tarnished with age. Even the glass on it was cracked. "We use this kind of compass to get to my home, Haunted Isle."

"H-H-H-Haunted Isle?!" Brook said with quivering horror.

Usopp and Chopper felt just as scared.

But Luffy was ecstatic. "AWESOME! Is it really haunted?!"

Zoey shook her head. "Nope, it's just called that because of the stories and rumors about it being haunted. People only come there for the tourism. The only thing scary about that place are the prices at the gift shop."

"Haunted Isle..." Robin said. "That name rings a bell. What's it like there?"

Zoey shrugged. "It's just a normal island."

"Then why does a beat up compass react to it and not a log pose?" asked Nami. She took the compass and examined it.

"Not sure." Zoey answered. "It's one of the island's biggest mysteries. I think that's where the haunted rumors got started."

"How does it work?"

Zoey pointed to the old compass. "The needle points to Haunted Isle no matter what, all you do is hold it out and whatever direction the needles points do, that's the way to go."

"Like a vivre card?" Robin asked.

"Yeah! Exactly!" said Zoey.

"Then what are we waiting for?! Let's go to Haunted Isle!" Luffy said.

"Oh, boy..." Usopp groaned.

While the crew got busy, Brook noticed Zoey staring at him a long time. "Uh, is something wrong?"

"You're Soul King Brook, aren't you?"

"Yes, I am." the skeleton said.

Zoey smiled big. "Cool! I've always wanted to meet you! But what are you doing with these humans?"

Brook was a bit confused by Zoey's question. "Well, they're my friends. But aren't you a human as well?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah! You're right!" Zoey laughed. "I forgot! I must have been lost at sea longer than I thought!"

"If you really feel that bad, then perhaps you should come to the medical bay will me." Chopper said. "I'm a doctor."

Zoey waved her hand. "No, no, I'm fine. But thanks."

"Then why don't we put some food in you?" Sanji offered.

"Nah, I got this." Zoey reached into her other pocket and took out some gum. She unwrapped a piece and popped it into her mouth.

"Uh, I don't think you can live on gum alone." Sanji told her.

Zoey waved her hand to dismiss his suggestion. "No thanks, I'm good."

Sanji sighed. But she shouldn't blame her. "Alright, if you insist." He figured Zoey will come around and eat eventually.

Nami took a good look at the old compass "Alright, everyone! Turn northeast!"

Franky took the helm. "Aye, aye!"

And the pirate ship set course for the supposed Haunted Isle.