Author's Note: There are two OCs that I use in this FanFic. (I'll talk more about them in the background info in just a second.) First off, this story begins at the end of season four when Jack, Kate, Sayid, Hurley, Sun, Aaron, Frank, and Desmond (plus my two OCs) are being rescued by Penny's rescue boat. Secondly, Desmond and Penny (as unlikely as this is) are only friends. (Again, I'll talk about that more in the background info.) Some of the dialogue is taken directly from the show itself, so sorry if that bothers anyone. That is all!

Background Information:

Genavieve Dare Belacqua (she goes by Dare, normally) is a 28-year-old private investigator. She's fairly short at 5' 4". She used to have long, red hair, but not soon after they crashed on the island, she cut it pretty short.

She was in foster care since she was a baby. Going from place to place (mostly in the UK, especially Scotland), she eventually ended up in Glasgow where she met Desmond. They became very close friends for four years. When she left for University in Los Angeles, they lost contact. She studied to become a PI with the notion that she would be able to find her real parents with some detective skills under her belt. She was engaged and married to Brendon Angiere, but he died a week after their wedding in a fatal car accident. She traveled to Sydney with her best friend Adonia Sterling for what Dare claimed was her and Brendon's supposed-to-be honeymoon. On their way back to LA on flight 815, they crashed on the island. Dare became exceptionally close to Charlie and Adonia fell for Jack almost immediately. Dare discovered Desmond in the hatch and they became closer than ever in the following months, though not romantically so. While on the island, she discovered the identity of her father and mother, though she didn't reveal to anyone who they were. Following Charlie's death, Dare stuck pretty close to Desmond and Adonia, not wanting to lose the only two people left on the island she cared about. After Daniel Faraday carried the first group of survivors over from the island to the freighter, Dare decided to go back to the island with Dan to get Adonia (who was with Jack). Desmond professed his love for her and they kissed. In the end, when the freighter blew up, Jack, Kate, Aaron, Hurley, Frank, Sun, Sayid, Desmond, Dare, and Adonia were the survivors in the helicopter (and life raft since the helicopter crashes because the island disappears.) The story picks up with Jack doing some quick thinking about how to protect those people on the island who were still alive.

Adonia Sterling grew up with only her mother around. She never knew her father, and was indignant about finding out who he was. She lived in LA all her life, and was successful by a young age writing, playing, and singing her own songs. She made it fairly big as a singer/songwriter in LA, though she didn't seek any big record deal. She met Dare through University in LA and they became the best of friends. She even took the place of Dare's late husband on their honeymoon to Sydney after his passing. On the way back to LA, their flight crashed and they landed on the island. She became very attached to Jack and their friendship grew tremendously during their 100 plus days together on the island. She also grew quite attached to Daniel Faraday when he and the rest of the team arrived on the island.