Chapter 1: Where Am I?

'Where am I?', I wondered as I sat up in the bed. I looked around the room. The bed I had been sleeping in was located next to the window. Across from where I was sitting was a door. There were two chairs and a table nearby, 'How did I get here?', I wondered. Last I remember I was digging up carrots and radishes in my garden and I found something that looked like a relic from an ancient civilization. I don't remember anything that happened after that. Speaking of which isn't that the same relic laying on the table? I looked out the window. It seemed I was somewhere very high up, as I could only see the tree tops. I stood up and walked out the door. The next room was definitely not what I had expected. There were two 16-year-old boys sitting in the middle of the room, which suspiciously looked like a cross between a livingroom and a balcony, or at least that's what I thought until I looked at what was behind the railing. I saw even more trees, most of them oaks and maples. 'This is a tree house', I realized. The boys suddenly looked at me and stood up, grabbing the long pipes that were laying on the floor next to them. One of the boys had wavy black hair, grey eyes, and freckles, The one next to him had short blond hair and wore a top hat. 'Freckles' looked like he was ready to attack me any moment. I slowly backed away, not taking my eyes off of either of them. I would never admit it to anyone, but I was scared. Then again, who wouldn't be? I had woken up in a treehouse, most likely far from any civilization, not knowing how I had even gotten here in the first place, and to top that off there were two older boys holding weapons standing in front of me. I knew how to fight, but what could I, a 14-year-old girl, do against two boys, who, unlike me, had weapons. I knew I would lose. I think that the fear must have shown in my eyes, because the blond kid turned spoke up.

"Don't worry, we're not going to hurt you. My name is Sabo and this is Ace", he pointed to the boy next to him, who still hadn't stopped watching my every move. I stayed silent. I had heard that phrase before, a lot of times. Most of the time it meant the exact opposite. I kept backing away slowly until I reached the door that led to the room I had been sleeping in. Fortunately I had left it open. I spared a glance at the big window by the bed, only to realize that it wasn't a real window, just a hole in the wall, to let fresh air in. It was just big enough for me to fit through. I could see branches beyond it. I looked at the two boys again, just to notice that they were slowly inching closer towards me. The only thing I wanted at the moment was to get away from them. Who knew how I would end up if I didn't. I sprinted into the room, grabbed the ancient artifact thing and jumped out the 'window' onto a branch. My best friend used to call me a monkey. She said I was probably the only person in the world who could run through trees like they were solid ground. I ran and ran until my legs gave out. I would've fallen off the tree if it hadn't been for the wierd rope-thing that was hanging down from the branch I was on. Instead of falling I slid down it. Once I was on the ground I waited to catch my breath before going any further. I walked through the forest until I ended up standing on a cliff facing what I supposed was the ocean.

"Where the hell am I?!", I shouted to nothing in particular. I was sure that there was no ocean where I lived, not even a lake or a pond. I was dreaming, I had to be. There was no other explanation for this. 'Unless you've been teleported to an other world", a voice inside my head spoke up. I told it to shut up. Something like that would defy all logic. 'Oh, would it? Didn't your father study the probability of other dimensions existing?', I heard the voice speak again. That was true enough. Dad was a scientist, who spent his whole life researching stuff like that, but everyone made laughed at him because of it. They thought he was crazy. 'I guess he was right', I answered the voice. Wait, did I just say that I answered it? Hearing and talking to voices inside your head is never a good sign - it usually translates to something along the lines of you're going crazy. I looked over at my arms and legs. They were bandaged. 'When did I get injured?', I wondered. 'And who bandaged me? Maybe it was those boys back at the tree house.' I shuddered. It was cold, probably autumn, judging by the red and brown leaves on the grass, and I only had on a red tank top that showed my belly button, blue shorts up to my knees, straw sandals and my favorite straw hat. I sat down and put my head in my hands, thinking about what to do next. Little did I know that two certain teenagers had followed me here and were observing me...

"She's not from around here", I whispered to Sabo. "I know practically everyone on this island, and I've never seen her before. And she has odd clothes. I've never seen anybody wear suff like that, at least not on this island. And how did she end up in the middle of the forest bruised like that with nothing with her but a rock with inscriptions in ancient languages?"

Sabo didn't answer. I figured he was mad at both of us for scaring her off. Not like I cared, though. If she was gone it meant less problems for us. Of course, my brother had told me we should go after her before she hurt herself more. It wasn't easy to find her. That girl ran through the trees like a monkey. I wouldn't be surprised if she actually was one. She looked to be about 14 and was pretty - knee long black hair pulled over her shoulder in a long braid. She had big chocolate-brown eyes. Her chest was big for her age, but other than that she was small - about a head smaller than me and Sabo. We lost sight of her when she suddenly slid down a vine. By the time we got there she was gone.I found myself worrying about her. There were lots of dangerous animals in this forest. What if she met one and couldn't protect herself against it. She didn't look like a fighter - she'd most likely be dead within seconds. I would've most likely continued along that train of thought if I hadn't heard a yell not to far off in the distance:

"Where the hell am I?!"

If I had to guess I'd say it was the same girl we had found. Sabo and I made our way to the clearing and saw her standing over a cliff with a look of disbelief on her face. Not wanting to scare her we patiently waited in the shadows. She eventually sat down and put her head in her hands. We took that chance and Sabo walked up to her. We didn't bring our pipes with us, mostly because we didn't want to scare her. Of course, we were still unbeatable without them. There was no way that this little girl could win with us in a fight. She didn't turn at the sound of Sabo's footsteps. She just sat there and sulked, that is until Sabo spoke up.

"Are you all right?", he asked.

"Oh, yes, I'm absolutely fine", she said sarcastically. "I have no clue where I am, no clue how I got here, no clue who the two guys in the tree house were, and to top that all off I've started talking to myself."

I laughed. It was like she didn't even notice Sabo and I were there. At least not until Sabo put a hand on her shoulder, careful not to touch the bandages. She looked up, startled. I was right - she hadn't noticed us being there. She thought she was talking to herself.

"It's all right. We're not going to hurt you", Sabo said. He held up his hands showing that he wasn't about to attack or anything. This action seemed to calm the girl down. She stood up.

"What's your name?", I asked her. She looked lost, and I couldn't help but be concerned about her. She had a look in her eyes like she thought she was dreaming.

"Luffy", she replied. " My name is Monkey D. Luffy."

(A/N) This is my only second fan fiction. The idea just came to me while I was trying my best to fall asleep (not succeeding until at least an hour later). I wrote it down on a piece of paper so I wouldn't forget, but later it turned out that I couldn't get it out of my head. In my desperation I sat down before my laptop and started typing up the first chapter. Please review to tell me how I did. :)