Author Note's: The third chapter is here!! ^-^ You won't believe what all I've been through to get this here O.O; I was updating my Website all day. Speaking of my Website, please go there!! The address is , go check it out!

Answers to reviews:

Saiyan-girl-cheetah - Yay!! ::Takes her tickets, ish all happy:: Thank you! Glad you like it ^^

Elita - Thanks ya! I actually didn't mean for it to be a cliffhanger.. I was just so excited about the chapter that I couldn't wait any longer, so I went ahead and posted it ^^;;

Rae - It was wonderful meeting you!! And I can't wait to read your fanfics ^-^

A Hearty Life

How Did I Get Here?

By MoonLight Star

She felt the hard wooden floor beneath her again as she fell to the ground. 'My legs must have given out.' She thought to herself. She couldn't see anything because she had closed her eyes out of fright. She couldn't stand looking at the skeleton ghost any longer.

She was shaking in fright as she waited for his bony fingers to lie upon her and take her to wherever this ghost took all the other people who had ever lived in that house.

Instead of feeling bony fingers though, she felt warm hands on her shoulders, shaking her gently. The person's long hair was tickling her arms slowly. Confused, she opened one eye a crack to look at her captor.

What she saw instead was a beautiful ocean. The waves were crashing upon the dock that she was on. The water was a clear crystal blue that you could see right through it and to the sandy ground below. She saw a few golden and purple fish swim together in the water. Lynn couldn't help but smile at the wonderful picture.

Lynn looked over her shoulder, half expecting to see the skeleton ghost, and saw a man instead. He had long dark brown hair and sweet chocolate brown eyes that were looking at her with kindness and confusion.

"How did you get here, mate?" The man asked. His speech was slightly slurred but right now she didn't care. She was just happy he wasn't a ghost.

Lynn frowned in confusion though at his question. "I.. I don't know.."

"You don't know?? Well, did you swim up and climb in me boat when I wasn't looking?"

Frowning even more she took a good look where she was. She wasn't on a dock like she had thought. She was on a small boat. She felt incredibly stupid as the man looked at her. 'He must think I'm a moron.. What am I suppose to tell him? Well, you see, sir, I was being chased by a ghost and I got scared and closed my eyes, but when I opened them again I was here! He would never believe me..'

"Umm.. Well, yeah.. I went out for a swim and my arms started getting tired when I saw your boat.. I didn't think you'd.." 'Wait a second. There isn't any land around here!' She thought in a bit of panic, but she couldn't change her story now. "..mind.." She finished her sentence weakly.

The man's eyebrows shot up rather quickly at her story. "You must be a strong swimmer, mate." The tone in his voice said very clearly that he didn't believe her.

Lynn's cheeks turned a bright red as she looked down at her feet. "Well, I've been swimming since I was about five years old. I used to swim everyday. I guess I was just so deep in thought before that I didn't realize just how far I had gone out."

Frowning, the man studied the girl in front of him. She definitely wasn't from around here. She was wearing the most peculiar cloths that he had ever seen. "Do you know your way home, lass?"

Blinking at the kindness that this man was showing her, a stranger, Lynn lifted her head and met his eyes. "I .. No." She answered back. 'What about my parents? And Toni? My hour will be up soon. They'll come looking for me..' She couldn't help but feel panicked as she thought about her family.

The young man must have realized that she was panicking because he put his hand gently on her shoulder. "What's wrong?"

"Well, my family.." Before she could say anymore he had lifted his hands, a reaction that said, 'say no more.'

"Aye, I understand. Which way did you come from? The north? We could sail out there till you see something that looks familiar."

"No..umm.. I.." She didn't really know how to tell him that she didn't live that way, if she said she didn't then he would think her to be even more suspious then what she expected he thought she already was.

"No?" Those eyebrows were up again as he looked at her.

"I mean.. yes. I thought you had said something else, sorry!" She answered back with fake cheerfulness.

"Alright, mate. Let's start heading out then. Oh, wait, you never told me your name?"

"Oh.." Feeling rather stupid that she hadn't already told him, she put her small hand in front of her, wanting to shake is hand. "I'm Lynn." The man smiled at the small blush that she had and took her hand in his rather large one. "I'm Jack Sparrow."

Author Notes: Three pages ^^ that's how much I wrote this time, so it's a bit longer then the other chapters. Well, I hope you enjoyed it. I myself didn't really care to much for this chapter.. Blah.. ;; Oh well, review please ^^