Another Chance at Life

Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece so don't sue me

A/N: This is my very first attempt at writing a One Piece story so I hope it's good.

Chapter 1: Amy's Arrival

"No, stop it!" "Don't you dare touch my baby!" shouted Amy.

"She is my baby as well and if I want to touch her I can!" shouted Steve.

"She is not your baby, you don't even care about her, I'll be damned if I let you hurt her."

"Shut up, you can't tell me what to do, and don't you ever talk back to me again!"

Amy was knocked against the floor as his hand smacked her across her face.

"No!" she screamed as she bolted straight up in bed. Another nightmare, they had progressed over the past two years. She wondered if they would ever stop. She looked around her, her eyes adjusting to the dark. Amy immediately got out of bed and went to her daughter's room. Her daughter lay asleep, peaceful and serene. She leaned over Halley's crib caressing her head. "When will it end?" she asked herself as she slid down to the floor with tears falling from her eyes.

The sun was shinning brightly over the crew of the Going Merry. Today was hotter than most days and when it was a hot day a certain rubber man started to get on everyone's nerves. Luffy, the captain of the Going Merry laid sprawled on the deck, letting the sun beat down on him. "Waah" "Why does it have to be so hot?" whined Luffy.

Nami was sunning herself on her lounge chair and she sighed irritably over Luffy's whining. "Luffy, stop whining, it's not going to help make it any less hot, plus you are annoying me."

"But I'm hot, and I'm hungry." complained Luffy.

"Ask Sanji-kun to make you something, if you're hungry, although we did eat less than an hour ago."

"I already tried that, he kicked me out and told me to stay away from the food."

"Well, what do you expect?"

"How much longer till we reach the island?" asked Luffy.

"Didn't I tell you that already?" We will be there in three days."

"Three days." whined Luffy. He wanted the get to the island quickly so the next adventure could start. He always got really excited when they came to a new island. He never knew what to expect.

The other members of the crew were doing their usual things. Usopp was experimenting with different attacks to use on his sling-shot. Sanji was in the kitchen making a drink for Nami. Zoro was taking a nap in the back of the ship. This day was starting out to be a normal day.

Amy walked with Halley down the streets of her small beach town, the occurrences of her latest dream still burning in her mind. She was in her own world, oblivious to what was going on around her. She had to stop him. There had to be some way. She thought about going to the police, but she was too afraid to tell anyone about it. The only ones who knew were her sisters. They tried to convince her to get help, but she wouldn't listen. "There's got to be someway to get away from him," she thought. She racked her brain until it hurt to think. She was so caught up in her thoughts that she did not hear her name being called. Amy was hurled back into reality when someone roughly grabbed her arm. She whirled around to see Steve glaring at her.

"Where the hell have you been?" "Did I tell you, you could go anywhere?" he questioned.

"I don't need your permission to do something!" she screamed.

"I was just going for a walk with Halley."

"I said you couldn't go anywhere unless I told you, you could!"

"I don't care what you have to say!" "You won't hurt us anymore!"

"Like hell I won't!" "You are nothing without me!"

"I don't have to stand here and listen to you insult me."

Amy pulled her arm harshly out of his grasp and made a run for it. She picked up Halley and ran. Steve hurried after her. They were in a secluded area, so there was no one around to help her. "Leave me alone!" she shouted. "Never, you won't get away from me!" he screamed after her. He was getting closer to her and she knew he would catch her. Amy looked ahead of her and realized that she didn't have room to run anymore. She stopped running just in time to keep herself from falling off the cliff. "You have nowhere to run now." Steve grabbed her by her arms and squeezed her till it hurt. "You will never disobey me again." Steve picked her up and heaved her over the cliff. She screamed as she watched the ground get closer to her. "So, this is how it is going to end," she thought.

She closed her eyes and waited for her body to hit the ground. It was taking too long; she should have hit the ground already. She opened her eyes and was amazed to see that she was falling from the sky. "How did I get in the sky?" "This is very strange, it's unexplainable."

She was falling faster and unsure of where she was going to land. It didn't really matter because she wouldn't survive the fall. Amy noticed that there was an object below her. She couldn't tell what it was right away. As she got closer, she noticed that it was a ship. "Oh great, I'm going to do a belly flop onto a ship instead of the ground." She fell closer and saw something to grab onto. Just before she was going to hit the deck of the ship, she grabbed onto the railing of what looked like a crow's nest. She held on for dear life with her free hand. The crew of the Going Merry watched with shocked expressions on their faces. Amy gasped and let go of the railing as she felt two hands grab her waist and pull her down from the crow's nest.

She was safely on the deck of the ship but was still a little shaky from her previous experiences. She realized that there were people staring at her, four people to be exact.

Amy stared blankly, unsure of what to say. She did know one thing though she wasn't in her world anymore.

"Whoa, that was really cool!" "Can you fly?!" asked a boy wearing a straw hat.

"If she could fly, she wouldn't need you to get her down from the crow's nest." said a girl with orange hair.

"Really, I didn't think of that."

"Why am I not surprised," said the orange haired girl.

"Where am I?" asked Amy.

"You're on the Going Merry." "My name is Luffy and I'm the captain of this ship."

"How did I get here?"

"You were the one who was falling; shouldn't you know how you got here?" Amy looked at the one who had just spoken to her because she didn't really like the tone of his voice when he said it. "No," "If I knew how I got here, I wouldn't be asking." "Zoro, have some respect," said the orange haired girl. "If she says she doesn't know, then she doesn't know." "Well, I was just asking." "Never mind, it's not important."

"What's your name?" asked a boy with an unusually long nose. "Amy." "Amy Bradley and this is my daughter Halley." "I'm Nami," said the orange haired girl. She pointed to the boy with the long nose and said, "This is Usopp and the unfriendly one over here is Zoro." "Shut up," said Zoro. "See what I mean?"

Just then the door to the kitchen opened and a sing-song voice rang out, "Nami- saaaaan!" "I made a special drink just for you!" He stopped in his tracks when he noticed that there was a beautiful woman on board. He was shocked that he was not notified of this. Amy turned around and in front of her was a rather attractive young man. He took her hand and said, "oh how lucky I am to have such beauty standing before me, no angel in heaven..." he was cut off by Nami who hit him over the head causing a large heart shaped bump to form. "You'll have to excuse him; he gets like that around women." "That's Sanji he's the cook aboard this ship." "I'm the navigator, Usopp is our sharpshooter and Zoro is our swordsman." "This is all very strange to me," Amy said. "I must have fallen through some kind of time portal or something." "That would explain how I got here."

"Time portal?" "What's a time portal?" asked Luffy. Amy wasn't really sure how to explain what a time portal was but she tried her best. "A time portal is something that takes you from one time to another, for example, I guess I could say that I am from the future and I was brought to the past, but I don't know if that is accurate." "Or this could be some sort of world that is completely unknown to mankind." "At least it would be from where I'm from." "Does that answer your question?" asked Amy. Luffy stared at her with a blank expression on his face He simply nodded.

Amy was about to say something when the ship pitched violently knocking her down. The sudden lurch had awoken Sanji from his unconscious state; he stood up and looked over the railing into the water. All of a sudden a huge sea monster popped its head out of the water and looked down at the crew. Before anyone could react, a long tentacle shot out of the water and snatched the smallest thing there, Halley. "NOOOOOOOOO!" Amy shrieked as she watched her precious baby writhing in the monster's tentacle. Without thinking Amy rushed forward in attempt to save her baby. Nami stopped her by grabbing her waist. "What are you doing!?" "Let me go!" Amy yelled. "I need to save my baby!" "Don't worry!" Nami shouted back at her. "Luffy can handle it!"

Amy didn't know what Nami was talking about. She watched as Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji were all in a fighting position. "Let me handle this," said Luffy. Amy watched as Luffy's hand stretched back. "Gomu Gomu Pistol!!" Luffy's hand came flying forward and hit the serpent head on. The impact of Luffy's punch sent the monster flying, causing Halley to fall from its slimy tentacle. Amy froze in complete terror. Before she could say anything Luffy's hands caught Halley before she hit the water. Halley shrieked, completely terrified about what had just happened. Luffy cradled Halley in his arms and then Amy ran to them. She took Halley into her arms and held her tight. Luffy stood in front of her and she looked at him. Before she knew what she was doing, she wrapped her free arm around Luffy and hugged him tight. "Thank you," she said with tears running down her cheeks. "You saved my baby; I will be forever in your debt."

"Don't mention it," replied Luffy. Amy continued to hug him. Realizing what she was doing she let go, a slight blush forming on her cheeks. Halley was still crying but she had calmed down a little. "Come," said Nami. "I'll show you where you will be sleeping." The other crew members followed them but stopped in the kitchen.

Amy followed Nami down the corridor of the ship to her room. It wasn't very big, but there would be enough room for the three of them. Amy looked around the room. She saw a couch on one end of the room and figured that was Nami's bed. She noticed the room was very neatly organized and clean. A bookshelf and a desk were on another wall. She noticed a treasure chest next to the couch. "Where do Halley and I sleep?" Amy asked. Nami walked over next to the stairs and pulled a cord letting a few hammocks fall. "Here, if that's alright." "It'll be fine," said Amy. "Are you going to be okay?" Nami asked. "Yeah, I'll be fine." "Will she?" Nami pointed to Halley, who had fallen asleep in Amy's arms. "Yeah, she'll be ok too she's lived through much worse."

Amy put Halley down on the couch and covered her with a blanket. If I leave her down here, will I hear her if she cries?" "Well I don't know about that." "The kitchen is way up top and if you're out on deck I doubt you would hear her." "Oh, then I won't leave her down here." Amy picked up Halley and walked back up to the kitchen followed by Nami.

"Amyyyyy-saaaaaan!" "I made this especially for you!" said Sanji as he pushed a delicious looking drink in her direction. "Thank you," she said. Luffy and Usopp looked at the drink and drooled over it. "I want one!" they both said in unison. "Namiiii-saaaaan! here's one for you too!" "Thank you, Sanji-kun." "Hey, what about me?" Luffy and Usopp both whined. "Over there," said Sanji with a little irritation in his voice.

Amy sat down at the table. "Wow, Sanji, this is really good. I don't think I've tasted anything as good as this." "Ahhh, thank you Amy-san, it does my heart good to know I have pleased you so," he said with hearts in his eyes. "Oh brother, could you be any more pathetic?" "What?!" "Here we go again," said Usopp. "What?" asked Amy. "You'll find out in a couple of seconds."

Sanji got up from the table and glared at Zoro, Zoro glared back at him. "If my actions annoy you so much, you can go outside." "You wouldn't have been missed." "If I had stayed outside I would have missed you making a fool out of yourself." "All for a woman who wouldn't even give you a second look, much like every woman you come in contact with." "Come over here and say that you bastard!" Zoro and Sanji continued to fight until Nami punched both of them, knocking them out. "Do they do that often?" asked Amy. "Yes," Nami, Luffy, and Ussop, said in unison.

"So where are we headed?" asked Amy. "To an island called Lygandia," said Nami. I've heard it's a really beautiful place. It's not like any town we've been to before." "When will we get there?" "In about, two more days." "Waaah, two days," whined Luffy. "Luffy don't start that again." "Luffy, how were you able to stretch like that?" Amy asked. "I ate the Gomu Gomu fruit and now I can stretch like rubber." "I never heard of that fruit before, what is it?" "A Devil Fruit." "Once someone eats one they gain powerful abilities but they will never be able to swim for the rest of their life." "So you can't swim?" "Nope." "The ocean is my only weakness."

The rest of the day was uneventful. The crew lazed about until it was dinner time. Amy could get used to living like this, Sanji waited on her and Nami all day and through out dinner. Amy had never really received attention like this from a guy before. She would be lying if she said she didn't like it. The next two days went by fast. Amy had never met such strange people before especially Luffy. She was awed by his abilities and how carefree he was. She wished she could be happy like that but she knew it could never happen.

A/N: That was the first chapter I hope you liked it. I'll update another chapter soon. R&R