Thankyou to my one reviewer, glad you liked the story. Sorry to say, but I'll only be able to put up one chapter per week until I get back to school in two more weeks. Please be patient wih me, I can't help it if the only PC I have access to at the moment has a crap keyboard.

Here's the next chapter.

Chapter 2 - Fore-whatsit

Oh gods what had she gotten herself into now!

'Ok, try to think rationally now,' Veriea told herself. 'I've obviously been transported somewhere, though I haven't a clue how. I've never been able to do that before and now I have some fairly angry-looking individual pointing what looks like a pretty god-damn real sword at me.' She winced. 'I'm so screwed!'

"I asked you a question you- erm…what ever you are, now answer me." Jack persisted, noticing something else. "And hurry up about it; you're bloody bleeding all over my bloody floor!"

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A/N : Yes that pun was very much intended!

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Veriea looked down and realized he was right. Her wounds from the dogs were still bleeding. Without thinking she healed the bite with her magic, which made her arms glow a soft blue for a moment. Jack jumped back, expecting an attack but then stared, dumbfounded, as he watched the wounds quickly heal over. "Tha's interestin'…" He murmured.

Realizing what she had just done, Veriea backed away into a corner, ears flat against her neck. 'SO DEAD! I AM SO DEAD!'

"Please don't hurt me!" She pleaded. "Don't hand me over to the scientists and the laboratories…." She couldn't have sounded more pathetic if she tried.

Obviously this creature was afraid of him, Jack thought, not an immediate threat and so he put away his sword. It also seemed to be a 'her.'

"Dun worry, I couldn't if I wanted to; I dun know what this scientist thingy is." He said grinning. Right now he was more curious than anything else. For instance, why would a great big thing like her be afraid of him? "How's about telling Ol' Jack what you are?" He asked, approaching her carefully.

"I don't know what I am." She admitted sadly, glad he'd gotten rid of the sword but wary that he was getting closer; she hadn't been this close to another human being for years…

"Well, you look like some sort of dog-thing to me."

"Fox-thing, actually." She corrected shyly.

"Heh, dun really know animals, not part of the pirate business see…"

"Pirate?" She pricked up her ears and Jack was distracted slightly by the movement. What year were they in?

"Yes, pirate. You know, looting, pilfering…what did you do with your ears just then?"

"What, this?" She swiveled her ears up and down.

"Yes, that." Jack answered, his attention focused on her ears for some reason.

"They just move on their own sometimes, not really sure why. What year is this?"

"Last time I checked luv, it was 1656." Jack watched, mildly fascinated, as her ears bobbed up and down as the topics of the conversation changed.

"1656? That means… I'm free…" She murmured to herself quietly. Then she impulsively grabbed Jack and hugged him, lifting him up and whirling him around as if he weighed no more than a child. "Ha-ha! I'm FREE!" She yipped happily.

"Brilliant," Jack coughed, getting a mouthful of fur, "But could you put me down? It's kinda hard to breath with you crushing me like this."

"Oh! Sorry!" She quickly put him sown, feeling very embarrassed about her outburst. Jack straightened his clothing, brushing off stray hairs that had stuck to him.

"You got a name?" He asked.

"Veriea Faux and as to what I am, I really don't know, the closest thing I've been able to find is a mythical creature called a Forenien but there's never been anything said about them being born as humans." She blurted out happily. It had been so long since she'd been able to talk to someone.

"Fore-whatsit? What is- whoa, wait. Did you say born as a human?" Jack asked, trying to make sense of her words.

"Yes. I was born a human but six years ago, in my twelfth year, I changed into this. My parents obviously didn't know what was going on 'cause they abandoned me, terrified of what I'd become and since then I've been on my own learning to survive and trying to find out what the hell had happened to me." Her ears drooped again.

"Must have been difficult lookin' like that." Jack commented, watching her ears again.

"I can change back to a human again. It happened randomly for the first couple of weeks but I can control it now." To prove her point Veriea went quiet and then changed into a young woman with short, bright red hair, brilliant green eyes and a very lean figure.

Jack took in her appearance with quiet approval and a silent whistle; he liked. She was a bit on the thin side but he liked, a lot. Especially the red hair. Reminded him of Scarlet back in Tortuga.

"That's quite clever luv but what's a lass like you doing on my ship?"

"I wish I knew." She shrugged. "I was being hunted because some stupid dogs thought I was a normal fox. They had just caught me and I thought I was a goner and then the next thing I know, I fall on top of you. Strangest thing is though, I think this might be the past of where, or I guess I should say, when I came from."

End Ch2

He he, cliff hangeer, hope you all liked that! Please R&R!