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The next morning…

Emma was sitting on a rock near the ocean, in her lap was her photo album. She stared at the little girl in all the pictures, she noticed as she pictures grew newer, as she grew older, she didn't look as happy.

Kate walked slowly next to Emma and sat down. "Hey," she said as she began to take off her shoes. "How you feeling?" she asked.

Emma looked up from the pictures a little confused.

"The nightmare… are you ok?"

Emma nodded.

"Hungry?" Kate asked as she took a piece of fruit out of her pocket.

Emma shook her head and stood up, she looked down the beach, then back at Kate. "I'll see you later…" she said as she headed to Kate's tent.

Kate nodded. "Ok," Kate stood up barefooted and walked into the water, she let the waves lock around her ankles and sighed. It had been months since the day they had crashed, and since then, everything seemed to go downhill.

"Hi!" A happy voice said from behind her.

Kate turned to see Annie standing right behind her. "Hello."

Annie turned to Emma who was now walking down the beach with her arms crossed. "What's wrong with her?" Annie asked. "She doesn't talk very much…"

"I know, she didn't talk at all when we first crashed." Kate said.

"Really? Huh… she's a weird kid ain't she?"

Kate shook her head. "No, not really… she's just had a hard life, that's all."

Annie nodded her head slowly. "Can I join you?" she asked as she began to slip off her shoes.

"Of course!"

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Emma continued to walk down the beach, she looked back and saw Annie and Kate talking, she couldn't help but feel a bit jealous. The sun was beginning to set, the temperature was dropping, Emma rubbed her arms with her hands to try and keep herself warm. She knew she probably should head back but she didn't want to. So she didn't she continued to walk down the beach.

Later… it was almost pitch black, but Emma's eyes had grown used to the darkness. She spotted a bit flat rock up ahead, she walked up to it, and pulled her self up. She laid her head down on it and fell asleep.

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Kate was very worried that something had happened to Emma when didn't come back. She could tell by the way Jack 'passed' by that he was worried too.

Jack poked his head into the tent. "Hi!" he said his voice sounding like he was forcing the cheerful sound. "Emma with Annie?"

Kate shook her head. "No, Annie's sleeping with Claire, Emma I haven't seen for over an hour…" she said trying to sound worried. "Jack…"

"I know…" Jack said. "I'm sure she's fine. She probably went to the hatch Kate… I think she likes it better then the beach."

Kate nodded. "Wanna come with me?"

Jack nodded. "Sure," he said as he looked down the beach as if to make sure that she wouldn't come walking up to them. Jack held out his hand.

Kate accepted the help and stood up.

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"Emma?" Kate called as soon as they reached the hatch. "Emma, are you here?"

There was no answer.

"Emma?" Jack asked. "Hello? Anyone here?"

"It's just us…" Charlie said as he appeared in front of them. "Just Locke and I."

"Emma's not here?" Jack asked.

"No, haven't seen her all day." Charlie said, just then the beeping started. "Catch you later!" he said as he hurried to the computer.

"Thanks…" Kate said, she turned to Jack, clearly worried.

"Don't worry Kate, she probably stayed with someone else." He said.

"I don't think so." Kate said. "She's not hanging around people very much."

"If we don't see her in the morning, we'll go look for her, ok?"

"Ok…"

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Emma woke up, she had had another flashback, but this one was different, this one was when she was young, when her dad left. Emma pulled a pony tail out from her pocket and pulled her hair back into a pony tail. She wiped the sweat off of her forehead. She jumped off of the rock, she felt better then she had the night before, she walked towards the jungle, had she just seen something move? She took a couple of steps closer.

A horse walked out from behind a tree, Emma's eyes widened as it appeared. Another flashback came to her, she walked towards the horse and began to pet it. A smile crept over her face, she stood on a rock and swung her foot over horse's back, she held the horse's mane tightly. She was on a horse! She barley touched the horse's side when the horse began to gallop. Her smile grew even bigger as the horse ran deeper into the jungle.

Emma pulled the horse's mane back, trying to turn it around, but it just ran faster. "Stop!" Emma shouted as ducked all the branches. Twigs caught her hair. "Stop it horsey! Please!" The horse didn't stop. Emma didn't duck in time for one branch, her arm got caught and she was thrown off the horse and landed on a bush. "AHH!" She moaned. She slowly sat up and rubbed her head, her arm wasn't broken but it was badly bruised. She slowly got to her feet and looked around, she didn't know this part of the jungle.

"Emma." A cold voice called from behind her.

Emma quickly turned around and looked at a man who stood about ten feet away from her.

"Emma, you don't belong with them, you belong with us." The man said as he took a step closer.

Emma took a step backwards. "Who are you?" she asked trying not to show how scared she was.

"I'm the reason you're here." He said.

Emma took another step back.

"Come with me, I'll help you." He said.

Emma shook her head, something about this guy gave her the creeps. "No," she said.

"Emma,-"

"NO!" Emma shouted as she turned and ran, he was right behind her, and gaining on her. Emma pushed herself, but she couldn't go any faster, she tripped over a rock and screamed. The man quickly grabbed her. "Let me go!" Emma shouted.

The man didn't say anything, he began to tie her hands behind her back with a piece of rope.

"What do you want with me?" Emma asked as tears leaked.

"None of your business." He answered.

Emma nodded. "If it concerns-"

The man hit her on her head.

"Oww," Emma muttered.

"Not one word, you hear me?"

Emma nodded.

"Let's go." He said.

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I made it longer! Sorry, I might not update for a while, I just started school again, and I don't have a lot of time yet…

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