AN: Hey guys, thanks for reading this story. Sorry for the late update, I had to get a new computer and lost all my work. If the characters get too OOC, please tell me. Also, I would like you guys to tell me if you want my OC, Karen, to eat a devil fruit (and which one you want her to eat) or learn Haki (I won't do conqueror's). I won't do both yet, because as captain Luffy should be strongest. Please enjoy the story!

Chapter 2: A New Beginning

I woke up with a start. I was confused. Where was I? How did I get here? Soon a boy who looked to be a little bit older than me walked in.

"Hey, are you awake now? Cool!" said the boy.

"Where am I? How did I get here?" I replied, hoping that I could get home soon.

"How about you meet us on deck, miss. Then we can all help explain, instead of having this idiot try to explain to you" a man said, as he peeked in the room. I saw no problems with that, so I went out on deck with the boy just behind me.

"Ok, so where am I and how did I get here?" I asked once the man gestured for me to speak.

"Hi my name is Monkey D. Luffy, and these are my crew members, Nami, Sanji, Zoro, Usopp, Brook, Robin, Franky, who is working downstairs, and Chopper, who is asleep. He was the one who fixed you." each person waved as their name was called with the exception of Zoro, who grunted, obviously asleep. I looked at each crew member, committing their names to memory, and screamed when the skeleton moved.

"Hello, miss. May I see your panties?" said Brook. I looked at him for a moment until Nami hit him on the head.

"Yohohoho! That hurts my skin, even though I don't have any! Yohohoho! Skull Joke!" said Brook.

"Shut up, Brook!" Nami shouted. She then turned to me and said, "We found you at sea, and pulled you in."

"Okay, but where am I?" I asked, now knowing who the people on board were.

"You're on my pirate ship!" replied Luffy, standing proud.

"Oh no. Oh no no no no. This just had to happen to me. I just can't be picked up by some normal people for once, it just had to be a pirate crew." I mumbled, cursing my bad luck. I did the only thing that came naturally. I tried to run away. Sanji grabbed me lightly while Nami hit Luffy on the head.

"Idiot! Not all pirates are nice like we are! You scared her!" yelled Nami. Robin then spoke up. "Don't worry, we aren't like most other pirates."

I relaxed slightly at that statement, maybe my luck wasn't as bad as I thought it was.

"Sorry… but we aren't gonna hurt you or anything." said Luffy while I calmed down. "Cause we're gonna party!"

"Luffy! We aren't going to party just because we saved someone!" yelled Nami. Then I heard the door open.

"Hey guys, how's it going…" mumbled a child-like voice. I turned around and had to refrain from squealing in delight. The little reindeer was sooo cute! Although there were deer at my house, none of they talked and as soon as they saw me they would run away.

"Hey Chopper! are you awake now?" said Luffy, and I almost facepalmed. Of course he was awake, he was talking, wasn't he?

"Yeah. Hey, you're that girl we rescued, are you feeling ok?" he asked. Then it dawned on me that Chopper was the one who treated me.

"Yes, thank you. You are a very good doctor." I replied.

"You bastard, you won't get anywhere with complimenting me.." he said, squirming and blushing. I sweat-dropped at this, thinking that he looked pretty happy.

"Thank you for helping me, but if you could drop me off at my island, that would be great." I said.

"But what about the party?" Luffy whined childishly. I turned to look at him only to laugh at the sight of his pout. Gosh, he really looked like a kid then.

"Luffy, we only just met her." said Nami.

"Yes, Captain-san. What if she is only here to murder us in our sleep and eat our entrails?" said Robin. I stared at her, slightly freaked out at the morbid statement.

"Robin, that's gross!" shouted Usopp, looking queasy. Luffy just laughed and said, "She wouldn't do that. Right… um… What's your name?" Sanji immediately turned to Luffy and started yelling at him for not asking my name first. I laughed, wondering how the crew had gotten stuck with such a stupid captain.

"My name is Hikari C. Karen. Nice to meet you." I said, smiling.

"How old are you?" asked Chopper, looking curious.

"I am 15 years old. What are your ages?" I wondered out loud, looking at the assembled crew.

"I'm 17." said Chopper.

"Luffy and I are 19." said Usopp while Luffy pouted because he didn't get to say his own age. I looked at Luffy, wondering how he looked so young.

"I'm 20." said Nami.

"The stupid moss head over there and I are both 21." said Sanji, surprising me. Zoro looked older than 21.

"I am 30 years old." said Robin, not looking up from her book.

"Yohohoho! I am 90 years old! Yohohoho!" said Brook. Just then a weird machine robot thing walked up the stairs.

"Oy, Franky, what were you working on?" said Usopp.

"Yow! Who's this Su-per lady!? My name is Franky!" Franky said while posing. His body looked painful.

"Franky, this is Karen. We saved her and are gonna party" said Luffy.

"Idiot!" said Nami as she hit him on the head. "We're bringing her home, not partying!"