Ok, so now this story is actually going to start making sense, lol. From now on each chapter is going to switch between the POV of Jack and Victoria, starting with Victoria. So the next chapter will be Jack, then Victoria, and so on. It should make it a lot easier for you guys to read, so there wont be any reason for you not to review! Mwahahaha!

Disclaimer- Oh my goddness! I think this is a chapter where I actually own something! Wait, no damn the Black Pearl is mentioned at the end, and Tia is too somewhere in the middle. Came pretty close though, as close as I would come to owning anything from POTC at least. -frowns-

Ch 4 Why Am I Here?

When Victoria regained consciousness, she felt an extreme amount of pressure pushing down on her head. She opened her eyes and gazed around, perplexed by her surroundings. A large school of small, rainbow colored fish darted around her, and she heard the squeals of a pod of dolphins in the distance. A slimy eel brushed past her and she jumped back. She heard her own voice in her head, obscure and unusual.

Where am I?

She took in a deep breath and let it out heavily, causing bubbles to float about around her. She lifted her hand and examined it, turning it over and paying close attention to her fingers. Nothing different. Slowly she looked down at her body, realizing that she was topless, and immediately threw her arms around her chest. She gasped in disbelief when she saw the start of something blue and scaly at her waist, covering her legs completely, all the way down to her ankles. At her feet it branched out into two long silvery fins.

Her heart pounded in her chest as she stared at the tail attached to her. How did this happen? What did Tia do to me?

Her stomach became queasy as a whirlwind of thoughts hit her. What if I'm stuck down here forever? What if nobody ever finds me? What if...

Victoria's mind trailed off with a million different What ifs, and to make matters even better, the chilling female voice was back.

Don't worry honey, fins make the life so much better...

"Who are you?" Victoria called out, her voice shaky. She felt the rush of water being moved by her arm, and spun around quickly to see what it was.

Relax dear, nothing is going to hurt you down here. Go on, swim around and get used to it...

"What do you want?" She whipped around again, the water making her hair billow like a light brown flag, her eyes and tone filled with fear and confusion. "I don't understand why you need me."

That's not important now... Just follow the reef to the end, and you will find a cavern. All your concerns will be answered there.

The whoosh of water ceased and Victoria stopped chasing it around in circles. Slightly dizzy and extremely disoriented, she let her body sink down onto the soft sand and buried her face in her arms, weeping. She was surrounded by a rainbow of colors, ranging from deep purple to pale yellow. Sea anemones wavered as the current of water swept over them, the copious eel grass brushed against her fins, while a small blue crab scuttled up her tail. She swatter it away distractedly, and it nipped her finger tip with its tiny pinchers. A shadow passed over her, and she quickly turned her attention to it, gasping. A large tiger shark swam down and joined her at her spot on the seabed, and she inched her body away.

The magnificent creature was unlike anything Victoria had ever seen, and she admired it with awe. Its sleek, torpedo shaped body was easily at least four feet long, with faded black stripes painted down its sides. Its face and fins had a number of scars, including a sizable nick taken out of the dorsal fin. The shark looked old and worn, and it gazed at Victoria with a curious, clouded pupil.

Follow Kaito. He will lead you to me.

Victoria shook her head slowly. "No- I- I can't..." She went to back away but was imprisoned by the reef. The shark closed in on her, and on an instinctive impulse she gripped the rough coral in her palms, wincing as it sliced through her skin.

He doesn't bite... He won't harm you if you go willingly...

With his powerful tail Kaito whisked Victoria away from the reef and began to carry her off. She was too scared to protest, and let the creature control her. The only thing on her mind was how she was going to get back to the Pearl unharmed. Rather if she was going to get back alive.

//I thought Kaito's name written in Kanji was pretty cool, so I had to put it in: 海斗 And just for kicks, here's what the woman speaking to Victoria is called, again in Kanji: 七海. Don't forget to leave a review!//