A/N: Here's the story I've been planning do do for a while now. Updates will be slow thanks to my life, but I'm having a lot of fun working on The Boy with Magic in His Eyes.

Chapter 1

The Book was notorious for warping people at the wrong place, at the wrong time. Joe knew those moments all too well. It was three years after Joe received his Time Page status, and after that happened, The Book entered in a state of dormancy of some sort. No green mist, no near-death experiences, and no crazy uncles trying to kill their nieces and nephews and great-grandchildren over a magical book. To be honest, Joe didn't mind. He could finally be a regular kid again and hang out with his friends. Now and again, Jodie, Samantha and Freddi would show up and all six of them would talk with each other, but that was it.

So, how could studying for a test cause The Book to activate and warp him to a remote jungle area? Joe picked himself up and brushed out the leaves in his hair and clothes, muttering under his breath. The sun was beating down on him and the humidity made his clothes stick uncomfortably to his skin. He hated that book, he really did.

"Where am I?" Joe looked around and was taken aback by the beautiful, lush greenery that spread out before him. The plants and flowers were unlike anything he seen before.

He reached down to touch a bush with large, wispy burgundy flower pedals. To Joe's amazement, the bush giggled as if he were tickling it. It hopped away from Joe and left behind a powdery substance that stuck to his fingers.

He sniffed his hand and regretted touching the plant. "Ew, gross! That's the last time I'll touch a bush that giggles."

He stumbled out from the jungle and found himself standing in front of a dirt road. Some people were outside doing their business, and they all wore neutral colors, like brown, white, and black clothing.

"Young man, watch where you're going, you were about to step on a creeper!" A man's voice behind him called out.

Joe turned around and sure enough, he saw a small plant with large thorny vines and an equality large mouth with sharp teeth, waiting for Joe to make one wrong move. The man jumped off the cart and pulled Joe away from being injured.

"Thank goodness you're alright, do you know where you're going?"

"Me?" Joe asked. "I'm not really sure…"

"Are you lost?" The man asked Joe. He had dark brown skin with light blue twisted designs on his right arm. He was dressed in a bright red robe-like tunic and black tights.

"I guess… I don't know where I landed." Joe said, petting the creature.

The horse-like creature "harrumphs" at Joe and moved away from his touch. The man chuckled. "Don't worry, the Lanu is a temperamental type of breed, but they know when to work enough."

"I'm Joe by the way," Joe held his hand out to him. The man looked at his powdery fingers and grimaced.

Joe immediately dropped his hand in embarrassment. "Oh, sorry about that… I didn't know that plant could leave pollen on my fingers."

"The native Gigglebush can do that. Between you and me I made that mistake too when I first arrived to Ryn."

"What's Ryn?" Joe's eyebrow arched up.

"Right here," The man answered. "This is the magical land Ryn, under the rule of the crown leader, King Cepheus. My name is Phoebus, and I'm from New Gaul."

Joe's jaw dropped. No wonder why this land seemed so odd! The Book hand warped him to an unknown magical land that he didn't even know existed. The Gigglebush, the weird names, the floating horse-like creature… it all made sense! If The Book could warp Joe here, he should be able to find it and warp back.

"It's not that different," He assured himself. "Treat it like any other warp, get The Book and warp out of here…"

"Hey, Phoebus? You wouldn't happen to have a Blue book, would you… with squiggles? I lost it on my way here and I need it back right away." Joe asked him.

"I've seen many blue books, and many books with squiggles, but I don't have one." Phoebus snapped his fingers. "Tell you what, I'll take you into town and you can go ahead and search the marketplace for it. I have to meet up with clients and deliver them the imported goods they asked for."

"That sounds great, thank you so much!" Joe hopped into the cart and Phoebus took a hold of the reigns.

"No worries, young Joe! I was once like you before meeting my mentor; he taught me the skills to be a merchant." Phoebus beckoned his Lanu to "giddy-up" and it took off.

Joe laid back into the cart, watching Phoebus point out different places and learning more about this strange land. But Joe knew that the sooner he found The Book the sooner he could go home. After almost being creeper-bait, he found it necessary to make sure he warped with all of his limbs intact.

"Besides, what could go wrong?" Joe thought to himself.

A/N: The story starts off slow, but it will pick up... a review and constructive criticism is greatly appreciated!