Chapter 1: A New Beginning

Lost. Again.

This always happens to me. I throw my trust around like rose petals at a wedding and end up screwed over. My fault for being so naive. Although, there was something strange about that man... Something… magical? I don't know.

He had appeared out of thin air and greeted me with slightly goofy sounding, "How do you do?" He had startled me and I stumbled back in surprise. When I regained my senses, I stepped back and looked him over head-to-toe and back again. He had an odd, slightly discomforting grin plastered on his face and was wearing what resembled a ship captain's outfit. I pondered whether I should draw my bow, but he looked nice enough not to attack me immediately, since he had waited for me to regain my balance after my little stumble.

"Now what are you doing out here all alone young man?" he asked.

I hesitated on answering, but I didn't have much to lose, honestly. I answered with what I thought was the only thing I could be doing, wandering aimlessly through the forest, all alone, "I-I'm looking for a new beginning."

"Ah… I see," the strange man replied. "Then I'm sure you'd be very interested in something I can do for you." He stepped back a couple paces. "Watch this."

He suddenly lifted up his right hand and drew a symbol in the air with blue light that traced the path of his hand (imagine Ni No Kuni's gateway spell :/ ). The symbol disappeared and he pointed his finger to my right, trying to get me to see something.

I didn't see anything at first. Then I noticed it.

A little purple speck materialized about three feet from the ground. It was expanding, taking on a rectangular shape. It widened and lengthened until it was what looked like eight feet tall.

"It's a portal!" he declared happily after the purple form had finished growing.

I was stunned. I'd never seen anything like this happen before. I had heard about portals, but figured them as just myths. This man could summon them? It puzzled me.

"Um… Where does it go?" I questioned curiously, wanting to know more.

He grinned even more than he already was and replied, "Exactly where you want it to go. A new world, a new beginning."

This made my ears perk up. Exactly where I wanted it to go? A new beginning? It sounded to good to be true. But at the same time, some… feeling came over me that made me want to trust him.

"Do I just walk through?"

"Yes of course, that is how portals work right Ryn?"

"What? How do you know my name?"

"I can make portals appear out of thin air. Obviously I know more than the average person," he said.

I didn't really get what he meant by that, if he meant anything, but I guess it was obvious that he wasn't normal. I collected my thoughts and answered the question he was about to ask.

"I guess I'll just go through then. Not like I have anything else to do wandering through this forest."

He lit up at my decision and walked towards me, putting his hands on my shoulders. "Good! Off you go then."

Before I could even react, he shoved me through the portal. Then everything went dark.

Author's note: Hi! Thanks for reading the first chapter to my first fanfic/yogfic , "A Strange New World." I'm not that good a writer so please excuse any grammar mistakes. Also, sorry if things get boring from time to time. ('-_-) I hope to get the next chapter out soon, so stay tuned! Leave a positive or negative review if you want to, but please no flaming. BAI!

Disclaimer: I do not own any yogscast characters, members, or web shows. Nor do I own any rights to Minecraft. I do not the own the strange man, who you probably already guessed the identity of. However, I DO own Ryn, he is a character I created and may or may not be using to live out my yogscast fantasies… Anyway, moving on, I also own this story as it is my creation.

BAI!…. Again.