"Sanji! Food!" The hungry captain shouted towards the kitchen.

It was just a normal day for the Strawhats. Nami was tanning out on the deck, and Robin held a book in her hand while she sipped the "special" lemonade Sanji had made her. Zoro, as usual, was taking a nap in the gym, while Usopp and Chopper were fishing. Franky was in the workroom, finding ways to improve his Coup De Burst and Brook played an upbeat melody that boosted everyone's energy level.

It had been a few days since they left Fishman Island. After the fight with Hody Jones, the Strawhats hadn't encountered any particularly strong enemies, just some bounty hunters who were finished off by Robin's strangles at the most.

They were sailing in the New World, where they sought for stronger enemies and more challenging fights that would help them improve. Just over a week ago, all of the crewmembers were shouting out their goals in the New World, excited about meeting tougher opponents, reaching further for One Piece, but so far, all they've seen was the vast ocean. Nevertheless, the Strawhats enjoyed this peaceful moment while they could.

"Luffy! Come help us over here! This one's a big one!" Usopp called out. Chopper and Usopp were barely holding onto the overly-bent fishing pole. In a matter of seconds, Luffy shot himself over and in his gear third form, pulled the fishing pole upwards into the sky, revealing the giant sea king.

"WOAHHHH!" Usopp, Chopper and Luffy gaped at the enormous sea king in front of their eyes. The sea king roared, and was loud enough to wake Zoro up from his nap. He looked up, and saw the sea king hovering over their ship. Then, he saw Luffy's enormous fist. The sea king flew about 300 meters in distance, hit something that seemed like an invisible wall, and plunged into the ocean.

"Wait, what was that?" Usopp asked. Everyone looked up from whatever they were doing. In the distance, there seemed to be some sort of a transparent wall.

"Nami! Bring us closer to that wall!" Luffy shouted out. Finally, something 'interesting' was happening.

The Thousand Sunny turned towards where the sea king just landed, and when it hit a certain point it stopped, and wouldn't go any further.

"What is this barrier? Why can't we cross it?" Nami stared at the unseen wall in front of them.

"I'll just destroy it." Luffy smiled, "Gomu Gomu no…PISTOL!" his massive fist punched the wall, and everyone waited for the expected crashing sound, but they heard nothing.

"Huh? Luffy's punch can't break the wall?" Sanji kicked himself up in the air. "Shishi Nabe shoot!" For a moment, everyone was silent, and waited for something to happen, but again, the crew heard nothing but the ocean waves crashing against the wall and Sanji's quiet curse.

"Dumbass cook, your kicks are pathetic, as usual." Zoro smirked.

"What did you say, you shitty marimo?" Sanji glared back.

"I don't even need to use all three of my swords to break something that doesn't even seem to exist." Zoro pulled out his white blade. "Yakkodori!"

Suddenly, the crew heard a loud shatter as the invisible wall finally crashed down and the pieces fell into the ocean.

"WOW Zoro you're SO COOL!" Luffy shouted, amazed at the swordsman's skills.

"Shitty swordsman…dammit why couldn't I do it?" Sanji swore under his breath.

"Wait guys…I think I see something!" Nami suddenly shouted. The Strawhats looked closer, and there it was, behind the mist—land.

"FINALLY! It's land!" Luffy jumped in the air, already excited about their first adventure in the New World.

"Huh? How could this be? None of the log poses are pointing towards the island…is this even possible?" Nami stared at the three needles that were pointing to different directions, but none towards the island.

"It looks…scary." Usopp shuddered at the sight. It was true. The island looked like a black hole. It was hidden behind the mist, and no matter how close they looked, they couldn't see anything but darkness.

"We don't even know if it's safe or not. Luffy, we should just pass." Nami looked uneasy.

"Definitely NOT! We should go! It's ADVENTURE!" Luffy hollered. In his mind, he was already on the island, battling powerful fighters. Rolling her eyes, Nami, with no choice but to follow her captain's orders, navigated the Thousand Sunny into the mist. Soon, a "clunk" sound was heard as the front of the Thousand Sunny hit the island.

"YAY! We're finally here!" Luffy jumped onto the land. Zoro followed.

"Uh…I'll stay here…" Usopp suggested. Chopper and Nami nodded in agreement, but the Strawhats decided that it was their first adventure in the New World, and it wouldn't be meaningful if not all of the crewmembers went, so in the end, everyone got off and started to look around.

"HERE WE GO, NEW WORLD!" Luffy's voice echoed across the entire island.

Meanwhile, deep inside the island, a woman sat on a stone, with a demonic smile spread across her face.

"He's finally here." She whispered.

I've fallen in love with One Piece for a long time, but this is my first time writing a fanfiction for it! I hope you like it, and please review! I'm open to all comments, but please don't be too harsh on me :P

I do not own One Piece, or any of the content/characters/names etc.