Edited on March 25th, 2013

Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece or anything else that I may reference, besides my own ideas, of course.

Warning: I wanted to do something interesting, so, the logical conclusion is, Self-Insert. I decided that my first fic would be a SI. I love Self-Inserts, they're, usually, interesting.

Summary: What do you do when a portal of some type suddenly appears out of thin air? Do you shut your laptop? Do you throw your computer out the window? Or do you jump in the portal without absolutely any thought what so ever? What do I do, you may ask?... Well, you'll just have to read on and find out for yourself.

Flying High

by

Kine X

It was a boring day, just like all the others ever since I graduated high school. I went to a weird school, where you work on your own time and, depending on how many credits you had, you're able to graduate relatively fast. I had just graduated sometime in the middle of January. I was excited at first, until I realized that there was just about nothing to do.

So, once again, it was a boring average day.

That was, until a portal appeared out of nowhere... Is what I wished would happen. I was imagining what would really happen if, well, that happened. Where would I end up? How would I cope? Would I have fun? Would I gain a bunch of super awesome powers on my way over there?

"*sigh* I really wish I had something to do right now." I spoke to myself in a rare fit of boredom, I hardly ever talk to myself aloud. I was the calm, collected, anti-social type of person, not that I wanted to be, it's just, after a long time of not spending time being energetic and/or social, I just, practically, stopped feeling certain things. The only feelings I had where rare bouts of mirth, sadness, or something really random. I use to be really emotional and expressive. I used to, also, be very temperamental, though, that may be debatable.

"*Sigh*..." I sighed once again. I was really bored. I, usually, had some type of Fan-Fiction to read, but none of the ones that I love reading have been updating that often.

'Hmmm. Maybe some Anime' I thought. 'That might rid me of some of my time' So, I moved my finger on the track-pad of my laptop to bring it out of the screen-saver that it was in, I opened up a new tab, went to my favorite Anime site, I wasn't able to buy my own Anime, and I hit [Random Anime].

I searched for Half an hour before finding something that I thought sounded good.

'Hmm. One Piece? Haven't really seen that in a while' I pondered on it, I really hadn't watched it in a long time, I tried to start re-watching it a week or two ago, but I got caught up in school work. 'Eh' I thought again 'I might as well start watching it over, I last stopped around episode 470 or 480' I had just then pushed the button that said [One Piece] when something weird happened. Right where the Summary of One Piece, to the right of the picture of Luffy and the rest of the crew, was supposed to be a weird blue whirlpool like thing appeared.

I stared in shock for a small moment before shoving away my laptop and sitting up in bed, I had just been laying down under my blankets, like usual. I stared in shock at the portal for a few moments before grabbing a napking that was on the bedside table sitting to my left.

I looked towards the portal that hadn't done anything yet, fortunately, I didn't wanna be sucked in. That would be horrible. I was still in my night clothes. I took the napkin, folded it to where it was long and tube like, and then touched the whirlpool with it. It was immediately sucked in.

'A portal' I thought dumbly. 'Impossible' Though, I knew that, if it was before me, and there wasn't a napkin on the other side of my laptop, then it must be real. Going through that explanation jerked me out of my shock. I sat up, placed my feet on the floor next to my bed, put my elbows on my knees, put my head into my hand, and thought. I didn't know what to do. On one hand, I could pack up, jump in the portal, or whatever it was, and hope for the best. Or, I could close my laptop, effectively making the portal absorb my keyboard and the rest of the laptop, and let the portal collapse into itself, that was, basically, choosing not to go.

But, I've always been a bit curious about things like this. 'It couldn't be a coincidence that the portal appeared on the One Piece Summary, could it?' I wondered to myself.

After a minute of indecision, I opened my eyes, 'When did they close?' I absently thought, before continuing with my decision.

"I'll do it" I said aloud, to no one. "I'll go-"

"WHAT, SON?" I heard my Mom yell from the room over.

"NOTHING MOM" I yelled back, eye twitching. '*Sigh* Ey-... I'll have to be a bit quie-' I was interrupted once again.

"ARE YOU SURE?" She yelled back.

"YES MOM, I'M SURE!" There was a small moment of silence an-

"WELL IF YOU'RE SURE" She, once again, yelled.

"FOR THE LAST TIME, MOM, I'M SURE!" I waited a minute to see if she yelled back and, thankfully, she didn't. Suddenly my eyes shot wide open, 'The Portal!' I thought frantically.

I looked over... It was still there. I sighed again, this time in relief.

'I'll do it' I thought, standing up. 'I'll go in and explore, see if there's anything interesting' I walked over to the basket in the corner of my room and put on a pair of shorts over the pair of stretchy shorts that I already had on, put on a plain, black, button-up shirt over my wife-beater, also known as an A-Shirt or athletic shirt, put on my worn out t-shoes, with socks of course, grabbed my large traveling backpack and packed it with a lot of my clothes.

I put in ten pairs of socks, rolled up together to make more room, six pairs of shin length shorts, folded and packed tightly, and my favorite sweater that I wore every day. That was all put into the main part of my pack. I put in a pack of playing cards into one of the smaller parts, put a stud in my left ear- that was the only ear pierced, I got it done in fifth grade-, got my gallon water bottle, that I set on top of my clothes in the main compartment thingy, and lastly, but not least, my pocket knife that I got for Christmas. I put that in my back pocket.

I put my backpack on, re-laced my shoes, put on my ring that's been handed down since my great-grandpa, my papi, stepped forward, bent my knees to dive into the portal, and then I stopped.

I almost forgot my glasses... That would have been a disaster. So, I turned around, walked to my night table, took my glasses, the cloth to clean the glasses, and my glasses case, and I was ready. I, once again, turned to my laptop, where the portal was still waiting, walked over to it, bent my knees, and I... stopped, once again.

'I think I should shave my beard before I dive on through' I thought. 'I should, at least, look presentable wherever I'm going'. I took off my shoes, set down my backpack, and walked to the bathroom. I looked at the counter sink... My toothbrush. 'I almost forgot my toothbrush and toothpaste. Luckily I thought to shave my beard' I took my... tooth supplies? And put them into my pocket. I looked under the sink, grabbed my electric razor, and shave most of my beard off, I had a little hair left remaining. I, then, walked back to my room and sat on my bed.

'Am I finally ready?' I thought to myself. 'Did I forget anything?... Ah!' I put my... tooth supplies? Into my backpack.

'I think I'm ready' I answered my earlier question. I put my backpack and shoes on, turned towards my laptop, where the portal was STILL at, and I bent my kne-

"SON, DO YOU WANT ANYTHING FROM THAT ONE CHINESE PLACE?" My mom yelled to me. My stomach rumbled...

"YEAH, GET ME THE USUAL, PLEASE!" I yelled back. '… It looks like I'll have to hold off on this journey for a little while longer' I thought to myself. 'After all, you can't go on a, possibly, epic journey with an empty stomach.'


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