Chapter 1

A New World

The world was still spinning as Chris opened his eyes. As his head started to clear, he noticed he was in a small clearing surrounded by trees. The pounding in his head reminded him of the drinking and partying from the night before. He rubbed his eyes to try and clear his vision and to get a better sense of where he was.

Okay, last thing I remember, I was in Ben's basement, maybe I walked out into the woods and passed out.

Taking a second look around at his surroundings, he realized that his assumption was incorrect. The ground below him was covered in grass and the trees were not any he had seen before, and they certainty were not ones he had seen in the woods behind Ben's house. They had thick, dense trunks and shot into the air much higher than most trees behind the house. The bark was a very light brown, almost tan, in color. The leaves themselves were an odd shape, almost a perfect circle and were light green. Chris stared in awe at the lush forest.

Well this makes no sense, where in the world could I be? My head is still killing me and I feel like I'm going to puke. I shouldn't have had all that Jameson. I should try and get out of thes...

Before he could even finish his train of thought, Chris rolled over and immediately threw up.

Okay, never drinking that crap again. Back to trying to find my way out of here. I might have just ended up in a different part of the woods that we had never explored. At least if I can't find Ben's house I can get out of the woods.

As Chris stood up, he looked back down at the ground. Seeing his pile of vomit made him cringe, but he noticed a blue backpack a little ways away from where he was laying.

I must have wandered into the woods intentionally if I have this thing with me. The question is did I bring all my stuff with me.

Chris picked up the back and opened it revealing a laptop, iPhone, iPad, assorted charging cables for his devices, a spare set of clothes, headphones, glasses and sunglasses, a few bottles of water and a couple granola bars.

Check, check, annnnnd check. Looks like I brought everything, but why did I. Well most of the stuff is in there and the event of an emergency such as this, it should help. And the rest I must have put in there so I would not lose it in the case of this happening. I should check my phone see if I have any messages from the guys and also try to contact them to figure out what happened.

Glancing at his phone he saw that there were a few texts from the night before. One from his girlfriend saying, "Goodnight and be safe," one from Ben saying, "I'll be right up to let you in in a minute," and one from an unknown number with what appeared to be a penis drawn using characters. He sighed at the thought of one of his friends thinking this would be a good joke at their age. At that thought he laughed, knowing he would have done the exact same thing, especially if he was on the receiving end of a bunch of drunken texts at some obscene hour of the night.

He then switched back to trying to find his way back to society. He tapped the phone icon and started punching in his friend's phone number. The phone started to ring, but shortly played a message that he dreaded to hear, "Sorry, but the number you are trying to reach is either not in service range or is disconnected. Please try again." "CRAP! Okay let's try to reach Ricky." Punching his other friend's number into his phone he received the same message, "Sorry, but the num..." He quickly hung up and sighed. "Well that just leaves Nick then." Dialing again, he heard the phone ring. Just as he was about to hang the phone up again he heard a slight click and Chris shouted into his phone, "Nick! Nick! Are you there? Hello! Hello?" He waited for a response, but never received one. He sighed and threw his phone into his bag.

Well it looks like I'm out of luck with calling. Well I can at least try and find out where I am with my GPS. I just hope I have data coverage that is strong enough for this to work. I should check before I try so I don't get my hopes up while the map tries to load.

Looking down at his phone he saw the letters "VCN" up where it normally displayed his cellular company. And next to that where he saw the usual "LTE" connection, it said "SC."

That's weird, but I've seen how phones connect to internal networks when roaming. How could I be in another country or even another state? Whatever, I will figure it out when I have time and when I am not stuck in the woods. I have a 3 bars and it looks like I am connected to whatever this network is so it is worth a shot.

Tapping on his maps app, he waited for his location to be pin pointed. The map of Earth loaded, but then an error message displayed saying, "Your location is unable to be displayed at this time, please try again later." Closing the app he opened up the compass, calibrated it, and watched it point North.

Well at least some things work. I can at least try and find a way out of the woods, and hopefully find my way home and find my friends.

Grabbing a bottle of water and taking a drink, Chris picked up his pack. He plugged his headphones into his phone and put them on. Selecting a playlist of his favorite music he started what he hoped would be a relativity short journey.

After about four hours of walking he made it to the top of a hill with a clear lookout that gave him a full view of the forest around him. As he looked to the North-East, he saw a small town. He was excited and confused at the same time. If he was where he thought he was, there should not be any towns like that anywhere close. And besides that, the woods behind Ben's house were relativity small and he should have made it to some road or house within an hour or so. Chris looked over to the town and tried to make out details that might tell him something about it or even where he was. But from what he could see it looked relativity normal, the architectural design was a bit different, but not too odd. He could even see cars on the roads in the town.

Well I guess things are looking up a little. Maybe I should try yelling for the guys and see if maybe they are close by. At the very least I should try and make it to the town before dark. It looks to be about 2 in the afternoon, I have about four hours of good day light before sunset. I better pick up the pace and get moving.

Cupping his hands together to amplify his voice he shouted, "Ben, Ricky, Nick! Can you guys hear me?" No answer. Not surprised, he started towards the town, but he stopped when he heard a rustling noise coming from the bushes behind him. Turning around, to call for his friends again, he was at a loss for words when he saw a wolf like beast with a bone-like mask covering its face and bone-like protrusions coming out of its arms and back. The creature towered over him and looked at him with piercing red eyes. Chris was too scared to move, even to scream, the only thing he was able to do was move his arms in-front of his face to protect himself. As the monster prepared to strike him, Chris braced himself for the attack. He waited for a few seconds, but nothing happened. Chris uncovered his face and looked to see the monster in mid strike but not moving. It then started falling apart and disappearing. Behind the monster stood a man in a dark cloak with a large scythe in his hands. Chris stood there still in shock and amazed he was still alive.

WHAT IN THE HELL WAS THAT AND WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED RIGHT THEN?! Who is this guy? What was that creature? Where am I?

As his shock started to fade, he realized that the man before him had turned around and was now looking at him. Still unsure of himself, Chris turned towards the man and asked, "What was that thing?" The man tapped his scythe on the ground and it collapsed in on itself, he then slung it across his back and turned around. "That, young man was a Beowolf, a creature of Grimm," the man said.

Getting a better look at him, Chris saw the man was a bit taller than him, maybe 6 feet tall, and athletic build. He was wearing a dark cloak that covered most of his body, below the end of the cloak, Chris could see black pants and black combat boots. The man pulled his hood back a short styled black and silver haircut. The man then asked, "Who are you, and what are you doing out here at this time of day?" Chris responded, "My name is Chris Andrews, and as for what I'm doing in the forest, well I sort of woke up in the woods a few hours ago and I have been trying to find my friends and find my way home. Speaking of which could you tell me where I am?" "Well it is a pleasure to meet you Chris, my name is Qrow. As for your friends I'm sorry but at this time I cannot help you with that very much at this moment. To answer where you are, you are in just outside of the town of Patch, part of the Kingdom of Vale." Chris just stood there, dumbfounded, mouth agape.

If what he says is true, I am nowhere near home, and hell I might not even be on the same planet! If that is true, how did I end up here? I should just ask him to help me get to that town, what did he call it? Patch I think.

"Well Qrow, I think I am very far from home, very very far from home. Do you think you think you could help me get to town?" asked Chris with emptiness in his voice. Qrow looked at the dejected teen with a bit of sympathy, he reminded him of his young niece, and the many times she had wandered off into the woods in search of adventure. He then replied, "Well try and keep up Chris, we only have a little bit of time before dark and you don't want to be caught in the forest after dark if you can avoid it."

In the event that I am in a different world, I should at least try and set myself up for living here in the event that I will not be able to get home.

"Qrow!" Qrow turned his head to look at Chris, "this may sound really odd, but what planet are we on?" Qrow looked at him quizzically and responded, "This is the Kingdom of Vale, on the continent of Vytal, on the planet of Remnant." All Chris could muster was an, "Oh..." Chris and Qrow began their journey towards Patch.

Welcome to a new world.

A/N: Hey guys, Catalyst here. This is my first fan fiction I have ever written. It is also the first story I have ever written. I hope you are enjoying the story so far. If you are or aren't leave a review and tell me what you liked/didn't like. More chapters will be coming as I write and get them checked over. I am aiming for one chapter a week, but I cannot be sure that will happen. And thank you for reading.