Children of the Stars

He glanced upward as the whip came down upon him harshly. Again and again, the whip's blows became more powerful with each strike. He struggled to stay on his feet as the pain intensified; if he fell or cried out, he would get more lashes. That was the way he was born, raised, and treated for his whole life. It was always the same; whenever he failed or did something that was considered wrong, he would get punished.

What have I done this time?

The whip suddenly stopped beating down on him and he heard his trainer's voice.

"You came in second place."

He looked up at his trainer, hiding the fear that he felt.

"In that tournament, you failed to beat your final opponent."

He looked down at the ground in shame. His last opponent at the tournament had been unusually strong. After all, it was near impossible to defeat a Gali for someone of his stature and lack of strength.

"I do not tolerate failure."

He continued to stare at the ground, silent; one wrong word or statement would get him in further trouble than he already was.

"Go to your stall. You will not be getting fed this month."

Another month…?

Nodding slowly, he turned and headed towards the stables. This would be the seventh month without food. Of course, he really would not need food due to his sub-breed. But his sub-breed could not provide him with the nutrients required to keep him strong and healthy. The lack of nutrients in his system caused him to be weaker and less successful in training…

He stopped, noticing that he nearly missed his stall. He opened the gate to his stall and went inside, closing the gate behind him. Inside of the stall, he fell to his knees, crawling onto the straw pile, which served as a bed. It was uncomfortable, but it was all he had. Or rather, it was all he was allowed to have.

He collapsed onto his stomach, exhausted. He looked up at the ceiling of the stable, thinking deeply. There were other monsters on this ranch, too…it was a large ranch, after all. But there were separate stables for the different types of monsters. He knew that much. And he knew of the other types of monsters living on the ranch. Golems, Zuums, Tigers, Arrowheads, Zans, Raidens, Nagas…Only the breeds that were considered the strongest were on the ranch.

Then why am I here…?

He looked at his left 'hand', which actually was a stub. It was small and metallic, nothing at all like his breed was supposed to have. His breed was supposed to have flesh, bone, and organs. But he did not. He had metal, wires, and liquid that only a machine could have. And that was exactly what he had been born as; a machine. He had seen what his appearance was several times through his reflection in water. He knew what he was; a MechNya. Or, as people called his breed nowadays, a MecMew. He did not like being what he was; MechNyas were extremely rare and impossible to get a hold of. Since they were so rare, nobody really knew if they were supposed to be strong or not. But the Master of the ranch had high expectations of him. Yet he was not meeting those expectations. The Master had many trainers on his ranch, since there were so many monsters. The Master was rich from winning so many tournaments with the majority of the monsters he owned…

MechNya gave a mechanical sigh. No monsters were given names on the ranch. At least, not that he knew of. He was never given a name; just 'MechNya'. His trainer said that he did not deserve a name…

MechNya lowered his head. Maybe it would be best if he slept for now. Yet, he pondered why he was treated so poorly. There was only one other 'weak' monster on the ranch, and that was…

…The Suezo/Hengar…

Before he could think more about the other monster, he was consumed by the wonderful darkness known as 'sleep'…

To all readers: I will be accepting monster OCs for this story. However, they cannot be a legendary or special type, such as a Phoenix, Dragon, Joker, Gali, Monol, or Durahan. You can choose monsters from the anime, or from the game series. Your submitted characters cannot be human, only monsters. Be sure to give details to their appearance. As for their attacks, they can have up to six attacks known from the game series. They cannot have an attack that is made up or that is not from their breed. Your monsters can have a sub-breed, but be specific about which other monster type they have. Be sure to give their history, age, personality, and gender.

With that said, have fun creating monsters!