Bryan's Story

By: blitzkreig50889

blitzkreig50889: I'm back! For those that may have me listed as BBAGalux, I'm now blitzkreig50889! I've brought you all another fic too! Hopefully this one does better than the last one… Anyway, enjoy the fic!

Disclaimer: I don't own beyblade or any of the characters just Sierra and Ashley who will pop up in the story later.

Prologue- Hong Kong, China, 1995

Six year old Bryan had never been happier in his life. He was going to get something cool, or at least so his dad had said. Either way, he was still excited.

Right now, Bryan was sitting in his father's truck. "Where we going, daddy?" Bryan asked.

Bryan's dad just smiled. "You'll see, Bryan, you'll see."

"When will we get there?"

"Soon, soon."

Bryan grew quiet. Before long he saw a sign. He couldn't read it but if he'd been able to he would've read, "Now entering Hong Kong, China."

"Are we there yet?" Bryan whined. His father just chuckled.

"Almost. Just hold on a little longer. Just a few more miles, and we'll be there."

"Okay," Bryan said with a sigh. Before long though, Bryan saw a narrow stony road. His father turned onto that road.

"Ow!" Bryan yelped when his father hit a particularly large pothole.

"Sorry, Bry, but it's a little hard to miss them," Bryan's father explained. Bryan sent him a look that said quite clearly, "I hope so!"

"Finally!" Bryan cried out when he saw a small village. "Are we stopping there?"

"Yes. Ashley, Kai, Tala, Ian and Spencer will be here too."

"No! Not Ashley!"

"Sorry, Bry, but she's here too."

"Ick!"

Bryan's father let out a loud laugh. He found it extremely funny that Bryan couldn't stand his younger cousin's devotion for him. Bryan seemed to despise it.

"C'mon. Let's go meet up with everyone."

"Okay," Bryan agreed before grabbing a hold of his father's hand.

Bryan's father led them up to one of the village doors. His smile faltered though when he saw who opened the door for them.

"Voltaire."

"Ah, Jonathan, it's so good to see you again."

Bryan's father just nodded. Bryan though, could sense his father's irritation. He didn't seem to like Voltaire very much, yet for some odd reason, Jonathan was speaking to him.

"I need to speak with you later," Voltaire stated. "It's about the you-know- what deal we've made."

"Yeah, I know. I haven't forgotten about our deal. Just leave Bryan out of it."

"I'll see what I can do," Voltaire mumbled. "But, until then, why don't we send Bryan outside with Kai and Tala? They've been here for a week already, so I'm sure they'll have plenty to say."

"I'm sure they will," Jonathan mumbled. He didn't look very happy. "Bryan, head outside please.'

"Okay," Bryan agreed, but it was more to get away from Voltaire's cold gaze, than because he wanted to.

"Bryan!" Tala yelled happily when he saw him. Kai just gave the usual nod of acknowledgement.

Bryan stopped dead in his tracks. Tala was hyper to the extreme, which meant if the three of them were in the same cottage for the night, he'd never get any sleep and neither would Kai.

"Welcome to the first class nut house," Kai mumbled dully. Bryan got the impression that Kai had not been having a very good day.

"Kai, don't be a grump! Let's go show Bryan what we found!" Tala said in his usual cheerful way.

"Oh, right!" Kai cried, livening up. His eyes took on a mischievous glint. Bryan found it hard not to smile when both Kai and Tala were full of secrets that they were just bursting to tell everyone. Except, so far, they hadn't told anyone their secret and that was a rare thing.

"Follow me…err…us!" Tala corrected as he and Kai led Bryan to their secret.

"Look through the gaps in the bushes. You'll see what the secret is," Kai instructed.

"Oh, wow!" Bryan cried out softly. "Bit Beasts!"

"Yeah, but I don't think we're supposed to see them yet. I think that's why they're behind these bushes," Kai explained. "Let's head back before we get caught."

"Okay," Bryan agreed. He was already getting creeped out since he'd just found out they weren't supposed to be there. Tala, of course, agreed as well. All three boys quickly hurried back. Unfortunately, Voltaire, Jonathan, and Ivan, Tala's dad, were waiting for them.

"Uh-oh!" Tala mumbled in hopes no one would hear him.

"Where have you three boys been?" Voltaire questioned coldly.

"We were just in the woods playing tag," Kai said hurriedly.

"Were you?" Voltaire questioned. "Well, I'll know tomorrow if you were telling me the truth, Kai. Now, all of you go upstairs and get ready for bed."

"Wait a minute, Voltaire. I need to talk with Bryan for a moment," Jonathan interrupted smoothly.

"Of course. Take as long as you need. Ivan? Tala? Follow me please."

Both Tala and Ivan followed Voltaire inside, leaving Bryan outside with his father.

"Bryan, did Kai and Tala show you the Bit Beasts that are here?" Bryan knew better than to lie to his father, so he nodded.

"Listen to me, okay? After tomorrow, I won't be here. You'll be here with Kai and Tala for about three weeks. After that you'll be going back to Russia with Voltaire and living with him."

Bryan just stood there shocked. His father was leaving him! And to Voltaire at that! "B-but why, daddy?" He stammered out. "Why?"

"Because of a deal your mother and I made years ago with him. I'm sorry, son."

Bryan's eyes filled up with tears. Jerking his hand away from his father's, Bryan ran for the woods. He didn't know where he was going, but he ran anyway. And straight into the clearing where the Bit Beasts were being held.

Bryan stopped when he saw the Bit Beasts. There were thousands of them! Only one in particular though, caught his eye. It was a dragon. A blue dragon covered in shiny gemstones along its wing ridges and neck. It was about thirty five feet long and forty five feet tall. Then, it changed into a falcon, startling Bryan out of his musings. A person was coming and the falcon/dragon knew that.

Bryan quickly darted for the cage nearest to him. It just happened to be the one with the falcon/dragon in it. It stirred when it realized someone new had entered its cage and it didn't seem very happy about it.

"Easy there, Falborg," A male voice from outside said softly. "I'm not sure what got into you, but you need to calm down. There's no one in this cage but you."

Bryan knew that Falborg knew he was there. "Please stop moving," Bryan whispered. "If he sees me, he'll probably go and get Voltaire."

Falborg stopped moving. Bryan held his breath a little to see what the falcon/dragon would do. Falborg stayed still; almost as if it understood Bryan's fear of being found there by Voltaire. Suddenly, a voice burst into Bryan's head. He almost yelped in fear, but managed to suppress it.

"If I let you stay here unharmed, what do I get out of it? Surely a mere kid like you can do nothing of influence or can you?"

"What do you want?" Bryan whispered in what he now knew to be a male falcon's ear.

"You don't know?" The falcon seemed to be confused.

"No; should I?" Instead of answering Bryan's question, Falborg asked another one.

"How old are you?"

"Six."

"Six! That's it?"

"Yes."

"Then you can't give me what I want. I should just expose you now and be done with you."

"No! Please don't do that. I don't want to go with Voltaire."

Falborg didn't say anything. Bryan hoped he was just considering his request. After a moment, Falborg spoke again.

"Alright. I'll let you live and hide here."

"Thank you!"

"Just remember this: when you're old enough and able to escape Voltaire's clutches for good, free me when you leave."

Bryan blinked in surprise. "He owns you too?"

"Yes."

"Okay, then. I promise to get you your freedom, but I have one more question."

"Yes?"

"Are you really a dragon?"

"You saw THAT?"

"Uh…yeah. Was I not supposed to?"

"NO! Nobody knows I'm a dragon. Not even Voltaire knows that."

"That's your secret, isn't it?"

"What?"

"Everyone has a secret they don't want anyone to know. For example, my greatest secret happens to be my greatest fear. I'm terrified of centipedes."

Falborg interrupted by chuckling. "I'm afraid of centipedes too."

"You are?"

"Yeah. All dragons are. We're afraid they'll crawl into our ears to our brain and eat it. It's all just genetic though."

"Oh. So, the only other thing you're afraid of is Voltaire finding out you're actually a dragon?"

"No. I've got a lot of fears I don't want him to know, but that's the biggest one."

"Oh. Well, friends then?"

Falborg jerked below him. He seemed surprised. "Friends?"

"Yeah! I'll look out for you and you can look out for me."

"Oh. Okay then. Sure."

"Great!" With that, Bryan curled into Falborg's feathers and went to sleep, finally able to rest in peace.

blitzkreig50889: well, what do you think? Sorry it's so long but I had to give you some explanations now or you'd be lost later.

Kai: don't encourage her to much though or she'll never stop writing.

blitzkreig50889: can it! I already apologized for the length so shush!

Kai: better not let Bryan find out your doing this or he'll skin you alive.

blitzkreig50889: no he won't.

Kai: huh?

blitzkreig50889: he's the one who gave me permission in the first place, so haha!

Kai: brat.

blitzkreig50889: I know. anyway, please review! I need at least 3 reviews before I put up the next chapter.