Prologue: Reilly Blaze

She opened her eyes for the very first time. Her parents, Claura and Firin Blaze looked down at her affectionately. Claura was a furry, snake-like monster with a deep purple tongue and a ready grin, though somewhat shy. Firin was the opposite, an outgoing, caring leader with draconian scales and wings and long teeth.

Claura nudged open the towel on which her baby was placed and smiled affectionately at the baby monster. It had a semi-snakish body and had six legs and two wings; it had a row of spikes running down the length of its spine, though three at the front were most prominent, it top half was covered in fur and the underbelly was scales.

It coughed and a slight flame puffed out along with a little wisp of smoke. It smiled and swung its head towards its parents. Her smile fell and she got up and made an adorable questioning noise "Rawr?". Claura smiled, the nurse came in and told her it was a female child. Firin said in a low tone, "What do you want to name her?".

Claura and Firin were still pondering when the nurse told them they had a visitor. "Abigail, how nice to see you!" Exclaimed Claura. Firin grinned at his sister, Abigail Hardscrabble and she gave them a slight smile. "What an adorable child Firin. I'm sure she'll be every bit the scarer we are. What's her name?"

"We haven't decided Abigail; we were just pondering the thought."

Claura suddenly had an idea, "Reilly. Let's call her Reilly"

Firin chuckled, "Yes, it fits. Reilly..." He trailed off. Abigail nodded, "A good name. Well, I'll be off brother." And Abigail left the room with a clicking sound of her many legs.

-x-

When Reilly was a young monster, her class was to make a mandatory field trip to Monsters inc. and learn about scream energy and scarers. Reilly knew this first hand because her father, Firin Blaze, was a top scarer, and her aunt, Abigail Hardscrabble, was a scaring legend, but she was still very excited to see her father and aunt at work.

They sang songs all the way and when they got out, the teacher did a headcount to make sure everyone was there and called out, "Okay kids, get your buddies!" Reilly was thinking about who to pair up with when a boy came up to her. He grinned at her and asked, "Can you be my partner?" Holding out a flipper. "No way, she's my partner!" Called out another monster.

Reilly thought for a minute and clasped her first two hands, "Maybe some other time okay? I want to be paired with Miss Flysk today." The two monsters smiled at her and she walked over to Miss Flysk. Miss Flysk was a slim furry monster with two legs and two arms, a cheery smile and a good sense of humour. "Can I be your partner Miss Flysk?"

Miss Flysk pushed up her reading glasses, "Of course dear." Reilly reached up and took her teachers hand and they stepped into Monsters Inc. When their guide had led them to the scare floor, all the monster children gasped in awe. 'Woah's and 'Wow's filled the air. Then, a few doors away from them, as scream can was filled to its max and replaced with another, then another, and another!

Abigail Hardscrabble emerged from the human world wearing a triumphant smirk. Reilly jumped up and down in joy to see her aunt as the other monsters from her class murmured among themselves. Abigail turned to Reilly and smiled. "Why Reilly, you look quite the scarer already, and believe me I don't say that to everyone", she said with a wink.

Reilly beamed at her aunt. She was very curious to see a human child, and a scarer at work, so while her teacher was chastising another student, she slinked off behind her aunt and slid across the floor on all her legs. She was fast enough and wasn't spotted. Just as she moved to hide behind a bunch of scream cans, she bumped into Frank McKay and Carla Benitez.

They looked at her with concern and Carla said, "Shouldn't you be with your class dear?" Reilly so badly wanted to watch a scarer at work, so she looked at them with pleading eyes and a sad smile, Frank smiled back, "Well, what're you doing here anyways kid?" Reilly said softly, "I want to see a scarer. Please Mr. McKay, please Ms. Benitez!"

Carla smiled at her, "Well okay….It couldn't hurt much since that round green kid walked into a room and came out grinning like an idiot. C'mon, we'll let you watch" Reilly felt a huge smile creep onto her face. By the time her teacher had noticed, she had watched both of them at work and was hopping around with joy.

Frank and Carla hugged her goodbye, "Nice to finally meet Firin's daughter. Just like he said, better even!" Miss Flysk was fussing over her and Reilly had to assure her again and again that she was fine. By far this was her best field trip ever! Now she just couldn't wait to grow up and be a scarer.

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