(Author's Note)

Hello everyone! And welcome to Well, this went about as well as expected.

Now, to those who have followed and favorited the story before this, I thank you for your support.

See, for the past… 4 months!? Uh, yeah, for the past four months I've been debating whether I should completely rehaul this story.

Unfortunately, I have decided to rewrite the chapters. This does mean a few things.

One, the background to the story, IE: The backstory, will be completely different, meaning there will not be ANY connection to another story, unlike how it was before.

Two, events will be a tad different, it will still follow the plot of MGQ, but I plan on changing a few things here and there.

Three, with this rewrite, I plan on moving the story from the crossover section to the regular MGQ story section, since all mention of things that would warrant it being in the crossover section will be removed in due time. This change however, won't occur until I have all the chapters re-written.

Four, I'm not keeping the promise I made on the last chapter about not updating the story. I was really busy with things and such, and I also was debating starting over, so there.

With all that said, welcome, to whatever the hell this is!

DISCLAIMER:

I do not own Monster Girl Quest/Monmusu Quest! The property is owned by Toro Toro Resistance. Please support the official release, especially now, since they're working on their new entry into the series, Paradox. All text that comes from the game was translated by one Rogue Translator.

All in all, I only own my OC and some spare ideas I incorporate to the story. Anything else, I don't own it.

ONTO THE STORY!

Starting an adventure by waking up. One of the most cliche ways of starting a story, but it works for a reason. It's a way of signifying something new, to put you in the shoes of someone else, to get you into the mindset of exploring a new world!

Or it could literally end up being a wake up call that leads to disaster.

This is kinda the point I'm trying to make here.

I should probably introduce myself. My name, is Bryce Bridged, I'm 17, 5'11, and- why the hell am I telling all of you my life story?

You know what, doesn't matter. It'll be explained as things progress.

Wait, where was I?

Oh yeah, explaining how I got into this situation.

I'll be honest to you all, I have no fucking clue. I passed out one morning and then woke up on a more uncomfortable, smaller bed.

Not exactly the best thing to wake up to, but okay?

I had finally decided to sit up, looking around the room I was in.

It wasn't anything fancy of course, but it was more clean than my room was. Which, in it of itself gave a lot of questions that I wanted answered.

Next to the bed, was a old-school travel bag, a sleeping bag strapped to the top, the insides seemingly full to the brim. Sitting next to the bag, however, was what caught my attention.

"...Why the hell is there a sword here?" I asked myself, picking up the sheathed weapon, as I pulled the blade out of its sheath, the weapon shiny and clean, as if it was cleaned to look as if it was only just made.

I sheathed the sword, as I placed it next to the bag.

"Okay… So I can't tell if I'm dreaming right now…" I said, as I moved my hand around. "Feel's real…"

I sighed. "Okay, while I'm here, I might as well explore the area…"

I walked out of the room, finding a rather cozy cottage looking living room outside of it, a small corner off to the side housing what I assumed qualified as this house's kitchen.

I looked outside to see people walking from one place to another, each of them not very noteworthy, as when I would try to remember what they looked like, all I would remember was an outline that was either pink or blue.

I sighed, before going into what I assumed was the bathroom, as I took a look into the mirror.

"...What. The. Fuck?" I asked, as I looked at the person staring back. Myself.

Well, allow me to explain. I was in all intents in purposes, the exact same as before, my facial structure still there, if less fat than it had been the night prior, my eyes still their normal green. And then there was, my hair.

"I know I was debating dying it purple, but I didn't actually mean it…" I muttered, looking at the purple mess of hair on top of my head, as I brushed the strands in front of my eyes to the side with my left hand.

"Okay, is there anything else that I should figure out…" I said to myself, before pulling off the white shirt I had on me, looking at my chest find something I wasn't expecting, but I had no complaints about.

"...I'll gladly take the purple hair if means I get what I assume is abs." I said, looking down at what looked to be the shadow of abs, as I had seemed to have lost a lot of the fat that I had around me the night before.

I wasn't fat before, mind you. I was just out of shape, there's a difference.

I stopped, before taking a look under my pants.

What? If you ended up with some changes to your body, tell me you WOULDN'T check to see if you're privates had changed.

After checking and sighing that my manhood hadn't shrunk, I put back on the shirt and pants, as I walked out of the bathroom, going back into the bedroom and picking up the bag and the sword.

"This still leaves me with questions…" I said to myself, as I walked back into the main room.

"MONSTER!"

"Huh?" I turned to see a man running into town, flailing his arms like I couldn't believe.

As that word was uttered, the entire town seemed to go into a panic, as I raised an eyebrow at this.

"...Well, considering all that's happened, if this is a dream, then I guess the only place to go is towards the monster." I said to myself.

Let's be honest with ourselves, if we found out we weren't in our normal world and were somewhere else, would we not just assume we were dreaming and role with it? I don't see why I should waste time trying to figure out if something is a dream when I could just… roll with it.

I found a coat hanging over by the door, black in colour, with a hood stitched into it. I walked over and picked it up, putting the coat on.

"Huh… perfect fit…" I said to myself, as I flipped the hood up, a shadow casting over my eyes as I did so.

I slung the bag over my back, as picked up the sword, looking around for some kind of holster of something I could strap the sheath to.

I eventually found such a thing right next to the kitchen, as I strapped the belt around my waist, placing both the sword and sheath inside it, as I took a breath in, and walked outside.

The town seemed to be in a relatively natural state of panic, so I honestly paid them no mind as I ran in the direction where everyone else was running away from.

Time to go to work.

I stood up, looking around me at the trees around me, as my running had slowed to a slow walk, almost like I was going for a stroll through a park.

"...I should honestly be expecting something by now…" I muttered.

I heard a ruffling from behind me… and the sounds of bubbles popping.

"Hahaha, a delicious looking boy showed up!"

I turned around, my eyes slowly closing as my face morphed into one of just… god...dammit.

"Why… just… what the Fuck are you even!?" I blurted out.

"Hey! That's no way to treat a lady!" The slime girl said, as I just placed a hand on my face.

"I'm pretty sure lady is the last thing I want to call… whatever it is you are…" I said, raising an eyebrow.

The slime seemed hurt before gaining a smirk.

"Am I your first?" she asked.

Now, let it be said, that I am not the kind of guy to get flustered when having some… kinky shit happen. However, I am very much still a 17 year old dealing with hormones.

"Ah… uh…" I opened and closed my mouth, like a fish out of water.

"I am! I'm the first monster you've seen!" She said. "Aw… don't be shy, I'll show you a good time."

"As… tempting as that offer is…" I said, trying to keep myself from dealing with hormones. "I'm gonna politely decline…"

I pulled my sword out of its sheath as I spun it around in my hand, getting a feel for the weight of the weapon.

"Let's put it this way, you don't try to fuck me senseless, and I don't hit you, really hard with this sword in my hands." I said, resting the blade on my shoulder for emphasis.

The slime just giggled, working her way towards me. I just sighed, as I got into a fighting stance, as I ran towards her.

I delivered a slash to her midsection before gaining distance. I looked to the wound to see it just close up.

"Oh that's not fair!" I shouted.

"I'm a slime, swords do nothing to me." she said, as I felt my movement get restricted.

Looking down, I saw that my legs were completely submerged in the slime.

"Sh*t!" I shouted falling onto my back as the slime moved in a manner so I would lose my balance.

The slime girl quickly closed the distance, as she tried to remove my pants…

"OH HELL NO!" I shouted, swiping at the slime as I tried to pull myself free.

She quickly moved back, allowing me to pull myself free from the slime.

"Note to self, be more careful." I said, gripping the handle of my sword as I charged forward, swinging my sword wildly, as I honestly didn't really know what the hell I was doing.

"OW!" Exclaimed the slime as my attacks connected, her wounds only closing halfway.

"CONSIDER THAT a warning. I don't want to do anything I don't want to." I said, totally bluffing as I glared at her.

"Oh, fine! I'll leave you big meanie!" Shouted the slime. "You probably taste awful anyways!"

I watched as the slime quickly left, wondering to myself how she was even capable of retreating at such speeds.

I stood there for a few seconds, before immediately collapsing, as I laid on my back.

"Da na na, na na, Nanana...!" I sang to myself the tune to Victory Fanfare as I pulled myself up.

"Okay… That seemed… very familiar…" I said to myself. "No… this whole thing is starting to…"

I looked down at my right hand, finally noticing the single gold ring that was around my right ring finger, what seemed to be small feathers etched into the ring.

I placed my finger on the ring, as I went to pull it off, only for a strong feeling to rush through me as I let go, the ring still in place.

"Okay… let's not do that…" I muttered, standing back up. "...I swear I've seen this all before… the slime attack… the purple hair… the ring… what the hell am I missing?"

I stood there for a few seconds afterwards, trying to figure it all out.

*CRASH!* *BOOM!* *LOUD NOISES!*

"What the-!?" I looked up seeing two bright lights, one purple and one a whitish-yellow, as they clashed in the sky, before the purple light was sent flying down towards the forest.

Or, for a better answer, towards ME.

"OH SHIT!" I shouted, running away from where I was standing as I was suddenly knocked off my feet from the force of the impact, rolling along the forest floor for a few seconds.

"Ow…" I muttered, standing up, as the area around me looked to be less forest looking and now more crash site looking.

I quickly ran over to the middle of the crater, as I looked inside, finding a woman… that wasn't really the best way to put it. Her skin was a blueish purple, her hair a Metallic silver, and she wore what I could only say as, Borderline dangerous.

Did I mention the long red snake tail she had for legs? No, well I am now.

"Excuse me! Are you dead!?" I asked, a few feet away.

In retrospect, I should've realized that it was a stupid idea asking that to someone who could've been knocked out.

The sounds of cracking twigs brought me out of my stupor as I looked to see the girl getting up.

"Hey take it easy, you took quite the fall, and trust me, it isn't a fun tri-" I was silenced by her glare at me… as well as her tail wrapping around me, forcing me to drop my sword, before she opened her mouth.

"Where am I?" she asked, seemingly ignoring what I was saying earlier.

"First of, can you please not constrict that tight?" I asked, feeling my chest get slowly compressed, her tail slowly wrapping around my neck. "Can't really answer you if you're choking me to death."

She kept her grip the same, but stopped tightening.

"Best I'm getting I guess." I muttered, taking a breath in, which was a lot harder to do since I was being compressed as much as I was. "I uh… don't really have any idea where we are…"

"Really?" She deadpanned, raising an eyebrow at me unamused. "I find that hard to believe."

"Yeah, well it's the truth I guess?" I said, only for her to tighten her grip. "I'M NOT LYING DAMMIT!"

"Where? Am I?" She asked again.

"I already told you-" I began, only for the slime from before to walk out.

"We're on the outskirts of Illias Village." Said the slime from earlier.

"I was blown to such a place?" she murmured. "That damn girl… what crazy strength she has."

'And that solves one question…' I thought internally, as I started slapping my hand against the lamia's tail, not being able to breath.

She looked at me for a second, before she untightened enough for me to take in some air.

"*GASP* Please don't do that…" I muttered, breathing heavily.

"Then be straight with me." She said, glaring at me.

"Hey, it's you!" The slime said, as the Lamia turned to face her. "You're the meanie who beat me up!"

"It was in self-defence I swear!" I said quickly as I felt the snake tail tighten around me. "She provoked first!"

"No! You swung first!"

"I said Provoked, not attack!" I argued, as the lamia seemed tired of our shit.

Her eyes suddenly flashed white. "Both of you shut up!"

We both suddenly grew quite, as I felt my words caught in my throat.

"You, leave us." She said, as the slime nodded and ran off again.

The lamia looked back at me, as she looking into my eyes. The feeling from earlier fading away.

"Uh… can you let em go now or…?" I asked, starting to lose feeling In my legs and arms.

"And I would do that because…?" she asked.

"Uh… I'm losing feeling my legs?" I asked, only to be glared at. "Look, are you going to ask me something or not?"

"What were your plans for today?" She asked me, her eyes flashing white.

My mouth moved as words came out of my mouth.

"I uh… have a baptism today." I said, as I questioned this.

Baptism? What baptism? I only remember waking up her suddenly, and now this? What the hell does a baptism have anything to do with this?

"A baptism today… Ahhh that's right. It's Ilias' Birthday today, heroes lining up to pray and then to be dunked in water and oil by her… how foolish." The woman said, smirking.

"To each their own." I said, the feeling going away again.

The lamia slowly let me go from her… makeshift restraints I guess I could call them, before moving my sword away from my person.

"I have one last question. Why didn't you try to kill me when I was unconscious? It's a golden opportunity for an aspiring hero." She asked, keeping her eyes trailed to me.

"I didn't really see a reason too?" I said, rubbing my neck. "To be honest, If anything, I'd probably try and kill you for nearly crashing into me, but I prefer knowing the given circumstance.

"..." The Lamia just gave me a weird look.

"Look, if plan on staring at me like that, commit me to memory, it'll last longer." I said rolling my eyes. "I'm not some guy who goes out of his way to randomly kill everything that moves. Even if they are… a bit different than myself."

"...You're an idiot." She said.

"Gee, thanks." I said, rolling my eyes. "...I have a dream you know?"

My mind wandered for a second, as the word coexistence popped into my head. I wasn't sure why it did, but I decided to roll with it.

"And that is?" She asked.

"Coexistence." I said, looking at her.

"...I take it back. You're an even bigger idiot than I thought." She said.

"Yeah, well fuck you too." I muttered, walking over and picking up my discarded sword.

"When are you going to wake up from your idiotic dreaming?" She asked. "Just go… you have a 'Baptism' to attend."

"Heh, yeah, sure." I said to myself, as I walked off.

'Okay, let's go over this again…' I thought to myself, as I walked further away from Illias Village. 'From all the evidence that was gathered, you can discern two things from all this.'

'One, you're no longer in kansas anymore.' I joked to myself. 'Two, you're in the world of MGQ…'

"...How the hell did this even happen?" I asked myself, as I pulled the hood off my head, forgetting I had it on the entire time. "...Why did it happen?"

"Ah, I see the idealist is questioning his place in the world." Said a familiar voice, as I turned around to see the Lamia from before.

"...How the hell did you-" I asked.

"Find you? By scent. Smelling your… unsophisticated scent once was all it took." Said Alice, giving a light smirk.

"Does it look like I give a shit about how I smell?" I asked. "Also, why the hell are you following me?

She stayed quite, as I raised an eyebrow.

"Whatever, if you're here to make fun of my ideals and morality, go nuts!" I said. "I honestly don't give a shit."

The monster girl in front of me stared at my form, before she uttered a single word.

"Food."

"...I'm sorry, what?" I asked, turning to face her.

"Get me some food." She said. "Make yourself useful."

"...We're out in the middle of a field." I said, deadpanning at her.

"Your point?" She asked, as I sighed.

I sat down, taking off my bag as I pulled it open to look for something to give to the Lamia in front of me.

"Here." I said, pulling out some cured meat, as she picked it up with her hands.

"Really?" She asked.

"We're in the middle of nowhere, it's nowhere NEAR time to start setting up camp, and I'm still a bit mad about the whole squeezing thing, so be happy with what I'm giving you." I said, as she 'sat' down opposite of me.

After about two minutes of eating the meat, she nodded in approval.

"...It was good. I guess I won't have to worry about the main course now." She said.

Main course…? Oh… OH….! ...Oh.

I felt a shiver go up my spine, as shook the chill away.

"So explain again why you're following me please?" I asked. "Actually better yet, Who are you?"

"Oh, just a travelling monster." She said.

'...I find that disagreeable on SO many levels.' I thought to myself.

"Yeah, right." I said. "And why are you following me?"

"I'm going to follow you during your journey and watch as your dream shatters before your eyes." She said, a small smirk on her face.

"I don't think I really have a choice in the matter." I said.

"You don't." She said. I swear I could hear the smirk on her face.

"...I just realized I don't know your name." I said, sighing.

She paused. "You never introduced yourself." She said.

I extended a hand. "Bryce. Bryce Bridged." I said.

The Lamia raised an eyebrow at this before shaking my hand. "Alipheese Fateburn the sixteenth.." She said. "But I'll allow you to call me Alice"

"Nice to meet you Alice… I guess." I said, letting go of her hand, as I stood up and turned around.

I sighed, before looking back at Alice.

"Hey Alic- and she's gone." I said, my hand gripping my sword as I scanned the nearby area.

I looked to my left to see a girl in a brown dress appear before me.

"...A traveler?" The Girl asked. "...Not baptized either, you look delicious."

Oh… this oughta end well...

So that was chapter one of the rewrite! Hope you guys like the new take for all this.

These rewrites SHOULD come out more and more quickly, since I already have all of the dialogue there, ready to change some things here and there.

For those who want to know, as each chapter is being updated, the finished chapter will replace the original, so there's that.

With all that said, I'll see you all next time.

Hopefully before another 4 months go by.

See you!