Lucia: Well… this is my first fic so flames are… welcome, to a certain degree. .;;

Mystel: -nudges Lucia with his foot- Welll…. Aren't you forgeting something?

Lucia: Huh? Oh yeah! All of my fics take place either after or during G-Rev. So, if you haven't seen G-Rev yet, my fics might contains some spoilers.

Mystel: Like me! o

Lucia: Uh… yeah. -presses button on a wall- -Mystel disappears- Read on and enjoy, minna-sans.

Max: -has just wandered in- Hm? Oh, heyo, Lucia!

Lucia: Max, do you know your line?

Max: Yup-yup –nods-! This fic features Lucia's OC, Lilly Dos Santos, so if you don't like OCs, don't read.

Lucia: -gives Max a cookie- Good job, Maxie! Now, for the redundant disclaimer. B

Disclaimer: Lucia SilverStone does NOT own Beyblade or any of its characters. She does own, however, Lilly Dos Santos.

"Blah." – indicates a direct quotation.

'Blah.' – indicates thought.

indicates scene change.

-Blah.- - indicates a direct quotation from a BitBeast.

Somewhere in Japan…

Rain pattered against the ground. Mildly interested in her surroundings, Talisman waited patiently, rain drops hitting her metallic wings with a dull ding-ding-ding sound. She had been waiting for some time now. Not that Talisman was impatient. No, that'd be her 'master', Lilly. Talisman rolled her deep crimson eyes at the thought. Lilly was and over-achiever, a sore-loser and VERY impatient. Despite that, she was a talented 'Blader. Talisman smirked as she thought of all her and Lilly's wins. Some wins people thought couldn't be pulled off. But, Lilly ALWAYS had a strategy. She was rather organized.

Talisman realized, with a start, that she'd gotten to deep into thought. Her black claws, which were usually retracted into her paws, were digging into the ground with such ferocity that you'd think the pitch-black tigress was meditating on some evil entity. She smirked at the thought; Lilly was FAR from an 'evil entity'.

-What's the smirk for, Talisman?-

Suddenly aware of the person, or animal, she'd been waiting for presence; Talisman jerked her head up and treaded into the soaked clearing. –Come out.- she commanded gruffly. A white, tawny body made its way out of the darkness. Its head was adorned with a golden headdress and green stripes made themselves visible as a shock of lightning broke its way across the pitch-black sky. The figure noticed, with slight amusement, the sky was the exact color of the tigress it'd just startled. Talisman watched as the figure crossed the clearing to meet her halfway. She stopped her walking and waited, her smirk gone, only to be replaced with a determined scowl.

-What's the big idea, scaring me like that? Don't you know how to say 'hi' decently?- she admonished. The figure finally came into full view. Its face wore a mischievous smile as it stopped in front of Talisman, -Relax, Tal. Y'know, you stress too much.- it replied with a wave of its paw. Talisman frowned, -Me? Stress too much? I want you to know something, Drig. Rei is rubbing off on you WAY too much.- she pointed out.

The figure, now identified as Driger, Rei's BitBeast, smiled even more, -Typical.- he said flatly. Talisman narrowed her crimson eyes, -Give me a break. You're so… immature.- she mumbled, stalking up to Driger and sitting before him.

-Anyways, why not get to what we're meeting about…-

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Toronto City, Canada…

Lilly Marie Dos Santos sat at her desk in the Sheffield Institute. Even though there was going to a major exam in a week—seeing as it WAS the end of the school year—she truthfully wasn't paying much attention. Her thoughts wandered and finally settled on the small Beyblade tournament they were throwing in the park near her home. She smiled at the thought of all those amateur 'Bladers battling it out like they were the World Champions. Thinking that, her thoughts shifted to the REAL World Champs, the BladeBreakers. 'Stuck-up snobs.' She thought, frowning. But, then again, Lilly had never really MET the BladeBreakers. Sure, she'd heard about them on TV and seen their pictures in the newspapers but that really didn't give her the right to judge them. Lilly had been told that tons of times, "Don't judge people on their appearance." Her mother would always tell her.

"Or by what articles and reporters say about them." The young girl murmured with a sniff. But, the thought made Lilly smile; her mom was ALWAYS quoting stuff like that. Sometimes, she even quoted SHAKESPEAR! That made Lilly giggle.

A girl's yell jolted Lilly out of her reverie. It'd come from outside her classroom. As panic settled in her stomach, she glanced imploringly at her teacher, Mrs. Harper. The plump teacher jumped up and looked at the door. Then, she turned to her students, "Okay, students. Stay here. I'll go see what's going on." She scurried out of the classroom. Once Mrs. Harper's ample backside had disappeared through the door, the students had jumped up and scattered around wildly, grateful for the reprieve in the last few minutes of an excruciating Algebra lesson. Lilly moved swiftly out of her desk and bounded over to her best friend, Jerry Griffin's, desk. Jerry was doodling in her Math notebook. The cover of Jerry's notebook was covered in heart, flowers, graffiti designs and different little mementos that meant something to the art-obsessed girl. Lilly poked Jerry's shoulder, "Hello? Earth to Jer, come in Jer! Mrs. H has just left, therefore we've got time to goof off." She told the girl.

"Hm? Oh, hi, Lils!" Jerry smiled apologetically at her friend. "It's okay." Lilly planted herself in the seat next to Jerry and watched her friend doodle for a bit. But, a few seconds later, Lilly's fuchsia jacket began irritating her by falling off her slender shoulders every five milliseconds. And her short honey-colored hair fell in her eyes every half-millisecond. Lilly took a look at Jerry's long, straight blonde hair and envied the fact that her best friend had remembered to bring a headband.

Just then, Mrs. Harper reentered the classroom, panting and looking frightened.

"Kids!" she nearly shouted, "There's a fire!"

Lucia: Whoot. Short chapter. More of a prologue really. Anyways, more coming soon. Review please, minnas!

Max: -waves good-bye- See you!

Lucia: Remember, review!