For some people, it was a mostly quiet day...but to Silver, the world was always alive with sound.
The birds were chirping, the trees were swaying in the wind, children were playing in the park. There were also more urban sounds such as cars passing by, sometimes with a loud boom boom of the music being turned up way too high.
Sound made up Silver's life. She could hear, not see. And she had to imagine what was going on around her from the noises she heard.
Our dear Silver is a girl of age 13, she has short-cut silver-ish grey hair. And although not many people believe her, it is her natural hair color.
She also had blue eyes that would have been lovely if it wasn't for the faded look in them that came with her blindness.
Despite being blind, Silver thrived as well as any kid with sight. Being blind from birth, she was used to not being able to see, and always adapted well.
She lived in a small neighborhood in Wardington with her caretaker, a kindly woman named Rose, for her parents were a long ways away.
Though Silver had another friend, a Bakugan called Leonidas. Bakugan was a game invented by kids all around the world. The game consisted of several cards and playing pieces known as Bakugan. The Bakugan would come to life once set on a card, known as Gate Cards, and battle the opponent Bakugan with skills and abilities given by Ability cards.
Silver had been desperate to learn this game, but her blindness prevented her from doing so. As she could not see the cards or Bakugan. But that all changed when she met Leonidas.
He appeared as a purple anthropomorphic dragon-like creature in battle , and he had a rather gruff attitude but took kindly to Silver.
He had offered to help her learn the game if she would take him has her main Bakugan. Turns out he could help her sort her cards and Bakugan, and Silver trained herself to listen to the Bakugaunlet, a device that displayed out loud the information on the Bakugan in battle.
Sooner or later, Silver got the hang of playing blind. And even though Leonidas is a Darkus type Bakugan, she became a Ventus user, with Leo being the only exception.
Silver had sometimes thought that Bakugan might be more then just a game, since Leo could talk and had feelings, maybe all the other Bakugan did too. But Leo never said anything about it, Silver began to think that he might also believe it's just a game. Maybe it was.
Silver had distinct memories of her Brother mentioning Bakugan before, but she could not remember clearly. She could only hope she wasn't doing anything wrong.
As the grey-haired girl continued through the city towards a small town neighboring a large forest, she remember her previous times here.
A little ways into the woods lived a boy named Shun. Silver hadn't had any human friends until he came along, wanting to challenge her to see how she managed to brawl. It was an honor to be challenged by the top Bakugan player in all the world, as Silver had only stood at the ranking of fifty-six then, though she stands at the ranking of 40 now.
After their battle, she became close friends with the boy, as well as his own friends, who called themselves the Bakugan Battle Brawlers. Silver became an official member after Dan had heard of how Silver had almost defeated Shun.
Dan was even more amazed when he heard Leo talking, as Shun never showed off Skyress, who also possessed the ability to speak, to him.
Silver had a great time visiting Shun and talking with her new friends. But nice things never last, as Shun had suddenly shut himself out from everyone. Refusing to talk to his friends or let Silver visit him.
She knew why, the trauma of Shun's mother's death had finally caught up to him. As well as the fact that Shun's father, after hearing of her death, had left the family altogether.
Silver wished she could help him, but he never let her near him. All she could do was hope and pray that he would return.
After walking for a while, Silver came to a stop on the doorstep of her house, it was rather small but quite comfortable place to call home. She fumbled for the doorknob and let herself in.
"Oh, Welcome back, Silver dear!" Silver smiled as she heard the sweet voice of her caretaker Rose. The woman walked over from the kitchen to embrace Silver.
"How was your walk?" Rose asked as she released the girl
"It was nice" Silver replied as she began to head upstairs. "I'm going up to chat with Dan and everyone, he's probably expecting me"
"Tell the sweet boy I said 'Hi' !" Rose hummed as she headed back into the kitchen. Silver smiled and shook her head lightly. She was grateful for Rose, the kind and cheerful blond always cared for Silver, without Rose she would have nowhere to live.
As Silver entered her room she heard a familiar voice. "Find him?" It was Leonidas, he was resting on Silver's bed.
She shook her head. "Sadly, no." She sighed.
Leo huffed "Well, you probably would've found him if you had taken me along"
The bakugan hopped into her outstretched hands
"You know I can't risk loosing you" Silver whispered as she lifted him up. The boy she had been seeking today was known as Masquerade, and it was rumored that he was stealing people's Bakugan. She had wanted to find out for herself if that was true, but Silver didn't want to risk her dear friend Leo, so she had set out to find him alone.
"I asked around but no one seemed to know where he is."
Leo nodded his tiny head. "At least you tried your best, girl!"
Silver lightly sat down in her computer chair and felt around for the laptop's On button. When she finally pressed it, the computer booted up and pulled up the call system. Rose had set it to automatically do so, it was very helpful.
No sooner than it had pulled up had Dan and the rest of the Bakugan Brawlers began to call her. She felt around on the keyboard and pressed the key that answered it.
"Hey Silver!" Dan's cheery voice rang out from the speakers of the laptop. Followed shortly by the happy sounds of her other friends.
"How's it going, Silver?"
"It's been a while!"
"Good to see you again!"
"I'm happy to see you all too!" Silver dipped her head. "I'm sorry I haven't been talking much lately." She sighed "Certain things have kept me busy"
"No worries, Silver!" Dan was always quick to forgive.
"Yeah, We're just happy to see you back!" Marucho, a small blond boy, spoke up.
Silver smiled "Thanks, Everyone"
"Alright enough of that. You need to hear about my battle I had today!"
Silver listened as Dan told the events of his battle. Though she couldn't get Masquerade off her mind. She had avoided telling her friends because she didn't want them to be worried. They were all so carefree and happy, she didn't want to ruin that.
"And then, I let him have it with my secret weapon!" Dan was just finishing up his tale. "Man, you should have seen me! I was totally wicked, then again what did you expect from the greatest Bakugan brawler ever?"
Silver could just imagine him striking various poses as he spoke.
"Whatever" Came Runo's annoyed voice. "I just checked the rankings and you're sitting at 121"
"What? That's impossible!" Dan's voice gave away his momentary panic as he typed furiously at his keys. "I'll have to see that for my self!"
"Aha! 117!" Dan shouted triumphantly as he found the rankings. Silver realized he was slowly climbing up the ranks.
"Oh please, that's nothing! I mean, Silver here is rank 40 and she's blind! Er...no offense, Silver." Runo quickly added.
Silver merely nodded. "No offence taken"
"As I was saying, you should save your breath until you break into the top ten"
"Yeah, Right" Dan huffed "Like you are one to talk, you're not even in the red!" Silver heard Dan make a raspberry sound.
Silver listened as Dan and Runo argued while Julie openly fawned over Dan, much to his displeasure. She mostly tuned them out, until Marucho brought up a rather sensitive topic.
"Dan, why don't you set your sights on Shun? He's ranked number one and in a few years you could be able to surpass him"
Silver looked up suddenly, sadness clouding her blind eyes.
"In a few years? There has to be a way you can challenge him now!" Alice pointed out.
"There is no way" Silver sighed. "Trust me, I've tried so hard...but he just won't listen" She slumped down in the chair, trying to hide her face as tears threatened to fall.
Alice let out a sad gasp
"Oh Marucho! Look what you did!" Julie scolded the boy
"I'm sorry! I didn't mea-"
"No, its okay. I'm fine" Silver interrupted him. She let out a gusty sigh and wiped her eyes. "I don't want them to be unhappy like me" Silver though sadly.
"Meh, I bet I could take that chump" Dan huffed, sounding determined. "I don't mean to brag you know, but no one has even come close to challenging me!"
"I bet Silver could easily whoop your butt in a heartbeat if she wanted too!" Runo put in.
"Hey! I could beat her, no sweat!"
"Don't count on it, Dan. I'm far ahead of you, you know." Silver pointed out, feeling a little better, while Leo managed to hop up onto the desk.
"Yeah, buddy! My girl and I could take you down!"
Dan glared at the small bakugan. "We'll just have to see then, now won't we?"
Silver remembered how the Brawlers had been very surprised to hear a talking Bakugan, though over time they got used to Leo. Of course, they all wanted a talking bakugan of their very own now.
Julie smiled brightly at Leo. "Ooh, I'm still wondering if we'll ever find a talkative bakugan like you, Leo! wouldn't that be great, Dan?"
Dan smiled "Are you kidding? It would be totally awesome!"
Silver smiled as she heard him sounding like his old self again. She would keep Masquerade a secret from her friends for now, as well as her growing depression over Shun's absence. She just wanted them to be happy, to keep playing Bakugan as it should be..an inocent game.
Or was it just a game? Silver could never figure this out. If this was true, then what kind of creatures were Bakugan really? Silver thought these questions would never be answered.
Until one faithful day..
"Guys! You have to check this out!" Dan sounded excited. Silver wondered what had captivated him this time. The Brawlers had been in the middle of a chat when Dan had decided to pop up.
"You're not going to believe this, but I was brawling with this dude named Shuji when I thought I heard my bakugan talk!"
"Talk?" Silver gasped.
"No way, You too?" Runo exclaimed.
"What do you mean, Runo?"
"Log in to the Bakugan site, Dan. It's what everyone is talking about!"
Dan pulled up the site, only to see several videos of kids exclaiming about how their bakugan had talked to them.
"So...I'm not the only one out there?" Leo piped up.
"I guess not.." Silver replied. If all those Bakugan really could talk, then maybe Bakugan actually isn't just a game.
Silver gripped Leo in her hands.
Something big was going on, and Silver wasn't sure she was ready for it.
Author's Note: Hi, Everyone! Here is my Re-write of Bakugan Battle Brawlers! Hearing the Rain is sort of a prologue to this if you are wondering!
I'm mostly just throwing this out there and seeing if you guys like it or not...so it would really help me if you left a review! If this idea doesn't work very well as a re-write then I'll probably just go back to making short stories/oneshots with Silver.
As I said, Please Review! Feedback will really help me with this!