For a long while, the Prymin dwelled in caves until the population of underground bulborb nest multiplied. Larvae swarmed through caves, effectively devouring most life. Many Prymin found refuge on the surface, their pupils now shrinking back to normal sizes. Their leaves now grew much larger soaking up the sun easier and they spent less time in the ground, as they quickly discovered a new, more nutrient food source: nectar.
While uprooting grass to find a suitable spot to bury themselves, the Prymin came across nectar. They began to slowly absorb it with their roots, bringing any Prymin with buds or leaves to the flowering stage. Finding a new way to absorb this food source was crucial and the Prymin evolved small, lipless mouths that were nearly invisible when closed. They also discovered that if they could climb up the stalks of Pellet Posies and pry the crystallized nectar from the flower, they could feed off of this substance as well. The light reflecting into the crystallized nectar changed it's color, but when it hit the ground the light within froze. Soon, they developed the skill of attacking posies at the base. Though the flower quickly broke apart, it spread seeds and pollen around the immediate surrounding area, propagating the Pellet Posy species.
Due to the increased exposure to sunlight, the Prymins colors brightened, becoming three very distinct colors: Crimson Red, Aureolin Yellow and Majorelle Blue. The creatures lived quiet, simple lives, feasting on nectar and reproducing. The way this was accomplished was that Male Prymin (Red and Blue) of the flowering stage would mix pollen with Female Prymin (Yellow). The mixing of the pollens would give each parent a single seed of the same color to carry. Once the small ball of plant-animal matter was heavy enough, it would fall into the ground and become buried. After a few minutes, the stems would sprout and after a while a new Prymin would emerge from the ground.
Though the area the Prymin lived in was free from most dangers, there were still hazards from the planet itself. It was a sizable area, one that predators never went to. To the far South-West was an opening to a deep cave system, the ones the first Prymin had ever come out of. A narrow grassy path led to the center of a large clearing in the center of a forest. The forest was covered in patches of Sweet Grass and was over-populated by Pellet Posies. To the North-West of the clearing was a large, leafless, dead tree with many grooves in it's surface. To the North-East was a large rocky mound with many cracks that spewed fire at a moments notice. To the South-East was a small pond that came from a gushing stream, complete with lily pads and small rocks. Red Prymin mostly nested and planted their young in the rocky hills to the North-East of the Main Clearing. Though they mostly stayed clear of the fire geysers, the intense heat from the lava below the surface began to change their genetic structures to be able to handle it more easily. It was at this time that creatures began to venture closer and closer to the geysers, until eventually, they could stand in the flames without being killed. Since the Posies that grew in the area had tougher stalks, the Red Prymin evolved a thorn like appendage jutting from their face. Though this object seemed like a nose or a proboscis, its only purpose was to deal more damage to the Pellet Weeds in the area and easily slice through their stalks.
The Yellow Prymin nested and planted at the base of the large dead tree. The Pellet weeds of this area did not grow through the gravel ground, but instead grew from a small cliff that over looked the tree. Having to make continuous trips to the Main Clearing for food was becoming rather tedious, as was climbing the tree to reach the hill (the Yellow Prymin would make it to the top of the tree, but could not jump to the hill). Over the generations, the Prymin began to grow what appeared to be ears from the sides of their heads. Using the air catching abilities of these "ears" the yellows could hop, float and land on the hill easily being to able to tackle the Posies. On the hill dwelled small flying insects that discharged internal electrical energy (Anode Flies). While the pikmin would gather pellets from the hill, they were continuously zapped by loose shocks from the flies, but their ears absorbed small bits of the shocks and eventually they became used to it, passing this electrical immunity to their offspring.
Blue Prymin nested in damp mud holes near the ponds edge. A few Pellet Posies grew on the shore here, but the larger ones grew in the deep water, a place that the Prymin, couldn't get to. Occasionally, the Prymin tried to walk out to the Posies, but they could only flail back to land before they died in the water. Over a few generations, small openings appeared to the sides of the Prymins mouths. A thin fleshy substance could be seen and it was this substance that served as the blue Prymins gills. This substance found its way to the mouths of the Prymin eventually giving it a pink coloration. The Blue Prymins mouth now served two functions: eating nectar and pellets and breathing water. Their final evolution included a thin, almost see-through substance between their fingers and toes. These thin webs helped the Prymin to move faster in their new aquatic habitat, while being able to retain their terrestrial speed. With this, over generations, the Prymin could spend more and more time in the water, until eventually, they could spend their entire life's submerged under the surface (provided they had the right circumstances).
It was at this time in the Prymins evolution that they had evolved into true Pikmin.
