blitzkreig50889: well, here's chapter one to the new fic Hidden Pasts: Majestics. So, to get straight to the point, here's the fic. If you need to see the disclaimer, just look at the prologue. Oh and there will be a very tiny amount of French in this chapter. Enjoy!

Chapter One

October 15, 1984, Berlin, Germany

Our story starts in October of 1984 in Germany. Robert's birth year to be exact. After all, since he's the oldest member of the team it made sense for everything to start then.

Robert is the sixth child of his parents and is a twin. He's the older of the two, but he does have a twin all the same. Not that he'd ever say as much as he and his twin are about as different as night and day. He also has three older sisters and two older brothers, all of which he refuses to admit he has. But then, that's just how Robert is.

Anyway, back to the point I was trying to make. In this October, the first Majestic is born. That may sound a little weird, but true it is all the same. Robert at that point wouldn't normally seem like an important being. However, as the years went on, half a year before Celina and two before Johnny, Robert proved he could pretty much do the impossible. On a very terrifying regular basis. I'll explain this point better later on.

May 12, 1985, Warsaw, Poland

On this date, Celina Starinski was born. She's already naturally strong and the only child her parents ever had due to difficulties with her birth and fear of those same difficulties occuring with another child. At this point in time she has no idea of what her future has in store for her and who she'll eventually find herself "attached" to.

November 5, 1986, Glasgow, Scotland

At this point, I don't think I need to tell you who was born. I think the date says it all, but I'll continue on. Johnny was given a miracle life on this date. By all accounts, he shouldn't be alive today, but he is. What's shocking about Johnny is that he has a heart condition. A very nasty condition at that. Not that he'd admit it or show it.

Anyway, back to the story. At this point in time, Johnny's already been exposed to his future bit beast, Salamolyon. Thanks to the salamander's shocking healing abilities Johnny was able to get through several difficult years of life and get the necessary treatments he needed to repair the damage to his heart he'd been born with. And yes, even at this point in time, he was already showing his personality and his ego off (just don't ever tell him I told you this or he'll kill me for sure), which is something his three siblings, Sabre, Tyler, and Jayson never let him forget. However, at this point, Jayse, as Enrique and I like to call Jayson, was not yet born.

May 31, 1987, London, England

Cassandra Black, or Cass for short entered the world this day. Like Johnny she was born with her personality and has continued to give her opinions bluntly. And like Celina, she's an only child, something she also shares in common with Samantha and Julia. However, she also has a far different background from the rest of us, which I'll expose to you all later.

And if things weren't completely clear, she's also "attached" herself to Johnny and has managed on several occasions to best the Scot in certain...matters. I think that says all that needs to be said there. Anyway, continuing on.

April 1, 1989, Rome, Italy

At this point, it's been four years since Robert's birth, three since Celina's, two since Johnny's, and a year and a half since Cass's. It's also Enrique's turn to shine (figuratively speaking of course). Unfortunately, like Johnny, he had a rough birth that resulted in some spinal damage. By all accounts, he hadn't been expected to crawl, let alone walk, run, jump, or do any other activities that required free movement. Enrique, being Enrique, of course did the impossible, and continues to live up to that odd ability of his to agily escape any person sent to follow him daily, despite attempts from his older and younger sisters to stop him.

What's even more interesting, is that Amphylyon was present for his birth, but was not immediately present as a bit beast until sometime later. He also kept himself hidden from Griffolyon, Salamolyon, and Unicolyon before becoming an integral part of the team's development. That too will be explained later.

April 30, 1989, Madrid, Spain

Now here's where things really get interesting. Most would expect that Samantha would follow after Enrique, as that's how the other Black Thorns were. Well, not exactly following after...Never mind. I'll only confuse you. What I'm trying to say is that the Black Thorns were actually trained by us Majestics, just unknowingly. In that type of situation you would then expect them to line up in order of age the same way we do (see above members if you don't know what I'm trying to explain). However, in this case, Samantha is actually younger than Julia! That's right, Julia is older than Samantha, which means she's older than me. Kinda scary to think I'm "attached" to someone older than me, but hey, when you heavily "like" someone as I do her, well, you kinda ignore stuff like how much older or younger than you someone is.

Anyway, back to Julia. Julia's beginning years were much like the rest of the Black Thorns, including the number of siblings. She's an only child, although for far different reasons than Celina or Cass was exposed to. She's also someone you'll get to know rather well through the course of this story. Still, her life, is bound to get more intersting as she gets older. You want more information, you'll just have to wait. And I definitely just acted like Johnny, so please ignore any sarcasm that may have inserted itself into that last sentence.

May 7, 1989, Paris, France

Still continuing in order of age, I'm the next person on the list, both in who I have left to introduce and in the number of us born in the month of May. How that happened is beyond me, but it did, so you'll just have to live with that. We bladers of the Imperial Knights can't change our birthdays and probably wouldn't even if you asked us to. And that so sounded like something Johnny would say. Again. Note to self: Make sure to smack Johnny upside the head for his bad influence on self.

And I so got off track again. Another mental note to self: FOCUS!

Okay, back to what I was talking about. I don't think you need any information on me other than that like Robert, I'm also a twin. And like Robert, I'm about as different from my twin as night and day. Add to that that I'm the youngest of seven children (again something similar I share with Robert...okay, almost share with him) and I think you get the picture. And before you think "that had to be awesome!" it wasn't. Being the youngest is not all it's cracked up to be. Oh, and in case you couldn't tell, I also happen to be the person who directs the odd paths that each member of the Majestics' lives takes. Just figured I'd warn you of that.

May 24, 1989, Sweden

Now I can get to Samantha Jerisko. Almost the youngest of us Imperial Knights, she's also the most volatile, making Cass and Johnny's outburst look like nothing more than childish tantrums. She proved it the day she was born and has continued to prove it through her nearly twenty years of life. And because of this, she's usually the person who keeps the peace amongst the team. But then again, she's the only person Johnny actually fears for his life around, so that's probably why she's been so successful.

Like the other Black Thorns, she's an only child. In particularly, an adopted one. Samantha was adopted straight from a mother that didn't want to keep her and given to a couple who were sterile. She kept the surname of her original parents, as that was the mother's wish, but she was raised through and through by her adoptive parents. Why they only adopted one child is beyond me, but Samantha's never seemed to mind, so I guess it doesn't matter.

June 8, 1989, Glasgow, Scotland

The final member of our group, or who will eventually be a part of our group of bladers, is Jayse, Johnny's younger brother. Jayse has been surrounded by each of us Majestics since his birth. It makes sense for us to make him a part of the team in the very near future. But in the mean time, he needs to work better with his bit beast and his newly found blading skills.

Jayse, like Johnny, is Scottish and althletic. That's where the similarities end. Unlike his brother, he's very level headed unless provoked, something only Lavender, another possible member to the team once she's done with some stuff in Egypt and recognizes Jayse as her boyfriend (which is something Jayse hasn't said to anyone although as long as one isn't blind, the truth is right in front of their face; he's completely wrapped around her little finger, even though she hasn't realized that any more than he has), is able to do. He's also very laid back and isn't rushed into anything. But despite his personality, he's extremely intelligent, so much so, that he puts his brother, Robert, Enrique and I to shame with our own intelligence levels. Johnny more so than the rest of us. Still, we're his teammates if nothing else, and (yes I know this is about to sound weird) we love him for it.

At this point you're probably thinking, "Get on with it already!" I definitely agree with you. So, without any further waste of time, as I'm sure you're tired of hearing me ramble, our story begins.

As I said earlier, it all began on Robert's birthday way back in 1984. Robert, like Johnny, Enrique, and myself, wasn't born easily and Griffolyon was drawn in to help with the birth. What the griffin didn't know at that point in time was that his future "master" was about to be born that very night. As all bit beats do when they've been on Earth awhile, Griffolyon helped Robert's mother out with birthing her twin boys, Robert first, and then Orion. Immediately, Griffolyon realized that his future, and final, "master" had been brought into the world, something that terrified, and excited the griffin immensely. Of course, like most bit beasts of his age, one would have to choke the admission out of Griffolyon before he'd ever admit it.

Anyway, Griffolylon knew in an instant that things were about to change. He immediately sent for Unicolyon and Salamolyon, both of which were still waiting for their true "masters." Amphylyon at this point didn't even exist, which I'll explain that later as well. Still, Griffolyon set into motion the makings for the future beyblade team known as the Majestics when he called for Unicolyon and Salamolyon to ask their advice in handling and caring for his new "master." And if my using the word "master" in quotes was a bit strange to you, think of it this way: Not a single member of the Imperial Knights likes to be called "master" or "mistress" by our bit beasts. We consider it derrogatory on the bit beast and refuse to answer them (in most cases) if they call us such.

Still, there's much I have left to tell you and as I've rambled on enough for today (and probably succeeded in doing what I told myself I wouldn't do; boring you), I'll leave the rest of my tale to be told in memories. But we'll save that for another day. After all, the best is yet to come and I don't want to tell it to you after you've heard the boring details of our beginnings. That most certainly wouldn't be fair, now would it?

Of course, if you wish to hear more...well, I'm sure you'll definitely hear it all rather soon. So, until another day, hopefully far more interesting than today was, au revoire.

blitzkreig50889: well, I'm going to apologize if this chapter was a little on the boring side. Scratch that, I know it was boring, but I promise the next chapter won't be as boring and everything will make sense. I'm also going to apologize for any confusion this chapter may have caused and I'll try and make sure there's no confusing sections in any of my other chapters for this fic. Still, please review!

Note: "Au revoire" if I spelled it right,is French for goodbye. You've probably noticed that Oliver tends to use certain words in quotes. When he used the word "master" in quotes, he was showing his disgust over the term that his bit beast, and the rest of the Imperial Knights' bit beasts use when addressing their bladers. The same is true for the word "mistress." When he used the word "attached" he was saying the word had another meaning. In this particular case, it means "In love with" or "to end up falling in love with." The word "like" in reality means "love," as long as it's used with a word such as "heavily, extremely, or immensely." In all other instances, it's meaning stays as "like" and does not become "love." However, Oliver, being a rather awkward guy when it comes to things like that, doesn't typically say things as he should, hence why he uses quotes. He's trying to tell you something without actually saying it, which tends to make him a little confusing. Add to that the fact he's a difficult character for me to write and I think you can understand why things get confusing at certain points where they shouldn't be. Then there's their birthdates. I have no actual clue as to when they were born, but for some reason when I was searching for possible birthdates for them in my head, those are the dates I came up with. If you don't like them, you don't have to use them. However, should you find their actual birthdates, please tell me. Hopefully that cleared up any confusion there may have been, but if not, please let me know!