((Disclaimer: I don't own any of the canon characters or places from Bakugan Battle Brawlers, also I listen to music while writing so if some lyrics or songs slip in, I don't own those either, hope you enjoy my story ^^))
Danny slowly twirled as she was suspended in the air in this tunnel of light. I'm finally leaving Earth, and going to New Vestroia. I haven't felt this happy since Shawn kissed me. . . Though that only happened a bit ago but still. Speaking of that, she looks over at him as he was in just as much wonder of the light tunnel. Then their eyes met and they blush lightly, they move so they float next to each other and holds each others hand.
The new couple go to kiss but stop at hearing someone trying to quietly 'aw' and failing in more ways than one. Danny and Shawn turn their heads as they shot glares at the female twin. Juliet gasps then smiles with a small wave as the rest of The Next Gen laugh at the scene. Juliet and the new couple soon joining in.
Dan smiles seeing his eldest child smile then looks forward seeing the light tunnel reach its end. Dan, Shun and Marucho jump out of the tunnel, landing on the ground of New Vestroia. While The Next Gen all stumble a bit, Danny catches herself then, letting go of Shawn's hand, runs up ahead to the edge of a cliff. She smiles as she takes in this new and fantastical surroundings.
"Its beautiful" Danny says softly as she looks around seeing sandy areas, bodies of water, forests, and bakugan walking, soaring and running. The brun-blueette stared in wonder and amazement at the sight of this new planet. "It certainly is amazing isn't?" Tigo says as she floats next to her partner. The two then look at each other and smile. Tigo went into ball form and Danny catches her.
Then the haos-pryus brawler launches her bakugan into the air as she shouts. "Bakugan brawl! Bakugan stand!" Tigo glowed a bright orange red as she was thrown then grew into her battle first form. Tigo has two forms for battle, one that looks more like a Tiggera the other more like a Dragonoid. Right now she was her first battle form where Tigo is on all fours as a tiger, she also has dragon wings big enough to support her body when she flies. Her eyes a solid blue-green, like the lower parts of Danny's hair.
After Tigo appears in battle form she gets set to fly as Danny jumps off the cliff and onto her partner. Danny lets out a large "WHOOOO!" as her and Tigo fly off, soon followed by everyone else and their bakugan partners.
A few hours later the Original Brawlers and the Next Gen Brawlers meet up with Mira and crew. "Uncle Baron!" Danny shouts as her and her uncle hug. "Heya kiddo, sorry I missed your party, but someone had to watch over the city and this year was my turn" "I know, I know, it's fine Uncle Baron" The two then exchange stories as Dacen hugs his parents while thanking them for allowing him to go on this trip was his friends.
Bobby wanders a bit as his sister and Rina ask Mira a bunch of questions. Dacen notices the male twin and walks up to him. "Um, Bobby?" The silver haired teen turns and looks at the slightly confused Dacen. "Oh, sorry dude, just checking out how cool this palace is" Bobby smirks causing a light blush on Dacen's cheeks. "Well Bobby, if you want I can give you a tour" The vestal teen suggests and smiles as Bobby nods. Dacen then takes Bobby's wrist as they begin the tour.
Shawn is looking out a window, smiling at Danny's reflection in the glass then frowns a little knowing she was keeping a secret from him. The secret being what was up with her headaches. She's told the group many times that they were nothing. But he, along with everyone, knew she was lying. I won't push the matter, I'll let her tell me if she wants to. Ninja boy thinks to himself as Dan walks up to him.
"Hey" Dan says snapping Shawn from his thoughts. "Oh um, hey" Dan chuckles "Calm down kid, why're you so jumpy?" "Well I'm dating your daughter and I didn't ask for your permission" Dan gives a look then starts laughing earning him a 'What the heck?!' look from the teen boy. Dan stops laughing "Calm down kid, you never needed my permission to date Danny" Shawn blinks "Really?" "Of course, you're the only guy I think is right for my daughter, I did kinda raise you with Shun and Marucho." "True, but still Dan, I've always had great respect for you and I-" Dan sighs with a smile then ruffles Shawn's hair. "You are so much like your mom, really nice and respectful, but you should know that you are the only guy I trust with my Danny." Shawn smiles "Thanks Dan" Dan nods then walks off saying "Break her heart and I'll sic Drago on you" Shun kicks Dan in the leg before walking over to calm his son down.
Bobby smiles as he looks around the garden of the palace. Dacen and him were still on the tour but decided to take a break in the garden. The vestal teen looks at the beautiful flowers and plants "They are truly lovely aren't they?" "Yeah" Bobby says, though his eyes weren't on the garden, they were on Dacen. Bobby always found the vestal boy rather cute, cuter than he found any girl he met. From his fluffy dual colored hair, and the way his eyes sparkled at a new human thing.
Eyes that were looking at him confused right now. Wait what? Bobby blinked and looked at Dacen. The alien teen looked at his best friend confused "Um Bobby, I asked if you were ready to continue the tour, but you just stood there staring at me. . . is there something on me?" Bobby blushed "Um no! Sorry I was just lost in thought dude, we can continue the tour if you want to" Dacen smiles then walks over and grabs Bobby's hand causing a slightly deeper blush on the human teen's cheeks. "Great, I can show you my room next" The vestal teen said with a large amount of naiveté. Bobby blinks a few times "Y. . .Your room?" he gulped hard as Dacen nods then leads them off in that direction.
Back with the girls, Mira was trying to calm both Juliet and Rina down. "Girls please, one question at a time" Danny looked over at the sight and let out an awkward chuckle before walking over. "Um ok girls I think Aunt Mira's had enough questions for one day" The brun-blueette then jumped at the glares she received from her friends. She forgot she was telling the crazy gossiper and the nutcase want to know it all to calm down. Big mistake. What followed was Danny being chased by the girls as Shawn watches and wonders what the heck was going on.
Ace clears his throat. "Well I think this is enough crazy for one night, shall we tell everyone our surprise Mira? Especially since we weren't able to yesterday" "SURPRISE?!" Juliet stops chasing Danny and runs over to Ace and Mira. Mira nods with a smile. "Yes, its our birthday gift to Danny and it can count as a gift for the whole group." Then Rina stops chasing Danny and rushes over next to Juliet. "What's the gift?" The mixed alien girl asked as Danny pants a bit as Shawn helps her walk over.
"You two aren't the birthday girl" Ace says then receives an elbow in the gut from Mira whom says "And we can't say the surprise until Dacen and Bobby get back" Juliet looks around, only just now realizing both her brother and teenage alien were missing from the room. Marucho speaks up "I think Dacen went to show Bobby a tour of the palace." "And they went without us!?" Both Juliet and Rina shout. "I don't blame 'em" Danny and Shawn say together causing another chase scene.
Back with the other teen boys, Bobby's mind was racing as to why Dacen would want to show him his room. Wait. . .Calm down Bobby, Dacen is super innocent, and I don't think he fully understands earth relationship customs, you're just blowing out of proportions. Bobby nods to himself as Dacen stops in front of a door. "Here we are" He says in a slightly cheerful tone. Bobby looks at the door. "Um. . .nice door" "Thanks" they exchange kinda awkwardly. Then Dacen opens the door, but he doesn't walk inside the room. Bobby looks at him confused. "Um Dacen?" He looks over at him "Oh sorry, I thought you'd walk in first" The male teens smile with a few nervous chuckles. Bobby then walks into the room still holding Dacen's hand.
The lights in the room turn on showing an elegant room fit for a prince. "Wow, this sure is um. . . ." "Too much?" Dacen finished. "No! No, its nice!" "Heh, it's fine Bobby. I know it's very prim and proper" "A lot like you" Bobby states before getting an eyebrow raised look from Dacen. "Oh, I meant that in a good way dude" "How can that be taken a good way?" Dacen asks while turning to look at the panicked earth teen. "Um. . . . .well . . . . . .it's just that . . .that you are prim and proper, and that's a good thing" The silver haired teen tried to fix what he said. Dacen wasn't convinced "I thought you didn't like prim and proper, and if I am those things then you don't like me" Dacen crosses his arms. "No! You're the good kind of prim and proper! And I do like you!" Bobby says rather loudly then places his hands on Dacen's shoulders. Dacen's arms drop as he smiles. "You like me?" Bobby blushes. "Y. . .Yeah, I do . . .very much" The vestal teen blushes a bit. "I like you too Bobby" "You do?" The silver haired teen blushed more seeing the alien teen nodded.
The male teenagers just gaze into each other's eyes for a bit. Bobby then goes to say something, but is interrupted by "BOBBY!" his twin sister shouting his name. Dacen sighs "Guess our tour is over, let's go" Bobby gives a sad nod before following him to the door. As the guys walk out of the room and are rushed at by Juliet. "You guys went on a tour without me?!" "Jules, calm down please, can you blame us if we wanted some peace and quiet for a while?"
"Yes I can, but I'm not as mad as I should be cause Dacen's folks have a surprise for us" Juliet says while sassily crossing her arms. "Oh right, I forgot about that" Dacen lightly hits his head then starts walking. "Shall we go?" The twins nod and follow him. Bobby smiled as he looks at Dacen. Juliet looks at her brother confused. Something definitely happened, I won't ask now, but I will later.
Once the three teens were back in the main hall they found Gus and Spectra had joined the group. Mira and Ace then look over at Danny. "Ready for our gift?" Mira asks the brun-blueette whom nods excitedly. Ace smirks "You are so Dan's kid" "Tell us something something we don't know" Shun says as Dan smirks and rolls his eyes. "Ok so what's my surprise?" Danny smiles at Mira. "We're taking you and your friends out to explore new regions of New Vestroia"
Danny's mismatched eyes widened as sparkles of over excitement fill them. "Really?" Ace, Mira and Baron nod. Spectra speaks up "We're staying behind to safeguard the city" Danny looks at him. "Is there a situation in the city?" "Well there have been a few disturbances, but nothing we can't handle" Spectra says and pats Danny's head. "If you say so but if you need help you got both the Original Brawlers and the Next Gen Brawlers." Both Spectra and Gus nod.
Spectra and Dan exchange a look, which Shawn catches. Their hiding something. He thinks to himself and how he'd ask Dan about it later. Mira then leads the group over to a similar vehicle to what was headquarters to the Bakugan Brawlers Resistance long ago. Danny smiled as she walked around admiring everything as her friends checked out other parts of the vehicle.
Danny was in the front by herself, she was bout to head back when.
Hello Danny~
She froze. . . .it was the voice from her nightmares. Danny looked around not seeing anyone. So she calmed down. "Relax, you're stressing yourself out, you are hearing things" Danny opened her eyes then when she looked back at her reflection she saw standing behind her was the woman in her nightmares. The teenage girl tense then glared as she turned around to face her.
Only to find she wasn't there. "What?" Well aren't you amusing? I'm not physically there dear. "Yeah I can see that, what do you want?" Danny glares at her as she turns back at their reflections. The same request as last time. Join me. "And as I told you last time, ain't gonna happen." Hmph, you are so much like your father. Danny was taken aback at this. "You know my father? How?" All in due time my dear, I'll see you tonight.
The blue skinned woman then disappears from the reflection as Danny is left alone with her thoughts. How does dad know that woman? She let out a long deep breath as the woman's last words echo in her head. Guess I'm in for another nightmare tonight. I wish I knew what was wrong with me. Maybe dad has a clue. Danny decides to talk to Dan about this but is a little too lost in thought as when she turns around she bumps into someone.
"Hey Firefly, done staring into space?" Shawn chuckles as he looks at her. Danny sighs then smiles at him. "Yeah I am, but can you stop sneaking up on me Ninja Boy?" "Hm, let me think about it. . . .Nope~" The two laugh then go to kiss each other but are stopped by someone clearing their throat. The couple look over and see Bobby. "Um Mira sent me, she said dinner was ready" He then walked off. Shawn sighs then looks back at Danny. "Guess we'll have to share that kiss another time" "I suppose so" Danny pouts. Her boyfriend chuckles then kisses her cheek before walking off. She blushes and smiles. How am I lucky enough to get him for a boyfriend~? Danny thinks to herself before following him.
The rest of the evening was filled with joy and laughter. Mira and the other older Vestals told stories of the Resistance, Ace taking every chance to embarrass Dan. Danny smiled and laughed, her conversation with the nightmare woman fading away until everyone was sent to their rooms. I'll find another time to talk to dad. She thinks as she gets ready for bed.
Danny lays down and quickly falls asleep. And just as promised, the blue skinned lady was there to greet her. The brun-blueette glares at her. "Same old song and dance as before? I say no and you torture me?" Danny states and receives a laugh from the masked woman.
It doesn't have to be that way Danny, if you'd just join me you'd have no more headaches, along with the power to protect everyone you love. The teen scoffs. "Yeah right, how can that work when I'm pretty sure I need to protect them from you." Well aren't you a smart girl? I guess I will have to torture you again, but not now. I need to think of something more proper for next time. Bye Danny.
She stared in confusion then when she blinked Danny found herself in a black void. What was the point of her talking to me then? The female teen then closed her eyes again as she took a deep breath before letting it out. When she opened her eyes she found herself in a vaguely familiar place. Gundalian Castle Echoed in her mind.
This is the eighth time I've been here. The first time I've had full control though. Danny thinks before wandering around the hallways. I've never been here, so why does my mind keep bringing me here? Her thoughts were then interrupted. "Is that humming?" Danny then starts running towards the sound.
The brun-blueette finds a hidden door to a small room. The humming was definitely coming from here. . . .but there isn't anybody here. Or so she thought. "Hello there" Danny jumped at the sudden voice. She turned around and saw someone in the shadows, clearly female. But Danny couldn't make out who it was cause it was so dark. "Who's there?" She asks. And is answered with "Come closer would you? I can't see you and your voice sounds so quiet"
Danny was hesitant but slowly walked towards her. Some light hit the new lady, especially on her light purple reptilian eyes. "Who are you?" Danny asks again as she made eye contact with the woman. "A friend" she says before laughing as her eyes glowed bright yellow. Suddenly Danny felt weak and light headed. "W. . .wh. . . .wha. . ?" Danny then collapsed and fell on the ground as she heard laughter.
The teen inhaled quickly as she shot up in her bed. She gently pants as she tries to remember the second half of her dream. Why do I only remember it when I'm asleep? Danny goes to lay down but then hears a knock at her door. She gets up to check it. Expecting her dad or Shawn. But was greeted by.
"Hello Danny"
It was nightmare lady.
Danny jumped backed surprised. "How are you here now?!" The lady laughs. "I have my ways, you can't hide from me. We're connected." "No we aren't! Just leave me alone!" "I'm afraid I can't, not until you join me." She holds out her hand to the teen whom swats it away. "Heck no! I'm tired of saying this! I'm not joining you! And you and I are not connected." Danny glares as the woman lightly laughs. "You are so naive, soon you will know the truth" She starts to approach Danny who tries to move. But finds she can't.
Danny shouts in protest. And just as the lady is about to touch Danny. She wakes up for real.
"Danny!" the teen hears someone whisper yell. She blinks the sleep from her eyes and sees her father. "Dad?" Dan nods. "I was heading back to my room when I heard you grunting and talking in your sleep, I wanted to see if you were ok" Danny smiles. "Thanks dad" "No problem kiddo, but remember our deal?" She nods and starts explaining her nightmare to him.
Dan seemed to pale a little at the mention of the gold light but let her continue. "And that's it, but what could she mean by 'we're connected'?" Danny finished with a question. Dan took a deep breath before letting it out and facing her. "Danny, I think it's time I told you something."
Sorry this took so long, got in a creative rut, but I hope you guys enjoyed chapter five of this story. ^^))