I was working on Chapter 6 of the main story, when I got an idea for Backstory 'fics, starting with Alister.
Author's Note: The first one will be in Al's prospective
Chapter A1: The Dare
My name is Alister, and this is my backstory. It all started when I was eight years old, and I was playing a game of Truth or Dare with a couple of acquaintances. The bottle stopped spinning and pointed at me, and one of the boys, who is a blonde asked me, "Truth or Dare?". I thought for a moment, and replied, "Dare." The other of the two boys, a brunette had a smug look on his face and said, "Well, we dare you to explore the old shack near the Watermourn house!". I thought to myself, "Do these jokers really think that shack is haunted?", when the brunette asks, "Well?". I cleared my throat and replied, "I accept your little dare. Besides, the shack ain't really haunted, you know!". The boys let out a shocked gasp as the blonde said, "Not really haunted!? Are you kidding me? The local ghost chasers did an EVP session in there!", to which I rebuked, "Didn't you dweebs get the memo? The EVP session was fraudulent, and they did it to make it appear that the rumors of it being haunted (plus anyone entering it never seen again) are true and to make themselves look good, something that REAL ghost hunters, like the Ghost Adventures team, would NEVER do!"
The blonde replied, "Just explore the shack anyways, wise guy!". After a few minutes of walking, we arrived at the site of the shack. It was all old and rickety, but would look like a good place to throw a 'spook-tacular' Halloween party. I turned towards the boys and said to them, "If I'm lucky, I'll find something of interest and come back out here in a few minutes", as I then turned towards the shack, and walked up to it. I grabbed the doorknob, turned it, and opened the door. I walked inside and closed the door behind me. Thankfully, it's a door that can be locked and unlocked from the inside, otherwise, those two weenies might have locked it from the outside as a mean prank to get me back for revealing that hoax.
Luckily, I also had a flashlight with me, and I turned it on, also shining it on a few things, like a old portrait for instance. "Nothing interesting so far", I thought when I noticed a faint glow in the corner of my eye. I turned around, and shined my flashlight towards the source, which happened to be under a pile of broken wood. I walked over towards to pile of broken wood, and I started moving away the pieces. After a few seconds of moving the broken wooden fragments, I finally find the source of that glow: A Beyblade...A bey with the Grand Fusion Wheel, Upper Wing 145 Spin Track, and a rare Firm Rubber Sharp Performance Tip--a Defense-type. I also noticed a cool and scary-looking blackish Energy Ring that is almost completely circular with what appears to be helmets on two sides, and holding the Bey together, was an onyx-colored Face Bolt. On it was a picture of a flaming headed mask with one side of the face being damaged and the other is fine, and on top of that, there is also the name "Hades" in bold, capitalized letters. "Hmm", I started to myself, "Grand Hades UW145FRS, must be my lucky day". I then walked out of the shack with a satisfied smile, much to the surprise and wonder of those boys. The blonde asks me, "Dude, what's that in your hand?". I turned around and showed them the Beyblade. "Whoa, man! Al's found a Beyblade!", yelled the brunette in awe. I went on my merry-way with my new Grand Hades UW145FRS.
Chapter A2: Enter Reiji
Ever since then, I've been getting challenged to Bey battles by some of the kids on my block, and winning every time, thanks to my Hades' awesome defensive and counterattacking capabilities. I also have this special move that brought me my first victories, Underworld Black Arts: Deflecting Barrier, which proved highly effective against Attack-types. Those two kids must have spread word of the Bey I found in that old shack that fateful day, but I can't really blame them, they dared me to go into that old, not-truly-haunted shack, and I found my Bey there. I remember when I've first met Reiji, when he moved into my block of the neighborhood. He also has a Beyblade of his own, and it's an Attack-type called Ra--Spiral Ra DF105MF to be exact. That Bey, like my Grand Hades, has uncommon parts, like the Down Force 105 Spin Track, the Metal Flat Performance Tip, and the Spiral Fusion Wheel, which possessed some of the most powerful Upper Attack capabilities of any non-4D System Fusion Wheel. Plus, that Bey has the motif and the spiralling, sun-like Energy Ring of the Ancient Egyptian sun god, Ra. I could recall him challenging me for the very first time, with that confident look on his face. I accepted. He and I went to the WBBA shop in town for our battle. That moment we launched our Beys into the Beystadium, all Hell broke loose! Well, not really, we basically had our Beys battle fiercely. I could tell me and Reiji were evenly matched, and neither of us were willing to give up. I've had my Hades set up a Deflecting Barrier, wary of what the Spiral Wheel is capable of, but Reiji had some tricks up his sleeve, too. His Spiral Ra DF105MF performed this special move called the Sun God Shield Breaker, which destroyed the Deflecting Barrier in one--I mean it--ONE hit, also sending Hades flying out of the Beystadium with one good Upper Attack! I couldn't believe my eyes--I lost. It was my first loss since I've gotten Hades. I was practically in a trance when I saw my Hades losing to that Attack-type...
"Hey!", I hear, "Earth to purple-head!". I snapped out of my daze, just in time to see and hear Reiji saying to me, "Good game, man! By the way the name's Reiji, you'll be hearing from me...Alister!". I was dumbstruck at that guy mentioning my name, but I calmed down and ask, "Did any one of the kids in the neighborhood told you about me?". Reiji grinned as he nodded a 'yes' as he left. I picked up Grand Hades UW145FRS as I thought, "Reiji...Consider our rivalry having just begun!"
EDIT (12/28/11): In the light of the release of Random Booster Vol. 9 Fusion Hades, I decided to change something in Chapter A1, to keep up with the release of the latest Super Rare Bey of the new Random Booster.
Author's Note: The first one will be in Al's prospective
Chapter A1: The Dare
My name is Alister, and this is my backstory. It all started when I was eight years old, and I was playing a game of Truth or Dare with a couple of acquaintances. The bottle stopped spinning and pointed at me, and one of the boys, who is a blonde asked me, "Truth or Dare?". I thought for a moment, and replied, "Dare." The other of the two boys, a brunette had a smug look on his face and said, "Well, we dare you to explore the old shack near the Watermourn house!". I thought to myself, "Do these jokers really think that shack is haunted?", when the brunette asks, "Well?". I cleared my throat and replied, "I accept your little dare. Besides, the shack ain't really haunted, you know!". The boys let out a shocked gasp as the blonde said, "Not really haunted!? Are you kidding me? The local ghost chasers did an EVP session in there!", to which I rebuked, "Didn't you dweebs get the memo? The EVP session was fraudulent, and they did it to make it appear that the rumors of it being haunted (plus anyone entering it never seen again) are true and to make themselves look good, something that REAL ghost hunters, like the Ghost Adventures team, would NEVER do!"
The blonde replied, "Just explore the shack anyways, wise guy!". After a few minutes of walking, we arrived at the site of the shack. It was all old and rickety, but would look like a good place to throw a 'spook-tacular' Halloween party. I turned towards the boys and said to them, "If I'm lucky, I'll find something of interest and come back out here in a few minutes", as I then turned towards the shack, and walked up to it. I grabbed the doorknob, turned it, and opened the door. I walked inside and closed the door behind me. Thankfully, it's a door that can be locked and unlocked from the inside, otherwise, those two weenies might have locked it from the outside as a mean prank to get me back for revealing that hoax.
Luckily, I also had a flashlight with me, and I turned it on, also shining it on a few things, like a old portrait for instance. "Nothing interesting so far", I thought when I noticed a faint glow in the corner of my eye. I turned around, and shined my flashlight towards the source, which happened to be under a pile of broken wood. I walked over towards to pile of broken wood, and I started moving away the pieces. After a few seconds of moving the broken wooden fragments, I finally find the source of that glow: A Beyblade...A bey with the Grand Fusion Wheel, Upper Wing 145 Spin Track, and a rare Firm Rubber Sharp Performance Tip--a Defense-type. I also noticed a cool and scary-looking blackish Energy Ring that is almost completely circular with what appears to be helmets on two sides, and holding the Bey together, was an onyx-colored Face Bolt. On it was a picture of a flaming headed mask with one side of the face being damaged and the other is fine, and on top of that, there is also the name "Hades" in bold, capitalized letters. "Hmm", I started to myself, "Grand Hades UW145FRS, must be my lucky day". I then walked out of the shack with a satisfied smile, much to the surprise and wonder of those boys. The blonde asks me, "Dude, what's that in your hand?". I turned around and showed them the Beyblade. "Whoa, man! Al's found a Beyblade!", yelled the brunette in awe. I went on my merry-way with my new Grand Hades UW145FRS.
Chapter A2: Enter Reiji
Ever since then, I've been getting challenged to Bey battles by some of the kids on my block, and winning every time, thanks to my Hades' awesome defensive and counterattacking capabilities. I also have this special move that brought me my first victories, Underworld Black Arts: Deflecting Barrier, which proved highly effective against Attack-types. Those two kids must have spread word of the Bey I found in that old shack that fateful day, but I can't really blame them, they dared me to go into that old, not-truly-haunted shack, and I found my Bey there. I remember when I've first met Reiji, when he moved into my block of the neighborhood. He also has a Beyblade of his own, and it's an Attack-type called Ra--Spiral Ra DF105MF to be exact. That Bey, like my Grand Hades, has uncommon parts, like the Down Force 105 Spin Track, the Metal Flat Performance Tip, and the Spiral Fusion Wheel, which possessed some of the most powerful Upper Attack capabilities of any non-4D System Fusion Wheel. Plus, that Bey has the motif and the spiralling, sun-like Energy Ring of the Ancient Egyptian sun god, Ra. I could recall him challenging me for the very first time, with that confident look on his face. I accepted. He and I went to the WBBA shop in town for our battle. That moment we launched our Beys into the Beystadium, all Hell broke loose! Well, not really, we basically had our Beys battle fiercely. I could tell me and Reiji were evenly matched, and neither of us were willing to give up. I've had my Hades set up a Deflecting Barrier, wary of what the Spiral Wheel is capable of, but Reiji had some tricks up his sleeve, too. His Spiral Ra DF105MF performed this special move called the Sun God Shield Breaker, which destroyed the Deflecting Barrier in one--I mean it--ONE hit, also sending Hades flying out of the Beystadium with one good Upper Attack! I couldn't believe my eyes--I lost. It was my first loss since I've gotten Hades. I was practically in a trance when I saw my Hades losing to that Attack-type...
"Hey!", I hear, "Earth to purple-head!". I snapped out of my daze, just in time to see and hear Reiji saying to me, "Good game, man! By the way the name's Reiji, you'll be hearing from me...Alister!". I was dumbstruck at that guy mentioning my name, but I calmed down and ask, "Did any one of the kids in the neighborhood told you about me?". Reiji grinned as he nodded a 'yes' as he left. I picked up Grand Hades UW145FRS as I thought, "Reiji...Consider our rivalry having just begun!"
EDIT (12/28/11): In the light of the release of Random Booster Vol. 9 Fusion Hades, I decided to change something in Chapter A1, to keep up with the release of the latest Super Rare Bey of the new Random Booster.