Your stared bewildered at your BeastMon. A talking Mon? Which Gen was this again?
„Now, don´t be so speechless“, Heatguana said, and a sly smile came to her cute face. „It would be a dry journey without someone to talk, am I right?“
You stayed silent for a solid minute, and she kept grinning at your almost-heart attack.
„But … You are right, yeah, but ...“
„I admit, I am pretty special“, she said now, curling a blond strand of hair between her little baby-fingers. „Let´s be honest, your are not really a child of Rainbow Town, no?“
„Well ...“
„Are you even a girl?“
„Eh ...“
She giggled smuggly. „Your face is reddening, so it´s all in the open for me. You can be the silent hero for this part, and I will do the talking.“
Heatguana then talked. She explained her origin, and it was just the same as for you: She was from the real world, the normal world, a kid with enough pocket money to buy a fun looking game.
„I was surged in, but I wasn´t a Trainer. I was – I am – a BeastMon.“
„Heavy shit“, you said flatly.
„Lucy!“ Suddenly your mum stepped down the stairs. „Don´t say such things to your poor little Beastie.“
„Mum! I thought, you were outside!“
„Outside, me?“ She frowned at that. „My daughter, maybe you should stay at home for another day?“
„How boring“, Heatguana growled. „No, we will go!“
Your Mum looked at the little lizard girl, a wide smile on her face. „Why, how lovely. So many words out of a single name. Heat Heat Gua too, little one.“
Heatguana smiled at you. „She can´t hear me talking. In fact, I thought, nobody could. But now, you can. So let´s go out.“ She laid a hand on your arm. „Pretty please? Let´s explore and maybe find a way out of here!“
Sounded promising. You nodded. „Mum, we will go now. Heatguana has rested enough.“
And so, Route 1 it was.
Route 1 was a friendly, peaceful paradise, just grasses, bushes and trees and flowers. You strided forward, Heatguana on your side.
„My real name is Lucas, by the way“, you said. „What is your´s?“
Heatguana frowned at that. „Well … Anna.“
„Should I call you Anna?“
„Should I call you Lucas?“
„Well, nobody can hear you call me a boy´s name, so ...“
„Then: Up to you.“
„Okay.“ You smiled. „Anna. Or maybe Annie? It should be a nickname after all, and nicknames are not real names, that is the whole point.“
Heatguana, or Anna, or Annie, didn´t react to that.
Suddenly, there was a whisper in the wind. A cooing sound, and as you both looked around, you saw a BeastMon: A Pudgy, a little girl in a brown coat and three cute feathers intertwined in her short, curly hair. She glared intently at your own BeastMon.
Annie gnarled. „What are you looking at? - You know what, Lucas? Let´s grind. We bash a few baby skulls, right here and right now.“
You watched the Pudgy, a cute cooing little thing, ruffling her coat, decorated with even more feathers. Her green eyes shone brightly, full of passion. „Maybe we catch it?“
„And what to do with it? It´s just Route 1-dirt.“ Annie seemed pretty agitated. Maybe because she was beaten by her rival, Seatle. „Let me gain a level, or twenty. Then you see a real Beastie.“
You thought about the game cover, the gorgeous dragon girl with the full, perky … tail.
„Do you know how your next step looks like?“
„My next step? Evolution-wise? Not really, no“, Annie admitted. „What about your´s?“
„Me?“ You laughed. „Oh, I will stay ten years old for the rest of this game, I suppose.“
„And I bet, I will end up with back problems. Lucky“, Annie frowned. She stretched a few times. „Yes, I know what is on the cover. My final form will be a banger. Anyway. Let´s claw away!“
Right then, Pudgy swooped down for the attack.