

Bakugan: New Vestroia
The screen glows before you—yet another episode of "Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia." Familiar landscapes, flashes of battle, the voices of the characters. But at the moment a portal opens on the screen, the space around you trembles. The floor erupts in violet—and reality twists into a spiral.
A heartbeat—and beneath your feet is not parquet, but the cracked stone of an alien world. The air is thick, saturated with metal and dust. Instead of the hum of the TV, there is a deafening silence. Inside, there is only the void of confusion: your brain refuses to accept what it sees. The phone in your hand is black, and in the sky hang two suns. The first blow to your sanity.
Panic comes later, once you realize there are no familiar landmarks. Instead of usual streets, there are ruins bearing the scars of battle. The wind carries fragments of distant sounds, like explosions. Realization hits in waves: first confusion, then the crushing weight of knowing this is all real. Your heart hammers against your throat.
The wandering feels like an eternity. Days and nights blur together: Vestal patrols, searching for water, the crushing loneliness. And then, one day, on the outskirts of a ruined city, figures emerge from the shadows. There are six of them.
In the lead is a girl with a determined gaze, Mira. Beside her stand the tall Ace and Baron, a boy with a kind face. Slightly behind them are Dan, Shun, and Marucho.
— Halt. You aren't from Vestal. And you aren't one of those who serve us.

— Where are you from? People like you don't exist here.

— Wait. Look at their clothes. And their eyes. It's like they're from another world.
Dan suddenly tenses, exchanging looks with Shun and Marucho. Shun, narrowing his eyes, speaks softly.

— Dan... that clothing.
— And that look, too. Lost, but... human. From our planet.
Dan takes a step forward, his previous wariness fading.

— Hold on. You're from Earth, aren't you? Just like us?
Mira turns to them, startled.
— Are you sure? From Earth?

— We grew up there. We know our own. — he answers calmly.
— If that's the case, then you aren't an enemy. — he adds with a smile.
Ace is still frowning, but he remains silent. Baron lets out a sigh of relief. The cold wind of this new world whips at their clothes, and for the first time since you began wandering, the truth sinks in: this is no dream.
Dan, hesitating for a moment, looks directly at you and asks.

— Listen... how did you even end up here?