The next day, he went to the Bakugan store and was looking through the shelves and then he something caught his eye. It was a Darkus Ravenoid, one of his favorite Bakugan and according to the online records, is very rare to be found in the Darkus attribute.
"This Bakugan is so cool! I want one just like this..." Conner said, not taking his eyes off of it. Then a girl with orange hair came up to him.
"Hi, can I help you" the girl asked.
"Wow! Alice" Conner exclaimed, recognising the girl.
"Do you know me" Alice asked, surprised that this boy knew her.
"…well, not really, but I've see you online with the other Battle Brawlers" Conner answered.
"You really love Bakugan, don't you? I see you looking almost every day" Alice said.
"Do you work here" Conner asked.
"For the past week yes. But, today is my last day here. Tomorrow I start working at a restaurant that my friend's family owns" Alice answered.
"Oh, so that's why I didn't see you when I bought my first three Bakugan" Conner said.
"Do you have any more" Alice asked.
"No just these three. Actually, I had my first battle yesterday" Conner admitted.
"Really, did you win" Alice asked.
"Yeah thanks to the help of Dan's coaching" Conner said, proudly.
"Well since you are new at brawling, have only three Bakugan, and are friends with Dan, I will let you take that Ravenoid for free" Alice said, taking the Ravenoid from the shelf and handing it to Conner.
"Thanks so much! I will be sure to test it out at the park" Conner said with a smile.
"Good luck and I hope we can talk to each other again" Alice said waving to Conner as he left the store.
At the park…
Conner had made his way over by the fountain, but he still couldn't find anyone to battle. How could he get any practice if there was no one to practice with? Conner was starting to think he may never be able to compete on Dan's level.
"I'll be battle brawler…someday" Conner said to himself in order to cheer up. Somehow it worked and he decided to smile and continue searching for opponent. Then a bright light blinded him after it enveloped the area. He then heard something small hit the ground. After the light cleared, Conner looked down, and saw a black and purple Bakugan in its sphere mode.
"What? A…a Bakugan" Conner said, picking it up from the ground to examine it.
"Wow, I've never seen one like this before" Conner said, holding his hand in front of him. Then the Bakugan popped open, even though it wasn't on a card.
"Where am I" it asked.
"Uhh…planet Earth" Conner answered the Bakugan. He was surprised that it too, like Drago and the other Brawlers' Bakugan, could talk.
"Not in Vestroia then" it said, looking down.
"Who…who are you" Conner asked.
"My name is Darkus Leonidas" it said, looking up at Conner.
"Hey, you wanna partner with me? I bet we could beat anyone" Conner said, with a hopeful smile on his face.
"If I battle with you, I'll have the chance to defeat other Bakugan" Leonidas asked.
"Yeah we'll beat em all" Conner explained.
"Hmm, I sense that in this world I will only release my true power in these Bakugan battles"
"Was that a yes…Awesome! Great to meet you, Partner" Conner said, smiling.