Author's notes
First off: I don't own Digimon, nor am I interested in trying to make any money off of this. It's intended for practise. PERIOD.
There will be no OC digimon species here, not to mention that I'll be going by mostly english names of the Digimon, but I'll still be listing the names at the end of the chapters since I feel insulted to say some of those english names and may go with an earlier dub name or the Japanese name. If you're not familiar with one of the digimon species mentioned, then go to Wikimon(Just enter this in the web search engine) or any other digimon wiki web site you trust and find out for yourself.
Major credits to my friend Khelder for helping me by being a grammar nazi.
I'm not good at describing that well, but I'll be trying my best. There are no canon characters since this this is my take on a digimon universe of my creation. The characters are included since no digimon partners are involved and that I'm exploiting/ twisting knowledge about some of the digimon as well.
On the celestial grounds, a large castle of pearl white stood in the middle of many smaller buildings that was surrounded by a high wall. The beings residing here were among the holiest of digimon. But, today was a meeting with some of the bigger names of the digital world; the Royal Knights. These sacred grounds were their home unless the god of the Digital World required their assistance. Two of them were walking down the castle halls. The first one was UlforceVeedramon, a winged blue knight with each wrist sporting an identical device on them. "Quite a shame that Magnamon has decided to retire in order to go settle down with the woman he has found. What should we do if we wind up needing his help again?"
"Then we ask if he is willing to step up to aid us," Duftmon replied. His black armor with dark brown highlights seems to fit well with his long, golden wavy hair. He also had white feathered wings along with a poodle-like tail."It's common sense, isn't it?"
"Sorry. I'm used to my friends leaving the battlefield either as an egg or a cluster of data, not stepping out before it happens," UlforceVeedramon admitted.
As both of them continued to walk, they failed to notice an Angemon that was standing guard. A white humanoid with six wings and a visor over his eyes, he stood at attention with his golden staff on hand. Unlike other Angemon, this one had a red scarf tied to his right arm. Once they were out of sight, he started to snicker. "I wonder how long it'll take this time?" A bop on his head from a snowflake decoration, fastened to a staff, told him that he had been discovered. "Already?"
"Don't 'already' me, Angemon. When you're out of my sights, a prank is sure to fly." The owner of the staff was a Sorcermon. He was a stereotypical wizard, with his pointed hat, cloak, and mask carrying the standard white colors, followed by teal and blues."So what did you do this time?"
"Something small and light," Angemon confessed. "Any of the normal pranks would be spotted by a Royal Knight quicker than you."
"You only gave me a piece of the answer."
"You would only stop the prank if I told you otherwise, Sorcermon. Since you're the Celestial Ground advisor for the higher ranks, it's normal for you to keep conduct in check."
Sorcermon sighed. "And even though we are friends, I just had to pick the black sheep amongst the Angemons..."
"At least it ain't boring?"
"Says you." Angemon figured that Sorcermon was relaxing as last, since there was a smile hidden in his eyes. "Anyway, your help is needed to replace the holy refractor due a shortage of hands."
"Seriously?" The Angemon looked a little bored now. "These replacements are getting out of hand with those Demon Lords causing trouble. There will be nothing left to contain and protect the Celestial Grounds from corruption at this rate."
"Yes, that may be true. We are looking for alternate solutions, even as we speak."
"So, what am I supposed to do?"
"Help me with writing the talismans for the refractor to extend its life."
"Talismans? I'm an Angemon, not a Taomon."
"But I remember that you have learned to create the ink that the Taomon need for their talisman. Anyone can use that ink for talisman symbols from there." Sorcermon's words had Angemon pinned. The magical digimon did not stop there. "It would also be a waste if you didn't use that knowledge for helping others as well..."
"I get it. Sheesh."
"Then, follow me." The two digimon moved along several massive halls and passages until they reached a very large room. It was pretty empty, Other than the huge crystal that floated in the center by magic. This was obviously the new one; it was white like a diamond and lacked the etching of talisman magic. There was a slender humanoid brown rabbit with long arms, dressed in purple and white, leading several more Angemon with a blackened and etched version of the crystal. Sorcermon was amused. "You were a little quicker than I thought you were going to be, Antylamon."
The rabbit digimon looked back at the duo and nodded. "I felt that we needed to make haste today, oddly enough."
"Perhaps it's because of the Royal Knights' arrival," Sorcermon guessed.
Antylamon ponder about for a moment before speaking once more. "You may be right. I'll go ahead and leave you two with etching the new refractor...And no pranks, Angemon."
"Haven't people realized by now that I only prank when I'm bored?" Angemon appeared a little insulted by the comment of Antylamon after he had left them alone.
"I appear to be the only one who has figured that out so far," Sorcermon chuckled, as he waved his wand to start etching the large chunk of crystal. "If anyone else knows, then they haven't dropped us a hint yet."
Angemon just sighed before he fished out the ink to write the talisman symbols in the etchings Sorcermon made.
Duftmon and AlforceVeedramon reached the room where the rest of the Royal Knights had gathered. Standing as the head of the Royal Knights was a being as large as the blue armored knight. He was clad in a complete set of black armor, exposing only his golden eyes. "Do you have the checklist, Duftmon?"
"Here you are, Alphamon."
"You read them for me, if you don't mind. I don't wish to bring disorder by my incapabilities to read small letters."
"Right, then." Duftmon took a minute to clear his throat while UlforceVeedramon took his seat. "We all are aware of the retirement of Magnamon. Gankoomon, who claimed that he is training a future Royal Knight, has also decline the meeting summon. Examon, Craniummon, and Sleipmon refused to leave their posts for this meeting, but all have offered to use the Royal Knight intercoms to attend the meeting."
"And the remaining knights?" Alphamon questioned.
Duftmon slowly lost his composure for a moment. "That's..."
AlforceVeedramon spoke up. "Someone killed them. There was not even a digiegg left where they fell."
"So, you're saying that there are only seven Royal Knights remaining?" Alphamon was taken aback at the report, but the looks on those two faces told him that it was no joke. As Duftmon went to take his seat, The massive knight noticed something. "What is on your back?"
Duftmon reached for the object that was on his back; a paper taped to him.
Duftmon was appalled. "What the? Feed the cat?"
UlforceVeedramon checked his back as well and also found a piece of paper. "Mine says "I got the blues"..,"
Alphamon facepalmed. "I wonder if that Angemon pulled it..."
Antylamon and the few Angemon that were helping him had almost finished transporting the blackened crystal to a location where some Gargoylemon were waiting. They were white creatures with grey buckles all over themselves and armed with blue claws. A little rough on the edges, but they were reliable virus digimon who tried to do what they thought was right.
One of them approached Antylamon. "We're ready to transport."
"That's good news," The humanoid digimon smiled. "We'll get it secured for you."
All digimon around the crystal suddenly heard a noise. Antylamon turned to see a crack in the crystal. "How? The etchings and magic on the crystal is supposed to keep it from breaking..."
"Mishandling?" Gargoylemon guessed, earning a dirty look from the rabbit deva. "It's the most sensible answer that crosses my mind, other than something unusual happe-"
Gargoylemon was cut off from his sentence as more cracks spread all over the crystal until it shattered.
Thirteen years later...
"You stinking imp!"
An Impmon was on the run from WereGarurumon again, laughing while doing so. The little purple demon man digimon was covered in mud as he raced by a humanoid fox dressed as a taoist, who was sweeping outside one of the houses of wood and clay. She acted like nothing was happening until the white werewolf digimon with blue stripes and ripped blue pants passed by. She called into the house, "Honey! Impmon pranked WereGarurumon again."
"What is it now?" A lizardman dressed in basic tribal garb walked out of the house, looking a tad annoyed. He spotted a familiar face running up to him; a yellow reptile wearing a fur pelt with the same patterns as WereGarurumon. "Did Dad catch him yet, Mr. Dinohumon?"
"Not yet," the lizardman digimon sighed. "What did Impmon do this time, Gabumon?"
"Cover our house in mud as bait and dumped fake spiders made of sticks, dried glue, and fur on Dad."
"Well, that's new. When did he learn that your father hates spiders?"
"That would explain who screamed like a little girl," Taomon giggled.
WereGarurumon stopped around the river, trying to catch Impmon's scent and tracing him. The trail ended at the water, meaning that Impmon jumped in. "Blast it..." He continued to look around, including under the bridge nearby before heading off in frustration.
A few minutes passed before Impmon poked his head out from the mossy portion of the water, a hollow reed in his mouth. About time that racist mutt left. Impmon thought. He should know better than to insult virus digimon when his attitude is just as bad…
Suddenly, he was hoisted out of the water by a red dinosaur digimon who was carrying a fishing pole and a small bait bag. A large scar across his back made him easy to identify. "Were you fishing, Impmon? That's not how you do it..." Seeing Guilmon, Impmon took his reed out of his mouth and chuckled as he responded. "That's how the canine digimon fish, don't they?"
The digimon were soon walking in the forest, having a good time and hanging out. Impmon told Guilmon about the prank, to which Guilmon laughed, not really happy about the comments he'd heard from WereGarurumon either. The duo were both virus digimon living near or in a village that mostly scorned them, so it made sense to be each other's buddy.
They went to where Guilmon had been setting his home up since he'd recently moved here. It was an underground home, not too cleverly hidden yet. Impmon had no problem helping Guilmon with hiding his home by trying to disguise it as a bush overhead, getting a real bush sapling planted in the process. The red dinosaur was fishing up their lunch when someone walked in on them, arms crossed in a stern manner.
"Impmon..."
"And I'm in trouble," Impmon said sarcastically, seeing Dinohumon. Guilmon looked back at the lizardman digimon and waved to him. "Hi, Impmon's father! Want some fish?"
"No, but thank you, Guilmon," Dinohumon turned his attention back on his son. "I know you have an issue with WereGarurumon and his boy, but two wrongs don't make a right, Impmon."
"But that's nothing compared to what they've tried and ya know it, dad. How many times have they tried to throw me out of the village or Gabumon beating m-"
"You can stop right there." Impmon pouted at his father's words. "You can bicker about that later when you've finished cleaning up that mess you made."
The clean up of the house was a nightmare. He had to attempt avoiding Gabumon the whole time, knowing that the slightly older youth always wanted to punch him whenever he laid eyes on him. The last thing he wanted was to upset his dad by fighting again.
He couldn't escape Gabumon though...And had the marks to prove it. At least he managed to avoid fighting back this time, but a little payback was in order. He wandered back into the forest, hoping that hunting for a snack would ease his troubled mind. As he took each step, his heart instinctively began to race. Was the forest always this scary at night? Impmon pondered. He continued with caution, lighting a ball of purplish red fire in his hand to get a better view of things.
Impmon soon found himself at Guilmon's makeshift home, only to see him fishing again. "I know ya like to fish, big guy, but it's nightfall, yoa know..."
"I know." Even though it was a normal answer, Impmon wasn't feeling it was.
"Okay, something's wrong here..."
With those words, Guilmon pulled back his line and set down the fishing pole. Impmon had his hunch answered when he caught Guilmon's blank stare looking at him. The lack of pupils suggested that it wasn't normal at all. "Can we play, Impmon?"
Digimon list for the chapter (English/Japanese);
UlforceVeedramon/Ulforce V-Dramon
Leopardmon/Duftmon
Angemon
Sorcermon/Sorcerimon
Antylamon/Andiramon(Data variation)
Alphamon
Gargoylemon/Gargomon(Do not get confused with the digimon dubbed Gargomon in Tamers)
Impmon
WereGarurumon/Were Garurumon
Taomon
Dinohyumon/Dinohumon
Gabumon
Guilmon