Chapter 1: The Children Ars Magicka

'Twin seeds of Dark & Light.

From Dark World plucked.

Destined for destruction,

They exist never and forever.

Until purity is called,

To end their Endeavour'.

~Ancient Prophecy of the Digi-World, as foreseen by Jijimon.

'Joyous and bouncy music is heard as balloons and streamers batter against a light wind. Children laughing whilst eating cotton candy or licking ice creams. The circus is a joyous thing, childhood memories, clowns…bearded ladies sometimes. It is the stuff of sugar, dreams and the occasional freak show. But, one circus in particular, the Zoominwyre Rosvelt circus is home to two very special children, with a destructive destiny ahead. Little do they know this (as any destiny goes), but they will soon learn that they're not alone in their world, or the other. What's the other world? The Digital World, where creatures called Digimon (Di-gi-mon – Digi short for Digital, Mon short for Monster. Full name: Digital Monster) live and exist in harmony and dystopia. Evil exists in the darkest corners, and they seek these children for their own evil purposes. As anyone would say, how cliché.'

The Top Hat bigtent was the pride of the circus ringmaster Theodore Rosvelt. It could house all their acts and many more. He looked as all the spectators began piling in for the acts. He straightens his little bow tie and then walks out to face his audience. He walked around stools and other props to face them; he pulled out his speaker cone and placed it to his smiling lips. 'Ladies. Gentlemen. Children of all ages. I welcome you to the Zoominwyre Circus. We have some great acts to show, and believe me, they're ready to go, so, let's bring out our first act, the clowns' he said, his voice amplified by the cone to fill the tent. The audience cheered loudly as a bunch of men and women in funny outfits in baggy pants (not including Jumbo the Clown), with their horns, seltzer bottles and red noses. They began honking wildly whilst the assistants brought out a large cart filled with pies.

Theodore watched from the back stage part, where the other acts were waiting. 'Sir, we're on next aren't we?' a little voice asked. Theodore turned to look at his star performers, which were small children in odd outfits. 'Yes you are little Demi, are you and BK ready? Cause we have a big turn out, and the clowns, whilst amusing for the children, can't maintain the attention for long. We don't want to let the audience down' he told them. 'Relax Theodore; we got this in the bag. We've done it hundreds of times before, the amazing levitation trick is as easy as 1, 2, 5' BK said proudly. 'It's 1, 2, 3 you idiot' Demi replied. 'I was making a sarcastic joke' BK said slowly to spell each word out. 'Boys boys, don't start now, you'll have time to destroy each other after your act, which is now; I'll go introduce you' Theodore told them and left. He walked into his usual spot and placed the cone to his mouth. 'Now, I present to you a real mystery, of magic and illusion. I present to you the Twin Seeds of Mysidia!' he shouted.

BK and Demi gulped as they entered the ring, their staves held in their opposite hands. Both of them heard the mutterings of the audience, almost none of them were good. 'They're only children'. 'Is this legal?' 'Mummy, I want an ice cream'. Demi grabbed his cone and approached the audience, his boots kicking up small patches of dirt each step. 'Ladies and gentlemen, not to forget you little kiddies; have you ever wanted to fly? Not on a plane or in a balloon, but to feel gravity is nothing?' Demi asked them. Some people muttered no, some said they would like to try it at least once, the kid said that they wanted an ice cream still. 'Well, they say that it is impossible, it defies logic. Well, allow me to defy logic by making my brother here float'. The crowd watched silently as Demi pointed his staff at BK. The children watched as the orb began to glow with a bright whiteness and BK began to rise off the ground. The audience cheered as Demi began to make BK loop da loop, to swerve and spin; to do a barrel roll too. BK gave a desperate signal to stop by using a flailing of his arms and Demi lowered him to the ground. BK stumbled about as dizziness caught up. 'Now, you may not believe that that had happened, well, I assure you, it was no illusion. And to prove it, we would like a member of the audience to come down and fly with us' BK said after getting back his basic movements. Many people raised their hand, except for one person in the audience who merely got up and left. Demi points to one kid in the audience and she runs down quickly. 'Do not worry, this girl will not be harmed as long as she remains still' BK said. He pointed his staff at the girl and it glew with a black light.

Outside, the person who had left found a convenient area in the living quarters and pulled out a small communicator. 'Tell my Lord Argos that I have found them' it hissed quickly. 'Roger that operator 0145, we are locking onto your location, a digital gate will be opening shortly, please prepare the opening in a convenient spot' it replied in a robotic voice. 'Why does my Lord Argos deal with such children, how could they be avatars of destruction that the prophecy describes? There must be some error.' The person; or creature takes a small sphere from its coat pocket using thorny claw like fingers and lays it on the ground near an empty cage. It begins beeping madly and flashes with green light as it rises into the air. It self-destructs and a large green portal appears where the sphere was. The wind blows madly as strange mushroom like creatures run out, and then a large tree creature with cherries growing on it. 'Good work Aruraumon, our lord will be most happy with your work. I, Cherrymon will deal with the capture of those children' Cherrymon ordered. Aruraumon nodded and removed its disguise. Gratefully it jumped into the portal. Cherrymon bangs its cane twice to get the Mushroomon's attention. 'Mushroomon, I require you to clear out the humans in that tent, but leave the children to me. Either one of them could vaporize you before you even blink' he ordered. They all nodded and prepared their Fungus Crushers.

Back in the tent, the twins act was over and they leave whilst waving to the crowd, who were applauding wildly. 'That was great BK' Demi congratulated. 'I thought so too brother dearest, now we can relax' BK replied. This was short lived as large pollenous (is that a word?) explosions covered the central area. The audience and most of the acts were running in fear as larger than average mushrooms ran into the tent. Theodore cursed silently, only to be slapped by the fortune teller/psychic. 'I didn't think they'd find them. Damn it, I was too open with letting Demi and BK perform. I must get them out of here before they're taken back to the Digital World. And then, to Argomon'. Theodore grabbed both of the twins by their wrists and ran out the back way as the performers did too.

After bolting the door, Theodore looked at Demi and BK who were sitting on his couch. They both looked at him as he hurried around and sealed the trailer. 'Mr. Rosvelt, whatever is the matter? What were those creatures that attacked the tent and our show?' Demi asked. 'Those were Digimon. Beings composed of data and are sentient, some are too sentient however, as they use their powers for evil. Now, I want you to do this for me. Flee and hide, hide so they never find you, because, you two are both Digimon as well. Now go, I cannot explain, flee' he ordered and opened the back door. They both ran out quickly as Theodore began to release the locks on his front door. Sighing sadly, Theodore walks over to his walls where his trump swords are takes them down, holding two in his hands and the other two on his waist. 'Forgive me Piedmon, I failed to protect them' he said to no one. For possibly the last time, Theodore ran out of his trailer and begun attacking the Mushroomon, beating each one until they all shied away. 'I did not think a human could so ably fight a Digimon, even with your weak earth weapons' Cherrymon told him, constantly moving forward and closing in on Theodore. 'These are no earth weapons tree beard; these are trump swords, the very weapons of a Piedmon, and your end'. Cherrymon laughed. 'So be it'. They both dashed at each other, just like in an action movie.

Following his words, Demi and BK had gotten into the living quarters of the circus and found a strange portal there, it glew with a green light. 'This must've been how they got here. So, logically, this must lead to the Digital World' Demi deduced. 'What tipped you off Sherlock?' BK asked. Demi ignored it as he looked around the opening of the portal. 'We'll have to jump into this portal; it'll be the best way to hide as we'll be hidden by the populace of this world'. 'I honestly don't give a crap, let's just jump' BK whined. Demi sighed and they both held the others hand. They took the leap of faith as they were rocketed into the unknown. The unknown took the form of a large and eerie forest, which was filled with vines, large thorny vines. 'Brilliant work, we left the safety of earth for the wicked witch of the west's forest. Any other bright ideas?' BK growled. 'Yeah, run' Demi said and fled. BK didn't bother to look behind as he ran after his brother. 'Why're we running?' he asked. 'Because some mundane evil was behind us and this seemed the smartest thing to do' Demi replied. The duo soon ran deeper into the forest, only to run out again as they were chased by a large boxing glove wearing cactus. 'I hate you so much Demi.' 'Yeah yeah, just complain once you're dead'.

After running (and some screaming) for their lives, they found the entrance to the forest. They sighed happily, as they found solace in sight. That is, until some of the large thorns immediately blocked their only way out. 'It would seem you were foolish enough to flee earth into my realm; that makes my job so much easier. Now surrender DemiWarlockmon and BKDemiWarlockmon. You have no chance to escape' a voice echoed. The ground shakes as a large creature began to approach; it was the same cactus they had seen before. 'You know Demi, I don't say this enough, but I hate you so much.' 'Epic last words' Demi said with some sarcasm. This wasn't their day really, as a large blast rained down from the sky and blew the cactus apart, and also flinging the twins into a tree, they were knocked unconscious.