Chapter 1
The Tamer of the West
It was a calm summer day in Peach Creek, Arizona. The birds were singing and the kids were playing. The sun shone brightly on all the houses except for one. Under the trees of the forest's edge, stood a white Colonial house with a brown roof, red doors and blue windows, a teen stood outside his window, bored. He was fifteen years old with carefree brown hair and dark brown eyes wearing a red shirt with white lining, blue jeans and black and white shoes. His name was Andrew Baker, the only bored person in the Cul-de-sac. He was bored because his friends were sent all over. His best friend, Ed, was sent to South America. His genius friend, Double D, was sent to Tokyo, Japan, and Eddy was sent to Greenland. Andrew was left without any friends or excitement. You see, when Andrew first moved to the Cul-de-sac, Ed was the first one to introduce himself to Andrew. He then introduced Andrew to Double D and Eddy, who instantly became friends with him. Ever since, they had been doing scams to get money for jawbreakers. Of course, they still did it, although the Eds had been pardoned for their scams by all the Cul-de-sac. Almost everyone, that is. Jonny still never forgave the Eds and he certainly didn't forgive the Cul-de-sac kids for beating him up. So, he became a lame super villain named The Gourd and swore revenge. Andrew was bored out of wits now that the Eds were gone.
'I'm so bored.' Andrew thought in his head. 'I need some excitement.'
"Come to me."
Andrew snapped his eyes open. The voice came from Andrew's own head. It sounded deep and brave. Andrew looked around.
"Who's there?" Andrew exclaimed, jerking his head back and forth.
"I am Baihumon, the Sovereign of the East. Come to me, Tamer of the East. Become my master."
Andrew ran out the door.
"Finally, some excitement!" Andrew cried for joy. Andrew ran into the forest. The light faded as he forged deeper into the forest. Little did Andrew realize, he was being watched from above.
Andrew finally reached the black heart of the forest. In front of him was a small green hill. On top of it was the oldest tree in Peach Creek, Old Peach Back. Old Peach Back was discovered by Jebidiah Peachback, who wanted to discover the biggest abundance of peaches in Fort Peach Creek. He did just that when he found Old Peach Back, the biggest peach tree around. Every year, people from all over Peach Creek gather around to collect their harvest. Now, in front of the tree, there was a glowing sphere of light. In the sphere, was a small device with a small button pad with two buttons. The device was colored yellow, blue on the screen with white on the buttons.
"Pick up your D-Arc and become my master." Baihumon's voice said.
Andrew was about to grab the D-Arc when suddenly, "So, we meet again, Andrew Baker!"
Andrew looked behind himself. Behind him was a teen wearing a gourd on his head, wearing kitchen gloves and a black cape.
"What do you want now, Jonny?" Andrew asked, annoyed.
"My name is 'The Gourd!' And I came for revenge! Behold!" The Gourd flashed out a golden yellow D-Arc with pinkish-red buttons. "Fanglongmon, attack!" A whole acre of trees got torn down as a large golden yellow dragon with six eyes and eight orbs on his back appeared out of nowhere. Andrew made a beeline for the D-Arc.
"Yellow Rotation!" Fanglongmon stamped down, causing rocks to flow upward. The rocks flew at Andrew. Andrew grabbed the D-Arc and vanished in a flash of light. The rocks hit the ground in front of Old Peach Back.
"Curses! Let's return to the Digital World, Fanglongmon!" Fanglongmon and the Gourd vanished.
Andrew reappeared in a grassy plain, holding the D-Arc. The plain was dotted with trees over a clear blue sky.
"Finally. You have arrived." A childish voice said. Andrew looked around, trying to find the person. "Down here." Andrew looked down. At his feet was a yellow lion cub with black claws, blue eyes, a tuft of red hair on his head and a green jeweled golden necklace around his neck.
"Who are you?" Andrew asked.
"I am Baihumon. Or… I used to be. I am now Liollmon. This is my Rookie form."
"O…kay?" Andrew didn't know what to say. He was still confused about where he was.
"I was once the Digimon Sovereign of the West. Digimon are the many creatures that inhabit the Digital World, which is where we are now."
"Where are we in this… Digital World, exactly?"
"We are in the West corner, which was once my domain."
"What happened?"
"Some evil force has taken over all four corners of the Digital World. Darkness had claimed our once great leader Fanglongmon."
"I just saw Fanglongmon. He was under the control of one of my friends."
"Then they knew you would become the Tamer of the East, which means we have less time than we thought. Come. We must head for my castle in the farthest western corner." With that, Andrew and Liollmon headed off to the west, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead.
