I rubbed my eyes and reached for my obnoxiously beeping alarm clock. The sun was streaming through my bedroom windows, and rushing to my eyes like a bursting dam. I put my hand up to shield them. I looked on the ground, judging by the snoring, I figured Carson hadn't woken up yet. Carson was a boy about five inches shorter than myself, with short messy dark brown hair, his hazel colored eyes rolled up to my face groggily.

"Matt, turn off the sun." He said rolling over to cover his face with his pillow, and groaning loudly.

"Did you turn the alarm clock on last night?" I asked him.

"No, one of your parents must've come in and done it while we were asleep." He said, trying to stay awake.

I chuckled to myself. My name is Matt, Matthew David Brooks if you were hoping for a full name, but my friends just call me Matt. I'm eleven years old. I'm pretty tall for my age; my skin tone is a light brown. My mother has always called it Mocha. I have short afro-like curly hair. The boy lying on the ground is my friend Carson, he too is ten years old, but he's older than me by a couple months.

I stretched my body out and yawned, Carson had slept over the night before, because today was our first day of camp, My mother had volunteered to work some extra hours in the morning at the pediatrician's office she usually worked at, and my Dad had his regular job at Indiana University, so Carson and I had to take my little sister Alea to her friend Hanna's house.

I sighed, "Nick told me yesterday that, he was picking us up in front of Jessica's house at ten o'clock. He said he was going to be driving a big white van." I said.

"Well what time is it now?" Carson asked, finally sitting up.

I shrugged and looked over at the clock for the first time. My eyes widened, "Oh crud! Carson get up you bum, its 9:45!"

Carson seemed to have gained a burst of energy. "What, but Nick said he was going to pick us up at ten?!" He jumped up and grabbed a change of clothes, his tooth brush, and his hair brush.

"We should get breakfast first!" I said rushing out of the room.

"What about showering?" He asked, frantically trying to zip up his bag, and replace something into a drawstring bag.

"Forget it," I shot back, "We can do it when we get to camp, just put on some deodorant."

I threw open my bedroom door and ran out into the hall way. The tan painted walls reflected the light from an open window right into my eyes. I banged on my sister's door, "Alea, get up we're leaving in fifteen minutes!"

She opened the door, "I've been ready for half an hour." She said.

"Well, then why didn't you wake us up?!" I asked aggravated.

"Why, so you guys could end up lying in bed and be late anyways?" She said with a mocking smile.

"Then just go over to Hanna's house!" I replied hastily.

"Whatever," She replied, "Good luck," She looked down at her orange wristwatch and said, "You guys are going to need it." She walked down the stairs, opened the front door and walked across the street.

I popped two toaster pastries into my family's white toaster, and set it to a three minute cook time. I ran back up stairs and quickly brushed my teeth, in a few minutes Carson and I were both ready, but we had a little over four minutes to run ten blocks, I looked down at my watch, 9:57 AM. I ran into my bedroom, and quickly grabbed my cell phone, and turned it on. We grabbed our toaster pastries, and ran out the door; I used my house key to lock it back. We ran as fast as our feet could carry us with all those bags. My black and green drawstring bag was bouncing and hitting the bag of my head with every step.

We ran two blocks, three, and four. I was losing breath fast, and the grip I had on the two large bags under both of my arms. But we couldn't stop now, the bus was insight, we could see the rest of the kids. We saw the last person get on the bus, a girl named Jessica. She was shorter than me, but taller than Carson, a good height for a girl of age eleven. She had dark-brown hair, and hazel eyes, almost identical to Carson's, her Caucasian skin was slightly pale. I looked back at Carson; he was shielding the sun with his right hand.

I remembered something; I had packed two pairs of sun-glasses my favorite pair of green and black, and an extra blue pair, incase my pair of choice were to break. I pulled the two pairs of sunglasses off of the neck of my shirt;

"Heads up!" I yelled as I swiftly tossed the blue pair to Carson.

"Thanks man." He replied.

I slipped the green pair onto my face, still trying to hold onto to my bags. We began to run faster now, putting every iota of energy we had left in our bodies into one insane burst of speed.

We began to yell now, "Wait! Hold on! We're coming!"

The van began to pull off, just as we reached the stop, but it screeched to a halt, and someone opened the door. A tall man named Nick looked at us, his slight beard looked fuzzy, and his eyes look slightly upset.

"Guys, I told you ten o'clock sharp, if it weren't for Ben I wouldn't have known you were coming." He said.

We sighed, "Sorry Nick, my sister never woke us up."

Nick sighed, "It's okay this time, seeing as it's only your second year." He said.

"Thanks Nick." We patted him on the back as we climbed into the van. Carson's eyes scanned the cabin trying to locate his younger brother.

Ben waved, he was a seven year old boy, he was short for his age, but he was extremely smart. He had short spiky blond hair like white fire, and his slightly peach Caucasian skin reflected that of his brother's own.

"Carson," Ben cried out, "You'd better love me for that!" He said jokingly as Carson swung past him and rubbed his head.

Jessica looked over at us, "Well guys, one more person to pick up, and we'll be on our way to camp."

I grinned, "Yeah, this is going to be so awesome, I can't wait!" I exclaimed.

The bus chugged along, after about five minutes it came to a stop in front of a large cul-de-sac. A boy wearing a t-shirt that read "Toby Mac's Winter Slam Fest" was sitting in some grass near a sidewalk. He had short clean brown hair; his round face had light brown freckles. And he wore dark brown cargo pants almost identical to the pair I was wearing; only mine were sand brown. I stuck my head out the window.

"What are you waiting for Nate? Come on we're burning daylight!" I yelled to him. He looked up at me and laughed.

Nathan climbed into the van and thanked Nick for picking us up. He put his bags in an empty seat, (considering we were the only ones in the large van, it was pretty easy to do) and swung in to sit next to Ben.

"Hey guys, everyone ready, only three hours left!" He said with a grin on his face.

I stretched my body out and yawned, "Well then, wake me when we get there." I said putting my headphones in my ears, and turned on the song Leave out All the Rest by Linkin Park. I put my hands behind my head, and closed my eyes.

I heard Carson's fading voice say, "That's the last time we stay up until three-in-the-freaking-morning watching a South Park marathon on Comedy Central, the night before camp."

Ben laughed, "If Mom knew that's what you guys had been watching, you'd be grounded for weeks!"

I assumed at some point I fell asleep, because Ben was trying to wake me up. My dark green t-shirt was ruffled, and I was lying in an awkward position.

"Matt, Matt get up we're here." Ben said shaking me.

I grumbled, "Awesome."

I stood up and brushed myself off. You could feel the excitement in the air. We chatted amongst ourselves and walked over to the boy's dormitory steps. This year at camp, girls and boys could hang out in a room but only with an adult in the dorm. On the camp registration form we had to fill in a while back Carson, Ben, Nathan, and I had requested each other as dorm roommates. I looked up through the trees at the sunny blue sky above.

"Guys," I began, "What should we do first?"

Jessica grinned at me, "Well, we need to check in of course, and get our room, after that we should take the swim test, just to get it out of the way."

Ben nodded, "Yeah, but whatever we decide to do, we can't forget about the game of hide and seek."

"What about it?" I asked

"Well," Nathan began, "Every other year on the first night the councilors run a compound-wide game of hide and seek at night. It's a lot of fun actually."

I chuckled, "Hide and seek, aren't we a bit old for that?" I asked.

"Jessica laughed, "That's right, this is only your second year. Well, that's what I thought too the first time I played, but it's actually a great way to meet new people, and I guarantee that you'll make lots of new friends."

I nodded, Carson stood up, "Well, what are we waiting for, let's go!" We stood up and walked off, as we left a short boy with short dark-brown hair, walked past us with two other kids with him. I noticed on his arm, he wore a giant, rectangular, gold colored watch.

'I wonder what that's all about.' I thought to myself.

We walked down a long black paved road, and passed by lots of kids. Luckily before we had left, Nick passed us and unlocked the bus, so we left our stuff on it. The sun was shining; it was hot outside, the perfect day for camp. We could see kids swimming in the lake, running around, and just hanging out. The atmosphere was upbeat, and we were all ready to get the day started off right. As we approached what would've been the girl's dormitory, we began seeing multitudes of people making their way in as well. We opened the double doors, only to find, the gymnasium had more people than we had expected. I gasped slightly; it seemed more people had shown up this year than ever before. The grey walled gymnasium had about four check-in desks set up.

For about the next 45 minutes we stood in line, waiting for our turn to begin our week of relaxation, and fun. I didn't think I had ever seen so many kids and teenagers in one place before in my life!

"Well," Nathan began, "I think I'm going to sleep on the top bunk this week." He said turning to me, "I prefer being up there, than on the ground, it's just more comfortable."

Ben seemed to finally realize, "Hey, wait a second, I called the top bunk on the bus!" He shouted at Nathan.

"No, no I don't recall hearing you say, I want the top bunk." Nathan replied quickly.

Ben was turning slightly red; he had always thought Nathan was a bit of a snob. "Fine Nate, take the top bunk, but we get to control the air conditioning!" Ben said to him.

"No fair," Nate shot back, "You guys know I like to keep it cold in the room; you'll just make it hot!"

"Well Nate," Ben said, "It sucks to be you, for once in your life think of someone other than yourself!"

I'd had enough of their senseless bickering, but Jessica seemed to have gotten to it before I could, "Will you guys just shut up!" Jessica yelled.

Carson jumped in, "You guys sound like an old married couple! If you two didn't remember, there are two sets of bunk beds; Matt and I will sleep on the bottom bunks."

I sighed, "We aren't even checked-in yet and you two are already at each other's throats." I shook my head.

The sun was pouring in through the windows. It wasn't long before we had checked in and given our dorm building A, room D9. Jessica was in Dorm B, her room was A3. We walked back to the Van and got our stuff. Jessica split off from our group, but promised that she would be back soon. We headed into the dorm building and quickly found our room. I inserted the key we had been given into the lock, turned it, and opened the door.

The room wasn't fancy in the least bit, but to us, it was paradise. Sunlight and warm air surfed through the lone, large open window. The room had two wooden bunk beds, and air conditioner that had been into the wall directly under the window, a very tight bathroom, which consisted of only a toilet, peeling paint walls, and a cracked tile floor. The bedroom itself had reddish-brown carpeting. The walls, which were tan, appeared to have been newly painted, which would've explained the open window. There was a small sink with a large mirror above it, and a cabinet underneath it. The room also had one set of drawers; there were enough for us to each have one. It didn't really matter though; all we ever used it for was to sneak in our candy stash.

Nathan and Ben had been in charge of getting candy this year, apparently we had stopped at a gas station on the way up to camp, and the two had bought a large load of different candies, which they quickly dumped out into a drawer. We set our bags down next to our bunks. I slept underneath Ben on the right side bunk, and Carson slept underneath Nate on the left side. I pulled a pillow out of my luggage and tossed it onto my bed. There were clean dark blue sheets already set on the bed.

I kicked off my shoes and slipped on a pair of black and white sandals which I had packed the night before. My friends were doing relatively the same thing.

I sighed, "Guys, this is the life." I said, flopping onto my bed.

Ben leaned over the side of the bunk, "Yeah and just think the lowest temperature all week is supposed to be a sunny 84 degrees."

We all cheered. "This is week is gonna be so chill!" Nathan exclaimed.

"Yeah, and I bet Matt's excited too." Carson said with a laugh.

"Why's that?" I asked.

"Well because Jessica's here of course, and we all know about your little crush."

My face turned shot red. Ben and Nathan laughed at me and made kissy faces.

"I do not like Jessica!" I yelled at Carson.

"And why is that?" Jessica asked walking into the room.

My face turned even redder. "Can't you knock first?" I asked turning over onto my side with my hands behind my head.

"I did," She said, "Four times, but you all were yelling too loud to hear. So what's the big discussion about?"

Ben grinned mischievously, "Oh were just talking about how Matt has a crush on-"

I lunged up at him, "I'll kill you!" I said, shoving his head into my armpit. I turned to Jessica, "We were talking about Digimon, I swear!" I exclaimed.

Ben kicked and flailed, and finally I let go of him. He stuck his tongue out at me. I heard Jessica mutter under her breath, "Boys." and laughed.

When everything had calmed down, Jessica asked, "What's Digimon?"

Carson looked over at her, "You don't know what Digimon is?"

Jessica shook her head, "Sorry."

I grinned, "Its only the greatest thing of all time. It's a franchise about kids teaming up with creatures called Digimon to fight off evil forces that threaten the Human and Digital Worlds."

"Oh boy, here we go," Nathan said, "You've got him started up now."

I rolled my eyes and got back into my bunk.

"Wait," Jessica said, "I think I've seen that on TV once!"

I grinned, "Did you like it?"

She shrugged, "It was okay, I guess."

Carson laughed, "It's all Matt ever talks about, Digimon this and Digital World that."

I laughed, "What can I say I have an obsession." I said raising my hands in defense.

After an hour or so of relaxation, we realized all we had left to do was head over to the lake and take the swim test.

"I call the bathroom first!" I called running into the small lavatory in our room.

I quickly grabbed my swimming trunks. They were green with a white rim on the ends of each pant leg. I changed quickly. When I came back out Ben was looking at something in one of my bags. He held it up. It was a poster with characters from my favorite show and video game, Digimon.

"Ha-ha, Matt, of course the room wouldn't be complete without hanging this up." I grinned, "Of course dude!"

I said, "Agumon is a beast."

I began gesturing towards the large dinosaur-like creature standing on two legs. Its skin was orange, and its two hands sported three giant claws on each one. Its feet were the same. It had shining green eyes, and sharp fangs.

Nathan groaned, "Matt, you've got to get your head out of the clouds bro!"

He chuckled slightly, "Digimon aren't real dude it's just a bunch of crap made up by some people who're trying to make a couple bucks."

I groaned, Nathan could be a jerk sometimes, but I knew he was just looking out for me.

"I guess." I said reluctantly.

"Well," Ben said, walking over and putting one hand on my shoulder, "Matt," He said sighing, "I know you love Digimon, but the possibility of the internet, or any wireless communication form of any sort, possibly being able to sustain intelligent and evolving life, is completely ridiculous."

Jessica sighed, "Well, they're still cool, I like the cat one!" She said enthusiastically, in an effort to cheer me up.

I chuckled, "Gatomon." I said to myself.

"I beg your pardon?" She asked.

I looked at her, "The Digimon you like is called Gatomon." I said with a grin.

She nodded, "Yeah," She said slowly, "Sure. I'm going to change. The girl's bathroom is right down the hall, I'll just go there." She said opening the door and walking out.

Carson quickly changed into his swim trunks; they were like my pair, only blue instead of green. We decided to go on ahead of Nathan and Ben, promising to meet up with them eventually.

We slipped on our sandals, grabbed a towel out of our bags, and left the room. The long hallway had a dark green carpet, and multiple wooden doors; each seemed to have some kind of finish on it because, they all gleamed brightly in the sun light. We had soon entered a lobby-like area, and were greeted by large glass double doors. When we exited, our noses were presented with the scent of food being prepared, flowers, and fresh cut grass. We inhaled deeply, the aroma was intoxicating. We walked slowly to the lake, wanting to enjoy every last bit of these new fragrances that we could take in.

As we walked, we talked about trivial things, school, siblings, and girls.

"Dude," Carson began, "Jessica is so annoyed by us." He said laughing.

I began to laugh too, "Yeah, did you see the look on her face, when I told her about Gatomon."

We were cracking up now, trying to take in air, but our laughter blocked any oxygen from entering our bodies. When we had finally stopped laughing Carson spoke,

"He's kind or right you know?" He said.

My face turned puzzled.

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"Nathan," He replied, "His whole rant about how Digimon aren't really and junk."

I shook my head and sighed. "Not this again." I said quietly, and I began to walk faster.

"No, wait Matt!" Carson said running to catch up with me. "Dude, I get where you're coming from, wanting to believe Digimon are real and stuff." He began sincerely. "Now, don't get me wrong dude, if Digimon were real, it would be the greatest thing ever! But the fact of the matter is they aren't." He said.

"I know Carson," I began, "But I feel like if I can just hold out hope for a little while longer, something in my life is going to change. Something that will free me from my life of boredom, free me from my same-old, same-old routine."

Carson sighed, "I know what you mean Matt, I feel like that all the time. The only reason I act like this is because, if something doesn't happen, I don't want you to end up all depressed, just living life like a ghost." He said looking me in the eyes.

"Yeah," I began, "But that's why you and I are best friends because, we've been there for each other through times like that." I said smiling.

Carson nodded with smile on his face,

"We always will be." He said.

We did our usual handshake, grip our fingers together, and then slide them away. When we finally got to the lake, very few kids were there, a couple children who looked a bit older than we were. However, they were still there taking the swimming test. Just then a short, Caucasian boy with short dark brown hair came running at me. He rammed right into, sending me rocketing off of the pier Carson and I were standing on.

I flew through the air and splashed loudly into the murky water. I stood up, on the shallow dirt, completely soaked.

"Hey," I yelled, "What's your problem?!"

The boy reached down off of the pier, and helped me climb back onto it.

"I'm so sorry." He said.

Carson didn't say anything.

"I-I, I was…umm…" He said.

I shrugged, "You apologized." I said. "Don't worry about it dude. My name's Matt."

I said offering him a handshake. He accepted it smiling,

"I'm Landon, nice to meet you."

Carson nodded towards him, "I'm Carson." He said.

Landon greeted him as well. I looked down at Landon, there was something on his wrist, it was very large, it looked like a round edged rectangle. There were multiple small panel-like things that appeared to be made of glass on the top-center, a small indent on the side pointing at me look like half of a marble. The complete device was a beautiful shimmering gold color.

"That looks cool, when I saw you earlier today I noticed it on your arm. What is it?" I asked, lifting his arm to eye level.

"It's just an old watch my grandpa found at a garage sale this one time." He said obviously lying. "Uh-huh." I said, not believing his story.

"I chuckled, "It's funny, it almost looks like a Digivice." I said with a grin.

Carson laughed, "Dang it Matt, enough Digimon stuff."

Landon laughed, "Yeah, Digivice, come on, then I'd have to be a Tamer. Okay, okay, I was kidding about the whole watch thing, it's an old toy Digivice. I'm a huge Digimon fan. I was just afraid you'd laugh, but now I can tell you are too."

Carson laughed, "That's cool, I'm surprised you don't have one Matt." He said, he turned to me and my expression was blank.

"I don't have one because, they don't make toy Digivices." I said.

Landon sighed, "Look we're both fans, and Matt, you know a lot about Digimon as I can tell. So come with me, I'll explain everything, but I trust you guys to keep things quiet."

He gestured towards the gravel, on which Carson and I had walked here. As we walked down the road, with the hot sun beating down on us like a flamethrower, it seemed to be getting hotter and hotter every hour.

Landon spoke, "Okay, look, before I tell, you have to promise me that you won't tell anyone, without my permission. This is one of my biggest secrets, only three other people besides you two know."

Carson and I nodded, "We won't tell anyone." We said simultaneously.

Landon sighed, "Okay, here we are."

Carson and I looked up hoping to see something amazing; something super natural, but we got was the Dorm we were staying in.

"It's in my dorm room." Landon said, leading us inside. Landon's room was very close to the entrance, only a hallway down from our room actually.

When we got to his room, he knocked a tune on the door, and then unlocked it. We walked into the room. There were only a few bags and a suitcase lying on the ground.

"Is this some kind of joke?" Carson asked.

"No, hold on." Landon replied.

He walked into the bathroom and stayed there for a few minutes. When he finally came out, he was accompanied by a large yellow creature standing on four legs; each foot had three short claws coming out of them. Carson and I simultaneously gasped.

"What the heck is that thing?!" We exclaimed.

The creature was about three feet tall there was a small crystal like gem on its forehead no bigger than a small stone. The shell on its head and back looked as hard as a diamond, and resembled that of an armadillo's own. Its underbelly was purple.

"This," Landon said gesturing to the creature next to him. "Is my partner Armadillomon, he's a Digimon, which is short for Digital Monster. This thing," He said holding up the device on his wrist, "This is my Digivice, it's a device Digimon Tamers, like me, use to control our Digimon partners, each one is different."

Carson and I were still completely paralyzed from astonishment. It was amazing, Digimon really were real! The only thing I could think to say was,

"Yeah, what now Nathan?!" I exclaimed.

Carson laughed.

"Hi," Armadillomon said. "It's nice to meet you."

He had a slight southern accent. I couldn't help smiling; it was really true; Digimon were real! I couldn't believe it!

"Landon," Carson began, "How did you meet Armadillomon?"

Landon grinned. "He Bio-Emerged into the Human World from the world Digimon live in on the Internet called, The Digital World!"

Carson and I were amazed.

"I saved him from some police that though he was an alien, yup, back when I lived in Illinois; we used to fight all kinds of evil Digimon that Bio-Emerged into our city."He said with a large grin.

"Yup," Armadillomon began, "We're the unstoppable team! No Digimon can beat us!" Landon nodded, "That's right." He said with a chuckled, patting Armadillomon on the back.

A few hours passed, and soon it was dark. We looked at a clock that was hanging on one of the bare walls. It was now about 8 PM I gasped,

"Guys, we've got to go! Dinner ends in twenty minutes, and we've still got to find the guys, tag starts right after that!" I exclaimed.

Carson groaned, "I completely forgot!"

Armadillomon wagged its tail. "Can I come too Landon?" Armadillomon asked.

Landon grinned, "Sure buddy, I'll just put you inside my Digivice."

He held his hand up, and a large ring of small connected light blue and white squares appeared around it glimmering brilliantly. He slid it over the panels on the top of his Digivice, and then pointed it at Armadillomon. Carson and I gazed in wonder, as Armadillomon was absorbed into the Digivice. Landon walked over to us, showing us the panels, which appeared to double as a screen.

"Say hello Armadillomon." He said.

The picture of Armadillomon's face didn't move, but we heard something say hello, in his voice. "What heck was that?!" I asked over excitedly.

"Oh, that was my fractal code." He said.

Carson and I probably looked pretty lost about then.

Landon sighed. "Every human and Digimon that live in or have visited the Digital World has a unique fractal code. It's a physical manifestation of the Digital Matter lingering inside your body." He took a breath. "Digital Matter; is…umm….honestly I'm not quite sure what it is, but it's a very unique form of matter. When a human and a Digimon accept each other as equals, and become Digimon Tamer and Partner they develop a strong bond, and then the Tamer is given a Digivice," He said showing us his. By this time we had exited the building and had begun walking towards the Cafeteria.

"Once you have a Digivice, when you've learned how to control your fractal code, it can be used to your advantage." He said with a grin.

Carson asked before I could. "What to do you mean?"

Landon simply said, "Maybe you'll get to find out for yourself someday."

I smiled. "That day would be the greatest day of my life." I said enthusiastically.

When we finally arrived at the cafeteria, we found Ben, Nathan, and Jessica, having already eaten. They were sitting at a circular table talking; they saw us walk in and waved us over. I smiled triumphantly because now, not only did I know Digimon were real, but I also knew I was right and Nathan was wrong. That's when I remembered the promise I had made to Landon I sighed.

We sat down at the table deciding we would just have some snacks when we got back to our dorm rooms later that night.

Ben asked, "Who's the new kid?"

"Oh, this is our new friend Landon." Carson said.

Landon said, "Hello," with a smile.

Soon we could hear a man's voice coming in over the intercom, "Hey there Campers!" The voice said. "We're getting ready to start our Annual game of Zero Vision Tag!"

The excitement began to build, which dorm would be picked to be the Seekers, was probably the question on everyone's mind. I looked around the cafeteria, I watched all the kids whispering to their friends. The lights shone brightly over every table brilliantly illuminating the room.

"We will now choosing the dorm that will lead the game, as seekers." I desperately hoped we would be Seekers. You could easily hear paper ruffling; they were probably drawing the dorm name from a bowl.

"Our Seekers this year are, Dorm D!"

We all let out a low sigh, not us. Landon perked up though, "Hey guys, come on look at it this way, at least we don't have to spend hours wondering around mindlessly in the dark."

I grinned, "Yeah, that's always a plus."

People around us began to leave, the game was about to start. We took our trays to a small metal slot in the wall and pushed them through, one at a time.

As we exited the cafeteria, I turned to Ben; his hair was easily visible in the barely lit darkness. We passed a few street lamps, and moved towards an area where people were converging. The grey gravel road we were walking on kicked up white dust with our every step. Trees swayed in the night time summer breeze, and the water from the nearby lake sparkled in the moonlight.

When we finally arrived at the source of the noises, a multitude of teens and children were standing next to a small roofed shack that was selling snacks. The voices of the people talking were only pierced by the screech of a megaphone. I man with tan skin and spiky hair stood on a step stool so everyone could see him. The game was beginning, I nudged Carson.

"Here we go." I said, and we did a fist bump.

"You will all have 15 minutes to find a hiding place, and remember try to hide with your friends, we don't need any accidents, or anyone getting lost." The man said.

The campers murmured. "When the horn sounds, the game will begin." The man said.

He held up the megaphone, and it screeched. The game had begun. Campers scrambled like ants in all different directions. We were the last ones standing at the shack, 15 minutes was a lot of time to hide, but then again, the camp grounds were a big place. Landon started running towards the woods, and we were right on his tail.

"Landon!" I called as we pushed away tree limbs and ran through all kinds of bushes.

"Where, exactly are you taking us?!" Carson asked. He kept running foreword and we still chased him.

"I found this place a few years ago; it's a little far out, but still on the grounds. I hide there every year, and no one has ever found me." Landon yelled back.

Ben was right behind me, with Carson to my left hand side. Ben pulled back a tree limb, and whap! It hit Jessica right in the face. "Watch it!" She exclaimed holding her nose, it looked like it was bleeding a bit, but all of us were a bit scratched up from the underbrush.

How Landon could tell where he was going was beyond me, it was now pitch black, I could barely see two feet in front of me. I felt vulnerable, and I didn't like it. Landon's voice still sounded close.

"This way you guys!" He said, and again we followed.

Nathan muttered under his breath, "This is ridiculous." Quite frankly I agreed with him.

We had been walking for at least 20 minutes now and my legs were starting to get tired from constantly being hit by the underbrush.

I sighed. "Landon," I said breathing heavily, "Can we rest for a minute; we've been running for twenty minutes straight!" I said.

Ben pulled out his cell phone. "Thirty minutes." He said correcting me. I glanced back at Landon, but it was probably too dark for him to tell. Heck, I didn't even know what I was sitting on.

Landon sighed, "Come on you guys, it's just a little further." He said attempting to pull me.

I groaned and we all got up and followed Landon again. This time however he was serious, it was only about another five minutes or so of walking we finally found an overhead break in the trees. I spread my arms out and welcomed the sweet embrace of the shining moonlight.

Landon sighed, "See I told you it would be worth it."

It definitely was worth it the air smelled cleaner here, and we were sitting in a ring of trees. There bushes that appeared to have berries and crimson and white flowers growing on them, and a warm breeze surfed through the air. I flipped onto the soft grass on the ground. I put my hands behind my head, crossed my legs, closed my eyes, and just breathed in the sweet smelling air. I turned I rolled my head over to find Jessica lying next to me.

I took a shot I decided to ask her, "Do Carson and I annoy you?" Her face sunk and she started to respond, but was interrupted by a loud beeping noise.

I sat up quickly. I looked around; the beeping had been coming from Landon and now he was unsuccessfully trying to make it stop.

Nathan stood up, "What's up with your watch Landon?"

Suddenly a small light blue glowing hologram of Armadillomon appeared hovering over the screen on his digivice, everyone except Carson and I either gasped or looked completely alarmed.

Then to make matters even worse, Armadillomon's voice began being projected from the Digivice,

"Landon," Armadillomon began. "A Digimon just bio-emerged."

Nathan pointed at the Digivice and asked, "Is that thing real?!"

Ben's question was next, "What's going on here?!"

Jessica was after him, "What did you do Landon?!"

Suddenly hundreds of questions began flowing from the mouths of my friends like a burst dam. No one had even noticed how calm Carson and I looked.

Landon had finally had enough. "Shut up!" He exclaimed. "Okay, here's the deal. I'm a Digimon Tamer, and somehow, a Digimon has crossed over from their world into our world without having a Tamer."

Nathan stopped him, "Wait a minute, you mean to tell me, that this whole time, Digimon have been real?!" Landon nodded slowly, I couldn't help but grin.

Nathan turned and started walking back towards the camp but Landon cut him off. "Where are you going?" Landon asked.

Nathan shoved him aside, "Dude, don't be stupid, we've gotta call the Special Forces or the CIA or something, that thing out in the woods could be dangerous!"

Landon shoved Nathan, "Or it could be completely harm…"

Before he could finish his sentence, a high pitched, dark laugh pierced the silence of the forest. Landon stepped back a bit.

"Everyone get behind me!" We all quickly did.

He summoned his fractal code and slid it quickly over the screen, the hologram was emitting from. He pointed the tip of the Digivice at the ground, and Armadillomon appeared.

The yellow Digimon growled. "Whatever's coming, it's definitely not friendly."

We were all looking around frantically. Suddenly clouds covered up the moon, and we were cloaked in darkness once again. Ben quickly pulled out his cell phone; the rest of us did as well. This would be the only light we would have. Blood red glowing eyes pierced the black edge of the woods.

The ground began to shake and the air felt thinner. I thought I was beginning to faint, the world around me began to distort, almost as if I were inside of a heat wave.

Carson called out, "Okay, is it me or is the world getting all blurry?!"

Landon watched around frantically. "What's going on?!" I yelled to him, I could barely hear myself think, a buzzing noise had started.

Suddenly a loud pop the size of a sonic boom exploded, and a tare appeared, just floating in the air. It began sucking us in. I held onto the ground for dear life, until the dark laughter started again. I began to lose consciousness, and let go of the grass.

I felt like I was inside a vacuum, I tried to breathe in, but there was nothing too breathe. All around me I could see blurry colors, some of which I had never seen before! I was falling, I looked around, I couldn't see any of my friends, and finally I blacked out.