Author's Note: Hello loves. I've finally got the start of a very long story I've been writing out. You will be noticing that some of my evolution lines are off and that I do use BioMerging in here. I'll try and make it as easy to follow as possible. I do not own Digimon or any of the evolution lines that I've created. Also, I do not own Odette, Bade, or Noah and they in fact belong to a lovely friend of mine I met many years ago named Shrimpeater. Thank you love. Alright, on with the show. I hope you enjoy.
In all honesty this is a story about friendship and love and that may sound like fluff but I don't care. It's about finding yourself and accepting who you are but more to the point it's about digital creatures from another world and people that love them more than anything. So before this gets too gushy, let's get on with the story. It all started almost a thousand years back...
Before there was the Digital World and even before there was Earth there was the Digital Kingdom, a world inhabited by humans and Digimon. The humans and Digimon shared the responsibility of ruling the world by electing two Kings and two Queens; two humans and two Digimon. The Kings and Queens sought to protect the Kingdom and so they searched the world and selected ten humans and ten Digimon for a very special task. These humans and Digimon partnered together and took a job as guardian Knights to watch over the world for the Kings and Queens. The human Knights were given armlets, DigiArmlets, which gave them the power to aid their Digimon partners in battle while they protected the Kingdom. Though they were happy as Knights, the humans and Digimon began to wonder why they were chosen for the job and they asked their rulers. They were given only this answer: "You were chosen because each of you embodies a very special trait more than anyone else and you and your Digimon partner draw strength from theses traits. You possess Crests."
Though the world prospered under the rule of the Digital Kingdom and the Knights' protection, there were some that wanted to overthrow their rulers and govern the land themselves. One Digimon rose above the rebelling humans and Digimon, Milllenniummon, and he waged a war against the Kingdom. Humans and Digimon from all over gathered for the battle and the two species fought valiantly together against Millenniummon's evil army. It came down to a battle between the Knights and Millenniummon but he proved to be too strong for even the Knights to face alone. The Knights, beaten and battered, sought the help of Fanglongmon, a powerful Digimon that was the leader of a group of Digimon called the Harmonious Ones, Digimon that watched over the world separately from the Knights. After much deliberation, Fanglongmon granted the Knights his twelve DigiCores to seal Millenniummon away from the Digital Kingdom forever. After his defeat, the rulers of the Digital Kingdom split the world into two, Earth for the humans and the Digital World for the Digimon, and scattered the DigiCores across the two worlds to ensure that they would be safe. If they were ever moved from their resting places the rulers feared that Millenniummon could return.
Nine hundred and ninety-nine years passed by since that day when the worlds were split...
"My brothers, dear sister," Lucemon Chaos Mode spoke before the gathering of Digimon. "I think it is time that we leave the shadows of the Dark Area and claim the Digital World as our own."
"Brother, have you forgotten about the old coots, Jijimon and Babamon?" Barbamon said with an annoyed tone.
"I want their thrones," a dragon-like Digimon growled low in his chest, his voice tinged with envy.
"Yes Leviamon, we all do," Lillithmon said, filing her nails like she wasn't at all interested in the conversation.
"If you'll listen to what I have to say," Lucemon said over the chatter of voices and the six bickering Digimon quieted. "Good. Now I have been speaking with a very reliable spy that has told me that Babamon and Jijimon are no more."
At once there was an uproar of voices, all of them demanding to know what the fallen angel was talking about. "Everyone! Please! The King and Queen of the old days have passed on and as we speak their eggs are resting comfortably in Primary Village!"
"Then it is a good time to leave?" Daemon asked, his eyes glinting with malice.
"Yes I think it is."
The Seven Demon Lords left their prison in the Dark Area and flew out of the Net Ocean only to be greeted by Fanglongmon. Though the golden dragon tried to send the Demon Lords back to the Dark Area he was no match for them after the many years without his DigiCores and Lucemon easily sealed him away underground. The Seven Great Demon Lords had no one to oppose them in their take over. Or so they thought. Little did they know that Babamon and Jijimon, the former Digimon King and Queen of the Digital Kingdom, had set up a security system for their absence.
Go speak to him. He will know what to do. A voice in the wind whispered.
"Yes Yggdrasil. I will go at once," said a gentle voice. The voice had come from a girl with bright orange hair and big brown eyes that looked to be about fifteen. She bowed once to the giant tree that she stood in front off before turning to run out of the gigantic room that housed the Server Tree. She travelled to the underground cave where Lucemon had imprisoned the great beast Fanglongmon to meet with him.
"Who comes to visit me?" the booming voice of the golden dragon asked.
Hesitantly, the girl stepped closer to the cave prison and the piercing red eyes that stared out of the darkness. "I am a servant of the Yggdrasil and I was sent by him to ask for your help," the girl said with a quivering voice.
"Speak then."
The girl swallowed a lump in her throat and took a deep breath, preparing herself. "You've met the Seven Demon Lords from the Dark Area, you know that they are powerful and dangerous and that they intend to take over the Digital World. That can't be allowed to happen. I need your help to stop them."
Fanglongmon just stared at the girl for a long moment before a deep, rumbling laughter echoed through the cave. "Girl-child, I am trapped. This is my prison. I am of no help to the Digital World in here."
The brown-eyed girl's brows knotted together and she frowned up at the great dragon. "Then how am I to stop them? Is the Digital World doomed? They'll destroy it! I've asked everyone I can think of! There's no one left!" The child cried at the darkness and those red eyes, tears running down her face.
"Calm down. There may still be some that can help you," Fanglongmon told her, staring past her now as though he were deep in thought. "You've heard the stories of the Ten Ancient Warriors?" he asked suddenly.
She nodded her head hesitantly, shuffling her feet. "I have but everyone says they're just stories."
"They're much more than stories, girl-child. They were very much real but they died as all humans must."
"But then-!" the girl interrupted but her mouth clamped shut when Fanglongmon leveled her with those red eyes.
"When they died the Warriors were reincarnated, generation after generation, each of the crests being passed down the line. Even now in the parallel world of Earth there exist humans that host the crests of the Ten Ancient Warriors. Go to Earth, find the humans, and maybe they can help you."
"So the legends are true, huh?" a voice as smooth as silk, and as deadly as a snake, cut through the dark cave. The girl whirled around to see a half-angel, half-devil standing behind her. Her big brown eyes stared up at the Digimon as she backed away from him in terror. "What wonderful news!"
"Lucemon," Fanglongmon growled, his glowing eyes just slits as he glared at the Digimon that imprisoned him.
"So that means the stuff about the DigiCores is true too. Just think, all those orbs of pure power just tucked away somewhere and not being used. Doesn't that seem like such a waste Leviamon?" Lucemon asked, glancing over his shoulder.
Behind him appeared a red monster, smaller than Fanglongmon but still enormous. It grinned and a large purple tongue fell out of his mouth. "A cryin' shame I'd say. Maybe we should liberate them ourselves Lucemon."
"I do agree Brother," the demon-angel man said before giving Fanglongmon and the girl a charming smile. "Thank you for getting the information child. We'll be taking our leave now, must find those Cores. Ta-ta!" With that, Lucemon and Leviamon backed into the shadows and disappeared, leaving the golden dragon and the data being alone.
"You need to stop them girl-child, before they find the DigiCores!" Fanglongmon growled as he stomped around in his prison. He'd been that way ever since the Demon Lords had left and the Yggdrasil's aid had no way to calm him.
"But - but - but Fanglongmon! What am I to do about the humans? How will they fight? I can't just send in unarmed humans to face the Seven Great Demon Lords!"
Fanglongmon let out a frustrated roar and stomped down hard on the cave floor. The entire room shook but something was rising out of the ground under the giant golden dragon. Light burst from the dirt, lighting up the entire cavern and the girl stared in amazement at the glowing orb in front of her.
"One of the Warriors gave me an orb for safe-keeping while they hid the rest and when Lucemon caged me down here I thought it would be wise to hide it where he would never think to find it," he said in a voice worn out by time and it dawned on the girl that the legends really were true, Fanglongmon had actually been there. "I grant you this Core with which I will give you the power to unlock the human's abilities." The glowing red orb flew closer to the child but when she reached out to touch it all of the light flowed out of the Core and into her. The depleted Core fell to the ground and rolled off to the side, leaving the cave dark again. "The Ten Ancient Warriors had DigiArmlets to help them in battle by partnering them to a Digimon. With the power of the Core you will be able to provide worthy humans with Digivices like the Armlets. But," Fanglongmon leveled the data being with a hard look that made her shiver, "That is the only Core that may be drained. Don't let any of the others disappear girl-child!"
"Good news Brothers and Sister! Leviamon and I have found a delicious little tidbit of information after speaking with the caged beast," Lucemon Chaos Mode chuckled as he entered the throne room with the red monster following behind him.
Daemon swooped down from his perch up high in the ceiling and landed before the fallen angel and the leviathan monster. "This better be good Brother," he spat out. "We're growing very bored!"
"Speak for your self," mumbled a sleepy little voice that came from a small little monster that was wrapped in chains and appeared to be sleeping on a pile of pillows. "Some of us actually enjoy not doing anything."
"You may want to wake up Belphemon. This is big news and we wouldn't want you missing it," Leviamon told the little monster in a mocking tone.
The little creature sighed before opening its eyes. It's entire form glowed with dark light and shifted into a large beast with wings and horns and a very angry looking face. "Fine! I'm up," he roared and sat down on his pile of pillows.
"Good!" Lucemon said and smiled at the group of Digimon in his evil way. "Now I know you all have heard of the legends of those warriors so many years ago under the rule of those old coots. Well the legends are true! And I do hope you all realize what that means."
"Oh just get on with the point," said a very annoyed Barbamon.
"You ruin all of my fun Barbamon," Lucemon muttered with a pout. "What I'm trying to get at is that the DigiCores of Fanglongmon that were scattered by those warriors are real! They're just sitting there, waiting for us to find them and use them to our black heart's content!"
The throne room erupted into loud chatter over the idea.
"I want them all!" Beelzemon shouted.
"We could have unlimited power!" screeched Daemon.
"Does that mean I have to get up and look?" asked Belphemon growled with a yawn.
"Boys!" shouted Lilithmon and the entire room went silence. The Goddess of Lust stood up from the throne where she'd been sitting and walked into the center to get the full attention of her brothers. "I want those Cores just as much as all of you but you're forgetting something. Stories of those humans say that there are others just like them, their children. If that's the case then what's to say these children won't try and stop us?"
"Pffft! Those kids won't be able to lay a hand on me! I'm too strong for the likes of them!" Beelzemon yelled, jumping around like a child.
"Have you forgotten Brother? These are the humans that defeated Millenniummon. These are the humans that can make Digimon into beings strong enough to take down Gods! What does that say for us? They could destroy us!"
"I'm assuming there is a point to this Sister," Daemon growled, seething with anger.
"I suggest that we find these humans and bring them over to our side. With their help we can find the Cores and no one would be able to stop us."
It was quiet in the room for the longest time before Belphemon piped up. "She has a point."
"It's settled then. We find the humans and eliminate the threat," Lucemon said, ending the argument.
"So where do we find them?" Barbamon asked and the room fell silent. Where did they start?