In the Light


Kari bowed low to the Lord Myotismon.
"My lord," said the girl with auburn hair that rolled across her shoulders in a braid as she bowed.
"You know why I called, my lady," Myotismon snapped," The digidestined are back in the digiworld."
Kari sighed. She hated the digidestined. What disgusted her most was the fact that until she had submitted herself to the Lord Myotismon as an eight-year-old 20 years ago, she had been one of the digidestined herself. Her brother Tai was one of the digidestined. She hated Tai, and all the other digidestined and their digimon. The only being she felt anything near compassion for was her own digimon, Gatomon. The only reason Myotismon had let the two stay together was because Gatomon was worthless without Kari, her digivice, and her crest. She had those also, but only because Gatomon could not digivolve without them, and Gatomon's Ultimate form was almost more powerful then Myotismon.
Kari glanced down at the crest that lay on a string around her neck. It had once been golden with a pink light in the middle, but it was now black with the blood-red light of evil.
"Gatomon come," she called to her cat like digimon," We must get you prepared for battle."
"Yes my lady," Gatomon replied with a sweeping bow to her master. Gatomon had finally submitted herself to Kari's evil ways only about a year before, but for 35 years she had been serving the Lord Myotismon, though not willingly.
A few minutes later, Kari and Gatomon both entered the training grounds.
"Gatomon, digivolve", Kari said, holding up the digivice.
Gatomon digivolved to Angewoman and then looked to Kari for orders.
"Angewoman, Arrow of Light," Kari ordered. The arrow swooped to the target and it was transformed into a lump of dust.
"Good, good," Kari murmured with an evil smile,
" I'll have to get some moving targets for training tomorrow," Kari said, "The Lord Myotismon probably has some prisoners we could dispose of for him." She smiled evilly at Angewoman, who smiled back in the same way. But the opportunity for moving targets would never come. For at that very moment, Patomon and TK, who was now a tall man with copper hair, were gaping through the bushes at Kari and Angewoman.
"I have got to tell Tai about this," TK muttered.
"No, you best tell Matt and Sora first. Tai never forgave them for losing Kari like that, and it might give them the chance to get them back first," suggested Patomon. Both boy and digimon carefully made their way back to the camp in the woods where the rest of the digidestined were staying.
Kari and Gatomon made their way to the chamber a few hours later, where the meal would be waiting. But when they got there, they found a surprise waiting for them. Myotismon, the LadyMyotismon, his wife, and their son, Myomon sat on the bed, waiting for the two to come in from the training grounds.
"My Lord, my Lady, my Prince, what may I do to serve the family of His Majesty," Kari murmured to the family of Myotismons. Gatomon just bowed.
"The digidestined are here, we must battle them," said Myotismon.
"Kari and Gatomon, take Myomon and train him for battle," said LadyMyotismon. Myomon was 15, and more than ready to begin his training in the evil ways.
"As you wish, your Majesties," Kari and Gatomon said together.
Back at the digidestined's camp, they were also preparing for a battle. Weapons were being polished, and Tai was going over strategies in his head. TK was walking into camp, and he walked over to Matt and Sora, who had finally realized how stupid the bicycle helmet looked and taken it off.
"Matt, Sora, you'll never guess what happened!" TK, now the youngest of the digidestined, said.
"If it doesn't have to do with Kari, tell it to Tai," Matt said bitterly. Sora sighed. She had explained to Tai over and over again what had happened, and he finally forgave her, but he still had a difficult time with Matt. None of this, however, kept Gabumon and Agumon from being friends.
"Look, I saw Kari," said TK," She was in the middle of training Angewoman."
Matt perked up slightly.
"But Kari is all evil now," TK said," Her crest is black, not gold, with a blood-red light."
A tear trickled down Sora's cheek as she remembered when Kari had given herself to save her and Matt. She made a vow to herself that she would get Kari back, even if it meant sacrificing herself.
The next morning, the digidestined all woke up early except one. Sora shook her and Matt's daughter, Merii, awake. Merii was only 8 years old, but she ended up as the 8th child when Kari was fully evil. Kari's crest was now the crest of evil, and Merii's was the crest of light. Merii's digimon was what looked like a 2 foot tall horse, called Ponimon.
"Merii, wake up," Sora whispered," Ponimon, please wake her up."
Ponimon nodded, then shook her mane on Merii's nose. Merii woke up with a start and almost knocked Ponimon off her hooves.
"Sorry Ponimon," said Merii.
"It's OK," said her digimon.
The digidestined were waiting for Merii in front of the tents. Merii went to join them.
"Alright, is everyone ready for battle?" asked Tai.
"Yes!" came the reply from everyone, including Merii, who had a hand on her bow. She also had arrows and a sword if anything came too close to her and Ponimon couldn't defend her.
While this was going on, Myotismon's army was assembling at the castle gates.

The battle was beginning.