Whoever said there was no such things as monsters or parallel worlds was a quack. These things do exist, right under everyone's noses, they just don't know it. Anything can happen, whether you choose to believe it is entirely up to you. If you don't believe that, then go along and find another story to read. However, if you do believe, then by all means read on, because this story proves just that. Monsters and parallel worlds do exist, and this is the story of how twelve children, who barely knew each other, became the closest of friends, all because they were at the same place at the same time and witnessed the most unlikely phenomenon. And this, my friends, is where the story begins…
It was any normal summer day as children of various ages went about the camp activities. Some were swimming in the lake, some were relaxing in the shade, and others were doing various arts and crafts inside or near their cabins. A group of eleven, who were assigned to a small collection of cabins near the forest edge were all busy doing their own thing.
A brown-haired boy by the name of Tai Kamiya was lounging in a tree, while a blonde girl of European descent was leaning against the trunk below him was reading a novel, her name was Maya Von-Summers. Two twin sisters who just recently moved to Japan from the west coast of the United States of America were sitting on the cabin deck; one sister by the name of Destiny had her acoustic guitar on her lap and a notebook by her knee, while the other, Eliza, had her hands behind her head and was watching the clouds roll by across the clear sky. Two other girls, both Japan natives, Sora and Mimi, sat not too far from them, both doing their own thing. Inside one of the boys' cabins, a young kid names Izzy was busy on his laptop, while his bunkmate, Sam, was reading while listening to his iPod. The oldest of these kids, Joe, was busy stocking his go-to first aid bag, for anything he perceived as an emergency. The last pair were brothers; Matt and T.K., and they were sitting by the tree opposite Tai and Maya, just conversing.
Everyone halted what they were doing when the weather suddenly changed from warm and sunny to cold and snowy, that was just the beginning of what was to come for them…
"Snow?" Tai questioned, jumping down from the tree branch he was lounging in.
Maya looked up from her hardback copy of Pride & Prejudice. "In the middle of July?" she noted, bookmarking her place and standing up. "Totally freaky."
Everyone gathered close to the bluff, watching the snow fall around them. A spectrum of colors covered a portion of the sky, making the group stare in awe.
"It's beautiful." Mimi sighed. "Magical even."
"Yeah, but what is it?" Destiny asked, pulling her brown leather jacket tighter around her.
"Maybe an aurora?" Sora questioned, standing beside the copper haired girl.
"You mean Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights?" Izzy deducted. "That's impossible. You see that's in Alaska. We're way too far south." He informed.
"Tell that to the snow." Eliza replied, her blonde highlights shimmering under the sun, making her long, copper hair glisten.
"I really think we ought to get back inside before we all come down with pneumonia." Joe concluded, standing behind Eliza.
"And miss this?" Matt rebuked. "The sky is like, short-circuiting."
A circle of green light suddenly appeared in the sky, then shot out beams of light at each of the children. They gasped as the beams came right for them.
"What's happening?" Maya screamed.
The lights landed in explosions at their feet. Everyone ducked to avoid them, shaking off the recoil.
"Everyone alright?" Sam asked.
A collection of moans and groans came from the other ten children, signaling they were remotely okay. From the holes the beams created in the snow, objects surrounded in light floated up to each of the children. They each grabbed one out of the air and looked at the devices now in their hands.
"What are these?" Sora asked, looking at the small device in her hand.
"Something strange that fell from the sky." Destiny noted.
"My guess is some sort of miniature remote digital apparatus." Izzy concluded.
"That came with no instructions." Joe added.
The ground started to shake beneath them, and a huge wave slowly rose up. "Forget about instructions." Eliza screamed. "Surf's up!"
The huge wave swelled over their heads. The wall of water picked them up, and sent them down a seemingly endless hole, lights of every color flashing as they fell, screaming.
In the middle of lush vegetation growing under a tropical looking tree, Maya laid unconscious, her blonde hair flowing around her. Next to her was a small, tan creature resembling a cotton ball with hot pink ears and beady eyes was watching her.
"Wake up Maya." It squeaked, nudging the girl's cheek. "Maya."
She slowly stirred awake, sitting up. "Oh, where am I?" she groaned.
"Yay!" the little creature squealed, jumping onto Maya's lap. "You're finally here!"
Maya gasped as the little ball started up at her. "What are you?" she asked, her blue eyes wide in shock.
"My name is Puppymon." It replied, giggling. "I'm your partner, whose been waiting for you for a long time."
Maya blinked. "What's a Puppymon?" she questioned, holding the small creature as she stood up and smoothed out her peach sundress. "And where am I?"
The tiny creature giggled, "You're in DigiWorld, and I'm a Digimon." She answered. "From now on, we're partners!"
Before she could say anything else, a rustling came from behind her. She jumped and hugged Puppymon close to her, just as Sam came out of the brush.
"Okay." Sighed Maya, loosening her grip on her partner. "It's Sam right?"
"Yeah, and you're Mia?" he questioned.
"Maya." She corrected. That's when she noticed a little bear-cub like creature in Sam's arms. "You too?"
"Oh uh, yeah." Sam chuckled. "This little guy was above me when I woke up."
"Hi there." He greeted, in a deep, yet childlike voice. "I'm Kodamon, nice to meet ya." He held up one of his paws as to wave.
"Think any of the others are here too?" Sam asked.
Maya shrugged, "We can always look around to see."
The two kids and their new Digimon walked down the forest path, in search of the other children from the campsite. Once they reached the clearing, they came across Matt, T.K., Destiny, and Eliza, all of whom were accompanied by different looking Digimon.
"You guys also have ones?" Eliza questioned, holding a small brown fur-ball with little feet, a busy brown tail with white tips and perked up ears tipped with lavender fur; a Digimon by the name of Chibimon.
Puppymon and Kodamon just smiled and jumped from their partner's arms, joining the other four in-training level Digimon.
"When we came to in this clearing, there they were, just staring at us." Destiny informed.
"They kept on jumping up and down, claiming they've been waiting for us." Matt added.
"Kodamon said the same thing to me." Sam replied. The brown, bear cub Digimon ran back to Sam, plopping down by his legs.
A small red Digimon with wing-shaped ears and black triangles under its eyes and a black tip on its tail ran to Destiny, grinning. The copper-haired girl picked him up. "They are rather cute though."
The little Digimon known as Gigimon rubbed against Destiny's chin. "Some of us more than others." He giggled.
"All of us Digimon have different personalities." Matt's partner by the name of Tsunomon informed.
"It's what makes us all special." T.K.'s partner, Tokomon, added.
"Anyway, let's see if we can find the others." Sam voted, picking up Kodamon.
The group of six continued down the path in search of the rest of their group from the campsite. After a few minutes, they came to another part of the forest, where Tai, Izzy, and Sora were, along with three other Digimon.
"These little creatures are popping up everywhere." Izzy noted, referring to the other six Digimon that joined their three.
Suddenly they heard Joe screaming. Then he came running out of the forest, followed by a flying creature that vaguely resembled a seal, only with two flippers, and a bright orange lock of hair.
"Joe." Eliza called.
"Help me!" Joe screamed. "This thing, this thing...It won't leave me alone."
The little brown seal climbed onto Joe's shoulder, "Hey, who're you calling a thing?" he questioned. "I'm no stuffed animal. The name is Bukamon."
Joe screamed again as Bukamon just laughed. The oldest of the group just looked around, and gaped at the other nine Digimon looking at him. "They're-They're everywhere!" he wailed. "What are they?"
All the Digimon gathered in a small group in front of the human children. "We're Digimon. Digital monsters." They introduced in unison.
"We're not just digital monsters. We're much more than that." Tai's partner, Koromon, added.
"We're kinda cute." said Puppymon.
"And very loyal." added Tsunomon.
"With beautiful hair." Yokomon, Sora's partner, chimed.
"And shimmering fur." Chibimon added.
"Or maybe no fur or hair at all." Izzy's partner, Motimon, continued.
"We can be funny." Bukamon chuckled.
"And entertaining." Kodamon continued, doing a handstand and smiling.
"And great companions." Gigimon added, his wing-like ears twitching.
"Also, we're very adorable." Tokomon chimed.
After their introductions, the kids realized that one person was missing from their group.
"Hey, what happened to that girl with the funny pink hat?" Sora asked, looking around.
"You mean Mimi." Maya confirmed.
"Well, perhaps she's off picking flowers, or going on a nature hike." Izzy guessed.
An ear-piercing scream caught their attention.
"Or she's screaming while running through the forest." Destiny corrected.
The group ran into a clearing in time to see Mimi run into it from the other side, screaming, and followed by a leafy-looking Digimon with four short legs and a budding sprout coming from her head.
"There she is." Maya pointed ahead.
"Mimi!" Tai called.
Tai and the others stop short when they realized that Mimi wasn't running from the small Digimon with her, but from the giant red beetle that was coming out of the forest after her.
"It's that giant bug again." Tai noted.
"Kuwagamon." Motimon reminded.
The Kuwagamon dove low over them once, then flew off.
Mimi knelt on the ground, and next to her was her Digimon partner, Tanemon. The rest of the group joined her, comforting her.
"Here he comes again!" Izzy screamed.
"Everyone run!" Sam called.
That's just what they did; they ran a bit further before ducking to the ground as the large insect Digimon swooped over them.
"Will this nightmare never end?" Joe complained. "My mom is gonna want a complete and total refund!"
"Here he comes again." Kodamon warned.
"Okay, that does it!" Tai halted. "No more running away!"
"What else can we do?" Eliza asked.
"There's no way we can fight that thing." Destiny pointed out.
"And win anyway." Matt added.
The group continued to run, until the path stopped at a cliff, which was over a raging river.
"Great, we're trapped." Maya scoffed, looking back over her shoulder.
Tai slowly approached the edge and looked down. He backed up and faced the others. "There's no way down." He informed. "We're going to have to find another way."
"Where?" Sora asked.
Suddenly, the Kuwagamon burst from the bushes behind them, and soared out over the cliff, before turning back for another swipe. Tai ran from the monster, and Koromon leapt over him to face the attacking insect. He blew some bubbles at it, but Kuwagamon was barely bothered by them.
"Digimon attack!" Koromon ordered.
The rest of the little creatures charged forward, showering Kuwagamon with bubbles, but they barely fazed the giant insect. After a few more attacks, the flying creature was blinded, and crashed into a stand of forest trees. Once the dust settled, the little Digimon were all laying on the ground, eyes closed. Each child ran to their new partner, just as Kuwagamon came back for another assault.
Despite the pleas from the children, all the Digimon flew from their partner's arms and charged for the Kuwagamon. As the Digimon rushed at the giant monster, the children's digital gadgets began to glow. A spiral formed in the air, and beams of light shot down to land on the Digimon. In a brig spectrum flash, their forms changed.
"Koromon, digvolve to...Agumon!" Agumon resembled a small, orange bipedal dinosaur.
"Yokomon digivolve to...Biyomon!" Biyomon resembled a pink bird creature with a red beak.
"Kodamon digivolve to…Bearmon!" Bearmon resembled a bipedal bear cub wearing a purple baseball cap and purple wrappings on his front paws, and a belt across his chest.
"Puppymon digivolve to…Labramon!" Labramon resembled a miniature Labrador with tan fur, pink ears, and a pink tail that curled upwards.
"Motimon digivolve to...Tentomon!" Tentomon resembled a mechanical ladybug that stood on two legs.
"Tsunomon digivolve to... Gabumon!" Gabumon was a bipedal wolf/lizard like creature with white fur with blue stripes.
"Gigimon digivolve to…Guilmon!" Guilmon resembled a red dragon that stood on his hind legs with wing-like ears and had a long tail.
"Tokomon digivolve to... Patamon!" Patamon resembled an orange furred plump, guinea-pig creature with shot legs and wings.
"Bukamon digivolve to... Gomamon!" Gomamon resembled a white seal with an orange Mohawk and purple stripes over his body.
"Chibimon digivolve to…Shukamon." Shukamon resembled a sand-colored fox with a long tail and dark purple markings under her eyes, on the tips of her ears and tail.
"Tanemon digivolve to... Palmon" Palmon resembled a small plant standing on two legs with a blooming flower covering her head.
The children gaped at the sight of their newly changed partners.
"What happened to the little guys?" Eliza gasped.
"They grew." Tai noted.
"Let's do it!" Agumon voted
"Poison Ivy!" Palmon attacked. Long vines sprung from her hands, wrapping themselves around the insect Digimon, making it unable to fly away.
"Boom Bubble! Super Shocker!" Patamon and Tentomon attacked together. Both attacked combined and briefly stunned the large insect.
"Pepper Breath! Blue Blaster! Pyro Sphere!" Agumon, Gabumon, and Guilmon followed, their fire attacks burning Kuwagamon.
"Sonic Bark! Spiral Twister!" Labramon and Biyomon followed through with their own attacks.
"Desert Slash! Bear-Cub Punch!" Shukamon and Bearmon charged in and their attacks hit Kuwagamon square in the face.
"Now altogether!" Agumon ordered.
The eleven Digimon fired off their attacks and the combination was enough to defeat Kuwagamon, who fell backwards into the forest.
The kids looked on in awe.
"They made vapor-ware out of him." Izzy gasped.
"Amazing." Sam gaped.
"Told you we could do it." Agumon bragged.
The Digimon ran to their human partners, smiling, and the children laughed with joy and excitement. However, the celebration was cut short when Kuwagamon screeched from the forest. The ground began to shake and cracks formed where Kuwagamon's pincers were embedded in the rock, and the edge of the cliff, with the kids and their Digimon on it, broke off and began to fall. The group tumbled down towards the river below…