Digimon Adventure: Revised
Written by Divine Guidance Alpha
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Chapter 01: And so it Begins...
Evan Seawolf, Evan to everyone he met, was bored out of his wits. Summer Camp with other kids his age was not exactly what he had in mind for even part of his break. Despite having moved to the area about six years ago, he had only made a couple of friends, and that was the way he liked it. One of them, a kid named Taichi Yagami, shorthand Tai, was also on this trip, and that had been the only reason he had agreed to go.
Tai. Evan had only met him because they lived in the same building, but the boy was so active and outgoing that one would think he and Evan exact opposites. It wasn't quite true, however: Evan was Tai's training partner for soccer, as they both went running on Sunday mornings, and their friendship had started with that. Evan's kickboxing training, something his father insisted on him continuing to learn after the move, had made his legs every bit as strong as Tai's, and once he had practiced enough, he had proven a decent match for the boy with the odd taste in headgear when it came to kicking the ball. He still had to work on dribbling and passing, but he was good with his head, both strategically and in the fact that he could dent a wall with his head-butt.
He was actually looking for Tai when he first saw the snow falling. He went into the trees instead of hiding out in a tent when it turned to a blizzard, because he couldn't stand his tent-mate. Once it had calmed down, he started looking again, listening for Tai's rather loud and boisterous voice. It was faint, but he heard it, and at least a couple of others, so he decided not to intrude. After all, he may have been Tai's friend, but Tai had other friends, and he wasn't sure how much he liked them. He could tell almost all of the voices, since most of them were in his class: Yamato Ishida, shorthand Matt, a pretty boy always looking to protect his little brother; Koshiro Izumi, shorthand Izzy, a computer kid whom he had also gotten to know pretty well; Joe Kido, future doctor, present coward; Mimi Tachikawa, a rather pretty girl with a love for clothing and forgetfulness for everything else; Sora Takenouchi, the girl with the weird hat; and Matt's little brother, Takeru Takaishi, whom everyone called "T.K." All in all, they were an unconventional group, but he could tell they all liked the snow. With how well Tai got on with people, he would probably start a snowball fight, and have them all being best friends before the day was done.
As he thought about friends, he saw the aurora borealis in the sky. It looked beautiful to him, even if it was strange to see it here. He saw the second light as the rainbow of color faded, saw it split into seven...no, eight. One split off from the pack and shot right for him. He jumped back, tripping over an exposed root and landing flat on his back as it made impact a few inches from where he had been standing. As he pushed himself to his feet, he saw the glow dim slightly, saw the shining device slowly rising from the hole.
As if by instinct, he caught it as it came to eye level. He had a few moments to observe it, looking over the three buttons on the face and the strange long button on the side, the square screen, and the strange ring of markings around the screen, before there was a sound like rushing water. He looked up, and his jaw dropped as the great wave washed over him.
Though he was not soaked, somehow he was falling, and falling fast by the feel of the rushing wind around him. He clenched his eyes shut, clutching the device with all his might. Help me, someone...anyone...It was about then that his consciousness abandoned him, but before he fell into the dark completely, he heard a response:
Don't worry, Evan. I will help you. I promise.
