(AN): A little message. Rated T for a few disturbing scenes.

Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon.


Dawn of Darkness

Chapter 1: A New Danger.

Dark clouds swirled above the Digital World. Flashing streaks of lightning danced against the black-purple sky, as if the themselves were frightened of the incoming disaster.

On File Island, Digimon frantically scurried all over the rolling green plains, trying to evade the incoming danger.

But it was too late.

Far too late.

A slender humanoid figure stepped into the scene, green grass wilted into a dead brown at his step. His dark purple skin radiated with a faint shadowy aura. He was wearing a black tuxedo with a red tie. Sticking out of the long, messy black hair were two small horns.

Behind him were five skeletal dog-like creatures. A few scrapes of skin hung precariously on their rib cages, but otherwise were made of nothing but bones; no eyes, no brain, no heart.

But they did have teeth. Lots and lots of yellow teeth showing proudly.

The man's dull yellow eyes scanned the scene in front of him. He grinned maniacally as he saw a Koromon fall over as it tried to flee, showing his pale lips and yellow teeth. The entity approached the small Digimon, ensnaring it in his large hands, crushing it under his sharp nails.

"What do we have here?" he said in his rather high pitched voice, his eyes bulging wide radiating a crazed glint. The small Digimon payed him no mind, struggling desperately in his iron-clad grasp.

"You know, you remind me of a pet I used to own." he started. "Always a frown on its face for no goddamn reason."

His face twisted into a crazed smile. "All I wanted to do was see it happy. So you know what I did? Come on, have a guess."

"Please..." the Koromon said weakly.

The figure rolled his eyes. "Jeez, everyone's the same." he then brightened up, his smile returning. "Anyways, I went to the shed, took out the family pistol then..." he made a shooting motion with his free hand. "Straight in its sad, pathetic face."

The Koromon tried again, "Please...". This time, it looked up at the intimidating figure with teary red eyes.

But the man just ignored him. "Then, I went into the kitchen, grabbed the biggest knife I could find, and walked up to the dead body.". He brought his head close to whisper the next and final part. The Koromon shuddered as it felt the man's cold breath hit its small body.

"Then, I sank the blade into my beloved pet's dead body," the man started to trace patterns across the Koromon's body with a fingernail from his free hand. "And bit by bit, freed his true self from the confines of mortal flesh."

"And when I was done, my little fluffy couldn't stop smiling." With that, he released a hysterical laugh, a laugh made the Digimon in his hand cower and whimper in fear.

When he stopped laughing, he smiled crazily at the Digimon.

"And now," he whispered, "Let's put a smile on your face!"

As he said that, the Koromon was engulfed in black, purple lighning dancing around its body. The figure released it from his grip, and watched as the Digimon's body grew.

It stopped growing when it was ten feet tall. The darkness shrouding its body dissipated, revealing the Digimon's now skeletal body. An orange organic missile was mounted on the beast's back.

"Funny." he commented as he gazed at Skullgreymon's skeletal face that showed several rows of sharp teeth. "We smile more dead than we do alive." he giggled.

The man turned towards the group of skeletal dogs behind him, for the first time, a serious expression on his face. "Round up as many Digimon as you can find." he said. As his skeletal dogs and Skullgreymon turned to leave, he suddenly brightened up, remembering something.

"Oh and don't forget; service with a smile!"

The man's minion's grunted in response.

When the skeletal creatures left, the man started to contemplate, lifting his hand to his chin.

"Hmmm. This place would make a great place for a castle" he said. "I'll hang a sign on it; 'Property of Belial'."

Then, he released a hysterical laugh that echoed hauntingly throughout the Digital World.


Sixteen year-old Taichi Kamiya looked wide-eyed as they scanned their surroundings.

Beside him, Agumon looked on ruefully at the current state his home was in.

When Agumon came to his world with a desperate message earlier, Tai had decided to check on the Digital World. But this was the last thing they expected to see. No more were the lush green plants populating the area. No more was the stream of clear blue water running down the riverbed.

No more were the numerous Digimon bustling peacefully here, there, and everywhere.

Instead, dull brown towers of wood stood bent over on the dry, cracked ground. The river was dyed a blood red, flowing northwards into the dark mountains in the distance.

The Digital World seemed completely devoid of any life.

To top it all off, sky was dark with flashes of lightning streaking across its surface, as if it was the cherry atop the sinister sundae.

Tai walked up to the red river, crouched down, and dipped a finger into it. The liquid running down thd stream felt thick and sticky to the touch.

He had only one question "What happened here?"

Before Agumon could answer, they heard a feral growl resonate from the distance. They turned their heads towards the direction of the sound. There in the distance stood a towering beast of bones, a rocket-like object mounted on its back. It was on all fours, looking like it was sniffing the dry ground.

Tai squinted his eyes "Is that a Skullgreymon?".

Suddenly, Skullgreymon turned its head to look at them, two dark empty voids watching Tai and Agumon like dark beast studying its prey. It then roared loudly, and charged after them.

"Agumon!" Tai shouted as he dashed towards a safe area. The yellow Digimon nodded in response as he startd to glow.

Agumon. Warp Digivolve to... Wargreymon!

Skullgreymon's charge was interrupted by a yellow sphere of energy smacking it in the face. As it recovered, it looked up at its adversary.

There standing proudly was Wargreymon; Metallic torso, yellow arms encased in large clawed gauntlets, and large clawed feet. On his back was a shield split in two, made to look like a beetle's wings.

Skullgreymon roared ferociously as it launched two missiles towards Wargreymon.

"Brave Shield!" Wargreymon quickly assembled his shield, using it to deflect the rockets. Unfortunately, the missiles had enough force to knock the shield out of his hands, leaving Wargreymon open for attack.

The skeletal Digimon took advantage of this fact, tackling him to the ground.

"Wargreymon!" Tai yelled.

Pinning him down, Skullgreymon roared directly at Wargreymon's face. Their eyes met, grass green to dead black.

Wargreymon saw it, the darkness in Skull greymon's eye, practically dripping out of its eye sockets. Normally, they would be green like his, but something twisted Skullgreymon far past the way he himself was twisted.

As Skullgreymon lifted a bony claw to maul his opponent, Wargreymon moved quickly to drive his gauntlet into Skullgreymon's empty body first.

"Mega Claw!" he shouted as he did.

The attack managed to force Skullgreymon off Wargreymon. As his enemy was recovering, Wargreymon took the opportunity to launch his final attacks. He concentrated energy around him, condensing it into two glowing yellow spheres, one levitating in each hand.

"Terra Force!" he said as he lobbed the spheres towards Skullgreymon.

This knocked the skeletal Digimon off its feet, and this time, it did not get up, disdipating into a cloud of blue data that floated away.

A moment of silence passed before Wargreymon reverted back into Koromon. Tai ran over to him, picking him up in his arms. Koromon was panting, fatigue overcoming his small stature.

"Tai." Koromon said between breaths. "That was no ordinary Skullgreymon.". Tai simply held a finger gently to his mouth.

"Rest. Let's get home, feed you, then we'll talk." Tai said as he used his digivice to open a portal to earth.


Ubeknownst to Tai and his partner Digimon, a figure was watching them in the distance.

Belial observed the whole battle from his position behind one of the dead trees. His eyes were sparkling with amusement ad he watched Tai leave the Digital World.

"For the sake of a decent fight, I hope they realize I am no fool." he said to no one in particular with a contorted grin. "Not like Myotismon."

Then, a thought hit him "No I take that back. I am a fool!"


(AN): I hope you like my villain. I was going for the insane psychopath type for this one. As for why he's like this, I'll develop that fact later on. But for now, I wanted to make him as screwed up as I possibly could.

So I hope you guys liked the chapter. Review if you see anything you liked or didn't like. I'm open to any way I could improve.

But no matter what anyone says, I'm gonna finish the story. Even if the vast majority tell me to stop just because they don't like it. I'm not the kind of guy to leave work unfinished.

Laters.