Author's note: This is an alternate universe, meaning that almost everything is the same. However there may be one major change. As this is a series I plan on developing, the first Chapter may seem to be a direct ripoff of Digimon 02 Episode 1. However, keep in mind this is more of a prologue, and due to this story existing in an alternate universe, many things will be the same with a few variations. I do however suggest that you first watch Digimon 02 Episode 1 so that you may fill in any plot holes in this story with what was in the actual episode. I will be adding to this, and I will create a chapter two eventually. Many things will be explained then, though some similarities to the original second episode will remain. Thank you for your time, and enjoy!

"Seeya later!"

T.K. Takaishi walked down the hall of the new apartment building he lived in. The hall was beautiful and spotless, a trait that was very rarely found in apartment buildings. T.K. sighed. He wished his brother could be with him now.

T.K.'s finger jabbed at the button for the elevator. T.K. was usually very patient, but he still found himself tapping his foot and glancing at his watch as the elevator slowly ticked down to level eight. As the caged elevator doors opened, he looked up from his watch and replaced the concerned scowl on his face with an expression of greeting. "How's it going?" he asked politely, though he barely took note of who was in the elevator at the time.

Two people, a girl and a boy, stood in the elevator with backpacks slung around their shoulders. "Fine, thank you," the girl said in a soft, timid voice. She had purple hair reaching down over her shoulders. "Great! My name's T.K. and my Mom and I just moved into this building! I'm in seventh grade, Class A! Nice to meet you!" As if slipping out of a trance, the girl smiled and said in a bold voice, "Hi, my name is Yolei, would you like to walk to school with us? It takes exactly 12.3 minutes when there's no wind. It'll be fun! Oh, and this is Cody." Yolei gestured to the small boy standing next to her.

He wore a grey sweater and had short, black hair that wrapped around his head almost perfectly, with a few rifles here and there. He smiled and looked up with deep green eyes and welcomed T.K. to the building. "Come on, we don't want to be late on our first day," he said in a quiet, raspy voice that was somehow pleasant.

"Alright!" exclaimed a boy with spikey red hair as he walked to his desk. "What luck, you're in my class again Kari!" he said to a girl with short hair and brown eyes. His goggles bounced up and down as he talked. Kari, who turned away from her work, smiled. "I wouldn't call that luck, Davis." She wore a pink and white sleeveless shirt with yellow shorts.

"Hey, the weirdest thing just happened," Davis stated, placing his palms on her desk. "This new kid, T.K., said I reminded him of somebody. Probably thinks I'm a movie star!" Kari cocked her head, slightly confused. She knew somebody named T.K….

"I'm Mr. Homosaki, I will be your teacher," announced a tall man at the front of the room as each student rushed to their individual seats. "I would like you all to welcome a new student." Davis, who was laying his head on the desk suddenly looked up and snapped to attention. In the front of the room was T.K.. "It's nice to meet you," T.K. said, and went on to introduce himself to the class. "Please take a seat next to the girl with the camera around her neck," the man said in a monotonous voice. T.K. sat down next to Kari, and the two smiled at eachother.

"Together again," T.K. remarked. "Just like old times," Kari replied optimistically. Just behind her back, Davis's eyes became as round as saucers. That kid's trying to make a move on my girl! Thought Davis. "Our teacher looks like Ogremon," T.K. giggled, as Kari covered her mouth to avoid laughing out loud.

Grey. Grey everywhere. Grey walls, grey cement floor. This was the abode of Hero Teth. Hero lay in his bed, which was positioned in a corner of the square room. The room of grey. Staring at the ceiling, Teth inhaled, expanding his cheeks. He then let out the air with a tremendous 'whoosh'. He was wearing his usual black tuxedo, which stood out against the lighter grey shades in his room. A snicker came to his face, as a television mounted on a wall portrayed the scenes the digidestined were experiencing.

T.K., Kari and Davis stood with Izzy in the computer room. "We're going back to the digital world. Prodigous!" exclaimed Izzy, not only succeeding in making the others cringe, but exciting the entire group. "I'm going with you," Davis hastily commented, an aggressive tone to his voice. "That's impossible," said T.K., a sorry look on his face. "Not just anybody can go, you know, you need a digivice!" Davis grunted angrily. "Listen 'T.C.' if you can go so can I," he retorted with resentment.

Suddenly the computer screen glowed with a bright light, as three equally luminescent spheres came shooting out of it. Two of them went right past the gathering, but one headed straight for Davis, accelerating faster and faster. "What's this?" Davis exclaimed, holding out an blue and white oval-shaped device with an antennae. "A digivice," T.K. said, staring at the device. "It's a different model than the ones we have," Kari added, looking downwards at her own digivice.

"We better go now, while the digital gate is still open," Izzy said hastily. "Yeah, but how long will it stay open for?" T.K. questioned, ready for action. "I don't care. I'm going to help my brother," stated Kari with a look of determination on her face.

"Hey, can I get Donkey Madness on this thing?" Davis intruded.

"It's not a game. If the digital world sends you a digivice, it's for a reason, and you should take it seriously," corrected Izzy. Kari pushed the others aside, and reaching out her digivice exclaimed, "I'm not waiting any longer!" Though initially shocked, T.K. followed shortly, pressing his digivice to the screen and downloading himself.

"It's your turn-unless you're scared," Izzy urged. Davis, though he was shocked at seeing his classmates disappear into the computer screen, immediately began to regain his cool, calm attitude. Needless to say, he gained nothing. Instead, Davis thrust his new digivice forwards as well, shouting, "There!" and disappearing into the screen.

Davis felt like he was falling, head over heels, forever, just tumbling and tumbling and tumbling to his doom… However, no pain was felt as he landed on the grassy earth of the digital world.

The Digimon Emperor's glasses gleamed as he watched the monitors of the digidestined in front of him. "Hmm, looks like we have some visitors in my garden," he said in a cunning voice. "And they weren't even on the guest list."

His monitors glowed an electronic blue, all else lost in darkness. All but a tiny red light, somewhere in the shadows far behind the Emperor.

"It's over this way," Kari stated, staring at her digivice. The trio were walking through a clearing in the forest, blissfully unaware of the Emperor's surveillance. Davis stepped carefully at first, but seemed to become more and more at home with his surroundings. "The way Tai put it, there were monsters everywhere."

Suddenly an electronic noise caught his ear, a sort of whistling noise. "Huh?" Davis stuttered, stepping back in shock. "Check it out- There's a vending machine!" Kari and T.K. continued to walk, uninterested, allowing Davis to talk to himself and the machine. Cautiously, Davis thought out loud, "I guess I am a little thirsty."

Immediately tens of little green creatures with bulging eyes and long tongues poured out of the machine, and began streaming around Davis on all sides. This attracted Kari and T.K.'s attention, as they turned back to see what their friend was doing. Though Kari was concerned that Davis would be frightened, T.K. simply laughed at how surprised Davis was. Eventually, Kari couldn't take it any longer and giggled with him. "Ha-ha, very funny," Davis said, composing himself. (Though the truth is, Davis didn't have much dignity to compose in the first place.)

"Yes, sir, they are going to the location. Yes, I will go to there. What am I to do? Right. I never doubted your plan."

The red light blinked multiple times and then disappeared. Ken sat, watching Davis learn of what digimon were. Then, sensing the change in lighting, he turned around. The usual serious look resided on his face, and he shouted, "Wormmon, what was that?" "I don't know, Master, but I'm sure you're more powerful," said the green caterpillar digimon known as Wormmon in his poor, miserable voice.

Hero Teth lay in the grey room, his computer on a desk in front of him. A grin came across his face as the aforementioned events unfolded on the laptop's surface. "One day this bossy human appeared," Teth said, mocking Gatomon. "You are a fool Gatomon. You all are fools! I am the one pulling the strings. I am the one in charge of you, and you don't even know it."

Teth threw his head back, laughing evilly as he plotted his next move.

"Looks like a deflate beach ball," commented Tai Kamiya, Karis older brother. The four children were staring at an egg-like sphere with what looked like a knife poking out of it. "No wonder, it's got a spike going through it," T.K. added. "Plus, it's heavier than my Mom's meatloaf," Tai finished, making Kari snicker. "It won't budge," T.K. said, attempting to pull the egg of of the rocky floor of the cave. Kari pushed him gently out of her way. "Move aside, this is a woman's job." She too strained herself attempting to lift the egg, but to no avail.

"Too bad we don't have a 'woman' here to help!" T.K. chuckled lightheartedly. "Guys! I pump iron all the time! Let me do it!" Davis exclaimed a bit too excitedly. He rolled up his sleeve, stepping up to the egg.

Fascinating, thought a little red dot. It was hidden in the darkness of the cave, near the top, observing what was happening. It seems they have found the one who can lift the egg of courage. Well, let us see what happens next.

A bright line of light shot out of the hole where the egg had once been, surprising the digidestined but also calming them with its strange glow. Out of it, a digimon began to form. Out came a small blue digimon, with four fingers, a thumb, and odd lightning bolt ears. It celebrated it's freedom by bouncing around Davis and screaming, "Free at last, free at last!"

The red dot moved back slightly, then tilted what would be its head. Interesting. I should scan this digimon. "Sensor- scan." said the little red dot. A light red tint washed over the cave, but the digidestined barely even noticed it. Suddenly, the roof of the cave began shaking, and the red dot darted to the opposite end of the cave roof. Crashing through the spot where the red dot once was a huge black and grey dinosaur digimon with red eyes.

"Monochromon!" T.K. reacted, as the dinosaur tumbled into the cave from the roof. "Sensor- scan," whispered a voice from the opposite end of the cave. Intensely launching a pepper breath, agumon stepped back to protect Tai.

"They are struggling to defeat the digimon. Should I interfere?"

"No, I want to see them struggle. It makes their failure all the more bitter."

"But I could easily stop this."

"And ruin our plan. You do as I say, Breaker."

"Yes, Hero. I will analyze Flamedramon and send the results to you shortly."

"Good. End transmission."

The little red dot blinked. "Sensor- Scan."

"Armor digivolving, huh?" The Digimon Emperor was intrigued. "Against the power of my dark digivice, they shouldn't be able to digivolve at all. They're more resourceful than I thought."

Meanwhile, Flamedramon began duking it out with Monochromon, both charging at each other. Lifting the other digimon over his head, Flamedramon threw Monochromon to the ground. When the smoke cleared, Flamedramon was spinning through the air. "Fire Rocket!" he exclaimed as his body burst into flames and went flying at Monochromon. However, instead of hitting the dinosaur digimon, Flamedramon's attack hit the dark ring that was wrapped around Monochromon's neck.

Hero smirked. Let them have their victory for now, he thought. One day, when I taste sweet success, all my hard planning and patience will pay off. How hilarious, they have decided to make their most foolish and headstrong their leader. Perhaps he will prove himself… then again, they must all fail ultimately.

The red light watched as the digidestined stood against the sunset. It watched as they discussed their current situation. It watched as Patamon and Veemon wrestled. A single tear hit the ground near the red light.

End Episode One.