I had this on a disk about and thought, since I was writers blocked and artistically blocked I decided to post this for you all to enjoy. As for hwo old it is... err.. I'll figure that out sooner or later as soon as I remember when I wrote these one-shots.
Own nothing but the fic and anything original, wish I owned Digimon though.
Fragile Ties
By Firehedgehog
Goggles
They didn't know where Tai had gained the goggles, just one day he had them on his mass of hair.
What Tai didn't tell them was that he had gotten the goggles at age three, he had gotten lost in the park after wondering too far away from his parents.
He's heard singing then, something about beautiful dreamers if he remembered right.
The brunette had headed to the singer, and what he saw convinced him that this could only be a dream. Sitting under a tree was a dragon, or a baby dream. It was all red, with black markings and a white belly and cool looking golden eyes. Sitting beside the dragon was a boy, maybe twelve or thirteen. He wore blue clothing, yellow wristbands and cool goggles on his head.
In fact he said it out loud gaining the twos attention.
"You're a bit far from the playground," the boy said, and Tai noticed he had red eyes.
"I'm... a bit lost," Tai admitted shuffling hsi shoes in the dirt.
"It happens to the best of us, Guilmon and I got lost too, were just waiting for our ride home," the boy smiled.
"But your so much older, you can't get lost," Tai said in disbelief, the boy was like an adult.
"Everyone gets lost sooner or later, the world is huge and there are many worlds and times," The boy smiled.
"Your weird," Tai replied sticking out his tongue, there was only one world his mommy said so.
"I guess, you know your missing something," the boy said looking at him, then he smiled and pulled the goggled off hid head and placed them around Tais neck.
"For me!"Tai said happily, the goggles were so cool.
"Now you look like the leader you will become," the boy said ruffling his hair.
"Leader, as in tag?" Tai asked cutely.
"That's for you to discover, and I think your mother is calling," the boy relied, and in fact he could hear her calling.
"Thanks for meeting you Mr and Guilmon," Tai said and ran off.
As the boy retreated from sight and hearing, Takato sighed.
"Only I would end up somehow in a universe the Digimon cartoon exists," he sighed, well at least Yamaki would be able to get him home soon.
Years later Tai would remember that meeting, and realize he'd met a Digimon long before that fateful day two Digimon fought in the real world. He only wished he'd gotten the boys name, specially since Gennai had never head of a Digimon called Guilmon.
END