I'm really new to the whole fanfiction scene... And writing in this style, for that matter. Everything's being told by a narrator that isn't part of the story at all (third person). Fiction rating wise, this is rated T.

Now, about the premise of this story! This story takes place after the conclusion of Digimon Adventure 02, with some minor alterations. The Digital World became inaccessible from the human world, and there are zero Digimon remaining in the real world. As a result, time became drastically desynchronized again, and a LOT of time has passed in the Digital World. Enough to completely change the formation of the land, and enough for all the partner digimon from those seasons to have naturally digivolved to Mega (without the use of a digivice). The original eight plus Wormmon have become the good rulers of the Digital World, replacing the now Ancient Sovereigns. The rulers are called the "Great Ones."

Of course, there's a group of evil Digimon called the "Dark Ones." Their goal is to overthrow the "Great Ones" and rule the Digital World themselves. The "Great Ones" are scared out of their minds, and decide to use their combined power to make contact with the real world, unite some humans with some special Digimon, and assist them in defeating the "Dark Ones" and returning peace to the Digital World.

Before I stop boring you with this stuff, note that if I don't describe a Digimon fully, you should be expected to know what it is. If I just start mentioning a Digimon name out of the blue (like one that I didn't create by myself) and you've never heard of it before, you'll need to look it up.

With that, I introduce you to my prologue. Happy reading!

"This… Digital World… Disgusting… Tyrannically ruled by these nine "Great Ones." It makes me sick. Today's the day. The day it stops once and for all. Today, the "Dark Ones" will shine."

Setting: Digital World – Continent of Kindness – Kindness Palace

The Continent of Kindness is ruled over by GrandisKuwagamon, one of the nine "Great Ones." The "Great Ones" are the group of Digimon that were granted certain powers by the Ancient Digimon Sovereign to defeat threats to the Digital World such as Myotismon. Each of the "Great Ones" rules over a continent named after the attribute they represent.

The area surrounding the Kindness Palace is beautiful. Fields of flowers as far as the eye can see, with the occasional quaint village. The Kindness Palace is situated in the center of the Continent, and is tall enough to overlook a great portion of it. The Palace is designed like a castle tower, built with old gray bricks. But vines and flowers have engulfed this structure, which makes the gothic building style look much more colorful and fun. At the top of the tower is one gigantic flower bulb that bears great resemblance to the Crest of Kindness, in both shape and pale pink color.

It seems to be another peaceful day in the Palace, but that's about to change…

A Searchmon, one of the defenders of the continent, suddenly bursts into GrandisKuwagamon's chambers, bearing bad news.

"GrandisKuwagamon! GrandisKuwagamon! An invader has suddenly just… spawned inside of the continent! The scout Aurumon cannot determine what kind of Digimon we're dealing with, but they have determined that it's a Mega-level Virus type with malicious intent!"

At this, GrandisKuwagamon, sensing the extraordinary power of this invader, has flown out of the Kindness Palace to seek out and destroy this threat.

GrandisKuwagamon recognizes the Digimon that's invading, and is relatively shocked that such a Digimon would curse his land with his presence. The invader is Barbamon, a Mega level Demon Lord, and one of the most powerful Digimon in existence.

"You… How have you escaped your imprisonment in the Dark Area? This is impossible!" GrandisKuwagamon exclaims.

"Please, don't act so surprised. The seal on the Dark Area has been weak enough for me to break through for ages… I've just been waiting for the right opportunity! And this is it. The Digital World will be purified of this ridiculous system of rule… The "Dark Ones" shall rule forever!" With that, Barbamon raises his staff up.

"Death Lure…"

Barbamon's staff suddenly expels a beam of darkness, which is launched directly at GrandisKuwagamon. He quickly evades the attack. "You will not win this 'battle'! Your resistance is futile!" Barbamon exclaims. "Death Lure!"

GrandisKuwagamon evades the attack again, and launches an attack of his own.

"Gran Killer!"

GrandisKuwagamon raises one of his claws, but is quickly hit with a devastating attack by Barbamon.

"PANDAEMONIUM LOST!"

Barbamon's staff suddenly builds up a small orb of dark energy, and launches it directly at GrandisKuwagamon. The orb travels at a blinding speed that he barely avoids, but the orb hits the Kindness Palace.

"If I can't bring you to the true side of justice like Magnadramon… Then I'll just destroy you! Either way, a threat is eliminated!" Barbamon exclaims.

The orb of dark energy turns into a massive explosion that engulfs the entire area in one massive ball of darkness. When the energy dissipates, almost everything is gone. The land that was once all one piece has been destroyed, divided into large island-like chunks of earth floating around in the ocean that filled in the vacant space. Other chunks of land are like pillars of earth simply jutting out of the ground. Any plant life that existed on these pillars is completely gone. The area where the Kindness Palace was is now one of those pillars of earth. The Palace is almost gone, except for a single staircase that leads downward.