Wow I really forgot about putting this up didn't I? Well not entirely true; When I made it I knew I wanted to do a full-blown version going through how everything would have been different for Harry with a partner but as I thought about it this short story just didn't fit in either side. So I'm putting this up as an Omake to Prelude and I whatever my crossover will be called. Note: This was actually written to come immediatly after the Alex and Takato leave the world where the Emperor won. And wrote it immediatly afterward- just so you can see how much my work I revise.
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Alex and Takato found themselves in a clearing. It was night, and the air was cold and crisp, the stars were twinkling on the lake and a globules waning moon shown on the dilapidated castle in front of them. It was peaceful. "I think we're in a human world," Alex said. Gallantmon nodded in agreement. "Maybe we should try and find someone around here."
"Hold up, we don't know how digimon are received here, or if this world even knows about them. We should probably find out," Gallantmon said. Suddenly, the night seemed crueler. The stars could not be seen, neither could the moon. The silence was now smothering instead of welcoming. They saw wraiths moving from the ruin toward them.
"What the hell's going on here?" Alex asked
"No idea," Gallantmon responded. Then they began to hear strange things. Alex heard a boy and a Koromon crying in agony.
Takato and Guilmon were hearing the moments before Beelezemon killed Leomon all the way until the Hell Dragon had reverted to Rookie. When the audio finished it would begin again, like a song stuck on repeat. The shades were approaching, and with them their nightmarish sounds got louder. Takato could barely hear when Alex cried out, "STOP IT!" But he felt what came after it.
"Aaaahhh!" "Aa-Alex!" 'Make it stop...' "K-koro-mon? Are we going to die?" 'No...' "Koromon..."
"STOP IT!" Those horrid abilities had been ripping the hybrids wills apart piece by piece. Unfortunately, when they reached Alex's core instead of a soft and vulnerable spirit that most had they found the resting place of the Crest of Courage. From that Alex was able to expel their fearful abilities. He could see clearly again. The noise was still in his ears and the cloaked shadows were still approaching, but he was no longer afraid. "So you must be the reason we're hearing these things," he said. "Then getting rid of you should solve that problem." He seemed to vanish, only to reappear delivering a punch to one of his closer enemy's face- claws extended. He pulled back, and his claws were a glistening black. He shouted a war cry and barreled into a mass of them.
Just when he realized that he was dealing with them from above, in front, the left, and the right he heard, "Lightning Joust." He turned back just in time to see a blast of white energy tear into the right side of the enemy before it moved close to the center. Just before it hit him however it veered straight up blasting many of the foes away. When he looked to the source he saw Gallantmon's spear still crackling with energy.
"Thanks," he said.
"Don't thank me yet," the Exalted replied. "Look." Sure enough the things that the Lightning Joust had struck were coming back like it hadn't even harmed them.
"What the hell?"
"This does not look good."
Drawing from the energy of the lake Alex called out, "Poseidon Force." "Shield of the Just." The two Megas began to fight back with their powerful distance attacks.
"…[N]ot in their nature to understand pleading or excuses. I therefore warn each and every one of you to give them no reason to harm you." The rest of Dumbledore's speech was cut off by a shout of "Lightning Joust." A murmur swept through the school, the students were wondering what that was? Had Sirius Black come for Harry on the first night? "Students!" Dumbledore called. "I would ask you to remain seated. If the faculty would be willing to come with me…" He strode off without finishing his sentence. The teachers silently followed.
As soon as the teachers had gone, talking resumed. It was chaos as the Prefects and ghosts tried to reign in their Houses. Suddenly, one student stood up, that seemed to be the signal for the entire student body to rise and as one made their way towards the windows that faced where the strange war cries were coming from.
What they saw was not what they were expecting. A knight in white armor and a red cape and a golden lizard man were fighting the Dementors, and they weren't using magic! Or at least any magic that THEY had been taught. The magic didn't seem to affect the Dementors much though. But what did affect the Dementors were their weapons and the duo's kicks.
"Bloody hell, who are those guys?" Ron asked eyes riveted to the fight.
"I don't know," Hermione replied. "I've never read about anything like them. Though I seriously doubt that they're human, or at least completely." At that point, the knight vanished as a Dementor grasped right where it had been- only for the knight to reappear and skewer the malignant thing on its lance.
"Defiantly not human," Ron agreed.
Harry groaned under his breath, how had digimon gotten here? He knew about them, he had even bonded with one after the Examon had asked him to take care of the egg that it would become. What had he been doing near the mortally injured Mega? One of the times he had used Accidental Magic while fleeing his cousin he had found himself in the way of a high-level attack- and across the county. Examon had put himself between Harry and the attack and deleted his opponent before becoming an egg. The teachers continued to move across the grounds. It seemed as if the two intruders saw them before dispelling them from their minds as they continued to fight the demonic creatures that were attacking them.
It was worse because if what Dracomon had said his of associates was true, Dukemon had come here- probably looking for him. After that day the Royal Knights had never seen Examon again. Not that Dracomon hadn't achieved Mega; it was just after they started working with the other British Digi-Destined they had not had the chance to meet any of the other Royal Knights. Dumbledore had apparently seen enough. A silver phoenix erupted from his wand, circling the digimon and driving the Dementors back to their posts, mostly. Some didn't get up. The students and staff alike seemed to realize as one that these intruders had KILLED Dementors! They didn't even know such a thing was possible!
The two digimon stood waiting. Guessing from the gestures they were making, Harry thought that they and the teachers were discussing something. It was hard to tell what when the two Megas' mouths were not visible and the staff had their backs turned to the castle. Then red spells flew at them. In what was likely a combination of shock and pride, the digimon made no effort to move.
The unconscious pair was then levitated toward the castle and the students quickly dispersed not wanting to be caught. One thing was for sure, everyone was saying, this year was going to be interesting, even for Hogwarts Standards.