This Chapter and the last one were supposed to make up Chapter One, but I split it up for length reasons. When I first made my Chapters I just ended the chapter after a certain idea ended, but then I ended up with one chapter having 5000 words and the next one having 700 =P. I also have some fan-made Digimon in this Fic. Yes, I know, sigh... But it's sort of annoying that Fics always have Veemon in them. I was planning on having Veemon as Celia's partner, but I was scribbling around that morning and I made an AWESOME design for a Mega, so I went backwards and made the Ultimate, Champion, and then Rookie forms for it. So Jamamon was born. Lame name, but wait until you see what I named Sarah's partner in the next couple of chapters... That's even worse. Sigh.
Chapter Two: The Star From Another World
"Hello, mom." Celia said, falsely bright, as soon as she entered. "Mom, are you here?" The front desk, where her mother worked, was empty. In fact, the entire room was empty, which was odd, since her mother called the History Museum "jam-packed" less than an hour ago. It was open for the next two or so hours, so something had to be up.
Why would she leave the front desk unattended? Wouldn't another employee take over?
"Mom!?" Celia called loudly, walking past the front desk, and looking into the next room. It was the Astronomy Department, where the new exhibit was, but nobody was in there, at all.
"HELLO!? SOMEBODY?"
"There's somebody here," Hissed somebody from the opposite end of the hall. Celia's heart skipped a beat; the voice was soft and icy, like a snake's. "Let's apprehend them before we try to get that star for our Lord."
"We should get the rock first." A stronger voice urged.
"What if they inform the army of our existence? Lord Musyamon wouldn't be too happy about that."
"Fine, let's go." They headed further down, to Celia's relief, the main hallway. If they had checked the Astronomy Room she would have been toast.
Slowly, catching her breath, she walked out from her hiding place, behind an old telescope. The exhibit was at the end of the room, placed on an elegant pillar and roped off lazily.
Probably mom. She almost laughed, but this wasn't a laughing matter. There were two burglars of some kind, and the things they talked about were strange. Our existence? "Musyamon"?
"Oh!" Celia gasped, covering her mouth right after. She looked behind her back, hoping that they didn't hear her reaction. But she couldn't up it; she noticed an unusual looking symbol on the rock. It was in the shape of a star, but it also had a golden ring surrounding the bottom right leg, and six small white orbs circling it like a godly halo. The design was elegant, and Celia was entranced by it. She understood now why people thought it was a sign of aliens, but she still didn't believe in them.
Celia made her way towards the star slowly, and extended her hand. All of the negative feelings she felt earlier were gone – the star seemed to fill her with happiness.
Finally her hand grazed the star, just as the two burglars finally made their way into the Astronomy Room. In a shocking moment, the star on the rock began to glow, and transformed itself into a strange looking device that fit precisely in Celia's hand.
It was like a slightly enlarged iPod. It was a gray device with a snow white grip that fit her fingers precisely. The screen was an LCD touchscreen, and two small buttons were to the right of it, while a slightly larger button was placed on the left. On the top of it was a rectangular red laser-like thing, sort of like the thing cashiers used at the checkout. It was currently flashing frequent red pulses, as though it were giving out a warning.
"There she is!" The serpentine one hissed. Celia looked behind her, and an endless scream came from her body. It echoed through her ears, which rang unbearably. Her heart wasn't beating - it was running without stopping for the slightest break. She was petrified beyond belief at the sight in front of her.
In front of her was a vicious looking snake-man, with two powerfully built arms, two solid legs and a pair of ripped black pants with chains covering his scaly green legs. His hair was long and black, and his eyes were green slits. Beside him was another tall man, this time broad and green a long, ugly face and a set of messy white hair. He was also wearing black shorts, and in his hand was a long club made out of what looked like a dinosaur bone.
"Who are you?" Celia breathed, her legs giving way. She crumpled onto the floor, and looked up, unable to take her sight away from this extraordinary sight.
"I'm Serpemon*," The snake told Celia impatiently. "And this is Ogremon. We are servants of Lord Musyamon."
"And you must be the Tamerthat Lord Musyamon was searching for!" Ogremon added stupidly. "You summoned the DigiStar, and only Tamers are able to do that. You must be destroyed!"
"NO!" Screamed Celia, as Ogremon began to strike. "SOMEBODY HELP ME, PLEASE!" And magically, a figure appeared in mid-air in front of Celia. It looked like a dark blue puppy with velvet blue fur, wearing a bunny costume with rips in the right arm and both of its legs, revealing three paws with razor-sharp claws.
"Another one?" Celia asked the puppy, her bottom lip shaking.
*Serpemon is a fan-made Digimon that I made because I couldn't think of another Champion to use. xP. Celia's partner, Jamamon, is also fan-made. In fact, all of the main character's Digimon are fan-made. My Fics are usually better when I create my own Digimon, for creativity aspects. I have drawings of them, but my art is utter crap. If I'm able to scan them, I will, though.