The words on the screen disappeared, leaving the screen blank once more. Then it turned black. Soon enough, I heard noises. A forest was shown to me, with a large and beautiful lake. But in the lake, it wasn't water; it was blood. I gasped as the screen once more turned white, and I heard Ophanimon's voice yet again.
'You have seen what will happen to both our worlds without your help. But, enough of that. Are you ready to meet your team?'
I calmed down enough to talk, but my voice was still a bit shaky. "Yes, just one question. Whose world was that; yours or mine?" I asked nervously, not wanting to hear the answer.
'You'll just have to wait and find out.'
The light became too strong, and I'm not sure what happened after that.
I woke up on a wide expanse of grass. As if in a movie, I heard yelling and screaming, and even the sound of hoof beats on the grass. But when I looked around, to my imagination, there was nothing there. Bewildered, I sat up and looked around. There were several other kids lying around me.
I felt a cool breeze, and a shadow fell over me. I looked up but nobody was there. The three kids woke up, and could clearly see who they were: Paul, Kyle, and my best friend Ashley. The shadow unexpectedly got closer.
"Raven!" Ashley yelled, running up to hug me and tripping over her feet in the process.
"What's goin' on here?" Paul said, still in a daze from landing so hard, I guess, and sat up rubbing his head.
"Some landing," Kyle said, he too in a daze.
"Nice landing ace," Ashley and I said in unison.
'Welcome to the Digital World,' a voice said.
"Sounds likeā¦" Kyle said as he and Paul walked up beside us.
'I am Ophanimon.' We all turned around. 'How old, may I ask, are you children?'
We all answered ten, except for Paul, who was nine and a half.
'Since the last attack, we have been almost defenseless,' Ophanimon sighed.
"What kind of attacks? Is there anything we can't do to help? And who's we?" Paul asked unenthusiastically.
'Take these. They might help,' Ophanimon said, and four digieggs appeared in front of us.
My digiegg was black with red hearts on it. Ashley's was red with black stripes. Kyle's was a sort of bluish color, and Paul's was an orange color. Ophanimon gestured for us to follow. With digieggs in hand, we began to cross a small clearing.
The dark memory of fighting appeared in my mind again, and I could just picture it happening here. The digimon stopped short, and told us to look into the meadow beyond her. This time I was able to see the fighting with my own eyes, and not just me but my friends too. There was definitely no day-dreaming here; it was actually happening. The picture of the lake filled with blood popped into my mind again, and when I tried to shake it away it kept coming back.
"Ophanimon," I said, "before coming here, to this world, I saw something, absurd."
My friends looked curious, so I described the lake and the war effects I had heard earlier. When I had finished Kyle and Paul looked as if the didn't believe me (no surprise there). I flinched under their stare and looked down at my feet.
'That is something we must discuss another time. But first you must tell me: do you accept this challenge?' Ophanimon asked, changing the subject.
"We accept," three of us said.
"Yeah sure whatever," Paul muttered.
I gave him a dirty look. As I turned to walk away I heard a scream. Everything went black and I felt myself fall.
"Raven!"
