Chapter 3: Together by Chance

Nancy awoke in a daze. She was lying on a pile of large green leaves next to a lake. It sparkled in the evening sun. As her eyes slowly came into focus, she saw an island in the middle of the lake, and on it rested a cable car. Was it possibly the one she was on? It was! But how had she got over here, what had happened? She recalled the rattle of the car and it flying through the air, but after that, everything was blank.

"Where am I now? I've never seen place like this in San Francisco."

"You're awake!" a voice yelled. Nancy jumped up at the voice in terrier. Standing before her was the figure, on she recognised.

"You're…You're the kid from the car, right?"

"Yep, that's me." the figure smiled back at her. "I'm Hiroaki" He stood before her dressed in a blue short sleeved shirt with the top button undone, with cream three-quarter length shorts on. His brown hair was in a mess, and knees were cut. But his smile didn't show any signs of pain.

"I'm…er…Nancy." She said nervously holding out her hand. He took it, shook it, and walked her over to the others sitting a few passes away.

"This is Daniel." pointing to a kid with a blue t-shirt and jeans on and clinching a rucksack. He looked back at Nancy with a slight smile as if to say hello.

"These two are Lisa and Henry." pointing to a couple next to Daniel. Lisa was cuddled in Henry's lap again and sat up saying,

"Hey, how you feeling?"

"Okay I guess" she said rubbing her head and clenching at the pain. "Where are we?"

There was a silence like that of the strange San Francisco morning. Everyone's faces went blank and you could almost see the thoughts of home running through their minds. Their eyes showed curiosity about the placed they had landed in. It was a beautiful place. Surrendering the lake was forests so thick to look into them you would only see black. The sky was a girly pink which faded into a yellow to orange. It seemed magical, spectacular.

"So what do we do now then?" Daniel's little voice said.

"It's nearly dark, who knows what animals live here. We should take shelter in the cable car." Answered Hiroaki. So they got up, walked across nature's bridge to the cable car, and tried to get some sleep.
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The full moon hung high over the night sky with burning stars shining like a crowd from another world holding touches.

"If only they could guide us home…" Daniel whispered.

He laid with one leg over the other staring up at the sky. His eyes glistened with the tears they were trying to desperately hold back.

"It seems destiny had different plans than me…" He whispered to himself.

Wiping his eyes on the back of his hand, he crept back to the cable car and tried to sleep.
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"Wake up all!" An old croaky voice said in a bossy manor. Lisa, Daniel and Hiroaki quickly woke up shocked by the strange voice, slowly followed by Nancy and Henry. They look to the door to see a man, shorter than all of them, about 4 foot; he was old with very little hair. What there was left was grey and in a pony tail on the top of his head. He dressed in red robes with brown shoes. He looked old, yet still had quite a youthful smile.

"Who are you? Are you one of the people sent to find us?" Lisa questioned.

"Yes and no." the strange old man replied.

"The man doesn't even make sense." Sighed Daniel

"I'm Gennai." He answered "And you must be the Digidestined."