Okay I'm back. Sorry for my emo outburst before, I was doubting myself. But I just got my first job and will be starting work soon and that has given me confidence so here I go again!
After they climbed up the cliff they stopped for a moment to look out over the ocean. "That is quite the view." said Joe "Yeah." said Agumon
"Hey Agumon. Why didn't you stay as Meramon? It would save a lot of trouble."
"I don't have the energy and neither do you. Remember I use your energy to Digivolve so if I stayed as Meramon you'd be really tired." Agumon explained but was confused by it himself
"That makes sense I guess." He said by still not fully understanding.
"Okay, so where do we go now?" asked Rhys but before they could answer they heard a growl then a dinosaur like Digimon came from around a rock
"What the hell is that?" asked Sam panicking
"Its just a Monochromon. Do not be alarmed they are normally quite docile." said Hagurumon then it let out an angry roar
"It must be having an off day." said Rhys then another one came from the other side
"Oh great we're caught in a Monochromon turf war." said Ash sarcastically
"I think we better get out of here before they think we apart of this too." said Becca as she pushed James forward and everyone followed behind and began running as the Monochromon collided. "That battle is just going to end with one or both of them in the water." said Keramon looking on
"I think you're right about that." said Ash stood behind him
"Well I'm not staying to find out." said Sam running with the others then Ash and Keramon followed as well, just as the Monochromon smashed into each other and fell off the cliff into the ocean.
Further ahead the group had stopped to catch their breath, "Why do we always end up running?" asked Sam gasping for air "I hate running."
"Yeah me too, we should just stay and fight." said Rhys
"That's not what I meant." Sam said still trying to catch his breath
"We can't solve everything with violence, Rhys." said Ash "Whatever." he said walking away "Hey Rhys, wait up." said Impmon following him, then Danni and Floramon followed them. Ash sighed and signalled them to keep moving.
As they kept walking the sun began to set and it made the sparkling forest glow a brilliant orange, the group then began to wonder about where they would set up camp, "My feet are starting to hurt." said Danni trudging
"We should find somewhere to camp soon. We're all tired and it's getting dark." said Rhys
"Well look at mister responsible." said Ash in a funny sarcastic voice
"Screw you Ash, I'm just as responsible as you are." Rhys said angrily getting in Ash's face
"Please don't start arguing again." said Becca, Rhys turned away and kept walking.
"Wait a minute guys." said Lunamon as her antenna started twitching "I sense water. This way." she said running ahead and the others followed behind.
They followed Lunamon to a beautiful, shimmering lake with a small island in the middle and pylons on the water that weren't connected to anything. The light from the setting sun made the lake shine with a majestic orange. "Whoa, it's beautiful." said Lauren. They looked out on the lake and recognised that it was shaped like a crown with 3 points, "I think this is Crown Jewel lake." said Hagurumon
"I thought it was called Dragon Eye lake. Home of Seadramon." said Ash
"No, that's on the other side of File Island." said Hagurumon with his great amount of knowledge
"Hey what's that?" asked Danni pointing at the island in the centre of the lake. There were lights shining at the centre of the island, "Let's go see shall we." said Ash.
They ran to a land bridge connecting the shore to the island, and when they reached the centre they saw that the lights were coming from a red and blue tram car that was just there in the centre with nothing connected to it, but it was still powered. The group ran to the tram car as it lit up and went inside, it was nice and clean but completely empty. The seats were green and looked very comfortable, as they filed inside Sam went to the front with Hagurumon to look at the equipment, most of it worked but didn't show anything useful. Danni, Floramon, James and Lunamon all quickly sat down in the seats in the centre of the car, "These seats are surprisingly comfy." said James bouncing happily on the seat with Lunamon doing the same to his right. Becca, Lopmon, Lauren and Elecmon entered at the back on the tram but while Becca and Lopmon moved closer to the centre, Lauren and Elecmon stayed nearer the back. Lauren kept her head down but Elecmon caught her attention as he smiled up at her as if to say I'll stay with you no matter where we are. Joe and Agumon entered next and immediately Joe looked at the floor and thought that it was the cleanest tram car he had ever seen. The ones he was used to seeing were always covered in litter and stained with chewing gum. Ash, Keramon, Rhys and Impmon entered last. Ash and Keramon went to the head of the tram in order to maintain his leader like stature while Rhys and Impmon stayed near the door as if he was ready to jump out at anytime. As the group began to settle and Sam and Hagurumon had rejoined the group, they all had one question on their minds "What on earth is this doing here?" asked Joe finally with a slight look to Ash for the answer "I have no idea." he said
"Wasn't this in your anime?" asked Lauren from the back quietly, but loud enough to hear.
"I don't remember. Besides it wouldn't matter if it was because we are on a different side of File Island than them, so my knowledge of the anime doesn't matter." Ash said with annoyed look as he knew the anime like the back of his hand but still struggled to remember
"So like usual, your useless." said Rhys with his usual animosity
"What is your problem?" asked Ash directing his anger at Rhys "Why do you hate me so much?" Rhys huffed and left the tram "You guys make yourselves comfortable, we'll stay here tonight. I'll go talk to Rhys." said Ash before he left the tram as well. He walked out and saw Rhys near the edge of the island next to the land bridge "What's going on with you?" asked Ash "Why do you hate me so much? I barely even know you."
"Lets not talk about this in ear shot of the others." said Rhys beginning to walk across the land bridge, Ash followed him across.
"What is this about, Rhys?" asked Ash genuinely confused
"You have known me for about as long as you have known Becky." said Rhys "But I have known her for a lot longer. So why did she have to go for you?" he said straining like he wanted to shout but was still keeping his voice down
"This is about Becky? I thought you were over her." said Ash becoming even more confused
"I am, I think I am. I don't know anymore." said Rhys with his head in his hands.
Rhys and Becca are childhood friends and for along time Rhys liked her. For a lot of that time she knew this and told him that they could only be friends. Rhys understood and slowly began to see it her way, however when Joe introduced her to Ash and they started flirting and eventually started going out, he started to feel resentment towards Ash but couldn't put a reason behind it as in his heart he was over her and wish her happiness that Ash was giving her.
"Do you still like her?" asked Ash with a serious look on his face as he was determined for an answer, he didn't want this to be the reason for possible conflict between them. Rhys paused for a minute as he searched his heart for the true answer he wanted to give, "No, I am over her. I just..." he stopped mid-sentence not knowing how to word how he felt
"You just want to be with someone, you want to have what me and Becca have." said Ash calmly knowing what he wanted to say
"Exactly, but, who would want to be with me." said Rhys sulking
"I know someone who likes you." said Ash mysteriously
"Really? Who?" asked Rhys brightening up a bit
"She made me promise not to tell you. But I will give you some advise; keep your eyes open, because love will find you when you least expect it." said Ash as he began to walk across the land bridge "What the hell does that mean?" he asked chasing after him but Ash left him without an answer and just laughed at him.
As they got back to the tram car, Ash stopped Rhys at the door "So, are we good?" he asked extending his hand. Rhys took his hand "Yeah, we're good." he smiled then when they let go Rhys opened the door and went inside with Ash shortly behind.
"So. Who wants something to eat?" asked Ash with a smile
"Actually, I had an idea about that." said Rhys
"Really?" asked Sam surprised that Rhys had thought of something
"Yes." he said with a cocky I-can-do-this-too attitude "Why don't we save our food and fish in the lake and collect berries."
"That's actually a good idea Rhys." said Joe truly surprised
"Good work, Rhys." said Ash putting his hand on his shoulder and smiling "Okay that's what we'll do. Me, B, Joe and Sam will make rods and fish, while Rhys, Danni, James and Lauren can gather berries. Digimon just go with your partners. Got it?" Ash said taking charge "Got it!" they all said. They all left the tram car and went to do their jobs.
Ash told Keramon and Lopmon to start a fire while they made the rods and went fishing. Joe sent Agumon to help with the fire as well and Danni asked Hagurumon to help collect berries as they could use his gears to hold the plastic bags that once held sandwiches, but they are now using them to carry berries. The land bridge was at the centre of the base of the crown like shape of the lake. The fishers positioned themselves at the base in pairs at both sides of the land bridge, Ash was sat with Becca and Joe was sat with Sam.
Joe and Sam are quite close. When they were younger Joe and Ash helped Sam when he was being bullied and even when Ash wasn't around Joe would continue to protect Sam. Sam was grateful for this and offered to help Joe revise and tutor him. Sam would be bullied because he was smart and a bit nerdy. Joe wasn't that smart (then again you can't really compare people with Sam) but he was strong and was able to overpower the bullies. As they stayed together they became like brothers and were often seen together.
Joe and Sam were sat to the left of the land bridge, fishing the gleaming blue water. "How do we even know that there are fish in here?" asked Sam holding a stick with a string in the water
"Ash seems to think there is, plus it's the first time he has agreed to do something Rhys wanted to do so he must believe there are fish here." said Joe
"I guess so. And we have only been at it for a few minutes." said Sam. They stopped talking and waited to see if they could catch any fish. Sam was thinking as they waited, after all the problems Joe helped him with, he never truly thanked him and as he looked at Joe he knew he was different from the others and felt that he was a true friend. "Y'know Joe..." Sam said but was cut off by his fishing rod being pulled down
"Come on Sam, reel it in." said Joe as Sam stood up and tried to pull it out of the water but was struggling so Joe stood up behind him and put one hand on Sam's and the other on the stick and helped him pull. As they pulled Sam lost his grip and fell back on to Joe, who was able to keep his balance, and just stayed there as he reeled in the fish. Sam stayed leaning on Joe's chest and because he had fallen slightly he was looking up at Joe's face as he flicked his hair out of his face, Sam was speechless. "You okay, Sam?" asked Joe looking down at him. Sam stood up and took the stick from Joe "Thanks." he said taking the fish off the string
"No problem." Joe smiled then as he went back to his stick he saw the string move and he stepped on the stick as a fish tried to pull away, he picked it up and quickly pulled in the fish. After Joe had taken it off the string he sat down again "Just 2 more I guess." he said and Sam sat down next to him again.
Ash and Becca were sat at the other side of the land bridge and had already caught 3 fish, they were looking at the other side and they saw what happened with Joe and Sam "Those two would make a cute couple." said Becca with a smile
"Yeah, too bad it'll take ages before they realise their feelings for each other." said Ash. There was a small moment of silence as they watched the water move slowly with the breeze, then their was a tug on Becca's fishing rod and in one swift movement she pulled in a quite a large fish "Whoa, thats a big one." she said
"You like 'em big, don't ya." Ash said with a funny smile on his face
"That's why I'm with you." she said also with a funny smile, making him laugh. They picked up all their fish and went to the land bridge were Keramon, Lopmon and Agumon had started a fire, so they took the fish and put them on sticks to cook around the fire. After a few minutes Sam and Joe came over and did the same with the fish they had caught.
Danni was trying to get some more berries from a tree but she couldn't quite reach, then Rhys reached over her and grabbed them for her then gave them to her "Thanks Rhys." she said with a smile but he didn't reply he just went back to picking fruit, "Hmph." Danni exhaled angrily and stomped over to him "Hey, what's your problem? Why are ignoring me?" she asked almost yelling at him
"Sorry Danni." he said turning to her "I just have a lot on my mind." he said putting his hand on her head and smiling.
"You can always talk to me, I am your sister after all." she said very proudly, Rhys suddenly looked like he was deep in thought, he looked down and said quietly "Not my real sister." Danni heard this and recoiled in shock. She clenched her fist then punched him in the stomach "Well if that's how you feel fine then I'll just leave you alone." she yelled then marched angrily further into the forest.
Floramon looked up at Rhys "Please chose your words more carefully." she said before following Danni.
Danni was walking through the forest not really thinking about where she was going then as Floramon caught up to her she stopped and they both realised they didn't know where they were. They were scared and looked around for a clue of which way to go but all they saw was multi-coloured trees and various road signs, Danni was about to yell for help when she saw a yellow light in the distance and they decided to follow it.
Rhys returned to the group with Impmon to find that the others were already there and waiting for them sitting around the fire with the fish cooking around it "Hey Rhys, Impmon. Where's Danni?" asked Ash
"I thought she would have come back here. She ran off before." said Rhys
"We have to go find her." said Lauren worried
"Me, Keramon, Joe and Agumon will go look for her." Ash sighed
"No, she's my sister and it's kinda my fault she is gone, I'll go after her." said Rhys protesting as Ash stood up
"Keramon and Agumon are the only ones that can Digivolve, we can take care of any threats." he said with a smug look and his arms crossed
"No, look I'll find her then be back with out any problems. Trust me." Rhys replied
"Fine." Ash sighed "But find her quickly or we will eat your fish." Ash sat down again and Rhys and Impmon went back into the forest.
"You did that on purpose didn't you." asked Becca
"What? No." he said sarcastically with a smile.
Danni and Floramon had followed the light to a small cave and in it, on a alter-like rock, there was a pink flower with a white centre but it looked solid, almost like it was carved or made of stone or metal, it gleamed in the light. "Whoa, that's really pretty." said Floramon walking slowly towards it like it was drawing her forward
"What is it, Floramon?" asked Danni but got no reply as Floramon was looking intently at the flower, she then reached out and grabbed it. As her petals wrapped around the flower, it began to glow again and suddenly Floramon was covered in a blinding light. Danni covered her eyes and looked away as her eyes burned from the sight.
Meanwhile, Rhys and Impmon saw the light from a distance and decided to follow it, in hope that it will lead them to Danni and Floramon.
Oh, cliffhanger :) I hope you guys are enjoying this fanfic, because I'm actually proud of how the rest of it is coming along. Like I said before, I have up to chapter 5 written but I'm making edits and uploading slowly while also writing chapter 6. I really hope I can continue writing this even when I have work but until then I'll see you in the next chapter!