Red Dragon
Chapter 7: These Beasts That Rise Before Us
By: L'il Will
"Oh, God!" Amanda shouted as she and the four Browniemon spun around to find themselves to be face to face with three sets of burning eyes looking back at them.
The beast at the ones before him. Saliva dripped from all three of his mouths which were all pulled back to reveal many sets of razor sharp fangs.
A dog. A three-headed Doberman to be precise. That was the creature that had Amanda her newfound friends huddled together against a tree, shaking with terror. I don't mean to make it seem as if this dog was nothing. For if you saw a five-foot tall creature on all fours, snarling and growling and foaming from the mouth, you'd be terrified too. Just imagine its size from its nose to the tip of its tail. The entire creature was entirely black, all except for those three pairs of shining, blood red eyes that seemed to suck the courage out of any brave warrior that ever came across it.
"What is that thing?" Amanda quivered.
"Looks like Cerbermon." one of the Browniemon answered in a shaky voice.
"Cerbermon?"
"A demon digimon of the worst kind. The three-headed dog whom guards Hades in a Champion digimon form. He tears people apart or worse, uses his 'Triple Maul' attack"
For a while, it was pretty much just a very long face-off. The group of five just quivered and cowered while the other group of three snarled and drooled.
"What should we do?" Amanda quietly asked.
"We should slowly back away." one of the Browniemon responded.
"I agree, but Cerbermon is an excellent guard dog, he won't just let us get away." another said.
"Well, I think we should attack him." a third interjected. "It's four rookies and a human against one measly champion."
"Four weak rookies and a child who doesn't know what she's doing against a really strong three-headed champion with a mean bite!" the last spoke. "We were meant for working and helping others, not for fighting!"
"What are you talking about? Champion? Rookie?" Amanda asked.
"There are stages in a digimons life cycle or evolution. It goes: Digiegg, to baby, to In-Training, to Rookie, to Champion, to Ultimate, and finally, to Mega, and in extremely rare cases, some digimon have been known to get to a super level known as Perfection, but the Perfection stage has only been recorded twice. Each stage is stronger than the last."
"Exactly my point." a Browniemon whom we shall now know as number answered. "He is stronger than us but only by one level. We can take him."
"No, we should run." the one we know as number three interrupted.
"I disagree." number four (you get the idea) said. He might go away if we wait."
Before long, the Browniemon were arguing and fighting.
The giant hound barked and snarled all three of its head a few times and the arguing quartet quickly shut up and continued to huddle together to keep away from the beast.
Three more minutes passed by and they just held onto each other in hopes that Cerbermon would just go away, and at one point, it almost looked like it would happen. Cerbermon let the snarl on his face fall and his eyelids went back from an evil glare to just plain staring. The group let out a heavy sigh of relief as Cerbermon looked at them, but soon, he eyes went back to an evil glare and he pulled his mouths back to a wicked grin.
"Triple Maul!" Cerbermon yelled as he lunged at the group.
Amanda screamed at the top of her lungs and jumped out of the way, just as the hellhound ran into and knocked down the sign she was huddling against.
Luckily for them, the Browniemon were small enough that Cerbermon just jumped right over them as they cowered.
"Run!" Amanda yelled as she started to sprint away.
The Browniemon looked up and started to go as fast as they could (which was surprisingly quick for their size) as Cerbermon tried turning and catching up as he slid across the dirty ground.
The very fast hellhound was hot on their heels. Barking and snapping at them as they tried to get away.
Cerbermon stopped suddenly and lifted his three heads up and sniffed the air. Amanda and her newfound friends kept running until Amanda ran into something and fell to the ground, Browniemon at her side.
"Hail Storm!" a small and feminine voice yelled from the other side of the bushes.
All of the sudden, water began swirling above Cerbermon's head. Giant ice pellets started falling all around him one by one as he jumped and dodged every possible ice ball as the fell to the ground.
"Amanda!" came the squeaky voice from not far away. "I'm so glad I found you! I've waited almost all of forever!"
Out of nowhere, a tiny little otter jumped onto Amanda's stomach as she layed on the ground. It cocked its head and sniffed Amanda as she froze still in fear.
"It is you!" the little creature jumped up and down with glee. "I'm Furcamon1" it stated.
"You're a digimon, aren't you?" Amanda queried once she calmed down.
"Not only that, I'm your partner digimon!"
"Partner digimon?"
"I get to protect you and help you and we're going to be the absolute best of best friends that best friends can be!"
"It's true." a familiar voice said as a figure on the ground in front of Amanda stood up. "She hasn't stopped talking about you since we got here."
"Brittany!" Amanda shot up from her laying position and wrapped her arms around Brittany's waist. "You've got to help me! They're everywhere and they're after me!"
"I don't think you have to worry." Brittany said as twenty-one more shadowy figures emerged from the darkness. All the way from Charles to Clarence, every one of her new friends from the camp was there, and beside each of them, they had a strange creature, each one more odd than the last.
"This assault will not soon be forgiven."
Everyone whirled around to see Cerbermon standing there. His voice echoed as all three of his heads spoke in unison. His short, black, Doberman fur was moist and wet.
"Who was it?! Who was it that attacked me?!"
"I did." Furcamon stepped forward. "I am the one whose attack is Hail Storm."
"Then you shall be the first to die!"
Cerbermon lunged towards Furcamon who gasped and curled into a ball with fear.
Cerbermon's glistening fur blew through the wind and all six ears curled back, menacingly. His rows of fangs shone a bright white as the sunlight struck them.
"Magical Moon Beams!" Forsamon cried. She flapped her large wings and rose into the air. Every second or two, a small ball of white light would fly out of her wings.
The first hit Cerbermon square in his centre head, bringing him hard to the ground with a yelp.
He quickly picked himself up and shook it off as other balls flew down all around. He snarled at the fairy and barked and, in return, Forsamon turned to fly away.
"Triple Maul!" Cerbermon yelled at Forsamon, viciously.
"Purple Power Beam!" Fratakmon shot a large strand of purple light from his hands.
"Black and White Tail Whip!" Widosimon flung his tail through the air, which released black and white rings at the enemy.
"Green Flash!" a green burst of energy quickly shot out of Akugamon and went straight for Cerbermon at incredible speeds.
"Pepper Breath!" Prodemsimon shot a small ball of fir out of his mouth.
"Hallowe'en Havoc!" A red light shone in Alestimon's pumpkin head, and after a bright flash, the light flew out of his eyes and mouth.
All the attacks hit Cerbermon at once in the side, bringing him to the ground. He stumbled to get up in pain, but still managed.
"I'll kill you all!" he screamed and ran at them.
"Tell- Tale Stampede!" Brynoximon ran at Cerbermon and jumped, hitting Cerbermon in the side with his feet and pushing himself backward to flip around and land on his feet.
"On-Ground Lightning!" Tabermon ran at Cerbermon with such speed, she became a blur until she stopped after ramming into him, sending him back four feet.
Cerbermon limped and got up, still snarling and growling.
"You're all going to die at my hand!" he screamed in rage.
"Hoof Stamp Earthquake!" Bascmon yelled as she stomped on the ground, causing Cerbermon to lose balance and fall flat on his faces.
"Beak Drill!" Sakiomon lunged at Cerbermon, digging her dull beak into his side, winding him and making him bleed a little bit.
Still, Cerbermon picked himself up and started running. "I'm not done yet!" he screamed.
"Sword Swipe!" Awenteamon brought his sword to a tree trunk, cutting it off from the base. The tree toppled over and landed directly on top of Cerbermon's back.
Finally Cerbermon layed down. His eyes all closed. His tongues hung out. His head dropped to the ground as he slowly died.
They all stood and looked at the beast and when they realised that the monster was finally dead, they cheered merrily. High-fives were dispended and all was merry.
All of the sudden, Cerbermon disappeared and in his place, several sparkling particles flew into the air.
All the children watched as this happened. Everything in this world was so confusing to them and they were unaware of what was happening.
"What's going on?" Rebecca quietly murmured.
The digimon turned to look at them. They also had confused looks on their faces, but for different reasons. They couldn't figure out why the children were confused.
"What's with you guys?" Bascmon asked.
"Yeah, his data's only going to the primary village." Prodemsimon added.
"Tis true. He'll be reincarnated, hopefully with a better attitude. It happens to all digimon when they die, it does." Browniemon number one finished.
"Ohhh..." everyone chorused.
"Say, Amanda." Jason started. "Who are your friends there?"
"Alright. Guys, these are the Browniemon. They helped me find my way through the forest and they made me...uh...these clothes."
"I could tell they weren't part of your original wardrobe." Laura giggled.
"Har, har." Amanda flatly stated. "Browniemon, these are my friends. I don't know why they have digimon following them or why there's one following me for that matter, but I guess there's a reason."
"There is." Gennai interrupted.
"Ah!" Amanda yelped.
"Calm down." Steve reasoned. "It's only Gennai."
"Who's Gennai?"
"Sort of a guide."
"Sit down child." Gennai said. "I'll tell you what you're doing here." and so, the next half-hour was spent retelling the digimon story.
"That's a rather odd story." Amanda mentioned when it was finished.
"I say, I never knew a word of before." Browniemon four said.
"Nor did I." number two added.
"And who are these digimon, over here?" Amanda asked.
"Okay, Amanda. I'd like you to meet Akugamon, Prodemsimon, Tabermon, Brynoximon, Sakiomon, Fratakmon, Awenteamon, Forsamon, Alestimon, Bascmon and Widosimon. I believe that's everyone."
"You missed me." a loud and evil, not to mention cocky sounding voice rang above the treetops as a dark shadow fell over the forest.
"Dracus!" Gennai sneered as Digidestined and digimon alike whipped their heads around to find themselves staring into a huge set of teeth.
Well, that's it for chapter seven, tune in next time when we meet out enemy and find out how the digital world was created.
I don't own digimon or any thing related.
So, until next time, the Will, will be signin' off.
