Nathieu sat in a small hut on top of Infinity Mountain, waiting for his guests to arrive. One of
them wold be his daughter, but he wasn't sure he would recongnise her, or if she would remember
him. It had been such a long time ago that he had left... She would have changed quite a bit,
and he had as well. Ruaraidh had never known Nathieu's true past, and neither had Keara. He had
gone down from the stars before Ruaraidh had, at Hoku-ao's request. Not long after she was 'born
Nathieu had gone to the digital world and stayed there on File Island, waiting for when he would
be needed. He wouldn't be surprised if Ruaraidh didn't even know who he was. But she would know
soon enough, that was for sure.

He watched the sky turn darker and darker as night fell, feeling the Digidestined coming closer
every minute. Ruaraidh was not with the main group, and one other Digidestined was missing. He
knew that the missing one was Davis, the boy Prince from Quimat. Hoku-ao had told him about
those events, and that it was the Digidestined job to save Davis, otherwise the entire universe,
and all of those parallel to it, would be destroyed. Big job for a bunch of kids, but Nathieu
had faith in them. He would have to have faith, they were the only ones who could help now.

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Tai led the tired bunch of kids up to the base of Infinety Mountain, where they finally stopped
to rest. Each kid and digimon were a sorry sight, most of them too worn out to do anything but
sit there. And yet they were so close to their goal. But even Tai knew when enough was enough,
and right now was one of those times. He sat down under a tree, looking at the stars. Most
everyone else was asleep, but him and Matt were up, as was Ken. Ken looked the most restless,
and Tai wondered what was bothering him.

"Ken, what's wrong?" Tai asked in a whisper.
"Nothing, really. I just got this weird feeling that someone's watching us," Ken replied.
"I felt the same thing when we stopped here," Matt said. "What ever it is, I think its coming
from the mountain."
"Well, we'll just have to go and look tomorrow morning. Right now we should try to sleep."

The two other boys nodded and laid back down. But it was awhile before Tai and Matt fell asleep.
Ken however, didn't sleep at all. He was too worried about Davis...and Ruaraidh. The group had
left without inviting her to come along, even though she had been feeling tired it still would
have been polite. Yet somehow he had the idea that, had they even offered, she would have said
no. Ruaraidh didn't seem like the kind of kid that talked to other people. He had been like
that once, but the Digidestined had changed that. Davis had been his first friend, other than
Wormon, and that was why Ken was so worried. They had to find Davis before something really bad
happened to him.

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Davis woke up again, feeling colder than ever. The giant wolf, Talia, still lay curled up next
to him, trying to keep him warm with her own body heat. But Davis was anything but warm. He
shivered under the fur blanket, trying to get some warmth flowing through his limbs, but the
effort seemed to be a wasted one. But it did let Talia know that he was awake. With out a word
the giant wolf stood up and walked away from Davis. He felt colder as she did so, and curled up
even tighter. He could hear a ripping sound, but what it was he didn't know. A minute later
Talia was standing in front of Davis, lifting him up with one of her paws. Laying next to one
of the paws was a chunck of cooked meat.

"Try at eat, Prince, you will need your strenght."

Davis gave a small nod and sat up, the fur blanket draped around his shoulders. He picked up the meat, finding it quite warm. He took one small bite, then another. He didn't eat too much, because his stomach was feeling queasy, but the meat did warm him up a bit. He set that which he hadn't eaten back down and looked up at Talia. The images around him no longer spun around, nor did his head hurt so badly. But he was still cold. He knew he was still sick, and going outside would be a bad idea.

Talia sat next to Davis, watching him for a while, saying nothing until he was looking into her eyes. She smiled at him, her teeth glinting in the firelight as she did so. But Davis didn't flinch and back away as most people would. Instead he waited, knowing she was going to speak.

"I am glad you are able to sit up. That means your fever is going down. But I still don't want to risk you going back into the cold. But it seems I have little choice."

"What do you mean?" Davis asked. He really didn't want to leave the cave.

"Rayya is getting closer, and he has an army of men with him. They will soon find these caves, and we cannot allow you to be recaptured. So I shall take you with me. Climb on my back. My fur will keep you warm against the snow and wind. As long as you are on my back, no harm will come to you."

Talia bent down so Davis could climb onto her back. He did so, first taking his digivice out of the bundle of stuff he had taken from the castle and sticking it in his pocket. He then climbed onto Talia's back, holding on to her fur as best he could. When Talia was sure that Davis had a good grip, Talia raced from the now abandonned caves, carrying Davis deeper into the forest.