Digital Densetsu no Mora chapter 14-A crystal cavern
(Valen, Savu and Chako appear)
Terry's PoV
Is Mora crazy?! Jump into a waterfall just to see if something's behind it? Even if she saw it in her vision like Lily did, it's just too risky! We'd be flattened! Killed! Why is she even thinking that this is a good idea?!
But she didn't listen to me as she walked up to the edge of the rock, a determined look in her eyes. Lily walked past me, the same look in her eyes. They both looked at each other smirking. Just what were they planning to do? Whatever they planned to do would be insane…
"C'mon you guys, the only way we'll know for sure if something is behind there is to jump!" yelled Rujina in excitement.
Slowly, but surely, Rujina, Psiana and Alphamon walked up next to them. I was the only one still unsure of what to do next, but my legs began to walk forward of their own accord.
I'm not sure what I was feeling now, but my heart seemed to make up its mind as I now stood next to my friends. I began to shake as we stood across from the waterfall.
"G-guys, are you absolutely sure that we should do this? We could-!" I was interrupted by Lily's voice as she turned to me, and smiled.
"Terry, wasn't it your decision to form an exploration team?" I flinched; of course it was my decision and everyone else followed it. The wind seemed to pick up as she continued staring at me, and she gave the most unusual smile to me. She held out her paw to me and encouraged me to follow them into the waterfall.
My body shook, but not out of fear. "O-okay then, be the bravest…the bravest ever!" I yelled to excite everyone, and I could see the smiles on their faces. Now, the wind seemed to swirl around us, the scent of sweet flowers filling the air. And the air seemed to be charged as well.
Mora grinned and backed up a few feet, and then she charged at the waterfall, going right through it instead of crashing into a wall like I'd thought would happen. So Lily and Mora were right! There was something behind there after all! Why did I ever doubt them?
Alphamon was the next to try and get inside, but he tripped quite a few times before he managed to jump inside. Out of his back, there seemed to be a pair of white wings. Could he be able to fly? I'd ask him later for sure.
Next up to run were Psiana and Rujina, running as a pair, side by side and they jumped together, holding each other's paws and went through the wall of water. The only ones left were Lily, and me who still held a smile on her face and soon, she grabbed my paw. "C'mon, let's go!" she yelled and began to run, pulling my paw and dragging me into the wall of water. My body felt itself getting wet as we pushed through the waterfall.
"Ow, that hurt like hell!" yelled a voice…but I didn't recognize it. Pain coursed through my small body as I stood up, rubbing my head and hips. I looked around for the source of the voice and soon, my eyes laid upon a Vaporeon, and another Pokemon I had never seen before, laying on top of Mora and Rujina in a messy pile of Pokemon.
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Mora's PoV
When I jumped through the waterfall, I didn't imagine getting squished by something…warm? A warm body…inside of a cavern? That's odd, did I land on someone? I opened an eye and looked around me. The cave looked blue with many gems, and crystals all over every part of the place.
I was looking into the eyes of my grandfather's pet Vaporeon, Sammy! He was alive, and so was Aideen, lying on my hips! They had come to find me! I pushed them both off and stared at them in the eyes. Sammy was the first to talk, his jaw closing after being wide open in shock.
"…Who the hell are you?! Don't you know it's dangerous to jump through a waterfall?" he looked angry, and didn't recognize me just yet. It would take some explaining for him and Aideen to get it.
"Sammy, what will it take for you to get the concepts of manners into you?! For Arceus's sake, man!" she yelled, flames sparking from the V-shape on her head. Sammy backed up,
"S-sorry Aideen, it's just…" he stopped when he saw my arm and leg, and his eyes widened in shock again. He glanced at Aideen and then back at me, his jaw still wide open.
Rolling my eyes, I said to him:
"Sammy, you really are stupid sometimes. Of course it's me, you dang goofball!" I blurted out before I could explain what had happened to me. Aideen rubbed her eyes and gasped,
"It IS you, Mora! Holy crap!" she ran up to me and gave me a hug, rambling on and on about how bad of a time that she and Sammy had after we were attacked by Darkrai. The pair had ended up way to the east of Treasure Town, in the foggy forests and it had taken them forever to find their way here before they had gotten lost.
Sammy had been badly hurt by something, as I saw scars on his back. I grimaced; that HAD to have hurt him greatly. I mean really, they looked pretty painful to me. Sammy covered them up with his tail, as if he was ashamed of them somewhat.
My friend's shoulders sunk,
"We got attacked by a rather huge Pokémon on our way out of the steamy forest." She then made a disgusted face,
"And it smelled bad, too." She saw my arm and leg,
"…It really is Nee-san, Aideen! It surprised me the first time, too! But it really is her!" said Alphamon as he…he floated over? I raised an eyebrow, rather surprised by this new ability my brother seemed to have gained.
You see, Alphamon…Digivolved too quickly to be able to learn any attacks for battle, so he can only do punches and kicks, but now…
"…You can float, brother?" I asked in wonder, staring at his lovely white wings. They were so beautiful…I envied him.
"Yes, I guess I can now…cool, huh?" he asked sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head.
"…Just what the hell happened for you to end up like this? Can you explain what happened?" asked Sammy.
Everyone walked up and I began explaining what I remembered along with Alphamon's side as well. I told them what had happened after I was attacked by Darkrai; what had happened to my body, how I ended up joining, and making the Glorious Fangs, and how I met my new friends.
Sammy tilted his head in confusion, but Aideen seemed to be very understanding my story for the most part, but she did ask a few questions of her own.
"So you don't remember getting turned into a Vulpix, yet you remember everything else?"
I nodded, recalling the memory.
"Yeah, I remember getting tossed around in the portal, but after that, it gets fuzzy. I don't remember any pain whatsoever…"
Mora said, as her paw was put under her chin, as she went into a deep thought. Aideen sighed, both in exasperation and relief as she gazed at her master's granddaughter.
Sammy, however, was thinking about someone else: Terry and Lily. He had never seen them before around Mora, and yet…she trusted them. Terry saw him staring at him and asked,
"Why are you looking at me and Lily like that?" he asked defensively as he scooted an inch away, Lily, however, said nothing and stayed quiet, hiding behind me and Terry
"Did we do something wrong? Mora…" Sammy interrupted him with an angry glare and he stepped closer to the pair, his tail moving aimlessly.
"Why do you act like you've known her for forever when you've just met her!? Do you know how much her family misses her, and yet you bring her into this little game of rescuing other Pokémon, and for what end?! Just to fill your own empty-!"
Aideen, pulling on his ear very hard, halted Sammy.
"Sorry, he was worried about Mora, you see…" she apologized and began to explain what had happened up until now…
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Aideen's PoV
I felt my heart freeze; you had been hurt by Darkrai's attack in place of both Sammy and me. Your unconscious body was flung somewhere else where we couldn't do anything about it. Darkrai looked like he was in pain, his attack had backfired and some of the attack had bounced back on him, hitting him in the gut.
Soon, we were thrown onto…land? It sure felt like land to me as we hit it, groaning in pain as we tried to get up. But my consciousness faded and the last thing I saw was Darkrai floating away.
When I woke up, Sammy was above me looking rather worried. When I got up, we looked all over for you for what felt like forever. Night came quickly and we made a camp for the night.
Sammy's PoV
Like Aideen said, we had looked all over for you and found no trace of you. She was really worried about you and it took me forever for me to get her to fall asleep. The next day, we walked to the nearest civilization and asked if they had seen you, but they said that no humans had ever been here before, so we had to leave and ask every town we came across if they had seen you.
All we got was to head to Treasure Town. So, we headed towards the town when we saw you off in the distance with Alphamon. Following you wasn't too bad, but we decided to meet you inside the cavern.
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"…And that's the whole story…" said Aideen smiling and chirping. Everyone nodded, understanding the story. Mora glanced inside the dark cavern,
"You think we should get going?" she asked, looking at Lily since she was the new leader of the team. The Pikachu nodded, taking lead of the team and began leading her friends inside.
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Lily was nervous as hell; her stomach felt all knotted up ever since she had become leader of the team.
Why was she feeling like this? Was it fear, or was it…that she was guilty for taking the role of leader from Mora so swiftly?
She felt heartbroken when she was the look of hurt in her eyes, it made her feel horrible and feel just like a bully, a feeling she hated a lot. Could she give back the role?
"No, she'd just refuse it anyway. She's like that…" she muttered. When she turned around, she realized that she was way ahead of the others and had not heard their yells for her to stop.
"HEY, WAIT UP! YOU'RE LEAVING US BEHIND, LILY!" yelled Psiana at the top of her lungs as she broke into a run, the others behind her…
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Mora's PoV
Sometimes having metal limbs REALLY slows me down when I try to catch up with my friends. Even Alphamon was faster than me, and he wears that armor all the time! Eventually, we caught up to Lily and kept walking inside what Terry now called the Waterfall Cavern.
Nice name. I like it.
As we kept walking through the dungeon, fighting wild Woopers and Surskits, I heard a voice calling out to me…and it felt familiar to me.
"Hey Mora, you okay? Or are you zoning out again?" asked Rujina as she tapped my metal shoulder. I nodded and replied with, "I thought…I heard grandpa's voice…"
Alphamon gasped when I said that…
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Jerome's PoV
Hakuba said that this would only work for a few minutes as I stared at the water blankly. The wind picked up and rain began to drip down all around us; the process we were using was an old method used on the battle fields in the Digital World centuries ago by using the Mermaid fountains the gods had left behind.
The coins used for this were hard to find now a-days, but my daughter Kenpa had found one at an antique store for a really good price.
I always knew she was smarter than what everyone else said about her.
(Spelunk!) She tossed the coin into the water,
"I hope this works, father…" she whined as she sat down next to Tonpei and Cheetah, chatting about their unborn babies.
She could change moods faster than a pregnant person could, that's for sure!
Soon, the fountain worked its magic and an image began to form in front of the water.
"Thank goodness, it's actually working…" my other son said behind me, one of my Digimon children, thanks to my Digimon DNA.
He was an Angel Digimon who was older than all of my other children-Seraphimon, one of the Great Angel Digimon who leads the Network Planet along with my stepdaughter Ophanimon and friend Cherubimon.
(Brrrzzzzt!)The image became clearer and we could hear talking,
"Hey, what's that flickering I keep seeing? Is it a Pokémon attack? I hope not!" said a voice not familiar to me or the rest of us. It sounded young, child-like.
"Looks like a Riolu to me…" muttered Cheetah as he leaned closer, brushing away Kenpa's hand.
"…Did you just hear something? It sounded like…" That voice-! It's Mora's voice!
"MORA!" I yelled as loud as I could and the image flickered. Please don't fade…
"That voice, it's grandpa!" yelled Mora from inside the image.
"Grandpa Jerome…I…" she hesitated; why wasn't she showing that she was okay? I dreaded the thought that something horrible had happened to her. She was nothing like her parents…and yet she was so much like them as well…
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Mora's PoV
The image Psiana and Lily had found showed an image…of home. Of my family…Alphamon didn't wait for me to do anything and walked in front of the flickering image.
"Grandpa, I found Mora nee-san! She's okay! And so is Sammy and Aideen, we just met up with them!" he couldn't stop chatting and talking in his excitement.
The image of our grandpa Jerome showed up,
"Alphamon, thank goodness you and the others are okay! We were so worried when Mora was kidnapped like that…" He looked around, most likely for me but I was worried to show him my new body, that of a Vulpix.
He frowned,
"Well, where is Mora?" everyone else hovered around him, each asking where I was. Lily looked at me and so did everyone else.
"…You need to tell them what happened to your body, Mora…" said Lily, her voice much more confidant than I had ever heard before.
My uncle Seraphimon piped up,
"Who's that? Please, why won't she show herself?" he asked no one. Everyone looked at me, but Alphamon was the one to answer Uncle's question. He stared him directly in his face,
"…She's okay, but her body has been…altered…" He rubbed his forehead, trying to think of a way to break the news to him and the others back home.
"Hey, you weird things in the portal!" yelled Rujina as she pushed past me and my twin brother startling my family members.
"A Zorua, and she's sees us! And she just called us weird…" yelled my grandpa as he was frantically trying to find me.
"Hey, you there! Mora is my granddaughter, and Darkrai took her from us! Please…"
Rujina snarled, "Gee, if you're her grandfather, then why didn't you protect her! Seems like you fucked up pretty badly there! Where the hell are her parents!? Why haven't they done anything to find her and her brother!?"
"…You didn't just go there! You didn't-!" gasped Alphamon and me at the same time. That was something we never wanted to remember again.
"Why if she was-!" Psiana quickly covered her mouth to shut her up. I winced;
"You idiot…" I spoke, shaking my head. Rujina was an idiot…she needs to shut up sometimes.
My grandpa winced,
"…My granddaughter was just going outside for some fresh air when she was taken. Alphamon told us what happened and we set out to find a way to rescue her, and eventually, Alphamon volunteered to go look for her."
Rujina stayed silent.
"Mora, you're there, right? Show yourself please!" yelled everyone back home…
I shivered as I slowly walked forward in front of the image and watched my family's expressions. Each one was horrified and startled at my new form. That made me nervous.
I told them what had happened when Darkrai had taken me.
My grandfather Jerome saw my worried expression and tried to calm them all down. He was always the calmest one, it seemed like.
"I see then, so that's what happened to you while you've been gone. You've been through an awful lot." he scratched his nose, unsure of what to say next until my aunt Kenpa piped up and said he should tell me and my friends what had happened back at home.
My friends and me listened to my grandfather's words, how he explained how time had somehow stopped completely and how he and the others had met up with a pack of stray dogs from a place they called Ohu.
"Time's been stopping here too, but it hasn't affected the whole continent yet." said Lily as she walked up next to me in a calm manner. My grandfather pondered over those words before he said, "Thanks for telling us, whoever you folks are, keep an eye on my grandchildren until I can come get them, okay? Thanks." he said before the portal closed up, leaving us alone to wonder what was going on. What was on my mind and probably Alphamon's mind was what was going on back home.
I shook my body after I realized that Sammy had poured water on me when I was too deep in thought. I turned to glare at him and he nervously laughed and backed away, "HEY!" I yelled at him, annoyed.
He laughed…
Alphamon's PoV
Nee-san really doesn't like getting wet when she isn't taking a bath or shower. We all watched as she chased Sammy around in circles and we heard,
"GET BACK HERE, SAMMY!" yelled my twin.
"HELL NO!" replied Sammy.
"STOP, DAMNIT SO I CAN CLOBBER YA!" yelled my twin.
"LIKE HELL I'M GONNA STOP AFTER YOU SAID THAT!" replied Sammy.
"Um, is this…normal where you guys live, Alphamon?" asked Lily. All I did was nod slowly in response.
I sighed; Mora may be smart for our age, but she still has a lot to learn.
I never really had the chance to grow up like my sister, but no, I was forced into training almost a month after I was born in order to Digivolve as fast as possible. My mother wanted me to become strong, but I hated fighting. It's a wonder I've even managed to reach Mega level at the young age of 4. Mora still hasn't Digivolved past the Rookie level yet. All she can change into is her base Digimon forms and her wolf form.
No amount of training could make my elder twin Digivolve faster. She just wasn't able to. Digimon Hybrids can't Digivolve as fast as a normal Digimon can. It takes them several years to even reach Champion level and it can take their entire childhood to finally reach Mega Level.
But Mora was showing signs of already being able to Digivolve into Champion Level and that worried me a little bit. Was Mora getting stronger faster than I realized?
It takes a certain amount of experience to reach the next stage of Digivolution and it magnifies for each level. It might take a Rookie only a few hundred points to be able to reach the Champion Level, but it takes an Ultimate Level several thousand points to be able to get to Mega Level.
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After Mora and Sammy finally stopped their little game, we set out to the inner depths of the cavern. I marveled at all the crystals, each one unique and a different color. I stopped to wonder if I should take some home. Psiana and Ruijna had gone over to the entrance to go check out something that had caught their attention.
"Hey Alphamon, come over here…" spoke Rujina as she silently waved a paw, telling me to come over to where she was. As I walked over to her, I thought I sensed a presence…but the feeling soon faded just as quick as it came on to me, and I continued walking…
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Cresselia's PoV
That strange creature sensed me and Athena's presence again. He's got sharper senses than I thought. That odd Vulpix didn't sense me, however and that got my attention. Was she really just a Vulpix? I shook my head; no, that was impossible.
She had skills no normal Vulpix could have, that, and she talked about humans…just who was she anyway? Just where did she come from? And who were her friends?
"She could be an alien!" piped up Athena, right next to me with a cheerful smile.
I could do nothing but facepalm…
As I went back to the sun outside, I heard Athena panicking, yelling about a torrent of water…
Mora's PoV
My eyes layed on a crystal and I quickly informed them. They came over and gasped in awe of what I had found. Terry came beside and spoke, "This is amazing! Let's try and pull it out…"