A.N.: Just a little treat since it took so long for me to update last time and this time and because it was a decent opening. This is the first chapter that focuses on Harriet, when Dracomon digivolves. It isn't as long as the other chapters unfortunately. I hope you guys like it. What do you think of the antagonist? She kind of creeps me out.
After everyone had rested up and they eat some lunch the kids began hiking again. As they walked the air started to become colder and the kids could of sworn that they saw snow in the distance.
"Hey Harriet, where'd you learn to speak Japanese?" Tai asked.
"Hmm… Oh ah my Aunt and Uncle taught Dudley and I before we left England. They still doesn't speak it very well." Harriet said.
"Whose Dudley?" T.K. asked.
"Oh, he's my cousin." Harriet said.
"Why didn't he come with you?" Izzy asked.
"Dudley doesn't like camping." Harriet explained.
"What's camping?" Babydmon asked.
"It's where you take a tent away from your house on a vacation. Kind of like what we're doing now 'cept you have more supplies and stuff." Harriet said. Dracomon nodded happily, though Harriet was had her suspicions that he hadn't understood. The conversations drifted away. As the walked, Harriet could've sworn that she heard rustling coming from off to the side of their path.
"Does anyone else here that?" Harriet asked and glanced nervously to the right. The group paused and listened.
"Here what?" Tai asked after a minute. "Something's following us." Harriet said. "I don't hear anything." Matt said.
"You're probably just hearing things because of how many times we've been attacked." "No, something's rustling the bushes. I can hear it." Harriet protested.
"We keep our eyes and ears open, but right now we should keep moving." Tai said. The children kept moving, but still no one besides Harriet could hear the rustling.
"Hold up. I have to go to the bathroom." Matt said.
"But what about that thing?" Harriet questioned.
"What thing, Harriet?" Matt asked.
"The thing that's following us." Harriet yelled.
"Oh lay off it. You're being paranoid!" Matt shouted and stormed into the forest. Harriet crossed her arms and glared at the spot Matt entered the forest at. Harriet started walking without the rest of the group angrily. Everyone caught up a couple a minutes later and Matt now seemed very interested in talking to Harriet.
"Hey Harriet, Come here! I want show you something." Matt shouted up to her from the very back of the group.
"No thanks, I'm busy." Harriet called back, still angry. Matt seemed to get more and more frustrated as Harriet continued to rebuff him. Snarling, Matt shoved forward to the front and slowly started to change into a giant red wolf like digimon with leather sleeves on his legs, and purple claws. She snatched Harriet and before they knew it, the wolf and Harriet was gone.
"What was that thing?" Izzy asked.
"That was Fangmon, a Demon Beast type digimon. Once it locks onto it's prey, it will never let go." Tentomon replied grimly looking towards where the wolf had gone.
"So we'll never see Harriet again?" T.K. asked.
"Not if I can help it!" Dracomon shouted angrily.
"Let's find Matt and then go rescue Harriet." Tai suggested.
"No way! We need to find her. Now!" Dracomon said hotly.
"Calm down, splitting up won't do any good. It'll only make things worse. If we find Matt, Gabumon might be able to digivolve again and we'll be able to save her." Sora explained.
"Come on then, let's go find the prat so that we can find Harriet!" Dracomon shouted and started running back towards where Matt was last. They found Matt a little way past where they had last seen him.
"We should of listened to her." Matt said when they caught up to him.
"That wolf thing attacked me and then shifted so it locked like me." Matt said madly.
"It knocked me out and then the next thing I know, I hear Harriet screaming and then th-that… thing comes running past and she… damnit!" Matt said, the words rushing out like water over a waterfall.
"It's all right, Matt. We'll get her back." T.k. declared, never even considering the possibility that they couldn't.
"This is my fault." Matt said and hung his head.
"No, I should've known…" Gabumon said.
"Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, either way we're wasting time!" Dracomon snapped. They group nodded and began following the pawprints Fangmon left behind.
"Where do you think she's taking Harriet?" Sora asked quietly.
"It's den, wherever it is." Izzy replied grimly.
"Fangmon lives deep in the heart of the forest." Tentomon commented.
"It's leading us the wrong way then. We should turn here." Dracomon said and turned to the left side of the track.
"Are you sure that's a good idea, we could get lost in there or it might be going the right way?" Sora questioned.
"The center of the forest is this way. You can come with me or you can keep following it's goose trail. Either way, I'm going to save my partner." Dracomon said and disappeared into the forest. Surprisingly, Joe stepped forward first followed quickly by the two brothers and their digimon. Tai, Izzy, and Mimi stepped forward next, leaving Sora no real choice but to go with them.
"Dracomon knows what he's doing. He is Harriet's partner." Tai said.
"Let's go then." Sora replied.
The kids moved as quickly as they could through the woods and soon came upon the track again.
"Look that's Harriet's bag!" T.K. yelled and ran forward to snatch the bag up.
"Why don't you keep ahold of it for her?" Sora suggested and T.K. nodded, and put the strap on over his shoulder.
"See, I was right. She's trying to keep us from catching up. No doubt that we'll get lost if we follow them." Dracomon declared in bitter glee.
"Perhaps I should fly up and see if I can spot Fangmon." Tentomon suggested.
"Good idea." Dracmon replied, and looked longingly towards the sky. Tentomon flew up into the forest and started scanning the area for the red digimon. He spotted it to their left, away from where the track leads. He zipped back to the ground.
"She's to the left, come on." Tentomon shouted and started moving towards the left. Dracomon lead the group.
"Lemme go!" Harriet shouted, and her voice echoed through the woods. Dracomon heard her and quickly left the group behind in his rush to help her.
"Let my partner go now!" Dracomon yelled as he charged into the clearing.
"Dracomon!" Harriet cried. She was hanging out of Fangmon's mouth, dangling by the back of her shirt.
"Baby Breath!" Dracomon shouted and a giant ball of fire hits Fangmon's side. Fangmon snarled and Harriet's shirt tore and she was flung to the side. She made to stand and dash to Dracomon but Fangmon pinned her under one of her paws. Harriet struggled under but she couldn't get away. Fangmon shot a ball of dark energy back at Dracomon and the rest of the group, making Harriet scream. Draco took the blow and fell to the ground. "Dracomon!" Harriet screamed and renewed her effort to get away the evil digimon.
"Agumon you've got a digivolve again! You have to help him!" Tai pleaded.
"I can't do it, Tai!" Agumon cried.
"But you have too! They need our help!" Tai urged. Agumon shook his head.
"What about you Gabumon?" Tai asked and Gabumon shook his head regretfully.
"Dracomon! Come on you need to get up! Harriet needs you!" Matt shouted to the dragon like digimon. Dracomon climbed to his feet unsteadily and turned to face his opponent again. Fangmon launched another ball of dark energy at him which he avoided this time. Fangmon snatched Harriet back up and disappeared into the forest.
"You let him get away!" Tai shouted angrily and shoved Dracomon. "Yes and now you're wasting time being mad instead of chasing her." Dracomon spat and rushed forward into the forest without the rest of the group. "Harriet!"
"Dracomon! H-Help!" Harriet called, her voice barely carrying to back to Dracomon. A white beam shoot into the sky from her digivice and Dracomon was enveloped in a ball of white light.
"Dracomon digivolve to… Blue Coredramon!" Dracomon shouted and digivolved into a dark blue dragon with 3 red horns and a white under belly. Dracomon shoot into the air and rushed towards the red wolf digimon bounding towards Infinity Mountain at the middle of the island. Blue Coredramon quickly overtook Fangmon and landed right in front of it, blocking it's path. Fangmon growled angrily at him and tried to dodge around him but Blue Coredramon hit her with his tail. Fangmon dropped Harriet and lunged at Blue Coredramon. Blue Coredramon sidestepped him and hit him with his tail. Harriet carefully snuck around Fangmon and scrambled up Blue Coredramon's back. Fangmon struck them with a ball of dark energy. Harriet screamed as the attack ripped upon her scar. Blue Coredramon launched them into the air.
"Blue Flare Breath!" Blue Coredramon snarled and a ball of blue fire slammed into Fangmon. Fangmon dodged, but the fire still caught it's back leg. Fangmon snarled, one that seemed to promise that it would be back, before dashing off into the forest. "Th-Thank you…" Harriet said as they flew.
"You're welcome, Hari." Blue Coredramon replied.
"Hari?" Harriet asked and looked up. "Dra-Coredramon! We're flying!" Harriet squealed happily.
"Yes, we are." Blue Coredramon said and laughed heartily. "I promise that I will protect you forever."
"I can look after myself." Harriet answered quietly.
"Regardless you should always have somebody to look after you and that should be a two way street." Blue Coredramon replied.
"I'll look after you then." Harriet declared.
"Good. Unfortunately, Hari, we've reached our stop." Blue Coredramon said and landed in a clearing just in front of their friends.
"Harriet!" Everyone shouted and rushed forward to hug her as Blue Coredramon dedigivolved into Dracomon.
"Are you alright?" Matt asked.
"I'm just peachy." Harriet replied.
"Here's your bag, Harriet. I found it earlier." T.K. said and pulled the bag of his shoulder.
"Thank you T.K." Harriet said and took her bag back.
"You're bleeding." Sora said.
"I'm okay. It's not too bad." Harriet said.
"Here, let me see." Joe said and pushed forward to the group. "Well, she's right it's not very deep." Joe took an antiseptic wipe out of Sora's mini first aide kit and wiped up her forward.
"Where'd you get the scar from, Harriet?" Mimi asked.
"From the car crash my mummy and daddy died in." Harriet replied softly.
"Oh… I'm sorry." Mimi said.
"That's okay. It's my favorite feature." Harriet said, perking up. Joe finished by putting a bandaid over the cut.
"There you go Harriet." Joe said.
"Thank you, Joe." Harriet said through a yawn and gave Joe a hug.
"Let's all take a break and try to take a nap." Joe suggested.
"Sounds good by me." Tai said. Everyone quickly settled down and drifted off to sleep.
A.N.: There we go. Harriet's first chapter and it's only 5 pages to short. Yeah! Published date: 8/10/2016.
