Legacy took Calumon, who was now happily asleep on his DoubleTown hat, imported from Germany, out into the clearings near the town, where he pondered, How am I going to explain this to Azzie? He wont accept me being befriended or partnered up with a Digimon, a powerful surge took over his mind, it was almost a darkness: You don't need Azzie, or the PHX, you don't need Magic!
This, Legacy thought, was enough! His whole life was Magic, the PHX had helped him achieve his pro-status, and he didn't even know why he cared for the little Digimon, but he knew that he did, and he cared for 'it' far too much. He picked up his cellphone and dialled a number, "Hello, is this Prido's Pizza?" He asked, almost gloomily, "I'll have a Vegetarian pizza and some creampuffs on the side," He muttered into the phone, "Deliver... NO, not to my house! I'll pick them up."
Legacy walked down the streets, he bought a T-Shirt on the way, and changed into it, it was a Nike T, green with yellow stripes. He had bought it so as not to be recognized, but how would anyone else recognize him when he didn't recognize himself, not in mind anyway. He stopped off at the pizza place to collect his pizza. "That's a cute little doll you've got there," The pizza woman prodded Calumon, who started to cry! The pizza woman quickly gave him his pizza and shoved him away, Calumon stopped crying outside, "Why did she poke me? It hurts!"
"She thought you were a toy!"
"Did she want to play with me?"
"NO!"
"Awww... why is everybody so mean around here?"
"They're not, well... yes they are, but they didn't mean to hurt you, older people don't understand Digimon."
"Oh, we should tell them, then they will be happy!"
"No, they would send you to Science, and that's not a 'happy' place to be!"
An elderly man walked by and eyed Legacy weirdly, as if he were dirt. "Please, talk to me when we get home." And with that he pressed on. He eyed the pizza, he wasn't vegetarian, but he knew that Calumon probably would be, it was as if he sensed it. He seemed to understand Calumon in a way that was difficult for even him to comprehend; the annoying bit for him was that Calumon couldn't be seen with him by any of PHX, so he would have to choose between his Digimon partner, and his Magic the Gathering life.
A few weeks ago, this would've been an easy choice, but not now, even though he had only known Calumon for a few minutes, he already felt a burning wish inside him to know more about the little Digimon, and to spend time with him. It was a crazy friendship, because all Calumon seemed interested in was playing and adventure, and he knew Calumon could never come to GP - Birmingham with him, Calumon would be bored out of his mind!

Legacy got to his front door, he crept in, his mom and dad were obviously out. He snuck upstairs and put his bag and Calumon on the bed. The cover was a PHX cover, with a gold serpentine dragon on it, and many magic cards surrounding it, one of them being Legacy's favorite card: Absorb. Calumon walked right over to absorb, and exclaimed, "This one looks nice!"
Legacy laughed, "That one has won me many tournaments!"
"What's a ornament?"
"A tournament, you've seen card game players?"
"Yes, they usually throw rocks at me, and call me a dumb rat!" Calumon's ears folded down, and a deep sorrow that Legacy would never have known could exist in such a happy creature crept over Calumon's expression and posture.
"Never mind them, they're the bad players, I am one of the good players, we go to tournaments, it's where we can spend time playing with the other good players, and enjoy ourselves."
"How do you play?"
Legacy never knew that Calumon had concentration, but he seemed to be enjoying it, Legacy showed him the ropes of Magic, and even let Calumon win a couple, but just when he was starting to think it natural, the phone rang.
"Calumon, I want you to be quiet while I talk, I am not going to be talking to you as long as the white thing is next to my ear, I will be talking to another Magic player."
"OK!" Calumon responded, and went to look at his Magic cards that Legacy had given him.
Legacy picked up the phone, "Fuck dude!" Came a voice, Azzie!
"What?"
"Rob's mom said you were talking to your hat, or a white blob on top of it in town, are you trying to wreck our reputation?"
"No, I..."
"Anyways we're playtesting, come and join!"
"Can't, I'm... er... grounded"
"Shit!"
"Anyways I'm playtesting here!" Legacy knew that Azzie would think he meant on Magic Online, and he wasn't lying, after all, he was playing against Calumon.
"OK dude but just playtest soon, GP coming up!"
"Sure, seeya!" Legacy put the phone down.
Calumon read aloud, "You may rem... rum... rom... romove... a blue card in your had from the game in... insteed of payig Misdirocshin's mana cost."
"You can read?"
"I didn't think so but I can!" Calumon smiled and his ears extended to their full size.
Legacy thought... this Digimon is similar to how he is portrayed on TV, but there are certainly differences. Like this one can concentrate, read, but still looks just as overcute, Legacy couldn't fault Calumon, he was like the little brother he never had.
They played many a game of Magic that night, Calumon got tired around 11:00pm, and Legacy put him in a pillowcase to sleep. Legacy went on the Internet to search for details on GP - Birmingham. He printed them off, muffling the sound of the printer so the Digimon could sleep, and then he went to bed, switching the light off.

Legacy awoke peacefully for the first time since he was five, since then he had always woken up to a virus warning on his computer, or his cell ringing, or someone shouting at him, or just because of a Nightmare or weird dream. He had dreamed of Calumon and him both going into GP - Birmingham, the thought made him laugh, Calumon was already awake, and he seemed to be reading the printouts.
"Hi!" Calumon exclaimed, "I thought you would never stop playing dead!"
"Calumon, I have to sleep every night, I'm afraid to tell you!"
Calumon floated down from the desk, using his ears to glide his body smoothely onto the bed, he sat down next to Legacy. Legacy admired the brilliance and agility of the Digimon's movements, he could tell, himself, that he was very much obsessed with Calumon. Calumon passed the documents to Legacy, "What do they mean?"
Legacy didn't know how to put it for the Digimon to understand, but then he remembered, Calumon had understood Magic, apart from the stack, but no one understands the stack the first time they play. "This is about a very big time when the Magic players get together and play lots of Magic!"
"Are we going?"
"Well..." Legacy didn't want to disappoint Calumon, "If you want to!"
"Yaaaay!" Calumon's eyes glistened with excitement.
"But we will have to practice more..." Legacy trailed off, he realized what he had just let himself in for, this would mean getting Calumon there, in Azzie's car, without Azzie noticing, then getting the judges to allow Calumon to participate. But Legacy was determined not to let the little creature down.
The phone rang.
"Legacy, your mother and I will be going out all day today! And please don't lock your door, I was trying to get in!"
Legacy replied, "Fine dad," and put the phone down.
He turned on the radio, loud!
"Awwww..." Calumon's ears suddenly shrunk, Legacy quickly turned the music down, "Sorry... forgot!"
The Digimon looked happy again, "Wanna play?"
"Magic... yes, there's not much else we can play in here!"
"That's what I mean, silly, I'm not a baby!"
Legacy picked up the decks, he gave Calumon the U/G Madness and himself the Mind's Desire.
"OK Calumon, there are two types of Magic at the tournaments, they have the same rules, but use different sets of cards."
He then went on to explain set symbols and rarities, and that the tournament would have a first day of Type II and a second day of Extended, but that only the people who did really well would go onto Day 2, he told Calumon not to be disheartened if he didn't get into Day 2, very few got there on the first day. Then there was a knock at the door.
"Hide Calumon!" Legacy whispered sharply.
Calumon hid in the closet.
Legacy opened the bedroom door.

"SUP?!"
"Azzie what the fuck are you doing here?"
"Dude," Azzie sais, as he, Rob and Lewis walked in. "What's your problem? Your parents are out!"
"OK." Legacy told himself to calm down in his mind. "Soz, ya just startled me."
Azzie looked at the cards on the floor, "Playtesting Extended? You're the King at Extended, there'll be no-one as good as you there... why playtest it?"
"I'm playtesting against U/G, it's a bad matchup for my build and I want to know how to strengthen my deck!"
There was a rumbling in the closet. Azzie stared at it.
"Fuckin' clothes keep falling down." Legacy stared at the closet and willed Calumon not to move.
Azzie switched on the radio and put in his Nas CD, The Lost Tapes. He then proceeded to turn it to full volume.
"That hurts my ears!" Came from the closet.
"SHIT!"
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT LEGACY?" Yelled Rob, over Nas.
Legacy quickly turned the music down.
"That was... erm... shit... I think it was a voice in my closet!"
"Is that a CHIBI Legacy?" Lewis laughed.
"This is no laughing matter," Azzie retorted, annoyed.
Azzie yanked the closet door open, but saw nothing but clothes, he ruffled them about but saw nothing.
"Dude what's hiding in here?"
"Nothing..."
"Dude don't lie to me!"
"What you think: I have a Digimon in there?" Legacy laughed weakly.
Azzie picked up the stereo, put in Limp Bizkit - Significant Other, and played it straight into the closet, out flied a very scared Calumon.
Rob shrieked like a girl, "WHAT IS THAT?" Azzie boomed.
Calumon flew to Legacy, "Make them stop!"
"OK Dudes, Witness the Power, all a y'all better leave now, I'll sort this out."
"Fuck that, I'ma kill that thing!"
"I SAID LEAVE!" Legacy yelled, over the music. "Calumon go downstairs!"
"OK, but be care..."
"GO!"
Calumon walked down the stairs, crying.
"What the fuck is that about?"
"THAT happens to be my secret to playtesting!"
"It's a Digimon..."
Lewis bounded down the stairs, but Legacy flew a kick into the back of his legs, sending him out of the open door.
"Who next? Don't mess with me!"
Azzie laughed, "What you gon do? Bring the Digimon to GP Brum?"
"Maybe"

Azzie and Rob walked out of the door, laughing, "I'll kill you bitch!" Rob yelled at Calumon.
Legacy went down to comfort the poor Digimon, who was shaking with dread and fear. "I thought they were going to hurt me."
"They certainly won't if I'm around. Poor thing."
Legacy sat with Calumon on the couch, watching TV for a while. "No one will be my friend when they hear about this." Legacy groaned.
"I'll be your friend, neither of us have many in this world!"
"Thanks." Legacy replied to the Digimon, Calumon didn't care about what Legacy did, as long as he was nice to him, Calumon was perfect.