Episode 8
LILY'S DIGIMON
"After I found that Kari and the others were missing, I called Lily and she came over for a while. She saw me holding my digivice and asked me what it was, then she said she was just wondering 'cause she had one too! I totally freaked and then the digivices started freaking themselves. Lily's digivice rose out of my hand and floated itself over to hers, basically proving that she is the ninth Digidestined. And if that wasn't enough, the drift opened again and pulled Lily and I through! I think she's gonna be a little pissed. I just hope Agumon and I find her before anything bad happens." -Tai
Lily was lying on something soft and prickely, grass probably. She didn't really care WHAT she was lying on. She just wanted to keep sleeping. But someone was bugging her.
"Hello? Helloooo? Are you okay?"
The voice sounded young and female. Jamie? Lily guessed.
"Go away, Jamie," she muttered irritably.
"Jamie?" the voice said. "Who's Jamie? My name's Auramon."
Lily half-smiled, her eyes still glued shut. "That's a funny name."
"Hey, wake UP!"
"Whaaaat?" Lily demanded. She opened her eyes and stared into a pair of light blue ones that mirrored her own exactly...except they were attached to a creature unlike anything Lily had ever seen before.
The creature smiled at her. "Hi. Good to see you're okay; I was worried for a second! What's your name?"
Lily took a very deep breath.
"AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
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Tai and Agumon both started and looked up as a scream suddenly erupted from the woods.
"Oh, no," Tai said. "I have a feeling that's Lily!"
Tai and Agumon took off into the woods, following the stream, where they came to a clearing right next to a rock wall where a waterfall trickled down. In the middle of the clearing was Lily, who was screaming her head off, and a Digimon, who was watching in fascination.
Tai ran to Lily's side. "Lily!" he yelled. "It's okay! Nobody's gonna hurt you!"
She stopped screaming but stared at him as if it was his fault she was scared. "TAI! What is that...that thing!" She pointed a shaking finger at the Digimon.
She glared back at Lily indignantly. The little Digimon looked like a tiny horse with wings and bright, blue eyes, just like Lily's. It's fur was white and it's mane and tail were an icy blue. She was only a little taller than Tai's knee, a bit small for a Rookie, but her features were too deatiled and defined to be In-Training.
"I am not a thing!" the Digimon said in a high, clear voice. "My name is Auramon, like I told you. I'm sorry if I scared you but you don't have to be so rude about it."
Lily calmed down almost immediately. "I'm sorry," she said. "I didn't mean to be rude. My name's
Lily."
"Hi, Lily," Auramon said. The two smiled at each other, and immediately Tai began to wonder.
Agumon must have wondered the same thing because he whispered, "D'you think that Auramon could be Lily's Digimon?"
"It's possible," Tai whispered back.
Suddenly it was like Lily became aware of her surroundings again, because she glared at Tai and said, "Okay, now that introductions are past...WHERE AM I?"
"Well...this might take a while to explain."
Lily glared at him. "Does it look like I have an appointment to be somewhere?!"
"Okay, okay, don't get all snappy." Tai took a deep breath. "We're in a place called the Digiworld, Lily. Which basically means that we are not on Earth anymore."
Lily stared at him. She took that fairly well, Tai thought.
"Soooo...what am I doing here?" she said slowly.
"It's all because of these." Tai held up his digivice. "These little gadgets are what started this whole thing."
"And what is 'this whole thing?'"
"Let me start at the beginning. When I went to summer camp, these digivices came out of the sky on the day that it snowed and came to us. By 'us' I mean the other Digidestined. There's eight of us now, besides you. You'll meet them soon."
"What's a Digidestined?"
"I'm getting to that. Anyway, a hole opened in the sky that we call the dimensional rift, and we were all pulled through. It was just seven of us then, me, Matt, Sora, Izzy, Joe, Mimi, and TK. The drift took us to this place, which we call the Digiworld. The Digiworld is like Earth in a lot of ways, except that all of it's inhabitants and us too, are just little giga-bites on the big super-computer of life."
Lily stared at him blankly.
"Okay, bad joke. Anyway, we met these little creatures called the Digimon."
"That's us!" Auramon piped up.
"You mean all of these little things-" Lily pointed at Agumon "-and that one too, are all Digimon?"
"Right. It's short for Digital Monsters. Except not all of them are so little and nice. The ones we met were, though. There were seven of them, and we each paired up with one. Mine's called Agumon," he added proudly.
Lily gave a tiny smile. "Nice to meet you," she said faintly to Agumon.
"Nice to meet you too, Lily."
"Well, anyway," Tai continued, "we found out that the seven of us, plus my sister Kari and one more, are meant to be the Digidestined. That means that we are destined to fight all the evil Digimon and protect both our worlds, the Digiworld and Earth, from being destroyed."
"Fight?" Lily demanded. "What could you possibly have to fight with?"
"Well, that's where the Digimon come in," Tai explained. "You see, thse guys can do something called digivolve, which is what happens when they advance to the next stage and become more powerful. There are six stages we know about: Baby, In-Training, Rookie (which is what these guys are now), Champion, Ultimate, and Mega. We, the humans, help the Digimon digivolve and fight the evil Digimon that come along. It's kind of difficult to describe. You have to see it."
Lily was very quiet for a moment. Then she said, "I'd ask what this all has to do with me, but I have a feeling I already know the answer."
"See, that's the thing," Tai said nervously. "We were told that there would be a ninth Digidestined joining us soon. And since your digivice has already activated, there's not much doubt that you are the ninth Digidestined."
Lily was silent, and Tai had the feeling that she was struggling not to explode. "So what you're telling me is...I am this 'Digidestined', whatever, and I'm supposed to help fight the bad Digimon?"
"Yeah, that's basically it. But hey, at least your summer won't be boring anymore, right?"
Lily stared at him, and the faintest smile appeared on her face. "Okay. So I'm kind of a superhero. I can deal with that. But who's my Digimon?"
"I am," Auramon spoke up. The three of them stared at her as she stepped forward proudly. "Listening to you talk made me realize what my purpose is, and why I've been lonely all my life. I've been waiting for you, Lily." Auramon smiled at her. "And now that I've finally found you, I'm going to do my best to protect you!"
Lily smiled a surprised smile. "Okay. I think I'd like it if you were my Digimon. I don't know much about you, but I think we'll be good friends."
"Yes, we'll be best friends for life!" Auramon said happily.
Tai couldn't help sighing in relief. At least that part was taken care of.
Next Episode: "THE HUNT RESUMES"
LILY'S DIGIMON
"After I found that Kari and the others were missing, I called Lily and she came over for a while. She saw me holding my digivice and asked me what it was, then she said she was just wondering 'cause she had one too! I totally freaked and then the digivices started freaking themselves. Lily's digivice rose out of my hand and floated itself over to hers, basically proving that she is the ninth Digidestined. And if that wasn't enough, the drift opened again and pulled Lily and I through! I think she's gonna be a little pissed. I just hope Agumon and I find her before anything bad happens." -Tai
Lily was lying on something soft and prickely, grass probably. She didn't really care WHAT she was lying on. She just wanted to keep sleeping. But someone was bugging her.
"Hello? Helloooo? Are you okay?"
The voice sounded young and female. Jamie? Lily guessed.
"Go away, Jamie," she muttered irritably.
"Jamie?" the voice said. "Who's Jamie? My name's Auramon."
Lily half-smiled, her eyes still glued shut. "That's a funny name."
"Hey, wake UP!"
"Whaaaat?" Lily demanded. She opened her eyes and stared into a pair of light blue ones that mirrored her own exactly...except they were attached to a creature unlike anything Lily had ever seen before.
The creature smiled at her. "Hi. Good to see you're okay; I was worried for a second! What's your name?"
Lily took a very deep breath.
"AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
*****************
Tai and Agumon both started and looked up as a scream suddenly erupted from the woods.
"Oh, no," Tai said. "I have a feeling that's Lily!"
Tai and Agumon took off into the woods, following the stream, where they came to a clearing right next to a rock wall where a waterfall trickled down. In the middle of the clearing was Lily, who was screaming her head off, and a Digimon, who was watching in fascination.
Tai ran to Lily's side. "Lily!" he yelled. "It's okay! Nobody's gonna hurt you!"
She stopped screaming but stared at him as if it was his fault she was scared. "TAI! What is that...that thing!" She pointed a shaking finger at the Digimon.
She glared back at Lily indignantly. The little Digimon looked like a tiny horse with wings and bright, blue eyes, just like Lily's. It's fur was white and it's mane and tail were an icy blue. She was only a little taller than Tai's knee, a bit small for a Rookie, but her features were too deatiled and defined to be In-Training.
"I am not a thing!" the Digimon said in a high, clear voice. "My name is Auramon, like I told you. I'm sorry if I scared you but you don't have to be so rude about it."
Lily calmed down almost immediately. "I'm sorry," she said. "I didn't mean to be rude. My name's
Lily."
"Hi, Lily," Auramon said. The two smiled at each other, and immediately Tai began to wonder.
Agumon must have wondered the same thing because he whispered, "D'you think that Auramon could be Lily's Digimon?"
"It's possible," Tai whispered back.
Suddenly it was like Lily became aware of her surroundings again, because she glared at Tai and said, "Okay, now that introductions are past...WHERE AM I?"
"Well...this might take a while to explain."
Lily glared at him. "Does it look like I have an appointment to be somewhere?!"
"Okay, okay, don't get all snappy." Tai took a deep breath. "We're in a place called the Digiworld, Lily. Which basically means that we are not on Earth anymore."
Lily stared at him. She took that fairly well, Tai thought.
"Soooo...what am I doing here?" she said slowly.
"It's all because of these." Tai held up his digivice. "These little gadgets are what started this whole thing."
"And what is 'this whole thing?'"
"Let me start at the beginning. When I went to summer camp, these digivices came out of the sky on the day that it snowed and came to us. By 'us' I mean the other Digidestined. There's eight of us now, besides you. You'll meet them soon."
"What's a Digidestined?"
"I'm getting to that. Anyway, a hole opened in the sky that we call the dimensional rift, and we were all pulled through. It was just seven of us then, me, Matt, Sora, Izzy, Joe, Mimi, and TK. The drift took us to this place, which we call the Digiworld. The Digiworld is like Earth in a lot of ways, except that all of it's inhabitants and us too, are just little giga-bites on the big super-computer of life."
Lily stared at him blankly.
"Okay, bad joke. Anyway, we met these little creatures called the Digimon."
"That's us!" Auramon piped up.
"You mean all of these little things-" Lily pointed at Agumon "-and that one too, are all Digimon?"
"Right. It's short for Digital Monsters. Except not all of them are so little and nice. The ones we met were, though. There were seven of them, and we each paired up with one. Mine's called Agumon," he added proudly.
Lily gave a tiny smile. "Nice to meet you," she said faintly to Agumon.
"Nice to meet you too, Lily."
"Well, anyway," Tai continued, "we found out that the seven of us, plus my sister Kari and one more, are meant to be the Digidestined. That means that we are destined to fight all the evil Digimon and protect both our worlds, the Digiworld and Earth, from being destroyed."
"Fight?" Lily demanded. "What could you possibly have to fight with?"
"Well, that's where the Digimon come in," Tai explained. "You see, thse guys can do something called digivolve, which is what happens when they advance to the next stage and become more powerful. There are six stages we know about: Baby, In-Training, Rookie (which is what these guys are now), Champion, Ultimate, and Mega. We, the humans, help the Digimon digivolve and fight the evil Digimon that come along. It's kind of difficult to describe. You have to see it."
Lily was very quiet for a moment. Then she said, "I'd ask what this all has to do with me, but I have a feeling I already know the answer."
"See, that's the thing," Tai said nervously. "We were told that there would be a ninth Digidestined joining us soon. And since your digivice has already activated, there's not much doubt that you are the ninth Digidestined."
Lily was silent, and Tai had the feeling that she was struggling not to explode. "So what you're telling me is...I am this 'Digidestined', whatever, and I'm supposed to help fight the bad Digimon?"
"Yeah, that's basically it. But hey, at least your summer won't be boring anymore, right?"
Lily stared at him, and the faintest smile appeared on her face. "Okay. So I'm kind of a superhero. I can deal with that. But who's my Digimon?"
"I am," Auramon spoke up. The three of them stared at her as she stepped forward proudly. "Listening to you talk made me realize what my purpose is, and why I've been lonely all my life. I've been waiting for you, Lily." Auramon smiled at her. "And now that I've finally found you, I'm going to do my best to protect you!"
Lily smiled a surprised smile. "Okay. I think I'd like it if you were my Digimon. I don't know much about you, but I think we'll be good friends."
"Yes, we'll be best friends for life!" Auramon said happily.
Tai couldn't help sighing in relief. At least that part was taken care of.
Next Episode: "THE HUNT RESUMES"