Silver and Gold

PART TWO: Sora's Revelation

From the author: *Humph*. Fine no one emailed me yet. I guess that's because my story's been up one day. Oh well! Come on guys email me!

Email: mackenzs@gci.net

Thanks: Sorry Homestead is DUM Lilly. Thanks for being the first to post this ficcy. And you guys should check out Lilly's fanfics in the archive and *ooo* Tuxy's too. She's at camp right now. They're both great writers. Lilly and Tuxy, in this part I have two separate tributes to you both. See if you can catch them. ^_^

Disclaimer: Some people in very important positions at Toei Animation, Saban, or Fox could hurt me very badly if I claimed Digimon was mine. So I have to admit it's not. I don't own a thing. *cries*

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Where are the Digidestined going?
Sora's Revelation!

Kari was the next to disappear. Then Tai. I was kind of glad that Tai went next. He was going crazy without his sister and Mimi. That left Matt, T.K., Joe and I.

"What should we do?" Joe asked. "I mean, like should we call the police or something?"

"Yeah right Joe." Matt said. "Um, excuse me officer. Yeah, my friends are disappearing, and so are we. We don't know where they went and we're going next. Can you please help us?" he said in a sarcastic voice.

"Settle down, Matt. At least you could set a good example for T.K." I told him.

"Fine, whatever." Now all of us were gray, and Joe was see through. It seems like Joe was next.

"Bye, you guys. See you again." Joe said as he got more see through.

"Why are you so happy about this?" Matt asked him.

"Because, this must be my destiny." and he faded away. I looked around. A team of eight, reduced to three. All of us were see through now. We held hands in a circle because it seemed like we were disappearing faster. Then, I couldn't see anyone anymore. I must be the last one, I thought. I felt.cold. And.darkness all around me. I felt like I was choking on the blackness. I must have fainted because I can't remember anything else.

When I came to, I was on my back on what felt like grass. I sat up, and then realized I had a major headache. I gingerly rubbed my forehead, as if to rub it away. Looking around, I noted that I was in a meadow, with tress around it and a small stream running through it. I stood up, and my body tingled. It must be from that blackout. I sort of crawled/scooted to the creek. I filled my cupped hands with water and brought them to my lips. My parched throat was soothed after a few handfuls of liquid.

Now I figured I should hiked out of this forest and find a hill or mountain to scout out the area. What if I'm lost forever? Maybe I'll find something I recognize, I reassured myself. That gave me some strength to march out of the forest. I was about five minutes into the forest when I heard cracking twigs and rustling leaves behind me. I whipped around and put up my fists.

"Come out and you won't get hurt!" I shouted; glad my voice didn't crack. I swallowed nervously but jumped at the sound of laughter.

"You're the one that is going to be hurt, girly." More laughter.

"Show yourself. I'm not afraid." I swallowed again. All the moisture seems to have left my throat. Finally from around some bushes came a wolf like digimon, it growled and pointed its beady eyes at me. Its claws were about 8 inches long. It licked its lips in anticipation and slobber was running down its hairy chin. Then it howled and leapt towards me.

"No!" I yelled. I twisted sideways in hopes of not getting hit with its claws. I felt a searing pain in my side. That son of a gun was digging his claws into me. I managed to kick its leg, tripping it. I ran as fast and I could to the cover of the trees. Hearing its bone chilling roar behind me gave me renewed strength to run.

Deciding I couldn't run anymore, I turned to face the werewolf. Surprised at my sudden stop, it skidded past me. Seeing my chance, my tomboyish side took over and I punched it square in the jaw. It howled in agony and swiped at me. I could feel blood spurt out of my left leg. Bright red blood, on my side and legs and its claws. I started limping away, telling myself no to lose consciousness. Feeling woozy, everything then started to become blurry.

I told myself that the others were there for me. Mimi, my best friend; Tai, my fellow soccer player and leader; Izzy, who always had the right information; Joe, reliable as ever; T.K., the little brother I never had; Kari, always providing words of wisdom; and last...Matt. I...he was always there for me, we had, no have an unspoken relationship. I feel like we can read each other's minds, he comforts me. I have to do this for my friends. I have to do this for Matt. I have to live.

Turning around again, I started beating up this monster. I slapped it and punched its windpipe and kicked it. It managed to dig its claws into me a few times, and I could feel myself slowing down. It licked its lips again and gave me a toothy grin. I started seeing read spots, then black, until I felt myself fall on the ground. It's over, I thought, I'm sorry to disappoint you, my friends.

"Snap out of it, Sora." What? I thought. I slowly opened my eyes. I looked around, I was floating in some sort of pale red mist.

"Where am I? And where are you?"

"You're inside your own mind and heart. Not your real body, your consciousness. Now I'm over here, a little to your right. There!" I was faced by a fairy that looked like...me. The fairy had red hair and a white dress with a red tint to in that went to her ankles. She seems to be faintly glowing, and she also had wings. She was a miniature me! I let out a little giggle.

"What's the matter with you?" the fairy asked.

"Nothing, I was about to be killed by this werewolf thing and now a fairy version of me is talking to me. Before that my friends disappeared on me and I ended up in some place I didn't know. I find it funny, don't you?"

"Stop it, Sora. I can see right through that. I am your being, you know. I was created out of your Love for others and the Love for yourself. Now, you're disappointed that your friends left." I gasped, because that was what I was thinking. Then I started crying.

"Why did they leave me! Why!" I sobbed some more. The fairy floated over to me and slapped me. I was so surprised I stopped crying. But that would just be like my being.

"Get a hold of yourself! Sora, you realized earlier that you friends need you, which they do, and then you gave up on yourself. Don't you see what this was all about? It's harder to tell you but this was..."

"A trial!" I finished for her. "My friends must be going through something similar."

"And do you know what that wolf represented?"

"As a child, my dad told me once that some wolves lived in my closet. I was afraid that they would pop out at night, so I would hide under the sheets. The wolf represented my true fear. Now I must go back and defeat my fear, once and for all!"

"That's the spirit!" the fairy told me. "Now take this, it should help you!" A crystal shard with my crest symbol appeared floating in her hands with a brilliant flash of a white light. She threw it, and it slowly floated over to a position above my hands.

"Will I ever see you again?" I asked her.

"If you need me Sora, I'm always here. Just look inside yourself!" I touched the crystal, and a tingle went through my body. I blacked out again, and opened my eyes to see the wolf leaping over my body. I quickly rolled to the side and felt something warm in my hand. The crystal! I immediately knew what to do. The wolf seems to be in suspended motion as I raised the shard over my head.

"This is for my friends! Love Crystal Power-Up!" The Love symbol glowed a bright red. I could feel armor cover me from my neck to my thighs. It wasn't heavy, and red gloves and a helmet appeared on my hands and head, respectively. I looked at my armor, which was silver with a pale red tint to it. There was no armor to cover my arms, but I didn't need it. Then I knew I had a hidden power, much like a digimon's attack. I had one too. Interrupting my thoughts, the wolf roared.

"No you don't! Love..." I held both hands up to the sky, and winds gathered into the palms of my hands. I spun around, and the winds took a ball shape. I faced my fear, and said. "Hurricane!" The wolf howled in pain, then blew apart into a million pieces.

"Yes!" I shouted. Then, feeling weak, I suddenly powered down and lost my armor. The crystal shard appeared floating above my hands. It radiated a warmth and light. "You're an important little thing, aren't you? I'd better keep track of you." I giggled at my conversation with myself, and ran off to find the others.

Near by in the cover of the trees: "So Sora has her Crystal Power now. Do you think we should take her shard?" Jordan asked.

"No." Alicia replied. She smiled. "Let her keep it, for now."

"But." Jordan started. Alicia raised a finger to his lips.

"She will need it until she's reunited with her friends."

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I pulled out my long disused digivice. I'm glad I listened to Tai and kept it around for emergencies. But if it was working, did that mean I'm in the Digiworld? That monster could have been a digimon. He dies, or should I say was deleted like a digimon. Turning my attention to the device I saw three red dots. Mine, Tai's and Joe's digivices were on screen. I decided to head for Tai, because he was closer. Jumping for joy, I skipped most of the way to Tai's location. My stomach growled, but I ignored it. I was too happy that everything with me was sorted out. My dot came closer to Tai's.

I left the forest for a wide-open field, filled with what seems to be wheat. It was knee-high and a little hard to maneuver through. I followed the beep through the field, turning left and right. I stopped, confused. There was no Tai at his dot spot. I shook my digivice, thinking it was maybe broke.

Walking around, I spent ten minutes searching high and low for Tai. Then I heard a screeching. Tai came running full force from some trees. He seemed not to notice me. I looked at his eyes and they were blank. I realized then that he was being chased by his fear; the fears were illusions. I used my friend's love and strength to conquer my fear, so the least I could do was help out a little. I stood back and bowed my head. Intertwining my fingers, I said:

"Taichi, I lend my love to you." He stopped running and his body glowed a bright red for a few moments. Please let this help, I prayed. Tai, conquer your fear. This was all I could do. I hid in some bushes and watched Tai's struggle against his fear. Finally his pupils return and his fear appeared. I gasped because it looked like the clown from "It". It bared its fangs and leapt at Tai. Then there was a flash of orange and:

"Courage Crystal Power-Up!" I was familiar with his digivolvance, but a cape accompanied for him. A surge of joy flowed through me; he was going to beat his fear. Come on Tai, I thought, find your attack. The clown ran up to Tai but then:

"Courage." A flame of fire appeared in his outstretched right hand. Another in his left hand. He quickly brought both hands together to join the flames over his head, which turned into a ball of fire. "Fireball!" he shouted as he threw the ball at his fear. It screamed an inhumanly scream. As his fear disintegrated, he shouted:

"Take that you clown! Yeah! Score one for the fire man!"

"So he did it." A voice spoke behind me. I jumped ten feet in the air and turned to see Izzy in a similar outfit to Tai's.

"You have Crystal Power too?" I asked him. "And you beat your fear?" Izzy nodded.

"I assume you have a crystal too." Izzy asked. I showed him my shard as he powered-down. "I feel.tired." His shard appeared in his hands.

"Hey guys! I did it! I beat my fear and got this cool crystal!" I guessed Tai had spotted us. He ran up to us, and he showed him our crystals too. We laughed and shared our experiences with our fear.

"You what?!?!!??! Tai shouted at Izzy.

"My fear was that I was sitting in front of a computer and had to build a website. The problem was I was building one on the Homestead server and it kept on messing up. Then a virus entered and I had to fix it before the time ran out. I finally used my Power-Up and destroyed the computer!" Tai and I fell over in a heap of laughter. Then we heard a growl.

"What was that? Another monster?" Izzy looked from left to right.

"No, it's just my stomach." I sighed.

"Well, let's get you something to eat. It seems to be about lunchtime." I glanced at the sky; the sun was high up. Izzy gathered berries, Tai found a stream and started fishing, and I gathered these banana looking fruit. Tai caught three big fish and proceeded to make a fire. Rubbing two sticks together wasn't working for him.

"I miss my laptop. I mean, I could have gathered fire-making tips from the internet." Izzy sighed.

"But Izzy, it wouldn't have worked anyway. Remember when you first came to the digiworld, it didn't work and."

"Sora, are you saying that we're in the Digiworld?"

"Yes, our fears were deleted like digimon and look how similar yet different the plant life and layout is to our world. That's how the Digiworld is.

"That's an accurate observation. Yes this all seems familiar in a way."

"And we were brought here for a reason." Tai said, his eyebrow came together as he thought. "But for what?"

I spoke up. "There must be a new danger." My stomach growled again. "Maybe saving the Digiworld should come after we eat. We finally got a fire started but lighting some wheat on fire with flint stone we found. Soon there was the sound of fish fat being cooked. The fish sizzled and popped. I peeled the bananas and we then enjoyed a lunch of cooked fish with fruit. We were halfway through our meal when a beeping came from our devices. I leapt up, knocking over my food.

"Don't you like my cooking?" Tai asked in a mock-injured tone.

"Your cooking can wait! Mimi's signal appeared on my digivice!" I told him. We left our site and hurried to Mimi's location. Crouching behind the wheat, I could see Mimi's still form on the ground. I stifled a scream. She wasn't moving.

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Moshi Moshi everyone! Arigato for reading! So what's the matter with you guys? You don't like to email? Oh well I'm sure someone will email me that they like my story. My email is at the top *hint hint*. Okay ja ne!