Hey! Here's something I thought up a while ago, inspired by something I saw on the slopes. If you want me to, I'll continue it, but if you don't... say bye.
~*~**~*~*~
"I want snow..."
"Tai, shut up."
"But I want snow!" Tai protested.
"So do I, but I'm not whining about it," Sora muttered.
Tai and Sora were sitting in a local cafe one afternoon, enjoying some hot chocolate to warm them up from the frigid weather. Although the January air was incredibly cold, not one flake of snow that had fallen actually stayed. Tai longed to have snowball fights, make snowmen, go snowboarding... and so far this winter, his desires had not been fulfilled, and it looked as though they wouldn't be anytime soon. He'd been complaining about it all week.
"Snow..." Tai trailed off again. He stared at the sky and thought really hard about it, hoping he could use his mind to make a blizzard whip up. Of course, it didn't work.
Izzy entered the cafe, letting a cold gust of air swirl around every patron's feet. He almost ran over to Tai and Sora's booth with a huge grin on his face.
"I have prodigious news," Izzy announced. "Tai, you'll especially love it."
Tai leaned forward expectantly. "We're gonna be snowed in next week?"
"No." Tai slumped back in disappointment. "It's better than that," Izzy grinned. "Apparently, over in North America there's tons of snow. Willis told me that there's this place in Canada where skiing and snowboarding conditions are perfect. It's called Sunpeaks, British Columbia."
"Since when did Willis live in Canada?" Sora asked.
"He doesn't, but he's been spending most of his winter in Sunpeaks," Izzy explained. "Here's the great part: Willis wants all of us to go to Sunpeaks for a week!"
"You mean... snow?" Tai said, a starry look in his eyes.
"Yes Tai, lots of snow," Izzy assured.
"YES!" Tai leapt up and put his fists in the air, looking triumphant. He sat down quickly after several people gave him weird looks.
"There's more Tai," Izzy said. "He's staying in this big chalet with about fifteen other people, and there's room enough for all the DigiDestined. As well, Canada's music station is having this huge thing called 'Snow Job' and there's gonna be bands and stuff performing. So whaddya say? We propose this idea to the others?"
"I say yes, yes, and yes!" Tai exclaimed.
"I agree," Sora smiled. "I've been idle almost all winter and it's driving me nuts."
Izzy smiled. "All right, it's settled. Let's ask everyone else!"
~*~**~*~
"SNOW!"
"Tai, quiet! We're trying to sleep back here!"
"But there's snow here!" Tai flung the window of the bus up and stuck his head out.
"TAI! Close the window!" Matt yelled.
Kari grabbed a pillow and stuck it over her head. "It's late guys, come on!"
Willis laughed. "Sheesh, if I'd known you'd be like that I'd have recommended an earlier flight!"
The large bus was taking the DigiDestined up to Sunpeaks for their winter vacation. Everyone was up to something. Kari, Yolei and T.K. were attempting to sleep at the back, Tai was being an idiot at the mere sight of snow, Matt was getting mad at him, Mimi and Sora were looking at magazines (A soccer magazine and CosmoGIRL! respectively), Davis was bouncing off the walls at the prospect of being in such close quarters with Kari, Izzy was keeping himself occupied with something on his laptop, Joe was getting cold, and Willis was laughing at them all. The bus driver seemed to be suffering from a bad migraine.
"Hey," Yolei asked, "where's Cody?"
Everyone went quiet. Tai slid the window shut. Silence. "Mmmph ee!"
"Who said that?" Sora asked.
"Said what?" Davis said.
"Mmmph ee!"
"It's coming from up there," Joe said, pointing to the overhead compartments.
Mimi raised an eyebrow. "Up there?" She stood on the seat and opened one. "Cody! How on earth did you get up there?"
"I have no idea," Cody said. Mimi helped him down and he curled up in the back to catch some Z's.
Willis couldn't believe it. "You are the funniest group of people I've ever come across!" he exclaimed. "This is gonna be an... interesting week."
"More than you know, Willis," T.K. sighed. "More than you know."
~*~**~*~
"ALLRIGHT!" Tai sped down the hill on his blue and orange snowboard and sent a shower of snow onto Sora and T.K. Kari managed to dash out of the way before he made it close enough.
"You idiot!" Sora yelled. She clicked her boot out of the snowboard binding and ran after Tai. Tai, being the complete pinhead he usually is, forgot he had the snowboard still attached to his foot, and started running awkwardly. Eventually he tripped, fell over, and Sora tackled him. Snow flew and Sora got up, leaving Tai in a mangled heap.
"How'd you manage that?" T.K. asked through peals of laughter.
Sora grinned and stuck her foot back on her snowboard. "Don't ask."
Kari came back and stuck her feet back onto her skis. "So, are we going up again or not?"
"I don't know about your brother," T.K. laughed. "But I am." T.K. and Kari went off to the chair lift.
"Need help?" Sora asked, offering a gloved hand to Tai. He accepted it and let her pull him up. "Come on, let's go."
The DigiDestined had been in Sunpeaks two days, and already felt like they lived there. Kari, Izzy, Joe, Cody and Yolei had chosen to ski, while Tai, Matt, Sora, T.K., Willis and Davis opted for snowboarding. Mimi was undecided, so today Matt was teaching her how to snowboard.
They stayed on the bunny hill for most of the morning and Mimi seemed to have mastered that, so they moved on to something a bit more difficult.
"Matt, I can't do this!" Mimi shrieked, shakily going down the slope.
"Yes you can, Mimi, just take it slow," Matt assured her, following her down.
"I'm gonna fall over!" she yelled.
"Then lean the other way!" Matt directed.
"I'm trying I'm trying! Akk!" Mimi fell on her butt in the snow.
Matt came over in front of Mimi and pulled her up. "That wasn't so bad, was it?"
"Easy for you to say, Mr. Professional," Mimi grumbled. Their boards were parallel and they stood close together.
"Here, let's try this," Matt said. "Take my hands and just move like I do, okay?"
Mimi nodded and they held hands a little lower than shoulder level. Matt gently made his way down, taking Mimi with him. "See, we're almost halfway down!" he encouraged. "Think you can go by yourself?"
"Not a chance," Mimi said, her eyes wide. She gripped Matt's hands tighter at the concept.
"I think you can," Matt teased. Mimi kept shaking her head no, but ever-so-gradually, Matt moved away from her, until...
"There you go! You're on your own!" Matt called, stopping on the hill. Mimi was still shaky, and she was doing really well, Matt thought, until she took a really hard fall. Matt took his board off and ran down to where Mimi sat.
"What did you do that for?" Mimi asked angrily.
"Hey, I thought you could do it," Matt said in defense. Mimi reluctantly took his hand and let him pull her up again. "You were very good Mimi, 'specially for your first time on your own!"
"Yeah right," Mimi sniffed.
Tai came to a skidding halt next to them. "Hey man, what's up?" he asked.
"Mimi's learning how to snowboard," Matt said. "Could you go up and get my board?"
"Yeah, sure," Tai agreed, and he hopped up the hill on his board, leaving long grooves in the snow.
"Hey, are you mad at me?" Matt asked Mimi quietly.
"Sorta," Mimi whispered. "For letting go of my hands."
"I'm sorry Mimi," Matt apologized. "No hard feelings?"
Mimi smiled and nodded. "Yeah."
"That's good," Matt smiled. He and Mimi embraced warmly and Matt kissed her cheek.
"Yo, no making out on the slopes!" T.K.'s voice came from the chairlift.
"You're getting a snowball to the face next time!" Matt yelled back.
"Matt! Catch!" Tai called. He slid Matt's board down the hill and Matt ran over to catch it. "See ya!" Tai continued on his hell-bent trip down the hill, letting out random yells along the way.
"Let's keep going," Mimi said. "I'm gonna learn to snowboard this week or die trying."
"I'd rather death was kept out of the picture," said Matt. "So, how do you wanna do this?"
"Same as before?" Mimi asked. "Holding hands?"
"Sure," Matt agreed, and he took Mimi's hands again. "Now lean to the left... now right... there you go! You're getting it..."
Meanwhile...
"Sweet!" Willis shot up the side of the snow half-pipe and did a little spin in the air.
Davis attempted a similar move and landed on his face. "How do you do that?" he asked later.
"It's not as easy as it looks," Willis said. "You should start with something a bit easier. Try this." He went down the half-pipe and did a very simple trick.
Swallowing hard, Davis tried to do exactly what Willis did. "I did it! I did it!" he exclaimed, flying the rest of the way down the hill.
"Davis, stop!" Willis yelled, but Davis didn't hear him, flew right into a tree, and landed flat on his back. Willis rushed over. "Davis, are you okay?"
Davis saw little birds flying around his head. "Uhhh..."
"How many fingers?" Willis asked, holding up his index and middle fingers.
"Seventy four," Davis mumbled.
"You're off by seventy two," Willis said.
"Oh, so there were seven?" Davis asked.
"Two, you freak, two!" exclaimed Willis. "Come on, you shouldn't be anywhere near a snowboard for a while." Willis dragged Davis down to the chalet and stuck him in a chair. "I need a break anyway. I'll be back in a sec, okay?" Davis gave him another dazed look and Willis went to the cafeteria to get a drink. When he returned...
"Oh shit. Where'd he go?" Willis asked himself. "Davis!!"
~*~**~*~*~
"I want snow..."
"Tai, shut up."
"But I want snow!" Tai protested.
"So do I, but I'm not whining about it," Sora muttered.
Tai and Sora were sitting in a local cafe one afternoon, enjoying some hot chocolate to warm them up from the frigid weather. Although the January air was incredibly cold, not one flake of snow that had fallen actually stayed. Tai longed to have snowball fights, make snowmen, go snowboarding... and so far this winter, his desires had not been fulfilled, and it looked as though they wouldn't be anytime soon. He'd been complaining about it all week.
"Snow..." Tai trailed off again. He stared at the sky and thought really hard about it, hoping he could use his mind to make a blizzard whip up. Of course, it didn't work.
Izzy entered the cafe, letting a cold gust of air swirl around every patron's feet. He almost ran over to Tai and Sora's booth with a huge grin on his face.
"I have prodigious news," Izzy announced. "Tai, you'll especially love it."
Tai leaned forward expectantly. "We're gonna be snowed in next week?"
"No." Tai slumped back in disappointment. "It's better than that," Izzy grinned. "Apparently, over in North America there's tons of snow. Willis told me that there's this place in Canada where skiing and snowboarding conditions are perfect. It's called Sunpeaks, British Columbia."
"Since when did Willis live in Canada?" Sora asked.
"He doesn't, but he's been spending most of his winter in Sunpeaks," Izzy explained. "Here's the great part: Willis wants all of us to go to Sunpeaks for a week!"
"You mean... snow?" Tai said, a starry look in his eyes.
"Yes Tai, lots of snow," Izzy assured.
"YES!" Tai leapt up and put his fists in the air, looking triumphant. He sat down quickly after several people gave him weird looks.
"There's more Tai," Izzy said. "He's staying in this big chalet with about fifteen other people, and there's room enough for all the DigiDestined. As well, Canada's music station is having this huge thing called 'Snow Job' and there's gonna be bands and stuff performing. So whaddya say? We propose this idea to the others?"
"I say yes, yes, and yes!" Tai exclaimed.
"I agree," Sora smiled. "I've been idle almost all winter and it's driving me nuts."
Izzy smiled. "All right, it's settled. Let's ask everyone else!"
~*~**~*~
"SNOW!"
"Tai, quiet! We're trying to sleep back here!"
"But there's snow here!" Tai flung the window of the bus up and stuck his head out.
"TAI! Close the window!" Matt yelled.
Kari grabbed a pillow and stuck it over her head. "It's late guys, come on!"
Willis laughed. "Sheesh, if I'd known you'd be like that I'd have recommended an earlier flight!"
The large bus was taking the DigiDestined up to Sunpeaks for their winter vacation. Everyone was up to something. Kari, Yolei and T.K. were attempting to sleep at the back, Tai was being an idiot at the mere sight of snow, Matt was getting mad at him, Mimi and Sora were looking at magazines (A soccer magazine and CosmoGIRL! respectively), Davis was bouncing off the walls at the prospect of being in such close quarters with Kari, Izzy was keeping himself occupied with something on his laptop, Joe was getting cold, and Willis was laughing at them all. The bus driver seemed to be suffering from a bad migraine.
"Hey," Yolei asked, "where's Cody?"
Everyone went quiet. Tai slid the window shut. Silence. "Mmmph ee!"
"Who said that?" Sora asked.
"Said what?" Davis said.
"Mmmph ee!"
"It's coming from up there," Joe said, pointing to the overhead compartments.
Mimi raised an eyebrow. "Up there?" She stood on the seat and opened one. "Cody! How on earth did you get up there?"
"I have no idea," Cody said. Mimi helped him down and he curled up in the back to catch some Z's.
Willis couldn't believe it. "You are the funniest group of people I've ever come across!" he exclaimed. "This is gonna be an... interesting week."
"More than you know, Willis," T.K. sighed. "More than you know."
~*~**~*~
"ALLRIGHT!" Tai sped down the hill on his blue and orange snowboard and sent a shower of snow onto Sora and T.K. Kari managed to dash out of the way before he made it close enough.
"You idiot!" Sora yelled. She clicked her boot out of the snowboard binding and ran after Tai. Tai, being the complete pinhead he usually is, forgot he had the snowboard still attached to his foot, and started running awkwardly. Eventually he tripped, fell over, and Sora tackled him. Snow flew and Sora got up, leaving Tai in a mangled heap.
"How'd you manage that?" T.K. asked through peals of laughter.
Sora grinned and stuck her foot back on her snowboard. "Don't ask."
Kari came back and stuck her feet back onto her skis. "So, are we going up again or not?"
"I don't know about your brother," T.K. laughed. "But I am." T.K. and Kari went off to the chair lift.
"Need help?" Sora asked, offering a gloved hand to Tai. He accepted it and let her pull him up. "Come on, let's go."
The DigiDestined had been in Sunpeaks two days, and already felt like they lived there. Kari, Izzy, Joe, Cody and Yolei had chosen to ski, while Tai, Matt, Sora, T.K., Willis and Davis opted for snowboarding. Mimi was undecided, so today Matt was teaching her how to snowboard.
They stayed on the bunny hill for most of the morning and Mimi seemed to have mastered that, so they moved on to something a bit more difficult.
"Matt, I can't do this!" Mimi shrieked, shakily going down the slope.
"Yes you can, Mimi, just take it slow," Matt assured her, following her down.
"I'm gonna fall over!" she yelled.
"Then lean the other way!" Matt directed.
"I'm trying I'm trying! Akk!" Mimi fell on her butt in the snow.
Matt came over in front of Mimi and pulled her up. "That wasn't so bad, was it?"
"Easy for you to say, Mr. Professional," Mimi grumbled. Their boards were parallel and they stood close together.
"Here, let's try this," Matt said. "Take my hands and just move like I do, okay?"
Mimi nodded and they held hands a little lower than shoulder level. Matt gently made his way down, taking Mimi with him. "See, we're almost halfway down!" he encouraged. "Think you can go by yourself?"
"Not a chance," Mimi said, her eyes wide. She gripped Matt's hands tighter at the concept.
"I think you can," Matt teased. Mimi kept shaking her head no, but ever-so-gradually, Matt moved away from her, until...
"There you go! You're on your own!" Matt called, stopping on the hill. Mimi was still shaky, and she was doing really well, Matt thought, until she took a really hard fall. Matt took his board off and ran down to where Mimi sat.
"What did you do that for?" Mimi asked angrily.
"Hey, I thought you could do it," Matt said in defense. Mimi reluctantly took his hand and let him pull her up again. "You were very good Mimi, 'specially for your first time on your own!"
"Yeah right," Mimi sniffed.
Tai came to a skidding halt next to them. "Hey man, what's up?" he asked.
"Mimi's learning how to snowboard," Matt said. "Could you go up and get my board?"
"Yeah, sure," Tai agreed, and he hopped up the hill on his board, leaving long grooves in the snow.
"Hey, are you mad at me?" Matt asked Mimi quietly.
"Sorta," Mimi whispered. "For letting go of my hands."
"I'm sorry Mimi," Matt apologized. "No hard feelings?"
Mimi smiled and nodded. "Yeah."
"That's good," Matt smiled. He and Mimi embraced warmly and Matt kissed her cheek.
"Yo, no making out on the slopes!" T.K.'s voice came from the chairlift.
"You're getting a snowball to the face next time!" Matt yelled back.
"Matt! Catch!" Tai called. He slid Matt's board down the hill and Matt ran over to catch it. "See ya!" Tai continued on his hell-bent trip down the hill, letting out random yells along the way.
"Let's keep going," Mimi said. "I'm gonna learn to snowboard this week or die trying."
"I'd rather death was kept out of the picture," said Matt. "So, how do you wanna do this?"
"Same as before?" Mimi asked. "Holding hands?"
"Sure," Matt agreed, and he took Mimi's hands again. "Now lean to the left... now right... there you go! You're getting it..."
Meanwhile...
"Sweet!" Willis shot up the side of the snow half-pipe and did a little spin in the air.
Davis attempted a similar move and landed on his face. "How do you do that?" he asked later.
"It's not as easy as it looks," Willis said. "You should start with something a bit easier. Try this." He went down the half-pipe and did a very simple trick.
Swallowing hard, Davis tried to do exactly what Willis did. "I did it! I did it!" he exclaimed, flying the rest of the way down the hill.
"Davis, stop!" Willis yelled, but Davis didn't hear him, flew right into a tree, and landed flat on his back. Willis rushed over. "Davis, are you okay?"
Davis saw little birds flying around his head. "Uhhh..."
"How many fingers?" Willis asked, holding up his index and middle fingers.
"Seventy four," Davis mumbled.
"You're off by seventy two," Willis said.
"Oh, so there were seven?" Davis asked.
"Two, you freak, two!" exclaimed Willis. "Come on, you shouldn't be anywhere near a snowboard for a while." Willis dragged Davis down to the chalet and stuck him in a chair. "I need a break anyway. I'll be back in a sec, okay?" Davis gave him another dazed look and Willis went to the cafeteria to get a drink. When he returned...
"Oh shit. Where'd he go?" Willis asked himself. "Davis!!"