Sam laughed, "You actually thought your Digimon was going to eat you

Sam laughed, "You actually thought your Digimon was going to eat you?" she giggled some more.

"Well if you didn't know Digimon were real and a big red dino of one stepped up in your face after blowing up a couple of rats YOU would be pretty freaked too!"

"Yeah, I suppose I would, wouldn't I?" she smiled big enough to shut her eyes.

"Besides, Guilmon and I became the best of friends right away." Takato added.

"It was a bit different when Terriermon and I met. I wasn't afraid at all just surprised I guess. I still can hardly comprehend all the hurt I had done when playing that 'game'." Henry added. They were all now inside Guilmon's hideout, finishing off the last of the snacks. "So, do you have a crest then, Sam?"

"Yes, I do, actually! My crest disappeared a long time ago, but I still remember it's shape and meaning" She leaned forward and drew her finger around in the dirt. She made a clock-wise curl wrapping twice around before becoming a tornado like zig-zag on top. "There, that is my crest of Imagination. I received it just one day after I first went there. I had it only for a short time before it was needed to forge an egg. My EGG of Imagination now lets Cantermon armor Digivolve into Aariamon. Aariamon is a SIX legged unicorn with white and silver armor. The white armor has intricate purple designs on them as well."

"Wow! You got a crest AND an egg?" Takato was exstatic, "How was the egg forged?"

"Hmm It's so hard to describe It's been a while too" Sam thought for a moment. "My crest had disappeared into a cave in front of me It just flew off into the darkness. I remember I didn't want it to go away, so I chased after it. When I got to the back of the cave there was a large flash of light. The light domed down to rays from an object stuck in a natural column. I went over to it and tried to feel for my crest when the egg popped out at my slight touch."

"Cool!" Takato commented. There was a bit of silence as the all took their last bite of pastry.

"I just wonder one thing though" he continued, "If you were in the Digital world that long how old would you be if you had stayed?"

Sam had stopped at that. She didn't like the feeling of people knowing she was older. She just wanted to stay as one of the same.

"Yeah, c'mon, how old would that make you?" Takato pushed.

She was looking down at the half empty sodapop in her hand. "Physically I'm almost fourteen Legally I'm twenty-eight." She cringed slightly at the last number, and still did not look up.

"Wow!" Takato exclaimed.

"Mmm I bet that gets confusing" Henry commented.

"Yeah, confusing"

And though Grandpa's hands have gone to dust,

Like Grandma's pump; reduced to rust,

Their stories quench my soul and mind

Like water from another time.

"Well that went well." Fufamon commented as Sam carried her to the entrance of the park. "No one made fun of you about your age. Isn't that what you were worried about? That they would laugh at you if they found out you were twenty-eight?"

"Yeah, I guess it did go rather --" Sam was cut off.

"YOU!? TWENTY-EIGHT!? How can YOU possibly be twenty-eight if YOUR in MY grade?"

Sam whirled to her left, "Rika?"

"Yeah it's me. And I know who YOU are!" Rika carefully watched Sam's shocked face, "You're a Digimon Tamer!"

"I I what?" Sam was worried at what the conversation was getting to.

"You heard me. I said you were a d-i-g-i-m-o-n T-a-m-e-r! And I'm here ready to battle you!" she soured.

"Tamer? No I am NOT a Tamer" Sam hoped that she would be able to get out of this situation lightly.

But then there was Fufamon, "You a Destined, right, Sam?" Fufamon asked her.

"YOU? Digi-Destined? How can you be Digi-Destined? That theme is from twenty years ago. And now that I know you have a Digimon, you have to battle me! And I will defeat you. I will defeat you and absorb your Digimon's data!"

"That's not very nice!" Fufamon commented.

(In the strange spherical room with the two seats placed in the direct center. A female voice behind a visor and long hair spoke "The anomaly 2342 has been spotted. Not in originated area of Italy, but in Japan. Initiating secondary confirmation scan."

A male voice spoke then, "It shall be much easier to return 2342 back to normal if it is in fact in Japan." The owner of the voice flipped his lighter open and closed.)