With The Stars To Guide Me
Chapter I
In the middle of an open meadow, on a clear autumn night, there laid a small Digimon gazing up at the stars in fascination and wonder. They looked beautiful in the vast open emptiness known to all as space. A shooting star shot across the sky, lighting it up for what seemed like a momentary infinity before fading out into the darkness again, leaving the world in darkness again. The Digimon closed her eyes and made a wish.
Another Digimon strode up behind her silently. It had a mischievous grin on its face. Slowly it placed its hands over the stargazing Digimon's eyes,
"Guess who?" he whispered into her ear.
"Patamon!" she yelled, jumping up to her feet and practically out of her skin too.
He removed his hands from over her eyes and she turned around to face him. He still had that mischievous grin plastered on his face.
"Are you trying to scare me to death?" she growled at him, pretending to be angry.
Patamon looked down at the ground. His expression changed to one of painful sadness and regret.
He looks so cute when he does that. Gatomon thought.
Patamon finally spoke up, "I'm sorry Gatomon. Please will you forgive me?" he pleaded.
She smiled, "Of course I will."
His expression changed back to a smile, the light returning to his eyes, "Thank you."
Gatomon simply smiled before retaking her seat and returning her gaze to the heavens above. Patamon sat down beside her.
"What're you doing Gatomon?" Patamon enquired.
"Watching the stars." She replied simply.
Patamon looked up at them, then back at Gatomon. The stars reflected off her deep, blue eyes, making them glisten lightly.
Wow Patamon thought.
"Beautiful aren't they?" she asked, her gaze remaining locked on the sky above, "The stars I mean."
"They sure are." Patamon said, returning his gaze to the stars above.
Patamon's eyes searched the sky looking at all of the stars, at all of the wonders and sacred treasures held within it. A new object came into his view,
"What's that?" he asked Gatomon, he raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the object.
Gatomon looked to where he was pointing,
"A comet." She said simply.
"It's very pretty." Patamon stated.
Both of the Digimon looked up, watching it. Its cold, icy tail being spread across thousands of miles as it made its long, solitary journey through the vast empty expanse of space.
"When I look up at the stars all of my troubles seem to fade away. All of my worries just evaporate." Gatomon explained with a far off look in her eyes, "They were always there shining and glistening, no matter what happened, and they will always be there when I need something to do, or I need to talk. They helped me through my years with Myotismon. I know that may sound a bit silly."
"Not at all." Patamon said with a smile, "I haven't really looked at them before. Maybe you could teach me about them?" He asked, changing the subject. The pain in Gatomon's voice had been all too clear, as it always was when she talked about her past, and it upset him to hear her usually happy self like that.
"What would you like to know?" She asked, turning to face him.
"Um." Patamon considered for a moment, "Well.what exactly are they?"
"Well, they are a lot like the sun only a lot further away."
"Really?"
"Sure." She said, then reconsidered her answer, "Well, they have a few differences."
"Wow, I never knew that." Patamon admitted with a smile. "And they just stay up there, motionless and in no particular order?"
"Well they do move, but they're so far away it's hard to notice."
"Oh." Patamon nodded, signalling for her to continue.
"And they are in constellations." She pointed out.
"Conste-what?" Patamon asked, a bit confused.
"Constellations. It's what we call the patterns they make." Gatomon explained.
"But how do you tell when one starts and another stops?" Patamon frowned.
"Well, once you know which ones which it's quite easy to remember." She smiled.
"Really? Could you teach me their names?" Patamon begged.
"Sure, why not?"
"Thank you!" Patamon cheered.
Gatomon pointed up at the sky and started to explain, "You see that one there? The one with three in a line, and the ones branching off it, making it look sort of human?"
"Yeah."
"That's Orion. The small group down there next to him is his dog. And the one shaped like a "W" is called Cassiopeia."
"Wow." Patamon tried to memorise as much information as possible.
"That one that looks like a pan is the plough, we sometimes call it the big dipper, and it points to the North Star, Polaris."
Gatomon went on explaining all of the constellations to Patamon, from Alpha Centauri to the signs of the Zodiac. She told Patamon everything she knew about the heavens above, and all of the celestial bodies contained within them.
"Where did you learn all of that?" Patamon asked when she'd finished, he was amazed by Gatomon's vast knowledge of the stars.
"From a friend." She explained.
Patamon instantly wished that he hadn't asked. He could tell by the way she said friend that she meant Wizardmon, and he knew how much the subject upset her. Knowing how much pain it caused her he decided not to pursue his quest for knowledge.
The two Digimon simply sat side by side in that meadow for a while in silence, just watching the stars and that one lonesome comet travelling from one side of the sky to the other. Eventually they both fell asleep.
Gatomon awoke sometime later, to the sound of a loud bang. She opened her eyes and looked upwards, her eyes greeted by the sight of a clouded over sky, completely blocking out the stars. A lightening bolt flew across the sky, shortly followed by a large thunderclap.
Gatomon rolled over to look to her left; she saw that Patamon was fast asleep. She thought it would be best to wake him, as being in the middle of an open meadow in a thunderstorm didn't seem to be a very appealing idea.
"Patamon!" She yelped, "Patamon, wake up!"
She shook him lightly.
"Five more minutes, T.K., I'm having a nice dream." He replied before rolling over again and falling asleep.
"Oh geeze!" Gatomon cried in frustration.
She punched him lightly on the arm, so as not to hurt him. He stirred again, but didn't get up. Gatomon felt the rain begin.
"How can I." Then an idea popped into her head, "Kari said it works on humans. I may as well try it."
She moved around to the front of the sleeping Digimon and knelt down, the ground was slightly damp from the rain. Gatomon hesitated for a minute before deciding to go through with her plan.
Gatomon sighed, "Here goes nothing."
She closed her eyes and moved in closer to Patamon. She put her hands on either side of his face and placed her lips on his, giving him a deep, passionate kiss.
After a few moments Patamon began to stir. Gatomon thought it best to step back a bit. She released him. Patamon slowly opened his eyes and was greeted with the sight of Gatomon.
"Am I still dreaming?" Patamon asked, still half asleep.
"Um." Gatomon considered, she was a bit unsure as to why he had asked. She elected not to answer.
"I must be." Patamon stated as he looked dreamily at Gatomon, causing her to blush.
Another thunderclap exploded, fully awakening Patamon,
"Ugh," He groaned, "Rain!"
"Yeah, along with the rest of the storm." Gatomon said with grim sarcasm.
Lightening flew across the sky overhead, the thunderclap exploded moments later.
"We better move." Gatomon insisted, "It's not wise to be in open spaces during a thunder storm."
"You're right" Patamon agreed.
The lightening appeared again, lighting the sky. Gatomon's eyes were lit up momentarily.
Just like in my dream! Patamon thought, if it was a dream. I wasn't sure at the time and I still aren't. If I was awake then. Patamon turned bright red at the though of what he may have said to Gatomon. He had thought he was dreaming. But did that mean the kiss wasn't a dream.?
Gatomon saw him blush, what's he thinking about?
"We need to find shelter. We're getting soaked out here and I have a feeling that this storm will get a lot worse before it gets better!" Gatomon broke the silence.
"I know a small cave that we can shelter in. It isn't much, but it'll keep us dry and out of the storm."
"Well? Lets go!" Gatomon said, holding out both of her hands to Patamon in a 'show me the way' gesture.
Patamon took her hands, "Okay."
Together, they ran off across the meadow. Their destination was fixed in Patamon's mind: the waterfall cave. It was still pouring down with rain when the two arrived at the waterfall cave. They were both soaking wet and cold.
"Come on." Patamon said, leading the way into the cave.
To get into the cave they had to use some very slippery stepping-stones. They made it to the last stone without a slip. Gatomon jumped into the cave after Patamon; unfortunately her landing spot wasn't too strong. It collapsed under her,
"Argh!" she cried as she began to fall backwards.
"Woah, I got you!" Patamon yelled as he grabbed her hand and pulled her forwards. She fell forwards onto him, knocking him over and landing on top of him.
Gatomon looked into his emerald eyes as he stared up at her. They lay there, staring into each other's souls for a moment in a blissful silence.
"Thank you." Gatomon whispered to him.
"Um. Err. Your welcome?" He replied seemingly a little nervous.
Gatomon stood up allowing Patamon to move. The two Digimon looked around at the cave that they were in. it wasn't that big, but it wasn't small either. It would be okay for them to stay in. the only problem was that it was quite cold in there.
"Well, we made it." Patamon stated with a lot of relief in his voice.
"Yeah." Gatomon replied with a shiver, partially from the cold and partly from exhaustion.
"We should get some rest." Patamon suggested.
Gatomon simply nodded in agreement before laying on her side and curling up in a feeble attempt to keep warm. Patamon could see that she was having little success.
How can I help her? He thought.
Patamon walked around to the front of Gatomon and saw that she had already fallen asleep,
"She must be tired if she can be this cold and still fall asleep!" he thought out loud. Gatomon was still shivering, "I'll warm you up, Gatomon."
Patamon walked back around behind her and lay down. He snuggled up close to her, wrapping his wings around her as a blanket to keep her warm.
"Goodnight Gatomon." He sighed with a smile when she stopped shivering. Then he himself fell into a nice, peaceful sleep. Neither one of the Digimon woke up during the night, and neither one of them was cold.
Patamon awoke the next morning to find Gatomon still sound asleep. The early morning sun was shining through the waterfall into the cave and casting strange shapes onto the back wall. He carefully removed his wings from Gatomon, trying not to wake her up, which wasn't all that hard to achieve. He managed to free himself and stand up. He looked down on Gatomon. He looked at the beautiful creature on the ground in front of him and couldn't help but smile.
Gatomon began to stir; the light in the cave was too bright to allow her to sleep any longer. She slowly opened her eyes to the early morning light. She rolled over and was greeted with the sight of Patamon looking down on her with a smile,
"Good morning." He said.
"Morning." She replied, returning his smile.
"I'm just popping out to get us some food," he stated, "I shouldn't be too long. Go back to sleep if you want to."
"Thank you." She said with a yawn.
With that Patamon disappeared from the cave leaving Gatomon on her own. She tried to go back to sleep with little success; there was too much sunlight in the cave. Instead she decided to get up and take a look around the cave. She slowly rose to her feet. She stretched her arms and claws out, a long, deep yawn escaping her lungs.
Gatomon walked slowly to the back wall of the cave. On it were strange drawings that hadn't been visible in the gloom of last night's storm. She looked over the pictures carefully; she ran her paws over them trying to decipher their meaning. They appeared to be yet another prophecy, just like the many hundreds scattered around their world. This one, however, differed in one major way, the other ones usually referred to the Digidestined in one way or another, but humans didn't appear in this one at all. This one was dominated by an egg right in the middle. On either side of it was a drawing of two Digimon, but Gatomon couldn't tell which Digimon they were. One was white with green claws, it looked a little bit like Gatomon and the other one was orange. The orange one looked like.
"Patamon?" Gatomon was confused. Before her was the strangest cave painting that she had ever come across. She decided it would be best to wait for Patamon and then show him her findings.
She didn't have to wait long. About three minutes later Patamon reappeared with some fruit and even a few DigiAnchovies. It looked like he could barely carry them with his small paws. Patamon placed them down on the floor in front of Gatomon,
"I found quite a lot of fruit," he stated, "And I got you a few DigiAnchovies because I know you like them." he smiled.
Aw, that's so sweet! Gatomon thought, "Thank you." She smiled, I'll tell him after breakfast.
They both sat down and began to pick and eat the selection of food Patamon had brought. Neither one of them spoke for a while, as they just sat in an awkward silence. It was Patamon, who finally broke it,
"So. You didn't get back to sleep?" He asked.
"No." Gatomon replied as she looked up from her meal. She looked Patamon in the eyes.
"What did you do whilst I was gone?" Patamon inquired. He took a bite out of the DigiMushroom he was holding.
"I took a look around this cave." She replied simply. She returned her gaze back to the food in front of her.
"Find anything interesting?"
"Well, there was something."
"Really?" his eyes seemed to sparkle.
"It was just a cave painting."
"Oh." The light in his eyes seemed to fade, sending a spark of pain through her heart. She hated it when that happened.
"Well." She thought of a way to cheer him up, "It could be something important, I'll show you it when we've finished this." She indicated to the pile of food between them. She was glad to see the sparkle of light appear in his eyes again.
It didn't take them long to finish their breakfast. Patamon removed the rubbish that was left behind, leaving the cave for a few minutes. Gatomon decided to take another look at the paintings. They still didn't seem to make any sense, at least not to her.
Patamon returned after a minute or so.
"What did you do with the rubbish?" Gatomon asked him.
"I gave it to a Numemon. I ran into him in the woods." Patamon explained, "So, where are these cave paintings?"
"Follow me." Gatomon said with a smile. Patamon followed, obediently.
Gatomon led him to the back of the cave, "Here." She pointed.
"Wow!" Patamon exclaimed as he looked at the numerous pictures in front of him.
"Amazing aren't they?" Gatomon asked with a slight smile on her face.
Patamon nodded in reply, transfixed on the imagery in front of him.
"Those little ones there aren't really all that interesting," She pointed to the small ones, "but I can't make out this one." she indicated to the Digiegg and two Digimon on either side, "I think it may be another prophecy! What do you think?"
Patamon looked at it, studying it in great detail. He finally responded, "I have absolutely no idea."
Gatomon sighed.
"But these Digimon look familiar." Patamon stated, indicating to either side of the egg. He thought for a minute, and then spoke up again, "In- fact. This one here," He touched one, "It looks like me! And that one."
"Looks like me." Gatomon placed her hand on the other one as she spoke.
Suddenly two bright beams of light appeared, one was yellow and the other pink,
"What the.?" they both asked, looking at each other and taking a step back from the paintings.
The two beams of light headed towards the picture of the egg, spiralling together. They seemed to enter the picture.
"What's happening?" Patamon asked, a concerned look crossed his face.
Gatomon mouthed, "I don't know." to Patamon.
They returned their gaze to the picture, a pink and yellow aura surrounding it. The aura brightened until Gatomon and Patamon were forced to look away and shield their eyes. When the light had faded they looked back at the picture, the egg had gone and was replaced with a new Digimon that neither of them had seen before.
"Patamon," Gatomon said, "Look!"
Patamon's eyes followed Gatomon's gaze down to the floor, right at the base of the wall,
"It's the Digiegg!" He exclaimed, "But how?"
"I don't know." Gatomon admitted.
Patamon took a step towards the egg. He placed a paw on it to see if it was real, but was greeted by a feeling of joy and happiness,
"Woah!" Patamon jumped back.
"What is it?" Gatomon asked concerned.
"Touch it and see." He replied.
Gatomon shrugged and walked up to it. She reluctantly placed her claw on it, uncertain of what to expect. She too was greeted with feelings of joy and happiness.
"Wow!"
"See?" Patamon smiled.
"Yeah, but why?"
"I don't know."
"This is weird." Patamon Stated.
Gatomon only nodded, her eyes locked on the egg.
"Aren't Digieggs supposed to be in primary village?" Patamon thought out loud.
"I don't think this is an ordinary egg."
"What shall we do with it?" Patamon asked Gatomon.
She considered for a moment, "Maybe we should just leave it?"
"Maybe." Patamon considered.
"C'mon." Gatomon said, she pulled Patamon away from the egg.
The egg had other plans. As they walked away the egg rolled after them, both Patamon and Gatomon heard it and turned around.
"How did it do that?" Patamon was confused.
Gatomon shook her head, "I don't know." She then added, "I'm gonna try something."
"What?"
"Just do as I do."
Gatomon walked backwards from the egg and Patamon copied her obediently, but the egg just followed. When they left the cave the egg still followed. When they walked into the woods the egg still followed, until finally,
"I don't think we're going to be able to get rid of this egg." Patamon stated with a sigh. He sat down on an old tree stump. Gatomon sat down next to him and the egg rolled to a stop right in front of them.
"What are we going to do with it?" Patamon asked.
"Well, it keeps following us so I'm guessing that whoever created it wants us to have it. Maybe we should keep it?" Gatomon suggested.
Patamon considered for a moment, "Do you really want to?"
"Of course, I always wanted to know what it was like to raise a Digiegg." She admitted.
Patamon wasn't expecting an answer like that, but he liked the idea of raising a child, especially with Gatomon, "Well, if you want to, then I will too."
"Thank you." Gatomon walked over to him and placed a small kiss on his cheek, then turned red when she realised what she had done. Patamon was also a bright shade of red.
"Um. well. how do you take care of a Digiegg?" Patamon stuttered, the redness not fading from his face.
"Well, you were in primary village for a while with T.K. and Elecmon before you first digivolved. What were the eggs like there?" Gatomon asked.
"How did you know that we were in primary village?" Patamon asked.
"Myotismon was watching you and the Digidestined for a long time before you actually saw him." Gatomon explained.
"Oh."
"So. how did Elecmon take care of the eggs?" Gatomon asked again.
"It was a long time ago." Patamon admitted, "But I remember that the eggs needed to be kept warm."
"Well, maybe we should make a nest." Gatomon suggested. She picked up the egg, "Lets go into the forest, everything we need will be there."
"Good idea."
The two Digimon headed into the forest with the Digiegg, looking for a place to construct a nest. A thought suddenly appeared in Patamon's mind,
"Where would be a good place to build a nest anyway?"
"That's a very good question," Gatomon admitted. She thought for a moment, then spoke, "I suppose that we need an open space, near to some food and water I suppose, for us and the egg." She considered for a second, "And near some things that we can make the nest from."
"How do you come up with this stuff?" Patamon said with admiration in his voice. "I mean, I don't have a clue!"
Gatomon blushed, "I don't know, it just seem like the right thing to do, like an. an instinct." She explained.
After about half an hour into their trek through the forest the two finally broke through the forest into a clearing, "This is perfect!" Gatomon declared.
"So now what?" Patamon inquired.
"Now you take the egg," she said, handing it to him, "and I build a nest from that grass and those twigs." She pointed.
"What do I do?" Patamon asked. He looked down at the egg in his paws.
"Keep it warm." Gatomon replied simply as she bent down to pick up the materials that she needed for the nest.
"How?" Patamon asked, clueless. Gatomon was about to reply when an idea popped into his head. He wrapped his wings around it protectively, "There!" Gatomon smiled at Patamon, admiring his ingenuity. She quickly got back to work.
It didn't take long for Gatomon to finish the nest. She stood back and admired her work. It wasn't anything too fancy, just grass and twigs built up into a mound with a hollow in the top to support the egg. It would be enough to keep the egg safe and that was all that mattered.
"Patamon? Could you bring the egg over please?" Gatomon asked politely.
When no reply came, Gatomon turned around. She was greeted with the sight of a sleeping Patamon. His wings were still wrapped around the egg protectively. Gatomon couldn't help but think how cute he looked.
"If he's this protective then he'll make an excellent father." Gatomon thought out loud, a smile crossed her face.
Patamon began to open his eyes slowly, waking up from his short nap.
"Oh, hello Gatomon." he smiled. A large yawn escaped from his mouth, "Is the nest ready yet?"
"Yeah," she grinned, "Why don't you bring the egg over?"
"Sure." Patamon replied, standing up.
He trotted over to the little nest Gatomon had made and placed the egg in gently before backing off towards Gatomon. The egg fit perfectly into the nest. "Perfect!"
Gatomon and Patamon looked at the nest and the egg, a smile passed over their faces. The turned to face each other, their smiles turning to blushes as their eyes met.
"I. uh. better go get some food." Patamon said with a nervous stutter.
"Okay." Gatomon replied dreamily, lost in Patamon's emerald eyes.
"Well I. um. b-better get going." He said as he took off. His figure soon disappeared into the vast expanse of the surrounding forest.
His departure snapped Gatomon out of her dream world and back to reality. She walked over to the egg and sat down next to it with a sigh. She placed a claw on it gently.
"Maybe I should just tell him?" Gatomon said, studying the egg closely, "I've never seen an egg like you before."
She carefully picked it up to study it closely; looking for any sign to indicate which Digimon it would hatch into. She couldn't find one.
Gatomon placed it down on her lap. She leaned over it, just a few centimetres above it,
"What are you?" she asked in a whisper. Gatomon placed the egg back in the nest and awaited Patamon's return.
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Well, that's the end of the first chapter. Please R&R. I have the next few chapters planned out, but any suggestions are welcome. I'll post the next few soon. Thanks.
NKC
Chapter I
In the middle of an open meadow, on a clear autumn night, there laid a small Digimon gazing up at the stars in fascination and wonder. They looked beautiful in the vast open emptiness known to all as space. A shooting star shot across the sky, lighting it up for what seemed like a momentary infinity before fading out into the darkness again, leaving the world in darkness again. The Digimon closed her eyes and made a wish.
Another Digimon strode up behind her silently. It had a mischievous grin on its face. Slowly it placed its hands over the stargazing Digimon's eyes,
"Guess who?" he whispered into her ear.
"Patamon!" she yelled, jumping up to her feet and practically out of her skin too.
He removed his hands from over her eyes and she turned around to face him. He still had that mischievous grin plastered on his face.
"Are you trying to scare me to death?" she growled at him, pretending to be angry.
Patamon looked down at the ground. His expression changed to one of painful sadness and regret.
He looks so cute when he does that. Gatomon thought.
Patamon finally spoke up, "I'm sorry Gatomon. Please will you forgive me?" he pleaded.
She smiled, "Of course I will."
His expression changed back to a smile, the light returning to his eyes, "Thank you."
Gatomon simply smiled before retaking her seat and returning her gaze to the heavens above. Patamon sat down beside her.
"What're you doing Gatomon?" Patamon enquired.
"Watching the stars." She replied simply.
Patamon looked up at them, then back at Gatomon. The stars reflected off her deep, blue eyes, making them glisten lightly.
Wow Patamon thought.
"Beautiful aren't they?" she asked, her gaze remaining locked on the sky above, "The stars I mean."
"They sure are." Patamon said, returning his gaze to the stars above.
Patamon's eyes searched the sky looking at all of the stars, at all of the wonders and sacred treasures held within it. A new object came into his view,
"What's that?" he asked Gatomon, he raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the object.
Gatomon looked to where he was pointing,
"A comet." She said simply.
"It's very pretty." Patamon stated.
Both of the Digimon looked up, watching it. Its cold, icy tail being spread across thousands of miles as it made its long, solitary journey through the vast empty expanse of space.
"When I look up at the stars all of my troubles seem to fade away. All of my worries just evaporate." Gatomon explained with a far off look in her eyes, "They were always there shining and glistening, no matter what happened, and they will always be there when I need something to do, or I need to talk. They helped me through my years with Myotismon. I know that may sound a bit silly."
"Not at all." Patamon said with a smile, "I haven't really looked at them before. Maybe you could teach me about them?" He asked, changing the subject. The pain in Gatomon's voice had been all too clear, as it always was when she talked about her past, and it upset him to hear her usually happy self like that.
"What would you like to know?" She asked, turning to face him.
"Um." Patamon considered for a moment, "Well.what exactly are they?"
"Well, they are a lot like the sun only a lot further away."
"Really?"
"Sure." She said, then reconsidered her answer, "Well, they have a few differences."
"Wow, I never knew that." Patamon admitted with a smile. "And they just stay up there, motionless and in no particular order?"
"Well they do move, but they're so far away it's hard to notice."
"Oh." Patamon nodded, signalling for her to continue.
"And they are in constellations." She pointed out.
"Conste-what?" Patamon asked, a bit confused.
"Constellations. It's what we call the patterns they make." Gatomon explained.
"But how do you tell when one starts and another stops?" Patamon frowned.
"Well, once you know which ones which it's quite easy to remember." She smiled.
"Really? Could you teach me their names?" Patamon begged.
"Sure, why not?"
"Thank you!" Patamon cheered.
Gatomon pointed up at the sky and started to explain, "You see that one there? The one with three in a line, and the ones branching off it, making it look sort of human?"
"Yeah."
"That's Orion. The small group down there next to him is his dog. And the one shaped like a "W" is called Cassiopeia."
"Wow." Patamon tried to memorise as much information as possible.
"That one that looks like a pan is the plough, we sometimes call it the big dipper, and it points to the North Star, Polaris."
Gatomon went on explaining all of the constellations to Patamon, from Alpha Centauri to the signs of the Zodiac. She told Patamon everything she knew about the heavens above, and all of the celestial bodies contained within them.
"Where did you learn all of that?" Patamon asked when she'd finished, he was amazed by Gatomon's vast knowledge of the stars.
"From a friend." She explained.
Patamon instantly wished that he hadn't asked. He could tell by the way she said friend that she meant Wizardmon, and he knew how much the subject upset her. Knowing how much pain it caused her he decided not to pursue his quest for knowledge.
The two Digimon simply sat side by side in that meadow for a while in silence, just watching the stars and that one lonesome comet travelling from one side of the sky to the other. Eventually they both fell asleep.
Gatomon awoke sometime later, to the sound of a loud bang. She opened her eyes and looked upwards, her eyes greeted by the sight of a clouded over sky, completely blocking out the stars. A lightening bolt flew across the sky, shortly followed by a large thunderclap.
Gatomon rolled over to look to her left; she saw that Patamon was fast asleep. She thought it would be best to wake him, as being in the middle of an open meadow in a thunderstorm didn't seem to be a very appealing idea.
"Patamon!" She yelped, "Patamon, wake up!"
She shook him lightly.
"Five more minutes, T.K., I'm having a nice dream." He replied before rolling over again and falling asleep.
"Oh geeze!" Gatomon cried in frustration.
She punched him lightly on the arm, so as not to hurt him. He stirred again, but didn't get up. Gatomon felt the rain begin.
"How can I." Then an idea popped into her head, "Kari said it works on humans. I may as well try it."
She moved around to the front of the sleeping Digimon and knelt down, the ground was slightly damp from the rain. Gatomon hesitated for a minute before deciding to go through with her plan.
Gatomon sighed, "Here goes nothing."
She closed her eyes and moved in closer to Patamon. She put her hands on either side of his face and placed her lips on his, giving him a deep, passionate kiss.
After a few moments Patamon began to stir. Gatomon thought it best to step back a bit. She released him. Patamon slowly opened his eyes and was greeted with the sight of Gatomon.
"Am I still dreaming?" Patamon asked, still half asleep.
"Um." Gatomon considered, she was a bit unsure as to why he had asked. She elected not to answer.
"I must be." Patamon stated as he looked dreamily at Gatomon, causing her to blush.
Another thunderclap exploded, fully awakening Patamon,
"Ugh," He groaned, "Rain!"
"Yeah, along with the rest of the storm." Gatomon said with grim sarcasm.
Lightening flew across the sky overhead, the thunderclap exploded moments later.
"We better move." Gatomon insisted, "It's not wise to be in open spaces during a thunder storm."
"You're right" Patamon agreed.
The lightening appeared again, lighting the sky. Gatomon's eyes were lit up momentarily.
Just like in my dream! Patamon thought, if it was a dream. I wasn't sure at the time and I still aren't. If I was awake then. Patamon turned bright red at the though of what he may have said to Gatomon. He had thought he was dreaming. But did that mean the kiss wasn't a dream.?
Gatomon saw him blush, what's he thinking about?
"We need to find shelter. We're getting soaked out here and I have a feeling that this storm will get a lot worse before it gets better!" Gatomon broke the silence.
"I know a small cave that we can shelter in. It isn't much, but it'll keep us dry and out of the storm."
"Well? Lets go!" Gatomon said, holding out both of her hands to Patamon in a 'show me the way' gesture.
Patamon took her hands, "Okay."
Together, they ran off across the meadow. Their destination was fixed in Patamon's mind: the waterfall cave. It was still pouring down with rain when the two arrived at the waterfall cave. They were both soaking wet and cold.
"Come on." Patamon said, leading the way into the cave.
To get into the cave they had to use some very slippery stepping-stones. They made it to the last stone without a slip. Gatomon jumped into the cave after Patamon; unfortunately her landing spot wasn't too strong. It collapsed under her,
"Argh!" she cried as she began to fall backwards.
"Woah, I got you!" Patamon yelled as he grabbed her hand and pulled her forwards. She fell forwards onto him, knocking him over and landing on top of him.
Gatomon looked into his emerald eyes as he stared up at her. They lay there, staring into each other's souls for a moment in a blissful silence.
"Thank you." Gatomon whispered to him.
"Um. Err. Your welcome?" He replied seemingly a little nervous.
Gatomon stood up allowing Patamon to move. The two Digimon looked around at the cave that they were in. it wasn't that big, but it wasn't small either. It would be okay for them to stay in. the only problem was that it was quite cold in there.
"Well, we made it." Patamon stated with a lot of relief in his voice.
"Yeah." Gatomon replied with a shiver, partially from the cold and partly from exhaustion.
"We should get some rest." Patamon suggested.
Gatomon simply nodded in agreement before laying on her side and curling up in a feeble attempt to keep warm. Patamon could see that she was having little success.
How can I help her? He thought.
Patamon walked around to the front of Gatomon and saw that she had already fallen asleep,
"She must be tired if she can be this cold and still fall asleep!" he thought out loud. Gatomon was still shivering, "I'll warm you up, Gatomon."
Patamon walked back around behind her and lay down. He snuggled up close to her, wrapping his wings around her as a blanket to keep her warm.
"Goodnight Gatomon." He sighed with a smile when she stopped shivering. Then he himself fell into a nice, peaceful sleep. Neither one of the Digimon woke up during the night, and neither one of them was cold.
Patamon awoke the next morning to find Gatomon still sound asleep. The early morning sun was shining through the waterfall into the cave and casting strange shapes onto the back wall. He carefully removed his wings from Gatomon, trying not to wake her up, which wasn't all that hard to achieve. He managed to free himself and stand up. He looked down on Gatomon. He looked at the beautiful creature on the ground in front of him and couldn't help but smile.
Gatomon began to stir; the light in the cave was too bright to allow her to sleep any longer. She slowly opened her eyes to the early morning light. She rolled over and was greeted with the sight of Patamon looking down on her with a smile,
"Good morning." He said.
"Morning." She replied, returning his smile.
"I'm just popping out to get us some food," he stated, "I shouldn't be too long. Go back to sleep if you want to."
"Thank you." She said with a yawn.
With that Patamon disappeared from the cave leaving Gatomon on her own. She tried to go back to sleep with little success; there was too much sunlight in the cave. Instead she decided to get up and take a look around the cave. She slowly rose to her feet. She stretched her arms and claws out, a long, deep yawn escaping her lungs.
Gatomon walked slowly to the back wall of the cave. On it were strange drawings that hadn't been visible in the gloom of last night's storm. She looked over the pictures carefully; she ran her paws over them trying to decipher their meaning. They appeared to be yet another prophecy, just like the many hundreds scattered around their world. This one, however, differed in one major way, the other ones usually referred to the Digidestined in one way or another, but humans didn't appear in this one at all. This one was dominated by an egg right in the middle. On either side of it was a drawing of two Digimon, but Gatomon couldn't tell which Digimon they were. One was white with green claws, it looked a little bit like Gatomon and the other one was orange. The orange one looked like.
"Patamon?" Gatomon was confused. Before her was the strangest cave painting that she had ever come across. She decided it would be best to wait for Patamon and then show him her findings.
She didn't have to wait long. About three minutes later Patamon reappeared with some fruit and even a few DigiAnchovies. It looked like he could barely carry them with his small paws. Patamon placed them down on the floor in front of Gatomon,
"I found quite a lot of fruit," he stated, "And I got you a few DigiAnchovies because I know you like them." he smiled.
Aw, that's so sweet! Gatomon thought, "Thank you." She smiled, I'll tell him after breakfast.
They both sat down and began to pick and eat the selection of food Patamon had brought. Neither one of them spoke for a while, as they just sat in an awkward silence. It was Patamon, who finally broke it,
"So. You didn't get back to sleep?" He asked.
"No." Gatomon replied as she looked up from her meal. She looked Patamon in the eyes.
"What did you do whilst I was gone?" Patamon inquired. He took a bite out of the DigiMushroom he was holding.
"I took a look around this cave." She replied simply. She returned her gaze back to the food in front of her.
"Find anything interesting?"
"Well, there was something."
"Really?" his eyes seemed to sparkle.
"It was just a cave painting."
"Oh." The light in his eyes seemed to fade, sending a spark of pain through her heart. She hated it when that happened.
"Well." She thought of a way to cheer him up, "It could be something important, I'll show you it when we've finished this." She indicated to the pile of food between them. She was glad to see the sparkle of light appear in his eyes again.
It didn't take them long to finish their breakfast. Patamon removed the rubbish that was left behind, leaving the cave for a few minutes. Gatomon decided to take another look at the paintings. They still didn't seem to make any sense, at least not to her.
Patamon returned after a minute or so.
"What did you do with the rubbish?" Gatomon asked him.
"I gave it to a Numemon. I ran into him in the woods." Patamon explained, "So, where are these cave paintings?"
"Follow me." Gatomon said with a smile. Patamon followed, obediently.
Gatomon led him to the back of the cave, "Here." She pointed.
"Wow!" Patamon exclaimed as he looked at the numerous pictures in front of him.
"Amazing aren't they?" Gatomon asked with a slight smile on her face.
Patamon nodded in reply, transfixed on the imagery in front of him.
"Those little ones there aren't really all that interesting," She pointed to the small ones, "but I can't make out this one." she indicated to the Digiegg and two Digimon on either side, "I think it may be another prophecy! What do you think?"
Patamon looked at it, studying it in great detail. He finally responded, "I have absolutely no idea."
Gatomon sighed.
"But these Digimon look familiar." Patamon stated, indicating to either side of the egg. He thought for a minute, and then spoke up again, "In- fact. This one here," He touched one, "It looks like me! And that one."
"Looks like me." Gatomon placed her hand on the other one as she spoke.
Suddenly two bright beams of light appeared, one was yellow and the other pink,
"What the.?" they both asked, looking at each other and taking a step back from the paintings.
The two beams of light headed towards the picture of the egg, spiralling together. They seemed to enter the picture.
"What's happening?" Patamon asked, a concerned look crossed his face.
Gatomon mouthed, "I don't know." to Patamon.
They returned their gaze to the picture, a pink and yellow aura surrounding it. The aura brightened until Gatomon and Patamon were forced to look away and shield their eyes. When the light had faded they looked back at the picture, the egg had gone and was replaced with a new Digimon that neither of them had seen before.
"Patamon," Gatomon said, "Look!"
Patamon's eyes followed Gatomon's gaze down to the floor, right at the base of the wall,
"It's the Digiegg!" He exclaimed, "But how?"
"I don't know." Gatomon admitted.
Patamon took a step towards the egg. He placed a paw on it to see if it was real, but was greeted by a feeling of joy and happiness,
"Woah!" Patamon jumped back.
"What is it?" Gatomon asked concerned.
"Touch it and see." He replied.
Gatomon shrugged and walked up to it. She reluctantly placed her claw on it, uncertain of what to expect. She too was greeted with feelings of joy and happiness.
"Wow!"
"See?" Patamon smiled.
"Yeah, but why?"
"I don't know."
"This is weird." Patamon Stated.
Gatomon only nodded, her eyes locked on the egg.
"Aren't Digieggs supposed to be in primary village?" Patamon thought out loud.
"I don't think this is an ordinary egg."
"What shall we do with it?" Patamon asked Gatomon.
She considered for a moment, "Maybe we should just leave it?"
"Maybe." Patamon considered.
"C'mon." Gatomon said, she pulled Patamon away from the egg.
The egg had other plans. As they walked away the egg rolled after them, both Patamon and Gatomon heard it and turned around.
"How did it do that?" Patamon was confused.
Gatomon shook her head, "I don't know." She then added, "I'm gonna try something."
"What?"
"Just do as I do."
Gatomon walked backwards from the egg and Patamon copied her obediently, but the egg just followed. When they left the cave the egg still followed. When they walked into the woods the egg still followed, until finally,
"I don't think we're going to be able to get rid of this egg." Patamon stated with a sigh. He sat down on an old tree stump. Gatomon sat down next to him and the egg rolled to a stop right in front of them.
"What are we going to do with it?" Patamon asked.
"Well, it keeps following us so I'm guessing that whoever created it wants us to have it. Maybe we should keep it?" Gatomon suggested.
Patamon considered for a moment, "Do you really want to?"
"Of course, I always wanted to know what it was like to raise a Digiegg." She admitted.
Patamon wasn't expecting an answer like that, but he liked the idea of raising a child, especially with Gatomon, "Well, if you want to, then I will too."
"Thank you." Gatomon walked over to him and placed a small kiss on his cheek, then turned red when she realised what she had done. Patamon was also a bright shade of red.
"Um. well. how do you take care of a Digiegg?" Patamon stuttered, the redness not fading from his face.
"Well, you were in primary village for a while with T.K. and Elecmon before you first digivolved. What were the eggs like there?" Gatomon asked.
"How did you know that we were in primary village?" Patamon asked.
"Myotismon was watching you and the Digidestined for a long time before you actually saw him." Gatomon explained.
"Oh."
"So. how did Elecmon take care of the eggs?" Gatomon asked again.
"It was a long time ago." Patamon admitted, "But I remember that the eggs needed to be kept warm."
"Well, maybe we should make a nest." Gatomon suggested. She picked up the egg, "Lets go into the forest, everything we need will be there."
"Good idea."
The two Digimon headed into the forest with the Digiegg, looking for a place to construct a nest. A thought suddenly appeared in Patamon's mind,
"Where would be a good place to build a nest anyway?"
"That's a very good question," Gatomon admitted. She thought for a moment, then spoke, "I suppose that we need an open space, near to some food and water I suppose, for us and the egg." She considered for a second, "And near some things that we can make the nest from."
"How do you come up with this stuff?" Patamon said with admiration in his voice. "I mean, I don't have a clue!"
Gatomon blushed, "I don't know, it just seem like the right thing to do, like an. an instinct." She explained.
After about half an hour into their trek through the forest the two finally broke through the forest into a clearing, "This is perfect!" Gatomon declared.
"So now what?" Patamon inquired.
"Now you take the egg," she said, handing it to him, "and I build a nest from that grass and those twigs." She pointed.
"What do I do?" Patamon asked. He looked down at the egg in his paws.
"Keep it warm." Gatomon replied simply as she bent down to pick up the materials that she needed for the nest.
"How?" Patamon asked, clueless. Gatomon was about to reply when an idea popped into his head. He wrapped his wings around it protectively, "There!" Gatomon smiled at Patamon, admiring his ingenuity. She quickly got back to work.
It didn't take long for Gatomon to finish the nest. She stood back and admired her work. It wasn't anything too fancy, just grass and twigs built up into a mound with a hollow in the top to support the egg. It would be enough to keep the egg safe and that was all that mattered.
"Patamon? Could you bring the egg over please?" Gatomon asked politely.
When no reply came, Gatomon turned around. She was greeted with the sight of a sleeping Patamon. His wings were still wrapped around the egg protectively. Gatomon couldn't help but think how cute he looked.
"If he's this protective then he'll make an excellent father." Gatomon thought out loud, a smile crossed her face.
Patamon began to open his eyes slowly, waking up from his short nap.
"Oh, hello Gatomon." he smiled. A large yawn escaped from his mouth, "Is the nest ready yet?"
"Yeah," she grinned, "Why don't you bring the egg over?"
"Sure." Patamon replied, standing up.
He trotted over to the little nest Gatomon had made and placed the egg in gently before backing off towards Gatomon. The egg fit perfectly into the nest. "Perfect!"
Gatomon and Patamon looked at the nest and the egg, a smile passed over their faces. The turned to face each other, their smiles turning to blushes as their eyes met.
"I. uh. better go get some food." Patamon said with a nervous stutter.
"Okay." Gatomon replied dreamily, lost in Patamon's emerald eyes.
"Well I. um. b-better get going." He said as he took off. His figure soon disappeared into the vast expanse of the surrounding forest.
His departure snapped Gatomon out of her dream world and back to reality. She walked over to the egg and sat down next to it with a sigh. She placed a claw on it gently.
"Maybe I should just tell him?" Gatomon said, studying the egg closely, "I've never seen an egg like you before."
She carefully picked it up to study it closely; looking for any sign to indicate which Digimon it would hatch into. She couldn't find one.
Gatomon placed it down on her lap. She leaned over it, just a few centimetres above it,
"What are you?" she asked in a whisper. Gatomon placed the egg back in the nest and awaited Patamon's return.
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Well, that's the end of the first chapter. Please R&R. I have the next few chapters planned out, but any suggestions are welcome. I'll post the next few soon. Thanks.
NKC
