By the Vampire's rein.

Authors notes: This is a "what if" fiction. It's basically about what may have happened if Myotismon had won, with only three of the original digidestined surviving. Some other changes are that Osamu is still alive, Ken doesn't become evil and the Dark Masters haven't taken control of the digiworld yet.

The story takes four years after Myotismon. Also I don't own digimon. Wish I did, but I can't have everything in life.

Chapter 2

"Wormon, what is this place?"

Ken and the newly evolved Wormon had landed in a forestry area; the outline of a cave was to their left while large oaks surrounded them.

"It's the Digital World, where I came from. Where all us Digimon come from.

"Is that so?"

"Uh-huh."

Ken looked around at the fresh new world, so different from the polluted city that had been his home for so long.

"Come on Wormon, I want to take a look around."

The little green digimon cast a worried look at the television screen from which they had come.

"I don't know Ken, what if we come back, and the television has been destroyed."

Ken laughed, something that was rarely done by Ken Ichijouji. " Don't worry, we won't stray far. Just till we reach the end of the woods." With that Ken strode off.

Wormon sighed, "I guess no one thought to tell him how far these woods in the Digital world go, oh well..Ken!! Wait for meeee." Wormon sprinted, or rather hobbled quickly to the disappearing digidestined.



Unknown to the two new travellers, four people was watching them carefully.

"Ah, we have a new actor in our little pantomime."

"Yeah, so? It's only one of them," The figure peered into the telescope himself, "I say we play around with him, then send him back crying for his mommy. Then that brings those kids and boom. We squash them,"

"I say we squash him now!"

"Yeah!"

The first one spoke up again, "Patience, we have to set the stage first, and then, then we shall strike. Then the curtain will be closed for good.



Like all woods in the digital, this one stretched for miles, even Ken wanted to turn around.

"Okay, you win. We'll have a ten minute break then head back, Osamu must be getting worried about me anyway."

"Now your speaking my language." Ken smiled at the worm like digimon and prepared to sit down.

"What in God's name was that?" A large tremor had rocked the ground, Ken looked around at the large digimon slowly coming into view.

"Shit that thing's enourmous!"

"That's Blossomon, its Spiral flower attack is devastating and its thorn whip can make the most experienced digimon tremble where it stands."

"What do we do Wormon?"

What else...RUN!"

The duo turned around and started sprinting as fast they could, or rather Ken was. Wormon had quickly hitched a ride on Ken's back. The Blossomon started to follow them.

"Ken, head for the cave that we saw, the entrance is to small for Blossomon to fit through. Ken nodded grimly, avoiding a Spiral flower by a hairbreadth. The cave slowly but surely came into sight. Ken was sure that, that moment would be rated the happiest in his entire life.

Wormon was right about Blossomon not being able to fit in, it snarled at them from the entrance. Wormon and Ken waited nervously till in defeat it went away, still giving snarls at them.

"Phew, I'm glad that's over. Hey what's that?" Wormon looked where Ken was looking, a red and yellow digiegg with a blade through it was firmly set in the middle of the room. Looking more closely Wormon could see a sun like symbol on it.

Ken slowly walked to the middle of the room. He put his hands around the digiegg and started to pull it out. He fell over backwards when three sparks of light shot out into the sky.



The three didn't fail to notice the three blobs of light leaving the apartment.

"Koushiro, what was that?" asked Sora, looking out of the window on the landing at the disappearing coloured lights.

"I don't know. It must have been something Ken did."

"I knew leaving that kid to roam around was a bad idea."

Hikari put her fingers to her lips, "Hush Gatomon, don't be too hard on him. Besides this is something that will help us.

Tentomon snorted, "How? What they going to do, sparkle Myotismon to death?"

Biyomon gave a sharp look at the red bug digimon and he coughed apologetically.

"Well whatever those things were they've gone now." Koushiro glanced at his watch, "Hikari, it's late. Time to go to bed."

"Aw, do I have to?"

"Bed, now. I'll be there in ten minutes to switch the light off."

With a discontented moan, Hiakri trudged back to the bedroom, which they would be sharing now. Gatomon followed her.

"You like her, don't you?" whispered Sora cheekily.

"Of course I do, she is a friend."

Oh no. I mean LIKE like."

"Oh, oh! No you've got it all wrong. I do not like her like that."

"Then why are you blushing."

"Yeah Koushiro, why are you blushing?"

The now bright red boy was glaring at the trio, making the, fall into quiet laughter.

"You guys are impossible." He walked into the living room followed closely by Sora and the others.

Hey Koushiro, I was wondering. I was unconscious most of the time, but how exactly did Myotismon win?"

"Do you really want to know?"

Sora nodded.

"Then here goes..."

1 Flash back

Yamato stood watching the digimon in vain try to defeat him. Hikari had been told to run, Mimi was taking her to where Jyou and Shin were looking after the sleeping people. Taichi as usual was urging Metal Greymon to fight not to give up. With every sound of encouragement Myotismon merely laughed harder. Yamato looked at his own digimon he fought an urge to tell him to stop, to prevent him being hurt.

Myotismon looked over at the slowly disappearing duo, he grinned wickedly.

"Crimson Lightning!" Taichi gasped as he saw it heading straight for Mimi and Hikari, both him and Wizardmon dashed forward to intercept it. Taichi got there first. Yamato turned his head as Taichi let out an ear- rendering scream. Yamato felt his blood run cold.

"Taichi!" screamed Yamato, Koushiro tried to hold him back but the blonde dashed over to Taichi's charred body. Yamato curled over the corpse, sobbing. Mimi and Hikari had stopped running and were now turning back.

"Oh, no. Taichi..he can't be dead. It isn't possible!" Mimi sobbed into her pink sleeves. Koushiro nodded gravely, he put an arm around Hikari and held the shaking girl tight to his chest, absently stroking her back.

"Crimson lightning!" A second attack rushed to where Yamato was, he didn't even notice it.

"Bastard!" cried Mimi, tears falling down her soft rosy cheeks. "You ugly, no fashion sense bastard. I'll see to it you die! Palmon digivolve NOW!"

Palmon digivolve to Togemon.

Togemon digivolve to Lillymon.

The little pixie charged headlong at the grinning vampire.

"Flower Cannon!" Myotismon swept away the attack with ease, Mimi gasped and Lillymon looked puzzled. She tried again.

"Tentomon, he's to powerful, you have to digivolve and help Lillymon."

Tentomon digivolve to Kabuterimon

Kabuterimon digivolve to Megakabuterimon.

The oversized bug joined Lillymon in the fight. Koushiro was hoping they would be enough; a large call of "Vulcan's Hammer!" put a faint smile to his lips. They might just win this. How wrong he was.

End Flashback

All four members of the room were sobbing. Sora was cuddling Biyomon in her arms while Koushiro chokingly tried to finish of his story.

"Finally Megakabuterimon dedigivolved. Jyou, he," Koushiro let out a sob, "He said to take Hikari and run..he said he and Mimi could manage it, that I could trust him..." Koushiro wsa unable to speak and Tentomon put a comforting claw around Koushiro's back. Osamu walked into the room, about to dump the nightly shopping down, few people liked shopping in the daytime. He wisely went into the landing to unpack. Leaving them with their memories and tears.



Daisuke lay on the straw mattress, unable to sleep with his sister snoring loudly beside him. He turned around and looked at the broken glass window, looking at the stars, one bright one caught his eye.

"Star, I wish that I could help get rid of Myotismon, I wish it with all my soul." Daisuke muffled a cry as he saw the same star hurtle at him, it pelted him full force in the stomach.

"Man, that was worse than a soccer ball." He looked down at the silver thing outlined in blue. He looked back up at the night sky.

"You know, I also want a palace."

The kendo stick spun around and around, Iori knew that his mother and grandfather wouldn't want him to be up at this hour but he felt the need to practice. He wanted to be able to protect his family, just like his father had protected others.

Iori launched forward and bashed an imaginary enemy on the head, he spun quickly around and jabbed another one in the stomach. Just about to deliver the final blow the same device that had hurtled to Daisuke did the same to Iori. Only this one had a yellow outline. Iori stared unbelievingly at it.

Cheesecake, chocolate cake, apple pie, ice cream. Miyako dreamily pictured all those deserts rushing around her head, her stomach growled and she frowned at it, before continuing dreaming. Miyako was unable to sleep; a mere bowl of watery chicken soup had done nothing to quench her hunger. She knew though that with a family her size, her parents had a hard time working to feed all members.

She turned back to imagining a soft gooey piece of marshmallow Rice Square. A small moan escaped her lips and she chewed her blanket. She gave a sharp cry as she was hit with a grey device, this time with an outline of red. She gasped and tucked it under her pillow, one hand tucked around it all night long.

Will Ken fall into more trouble in the Digiworld?

Who are those mysterious figures? (As if you wouldn't have guessed by now.)

Will the new digidestined be able to handle the pressure?

Find out next time on Digimon; Digital Monsters.



To be continued