Digimon: New Age
Chapter 1

Daisai Household, Suburbs of Golama Town

I stood on top of a cliff, squinting as lightning flashed periodically, lighting up the area in front of me. In the sky in front of me, I could see figures floating in the air. One had black and gold armor from what I could see, with a flowing cape behind it. Across from it was several other creatures, all varying in shapes and sizes. One looked like a large dragon with a long muzzle and on top of it was a rather small figure, one I couldn't make out.

I knew there was more, but I couldn't get a good look at them as the armored Digimon suddenly began to glow brightly. It continued to glow more and more until it unleashed its built-up energy, blinding me. I covered my eyes with my arm, and I could feel the warm, almost hot energy getting closer, and closer until it almost reached me-

I jolted awake, eyes snapping open. Seconds later, a loud clanging filled the air, making me flinch. I rubbed my eyes and sat up before slamming my hand down on the alarm clock, finding the button and shutting the annoying ringing off. I yawned and looked over to my calendar and saw the first of August circled in red before looking at my clock, which read ten-fifty am.

I stared at the clock and then looked back calendar, my mind sluggishly piecing together what today is. When it finally hit me, my eyes widened, and I jumped out of bed. "Shit! Graduation! I'm gonna be late!"

I rushed to my closet, quickly and clumsily changing into my black shirt that had the crest of courage in orange on the front before throwing on an unbuttoned red long-sleeved button up. I quickly slipped on my dark jeans, my socks and my red and black sneakers.

I made sure to swipe my red-rimmed goggles off of the dresser, pulling them on my head. Not caring for my messy short hair that was usually neatly styled; I rushed out of my room and out of my house, slamming and locking my front door behind me. I began to run down the street, and I could see the Academy tower in the distance. I pushed myself to run faster and thankfully there wasn't a lot of traffic, so I managed to make it there in no time, panting from the run.

I could hear the Commander, Richard Sampson, calling graduates to come up to get their digivices and digi-eggs.

I snuck into the auditorium and took my assigned seat, the tension leaving my body as excitement replaced it. I was stoked to finally get my partner. Which is something I was waiting for throughout all my days at the academy.

"Sarah Daisai." The commander called out and I stood, walking up and shook his hands before he handed me a red DATS issued digivice. I began to walk up and down the rows of tables that had digi-eggs on them. I slowed at a Botamon egg, hoping it would react...but it didn't. It just sat like a normal egg. I was a little disappointed since I always wanted an Agumon but mentally shook my head and continued on.

I was getting close to the end of the tables, which had me worried. What if I don't get a partner? That would be both embarrassing and upsetting and I didn't even want to think about-

A sudden glow appeared out of the corner of my eye, which gained my attention. I paused and looked over, my eyes finding a softly glowing egg near the end of the last table. I walked over to it and picked it up, making the glow fade and I noted that it was purple in color and it had a white bottom.

I didn't pay the coloring much mind and made my way back to my seat, sitting down, keeping the egg in my lap. I kept skimming my fingers over the top of it, noting the warm feeling I kept getting from the egg. I was so focused on it that I didn't hear Sampson rattle off the rest of the graduates after me.

"I can now present to you the rookie tamers of Golama Town." Sampson's voice suddenly rang loudly, making my head snap up to look at him. He was standing up straight, shoulders back and arms behind his back. His Partner, Kudamon, was looking at the new tamers with slight pride.

"You shall meet your mentors tomorrow but there's one thing you need to know. As we all know, today is the twentieth anniversary of the first Digidestined stepping into the Digital World. In the celebration of that, a few lucky graduates will be training under some of those Digidestined. They are Evie Carollo, Sarah Daisai…"

My brain suddenly stalled when my name was called, so I didn't hear the last few names he had said. Me? I'm one of the students who were picked? How? Why?

"You are all dismissed. Report to your families." Sampson stated and all the graduates stood, bowed and headed out towards their families while I watched before standing and sighing. I made my way outside and began to walk home, keeping the egg securely within my arms. I was taking my time, not wanting to rush getting home.

The sidewalks were soon getting crowded by graduates and proud family members. I held my digi-egg close as I scooted around people. I tried to avoid a boy getting hugged by his clearly emotional mother, but I bumped into another graduate.

"Sorry!" I quickly yelped, worried about my digi-egg. I looked at the girl with a sheepish grin. The girl is frowning. She is holding a purple and black digi-egg close.

"Watch where you're going." The girl says as she walks away from me. I watched as she disappeared before I went, managing to get out of the crowd. I sighed in relief and quickened my pace, wanting to make it home before the sidewalks and streets get even more crowded than before.

It was about noon when I finally made it home, unlocking the door and walking inside. The first thing I did after I shut the door was to set the digi-egg down on the table and made myself some food which was just left over take-out heated up in the microwave. I set my food down before going to get the remote, turning the TV on and sat down at the table.

The news is on, and it droned on about the graduation, current local and world news, and so on. I tune out slightly as I eat, only paying attention to what I find interesting.

"We are reporting live from the Deku Forest," a field reporter began when she came up on the screen. "A Digimon was seen biomerging a few yards away from our current location and should be in our line of sight at any moment."

There was a roar from above and the camera tilted up and zoomed in on Digimon. It had a blue serpentine body with orange wings flapping, allowing it to weave through the air.

"It appears to be a Airdramon, a champion level Digimon. It's one of the Digimon species that's known for its aggression- there's another one!"

A green Digimon, seemingly a bug man, shot into frame, heading straight for the Aidramon, its arm pulled back and a blade of purple energy came out of its forearm. With the thrust of the arm, the blade connected with the Airdramon, making it burst into data and reforming into a digi-egg. The green Digimon caught it and flew out of frame.

"It seemed that the Tamer of Kindness, Ken Ichijoji, came back to town just in time. His partner, Stingmon, has taken care of the Digimon and will now go to DATS headquarters to send the digi-egg back to the Digital World."

After some more news segments, a commercial came on and I ate the rest of my food before standing. I threw my garbage out and then turned to look at the digi-egg once more.

"I wonder when you'll hatch…" I murmured, reaching out to rub the shell gently.

I couldn't wait to meet my new partner and I hoped that we could be the best of friends.