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Chapter Ten
"What?!" Tai exclaimed.
"Lavender," Gennai whispered softly.
Everyone turned to Gennai and gave him a weird look. It seemed that Gennai knew Lavender…
Gennai faced their stares. "She was one of the first Digidestined."
"Does that mean that our ancestors were all Digidestined?" asked Ken.
"No, just Matt and Sora's," Gennai replied.
"What about the dream?" asked Yamato.
"Yeah, what else happened? Do explain Matt," Gennai added.
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Cool water splashed over Sora's face. Her eyes remained shut as she reached for a towel. The fabric soon zapped the water off her face and her eyes opened up. Alarm and surprise spread over her face as her eyes widened. "What the hell is going on?"
Her gaze was glued to the floating towel as she slowly backed away. However, the towel just followed her. She froze, and so did the towel. "Huh?"
With every step backward, the towel would follow and when she stopped her movements, so did the towel. By now, she was in front of the bed with that piece of cloth just waiting for her to make a move. This is sooo confusing! "Why won't this stupid thing leave me alone!?!" she lashed out.
As if on command, she watched as gravity pulled the flimsy cloth down to the floor. With an overwhelming sense of bewilderment, her body slowly crept towards it. A hand shot out and tested it. It didn't move! Yay! Wait…how did it even move in the first place? This is freaky.
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Daficus stalked out of his chambers, barking out orders to get the sacrifices out of their cells. Today is the day. His eyes closed shut as he breathed in deeply. But just as quickly as they shut, they snapped open as he felt the presence of a new energy. What is this? I wonder where it is coming from…
"Daficus!" yelled a demon guard.
Daficus swung his head around as he annoyingly replied, "What? State your business."
"One of the sacrifices is missing." He shrunk away from fear of what his master might do.
"What?!?" he roared.
"It was a girl and she well…uh…she esca-"
"I know that you insolent fool. Find her. No wait. I'll go find her."
The guard scattered away quickly as Daficus furiously stomped off in the other direction.
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A bitter wind marauded a young girl as she ran through the dim forests. Branches and rocks tried to block her path and tore at her ragged clothes as her long brownish blonde hair swirled behind her. Her hand clutched a locket as her bare feet pounded the ground with each beat of her heart. She gasped as she tripped over a rock, slightly injuring her leg. Her small hands opened the old locket to reveal two pictures. One with a chestnut haired man with chocolate eyes hugging a woman with long blonde hair and chocolate eyes. Her fingers longingly touched the picture as gentle tears traveled down her cheeks. Her gaze fell on the other picture. It was the same woman holding her as a little girl.
Mother…Father…why did he have to kill you? Why? I wish you didn't have to fight…
Her fingers lifted the picture gently and a soft smile broke out as she read the inscription. To our darling girl, Sorana. An ache crept at her heart as she read the last part. With Love, your mother Mimi and father Taichi.
Oh momma…I wish you were here to comfort me…oh daddy…why couldn't you be here to talk to…
More and more tears spiraled out of control as they were ambushed by the ground below.
"Sorana…" called a voice.
The locket slipped out of her hand as she froze. That voice… she shuddered. She knew that voice belonged only to one. One truly sick man. No demon. Demon who killed my parents when I was only two and I remember it. And now I'm six. Four years cooped up in a room has not been fun. Damn stupid demon. Tears streamed down her face as she suddenly felt a cold and chilling hand squeeze her shoulder.
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"Gennai, I feel it," stated Yamato.
"I do too," answered Gennai.
"Feel what?" asked Tk.
"The sacrifices…" whispered Yamato.
Mimi shuddered. "Then what are we waiting for?" she croaked.
"A plan, that's what we're waiting for," said Izzy, Yolei, and Ken simultaneously.
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A wave of dizziness washed over Sora as she struggled to stand up straight, but it was no use. Her body fell to the ground as she felt an odd sensation around her. It was a slight tingly feeling against her skin, right before she slipped into consciousness. And out of the fallen body, emerged a confused Sora with her hair braided in a french twist and small white flowers. Sora looked down at the fallen body and then back at herself, which was in a simple strapless white dress. What's going on? Why am I here and my body is down on the floor? Am I dead?
"Of course not," said a warm and soothing voice.
"Who's there? Who said that?" Sora's eyes scanned the room carefully.
"Me."
"Show yourself!" commanded Sora.
"As you wish," replied the voice as a figure appeared in front of her. It was a man long blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail and shimmering blue-gray eyes shown like two stars on his face.
Sora now felt warm and safe as she looked upon him in wonder. "Who are you? And how-how did you get here?"
"I am a spirit. My name is Christian, and I am Matt's ancestor. I was supposed to visit you with Lavender but I was detained. Listen, I can't stay long because Daficus should be back in the castle and he'll know I'm here."
Sora regarded him with curious eyes as she nodded. "Okay speak."
Christian smiled as he thought how she spoke like royalty. "You are not dead, you're just a projection of yourself."
"You mean astral projection?"
"Precisely."
"But, how did I do that? I-I've never done anything like that before."
"True, but this is just a small part of your powers. I'm sure Lavender told you all about them and why you were kidnapped."
"Yes she did tell Matt and I about it-wait a second. There's something else isn't there?"
"Perhaps, but all will be revealed in time. For right now, I want you to close your eyes and focus on seeing your friends. Then, you will be right there. But I warn you Sora, you will not have much time. You're new at this and your body cannot retain it as long. So once you feel a pulling, you shall return back to your body, and you'll wake up. This process does drain you. So now go. Hurry."
"But what do I tell them?" asked a bewildered Sora. This is too much! First the towel and now this! What a strange day…
"Give them some kind of plan."
"What? How do I do-"
"It'll come to you. Now enough. I have to go now. Daficus is getting closer. So, close your eyes and concentrate."
Well, here goes nothing, she thought as her eyes closed. Now all I need to do is focus. I want to see Gennai…Takeru…Kari…Davis…Yolie…Ken…Cody…Izzy…Joe…Mimi…Taichi…and…Yamato…
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"…and so, that's it," Matt concluded.
"Whoa, freaky," Cody said.
"I wonder how that could be possible…" pondered Izzy.
"Psychics," Yolei mumbled.
Ken, who was next to her, heard her and turned to stare at her. "What about psychics?"
Everyone turned to Yolei and she looked down at the ground as she collected her thoughts. "Well you see, it's extremely rare for two people to have the same dream-"
"But other people have the same dreams too," commented Davis.
"I'm not finished," Yolie said sharply. She cleared her throat and continued, "Like I was saying. It's rare for two people to actually be in a dream together and interact with one another. I believe Matt and Sora have some kind of connection to each other, a very strong bond."
Matt blushed as Yamato nodded slightly, complimenting Yolie by saying, "Very perceptive."
Suddenly a warm breeze lightly disturbed the room. Gennai got up and looked around. "There's someone else here."
Everyone was now on guard, and searched the room but all they saw was nothing until…
"Hello?"
"Who's that," asked all the Digidestined, minus Yamato and Matt, who both exclaimed, "Sora!"
"Of course, that makes sense," said Gennai as he smacked his forehead.
From a wall, their eyes saw Sora step through it. She looked upon all the confused gazes and said, "I'm not a ghost. Just a projection of my real self."
"Astral Projection," whispered Yamato.
"Correct, Ma-what? On older Matt…Yamato?" Sora asked.
"Yes," he said with love and pain reflecting in his two blue pools. He longed to just take her in his arms and kiss her lips but no…she belongs to my younger self. But still, it's been so long…just too long since I last saw her…
"I don't know how long I can stay before I return back to my body. But I have a plan. You must all trek through the forest and devise a way to get into the castle. And once you're inside, you must all split up to find wherever the sacrifices will be. Free them before getting to me. I'm warning you now, if the sacrifices are made, I will kill myself before I let that dark prophecy to be fulfilled by Daficus."
"No! You can't," yelled Mimi.
"I must-" Sora was cut off by Matt.
"-do whatever it takes to save humanity," finished Matt. For a split second, they gazed into one another's eyes.
"No matter what happens, I will still love each and everyone of you and I will always be with you," Sora said softly, as she gazed at everything. Her eyes began to water as she saw the tears brimming in everyone's eyes. "Goodbye my sweet friends," she whispered as she felt a strong force pulling her.
Matt's head shot up and he ran to her. "Sora! Wait!" he yelled frantically, but it was too late. She looked him in the eyes right before she was pulled away from her friends.
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Hello, darlings! I am back and ready to write. I apologize about how short this part is and how long I took, but I've been up to my neck in work. Plus, I needed a little time to recuperate my overworked brain. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed part nine. Stay tuned for the next part, hopefully coming soon.
"That's not Kari," Tk said a little spooked.
"Then who is it?" asked Cody.
"She's possessed by something," Tai cautiously replied.
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Sora's body shook briefly as an image of a map filled her mind for a split second.
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"What do you want?" she asked, not turning around.
"I'm here to make sure you're present at the Darkening. I don't want anything to happen to you," he whispered into her ear.