You Were In My Once Upon A Time
Chapter 4: .
Renamon's heart raced at an exceeding pace. Rika, she could loose her now, she was walking straight into the heart of the darkness, into the whirlpool of shadows. Renamon rushed forward only to be propelled back like a magnet. Rika, her tamer, her friend, was dissolving into the darkness enveloping her. As Renamon watched on in desperation, she noticed the atmosphere grow just a little bit darker, the grass just a little bit longer, the trees a little more monstrous and the surface of this shadow world, collecting with ice.
Rika heard nothing, felt nothing except the coldness of the shadow barrier as she extended her arm and touched the barrier with her fingertips. The barrier vaporized before her, opening a crevasse for this girl. The shadows pulled back, allowing her to pass by them slowly, freely. Her mind became blank and same with her thoughts. Her eyes resembled a sheet of ice and her body moved as slow as a turtle's.
The barrier opened up more, as if it wanted to welcome her into this world, this sheet of shadows. Rika looked ahead and noticed she was almost through this barrier, almost into the dark chamber that was embedded in the heart of this chamber. Suddenly, as if she broke out of her trance, yet the curiosity and the mystery and enchantment embedded in her mind, she screamed inside of her head. What are you doing, going against Renamon's wishes like that? As she looked ahead, she pulled away from every emotion she felt except betrayal for Renamon. "What the heck?" She cried and slowly backed out of the barrier of darkness, watching it intertwines and wrap around it once more. As soon as Rika had backed fully out of the circle, Rika took in a deep breath, as if swallowing every piece of detail around her. The breath seemed so large she almost choked on how much came in, but felt reassurance. She felt Renamon's presence behind her.
"Rika, are you alright?" Renamon asked quickly, for she felt ashamed she let her tamer get in the line of danger. Rika just stood there, mouth gapped open slightly. Renamon looked concerned and turned to face Rika, face to face. "Rika, are you hurt?" Slowly afterwards, Rika shook her head. Renamon sighed with relief but never took her eyes off Rika. "Rika, talk to me." Renamon ordered softly.
After a few moments, Rika replied.
"I felt curiosity like I've never felt before. The enchantment just captivated my soul and took me along with it. As soon as I walked into the barrier, I felt the darkness, I was the darkness, it connected with me and I connected with it. I seemed trapped, I couldn't think, I couldn't do anything but move forward against my will." She said slowly, as if trying to remember every single detail. "As soon as I came out, it took my breath away and I needed to take a huge breath to get it all back."
"Is there more?" Renamon asked.
"I guess, if you consider the thought that I felt as if I was being pulled there, as soon as I got close to the barrier, I lost all control of my mind, I was trapped inside of my head, unable to do anything, say anything. It felt like I was in a trance."
"It sure looked like it, from what I saw, it looked like you described exactly what I saw."
"Rika!" Came Rika's voice, it seemed distant and Renamon turned to the source, but Rika kept her eyes straight forward, looking into her own different world. How is it connected and why do I feel so connected to it? "Rika, Renamon! What happened?" Rika shook her head furiously, getting rid of all the negative thoughts and questions inside of her heart and looked up to see her group, her friends, her small family of sorts. Leading the group were Henry and Takato, their hair trailing wildly behind them. Speaking of behind, in hot pursuit of the boys was Ryo and Suzi and tumbling all over the place in the back, was Kenta.
"Hello, Takato, Henry."
"Hello, Renamon." Henry and Takato seemed to choke out, they seemed out of breath and they all were breathing heavily. Kenta was breathing very quickly, but still had enough energy to straighten his glasses before he collapsed to the ground for some rest. Suzi was breathing hard as well, her face as red as ever.
"What just happened here?" Ryo asked, his voice full of concern for his friend. Rika looked at the group and turned back to the chamber behind her, the whirlpool of darkness. As if to answer on cue, Renamon spoke a few words for Rika.
"Well, it seems that it is harmful to us digimon and our tamers if we enter this chamber of darkness." As the group looked up at Renamon with suspicion, Cyberdramon landed beside Ryo while Guilmon was running over to Takato, followed by Terriermon and Lopmon and of course, little MarineAngemon.
"Why is this harmful? It just looks like a circle of shadows to me." Terriermon explained. Renamon patiently answered his question.
"Well, I can feel that it is going to be extremely difficult for all digimon to pass this barrier, no matter what we do, Bio-merge Digivolution or not. As for the humans, well, Rika can explain that one." Rika nodded, her strength had returned and she felt once more she could take on anything, it was the way she usually felt ever since her first encounter with digimon and this digital universe.
"Like Renamon said, this is going to be hard for humans too." Rika started.
"What do you mean?" Kenta asked.
"I got close to the barrier and it seemed like all of these emotions were running all through me, giving me a burst of energy, but not for me to control. I went into a trance and went through this barrier." Rika said as she walked closer and reached out to it, enveloping herself into the trance once more. The group watched as her eyes went blank, like a sheet of ice.
"This is amazing." Kenta said in awe, but was cut off by Ryo's glare.
"This is reality, Rika you can come back now." Ryo said quickly. Rika didn't respond to his request, just walked further and further into the barrier. The group watched nervously as Rika came closer and closer to the end.
"Rika, what are you doing?" Renamon shouted in despair and ran towards her partner in distress, but was repelled back like two magnets of the same pole. As soon as the barrier cleared on the other end, Rika walked slowly back out of the barrier, and just as before, took that huge breath and nearly choked, again. But just as suddenly as she took that breath, she walked back in.
"What was that?" Suzi asked as soon as Rika walked back into the barrier.
"What was what, the fact that Rika's trying to hurt herself?" Henry asked.
"What was in front of her?" Suzi pointed to nothing, yet there was a low rumble behind the group of children. The group whirled around to see Guilmon growl again.
"It's back." Takato whispered.
"What's back, what's going on?" Kenta asked quickly with horror written all over his face. Suddenly, there was a hiss of electricity and everyone turned to see Rika. But this time she didn't come back, to the other side of the barrier, she walked right through.
~A barrier is not what keeps us apart, but the choices we make.~
Chapter 4: .
Renamon's heart raced at an exceeding pace. Rika, she could loose her now, she was walking straight into the heart of the darkness, into the whirlpool of shadows. Renamon rushed forward only to be propelled back like a magnet. Rika, her tamer, her friend, was dissolving into the darkness enveloping her. As Renamon watched on in desperation, she noticed the atmosphere grow just a little bit darker, the grass just a little bit longer, the trees a little more monstrous and the surface of this shadow world, collecting with ice.
Rika heard nothing, felt nothing except the coldness of the shadow barrier as she extended her arm and touched the barrier with her fingertips. The barrier vaporized before her, opening a crevasse for this girl. The shadows pulled back, allowing her to pass by them slowly, freely. Her mind became blank and same with her thoughts. Her eyes resembled a sheet of ice and her body moved as slow as a turtle's.
The barrier opened up more, as if it wanted to welcome her into this world, this sheet of shadows. Rika looked ahead and noticed she was almost through this barrier, almost into the dark chamber that was embedded in the heart of this chamber. Suddenly, as if she broke out of her trance, yet the curiosity and the mystery and enchantment embedded in her mind, she screamed inside of her head. What are you doing, going against Renamon's wishes like that? As she looked ahead, she pulled away from every emotion she felt except betrayal for Renamon. "What the heck?" She cried and slowly backed out of the barrier of darkness, watching it intertwines and wrap around it once more. As soon as Rika had backed fully out of the circle, Rika took in a deep breath, as if swallowing every piece of detail around her. The breath seemed so large she almost choked on how much came in, but felt reassurance. She felt Renamon's presence behind her.
"Rika, are you alright?" Renamon asked quickly, for she felt ashamed she let her tamer get in the line of danger. Rika just stood there, mouth gapped open slightly. Renamon looked concerned and turned to face Rika, face to face. "Rika, are you hurt?" Slowly afterwards, Rika shook her head. Renamon sighed with relief but never took her eyes off Rika. "Rika, talk to me." Renamon ordered softly.
After a few moments, Rika replied.
"I felt curiosity like I've never felt before. The enchantment just captivated my soul and took me along with it. As soon as I walked into the barrier, I felt the darkness, I was the darkness, it connected with me and I connected with it. I seemed trapped, I couldn't think, I couldn't do anything but move forward against my will." She said slowly, as if trying to remember every single detail. "As soon as I came out, it took my breath away and I needed to take a huge breath to get it all back."
"Is there more?" Renamon asked.
"I guess, if you consider the thought that I felt as if I was being pulled there, as soon as I got close to the barrier, I lost all control of my mind, I was trapped inside of my head, unable to do anything, say anything. It felt like I was in a trance."
"It sure looked like it, from what I saw, it looked like you described exactly what I saw."
"Rika!" Came Rika's voice, it seemed distant and Renamon turned to the source, but Rika kept her eyes straight forward, looking into her own different world. How is it connected and why do I feel so connected to it? "Rika, Renamon! What happened?" Rika shook her head furiously, getting rid of all the negative thoughts and questions inside of her heart and looked up to see her group, her friends, her small family of sorts. Leading the group were Henry and Takato, their hair trailing wildly behind them. Speaking of behind, in hot pursuit of the boys was Ryo and Suzi and tumbling all over the place in the back, was Kenta.
"Hello, Takato, Henry."
"Hello, Renamon." Henry and Takato seemed to choke out, they seemed out of breath and they all were breathing heavily. Kenta was breathing very quickly, but still had enough energy to straighten his glasses before he collapsed to the ground for some rest. Suzi was breathing hard as well, her face as red as ever.
"What just happened here?" Ryo asked, his voice full of concern for his friend. Rika looked at the group and turned back to the chamber behind her, the whirlpool of darkness. As if to answer on cue, Renamon spoke a few words for Rika.
"Well, it seems that it is harmful to us digimon and our tamers if we enter this chamber of darkness." As the group looked up at Renamon with suspicion, Cyberdramon landed beside Ryo while Guilmon was running over to Takato, followed by Terriermon and Lopmon and of course, little MarineAngemon.
"Why is this harmful? It just looks like a circle of shadows to me." Terriermon explained. Renamon patiently answered his question.
"Well, I can feel that it is going to be extremely difficult for all digimon to pass this barrier, no matter what we do, Bio-merge Digivolution or not. As for the humans, well, Rika can explain that one." Rika nodded, her strength had returned and she felt once more she could take on anything, it was the way she usually felt ever since her first encounter with digimon and this digital universe.
"Like Renamon said, this is going to be hard for humans too." Rika started.
"What do you mean?" Kenta asked.
"I got close to the barrier and it seemed like all of these emotions were running all through me, giving me a burst of energy, but not for me to control. I went into a trance and went through this barrier." Rika said as she walked closer and reached out to it, enveloping herself into the trance once more. The group watched as her eyes went blank, like a sheet of ice.
"This is amazing." Kenta said in awe, but was cut off by Ryo's glare.
"This is reality, Rika you can come back now." Ryo said quickly. Rika didn't respond to his request, just walked further and further into the barrier. The group watched nervously as Rika came closer and closer to the end.
"Rika, what are you doing?" Renamon shouted in despair and ran towards her partner in distress, but was repelled back like two magnets of the same pole. As soon as the barrier cleared on the other end, Rika walked slowly back out of the barrier, and just as before, took that huge breath and nearly choked, again. But just as suddenly as she took that breath, she walked back in.
"What was that?" Suzi asked as soon as Rika walked back into the barrier.
"What was what, the fact that Rika's trying to hurt herself?" Henry asked.
"What was in front of her?" Suzi pointed to nothing, yet there was a low rumble behind the group of children. The group whirled around to see Guilmon growl again.
"It's back." Takato whispered.
"What's back, what's going on?" Kenta asked quickly with horror written all over his face. Suddenly, there was a hiss of electricity and everyone turned to see Rika. But this time she didn't come back, to the other side of the barrier, she walked right through.
~A barrier is not what keeps us apart, but the choices we make.~