This one is okay. So, yeah, Digimon is not mine. Nor are the characters. I just take them out of their cages and brush them every now and then.

Davis: Ruff! Ruff!

Matt: Mrowr. *glares at Davis*

Davis: *whimper*

Chapter 2

          Three days into camp and Matt knew he hated it. Swimming in the morning, lunch, hiking, and now, soccer. Albeit, soccer wasn't that bad, and a lot more interesting than hiking. Each section of the camp had it's own team, and today his team, the Cougar's, were going up against the Wolverines. He looked over at the group of practicing kids that made up his team. Their ages ranged from 8 to 12, and half of them didn't even know how to kick the ball right. There was a movement to his left, and he turned to see a soccer ball fly a few feet past him, only to be blocked by a black haired girl a foot before the goal.

          "Aw, Shia! That was a perfect shot! I don't get many of those, you know," a dark haired boy ran past Matt to where Shia was standing, one foot on the soccer ball. She grinned at him casually. The boy kicked the ball from under Shia's foot and the two raced off back onto the field.

          Matt studied their style for a moment; they seemed to be the only kids, other than him, that knew how to play the game. There was a shout, and the opposing team ran onto the field. The game was about to begin.

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          There were 5 minutes left to the clock and the Wolverines were beating the Cougars at 1-0. Both team's best players were vying for the right to win the game.

          Shia raced forward, stealing the ball from Tai just a few feet from where he would be able to shoot in a goal. She turned and looked desperately for someone to pass the ball to. The only person open was Matt, and she grimaced. The game was important, though, she thought, and took off and passed the ball to him.

          Though not happy at having to play soccer, Matt had turned out to be quite a player in it. He stopped the ball and took off for the other goal. Out of the corner of his eyes he saw Tai coming closer. He spared a glance to the other side to see if Shia was open. As much as he disliked the girl, she was a good player and the only other person on the team that could do more than just stand there.

          Shia was running up, trying desperately to get out from behind two very big players from the opposing team. She tried to dodge out of their way, but they blocked her once again. She looked over to where Matt was racing towards the goal. Tai was gaining, but Matt looked like he was about ready to shoot. It would be close. She grimaced; close with the blond was not good.

          Matt finally pulled ahead a little more. The goal was coming close, and he began to line up for the shot. Just as he was about to shoot, Tai sped up and kicked the ball away from him. The two boys' legs tangled up and they fell to the ground. Matt was up in a flash, glaring at the brown haired boy. Tai returned the look as he got up off the ground. Behind them the whistle blew the end of the game; the Wolverines had won.

          Shia looked over to where the two boys stood. They glared at each other, and she thought for a second that a fight would break out. A referee walked up to them, though, and the two boys backed off and walked off the field. Shia breathed a sigh of relief and turned away.

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          The next day…

          Shia hurried to the forest grove. Her and a group of other kids were going on a hike up the mountain that bordered their camp. She rushed into the grove and ran straight into Tai.

          "Ow!" She exclaimed, falling back and landing hard. Tai rocked back, but managed to stay standing.

          "Ow? Really?" Tai said, laughing. She glared up at him, then sighed, and he helped her up. Shia looked around to see Sora and Mimi heading their way.

          "Hi Shia," Sora said, and Mimi smiled.

          "So, when we go on this walk, will there be houses to rest in or what?" Mimi asked.

          "Mimi, we're going out into the middle of the forest. The closest buildings are the camp grounds," Sora said, grinning.

          "But, where will we going to the bathroom?" Mimi asked.

          "Um...In the bushes?" Tai said, snickering.

          "What?!" Mimi exclaimed.

          "Well, beside our accommodations, who's going on this walk in the park?" Shia asked.

          "Well, there's supposed to be eight of us going, and right now there's six of us here. Let's see, other than us, there's Joe; he's that tall guy over there. And the short red-head on the computer is Izzy, so that leaves two still coming," Sora said, filling Shia in on everything.

          Shia grinned. This would be great, just her, her friends, and the mountain. At that moment two other figures came into the grove. One was a short blonde kid wearing a ridiculously large green hat; the other was a brown haired boy. Shia immediately recognized them as TK and Davis.

          "Davis! TK!" She called, and the two boys ran over.

          "Hiya Shia," Davis said, smiling.

          "Hi," TK said.

          "How's it going?" Tai asked.

          "It's okay," Davis answered.

          "Hey, did you guys see Mr. Fujiyama?" Sora asked.

          "Yeah, he was right behind us!" TK said.

          "Until we started running," Davis said, laughing. TK joined in and the older kids grinned.

          Just them Mr. Fujiyama walked in. He looked around the grove, counting the children in there. Satisfied, he called them together.

          "Okay everyone, today we're going to take a walk around the base of the mountain, and then trek up the side and down again before we return to camp. Now, any questions?" Mr. Fujiyama asked.

          "Is it true that we'll have to go to the bathroom in the bushes?" Mimi asked.

          "Well, I guess so. There aren't, um, there aren't any bathrooms in the forest," Mr. Fujiyama said, blushing slightly, "Well, any other questions? No? Good, let's go."

They started off into the forest.

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It was a nice quiet walk for most of the morning. The group stopped at a boulder near at the bottom of the mountain. Everyone plopped down, panting from the hard walk. Too tired to even talk, they sat where they fell. A few minutes into the break there was a sound of pounding feet, and Matt raced into the area a second later. He stopped, panting, but soon walked over to where Mr. Fujiyama was standing.

"What is it?" Mr. Fujiyama asked, a little annoyed. His tone wasn't lost on Matt, but the boy brushed it off.

"Something happened and they want you back at camp right away," Matt

answered.

"What happened?" Mr. Fujiyama asked.

"There was something about a bus and some kids or something, I don't know; they didn't tell me," Matt answered.

"Probably didn't trust you," Mr. Fujiyama muttered under his breath, then turned to the others, "Okay everyone, I want you to stay here. You too Matt, stay here and don't go anywhere. I'll be right back."

Everyone nodded, except for Matt, who just glared at him. His glare followed Mr. Fujiyama as he left and headed back towards camp.

"Great, now what…" Sora muttered to Shia. Shia just sighed as unwillingly her gaze once again turned to Matt. The glowering blonde was glaring at the place where Mr. Fujiyama had entered back into the forest, looking for all the world like a tough wild cat. She just couldn't see the resemblance between him and the sweet, innocent little TK she had gotten to know. How they could be brothers, she didn't know.

"Hey, look at this!"

Davis was standing in the middle of the grove, looking skyward. He pointed up, and everyone turned their heads to look. Falling gently, softly out of the sky, small white flakes were dropping onto them.

"What is that?" TK said, staring at one flake as it drifted lower.

"It's…it's snow!" Mimi exclaimed as a spot of whiteness touched down on her nose and melted.

"Snow? But it's the middle of July!" Tai said looking up as more flakes dropped out of the sky.

"Maybe it blew off the mountain…" Shia said, turning to the mountain.

"No, it wouldn't be possible. You see, the elevation of the mountain is not high enough to contain freezing temperatures which would lead the humidity at the peak to drastically drop and freeze into snow," Izzy spoke up, "So, therefore, the snow cannot be blown off of it."

Everyone turned to him with a confused expression.

"Um… there isn't any snow at the top," Izzy simplified.

"Oh," everyone said. Suddenly, the snow fell harder, pounding down until a foot of the soft powdery stuff covered the ground.

"Okay, is this supposed to be happening?" Shia asked, glancing around the snow covered grove.

"I don't know, but this is bad! We can all freeze, get pneumonia and die!" Joe said, glancing around the grove at all the snow piling up.

"Don't worry! It's just a little snow, it's not going to kill anyone," Tai said.

All of a sudden, a bright light flashed. All the kids covered their eyes as the light grew brighter. A second later, it was gone. They opened their eyes to see little colored devices floating in the air in front of them. Curiosity got the better of them and each kid reached out and grabbed it. As soon as their hands touched the cool metal, they felt themselves pulled forward. In front of each child a portal opened, shining bright colors onto each of their faces, and they were gone.

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