Through the rushing stream of cyberspace, a Digi-Egg raced. It was gray-brown in color, with a single vibrant green leaf sprouting from the top. It carried the data that had been salvaged from the dying Digital World.

Moments ago, it had been sent into one end of a digital gate. Its intended recipient was Vanessa Vacation, a friend of the Digital World who had survived the destruction of Earth. Hopefully, she would carry it to another world where it could hatch and grow into a new Digital World.

The other end of the digital gate was within the data banks of a device that was very much like a computer. However, it wasn't a computer, and it didn't belong to Vanessa. It was an electronic book called The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and it belonged to Vanessa's father, Vince.

Soon after the arrival of the egg, Vince and his family were thrown into space and teleported to a place called Prydain. They stayed there until night had come and gone. There were no computers there.

The family traveled on to another world, Starwood. Here, there were many computers, and not long after they'd arrived, Vince was face to face with one of them.

The computer belonged to the director of the film in which Vince, his wife Velma, and Vanessa were to be extras. While the director entered their names, the Guide quietly connected via Sub-Etha Net to the computer. When this connection was made, the Digi-Egg streamed as invisible data into the computer and from there into Starwood's planetary computer network.

Perfect. Here was the place it would start growing.

Within a large data relay station, the egg came to a stop. It shook. It cracked, and brilliant white light shone out of the cracks. Finally, it hatched, releasing the whole enormous amount of light inside it, which spread far and wide across the digital plane.

The light formed itself into hills, mountains, deserts, and many other features. The egg was at the peak of a mountain. The mountain was in the center of an island, which, just as before, was right in the center of the plane.

Within a few hours, all was ready. The time had come for digital life to appear.

Stray and deleted pieces of data from Starwood's computers had already begun to contribute to the young Digital World. This was added to the cloud of data that was hovering over the island. The cloud began to condense into round shapes – Digi-Eggs containing the very first new Digimon.

It was just like it had been three Earth years ago after the defeat of Apocalymon. The eggs rained down on a flat, colorful spot on the island. They were as varied as ever.

Time in the Digital World ran the same as on Starwood, and it was getting dark. The night passed in silence and peace. When the sun rose again the next day, the final miracle happened. The eggs began to hatch.

Disclaimer: All things mentioned on Digimon belong to Hongo Akiyoshi, Toei, Bandai, and Disney. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy belongs to the late Douglas Adams. Everything else is mine. No money is being made off this; I write because it's fun. :-)