Authors Note: So far I've only got one person to review. I love you Takari AAF! I'm actually surprised. Since this is my first Digimon Fan Fic I thought I wouldn't get even one review. Guess I was wrong. Anyway, this is the last chapter, I hope you enjoy and please review!

Davis: Sakura Cherry Blossom doesn't own us she just enjoys torturing us. For crying out loud! Why a freezing mountain range? Why? Couldn't we have met somewhere warm?

Yolie: (kicks Davis into the fire) That warm enough for ya goggle boy? Ignore him, he's got serious issues. On with the story ^_~

Chapter 4: Making a Stand

It was the middle of winter and the cold winds blew fiercely. It had been a long time since Kari had gotten a future prediction. Everyone noticed that she was slowly starting to revert back to her old self. T.K. was the first to notice the change in her. He had almost given up hope when Kari had imprisoned her brother. Everyone made sure that Tai was well fed and in good health. They treated him with the same respect as the other prisoners got. It wasn't their belief to let a prisoner rot away and die. Of course they never really had that many prisoners anyway.

Up on the high mountain peaks of the western mountain range, a group of young adults huddled in the palace to keep warm. The wind whistled through the mountains and the winds were extremely cold to those who did not call Paray home. Sora and the others had been discussing what to do with the information Izzy and Yolie had brought them. All day long they had gone over plan after plan after plan.

"It's freezing!" Davis exclaimed for the millionth time that day.

"Shut up Davis!" Yolie yelled back.

"Yeah Davis, if we make the fire any bigger we will melt all the ice surrounding the castle and create and icy river." Cody added.

"Well I'm still cold and we are no closer to finding a solution to our problem." Davis stated.

"Davis is correct." Izzy said. "We have been pouring over this for hours and we are still no closer to an answer than before." Everyone heaved a heavy sigh. "Perhaps we should call it a night and continue in the morning." Everyone agreed and left the room.

Sora couldn't sleep. She sat on the window seat, in her room, looking out over the mountains. Her thoughts drifted to Tai. She hoped that Kari hadn't been to rough on him. A single tear rolled down her cheek as her pendant glowed red.

* * *

One week had passed and the eight friends were still no closer to figuring out a plan. The weather had gotten worse trapping the young adults in Paray. It was after lunch when a knock was heard on the palace doors. Yolie and Davis were arguing about something as Mimi answered the door. All conversation ceased as an old woman stood in the doorway. She looked more dead than alive as the wind whipped around her. Matt helped Mimi bring the woman inside and seat her in front of the fire. Joe brought a couple of blankets to wrap around her. After a few minutes, she turned her chair towards the group.

"Pardon my intrusion." She rasped. "I was traveling through the mountains when my digimon, Phoenixmon, lost his way and crashed onto the mountain where this kingdom resides. The weather was too much for the old bird and I'm glad he made it here before crashing. What I have to tell you is very important and you must listen closely. A long time ago, a great evil resided in this world. An ancient sorcerer found a way to defeat the evil by using a combined magic based on emotions. After the evil was defeated his magic separated into separate elements. In order to keep the peace, he sealed them into the form of crests. These eight crests were imbedded into stone like pendants. Each pendant would belong to a certain person. These crests would be passed down through time. Each encasing the crests were placed in, would be made by the parents of the recipients. Over time it was determined that a backup for the eight crests would be needed in case the first ones ever failed. Three back up crests were made." She paused accepting a warm drink from Sora.

"The parents of the chosen children were to give the crests on the exact day their children showed the trait from the crest. The parents were not to reveal to their children what the pendants really were, just that they were very special. Whenever the person who posses the crest or someone nearby does something that reflects the emotion in the crest, the crest will glow. The crests have special powers which the chosen children will have to master before evil takes control." She paused again and looked each young adult in the eye. "You are the chosen children. You wear your crests no knowing what they are. Sora, yours is the crest of Love. Matt, yours is the crest of Friendship. Izzy, yours is the crest of Knowledge. Joe, yours is the crest of Reliability. Mimi, yours is the crest of Sincerity. Davis, your crest is Courage/Friendship. Yolie, your crest is Love/Sincerity. Cody, your crest is Knowledge/Reliability. Ken, your crest is Kindness. The crest of Hope belongs to T.K. The crest of Courage belongs to Tai. The crest of Light belongs to none other than Kari. This is why she had been corrupted. Darkness does whatever it can to destroy the light. Once light is dead, hope must die next. You must act quickly if you are to save your friends and this world. Have faith chosen ones. This is your destiny." With that she vanished leaving the group speechless.

* * *

Deep in the Forest of No Return, an evil old woman sat. She was looking intently into the fire, perfecting her plans for conquest. The moment had finally come for her to take over the Light. She smiled evilly as she thought of the little Princess fighting for breath while held tightly between the witches cold fingers. There was only one way to conquer this world. The crests had to be destroyed. One book had been passed down through time that instructed, any who were willing, on how to accomplish such a feat. Only those who had mastered the Black Magic could understand and carry out the complicated spell. This witch was the first in over a century who had accomplished that. It had to be an inside job. Something that no one could put their finger on or stop before it was too late. A certain person must be placed under a spell and primed for the perfect moment when the very breath of life could be sucked out of them. Their crest would fail and the rest would soon follow. Only one crest bound the others together in such a way. The crest of Light. Without Light their was only darkness. The witch had formed an army of creatures that would do her biding. She had turned them evil and they had begun gathering at the doorstop of her little hut. She seriously doubted that the so called 'chosen children' would have discovered a way to master the power of their crests, causing their digimon to digivolve to a level never achieved before. She was confident darkness would win this night. She would not loose.

* * *

As the sun set, a lone figure walked quietly towards the kingdom of Salee. As the figure walked through the forest all the creatures ran in fear. Evil dripped off the figure. Tonight something bad was going to happen and danger hung in the air making it seem heavy. One person was watching the forest from a tower window in the castle. He could sense the evil around, but hadn't the slightest clue what to do about it. In a nearby tree, a note was fastened to an arrow before the arrow was stung to a bow and fired into the night. The person watching in the window, had just turned toward the bed when an arrow flew through his window. It hit the opposite wall and stuck there. The young man reached up and retrieved the note from the arrow. It read:

Evil will enter Salee tonight. It's sights are set on the princess. Due to her futuresight she will not resist. If evil gets a hold of her, she will die tonight. If she dies, the sun will never again rise. You are her only Hope. Your pendant has a very powerful magic. Only you can unlock the magic inside it, but only if you hold on to Hope. Never loose Hope and all will be well. Free the prince from his cell. With his digimon he can help destroy the barrier around this kingdom. Once the barrier is gone, we can come to your aid. You must act quickly. You and you alone can save the princess. You're her only Hope. Don't let the darkness consume her Light. Don't let evil win!

Yolie, Huntress of the forests and beyond.

The young man knew what he had to do. He quietly slipped out of his room and made his way to the dungeons where Tai had been moved during one of Karis mad rages. Once there he found the guard sound asleep. He proceeded to unlock the cell and free the Prince. Once tai was free, T.K. told him what the note had said. The two parted ways to begin the next part of the plan.

* * *

"Princess, there is someone here to see you." A servant said.

"Most likely the advisor my vision told me to expect. Send her in." Kari replied.

"Yes your highness." The servant replied bowing.

A cloaked figure entered the room. Once the door had shut behind her, she removed her cloak. The woman walked over to Kari and placed a hand on the Princess' cheek. Kari closed her eyes then gasped as if her breath was being sucked out of her. The woman smiled wickedly. 'Tonight you will know true darkness, my pet.' The woman thought. 'You will single handedly destroy the world!'

Meanwhile, Tai was trying to figure out how to destroy the barrier. Augumon had digivolved all the way to Metal Greymon. A feat Tai was still baffled by.

"You have to use your pendant to make Metal Greymon warp digivolve to War Greymon." An angelic voice said from the other side of the barrier.

"How do I do that?" Tai asked.

"Have Courage." Sora stated walking out from behind the bushes.

"Boy am I glad to see you." Tai told Sora.

"Likewise." She replied.

Tai closed his eyes and concentrated. Soon his crest began to glow. When he opened his eyes, War Greymon stood in front of him.

"Stand back." War Greymon warned. "Terra Force!"

In a flash of light the barrier disintegrated. Sora and Tai shared a brief embrace before rushing off the finish the job.

* * *

A single tear slid down Karis' face as the witch continued to drain the Princess of her energy. Kari now realized that she had been brainwashed by a cursed gift. There was only one gift she had ever been given, that meant something important to her, and she wore it around her neck. She had no idea how to use it, though. She had almost given up hope when she saw an angel appear at the door.

"Hand of Fate!" The angel yelled launching an attack that hit the witch, causing her to loose her concentration.

Karis' energy was almost gone, from what the witch had done, and her knees gave out. Before she hit the ground, strong arms encircled her, keeping her upright. She turned to see a pair of sky blue eyes staring back at her and she knew she was safe.

The witch was furious. She hit Angemon with dark magic which flung the Angel digimon across the room. He hit the wall and was knocked out. A satisfied grin spread across her face as she prepared a dark energy ball to throw at the digimon, destroying it. However, a certain white and purple cat had other ideas.

"Gatomon, be careful. She's not as weak as she looks!" Kari warned her digimon.

Before the witch could launch her attack at Angemon, Gatomon had digivolved to Angewomon and called out her Heavens Charm. The two attacks connected and created a gust of wind that almost blew Kari and T.K. off their feet. No sooner had the gust of wind cleared when the two went at it again. After awhile it seemed that Angewomon was loosing. Kari wanted to help, but hadn't completely gained her energy back yet.

"It's hopeless." Kari whispered.

"No. It's never hopeless." T.K. replied.

Angemon had regained consciousness as the words left T.K.s mouth. A yellowish-orange light surrounded the Angel and he digivolved past Magna Angemon to Lunarmon. The two teens gasped and the witch stopped fighting with Angewomon long enough to stare at the new digimon.

* * *

The others were not fairing well against the witches armies, who were positioned outside in the castle courtyard. Matt followed Tai's lead by making Gabumon digivolve to Metal Garurumon. War Greymon and Metal Garurumon were making a small dent in the witches armies but they needed help.

"Flower Cannon!" Lillymon yelled as she fired her attack at a yeti type creature.

"This isn't working!" Mimi stated trying not to get in the way of the battle.

"Your telling me." Lillymon responded. "If you think of a better plan just let me know."

"Sincerely, I haven't a clue. If only I could get my crest to glow or whatever like Matt and Tai, then maybe we could get some results." Mimi said. No sooner had the words left her mouth than a green light engulfed Lillymon. When the light faded, Lillymon had digivolved to Rosemon. She had red hair and a reddish-pink outfit that looked similar to Lillymons.

"Rose Whip!" Rosemon cried as she drew a whip made of rose thorns. Each creature she hit with the whip was instantly destroyed.

"Now we're getting somewhere." Mimi stated, relishing in her digimons new abilities.

Not far away, Yolie found herself backed into a corner without Aquillamon nearby. She'd used up all of her arrows, thus she was defenseless. 'Truth be told, this may be the end.' She thought. 'If only I had the chance to tell Ken I love him.' Suddenly her crest began to glow green and red. Aquillamon was on his way to help when he was engulfed by a red and green light. Before Yolies eyes, Aquillamon digivolved to Eaglemon.

"Talon Slash!" Eaglemon cried slashing through the creature in front of Yolie.

"Perfecto!" Yolie cried running to embrace her digimon. She climbed on the back of Eaglemon and they flew off to help the others.

Izzy, Joe, and Cody soon made their digimon digivolve to Ragemon, Tsunamimon, and Lightning Sedramon. Davis wasn't doing that well against the creatures he and Exveemon were fighting off. Davis saw that the others were slowly making their digimon digivolve so, he decided to try it. He concentrated on the crest of Courage and Friendship that he possessed. Without warning an orange and blue light engulfed Exveemon and he digivolved to Steelmon. Steelmon used his 'Steel Punch' to obliterate the creatures Davis and he were fighting.

Yolie found Ken just as Stingmon had digivolved to Dragonmon. Using his 'Dragons Breath' the creatures around them were destroyed. Overjoyed that each other had servived the battle thus far, Ken and Yolie embraced before going to join the rest of their friends. Tai and Matt were finally making some progress. Sora was close by watching helplessly as Garudamon struggled to defeat the creatures around her. After destroying his creatures, Tai went to help Sora with hers. Sora turned to see Tai approaching her when she saw one of the creatures launch an attack from behind Tai. There was no time to react. Sora cried out and a red light engulfed Garudamon making her digivolve to Phoenixmon. Phoenixmon barely got between Tai and the creatures attack before Tai was hit. Phoenixmon made short work of the creatures, destroying the last ones. Everyone was about to celebrate when a large explosion could be heard from the castle. They took off in a dead run to help out.

Tai and the others reached the throne room as the dust cleared. What they saw amazed them. In the middle of the room stood the witch with a ball of dark magic in her hand. In front of her was a digimon that looked like a man with a blue robe, long blonde hair, two white wings, and piercing blue eyes. He had a moon like glow about him and held a staff with a moon on top. What amazed the spectators was what happened when the witch launched her attack. The angel digimon, Lunarmon, was immediately protected from the attack by the full body armor that appeared out of nowhere. It didn't take the witch long to realize she had more onlookers than T.K. and Kari.

"So, you've come to see me battle for possession of this world." The witch cooed. "I hope you enjoy the show. It won't be long until all is lost. By the way, thanks for loaning me the Princess. She was quite gullible. All I had to do was convince her that what she was seeing was real. She helped me to gain back my powers. She kept anyone capable of meddling in my affairs at bay. What's more, she single handedly helped me bring two of the most powerful kingdoms to their knees. Your pathetic digimon will put up a fight, but in the end they will fail. Your princess is too stupid to realize how strong she really is. Tonight darkness will reign supreme and Light will die an awesome and tragic death! Say goodbye to the sun forever! It will never shine again!" The witch began to laugh evilly.

Kari stepped out of T.K.s embrace and walked towards the laughing witch. Karis face was set with determination and she was mad that she had been used. "As long as I live the sun will always rise. The light will never die. You want to know why? The reason is simple. Light is stronger than the darkness. The darkness deceives while the Light uncovers all truths. To say that the Light will die is to deceive ones self into believing something false. I refuse to stand by and let the darkness win. You can't destroy me. You can't even completely control me. There is always a light deep inside my heart that will NEVER go out! You've had your fun you old hag. Now surrender to the light and meet your doom!" A pink light lit up the room and was concentrated mostly around Angewomon. When the light retreated, Angewomon had digivolved to Solarimon. She looked just like a human only she wore an armored breast plate, skirt, gauntlets, and boots that were all golden yellow. Her face wasn't hidden and you could see the determination in her blue eyes. Her blonde hair cascaded down her back and she had a pair of wings that looked like real angel wings with a gold tint to them.

"You are very wrong princess." The witch stated addressing Kari. "The darkness will win tonight and to show you I mean business I will start by destroying your friends." She turned towards the door and launched a dark magic ball.

"Solar Shield!" Solarimon yelled, calling on a shield that formed around Tai and the others, deflecting the witches magic. Solarimon and Lunarmon locked eyes for a moment before turning towards the witch.

"Solar Bean Strike!"

"Moons Glow Blast"

Both attacks hit the witch erupting into a blinding light. When the light died down, the witch had been destroyed. All the digimon reverted back to their in-training forms and everyone celebrated.

"I'm sorry about everything guys." Kari apologized.

"It's all right sis. We know it really wasn't you." Tai replied.

"So, you guys forgive me?" Kari questioned.

"Yes." They all chorused.

Everyone split off into their own groups to celebrate being together again. Kari decided to take a walk in the gardens. She was thinking over how things might have been.

"May I join you?" a familiar voice said from behind Kari.

Kari turned to find her best friend standing there. "Yes you may." She responded.

The two walked together through the garden before stopping to sit on a nearby bench. They sat in companionable silence before Kari spoke. "T.K., I'm sorry about everything. I know it really wasn't me who did all those things, but I still feel bad for treating you like I did. We're best friends and I treated you like dirt. Can you ever find it in your heart to forgive me?"

T.K. looked into her ruby red eyes and smiled. "Of course I forgive you. I always knew it really wasn't you, Kari. That day you attacked my kingdom, I saw the real you and I knew that it couldn't possibly be you doing all this bad stuff. You're too nice and sweet. I'm just glad I was able to help you before the darkness took over."

"Thanks T.K." Kari said smiling.

"Anytime Angel." T.K. responded.

T.K. put his arm around Kari as she leaned her head on his shoulder. "T.K.?"

"Yes."

"I love you."

"I love you too Kari."

The End