The Powers Within: Reality of Illusion
by Creedogmon
edited by Godeerc VanDrey
Category: Digimon
Genre: General, Fantasy
Rating: PG
Language: English
Summery: Same as previous stories, only this time, Jessica gets her power.
A/N: It's getting pretty formatted. In the next two series, I'm definitely going to try for a different style. These are entirely too systematic. I have "The AntiCrests" but it's pretty formatted, and worse than this. I may turn out that I completely redo it. It may be that I just ditch it and write "Quest of DigiDestiny." I think that name with change. Anyway, it will be anything but formatted. It will have story and an overarching plot and everything! Yeah, I know. That should be basic to all stories.
Chapter 4: Reality of Illusion
Jessica sighs in the evening dusk. She watches as the sun slowly sets in the west, causing strange shadows and warped vision. She wonders if the tall boy on her right was a warped image, or whether the world around her was. She is in a world where nothing is familiar. She is in a group with two other boys, her age, and none of them knows where they are. And Daniel Ponille has recently changed dramatically. He seems to have gotten strange magical powers.
Ever since, he has had a dark brown lock of hair that stands out across his forehead. It doesn't move in the wind. It's heavy and firm. Also, the airy blue color of his eyes is now sprinkled with a dusty color. His skin also seems more tan than usual. He became very tan when his power mysteriously came to him, but now he's just a little bit more than usual. His personality changed too. Before, he was humorous, light-spirited, but now his personality is heavy, firm, and strong.
Daniel is now looking at what he calls his "tag and crest." The golden pendent that hangs from his neck contains a small tan tab. The tab inside was supposed to represent Ascendancy. Ascendancy, to become greater. Jessica sighs and rubs her eyes. She's tired. It's not that late, but they have been walking a while. Why are we walking? What are we expecting to find?
"Daniel. Matt. I'm kinda sleepy. Do you think we can take a rest?"
The boys look at each other and exchange glances. "Sure," offered Matt, "No need to go any farther, we don't have to be there at any set time. There really is no 'there' anyway."
So the group settles down as it starts to get dark. They build a fire and Matt stares into it, his face shaking. "Matt, you okay?"
He sighs, "It's just… we're in this strange place. A wilderness. No sign of civilization. And with whatever happened to Daniel, I don't know if I'm dreaming or what. If I am, it's a nightmare. How do we get home?" He wasn't crying, but his eyes are moist.
Holding back her own tears, she consoles, "I know. I miss my family. This is scary. Monsters. It is a nightmare. I have no idea what's going on. We're going to get back somehow. I don't know how, but it's not worth it if we don't have faith, I guess."
Daniel, whose face is hard, "She's right. I may not show it. Whatever happened to me, it hardened me. In more ways that one." He crushes a stone in his hand, and in response to the amazed looks, "Oh, it's just sandstone. I'm not that strong. We've already seen that this is no natural occurrence. Whatever brought us here is going to have to let us go back. For now, we should sleep. I'll keep watch for awhile."
Lying her head on her arms, Jessica is glad for the warmth of the fire. She soon falls asleep, and begins to dream. Jessica dreams about the strange creature Daniel had fought, then about her fighting one too. She dreams of Chris VanDrey, who Daniel and Matt had been talking about a lot. He is doing something. She drifts awake, remembering only something about water. A voice has woken her. Jessica can almost swear she hears the caustic voice in the wind.
'Yes, it is the Sister. She who is supposed to care for her loved ones. She does not care.'
Her eyes get used to the dark, seeing that Daniel had since fallen asleep. Matt, too. It's not too chilly for her to take a walk. She passes by a small pond, where she sees a horse. She looks at it from behind a tree. No, it's a… unicorn. A small one. Its fur is light azure and has a spiraling horn. Also on its forehead is a small glass-looking hemisphere.
She steps forward, stepping on a stick. The unicorn turns its head, filling Jessica with fear. The unicorn's eyes are deep-set into its head. Jessica can't tell if it even had seen her. It spoke, "It's all right, Sister, I'm not going to hurt you. I'm Nicormon."
"Sister? I'm not your sister."
"No, you're not my sister. You are the Sister. The Sister of Care."
"I was woken by something that called me 'the Sister.' It said I hadn't been caring or something."
"That is the voice of your power. Don't worry. If it says you have failed, that means it's the wrong time." said the strange unicorn.
"Oh," she replies, bewildered.
"By the way, Sister, where are your friends? Aren't the Champion, the Caretaker, and the Defender with you? I have felt their power."
"The Champion? That's what that evil monster called Daniel. It gave him a strange power. But who are the Caretaker and the Defender?"
"You do not know the Caretaker? If you are a Sister to anyone, it's him."
"Uh, no. No brother here."
"The Caretaker. With hair that mocks the color black and eyes of darkened gold. With the power of airy sea and he protects those in need."
"Uh, no, that doesn't sound like any brother of mine," responding to his strange riddle.
"Can you take me to see the Champion?"
"I guess, but he's sleeping,"
"That is fine,"
Jessica leads Nicormon to their makeshift camp. She shows him the camp, and Daniel and Matt. "Yes, this is the Champion. I can feel his power. I do not sense power from this one though."
"What about me?"
"You are not changed, but I sense power from you. Great power."
Jessica turns away, but turns back to ask a question, then screams. Nicormon is on his back hooves, his horn glowing, about to trample Daniel. "Nicormon! No!" Her digivice flares by her side. As Nicormon comes down, hitting nothing. He attacks, "Horn Spiralisis!" striking Daniel's figure. Great mound of dirt and rock went through Daniel as if he were a mirage.
"What?! Where is the Champion?"
"I don't know. Can't you see him? Or is it all an illusion?"
Nicormon turns around. Within a magenta-colored aura is Jessica. Her digivice glowing, releasing a light purple colored tab. The golden glow around her neck seals the crest in place. A similar violet glow envelopes Jessica. When the glow subsides, she stands in a long, loose purple gown, with long sleeves that hide her arms. Her hair is streaked with shades of violet, purple, pink, and fuchsia. He eyes are blurry white.
"So, Nicormon, it was you. You spoke with deception. Deception of evil. You have blinded yourself from good. I shall now blind you from sight." Nicormon yells as his eyes glow pink.
The unicorn bucks, screaming, "What? The Sister! She's everywhere. Hundreds of her. And the Champion, too! What's going on? The sun and the moon both in the sky! Everything's up-side-down!" he falls to the ground, trying to gallop. Jessica glows again, "Reality of Illusion!" her voice echoing.
Wavy, random patterns of violet and magenta spiral through the air. All of them strike the crouching unicorn. He yells in pain before his body disintegrates into data. Jessica faints as she glows once more.
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Jessica wakes up peacefully. She opens her eyes. She looks around for Matt and Daniel. They're nowhere to be seen. She looks down, sighing, then back up. There they are. Just standing there, not moving. "Wha...?" and her friends became wavy and disappeared.
"Jessica!" Daniel calls from behind her, "What the heck? I saw myself standing right there a minute ago."
"You... or him... just disappeared." she pauses, then, in realization, "I think I may have created a mirage with my power."
"Whoa, that's crazy," Matt says, walking up, "Oh, yeah, her hair. You've changed, too."
"Have I? I did... there's a purple strand of hair in my eyes." Jessica pushes it behind her ear, only to have it slide right back in front of her eye. After a few swipes, she gives up.
"Yeah, that strand in your eye just kind of sits there." Daniel explained. "We turned you over onto your side, and it slid down your neck in front of your eye."
"Defying the laws of gravity. Speaking of which, look at her eyes." Matt utters, in awe.
"Jessica, your irises are like purplish pink, and they shade into the. The pupils look funny, too. There's this wavy refection in it."
Jessica feels different. She has strange emotions. No fear. She felt stealthy and cunning. But also caring. She felt a deeper friendship with the boys with her and also an empty space, as if she was missing a relative, a close relative. She smiles, sensing a soon meeting with this person. I am his Sister.
I am the Sister.
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A/N: Okay, I had to do reasonably little on this one. I did add in a section, which won't mean anything to you unless you read it the first time. Don't ask me why I spend so much time on these. I have homework. Anyway, for my lost digifans.
(Sonriso) - These are the kind of fun stories that make you want to fall asleep listening to the X-Files theme. And wait up screaming in a cold sweat. I've always enjoyed a nice cold sweat, haven't you?
