"I apologize about my friend, she doesn't care very much about scaring humans or other digimon." Wizardmon shot Gatomon a stern look.

"It's-It's alright." Hikari accepted.

A voice started ringing in her head, "Mushrooms! Mushrooms!"

Hikari started searching for mushrooms once again and recited the poem once more, "Obedient this-" "-this maiden shall forever be," Wizardmon finished it for her, "Until this spell is broken, she will never be free. Where did you hear that spell from?"

"Spell? It's just a poem my father used to recite to me." Hikari replied.

"No, it is a spell of obedience used on young children." Wizardmon thought. "Are you of noble blood? Tell me."

"Yes." She replied. She would've had to reply anyway.

"Then tell me why you are dressed in rags and gathering mushrooms in the middle of the forest." He said. "Tell me the truth."

"My stepsister told me to." She then had to tell him about the rags, "She has deprived me of my gowns and replaced them with servant clothes. The only time I am allowed them is when my brother or father come home."

"Indeed you are under the obedience curse," He said, "The witch, Bundai, must have bestowed it upon you when you were young. Come with me to my cottage." Wizardmon turned to the cat, "Leave the rat alone Gatomon, it's defenseless."

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"Nice place," Hikari said, looking around the neat house, "You live here?"

"Yes." Wizardmon replied, "Would you like a cup of tea?"

"Yes, thank you." She watched him walk into another room.

Gatomon jumped onto a table with a book and started flipping through the pages. She only stopped to observe the few pictures there were. "Do you know how to read?" She asked.

"Yes, why?" Hikari sat in a chair.

"Me and Wizardmon don't, but we collect books we find on the streets and trash bins." She turned to the cover of the book and showed it to Hikari, "What's this say?"

She leaned forward to get a better look and read, "Beauty and the Beast."

"Will you read it to me?" Gatomon asked.

"Ok," Hikari took the book and started reading,

"Once upon a time..."

Wizardmon entered the room and smiled underneath the piece of cloth that covered his mouth. He brought the tray of tea to the table.

The two digimon listened intently to Hikari's words. She put feeling into her words as she read. By the time she finished, it was already night time.

"Thank you for coming, Hikari." Wizardmon said to her, "Gatomon? Please escort Lady Hikari back home safely."

"Alright." Gatomon hopped off the table and exited the cottage with Hikari."

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"What's it like being a human?" Gatomon asked.

The two made interesting conversation and became fast friends.

"Oh, I don't know... I guess sometimes it's good, but other times, it hurts."

"Why does it hurt?"

"When you lose someone you love, when you are forced to do something you don't want to do-Oh look!" Hikari spotted the manor she lived in. Her sister was calling for her.

"Hikari! Hikari! Where are you?!!!" She shouted throughout the house.

"See ya later!" Gatomon walked with her to the door,

"Come visit us again soon, We have tons of books!" She ran on all fours back into the forest.