Enjoy.
~Erin
Disclaimer: Please don't sue me.
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~* Inside the Fogs *~
Inside the fogs, the sleep of a person, nobody knows exactly what one person sees. Not one person can wake up the next day knowing every single thing that was said or heard, happened or will happen in one dream. So what are the people experiencing in their dreams? Nobody knows the answers to many questions an avid dreamer may have.
The images upon the backs of the eyelids can be formed into almost anything. Unicorns, monsters, angels, devil's minions, the person themselves, everything they wish to be.
Mostly, people dream of good. Fairy tales with Prince and Princesses; happy endings for everyone. The evil is destroyed, the good lives on forever, and everyone in between rejoices. Yet sometimes, every once in awhile the dream becomes much more vivid, much more scary, where the evil prevails.
Humanity put a name on these. Nightmares.
Unlike dreams, people are not pushing around their emotions like a board game. They are gathering evils from somewhere much more powerful, much stronger with a much harder hate.
Yes, nightmares too can be a gateway to the future, although these futures are much more dismal. While dreams show you any major or life-altering experiences someone is about to go through, a nightmare shows you the repercussions of what may happen when those dreams go wrong.
Only those who believe in the magic of dreams and the power of love can master the art of protecting themselves from these terrors. Others get scared, and hide within the depths of their minds.
Kari slept a lot in her life. She had quite an imagination that made her dreams five times more fantastic than that of any other person's she knew. Her dreams were mostly good, her and her friends happy together. So on those few occasions when she had a nightmare, she remembered them, and saved them in a spot in her mind- to be recalled another day.
The wind was blowing lightly, but as the night wore on it grew steadily stronger. Kari lay on her back, her covers tightly around her. As the wind picked up, it blew Kari's short, dark hair all around her, blowing onto the pillows, her blankets, her face.
Her face. At first glance you would think she were just asleep, but take a look at the corners of her mouth turning up into a slight grin, her eyes fluttering happily. Her face was surprisingly serene for what go on in her dream.
*KARI'S DREAM*
It was all perfect. Everyone was at the park, having a picnic. Kari giggled in delight, her boyfriend holding her just the way he always did. Her best friend nearby with her brother, and all around everyone else was talking.
Gennai appeared, foretelling the appearance of the newest Digi-Destined, a sign that a period of peaceful sadness was on the way. Kari shrugged. She was in the sun, and she was happy.
Then a shadow blocked out the sun. And everything was gone. The picnic dissolved, her friends dissolved, her brother and her boyfriend were gone. For the safety of herself she transformed into her Sailor self. Her crime-fighting counterpoint.
They attacked. The girl with dark pink hair came up and attacked Kari. She fought with every ounce of her strength, and banished her to the far reaches of the universe. Then he attacked. Kari was shocked, felt betrayed. She knew him, even though for some reason she couldn't place him into her everyday life.
She used every ounce of her soul to kill him. Then she came back. Kari was upset. How could someone who was once her friend treat her with such disrespect? She used all of her heart, and finally convinced her of who she once was, that caring, silly soul of hers.
Then everything went dark. Kari couldn't see or breathe. All of a sudden she was shoved into a lake. She plummeted to the bottom of the ocean, giving up all hope, and then she heard the voice.
"Don't give up," she heard the voice of her best friend encourage.
Kari fought against the depths, and finally broke surface, jumping above the water, gasping for air. She whipped her head up at her tormentor.
He was hard to see. Everything about him was just as dark, if not darker than the already dim shadows. All she could do was yell.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT?" she screamed, climbing onto shore.
"What I want comes with a price, little Digi-Destined Sailor Scout warrior."
Kari shivered, and it wasn't from the cold.
"Who are you?" she asked again, her voice barely above a whisper, her body stuck in attack stance.
"You, the child being born under the darkness, also being born into the light. We have watched you for sometime."
"Who is 'we'?" Kari demanded.
"You, when everything seems hopeless, you find the light within and guide all to safety. You have the power that will help me with my task. It is you who I can most influence of the Star-Born children."
The figure stepped towards Kari. She took a step back.
"What task do you talk of? Who are YOU?" Kari asked, drawing out most of her hidden courage.
"There is much I want to tell you, Digi-Destined and Sailor Scout. Much you need to learn."
A crystal ball fell to his hand from nowhere. It was all the colors in the world swirling around, and Kari fell captive to its uniqueness. She reached out a hand to touch it, and when she did so, it turned as black as stone. Quickly she pulled her hand back.
"A long time ago, the universe was created by four sages. The first, River, the Sage of the Past. The second being Claudesius, the Keeper of the Present. The third, being Freienadal, Keeper of the Future Untold. And the last, being myself, Kven, Master of Dreams, Hope and Wishes.
We the Chosen Ones have ruled in harmony, and now Claudiesius wants to me to banished from our realm. She claims I am only power-hungry. I am not power-hungry, little one. I am not."
Kari was scared. She all of a sudden couldn't breathe, and needed to leave. She knew she needed to leave.
"Tell me what you want, and then leave me," she said.
"Little One, do you remember meeting Freienadal? Do you remember what he told you?"
Kari slowly nodded as she remembered. Her thoughts and mind drifted to the crystal ball, where those images were being played.
Once again Serena was wrapped up inside the images of the ball.
*FLASHBACK*
"The first, my children, is I telling you three things. The second will be in the defeat of those who you think too strong willed to be destroyed. The third, only time will tell."
"So you can tell us three things right now. Please tell us," Serena said, her voice also sounding washy and faded.
"First off, it will take the powers of Light and Dark alone to defeat those who are purely dark. Second, the future will decide on one decision you make tonight. That decision could kill one, or it could kill all. Only you two can make the choice. Only time will show who you sacrifice. The third and final thing…The third…what ever you girls do in life- the choices you make, the feelings you feel, the thoughts you think, are all connected to one another. If one of you makes a decision upon your life, the other's life follows that path also. Think wisely, and think quickly, for your time is running out. When the time comes, you will know. Remember, Light brings the Dark, Dark covers the Light. Work together, and you shall win…"
*END FLASHBACK*
Kari nodded, wondering what Kven had to say.
"I shall just say three things before I leave. The first, what Freienadal told you was not fulfilled. When you became your Sailor Scout, you forced the time flow faster, so as a sacrifice Darien had to die. The one who died that night never died."
"Who was it supposed to be?" Kari asked in a rush.
Kven ignored her. "The second, beware of what the newest evil has in store for you. You can trust me, but there will be people from your past who you thought was pure, and they only turn out to be evil in the end."
"And the third," he said, throwing a cape over his shoulder for a dramatic effect. "Watch out for your friend Serena."
And with that, he disappeared, taking everything that went wrong with him.
Kari's Room, Tokyo Japan
7:30 AM, 4.26.02
Kari awoke to a quite annoying beeping. She turned over, just assuming it was her alarm clock for school. Then she jumped out of bed with a start. There wasn't school that day, it was a Saturday, meaning, something else was beeping.
She began searching all around her room frantically for her Digi-vice. She knew that was what was beeping. But where was it? Where did she put it?
At that moment, her Digimon, Gatomon, came waltzing out from under the bed, batting around the device like it was a toy. Kari snatched it away from her, and glared.
"What?" asked Gatomon sarcastically.
"I think you know," retorted Kari, as she glanced at her little pink device.
The screen was beeping, indicating that there was a new or undiscovered Digimon or Digi-Destined in the area. She thought back to her dream. Was it true?
She shrugged it off. I hope not, it was scary. She was just about to try and mark down the area of where the new Digi-something was when the phone next to her bed rang.
Kari jumped with surprise at the early call, and picked it up after the first ring.
"Hello?" she asked as quietly as she could.
"Hey Kar?" the voice on the other end screamed. It was none other than Davis, but what was he doing up this early?
"Hey Davis, what's going on?" Kari asked, trying to block out the suspicious stares from Gatomon. "Nothing's going on between us and you know that," she hissed at the cat like creature and the turned back to the phone.
"Want to know something really off? I just met some kid last night, actually, about two hours ago. I had to be up early for soccer registration, and this guy came up to me, and he introduced himself, and said that Gennai told him that he was supposed to talk to ME and that we'd take everything from there."
"Well," Kari hesitated. "What did he want?"
"Duh Kari, he's the newest Digi-Destined! It's so weird, I didn't know we were supposed to get one this early! I thought we were supposed to wait another year!"
"The time flow has been interrupted again," Kari mumbled, wondering what repercussions were to come this time.
"Well, hey, we're all gunna meet at your house to meet him, I have him here now. I'll spread the word, you hit up the Sailor Scouts and Sere, I'm sure they'll want to meet him too!"
And with that Davis hung up. Kari sighed and dialed the number of her best friend.
Serena picked up on the second ring.
"Hello?" Kari asked.
"Hey! What's up Kari?" Serena sounded happy to hear from her.
"Nothing, the other Digi-Destined wanted to have a meeting," Kari said, digging through her dresser to find some clothes.
"Did they say what about?" Serena asked.
"Well," Kari started. "When I talked to Davis, he sounded urgent. So I guess you should get over here now, and bring Pajesomon, and Luna if she wants to come. He said something about a new Digi-Destined. Contact the other Sailor Scouts too, they should meet the new one as well."
"We'll be there," Serena said.
Kari hung up the phone. She grabbed her outfit for the day and turned towards Gatomon.
"I'm going to go take a shower now. You get ready, everyone is coming over here in a bit with a new Digi-Destined."
"A new Digi-Destined?" Gatomon asked wide-eyed.
"Yeah, so make yourself presentable."
Gatomon rolled her eyes. "Whatever, go take your shower."
Kari giggled. "Whatever to you, Princess," she said and then walked towards the bathroom.
"YOU KNOW I HATE THAT KARI!" Gatomon called after her.
Kari ran into her brother Tai on the way to the bathroom.
"Hey Tai, you'd better get ready because everyone is coming over here. We have a new Digi-Destined, and Serena is coming over here in a second," Kari said, walking down the hall.
"What? A new Digi-Destined? I'm the leader, why wasn't I informed?" Tai said. And then it registered. "Sere's coming over? Oh man! I've got to get ready!"
He pushed past Kari and ran into the bathroom, locking her out. She pounded on the door several times, and when no one responded, she gave up, sighing.
"Well, I guess I'll go clean my room for the meeting," Kari said to herself, walking back down the hall.
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Next chapter soon.
~Erin