***Sunlight,
Part II: Love***
Bi: Daydreamer!
Daydreamer: Sorry... I nodded off for a moment.
Bi: A moment! [pulls out two glasses of lemonade]
Daydreamer: Well, OK, maybe five minutes. Are you that desperate for the next chapter?
Bi: [smugly] It takes five minutes to bake ginger biscuits?
Daydreamer: Bi, you angel. Here goes.
..............................
Such dark nights. Such darker days.
Sora wandered the Digital landscape from dawn until dusk, hoping against hope that she would find the little bird so close to her heart.
-Bi, come back, I didn't mean it, you know I didn't-
Then night fell and she knew she had to come back before the others came looking for her. She'd go in and sit by the fire, saying nothing.
Mimi comforted her, of course. They'd always been good friends. Tai too. But, as time went on, Sora found help in someone rather unexpected, although it was someone she'd known for most of her life. Matt.
Without having to hear him say it, Sora felt that her fair-haired friend understood what she was going through. He helped her look for Biyomon whenever he could. He even let her play his harmonica when she told him the music made her feel better. In a few days they had formed an unbreakable friendship.
But there was still a feeling of loss in her mind that couldn't be replaced or forgotten.
"Sora, it's not your fault," they told her. So she slept, and woke, and walked, and tired, and slept. It didn't mean anything without Bi.
[[Daydreamer: Sorry if I'm over-emphasising this. I just tried to think how I'd feel if I'd just lost my best friend...]]
Until one morning she woke, and the cave was empty. The fire still glowed with orange heat but there was nothing to be heard. Then, just as she started to panic, the sound of footsteps.
-I wouldn't like them to think they woke me-
She turned over and pretended to be still asleep. Through half-closed eyelids she saw her friends enter the little shelter, their Digimon following close behind.
"Well, I still think she ought to know." Matt's voice startled her.
"Are you crazy?" Tai. "We can't. Not at the moment. It's better for her not to find out. That sort of news would just make her worse."
Mimi's voice. "I agree. I can't think what would happen."
Joe. "But she's got to know sooner or later... I'm with Matt on this one."
Tai. "Well, we'll decide when she wakes up. Let's go and find something edible. Oh- will someone look after Sora?"
The footsteps faded. She breathed out, wondering what they had had on their minds. To do with her.
Suddenly a voice spoke somewhere by the cave entrance. "Sora, best friends can fake sleep too." Her eyes snapped open. Matt was leaning against the wall, hands in pockets.
"OK, Matt," she said. "What's going on? Why is everyone being so..."
He paused. "We found out what happened to Bi," he managed.
-Oh, no! Is she-
"Is she...all right?"
-What if she's dead? I couldn't-
"She's alive," said Matt, seemingly reading her mind. "But..."
She grabbed his arm, refusing to let go. "But WHAT?"
"Listen, Sora..."
*flashback*
Biyomon was too tired to fly any more. She made her way across the rocky sand, half walking, half fluttering, her wingtips brushing the ground.
-I shouldn't have left. Even to make Sora happy. And that lie about a new partner... Only wish it was true.-
She decided she'd have to find somewhere to sleep soon. It was getting very dark. VERY dark... What was that in the shadows?
Bi jumped back and spread her wings defensively. "Who's that? I warn you, I can fight!"
"What's a pretty little bird like you doing in a place like this?" The voice was harsh but squeaky. Bi squinted into the night and saw wings, the wings of a bat. Someone she'd met before. Demidevimon....?
*end flashback*
"She went off... with..."
Sora was in tears again at the thought. Matt had his hand on her shoulder. He'd tried his best, but there were times when the best was not enough.
Time can pass strangely in the Digital world. When the others returned it was evening. Matt sat by the fire with Gabumon, watching over Sora. She'd cried herself to sleep.
"Perhaps it's time we got some rest too," remarked Joe. "Especially you, TK. What would your mother say?" TK made a face, but in time the DigiDestined had all settled down to join Sora in her world of dreams.
It was midnight. There was no sound except for the soft breathing of seven humans and six Digimon, curled up in the pitch darkness.
So when Sora woke with a start, she wondered why. Perhaps she'd just had enough sleep for one night. With a sigh, she sat up and put on her lucky hat.
-Some luck.-
She wandered out of the cave, stepping carefully over her sleeping friends, and into the clearing by its entrance. The stars were sparkling a long way above her head.
"I wish..."
Oh, but that sort of thing was stupid. Without finishing the sentence she looked down again and kicked a pebble that lay at her feet. Suddenly she froze as she heard a squeak from the darkness. Was it...?
-No. It isn't.-
It was another small creature, though, hardly tall enough to see higher than Sora's knees. It walked towards her awkwardly, lopsidedly, and she instantly felt sorry for it. Stooping down, she lifted it up in both hands.
As she raised the little Digimon to the level of her face, it let out a gasp and seemed to be staring at her crest. "That crest..." it whispered hoarsely. "That hair... Lift me up..." She did as it asked, taking care not to make it tilt in her palms. "The hat! I don't believe it!"
The creature gazed in respect and wonder.
"Sora Takenouchi!"
..........
Daydreamer: I'd better stop, I think. Bi? Are you OK?
Bi: [not looking] Of course I'm... OK... I just thought I'd...finish the biscuits.
Daydreamer: Ah, come here, you soft-hearted little bird.
.......
Anyone can listen to a secret but it takes someone special to keep it. I belatedly dedicate this story to Elle787.
Part II: Love***
Bi: Daydreamer!
Daydreamer: Sorry... I nodded off for a moment.
Bi: A moment! [pulls out two glasses of lemonade]
Daydreamer: Well, OK, maybe five minutes. Are you that desperate for the next chapter?
Bi: [smugly] It takes five minutes to bake ginger biscuits?
Daydreamer: Bi, you angel. Here goes.
..............................
Such dark nights. Such darker days.
Sora wandered the Digital landscape from dawn until dusk, hoping against hope that she would find the little bird so close to her heart.
-Bi, come back, I didn't mean it, you know I didn't-
Then night fell and she knew she had to come back before the others came looking for her. She'd go in and sit by the fire, saying nothing.
Mimi comforted her, of course. They'd always been good friends. Tai too. But, as time went on, Sora found help in someone rather unexpected, although it was someone she'd known for most of her life. Matt.
Without having to hear him say it, Sora felt that her fair-haired friend understood what she was going through. He helped her look for Biyomon whenever he could. He even let her play his harmonica when she told him the music made her feel better. In a few days they had formed an unbreakable friendship.
But there was still a feeling of loss in her mind that couldn't be replaced or forgotten.
"Sora, it's not your fault," they told her. So she slept, and woke, and walked, and tired, and slept. It didn't mean anything without Bi.
[[Daydreamer: Sorry if I'm over-emphasising this. I just tried to think how I'd feel if I'd just lost my best friend...]]
Until one morning she woke, and the cave was empty. The fire still glowed with orange heat but there was nothing to be heard. Then, just as she started to panic, the sound of footsteps.
-I wouldn't like them to think they woke me-
She turned over and pretended to be still asleep. Through half-closed eyelids she saw her friends enter the little shelter, their Digimon following close behind.
"Well, I still think she ought to know." Matt's voice startled her.
"Are you crazy?" Tai. "We can't. Not at the moment. It's better for her not to find out. That sort of news would just make her worse."
Mimi's voice. "I agree. I can't think what would happen."
Joe. "But she's got to know sooner or later... I'm with Matt on this one."
Tai. "Well, we'll decide when she wakes up. Let's go and find something edible. Oh- will someone look after Sora?"
The footsteps faded. She breathed out, wondering what they had had on their minds. To do with her.
Suddenly a voice spoke somewhere by the cave entrance. "Sora, best friends can fake sleep too." Her eyes snapped open. Matt was leaning against the wall, hands in pockets.
"OK, Matt," she said. "What's going on? Why is everyone being so..."
He paused. "We found out what happened to Bi," he managed.
-Oh, no! Is she-
"Is she...all right?"
-What if she's dead? I couldn't-
"She's alive," said Matt, seemingly reading her mind. "But..."
She grabbed his arm, refusing to let go. "But WHAT?"
"Listen, Sora..."
*flashback*
Biyomon was too tired to fly any more. She made her way across the rocky sand, half walking, half fluttering, her wingtips brushing the ground.
-I shouldn't have left. Even to make Sora happy. And that lie about a new partner... Only wish it was true.-
She decided she'd have to find somewhere to sleep soon. It was getting very dark. VERY dark... What was that in the shadows?
Bi jumped back and spread her wings defensively. "Who's that? I warn you, I can fight!"
"What's a pretty little bird like you doing in a place like this?" The voice was harsh but squeaky. Bi squinted into the night and saw wings, the wings of a bat. Someone she'd met before. Demidevimon....?
*end flashback*
"She went off... with..."
Sora was in tears again at the thought. Matt had his hand on her shoulder. He'd tried his best, but there were times when the best was not enough.
Time can pass strangely in the Digital world. When the others returned it was evening. Matt sat by the fire with Gabumon, watching over Sora. She'd cried herself to sleep.
"Perhaps it's time we got some rest too," remarked Joe. "Especially you, TK. What would your mother say?" TK made a face, but in time the DigiDestined had all settled down to join Sora in her world of dreams.
It was midnight. There was no sound except for the soft breathing of seven humans and six Digimon, curled up in the pitch darkness.
So when Sora woke with a start, she wondered why. Perhaps she'd just had enough sleep for one night. With a sigh, she sat up and put on her lucky hat.
-Some luck.-
She wandered out of the cave, stepping carefully over her sleeping friends, and into the clearing by its entrance. The stars were sparkling a long way above her head.
"I wish..."
Oh, but that sort of thing was stupid. Without finishing the sentence she looked down again and kicked a pebble that lay at her feet. Suddenly she froze as she heard a squeak from the darkness. Was it...?
-No. It isn't.-
It was another small creature, though, hardly tall enough to see higher than Sora's knees. It walked towards her awkwardly, lopsidedly, and she instantly felt sorry for it. Stooping down, she lifted it up in both hands.
As she raised the little Digimon to the level of her face, it let out a gasp and seemed to be staring at her crest. "That crest..." it whispered hoarsely. "That hair... Lift me up..." She did as it asked, taking care not to make it tilt in her palms. "The hat! I don't believe it!"
The creature gazed in respect and wonder.
"Sora Takenouchi!"
..........
Daydreamer: I'd better stop, I think. Bi? Are you OK?
Bi: [not looking] Of course I'm... OK... I just thought I'd...finish the biscuits.
Daydreamer: Ah, come here, you soft-hearted little bird.
.......
Anyone can listen to a secret but it takes someone special to keep it. I belatedly dedicate this story to Elle787.