***Sunlight***
EPILOGUE: Sunset
NB: 1) For the last time! I don't own Digimon!
2) Sorry to go so fast and not pause to get reviewed! But must go. (See my remark to Bi in the previous chapter.) I have HALF AN HOUR to get this show on the road. Your mission, should you choose to accept it...
Daydreamer: Lemonade! Biscuits! Chewing gum! Happy ending!
Bi: Really?
Daydreamer: Which one?
.................
Oh, Bi...My Bi... Such terrible memories. And after all that sadness I'm no closer to knowing why I'm here. Perhaps I'll just give up...
I sit up and open my eyes. I'm in the middle of a wide, open space bathed in evening sunlihgt. Perhaps I can forget my unhappiness. It's actually quite beautiful.
Somewhere in the back of my mind is the idea that someone's described this place to me once. Who? Not Matt. Or Tai. Possibly Izzy? I don't know.
I remember a dream I was having. Tai and all the rest, hands linked. Then TK holding...someone else's hand, I can't remember whose, and then... A spiky-haired kid wearing what looked like Tai's goggles. A girl in a flying helmet. A smallish child with dark hair. A tall blue-haired young man...Then it all becomes a blur. And voices calling my name. Like they did so long ago.
My sharp hearing picks up a noise on the breeze. Footsteps.
It's them! And they're coming this way!
But a couple of things aren't right. I'll work it out in a minute... Right now I'm just so glad to see the six of them.
Six?
Or seven?
There's ANOTHER. Walking by Tai's side. And... Where's Matt? He ought to be where...the new one is. My eyes trail over them. Tai, the new one, Izzy, Mimi, TK, Joe... and there's Matt. He's walking a long way behind the others, carrying something. To be honest, he looks a bit scruffy...that's it. They must have been on an adventure while I was sleeping here.
I can see them, but they can't see me. I wait for them to come closer. Tai and Joe are leading the way now, with the new one following. It's a girl- and she's tiny! Oh, now I remember...Tai's sister??? Oh well, I wonder where they found her?
"I think we should make camp," Tai is saying. "Give us some time to chill out... all of us." He looks at Joe strangely when he says it.
"Look, he may not be talkative," retorts Joe, "but he's a good fighter. That's all that matters for now, isn't it? He fought Myotismon like I don't know what."
"He fought Myotismon like he didn't care, that's what," Tai snaps darkly. "I'm telling you, we need to stop before something happens." He turns to his sister. There's a Digimon running beside her; I can't quite see it though. "Kari, can you..."
They ought to be in earshot by now. I start yelling. "TAI! MATT! ..KARI?"
Tai looks up. He freezes for a moment. Then he grabs the whistle at Kari's neck and blows it for all he's worth.
-----
*later*
It's late evening now. The stars are coming out.
I hear footsteps. It's Matt. He's come to talk to me. I feel I should say something...
"Weirdest half-hour I've ever had, huh Matt?" He nods. "I mean, I think now I get why Mimi fainted like that, but I've never seen Izzy in tears before!"
He is silent for a moment. "I don't understand, Sora. You weren't-"
*flashback*
He ran into the room, knowing already that he was too late.
"Sora...where are you?"
Bi was sitting curled up in the centre of the room, her feathers trembling as she cried. Matt crossed the floor and took Sora's hand in his, one more time. "Bi...I'm sorry..."
The roof creaked ominously. "Get out!" yelled Izzy. "It's gonna collapse!"
"I have to save- Sora-" sobbed Bi. "She- saved me-"
Matt swallowed hard, snatched up the little bird and ran. A moment later the roof caved in.
*end flashback*
"You held my hand, Matt? Why?"
"I..." He stops. "Anyway... You were- gone. Izzy and Joe agreed with me. There was no way..."
He breaks off suddenly as Mimi carries Biyomon towards us. "I think she's all right now, Sora." I hold the little Digimon tight.
"Hi, Bi. Long time no see. Isn't the sunset beautiful?"
"Yeah," puts in Matt. "Almost a month of rain and now this."
"I don't remember any rain..." I tell him. Suddenly he gasps.
"Izzy! Come over here...."
"I already guessed," the child genius grins. "I worked it out the same second you did. We're in Primary Village. I should have recognised it. Sora's been reloaded."
Bi stares, open-beaked.
"Reloaded?" stutters Joe. "But Sora's a human!"
"Very glad to hear you've noticed," I grin, hugging Bi. I don't understand this any more than they do, but it's worked out. Isn't that what matters? "We can talk it over with Gennai sometime maybe. For now, I'd like to just watch the sunset."
Matt breaks the silence with a light cough. "Sora, I want to ask something. If we ever end up somewhere there's a cinema...or something... Sora, will you-?"
"Sure, Matt. I will. If I can bring Bi."
Some things change. Like your friendship with someone of the opposite sex. And that can be a good thing. I take Matt's hand as we stare into the sunset. Life is beautiful when you're with the ones you love.
Other things don't change. Like the link between a kid and her Digimon. And that's a good thing too.
I stroke Bi's wing. Soon it'll be nighttime. But the sun's always going to rise.
...............
Daydreamer: Ta-daaaa!
Bi: Wow.
Daydreamer: I TOLD you I liked a happy ending.
.............
Thank you, people!!
EPILOGUE: Sunset
NB: 1) For the last time! I don't own Digimon!
2) Sorry to go so fast and not pause to get reviewed! But must go. (See my remark to Bi in the previous chapter.) I have HALF AN HOUR to get this show on the road. Your mission, should you choose to accept it...
Daydreamer: Lemonade! Biscuits! Chewing gum! Happy ending!
Bi: Really?
Daydreamer: Which one?
.................
Oh, Bi...My Bi... Such terrible memories. And after all that sadness I'm no closer to knowing why I'm here. Perhaps I'll just give up...
I sit up and open my eyes. I'm in the middle of a wide, open space bathed in evening sunlihgt. Perhaps I can forget my unhappiness. It's actually quite beautiful.
Somewhere in the back of my mind is the idea that someone's described this place to me once. Who? Not Matt. Or Tai. Possibly Izzy? I don't know.
I remember a dream I was having. Tai and all the rest, hands linked. Then TK holding...someone else's hand, I can't remember whose, and then... A spiky-haired kid wearing what looked like Tai's goggles. A girl in a flying helmet. A smallish child with dark hair. A tall blue-haired young man...Then it all becomes a blur. And voices calling my name. Like they did so long ago.
My sharp hearing picks up a noise on the breeze. Footsteps.
It's them! And they're coming this way!
But a couple of things aren't right. I'll work it out in a minute... Right now I'm just so glad to see the six of them.
Six?
Or seven?
There's ANOTHER. Walking by Tai's side. And... Where's Matt? He ought to be where...the new one is. My eyes trail over them. Tai, the new one, Izzy, Mimi, TK, Joe... and there's Matt. He's walking a long way behind the others, carrying something. To be honest, he looks a bit scruffy...that's it. They must have been on an adventure while I was sleeping here.
I can see them, but they can't see me. I wait for them to come closer. Tai and Joe are leading the way now, with the new one following. It's a girl- and she's tiny! Oh, now I remember...Tai's sister??? Oh well, I wonder where they found her?
"I think we should make camp," Tai is saying. "Give us some time to chill out... all of us." He looks at Joe strangely when he says it.
"Look, he may not be talkative," retorts Joe, "but he's a good fighter. That's all that matters for now, isn't it? He fought Myotismon like I don't know what."
"He fought Myotismon like he didn't care, that's what," Tai snaps darkly. "I'm telling you, we need to stop before something happens." He turns to his sister. There's a Digimon running beside her; I can't quite see it though. "Kari, can you..."
They ought to be in earshot by now. I start yelling. "TAI! MATT! ..KARI?"
Tai looks up. He freezes for a moment. Then he grabs the whistle at Kari's neck and blows it for all he's worth.
-----
*later*
It's late evening now. The stars are coming out.
I hear footsteps. It's Matt. He's come to talk to me. I feel I should say something...
"Weirdest half-hour I've ever had, huh Matt?" He nods. "I mean, I think now I get why Mimi fainted like that, but I've never seen Izzy in tears before!"
He is silent for a moment. "I don't understand, Sora. You weren't-"
*flashback*
He ran into the room, knowing already that he was too late.
"Sora...where are you?"
Bi was sitting curled up in the centre of the room, her feathers trembling as she cried. Matt crossed the floor and took Sora's hand in his, one more time. "Bi...I'm sorry..."
The roof creaked ominously. "Get out!" yelled Izzy. "It's gonna collapse!"
"I have to save- Sora-" sobbed Bi. "She- saved me-"
Matt swallowed hard, snatched up the little bird and ran. A moment later the roof caved in.
*end flashback*
"You held my hand, Matt? Why?"
"I..." He stops. "Anyway... You were- gone. Izzy and Joe agreed with me. There was no way..."
He breaks off suddenly as Mimi carries Biyomon towards us. "I think she's all right now, Sora." I hold the little Digimon tight.
"Hi, Bi. Long time no see. Isn't the sunset beautiful?"
"Yeah," puts in Matt. "Almost a month of rain and now this."
"I don't remember any rain..." I tell him. Suddenly he gasps.
"Izzy! Come over here...."
"I already guessed," the child genius grins. "I worked it out the same second you did. We're in Primary Village. I should have recognised it. Sora's been reloaded."
Bi stares, open-beaked.
"Reloaded?" stutters Joe. "But Sora's a human!"
"Very glad to hear you've noticed," I grin, hugging Bi. I don't understand this any more than they do, but it's worked out. Isn't that what matters? "We can talk it over with Gennai sometime maybe. For now, I'd like to just watch the sunset."
Matt breaks the silence with a light cough. "Sora, I want to ask something. If we ever end up somewhere there's a cinema...or something... Sora, will you-?"
"Sure, Matt. I will. If I can bring Bi."
Some things change. Like your friendship with someone of the opposite sex. And that can be a good thing. I take Matt's hand as we stare into the sunset. Life is beautiful when you're with the ones you love.
Other things don't change. Like the link between a kid and her Digimon. And that's a good thing too.
I stroke Bi's wing. Soon it'll be nighttime. But the sun's always going to rise.
...............
Daydreamer: Ta-daaaa!
Bi: Wow.
Daydreamer: I TOLD you I liked a happy ending.
.............
Thank you, people!!