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Raidramon was tired. I could tell. I'm not sure how long we had been riding, but it seemed like a long time.
"Davis, we're going in circles." Raidramon stopped and we climbed off.
"It's all right, you did good. We might as well wait here anyway." I patted his head, and he de-digivolved back to Veemon.
"Where are we?" TK looked around himself, like I was doing already.
"Looks like a forrest?"
"We're halfway there." Ben stood aways away from us. I swear, sometimes he seems so much like Cody it's scary.
"HALFWAY! You've GOT to be kidding me! We spent all that time and we're only HALFWAY! How on earth did you get this far out the first time?!?" I mean, really... You can imagine how upsetting that was.
"I don't know. I think he wanted me to escape. Some kind of hunt, or something."
"Uh, Davis?"
"What?" I turned around to face TK, and I could tell something was wrong.
There was something... different... about him. The hat, that's what it was. It looked strange, like it was too big for him, and Patamon was having problems staying on his head. Then I noticed that my goggles were slipping down over my face. I pushed them back up.
"What the heck? What's going on?"
"I think we've been cursed. Remember how I said Kari looked older?" The hat was down over his eyes now. "I think this is the same kind of thing, only we're getting... younger."
Ben walked over to us. "That's Larzalere's doing. He can change anything about a person. Anything at all, including age."
"That dirty scoundrel! How dare he!" Right about now I wished I had some kind of belt or something, since my shorts were starting to get kind of baggy and too long.
"How young do you think he's going to make us?"
Ben studied us for a moment. "If I'm any judge, I'd say you looked about 10 right now."
"And getting younger!" TK pushed his hat up, although it didn't do much for him anyway. It just flopped back down over his eyes again.
"Hey, how come he's not changing?" I pointed at Ben.
He shook his head. "I don't think he even knows I'm gone. He has a new toy now, so he's probably forgotten about me."
I clenched my fist in anger. "That dumb Larzalere! He had no right to do this to us! What a creep!"
"Aw, come on Davis!" Veemon laughed, "You're make a cute little kid!"
"Oh yeah?" I pounced on him and we wrestled a bit, but he was stronger than me. Although, I would've beat him under normal circumstances.
"Perhaps we can fix this when we find Newbear." Ben had told us earlier that the man we were looking for was named Newbear.
"Well, then we should get going! Quick, before there's nothing left TO fix!" TK got up. "Patamon, let's go! Digi-armor Energize!"
We all climbed on Pegasusmon and took off. It was easier than it was getting on Raidramon because we were all a bit smaller now.
From up in the air, the forrest looked even worse than it did from the ground. It was all so bleak and gray. Ben wasn't used to flying, and he almost fell off once, although Otamamon (who was actually a rather quiet guy) grabbed him before he could fall too far.
The only good news on the flight was that the "reverse aging process", as TK put it, slowed down so by the time that Ben finally said, "There it is!" we were only about 7.
When we landed, I got my first good look at the dump where this Newbear guy lived. I've got to say, it was one of the ugliest piles of wood I've ever seen. If I didn't know any better, I'd say it was just some wood planks laid over a hole in the side of a hill. Ben and Otamamon ran over to the front door and knocked.
TK whispered to me, "Hey, you think this is a good idea?"
"I have no idea. We won't know until we try..."
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Raidramon was tired. I could tell. I'm not sure how long we had been riding, but it seemed like a long time.
"Davis, we're going in circles." Raidramon stopped and we climbed off.
"It's all right, you did good. We might as well wait here anyway." I patted his head, and he de-digivolved back to Veemon.
"Where are we?" TK looked around himself, like I was doing already.
"Looks like a forrest?"
"We're halfway there." Ben stood aways away from us. I swear, sometimes he seems so much like Cody it's scary.
"HALFWAY! You've GOT to be kidding me! We spent all that time and we're only HALFWAY! How on earth did you get this far out the first time?!?" I mean, really... You can imagine how upsetting that was.
"I don't know. I think he wanted me to escape. Some kind of hunt, or something."
"Uh, Davis?"
"What?" I turned around to face TK, and I could tell something was wrong.
There was something... different... about him. The hat, that's what it was. It looked strange, like it was too big for him, and Patamon was having problems staying on his head. Then I noticed that my goggles were slipping down over my face. I pushed them back up.
"What the heck? What's going on?"
"I think we've been cursed. Remember how I said Kari looked older?" The hat was down over his eyes now. "I think this is the same kind of thing, only we're getting... younger."
Ben walked over to us. "That's Larzalere's doing. He can change anything about a person. Anything at all, including age."
"That dirty scoundrel! How dare he!" Right about now I wished I had some kind of belt or something, since my shorts were starting to get kind of baggy and too long.
"How young do you think he's going to make us?"
Ben studied us for a moment. "If I'm any judge, I'd say you looked about 10 right now."
"And getting younger!" TK pushed his hat up, although it didn't do much for him anyway. It just flopped back down over his eyes again.
"Hey, how come he's not changing?" I pointed at Ben.
He shook his head. "I don't think he even knows I'm gone. He has a new toy now, so he's probably forgotten about me."
I clenched my fist in anger. "That dumb Larzalere! He had no right to do this to us! What a creep!"
"Aw, come on Davis!" Veemon laughed, "You're make a cute little kid!"
"Oh yeah?" I pounced on him and we wrestled a bit, but he was stronger than me. Although, I would've beat him under normal circumstances.
"Perhaps we can fix this when we find Newbear." Ben had told us earlier that the man we were looking for was named Newbear.
"Well, then we should get going! Quick, before there's nothing left TO fix!" TK got up. "Patamon, let's go! Digi-armor Energize!"
We all climbed on Pegasusmon and took off. It was easier than it was getting on Raidramon because we were all a bit smaller now.
From up in the air, the forrest looked even worse than it did from the ground. It was all so bleak and gray. Ben wasn't used to flying, and he almost fell off once, although Otamamon (who was actually a rather quiet guy) grabbed him before he could fall too far.
The only good news on the flight was that the "reverse aging process", as TK put it, slowed down so by the time that Ben finally said, "There it is!" we were only about 7.
When we landed, I got my first good look at the dump where this Newbear guy lived. I've got to say, it was one of the ugliest piles of wood I've ever seen. If I didn't know any better, I'd say it was just some wood planks laid over a hole in the side of a hill. Ben and Otamamon ran over to the front door and knocked.
TK whispered to me, "Hey, you think this is a good idea?"
"I have no idea. We won't know until we try..."
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Hope you enjoyed this chapter!