"Wow, some mountain." I said.
"It's all burnt up on one side," Raidramon commented.
He and Patamon had armor digivolved so we could get to
the mountain quicker.
"Come along, we must go quickly so we won't be seen,"
Magwa instructed from behind me. He was riding with me
on Raidramon. Ben and Otamamon were on Pegasusmon with
TK.
We started up the mountain, but it seemed like the
mountain stretched up forever. The air was getting
thinner, so it was harder to breath. Add the smell of
smoke and decay, and you get one rotten hike up a
mountain.
It felt like we had been climbing for hours, and all
we could see around us were dead, blackened trees and
not much else. "Aww, how much longer?" I muttered.
"We're almost there, but..." Magwa started to say.
"But what?" I asked.
"Well, it's been too easy. We shouldn't have gotten so
far without being detected."
"Do you think we're walking into a trap?" TK asked.
"Possibly. I'm not sure." We were silent for awhile,
then Magwa jumped up saying, "Look! There it is!"
"What? That hole?" I asked.
"There is the entrance to the cave!" He jumped down
off of Raidramon. "Let's go, gwackalack!"
I climbed down and looked into the hole. I couldn't
see anything. "It's so dark!" Ben came over beside me
and threw a rock in. We didn't hear anything. "Well,
do we just go in?"
"Hey, what's that?" TK said. We turned around and
looked at what he was talking about. In the distance,
we could see flying creatures circling overhead.
"Sgwack! Hurry! Don't let them see you!" Magwa yelled.
It was too late, though. The little bat-thingys
started swooping down at us.
The few of those things were destroyed by our digimon,
but before we could even congradulate them, thousands
more came down from the very top of the mountain. The
sky was darkened and the air was filled with the sound
of beating wings... wow, very poetic!
"Davis, there's too many of them!" Raidramon shouted
to me.
"What do we do?" I asked Magwa, trying to protect my
head from the little creatures taloned feet.
"Simple!" Magwa shouted to me. "We jump!"
"Jump?!?!" I managed to say before being pushed down
into the hole.
It was pitch black. I couldn't tell if any of the
others had gone down into the hole with me, the only
thing I could tell was a sickening falling feeling. It
wasn't like when I went down the shute back in
Newbear's house; I at least had the feeling of
something around me. This was a free-fall, and I felt
like my stomach was being shifted around inside me. I
wanted to yell, to recreate a feeling of existance
other than falling, but I couldn't find a voice.
Finally, I felt cold and wet, and I realized I had
stopped falling and was now submerged in water. I swam
to the surface and tried to find my way to shore. I
finally felt a solid surface beneath my feet, and I
crawled over to dry land, wondering how I could ever
have taken for granted the ground. Of course, I
immediately puked right after. You try falling and
then swallowing gallons of water without throwing up!
"Davis?" I heard Veemon's voice, and I scrambled along
the ground to try and find him in the dark.
"Hey! Buddy! There you are!" I yelled, overjoyed.
"Hey, is that you?" TK asked.
"Yeah. Where are you?" I said, grabbing ahold of
Veemon and dragging him with me to try and find the
others.
"Over here! I have Patamon with me."
"And I'm over here!" Ben said in the opposite
direction.
"Hawkwack." A light appeared and we could all see each
other now in the dim glow of a fireball Magwa had
created.
"Woah, that's so cool!" I said. I looked around
myself. I couldn't see the water I had landed in, and
I wasn't wet, either. "This place is freaky."
"Davis!" TK yelled.
"What?"
"Look! We're not kids anymore! We're ourselves!"
"Yes, there is an anti-magic bubble protecting this
place to prevent magic being used to retrieve 'the
power'." Magwa explained, "That means no outside
forces can penetrate the cave. Only the forces within
the bubble can occur. That means that as long as you
are in here, you are as you were before any magic
happened to you."
"But, Ben's still a kid, and he's been here for a long
time." TK said.
"That's because I was this age when I first came here,
and people don't age here." Ben said.
Magwa sighed. "I still don't understand why we got
here so easily. Something must be wrong back at
Larzalere's castle, or else he would have spotted us
right away. I expected much more resistance than
that."
"Well, hey, that's a good thing!" TK said. "At least,
I think it's a good thing..."
"So, which way do we go now, Mr. Guide?" I asked
Magwa.
He pointed. "We go off into the dark."
"It's all burnt up on one side," Raidramon commented.
He and Patamon had armor digivolved so we could get to
the mountain quicker.
"Come along, we must go quickly so we won't be seen,"
Magwa instructed from behind me. He was riding with me
on Raidramon. Ben and Otamamon were on Pegasusmon with
TK.
We started up the mountain, but it seemed like the
mountain stretched up forever. The air was getting
thinner, so it was harder to breath. Add the smell of
smoke and decay, and you get one rotten hike up a
mountain.
It felt like we had been climbing for hours, and all
we could see around us were dead, blackened trees and
not much else. "Aww, how much longer?" I muttered.
"We're almost there, but..." Magwa started to say.
"But what?" I asked.
"Well, it's been too easy. We shouldn't have gotten so
far without being detected."
"Do you think we're walking into a trap?" TK asked.
"Possibly. I'm not sure." We were silent for awhile,
then Magwa jumped up saying, "Look! There it is!"
"What? That hole?" I asked.
"There is the entrance to the cave!" He jumped down
off of Raidramon. "Let's go, gwackalack!"
I climbed down and looked into the hole. I couldn't
see anything. "It's so dark!" Ben came over beside me
and threw a rock in. We didn't hear anything. "Well,
do we just go in?"
"Hey, what's that?" TK said. We turned around and
looked at what he was talking about. In the distance,
we could see flying creatures circling overhead.
"Sgwack! Hurry! Don't let them see you!" Magwa yelled.
It was too late, though. The little bat-thingys
started swooping down at us.
The few of those things were destroyed by our digimon,
but before we could even congradulate them, thousands
more came down from the very top of the mountain. The
sky was darkened and the air was filled with the sound
of beating wings... wow, very poetic!
"Davis, there's too many of them!" Raidramon shouted
to me.
"What do we do?" I asked Magwa, trying to protect my
head from the little creatures taloned feet.
"Simple!" Magwa shouted to me. "We jump!"
"Jump?!?!" I managed to say before being pushed down
into the hole.
It was pitch black. I couldn't tell if any of the
others had gone down into the hole with me, the only
thing I could tell was a sickening falling feeling. It
wasn't like when I went down the shute back in
Newbear's house; I at least had the feeling of
something around me. This was a free-fall, and I felt
like my stomach was being shifted around inside me. I
wanted to yell, to recreate a feeling of existance
other than falling, but I couldn't find a voice.
Finally, I felt cold and wet, and I realized I had
stopped falling and was now submerged in water. I swam
to the surface and tried to find my way to shore. I
finally felt a solid surface beneath my feet, and I
crawled over to dry land, wondering how I could ever
have taken for granted the ground. Of course, I
immediately puked right after. You try falling and
then swallowing gallons of water without throwing up!
"Davis?" I heard Veemon's voice, and I scrambled along
the ground to try and find him in the dark.
"Hey! Buddy! There you are!" I yelled, overjoyed.
"Hey, is that you?" TK asked.
"Yeah. Where are you?" I said, grabbing ahold of
Veemon and dragging him with me to try and find the
others.
"Over here! I have Patamon with me."
"And I'm over here!" Ben said in the opposite
direction.
"Hawkwack." A light appeared and we could all see each
other now in the dim glow of a fireball Magwa had
created.
"Woah, that's so cool!" I said. I looked around
myself. I couldn't see the water I had landed in, and
I wasn't wet, either. "This place is freaky."
"Davis!" TK yelled.
"What?"
"Look! We're not kids anymore! We're ourselves!"
"Yes, there is an anti-magic bubble protecting this
place to prevent magic being used to retrieve 'the
power'." Magwa explained, "That means no outside
forces can penetrate the cave. Only the forces within
the bubble can occur. That means that as long as you
are in here, you are as you were before any magic
happened to you."
"But, Ben's still a kid, and he's been here for a long
time." TK said.
"That's because I was this age when I first came here,
and people don't age here." Ben said.
Magwa sighed. "I still don't understand why we got
here so easily. Something must be wrong back at
Larzalere's castle, or else he would have spotted us
right away. I expected much more resistance than
that."
"Well, hey, that's a good thing!" TK said. "At least,
I think it's a good thing..."
"So, which way do we go now, Mr. Guide?" I asked
Magwa.
He pointed. "We go off into the dark."