A Reflection Of Darkness
Chapter 2. Echoes in the halls.
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon; so don't sue!
Ken quickly grabbed his backpack and said goodbye to his digimon, who would be staying home. Then he ran out the door, as the very last thing he wanted right then was to be late for school.
He was already running slightly behind from sleeping in, and now the morning grogginess was doing wonders to his mood.
Running the last few steps to the school, he headed for the door when. *Crash* "Hey, watch where you walk!" Ken spat at a boy a year younger then him. "I'm sorry." The kid apologized; looking scared out of his wits at Ken's little out burst.
He was taken aback. "No problem, I'm sorry for yelling at you." They then parted ways and headed to separate classes.
As Ken walked into his classroom he was suddenly positive that the boy that ran into him was not sorry at all. "You're right, he hates you!" Ken took his seat in class, taking out his math book and choosing to ignore the voice coming from his own head.
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"Attention students!" The voice of the school principle boomed over the chaotic lunch hall. "Just a quick reminder that the upcoming events calendar has been printed and every student is to pick one up. Also let me remind you that we are always in need of student volunteers to help with fundraising for special events, so if you would like to get involved please contact my office."
The announcements ended and the cafeteria erupted into its typical terror, which was lunch.
"Yeah, like I would help volunteer." Davis commented sarcastically, while taking a bite of his sandwich.
Kari moved the food around on her plate, deep in contemplation. "I think I'll join the volunteer committee." She said, coming to a sudden conclusion. "I wanted to join something this year, and that would be helping out the school."
Davis quickly looked up from his food and stared across the table at Kari. "Yeah Kari, I think that's really cool that you want to volunteer. Why I was just thinking today that I should really start doing some volunteer work myself."
T.K's head jerked up when he heard that. "You said 10 seconds ago that you would never volunteer!"
"Well I have a right to be able to change my mind T.P.!" Davis stated, nearly choking on his food in the process.
T.K. just started to crack-up hysterically. "It's really sad when you won't even try and hide the fact that you're hormone crazed!"
Kari was just about to get up and leave the table when Cody showed up.
Both older boys stopped fighting and stared open-mouthed at the younger kid.
"What the hell happened to you?" Davis asked looking at Cody's face where a black eye was beginning to form and a cut was evident on his lip.
"I don't want to talk about it." He replied quietly, taking a seat beside Kari.
Kari of course had an idea of what happened. Rumor had it that a group of students from his grade had been beating him to a pulp and shoving him in a locker.
"That's because he won't fight back. Those who obey, always end up weak and pathetic in the face of a challenge."
Kari was now panicking. 'That voice, it's the voice from my dream." She thought.
"Did anyone hear that?"
"Hear what?" T.K. asked, oblivious to what was going on.
"The voice, didn't you hear it?"
Now Davis and Cody looked as equally confused as T.K.
"What voice?" All three boys asked at the same time.
"Oh, never mind!" Kari finally said, exasperated. "I'm going to go see about signing up for the volunteering. See you all later." And with that she got up and left the table.
Kari exited the lunchroom and went down to the end of the hall and up the stairs towards the main office.
She had just started down the hallway on the top floor, when she noticed a group of girls standing off to the side.
' Ah, I hate those bitches!' She thought to herself, and with good reason. As that particular cliquish group was renowned as being professional boyfriend stealers and snobs; overall just total bitches.
'Okay, maybe if I walk quickly and keep quiet they won't notice me.'
Kari's thoughts were rudely interrupted by a high-pitched laugh.
"Oh, hi there! Aren't you Carrie?" The oldest girl Alanna asked in a fake, cheery voice.
Kari fought back the urge to scream, as Alanna knew perfectly well that her name was Kari. "Um, actually it's Kari."
Alanna just smiled. "I wonder how I could have forgotten your name?"
"Yeah, how did you forget that?" Alanna's friend Nicole asked with sarcasm dripping in her voice.
Kari decided to leave before things got worse by mumbling a quick "good bye," and continuing on her way.
'What was up with that?'
"I don't know, you tell me?"
Kari stopped in the middle of the hallway to try and figure the "voice" out.
"Okay," she started somewhat calmly, quickly glancing around to see that no students were watching. "Who or what are you? Are you me, or are you someone else in my head?"
The voice took a moment to respond, but it eventually did in the same eerie tone it had used in the dream. "I'm whatever you make of me."
The hair on the back of Kari's neck went up; the voice gave her chills. "You still didn't answer my 2nd question." She whispered.
"A little bit of both I suppose, but that's not of any importance to you."
"Oh, and why not!" Kari asked. This "voice" was starting to really annoy her; it was next to impossible to ever get a straight answer from it. To top things off, whatever it did say made absolutely no sense at all!
"Because you've been underestimated your entire life, never going to your full potential."
That stopped her. Any tirade on the voice she had planned left her the moment that statement was made.
"And how would you know this?" She asked, but didn't get time for a response, as the bell rang for class.
Students began to swarm around Kari, all on their way to the next class.
As she started to walk away off to class she heard the mysterious voice speak in her mind.
"Go and look in the bathroom mirrors."
Without even thinking about it she walked into the girls bathroom and stood in front of the mirror. All she saw was her reflection looking curiously back at her, as if something should be different.
"Right now you are weak and useless, with no real power of your own. You must rely on others to help and protect you, as you are useless in most respects. In fact you seem to have the ability to hinder almost any cause. Is that what you really want?"
Kari's complexion paled and she sunk down onto the bathroom floor in tears. "No, that's not what I want."
"So why are you still apt on being a nobody, worthless to all those around you, when you could be so much more?"
Kari picked herself off the floor and looked into the mirror again. "How? How could I be powerful?"
"By joining me, in the Dark Ocean."
"I would never join you in the Dark Ocean, not ever!" She yelled, though still unsure if she believed what she was saying.
The voice just started to laugh. "Oh really, not ever? That's funny, as last time I checked, you already had."
And those were the last words Kari heard, before she felt herself be encircled in darkness and slowly disappear from her world.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author's notes: Thank You, Thank You, and Thank You, to everyone who reviewed Ch 1! I really didn't think I would get 5 reviews so quick and figured it would give me a little while to finish Ch 2. Yeah Right! Anyways, after reading this Chapter through, I found it to be seriously weird! But I promise there will be an explanation of the "voice" eventually. Also there will be a lot more on Ken in chapter 3, which should be up within a few days. Until then you could always review, and tell me what you think. Please!
Chapter 2. Echoes in the halls.
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon; so don't sue!
Ken quickly grabbed his backpack and said goodbye to his digimon, who would be staying home. Then he ran out the door, as the very last thing he wanted right then was to be late for school.
He was already running slightly behind from sleeping in, and now the morning grogginess was doing wonders to his mood.
Running the last few steps to the school, he headed for the door when. *Crash* "Hey, watch where you walk!" Ken spat at a boy a year younger then him. "I'm sorry." The kid apologized; looking scared out of his wits at Ken's little out burst.
He was taken aback. "No problem, I'm sorry for yelling at you." They then parted ways and headed to separate classes.
As Ken walked into his classroom he was suddenly positive that the boy that ran into him was not sorry at all. "You're right, he hates you!" Ken took his seat in class, taking out his math book and choosing to ignore the voice coming from his own head.
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"Attention students!" The voice of the school principle boomed over the chaotic lunch hall. "Just a quick reminder that the upcoming events calendar has been printed and every student is to pick one up. Also let me remind you that we are always in need of student volunteers to help with fundraising for special events, so if you would like to get involved please contact my office."
The announcements ended and the cafeteria erupted into its typical terror, which was lunch.
"Yeah, like I would help volunteer." Davis commented sarcastically, while taking a bite of his sandwich.
Kari moved the food around on her plate, deep in contemplation. "I think I'll join the volunteer committee." She said, coming to a sudden conclusion. "I wanted to join something this year, and that would be helping out the school."
Davis quickly looked up from his food and stared across the table at Kari. "Yeah Kari, I think that's really cool that you want to volunteer. Why I was just thinking today that I should really start doing some volunteer work myself."
T.K's head jerked up when he heard that. "You said 10 seconds ago that you would never volunteer!"
"Well I have a right to be able to change my mind T.P.!" Davis stated, nearly choking on his food in the process.
T.K. just started to crack-up hysterically. "It's really sad when you won't even try and hide the fact that you're hormone crazed!"
Kari was just about to get up and leave the table when Cody showed up.
Both older boys stopped fighting and stared open-mouthed at the younger kid.
"What the hell happened to you?" Davis asked looking at Cody's face where a black eye was beginning to form and a cut was evident on his lip.
"I don't want to talk about it." He replied quietly, taking a seat beside Kari.
Kari of course had an idea of what happened. Rumor had it that a group of students from his grade had been beating him to a pulp and shoving him in a locker.
"That's because he won't fight back. Those who obey, always end up weak and pathetic in the face of a challenge."
Kari was now panicking. 'That voice, it's the voice from my dream." She thought.
"Did anyone hear that?"
"Hear what?" T.K. asked, oblivious to what was going on.
"The voice, didn't you hear it?"
Now Davis and Cody looked as equally confused as T.K.
"What voice?" All three boys asked at the same time.
"Oh, never mind!" Kari finally said, exasperated. "I'm going to go see about signing up for the volunteering. See you all later." And with that she got up and left the table.
Kari exited the lunchroom and went down to the end of the hall and up the stairs towards the main office.
She had just started down the hallway on the top floor, when she noticed a group of girls standing off to the side.
' Ah, I hate those bitches!' She thought to herself, and with good reason. As that particular cliquish group was renowned as being professional boyfriend stealers and snobs; overall just total bitches.
'Okay, maybe if I walk quickly and keep quiet they won't notice me.'
Kari's thoughts were rudely interrupted by a high-pitched laugh.
"Oh, hi there! Aren't you Carrie?" The oldest girl Alanna asked in a fake, cheery voice.
Kari fought back the urge to scream, as Alanna knew perfectly well that her name was Kari. "Um, actually it's Kari."
Alanna just smiled. "I wonder how I could have forgotten your name?"
"Yeah, how did you forget that?" Alanna's friend Nicole asked with sarcasm dripping in her voice.
Kari decided to leave before things got worse by mumbling a quick "good bye," and continuing on her way.
'What was up with that?'
"I don't know, you tell me?"
Kari stopped in the middle of the hallway to try and figure the "voice" out.
"Okay," she started somewhat calmly, quickly glancing around to see that no students were watching. "Who or what are you? Are you me, or are you someone else in my head?"
The voice took a moment to respond, but it eventually did in the same eerie tone it had used in the dream. "I'm whatever you make of me."
The hair on the back of Kari's neck went up; the voice gave her chills. "You still didn't answer my 2nd question." She whispered.
"A little bit of both I suppose, but that's not of any importance to you."
"Oh, and why not!" Kari asked. This "voice" was starting to really annoy her; it was next to impossible to ever get a straight answer from it. To top things off, whatever it did say made absolutely no sense at all!
"Because you've been underestimated your entire life, never going to your full potential."
That stopped her. Any tirade on the voice she had planned left her the moment that statement was made.
"And how would you know this?" She asked, but didn't get time for a response, as the bell rang for class.
Students began to swarm around Kari, all on their way to the next class.
As she started to walk away off to class she heard the mysterious voice speak in her mind.
"Go and look in the bathroom mirrors."
Without even thinking about it she walked into the girls bathroom and stood in front of the mirror. All she saw was her reflection looking curiously back at her, as if something should be different.
"Right now you are weak and useless, with no real power of your own. You must rely on others to help and protect you, as you are useless in most respects. In fact you seem to have the ability to hinder almost any cause. Is that what you really want?"
Kari's complexion paled and she sunk down onto the bathroom floor in tears. "No, that's not what I want."
"So why are you still apt on being a nobody, worthless to all those around you, when you could be so much more?"
Kari picked herself off the floor and looked into the mirror again. "How? How could I be powerful?"
"By joining me, in the Dark Ocean."
"I would never join you in the Dark Ocean, not ever!" She yelled, though still unsure if she believed what she was saying.
The voice just started to laugh. "Oh really, not ever? That's funny, as last time I checked, you already had."
And those were the last words Kari heard, before she felt herself be encircled in darkness and slowly disappear from her world.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author's notes: Thank You, Thank You, and Thank You, to everyone who reviewed Ch 1! I really didn't think I would get 5 reviews so quick and figured it would give me a little while to finish Ch 2. Yeah Right! Anyways, after reading this Chapter through, I found it to be seriously weird! But I promise there will be an explanation of the "voice" eventually. Also there will be a lot more on Ken in chapter 3, which should be up within a few days. Until then you could always review, and tell me what you think. Please!