One Week in Our Lives
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon.
Author's note: Well done to anyone who's managed to get this far. I promise, the action starts here. And if you're going to flame anything don't let it be my poetry. Have you any idea how HARD it is to write a credible ancient prophecy? No, nor did I until I tried. You have to be specific and vague at the same time.
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Part Six: The Scariest Week of my Life
*Kari*
Everyone must have had something, sometime, where they've wanted to tell a secret but been too afraid. I don't think there's anyone who hasn't felt like that at some time. And that was the only reason why I couldn't really enjoy the experience of being back here- back in a place where I sort of belonged.
There was something I had to tell Tai and TK. Come on, kid, I thought. You're not the baby of the group any more, you're sixteen years old. It needs telling. But I just couldn't. So I tried to shove it to the back of my mind and forget. Somehow I felt I wasn't the only one trying to do this kind of thing.
"Hurry up, Kari!" yelled Tai. "Do you want to sit there staring into space all day? This is our great escape!" With a sigh I got to my feet and followed him.
Light dazzled my eyes. I was looking out onto a landscape of snow-covered mountains which glittered in the morning sun. I shivered. It was bitterly cold. My feet sank into the deep snow that must have fallen last night.
Without knowing where we were going, we started to walk. Tai was going a bit slower than usual. I knew he didn't like the cold. Matt was OK, but then from what Tai'd told me there had been at least one occasion where Matt had practically frozen his eyelashes off. An expression of Sora's. Joe seemed to have brought a fleecy jacket- I don't know how that boy manages to walk with all the things he carries 'just in case'. Mimi's teeth were chattering. Izzy hardly seemed to have noticed the weather.
In time we reached the top of one of the smaller peaks. We looked out over the huge expanse that was- according to Izzy- the Digiworld.
"Shame you didn't bring that little telescope, Tai," muttered TK. But everything was in crisp focus. The ground was snow-covered as far as we could see.
Izzy looked up. "Obviously I haven't got my records with me, but offhand I didn't think the Digiworld had winters like this. It must be some sort of dramatic climate change."
"Global freezing?" suggested Mimi, rubbing her bare arms to get rid of the goosebumps on them.
"It's too cold to stand talking," said Joe. "Let's get moving again before somebody catches frostbite."
I couldn't remember ever walking so far in the snow. Perhaps coming to the Digiworld wasn't such a good thing after all. My feet were beginning to feel numb when Tai looked up at the darkening sky and shouted "All right, hands up who wants to make camp?" Instant approval. And who had the tent? Joe, who else.
I had some chocolate biscuits I'd meant to bring to Sora's, so we handed them round. Tai tried to get a fire going, but even with everyone's help it was impossible. "What we really need is a Digimon," sighed Sora. Izzy and Joe sat down together with Izzy's databank to try and work out where we were and how to get to safety.
"We ought to send someone out to scout," Tai said. "Shall I?"
"No," said Joe, looking up. "You're the leader. Stay here." Tai looked flattered, probably impressed that Joe still saw him as the leader of the group.
Sora stood up. "Well, the walk might warm me up. I'll take a look."
"You're not going on your own," said Tai quickly. Suddenly I felt somebody nudge me with their elbow. I looked round and saw Matt raise his eyebrows at me.
"I think Matt wants to go too," I told them. He got to his feet and followed Sora away from the camp, hands in pockets. "More biscuits, anyone?" I asked, breaking the silence.
It became very dark. December in the real world had nothing on this. I could see the stars shining a long way above my head. "Starlight, star bright..." I whispered. "I wish..." But my voice trailed away. There were so many things to wish for.
I became conscious again of the cold. I was wrapped up in a jumper and long socks, but it was still incredibly cold. I glanced at the others. Everybody seemed to be all right apart from Mimi. She was shivering so much that she couldn't talk. I would have liked to help her, but my jumper wasn't likely to be big enough for a 19-year-old.
Tai seemed to have noticed as well. "Here, Mimi," he called. "You can borrow my sweater. I don't need that when I've got my jacket on." He threw it across to her, and without so much as a complaint about the colour she pulled it over her head. "T-thanks, T-t-Tai," she managed. For a moment or two he watched her, then he shook his head- dislodging a few snowflakes that had begun to fall- and looked away. What was up with him?
TK looked up. "You all right, Kari?" I went to sit with him. He was more than just my boyfriend, always ready to talk to me, always friendly. If he knew what I knew, though... No. I couldn't think about that. TK put his arm around me and we sat together, looking at the moonlight on the Digiworld below. It was much warmer sitting with TK, we could keep each other safe from the cold. And, after all, everyone had known for about five years that we were going out together, so where was the harm?
I heard a strange rattling noise. Surely it couldn't still be Mimi's teeth chattering. If it was, I didn't see that there was anything to do. Short of finding her a boyfriend to sit next to, I thought, and grinned. TK didn't know what I was thinking, but he smiled too, and we watched the final remnants of light fade away.
I suddenly became aware that Tai was talking. He sounded strange, almost as if he were drunk, but I knew he hadn't been drinking anything but lemonade. It must just have been tiredness. "Think I'll... get some sleep," he murmured, already lying down. "Night...Kari... Night, Mimi..." Then he closed his eyes and fell asleep. I found myself wishing I was lucky enough to be able to sleep in this weather.
Izzy finally turned off the databank. "Well, it's no use," he said irritably. "Haven't got a blinking clue where we are. Sorry."
"Shh," Mimi whispered. "Tai's asleep."
"Asleep?" asked Izzy. "In this?"
"Mimi," said Joe, "sorry to ask, but whose sweater's that you're wearing? It doesn't look your style somehow."
"It's Tai's," Mimi told him. "He let me borrow it 'cos I was cold."
There was a pause. In the silence I heard the wind whistling somewhere high up in the mountains.
"Wake Tai," said Joe in an unusually high voice. "For goodness' sake wake Tai!"
"But he's just gone to sleep!" I protested.
"WAKE TAI!" yelled Joe. Mimi clambered over and shook Tai by the arm.
"Tai... Joe, he's gone a funny colour..."
"Green?" asked TK.
"No, blue," said Mimi. "And... Wake up, Tai! Wake up!"
There was another silence, a feeling of helplessness. What was going on? I ran over to my big brother and shook him hard.
"Tai! Wake up!"
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...I dedicate this chapter to Elle787 (fellow Digifan, website designer, knows more about Digimon than Izzy does) because she's the one who'll be left hanging by the ending. Thanks for being one heck of a beta-tester.
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Hazy- How's this, then?
Dragon's Star- Three times? What? Oh well. Yeah, Kari's pretty easy when you get down to it.
HuntressDiana- Yeah. Thanks, btw.
Miaow227- Oh no! I just read your profile... won't say anything so as not to give away the story, (PEOPLE, DON'T READ IT!!) but you might not want to stay along for the whole thing now, if you want to leave this minute that's OK, you've been great. If you don't mind reading stuff not of your favourite sort (saying no more) stay. Oh no. HuntressDiana, now you too. Still, on the bright side, least now I KNOW you aren't an alter ego of Elle787.
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon.
Author's note: Well done to anyone who's managed to get this far. I promise, the action starts here. And if you're going to flame anything don't let it be my poetry. Have you any idea how HARD it is to write a credible ancient prophecy? No, nor did I until I tried. You have to be specific and vague at the same time.
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Part Six: The Scariest Week of my Life
*Kari*
Everyone must have had something, sometime, where they've wanted to tell a secret but been too afraid. I don't think there's anyone who hasn't felt like that at some time. And that was the only reason why I couldn't really enjoy the experience of being back here- back in a place where I sort of belonged.
There was something I had to tell Tai and TK. Come on, kid, I thought. You're not the baby of the group any more, you're sixteen years old. It needs telling. But I just couldn't. So I tried to shove it to the back of my mind and forget. Somehow I felt I wasn't the only one trying to do this kind of thing.
"Hurry up, Kari!" yelled Tai. "Do you want to sit there staring into space all day? This is our great escape!" With a sigh I got to my feet and followed him.
Light dazzled my eyes. I was looking out onto a landscape of snow-covered mountains which glittered in the morning sun. I shivered. It was bitterly cold. My feet sank into the deep snow that must have fallen last night.
Without knowing where we were going, we started to walk. Tai was going a bit slower than usual. I knew he didn't like the cold. Matt was OK, but then from what Tai'd told me there had been at least one occasion where Matt had practically frozen his eyelashes off. An expression of Sora's. Joe seemed to have brought a fleecy jacket- I don't know how that boy manages to walk with all the things he carries 'just in case'. Mimi's teeth were chattering. Izzy hardly seemed to have noticed the weather.
In time we reached the top of one of the smaller peaks. We looked out over the huge expanse that was- according to Izzy- the Digiworld.
"Shame you didn't bring that little telescope, Tai," muttered TK. But everything was in crisp focus. The ground was snow-covered as far as we could see.
Izzy looked up. "Obviously I haven't got my records with me, but offhand I didn't think the Digiworld had winters like this. It must be some sort of dramatic climate change."
"Global freezing?" suggested Mimi, rubbing her bare arms to get rid of the goosebumps on them.
"It's too cold to stand talking," said Joe. "Let's get moving again before somebody catches frostbite."
I couldn't remember ever walking so far in the snow. Perhaps coming to the Digiworld wasn't such a good thing after all. My feet were beginning to feel numb when Tai looked up at the darkening sky and shouted "All right, hands up who wants to make camp?" Instant approval. And who had the tent? Joe, who else.
I had some chocolate biscuits I'd meant to bring to Sora's, so we handed them round. Tai tried to get a fire going, but even with everyone's help it was impossible. "What we really need is a Digimon," sighed Sora. Izzy and Joe sat down together with Izzy's databank to try and work out where we were and how to get to safety.
"We ought to send someone out to scout," Tai said. "Shall I?"
"No," said Joe, looking up. "You're the leader. Stay here." Tai looked flattered, probably impressed that Joe still saw him as the leader of the group.
Sora stood up. "Well, the walk might warm me up. I'll take a look."
"You're not going on your own," said Tai quickly. Suddenly I felt somebody nudge me with their elbow. I looked round and saw Matt raise his eyebrows at me.
"I think Matt wants to go too," I told them. He got to his feet and followed Sora away from the camp, hands in pockets. "More biscuits, anyone?" I asked, breaking the silence.
It became very dark. December in the real world had nothing on this. I could see the stars shining a long way above my head. "Starlight, star bright..." I whispered. "I wish..." But my voice trailed away. There were so many things to wish for.
I became conscious again of the cold. I was wrapped up in a jumper and long socks, but it was still incredibly cold. I glanced at the others. Everybody seemed to be all right apart from Mimi. She was shivering so much that she couldn't talk. I would have liked to help her, but my jumper wasn't likely to be big enough for a 19-year-old.
Tai seemed to have noticed as well. "Here, Mimi," he called. "You can borrow my sweater. I don't need that when I've got my jacket on." He threw it across to her, and without so much as a complaint about the colour she pulled it over her head. "T-thanks, T-t-Tai," she managed. For a moment or two he watched her, then he shook his head- dislodging a few snowflakes that had begun to fall- and looked away. What was up with him?
TK looked up. "You all right, Kari?" I went to sit with him. He was more than just my boyfriend, always ready to talk to me, always friendly. If he knew what I knew, though... No. I couldn't think about that. TK put his arm around me and we sat together, looking at the moonlight on the Digiworld below. It was much warmer sitting with TK, we could keep each other safe from the cold. And, after all, everyone had known for about five years that we were going out together, so where was the harm?
I heard a strange rattling noise. Surely it couldn't still be Mimi's teeth chattering. If it was, I didn't see that there was anything to do. Short of finding her a boyfriend to sit next to, I thought, and grinned. TK didn't know what I was thinking, but he smiled too, and we watched the final remnants of light fade away.
I suddenly became aware that Tai was talking. He sounded strange, almost as if he were drunk, but I knew he hadn't been drinking anything but lemonade. It must just have been tiredness. "Think I'll... get some sleep," he murmured, already lying down. "Night...Kari... Night, Mimi..." Then he closed his eyes and fell asleep. I found myself wishing I was lucky enough to be able to sleep in this weather.
Izzy finally turned off the databank. "Well, it's no use," he said irritably. "Haven't got a blinking clue where we are. Sorry."
"Shh," Mimi whispered. "Tai's asleep."
"Asleep?" asked Izzy. "In this?"
"Mimi," said Joe, "sorry to ask, but whose sweater's that you're wearing? It doesn't look your style somehow."
"It's Tai's," Mimi told him. "He let me borrow it 'cos I was cold."
There was a pause. In the silence I heard the wind whistling somewhere high up in the mountains.
"Wake Tai," said Joe in an unusually high voice. "For goodness' sake wake Tai!"
"But he's just gone to sleep!" I protested.
"WAKE TAI!" yelled Joe. Mimi clambered over and shook Tai by the arm.
"Tai... Joe, he's gone a funny colour..."
"Green?" asked TK.
"No, blue," said Mimi. "And... Wake up, Tai! Wake up!"
There was another silence, a feeling of helplessness. What was going on? I ran over to my big brother and shook him hard.
"Tai! Wake up!"
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...I dedicate this chapter to Elle787 (fellow Digifan, website designer, knows more about Digimon than Izzy does) because she's the one who'll be left hanging by the ending. Thanks for being one heck of a beta-tester.
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Hazy- How's this, then?
Dragon's Star- Three times? What? Oh well. Yeah, Kari's pretty easy when you get down to it.
HuntressDiana- Yeah. Thanks, btw.
Miaow227- Oh no! I just read your profile... won't say anything so as not to give away the story, (PEOPLE, DON'T READ IT!!) but you might not want to stay along for the whole thing now, if you want to leave this minute that's OK, you've been great. If you don't mind reading stuff not of your favourite sort (saying no more) stay. Oh no. HuntressDiana, now you too. Still, on the bright side, least now I KNOW you aren't an alter ego of Elle787.