Digi-Past, Digi-Present
A day after the Mekanorimon incident, the group was walking towards a large mountain. Actually, as Violet put it, large `Didn't even begin to do it justice`!
Violet was feeling very strange, as if a part of her had already been here, and it wasn't nice. Turning to Pearlmon, she asked, "What's that mountain called?"
Pearlmon looked at her and replied, "Infinity Mountain."
Steve stopped and stared at the Digimon, "You mean the one where the original digidestined beat Devimon?"
Violet, meanwhile, felt a shiver go through her. Hurriedly, she thought to V, "What's going on?"
~ "Ancestry. A relation of yours had a bad experience there." ~
Violet stopped in surprise. A relation of hers had been to the Digital World? Impossible! Still.
Pearlmon nudged the back of her legs, "Hello, Digiworld to Violet? Feel free to return to the planet at any time!" Violet looked back and saw the others setting up camp next to the river they had been walking next to. She hurried back and busied herself with helping the Digimon find food.
Mary looked at Violet as her friend picked the fruit Pearlmon had gestured to. Violet had looked funny when she had found out what the mountain was called, but maybe it was just shock.
Then Mary's thoughts turned to digivolving. She glanced at Jewelmon and found herself wondering what Digimon she would become. Then she was shocked at her thoughts. She actually wanted her to digivolve, although she might leave her! Just then, someone tapped her on her shoulder and she turned to see Violet.
"I think I've worked out your problem." The brown-haired girl said, smiling, "It's Jewelmon digivolving, isn't it? You're afraid she'll leave you."
Mary stared, then found herself nodding. Violet smile widened, then continued, "You know, it's dangerous to think that. If you don't trust your Digimon, she won't be able to protect you. Sometimes you need to take risks." She walked away then, leaving Mary to her confused thoughts.
Later, they all tucked in for the night. Steve lay beside Snowmon, who was lying next to the stream. Mike was leaning against a tree, playing his recorder, with Firepentmon next to him. John listened next to the Digimon, his own perched above him. Violet lay on her back, looking at the moon, Pearlmon staring beside her. And Mary looked into the water, thinking about what Violet had said. Jewelmon was perched on her shoulder, looking at the ripples made by Snowmon's hanging tail.
Eventually they all fell asleep, and all with different thoughts. Steve wondered what was on the mountain, Mike wondered if they'd find the source of the black balls soon, John wondered if any Digimon would attack during the night, Violet wondered who her ancestor was (V wouldn't give any clues) and Mary wondered what she should do about her fear of digivolving.
Far away, a figure watched, enveloped in darkness. It laughed silently, "That's right digidestined, worry about trivial details. You'll be worrying about more important things soon."
A white kitten padded towards her. It had a long, thin white and purple tail and There was purple at the ends of it's ears. It also wore green gloves with orange stripes on them. The tip of a scar showed above the left glove.
The figure turned towards it, "Yes, Gatomon?" The Digimon shivered slightly, but stood her ground.
"Do you have to do this? You heard what the girl said, you have to trust your Digimon. I don't trust you because you're not who you used to be. I don't want to become DarkGatomon."
The figure clenched a gloved hand, "You know you don't have a choice. When I deal with the Violet-child, you will be begging me to turn you into LadyDevimon." It touched it's black pendant that was around it's neck, and started to glow.
When it stopped glowing, a straight brown-haired young woman in her early twenties was standing there. She wore a pink streamer which hung from each of her arms. Her pink suit covered her up to below her neck (I bet you can guess what it's covering.) and stopped after her `padded area`. Part of some kind of cloak appeared on it around the waist, finishing around her legs, and pink boots came up to almost her knees. She had the same black pendant around her neck, but then it glimmered and became pink as well. She fondled it lovingly, remembering how she had made it from her data, "The crest of Darkness," she thought," the opposite of Light. My true crest."
The computer screen she had been viewing flickered and a picture of a sleeping boy with a tiger shaped recorder appeared. The woman smiled, imagining the Violet-girl's reaction to him missing. Then she strode off. Gatomon watched her go, and murmured, "Kari."
Mike wasn't sure why he woke up. All he knew was that when he opened his eyes he saw the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. She smiled and raised one hand, beckoning. Dimly he tried to resist, but some kind of pink light came from her eyes, and he couldn't resist. He got up, and went to her.
Firepentmon felt Mike get up and opened his eyes slightly, just like he had when Violet had left. Mike was walking towards a woman who was wearing a pink pendant. What was he doing? The woman walked into the forest, and Mike followed without looking back.
Firepentmon scrambled up, but the boy was gone. He was shocked for a second and was about to follow when something leapt onto him. He threw it off and turned to see a Gatomon.
She spread out her paws and pleaded, "Sorry, but I need your help. That girl was my digidestined, but she's been consumed by darkness. She's going to use that boy to get the girl."
Firepentmon gaped. There was only one digidestined with a Gatomon and it was Kari. Kari was evil now? And which girl could she attract with Mike?
Then he had it. Violet. She had strong feelings for Mike, anyone could see that, but why did an evil person need her? As if seeing his confusion, Gatomon gestured to two rocks facing each other, "Sit down. I'll explain."
He climbed onto the rock and she leapt onto the other. She quickly cleaned herself, then began her story, "It started when the original digidestined came to visit. A digiport had opened, so they took the opportunity to pay us a visit. They decided to split up to see the places they wanted to see and Kari went to see Infinity Mountain. She'd heard so much about it, she had to see it.
"When we started climbing, her digivice started to react to something. We kept going and eventually arrived at the spot where Devimon had been killed. Suddenly, these black gears shot out of the ground and became Devimon. He smiled at us and I attacked."
She paused for a second and flexed her claws. Firepentmon was shocked that she could be so calm when talking about something like this. Eventually, she continued, "I went straight through him. He was just a hologram. But what he did was real enough.
"He said that he was not dead, but he needed a vehicle for his evil. Then he glowed and shot towards Kari. There was nothing that could save her, but I still blame myself.
"When he hit her, she turned into a black shape. It hung in the air, changing shape, until it became normal coloured again. She was a Digimon. An evil one with the power of Devimon. Her name was Witchmon.
"The other digidestined were shocked when they found out. They would have gone after her, but they couldn't attack her without hurting her. Hand of Fate would turn her back, but she would die and besides, they were too old to have another fight. They went back to Earth, worried about Kari's child.
"They had all had kids, but Kari's was raised by Tai, as a sort of compensation. The flame of the digidestined passed down to them, then onto their kids. But Tai's grandchild seemed. strange. Somehow, she was different. Her name was Violet.
"All of the digidestined had a feeling she would bring Kari back to good. Unfortunately, that included Kari herself. She had been watching everything, using her magic to view the real world. While all this was happening, she had reconstructed her crest, except it was the opposite of her true crest. It was called the crest of Darkness.
"Using this crest, she could turn me into DarkGatomon, then digivolve me into LadyDevimon, but something happened. The new digidestined wouldn't allow it, in particular, Violet. That little girl stopped a champion Digimon. Some kind of magic, the same kind as Witchmon's, but for good, came out of her. I've heard of it, but I can't remember when.
"Anyway, at that moment their crests were born. All I know about them is that they are Leadership, Protection, Inspiration, Sensibility and Peace. Also, Izzy's crest was revived for his grandchild. That's about all I know."
By this time, all the other Digimon had woken up and were listening with interest. At the end of Gatomon's story, Firepentmon hurriedly told them about Mike leaving.
Snowmon's reaction was to wake Steve, but before he could, something knocked him away. Looking up, he saw a grey bunny, except it was standing like a human, had long, jagged ears, a long tail with a band round it and sharp claws on his hands and feet.
Jewelmon immediately knocked him back with a Jewel Strike, "I know that Digimon. He may seem harmless, but beware! Gazimon always travel in packs, so whenever they outnumber you, which is often, they'll waste no time in attacking with their Electric Stun Blast."
Just then, thousands of Gazimon jumped out of the trees to avenge their fallen comrade. Hearing the racket, the children woke up. The attacking Digimon split up, about twenty per human.
Steve, Violet and John all commanded their Digimon to digivolve. As the digivices glowed, so did the Digimon.
"Snowmon digivolve to Icemon!"
"Pearlmon digivolve to Flakemon!"
"Mythicmon digivolve to Phoenixomon!"
Mary was in trouble. A Gazimon was heading for her, about to shock her with his attack. He was about to fire his attack, when she remembered what Violet had said, "If you don't trust your Digimon, she can't protect you."
Turning to her Digimon, Mary said, "Jewelmon, I'm sorry." Jewelmon was puzzle, "Why?" Mary, steeling herself, continued, "I didn't trust you. I was afraid you'd leave me if you digivolved."
The Digimon blinked, then smiled, "That's OK. I'm just glad you told me in the end."
Mary threw her arms around the Digimon and hugged her. As they embraced, her digivice started to glow. A glowing ball shot at Jewelmon and she was consumed by light. Mary let go in surprise, and scrambled back. Then her Digimon yelled out, "Jewelmon digivolve to Diamondmon!"
Jewelmon had become a large, white Persian cat. There was a picture of a diamond on her back and two white wings with silver and gold feathers were attached to it. A gold circle surrounded the top half of the diamond and a silver one was around the bottom half. There was a picture of a diamond on each of her legs and a real one on her head. Her right ear was gold and her left was silver. There was a gold band around her tail and her tail hairs were gold and silver.
Mary smiled as the Digimon turned to look at her, "Still scared?" Her digidestined shook her head, and the cat Digimon smiled, "Well you shouldn't be. I'm Diamondmon, Jewelmon's champion form. I'm as graceful as any cat, and my Diamond Strike attack will put a dent in any enemy's plans!"
The cat Digimon lowered her head at the Gazimon, "Diamond Strike!" The diamond shot of her head straight at the Digimon, scattering them.
Meanwhile, Violet was having her own problems. A Gazimon was charging at her, claws outstretched. She shut her eyes, bracing for the impact and felt a burning hot pain spread across her left eye.
"Violet!" Flakemon cried out, and knocked down the Gazimon. The evil Digimon were having problems. The five champions (including Gatomon) were making small work of the rookies. They fled.
Flakemon went back to Pearlmon and hurried over to her digidestined. Violet's eye was covered in blood, but it should be OK.
Firepentmon had held his ground with Gatomon, but the loss of Mike had taken its toll on him and he collapsed.
When he woke up, the others were surrounding him. Somehow, he managed to tell his story, with Gatomon helping. This was excluding the whole `Kari is evil and you are related to TV stars` thing. It wasn't quite time for them to find out. Steve kicked a rock in annoyance when they'd finished.
"Well, I guess we'll have to find him," he said, hoping it wouldn't take too long. Violet shook her head.
"No, I need to go alone. The trap's for me, so I have to save him without putting anyone else in danger."
There was an argument, but eventually they agreed to follow her at a safe distance. She gingerly took her hand off her eye and the others saw a scar just like V's, except only Pearlmon realised it looked like hers.
Violet, glancing in the water, saw the similarity instantly. Nervously, she walked towards the mountain, Pearlmon at her side.
Steve had his own disturbing thoughts to deal with as they walked behind her. He tried to shut them out, but it was hard. Eventually, he listened, "What if, when we find Mike, he won't want to come back because of me? I'm really starting to think I should leave the group."
He walked on, unaware that his grandfather had faced a plight almost identical to his own.
WILL THE DIGIDESTINED SAVE MIKE? AND CAN THEY RETURN KARI TO GOOD? FIND OUT ON THE NEXT DIGIMON: DIGITAL MONSTERS! Author's Note: (Newsreader's voice) And today, Lady Moon was arrested by the Digimon Police for making way too large changes to the end of Season 2. (Normal voice) I mean, come on, can I change the plot in any other way? Oh, and Kari's outfit is a combination of the front cover of `Etherlords` (great game), Aleema's outfit at the end of `Dark Lords of the Sith` (Star Wars graphic novel), and my own twisted imagination. Oh, and do you want to know something useless? IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY FOUR DAYS AGO! WHEE!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!! (Starts singing. Badly) I FEEL HAPPY, OH SO HAPPY, I FEEL HAPPY AND WACKY AND BRIGHT!!!!!!!! (Sung to the tune of `I feel pretty`. `I feel pretty` and Digimon don't belong to me. Only the digidestined, their Digimon and Witchmon belong to me. Steal and die.)
A day after the Mekanorimon incident, the group was walking towards a large mountain. Actually, as Violet put it, large `Didn't even begin to do it justice`!
Violet was feeling very strange, as if a part of her had already been here, and it wasn't nice. Turning to Pearlmon, she asked, "What's that mountain called?"
Pearlmon looked at her and replied, "Infinity Mountain."
Steve stopped and stared at the Digimon, "You mean the one where the original digidestined beat Devimon?"
Violet, meanwhile, felt a shiver go through her. Hurriedly, she thought to V, "What's going on?"
~ "Ancestry. A relation of yours had a bad experience there." ~
Violet stopped in surprise. A relation of hers had been to the Digital World? Impossible! Still.
Pearlmon nudged the back of her legs, "Hello, Digiworld to Violet? Feel free to return to the planet at any time!" Violet looked back and saw the others setting up camp next to the river they had been walking next to. She hurried back and busied herself with helping the Digimon find food.
Mary looked at Violet as her friend picked the fruit Pearlmon had gestured to. Violet had looked funny when she had found out what the mountain was called, but maybe it was just shock.
Then Mary's thoughts turned to digivolving. She glanced at Jewelmon and found herself wondering what Digimon she would become. Then she was shocked at her thoughts. She actually wanted her to digivolve, although she might leave her! Just then, someone tapped her on her shoulder and she turned to see Violet.
"I think I've worked out your problem." The brown-haired girl said, smiling, "It's Jewelmon digivolving, isn't it? You're afraid she'll leave you."
Mary stared, then found herself nodding. Violet smile widened, then continued, "You know, it's dangerous to think that. If you don't trust your Digimon, she won't be able to protect you. Sometimes you need to take risks." She walked away then, leaving Mary to her confused thoughts.
Later, they all tucked in for the night. Steve lay beside Snowmon, who was lying next to the stream. Mike was leaning against a tree, playing his recorder, with Firepentmon next to him. John listened next to the Digimon, his own perched above him. Violet lay on her back, looking at the moon, Pearlmon staring beside her. And Mary looked into the water, thinking about what Violet had said. Jewelmon was perched on her shoulder, looking at the ripples made by Snowmon's hanging tail.
Eventually they all fell asleep, and all with different thoughts. Steve wondered what was on the mountain, Mike wondered if they'd find the source of the black balls soon, John wondered if any Digimon would attack during the night, Violet wondered who her ancestor was (V wouldn't give any clues) and Mary wondered what she should do about her fear of digivolving.
Far away, a figure watched, enveloped in darkness. It laughed silently, "That's right digidestined, worry about trivial details. You'll be worrying about more important things soon."
A white kitten padded towards her. It had a long, thin white and purple tail and There was purple at the ends of it's ears. It also wore green gloves with orange stripes on them. The tip of a scar showed above the left glove.
The figure turned towards it, "Yes, Gatomon?" The Digimon shivered slightly, but stood her ground.
"Do you have to do this? You heard what the girl said, you have to trust your Digimon. I don't trust you because you're not who you used to be. I don't want to become DarkGatomon."
The figure clenched a gloved hand, "You know you don't have a choice. When I deal with the Violet-child, you will be begging me to turn you into LadyDevimon." It touched it's black pendant that was around it's neck, and started to glow.
When it stopped glowing, a straight brown-haired young woman in her early twenties was standing there. She wore a pink streamer which hung from each of her arms. Her pink suit covered her up to below her neck (I bet you can guess what it's covering.) and stopped after her `padded area`. Part of some kind of cloak appeared on it around the waist, finishing around her legs, and pink boots came up to almost her knees. She had the same black pendant around her neck, but then it glimmered and became pink as well. She fondled it lovingly, remembering how she had made it from her data, "The crest of Darkness," she thought," the opposite of Light. My true crest."
The computer screen she had been viewing flickered and a picture of a sleeping boy with a tiger shaped recorder appeared. The woman smiled, imagining the Violet-girl's reaction to him missing. Then she strode off. Gatomon watched her go, and murmured, "Kari."
Mike wasn't sure why he woke up. All he knew was that when he opened his eyes he saw the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. She smiled and raised one hand, beckoning. Dimly he tried to resist, but some kind of pink light came from her eyes, and he couldn't resist. He got up, and went to her.
Firepentmon felt Mike get up and opened his eyes slightly, just like he had when Violet had left. Mike was walking towards a woman who was wearing a pink pendant. What was he doing? The woman walked into the forest, and Mike followed without looking back.
Firepentmon scrambled up, but the boy was gone. He was shocked for a second and was about to follow when something leapt onto him. He threw it off and turned to see a Gatomon.
She spread out her paws and pleaded, "Sorry, but I need your help. That girl was my digidestined, but she's been consumed by darkness. She's going to use that boy to get the girl."
Firepentmon gaped. There was only one digidestined with a Gatomon and it was Kari. Kari was evil now? And which girl could she attract with Mike?
Then he had it. Violet. She had strong feelings for Mike, anyone could see that, but why did an evil person need her? As if seeing his confusion, Gatomon gestured to two rocks facing each other, "Sit down. I'll explain."
He climbed onto the rock and she leapt onto the other. She quickly cleaned herself, then began her story, "It started when the original digidestined came to visit. A digiport had opened, so they took the opportunity to pay us a visit. They decided to split up to see the places they wanted to see and Kari went to see Infinity Mountain. She'd heard so much about it, she had to see it.
"When we started climbing, her digivice started to react to something. We kept going and eventually arrived at the spot where Devimon had been killed. Suddenly, these black gears shot out of the ground and became Devimon. He smiled at us and I attacked."
She paused for a second and flexed her claws. Firepentmon was shocked that she could be so calm when talking about something like this. Eventually, she continued, "I went straight through him. He was just a hologram. But what he did was real enough.
"He said that he was not dead, but he needed a vehicle for his evil. Then he glowed and shot towards Kari. There was nothing that could save her, but I still blame myself.
"When he hit her, she turned into a black shape. It hung in the air, changing shape, until it became normal coloured again. She was a Digimon. An evil one with the power of Devimon. Her name was Witchmon.
"The other digidestined were shocked when they found out. They would have gone after her, but they couldn't attack her without hurting her. Hand of Fate would turn her back, but she would die and besides, they were too old to have another fight. They went back to Earth, worried about Kari's child.
"They had all had kids, but Kari's was raised by Tai, as a sort of compensation. The flame of the digidestined passed down to them, then onto their kids. But Tai's grandchild seemed. strange. Somehow, she was different. Her name was Violet.
"All of the digidestined had a feeling she would bring Kari back to good. Unfortunately, that included Kari herself. She had been watching everything, using her magic to view the real world. While all this was happening, she had reconstructed her crest, except it was the opposite of her true crest. It was called the crest of Darkness.
"Using this crest, she could turn me into DarkGatomon, then digivolve me into LadyDevimon, but something happened. The new digidestined wouldn't allow it, in particular, Violet. That little girl stopped a champion Digimon. Some kind of magic, the same kind as Witchmon's, but for good, came out of her. I've heard of it, but I can't remember when.
"Anyway, at that moment their crests were born. All I know about them is that they are Leadership, Protection, Inspiration, Sensibility and Peace. Also, Izzy's crest was revived for his grandchild. That's about all I know."
By this time, all the other Digimon had woken up and were listening with interest. At the end of Gatomon's story, Firepentmon hurriedly told them about Mike leaving.
Snowmon's reaction was to wake Steve, but before he could, something knocked him away. Looking up, he saw a grey bunny, except it was standing like a human, had long, jagged ears, a long tail with a band round it and sharp claws on his hands and feet.
Jewelmon immediately knocked him back with a Jewel Strike, "I know that Digimon. He may seem harmless, but beware! Gazimon always travel in packs, so whenever they outnumber you, which is often, they'll waste no time in attacking with their Electric Stun Blast."
Just then, thousands of Gazimon jumped out of the trees to avenge their fallen comrade. Hearing the racket, the children woke up. The attacking Digimon split up, about twenty per human.
Steve, Violet and John all commanded their Digimon to digivolve. As the digivices glowed, so did the Digimon.
"Snowmon digivolve to Icemon!"
"Pearlmon digivolve to Flakemon!"
"Mythicmon digivolve to Phoenixomon!"
Mary was in trouble. A Gazimon was heading for her, about to shock her with his attack. He was about to fire his attack, when she remembered what Violet had said, "If you don't trust your Digimon, she can't protect you."
Turning to her Digimon, Mary said, "Jewelmon, I'm sorry." Jewelmon was puzzle, "Why?" Mary, steeling herself, continued, "I didn't trust you. I was afraid you'd leave me if you digivolved."
The Digimon blinked, then smiled, "That's OK. I'm just glad you told me in the end."
Mary threw her arms around the Digimon and hugged her. As they embraced, her digivice started to glow. A glowing ball shot at Jewelmon and she was consumed by light. Mary let go in surprise, and scrambled back. Then her Digimon yelled out, "Jewelmon digivolve to Diamondmon!"
Jewelmon had become a large, white Persian cat. There was a picture of a diamond on her back and two white wings with silver and gold feathers were attached to it. A gold circle surrounded the top half of the diamond and a silver one was around the bottom half. There was a picture of a diamond on each of her legs and a real one on her head. Her right ear was gold and her left was silver. There was a gold band around her tail and her tail hairs were gold and silver.
Mary smiled as the Digimon turned to look at her, "Still scared?" Her digidestined shook her head, and the cat Digimon smiled, "Well you shouldn't be. I'm Diamondmon, Jewelmon's champion form. I'm as graceful as any cat, and my Diamond Strike attack will put a dent in any enemy's plans!"
The cat Digimon lowered her head at the Gazimon, "Diamond Strike!" The diamond shot of her head straight at the Digimon, scattering them.
Meanwhile, Violet was having her own problems. A Gazimon was charging at her, claws outstretched. She shut her eyes, bracing for the impact and felt a burning hot pain spread across her left eye.
"Violet!" Flakemon cried out, and knocked down the Gazimon. The evil Digimon were having problems. The five champions (including Gatomon) were making small work of the rookies. They fled.
Flakemon went back to Pearlmon and hurried over to her digidestined. Violet's eye was covered in blood, but it should be OK.
Firepentmon had held his ground with Gatomon, but the loss of Mike had taken its toll on him and he collapsed.
When he woke up, the others were surrounding him. Somehow, he managed to tell his story, with Gatomon helping. This was excluding the whole `Kari is evil and you are related to TV stars` thing. It wasn't quite time for them to find out. Steve kicked a rock in annoyance when they'd finished.
"Well, I guess we'll have to find him," he said, hoping it wouldn't take too long. Violet shook her head.
"No, I need to go alone. The trap's for me, so I have to save him without putting anyone else in danger."
There was an argument, but eventually they agreed to follow her at a safe distance. She gingerly took her hand off her eye and the others saw a scar just like V's, except only Pearlmon realised it looked like hers.
Violet, glancing in the water, saw the similarity instantly. Nervously, she walked towards the mountain, Pearlmon at her side.
Steve had his own disturbing thoughts to deal with as they walked behind her. He tried to shut them out, but it was hard. Eventually, he listened, "What if, when we find Mike, he won't want to come back because of me? I'm really starting to think I should leave the group."
He walked on, unaware that his grandfather had faced a plight almost identical to his own.
WILL THE DIGIDESTINED SAVE MIKE? AND CAN THEY RETURN KARI TO GOOD? FIND OUT ON THE NEXT DIGIMON: DIGITAL MONSTERS! Author's Note: (Newsreader's voice) And today, Lady Moon was arrested by the Digimon Police for making way too large changes to the end of Season 2. (Normal voice) I mean, come on, can I change the plot in any other way? Oh, and Kari's outfit is a combination of the front cover of `Etherlords` (great game), Aleema's outfit at the end of `Dark Lords of the Sith` (Star Wars graphic novel), and my own twisted imagination. Oh, and do you want to know something useless? IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY FOUR DAYS AGO! WHEE!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!! (Starts singing. Badly) I FEEL HAPPY, OH SO HAPPY, I FEEL HAPPY AND WACKY AND BRIGHT!!!!!!!! (Sung to the tune of `I feel pretty`. `I feel pretty` and Digimon don't belong to me. Only the digidestined, their Digimon and Witchmon belong to me. Steal and die.)