Captured!
Violet gaped at the huge door that she and Pearlmon had found. It was built right into the mountain, but strangely, it didn't look out of place.
She looked back at the group behind her. They'd stopped to rest when she had reached the door, and all were making themselves comfortable, while she tried to figure out how to open the door. Steve was discussing something with Snowmon, John was typing on his computer, Mythicmon perched on his shoulder, and Mary was trying to sketch Jewelmon, who was perched on a log.
Firepentmon was leaning against the other side of the log, talking to Gatomon. The two had become inseparable during the journey, Gatomon telling him tales of her life with Myotismon and after. Violet felt a twinge of guilt as she remembered that she was the reason why Mike was not there with them.
~ "Stop it," ~ V scolded, ~ "You're the only one who can go through that door. If you keep thinking about how you are leaving them behind, you won't find the courage to go on. As long as you have courage, your ancestor will be watching you. He may be still living, but his digital self will be with you." ~
"Courage? Wait, you mean I'm related to T." Violet started to think, but Pearlmon interrupted.
"Violet, are we going in or what?" the fire Digimon asked, impatient. Violet looked down and nodded. Raising a shaking hand, she knocked three times. Boom.boom.boom.
Suddenly, a sinister voice echoed over the group," Hello there. You took longer than I expected, but never mind. You're here now and that's the important thing. All right, Violet, put your right hand on the control pad next to the door. Only you and Pearlmon can enter. If any of the others try to come in with you, the boy dies."
They all stared at the door, then at the pad that had appeared next to it. Violet and Pearlmon looked at each other. She stretched out her right hand and pressed firmly on the pad. There was a rumbling noise and then the door just melted away.
She gripped the straps on her rucksack, muttered," Hakuna Matata," and stepped into the opening, Pearlmon at her heels. As soon as she was about three steps inside, the door melted back.
Mary stared at the space where Violet had been standing. Steve, noticing her expression, said," Don't worry. They only said we couldn't go in with her. They didn't say we couldn't go in after her."
"Yeah, but how do we get in?" Mary asked, raising an eyebrow.
Steve winked, "Don't worry, I have a plan. Mary, since you're the only one with a Digimon which has wings and is big enough to carry you, you see if there's a window or something we can get in through. John, you see if you can get that control pad to work for us and Snowmon and I will see if there's a way in through the waterways."
As Firepentmon listened, he remembered what Gatomon had said about the crests, "All I know is that they are Leadership, Protection, Inspiration, Sensibility and Peace."
Was Leadership Steve's crest? He certainly acted like it, but he couldn't be sure. What if he was Inspiration or something?
Steve, of course, was oblivious to the Digimon's thoughts. But Kari, who was watching them, did know them. She frowned, then turned away to watch Violet's progress.
"Violet?" Pearlmon said as they trudged along.
"Yeah?" she answered, not really listening.
"What's that tune you're whistling?"
"Hakuna Matata. It means no worries, so I thought it would be appropriate for the occasion. Do you want to hear the words?"
Pearlmon nodded, so Violet began,
"Hakuna Matata,
What a wonderful phrase!
Hakuna Matata,
Ain't no passing craze!
It means no worries, for the rest of your days.
It's my problem free philosophy,
Hakuna Matata!"
As she sang, Pearlmon started to feel different. Before, she'd felt like there wasn't much chance they could save Mike. Now, she felt quite the opposite. She smiled as Violet launched into another one, called I just Can't Wait to be King.
John squinted at the markings that were etched around the pad. He had only just noticed them, but then again, he hadn't been looking closely. They read ~_^(^_~(*_*(O_o(((. Also, there was a picture on the actual pad.
He realised it was the perfect image of his digivice. At that thought, he smiled. He held his digivice in his right hand and pressed against the pad. The door immediately melted away. He looked at Mythicmon, who flew off to find the others.
Mary was almost knocked off Diamondmon when Mythicmon came shooting up to them. However, when the Digimon told them his news, she grinned and Diamondmon shot down.
~ "That's enough singing. A door is just ahead. It leads to where Mike is," ~ V reprimanded as Violet reached the end of singing Circle of Life. Sure enough, there was a door set into the wall.
As soon as she stepped towards it, it melted away. Pearlmon leapt onto her shoulder, and she stepped bravely through.
The other digidestined, Digimon at their heels, ran as fast as they could through the passages. Gatomon ran ahead, with Firepentmon not far behind. They rounded a corner and saw a dead end.
"Violet's already been here. If she hadn't, a door would be here. We need to work out how to get in, as I don't know. I was never told," Gatomon said, spreading discouragement through the group.
However, Steve stepped towards the wall," I don't know about you guys, but I'm not going to let a little thing like that stop me from saving our friends. I'll find a way in, even if it kills me."
Gatomon smiled at the word `friends`. His grandfather would be proud of him.
"Mike!" Violet yelled. The boy was slumped on the floor, as if asleep. Except, when she shook him, he wouldn't wake up.
"Don't try, it won't work. He is under my control." A voice said behind her. She spun round and saw the palest woman she had ever seen. In fact, she was practically white. She wore a long-sleeved black dress with a gold star in the centre. Her hands were hidden behind black leather gloves. She also wore black and silver tights and black shoes. On her head, she wore a black witch hat with a silver spider web on it. Her black hair was streaked with silver, and the black pendant round her neck seemed to glitter with a life of it's own. Her eyes were a piercing brown and in her hand, she held a silver wand.
The woman smiled at her, "My name is Witchmon. My Witch Spell can be adapted to any situation and I even have the power to change into a human. I have been waiting for you, Violet. Behold my power." She raised her wand, "Witch Spell!"
Gold dust came out of her wand tip, covering Violet. The girl tried to fight it, but it was no use. She fell asleep, sent into a slumber by the spell.
Gatomon's ears twitched. She heard the attack shouted, followed by a thump, which must have been Violet. Firepentmon heard it too, but didn't know what it meant. Gatomon explained and his eyes widened. They stepped forwards to tell the other Digimon.
There was a strange voice in Violet's head. As she slept, it became clearer. It sounded familiar, like V, except there was a new strength in it, a bit like their Digimon's voices at Champion Level.
* "Hey, Violet. You've got to wake up. You've got to fight the spell. Listen to me!" *
As it spoke, Violet felt a strength in her. She could feel it surging through her, chasing away the gold dust that had embedded itself in her. She shivered, and Witchmon frowned.
How was that girl moving when she was in a spell sleep? The Digimon shook herself. She'd probably just imagined it. She turned away.
Violet opened her eyes slightly, then fully. She carefully rolled to one side, out of Witchmon's line of sight, and got up. The Digimon hadn't noticed.
~ "Violet, get Pearlmon to distract her somehow. While she's busy, press the pad. It opens the door," ~ V advised, voice back to normal. If it had been her in the first place. Violet held her digivice up at Pearlmon, who nodded.
"Pearlmon digivolve to Flakemon!"
The witch Digimon twisted round in surprise then composed herself and held out her wand. She smiled," Witch Spell!"
The gold dust came shooting out of her wand at Flakemon. When it touched the snake Digimon, she began to glow and shrink.
When she stopped, Violet gasped. The Digimon who was lying there was not Pearlmon, but a sparkly pink Digimon with a long tail and two bent lines on it's head that formed a type of diamond.
Witchmon smiled at her amazement," Violet, meet your Digimon's in-training form. Her name is Bracemon and she attacks with Brace Spike. That's all there is to her. Now, I must get on with the experiment I kidnapped you and Mike for."
She waved her wand and two things appeared in the air. They were shaped like the original digivices, octagonal with a screen in the middle, except they each had a huge point attached to the right side.
With a click of her fingers, Witchmon sent the things across the room, towards the two children. Violet stared as one stuck it's point in Mike. It turned bluey-green, then disappeared.
She was about to cry out when she felt a prick in her arm. Looking down, she saw the second thing with it's point in her. It turned reddy-brown then disappeared like the other.
She felt a great burst of pain, but through it she heard Witchmon say, "Digi Chips. Ingenious aren't they? Enjoy digimorphing."
Then the pain got so great Violet had to scream. She fell to floor next to Bracemon, unconscious. Witchmon smiled and made the door reappear. The other digidestined could have them now. Before disappearing, she released her power over Mike. He stirred, opened his eyes, then fell unconscious like Violet.
The others heard the scream, then stared at the door that had reappeared. Steve ran towards it, then, as it opened, into the room. The others heard his footsteps stop and Snowmon peeked in.
He motioned the others to come in, then sat next to Steve, who was kneeling next to Mike. As they all came in, they stopped too.
The scene that met their eyes was Violet lying on the floor, unconscious, next to a Digimon they didn't know, but they guessed it was one of Pearlmon's forms. A couple of metres away, Mike lay on the floor, Steve kneeling next to him. Firepentmon immediately hurried to Mike and lay down next to him.
Mary sat down next to Violet. The brown-haired girl had a strange look on her face, a mixture of fear and fury. Suddenly, Mary noticed the blood on Violet's right arm.
She pointed it out to John, who looked at Mike and saw the same mark on his left arm. Scratching his own arm, John said, "It's as though they were attacked by something, but only Violet could see it happening."
Steve stared at Mike's limp body. He carefully reached out to touch the wound and scrambled back as a burst of electricity shot out at him. What was going on?
WHAT IS `DIGIMORPHING`? AND WILL MIKE AND VIOLET BE ALL RIGHT? FIND OUT ON THE NEXT DIGIMON: DIGITAL MONSTERS!
Author's Note: (Glares at narrator) Of COURSE they'll be alright. I mean, come on, it's only the seventh episode! Good people crucial to the plot don't die straight after the seventh episode! Wish it applied to ALL good characters.. (Remembers Blank from FF9. Poor guy) Anyway, R+R. Reviews make me happy, and please the Moon. You want the Moon to be happy, right.?
Lady Moon
Violet gaped at the huge door that she and Pearlmon had found. It was built right into the mountain, but strangely, it didn't look out of place.
She looked back at the group behind her. They'd stopped to rest when she had reached the door, and all were making themselves comfortable, while she tried to figure out how to open the door. Steve was discussing something with Snowmon, John was typing on his computer, Mythicmon perched on his shoulder, and Mary was trying to sketch Jewelmon, who was perched on a log.
Firepentmon was leaning against the other side of the log, talking to Gatomon. The two had become inseparable during the journey, Gatomon telling him tales of her life with Myotismon and after. Violet felt a twinge of guilt as she remembered that she was the reason why Mike was not there with them.
~ "Stop it," ~ V scolded, ~ "You're the only one who can go through that door. If you keep thinking about how you are leaving them behind, you won't find the courage to go on. As long as you have courage, your ancestor will be watching you. He may be still living, but his digital self will be with you." ~
"Courage? Wait, you mean I'm related to T." Violet started to think, but Pearlmon interrupted.
"Violet, are we going in or what?" the fire Digimon asked, impatient. Violet looked down and nodded. Raising a shaking hand, she knocked three times. Boom.boom.boom.
Suddenly, a sinister voice echoed over the group," Hello there. You took longer than I expected, but never mind. You're here now and that's the important thing. All right, Violet, put your right hand on the control pad next to the door. Only you and Pearlmon can enter. If any of the others try to come in with you, the boy dies."
They all stared at the door, then at the pad that had appeared next to it. Violet and Pearlmon looked at each other. She stretched out her right hand and pressed firmly on the pad. There was a rumbling noise and then the door just melted away.
She gripped the straps on her rucksack, muttered," Hakuna Matata," and stepped into the opening, Pearlmon at her heels. As soon as she was about three steps inside, the door melted back.
Mary stared at the space where Violet had been standing. Steve, noticing her expression, said," Don't worry. They only said we couldn't go in with her. They didn't say we couldn't go in after her."
"Yeah, but how do we get in?" Mary asked, raising an eyebrow.
Steve winked, "Don't worry, I have a plan. Mary, since you're the only one with a Digimon which has wings and is big enough to carry you, you see if there's a window or something we can get in through. John, you see if you can get that control pad to work for us and Snowmon and I will see if there's a way in through the waterways."
As Firepentmon listened, he remembered what Gatomon had said about the crests, "All I know is that they are Leadership, Protection, Inspiration, Sensibility and Peace."
Was Leadership Steve's crest? He certainly acted like it, but he couldn't be sure. What if he was Inspiration or something?
Steve, of course, was oblivious to the Digimon's thoughts. But Kari, who was watching them, did know them. She frowned, then turned away to watch Violet's progress.
"Violet?" Pearlmon said as they trudged along.
"Yeah?" she answered, not really listening.
"What's that tune you're whistling?"
"Hakuna Matata. It means no worries, so I thought it would be appropriate for the occasion. Do you want to hear the words?"
Pearlmon nodded, so Violet began,
"Hakuna Matata,
What a wonderful phrase!
Hakuna Matata,
Ain't no passing craze!
It means no worries, for the rest of your days.
It's my problem free philosophy,
Hakuna Matata!"
As she sang, Pearlmon started to feel different. Before, she'd felt like there wasn't much chance they could save Mike. Now, she felt quite the opposite. She smiled as Violet launched into another one, called I just Can't Wait to be King.
John squinted at the markings that were etched around the pad. He had only just noticed them, but then again, he hadn't been looking closely. They read ~_^(^_~(*_*(O_o(((. Also, there was a picture on the actual pad.
He realised it was the perfect image of his digivice. At that thought, he smiled. He held his digivice in his right hand and pressed against the pad. The door immediately melted away. He looked at Mythicmon, who flew off to find the others.
Mary was almost knocked off Diamondmon when Mythicmon came shooting up to them. However, when the Digimon told them his news, she grinned and Diamondmon shot down.
~ "That's enough singing. A door is just ahead. It leads to where Mike is," ~ V reprimanded as Violet reached the end of singing Circle of Life. Sure enough, there was a door set into the wall.
As soon as she stepped towards it, it melted away. Pearlmon leapt onto her shoulder, and she stepped bravely through.
The other digidestined, Digimon at their heels, ran as fast as they could through the passages. Gatomon ran ahead, with Firepentmon not far behind. They rounded a corner and saw a dead end.
"Violet's already been here. If she hadn't, a door would be here. We need to work out how to get in, as I don't know. I was never told," Gatomon said, spreading discouragement through the group.
However, Steve stepped towards the wall," I don't know about you guys, but I'm not going to let a little thing like that stop me from saving our friends. I'll find a way in, even if it kills me."
Gatomon smiled at the word `friends`. His grandfather would be proud of him.
"Mike!" Violet yelled. The boy was slumped on the floor, as if asleep. Except, when she shook him, he wouldn't wake up.
"Don't try, it won't work. He is under my control." A voice said behind her. She spun round and saw the palest woman she had ever seen. In fact, she was practically white. She wore a long-sleeved black dress with a gold star in the centre. Her hands were hidden behind black leather gloves. She also wore black and silver tights and black shoes. On her head, she wore a black witch hat with a silver spider web on it. Her black hair was streaked with silver, and the black pendant round her neck seemed to glitter with a life of it's own. Her eyes were a piercing brown and in her hand, she held a silver wand.
The woman smiled at her, "My name is Witchmon. My Witch Spell can be adapted to any situation and I even have the power to change into a human. I have been waiting for you, Violet. Behold my power." She raised her wand, "Witch Spell!"
Gold dust came out of her wand tip, covering Violet. The girl tried to fight it, but it was no use. She fell asleep, sent into a slumber by the spell.
Gatomon's ears twitched. She heard the attack shouted, followed by a thump, which must have been Violet. Firepentmon heard it too, but didn't know what it meant. Gatomon explained and his eyes widened. They stepped forwards to tell the other Digimon.
There was a strange voice in Violet's head. As she slept, it became clearer. It sounded familiar, like V, except there was a new strength in it, a bit like their Digimon's voices at Champion Level.
* "Hey, Violet. You've got to wake up. You've got to fight the spell. Listen to me!" *
As it spoke, Violet felt a strength in her. She could feel it surging through her, chasing away the gold dust that had embedded itself in her. She shivered, and Witchmon frowned.
How was that girl moving when she was in a spell sleep? The Digimon shook herself. She'd probably just imagined it. She turned away.
Violet opened her eyes slightly, then fully. She carefully rolled to one side, out of Witchmon's line of sight, and got up. The Digimon hadn't noticed.
~ "Violet, get Pearlmon to distract her somehow. While she's busy, press the pad. It opens the door," ~ V advised, voice back to normal. If it had been her in the first place. Violet held her digivice up at Pearlmon, who nodded.
"Pearlmon digivolve to Flakemon!"
The witch Digimon twisted round in surprise then composed herself and held out her wand. She smiled," Witch Spell!"
The gold dust came shooting out of her wand at Flakemon. When it touched the snake Digimon, she began to glow and shrink.
When she stopped, Violet gasped. The Digimon who was lying there was not Pearlmon, but a sparkly pink Digimon with a long tail and two bent lines on it's head that formed a type of diamond.
Witchmon smiled at her amazement," Violet, meet your Digimon's in-training form. Her name is Bracemon and she attacks with Brace Spike. That's all there is to her. Now, I must get on with the experiment I kidnapped you and Mike for."
She waved her wand and two things appeared in the air. They were shaped like the original digivices, octagonal with a screen in the middle, except they each had a huge point attached to the right side.
With a click of her fingers, Witchmon sent the things across the room, towards the two children. Violet stared as one stuck it's point in Mike. It turned bluey-green, then disappeared.
She was about to cry out when she felt a prick in her arm. Looking down, she saw the second thing with it's point in her. It turned reddy-brown then disappeared like the other.
She felt a great burst of pain, but through it she heard Witchmon say, "Digi Chips. Ingenious aren't they? Enjoy digimorphing."
Then the pain got so great Violet had to scream. She fell to floor next to Bracemon, unconscious. Witchmon smiled and made the door reappear. The other digidestined could have them now. Before disappearing, she released her power over Mike. He stirred, opened his eyes, then fell unconscious like Violet.
The others heard the scream, then stared at the door that had reappeared. Steve ran towards it, then, as it opened, into the room. The others heard his footsteps stop and Snowmon peeked in.
He motioned the others to come in, then sat next to Steve, who was kneeling next to Mike. As they all came in, they stopped too.
The scene that met their eyes was Violet lying on the floor, unconscious, next to a Digimon they didn't know, but they guessed it was one of Pearlmon's forms. A couple of metres away, Mike lay on the floor, Steve kneeling next to him. Firepentmon immediately hurried to Mike and lay down next to him.
Mary sat down next to Violet. The brown-haired girl had a strange look on her face, a mixture of fear and fury. Suddenly, Mary noticed the blood on Violet's right arm.
She pointed it out to John, who looked at Mike and saw the same mark on his left arm. Scratching his own arm, John said, "It's as though they were attacked by something, but only Violet could see it happening."
Steve stared at Mike's limp body. He carefully reached out to touch the wound and scrambled back as a burst of electricity shot out at him. What was going on?
WHAT IS `DIGIMORPHING`? AND WILL MIKE AND VIOLET BE ALL RIGHT? FIND OUT ON THE NEXT DIGIMON: DIGITAL MONSTERS!
Author's Note: (Glares at narrator) Of COURSE they'll be alright. I mean, come on, it's only the seventh episode! Good people crucial to the plot don't die straight after the seventh episode! Wish it applied to ALL good characters.. (Remembers Blank from FF9. Poor guy) Anyway, R+R. Reviews make me happy, and please the Moon. You want the Moon to be happy, right.?
Lady Moon