Moon Dragon
Witchmon paced back and forth over the shiny floor of her viewing room. She couldn't believe how far the digidestined had come. They were more resourceful than she'd anticipated.
However, as long as there was no moon, there was no way they could defeat her. She turned to the picture of the two boys, Steve and Mike. They had just reached a lake near Infinity Mountain, and were stopping for a rest.
The picture shimmered and changed into a projection of John and Mary riding Nightdamon. That Digimon had failed Witchmon miserably, and she didn't try to mask her anger.
Last of all, it became a picture of Violet, riding Roarermon along the beach. This digidestined was the one Witchmon was most interested in. The girl was dangerous. If she ever digimorphed, Witchmon was positive she would destroy her.
The Digimon turned away from the hologram as a Wizardmon dragged her Gatomon into the room. Witchmon gestured for the Wizardmon to leave then smiled at the trembling Gatomon. The evil Digimon put her hands together in a circle. A ball of black fire formed in the space between her hands.
The Digimon drew her hands away, leaving the black ball hovering in the air, and then she pushed it towards the trembling Gatomon. As soon as it hit the Digimon, she fell to floor. After a few seconds, she got up again. Witchmon looked at the Gatomon, and smiled.
"Gatomon, will you help me destroy the digidestined?"
The Digimon looked at Witchmon with blazing black eyes, "Yes, mistress. I will."
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Nightdamon saw the boys before Steve and Mike saw him, "Look, you two. They're part of your group, aren't they?"
John looked and nodded. Nightdamon swooped towards the two boys. They looked up about a minute before Nightdamon landed, and they both jumped up in surprise. Then they noticed John and Mary on the Digimon's back (Mary had both hands firmly over her eyes) and relaxed.
A few minutes later, they were all together. Garurumon had come along with Steve and Mike, and they hurriedly explained where they'd met him.
John and Mary explained why Nightdamon was with them, then Mary asked, "Have you seen Violet anywhere?"
Both boys shook their heads. Suddenly they heard a familiar voice shouting, "Hey, guys! I'm over here!"
They all turned round and stared as Violet rode up to them on Roarermon's back. Pearlmon got off first and then Violet did as well, thanking Roarermon for the ride.
Later, they were all sitting in a circle, telling each other what had happened on their various parts of land. Steve and Mike went first. When Mike told them about becoming Tigermon, Violet (who had been squatting) fell backwards onto her bottom. Mary looked at her, and Steve finished the rest of the story.
John and Mary went next. When they got to the bit about the crests on their digivices, Mary showed hers to show them. Everyone immediately had a look at his or hers. Steve had gold Leadership and blue Friendship, Mike had bluey-green Protection and red Love, and Violet had reddy-brown Inspiration and orange Courage.
When they had finished, Violet began hers, starting with the realisation that there was no moon. As soon as she mentioned Witchmon's true identity, everyone sat up in surprise. Then she went on to fighting Roarermon and then the prophecies.
Pearlmon said hers first, then Roarermon, and then Violet. Then, reddening slightly, she mentioned the fact that she'd seen a picture of some kind of dragon in her dream. Steve looked as if he was about to laugh at that, but he stopped it just in time.
When Violet had finished, Mary said, "Well, what can we gather from all this, then?"
Violet raised her hand, as if she was in class, "Mike is very special 'cos he changed into a tiger Digimon thing?"
"My, aren't you clever." Steve muttered. Suddenly, his tummy gave a rumble and he chuckled, embarrassed. "Well, I think we'd best find some food and somewhere to sleep, right? We'll worry about Witchmon later."
They all laughed. It lightened the atmosphere, but Mary kept glancing at Infinity Mountain. She knew that she wouldn't forget about Witchmon in a hurry.
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After a meal, everyone was ready to go to bed. Everyone, that is, except Violet. V kept trying to talk to her, but Violet couldn't hear her properly. As soon as everyone had gone to sleep, she knelt by the lake to talk.
~ "Violet, I know you've worked it out, but there's one thing you don't know, and need to." ~
"What else do I need to know? Apparently, I'm the one that has to kill Witchmon, but I don't think I can just use some Karate chops and that's it, she's back to Kari. Besides, I can't exactly ring the original digidestined and say `could you please make a moon appear? `"
~ "Violet, have you ever heard of destiny?" ~
"Yeah, but if you ask me, it makes people sound like clockwork toys, wound up and let go."
~ "Whatever you think of it, that is what moves the world. You'll have to just hope that destiny is in your favour." ~
"That is so poetic."
~ "Thank you." ~
Suddenly, there was a yelp of surprise from the sleeping children. Violet spun round and saw Steve sitting up straight. Next to him was a cringing Gatomon, with her eyes closed.
"Gatomon? Why are your eyes closed?" Mike asked, sitting up.
"I got captured by Witchmon, but I managed to escape. However, she changed my eye colour to black, so I had to tell you before you saw my eyes. If you'd seen before I told you, you may have thought I was one of her slaves." The Digimon explained.
Firepentmon said, "Well, you can open them now."
She did. Her eyes were pitch black. They all jerked when they saw them. However, no one attacked, and she smiled sheepishly.
Suddenly, Violet had a thought. She wasn't sure if it was hers or V's, but whoever's it was, they both heard it, 'Wouldn't one of Witchmon's slaves say the same thing, for cover?'
The girl got to her feet. They all looked at her, and she explained, "If we're fighting Witchmon soon, then we have to be ready. I'm just going to practise some martial art moves."
They nodded, soothed, and Violet took a few steps away from them. She was still for a few seconds, then she launched into a flurry of Karate, Judo and kickboxing moves. The group stared at her. They'd never seen anyone do moves that fast before. Then they all jumped to their feet as a particularly strong seismic kick caught Gatomon in the back.
"Violet, are you insane?" Steve yelled. Violet stopped. She'd never heard Steve sound that angry before. Then, to the rest of the digidestined's surprise, she grinned and gestured towards Gatomon.
A black ball had just burst out of her back. It flew into the air and disappeared. The group looked at Violet, who winked. She'd guessed that that would happen.
"You know, Witchmon isn't going to be happy about that. I think we should try attacking her now. It does mean we won't have to deal with any more of her slaves," Violet suggested.
"Jeez, you like rushing into things, don't you?" Mike commented. Violet gave him her see-into-your-soul-look and he immediately shut up.
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About an hour, maybe two, later, the group had reached the door that Violet had knocked on when Mike had disappeared. John sighed, then asked, "Well, now what do we do?"
Everyone glared at him. They all knew that no one had planned this far ahead. Steve was about to remind John of this, when a voice behind them said, "Well, digidestined, are you ready for the final showdown?"
They spun round. There, hovering in mid-air, was their favourite Digimon, Witchmon, grinning like a Cheshire Cat.
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Koushiro `Izzy` Izumi collapsed in a chair and switched on his computer. His English wife, Isabel, leant into the room and said, "Please, Izzy, just check for e-mails this time? Don't start visiting every Digimon fansite to see what they say about you."
Izzy nodded, and she left. When his computer had connected to the Internet, he clicked on the e-mail icon, then on `Send and Receive`.
There was only one, from someone called Gennai.bald@digi.com. Izzy stared at the address. He hadn't heard from Gennai for ages. He quickly opened the e-mail. It said:
`Izzy,
There's trouble in the Digiworld. You have to call Tai, Matt, Sora and Joe and tell them to go to your house with their digivices. Send me an e-mail as soon as you've done this. And don't try going, because five new digidestined are in charge now.
Your old friend,
Gennai`
Izzy rubbed his eyes, then looked back. The words were still there. He sighed, logged off and reached for the phone.
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The whole group of new digidestined tensed, ready to fight. Witchmon laughed and said, "Well, what are you waiting for?" Each child held up their digivice at their Digimon. The evil Digimon raised an eyebrow, "Also, I wouldn't say no to seeing Mike digimorph."
The group glanced at Mike, who reddened slightly, but stayed in the same position. He nodded, "OK, then. I will." The digivices started to glow.
"Snowmon digivolve to Icemon!"
"Firepentmon digivolve to Serpentmon!"
"Pearlmon digivolve to Flakemon!"
"Jewelmon digivolve to Diamondmon!"
"Fledglingmon digivolve to Mythicmon! Mythicmon digivolve to Phoenixomon!"
"Mike digimorph to Tigermon!"
The six Digimon, plus Roarermon and Nightdamon leapt at Witchmon, who smiled. She raised her wand, "Witch Spell!"
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"Let me get this straight, Izzy. You got an e-mail from Gennai, which told that the Digiworld is in trouble, but only to phone four of us?"
"That's exactly what I mean, Tai," Izzy replied. The five digidestined were all huddled around Izzy's computer, waiting for a response to his message.
Two minutes later, Izzy clicked on the Send and Receive icon again. The computer said, "You have one new piece of mail."
Izzy opened the message. It read:
`Izzy,
Open the file attached to this e-mail. It contains a special camera, which will show you what is happening in the Digiworld. However, before you open it, you should know a few things.
First, there are actually five digidestined, but you will only see four. You'll understand why soon.
Second, I would advise you to remember what happened a long time ago (I'm talking about when you were about 20), to a certain relation of Tai's.
Last of all, you would be recommended to remember your grandchildren. In particular, Tai, remember your granddaughter, Matt, remember your grandson, Sora, remember your grandson, Izzy, remember your grandson and Joe, remember your granddaughter. You'll understand soon.
Your friend,
Gennai
"Well, at least he hasn't stopped being confusing," Sora pointed out. Izzy leant back in his chair, trying to figure it out.
"`A relation of Tai's`? Is he talking about Kari?" He wondered. Matt raised an eyebrow.
"Why on earth would we need to remember her turning into Witchmon? Unless." The man paused.
"Do you think he means Witchmon is the one the digidestined are fighting? I wouldn't think they're doing well," Joe said, taking the pessimistic point of view.
Izzy frowned, "Why do we need to remember our grandchildren?"
"Well, I've only got one granddaughter. Do you think Gennai's referring to her?" Tai asked.
"It's possible. What's her name? And while we're at it, what are the names' of all your grandchildren?" Izzy questioned.
"Her name's Violet," Tai informed them.
"I've got a grandson called Steve and a granddaughter called Hannah," Matt said.
"I've got two grandsons, Nick and Mike. Wonder which one he's talking about?" Sora wondered.
"I've just got the one. He's called John," Izzy announced.
"And I have two granddaughters, Mary and Fiona," Joe finished.
"Well, now we've done everything he told us to do, I'll load the camera," Izzy declared. He reached for the mouse and double clicked on the file labelled `Digiworld camera`.
Instantly, everything on the screen began to swirl together. Izzy jumped to his feet in surprise, and the chair fell backwards onto Tai's foot. Tai promptly bit his lip to stop himself from uttering some very `colourful` language.
Then the display started to swirl back together, but the picture on the screen was completely different. There were trees and bushes and in the distance was a large mountain. Izzy seized the mouse and moved it forward. The camera started to zoom in on the mountain.
As it got closer, they began to see some kind of battle taking place on it. When it was only five metres away, they could see what was going on.
There were eight Digimon, all frozen in attacking positions. In front of them was a Digimon, Witchmon. And standing about a metre behind them was...
"Steve!"
"Violet!"
" Mary!"
"John!"
"Wait a second, didn't Gennai mention five digidestined?" Sora pointed out.
Tai replied, "Well, maybe one of your grandson's is on an errand?"
Sora raised a hand as if to slap him and he backed into Matt. Izzy glanced at the two of them, then turned back to trying to hook up the sound. Suddenly, a voice loud enough to wake the dead filled the room, "WITCH SPELL!!"
"Izzy, turn it down, or else your wife's going to hear!" Joe screamed.
His friend hastily turned the knob of his volume control. Then he looked back at the screen. Witchmon had just shot tiny pieces of gold dust at a crouching Tigermon. They lifted it into the air, then hurled it at the digidestined. Before it reached them, it started to glow and shrink and soon a boy collided with Steve and sent the two boys sprawling.
Sora leant forward, "Mike!"
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The younger group, however, was unaware of the watching adults. They watched as Witchmon changed all their Digimon back into Rookies. Violet knelt by the unconscious Pearlmon and gently shook her shoulder. When the Digimon didn't respond, Violet gathered her up into her arms and lifted her off the ground.
Witchmon smiled at the girl, and raised her wand once more, "Witch Spell!"
The gold dust floated out of the tip of the Digimon's weapon and shot towards Violet. She took one step backwards, but she couldn't escape them. They hit her and she fell heavily backwards, into the door that was set into the mountain.
Roarermon suddenly started muttering. Mary glanced at him, and he raised his voice, so she could hear him, "`The darkness will try to use weak spells to stop the magic.` It's in the prophecy! Violet must be the one it was talking about!"
Mary stared at the lion Digimon, and then her head spun round to look at Violet as more gold dust flung her against the wall again. All the others were looking too. Mike felt a type of rage he had never encountered before bubble up inside him.
He turned to Witchmon and seemed ready to pounce, but Steve grabbed his shoulder. Mike tried to shrug Steve's hand off, "Steve! I have to do something!"
"You're just letting your heart control you, instead of your head!" Steve shot back.
"And what's that supposed to mean?" Mike retorted.
"It means you may actually fancy someone, Mike! Have you never considered that?" Mike stopped struggling and looked at Steve, who smiled.
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"Tai, I think my grandson fancies your granddaughter!" Sora said. Tai blushed slightly.
Matt leant towards the computer, "Izzy, is there any way we can help them? Because I think that may be why Gennai asked you to phone us and no one else!"
Izzy rubbed his chin, "I guess it's possible. I hadn't thought of that."
"Wow, that's the first time you haven't thought of something!" Tai teased. "Shut up."
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Violet shrank against the cool, metal door as Witchmon raised her wand once more, undoubtedly for the kill. She buried her face in Pearlmon's warm skin, not wanting to see.
"Pearlmon," she whispered, "I'm so sorry. I tried to help you. But I'm just not strong enough."
Witchmon grin spread across her face as she began to yell, "Witch Sp." Violet face suddenly shot up and the digidestined (new and old) could see tears glistening on her face. Mike couldn't stop a thought of how beautiful they looked going through his mind.
Violet suddenly spoke, interrupting Witchmon, "Wait a second, you can't do that. You have to follow the prophecy, and it didn't say that I got killed!"
Witchmon's face contorted with rage, but she knew that the girl was right. Then she said, "Ah, but you'd be surprised what you can live through." She raised her wand again, and Violet could feel her tears running freely down her cheeks.
But then, back in the real world, the original digidestined's began to glow. Izzy was the first to notice and then, gradually, they all did. Tai brought his up to look at it, but as soon as it was level with the computer screen, it began to shake and rattle. Suddenly, it shot a pure white light straight at the picture. All the others did as well. Tai tried to hold on, but his seemed to explode with light and he fell backwards. Sora fell on top of him, then Joe, then Matt, and last of all, Izzy tumbled down, completing the sandwich.
Tai shook himself, then heaved, pulled, and finally managed to struggle out of the bottom. Of course, that made everyone else fall down. However, Tai didn't care, because he was staring at the screen. They all peeked over his shoulders and a gasp of wonder escaped them as well.
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Witchmon was about to yell her attack when a ball of light shot out of thin air and across the sky. Violet gasped, but then she frowned in puzzlement as the ball stopped. Then it grew brighter and brighter, then vanished. Seconds later, a very familiar object began form. Violet grinned, "It's the moon!"
Witchmon's face was a mask of shock and, most of all, fear. "No, it can't be," she whispered. Violet felt something swelling up in her, not pride, but something else. Then she realised. It was hope....
It was as though something else had taken over Violet's mouth. She found herself saying, "You see, if the moon's there, then you're finished, because there's no way you'll win! Why? Because we never give up!"
Her digivice started to glow. She stared down at it as it began to shake and emit the brightest light she'd ever seen. She covered her eyes, but then her hands started to glow as well. Mike took a step forward. He knew what was happening. She was digimorphing.
Witchmon seemed ready to scream. Her mouth was open, but no sound emerged. There was a silence, then it was broken, "Violet digimorph to Moondramon!"
The light faded, and in its place was a pure white dragon. It had a long tail that trailed behind it, before splitting in two, presenting a fountain effect. Its feet had three claws at the front and one more growing out of the back. Its hands had three claws that seemed to be easily capable of slicing you open. On its forehead was a full moon and another on each of the wings. There was a crescent moon on its arms as well.
John opened his laptop, "That's Moondramon. She's guardian of the moon, and a real tough lady. She uses her Crescent Moon attack to dispose of enemies, so don't mess with her!"
Witchmon and Moondramon glared at each other. Witchmon's face was contorted with a mixture of fear and rage. Moondramon's face was calm and only a flicker of anger crossed it.
Witchmon raised her wand, "Witch Spell!" The gold dust shot out at Moondramon.Or at least, where Moondramon had been. With one sweep of her huge wings, she'd lifted right off the ground.
She held her arms across each other in an X shape (kinda like the way ExVeemon does), and the moons on her shoulders began to glow, "Crescent Moon!" She split them apart like a Karate Chop (see previous note), and two crescent moons spun out at the wand in Witchmon's hand. It exploded into thousands of pieces, right in Witchmon's face.
Witchmon stared at her empty hand, then she looked back at Moondramon, one last expression of arrogance on her face, "It doesn't matter what you do, you can't make yourself destroy me, because of the woman I once was!"
In response, Moondramon let out a harsh call that made the hairs on the back of everyone's neck stand on end. It was a combination of a howl, a scream and a roar, and yet it was none of them. Whatever it was called, it made the digidestined's digivices start to glow and shoot out beams of light.
Each beam was a different colour. Steve's was gold, Mike's was bluey-green, Mary's was flesh-pink, and John's was purple. The four colours swirled together and into Moondramon's flapping wings. The Digimon began to glow white. It was so bright, the digidestined had to cover their eyes. Then they heard her voice, except it sounded just like that eerie call she'd emitted, "Moonlight!"
All the light shot out at Witchmon, who finally screamed the scream she'd been resisting ever since Violet digimorphed. There was a few seconds of intense light, then it faded. The digidestined uncovered their eyes and saw this scene.
An old woman they guessed was Kari was lying stretched out, near the edge of the mountain. Closer to them, Violet was lying face down. Also, all the Digimon seemed to have been recharged by the light.
Mike collapsed by Violet and was about to shake her shoulder when he noticed something. He peeled her T-shirt away from where it clung around her neck. There, almost hidden by her hair, was a picture of Moondramon's head, winking.
He finally shook her shoulder. Her head lifted slightly, her eyes open, and she saw Kari. She looked at Mike and smiled, "We won, Mike. We won."
WILL THE DIGIDESTINED RETURN HOME KNOW THAT WITCHMON HAS BEEN DEFEATED? OR WILL ANOTHER ENEMY REVEAL ITSELF? FIND OUT ON THE NEXT DIGIMON: DIGITAL MONSTERS!
Author's note: If I had to describe this episode in one word, it would have to be LONG! The problem that I had been planning this for ages, so I'd come up with no less than 3 ideas for it. Oh, and can anyone guess the couples I'm working into this? One of them is so obvious I might as well have whacked you over the head with a frying pan or something, but the other one's much more subtle. Anyone feel like guessing? Disclaimer: I'm doing these every couple episodes or so, so here's an update... I DON'T OWN Digimon, I NEVER WILL OWN Digimon, AND ANYONE WHO THINKS I OWN DIGIMON NEEDS THEIR HEAD CHECKED!!!!!!
Lady Moon
Witchmon paced back and forth over the shiny floor of her viewing room. She couldn't believe how far the digidestined had come. They were more resourceful than she'd anticipated.
However, as long as there was no moon, there was no way they could defeat her. She turned to the picture of the two boys, Steve and Mike. They had just reached a lake near Infinity Mountain, and were stopping for a rest.
The picture shimmered and changed into a projection of John and Mary riding Nightdamon. That Digimon had failed Witchmon miserably, and she didn't try to mask her anger.
Last of all, it became a picture of Violet, riding Roarermon along the beach. This digidestined was the one Witchmon was most interested in. The girl was dangerous. If she ever digimorphed, Witchmon was positive she would destroy her.
The Digimon turned away from the hologram as a Wizardmon dragged her Gatomon into the room. Witchmon gestured for the Wizardmon to leave then smiled at the trembling Gatomon. The evil Digimon put her hands together in a circle. A ball of black fire formed in the space between her hands.
The Digimon drew her hands away, leaving the black ball hovering in the air, and then she pushed it towards the trembling Gatomon. As soon as it hit the Digimon, she fell to floor. After a few seconds, she got up again. Witchmon looked at the Gatomon, and smiled.
"Gatomon, will you help me destroy the digidestined?"
The Digimon looked at Witchmon with blazing black eyes, "Yes, mistress. I will."
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Nightdamon saw the boys before Steve and Mike saw him, "Look, you two. They're part of your group, aren't they?"
John looked and nodded. Nightdamon swooped towards the two boys. They looked up about a minute before Nightdamon landed, and they both jumped up in surprise. Then they noticed John and Mary on the Digimon's back (Mary had both hands firmly over her eyes) and relaxed.
A few minutes later, they were all together. Garurumon had come along with Steve and Mike, and they hurriedly explained where they'd met him.
John and Mary explained why Nightdamon was with them, then Mary asked, "Have you seen Violet anywhere?"
Both boys shook their heads. Suddenly they heard a familiar voice shouting, "Hey, guys! I'm over here!"
They all turned round and stared as Violet rode up to them on Roarermon's back. Pearlmon got off first and then Violet did as well, thanking Roarermon for the ride.
Later, they were all sitting in a circle, telling each other what had happened on their various parts of land. Steve and Mike went first. When Mike told them about becoming Tigermon, Violet (who had been squatting) fell backwards onto her bottom. Mary looked at her, and Steve finished the rest of the story.
John and Mary went next. When they got to the bit about the crests on their digivices, Mary showed hers to show them. Everyone immediately had a look at his or hers. Steve had gold Leadership and blue Friendship, Mike had bluey-green Protection and red Love, and Violet had reddy-brown Inspiration and orange Courage.
When they had finished, Violet began hers, starting with the realisation that there was no moon. As soon as she mentioned Witchmon's true identity, everyone sat up in surprise. Then she went on to fighting Roarermon and then the prophecies.
Pearlmon said hers first, then Roarermon, and then Violet. Then, reddening slightly, she mentioned the fact that she'd seen a picture of some kind of dragon in her dream. Steve looked as if he was about to laugh at that, but he stopped it just in time.
When Violet had finished, Mary said, "Well, what can we gather from all this, then?"
Violet raised her hand, as if she was in class, "Mike is very special 'cos he changed into a tiger Digimon thing?"
"My, aren't you clever." Steve muttered. Suddenly, his tummy gave a rumble and he chuckled, embarrassed. "Well, I think we'd best find some food and somewhere to sleep, right? We'll worry about Witchmon later."
They all laughed. It lightened the atmosphere, but Mary kept glancing at Infinity Mountain. She knew that she wouldn't forget about Witchmon in a hurry.
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After a meal, everyone was ready to go to bed. Everyone, that is, except Violet. V kept trying to talk to her, but Violet couldn't hear her properly. As soon as everyone had gone to sleep, she knelt by the lake to talk.
~ "Violet, I know you've worked it out, but there's one thing you don't know, and need to." ~
"What else do I need to know? Apparently, I'm the one that has to kill Witchmon, but I don't think I can just use some Karate chops and that's it, she's back to Kari. Besides, I can't exactly ring the original digidestined and say `could you please make a moon appear? `"
~ "Violet, have you ever heard of destiny?" ~
"Yeah, but if you ask me, it makes people sound like clockwork toys, wound up and let go."
~ "Whatever you think of it, that is what moves the world. You'll have to just hope that destiny is in your favour." ~
"That is so poetic."
~ "Thank you." ~
Suddenly, there was a yelp of surprise from the sleeping children. Violet spun round and saw Steve sitting up straight. Next to him was a cringing Gatomon, with her eyes closed.
"Gatomon? Why are your eyes closed?" Mike asked, sitting up.
"I got captured by Witchmon, but I managed to escape. However, she changed my eye colour to black, so I had to tell you before you saw my eyes. If you'd seen before I told you, you may have thought I was one of her slaves." The Digimon explained.
Firepentmon said, "Well, you can open them now."
She did. Her eyes were pitch black. They all jerked when they saw them. However, no one attacked, and she smiled sheepishly.
Suddenly, Violet had a thought. She wasn't sure if it was hers or V's, but whoever's it was, they both heard it, 'Wouldn't one of Witchmon's slaves say the same thing, for cover?'
The girl got to her feet. They all looked at her, and she explained, "If we're fighting Witchmon soon, then we have to be ready. I'm just going to practise some martial art moves."
They nodded, soothed, and Violet took a few steps away from them. She was still for a few seconds, then she launched into a flurry of Karate, Judo and kickboxing moves. The group stared at her. They'd never seen anyone do moves that fast before. Then they all jumped to their feet as a particularly strong seismic kick caught Gatomon in the back.
"Violet, are you insane?" Steve yelled. Violet stopped. She'd never heard Steve sound that angry before. Then, to the rest of the digidestined's surprise, she grinned and gestured towards Gatomon.
A black ball had just burst out of her back. It flew into the air and disappeared. The group looked at Violet, who winked. She'd guessed that that would happen.
"You know, Witchmon isn't going to be happy about that. I think we should try attacking her now. It does mean we won't have to deal with any more of her slaves," Violet suggested.
"Jeez, you like rushing into things, don't you?" Mike commented. Violet gave him her see-into-your-soul-look and he immediately shut up.
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About an hour, maybe two, later, the group had reached the door that Violet had knocked on when Mike had disappeared. John sighed, then asked, "Well, now what do we do?"
Everyone glared at him. They all knew that no one had planned this far ahead. Steve was about to remind John of this, when a voice behind them said, "Well, digidestined, are you ready for the final showdown?"
They spun round. There, hovering in mid-air, was their favourite Digimon, Witchmon, grinning like a Cheshire Cat.
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Koushiro `Izzy` Izumi collapsed in a chair and switched on his computer. His English wife, Isabel, leant into the room and said, "Please, Izzy, just check for e-mails this time? Don't start visiting every Digimon fansite to see what they say about you."
Izzy nodded, and she left. When his computer had connected to the Internet, he clicked on the e-mail icon, then on `Send and Receive`.
There was only one, from someone called Gennai.bald@digi.com. Izzy stared at the address. He hadn't heard from Gennai for ages. He quickly opened the e-mail. It said:
`Izzy,
There's trouble in the Digiworld. You have to call Tai, Matt, Sora and Joe and tell them to go to your house with their digivices. Send me an e-mail as soon as you've done this. And don't try going, because five new digidestined are in charge now.
Your old friend,
Gennai`
Izzy rubbed his eyes, then looked back. The words were still there. He sighed, logged off and reached for the phone.
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The whole group of new digidestined tensed, ready to fight. Witchmon laughed and said, "Well, what are you waiting for?" Each child held up their digivice at their Digimon. The evil Digimon raised an eyebrow, "Also, I wouldn't say no to seeing Mike digimorph."
The group glanced at Mike, who reddened slightly, but stayed in the same position. He nodded, "OK, then. I will." The digivices started to glow.
"Snowmon digivolve to Icemon!"
"Firepentmon digivolve to Serpentmon!"
"Pearlmon digivolve to Flakemon!"
"Jewelmon digivolve to Diamondmon!"
"Fledglingmon digivolve to Mythicmon! Mythicmon digivolve to Phoenixomon!"
"Mike digimorph to Tigermon!"
The six Digimon, plus Roarermon and Nightdamon leapt at Witchmon, who smiled. She raised her wand, "Witch Spell!"
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"Let me get this straight, Izzy. You got an e-mail from Gennai, which told that the Digiworld is in trouble, but only to phone four of us?"
"That's exactly what I mean, Tai," Izzy replied. The five digidestined were all huddled around Izzy's computer, waiting for a response to his message.
Two minutes later, Izzy clicked on the Send and Receive icon again. The computer said, "You have one new piece of mail."
Izzy opened the message. It read:
`Izzy,
Open the file attached to this e-mail. It contains a special camera, which will show you what is happening in the Digiworld. However, before you open it, you should know a few things.
First, there are actually five digidestined, but you will only see four. You'll understand why soon.
Second, I would advise you to remember what happened a long time ago (I'm talking about when you were about 20), to a certain relation of Tai's.
Last of all, you would be recommended to remember your grandchildren. In particular, Tai, remember your granddaughter, Matt, remember your grandson, Sora, remember your grandson, Izzy, remember your grandson and Joe, remember your granddaughter. You'll understand soon.
Your friend,
Gennai
"Well, at least he hasn't stopped being confusing," Sora pointed out. Izzy leant back in his chair, trying to figure it out.
"`A relation of Tai's`? Is he talking about Kari?" He wondered. Matt raised an eyebrow.
"Why on earth would we need to remember her turning into Witchmon? Unless." The man paused.
"Do you think he means Witchmon is the one the digidestined are fighting? I wouldn't think they're doing well," Joe said, taking the pessimistic point of view.
Izzy frowned, "Why do we need to remember our grandchildren?"
"Well, I've only got one granddaughter. Do you think Gennai's referring to her?" Tai asked.
"It's possible. What's her name? And while we're at it, what are the names' of all your grandchildren?" Izzy questioned.
"Her name's Violet," Tai informed them.
"I've got a grandson called Steve and a granddaughter called Hannah," Matt said.
"I've got two grandsons, Nick and Mike. Wonder which one he's talking about?" Sora wondered.
"I've just got the one. He's called John," Izzy announced.
"And I have two granddaughters, Mary and Fiona," Joe finished.
"Well, now we've done everything he told us to do, I'll load the camera," Izzy declared. He reached for the mouse and double clicked on the file labelled `Digiworld camera`.
Instantly, everything on the screen began to swirl together. Izzy jumped to his feet in surprise, and the chair fell backwards onto Tai's foot. Tai promptly bit his lip to stop himself from uttering some very `colourful` language.
Then the display started to swirl back together, but the picture on the screen was completely different. There were trees and bushes and in the distance was a large mountain. Izzy seized the mouse and moved it forward. The camera started to zoom in on the mountain.
As it got closer, they began to see some kind of battle taking place on it. When it was only five metres away, they could see what was going on.
There were eight Digimon, all frozen in attacking positions. In front of them was a Digimon, Witchmon. And standing about a metre behind them was...
"Steve!"
"Violet!"
" Mary!"
"John!"
"Wait a second, didn't Gennai mention five digidestined?" Sora pointed out.
Tai replied, "Well, maybe one of your grandson's is on an errand?"
Sora raised a hand as if to slap him and he backed into Matt. Izzy glanced at the two of them, then turned back to trying to hook up the sound. Suddenly, a voice loud enough to wake the dead filled the room, "WITCH SPELL!!"
"Izzy, turn it down, or else your wife's going to hear!" Joe screamed.
His friend hastily turned the knob of his volume control. Then he looked back at the screen. Witchmon had just shot tiny pieces of gold dust at a crouching Tigermon. They lifted it into the air, then hurled it at the digidestined. Before it reached them, it started to glow and shrink and soon a boy collided with Steve and sent the two boys sprawling.
Sora leant forward, "Mike!"
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The younger group, however, was unaware of the watching adults. They watched as Witchmon changed all their Digimon back into Rookies. Violet knelt by the unconscious Pearlmon and gently shook her shoulder. When the Digimon didn't respond, Violet gathered her up into her arms and lifted her off the ground.
Witchmon smiled at the girl, and raised her wand once more, "Witch Spell!"
The gold dust floated out of the tip of the Digimon's weapon and shot towards Violet. She took one step backwards, but she couldn't escape them. They hit her and she fell heavily backwards, into the door that was set into the mountain.
Roarermon suddenly started muttering. Mary glanced at him, and he raised his voice, so she could hear him, "`The darkness will try to use weak spells to stop the magic.` It's in the prophecy! Violet must be the one it was talking about!"
Mary stared at the lion Digimon, and then her head spun round to look at Violet as more gold dust flung her against the wall again. All the others were looking too. Mike felt a type of rage he had never encountered before bubble up inside him.
He turned to Witchmon and seemed ready to pounce, but Steve grabbed his shoulder. Mike tried to shrug Steve's hand off, "Steve! I have to do something!"
"You're just letting your heart control you, instead of your head!" Steve shot back.
"And what's that supposed to mean?" Mike retorted.
"It means you may actually fancy someone, Mike! Have you never considered that?" Mike stopped struggling and looked at Steve, who smiled.
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"Tai, I think my grandson fancies your granddaughter!" Sora said. Tai blushed slightly.
Matt leant towards the computer, "Izzy, is there any way we can help them? Because I think that may be why Gennai asked you to phone us and no one else!"
Izzy rubbed his chin, "I guess it's possible. I hadn't thought of that."
"Wow, that's the first time you haven't thought of something!" Tai teased. "Shut up."
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Violet shrank against the cool, metal door as Witchmon raised her wand once more, undoubtedly for the kill. She buried her face in Pearlmon's warm skin, not wanting to see.
"Pearlmon," she whispered, "I'm so sorry. I tried to help you. But I'm just not strong enough."
Witchmon grin spread across her face as she began to yell, "Witch Sp." Violet face suddenly shot up and the digidestined (new and old) could see tears glistening on her face. Mike couldn't stop a thought of how beautiful they looked going through his mind.
Violet suddenly spoke, interrupting Witchmon, "Wait a second, you can't do that. You have to follow the prophecy, and it didn't say that I got killed!"
Witchmon's face contorted with rage, but she knew that the girl was right. Then she said, "Ah, but you'd be surprised what you can live through." She raised her wand again, and Violet could feel her tears running freely down her cheeks.
But then, back in the real world, the original digidestined's began to glow. Izzy was the first to notice and then, gradually, they all did. Tai brought his up to look at it, but as soon as it was level with the computer screen, it began to shake and rattle. Suddenly, it shot a pure white light straight at the picture. All the others did as well. Tai tried to hold on, but his seemed to explode with light and he fell backwards. Sora fell on top of him, then Joe, then Matt, and last of all, Izzy tumbled down, completing the sandwich.
Tai shook himself, then heaved, pulled, and finally managed to struggle out of the bottom. Of course, that made everyone else fall down. However, Tai didn't care, because he was staring at the screen. They all peeked over his shoulders and a gasp of wonder escaped them as well.
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Witchmon was about to yell her attack when a ball of light shot out of thin air and across the sky. Violet gasped, but then she frowned in puzzlement as the ball stopped. Then it grew brighter and brighter, then vanished. Seconds later, a very familiar object began form. Violet grinned, "It's the moon!"
Witchmon's face was a mask of shock and, most of all, fear. "No, it can't be," she whispered. Violet felt something swelling up in her, not pride, but something else. Then she realised. It was hope....
It was as though something else had taken over Violet's mouth. She found herself saying, "You see, if the moon's there, then you're finished, because there's no way you'll win! Why? Because we never give up!"
Her digivice started to glow. She stared down at it as it began to shake and emit the brightest light she'd ever seen. She covered her eyes, but then her hands started to glow as well. Mike took a step forward. He knew what was happening. She was digimorphing.
Witchmon seemed ready to scream. Her mouth was open, but no sound emerged. There was a silence, then it was broken, "Violet digimorph to Moondramon!"
The light faded, and in its place was a pure white dragon. It had a long tail that trailed behind it, before splitting in two, presenting a fountain effect. Its feet had three claws at the front and one more growing out of the back. Its hands had three claws that seemed to be easily capable of slicing you open. On its forehead was a full moon and another on each of the wings. There was a crescent moon on its arms as well.
John opened his laptop, "That's Moondramon. She's guardian of the moon, and a real tough lady. She uses her Crescent Moon attack to dispose of enemies, so don't mess with her!"
Witchmon and Moondramon glared at each other. Witchmon's face was contorted with a mixture of fear and rage. Moondramon's face was calm and only a flicker of anger crossed it.
Witchmon raised her wand, "Witch Spell!" The gold dust shot out at Moondramon.Or at least, where Moondramon had been. With one sweep of her huge wings, she'd lifted right off the ground.
She held her arms across each other in an X shape (kinda like the way ExVeemon does), and the moons on her shoulders began to glow, "Crescent Moon!" She split them apart like a Karate Chop (see previous note), and two crescent moons spun out at the wand in Witchmon's hand. It exploded into thousands of pieces, right in Witchmon's face.
Witchmon stared at her empty hand, then she looked back at Moondramon, one last expression of arrogance on her face, "It doesn't matter what you do, you can't make yourself destroy me, because of the woman I once was!"
In response, Moondramon let out a harsh call that made the hairs on the back of everyone's neck stand on end. It was a combination of a howl, a scream and a roar, and yet it was none of them. Whatever it was called, it made the digidestined's digivices start to glow and shoot out beams of light.
Each beam was a different colour. Steve's was gold, Mike's was bluey-green, Mary's was flesh-pink, and John's was purple. The four colours swirled together and into Moondramon's flapping wings. The Digimon began to glow white. It was so bright, the digidestined had to cover their eyes. Then they heard her voice, except it sounded just like that eerie call she'd emitted, "Moonlight!"
All the light shot out at Witchmon, who finally screamed the scream she'd been resisting ever since Violet digimorphed. There was a few seconds of intense light, then it faded. The digidestined uncovered their eyes and saw this scene.
An old woman they guessed was Kari was lying stretched out, near the edge of the mountain. Closer to them, Violet was lying face down. Also, all the Digimon seemed to have been recharged by the light.
Mike collapsed by Violet and was about to shake her shoulder when he noticed something. He peeled her T-shirt away from where it clung around her neck. There, almost hidden by her hair, was a picture of Moondramon's head, winking.
He finally shook her shoulder. Her head lifted slightly, her eyes open, and she saw Kari. She looked at Mike and smiled, "We won, Mike. We won."
WILL THE DIGIDESTINED RETURN HOME KNOW THAT WITCHMON HAS BEEN DEFEATED? OR WILL ANOTHER ENEMY REVEAL ITSELF? FIND OUT ON THE NEXT DIGIMON: DIGITAL MONSTERS!
Author's note: If I had to describe this episode in one word, it would have to be LONG! The problem that I had been planning this for ages, so I'd come up with no less than 3 ideas for it. Oh, and can anyone guess the couples I'm working into this? One of them is so obvious I might as well have whacked you over the head with a frying pan or something, but the other one's much more subtle. Anyone feel like guessing? Disclaimer: I'm doing these every couple episodes or so, so here's an update... I DON'T OWN Digimon, I NEVER WILL OWN Digimon, AND ANYONE WHO THINKS I OWN DIGIMON NEEDS THEIR HEAD CHECKED!!!!!!
Lady Moon