The Truth
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon or Kate Elliot's novel The Crown of Stars.
Taichi's headache had gotten worse from the all-out run he had done to escape that woman and flopped down on the couch. But what the woman had said was still dancing in his mind, taunting him. He covered his eyes with a hand and attempted to think of something else but the questions kept popping back up in his head. 'Could she be right? Should I ask? Do I want to know the truth? Can I stand not knowing?' The questions wouldn't leave him alone and so he steeled himself to be ready for when his mom got home. Unfortunately that came sooner then he had hoped.
"Taichi? Is that you? I thought you were out with your friends," his mom said as she walked over to where Taichi was laying.
"Um... I got a headache so I came back," Taichi mumbled preparing to ask his mom.
"Let me take your temperature," Mrs. Yagami said not even giving Taichi a chance to speak. After taking a terrible temperature of 102° Taichi found himself ushered into his room after taking some disgusting medicine.
"Mom," Taichi murmured holding his breath in anticipation.
"What is it dear?" Mrs. Yagami asked.
"I met this weird woman in the park and she said something strange," Taichi said watching his mother for a reaction.
"And what was it that she said?" Mrs. Yagami said barely paying attention.
"She said you weren't my real parents, silly isn't?" Taichi said laughing. But suddenly he stopped as he heard his mom drop the spoon she had been stirring supper with. "Mom?" Taichi asked his breath catching in his throat.
"H... How could she know..." Mrs. Yagami muttered trembling.
"Mom? Don't tell me... It's true isn't it? Isn't it?!" Taichi cried.
"Yes, it's true, we found you lying in the park, you were less then a day old, perhaps your parents could not afford to have a child but we took you home and raised you," Mrs. Yagami said finally telling Taichi. Taichi sat there in dumb silence as he watched his mom nervously return to what she had been doing. His head had begun pounding again so he lay his head back down and closed his eyes grateful for a relief of this drama in sleep. He slept straight through dinner and when he finally woke up the next morning it was already 11:00 and hot. There were two notes on the frig, one saying that Kari and the other digidestined had gone to the movies, the other saying that his mother had gone to the store. After reading the two notes Taichi quickly changed his clothes, put on his shoes, and hurried to the park.
"I've been waiting for you," a voice said behind him and he whirled around to see the same woman he had seen yesterday.
"Just who are you? And how do you know so much about me?" Taichi asked his voice raising to a shout.
"I am Anna, I am a sorceress from another world," Anna said quite bluntly and Taichi started. "As to how I know so much about you, well although you are not my child you are my husband's child," Anna said.
"Who was he?" Taichi said suddenly as a longing grabbed, "and if it wasn't you, then who was my mother?"
"I cannot tell you anything just yet, but we will meet again, oh, and I must warn you, beware of the Demons that are coming here," she said with a wicked grin leaving Tai alone in the center of the park more confused then he had been before.