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MLM: This is the second chapter!
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Ages:
Matt: 15 years old -------- The oldest Kouji: 15 years old -------- The second oldest Davis: 15years old --------- The third oldest Ayumi: 14 years old ------- The fourth youngest/oldest Orion: 14 years old ------- The third youngest TK: 14 years old -------- The second youngest Kari: 14 years old -------- The youngest
Outfits:
Matt: Green tunic, jeans Kouji: Beige tunic, jeans Davis: Red tunic, jeans Ayumi: Sky blue servants' wear (cotton dress, ¾ inch sleeve blue cotton shirt) Orion: Lavender servants' wear (cotton dress, ¾ inch sleeve lavender cotton shirt) TK: Orange tunic, jeans Kari: Pink servants' wear (cotton dress, ¾ inch sleeve pink cotton shirt) Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
NOTE: All the girls (yes, even Kari) have really long hair; I don't think girls in medieval times cut their hair......... And even if they did, it's our story, so poo! . TK is still Matt's brother, just in case you were wondering. Also, certified professionals have preformed the dangerous stunts (like appearing out of portals in chamber pots). No human or Digimon has been hurt in the making of this chapter. Thank you for your attention.
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"I can't believe it; one day before Christmas and we get stuck out in the cold SNOW to scrub chamber pots. This is absolutely outrageous! I'm freezing," Ayumi muttered as she scrubbed the gold-plated chamber pot with a wire brush. Around her, Matt, Kouji, Davis, TK, Orion, and Kari all grunted in agreement, for they had not been given jackets, cloaks, or anything else that would keep them warm except their usual clothes.
"We still have to prepare to cook for the festival Boris is going to hold tomorrow. We are going to be so behind schedule. Why does the good-for- nothing 'king' do his own cooking?" Kari sighed at the impossible idea.
"Why don't you three go cook? We'll finish," TK suggested.
"THANKS, guys!" the three girls chirped, each hugging TK happily. TK blushed.
"Uh......... I'll go help them cook........ You won't need me. BYE!" Davis said hurriedly. Matt grabbed Davis by the hair and pulled him back. "No way are you abandoning us. Besides, the last time you tried to cook, you set the pot on fire," Matt said hiding a small smile. The girls giggled. Davis' eyes suddenly widened. "Uh, guys? Is there such a thing as glowing chamber pots?" The seven teens looked toward the seven chamber pots they had been scrubbing in the snow. They all glowed different colors: red, orange, green, blue, lavender, black, and pink.
"Duck!" Matt suddenly yelled, and they could see why: the chamber pots were shaking violently, looking as if they would blow. They all fell to the ground, covering their heads, but the loud explosion that was expected never came. Instead, the shaking noises fell silent and voices inside the glowing toilets were heard.
"AH! It looks like we came to Earth at night- boy is it dark! And smelly too......... PU!" It came from the orange chamber pot.
"Patomon, we're in a toilet!" said the green chamber pot.
"Let's get out of here!" said the red one. At that moment, animals popped out of each chamber pot as if propelled by an invisible force inside. Matt, Kouji, Davis, TK, Kari, Orion, and Ayumi instinctively stood up and huddled in a group around the girls. The seven flying animals landed before the group all at once.
"HELLO!" a orange and apricot colored mouse-like animal with wings as ears chirped happily. "I see my digidestined!" Excited "me too's" were heard among the group of strange animals.
"What are you?" Kouji demanded finally. The animals looked on the verge of laughing at Kouji's question, which was not making Kouji feel any better.
"We are Digimon, sent to help you save the planet called Earth. You are the digidestined, the seven destined to save the world- or fail," this time a rather dark looking "Digimon" spoke.
"I think Kouji's question was are you of any harm to us?" Ayumi said bravely, or at least trying to be brave. The Digimon exchanged glances quickly as if silently alarmed.
"Ayumi, we mean absolutely no harm- we were sent here by the ultimate power of the universe to help. Don't worry, child," a light blue Digimon that had navy markings like a tiger (and looked rather like a tiger on its four paw) said comfortingly.
"How did you know who I was?" Ayumi choke out, frightened. The Digimon exchanged another alarmed glance.
"We know who all of you are," the Digimon said finally all together. Orion stepped forward hesitantly. She gulped as she felt all eyes shift to her.
"W-w-why don't y-you all come into the s-s-stable. It's c-c-cold out here after all," she suggested timidly. The light purple dog-like Digimon smiled broadly at her (A/N: Just think of......... Uh.......... A lavender colored Wolfmon......... o.O)
"You're my digidestined, Orion! It's nice to meet you!" it said warmly, bounding for Orion who looked petrified. The lavender dog Digimon leapt on Orion, licking her face for all she was worth.
"Denmon! You're scaring them," the orange one (Patomon, was it?) said. Denmon sheepishly stopped licking her digidestined face and nudged Orion up with her snout.
"Sorry, Orion," the wolf said, still sheepish. "Let's go inside. Do you have anything to eat? I'm starved!" Denmon then ran off toward the stable, not giving anyone any time to say anything.
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"So, let me get this straight," TK said when they were all in the stable around a fire with a nice bowl of porridge in front of each of them, "you are here to help us save our world from some Digimon and person named Malicioumon and Boris? You can change forms for short periods of time until we grow up- figuratively speaking, of course. How do you know all of this?"
Patomon, who was now identified as TK's Digimon replied, "Digimon are born with knowledge- knowledge of what they are, digidestined Digimon, for example. We aren't all knowing, no, but we know some things." "If this is all true, how are we going to save the world? We can't even escape from slave hood. We have these," Matt gestured to a thick iron choker around his neck under his turtleneck and the necks of his six friends, "and we can't take them off. They are cast iron and Boris, our "master", has dark magic over them. We'll die before we can take them off without his approval." "That's were Wolfmon comes in," Gabumon, Matt's Digimon, smiled knowingly at the puzzled look on the teens' faces. "Apart from being Kouji's Digimon, Wolfmon is a rather accomplished metalworker." Wolfmon just grunted. "Why don't you just tell us who's whose Digimon to save us the terrible trouble of using our brains," Davis said bluntly, yawning. "Davis! He's my digidestined! I'm Veemon!" the bright blue Digimon said happily. "Oh, boy, like Digimon, like digidestined, after all," Patomon said. He flew up in front of TK's face and smiled. "Hi TK!" TK smiled back. "Wolfmon is Kouji's Digimon. Gabumon is Matt's. Veemon is Davis' Digimon, as he kindly informed us. Patomon is TK's Digimon. Denmon, obviously, is Orion's Digimon. Purrmon (the blue tiger) is Ayumi's. And I, Gatomon, am Kari's forever faithful Digimon." At that moment, there was a knock at the stable door. "Guards, open up!" Everyone stood up quickly. "You, Digimon, go and hide!" Orion hissed urgently. The Digimon exchanged a look like before, and in an instant each turned into a different colored spider and scattered. Matt, making sure that all of the Digimon were out of sight, opened the barn door to find two of Boris' guards, standing there in all their brute strength and stupidity. "We need her and her to come with us," the guard on the left said, pointing to Ayumi and Kari. No one in the stable moved for a moment. "Why?" Matt asked between clenched teeth, though he already knew the answer. "Boris' orders." "WAIT!" Orion said quickly as Kari and Ayumi stepped forward. "They still have to......... uh......... drink their tonic! Yes, that's it! Come on, you two. We'll be right back." Orion quickly led Kari and Ayumi into the kitchen that was attached to the stable, where they all slept in the loft. Orion, making sure that the door was shut, turned to Kari and Ayumi. She pulled two pouches out of her apron pocket and handed one to each girl. "It's sleeping powder. It's made from Tillex roots. He won't remember anything. Be careful, though, he might have magical defenses against things like this. Use it wisely." "Thanks," Kari and Ayumi said in unison. The three girls left the kitchen. "Let's go," said one of the guards impatiently. After watching until the four people were out of sight, the five people left stepped back into the stable with an air of despair, closing the door behind them. "What was that about?" Veemon asked, turning back to a bright blue- uh, thingy. "You don't want to know what Boris does to girls like them, believe me," Matt said between clenched teeth. "What I don't understand, though, is why he only took those two and not Orion." Orion frowned. "They emptied the chamber pot in his bed yesterday, they told me. He's probably going to "punish" them," Orion bit her lip. "I hope the sleeping powder works." "But- no! I tried putting sleeping powder in his food before. It didn't work AND I got a whipping," Davis said in horror. "He'll know you gave it to them, he has his ways, you know that. Why did you go and try to save them?" "Well excuse me for trying to save them from being-" Orion stopped herself abruptly. "From being what?" Davis asked, his eyes narrowing. "Insensitive jerk," Orion stormed from the stable in a huff. "What's her problem?" Davis asked, annoyed at the outburst. Veemon looked at Davis for a minute.
"I'd say she's mad at you," he replied.
"Well, thank you Mr. Obvious!" "Are they in any danger?" Gatomon asked worriedly. "No," TK said halfheartedly, "he'll just try to make them obey him. He won't kill them- we're his only servants that he doesn't pay. He won't kill them. He's a perverted bastard, though." No one seemed to disagree. "I'll go find her," Matt said, breaking the silence and going after Orion. "Ayumi......... I hope you'll be alright. You too, Kari," Kouji whispered as he watched Matt disappear from view. "I don't know what any of us would do without you two."
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"Calm down," Matt soothed..........soothingly. "You know that they'll be fine. They always are, aren't they? Besides, now we have new hope of escaping this prison." Orion glared at him from in the tree, her thinking spot. What boggled Matt was how she got up there- the branch she was sitting on was at least fifteen feet off the ground, and the ground was covered in white snow.
"I hate him," Orion growled, leaving back against the ancient trunk of the beautiful weeping willow, watching the small pond.
"We all hate Boris, Orion," Matt replied, bemused at the thought of someone not hating Boris. At the dark look on his friend's face, however, she wasn't very satisfied with his answer.
"I wasn't talking about Boris. I was talking about that good-for- nothing goofball, Davis," Orion looked at Matt, judging his face very carefully to see what he thought.
"Hate Davis? Why?
"I'll tell you why! If he already doesn't tease, harass, and play pranks on me enough, he has to go and make me feel so stupid. I didn't know, alright. I didn't know that the sleeping powder wouldn't work, I didn't know that Ayumi and Kari would take my advice and actually dump Boris' chamber pot in his bed!" Orion broke her gaze from Matt's face. The silence in the air was deafening.
"Well......... First tell me how to get up there. I don't like talking to the bottom of a branch," Matt looked around again, hoping to find the answer. Orion just pointed to a bunch of weeping willow stem-leaf thingies, all tied to a branch above him. "And how am I supposed to get that down?" Matt asked impatiently. Orion pointed to a rather long and thin stick. Matt mentally slapped his forehead, DUH. Within thirty seconds, Matt had gotten the clump of stems down and pulled himself onto the same branch as Orion was on.
"What?" Orion asked bluntly.
"Orion, you know you're like a little sister to us all, and being a big brother, I've got to side with Davis." Orion made a little "hmph" noise and turned away from him. "But what's this about telling Ayumi and Kari to dump the chamber pot contents in Boris' bed?"
Orion sighed, "I was being sarcastic. Ayumi was complaining about toilet duty and I sort of sarcastically told her to dump it in his bed." Matt smiled at the tough of Boris getting a butt full of.........
"Let's get back. I know we're both freezing. It's no use catching a cold, now is it? And you still have to cook Christmas dinner tomorrow," Matt smiled in sympathy as Orion got a look of horror on her face. He marveled at how different she looked from her sister, Ayumi. For one thing, Ayumi had dark brown wavy hair and green eyes. How Orion got straight black hair tinted with dark brown along with brown eyes was a mystery. The thing was, none of the seven friends knew their last names, which was incredibly unusual, considering the fact that they were the only ones in their village who didn't know their own last names. But there was a lot of weird stuff going on so this didn't bother any of the teens, especially not now, when they saw new hope of escaping from the prison of darkness to set out on a epic and legendary quest.
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"Digimon," Patomon explained as Matt and Orion walked in the room, "have a connection to their Digidestined. If Digimon is hurt, Digidestined will know. If Digidestined is hurt, Digimon will know. And since we, Digimon and Digidestined, share the same soul, if the human dies, the Digimon dies as well."
TK and Davis both stood up abruptly, both demanding, "Kari is hurt?" They gave each other a death glare.
"It seems so, doesn't it? I knew we should've had them merge," Gatomon bit her lip, worried. "Merging means that Digimon and Digidestined become one," Gatomon quickly explained.
"We can become one?" Kouji asked his brow furrowed. The Digimon all simultaneously nodded.
"Both of us are still there. We can take on any appearance we choose, the form of the Digimon or the form of the human. The human has the final say in what form is taken and if the two stay merged and for how long. In fact, the form taken it can be anything in between Digimon and human. It also means that we share powers when we are merged, though it takes a lot out of both the human and Digimon to use powers because......... well, just because. But when we merge, new powers can be discovered. It's also a good hiding place," Gabumon said the last sentence sheepishly.
"Then why didn't you guys just merge with us when we told you to hide?" Davis asked suspiciously.
"Well, you didn't ask," Veemon replied sheepishly, "otherwise, we would have."
Gatomon let off a soft groan. "Veemon, your jokes are older than you are."
"I can't take this anymore! I'm going to beat the crap out of that so- called king!" Kouji hissed angrily, trying to storm out of the stable. Matt, TK, and Davis all tried to hold him back. "Let me go!" Kouji said, punching poor Davis in the nose. Davis doubled over, holding his nose while Kouji's eyes widened, as if suddenly realizing what he did. "Davis......... Are you all right?"
"I'll go get some herbs to stop the bleeding. I'll get some stuff for Kari and Ayumi, for when they get back," Orion said quickly before disappearing into the kitchen.
"I'm- I'm sorry," Kouji said awkwardly as Davis, his nose bleeding an immense amount, sat down on a log around the fire in the stable. He forced a smile.
"Kouji, stay calm. You know they be fine, don't go looking for trouble," TK said reasonably. No one said anything for a while and the only noise that was heard was the occasional grunting of a horse.
Orion hustled quickly into the room, arms full of dried plants. "Davis, take this purple Justina flower," Orion handed Davis a quite nasty looking (and smelling) flower, "and stuff it in your nose- it'll stop the bleeding." Davis balked as he put the plant in his nose. "Lay down, Davis," Orion ordered. Davis grunted grudgingly but lay down on the floor which (being a barn/stable thingy) was covered in straw.
"How long does this plant have to stay?" Davis whined. Orion smirked.
"I could've given you crushed Brinna stems which smell and look much better, but I'm still mad at you." Davis smiled good-naturedly at his friend who gave a little giggle. "Anyway, Gatomon, Purrmon, here," she handed the two Digimon each a green leaf, "put it in your mouth- it should numb the pain somewhat." Gatomon shook her head.
"It won't help. Though we know when the other feels pain, we cannot stop it. We don't taste the same things. Not all of our feelings are the same. I cannot feel Ayumi's pain, I can only know it is there," Purrmon said softly, pushing the green leaf back at Orion.
"Why don't you merge with them?" Gabumon said suddenly. With a flash of light and a slight nod from Gatomon and Purrmon (A/N: Okay, I forgot to tell you what Purrmon looks like- just think of Gatomon, only blue with navy strips and without the yellow gloves- white gloves!), they disappeared.
"I think," Wolfmon, who had been silent for a while, said, "that we should all merge right now, just in case someone comes and sees us." A nod of agreement swept through the Digimon in the room and, without any consent or refusal from the humans in the room, the Digimon all disappeared in a different flash of light- but they were still there. Matt, TK, Kouji, Davis, and Orion knew their Digimon was their- they could feel it in them.
"I feel......... Weird........." Davis said. "Stronger. And smarter." Orion gave him a skeptical look. "Okay, maybe not that much smarter," Davis said sheepishly.
"I have to go cook for the festival tomorrow," Orion suddenly said, rushing, again, into the kitchen.
"We are sure lucky her mom was a healer- and that she bothered to learn anything," Matt said smiling. The rest of the boys in the room eyed him suspiciously. "What?!"
"Nothing," Davis amended said laying back down, though still looking at Matt in a peculiar manner. "I think we should be planning our escape. We have to figure out HOW IN THE WORLD WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SAVE THE WORLD!"
When TK spoke, it was Patomon's voice that left his mouth, "You have to journey from here, England, to Japan to a shrine deep in the mountains. It is in the Hiragazwa Mountains, three days north of the first mountain at the south. There you will find a stone- the stone of Pariah (A/n: Okay, I know I stink at this writing. For those of you who know what pariah means, I KNOW IT MEANS SOCIAL OUTCAST. So, the stone of social outcasts? O.O). The first and most purest group to touch the stone will be granted the ultimate power of the universe, allowing the world to be however the group pleases- peaceful or destructive. But we also know that Boris and Malicioumon, a Digimon that has a heart of evil, is after it too. We're not sure, however, if Malicioumon has figured out how to come to the human world yet, but we should set out soon."
"We have to travel from England to JAPAN?!" Matt demanded, his face going pale. The kitchen window that was connected to the stable had opened while Patomon was talking, so Orion had heard the entire explanation.
"That's more than a thousand miles. That's more than two thousand miles! In fact, I THINK IT'S MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND MILES OF HARD, Rocky terrain! And think of the language gaps! None of us knows Japanese!" Orion shouted from the kitchen.
Gabumon's voice spoke from Matt, "Yes you do. You know all the languages of the world. We have given you that knowledge. And as for the distance, there is a portal in the Green Forest of England. It transports you to a small island in Japan. From there, it is less than fifteen miles to the mountains."
"Let's get planning, then," Kouji said decisively. "We should give everyone a map just in case we're separated. How far is this portal in England?"
"Three miles from here," Wolfmon's voice answered from Kouji's mouth.
"Okay. I think we should divide this journey into a month with three checkpoints. The first checkpoint is the portal, in case we get separated. We'll all make sure we're there in two days of the day we leave," Kouji mumbled, copying all he was saying onto a old piece of parchment, "Lets make New Year's Eve the night that we leave. Boris will hold a festival and everyone will be busy. We'll need money- but that's not a problem- we know where Boris keeps his key to his treasury. The second checkpoint will be Hiragazwa mountain- the first mountain from the south. We'll leave there on- how about the twentieth? The third checkpoint is going to have to be- it'll be the shrine. We'll have to all meet at the shrine on the thirtieth of January. The next day, we'll get the stone. If one of us gets left behind- do we move on at the checkpoints or do we wait?"
"We should move on. We don't know if Malicoumon and come to earth. We can't afford to lose," Denmon said through Orion's mouth, "This is very urgent, you have to understand. The fate of the world lies in your hands." Kouji nodded as he copied the things he had written onto bits of parchment that they had foraged, making sure there was one for each person.
"Then it's decided. We'll leave on the thirty-first of December to meet our fate," Matt, who hadn't spoken much, said, closing the matter.
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The stable door opened with a bang, and the five teens that had been carefully discussing the details of the trip, whipped around quickly, quickly enough to see Ayumi and Kari tossed into the barn rudely, their hair and clothes mussed, both sniffling and sobbing softly. The two guards from before reappeared at the door as Matt, TK, Kouji, Orion, and Davis all rushed to help the two girls.
"We need the one who gave them the sleeping powder- Orion. Boris has a special gift for you," one of the guards smirked at Orion's widened eyes. She stood transfixed at the spot. "Well? Come on! We don't have all day." Reluctantly, Orion followed the two guards out.
"Are you alright, Kari?" TK and Davis said together. They glared at each other again. Kari suddenly threw herself at TK, sobbing her heart out onto his shoulder. He patted her back awkwardly.
"Ayumi?" Kouji asked tentatively. "Are you alright?" Ayumi nodded slowly, very slowly, and lay her head down on the ground, rolling into a tight ball.
"Come on, you two. Why don't you go take a hot shower or something- it'll make you feel better, I promise," Matt said softly helping both girls up. Still sniffling slightly, they made their way to the kitchen. Matt turned toward the door and walked out, saying nothing but, "I'm going out for a walk." He looked toward the castle, seeing Orion and the two guards entering the large stone entrance.
He clenched his fists and whispered, "I promise you guys, TK, Orion, Kari, Ayumi, Kouji, Davis, that we'll get out of here alive. We'll be away from him forever. I promise."
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MLM: This is the second chapter!
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Ages:
Matt: 15 years old -------- The oldest Kouji: 15 years old -------- The second oldest Davis: 15years old --------- The third oldest Ayumi: 14 years old ------- The fourth youngest/oldest Orion: 14 years old ------- The third youngest TK: 14 years old -------- The second youngest Kari: 14 years old -------- The youngest
Outfits:
Matt: Green tunic, jeans Kouji: Beige tunic, jeans Davis: Red tunic, jeans Ayumi: Sky blue servants' wear (cotton dress, ¾ inch sleeve blue cotton shirt) Orion: Lavender servants' wear (cotton dress, ¾ inch sleeve lavender cotton shirt) TK: Orange tunic, jeans Kari: Pink servants' wear (cotton dress, ¾ inch sleeve pink cotton shirt) Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
NOTE: All the girls (yes, even Kari) have really long hair; I don't think girls in medieval times cut their hair......... And even if they did, it's our story, so poo! . TK is still Matt's brother, just in case you were wondering. Also, certified professionals have preformed the dangerous stunts (like appearing out of portals in chamber pots). No human or Digimon has been hurt in the making of this chapter. Thank you for your attention.
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"I can't believe it; one day before Christmas and we get stuck out in the cold SNOW to scrub chamber pots. This is absolutely outrageous! I'm freezing," Ayumi muttered as she scrubbed the gold-plated chamber pot with a wire brush. Around her, Matt, Kouji, Davis, TK, Orion, and Kari all grunted in agreement, for they had not been given jackets, cloaks, or anything else that would keep them warm except their usual clothes.
"We still have to prepare to cook for the festival Boris is going to hold tomorrow. We are going to be so behind schedule. Why does the good-for- nothing 'king' do his own cooking?" Kari sighed at the impossible idea.
"Why don't you three go cook? We'll finish," TK suggested.
"THANKS, guys!" the three girls chirped, each hugging TK happily. TK blushed.
"Uh......... I'll go help them cook........ You won't need me. BYE!" Davis said hurriedly. Matt grabbed Davis by the hair and pulled him back. "No way are you abandoning us. Besides, the last time you tried to cook, you set the pot on fire," Matt said hiding a small smile. The girls giggled. Davis' eyes suddenly widened. "Uh, guys? Is there such a thing as glowing chamber pots?" The seven teens looked toward the seven chamber pots they had been scrubbing in the snow. They all glowed different colors: red, orange, green, blue, lavender, black, and pink.
"Duck!" Matt suddenly yelled, and they could see why: the chamber pots were shaking violently, looking as if they would blow. They all fell to the ground, covering their heads, but the loud explosion that was expected never came. Instead, the shaking noises fell silent and voices inside the glowing toilets were heard.
"AH! It looks like we came to Earth at night- boy is it dark! And smelly too......... PU!" It came from the orange chamber pot.
"Patomon, we're in a toilet!" said the green chamber pot.
"Let's get out of here!" said the red one. At that moment, animals popped out of each chamber pot as if propelled by an invisible force inside. Matt, Kouji, Davis, TK, Kari, Orion, and Ayumi instinctively stood up and huddled in a group around the girls. The seven flying animals landed before the group all at once.
"HELLO!" a orange and apricot colored mouse-like animal with wings as ears chirped happily. "I see my digidestined!" Excited "me too's" were heard among the group of strange animals.
"What are you?" Kouji demanded finally. The animals looked on the verge of laughing at Kouji's question, which was not making Kouji feel any better.
"We are Digimon, sent to help you save the planet called Earth. You are the digidestined, the seven destined to save the world- or fail," this time a rather dark looking "Digimon" spoke.
"I think Kouji's question was are you of any harm to us?" Ayumi said bravely, or at least trying to be brave. The Digimon exchanged glances quickly as if silently alarmed.
"Ayumi, we mean absolutely no harm- we were sent here by the ultimate power of the universe to help. Don't worry, child," a light blue Digimon that had navy markings like a tiger (and looked rather like a tiger on its four paw) said comfortingly.
"How did you know who I was?" Ayumi choke out, frightened. The Digimon exchanged another alarmed glance.
"We know who all of you are," the Digimon said finally all together. Orion stepped forward hesitantly. She gulped as she felt all eyes shift to her.
"W-w-why don't y-you all come into the s-s-stable. It's c-c-cold out here after all," she suggested timidly. The light purple dog-like Digimon smiled broadly at her (A/N: Just think of......... Uh.......... A lavender colored Wolfmon......... o.O)
"You're my digidestined, Orion! It's nice to meet you!" it said warmly, bounding for Orion who looked petrified. The lavender dog Digimon leapt on Orion, licking her face for all she was worth.
"Denmon! You're scaring them," the orange one (Patomon, was it?) said. Denmon sheepishly stopped licking her digidestined face and nudged Orion up with her snout.
"Sorry, Orion," the wolf said, still sheepish. "Let's go inside. Do you have anything to eat? I'm starved!" Denmon then ran off toward the stable, not giving anyone any time to say anything.
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"So, let me get this straight," TK said when they were all in the stable around a fire with a nice bowl of porridge in front of each of them, "you are here to help us save our world from some Digimon and person named Malicioumon and Boris? You can change forms for short periods of time until we grow up- figuratively speaking, of course. How do you know all of this?"
Patomon, who was now identified as TK's Digimon replied, "Digimon are born with knowledge- knowledge of what they are, digidestined Digimon, for example. We aren't all knowing, no, but we know some things." "If this is all true, how are we going to save the world? We can't even escape from slave hood. We have these," Matt gestured to a thick iron choker around his neck under his turtleneck and the necks of his six friends, "and we can't take them off. They are cast iron and Boris, our "master", has dark magic over them. We'll die before we can take them off without his approval." "That's were Wolfmon comes in," Gabumon, Matt's Digimon, smiled knowingly at the puzzled look on the teens' faces. "Apart from being Kouji's Digimon, Wolfmon is a rather accomplished metalworker." Wolfmon just grunted. "Why don't you just tell us who's whose Digimon to save us the terrible trouble of using our brains," Davis said bluntly, yawning. "Davis! He's my digidestined! I'm Veemon!" the bright blue Digimon said happily. "Oh, boy, like Digimon, like digidestined, after all," Patomon said. He flew up in front of TK's face and smiled. "Hi TK!" TK smiled back. "Wolfmon is Kouji's Digimon. Gabumon is Matt's. Veemon is Davis' Digimon, as he kindly informed us. Patomon is TK's Digimon. Denmon, obviously, is Orion's Digimon. Purrmon (the blue tiger) is Ayumi's. And I, Gatomon, am Kari's forever faithful Digimon." At that moment, there was a knock at the stable door. "Guards, open up!" Everyone stood up quickly. "You, Digimon, go and hide!" Orion hissed urgently. The Digimon exchanged a look like before, and in an instant each turned into a different colored spider and scattered. Matt, making sure that all of the Digimon were out of sight, opened the barn door to find two of Boris' guards, standing there in all their brute strength and stupidity. "We need her and her to come with us," the guard on the left said, pointing to Ayumi and Kari. No one in the stable moved for a moment. "Why?" Matt asked between clenched teeth, though he already knew the answer. "Boris' orders." "WAIT!" Orion said quickly as Kari and Ayumi stepped forward. "They still have to......... uh......... drink their tonic! Yes, that's it! Come on, you two. We'll be right back." Orion quickly led Kari and Ayumi into the kitchen that was attached to the stable, where they all slept in the loft. Orion, making sure that the door was shut, turned to Kari and Ayumi. She pulled two pouches out of her apron pocket and handed one to each girl. "It's sleeping powder. It's made from Tillex roots. He won't remember anything. Be careful, though, he might have magical defenses against things like this. Use it wisely." "Thanks," Kari and Ayumi said in unison. The three girls left the kitchen. "Let's go," said one of the guards impatiently. After watching until the four people were out of sight, the five people left stepped back into the stable with an air of despair, closing the door behind them. "What was that about?" Veemon asked, turning back to a bright blue- uh, thingy. "You don't want to know what Boris does to girls like them, believe me," Matt said between clenched teeth. "What I don't understand, though, is why he only took those two and not Orion." Orion frowned. "They emptied the chamber pot in his bed yesterday, they told me. He's probably going to "punish" them," Orion bit her lip. "I hope the sleeping powder works." "But- no! I tried putting sleeping powder in his food before. It didn't work AND I got a whipping," Davis said in horror. "He'll know you gave it to them, he has his ways, you know that. Why did you go and try to save them?" "Well excuse me for trying to save them from being-" Orion stopped herself abruptly. "From being what?" Davis asked, his eyes narrowing. "Insensitive jerk," Orion stormed from the stable in a huff. "What's her problem?" Davis asked, annoyed at the outburst. Veemon looked at Davis for a minute.
"I'd say she's mad at you," he replied.
"Well, thank you Mr. Obvious!" "Are they in any danger?" Gatomon asked worriedly. "No," TK said halfheartedly, "he'll just try to make them obey him. He won't kill them- we're his only servants that he doesn't pay. He won't kill them. He's a perverted bastard, though." No one seemed to disagree. "I'll go find her," Matt said, breaking the silence and going after Orion. "Ayumi......... I hope you'll be alright. You too, Kari," Kouji whispered as he watched Matt disappear from view. "I don't know what any of us would do without you two."
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"Calm down," Matt soothed..........soothingly. "You know that they'll be fine. They always are, aren't they? Besides, now we have new hope of escaping this prison." Orion glared at him from in the tree, her thinking spot. What boggled Matt was how she got up there- the branch she was sitting on was at least fifteen feet off the ground, and the ground was covered in white snow.
"I hate him," Orion growled, leaving back against the ancient trunk of the beautiful weeping willow, watching the small pond.
"We all hate Boris, Orion," Matt replied, bemused at the thought of someone not hating Boris. At the dark look on his friend's face, however, she wasn't very satisfied with his answer.
"I wasn't talking about Boris. I was talking about that good-for- nothing goofball, Davis," Orion looked at Matt, judging his face very carefully to see what he thought.
"Hate Davis? Why?
"I'll tell you why! If he already doesn't tease, harass, and play pranks on me enough, he has to go and make me feel so stupid. I didn't know, alright. I didn't know that the sleeping powder wouldn't work, I didn't know that Ayumi and Kari would take my advice and actually dump Boris' chamber pot in his bed!" Orion broke her gaze from Matt's face. The silence in the air was deafening.
"Well......... First tell me how to get up there. I don't like talking to the bottom of a branch," Matt looked around again, hoping to find the answer. Orion just pointed to a bunch of weeping willow stem-leaf thingies, all tied to a branch above him. "And how am I supposed to get that down?" Matt asked impatiently. Orion pointed to a rather long and thin stick. Matt mentally slapped his forehead, DUH. Within thirty seconds, Matt had gotten the clump of stems down and pulled himself onto the same branch as Orion was on.
"What?" Orion asked bluntly.
"Orion, you know you're like a little sister to us all, and being a big brother, I've got to side with Davis." Orion made a little "hmph" noise and turned away from him. "But what's this about telling Ayumi and Kari to dump the chamber pot contents in Boris' bed?"
Orion sighed, "I was being sarcastic. Ayumi was complaining about toilet duty and I sort of sarcastically told her to dump it in his bed." Matt smiled at the tough of Boris getting a butt full of.........
"Let's get back. I know we're both freezing. It's no use catching a cold, now is it? And you still have to cook Christmas dinner tomorrow," Matt smiled in sympathy as Orion got a look of horror on her face. He marveled at how different she looked from her sister, Ayumi. For one thing, Ayumi had dark brown wavy hair and green eyes. How Orion got straight black hair tinted with dark brown along with brown eyes was a mystery. The thing was, none of the seven friends knew their last names, which was incredibly unusual, considering the fact that they were the only ones in their village who didn't know their own last names. But there was a lot of weird stuff going on so this didn't bother any of the teens, especially not now, when they saw new hope of escaping from the prison of darkness to set out on a epic and legendary quest.
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"Digimon," Patomon explained as Matt and Orion walked in the room, "have a connection to their Digidestined. If Digimon is hurt, Digidestined will know. If Digidestined is hurt, Digimon will know. And since we, Digimon and Digidestined, share the same soul, if the human dies, the Digimon dies as well."
TK and Davis both stood up abruptly, both demanding, "Kari is hurt?" They gave each other a death glare.
"It seems so, doesn't it? I knew we should've had them merge," Gatomon bit her lip, worried. "Merging means that Digimon and Digidestined become one," Gatomon quickly explained.
"We can become one?" Kouji asked his brow furrowed. The Digimon all simultaneously nodded.
"Both of us are still there. We can take on any appearance we choose, the form of the Digimon or the form of the human. The human has the final say in what form is taken and if the two stay merged and for how long. In fact, the form taken it can be anything in between Digimon and human. It also means that we share powers when we are merged, though it takes a lot out of both the human and Digimon to use powers because......... well, just because. But when we merge, new powers can be discovered. It's also a good hiding place," Gabumon said the last sentence sheepishly.
"Then why didn't you guys just merge with us when we told you to hide?" Davis asked suspiciously.
"Well, you didn't ask," Veemon replied sheepishly, "otherwise, we would have."
Gatomon let off a soft groan. "Veemon, your jokes are older than you are."
"I can't take this anymore! I'm going to beat the crap out of that so- called king!" Kouji hissed angrily, trying to storm out of the stable. Matt, TK, and Davis all tried to hold him back. "Let me go!" Kouji said, punching poor Davis in the nose. Davis doubled over, holding his nose while Kouji's eyes widened, as if suddenly realizing what he did. "Davis......... Are you all right?"
"I'll go get some herbs to stop the bleeding. I'll get some stuff for Kari and Ayumi, for when they get back," Orion said quickly before disappearing into the kitchen.
"I'm- I'm sorry," Kouji said awkwardly as Davis, his nose bleeding an immense amount, sat down on a log around the fire in the stable. He forced a smile.
"Kouji, stay calm. You know they be fine, don't go looking for trouble," TK said reasonably. No one said anything for a while and the only noise that was heard was the occasional grunting of a horse.
Orion hustled quickly into the room, arms full of dried plants. "Davis, take this purple Justina flower," Orion handed Davis a quite nasty looking (and smelling) flower, "and stuff it in your nose- it'll stop the bleeding." Davis balked as he put the plant in his nose. "Lay down, Davis," Orion ordered. Davis grunted grudgingly but lay down on the floor which (being a barn/stable thingy) was covered in straw.
"How long does this plant have to stay?" Davis whined. Orion smirked.
"I could've given you crushed Brinna stems which smell and look much better, but I'm still mad at you." Davis smiled good-naturedly at his friend who gave a little giggle. "Anyway, Gatomon, Purrmon, here," she handed the two Digimon each a green leaf, "put it in your mouth- it should numb the pain somewhat." Gatomon shook her head.
"It won't help. Though we know when the other feels pain, we cannot stop it. We don't taste the same things. Not all of our feelings are the same. I cannot feel Ayumi's pain, I can only know it is there," Purrmon said softly, pushing the green leaf back at Orion.
"Why don't you merge with them?" Gabumon said suddenly. With a flash of light and a slight nod from Gatomon and Purrmon (A/N: Okay, I forgot to tell you what Purrmon looks like- just think of Gatomon, only blue with navy strips and without the yellow gloves- white gloves!), they disappeared.
"I think," Wolfmon, who had been silent for a while, said, "that we should all merge right now, just in case someone comes and sees us." A nod of agreement swept through the Digimon in the room and, without any consent or refusal from the humans in the room, the Digimon all disappeared in a different flash of light- but they were still there. Matt, TK, Kouji, Davis, and Orion knew their Digimon was their- they could feel it in them.
"I feel......... Weird........." Davis said. "Stronger. And smarter." Orion gave him a skeptical look. "Okay, maybe not that much smarter," Davis said sheepishly.
"I have to go cook for the festival tomorrow," Orion suddenly said, rushing, again, into the kitchen.
"We are sure lucky her mom was a healer- and that she bothered to learn anything," Matt said smiling. The rest of the boys in the room eyed him suspiciously. "What?!"
"Nothing," Davis amended said laying back down, though still looking at Matt in a peculiar manner. "I think we should be planning our escape. We have to figure out HOW IN THE WORLD WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SAVE THE WORLD!"
When TK spoke, it was Patomon's voice that left his mouth, "You have to journey from here, England, to Japan to a shrine deep in the mountains. It is in the Hiragazwa Mountains, three days north of the first mountain at the south. There you will find a stone- the stone of Pariah (A/n: Okay, I know I stink at this writing. For those of you who know what pariah means, I KNOW IT MEANS SOCIAL OUTCAST. So, the stone of social outcasts? O.O). The first and most purest group to touch the stone will be granted the ultimate power of the universe, allowing the world to be however the group pleases- peaceful or destructive. But we also know that Boris and Malicioumon, a Digimon that has a heart of evil, is after it too. We're not sure, however, if Malicioumon has figured out how to come to the human world yet, but we should set out soon."
"We have to travel from England to JAPAN?!" Matt demanded, his face going pale. The kitchen window that was connected to the stable had opened while Patomon was talking, so Orion had heard the entire explanation.
"That's more than a thousand miles. That's more than two thousand miles! In fact, I THINK IT'S MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND MILES OF HARD, Rocky terrain! And think of the language gaps! None of us knows Japanese!" Orion shouted from the kitchen.
Gabumon's voice spoke from Matt, "Yes you do. You know all the languages of the world. We have given you that knowledge. And as for the distance, there is a portal in the Green Forest of England. It transports you to a small island in Japan. From there, it is less than fifteen miles to the mountains."
"Let's get planning, then," Kouji said decisively. "We should give everyone a map just in case we're separated. How far is this portal in England?"
"Three miles from here," Wolfmon's voice answered from Kouji's mouth.
"Okay. I think we should divide this journey into a month with three checkpoints. The first checkpoint is the portal, in case we get separated. We'll all make sure we're there in two days of the day we leave," Kouji mumbled, copying all he was saying onto a old piece of parchment, "Lets make New Year's Eve the night that we leave. Boris will hold a festival and everyone will be busy. We'll need money- but that's not a problem- we know where Boris keeps his key to his treasury. The second checkpoint will be Hiragazwa mountain- the first mountain from the south. We'll leave there on- how about the twentieth? The third checkpoint is going to have to be- it'll be the shrine. We'll have to all meet at the shrine on the thirtieth of January. The next day, we'll get the stone. If one of us gets left behind- do we move on at the checkpoints or do we wait?"
"We should move on. We don't know if Malicoumon and come to earth. We can't afford to lose," Denmon said through Orion's mouth, "This is very urgent, you have to understand. The fate of the world lies in your hands." Kouji nodded as he copied the things he had written onto bits of parchment that they had foraged, making sure there was one for each person.
"Then it's decided. We'll leave on the thirty-first of December to meet our fate," Matt, who hadn't spoken much, said, closing the matter.
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The stable door opened with a bang, and the five teens that had been carefully discussing the details of the trip, whipped around quickly, quickly enough to see Ayumi and Kari tossed into the barn rudely, their hair and clothes mussed, both sniffling and sobbing softly. The two guards from before reappeared at the door as Matt, TK, Kouji, Orion, and Davis all rushed to help the two girls.
"We need the one who gave them the sleeping powder- Orion. Boris has a special gift for you," one of the guards smirked at Orion's widened eyes. She stood transfixed at the spot. "Well? Come on! We don't have all day." Reluctantly, Orion followed the two guards out.
"Are you alright, Kari?" TK and Davis said together. They glared at each other again. Kari suddenly threw herself at TK, sobbing her heart out onto his shoulder. He patted her back awkwardly.
"Ayumi?" Kouji asked tentatively. "Are you alright?" Ayumi nodded slowly, very slowly, and lay her head down on the ground, rolling into a tight ball.
"Come on, you two. Why don't you go take a hot shower or something- it'll make you feel better, I promise," Matt said softly helping both girls up. Still sniffling slightly, they made their way to the kitchen. Matt turned toward the door and walked out, saying nothing but, "I'm going out for a walk." He looked toward the castle, seeing Orion and the two guards entering the large stone entrance.
He clenched his fists and whispered, "I promise you guys, TK, Orion, Kari, Ayumi, Kouji, Davis, that we'll get out of here alive. We'll be away from him forever. I promise."
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