A Song of Fire, Lightning and Ice
Chapter 1
OUTSIDE OF ODAIBA HIGH
"Hey Kari! Wait up!" Davis yelled running up to Kari and TK.
"What is it Davis?" TK asked, looking quite annoyed.
"What are you talking about TB I just want to walk with my good friend Kari
here."
"Whatever" TK mumbled continuing next to Kari.
"Sorry Davis, but me and TK are having a... private conversation right now."
"Wha..." Davis stopped and stared at the two in shock, "Uhh but Kari, I was
going to..." Davis trailed off noticing Kari and TK had gone back to their
previous conversation, ignoring him, "invite you to my soccer match..." he
whispered to himself. He glanced at the two once more before slowly turning
around and walking in the other direction.
SOMEWHERE IN THE DIGIWORLD
"Hee, Hee, I just feel eviler and eviler every day." Witchmon smiled to
herself. She sat in an extravagantly decorated throne, hunched over a small
crystal ball that sat on the back of some unfortunate digimon. Her long
messy gray hair hung loosely from under the pointy black hat that adorned
her head. Her yellow eyes were locked on an image inside the glowing ball.
Her bony hands hung over the ball; occasionally a nail would scrape against
the crystal, creating a screeching noise, sending shivers up the spine of
any digimon in the area.
"Bakemon!" she yelled, not looking up from her ball.
"Yes mistress." A whispering voice echoed from no where. The ghastly wraith
digimon materialized in front of Witchmon.
"I think it's about time we made our presence here noticed." She hissed in
her croaky old voice.
"Yes mistress." The Bakemon whispered, disappearing as if it had never been
there.
Witchmon shifted her eyes from the ball to the ceiling as she let out a
deafening cackle. Digimon all around the area hid in terror of the malicious
laughter that rang through the halls of the grey stone castle.
Yolei bustled busily about her parent's shop; she really needed to hire some
help. Her parents were going out more frequently these days, saying she was
old enough and responsible enough to look after the shop by herself. At
first she thought it was fun, but the amount of customers had slowly
increased and she was getting overworked.
"Hey! Hello. I've been waiting here for ages! You gonna serve me?" a rude
customer yelled, waving a piece of paper in her face.
"I'm so sorry sir." She sighed and served the man. She heard the bell of the
door go again, and sighed once again.
'Not another customer! I know its good for business but at the rate I'm going
I'm gonna have a heart attack by the time I'm 20,' she thought to herself. She
glanced up at the person that had just walked through the door and was
pleasantly surprised to find Davis. This could be the chance of a lifetime!
"Hey Davis!" she shouted to him catching his attention, "You want to make
some quick cash?" His eyes lit up at the thought.
"Sure, I'll do anything."
"Well then, get your butt behind this counter and start serving some people."
"Alright!" he said, quickly making his way to the cash register.
10 minutes later
"No no, Davis! You're doing it all wrong!" Yolei yelled at Davis, fixing the
cash register.
"I'm sorry, Yolei." Davis mumbled.
"Davis! You're causing me more stress than relief! I can handle it by
myself!"
"But..."
"I said I could handle it." She pushed him out from behind the counter.
"Fine!" He yelled, stomping out of the store.
Yolei sighed, watching Davis go.
'Maybe I was a little hard on him...'
"Hey lady! You gonna serve me or what?" someone yelled from across the
store. Yolei instantly forgot about Davis and rushed behind the counter.
"Stupid Yolei, she doesn't know what she's talking about," Davis muttered to
himself, dawdling down the street. "I was helping her! That cash register was
a mess, and she just doesn't appreciate people like me." He kicked a pebble and
watched it skit across the ground and come to a stop in front of someone
sitting on the grass. He shifted his eyes to the person on the grass. There
was Cody, sitting in the middle of the park, completely oblivious to
everything.
"Hey Cody!" He shouted and ran over to him.
"Huh?" Cody looked around himself as if he had just woken up, "Davis?"
"Hey! Whatcha doing?"
"I was meditating. Grampa said the best place to meditate is in the park,
because there's lots of trees." Cody stood up and stretched his back.
"Oh well. Hey, what are you doing now?"
Cody looked at his watch. His eyes almost bulged out of his head.
"Uh oh! I gotta go! My mother is going to be worried, and plus it's roast
chicken night. I wouldn't miss that for the world." With that he ran off,
leaving Davis yet again alone.
"Well see ya..." He said to Cody's disappearing
DAVIS' HOUSE
Davis slowly walked through the front door of his house, ignoring his
parent's questions of where he had been for the past four hours. He made his
way directly to his room.
"Where do you think you're going?" His sister June asked standing in front
of his bedroom door, blocking his entrance.
"Get out of the way June." He said stiffly, avoiding eye contact.
"You have to pay a toll." She stated, keeping her position.
"I said get out of my way." He pushed her roughly out of the way.
"Stupid little brat!" She yelled lunging at Davis. He quickly shut the door
in her face and pushed his back against it, bracing the old door from one of
its frequent onslaughts. He flinched as he felt the thud of his sister's
body against the door. It made a splintering noise as if were going to break
at any second, but it held. He heard June mutter some death threats before
getting up and leaving him in peace.
"Wow I swear the door was about to break that time." Davis barely took
notice of DemiVeemon as he picked his way across his bedroom floor, avoiding
sharp objects and valuables that lay scattered around his room, then
flopping down on his bed. He groaned and pulled a pair of scissors out from
under his stomach and threw them to the floor.
"Maybe you should clean your room and you wouldn't have that problem, and
also it may not smell of old gym socks." Demiveemon stated, hopping down from
a shelf next to Davis.
"I'll take note of that." Davis replied nonchalantly.
"What's up with you Davis? You don't seem your usual self." Demiveemon asked,
in his cheery voice.
"Nothin..." Davis mumbled.
"Oh come on! I know you better than that Davis. Tell me what's the matter. Is
it something to do with Kari?"
"It's none of your business." He stated sharply. He turned over to face the
roof and closed his eyes tightly.
"Maybe if you acted like your self instead of some dumb soccer player. I
know you're deeper than that Davis, and I'm sure if you showed that side of
you to Kari she'll be all over you like a cheap coat."
"It's not as simple as that."
"Then what are you all upset about?"
"I'm not upset! I've just had a hard day."
"Fine! You do whatever, but don't come complaining to me on TK and Kari's
wedding day." Demiveemon looked hopefully at Davis' closed eyes. He sighed
when no response came from him and jumped off the bed onto the shelf he had
previously occupied.
"You don't understand..." Davis whispered to himself.
"Iris..." A small polar bear like digimon hobbled over one of the many sand
dunes that made up the desert, "Iris, the sand is getting in my fur and it's
really itchy." It complained, and walked up next to a girl. She looked about
16 years of age; her long blue hair was tied up into two pigtails on each
side of her head. It tugged at her pants like a small child.
"Iris... did you hear me I said that the sun is really hot and I'm not
designed to walk through the desert. If we were in the snow I'd be fine, but
a polar bear in the desert just doesn't match."
"That's not what you said..." The girl replied, flicking her blue bangs behind
her ears, "You said the sand was getting in your fur and that you were
itchy."
"Well at least I know you're listening, so what are you going to do about
it?" Iris ignored the small digimon. She kept her gaze locked on the
horizon.
"Nothing." she simply stated.
"But Iris... this just isn't right." Iris spun around, her eyes scanning the
horizon for something. She stopped and shaded her eyes from the sun.
"C'mon lets go." She started off in the direction she had been facing.
"But Iris I'm tired and hot." The bear said trailing slowly after the girl.
She threw it a canteen, and kept walking.
"Hurry up Polarmon. There's a storm brewing and we need to find shelter."
"A what..." Polarmon asked shaking the canteen above its mouth.
"A sandstorm. They're very dangerous if you're stuck out in one, so hurry up."
"Iris, this canteen is empty." Polarmon whined, throwing the canteen to the
ground.
"Don't throw it away! We need that." Iris scalded. Polarmon quickly picked
it up and threw it to Iris. "Now for the last time hurry up, because I'm not gonna
save you again." She briskly walked off leaving Polarmon sitting looking
dumbfounded.
"Wait up!" It yelled, running to catch up with its master.
Davis glanced around his classroom for a suitable seat. He caught sight of
Kari sitting by herself, smiling at him. He smiled back and made his way over
to her. He was intercepted by TK, who moved in front of him as if he didn't
exist, and took the seat next to Kari. They started talking, taking no
notice of him whatsoever. Davis dejectedly sat down in the seat behind them,
glaring daggers at TKs' back.
"Now class I want you to get your books out and turn to page 236..." The
teacher started to ramble on about the war and Davis quickly lost interest.
He stared at Kari's back, imagining himself sitting next to her, telling her
dumb jokes. What he would give to see her smile at his knock, knock jokes
again. Over the years she had shown less interest in him and more, way more
interest in that invader TK. Maybe Veemon was right. Maybe if he showed Kari
his real self than she would pay more attention to him. It would be way too
complicated to explain it to her now, though. She was so used to the dumb Davis.
If he all of a sudden he became the deep, resourceful Davis his family knew him
to be, it would turn her away even more.
'Oh well maybe if I impress her enough with my soccer skills, she'll choose
me instead of that idiot TK,' Davis thought to himself. He reached over and
tapped Kari's shoulder.
"Hey Kari. Are you gonna come watch me play tomorrow?" He asked hopefully.
"I wouldn't miss it for the world." She smiled at him in that way she did,
"But TK's got a very important basketball game on the same day, so I can only
watch you for a little while." Davis looked dumbfounded by this.
"But Kari, surely I'm more important than TJ here," He pleaded.
"Sorry Davis, but I've known TK for ages and we're like best friends. I can't
miss his game."
"But..."
"Davis Motomiya! What are you doing?" The teacher asked.
"Uh... I'm talking..." He replied dumbly.
"Disrupting other students! Detention." She said solidly, "I'll see you
after school. You know when and where."
"Uh huh," Davis mumbled and stared at his books angrily.
"Iris!" Polarmon yelled over the raging winds, "Iris! Where are you? I can't
see anything!" Polarmon sat down on its hunches and covered its eyes with
its paws.
"Polarmon!" Polarmon heard her master calling.
"Iris! Where are you?" She shouted. She caught sight of Iris stumbling
through the sandy wind. "Iris!" She shouted, running over to her.
"Polarmon! We have to keep going! We're never gonna make it if we just stay
here. We should reach cover soon."
"Alright..." Polarmon and Iris slowly stumbled through the thick, sandy wind,
both shielding their eyes.
"Iris!" Polarmon yelled over the howling wind. "I see rocks!"
"That's good. We should get to a cave soon." They continued to trudge
through the sand until Iris tripped over a stone.
"Iris... are you okay?" Polarmon asked. "I think I see a cave ahead." Iris
pulled herself off the ground and squinted through the sand.
"You're right! C'mon." They ran into the cave, shaking themselves to get the
sand out of their hair and fur.
"I'm so glad to be out of that darn storm!" Polarmon exclaimed, scratching at
her fur, sending sand flying everywhere.
"I'll say! I've got sand everywhere." Iris shook her pants and sand tumbled
out forming a small mound around her feet.
"Well, who says we go exploring?" Polarmon said looking down into the cave.
"It's a bit dark, don't you think?" Iris replied staring into the black cave.
"Oh come on! You're not scared are you?" Polarmon chided.
"No!" Iris yelled, storming off into the cave.
"Hey! Wait for me." Polarmon followed Iris cautiously.
"Darn stinking teacher, making me clean computers. What the heck would she
know?" Davis muttered, sitting down in front of one of the computers.
"Well maybe if you weren't talking through class you wouldn't be in this
mess." Demiveemon said helpfully.
"You're not helping me." Davis said. "If you want to, go clean some
computers.
"Hey! I wasn't the one who got in trouble for talking in class."
"Shut up, Gatomon." Davis replied.
"What did you call me?" Demiveemon asked, fuming
"I called you Gatomon." Davis said, with a smirk.
"I do not like Gatomon!" Demiveemon said, turning away and crossing his short
little arms across his chest.
"Yeah sure! I know you like her! 'She's so graceful'!" Davis chided.
"Whatever Kari." Demiveemon replied. Davis immediately stopped and glared at
Demiveemon.
"Shut up!" He yelled, sitting down and pouting.
"Did you ask her to come and watch you play soccer?" Demiveemon asked,
changing the subject, but that only seemed to upset Davis even more.
"She thinks stupid TD is more important than me." He said, slamming his hand
down on the desk. "What the heck does she see in him anyway?"
"So, she's not gonna go see you play?" Demiveemon asked in shock.
"Darn right! No one wants to watch me play, because they're all to busy with other
stuff. Not even Tai has the time to come and watch."
"That's disgusting!" Demiveemon said, appalled by the lack of interest the
others showed in Davis. It may not be a very big deal, but it just shows that
they're not there to support Davis. How would that make him feel? Obviously
pretty bad, considering he had been in a bad mood for nearly the whole week.
"Don't worry Davis. I'll be there to watch you." Demiveemon said, hopping up
onto Davis' lap.
"Thanks. Demiveemon." He said. They sat in silence for a moment, but the quiet was
broken by a tapping sound coming from the computer Davis was sitting in
front of. They both stared at the screen, unknown to them while they had
been talking the digiport had opened and in there was a girl, about Davis'
age tapping on the screen. Behind her was a polar bear like digimon. Davis
stood up so fast it sent Demiveemon flying to the ground with a thump. Davis
immediately pulled out his digivice.
"Digiport open!" He yelled. The familiar white light surrounded him as he
was downloaded to the digiworld.
Polarmon sniffed the air for signs that any other digimon inhabited the
cave. She found her nose was clogged with sand and every time she sniffed
she just sneezed instead.
"Shhh," Iris hushed Polarmon, "You don't want to give away our position to
any hostile digimon in the area do you?"
"I'm sorry, I got sand in my nose."
They continued deeper into the cave, both making as little noise as
possible. They soon found themselves in a huge room that was brightly lit by
an unknown source. It was the most beautiful thing Iris had ever seen.
Crystals grew off the walls; they were probably the source of light for the
place as they emitted a faint bluish green glow.
She walked around a bit and spotted a huge crystal clear pool of water. She
lent over to look into it but she couldn't see the bottom. The water just
reflected the light of the surrounding crystals. She could see her
reflection as clear as if she were looking into a mirror, But it was ruined
by a huge splash of water as Polarmon jumped into the pool. She stared at
the pool, looking frantically for any sign of her digimon partner, but the
only thing she could see was the reflection of the roof. Polarmon's head
popped up from under the water and Iris was taken aback by the pool. She
couldn't see Polarmon's body, where the water met her body it was just the
reflection of the roof. Her body just disappeared into the water. Iris
plunged her hand into the pool and stared in shock at the place where she
expected to see her hand, just the reflection of her surprised face.
"What are you gawking at Iris" Polarmon said swimming over to her.
"I can't see below the water." She mumbled
"So... just get in and wash yourself off." Iris immediately snapped out of her
trance.
"Is it cold?" She asked pulling off her shoes.
"Nope, its just right." Polarmon replied rolling over onto her back and
attempting a backstroke.
"Alright." Iris ran over to the pool and jumped in. Polarmon lost sight of
her for a second, but her head popped out form under the water and she let
out a yelp.
"Are you insane Polarmon!" She screamed, "this water is freezing." She swam
over to the edge and jumped out.
"Well what do you expect, I'm a polar bear."
"Damn stinking Polar bears." She mumbled drying herself with an old piece of
clothing.
She sat down on a rock and mumbled miserably. She let her eyes wander around
the beautiful cave. She caught sight of something very out of place. She
instantly jumped up and walked over to the object.
"A TV?" She asked herself
"Hey Polarmon c'mere." She heard Polarmon splashing and then wet paws on
rock.
"What's that?" Polarmon asked shaking her fur sending fat droplets of water
everywhere.
"It's a TV."
"What's a TV?" Polarmon asked circling it, "Is it edible?"
"No silly, you can watch all sorts of programs on a TV," Iris explained
playing with the buttons on it, "But I don't know what one's doing out here,
its not even plugged into anything." She picked up the cord and twirled it
around in her fingers.
"Hey Iris, who's that?" Polarmon was staring at the screen confused. Iris
looked at the screen in surprise, there was a boy in there, and he didn't
look very happy, It also looked as if her were talking to himself. Iris
tapped on the screen that seemed to get his attention. He stared at them in
amazement. He pulled out a little gadget and yelled something. All of a
sudden the screen went white.