Matt woke up the next morning and gazed around. Gabumon was awake and starting another fire since the other went out last night, yet the girl was not at her tree anymore . He stood up quickly and ran over to Gabumon.

"Morning Matt," said Gabumon cheerfully. Matt rubbed his eyes and nodded back.

"Where is she?" asked Matt.

"Now, before you get mad at me I had nothing to do with it," Gabumon began. However, he was interrupted.

"I'm back with some fish Gabumon," said the mysterious girl happily. She placed the fish on the ground then starred from Matt to Gabumon. "Is something wrong?"

"No," said Matt forcefully. "So you caught some fish? You didn't have to."

"I know, but I wanted to repay you for your generosity," said the girl sweetly. "If you'll excuse me for a moment, I an cook the fish and we can have breakfast."

Matt opened his mouth to say something, then closed it. Instead he sat back at his tree and waited. The girl worked quickly, talking to Gabumon every now and then. Almost as if it was a reflex, Matt got out his harmonica and began to play "Lean on Me." The girl smiled, remembering the tune well. She even began to sing the chorus:

Lean on me,

When you're not strong.

I'll be your friend

To help and to carry on.

She sang amazingly, not missing a single note. Matt stopped playing and starred at her in wonder.

"What's wrong?" she asked, looking concerned.

"Nothing," replied Matt, putting his harmonica back in his pocket. She didn't believe him. "I'm starved."

"It's almost done," said the girl. "Now, let's get to know each other. I'm Ayreana, but my friends call me Angel."

"Matt Ishida," answered Matt.

"Noticed your crest." Clearly this Angel girl liked to talk because she kept the conversation going even though Matt had just tried to end it.

"I don't think it's really mine," answered Matt quietly.

"Can you digivolve with it?" implored Angel.

"Yes, but-"

"Then it's yours."

"The fish is done Angel," said Gabumon, placing the cooked fish in front of them.

They ate in silence, then went for a walk afterwards.

"Matt, you're going to have to tell me eventually."

Matt sighed. He was trying to hide it as long as he could, but there was something about Angel that he liked.

"Ok. You see-"

And then he explained everything he'd been through in the Digiworld and what he was feeling. She listened tentatively and once the whole story was done, she stopped walking and faced Matt. Angel was at a loss of words. So she leaned over and did the only thing she could think of. She smacked him on the cheek.

"Thanks, I needed that."

"I can't believe you left them. Come on Matt."

"Where are we going?"

"It's my turn to tell my story," she said, grabbing one of his and Gabumon's hands.

Angel lead them through some thick woods and stopped along a stream. From there she changed directions and cam to a large hill before changing directions again. Finally, about four to five turns later, they were at their destination.

"Here we are," said Angel, grinning.

"This place is amazing," said Matt looking around.

In front of him was a water fall, and the place was filled with gorgeous flowers. Gabumon and Angel had to drag him by the hand toward the water. Gabumon jumped in and swam around. Angel, on the other hand, took of her shoes and stuck her feet in. Matt just continued to take in the view, his hands in his pockets.

"When I was seven," started Angel, "I received my digimon. First I kept her in my room, feeding her table scraps. One day she got sick and I ended up coming here, hoping she'd become better. She did and we traveled around the digiworld for a while, then returned back. The weirdest thing of all is we weren't gone for more than a second, same with you guys."

Her feet then started moving around in the water, as if the movement was helping her concentrate.

"Then things went wrong. We returned again and came upon an evil force. I can't remember the details of my time in the 'darkness', but it was terrible."

Matt then tried to give her a comforting hug, but she pulled away.

"Don't feel bad for me," she said. "That's the last thing I need."

He nodded and relaxed, starring at her once friendly eyes that had now become cold and dark.