Disclaimer: If I owned Digimon I would not be sitting here writing half rated stories about it, instead I would be reclining in my mansion being fed MnMs and having my personal maid do my errands. As it is I spend half my life doing chores and the other half studying with a tiny bit of time squeezed in for recreation and...what was the point again? Oh yes. I do not own Digmon.

Authors Note: O.K. Well the plot is starting (or thickening) in this chapter. So at the end there will be heaps of unanswered questions that only I can reveal to you! Muahahaha! Lol. So go on then. You may begin reading now.

Chapter 6: New Beginnings

The red head stared out at the sunset while behind her the brown haired boy paced angrily. "It wasn't supposed to happen like this Sora! They were meant to be back by now." The girl turned to him, her calm face contrasting sharply with his angry demeanour. "I know Taichi but it is a minor inconvenience."

"Minor? Minor? How can you even begin to call it minor when all our plans have come to nothing? And we still have to pay our so called helpers even though they didn't do anything."

The girl still looked untroubled. "You don't seem to understand the concept. As long as we do as we're told everything will be fine. So what if things did not go as planned? We simply receive new instructions, that's all."

The boy's face softened. "I suppose. Do you know Sora I don't like this."

" Like what?" her voice was suddenly harsh.

"Doing this. It doesn't seem right somehow. And the princess we've never even met her! Do you think it is really proper to work towards-"?

Sora cut him off sharply. "It doesn't matter whether we like it or it feels right or anything. The point is we have to do this job. It's not like we have a choice in the matter Tai. We got embroiled in this far too long ago to back out now." Sighing the boy turned away. "You're telling me."

The girl laid a hand on his arm and spoke more gently, "Once this is done, we'll be free Tai. And we'll be leading much better lives, as we deserve too."

His brown eyes looked up at her uneasily. " Do we deserve to Sora? Really and truly?"

The girl turned away. She had no answer.

Mimi emerged from the shower feeling much cleaner and very refreshed. As she glanced out the window she thought she got a glimpse of blonde hair, straining her eyes she realised it was just the gardener. She shook her head. What was wrong with her? And yet after last night…it was all too much. Mimi didn't even want to begin thinking about what had happened. Wrapping her head in a towel she opened her diary.

Dear Diary,

I'm just so confused. I don't know what to say or do anymore and I just want to stay in my room and never come out. Yesterday I had the most wonderful, day ever. It was the best birthday present I could receive and yet somehow at the same time the worst.

Yamato Ishida. What does he mean to me? I know that when he's near me now my heart starts to beat fast, my hands go all sweaty and I begin to turn scarlet. But doesn't that happen with any good-looking boy? This doesn't mean anything deeper right? Because I don't think I could stand it if I began to fall in lo-

I mean grow fond of him. After all I am supposed to hate him. Detest him even because he's the boy that decided he could just come in, marry me and take the throne. The boy who was always rude and inconsiderate to me and acted like I was a spoilt brat (which I most definitely was NOT.)

Yet yesterday, I had so much fun with him. I thought maybe it was just the fact that we were doing nice things and he was being a little different…but then I realised that I just enjoyed being with him. I'm scared diary. It isn't supposed to be like this. It's out of my control now and I don't know where things are heading. All I do know is that I'll never forget the way he kissed me last night.

Never.

The king and queen stared at each other troubled. They had been so sure that when Mimi and Yamato came home everything would be explained. They had been so sure that the couple would finally admit that they liked each other, that something had happened on their day out. But all that had occurred was that Matt had disappeared into the gardens and Mimi had locked herself in her room.

"She's not eating," said the queen finally, breaking the long silence. The king looked up surprised. "The food trays have been brought up to her three times and she sent it away again each time. She won't even let anyone in."

The king rubbed a hand across his forehead. "What about that maid she's always talking too? The one with the purple hair?"

The queen's face darkened. "She's gone." This time the king's face was shocked.

"Gone? What do you mean gone? Kitchen maids, don't just vanish."

"We're still trying to figure it out. Apparently she saw Mimi off yesterday but she was gone before lunchtime. No one has any idea what has happened."

"But does Mimi know-?" Started the king beginning to rise from his chair. Gently the queen restrained him.

"She's already not eating! What more do you want to put on the poor child's shoulders? That her best friend has gone missing without a trace? For goodness sake! I'll not have her going into consumption!"

The king drew a long breath. "Where is Yamato?"

"Still in the gardens. He's been walking there all morning."

The king stood up, while all traces of tiredness fell off him like a cloak. "Right this is what we're going to do. You my dear will go up and talk to Mimi, while I deal with Yamato. Then I'm going to have a little talk with the kitchen staff about evaporating maids." His manner was brusque and the queen stood up with a small smile on her face.

"Just as you say of course Arthur. Except I just have to go take a peek at the new maid."

Her husband's eyebrows shot up right into his hair. "The new maid?"

"Of course. The one sent to replace Yolei."

The king's face was grim. "On second thoughts, why don't I come with you?"

Yamato ran a hand through his hair distractedly. Every now and then he would glance up at the windows of the palace, at one set of windows in particular and once he thought he had seen a movement. But the next second it was gone and all he could do was resume his pacing. He didn't know how long he had been walking up and down, all he knew was he didn't want to stop. Stopping would mean he'd have to think about everything that happened, about last night, about her. He wanted his life the way it had been before. Then there had been no unknown equations, nothing strange or out of the ordinary, everything worked out the way he wanted it to. If something happened and he didn't like it he could snap his fingers and it was gone. But he knew that wouldn't work now. His discomfort concerned a living, breathing person and more then that a person he was actually beginning to lo-

Grow fond of. It was too much really. He remembered when he was a little boy, he would just crawl into his parents' lap and they would make it all better. He couldn't do that now; he couldn't hide or pretend nothing had happened. He had to be brave and strong now. A prince representing his country, a prince giving away his heart, a prince with the weight of a thousand souls resting on his every decision…a prince that was after all quite young and not yet a man. Something warm and wet trickled down his cheeks and he closed his eyes and wondered why on earth he was crying…

A young boy stared up at the sky searchingly. High above a red flare shot into the sky and exploded whilst its brilliant sparks cascaded down in the midnight sky. For a moment the boy stared. Admiring the beauty or waiting for something more who could tell? But the next minute he clicked softly and a horse as black as the shadows emerged from beneath a tree. "Come on Midnight," said the boy softly. "It's time we were on our way to the palace."

So who is this mysterious young boy? Where is Yolei? Who are Tai and Sora? When and Mimi and Matt going to realise their feelings for each other? Who is the new maid? Why is there is a piece of macaroni stuck to my t-shirt? All these questions and more may be answered next time! So stick around folks!

Hugs and Kisses!

Crystal