(eye twitch) Okay... I deserve a massive amount of hate mail. After going four days without any reviews for my third chapter, I began to wonder 'okay, what the heck is going on here? Don't you people like me?' So, I check my story... Turns out I forgot to update. Thought I did, I loaded it and everything, but I forgot to actually put it up. You have no idea how much of an idiot I feel like I am right now. Sorry about lateness once again, I PROMISE that the next chapter will be on time. Providing I don't forget again.
Chapter Three
Leslie fell, hard, into a puddle of mud. She blinked, the blazing black of the tunnel replaced with the meager gray light of a dense forest.
She stood up, her wrists and ankles smarting from being rubbed raw by the leather straps. She scraped the worse of the mud off her pants. IT could be worse, she thought, for once in her life optimistic. I could still be stuck in that ball of doom… That was when she looked up into the trees. Numerous pairs of malevolent red eyes stared down at her from the treetops. She took a hurried step back, her shoe going into the mud puddle. To her dismay, it stuck.
"Well, well, well…" A voice hissed from above. "A human child has stumbled into our forest. What shall we do with it?" A laughing sound erupted from the leaves above, turning Leslie's blood cold.
"I say we kill it and eat it," one voice, a new one said.
"No, no, that won't do," the first said, its eyes narrowing dangerously. "We'll just take it back to Gervartitymon. He'll reward us generously…" The cackling resumed. Leslie knelt to her shoe, trying to undo the laces. Her best chance was to run. She didn't think it would be a good idea to stick around with the monsters above. Unfortunately for her, she couldn't see the creature that jumped from the treetops. She could, however, feel its weight on her back and its teeth jab into her neck.
"We don't want you running away now…" It hissed in her ear as her consciousness was swallowed by darkness.
Shinji, too, had ended up in the forest. He pushed through the undergrowth, grumbling the whole way.
"Dang forest," he griped. "Dang world, dang contest…"
"Having trouble?" Came a voice from high in the treetops. Shinji looked up to see two pairs of bright blue faceted eyes. The rest of its body was a tangle of black, electric blue, and bright yellow. It appeared to be a spider, but Shinji had never heard of a spider with florescent dragonfly wings, either. It was the size of a cat, and hovering a few feet above his head. Shinji supposed that it was one of the 'Digimon'.
"Well… Yes. I suppose so," he said, a little suspiciously.
"Really… Say, you wouldn't be one of those humans, would ya?" It asked, landing on a bush close to him. "'Cause that's just what I'm looking for. I'm a human's Digimon partner."
"Yes, I'm a human…" Shinji replied, remembering his password.
The spider gave him a grin, revealing wickedly sharp teeth. "Well, then, would you happen to know a Shinji? Did one come with you?"
"Well, I didn't meet the others, actually," Shinji replied, noting that the spider's face fell when he said that. "But, I'm Shinji." That sure made the spider happy.
"Oh, really? I was hoping it might be. I knew I'd like you when I first saw you. I'm Arachnimon, by the way."
"Well, then Arachnimon," Shinji said, "how do I know that for sure? How do I really know that you're my Digimon and not trying to trick me?" Arachnimon pouted before saying, "Well, you can look at you Digivice…"
Shinji took out the tiny device that resembled a small compact computer. Its screen had lighted up brightly. A black dot appeared on a small map, a similar black dot right next to it. He supposed that that was him and Arachnimon. Fairly close was another, lone dot, this one dark green. Another dark green dot was farther away, both of them moving steadily. Another DigiDestined and their Digimon. Yet two more pairs of dots, a set of red and a set of blue, were fast approaching the green dots. He put it back away.
"Alright," he said, believing the Digimon. "What now?"
Leslie awoke to the sound of fighting. She opened her eyes and lifted her head, perhaps far too quick. A splitting headache started up.
Still, she saw exactly what the creatures that had attacked her were.
Tiny black snakes, scarcely bigger than a green garden snake. Unlike a garden snake, however, they had large fangs. They weren't fighting among themselves, though. A dark green bird, easily the size of an eagle, was attacking them from above and keeping them away from her.
Its eyes were a startling shade of hard amber, ruffled feathers a dark swampy green that matching the small device she'd received with her letter. It's legs and beak were jet black, a bright green metal band around its right leg. Unlike any bird she'd ever seen, though, the bird had a pair of pointed, fuzzy cat ears. Two feathers adorned their tips.
It fought the tiny snakes with a slashing attack using its talons. The remaining snakes gave one final his and retreated into the underbrush.
Leslie stood, and was amazed when the strange bird landed upon her shoulder. She realized what it looked like most, more than an eagle; and oversized raven. It also reminded her of her password, selfless raven.
"Thank you," she whispered to the bird.
"It was no problem," it replied with a shrug of its wings. "Those Garmon aren't difficult to deal with, so long as you avoid their fangs." Leslie's eyes widened.
"You… You talk!"
"Of course I do, Leslie," it said, giving her a stern look. "Surely you knew that Digimon could talk?" Leslie slowly shook her head.
"Are you a Digimon? And how do you know my name?" She asked.
"Of course I am. Every creature here is a Digimon, other than the humans." The bird shook its head. "Good gracious, you don't even know what a Digimon is… I'm Ravmon, by the way. I know your name because- well, it's a long story." Leslie raised an eyebrow.
"Are all Digimon called Something-mon?" She asked. Then, she remembered whom the Garmon had said they were taking her to. "And who's Gervartitymon?" She realized she'd said something wrong when Ravmon's eyes widened. "What's wrong?" The bird shook its head.
"Nothing, it's just… I didn't realize you knew about him yet. Gervartitymon is the reason you are here."
For further reference, I own EVERY character and EVERY Digimon mentioned as of yet other than Jenn and Gomamon. (They are owned by Riverfox and Bandai, in that order) I WILL loan them out for people to use so long as they ask first and say they were made by ME. And make reference to this story, of course. Gervartitymon might make his first appearance in the next chapter, too. We'll just have to see how this works out… R&R, ladies and gents! Please. Oh, and updates are EVERY Thursday if I can help it. I will tell you people if it will be late or early. Unless I forget to post it.