Alright lads, it's postin time. I promised this, so I'm delivering. Don't expect me to post again until next year lol

Also, yes, I know my writing atm is shit, but give me time to improve, I promise I'll get better.


(Outside the Walls of Reality)

All was dark in the Unknown. No sound, no creature, nothing lived here.

All except a single, massive egg, which lay dormant for many years.

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Until now…

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*CRACK*

Out of the shell came a single tentacle, followed by another, and another. More and more appeared until they formed one bestial hand, clenching over and over as if stretching.

"It's time."

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(Ophanimon's Castle, Frontier Universe, Seconds to the Crack)

Ophanimon was spending her afternoon walking in the woods with her holy companions, Seraphimon and Cherubimon. All of them were enjoying their day as if nothing bad had happened between them, despite their past.

Oh, how short their peace was.

Ophanimon's head perked up at the noise of a sudden crack, as if something had been broken. By their command, the Legendary Warrior Spirits appeared, ready to defend the world.

"Cherubimon, Seraphimon, did you hear that?" she asked.

"Indeed, a crack-like noise, am I correct?" Cherubimon asked.

"Yes, as if several Digi-Eggs have hatched," responded Seraphimon. He looked around to see where the noise might've come from, only to gaze in horror at the massive rift in the sky. The others then shared the same look when they, too, stared at the massive, space-like crack in the sky. From there, they saw a pair of glowing black eyes and a large, clawed hand reach for them.

"SERAPHIMON, CHERUBIMON WE NEED TO LEAVE, NOW!" Ophanimon yelled.

"No need to tell us twice! I'll teleport us to the Human World!" Seraphimon yelled back before enveloping them, and the all Legendary Warrior Spirits, in a ball of light and disappearing moments later. Unbeknownst to them, they also took two unwilling, though very welcome passengers with them.

Within moments of the hand touching the ground, the entire world, along with its moons, disappeared, leaving no trace of Digimon or data anywhere.

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World 3 has gone offline permanently. Re-configuring, please wait…...

Marcus wasn't faring well today in the Digital World. First, the normally passive Digimon were attacking everyone and everything in sight. Second, the Royal Knights were nowhere to be found. Third, he, Agumon, and the others ran out of food.

'Ok, maybe that last one isn't much of a concern, but still! The fact that we ran out of food of all things is a huge surprise to me and Agumon!' Marcus thought to himself whilst dodging a punch from a rampant Cyberdramon.

Currently, the Digimon were panicking, doing whatever they could to cope with their anxiety. Fighting, mainly, but others were engaging stress eating whatever they could while others chose to wait it all out, albeit unsuccessfully.

"Man, and I thought defeating Yggdrasil would calm everyone and not cause a massive panic in the future," ShineGreymon complained, Burst Mode in full fury against a GranKuwagamon.

"Agumon, you really do say the stupidest things at times. This, surprisingly, isn't one of them," replied Gaomon, punching away several smaller Champions while the PawnChessmon duo distracted the bigger ones.

"Agumon's got a point. Why is everyone panicking this badly?" asked Lalamon, weaving in and out the missiles of several Andromon alongside Kudamon, Kamemon, Falcomon, and Biyomon.

"I don't know, guys, but something tells me that something big is gonna happen real soon with all of these Digimon going nuts over here!" Marcus spoke up. Within moments of him saying those words, a giant crack in the sky appeared, where the same eyes and hand from the previous world appeared from appeared.

"What the hell is that?!" Masaru shouted, actually feeling a bit nervous at the size of the being. And just like that, Craniamon appeared before them.

"Young Damon, you and your companions need to leave the Digital World with us, now! " Craniamon yelled, to which Marcus promptly responded with, "What the hell do you mean, "with us?!"" His question was answered when the rest of the Royal Knights, save for a few, appeared and teleported everyone away from the world.

Once again, the giant clawed hand touched the ground, destroying all that existed in the world. Digimon began running away, screaming in horror and yelling in rage, before they, too, were consumed. Nothing was left alive.

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World 4 has gone offline permanently. Re-configuring, please wait…

For the most part, the Digital World was fine after the reset. All beings were thriving, save for one individual. Gennai, rather, his dark counterpart, was avidly dodging the wild strikes of Jesmon and Alphamon, that wasn't his ally, who had a personal vendetta now that Ordinemon was gone.

"Hey now, can't you two just lighten up a bit? What did little 'ol Gennai do that might warrant your-" he was cut off by a swipe from Alphamon and then continued, "attention, oh Royal Knights?"

"You know damn well why we're here, Gennai! Hand over Apocalymon's Data or perish!" demanded Jesmon, raising his right arm towards him, with At hovering over it menacingly.

"Jesmon, stand down," commanded Alphamon before turning back to 'Gennai,' "Gennai, hand over Apocalymon's Data and come with us. You know full and well why we require that data you're keeping from us."

'Gennai' chuckled and started playing hacky-sack with the cube, "Oh? You mean this ol' cube of data here? Why, it's not dangerous, gentlemen! Here, why don't you try it?" He threw it towards them, intending to make it land an infecting hit when all of a sudden, it froze in mid air.

All three of them were confused, 'Gennai' more so. But before he could ask, his body started spasming uncontrollably. "W-What's happ-pening to m-me?!" he cried out in confusion before a surge of pain flew throughout his body. From what the two Royal Knights could see, a mist of viral energy was flowing from 'Gennai,' destroying the screaming being, and into the cube.

When all of the viral mist was gone, the cube flew up to the sky, where they both saw a huge crack in the sky. A humongous hand grabbed the now super engorged cube and absorbed it, increasing the hand's size by 5 times its original size. This alarmed the two Knights enough to focus their attacks on the hand, only for said attacks to bounce off or do no damage.

However, the hand was now visibly annoyed with attacks and sent them flying with a wave of itself. Or, at least, that's what would've happened had a large forcefield not blocked the incoming winds. Question is, who summoned it?

"I don't appreciate you attacking this world, stranger. Especially after your sudden entrance here," Gennai said, minor exhaustion riddling his voice. He turned back to the two Royal Knights, "You two get out of here and warn the Digidestined, you hear me?" He was about to drop the forcefield when he turned back around, "Oh, and head to Primary Village, would ya? Someone's been waiting for their partner since an hour ago!"

Alphamon and Jesmon had their doubts, seeing how it was Gennai, but relented, seeing as this Digimon may be able to help with their Digidestined. Hopefully, it wouldn't end up as rampant as Meicoomon. They soon left, traveling as fast as they could towards Primary Village.

Gennai focused his attention towards the hand, which was now fuming at his lone figure. Once again, it swung itself around, sending highly destructive waves of air everywhere. In response, he raised several shields up around the surrounding area, exhausting himself even further. "I'll admit, I'm not gonna be able to beat you, stranger. All I can do is play cat and mouse by raising my shields," he stated, "But I'll be damned if I can't do something about this."

The hand didn't care, or at least Gennai didn't think it cared, as it swung itself even harder, creating a massive wave of fire that scorched everything in its path. Even Gennai knew that he wouldn't be able to block that, even at his maximum potential. 'Still, it's worth a shot,' he thought, raising his hands to produce another shield.

The pain Gennai was feeling was unimaginable. With the flames beating against his cracking shield, it felt as if a supernova had gone off right in front of him. With his shield shrinking, he heard the cries of various Digimon nearby disappear as they were consumed by the flames. And just when he was about to be consumed as well, Jesmon had grabbed him and pulled him away.

All Gennai heard in his last moments of consciousness was, "You're coming with us, whether anyone likes it or not." In his arms was a small catlike Digimon that cooed out a name.

"Mei…."

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With all of its competition teleporting away, the hand proceeded to eradicate the world, all of it disappearing within a matter of seconds. Now, all it had was two more worlds left to destroy.

World 1 has gone offline permanently. Re-configuring, please wait…

Lunamon was actually having an easy time in the Digital World as the newly crowned Digimon Queen. First, after she had gotten the position, she had unexpectedly digivolved into Lekismon. After getting over her fears, she trained in this form, later evolving into Crescemon, and once more into Dianamon. To say that anyone expected her to reach her Mega form this fast was an understatement. Absolutely no one expected this to occur, and those who challenged her for her title soon found out the hard way.

Apart from that, everything was relatively fine. That is, until three Digimon arrived at the palace. Among the small group were two faces she remembered, Marsmon and Apollomon, although she didn't remember much of Marsmon.

"Queen Lunamon, we require that you come with us!" exclaimed Apollomon, seemingly worried, "You're the only one who we can rely on at this moment!"

"Why me? What's so special about me that would require my assistance?" Lunamon asked, clearly confused about this whole ordeal. Though, she had an inkling of what they might need of her.

The third figure moved forward, announcing himself as Neptunemon, "Lunamon, the reason we require your utmost assistance is because of your Mega form." Mentally, Lunamon confirmed her suspicions, but as to why was still the big mystery.

Neptunemon continued, "You see, us three are known as part of the Olympos XII, a group similar to the Royal Knights, but not as known, save for Bacchusmon. Your Mega form, Dianamon, is also a part of that group."

Silence loomed in the palace, and Lunamon was stunned to say the least. Her? A part of the Olympos XII? It couldn't be real, right?

She didn't get to answer herself as the roof of the palace was torn off, exposing a huge hand, readying to grab them. However, it missed its targets when they threw themselves out of the way. Enraged, it began to drop amorphous blobs to search for them.

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"This is the threat we meant, Lunamon. If we don't gather all of the Olympos XII, all Digimon in existence will cease to exist!" Marsmon exclaimed, clearly panicking at this point. "To even stand a chance against it, you need to Digivolve into Dianamon!"

Lunamon was frozen, in shock, fear, and various other reasons. That was what they were up against? It didn't seem possible to face off against it.

Then again, they have to try. For everyone.

...for Shoutmon.

Steadying her nerves and taking a deep breath, she gave her answer to them, "LUNAMON, DIGIVOLVE TO….." She was wrapped in a digital cocoon, her data shifting furiously until it burst open, revealing a new form, "DIANAMON!"

As soon as she settled down, they were found by the blobs of shadowy flesh, only for them to be destroyed by a blast of flame from Apollomon. "I fear it's found out our location. We must leave at once!" he turned to Dianamon, "Dianamon, gather up Mikey's allies and head back to the palace. We'll provide a distraction for you to escape."

Before Dianamon could say a word, the three ran down the hall, off to face their enemy. Deep down, she felt like they knew more than they were letting on, but shelved it away for later. She opened a gate to another Zone and left, leaving behind only puddles of moonlight.

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She later returned, with various of Mikey's allies in tow, when she saw the sheer destruction left by the hand. Shocked, she found the members of Olympos XII lying on the ground, about to be crushed by the hand.

She rushed forward, using her weapon as an impromptu shield for her new allies and stopping the hand's progression. "Leave us alone, monster! You have no place in this world!" she yelled, digging her weapon deeper into the hand's flesh. The hand, of course, reeled back in pain, not expecting the sudden rush of pain from smaller, insignificant lifeforms.

Dianamon took this advantage to pick up her fellow Olympos XII from their early graves, "Come on, this is no place to die, you three!" Opening up a gate to the Real World, she attacked the hand once more, "Arrow of Artemis!" freezing the hand momentarily.

She looked at everyone else and ushered them to get through the portal, closing it moments after the last one and she went through. By then, the hand broke free of its icy prison and slammed its fist into the earth.

Now unrestricted, the bestial hand changed into a more monstrous claw and swiped at the ground, deleting the world in mere milliseconds.

World 5 has gone offline permanently. Re-configuring, please wait…

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A lone thought from Marsmon trailed across the empty space left behind by the claw, surprising only those who could understand its meaning, not that there were any.

'Looks like we're teaming back up again, Spencer…'

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The world is quite barren, thought a lone Elecmon as he rolled down the sands of this world. He found the Digignomes fun and all, but they eventually got to be boring, so he left them.

So how was it that it all ended up like this?

The entire world was burning granite, stone, and such. So much so, the smoke produced outmatched the sandstorm that was currently raging.

"Come on, Elecmon! We can't stay here for much longer, otherwise we'll be fried like fish at a restaurant!" BelleStarmon shouted, pulling up in the Behemoth. Pointing at the giant claw with one of her pistols, she reiterated, "That thing is gonna kill us unless we get out of here NOW! "

Following his companion's words, he hopped onto the Behemoth, quickly being greeted by BelleStarmon's Fly Bullets. BelleStarmon gunned it, lurching Elecmon back at the speed they were going at now. "Where are we going, Beelko? That thing seems to be following our every move," Elecmon asked, seeing the giant claw swipe at them, giant gusts flying everywhere.

BelleStarmon tsked, "We're heading over to the Human World. There's a portal still open up ahead, but we'll need to push Behemoth to it's limits if we want to even make it!" At this, Elecmon took his cue to push the sentient motorcycle. "HEY, YOU DUMB BIKE! MY DIGI-MOMMA'S TRICYCLE CAN MOVE FASTER THAN YOU! YOU WANNA GET US AND YOURSELF OUT ALIVE? THEN GET TO IT!"

Like magic, Behemoth took his words as enraging fuel to push itself even further. "Wow, how'd you know that'd work, Elecmon?" BelleStarmon asked, actually amazed that his words worked. Elecmon chuckled, "I found out when I accidentally insulted it sometime back. I called it a hand-me-down trike and it revved itself up!" BelleStarmon laughed, "Well, that's a good thing to know!"

Suddenly, as they were about to cross the portal, a gust of wind knocked them off Behemoth, who crossed through the portal without its riders. Running up to it, BelleStarmon shrieked in pain when the portal burned her hand. "AAAAGH, DAMN IT!" she cried out, her Fly Bullets quickly surrounding her.

Elecmon looked back and saw that the land before them slowly disappearing. "Beelko, look!" he shouted, momentarily distracting her from the pain. Much to their horror, they saw countless Digimon, young and old being deleted. Heroes stepped in to stop the spread, but failed as they, too, were deleted. A dissipating MagnaKidmon stumbled towards them, barely able to make any words, "Beelko, is that you? Get out of here, would ya?" He fell face first, dissipating completely upon hitting the ground.

Elecmon turned to his friend, "Beelko? Are we really gonna die here?"

BelleStarmon stayed silent, unable to answer his question, but giving him a clear indicator that they were.

Off to the distance, the claw suddenly spasmed when a blast hit it from the left. A voice rang out, "This world may be yours for now, but it will be ours when this is all said and done. Yuggoth Blaster! " Another blast was sent at the claw, destroying its thumb which dispersed into tentacles. Another voice rang out, much more gruff than the previous one, "We may not be able to beat you, but the others will! Grau Lärm!"

The claw then turned grey, limping as its power was sealed away. The two who had stopped it then moved closer towards Elecmon and BelleStarmon, who readied Rizoma de Loto just in case they were hostile.

Their saviors turned out to be a Dobermon and a red, dragon-like mount. "Come with us," said the mount, surprising the two. "I can get us into the Human World without getting harmed. Dobermon and I know some people that can help us defeat this menace."

BelleStarmon responded, "How do we know that you aren't lying and won't take advantage of us?" Her unease was slowly filling her mind as memories of torture past returned to her recent thoughts. Her injured hand didn't help things at all either.

The Dobermon then spoke, "A group of heroes live in the Human World. You remember the D-Reaper Crisis that affected us back then? Those humans were the ones to take care of it. The Sovereigns have the highest respect for them for their actions." The claw suddenly twitched, getting Dobermon's attention. "We have to leave now! Take Grani's offer or leave it, it's your choice!"

Elecmon answered for the two, "We'll take it!"

"Elecmon?!"

He turned back to his friend, giving his reason, "I don't know why, but something is compelling me to go there. As if I need to see someone." His eyes hardened, shining with conviction, "And if the key to saving the Digital World is in the Human World, then I'll take my chances, Beelko!"

BelleStarmon could only chuckle at his deposition, "Elecmon….." She looked at their saviors, and gave her answer, "I'll go too. Someone has to watch over this runt, after all."

"Then hop on my back. I shall take us away," Grani said, lowering himself so they could get on. When the two did, he zoomed off through the portal, leaving behind the claw to destroy the world like the other four. After doing so, it regenerated its thumb, flexing it repeatedly.

World 2 has gone offline permanently. Re-configuring, please wait…

"This...this is bad," Zhuqiaomon said, his worry growing by the minute.

"Ya think, Zhuqiaomon? Of course it's bad! It's so bad, all of the other worlds have been affected. Heck, even Fanglongmon woke from his slumber because of this!" Ebonwumon's right head spoke. His left head then spoke, "Hush you. Just because it's true, doesn't mean that you have to rub it in his face some more."

Baihumon interrupted them, "IF I may interrupt your bickering, we still have to discuss the matters of our respective Digital Worlds. Rather, the lack of them."

Azulongmon piped in, "Yes, indeed we do, Baihumon. Fortunately, this is something I looked into the moment Ebonwumon's World was attacked." The other Sovereign huddled closer to hear the information.

"This threat was one that was thought to be a complete myth, even to the likes of GraceNovamon or other great mythical Digimon. Legend has it that it was sealed away from this reality many millennia ago by an ancient group of Chosen, using all the power they had to do so. Their names are lost to time and space, but they still live on within this tale. The monster we're threatened by goes by the name of…..Zenithmon."

Upon Azulongmon's revelation, everyone lost their absolute minds. "ZENITHMON?! AZULONGMON, DO YOU REALIZE HOW GRAVE YOUR WORDS ARE?! IF ZENITHMON IS RETURNING, THEN WE DON'T STAND A CHANCE AGAINST HIM! EVEN WITH THE CHOSEN, WE HARDLY STAND A CHANCE!" Zhuqiaomon screeched, flapping his now flaming wings violently.

"Azulongmon, what do you propose we do?! Our powers with the Chosen won't be enough to defeat Zenithmon, so what can we do about this?" Baihumon asked, nervous as he was the youngest of the four.

A new voice entered the fray, "I believe I have the answer for that, Young Baihumon."

The four Holy Beasts turned their heads towards the center of their meeting chamber and saw a new figure digitizing itself. When it finished doing so, all of them gasped. "Huanglongmon!" Ebonwumon yelled, unable to believe that the Golden Dragon of the Center had appeared before them.

He chuckled, "It's good to see you too, Ebonwumon. The last time I saw you, you were only half the size you are now." Turning to the others, he addressed to them, "As you know from Azulongmon, Zenithmon, the Ancient Chaos of Eras Past, has returned to conquer all the worlds. My Digital World was one of those worlds to be conquered, the 4th one, to be exact." Projecting a spiritual image of the five worlds, he then showed them Zenithmon's path, "Zenithmon knew that each world had interacted with the Human World at some point in time. He, himself, has the power to do this, but only once, much like the others. So, he took over the 5 Worlds, merging them to gain more power to access the Human World five more times. If my thoughts are correct, he'll merge the Human Worlds to give him a sixth access."

He dispelled the projection, "So, in total, he can now enter the Human World a total of seven times. Upon doing so, he'll also release a Demon Lord into the Human World."

"A Demon Lord?!"

"Yes, although it appears that three have already been released, both on the side of good. Lilithmon, Beelzemon, and Belphemon were all former enemies, but are now partners to some of our respective Chosen, albeit with different personalities. Belphemon was originally a part of your world, Baihumon, but he has since then moved to mine, as the new partner of Ryouma Mogami. It was originally a Psychemon, but has since become its true form, Phascomon," Huanglongmon clarified. He hesitated before speaking, "I propose that we...ally...with them to add an advantage against Zenithmon."

Zhuqiaomon flipped his lid at the proposition, Baihumon joining his displeasure. "ALLY with the DEMON LORDS?! Have you gone mad, Huanglongmon?! They killed a huge portion of us and YOU expect US to allow the Chosen to suffer their ire?!" Baihumon bellowed, Zhuqiaomon squawking in agreement. "SILENCE, YOU TWO," Azulongmon commanded, allowing Ebonwumon to exert his power, "HUANGLONGMON HAS A REASON FOR EVERYTHING HE DOES, SO ALLOW HIM TO EXPLAIN."

Silence then lingered in the air, so tense that you could cut it with plastic toy knife. Finally, Huanglongmon spoke, "While I also disagree with the idea of allying with them, you can't deny the power they hold." He projected an image of a WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon and a BlitzGreymon and CresGarurumon fighting Lucemon, "These four, for example, have done the exact same things as the other. Train, eat, sleep, battle, and evolve to their fullest potential. When they fought Lucemon, however, all four had to fuse to even stand a chance. Even so, they still lost to him. Fortunately, the Chosen have grown powerful enough to keep them in line."

Everyone stayed silent at this, only for Huanglongmon to cut it by stating, "Even if we were against the idea, we'd still be forced to ally with them." He dispelled the first image and projected another, that of BelleStarmon and company escaping the Digital World. "This young BelleStarmon, unbeknownst to her, harbors the key to allying with them and is heading to the Human World."

"So what do we do, Huanglongmon?" Ebonwumon asked, curious as to how they'd play their parts.

"We make sure she gets there and bring the Chosen here."

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Unnoticed by any of the five, BelleStarmon coughed a bit, which signaled a rare sign among all Digimon kind.

The X-Antibody.


And there we have it! The prologue has been released with more context to those snippets! Now, as for me, I'm heading off to work, so I wish you all a Happy New Year and a wonderful decade to come.

Until then, this is Alpha-Zenith, signing off!