Thanks to Wizardmon's gift, the five Digimon Hunters were led towards a cave. TK held the chest in its true form, ready to catch the Digimon. Tai and Matt were at the front with torches, lighting the way.

"Do you see anything Matt?"

He shook his head. "Not since you asked me five minutes ago TK."

"What if Wizardmon deliberately pointed us the wrong way?" Mimi asked.

Izzy shook his head. "I don't think so Mimi. He was a good Digimon."

"What's that?" TK spun around.

Immediately, Tai and Matt spun around and saw an angel-like creature that did not seem angelic. Its wings were bat-like and looking at it just brought fear.

"That must be the Digimon!" Mimi announced. "Get him!"

The angel slowly rose into the air and flew away. Instantly, the five friends ran after him, TK in the lead to get the Digimon quicker.

Close to the exit, the angel Digimon suddenly stopped. He spun around. "ShadowSeraphimon." He said in a mature tone.

TK took a step forward. "Okay ShadowSeraphimon. Time to go in the chest."

ShadowSerpahimon pointed down, causing them all to notice they were on a rope bridge. With one quick swipe, the rope bridge was cut and the chest was easily taken from TK's falling body.

Ten seconds later, the five of them had fallen into a mine cart, Tai catching the wooden plank that was the brake. With the plank broke, the mine cart began to roll down the slope.

Matt pointed forward. "The track's broken!"

Everyone saw what Matt meant and screamed in terror.

'This is a warning to all humans, that whomsoever opens the deep blue digital chest, will release thirteen of the most terrifying Digimon, upon the face of the earth.

'Tai slowly places his hands on the chest and opens it. He screams as he falls back.

'Matt, Izzy and TK are running in fear from a puppet moving of its own accord.

'Mimi and Tai are running towards the viewer as Daemon's face closes in on them showing his dark pupil.

'An Impmon and DemiDevimon appear. "Let's get 'em DemiDevimon!"

"I'm with you Impmon."

'Several Digimon fly behind them combining into the head of a SkullGreymon which promptly flies over the two Digimon, knocking them down.

'Izzy is holding his laptop with the distorted image of a man (later known as Gennai) who informs them,

"Only you can return the Digimon to the chest."

"Why us?" Matt and Tai ask.

'The menacing reply. "Because you let them out!"

'A Devidramon growls at the gang. Matt, Tai and Mimi gasp, backing up. While a Hyogamon, SkullMeramon and Piedmon laugh.

'TK screams for help as shadowy hands cover him.

'The shadows are then stuffed into the chest by Tai, Matt, Mimi, Izzy and TK. Matt slams the chest closed and breathes a sigh of relief.

'Gennai's laugh can then be heard, causing Matt to run away.'

Screaming in a mine is something not generally wise, but in this case, it was the best thing to do. The screams loosened the ceiling, causing large rocks to fall, quickly making a bridge for the mine cart to cross.

The ride was quickly ended when they reached the end of the line and were thrown into a coal deposit. They pulled themselves out and dusted down.

"That could have gone worse." TK said, helping Mimi.

"TK?" she asked, realising he was using both his hands. "Where's the chest?"

TK looked at his hands and realised he didn't have it. He pushed a lot of the coal aside, looking for the chest. His eyes glistened over. "I can't find it."

"I think that ShadowSeraphimon grabbed it." Matt said, smoothing his hair.

"I wonder if Gennai can find it." Mimi thought.

Tai looked at Izzy. "It's the best idea. Can you contact Gennai?"

Izzy flinched. "Tai, you're braver. Tell Gennai about the chest."

"He's not that bad is he?" Matt asked.

Izzy looked at Matt. "I don't know. But personally, I don't want to take that chance."

"I'll tell him." TK spoke. "I was holding the chest last."

Izzy took out his tablet and pressed the button to call Gennai. It was a few tense seconds until Gennai's face filled the screen. "Hello Izzy, what can I do for you?"

"Gennai, can you locate a ShadowSeraphimon?" Izzy cautiously asked.

Gennai nodded. "Of course I can." Then he had a suspicious look on his face. "Why?"

"Promise you won't get mad?"

"Izzy, what's happened?" Gennai pressed.

"The ShadowSeraphimon stole the chest." Izzy said. Gennai's face left the screen. "Gennai? Are you there? Gennai?"

A large sigh was heard, then a very loud yell. Izzy flinched and closed his eyes. He slowly opened his eyes to see Gennai back on the screen.

"Izzy, how?" Gennai asked, trying to stay calm.

"We were following a lead and then ShadowSeraphimon cut the bridge we were on and took the chest." TK answered.

Gennai nodded. "Very well." Everyone heard some typing going on. "I've found the chests signature."

"Is it nearby?" Tai asked.

"A thirty minute walk." He replied. "It looks like it's in Centaru Hall."

"Right." Izzy said. "Thanks." And quickly shut off the tablet.

To save a little time, they backtracked around the mine and up the hill to the van. Thanks to Matt's driving, they got there in ten minutes.

As it happened, Centaru Hall looked just like a manor house in front of a cliff. Just when they thought they were in the wrong place, Mimi pointed to a window on the top floor.

"Look! It's ShadowSeraphimon!"

Tai smiled. "Well, we've got the right place."

"How are we going to get in?" Izzy asked.

Mimi had already walked to the front door and pressed the doorbell. She put her hands behind her back and waited. She looked back at the boys and ushered them to the door.

Two steps away and the door was opened by a elderly woman wearing a pink cardigan over her shoulders and a knee-length skirt. "Yes?"

"Sorry for interrupting your day ma'am, but we've heard some rumours that this place is haunted by a dark angel." Mimi improvised. The old woman nodded. "I was wondering if it would be possible to spend the night and see if the rumours are true."

"Of course dearie." She replied. "Come inside."

Everyone looked at each other and stepped inside. The room was old, dusty and filled with old furniture and cobwebs.

"Don't you need some equipment?" the old lady asked.

"Not just yet." Mimi instantly said. "We'd like to explore a little so we can find the best places to set up static cameras."

"Very well." The lady said.

"Thank you." Mimi said, leading the way.

Tai leant down to Mimi. "Nice job getting us in here. I didn't hear about this place being haunted."

Mimi shook her head. "Me neither. I was making it up."

As they turned the corner, the old lady smirked. "Getting in here is easy." Smoke surrounded her as she changed shape. She was now a tall, slender woman with long fingernails, long white hair and wearing a dark outfit. "But getting out is impossible."


After fifteen minutes of intense searching, there were no leads. Tai crawled out from under a bed and looked around the room. "Any luck?"

"Nothing." TK answered, closing the closet doors.

Mimi leaned back into the room. "We need to find the chest quickly before that old lady shows up."

"We're trying our best here Mimi." Matt snapped. "We'd find it quicker if you helped."

"One of us has to keep an eye out." She replied.

"She's right Matt." TK agreed.

Izzy looked at Mimi and saw a figure behind her. "ShadowSeraphimon!" Everyone turned to the door and indeed, as Izzy had said, ShadowSeraphimon was there.

Immediately, he flew down the hall, closely followed. TK stumbled, knocking into a side table. Serpahimon rounded a bend, causing the five humans to lose sight slightly. When they turned the corner, there were two possible paths to go.

"Which way?" Tai asked.

"Let's split up." Izzy said, taking the left side along with Mimi and TK.

"Come on Matt." Tai ran down the right side.

Izzy, Mimi and TK ran into the only room at the end of the hall. They looked around, seeing no sign of ShadowSeraphimon, they turned to exit the room.

The door swung shut, clicking in place. Mimi pulled and pushed on the door. "It's locked." She stated. She looked back to see TK looking through the closet. "TK? What are you doing?"

"I'm looking for the chest." He replied. "We're stuck in here so we might as well look."

Mimi put her hands on her hips. "Well, you look around. I'm going to try to pick the lock." She said, pulling a hairpin out.

TK was about to close the doors when he noticed a pile of clothes thrown together. He moved them aside and found a blue box. He grabbed the box and pulled, revealing the Digital Chest. "I found the chest."

"And I've picked the lock." Mimi smiled as she opened the door.

"Let's find Matt and Tai." Izzy instructed.


Tai and Matt had in fact found ShadowSeraphimon and manged to catch up to him. Tai, being more athletic ran a little faster and tackled him to the ground. "Where is the chest?"

ShadowSeraphimon swung an arm around, knocking Tai off. "ShadowSeraphimon?"

Matt helped Tai to his feet. "Why does he keep saying his name?"

"I don't know." Tai answered.

Suddenly, the wall came apart, revealing that they were on a stage. Matt, Tai and ShadowSeraphimon looked at the various monsters cheering at the people on the stage. Matt and Tai looked at each other with fear and confusion. Tai looked upstage and saw two microphones and two guitars.

Matt saw ShadowSeraphimon fade into the shadows behind them. He looked forward seeing Tai already equipped with a guitar. Tai indicated Matt to join him. Slowly, Matt joined Tai and picked up the guitar.

"Tai, what are we going to do?" Matt asked.

His friend shot him his famous smile. "Sing." In answer, and order.

"Sing what?" Matt hissed.

Tai held the plectrum and strummed a note.

"I put a spell on you." Tai spoke-sang, and strummed a second note. "And now, you're mine. You can't stop the things I do." A third strum. "I'm not lyin'."

Matt knew which song Tai was singing. An old favourite their group of friends sung. Tai strummed a fourth note. This time, Matt joined in. "Now, it's been three hundred years. Right down to the day. But here and now, there's hell to pay. I put a spell on you."

They looked at each other and nodded. Together, they sang. "And now you're mine!"

"Hello all!" Matt called. "Our name's Matt and Tai. What's yours?"

They began to play the tune and Matt took the lead. "I put a spell on you, and now you're gone."

As Matt sang the word gone, Tai sang the backing vocals. "Gone. Gone. Gone! So long!"

"My whammy fell on you. And it was strong."

"So strong, so strong, so strong!"

Matt nodded at Tai, signaling him to lead, so he did. "Your wretched little lives, have all been cursed." Tai upped the key in his voice. "Because of all the witches working…" he stopped playing the guitar for the next line, and quickly raised his eyebrows twice. "I'm the worst."

They joined again for the next section. "I put a spell on you. And now you're mine."

Matt carried on singing. "Watch out! Watch out! Watch out! Watch out!"

Tai shook his head, singing. "He's not lying."

"If you don't believe, you better get superstitious." Matt increased his pitch at the end, but went back to his normal singing voice. "Ask my brother."

"Ooh, he's vicious!" Tai quickly said.

Quickly, Matt sang. "I put a spell on you..."

Then it was Tai's turn. "I put a spell on you..."

And together, they repeated the line. "I put a spell on you..."

"Now Tai!"

Tai raised both his arms and called. "Everyone!"

Matt and Tai called out. "Ah say ento pi alpha mabi upendi!" which the audience repeated.

The same thing happened with the next line of, "In comma coriyama!"

Tai and Matt sang the next words a second after each other. "Hey! High!"

They both took a quick deep breath for the lastword. "Say bye-bye!"

"Bye bye!" they ended the song.

The crowd roared with applause. Tai and Matt smiled despite being in a room with monsters. Mimi, Izzy and TK ran on stage.

"Guys, what are you doing?" Izzy asked.

"Singing." Tai replied. "It was kind of our only choice."

"We need to get out of here." Mimi said.

"You're not going anywhere." A woman's voice contradicted.

On the other side of the stage, stood the old woman who instantly changed into a tall, slender woman with long fingernails, long white hair and wearing a dark outfit.

"And who are you?" TK asked.

"I am the mistress of Centaru Hall; LadyDevimon." She replied. "Seize them!"


Soon, they found themselves in a dungeon cell. The second in two days.

"Mimi, can you pick the lock like before?" TK asked.

She shook her head. "I broke the hairpin upstairs."

"Maybe there's a way out like when we were in Daemon's prison?" Tai asked.

Izzy coughed. "Ahem."

Four pairs of eyes bulged out. "How did you get out there?"

Izzy walked to the end of the cell, where there was a missing bar. Sighing, they quickly exited and ran down a corridor. Soon, they lost their bearings.

"Let's go down here." Izzy suggested.

They followed the steps down and found themselves in another room. Matt looked out of the window and moaned.

"What is it?" TK asked his brother.

"We're on the top floor." Matt replied.

"How's that possible?" Mimi asked.

"Because Centaru Hall is a maze!" answered an irritated voice.

Outside, Gennai had his arms folded. "Which you would know if Izzy hadn't turned off the tablet." Gennai looked at the five of them. "Well, what are you waiting for? Come on."

"What?" Tai asked.

They looked outside to see Gennai riding a large serpentine creature with half a skull for a helmet and red wings.

"Don't worry." Gennai consoled. "Airdramon is very careful."

The door burst open revealing LadyDevimon and a collection of the monsters from the stage. Faced with the two choices, they easily made the decision to climb onto Airdramon.

"No!" LadyDevimon called. "They've escaped. Now they must be destroyed!"

Back on Airdramon, Gennai asked the one question he wanted an answer for. "What actually happened with ShadowSeraphimon?"

"Tai and I chased him but he disappeared into the shadows." Matt answered. "I don't know what happened afterwards."

Airdramon roared out and quickly landed on the ground. LadyDevimon was flying towards them.

"Is LadyDevimon one of the thirteen Digimon?" Izzy asked.

"I believe so." Gennai answered.

"Right." TK said, stretching the chest to its proper size.

LadyDevimon instantly eyed the chest. "You had the chest all along?"

"What are you talking about?" Mimi asked. "Didn't you get ShadowSeraphimon to steal the chest?"

"I know nothing about a ShadowSeraphimon." LadyDevimon sneered, reaching out for the chest.

"Keep your claws off." TK spat.

Suddenly, LadyDevimon began to smoke. She turned around, seeing the sun rise. She began to scream and cover her eyes.

"I guess we were in there longer than we thought." Tai muttered.

"The sun!" she cried. "It burns."

TK snuck behind LadyDevimon as she doubled over in pain. When he knew she was in the right position, he opened the lid, turned the chest upside down and dropped it to the ground. He righted the chest and quickly shut the lid. When he looked for the other monsters, they were nowhere to be found.

"They must have run away when the sun rose." Izzy guessed.

"So, where's the next Digimon?" Mimi asked.

"ShadowSeraphimon." Hovering above, was ShadowSeraphimon.

"You again?" Tai asked. "We've got the Digital Chest here. We can easily trap you in it."

ShadowSeraphimon beckoned to them to follow him. Gennai instantly followed.

"Gennai?" Izzy asked.

"He wants help. Can't you tell?"

"He stole the chest!" Matt protested, all of them following.

Gennai looked sideways at Matt. "Because he can't ask himself. Haven't you noticed that he's only saying his name?"

"So?" TK asked.

"He's like Wizardmon." Izzy realised. "He's a good Digimon, just in an evil look."

Gennai nodded and smiled. "Exactly."

ShadowSeraphimon led them back to Centaru Hall and down into the basement. He floated to a door with no handle and pointed. Everyone looked at each other.

"How are we going to get that door open?" Izzy asked.

"Burn it?" Tai suggested.

"No Tai." Matt instantly denied.

TK pulled a book from the bookcase and the door swung open, revealing a brown centaur withpurple spots and a silver roman helmet covering his face.

"Centarumon? What are you doing here?" Gennai asked.

"I was doing some research on this building when LadyDevimon mysteriously appeared and locked me down here." He answered.

Gennai shot a look at Tai and Matt. "Well, in any case…" he looked back at Centarumon. "…I an glad that you are back."

"As am I." Centarumon nodded.

"What's the deal with ShadowSeraphimon?" Izzy asked. "He seems a little unorthodox."

"I used what little energy I had to create a way to get help and he was the result." Centarumon explained. ShadowSeraphimon floated towards Centarumon and melded with the centaurs body. "There we go. Some of my strength is back."

"Come with me Centarumon." Gennai said. "I'll help you get your strength back. Izzy, if you please?"

Izzy understood and took out the tablet. In a flash of light, both Gennai and Centarumon had disappeared. Leaving Centaru Hall for the last time, they were very relieved.

"Where should we look for the next Digimon?" TK asked.

A beep told the answer as Izzy read an E-Mail detailing the next Digimon's location as the place to meet Gennai.


Author's Note

Hope you enjoyed the chapter.

The reason I have Matt and Tai singing with guitars is because of an image I've seen on google with them both playing guitars and smiling so I just had do it.

To answer any questions, the song is 'I Put A Spell On You' from the movie 'Hocus Pocus' sung by Bette Midler.

I got the lyrics from the site justsomelyrics.

I don't know about song credits on this site but better safe than sorry, right?