And the ball starts rolling.


"They think humans will stop us... Hilarious."


Setting: Digital World – Continent of Hope – Forest of Hope

The Forest of Hope is a dense forest that lies outside of the Hope Palace. The trees in the forest are extremely dense and tall, and the ground is adorned with various plant life. Max, James, and Kate are standing in a large clearing, where they all emerged into the Digital World. There is one trail that leads out of the clearing that goes down into the forest.

"...A bus dumped you here, really? That's... well I guess that really isn't any stranger than walking into a door that was never there before..." Kate says, intrigued by this whole situation.

"I'm more confused about this Hope Palace business... What palace?" Max remarks.

"Maybe if we follow this trail here it'll lead to the Palace... Not like we have anything better to do." James replies.

The three begin following the trail, and see all sorts of plants and flowers that they've never seen before. The trail seems to go on forever, with no end in sight. Max is fascinated by the wilderness, walking triumphantly with a big smile on his face, leading the group. James is somewhat worried about how the three are going to get out of this, and about what the future will bring. Kate broke the heels off of her sandals so she could walk more comfortably. Suddenly, Max stops walking.

"I heard something coming from the forest..." he says, worried. "Something... big."

"Well I didn't hear anything... Gotta be your imagination, kid. We should just keep walking." James responds.

Suddenly, a very audible explosion is heard down the trail, and a large creature suddenly comes flying down the trail. It's an Aquilamon, with eyes that are completely black. The Aquilamon ignores the children completely, flying over them and causing a great gust of wind. The three are visibly shaken, but Kate is frozen in fear, speechless at what just happened.

The Aquilamon then turns around and launches and unleashes a powerful scream, which shakes the surrounding trees. A bird slightly larger than the typical pigeon (but significantly smaller than Aquilamon, and no more than 2 feet tall), and of a light brown color, bursts out of the forest and attacks the Aquilamon.

"Feather Arrow!" The pigeon Digimon declares, while swinging his wing. A sharp feather shoots out and hits the Aquilamon, causing it to shriek in pain. The Aquilamon then lunges at the pigeon.

"Grand Horn!" The Aquilamon yells. Its horns suddenly turn red and it attempts to stab the pigeon Digimon. The Digimon barely avoids this.

"Joseph! I need some help here!" The Digimon yells out into the forest. At that moment, someone jumps out of the forest. He appears to be around 13 years old, tall, and skinny. He's dressed in a black T-shirt with black shorts, and beaten-up sneakers. He holds a strange device in his hand, which is about the thickness of a normal cell phone and the size of a small CD. It has various buttons on it, and a large screen with a yellow circle around it. He holds the device into the air, and it unleashes a bright light.

The pigeon Digimon begins to glow at the same time, and begins to grow. "Pidgimon digivolve to...", the Digimon screams out. The Digimon, while engulfed in light, grows larger than Aquilamon.

"Soarmon!" The Digimon exclaims. The Digimon has significantly grown in size. It has retained its light brown, and has proportionally grown very large, about 8 feet tall. Its feet also have large metallic claws. This Digimon's voice is also significantly deeper than its previous form's, which was more like that of a small boy's.

Soarmon then lunges at Aquilamon, declaring "Soaring Claws!". Soarmon's claws begin to glow red, and they slash the Aquliamon, causing it to fall to the ground.

"Th-that was... awesome!" Kate exclaims. "He's not that cool..." Max quickly says.

"Uh, my name's Joseph... I was sent to make sure that you all arrived safely. You guys got a call to go to the Hope Palace, too, right?"

"Yeah, we all did." James responds. "What's... that?" He then says, pointing at Soarmon.

"My name's Pidgimon... Well, right now I'm Soarmon... It's complicated..." He responds.

The Aquilamon suddenly starts shaking, and something starts emerging from it. It looks like Aquilamon's body, but completely black. Soarmon quickly lunges towards it and pulls it completely out of the Aquilamon's body with its claws, and then promptly throws it into a tree. The object promptly disintegrates, and Aquilamon's eyes return to normal.

"Digimon that have been tainted by evil are really just being possessed by a dark spell, which manifests itself in the shape of whatever it's taken over. That's part of the reason why you guys were sent here... Seraphimon will explain everything fully."

"Seraphiwhat?" James asks.

"Yeah... That guy that called you all to come here? Requesting your presence at the Hope Palace? That's Seraphimon." Joseph explains. "He summoned me there first... and he introduced me to Pidgimon. You see, there's this whole thing about how humans and Digimon are really powerful together, so he wants us to help save his world because we're the only ones that can. He united me with Pidgimon and wants to do the same with 6 other kids... He sent me to come find you guys because he couldn't transport you directly to his Palace for some reason."

"Ok... That's, like, really confusing..." Kate says.

"So I guess we go with you from here on?" James asks.

"Well, what else are we gonna do..." Max replies.

"I'll escort you all to the Palace, Soarmon will protect us from any other possessed Digimon like Aquilamon." Joseph says in an assuring manner.

"Well I guess it's settled, off to the Hope Palace!" Max exclaims.