(This is where the story really begins. Reviews are welcome.)

Ice over Ice

The green light grew until it encompassed the three of them; Niall, V-mon X and Mojyamon. As it faded, Niall glanced at the dazed enemy. "What the hell?" As the world came once again into focus, the emerald lights condensed into the form of an egg, encased in the frozen clutches of Mojyamon's icy technique.

V-mon X stood up and flexed his arms. The wound on his stomach had disappeared entirely. His eyes narrowed and he dashed forward, slamming his helm into the enemy with an ecstatic cry of "V-mon Head!"

The force of the impact shot Mojyamon back several feet. Niall was only dimly aware of the ensuing spar between the two digimon, focused instead on the faintly glowing egg in front of him. He could never explain it, but he somehow, instinctively, knew that within this frozen egg was his partner, the one being with whom he had a connection transcending logic itself. The ice faded as a crack suddenly and inexplicably appeared in the egg. Niall reached out, in awe of the being coming into existence before him.

And yelped as it sank its teeth into his hand. Niall raised a sceptical eyebrow as he caught a view of his partner. Yes, he hadn't been sure of what to expect, but he had thought his uber-awesome digimon partner would at least have legs. Upon his lap sat a small, pale blue diamond with a face. And a single horn. And very underdeveloped arms with stubby claws. And it had its ice-cold fangs buried in his knuckles.

"Hmmph mph," it mumbled without releasing its jaws. Niall pulled it off with some difficulty. It wasn't much bigger than a football and its skin was as cool as the snow around them.

"Hey," it grinned, baring its fangs. "I'm Icymon. Got anything to eat?" Niall blinked stupidly. "That's a no, then? Pity…"

Niall glanced back at the sparring digimon. Mojyamon had pinned V-mon X into a corner and was firing punches at the Child level. Niall clenched his fists in anger and indignation. V-mon X had the X Antibody, but at the end of the day, there was still a level of difference between them, and the Adult level was, quite literally, in his element. Niall turned to the Baby digimon in his hands. "Stay. Here."

Icymon sneered. "I'm not a dog, human." but he hopped a few feet away from the enemy nonetheless. Niall pulled a rock from the ground and smashed it over the back of Mojyamon's oversized skull. The only effect this seemed to have was to anger the beast, who lashed out with surprising speed and grasped the teen by the throat. V-mon X leaped towards the beast, whose fist lashed out with blinding speed and knocked the smaller digimon into a steep cliff face, where he fell unconscious.

Niall roared at the beast and caught a glimpse of his face. One eye had been shredded by golden gauntlets and blood was streaming from his entire face. As Niall gasped for breath, he managed to spit in his opponent's one good eye, enraging Mojyamon into a frenzy. The digimon broke an icicle from the cliff and thrust it toward Niall's unprotected chest. Niall roared once more and a second burst of green light burst from the D-Hacker, enveloping Icymon in streams of data.

As the light faded, Icymon had been replaced by a new digimon. It had a similarly-shaped head, with two sharply bent horns on the back of its head. It had a narrow torso, spindly arms with clawed fingers on its hands. Its two thin legs ended in bird-like claws, three facing forward and one facing behind. Over the backs of its hands were black armbands, each with a lime green band of colour, the same shade as its eyes. "What the-" choked Niall as the newcomer jammed its knuckles into the snow.

"The name is Frostmon, and I'm about to save your life." the pale blue monster growled. He retracted his hands from the swirling snow, frozen blades erupting from his wrists. He ran and stabbed, the icy swords piercing the skin before shattering. Mojyamon staggered and pulled a bone, bent in the middle, seemingly from nowhere. "Bone Boomerang!" the beast grunted, smashing the bone into Frostmon's stomach with enough force to kill a human.

Niall grabbed his D-Hacker and pointed it at Frostmon, praying for a miracle. "You can do this, he's not so tough!" Niall focused all of his energy into the device. A spark, a flash and finally a stream of green light shot out of the device and was absorbed into Frostmon. The digimon's eyes opened as he rose into the air. His eyes were lit up in green as a cocoon of the same colour covered him entirely, expanding rapidly in the space of a few seconds, clearing to reveal an entirely new digimon.

The new evolution stood almost three stories tall. It was shaped like any of a variety of carnivorous dinosaurs, with a tooth-filled jaw as big as Mojyamon. It had two curved horns behind its eyes and two pointed forward on its snout. It had powerful clawed arms sealed inside dark metal bracers. Its legs had two powerful sets of joints at the knees and the ankles, with grey-blue claws on its feet. Two enormous spikes of the same colour protruded from its shoulders and its tail ended in a powerful steel-coloured hammer.

"I am PolarGreymon!" roared the dragon monster. his voice was a low growl, barely recognisable from his previous forms. It lashed out with a fist and smashed into Mojyamon's torn and scratched face, knocking the latter into a wall of sheer rock and ice, dropping Niall as he stumbled backwards. Niall clenched his fists in determination. He had designed PolarGreymon, knew all his strengths and weaknesses. The two locked eyes and nodded in synch. Niall flashed a sinister grin at the dragon. "Let's do this."

PolarGreymon let down a claw and the teen scrambled up to the digimon's shoulder. Mojyamon grabbed a second bone and prepared to throw, before being fiercely rammed by the dragon's horns. PolarGreymon growled as blue energy gathered in his jaws. Niall called out along with his partner as the latter unleashed a powerful blast. "Frost Nova!" The blast shattered the beast and the data collapsed into the shape of an egg, which then shot into the D-Hacker.

Niall jumped into the snow as PolarGreymon reverted to his Child form. The two of them dug a cold and somewhat disgruntled V-mon X out from under a pile of snow and told him of their epic confrontation. "So you've already reached Adult level?" he enquired, looking a bit too overly surprised for Niall's liking.

"Hell yeah! We kicked ass back there!" whooped Frostmon, high-fiving his human partner. Niall's expression grew suddenly serious. "Now to find my friends and fix this place. You two with me?" The two digimon nodded, eyes fiercely focused. A map shone out of the green device in Niall's hand. A golden dot was flashing at the edge of the hologram. A green dot pulsed in the centre, a small arrow pointing toward the golden one.

Niall flashed his familiar grin. "No time like the present." he laughed as he ran ahead. "Here we go!"

Icymon/ Attribute: ?/ Level: Baby(In-Training)/ Type: Lesser/ Attacks: Snowball, Ice Storm Force 0

A small digimon made from hardened ice crystals. He can freeze moisture in the air to launch snowballs.

Frostmon/ Attribute: Vaccine/ Level: Child(Rookie)/ Type: Icy Snow/ Attacks: Hail Shot, Ice Knife, Ice Storm Force III/ Finisher: Chilling Smash

A powerful Child level, his body is comprised entirely of ice which will only melt at extremely high temperatures. He can freeze the air around him to create blades and armour made of ice.

PolarGreymon/ Attribute: Data/ Level: Adult(Champion)/ Type: Ice Dragon/ Attacks: Hammer Smash, Ice Fang, Ice Storm Force VI, Hail Burst/ Finisher: Frost Nova

Much more volatile than his previous level, PolarGreymon can unleash bursts of ice and frozen energy. When he finds an enemy, he will release the full power of his muscular limbs to pummel them into submission or annihilation.