Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon or the songs 'I Can't Wait to be King' from The Lion King. All credits go to Disney and the record companies. I own only my OCs.
The leopardess led the kids down a path. The kids found themselves in a city square. The square was damaged, with cracked stone paths, broken buildings, no sight of nature and people wandering around like ghosts.
"This looks like a warzone." Annalise commented.
Davis felt uncomfortable with a load of stares piercing at him. "I don't like the way everyone's looking at me."
"You're not the only one." Jun said, also getting stared at.
They passed more buildings, coming into a new place…a city! But it was broken down. Also, there was what seemed to be a battlefield just outside the city.
"Leopera!"
Davis looked up and saw a girl running towards them in a hurry. She had the biggest blue eyes he ever seen. They were royal-blue and very expressive. She also had long sunny orange hair in a braid falling down her entire body ending with a fluffy tip and a spiky fringe with a tall strand stubbornly sticking up. Her skin was coloured as rich vanilla. She wore a cream-coloured turtleneck with yellow feathery-like cuffs, yellow puffy shorts, white/red-striped socks and red shoes with yellow duck feet prints on the front.
The girl flew into the leopardess's arms, hugging her tightly. Then she saw Davis and Jun.
"Davis! Jun!" She jumped at them, hugging them closely. "I miss you so much!"
Davis lifted her off of him and stared at her bewilderedly. "Who are you? And how do you know me?"
She blinked down at him. "It's me…Ahiru…your sister."
"Sister?" Kokoro, Cleo, Lori, Atsuko, Annalise, Quartz, Anya and Helena all gasped.
"Sister?" Veemon repeated.
"Sister?!" Jun gawked.
"I already have a sister!" Davis exclaimed, placing Ahiru down.
"I'm both your little sister!" She shouted back.
The leopardess pulled Ahiru back. "Ahiru, they don't remember you."
"But Leopera…"
"Come on," Leopera pulled her away and beckoned the others to follow her.
They did and she led them deeper in the city. A strange feeling washed over them as they looked around the place they passed through. It was as if they've been here before…
Then Leopera and Ahiru stopped, both were staring at something. The kids looked from behind and saw that there were on a hill instead, in the middle of a battlefield. Leopera and Ahiru were staring intensely at something on the ground. The kids looked. There, on burnt ashy earth, was a round amulet of pure gold, detailed with wavy markings that were designed to be sunrays and a long, gold chain. They marvelled at its beauty.
And then the amulet glinted and so did Davis's eyes. As well as Jun's, Kokoro's, Lori's, Annalise's, and Anya's. The kids went rigid as their minds were flooded with visions…
They saw the city before the hit of damage. They saw an overview of it, discovering it was only part of a glorious kingdom, bathing in golden sunlight. People were just as glorious. They were happy and lived together in harmony. Nature intertwined with the buildings, a beautiful sight.
Down below, the people turned their heads from the marketplace offers at the joyful laughs coming up. A small boy was running through the narrow street, followed by young girls. The children were dawned with smiles as they ran pass.
The boy was young, about four years old but was a bundle of hyper-energy. He had short spiky hair in a soft and rich maroon colour, honey-tanned skin that shone like gold in the light and bright dark-brown eyes. He was dressed up in a white long-sleeved with a soft-blue vest on top, long dark-red shorts, gold boots, gold wristbands on his wrists, and a gold band around his head.
He was holding hands with a girl of the same age, pulling her with him. She was very pretty for a toddler. She possessed curly golden-blonde hair with a pink bow tied at the back, twinkling teal-green eyes, incredibly soft light-tanned skin, and wore a white sundress with lacy straps and a tiny pink bow in the centre of the neckline, pink bloomers with frilly ends under the dress, a lavender sash tied around her waist into a bow at the back and white slippers.
Running fast beside them was a girl older than the two, at 7 years. She was tomboyishly pretty, with long jet-black hair in a high ponytail flying behind her like a flag, decorated with red roses and pink ribbons, light-auburn eyes burning with activeness, healthy fair skin, and a big smile on her face. She wore a dark-blue shirt that was cropped so it bared her fit stomach, dark-blue pants, red slippers, red wraps on her arms and a pair of red/black headphones around her neck.
She was pulling another girl of the same age by the hand, like the prince was doing to his best friend. She looked very smart. She had short bushy dark-brown hair with a purple hairband and yellow feathers within her hair, sharp dark-green eyes with long lashes, and pale skin which brought out her red lips. She also had purple square-lensed glasses on her face and was wearing a tangerine-coloured sleeveless dress, pale-yellow gloves, blue boots, and a purple bag.
The fourth girl was being carried on Anya's back, due to being a year old. She was adorable with a small and baby-plump body, big dark-blue eyes, soft light-fair skin, boy-short scruffy tannish hair, and wore a long red dress with white panties and footies.
"Get back here!" A distant voice called.
The little kids snickered, running even faster to lose whoever was shouting after them.
But then their path to escape was cut by something.
"Gotcha!"
"Ah, Leop!" The boy whined.
"No buts, Davis!" 'Leop' sternly putted. She was a young leopardess girl, older than the two elder girls, wearing a pretty lilac dress that flared out from under the chest has thin straps, a matching hairband pushing her long navy hair back, and a gold tiara across her forehead.
"You idiot, it's not allowed for a pipsqueak like you to run away from the palace!" His sister scolded loudly. She had spikey magenta hair cut short, dark-brown eyes, and pinkish fair skin. She was wearing a light-pink shirt decorated with a pink iridescent-sequined zigzag pattern across the middle, matching light-pink pants, a light-pink/red-striped hairband on her head, and red shiny sneaker-like shoes with yellow hearts on the heels.
"I'm not a pipsqueak, Jun!"
"Yes you are!"
"Knock it off, you two." Leop scolded, flicking her fingers on their foreheads, making them whine.
"Leopera…" The two whined.
The leoperdess held her head up. "I'm your big sister. It's my job to look after my baby brother and sisters and keep you from killing each other."
"Says who?" Davis questioned.
"Your mother, the queen."
"I'm gonna be queen! I'm the oldest!" Jun announced.
"I wanna be king of Sola!" Davis protested.
"I wanna be a princess!" A little girl, with a long braid with a light-blue bow, exclaimed while holding onto Leop's hand. Her braided hair was orange, her eyes were big and blue, and her skin was fair. She was dressed up in a yellow dress with a big skirt, a light-blue petticoat of ruffles underneath, a light-blue belt sash at waist with bow at back, short puffy sleeves with a light-blue bow tied at front, white socks with yellow bows and light-blue shoes.
"Princess Ahiru, you are alreadya princess." Anya corrected.
Ahiru blushed. "Oh, right."
"With attitudes like that, you're shaping up to be pretty lousy rulers." Leopera told her brother and sister.
Davis scoffed. "Not the way I see it!"
{Cue I Can't Wait to be King from 'The Lion King'}
He took a jump and the background became more jazzy. He approached his sisters, chest puffed out, acting all high and mighty.
Davis: I'm gonna be a mighty king
So enemies, beware!
Leopera smirked.
Leopera: Well, I've never seen a king of beasts
With quite so little hair
She picked a piece of hair from his head, making him glare at her. She teasingly smirked back.
Davis: I'm gonna be the main event
Like no king was before
I'm brushing up on lookin' down
I'm working on my ROAR!
"Thus far, a rather uninspiring thing." Jun dryly quoted, folding her arms and frowning at her brother.
Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
"You've rather a long way to go, pipsqueak, if you think-" Jun started, but she got cut off by more of her younger brother's singing.
Davis: No one saying, 'Do this'
"Now listen here, buster-" While Jun was trying to tell him off, Annalise and Anya were making funny faces behind her back and pretended to be innocent when Jun turned around to them.
Leopera shook her head amusedly and Ahiru giggled.
Annalise/Anya: No one saying, 'Be there'
This time, Davis and Lori were making fun of Jun behind her back. Kokoro was too nice and polite to mock a princess.
Jun stomped her foot. "What I meant was-"
Davis: No one saying, 'Stop that!'
And then Annalise and Anya resumed making faces at her back.
"What you don't realize-"
Kokoro: No one saying, 'See here…'
Then the five ran off again, leaving an angry princess behind.
Jun: Now see here!
Davis: Free to run around all day!
"Well, that's definitely out." Leopera commented.
Davis/Kokoro/Annalise/Anya: Free to do it all my way!
Lori: Yah!
They ran fast, but they weren't fast enough to out run a leopard.
Leopera stood in front of Davis, looking down at him as he gave a toothy grin. She softened her stern stare.
Leopera: I think it's time that you and I
Arranged a heart to heart
But then Davis ran around her.
Davis: Kings don't need advice
From annoying sisters for a start
Meanwhile, Jun climbed up a tree and stood on a branch so she was able to see her brother and his friends. She frowned and crossed her arms again.
Jun: If this is where the monarchy is headed,
Count me out!
Out of service, out of Sola?!
I wouldn't hang about!
"Ah!" She suddenly screamed when the branch snapped and she fell.
Leopera ran over and caught her falling.
Leopera: This is getting wildly out of wing…
Davis: Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
The five kids danced as they run around while Davis's sisters chased after them.
Davis: Everybody look left
The young prince and his friends made a sudden left, taking his sister off balance.
Everybody look right
And then he went right.
Everywhere you look I'm...
Standin' in the spotlight!
"Not yet!"
Leopera had to cover her sensitive ears when Jun screamed.
Kokoro/Annalise/Anya: Let every creature go for broke and sing
Let's hear it in the herd and on the wing
It's gonna be King Davis's finest fling
Davis climbed to the top of a wall, the sun shining behind him while his friends sang from below.
Davis: Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
Oh, I just can't wait...
To be king!
He kicked his leg, accidentally throwing off his balance. He screamed as he fell off the high walll.
"Davis!"
But fortunately, someone caught him with big, strong arms.
Davis grinned at the man who saved him. "Hiya dad!"
His father frowned. He had the same looks as his son and wore regal blue clothes with swords on his hips.
Then Davis was plucked out of his father's arms by another pair of arms. Ones with gentle moves and soft skin.
"Oh, my baby…" His mother cooed, making him laugh and caused her to smile. She was an extremely beautiful woman. She was fair-skinned with red lips, big royal-blue eyes that expressed so many emotions, and bright orange hair falling all the way down her back to her ankles. Cowlicked fringes at the right side of her angular face were pulled back and tucked in, complete with a delicate golden crown with a topaz in the middle, surrounded by smaller pieces, appearing like a sun. Her figure was wonderfully curvaceous and the dress she wore was simply enhanced her beauty. The top was red and long-sleeved with her collarbone showing under a cutout on the front, while the ballgown-skirt was a spottless white cascade of ruffles, with simple red flats peeping out from underneath. A pair of gold earrings in swirly flames frame the sides of her face and the amulet hung from around her neck on a long chain.
"And how are my girls?" Davis's father turned his frown upside down and opened his arms to Leopera, Jun and Ahiru. The three girls ran forward and hugged him.
"Your majesty." Annalise, Anya, Kokoro and Lori bowed before the queen and her consort.
The queen nodded kindly and then hugged her son, the happy little boy laughing gleefully…
The kids came back to reality with sharp intakes of air and heavy gasps.
Davis took it hard. He was shocked. He was a prince…he had friends…he had a happy family…a perfect life…how did it seemed like a lifetime of neglect?
"What happened?" Jun asked timidly, just as shocked as her brother.
Leopera's lips quivered. "The Era of the Black Sun happened. 10 years ago, the sun turned black and shadows begun attacking Sola."
"Sola?"
"The kingdom. It means 'sun'."
Then the kids winced, holding their heads as another flashback overtook their minds…
It was a typical sunny day in Sola. In a field, Davis and his four girls for best friends ran around, laughing and got into a dog pile with Davis at the bottom. They kept on laughing.
But something was wrong.
They stopped laughing when they noticed a shadow looming over them. They looked around. The entire kingdom was getting coated in a huge shadow.
The sun was turning black.
The people turned to panic running around like crazy. The prince and his friends were starting to feel scared.
"Davis!"
Davis looked and saw his eldest sister running towards him. "Leopie!"
Leopera took him and the girls back into the city, overcrowded with screaming citzens. The once happy kingdom was in total chaos.
The rest of his family were in the sqaure. He was reunited with his other sisters while his mother was trying to calm the crowd but no avail.
"Everyone, please, calm down. I know this is scary for all of you but if you could just calm down. Please-"
Her husband figured they needed a different way. "SHUUUT ITTTT!"
At once, the citzens stopped.
"Thank you, dear. Now-"
But the people screamed when shadows suddenly moved and started advancing on them. The queen ran out and held out her amulet, letting out a blinding light. The black creatures dissolved at once.
"This is all my fault." Leopera dropped to her knees, head hanging down and burying her hands in her face. "I saw this coming. I saw the sun turn black in my vision, I saw the shadow attacking, I saw everything!"
The queen ran over and knelt down in front of Leopera, taking her hands away from her face, making her look at her. "No, honey, its not your fault. You told me and I made precautions with the army. Remember, you're just the messager. Do you understand?"
Leopera nodded vigorously, eyes full with tears.
"Good." The queen mother kissed her daughter's forehead and walked away. She stared off into the crowd, watching every scared face, looking deep in thought. Pretty soon, her face grew grim. "As your queen, I insist that all families and children must evacuate to Japan in the other world."
The people gave out gasps and murmurs. The queen's eyes furrowed a little.
"I demand this for your safety. I promise not to rest until this situation is settled. General Jun-Sun, make sure everyone is gathered and get your children out of here."
Her general nodded. She took her two young sons away from Princess Jun and picked up Lori out from Prince Davis's arms. The baby started crying as she was away from her friends.
"Mama, don't take Lori away!" Davis shouted.
"My dear, its dangerous for a baby to be in a war."
"Come on, little guy." Davis's father picked up his son. Davis saw Annalise, Anya and Kokoro being taken away by their parents. But the V-Hearts started bawling and squirming.
"Daisuke Motomiya, stop that at once!" Masao scolded.
Davis managed to broke free, so did his friends. He snatched Lori from her general-mother and got into a tightly-closed circle with his best friends, back-to-back, staring hard at their parents threatening to break their spirit.
"This is our home! We wanna stay!" Davis declared.
"Sweetie, please. You have to go to Japan where its safe." His mother tried to reason.
But Davis refused to listen. "I WANNA STAY HOME!"
His mother sighed heavily, looking so torn and under stress. Her eyes were already carrying bags. With a heavy heart, she held out her amulet, its golden surface shone with waves of light.
"I'm so sorry, honey."
Davis dropped his rebelling and blinked confusedly at his reflection in the amulet. "Huh?"
The last thing he saw was a flash and then his world went black.
"So that's explains why I don't remember half of my childhood!" Annalise blurted out.
"I thought it was because your brain got muddled up by your headphones and the hits you get when you play your games." Anya retorted, almost snidely but with a soft and teasing touch.
"Hey, these are my trademark!" Annalise shot at her best friend as she lifted her headphones up. "And I love sports!"
"She whiped my memories out!" Davis exploded, angry at what his mother did to him.
"She blocked your memories." Leopera corrected. "You were so stubborn, she had no choice."
"…what happened afterwards?" Kokoro asked softly.
"Those shadow creatures who attacked you earlier are the ones responsible for the Era of the Black Sun. They don't eat, don't sleep and never stop attacking. Your parents and I worked around the clock just to deal with them. Not even the Golden Army was a match for them." Yet Davis huffed, still angry at the betrayal his parents committeed. She approached him and laid a hand on his shoulder. "Your mother made the most hardest decisions. She gave up everything to protect you."
He showed her his angry face and watery eyes. "Then where is she? Where's mom and dad?"
She fell silent. She looked away from him, hiding her quivering lips with her hand. Her ears flattened down and her eyes poured tears.
"I'm so sorry." She whispered. "I'm afraid they're watching over us now."
"Watching over us, what do you-" Davis choked on his rant, realising what she meant.
Ahiru casted her own watery eyes away, already knowing the terrible truth. Jun gasped and mimicked Leopera by crying and covering her mouth. Annalise, Anya, Kokoro and Lori and their Digimon casted their gazes down.
Veemon carefully touched his shocked partner's hand. Davis was frozen with shock.
"I'm afraid there's no time to grieve." Leopera spoke, although her tone carried some saddness. "Your mother's sacrifice has to finish."
"What…do you...mean?"
"The war was getting too long. The stress was finally getting to mot- your mother. It was bad enough that your father had fallen in battle days earlier. They loved each other so much. So she made the choice to give up her life to be reborn as the sun."
Davis looked up at the shining sun. His eyes didn't turn blind at the burning sight.
"For this war to truly end, the next in line to the throne must wear the amulet and rebuild the kingdom back to its former glory."
"Does that mean me?" Jun asked nervously, absolutely frightened at the thought of rebuilding a kingdom like it was a building.
"No, your mother didn't believe age makes a leader."
"Why can't you pick it up?" Davis questioned. "You know everything. And you're our sister. I remember that."
Leopera smiled but dropped it. "I am not of royal blood. I'm adopted. To wear the Golden Amulet after the end of a reign would mean the beginning of a new one. A new ruler to take after the old."
"So if one of us touches it, we became king?"
"Or queen. A decision must be made."
The bystanders stepped back, leaving the three siblings to look at each other.
"I don't know how to rule a kingdom!" Jun burst out.
"Neither do I!" Davis exclaimed.
"Me too!" Ahira piped.
"Wow, Davish'sh a prince!" Veemon said cheerfully. "Never expected that!"
"Well, that just proves that sometimes you don't know someone as good as you thought." Anya commented.
"But Anya, what of the outcome of this matter?" Helena inquired.
"They're all equally inexperienced." Lori added, watching the three Motomiyas squabble among themselves for a solution.
Kokoro just gazed at the trio, worried for Davis.
Annalise laid a hand on the girl's shoulder, making the blonde turn and stare. The taller girl merely smiled. "Relax. Let them figure it out for themselves."
Eventually, the three Motomiya just stared into one another's eyes for a while and then simultaneously nodded, coming to a silent agreement. They all walked over to the amulet, took a side cornering it, reach out, bent down and picked it up altogether, holding it firmly.
While everyone else was puzzled, the siblings were confident.
Jun nodded. "On 3. 1…"
"2…" Davis followed.
"3!" Ahiru cried and altoghter, they pulled hard on their mother's amulet…and each took a fat triangle piece. Leopera gasped, as did the girls, their Digimon and the crowd that surrounded them.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!" An old man from the crowd cried in utter horror. "YOU BROKE THE AMULET!"
But the amulet pieces glowed radiantly like nothing was wrong. Each Motomiya grasped a third of the round amulet.
"Since we all don't know what to do…" Davis started, grinning.
"…we figured we should do it anyway." Jun finished, smiling.
"Together. Not one but the three of us." Ahiru added, beaming.
Everyone fell in silence, stunned and unsure on what to say. Then Leopera broke the silence not by speaking but by kneeling. Then everyone else, including Davis's friends and the Digimon, all bow before the three siblings.
An new era has begun.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
"Hey, Davis? It's Tai."
"Its all of us." Matt butt in, annoyed with Tai for only mentioning himself. Davis's ex-friends were standing outside the door of his old home.
"We want to say sorry for the way we acted earlier." Joe confessed.
"Just come out here. Please." Kari pleaded.
The Ken came running up to them, eyes watering. "Guys! The Motomiyas are gone. They left."
"WHAT!?" Yolei shrieked. The DigiDestiends went into panic mode, going crazy of the thought of Davis gone from their lives.
"Let's not exaggerate." TK stepped in, calming everyone. "He probably moved to another apartment or a house. We'll see him in school tomorrow."
Tomorrow came but Davis's seat was empty. TK and Kari stared at that seat all morning during the roll call. They almost missed their names called. However, TK noticed that Davis's name wasn't menitioned.
"Uh, sir, you forgot Davis." TK called out, holding his arm straight up.
But his teacher shook his head. "No, I didn't. Motomiya is no longer attending this school. I thought you knew, considering he's always around you and Kamiya."
TK's ar snunk down. "Yeah…"
Kari blinked, totally shocked.
"Anyway, kids, we have a new student taking his place. Her name is Kinu Dimon from Cairo, Egypt. Come in, Kinu."
The new girl walked through the door. Every kid in the room gaped at the exotic new addition.
She was a striking, pretty girl with dark-chocolate skin, crimson eyes with thick eyeliner, glittery copper-colored gloss-wearing lips, and luxuriant, short, poker-straight black hair. She looked like a classic Egyptian, especially since her sylphlike body was adorned in a white tube-top with a yellow/dark-red/turquoise beaded, inch-wide neckline, a chunky gold belt over her hips, a beige miniskirt, and golden gladiator sandals. She had a ton of accessories, consisting of big gold earrings, a golden armband on her right arm, two gold bangles on each wrist, a gold ring with a ruby, a thick-strap choker in gold with a ruby in the center, a beige bag which hangs at her side with the strap going across her chest, and a beige braided headband made out of leather on her head.
Kinu grinned. "Pleasure to meet you. I'm so glad to be here."
"Go take the empty seat in the back."
She nodded at her new teacher and walked, sashayed over to her new seat, all eyes on her until the lesson begun. Kari and TK kept watching her, finding something about her, something that could not be described. They watched her set her bag down, getting out her books, notebook and pen, and gripped something in her hand.
A gold D-3 with red grips.
"A D-3!" TK hissed.
Kari blinked again, almost not believing what she was seeing. "She's a DigiDestiend?"
"And on such great timing."
Then Kinu looked up and innocently smiled at them, waving her D-3 in her hand. "Hi there. Looking at this?"