Disclaimer: I do not own digimon or any other category I write for. This chapter is basically from Takuyas'/Flamons' point before he meets Alex.
Chapter 3: So Alone
Tick tock
tick tock
How long had it been?
Weeks?
Months?
Perhaps maybe years?
Once more before my heart stops...
He felt like he was going insane in this dark room of his. He hardly left it save for scaring the occasional trespasser in his forest. Other than that, he would sit in front of the fireplace and stare into it's flames for hours. It felt like time had stopped for him, with only the ticking of the grandfather clock counting the seconds until the next hour. To his left was a precious white rose in full bloom, suspending in the air above a dark wood end table yet remain untainted underneath a glass dome.
Yet time seems to pass me by
like a shadow in the corner of my eye
He wished he could be untainted once more.
There it was, that word again. A word that he had once been. But that was the past and he was now drowning in his despair, hiding away shamefully in his dark room.
All the stains are here to stay
they always cling to someone who's to blame
It was his fault for what had happened to everyone that night; He had allowed himself to become tainted by basking in the fame the he and his friends worked hard to earn. It was his fault that everyone around him wasn't exactly human anymore, his fault that everyone had to suffer, his fault that he had become tainted in the first place. And now he was trapped. Trapped forever within a form that held the disgust of both species; neither human nor digimon, but a horrifying combination of both. Long red-orange hair that spiked up around tan stubs, yet was long enough to fall just below his shoulders which had these strange red pads around them. His ears had become almost elven with a gold hoop on each one, though you never could tell unless he turned to the side.
His face was the same dusty tan as the rest of his body yet decorated with two white markings, one on each side. His eyes were large and had changed color to a bright emerald green, his pupils slitted like that of a cat. His nose was that of an animal's and his human canines had been replaced with fangs which you could sometimes see poking out of his top lip. "Takuya! Please come out!" He cringed at the childish voice that called his human name, getting up slowly to prevent tripping over his rather large feet. "Tommy, I've told you. My name isn't Takuya anymore." He glared down that white bear dressed in green armor, who seemed really excited about something. "What is it that I can help you with?"
"J.P. and Zoey found a girl injured in the forest! They're bringing her back so that way she could get help!" Tommy was now jumping up and down, then grabbed his friends' clawed hand. "You should see her! She's really pretty!" Takuya, however, was mortified and pulled away, quickly disappearing into his dark room. "I wouldn't care even if she was ugly. She'll only scream and run away from just one look." Tommy only sighed sadly, mirroring the face of his best friend. "Face it, Tommy. No one will want something that's from both worlds."
Alex wasn't exactly sure what had happened. All she did was enter the Dark Gate and follow the overgrown path before being grabbed from behind and a knife held at her throat. Then she was thrown down and her head hit the sharp corner of a rock. She was bleeding profusely before falling into the darkness of her mind, oblivious to the fact that she had been robbed of her food and left behind.
She had to thank Kazemon and Beetlemon when they returned from the kitchen. They assured her that after talking to their friend who owned the castle, she could stay until she was well enough and then she could continue her way to the village over. Alex fidgeted underneath the warm down comforter until someone knocked on the door, causing her jump slightly. "Um, come in."
Takuya had been hoping that she was asleep. When she answered verbally, his hope sank. He had seen her in the mirror, but that wasn't good enough. He had to get closer. But she was awake now and would surely panic at the sight of him. Takuya stood in front of the door, so deep in thought that he didn't realize that it was wide open. "Excuse me, but is there something I can help you with?" Takuya jerked up at the girl in front of him, blinking several times.
Takuya gulped at the large hazel eyes of his guest, his mouth dry like cotton. "Um, I, well, I just...wanted to make sure you were alright." He mentally slapped himself, even though part of it was true. He hadn't heard the whole story but Zoey had told him that their guest had been attacked from behind then thrown forcefully to the ground, hitting her head in the process. Takuya cleared his throat. "I'm Flamon, the owner of this castle. It's a pleasure to meet you miss...?"
"Alexandria. Just that. I don't mind being called Alex either." Alex was curious about her host; she had never seen a digimon like him before, but he seemed to have a sort of human resemblance to his form. 'Could he be both?' She asked herself, then shook her head, 'No. It's impossible.' Alex sighed, limping back to the bed. "Well, if you don't mind, will you keep me company until Kazemon comes back? It's rather boring having to wait."
Cliffhanger!
Yeah, I haven't added to any of my other stories, so sue me!
But there will be more coming up!
So that way there isn't any confusion, only the residents of the castle can call each other by their human names, but go by their digimon names when they're around others. Alex doesn't have a last name because of her parents abandoning her in Shibuya when she was just several months old.
More on her past in the next chapter!