2:37 p.m- East High school, buffalo, Ny

The final bell rang dismissing eighth period and the halls flooded with people. Jocks headed towards the arena for practice, nerds headed to various clubs, and everyone else went their own way. All aside from a group of three girls in the junior class, who waited outside the door for a certain someone to walk by. That person ended up being a sophomore girl in a pink top, that was clearly big on her, and a short black skirt.

As they saw her the group started to follow her home. As the young girl walked the other girls would mock her and yell out taunts. They would tug on her long brown hair and step on her shoes. This young girl had never done anything to them, but rather secluded herself from everyone else, which made her an easy target. She'd been bullied by these girls since 7th grade but she's never had the courage to tell anyone.

They mocked everything from the clothes she wore to the shade of green in her eyes. The girls weren't really original but it hurt all the same. They mocked her silver pendant and called it trash. They called her a whore or they would call her ugly. It was always something with them.

As she neared her house the girls left so they wouldn't encounter her mother. Walking the block alone was just a moment of peace which she cherished each day. As she entered her house she could already tell her mother wasn't in a good mood. She tried to head straight to her room before she was noticed, but it was too late. As she climbed the first step her mother walked out from the kitchen.

"Sophia!"

Sophia's head lowered and she quietly turned towards her mother. "Y-yes?"

"You're late and the floors haven't been swept!"

"Sorry I had to stay late to finish a test."

"That's no excuse. I also need you to do the dishes and get started on dinner. Now!"

"Alright…" Sophia turned and walked down to the closet to grab the vacuum. As she swept the floor she endured her mothers snide remarks.

"You completely missed that spot over there. You act like you've never swept before! Don't forget to change the bag afterwards."

After the already spotless floor had been swept Sophia headed into the kitchen. She started to boil a pot of water as she started on the sinkful of dishes. Once the water started to boil she added noodles and started to boil some pasta sauce. After the noodles and sauce had been boiled she strained the noodles and mixed them in with the sauce.

By the time the dishes had been finished her mother and little brother had already finished off the food she had made. Sophia finally started to walk upstairs to head to her room. As she finally opened the door and tossed her bag in her mother yelled up the stairs.

"Sophia. You got a box in the mail from your grandmother."

Sophia started to walk downstairs again to get the box. As she finally reached the bottom of the stairs her brothers friends came in the door. They began to wrestle around with her brother and knocked over a nearby vase. Sophia had grabbed her package and started to head upstairs but her mother had stopped her again.

"Sophia clean up that vase. What are you thinking they could hurt themselves!"

Sophia hurried to sweep up the individual pieces of the vase then finally headed upstairs without being stopped. Once she finally got into her room and had the door closed behind her she opened the small box from her grandmother. At least someone had remembered. Inside the box was small 'D-3' digivice toy like from when her mother was young.

She didn't really know what she could do with it so she laid it on her nightstand then climbed into bed. She glanced at the clock and saw it was already 9:16. Finally alone she let tears fall to her cheeks. She knew she may have had it better than some people but she still couldn't help feeling like a slave. Her brother and his friends were loud as always and kept her awake. She finally managed to fall asleep as she sang quietly to herself. "Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me.."

Sophia suddenly woke with a start as her room was flooded with a bright light she looked to the clock and saw it was only 10:30. A voice filled her head as the light began to block out all her surroundings.

It is time for the five to rise and give chase to the four. You shall rise as heroes to defend our world and your world alike. It is you alone who can make this stand for the righteous.