Hey, Lunamon810 here! First of all, see! I'm still writing on it! It's just writers block, which with the help of my story Cardcaptor Ouran, has went away. Woo! Anyway, it is so awkward putting song lyrics in the chapter when someone is singing. xD Anyway, yeah. I'm SO sorry it took so long! I'm gonna do my best to make chapters faster from now on. Woo! xD
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon or any of the songs used in this chapter. I own no OC's besides Amber & Seth.
Claimer: I do own Amber & Seth.
"Clary, can you hand me the snap-dragons?" Amber asked, packing the dirt around some roses. She and Clary were working on the plants in front of the castle, for two reasons. One, they wanted some outside air, and two, they felt the castle looked too dull. Amber passed her a large pot of the flowers, and Amber started planting them.
"The flowers smell nice." Clary said, planting orange lillies.
"You're right." Amber said, nodding. "They do."
"Do you think That Luna Seth talked about is our Luna from the orphanage?" Clary asked.
"I think it's possible." Amber said. "If we can come here why not anyone else from the orphanage. It seems many random kids have ended up here."
"I don't think it's exactly random." Clary said. "It seems like maybe there's a reason we're here."
Amber looked at her over her shoulder, and Clary did the same. "Maybe you're right Clary. Can you help me move this big rock, it's blocking the way."
Amber and Clary stood up to examine the rock. It was about four feet by two feet, and almost perfectly round. They started to pick it up, then a round beam of light shot up and a man appeared in the middle of the beam, obviously a hologram due to the fact the man was about a foot tall. "Who are you?" Amber said.
"I'm Gennai." He had greying brown hair and wore odd clothes, but Amber still didn't freak out that some random guy was managing to do something so weird. She felt like something important was going on.
"Well, Gennai, what are you doing here? And who are you?"
"Well, I know your friends, Matt and Izzy and the rest." Gennai said. "I'm here to help you, but you can't tell King Seth."
"My brother?" Amber asked. "Why can't I tell him?"
"He's the enemy."
Amber groaned. "You people kill me. But I suppose he is the enemy...bleh. Anyway how do you intend to help us Gennai."
"Did you receive the tags I placed under the tree?" Gennai asked.
"Yes." Amber said, holding her own out, still around her neck, along with Clary.
"Ah, so you've already received your crest." Gennai said.
"Yeah, what is my crest anyway?" Amber asked.
"Your crest is the crest of Trust."
"But I have anything but trust." Amber muttered somewhat stubbornly before she could stop herself.
"Well you see, the crests are either something that's a...shortcoming," Gennai said. "or something you have too much of."
"So my lack of trust is my shortcoming?" Amber asked.
"Yes." Gennai said.
"Do you know mine?" Clary asked.
"Unfortunately no." Gennai said.
"Amber!" Seth's voice called.
Gennai disappeared, so Amber and Clary quickly went back to planting. When he got around the corner of the gate, he looked at her. She looked up. "Hey, what's up?"
"You know that Yaamon you saved at the Grassland?" Seth asked while Amber fixed her ponytail, it being pretty hot out.
"Yeah, I remember the little guy." Amber said as she went back to planting.
"Well I hear he's doing better now. So much better, he digivolved into a Impmon."
"That's awesome!" Amber said, smiling. "So I guess that means he's healed up?"
"Yeah, digimon heal a whole lot faster than humans."
"That's great." Amber said as she finished planting the last Snap Dragon.
"Yep, well I gotta go, just wanted to let you know." Seth said smiling, then he headed back to the castle.
"So we done out here?" Clary asked.
"I think so." Amber said, just as a familiar looking white haired girl, a pink-green digimon, and a orange-tan digimon ran high speed towards them. they ran past them and stopped, and Amber couldn't figure out why they were in such a hurry until they saw a large amount of Woodmon after them. Amber stood with her arms out. "Stop!" They skidded to a halt, some running into each other.
"Queen Amber, are they friends of yours?" one of the ones in the front asked.
"Yes, and I ask if you see a human you do not chase them, but you escort them to the castle." Amber said with her leaderly voice, crossing her arms.
"Yes mam!" they chorused, then they ran off. Amber turned around. "Luna? Patamon?"
"Amber?" Luna said walking forward. "What are you doing here?"
"That's a long story for another time."
"Hey you're Matt's sister, right?" Patamon said.
Amber turned to him and smiled. "Uh-huh, follow me!" Amber ran inside, Clary, Luna, Clary, Lalamon, and Patamon following close behind. She ran to TK's room and knocked, and TK came out.
"TK!" Patamon exclaimed and flew into TK's arms.
"Patamon! I've been hoping you'd show up buddy!"
"TK, how?" The little excited digimon asked.
"Another long story." Amber said.
"If this place was any crazier..." Luna said, trying to figure out what was going on.
"It's okay Luna, I know. Oh...remember how back at the orphanage I told you about my brother, Seth?"
"Yeah, after us asking forever. You didn't like talking about it."
"Well...he's here." Amber said. "And king."
"You say that like it's a bad thing." Luna said.
"It is." Amber mumbled as she lead them back down the hall, leaving TK and Patamon to reunite in peace. She lead them down to Seth's throne room, where he was sitting alone besides his Sorcermon guards. She lead them in, and stepped aside to allow Seth to see Luna perfectly and vise versa. Luna blushed and bowed, and Seth stood up and did the same.
"Seth, this is Luna. Luna, this is Seth."
"But Seth is dead." Luna said, looking over Amber, blinking.
"We thought he was." Amber said. "He ended up here somehow."
"Oh.." Luna said, slightly confused.
"Things are confusing around here. You get used to it...Sorta." Amber said.
"Sorcermon, please lead Ms. Luna here to her room." Seth said, and the sorcermon he was looking at motioned for Luna to follow, and she did. Once she was well out of earshot, and Seth had walked down to be level with Amber, Amber smirked.
"Pretty isn't she?" she asked tauntingly. "Maybe it's time you get interested in love, Sethy."
"Hey!" Seth said, blushing, and he started chasing after her, and she laughed, running around the throne room, and when she stopped he skidded a few feet and started to fall, but she managed to grab his wrist and keep them up with the help of Clary. She laughed while he recovered. "I will not be falling in love, especially not in the digital world." he said crossing his arms, he said with a jokingly serious voice.
"Sure, whatever you say your majesty." Amber said, then stuck her tongue out at Seth. Davis walked in right after.
"Hey Amber, I've been looking for you. We should probably go work on the Grassland today."
Amber nodded. "Yeah. Seth, you know, carriage."
"How many of you are going, there's like, fifty of you."
"There are twenty of us at the castle including you." Amber said, crossing her arms.
"Plus digimon. That makes thirty-nine."
"That's eleven less than what you said."
"I'll go see if anyone's coming with us." Davis said.
"I am." Clary said.
"That makes three of you, plus your digimon. So six." Seth said, and they awaited Davis for a while in silence, and he soon returned with everyone behind him.
"We wanna get this Grassland fixed. It's way over-due." Yolei said.
The others nodded in agreement, and soon many chariots awaited them, and everyone went to the grassland, including Seth. The villager-digimon were overjoyed to see so many people cared about the grassland, and Amber was happy to see the digimon happy. Her, Davis, Lunamon, and V-mon worked on building the medium sized houses, Seth, Luna, and Lalamon the smaller ones. Willis, Felicia, Felix, Tazzie, all four of the bunny digimon, and Gabumon X worked on the larger buildings. Yolei, Cody, Clary, Joe, Hawkmon, Armadillomon, Renamon, and Gomamon worked on the hospital. Sora, Matt, TK, Biyomon, Gabumon, and Patamon worked on small villages together that didn't have buildings much bigger than themselves, Izzy, Mimi, Tentomon, and Palmon worked on collecting resources, and Adriane, Demi, Ken, Labramon, Gazimon, and Wormmon worked on many villages, zooming through them.
"Luna, would you mind bringing me the concrete brick? The last one's over there." Seth said, nodding towards it as he continued putting the glue-like stuff to help keep it together over the top of the brick that he was about to put the last one on.
"Sure." Luna said, then she picked it up. She started to walk, then the weight made her lose her balance, and she swerved around, spinning a few times, then Seth stopped and hurried over and took hold of the brick which she was holding onto dear life, stabling her.
"You okay?" he asked smiling.
"Yeah, just not good at picking up concrete bricks I suppose." Luna said laughing, then going back to attaching wood planks to the frame of the roof to complete it.
With Davis and Amber, the two were busy lifting their digimon up to put the last few bricks on the second house they were working on. Amber laughed, "This better be the last time we fix up this place."
"I agree, next time these guys have to learn how to build themselves!" Davis said laughing. "We're not their servants."
"No we're their king and queen, and I suppose that means we must do this. But I guess I really don't mind, it's a good cause and if we don't who will?"
"Yeah." Davis said and nodded as V-mon put the final brick. The roof wasn't damaged, so they were done with that house now.
As for Yolei, Cody, Clary, Joe, and their digimon, they'd decided since some digimon were at the beat-up hospital, Clary and Joe would help them while Yolei, Cody, and the Digimon would work on building.
"Is there any hospital bandages?" Joe asked.
"Hospital bandages, hospital bandages..." Clary said quietly while she rummaged through the cabinets, and after a minute finding some. She handed a new roll of it to Joe, who proceeded to wrap up a Dorumon's tail. Clary then started pointing some ointment on a bad cut a Salamon had, the poor digimon whimpering while she did so. "Sorry, I'm trying not to put any more pressure than necessary for it to work." Clary then noticed a fairly bad bruise on the digimon's forehead. She went through the cabinets and found what she was looking for, cabbage leaves. She found a empty metal thermus and rolled it over the leaves, smashing them. She scooped up the smashed leaves and rubbed them on the bruise, and got them to stay there. "That should help the bruise."
"How'd you know that?" Joe asked.
"Uh...I don't know really." Clary said stopping, thinking. How did she know that?
By sunset, the grassland was finally finished. The digimon repeatedly thanked them, and soon enough they were back at Seth's castle, cleaning up, then eating dinner. At dinner, Seth announced something unexpected.
"Tonight, we're having a ball."
"A what?" Amber asked.
"A ball. So I sudjust you all go get ready, and I'll see you in an hour."
"We're having a ball at nine at night?" Amber asked.
"Yep." Seth said, then walked off.
Davis turned to Amber. "Well then, will you grant me the honor of going to the ball with my queen?" he asked in a slightly mocking voice.
"Of course my king." Amber replied in the same tone.
Izzy looked at Mimi, somewhat nervously. Mimi waited for him to say it and he finally did. "Will you go to the ball with me?"
"Of course Izzy!" Mimi exclaimed and hugged him so tight he could hardly breath. Soon enough the couples had clarified that they were going together. But that left a lot of them still.
Clary was in her room, looking through the large wardrobe she was granted with. She pulled out a knee length black dress with inch-wide straps and it was poke-a-dotted with white. She changed into it, and decided she looked okay in it. She brushed out her hair when she heard a knock at her door. She looked at the clock, there was still plenty of time before the ball. When she opened the door, Joe stood there in a black dress shirt and black dress pants.
"Oh, hi Joe." Clary said with a small smile.
"Uh-uh-hi-Clary-uh-You look nice."
"Oh, thanks, you too."
"Um, look, Clary, would you, uh, go to the ball, with uh, um,uh...me?" he said the last word really quiet and more nervous than the rest. Clary blushed and nodded.
"Of course Joe, I would love to."
Seth straightened his dark red tie which matched his tuxedo, his shirt black. He swallowed hard and knocked on the door in front of him, and Luna emerged wearing a light pink dress with a handkerchief style bottom. She smiled at him. "Hey Seth."
"H-hey Luna. You look...wow." Seth said, honestly amazed. "Well, uh, will you...will you...will you...forget it I can't do it." He shook his head and walked away, but Luna put her white gloved hand on his shoulder.
"Seth, just say whatever's on your mind. Don't leave me wondering what it was." Luna said gently. Seth turned around, took a deep breath, and nodded.
"Luna, will you go to the ball with me? Please?"
"It'd be my honor, your majesty."
Felicia walked out of her room wearing a dress with several layers, the bottom one layer pink, the one above it white, and that pattern continued for the layered bottom, but the top was white. She wore a silver choker and had a light pink barrette holding her bangs to the side. Willis rounded the corner, wearing a white tux, and he stopped and stared for a second, and Felicia smiled. "Hi Willis."
"Oh, hey Felicia! Uh...will you go to the ball with me?" he asked quickly, as if trying to do so before he talked himself out of it.
"Sure."
Demi marched straight up to Felix's door and hit it strong but quickly three times. She was wearing a dark brown dress that went to her mid-knee and had black boots on for answered the door, wearing a dark blue tux.
"Uh, hey. Demi, right?" he said.
"Yeah, and you're Felix?"
"Yeah."
"Well I'm not one for mushy stuff, so you know, will you go to the ball with me?" She asked quickly.
"Uh, sure."
In pairs everyone entered the dance room. Adriane came in wearing a knee-length hot pink dress with a black waist belt, next to Ken who was wearing a classic black tux. Clary and Joe, Amber and Davis, Felicia and Willis, Felix and Demi, Matt and Sora, Mimi and Izzy, and finally Luna and Seth. The only two who didn't ask someone to the ball, Yolei and Cody, just entered separately.
"So you did ask someone to the ball." Amber said to Seth.
"Yeah, yeah." Seth said, waving her off in his brotherly way.
Everyone got ready, and danced to a few strictly instrumental songs, then Seth decided it was time to be less formal. He started playing music they actually knew. When the song "Accidentally In Love" by Counting Crows, Amber got everyone to follow Seth and Luna's choreography. Both started to blush as of "These lines of lightning mean we're never alone, never alone", but they continued anyway. Then Seth went down to talk to Amber.
"Why don't you sing something?" Seth asked.
"'Cause I still have a little bit of respect here."
"Come on, you're a good singer."
"You're supposed to think that you're my brother."
"You are." Seth insisted.
"Yeah Amb." Davis said.
"Uh-huh!" Clary said from nearby, and Luna nodded next to Seth, having heard her at the orphanage. Amber sighed.
"Four evil people in one room. That should be illegal." Amber said, then Seth lead her up to where the mic was. She took it off it's stand and took a deep breath. "Okay guys, I guess Seth, Davis, Clary, and Luna want me to sing...So yay."
Seth nodded and grinned. "Yeah!"
Amber took a deep breath and nodded. "I'm an angel with a shotgun, shotgun, shotgun, angel with a shotgun, shotgun, shotgun...Get out your guns, battles begun. Are you a saint or a sinner? If love's a fight, than I shall die, with my heart on a trigger. They say before you start a war, you better know what you're fighting for. Well baby you are all that I adore, if love is what you need, a soldier I will be. I'm an angel with a shotgun, fighting 'til the wars won, I don't care if heaven won't take me back, I'll throw away my faith babe, just to keep you safe. Don't you know you're everything I have? And I, wanna live not just survive, tonight." As she continued singing Angel With A Shotgun, she looked at everyone in the room. As she sang, more and more reasons popped into her head of how the song reminded her of all of them. When she was done, she gave a small bow while everyone clapped, then she walked off stage.
Seth and Luna stood together, both looking pretty shy. Luna would open her mouth just slightly, as if getting ready to say something, then she'd close it and look away. Seth did the same himself a few times, but neither said anything. Demi took notice, and informed Adriane. They informed Felix and Ken they'd be back, and went up to the stage, where Adriane was tossed a second mic.
"There you see her, sitting there across the way. She don't got a lot to say, but there's something about her. And you don't know why, but you're dying to try. You wanna kiss the girl. Yes, you want her. Look at her, you know you do. It's possible she wants you too. There's one way to ask her. It don't take a word, not a single word. Go on and kiss the girl. Shalalalala. My oh my. Looks like the boy's too shy. Ain't gonna kiss the girl. Shalalalala. Ain't that sad. It's such a shame. Too bad, you're gonna miss the girl. Go on and kiss the girl. Now's your moment. Floating in a blue lagoon. Boy, you better do it soon. No time will be better. She don't say a word. And she won't say a word. Until you kiss the girl (kiss the girl)
Shalalalala. My oh my. Looks like the boy's too shy. Ain't gonna kiss the girl. Shalalalala
Ain't that sad. it's such a shame. Too bad, you're gonna miss the girl. Shalalalala. Don't be scared. You better be prepared. Go on and kiss the girl. Shalalalala. Don't stop now. Don't try to hide it how. You wanna kiss the girl. Go on and kiss the girl. Lalalala, Lalalala. Go on and kiss the girl. Lalalala, Lalalala. Go on and kiss the girl. Shalalalala. My oh myyyyy. Looks like the boy's too shy. Ain't gonna kiss the girl. Shalalalala. Ain't that sad. It's such a shame. Too bad, you're gonna miss the girl. Lalalala, Lalalala. Go on and kiss that girl!. Lalalala, Lalalala. Go on and kiss the girl, kiss the girl. Go on and kiss the girl."
And everyone watched as Seth quickly leaned in a kissed Luna, catching her off guard, but he wanted to before he could talk himself out of it. A few seconds later, they pulled away, and Luna was left quite shocked for a second, but her shocked face faded into a smile and she hugged him tight, and Amber grinned, and everyone started clapping. The two lovers laughed and gave playful bows. Amber looked at Clary. "I sang. Now you."
"W-what? No!"
"Now." Amber said crossing her arm, still half smiling though. "You have no choice."
"Oh come on Ambe-"
"You made me, I'm making you! Now!" She pushed Clary towards the stage, and Clary started walking herself. She got up, and Amber smirked, happy to have won. Clary grabbed the mike and took a deep breath. "She never slows down...She doesn't know why but she knows that when she's, all alone, feels like it's all, coming down." She continued Stand in the Rain, and kept her eyes closed until the end. Upon opening them she saw everyone was intently watching, and they all clapped, and she blushed a little bit. She bowed and removed herself from the stage.
"You were great!" Amber said.
"You're evil too."
"Yes, I am." Amber said laughing, knowing Clary was referring to her earlier comment.
Later, once everyone returned to their rooms and changed, Amber changed into a dark brown t-shirt and black shorts. She opened the door, assuming Davis was there, and she was right. They walked over to the bed, and once they were at the side of the bed Davis tickled her side, causing her to fall on the bed laughing. She swatted his hands away. "Okay, okay. We should get some sleep, we can't be a successful king and queen if we're half asleep all day."
"Yes, my queen." he said laughing, and laid down next to her.
"It was nice of Seth to put the ball together."
"Yes, it was." Davis said. "Now, time for sleep right?"
"Right." Amber said, then kissed him quickly. She laid her head on his shoulder, and fell asleep.