> Digi-Ponies > by Seanzilla115 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prologue: Spell gone wrong > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Let's see...no that wouldn't work. Maybe...no no...if I miss even one leyline, I'd probably turn everypony into cats or something..." Twilight mumbled as she was going through some spell books inside the library of Celestia and Luna's old castle. Ever since the battle with Tirek, Twilight has been going through book after book, learning some new spells to help protect Equestria from any possible threats. Currently, one of the spells she was trying to learn was a spell to detect dark magic...but it was proving difficult for the violet Alicorn. No matter how many times she tried to think of a way to use it, she'd point out a fatal side effect, such as losing the ability to see. "Are you done yet Twilight?" Spike yawned as he rested nearby, reading one of his comics to pass the time. "Not yet Spike. I really need to figure out how to use this spell..." Twilight replied before sighing, "And I can't figure out a way to use it with causing any side effects." "I see...well, let me know when you're finished, or need anything," Spike said before going back to reading his comic. "Thanks Spike," Twilight smiled as she turned back to the pile of books she had and pulled one out of the pile using her magic before reading the contents inside, "Let's see...no no. That won't wo...wait," she then eyed a particular passage, 'Maybe...it might cause two days worth of rain, but it just might work...' "Spike!" "Huh? What Twilight?" the small dragon blinked as he looked up from his comic. "I want you to get the others. I think I finally got something," the violet Alicorn stated before turning back to her book. "...Uh okay," Spike nodded as he put his comic down and began to leave. Although...he strangely had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach, almost as if something bad was about to happen today. "This has to work...it has to..." Twilight mumbled to herself. --- =later= "Okay, is everypony here?" Twilight asked her friends as they stood in a field outside Ponyville. "Eeyup. Now what's this all about, sugahcube?" Applejack asked. "Yeah. I was kinda in the middle of figuring out a new trick," Rainbow Dash added. "Right. Well...If things go accordingly, this spell I'm about to use might help us detect any hidden signs of dark magic," Twilight replied. "...Um...correct me if I'm wrong dear, but don't Princess Celestia and Luna already have something like that?" Rarity asked. "Yeah! Like maybe a crystal ball, or maybe an all seeing eye in the sky? oh oh! Or maybe they have something called a robot that reports back to them if it sees anything suspicious, and make super yummy ca-" Pinkie Pie added rather quickly before Applejack shut the pink mare's mouth. "Thank you," Twilight nodded as she turned towards Rarity, "And yes...that is technically true, but don't forget what happened with Chrysalis during the wedding between my brother and Princes Cadance." "..That is true," Rarity noted. "...A...and I r..remember how mean we were t-to you when you were trying to p...prove that Chrysalis, w...who was Cadance at the time, w...was evil," Fluttershy added, a guilty and sad look on her face. "It's alright Fluttershy. She had everypony fooled," Twilight reassured her before clearing her throat as Spike held up the book she had from the library, "Now then. As I was saying before, the spell I'm about to use from this book will be able to help detect any signs of dark magic, even if it's hidden." "So...what yer' sayin' Sugahcube..." Applejack began as she let lower her hoof away from Pinkie's mouth, "Is that not even a Changling would be able to go undetected if they're disguised as someone?" "Exactly...if the spell works that is..." Twilight replied before muttering a bit, "Then there's also the slight side effect." "Huh? What side effect?" Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow, having over heard what the violet Alicorn said. "This is first I'm hearing of it," Spike added. "Oh. Um...well...while I was going through books on detection spells, I tried to find one that won't have any sever side effects...such as me going permanently blind, or turn us into cats," Twilight replied. "Ooh! Ooh! If that last one happened, we would have to call our show My Little Kitty!" Pinkie giggled. "...uh...yeah.." Twilight sweatdropped a bit. "..Um...Sugahcube? That side effect you were mentionin'?" Applejack reminded. "Huh? Oh right. Like I was saying, I was going through books on detection spells, and one came up. The only side effect it would cause since it'll be my first time using it will cause it to rain for a day or two," Twilight stated. "...Is that all?" Applejack blinked before chuckling a bit, "Well that's not a bad thing actually." "Agreed. It has been rather dry lately," Rarity added. "It's summer. What do ya expect?" Rainbow Dash stated. "Oh oh! Speaking of summer, we still have that trip to the beach later this week, right Twilight?!" Pinkie spoke excitedly. "Yes, Pinkie. I didn't forget. In fact, after the rain's over with, we'll all go," Twilight replied, making the pink pony and Spike cheer in excitement. "Um..th...that does sound nice," Fluttershy said with a small smile. "Indeed, darling. A trip to the beach sounds like a fabulous idea," Rarity added. "Yeah yeah. Beach sounds good and all, but let's hurry with this okay? The sooner you get this spell ready, the better," Rainbow Dash waved off. "Give me a sec Dash, and I'll do it. okay?!" Twilight frowned, a bit irritated by the Cyan Pegasus' impatience. "..Sorry. Look. To tell you the truth Twi, I wasn't really training," Rainbow Dash admitted, "I..." "She was taking a nap," Pinkie stated bluntly. "I was getting to that, Pinkie," the cyan pegasus whispered to the pink mare before turning back to Twilight, "Yeah. I was taking a nap because...well, things have gotten kinda boring lately. I mean, Discord's reformed, Chrysalis and her Changlings were blasted out of Equestria, Sombra is gone, and Tirek is sealed back up in Tartarus. So I'm kinda hoping once you get this spell working, we can start fighting bad guys again." "I see..." Twilight noted before sighing a bit in worry, "And well, I can't blame you. After we defeated Tirek, I can't help but feel there are far more dangerous beings out there. Possibly more powerful than Tirek." Fluttershy paled at that as she hid behind Rainbow Dash, visibly shaking. She remembered how scary the demon Minotaur/Centaur was, so the thought of something even scarier than him scared her. "So when I use this tracking spell, we'll be able to find the threat and be ready," Twilight added. "Oh come on. What could be more dangerous then the things we've faced so far?" Spike asked. "Yeah. It's not like some magic portal will open and unleash some powerful monster after this bit of exposition," Pinkie added. before blinking, "I hope I didn't just jinx that." "Why is it every other time you say something, it makes less and less sense?" Rainbow Dash asked with a sweatdrop. "Hmm...I don't know," Pinkie Pie replied, making Rainbow Dash sweatdrop again. "Well anyway, incase something does come up, we'll be prepared." Twilight stated, getting their attention as she levitated the book with the spell. "How long should it take before the rain comes?" Applejack asked. "It should start up tomorrow." Twilight answered, "So it should give us time to tell the town about two days of rain." "Sounds like a plan," Rainbow Dash nodded. "Right. Now, please stand back everypony," Twilight warned her friends as she got ready to use the spell. The others nodded as they took a few steps back, giving the violet Alicorn enough space to use the tracking spell. "Oh man...that bad feeling is back," Spike mumbled to himself as Twilight began to charge magic energy until she was surrounded by a field of it. The light then bursted outward in a bright flash before everything settled back to normal. "There...That should do it," Twilight sighed as she used her hoof to wipe her brow, almost all of her magic energy gone. "Cool. We'll go tell the town about this side effect. You rest up look like that spell took a lot out of you." Rainbow Dash told her friend. "Thanks" Twilight nodded with a small, tired as she and the others were about to head back to town...that is..until she noticed the clear blue skies become enveloped in clouds, "What?" "Uh...Twi? Just what th' hay is goin' on?" Applejack asked, an uneasy feeling growing in her gut, "Ah thought ya'll said it wouldn't start rainin' until tomorrow." "That's right. Its suppose to start tomorrow, but...this can't possibly be my spell, or else I would have felt something. This is something else." Twilight noted. "If it's not your spell, then what's with the sudden dark clouds?" Rainbow Dash asked, pointing up to the sky. "Oh! This is like the place in the story where the big bad villain boss guy sends some sort of grunt to deliver a message to the hero!" Pinkie spoke, making everyone look at the pink Pony, "...What?" Spike was about to say something before he noticed a massive shadow overlook him and the six mares, making the small dragon turn before paling, "Uh...I don't think that's the case..." Twilight and her friends looked at the dragon in confusion before looking up and paling as well, seeing before them a massive... "T...T...T..." Fluttershy stuttered in fear. "TIDLE WAVE!-!-!-!" Pinkie Pie screamed, her mane and tail shooting straight up into the air. The others screamed as well as the wall or water came at them. The group tried to outrun it but it was easier said then done as the wave eventually overtook and swept them all away. Everyone's heads popped out of the water as Spike held on to Twilight for dear life. "Where did a tidal wave come from?! We're miles from the ocean!" Spike shouted. "I don't know! I must've messed up somehow!" Twilight shouted before noticing a patch of dry land, 'let's hope this works,' her horn then lit up as Spike was levitated into the air. "What're you d-woah!" Spike yelped as Twilight threw him onto the patch of dry land, the small dragon watching the six mares being dragged away by the water, "Twilight!" 'Oh no...not good!' "Not that I'm complaining, but what about us!?" Rainbow Dash shouted once she saw that. "I'm sorry, but I had enough magic left to get Spike to safety!" Twilight shouted back. "Well that's just...!" Rainbow Dash began before she heard Fluttershy yelp, "Fluttershy!" "S...somepony help!" the shy mare gasped as the current carried her farther away from the others, struggling to stay above the torrent waters. "Well...it wouldn't be a disaster scene if someone wasn't put in danger." Pinkie blinked. Rainbow dash sent a small glare at the Pink mare before she began to swim after Fluttershy. "Hold on Flutters! I'm co-woah!" the cyan pegasus yelped when a stronger current carried her away from the shy mare and the others. "Rainbow Dash!" Twilight gasped before hearing Rarity and Pinkie scream as she turned to see them get swept away in different directions, "Rarity! Pinkie Pie!" "The current is splittin'!" Applejack yelled as she and Twilight where the only ones still together. "I know!" Twilight shouted before groaning, "Darn it! Why'd I have to find that stupid book?! Because of me, Rainbow Dash and the others might be...!" "Twilight, calm down!" the cowpony yelled, "If we just stick together, we ca-woah nelly!" she yelped as she and Twilight were struggling to hold each other as another current tried to separate them. 'This current...it's like it's purposely trying to separate all of us,' Twilight though, noticing how unnatural this current felt. "Twilight, Ah'm losing mah grip here!" Applejack yelled as it was getting harder to hold onto her friend. "Don't worry! M..maybe if I can manage together up some magic energy, we can...!" Twilight began before she and Applejack lost their grip on each other, "Applejack!" "Twilight!" the cowpony shouted as she was carried off. Twilight struggled to swim after her friend, but she barely had enough strength left to stay afloat, a look of panic and fear on her face as she watched the last of her friends get swept away by the tides. She was all alone in the rapid waters now, not a single one of her friends in sight. She was scared, scared of never seeing her friends again. But deep down, she had a feeling they were still alive. "Girls! If you can hear me, stay safe! I'll find you! I promise!" the violet Alicorn shouted with her remaining strength before she began to sink into the water, losing conciousness, 'I...promise...' --- Elsewhere, in a darkened room, a large, shadowed figure stood, watching over something in his hand, which was covered in lightning gold armor. "Brother," a voice spoke, catching the figure's attention as he turned to a shaded figure of equal size, some bits of light showing his blood red cape, "I've just detected six new life forms enter the Digital World." "I see...anything else, brother?" "Yes. At first I thought those six were humans but...something felt off about them. Like, they weren't humans at all." "...I see. Keep a close eye on them, brother. I can't have unknown beings come here and bring chaos to the Digital World." "Of course," the second figure bowed as he left, leaving the first one to gaze at the object in his hand. "I don't know who they are...but those who would dare come into my world, be they good or evil..." the first figure began as a glowing red visor appeared from the shadows as he gripped the object in his hand, lightning crackling off it, "Justice...will be served." > Welcome to the Digital World > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twilight groaned as she began to regain consciousness, her eyes slowly opening up. When she managed to open them, she noticed she was in a room of sorts with some strange looking decorations. "..Where am I?" the Alicorn whispered to herself as she got up before wincing a bit, hold her hand against her he...wait..hands? Twilight quickly screamed as she moved it away form her head, looking at it a bit in shock. She then looked over at a mirror(or what she assumed was a mirror) before screaming a bit once more. She was a...human(if that's what that one Unicorn back in Ponyville called them) once more, only...her skin was a light peach color. She also noticed she was wearing a light violet shirt, a pair of purple jean shorts with a belt that was the same color as her hair, white socks, and brown dress shoes. She slowly got off the bed she was on before walking towards the mirror, stumbling a bit along the way as she closely examined her reflection. 'Th..this can't be possible...unless...' she began with a thought as she looked at her reflection, touching her face a bit, 'Did that spell bring me back to that other world? H..how...?' "I see you're awake, miss." Twilight froze up a bit as she slowly turned her head to see who said that. The owner of the voice looked like a bipedal dragon that was about the size of an earth pony, but with no wings. On top of what looked like goldish-yellow fur was obsidian-black and violet scale like armor. On its head was what looked like a bronze-head piece with a red ruby in the middle. Lastly, the dragon-like creature's underside was covered in greyish black scales. "You were unconscious for quite some time now when me a..." the dragon-like creature began before noticing the look on her face, "...Are you okay?" "...I..I am but..." Twilight began as she turned around and examined the 'dragon' a bit, "What are you? You look like a dragon, but at the same time...you're not." "..Well, it is rather difficult to tell what certain Digimon look like," the dragon-like creature chuckled a bit. "...Digi...what?" Twilight blinked in confusion. "Digimon, short for Digital Monsters," the creature answered, only to see the girl blink some more, "...You...don't know what a Digimon is, do you?" "I'm sorry no. I've..never heard of one before," Twilight replied. "I see. Well that's strange since this world is full of em," the creature said while thinking on that. "You mean..there's more of you?" the pony-turned human asked with slightly wide eyes. "Yes..though I think it's best if I showed you,"the creature replied as he began to turn around, "By the way...I'm Ryudamon…" "Ryu..damon?" Twilight sounded out, "I've never heard a name like that before." "Well...all Digimon have different names, but they all end with 'mon' at the end," Ryudamon explained. "Like with Digimon, is that why all your names end in 'mon'?" she asked in interest. "Indeed miss...?" Ryudamon began. "..Oh! I'm sorry..I just got caught up in the moment, I forgot to introduce myself,"Twilight chuckled sheepishly. "It's fine. Happens to all of us from time to time," Ryudamon chuckled. "Anyway, My name is Twilight Sparkle," Twilight introduced, making Ryudamon blink a bit, "..what?" "N..nothing...though I apologize for saying this, but that's the weirdest name I've ever heard for a human," Ryudamon noted. "Is that so…?" she noted, "Well where I come from, everyp..er..everyone has names like mine." "I see...Well, if you're still up to seeing what other Digimon look like, follow me downstairs," Ryudamon stated as he walked through the door and walked down the stairs. Twilight then walked to keep up with Ryudamon as he led her down the steps of the stairs to the floor below. In said floor was a plethora of creatures of all sizes, shapes colors and appearances, some of which reminded Twilight of some creatures she read about in her books. "Now don't be shy, miss Twilight. I know some of these guys give off an intimidating vibe, but they're all harmless," Ryudamon assured her. "...R...right," Twilight nodded slowly, snapping out of her stupor as she walked into the room. She really wished she had a quill and scroll at the moment. Finding out about a new world full of creatures known as Digimon was almost too much for her mind to comprehend. "You're one of those bookish types who studies everything rather well, aren't you?" Ryudamon noted with a smile, earning a small nod from Twilight, "That's okay. I like to read a few books from time to time too." "Really? I just love to read myself," Twilight said. "How often do you read, Ryudamon?" 'Well…" Ryudamon began before a crashing sound was heard. "Oops! Sorry!" a voice shouted in the background. "What was that?" Twilight asked, a bit startled by the noise. "That was Dorumon. He's uh…" Ryudamon began. "Clumsy?" Twilight asked innocently. "Sometimes yes. But he has good intentions when he tries to help out," Ryudamon answered. "Well I guess that has to count for something," Twilight smiled. "You know? You're a really good kid, Twilight," Ryudamon chuckled. "Thanks," Twilight giggled a bit before another crash was heard. "Sorry! I'll clean that up!" the same voice from before yelped. "Ah that kids sweet and all but he'll be the death of me," Ryudamon sighed as he rested his head on one of his arms. He then looked up a bit to see Twilight walking towards the back, "Eh? Where are you going?" "I'm going to see if..Dorumon was it?" Twilight asked, earning a nod of confirmation from Ryudamon, "Thanks. I'm going to see if Dorumon needs any help." Ryudamon smirked noticeably at that.,"Alright go on," he waved her off with a small chuckle. "Thank you," Twilight nodded as she resumed walking towards the back, making sure to be careful not to bump into anyone. --- Groaning a bit dizzily in the backroom, amongst a pile of broken crates was a small creature with a body like that of a dragon on two legs with small stubby arms. It was covered with purple fur with white fur on it's hands/paws and feet, as well as the tip of it's muzzle and the tip of his tail. It also black tiger like stripes on it's legs and his ears. It also had small bat wings, and a bushy fox like tail. It's head resembles a dragon to an extent, but also somewhat like a dog. It also had a red triangle shaped gem on it's head with a black setting around it. "Ugh...stupid Goblimon...I was just trying to help," the creature groaned a bit as he rubbed his head. "Are you alright?" "Hmm" the creature's ear twitched a bit as he looked up to see Twilight looking at him, "..Oh! You're that human Ryudamon and me found outside of town." "That's right," Twilight nodded while thinking, 'Though technically, I'm not really..hu-man...whatever that is. It sounds like that thing Lyra made up.' "I'm glad to see you're alright. There's some nasty Digion living outside of town," the creature stated as he got up, "By the way, I'm Dorumon. You probably already met Ryudamon, yes?" "I did," Twilight nodded, "And as for who I am, my name is twilight Sparkle." "...Weird name for a human...but it's alright," Dorumon shrugged, "Some Digimon have weird names too. Like…" "Oi, purple stain!" "..Goblimon," Dorumon grumbled a bit as he noticed a small, goblin like Digimon walk towards him, carrying a wooden club. "We're out of food now. Go get some before ya end up screwin' it up as usual," the small goblin ordered. "Hai hai," Dorumon sighed. "And after that, clean this mess up! It looks like a Boarmon stay in here!" "...Ugh..fine...I was just trying to help is all," Dorumon grumbled as he left. "..." Twilight just looked at the small digimon in worry as she watched him leave the room. "Ahh don't worry about him. He's just a troubled brat." "Umm...Why are you so mean to him?" "Why not? He's a stinking X-Antibody!" Goblimon snapped. "..I don't know what that is, but you say that like it's a bad thing," Twilight responded, frowning a bit at him. "Tch...They think they're all dat and stuff...but why am I talkin' to you, toots? Why don't you just go into the kitchen and clean the dishes like a good girl," Goblimon waved her off, making twilight's eye twitch. "...I think I'll go for a walk instead," Twilight said through gritted teeth as she stomped off, trying her best not to snap. "...Tch...stupid goal..must be her time of th.." Goblimon began as he turned before something hit him in the back of the head, "Ow! Who did dat?!" --- "Okay..that's probably everything," Dorumon noted as he was barely carrying a large box full of food, "Now I just need to be careful and carry this back to the house a-woah woah!" he yelped as he began to trip on a apple that fell off. He was about to fall down before someone grabbed his tail, stopping the Digimon from falling. "Need some help carrying that?" a voice offered, making Dorumon turn his head to see Twilight was the one holding his tail. "..Uh...Sure," Dorumon replied as he placed the box down, "But...what're you doing out here?" he gawked, "You don't have a partner you can't be out here alone." he told her making her blink. "Partner?" she said before taking what he said wrong and started to blush, "I..I..I have no times for such things like love." "Love? What the hell is love?" Dorumon tilted his head, making Twilight look at him with slight wide-eyes, "I said partner...everyone here knows there are two type of humans. Tamers and Generals. Though..." he paused as he looked up at the cloud-covered sky, "We haven't seen humans in the Digital World in a long time." "I...what are Tamers and Generals?" "Oh Tamers are humans with single Digimon as their partners," Dorumon explained, "And Generals are humans that can have multiple Digimon and can use something called...er….Digi...I forget what it's called." he said, making Twilight sigh in relief. "Hmm speaking of...do you have a Digivice?" "...Digi...what?" Twilight blinked, "I..I'm sorry Dorumon..but I don't know what that is." "Huh?!" Dorumon gawked as he quickly turned to face her, "You don't know?!" "S...sorry, I don't, "Twilight replied a bit nervously, surprised by the tone Dorumon used. "Darn it! When the hell is someone going to show up and fix this stupid world!" Dorumon complained before sighing, "...We really need it." Twilight looked at Dorumon in concern after hearing that last part. "..Um...if I may ask..what do you mean?" the pony-turned human asked. "...It's probably none of your concern," Dorumon sighed, "But I'll tell you. Once, our world had kind guardians. The lovers Jupitermon and Junomon." "Jupiter and Juno?" "Yes...they're two members of the legendary Olympus 12...but…" Dorumon paused before sighing as he looked up at the sky, "One day...things changed….Jupitermon attacked and slew his friends. Junomon, who is so crazy in love with Jupitermon, helped. And now they oppress us with their twisted brand of justice." Twilight gasped a bit at that, her eyes widened in shock, "..A..are the other members still alive?" "...no...Apollomon and Dianamon were the first to fall..and some of them either joined Jupitermon and Junomon..or went missing. If they're dead, they're most likely waiting to be reborn in the now sealed Digimon Nursery Zone." "Digimon Nursery?" "We're data...so we don't die like you humans do. When we 'die', we're reborn into Digi-eggs..though most of the time, our memories of our past selves are gone when we're reborn. We have to be really, REALLY lucky to get our memories back." "I...I see…." Twilight noted, "What sealed the Nursery off?" "Jupitermon of course. He didn't want an uprising to happen, so he sealed the Nursery Zone so any new Digimon born there wouldn't leave." "...How horrible," she frowned. --- "Master...the village has yet to meet their quota." a Digimon stated to a golden figure sitting on a throne with a shadowed, female Digimon on his lap, "What is your response, milord?" "...Send a army out to destroy it…" the gold figure stated, "Those who defy me..defy justice itself." "But milo…" the female started till the figure pushed her off and shocked her with lighting. "Don't you question me, Juno. Unless you want to face the same fate as Apolomon and Dianthamon." "No my lord...I was just being weak. Please train me more," she said, hugging him. "Tch...freak." the Digimon soldier said under his breath before looking up at his master once more, "Who should we send to lead this army, milord?" "...DarkTyrannomon. He's powerful enough to deal with the Digimon living there," the gold figure stated before frowning at the soldier, "..Why are you still here? GO!" "Y-yes milord!" the soldier yelped as he left. "Ahh... so pitiful to find good henchman these days," Jupitermon scoffed, sitting on his throne. "Master how should i please you?" Junomon asked, making him snarl. "..I am not in the mood, Junomon," Jupitermon frowned. "..Is it about those six energies your brother sensed?" Junomon asked, earning a small nod from her master. "Yes...Pluto and I maybe enemies he still does me the annoying favor of warning me...however," he started as he shocked Junomon, "I am still a king! And when I ask you to speak, you speak! Never speak without permission! Understand, Junomon?!" "..I..I understand, master," junomon nodded, bowing in respect. --- "Thanks for helping me carry this back, Twilight," Dorumon said as he and twilight arrived back at the house, the two managing to hold the box full of food. "It's no problem, Dorumon. We are friends after all," Twilight nodded with a small smile before noticing dorumon stop. "...What did you say?" he asked. "I said we're friends...Is...That a problem?" "..No no...it's just….No one's ever called me their friend before...aside from Ryudamon..I don't have any friends. People treat me and Ryudamon as freaks cause we're X-Anitbodies." "What are X-Antibodies?" Twilight asked out of curiousity, "Goblimon mentioned them before." "...Me and Ryudamon look the same as any other Digimon to you, right?" "Yes." "We're not," Dorumon stated, making her blink. ...Why's that?" 'Because...well...X-Antibody Digimon are born with something special in their code...which we can pass on...like a virus." "A virus?" Twilight repeated. "Yes...whether it's by an accidental bite, or a slash from a claw...the Digimon infected with an X-Antibody either dies, or permanently gets rewritten, which is the same as death." "Rewritten?" "Don't you know anything about Computers?" "...uh….I..don't really have computers where I come from," Twilight stated while thinking, 'Though I think I remember seeing one back in that other world.' "Ok, so if I bitten something we call an Agumon, it will become an Agumon X. However, the changes can be less or more dramatic. Like one time, an X-Antibody made a new type of Renamon called YukiRenamon." "I see…" Twilight noted, the pony turned human really wishing she'd brought some paper and a quill to write this down so she wouldn't forget, "Is..Is there anything else I need to know?" "Yeah our lives suck even more since Jupitermon preaches a hate crime on X-Antibodies," Dorumon explained before sighing sadly, "Which is why I don't have any friends aside from Ryudamon...but who'd want stuff like friendship anyway?" "...Don't ever say stuff like that," Twilight spoke as she placed a hand on Dorumon's head, "Friendship is a wonderful thing...While there are some who'd think it's weak..it's a truly powerful thing to have, especially if you have friends to share it with." "...How do you mean?" Dorumon asked, raising his eyebrow a bit. "..Yo tell you the truth..I used to think friends were unnecessary," Twilight explained, "But that changed when I met five po..er..humans one day..and as time went by... they became the bestest friends I could ever ask for." "..Wha…?" Dorumon began before a loud explosion filled the air. "Ehh?!" Twilight gasped as Ryudamon ran out of the house, panting. "W..we need to go..now," Ryudamon panted, "Jupitermon's soldiers are here." "What?!" Dorumon gawked before a nearby building exploded. "Don't have time to scold you for not listening, we need to leave! If they see us, they'll go really nuts!" "...No way!" Dorumon snapped, growling a bit, "I'm tired of those jerks looking down on us!" "What the hell can you do?!" Ryudamon scolded, "You die, it's game over. Stop acting like a kid!" "At least I didn't abandon our mom!" he snapped, making Ryudamon freeze, "..I...I didn't..." "No...you're right...I regret myself ever since that day…" Ryudamon said in a near, silent voice, his body trembling a bit, "...do what you want...I'm not pulling your butt out of the fire this time." "...Fine…" Dorumon frowned as he ran off in the direction of the cannon fire. "..Ugh...I'm sorry Twilight..my little brother can.." Ryudamon began before he noticed her running in the same direction Dorumon was heading, "Huh?! Don't you fool!" "I'm sorry!" Twilight shouted as she ran down the road. --- "Leave no survivors!" a large, black-scaled t-rex with red tiger-like stripes roared as an army of humanoid Digimon that resembled tanks charged at the town. "Hyper Cannon!" the front row of 'tanks' declared as they fired a barrage of missiles from the cannons on their nose, the missiles destroying a few houses. "That's right! Destroy those who'd dare defy Lord Jupitermon!" the t-rex roared until… "Dash Metal!" "Huh?" the T-rex blinked before a series of iron spheres crashed into one of the tank-like Digimon, damaging it, "Who dares?!" "Over here!" Dorumon shouted as he got their attention, he then ran off behind a building as the tanks fired at it, destroying the building. "Grr...destroy that brat!" the t-rex ordered until... "Dash Metal!" Dorumon shouted as he ran out of the wreckage and fired more iron spheres that hit the same tank like Digimon knocking it back. Dorumon then ran forward as he swerved around the tank Digimon, making them turn to face him causing them to shoot at one another. Dorumon then jumped over one before as the T-rex blinked as Dorumon came down at him, "Heh...not so tough now, are you?" "..Grr...brat!" the T-rex growled as he began to shake dorumon off his snout, managing to succeed after a few moments, "I'll destroy you! Iron Tail!" Dorumon couldn't dodge the attack in time as the t-rex' tail slammed into him, sending him crashing into the ground. "Tsk...you really thought that just because you could get past these idiots, you were a match for me, DarkTyrannomon?" the T-rex mocked, "Oh that's just rich. but none the less...Lord Jupitermon has a law against X-Digimon...so once I destroy you, I'll get a major promotion!" "F...fat chance, tubby," Dorumon grunted as he managed to get up, his fur dirtied and a few red spots in various places, indicating he was bleeding. "...Grr...you'll pay for that, brat! Fire Blast!" DarkTyrannomon roared as flames began to form in his mouth. Dorumon was about to dodge before wincing as he dropped to his knee. He looked up to see DarkTyrannomon preparing to fire his attack at him before firing a stream of dark red fire at the smaller Digimon. Dorumon closed his eyes until… "Look out!" "Huh?!" Dorumon gasped before someone pushed him out of the way, making the stream of fire miss as it burned the ground he was on. "What?! How could I miss?!" DarkTyrannomon snarled. 'Wh..who pushed me out of the way?' Dorumon thought as he looked up to see a familiar face, "..Twilight?! Wh...what're you doing here?!" "Seems I can still use magic...just barely," Twilight noted to herself, panting a bit as she felt like she just ran a marathon, "Are you okay, Dorumon?" "I am..still..what're you doing here?! You need to get out of here," Dorumon stated to her. "I would..but I don't want to abandon my friend," Twilight replied before glaring at DarkTyrannomon, who was growling at the two, "And I won't stand by and let this monster destroy your home." "A Human? Here?! Impossible!" DrakTyrannomon snarled when he noticed Twilight, "Lord Jupitermon made sure no human would come here!" he then calmed down a bit before grinning, "… but if I bring you to my lord...he'll have to reward me!" "...I'm not going anywhere," Twilight frowned. "Tch...face it, little lady. You'll soon face lord Jupitermon's justice, " DarkTyrannomon said, "Weaklings! If you all want to live restrain this human girl and you shall be given more time!" The remaining tank-like Digimon yelled as they charged towards Twilight and Dorumon, the former about to get up until a metal blade pierced one of the tank-like digimon, causing it to stop as it began to fade away in bits of pixels. "Ugh...why is it do I always have to pull you out of the fire, Dorumon?" a voice sighed, making Dorumon and twilight look to see Ryudamon standing not too far away. "Ryudamon?" "Never let it be said that I never did anything for you," he spoke as he walked forward. One of the Tank like Digimon was able to recover and aim it's weapon at Ryudamon and opened fire, but Ryudamon jumped over the blasts before he came down on it's chest as he charged up an attack, "Iaijin(Iai Blade)!" he declared as he fired an iron blade from his mouth, the blade piercing the tank-like Digimon's chest as it exploded into pixels, just like the first one. "Grr...yet another X-Digimon," DarkTyrannomon growled before swinging his tail at Ryudamon, "Iron Tail!" Ryudamon jumped over the tail landing behind Dark Tyrannomon, "Iaijin!" he called as he fired another blade that Dark Tyrannomon deflected with a quick swing of his tail. "Pathetic weakling! Fire Blast!" DarkTyrannomon roared as he fired another stream of fire at the X-Digimon, who barely rolled out of the way of the attack, "You know, you might have put up a good challenge if you were stronger. But as you are, you're no match for my power! Fire Blast!" he roared, sending yet another blast of fire. Ryudamon was about to dodge before the wave of fire flew over him, making his eyes widen as he turned to see it heading for Dorumon and Twilight. Seeing the attack coming with wide eyes, Twilight manage to bring up a barrier to block it, though she was having a hard time keeping the barrier up as cracks began to form in it. "Twilight, Dorumon!" Ryudamon shouted, but before he could move, DarkTyrannomon's tail slammed down on him, keeping him pinned to the ground, "Gah!" 'T...too strong...' Twilight thought as she began to feel weaker and weaker as more cracks began to form on the barrier, 'J..just barely have enough magic left to teleport me and Dorumon out of the way….but...no..I need to protect them!' Just as her barrier shattered, Twilight used her remaining magic to teleport herself and Dorumon out of the way, making Draktyrannomon's attack burn the ground they were on. "Heh...Just as I thought. Their resistance was pointless," Dark Tyrannomon scoffed, believing he burned them, as he lifted his tail and kicked Ryudamon out of the ground. "Gah!" Ryudamon cried out in pain as he bounced on the ground a bit, his helmet getting cracked in the process. He was about to try and get up before Twilight and Dorumon reappeared next to him, the former panting heavily as she used the latter to keep herself up. "Grrr...I don't know how you survived my attack, but now I got all of you in range for one blast," Dark Tyrannomon growled as flames sparked from his jaw. "N..no…" Ryudamon grunted as he struggled to get up, only to fall back down, "Darn….that last attack damaged must've broken a few bones…" "...Twilight! Can you…" Dorumon began as he looked at the 'human'. "I..I can't..I used up whatever magic I had…" Twilight panted, "I..I can barely stay awake…" "...Why…..why're you doing this? I told you to get out of here!" Dorumon shouted at the girl, tears beginning to form in his eyes. "I...I told you...it's because..I'm your friend," Twilight replied with a small, weak smile, "And You never..abandon friends." This cause something to snap in Dorumon as the red gem on his head started to glow. "Huh? What the..?" DarkTyrannomon began before a bright red light blinded him, making him stop his attack before it could begin. 'Wh...what's going on?" Twilight gasped before she noticed something beginning to form in her hand. "Grr...you...you…" Dorumon snarled going from his normal self to looking like a sorta cyberzombie version. "Oh no! Dorumon calm down!" Ryudamon snapped, "Don't digivolve into that monster again!" "You….you...You…!" "D..Dorumon stop!" Twilight shouted, making Dorumon turn his head to her, his eyes slitted and red. "Twilight! Get away, now!" Ryudamon shouted. "...Dorumon...shinka…" Dorumon started in a distorted voice till Twilight petted him, making him freeze, "Grrr?" "It's alright Dorumon...please..calm down…" Twilight whispered to him in a calm tone. "...T….Twi…light?" Dorumon growled, his body phasing out between his normal one and his cyberzombie one. "Don't become a monster." she told him as the sphere in her hand began to glow brighter. "...Dorumon...shinka …Dorumon...Shinka!" Dorumon roared as he was engulfed in a dome of bright light. "Grr! What the Hell's going on?!" DarkTyrannomon snarled as he shielded his eyes. --- -Dorumon: Shinka!- Dorumon's form began to change as he was engulfed in light. His body began to get larger and more draconic like. After a moment, the light shattered to reveal a new form. It stood as tall as DarkTyrannomon, covered in light yellow fur that became wild around it's long tai., it's legs where covered in metal armor that led to it's body covered in blue armor with a silver chest and silver bladed wings. It had two metal arms with sharp claws that were ready to attack. It's neck was covered in the same yellow fur while the bottom of it's neck was covered in metal armor. It's jaw was white while its head was covered with a metal mask/crown that had multiple backwards pointing spikes and accented it's red eyes. "Raptordramon!" the new Digimon roared, biting the air twice. --- "...Wh...what the...D-Dorumon?" Twilight gasped, seeing the Digimon's new form, "Wh...what happened?" "He Digivolved," Ryudamon spoke, making Twilight look at him, "Digi...volve?" she asked slowly to pronounce it right, "Wait...that means that's Dorumon, but he's...evolved?" "He is. He's now Raptordramon," Ryudamon replied, "A powerful Champion Level Digimon." "Grr…" Raptordramon growled as he glared at DarkTyrannomon, who glared at him back. "This is impossible…" DarkTyrannomon growled in outrage, "You dare challenge me?! And then you...Digivolve...It won't make a difference! Fire…!" "Ambush Crunch!" Raptordramon declared as he slammed his tail on the ground, propelling him towards the T-rex. Before Darktyrannomon could finish his attack Raptordramon's jaw bit the black T-rex digimon by the throat before lifting him up off the ground, He then tossed him away stumbling across the dirt. "Guh!" Darktyrannomon grunted in pain as he rolled on the ground a bit before getting back up, snarling at Raptordramon, "Grr….you X-Digimon freak!" Raptordramon glared back at Darktyrannomon. The two then charged at each other before crashing into one another as they bit at each other before they wrestled around one another, their fangs locked onto one another. Raptordramon then dug his foot in before he forced Darktyrannomon to the ground making the ground shake. "Kya!" Twilight yelped as she tried to keep her balance, "S...such power." Raptordramon then twisted his body as the bladed wings on his back slashed Darktyrannomon, sending him tumbling back before Raptordramon crashed his head into his stomach with a charge before slamming him into one of the burning buildings sending them both crashing out the other side as the T-rex Digimon was sent tumbling across the ground kicking up dirt as flaming debris fell around them. Darktyrannomon got up as he charged and stopped before spinning and swinging his tail that Raptordramon ducked under before he charged forward and bit Darktyrannomon in the back of the neck before sending him crashing to the ground. Raptordramon then used his leg and claws to keep Darktyrannomon pinned to the ground. before the T-rex Digimon pushed him off with his tail. "Impudent fool!" Darktyrannomon snarled as he got up, "If you destroy me, you and that human will be considered enemies of Lord Jupitermon! There won't be anyplace you can hide! you will both face justice!" "You and I have different definitions of that word," Raptordramon replied with a frown, "You call this tyranny 'justice'...you are just lying to yourselves." "Shut up!" "I won't..the Digital World has been oppressed far enough!" Raptordramon yelled, "I'll fight to protect this world!" "You damn fool!" Darktyrannomon roared as he charged as did Raptordramon the two collided with a powerful crash as claws and teeth dug into each other as they stumbled across the ground before Raptordramon pushed him off, "i'll destroy you and your human friend! FIRE BLAST!" The blast of fire then crashed into Raptordramon as his entire body was obscured by flames and smoke. But much to DarkTyrannomon shock, Raptordramon charged forward through the flames, his armor sharpening as his speed began to increase. "Crash Charge!" Raptordramon declared within the flames as his entire body blurred forward, the wings slashing Darktyrannomon making the T-rex Digimon spin before falling to the ground. "Grr….Y...you...you…!" DarkTyrannomon began as he stood up, preparing to charge before he froze in place. He then looked down to see that his entire mid-section was cut in half, "I….im….impossible….H...how...could i….g…..GRAAAHHHH!" he roared as he exploded into pixils. "Your data is mine," Raptordramon said as the pixels were being absorbed into him. "I...Incredible…" Twilight whispered, her eyes still widened after seeing the battle, "Th...that was the power...of Digivolving…" "Hime-sama.." Raptordramon spoke, walking towards her, "We must run now." "Huh?" Twilight blinked, snapping out of her state of shock, "Why? I...Wait...How'd did you…?" "You smell of royalty...that much I can tell. As for why, Lord Jupitermon will come himself if he hears an X-Digimon Digivolved," Raptordramon stated as he picked up Twilight and Ryudamon. "Just leave me. I'll slow you down," Ryudramon panted, "I'll be fine. Twilight is a Tamer now...She takes priority. I'll find you...I always do," he assured Raptordramon, who knew mentality what teh smaller dragon meant, making him frown. "As you wish. Make sure you catch up," Raptordramon nodded as he placed Ryudamon down. "Before you leave...look at your hand Twilight," Ryudamon said to the 'human'. "Huh?" Twilight blinked before she noticed a strange looking item in her hand. It was an oval shaped device with a small screen towards the top with an antenna to the left of it that stuck up. To the right of the screen was two rounded buttons one on top of the other, under the screen was a second button with arrows pointing off to the left and right, between the twin buttons and the lower one was a yellow button. the device itself was a dull white color with light purple hand grips on the sides. "That's a Digivice...its the key to our world salvation," Raptordramon explained, "I'll explain more later. Let's go Hime-sama." "..O..of course...and hopefully find my friends along the way," Twilight nodded, saying that last part to herself quietly. She then looked back down at Ryudamon "...Ryudamon...will we meet again?" "I promise you, Ms Sparkle..We'll meet again," Ryudamon reassured her as they ran off, "Stay safe until then you two…" "Worry about yourself," a voice said as Ryudamon looked to see Goblinmon grinning. "...Traitor...you wouldn't dare.." "Oh I would. Lord Jupitermon would probably pay a pretty penny for that twoip and the little purple stain," Goblimon grinned, "But to prove my loyalty, I'll give him you as a early peace offering." "...I maybe injured…" Ryudamon began as he glared at the small goblin Digimon, "But I can still take a weakling like you!" "Heh..bring it then, gecko!" Goblimon smirked as he charged at Ryudamon. "Super Thunder Strike!" a voice snapped as Goblimon was electrocuted and exploded, the small goblin flying into the sky. "Eh?" Ryudamon blinked as he looked over to see a familar face, "Elecmon? But weren't you sealed in the nursery?" "I was...but I met someone that helped me escape. And together, me and her are gonna get my kids free!" he replied as a tall human at least twice as tall as Twilight picked Elecmon up. "Ya'll got that right, pardner," the female figure grinned in a southern accent, "I hate monsters who mess with little darlin's." "Another human?" Ryudamon gasped. > Honest Love...Roar Leomon! ROAR! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Applejack groaned as she felt a huge wave of pain in her head. She hadn't felt like this since that time a whole pile of apples fell on her. But...that was an accident since her little sister was trying to help. She began to slowly open her eyes before shielding them, blocking out the sun. "Ugh….what happened? All ah c…" she began before noticing some weird, worm like things on her hoof, "...Gah! Th..they hay?!" she yelped as she quickly sat up and looked at her body. Though the term is unknown to Applejack, she was currently a human. She was rather tall with an athletic build. She had the same long blonde hair and green eyes, but she had light toned skin. She wore an outfit that consisted of tan cut off shorts with a yellow belt, a pair of brown boots, a tan colored vest with fringed edges and a white shirt underneath. She also had a red bandana around her neck and her hat, completing the look. 'Wh...what in the hay am ah?!' AJ mentally screamed as she looked at her now form. She was to try and get up and about to take a step when. "Do not dare to move and crush my baby!" "Huh?" Aj blinked before yelping as a blast of electricity shot at her, making her tip and fall on her butt, landing on something...soft?, "...Wait..am Ah on a bed or somethin'?" She looked down to see she was sitting on ground that reminded her of a blanket of sorts. "Damn humans, damn Digimons always coming here when they please," the voice from before growled out in annoyance and disdain. AJ then followed the voice down to see where, or rather who/what it came from. Standing there was a small creature it had reddish orange fur with multiple blue streaks across it's body, such as it's limbs, sides of its face, tips of its ears, and one long blue patch on its back, which branched into it's eight tails that had a thunderbolt like zig-zag to them. It also had a white underside and claws. The creature glared at her with it's bright blue eyes, "Falling from the sky will give you no mercy from me!" "..." 'Well?! Have nothing better to say?!" "...Are you a rat?" "What? No I'm not a Pikachu! The last human that came here years and years ago asked the same darn thing!" the creature snapped in annoyance, "What the hell is a Pikachu anyway?!" "..Ahem, Ah apologize then, "AJ cleared her throat a bit, "Ah didn't mean to offend y'all. Just..ah never seen a creature like you before.." "...How could you not? You're a human and I'm a Digimon. I've seen many humans over my years, all of you mainly be taking my babies!" "...Honestly, Ah don't know what a Digimon is," AJ answered before frowning, "And Ah'm not the type to steal someone's young." "Then look where you're about to step," he said as she did blinking seeing eggs and more eggs...and more...eggs, "Those are my kids." "..." "...Ugh...those are called Digieggs, which contain Digimon inside them an..." "Ya'll gave birth to this many eggs? Must be more here then the apples on mah farm," AJ noted. "Huh?! no! I didn't l..wait..did you say you're a farmer?" "Ah did? Why?" Aj asked before frowning a bit, "Something wrong about me bein' one?" "You are not allowed to look at my eggs, you baby killer." "Excuse me?" AJ frowned at that, "Ah am NOT a baby killer. Ah farm apples fer a livin'." "...Prove it then," the creature frowned, "There's some apple trees in the back of the nursery. If you claim to be an apple farmer, I'll believe you. If you're not…" he frowned as electricity crackled off his tails, "Got it?" "..Crystal," AJ nodded as she began to follow the creature, the pony-turned human stumbling a bit along the way. "What? You new to walking on two legs? Then get on all fours," he joked not looking as she did, making him sweatdrop, "..I was kidding." "But it slightly works, but these clothes make me feel weird." "..You're not going to go naked..are you?" "..maybe. Why? is..there a problem with that?" "Yea. I don't want you walking around like a Bastemon in heat," the creature frowned before shivering a bit, 'That's a memory I wish to forget. plus the young ones would...' "Why do ah have these udders?" "Huh?" the creature blinked as he turned to see AJ messing a bit with the large, weird orbs on her covered chest, "Gah! St..stop that!" "Huh?" she blinked as she looked up at him, "I have udders, and that's weird. Especially if they make mi…" "Electrocution!" he snapped, shocking her. "Gah!" AJ yelped as she was shocked, "..The hay was that for?!" "I told you to stop, and yet you continued!" he snapped in annoyance. "Ya'll ain't mah gran." "I don't care! I said stop! You didn't, so you suffered the consequences! Gah...it feels like I'm talking to a child," he groaned, "Just...try and act decent, okay?" "...Ah don't know what ya'll mean, but if it'll calm ya down," AJ shrugged a bit as she got back up on her legs, the cowgirl struggling a bit to stay up, 'This is really hard.' "What's wrong with you? It's like you don't know how to use your own legs," he noted, seeing the human having trouble staying up. "A..ahm fine," AJ replied as she finally stood still, "...Okay...ah think ah got the hang of it a bit." "What a strange girl," he mumbled as he walked forward, AJ slowly following behind him before the two stopped before a grove of apple trees, "Okay. If you can prove to be an apple farmer, then let's see you harvest some apples then." "...Alright, fine," AJ nodded as she walked over to one of the examined it a bit before finding the perfect then turned around and gave a light kick to the tree's base, making one of the apples fall into the creature's paws, "That good enough?" she asked before wincing a bit, holding her leg, '...Wait. Why did that hurt? All ah did was give it a light kick.' "What kind of human kicks a tree? Don't you know how hard those things are?" "Ah've done it before. Let me try again," the cowgirl told him before giving a harder kick to the tree, making her freeze up as she slowly lowered her leg to the ground just as a few more apples landed around the creature. "...You alright?" "Crystal...partner," AJ replied, biting her lip while fighting back some tears as she felt a huge pain in her leg, 'Mah legs are toothpicks now…whatever Twi did..Ah...Twilight!' "Uh..excuse me pardner?" "Hmm? What is it now?" the creature asked, pausing from munching on an apple. "Ah know this'll sound weird but..have ya'll seen five different colored ponies around here?" "Ponies?...bwahahaahahhaa!" he laughed. "...what's so funny?" Aj frowned, glaring a bit at the laughing creature. "Only humans can appear in the digital world. Everyone knows that," the creature panted a bit after that laugh attack. "...What would happen to a pony if they did?" "Don't know. Either turn into edible data or be reformatted," the creature shrugged. "Data? reformatted?..Yer kinda confusin' me, partner," AJ sweatdropped a bit. "You don't do machines do you?" "No." "...I see…well, when you're done faking like your leg's not hurt, get out of my nursery zone!" "..." Aj took a deep breath,trying to calm down a bit before asking in a calm tone, "How do ya'll raise kids all by ya'll self?" "..I manage," the creature scoffed a bit as he began to walk off, "Oh, and By the way. My name's not 'pardner'. It's Elecmon. Now get off and stay away from my kids." "...I think ah'll stay help ya'll out. Ya'll looked over me while ah was knocked out, did ya?" "...I have no idea what you mean," he huffed as he continued to walk off, AJ following behind him. "And by the way, mah name's Applejack, but mah friend like to call me AJ fer short sometimes," he cowgirl stated. "Like I'd care…" Elecmon scoffed a bit, 'Applejack..what kind of name is that?' --- In the few well months (it felt like for AJ), she's gotten to know a lot about the Digital World as Elecmon called it, and it was sorta peaceful. She did remember him mention something about a guy call Jupitermon causing a war, but the Nursery Zone was neutral territory and would be the safest place to be. The cowgirl watched as she saw Elecmon take care of the baby Digimon, the older digimon laughing a bit as some nuzzled against his cheek. "Ahh feel bad the littler critters have to leave and enter the wars outside," AJ whispered to herself before giving a small frown, 'If ah ever see that low down Jupitermon, Ah'll give him a swift kick upside that head of his.' --- "My lord...we've finally found the Nursery Zone," a soldier informed the large golden figure before him, "What action shall you take, milord?" "...Seal it." "S...seal it?!" the soldier asked in confusion and shock. "Yes...seal it." "B...but milord. What if…" "I don't want a rebellion to rise up against me...send a general into the Nursery Zone and seal it," he ordered before he glared down at him, "That is unless you dare question my orders any further?" he asked as electricity could be felt in the air. "..No milord," he bowed before leaving, leaving the golden figure all by himself. "...You will stay dead Apollomon. And you as well, Dianamon." --- "Oi, Applejack. How's that next batch coming along?!" Elecmon shouted to the cowgirl as they were gathering up some apples to eat. "Nearly done, Elecmon. Ah just need to get this last tree," AJ replied as she kicked a tree, letting some apples fall into a basket. In the past months, she's slowly regained some strength on her legs with a few quick workouts, and from gathering some apples. "Hey uh...I just want to apologize for trying to shock you when you first came here, AJ," Elecmon said to the cowgirl. "..It's alright. Ya'll were just protecting yer family," Aj smiled a bit as she picked up the basket. "Hah... you being so calm and forgiving about seems to make me feel worse about it,," Elecmon mumbled to himself, "...Whoever your parents were, they raised quiet the honest young lady," he said with a small smile. "Well I guess if they were alive, they could agree with that," Aj answered before a small sad smile grew on her face. "...I'm sorry. I didn't know," Elecmon apologized. "It's alright…" AJ replied a bit before looking up at the sky, "Even though they're gone, Ah know they're lookin' down on me from heaven." "You seem like the very hopeful type," Elecmon noted, "Still...you're a good kid, so it means a lot that'd you help me this much." "As mah big brother would say, eeyup," Aj nodded before she noticed the sky beginning to darken as dark clouds began to cover it, "...Were we scheduled fer rain today?" "Scheduled?" Elecmon asked before he looked up at the sky, "Well if you're asking if that's suppose to happen, I can honestly tell you no. it's not." "Huh? it's not." 'No. It's not supposed to r…" Elecmon paused before his eyes widened in realization, "...no…" he gasped out in shock, "Don't tell me…" "What's wrong Ele…?" AJ began before a loud crash was heard nearby. "Oh no….why…" Elecmon panicked as he began to talk to himself, "How...how did they find it?" "Elecmon..is everything o.." AJ began. "Applejack, I need you to check on the Digieggs and children! I need to check where that crash came from!" Elecmon shouted as he began to head where the noise came from. AJ reluctantly did as she was told and went off in the opposite direction. 'Ahh don;t know what's happening, but be careful Elecmon,' AJ thought as she ran. --- Elecmon soon arrived at the area that the crash originated from before he saw a large crater in the ground as dust still lingered in the air. Standing in the middle of the crater was a large hunchbacked creature that appeared to be made entirely of stone. It had crouched legs with three toes and it rose, its back adorned with two spikes and two vents that expelled dust into the air as it's head came into view. It has a single horn from the top of it's head, and a mask made of solid steel covering the entirety of its face with a brown leather strap keeping it in place. It then slammed it's two arms that where as long as it's body into the ground, said arms seemingly kept together by rope and hooks. "No...I was afraid this would happen," Elecmon whispered to himself as the golem like creature uncurled itself before looking it. It then bent down before jumping high in the air, heading in a direction that made Elecmon's eyes widen in dread, "No..no no no!" he then gave chase to the stone Digimon as it landed from it's leap, halfway to it's destination by this point, It's landing creating a small indent in the ground as it leapt into the air once more. "Now hold on kids, it's gonna be alright," Applejack assured the baby digimon as she tried to calm them down, all having a look of fright on their faces. But things weren't helped when the ground shook with a loud crash from outside. AJ slowly turned to see what looked like a large, stone golem looking down at her and the children. "A human...here?...no matter…" the golem grunted in a sorta slow tone, "I suggest...you move...human..and let me..eliminate...those pest." "Why?" "Cause one of them might be Apollomon or Dianamon reborn self," it explained as he stood to his full height, "And that is the order from my master, Jupitermon," he elaborated further as he raised his right arm, "Don't hate me. I personally love kids," he said a slight hint of regret in his voice, "But, my masters orders are absolute I can not deny them even if I wanted to. So…" "Super Thunder Strike!" Elecmon's voice shouted a powerful blast of Electricity hit the golem's back, the golem unfazed by it. The Golem then turned to face Elecmon, who was glaring at him. "Please don't make this harder for me Elecmon," the Golem sighed as it turned to face him, "I don't wish to make this any more difficult than it already is for me." "..Why are you here in the first place, Golemon?" Elecmon demanded. "Lord Jupitermon ordered this zone to be sealed, and for the children to be deleted...he fears an uprising would occur if the children leave this Zone," he explained as he looked back at them, "That the reincarnations of Apollomon and Dianamon are somewhere within these kids. I really do not wish to do this, but orders are orders." Applejack overhead this as she began to clutch her fist in anger. She's normally not the kind to get angry, but after hearing Jupitermon wanting to kill the baby Digimon because he feared a revolution, it made her blood boil fiercely. "..if you think I'm gonna let you follow that order...you got another thing coming!" Elecmon roared as he leapt into the air and fired another electric blast at Golemon, "Super Thunder Strike!" "Golem Punch!" Golemon countered as his fist came at speeds one wouldn't expect and crashed through the blast of lightning and slammed into Elecmon leaving an imprint of his fist in the dirt. He then raised his fist revealing the harmed Elecmon, "Don't get up...I still remember when you raised me when I was a fleshing," Golemon spoke in a solemn tone, "Don't make me hurt you anymore." "I can't do...that…" Elecmon coughed out, struggling to get up "I can't stand by and let anything happen to them…They're...my family...They're my kids..." "..I truly apologize for this…" Golemon began as he raised his fist up once more, "But I guess this is goodbye, Elecmon," he said as he gripped his fist tightly, "Golem…." he began before a piece of debris hit him in the head, making him lose his focus. "Huh? What the..?" Elecmon began weakly. Golemon then turned around as he stared at the origin of the debris. "I see you also intend to get in my path…" Golemon frowned a bit looking at Applejack, who had a serious and angered look on her face. "Ah'm sorry...I can tell you loved this place once..but...anyone who threatens children…" AJ began as to Elecmon and Golemon's surprised, kicked a large piece of debris at the large stone Digimon, "Is lower than scum!" "That is true," Golemon said, blocking the debris, "But I swore my loyalty to Lord Jupitermon. So even if I must do such evil, I shall keep my word and obey my master," he explained as he slammed his hand into the ground, causing AJ to nearly lose her footing, "Please..my orders where simple. Do not make me harm you as well." "Applejack..run.." Elecmon grunted as he struggled to stay up. Golemon then reared his head and arms back as the vents on his back began to unleash what looked like smoke. "Curse...Crimson," he said as super heated gas began to seep out of his mouth and vents, the gas melting a few nearby buildings. He then shot his head forward as he fired a powerful stream of the gas at Applejack, which would've ended her till the babies formed a wall and took the hit themselves. "No!" Applejack and Elecmon gasped as the babies weakly fell to the ground, slowly turning into data. "..." Golemon just looked at this as his eyes were shaded, "It was not my intention, but in the end my mission is completed. now to seal this zone before they reform" Applejack stared at the ground were the small babies once stood on, the cowgirl's hand slowly baling into a fist as she gritted her teeth. "No...no…" Elecmon whispered before glaring at Golemon, "Oi! Get back here, coward!" "Find a new lifestyle Elecmon. Your role as father is over," Golemon spoke as he walked off. "Gr….d..damn it!" Elecmon cursed as he banged the ground, small tears beginning to form in his eyes, "Damn it...damn it…" "..I truly am s-GAH!" Golemon cried out in pain as a he felt a large jolt of pain shoot through his leg. He then saw the human girl had kicked him, a look of pure anger on her face as tears flowed down her cheeks. "I do not blame you for despising me," Golemon stated as he stood back up, wincing as his leg had a few cracks in it. "You...you...you knew how important this was to Elecmon..yet...you just took orders from a madman...who was scared because this Apollomon and Dianthamon were possibly alive?!" "The other generals would've made this a game! I wanted to make this quick!" Golemon roared, "I hated myself enough for what I did, but my orders were given, if I had not, then a general would have taken pleasure in just sticking around and repeating it again and again. So hate me if you must. I truly do not blame you." "..."AJ then lifted her hand shocking Golemon and Elecmon. "A...a..Digivice?!" Elecmon gasped,seeing the white and light orange device in AJ's hand. "I got this when Elecmon allowed me to help him raise the kids and we became just kept it away until now…." AJ explained, still glaring at Golemon, "During mah time here..ah saw Elecmon raise those children...he truly cared for them deeply...like mah mom and dad cared for me when I was small….but...seeing those children deleted from before him...it truly breaks mah heart...which is why..." At this her Digivice started to shine, as did Elecmon. "Ah won't let ya'll get away with this!" --- =ELECMON...SHINKA!= Elecmon was soon engulfed in a dome of light energy, the digimon beginning to change into a more humanoid shape before the dome shattered, revealing his new form,. Standing there was a tall muscular humanoid being, his upper torso was naked revealing the light tan short fur that looked more like skin, that had various scars on his upper arms, his large hands ending in black cat like claws, his left arm was covered in several overlapping black leather straps one going over his knuckles and decorated with four studs over each knuckle. He had a red bead necklace around his neck before his Lion head opened it's blue eyes, his long mane of golden hair flowing in the wind from the transformation. He wore a pair of black leather pants with multiple strings along the sides, his feet were bare with sharp claws, finally he had a lion like tail swishing around as his belt had a short sword in it's sheath hanging horizontally across the back of his waist. "Leomon!" the new form roared as he punched the air before him. --- "Masaka!" Golemon panicked, backing away from Leomon, "You never digivolve before in your entire life!" "...You're right..in fact...I've feel like I'm young once again," Leomon noted, looking at his hand a bit before clenching it "N...No matter you're inexperience in that body so this will b…" he started till Leomon's fist impaled into his stomach, "Gah!" "...I'll give you the quick death you wanted to give my children," he whispered as the fist inside Golemon glowed. "N..no…" "Fist of the Beast King!" Leomon roared as Golemon was sent flying back, engulfed in a energy blast in the shape of a lion's head. Golemon's body began to crack as light emanated from him, as he flew back his head looked up at the sky as memories of his time here flashed before he was covered in a complete explosion, dissipating into shards of data. Leomon then stood back up as he looked at his fist that was slightly smoking. '...I'm truly sorry..but you forced it on yourself, Golemon...rest in piece...' the lion like Digimon thought as he lowered his fist. He then turned to AJ, "Are you alright?" AJ stood quiet as she started at the ground, her hat shading over her eyes as tears continued to pour down her cheeks. "Daijobu...look," he said as Golemon's data and the babies' data reformed into Digieggs, "This is where their Data goes, so they can be reborn," he explained, "So as long as this place exists then they will always have another chance." "Which is why I shall not allow it to remain!" a voice boomed as the two looked to see a large cloaked figure with a few bits of gold seen, "I was right to follow Golemon after hearing he volunteered for this." "Jupitermon…" Leomon growled. "You've fulfilled your role here old fool…" Jupitermon said as he held a hand up from his cloak, "Now you and that human..begone!" Before the two could react, a powerful forced blew them away, far away from the Nursery Zone as it began to become a dull, lifeless grey as a black aura of sorts closed it off. "Goodbye forever, my birth home," Jupitermon frowned as he turned around and disappeared. --- "...Damn it!" Elecmon, now back to normal, cursed as he punched the ground, "How could I be so stupid?! I should've noticed Golemon was a decoy...damn it! Damn it damn it damn it!" "...Calm down, Elecmon," AJ spoke up, wiping the tears away from her face as she stood up, "Ahm as mad as you are right now..but we need to think of a plan." Elecmon stopped his ranting, as he took multiple deep breaths. "You're right," he gasped out, "But...what do we do?" "..Well..if there's anyone who can think of a plan, it's mah friend, Twilight," AJ stated. "Twilight….?" Elecmon asked. "Does everyone where you come from have strange names?" "Depends, do all Digimon here have weird names?" "...Touche, Applejack," Elecmon chuckled a bit as he stood up, "Alright then, let's go and find this Twilight person." "It might take awhile." "As long as my kids are in that prison, I'll live for eonsm" Elecmon answered. "But an important question, just how do we find your friend?" "...hmm...good question…" AJ pondered as she began to think a bit. "..I think I might know someone who can help," Elecmon spoke, making the cowgirl look at him, "Ryudamon, an old friend of mine, lives in the town not too far from here. It's no more than a days walk from here….if its still there." "When was the last time you visited it?" "3000 earth years ago." he explained as if it were a simple fact. "3...3000?!...wait...what's..earth?" "...What kind of human are you?" "...uh...well…" AJ began, trying to think of something to say ,but couldn't think of anything, knowing she was a terrible liar, "...Er...Remember that question ah asked you when ah first arrived?" "It was rhetorical," Elecmon sweatdropped. "Oh...ah...see...eheheheh...nevermind then," AJ chuckled sheepishly. "AJ, you're my Tamer now. I don't care what you are. As my Tamer, I'm sworn to protect you just like I would my kids," he explained before giving small smile, "I'll never abandon you as we take this path. Saa ikuze." "...Umm...iku what?" "It means 'let's go'... You're not very worldly are you?" "..." "...Nevermind. let's go, and let's just hope your friend isn't in Chain town. Trust me, no one likes Chain town since Plutomon took it over." "Why? What did he do to it?" "Simply put it...turn it into Hell on Earth," Elecmon stated, getting a blank look from Aj in response, "Let me guess, don't know that one either?" "..Does Tartarus count?" "...let's just go." --- Meanwhile, in a town that looked dark and steampunkish, a figure laid unconscious on the ground, two hovering over her. "Is she okay, Noire-neesan?" one of the figures asked in concern. "Be quiet. I'm gonna try and see if she has any cash on her, Blanc," the other replied before seeing the unconscious figure shift a bit. '...We should get her home and treat her for any wounds," the first figure said as she helped the unconscious figure up. "...Fine...but let's hope she's not like Huckmon." "Huckmon-sama would do good to have friends. He'll grow to be a great knight, Noire-neesan." "Yea..that is if he can get out of this by completing the Battle Trial." > The Saikyo Knight, BaoHuckmon begins! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Ugh...dang it, Pinkie..stop hitting me with those pies…" A certain rainbow haired tomboy groaned in her sleep as she tossed and turned on a small bed. Though...she didn't notice the change to her body. Had she, she would have noticed she was no longer her….well usual form and appearance. Though to her, the term is lost, she is now a Human. She wasn't particularly tall, at most around 5' 5 give or take an inch; her hair was still in it's natural multi-colored hue while her eyes were still the same deep purple hidden behind her closed eyelids. She was very slim in build but not fragile in the slightest as well, she wore a black tank top that was well more of a sports bra with how short it was exposing her abdomen. She wore a pair of light blue pants that were very baggy and the legs were also a bit short as they cut off around mid shin, her pants were tied by three belts each in two different colors. Her attire was finished by a pair of running sneakers and a pair of fingerless gloves. Rainbow turned in her sleep until someone tapped her on the shoulder, making her eyes open partially as she sat up, half awake. She then turned to see someone staring at her, holding a small tray with a cup of what appeared to be tea on it. Rainbow's eyes got a better look at this person; she resembled well a human girl dressed in a white dress with gold accents, said dress seemed to resemble the attire of a nun to an extent, the girl herself had silver hair that was hidden behind a headdress, and a pink hat with a rabbit like face, two flaps extending down the sides of her head, before ending in feathery tufts. Her silver eyes stared intently at Rainbow as the two blinked several times. "...Uh...hi?" Rainbow blinked, still a bit half asleep. "Hi..I was wondering when you'd wake up," the girl replied as she offered the cup to the tomboy, "Here. This should help you wake up." "Huh? Oh...thanks…" she yawned, taking the cup and taking a sip before spitting it out, "Gah! What was that stuff?!" "Ano...it was coffee my sister made to help you wake up…" the girl answered. "Ah...it was so bitter," Rainbow complained, "What? No sugar?" "We didn't have any sugar..though I think I saw a small bit of it in the fridge..gomen," the girl bowed as she left the room. "You know, normally you ask "how do you like your coffee" first before giving it to them," Rainbow mumbled to herself still trying to get over the bitter taste left in her mouth before blinking, 'Wait..what the heck was she anyway?' --- "...You forgot to put the sugar in again, didn't you, Blanc?" a female figure frowned a bit as she sat at a nearby table, the metal on it a bit faded and rusted. She resembled the first one to a good extent; being that she too greatly resembled a human, except unlike her sister, she was dressed in a dark black nun like attire and she seemed to look slightly more physically mature, she too wore an animal like hat over her headdress, only hers was black and cat themed with its two flaps ending in bat like wings. "G..gomen, Noire-neechan. I thought we were out," the first girl/ Blanc bowed a bit as she managed to find a small bit of sugar from a medium sized fridge, the white on it faded a bit. "...It's cool..just check next time before ya bring someone something to drink, " Noire sighed a bit, "So..is our guest up yet?" "Oh yes! She just woke up!" Blanc explained happily as she went about adding the sugar to the coffee, "I'm glad too. I was afraid she was in a co…" "WHAT THE HECK?!" Rainbow's voice yelled through the entire house, startling the two a bit. "...Well..that just happened," Noire blinked a bit, "Something must've spooked her." "Maybe..do you think she's ok?" Blanc asked in concern. "Well the only way we will know is to check on her," Noire suggested before she heard someone tumbling down the stairs nearby, "...or she could come to us," she sweatdropped a bit as Rainbow finished her tumble down the stairs, landing face first. "...Ow…" The tomboy softly groaned as she lifted herself up a bit, managing to sit as she looked at herself, "Th...the heck's going on?! Wh..what am I?! So-some sort of hairless monkey?!" "See? I told you that's something they call humans," Noir stated to her sister, "Although, I've never known one to call themselves like that." "H..hai.." Blanc agreed, catching RD's attention as she turned her head to look at the two. "...You!" Rd gasped as she pointed at Blanc, "Answers! Now! What am I?! And what are you?!" "Ano…" She began trying to think of how to best explain this. Suffice to say, she lost her own train of thought several times while thinking, making the other two just stare at Blanc. "...Is...she alright?" RD asked Noir in a bit of confusion. "She's not much for thinking on complicated subjects," Noir explained with a deadpan expression, "And to answer your questions..here's the following: My sister and I are called..well, Sistermon, twin Digimon that grew up here. You can just call me Noir, and you can call my sister Blanc. As for what you are..well..you're a human." "...A...what now?" "Do you have amnesia?" Noir asked point blank. "...Well, I know my name's Rainbow Dash, and I'm supposed to be a Pegasus...and...oh crud!" RD yelped as she realized something, "MY friends!" "Hmm?" "Hey uh...Noir, right? Have you seen five different colored ponies by any chance?" "...Ex...cuse me?" Noir raised an eyebrow in confusion, "I think everybody here would have noticed something like that, and besides when we found you, you were all alone." "Hai. We were lucky we found you. Chain Town's not exactly the safest place to be during the night," Blanc added. "...Chain Town?" "Yes. that's the name of where you are right now," Noir nodded. "And trust me it's not the nicest place to live in." "...Why?" RD asked out of slight curiosity. "...Well...basically, Plutomon made this place a bit of a hell house...everyday, we try and struggle to stay alive in this place...and if you want out, you'd have to take the Battle trial," Noir explained. "I'm going to take a wild guess and say that's kind of a death wish." "It is. Basically, you have to battle 50 times and win. If you somehow managed to do that, you and a person of your choice can leave," Noir explained, "But good luck with that. Most of the DIgimon that take on that trial cheat." "Why am I not all that surprised?" RD sighed, 'Though..I will admit..I kinda cheated a few times before in the past...' 'Hai...oh! But the only one that isn't cheating in the Battle Trial is Huckmon," Blanc spoek up, making Rd look at he a bit until the sound of a door opening caught their attention, "Ooh! That must be him now." RD just continued to blink until a blur rushed past her a bit as stopped before the two Sistermon. To her shock, there was a rather small white scale armored dragon creature before them. His armor took on a metallic feel with what looked like bolts keeping it pinned to his body, he even had four bolts keeping the deep red cape wrapped around his neck in place, he had a black lower jaw, a black horn extending from the top of his nose and black claws he also had a rather short tail with a black tip. "Welcome back, Huckmon. Everything go well out there?" Blanc greeted the dragon, who slumped a bit. "It didn't go well…" the dragon whispered before looking up a grin on his face, "It went awesome! I'm on win number 47 now! Three more, and we can finally leave this place!" "Sugoi! That's great," Noir smiled. "Darn right, it is! A few guys tried to jump me, but I got 'em good with a Fif Slash!" Huckmon shouted, "They never knew what hit them!" he stated triumphantly and with much pride. Rainbow Dash continued to gawk a bit before shaking her head...she took a bit of a closer look at the dragon, and she had to admit, the cape kinda made him cool looking. "...Hey uh...by the way.." Huckmon began as he pointed at RD, "Who's the tomboyish looking shrimp?" A tick mark appeared on RD's head as she was in front of his face, glaring. "What did you just call me?" "Shrimp...it's a fish thing, and a term for people who are short," Huckmon stated. "Oh yeah? Well.." Rainbow Dash began as she poked her finger on the dragon's head, "Look who's talkin' Pipsqueak?" "...Did you just call me..pipsqueak?" Huckmon frowned as the two glared at each other. "Oh my seems they aren't getting along," Noir sighed, "Well I suppose its as they say people with similar personalities can never truly get along." "It seems so.." Blanc nodded a bit nervously as RD and Huckmon continued to glare at each other. "I did..so you better take back what you said," RD frowned dangerously. "Me take back what I said?...You take back what you said," Huckmon frowned right back, you could almost see lighting meeting between their intense glares, "Tomboy…" "Gecko…" "Shrimpuff…" "Lizard!" "Stupid t…!" "Enough!" Noir snapped as she got between the two and separated them, "Honestly. I understand not liking someone, but this is just ridiculous." "He/she started it!" RD and Huckmon shouted, pointing at each other. "Yes and I'm ending it," Noir said before she glared evilly at the two, "Unless you two have a problem with that?" she asked darkly, a dark glint in her eye. "...N...No..." Huckmon gulped as he moved back from the black nun, Rd doing the same a bit. "Good...if you still have some steam left, go take it out on those punks outside," Noir frowned a bit as she left the room. 'Holy Celestia...what the heck was that?' RD thought, paling a bit when she felt the slight intense killing intent that was flowing off Noir a few seconds ago. "Ah... Noir-chan is all upset now, no chance of me getting anything decent to eat tonight," Huckmon complained as he fell over to the floor, "..ugh...might as well do what she said and go fight a bit more…" "...Didn't you just come back?" RD asked, raising her eyebrow a bit. "I did...but that fight we had got my blood boiling a bit, so might as well go back out," Huckmon replied as he stood up and began to leave, "If want, you can follow and watch how awesome I am." "...We'll see about that," RD frowned a bit as she began to follow him, stumbling a bit, 'Tch..darn it..walking on two legs is tough.' "What? Can't walk on your own two feet?" Huckmon teased, noticing this. "...Shut up," RD frowned. --- =A bit later= '...Sheesh...I can't believe this is where they live and stuff,' Rainbow thought as she looked at some of the buildings within Chain Town, some of the metal rusted while some seemed to be bent to a unrecognizable shape. "...Word of advice, best watch your back in this part of town. Some of the Digimon here won't hesitate to do a sneak attack," Huckmon warned a bit before a cocky smirk grew on his face, "And I haven't gotten hit by one once." "You don't say..." Rainbow murmured as she was too distracted to pay attention to Huckmon's boasting. "Why is everything here so…." she began as she looked around at some of the shadier looking characters, "You know...crooked?" "...You really want to know?" Huckmon asked, stopping for a moment. "I suppose my curiosity is getting the better of me, so yeah." "...Fine..ever since Jupitermon changed and stuff...Chain Town, and the rest of the Digital world haven't been doing so well...here, you fight to survive in hopes of escaping…" "Jupitermon?" Rainbow asked, "Who's he?" "Our so called king...He used to be kind, but something in him changed. He's changed the Digital World into a heck hole..and if you don't follow his brand of 'justice'...well...you're executed…" Huckmon sighed. "No way! That's not fair!" Rainbow shouted, "How can he just get away with treating you guys like this?!" "I know! it still bugs me..luckily..there's still one group that's fighting him," Huckmon stated as a small grin grew on his face, "The Royal Knights!" "..The Royal...what now?" Rainbow Dash blinked, causing Huckmon to gawk at her. "Y...You never heard of the Royal Knights?!" "Ah hello? Not from your world, you little sack of scales," she reminded. "A….good point," Huckmon frowned a bit, "Ugh..I don't know much, but listen up. Before Jupitermon went all nutso in the head, there were three groups that helped protect the Digital World. The Olympus XII, The Legendary Warriors, and The Royal Knights. Nobody knows what happened to the Legendary Warriors, but I definitely know the Royal Knights are still kicking!" "I see...So these guys are really such a big deal then, huh?" Rainbow asked as she could feel the excitement in Huckmon's voice as he described them. "Heck yea! The Royal Knights have been protecting the Digital World from evil for years! And...well..this might sound a bit selfish but.." Huckmon paused as he looked up at the fog covered sky a bit, "Someday.I hope to join them. I promised someone I would...that I'd do my very best to join the Royal knights, and help protect the Digital World." 'Weird...I get the strangest feeling of deja vu when I heard that bit,' Rainbow said to herself mentally until… "Hey you!" Huckmon looked down to see a pair of miniature rock like creatures glaring at him. "Don't think we're gonna forgive ya for disrespecting the boss like dat!" One of the rock creatures snapped. "Yea. Yous beat his other mean pretty bad, but not us! The Gotsumon bros are here ta kick yer butt!" the second rock creature added. "Ah man, not these blunder rock heads again," Huckmon complained with a sigh of annoyance, "Get out of here, you bunch of blockheads. I got no time to waste on a bunch of second rate goons that the hero deals with like nothing all the time," Huckmon insulted, himself being the hero in that little bit there. "Eh?! Why you little…!" the two Gotsumon growled. "Oi, tomboy. Mind stepping back a bit? Things are gonna get wild," Huckmon grinned a bit as he cracked his neck a bit. "This'll be good," Rainbow said as she did so, mainly to get a better view of what was to come. "Grr..yous gonna pay fer that, gecko! Rock Fist!" the two Gotsumon shouted as they fired a barrage of rocks from their heads at Huckmon, who just stood his ground with a cocky smirk. "You know, I've been meaning to tell you guys this, but why do you call that move Rock Fist when it comes out your heads?" Huckmon taunted, dodging the attack easily. "Shaddup!" "Also what's with those goofy accent? I mean, were you guys born for the job as goons?" he asked as he dodged more blasts before he appeared on top of one of the brothers head. "What th...get off!" the two snapped as he tried to shake Huckmon off before their fists glowed a bit, "Hardest Punch!" "...And like that..." Huckmon began as he jumped off, making the two hit each other in the face as he landed not to far from them, "Is victory number 48 and 49 right there." he gloated to himself as he raised one of his arms to do his best at a mock bow. "A-thank-a-you rock heads, for giving me the easiest wins ever." "Doh...yous gonna pay fer that!" the left Gotsumon snapped as he and his brother ran out of there, holding their somehow bruised cheeks. "Give new meaning to the term, 'thick headed'," Huckmon chuckled to himself. "Well I guess when they are literally made of rock, learning ain't their specialty," Rainbow added with a small chuckle. "Agreed…" Huckmon nodded, "Those two aren't the brightest tools in the shed if ya know what I mean." "Yeah. So why the heck were they after you? Talking about some boss?" she asked out of honest curiosity. "...They're were talking about Cyclomon, who's supposed to be the 'king-pin' in Chain Town. If ya ask me, the guys nothing but a big bully who gathered a bunch of idiots to do his dirty work," Huckmon stated. "Oh...one of those cliche mob boss wannabe's?" Rainbow asked, getting the gist of it. "Bingo." "But if he can get people to do what he wants, then he at the least must carry some weight around." she figured. "That much is true...From what I heard, last Digimon that went up against him ended up crushed underneath that giant arm of his," Huckmon answered. "Yikes...Sounds like some weight is a bit of an understatement if he can do something like that," Rainbow cringed, meaning more that he must weigh an actual ton than the influence he has on people. "Indeed…" Huckmon nodded before his stomach rumbled, "...Uh...why don't we head back? I..forgot to grab a bite...hopefully I can still eat dinner after what happened with Noir." Rainbow's stomach then started rumbling as well so she just nodded her head in agreement as the two made their way back. "Hey uh...I apologize about what I said back at the house…" "...No big deal…" Rainbow Dash shrugged. "Alright cool...so lets never bring this conversation up ever again." "Agreed." "...Last question...What's your name? I never did catch it." "Rainbow Dash..or just Dash for short." "...Huh..Rainbow Dash eh..I admit, that's kinda cool," Huckmon admitted, "And I'll deny that if you ever bring it up in front of others, my name by the way is Huckmon." "Cool...and deal." --- "Boss! Boss! Dat stupid Huckmon beat us again!" the two Gotsumon from before shouted as they stood before a large, shaded figure. "..." "What do we do?! He's almost 1 victory away from leaving! You know da rule lord Jupi…" The first Gotsumon began before gulping as the large figure glared his blood red eye at him, "S..sorry!" "...You idiots leave right now…" The large figure ordered, his voice sounding like a low growl. "G...got it, boss!" the Gotsumon bros yelped as they ran out of the empty warehouse. "...Tch...that little twerp thinks he can leave? pathetic!" the figure roared as a large, clawed hand slammed the metal ground, "If he thinks he can have a free pass out of here, he's got another thing coming! I promised Lord Plutomon no one leaves this place! Ever!" he growled out, he was not about to let one person get his free rideout of this place just because his own goons were so useless they only served to give him more wins, "...I think it's time I personally deal with that nuisence myself." --- "..." "Dash-san? Why aren't you eating?" Blanc asked as the four sat at the table. "..I'm..not really hungry…" Dash replied. "Why? Blanc makes some of the best food here," Huckmon asked, gnawing on some food a bit. "Ah well it's not that I doubt it's good or anything….it's just that...well…..ah how should I put this..." she pondered, no really how was she suppose to explain that she literally had no idea how to use her new fingers to eat. That, and..well...the meal that was placed before her, "I'm..not good with utensils...and..well..I'm a vegetarian." "I see, well I can understand the vegetarian part, but I can't say I've heard of a human that didn't know how to use a fork." Noir noted. "...Uh..it's complicated." "..I see...oh, hold on. I think i have some vegetables or fruits in the fridge I can whip up for you," Blanc said as she quickly got up and began to search the fridge. "Thanks it means a lot," Rainbow chuckled awkwardly. Maybe it be better if she told them everything...nah. She'd probably end up getting some weird looks if she told them she was actually a Pegasus from an alternate world. "We don't that many vegetables at the moment, but we have a few apples if ya like," Blanc spoke as she returned to the table, placing a plate of apples in front of the tomboy. "Thanks, this should be good," she smiled as she took one and took a bite. "..." "...What?" Rainbow Dash asked, having the apple in her mouth still. "...You...do know you have hands to hold it...right?" Noir said in a small, deadpan tone. "Yeah. You should be lucky, I wish I had hands sometimes," Huckmon complained, "All I got are these claws of mine. Don't get me wrong, they're pretty cool, but it's kinda hard picking things up." "Aw...there there, Huckmon," Blanc said as she soothed the Digimon's ranting. "..But it's ok…" Huckmon began as he looked up at them, "Tomorrow, when I get that last win..we can finally leave…" "Yes, that's true..." Noir smiled before blinking, "Wait when did we change topic from Rainbow eating with her mouth to this so suddenly?" she couldn't help but ask. "Because I'm really excited! Once we leave here, we can finally go and search for the Royal Knights so I can join them!" Huckmon beamed, "That way, I can help save the Digital World from Jupitermon and bring it back to what it used to be!" "I suppose that is something worth getting excited about," Noir sighed as Blanc nodded in agreement. "Hai." Rainbow Dash just watched as a bit as the three interacted a bit. From what she can tell, Huckmon seemed to be like the excitable little brother type or something while Blanc and Noir were(as their actual names implied) big sisters to him. The three seemed to get along very well and they seemed to share the same dreams as Huckmon as well. These two must really believe in him, kinda like how her friends believed in her when she tried to achieve her dream. However, that last thought made her begin to worry...her friends...were exactly are they in this world..are they okay? "Hey Dash, you okay? Your face got really long all of a sudden..." Huckmon noted. "...Sorry. It's just...I can't but help worry about my friends," Rainbow Dash sighed, "You see..I got separated from them, and I have no idea where they might be. I..I just hope they're alright..." "Well I guess as long as they didn't end up in some place too dangerous, they might be okay." "..." "..Sorry. I'm not good with the whole..comforting thing and stuff," Huckmon sheepishly replied. "Besides I doubt any Digimon would hurt them. Humans do have some good qualities that make them useful. So unless they work directly for Jupitermon, no one would hurt them," Noir added. "...I hope you're right…" --- Later that night, Dash looked up at the metal ceiling, Whatever moonlight that managed to escape from the fog outside shining down on her face as Huckmon slept on the floor next to her borrowed bed. Huckmon snoring as he rolled around the floor, if Dash weren't so worried, she'd find his rolling around to be rather dog like and adorable. "...Ugh...I hate this feeling…" the tomboy sighed as she looked out the window, "Twilight..girls...I don't know how..but I swear I'll find you." "zzzzzzz!" Huckmon snored, breaking her concentration a bit. "And hopefully soon. This guy snores like he has a bee up his nose or something." she deadpanned as she gently pushed Huckmon over to the other side of the room. "Zz...keep..promise.." Huckmon mumbled in his sleep, "Protect...friends..protect…" Rainbow Dash stayed silent a bit as she heard him mumble a bit in his sleep, "Promise?" she asked quietly, 'Who exactly did he promise?...Wait..he said he wanted to join these Royal Knights..could..could he have met one of them in the past?' she wondered as Huckmon rolled over in his sleep again, '..I'll probably ask him tomorrow.' --- The next morning, Rainbow Dash yawned as she began to wake up, rubbing the sleep from her eyes a bit before looking at her hand. '...Oh yeah..I forgot I'm a ...hu-man...' the tomboy thought as she got up and climbed off the bed, struggling a bit to stay up before stopping, 'Well...at least I'm sorta getting used to standing on two legs now,' she smirked mentally to herself as she walked downstairs where breakfast was already prepared. However...something was off. There was no sight of Blanc, Noir, or Huckmon. "Huh...weird. Blanc? Noir?" she asked as she looked around, "Hey, Huckmon, where are you guys!?" she called out, only to get no response, "...Something fishy's going on h.." *BOOM!* "What the...?!" Rainbow dash gasped before the side of the wall exploded, a bruised huckmon falling on the ground before her before getting back up, growling at something outside, "Huckmon?! What the hay's going on?!" "Grr…" Rainbow Dash froze as she slowly looked up to see something glaring down at her and huckmon. ..something big. This thing then walked forward a bit so they could get a better view of him. He was a tall monstrous dragon/oni like Digimon, his skin was a pale yellow color with multiple veins being pushed up against the surface of his skin. His right shoulder was covered in a steel armored plate with two spikes extending from it his right arm was also slightly more larger than his left arm and ended in two deep red claws. His left arm had five claws fingers curled up into a fist, his dragon like head had snarling teeth extending out from his jaws, while the upper part of his skull was covered dull brown armor that completely hid his right eye. Only left his left blue colored eye to peer out into the world. His head also had a forward curved horn on top with a row of spikes going down his spine to his tail that was covered in armored plating. His hind legs ended in three claws each that dug into the ground as he raised himself up and roared in triumph and primal fury. "...W...what the heck is that?" Rainbow Dash asked, a bit of fear in her voice as her body shaked. "Cyclomon…" Huckmon growled as he glared at the larger Digimon, despite the wounds on his body. "You mean that this is the same big bully you were talking about?" she asked as she looked up at his glaring blue eye. "The very same," Huckmon replied with a small nod. "Grr...you have a lot of nerve trying to escape my town, you little pest!" Cyclomon growled as he opened his mouth, a intense heat beginning to build up in it. "Gh!" Huckmon gasped a bit as he grabbed Rainbow Dash and began to run. "Hyper Heat!" Cyclomon roared as he fired a beam of super intense heat at the house Huckmon and RD were in, the house melting into a pile of liquid metal. Huckmon panted as he set RD down on the ground a good distance from Cyclomon's blast. "...Ho..ly...crud…" Rainbow dash whispered, her eyes widened in shock after seeing what happened. "Stay here..I got a over sized bully to take care of," Huckmon stated to the slightly frozen tomboy as he charged at Cyclomon and got ready to leap at him, "Fif…!" "Stop! If you try and attack me.." Cyclomon began as he pointed his oversized claw at a group of Gotsumon, who were holding an unconscious and bruised Blanc and Noir, "They get deleted." "Blanc! Noir!" he shouted as Cyclomon began to laugh like a mad man, making teh small dragon glare at him. "That's right! I got your precious little Sistermon's so you'll be a good little chump and stand there while I finish up our little fight!" "Grr...you dirty cheater!" Huckmon growled at him, giving him a death glare. "Cheater? No no..I rather prefer…Opportunist!" Cyclomon roared as he stretched his enlarged arm at Huckmon, "Arm Bomber!" he shouted as his palm slammed into Huckmon and the ground, making everything shake and making everyone besides Cyclomon's goons scream. The elongated arm then pulled back as it revealed a badly hurt Huckmon buried into the ground. "Huckmon!" RD shouted as Cyclomon gave a evil, growl like laugh, making the tomboy glare at him. "Looks like I win! And it seems you're stuck here, twerp!" Cyclomon taunted before frowning, seeing Huckmon struggle to get up, the miniature dragon glaring at the larger digimon, despite the injuries all over his body, "Really...you're really going to kept trying, even though you know it's useless? I swear you might even be dumber than these bunch of buffoons," he growled in annoyance, "But if you want me to keep crushing your pathetic body into the ground then fine! I'll keep at it till your deleted if it makes you happy." "...I...I won't...quit…" Huckmon panted heavily, coughing up a bit of blood, "I..I promised him I'd become a Royal Knight..I promised Noir and Blanc we'd leave her together...I...I promised myself..that I'd protect this world...and help..the Royal Knights…" "...The Royal Knights?...Oh. you mean those fools that got destroyed by Jupitermon?" "..Wh...What?" Huckmon whispered before snarling, "You're lying...YOU'RE LYING!" "HAHAHAHAHAH!" Cyclomon laughed almost as if enjoying his reaction. "Ah I haven't had a good laugh like that in ages, ah….I mean, the Royal Knights still existing? That's nothing more than a story people tell little kids who haven't realized just how much the world has gone downhill thanks to Jupitermon. You're living in a stupid unrealistic fairy tale kid, just like that one Digimon who tried to go against Jupitermon, Gankoomon!" Huckmon froze up at that, his eyes widened in shock. "...Wh….what...did you...just...say?" "Ah...Wait. Don't tell me you didn't know? I mean, it was one of the biggest things to happen," Cyclomon spoke, "Oh? You really don't? Well then I guess I should enlighten you. And I'll give you the summed up version so even someone as dumb as you can pay attention. Gankoomon tried to go against Jupitermon, and now he's nothing but a page in the history books, just like your Royal Knights!" "...No...that's not true...you're lying...you're lying!" Huckmon growled as tears of anger fell from his eyes before he charged at Cyclomon, "YOU'RE LYING!-!-!" Cyclomon didn't respond as he punched his oversized arm and crushed Huckmon into the ground yet again. "Kid, I might be a liar, but this is one thing even I can't make up. So the sooner you accept that, the sooner I can get back to enjoying my day by crushing you and maybe a few random people to get rid of this energy, and I'll start with your precious Sistermon's first.." "G…Grr…." Huckmon growled as he struggled to stand up once more, tears of anger dripping from his eyes still as they mixed with the blood dripping from his head. "But enough about me now...Let's kill you! So by…" Cyclomon began as he raised his enlarged arm up, ready to finish it before something was tossed into his eye, making him flinch a bit, as he lowered his arm, "Grr...who did that?!" he roared as he looked at the direction of the object. Huckmon weakly turned his head in the direction as both digimon saw Rainbow Dash ,who had just tossed the object at Cyclomon, a glaring frown on the tomboy's face, "...A human? Here?" "Dash…" Huckmon weakly got out, seeing this. "That's enough…" she growled out, "I don't appreciate you hurting my friend like that..you big bully." "..Friend? Heh. Don't' tell me this foolish dreamer is your friend?" Cyclomon chuckled a bit before frowning, "Well let me tell you something, you little gnat...dreams are nothing more than empty wishes that never happen. People who believe in stuff like that end up getting killed faster..or end up tortured slowly. If ya ask me, dreams should just end up crumbling away, and fade into nothingness!" Rainbow Dash's hands clenched in anger as she glared at him, pure anger in her eyes. This..this monster was bad talking dreams...he used Noir and Blanc as shields in order to cheat...He made fun of the very people Huckmon wishes to join. She..she never met someone so nasty in her entire life. "Yeah...well I don't think we asked for your stupid opinion now did we?" she spoke, making Cyclomon glare at her, "We can believe in what ever we want...and someone who doesn't have any dreams or goals has no right to judge those of others." "...Tch. And what would a stupid human know?" Cyclomon scoffed as he pointed at the heavily injured huckmon, "This little twerp believed in dreams, and look what happened to him!" "Yeah...he tried his hardest, and some coward cheated and stomped on his dreams," she growled, "But he never gave up on his dreams. That makes him a whole lot more stronger, and great just because of it! You have no right to judge him or anyone on their dreams when I bet you've never even had one!" "Grr...Choose your next words carefully, brat. They may be your last," Cyclomon growled. "Why?! Scared because I was telling the truth?!" she taunted as Cyclomon growled in anger, "Are you scared that you can't beat someone as great as Huckmon without cheating?!" She taunted further "GRR! That's it! i'm going to crush you!" Cyclomon growled as he lifted his arm up, "Arm Bomb…!" "Teen Ram!"Huckmon's voice shouted as a silver-white blur dashed by Cyclomon's face, a drill like noise filling the air as his eyes suddenly slashed, making him roar in pain as he held his face. "GAH!" Cyclomon roared in pain as his hands went to his face, "My eye!" he roared as one of his hands slammed the ground, making the Gotsumon lose their balance as the let go of the two, unconscious Sistermons. "Huckmon!" Rainbow Dash shouted as Huckmon landed, not so gracefully on the ground beside her, "Are you alright?" "...N...not sure...u…..used...all my...strength...in..that last...attack.." Huckmon panted heavily, "D...Dash….c...can you...do...me...a favor?" "Whatever you need," she nodded. "I….I want...want you...to take..Noir-chan...and Blanc-chan..and get out of here...now…" Huckmon panted. "What?! But your dream!" "I know...but...it seems...I'm..not gonna be able..to achieve it…" Huckmon panted weakly, "...Trust me….if I could, I….really would." "...You idiot…" "Huh?" Huckmon blinked a bit as he managed to turn his head and look at her. "How do you think Blanc and noir would feel if they found out you died?!" Rainbow Dash snapped at him, "They see you like a little brother, and what you're saying right now is pretty selfish! Plus, what about the promise you made?! You swore you were gonna protect this place! you swore you were gonna join the Royal Knights!" "I...know...but...I'm not strong enough…" he got out, "I'm not strong enough…." he repeated as he was unable to keep focused. "SO?! You just get stronger! You just keep fighting and fighting until you're strong enough to make a brighter future! You want to protect everyone?! Then get up and fight!" "...P...pro...protect…" Huckmon panted heavily, 'She's right….Blanc-chan...Noir-chan...oretachi..happy mirai...I...I promise Gankoomon..I'd protect...' A small bright light caught RD's attention as she saw something beginning to form in her hand. "What the…?" "I promised…" Huckmon began as he managed to stand up, "I promised I'd protect everyone!" he roared as the right light in RD's hand shone brighter as he began to shine as well. --- =HUCKMON...SHINKA!= Everyone was blinded by the bright light as Huckmon stood back up his body growing as his body glowed brightly with a dome of light that formed around him. After a few moments, the dome shattered and revealed his new form. Huckmon resembled a well older version of himself; his body armor was the same color, his back legs where now more where more mechanised and resembled armored boots to an extent lacking separated toes and more a single gray foot. His arms were much larger than before; they appeared to be reverse jointed, but were actually just appeared so because the three razor sharp claws could pivot around the wrists. His head was more mature with multiple spikes making whiskers as he had two pointed ears and his horn now pointed forward, his tail also extended slightly as the tip now had a dark red blade attached to it. "BaoHuckmon!" The newly evolved Digimon roared as he breathed crimson fire into the air. --- "Wow...awesome," Rainbow Dash whispered as she saw the new form of Huckmon standing before her….well towering over her would be the correct statment as BaoHuckmon towered over her. "I..Impossible! There's no way you could've Digivolved! You were on the verge of deletion!" Cyclomon growled as he glared at BaoHuckmon. "That just goes to show how clouded and stuck in the dark your mind is, Cyclomon. You refuse to believe in there being another path that people can take. It is because of you that no one in this town has any faith in dreams and hopes. I will be the one to change that...me..." BaoHuckmon began as he looked down at RD, "And my Tamer." "Huh? Tamer?" Rainbow Dash blinked before looking down at her hand, seeing a white and cyan colored device in her hands, "What the heck? What's…?" "A Digivice..which indicates you and me are partners now," BaoHuckmon stated with a small smile as he glared at Cyclomon, the smile changing to a frown, "And I believe we have business to settle." "...I see...in that case...H..er, BaoHuckmon...kick his butt," Rainbow Dash ordered with a smirk. (Cue: Cho! Saikyo! Warriors!(instrumental version)) BaoHuckmon roared as he charged and crashed into Cyclomon, he then dug his legs into the ground before lifting the giant digimon up then sending him flying away. "Gah!" Cyclomon grunted as he crashed into the hard, metal ground before getting back up and thrusting his arm at BaoHuckmon, "Arm Bomber!" Just as the arm was about to hit BaoHuckmon, the dragon like digimon ducked to the side of the attack before he dashed forward and appeared right in front of Cyclomon, the one eyed behemoth was stunned and left open as BaoHuckmon swiped his claws and struck Cyclomon across the face sending him flying back into a building. Cyclomon stumbled forward but before he could recover, he was tackled, sending him crashing through the building and flying out the other side. "Gah! Grr…" Cyclomon growled as he stood up, glaring at the dragon, "Onore!" he roared in anger as he dug his right hand into the ground before he used the extra pull to send himself flying forward by pushing with his legs and his arm. He lowered his shoulder to ram BaoHuckmon, but he had already spun around and swung his tail at Cyclomon as the blade was covered in flaming energy. "Teen Blade!" he called as he slashed his tail and blade, leaving a burning streak in the air for a second as Cyclomon was sent flying off in the direction of the swing and into yet another building. "Grrr! Hyper Heat!" Cyclomon roared as he fired a beam of intense heat at BaoHuckmon, who was preparing his own attack as crimson flames started to build up in his mouth. "Burn Flame!" the dragon roared as he unleashed a powerful stream of crimson flames that spiraled and shot at great speeds the stream of flames met with the beam of heat, the two attacks pushing back and forth as the ground around the meeting point began to melt into molten metal. After a few more second of pushing back and forth, the crimson flames won and began to overtake the beam of heat. Cyclomon's eye widened as he saw the stream of flames come at him before he and the building behind him, and everything for what seemed to be an entire city block was enveloped in the intense flames. "G….gah!" Cyclomon cried out as the flames died down, revealing his enlarged arm was burnt a pitch black, the dragon/oni like digimon having used it to block the attack, "D...damn you! Y...You can't beat me! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE! I'M CYCLOMON! AND I...!" "Have lost," BaoHuckmon stated as his claws were engulfed in crimson flames, "Fif Cross!" he shouted as he blurred out of Cyclomon's sight, he then appeared before him as raised both his arms before he slashed them in a large crossing X pattern leaving a burning three layered cross of flames behind Cyclomon and in his chest. Cyclomon's eye lost all color and presence as he fell to his knees with a thunderous slam. BaoHuckmon glared down at him as he turned away. "N…..no...This...can't...be….I…..I...GAHHHH!" Cyclomon roared as he fell to his back, exploding in a rain of data pixils. (End song) "It is,Cyclomon. I'll let you see the power of dreams in another life," BaoHuckmon said in a surprisingly mature tone as he looked up at the raining pixels, "That makes win number 50," he said with a slight smirk as he turned back to his friends, reverting back to Huckmon in the process. "That...was...awesome!" RD shouted as she ran over to the dragon, "Huckmon, you were awesome out there! The way you beat him was...was...it was awesome!" "Heh...it was no big deal..." Huckmon smirked as he rubbed his claw across his snout, "Though I will admit, it could've been a bit cooler..but still, I finally got win number fifty, which means me and…" "Ow...anyone get the number of that Truck that hit me," Noir groaned a bit as she and Blanc regained consciousness, seeing the destroyed city block before them, "...What the heck happened here?" "Ah...just another fight," Huckmon shrugged before grinning, "and another win." "Eh? Wait..you mean..?" Blanc began. "Eeyup. Win number fifty, which means we can finally leave!" he shouted excitedly. "I see...way to go, Huckmon," Noir smiled a bit. "Hai! We knew you could do it!" Blanc added with a smile. "Was there ever any doubt?" he asked, "Plus since it was Cyclomon I took care of, that means a lot of the others can do the same." "...Yeah...it does," RD nodded as she pocketed her Digivice, "Well..I guess you three better get going then." "Huh? What're you talking about?" "A much as I'd like to hang with ya some more Huckmon..I got something I need to do...find my friends," the tomboy stated as she began to walk off. "Now hold on there just a second, short stuff!" Huckmon yelled as he appeared before her. "If you think I'm going to let someone as weak as you search this place without someone as strong as me to help you, then you got another thing coming." "..." "...Ugh...look. I really want to fulfill my dream..but if these friends of yours are that important...then what're we waiting for?" Huckmon said as he turned away while scratching the back of his head with his claws. "...You sure?" "Yeah I'm sure. Besides..like I said, searching the Digital world can be pretty dangerous for somebody as weak and scrawny as you." he said with a huff as he held his head up proudly. "...I guess yo-hey!" RD snapped as she let what he just said sink in before she bonked him hard on the head, "Who're you calling weak and scrawny?!" "You short stuff!" Huckmon shouted back as he rubbed his head. "Gecko!" "Shrimp!" "Oversized lizard!" "Puny tomboy!" "Ugh...not this again," Noir facepalmed as Huckmon and Rainbow Dash continued to argue. "At least it shows they're lively," Blanc weakly chuckled, a small sweatdrop on her head. "...I guess you're right…" Noir sighed as she walked up to the two and separated them before they could tackle each other, "Look. It's obvious if me and BLanc leave you two along, you'll eventually beat eachother up...which is why we're coming with you to make sure that doesn't happen." "Fine!" The two stated as they turned away from one another, but not too long after, the two broke into smirks before chuckling together. "Good. Now let's move...no doubt word will get out about the chaos that happened here today..and I bet Jupitermon'll most likely look into it personally, so let's move it," Noir stated. "Don't gotta tell me twice to get out of this place," Huckmon said as he began to walk for the way out of town. "Ditto," Rainbow Dash nodded as she began to follow him, Blanc and Noir soon following after. --- Meanwhile, within a large snowy region, a fierce snowstorm blew throughout the area, blowing some of the trees a bit. Within the snow covered ground, something odd poked out of it...something dark purple until a shadowed figure overlooked it, it's fox like tail shifting a bit as it began to dig out whatever was in the snow. > The vixen of the snow, and a Nightmares return > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Snow..it can be used for two things..fun, and harm, especially a snowstorm as one blew through a large, snowy mountain region, a few trees buried within the snow. Within the storm, we close in on a small cave, which was barely seen due to the snowstorm. Deep within the cave, a figure began to turn in her sleep, shivering a bit. She slowly turned in the makeshift bed she was sleeping on, given her current state of dress it wasn't much of a shock she was cold. She had purple hair and was a rather tall girl with a...you know, curvy figure. She wore white long sleeved shirt with a wide neck so that it hung around her shoulders, underneath she wore a black halter-top that wrapped around her neck and a purple scarf hanging loosely around her neck, she also had a dark black mini-skirt with a white belt around her waist she also had on a pair of long white high-heeled boots. "Brr...Spike dear, can you be a darling and close the window?" the girl shivered..in Rarity's voice? "...Hello?" she asked as she began to open her eyes, revealing they were a deep blue color as she noticed the area she was in, well I suppose anyone would be shocked waking up in a cave...in the middle of a snowstorm and well being a different species then you were before, "..wh..where in Equestria a-kya!" she screamed as she noticed herself in the ice covered walls, "W..what am I?! H…" she paused as she took a deep breath, "Calm down..I'm sure twilight can figure this out." Wishful thinking if ever there was. But onto the very next realisation, where was Twilight? Where were the others? Taking a deep breath, the girl began to climb off the bed, trying to take a step before she began to slip until she managed to balance herself, using the make shift bed she was laying on. "I suppose I'll have to adjust to this...new change." she sighed as she began to take slow, easy steps to make sure she wouldn't end up tripping. "Well that wasn't too hard." she said with a small smirk at her personal victory. However, before she could take another step, she felt something blur by, making her freeze up, "...wh...who's there?!" she asked as she looked in the direction where she saw the blur, "Wh...whoever..or whatever you are...show yourself! I maybe a lady, but I'm not afraid to defend myself!" she stated as she kept looking around. "Are you sure that's a wise move, even after waking up?" a voice spoke, making the girl freeze in place. "Where are you?" she asked as she took a step back before bumping into something. Something...furry. "Huh?" she blinked as she quickly spun around to face the fury obstruction. Her eyes widened at what she saw, but in a more comedic manner then you might expect. Standing before her was what could best be described as a bipedal humanoid, and might I stress female fox. Her coat was a clear snow white while her abdomen and chest had a grey color along with the tip of her swishing tail. she also had a red scarf around her neck as well, which stood out quite a bit. On her arms were what looked like a pair of Deep ice-blue gloves with a ice-blue and snow-white Yin-yang mark on them. "Wha…." she began in shock as she stared at the being before her, "Wh...what...wha…" "...You're speaking as if this is your first time encountering a Digimon, human," the snow vixen spoke up, snapping the girl out of her state of shock "Digi...mon?" she echoed in confusion. "I'm sorry but I dare say this is my first time even hearing of such a thing, or that other word...hu...man?" "...I see…" the snow vixen noted, raising a slight eyebrow in confusion a bit,"...anyway..please follow me...it's warmer deep down within the cave." "Well, that does sound better then this freezing place." she agreed finding it pointless to let herself freeze. The snow vixen nodded as she began to walk towards the back of the cave before stopping, noticing the girl slowly taking steps still to make sure she wouldn't end up tripping. "..Do you require some assistance?" "No no, I can walk on my own...just taking it slowly is all," she explained. "...If that is what you wish miss…?" "..Oh! Apologies dear..I..kinda forgotten to introduce myself," the girl chuckled sheepishly before clearing her throat a bit, "My name is Rarity. And you are?" she asked back to the Snow Vixen. "...YukiRenamon." "Yuki...Renamon," Rarity repeated, "My, such an interesting name." "...I could say the same about yours," YukiRenamon returned with a small, unnoticeable smirk. "Touche." Rarity smirked as she followed the Digimon, trying her best to move a little faster without tripping on her own feet or the heels to be exact. --- After a while, the two stopped before a dead end, a few small crystals seen on the floor. "..Um..is this the spot you mentioned?" Rarity blinked. "Yes..and no…" Yukirenamon nodded, confusing Rarity still, "..stay back and watch." she ordered as she bent down to the crystals. Rarity stayed quiet as she watched the snow vixen press the crystals in a certain order, causing the kanji for 'open' to appear on the wall as it slowly began to rise up a bit. Rarity was totally taken by surprise by that as the wall completely opened up, revealing a small living area. "Welcome to my home..feel free to...is something wrong?" "...Y...You're home...it's..it's…" Rarity began as she stared at the place..or to be precise, some of the various crystals that were on the walls. "..What about my home?" YukiRenamon asked in confusion, "I know it's not much, but it's comfortable...mu.." "Not much?! I..it's amazing!" Rarity squealed, stars in her eyes as she zoomed in and began to examine every inch, eying the crystals more, "i've never seen such gems before! If I could just bring a few home with me, i could make a dress that..that...ooh~! I'm getting chills all over just thinking about the ideas I have in mind!" "Well the chills could also be from the blizzard," YukiRenamon said offhandedly. However, she couldn't' help but sweatdrop as she saw Rarity continue to gaze at the crystals within her home. "You certainly are a strange human, not that I have much to go on in means of comparison." she admitted. "..I'm sorry, what did you say, dear?" Rarity asked as she turned towards the snow vixen, who sweatdropped once more. --- Meanwhile, in Jupitermon's disclosed location, the cloaked Digimon patiently waited upon his throne until he spotted one of his soldiers run in. "Report...What is the status in finding the survivor from teh destroyed ninja village on Celsius Mountain?" Jupitermon asked. "I'm sorry to inform you Jupitermon-sama that...we have had no such luck. This survivor is very fast and is too familiar with the mountain for our troops to effectively track her down." he bowed, making Jupitermon frown. "This is not the news I wished to hear. My... what a pitiful commander. is your unit faltering?" he asked threateningly. "N...No milord! We tried our best to capture the survivor for you, but we…!" he began before Jupitermon's thunder struck him down, shocking him until he was reduced to nothing but ash. "I do not tolerate failure! If those other useless failures had not been destroyed, then they would have met the same fate," he growled in annoynace, "Tsk...get me another commander for the unit in Celsius Mountain, and send one of my best trackers there as well, I will not stand to let even one of those pesky ninja escape alive!" he ordered loudly so someone would hear him. "Yoyoi! Perhaps I may be of some use, Jupitermon-dono!" a voice declared as a new figure walked in. Standing there was a Digimon that seemed to be dressed in Samurai armor, or his natural body armor resembled it. His armor was a deep red in color while underneath he wore what looked like burlap like material as a tunic around his torso with a purple spot in the center, threads of fabric hung around his lower back like fur with several strips of cloth his right arm was covered in black armor while his right had red armor that matched his samurai garb, in said hand where a set of prayer beads while his waist had an oversized Katana like sword hung to it. "...Explain yourself..Musyamon," Jupitermon demanded with a slight frown. "Yoyoi! I have once trained in Celsius mountain for two years! I know every inch of it like the back of my hand!" Musyamon declared, striking a bit of a pose like that of a kabuki player. "Hmm….." Jupitermon hummed in thought, "Very well, if you have as much knowledge as you say, then I expect you to destroy that Ninja...and bring me back proof as well." "Yoyoi! It shall be done, Jupitermon-dono!" "Good...now go. The sooner this is taken care of the, sooner I can focus on more pressing matters." "Of course," Musyamon nodded as he leapt into shadows, leaving Jupitermon alone. "A Samurai vs a Ninja...surely the irony is not lost on just me," Jupitermon admitted with a slight, unoticable chuckle. --- Meanwhile, back with Rarity and YukiRenamon, the pony turned human had calmed down as she sat down in one of the makeshift chairs within the snow vixen's home. "I see you've gotten enough sightseeing done." YukiRenamon said to Rarity, who had calmed down not to long ago. "I have...you truly have a beautiful home, Yukirenamon," Rarity responded with a small smile. "...Thank you. But.." the snow vixen paused before sighing, "..I'm sorry...If it is ok with you..I'd like to drop the subject." "Oh I'm sorry did I say something I shouldn't have?" Rarity asked. "If I did then I truly apologise." "..it is ok…" Yukirenamon replied as she stood up, "I'm going to the back to get us something to drink...unfortunately, all I have is a few tea leaves…" "Tea is just fine. I'm in no condition to be picky now am I," Rarity smiled. YukiRenamon just gave a small nod in return as she traveled to the back of her home to get the drinks ready. After a while the Snow Vixen returned with a pot of tea and two cups as she served one to Rarity. "Thank you, dear," Rarity smiled as she took the cup and took a small sip. "Your welcome," YukiRenamon nodded as she sat down and served herself a cup, "Rarity-san..may I ask you something?" "..Why of course," Rarity nodded as she began to take another sip. "..You're not really human..are you?" the snow vixen asked, making Rarity nearly spit her tea out. She swallowed the tea down before she looked at YukiRenamon, "Now what would ever make you think such a thing, dear?" she asked chuckling a little nervously. Rarity figured it be difficult to explain the truth to YukiRenamon before since she had no proof to speak of to show she was well a Unicorn from a different world. "...For one, you were hesitant when you asked what a 'human' was...like you've never heard of one before," YukiRenamon explained, a small frown on her face, "Secondly, you had trouble walking on your own two legs as if this where the first time you had ever done so, which would be impossible given your body clearly suggest you are a young adult in age." Rarity began to sweat nervously at that, seeing the snow vixen was nearly hitting all the marks, foxes sure are clever aren't they. "These are some of the key factors in my assumption," YukiRenamon said as she finally took a sip of her tea, "That and you mumbled various things in your sleep." "..L..like what?" Rarity asked, starting to sweat bullets at this point. "Not much...but it was the pronouns used that got my attention. It seems you used 'pony' in place of many common pronouns place," she explained, still giving Rarity a small frown, "So...if you're not human..what are you then?" "Ah…" Rarity sighed finding it pointless to play innocent by this point. Especially to one who seemed so cunning and intuitive, "Fine...I'll tell you..but..in exchange…" she paused as she looked up from her cup, "You'll tell me where I am, and why you were hesitant earlier..deal?" "It sounds like a fair trade of information. Very well I agree to your conditions." YukiRenamon said in a very professional manner as she raised her arm for a handshake. "Good.." Rarity nodded as she accepted the handshake..in a rather weird fashion, sense..well, technically she was still trying to get used to her hands. "Now if you would please go first?" YukiRenamon asked. "Very well," Rarity nodded, taking a deep breath as she began her explanation. --- Meanwhile, back within the snowstorm, Musyamon was busy searching around the area, stopping before a tree to see small, unnoticeable claw marks on it "Omoshiroi," he said as he slowly moved his finger along the marks. "She was here not too long ago, the markings are fresh they have yet to be withered down by the snowstorm," he spoke out loud to himself. "Now what is here now that wasn't and what is gone?" he asked as he looked as several trees before he noticed a path through them. "There." he said as he marched through the snow. --- Back in the cave, YukiRenamon held her chin in thought after she finished listening to rarity's explanation. "So you are an equine like being from another world,one that does not have humans," she summed up. "And you were suddenly brought here by a strange force and are just as shocked by your new states and being here as I am." "Yes..that is correct dear," Rarity nodded. "If it were not for all the obvious factors pointing to this being true, I'd never believe it." She nodded. "So you also said something about five friends. Do you believe they were also brought here with you?" "I do..but..I think we got seperated..I hope they're ok," Rarity said, worry in her voice as she looked back down at her cup. "While I can not speak for certain, I have a faint feeling they are doing okay." YukiRenamon said assuringly. "..I hope you're right," Rarity sighed a little before clearing her throat, "A..apologies." "It is perfectly alright, it's is common to show emotions for those you care so much about." the snow vixen countered. "You have no reason to apologies. Now...onto my part of our agreement." "Oh! R..right..now then..where exactly am I?" "Hm...now that I think of it this explanation may take some time since I realize you're probably not as familiar with many of the terms I would use to explain it...so for now..I'll give you a short explanation on the area we're in.." YukiRenamon replied as she placed her cup down, "The mountain we're on is called Celsius mountain, one of the coldest areas within the Digital world, the place you and your friends ended up in." she explained as Rarity nodded in understanding and for YukiRenamon to continue. "This mountain is normaly not the area of choice for many Kinds of Digimon to call home unless they have a very powerful ice affinity or are resistant to it." "..I see.." "Yes...as for your other question though…" YukiRenamon paused as she took a deep breath, "Long ago..there was a village here..one that would train Digimon in the art of the ninja." she explained. "Ninja?" Rarity blinked in confusion. Thought she understood what it was, part of her mind had a hard time wrapping itself around the concept well actually being true. "Yes. This village was secret and was difficult for the enemies of the village to find. However…" she began as her hands gripped her cup a little tighter, "Jupitermon's forces found us..and didn't hesitate to destroy the village. I would've met the same fate if….if…" she paused as she gripped the scarf around her neck a little, "...I managed to escape, but my home...my clan...it was destroyed...all because Jupitermon was scared we were plotting something against him...planning to overthrow his brand of 'justice'..." Rarity then grabbed YukiRenamon's hand and held it. "Your poor dear...to have to go through something like this...all because one person's fear drove him to such a thing. That was why you were hesitant before...you were just trying to be cautious." "...it is true...when it comes to being a shinobi..you have to be careful on who you trust…" Yukirenamon stated as she got up, "..I apologize..but I need to head outside for a little while.." "I understand." Rarity nodded. YukiRenamon didn't say anything as she began to leave her home, leaving Rarity by herself as the entrance to the snow vixen's home closed. "...The poor dear…" Rarity whispered to herself, she could only imagine the many hardships that she had to go through. Let alone how many friends...and family members she must have lost. In another part of her mind, she was also furious. What kind of petty monster would do such a thing as to attack an entire village out of such a fear. How was that 'justice'?! But her losing her temper right now would do her no good. She needed to keep calm and try and return the favor. YukiRenamon saved her life, the least she could do was to console the poor thing. "Indeed..hopefully she can make a good servant afterwards," a voice spoke up, causing Rarity's eye to widen in fear as she immediately recognize it. "...No...i..it couldn't be…" the unicorn turned human whispered to herself, trying ot deny it before to her shock, saw her reflection in one of the larger crystals move..only..her reflection's eyes were a dark black(around were the white should normally be), "..No…" "It's been a while..hasn't it?" the reflection asked with a small smirk. "No..th..that's impossible! Twilight and the others…" "Freed you from me? I know. But..let's just say I kept a small part of myself within you, just in case I want to bring another Nightmare to Equestria," the reflection smirked darkly. "No...I….I won't…." "Calm yourself..I'm still regaining some of my strength, so don't worry about me taking over...for now." Rarity remained frozen on the spot as she stared at her 'reflection'...as she stared at the very being that she once was when The Nightmare Forces took control of her...Nightmare Rarity. "I swear I won't let you get away with doing as you wish," Rarity frowned, recovering just a bit to glare at the 'reflection'. "..Like I said, don't worry about me taking over for now...Instead, try and focus on the real threat right now...that Jupitermon character the snow vixen told you about." "Why would you warn me?" Rarity asked, frowning still. "I can tell he's a strong enemy..I can feel his presence around this world. So trust me when I say this..after he's done and captures you and your friends...it wouldn't be long until he targets Equestria next," N-Rarity answered with a slight frown. "I'll be sure to remember that." Rarity nodded, still glaring at her former, Nightmare self. "You do that..in the mean time..why not…" N-Rarity began before pausing, "...There's something heading this way..and it is coming from outside this cave." Rarity's eyes widened as she shot up. she didn't trust her...other self, but she knew at the least it would warn her of something that would threaten it. "If I were you…" N-Rarity began as she vanished from the crystal's reflective surface, "I'd hurry and warn that snow vixen…" "Tsk…." Rarity clicked her tongue in annoynace as she ran in the direction YukiRenamon ran before stopping, recalling the entrance was closed. She quickly looked around before pressing a small crystal on the side, causing the kanji for 'open' to appear on the door once more as it opened. "Good thing I remembered the order in which the crystals lit up." she smiled as she ran out the entrance. "YukiRenamon!" she called out as she made her way to the entrance. She was lucky since the snowstorm had vanished..hopefully. not wasting anytime, she began to search around the area, hoping to find the digital snow vixen. "YukiRenamon!" she called out again desperately. "Please come out it's urgent!" she added. "Something is…!" "Yoyoi! What have we here?" a voice asked, making Rarity freeze up as she slowly turned to see teh large form of Musyamon looming over her. "Ah this must be a Human." he said in interest. "Leave this place child, you don't want to be hurt in my hunt for the vixen." he warned before pondering out loud, "Then again...Jupitermon-dono would probably look upon me greatly if I bring him a human." he pondered. While not a bad thought, it was damn stupid of him to say it out loud. "Ah...you do realize you said that out loud sir," Rarity pointed out, making Musayamon blink before sweat dropping. "Oh...so that's why no one ever tells me secrets...regardless...yo're coming with me, human!" Musyamon shouted as he attempted to grab Rarity, who screamed as she began to run away from the large, samurai like Digimon, "Oi oi! Get back here!" he shouted as he trecked through the snow after her. Until Rarity ducked between several trees that only the smaller current-human could fit through. "Ooh did not take this into account when I began chasing her." Musyamon said as he could not fit through the thicket of trees. He then took out his sword and began cutting down the trees in his path, "Grr..I must find that human fast so I may resume my search for..gah! I almost did it again, yoyoi!" Nearby, Rarity panted as she hid behind a tree, hoping the large Digimon wouldn't find her. Musyamon ran past her hiding spot as he kept cutting trees down. '..Thank Celestia he's an idiot..' the Unicorn turned human thought as she slowly began to walk away quietly, making sure Musyamon wouldn't hear her. Unfortunately, that didnt' last long as she had accidentally stepped on a fallen twig, catching Musyamon's attention. "There you are girl!" the Digimon shouted as he turned around, catching her in his sight. "Ikuze!" he roared as he charged at her, Rarity 'yipped' as she ran for it. "Oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no!" Rarity screamed as she ran as fast as she can from Musyamon, the large samurai like Digimon ending up tripping on something as he slid on the snow covered ground, propelling teh Unicorn turned human further, "KYAAAA!" "Ah….I'm not sure whether that's was on purpose." Musyamon said seeing this. He then followed after her regardless. Well..would've since he couldn't find her, "...Mou...have to find her, Yoyoi!" he complained while scratching the back of his head...er helmet. Rarity in the meanwhile was digging herself out of a mound of snow that she crashed into when she tripped. "Well it's not the warmest way to escape someone, but I'll take it," she complained as she patted snow out of her hair. "Now that I have a moment I need to find YukiRenamon and warn her of that thick headed brute." Taking advantage of the situation, she began to run as fast as she could..but she had to do it quietly to make sure Musyamon wouldn't find her as the large Digimon began to dig through the snow to find her. "Hm...not here...ah there's another potential hiding spot." he said as he saw another mound of snow before leaping right at it, "Yoyoi! I got y-!" he began before he bumped into the snow pile, a loud 'clang' being heard as the snow dissipated to reveal a large rock, "...ow." --- Meanwhile, with YukiRenamon, the snow vixen was resting underneath a snow covered tree, deep in thought. She was still in a state of loss for her village, and she felt she could trust Rarity enough to tell her the story, but so much as thinking of that day brought a longing pain to her heart, the snow vixen gripping the scarf around her neck. However her train of thought was soon disrupted as she began to hear loud sounds from the other side of the woods. one such noise a very loud clang, that for some reason she felt like laughing at. She was about to go check it out before another sound caught her attention, the sound of snow crunching, the sound getting a bit louder, almost as if ti was getting closer. She then turned around as she saw what was making the sound, it was Rarity who was trying her best to run through the snow without making too much noise. Granted to someone like her who had better hearing it wasn't the best job. But she figured whatever she was running away from was not as good at hearing things in the snow as she was. "Th...th...thank Celestia I found you…" Rarity panted as she ran up to the snow vixen, "T...tr….trouble… "Trouble?" she asked in confusion, "what…" she began till they both heard the sound of trees falling over as YukiRenamon turned to see Musyamon come in. "Yoyoi! I have finally found you!" Musyamon roared as he spotted the human before seeing YukiRenamon next to her, the snow vixen tensing up as she got into a stance, "And my target too?! Very lucky for me, Yoyoi!" he glaoted as he drew his sword. "Oops," Rarity gulped as she accidently lead the large Digimon to YukiRenamon. "..Rarity..stay back...let me handle this," Yukirenamon ordered, giving Musyamon a cold glare. "Yes." Rarity spoke as she hid behind a tree. "Are you sure you'll be okay?" she asked worried for her. "Don't worry..I can handle it," YukiRenamon reassured. "Okay." Rarity nodded. Musyamon raised his sword down as he crossed it across his wrist. "Saa...shall we begin?! Shoubu da!" he shouted as he slashed his blade down low at YukiRenamon who jumped over it as the swing caused a large wall of snow to lift up. "Crystal Blizzard!" YukiRenamon declared as she crossed her arms before moving them apart quickly, causing crystal shards to appear around her as they began to rain down at Musyamon. The Large Digimon raised his sword up and got into a defensive stance as he let the crystals pelt his armor and skin bouncing off harmlessly. He then moved his head up before he spun around on his right leg slashed the sword into the snow lifting up a cloud of the white powder that obscured the vision of YukiRenamon. Then before the Snow vixen could anticipate Musyamon's sword swung out of the cloud of snow and slammed into her sending her into a tree. "Yoyoi! I….Have got..!" Musyamon began dramatically before his eyes widened, seeing YukiRenamon 'break' into shards of ice, "Nani?!" he gawked, "she was made of actual ice?" he asked you could swear that someone somewhere sweatdropped at that comment. "Masaka bushin da?" "Yes...if you recall..I was once from a ninja village…" Yukirenamon's voice echoed through the area as the snow vixen reappeared behind him, "The same village your master destroyed!" "Ha!" Musyamon shouted as he slashed at her only to miss completely. "Hm...that is true Jupitermon-sama did order your home to be destroyed. Something about you planning an uprising." "...grr…" "But…" Musyamon began as he began to pose dramatically, "I...have a idea for you! Join Jupitermon-Dono, and repent the sins of your clan!" he shouted as he pointed at her, "This is my ultimatum to you, YukiRenamon! If not then we must settle this as warriors." he said as he tapped his sword on his shoulder. "So what is your reply?" "..What an awful creature," Rarity frowned from her hiding spot, disgusted when she heard all that. "...You'd think...I'd join that monster...teh same one who destroyed my village, all in the name of 'justice'...how…" YukiRenamon began with a growl as she prepared to fire another Crystal Blizzard attack, "HOW WAS THAT JUSTICE?!" "Hmph...this is not about justice to me," Musyamon scoffed as he lowered his sword, "For me, it is about the honor of a samurai, following his masters order. Whether it be for justice or another reason." he explained as he slowly raised his sword. "I gave you a chance of peace, and you have chosen to honor your clan, that I respect." he said seriously. "Sa kore ga Saigo no Shoubu da!" he roared as he slashed down. YukiRenamon leapt back to dodge the attack before leaping into the air, her arms crossed once more. "Diamond Blizzard!" the snow vixen roared as she uncrossed her arms, creating a larger 'storm' of crystals as they began to rain down at Musyamon, flames beginning to surround his sword. "Yoyoi! Prepare..for my Hissatsu! Shogun Sword!" Musyamon declared as he slashed his blade down, sending a blast of flames that took the form of a ghostly dragon head. The Dragon head opened it's jaw wide as it 'swallowed' the attack before it swallowed YukiRenamon whole. The Snow vixen fell to the ground as the flames dissipated. "Weak…" Musyamon scoffed as he began to walk towards the downed vixen, "At your current strength, you and I are too far apart." "Grr…" YukiRenamon growled as she began to get up before her eyes widened, noticing the scarf that was around her neck was gone, "No..where is it?" "Hmmm?" Musyamon pondered as he noticed her behavior, "What are you on about?" "Where is it?! I…!" YukiRenamon began in slight panic before she spotted her scarf on the ground not too far away, "..there it is…" she whispered to herself as she ran towards the scarf. "A muffler?" Musyamon asked as he saw it. "Why is such a rag so important to you that you'd ignore a battle at hand? Let alone one for the honor of your clan?" "Urusei!" YukiRenamon shouted as she was about to grab it, only for Musyamon's blade to cut her off. "Don't play games with me kozo!" he roared as he slammed the flat side of the blade sending her flying back into a tree. "Guh!" YukiRenamon grunted as she collapsed on the ground before struggling to get up on one knee "You spoke to me on a condescending tone berating my master for his decision, and while I do not defend his actions, I at the least stand for my honor as his servant. Yet when the honor of your clan is challenged, you prioritize a rag over it." Musyamon scoffed as he raised his blade once more, aiming for the scarf, "And to make sure you won't be distracted..I shall remove the distraction for you!" he shouted as flames formed on his blade again. "Shogun Sword!" he called as he swung the blade shooting another dragon head, YukiRenamon's eyes widened in shock as things seemed to move in slow motion for a moment, but to both Digimon's shock, Rarity grabbed the scarf and avoided the blast of fire. "Aaahhh!" Rarity screamed as the resulting explosion sent her flying a bit before crashing into the ground, the unicorn turned human gripping the scarf in her arms She tried to get up, only to wince as she fell back down until she noticed her leg, which had a small burn mark on it. "Nani?" the two Digimon gawked seeing this. "Rarity! I told you to stay back!" YukiRenamon shouted as she watched the girl manage to sit up, her hair shading over her eyes. "..This scarf...it once belonged to someone precious to you...didn't it?" Rarity asked in a almsot near whisper. "How…" YukiRenamon started. "When you were telling me what happened to your home...I noticed you gripped it, indicating it once belonged to the person that protected you…" Rarity explained as she looked up at the snow vixen with a small smile, "I couldn't let something so precious be destroyed." YukiRenamon's eyes widened slightly at that. "...You on the other hand...are nothing more than a brute..." Rarity frowned, turning her attention to Musyamon, "You mock her home...you tried to destroy something precious to her...you even had the nerve to ask her to join.." "Urasai!" the Digimon shouted. "What would a child understand of a world full of such hardships?! At the end of the day all one has left is their honor as a warrior!" "..I suggest you say your next words carefully...while I may look dainty on the outside...but inside...I'm far different," Rarity stated, the frown still on her face. "Tsk…" Musyamon growled as he lifted his sword. "Very well then you can both die together." he said as he raised his sword as flames formed on it. 'Listen..I know you're in there. As much as I hate to say this..I need you for a moment. Even for just a bit...I want you to show him your...our power,' Rarity mentally said to her other self...hoping she'd hear. But for the most part she got nothing but silence as a response as Musyamon created a ring of flames with his sword. "DIE!" Musyamon roared as he began to slash down, time seemingly beginning to slow down as the blade slowly reached for Rarity. Rarity hoped that something would come out to top this, part of her expected it to be a dark force. '..Hpmh. Very well..even if it is for a tiny bit..it'll be fun scaring this fool,' N-Rarity's voice smirked a little. Just as Musyamon's blade was inches away, a large force of dark energy propelled it back, a small, unseeable crack seen in the blade as the samurai like Digimon stood back. "N..naniyo?!" he shouted in shock as his eyes(along with YukiRenamon's) began to widen in shock as Rarity began to change before their eyes as dark energy began to cover her before it seemingly 'melted', revealing her new form. Rarity was now clad in black body tight suit that had black version of her boots with dark blue gems around the top of them, her tights had a series of diamond like gems on her thighs with a purple belt with a gem acting as a belt buckle. Her torso was covered in a black top that stopped around her chest that framed her cleavage with a series of crystals along the edges, before it went to a black see through top with sleeves that connected to gloves that covered the entire of her forearms, she also had what looked like a dress/coat tails extending from underneath her belt. Finally to finish her new attire she had a dark purple choker around her neck with another crystal in the center of it. "Wh...what in Jupitermon-dono's name?" Musyamon whispered, feeling his entire body shaking as he felt a dark aura emanating from the 'human'. "...Well now...I've just come out, and already I have you trembling in fear," 'Rarity' chuckled a bit as she opened her eyes, showing they were a dull, dark sapphire blue. Musyamon shuddered in a bit of fear, the 'human's voice sending chills up his spine before he quickly shook it off. "U..urusei! Th..this is surely a trick!" Musyamon roared, "I will not be fooled by a human! Shogun Sword!" he roared as he slashed down, sending another flaming dragon head at 'Rarity'. "Human? hehheh...oh I am much more than that," 'Rarity' smiled darkly as she held her hand up, causing the flaming dragon to stop, shocking Musyamon adn YukiRenamon. "I...Impossible. Th...there no way you could've repelled that!" Musyamon shouted, starting to feel really scared now, "Wh...what are you?!" "Simple darling...but I think I'll say it in your language...Atashi wa...Nightmare da," 'Rarity' answered as with a flick of her wrist, dispelled the dragon head. "Nande...sono bakana!" Musyamon gasped, seeing this. YukiRenamon stared at 'Rarity' with wide eyes, her body shaking a bit as the dark aura was still on the 'human'. 'What is this dark aura...I've never felt something so...intense. so….dark...was..was this hidden..within Rarity?' she asked herself, seeing this more closely. "Now then, while my time is short...let me quickly show you and your master..." N-Rarity began as she raised her hand towards the mountain side, "What happens when my other self brings me out." Musyamon quickly braced himself before his eyes widened, a slight cut on his face. He then slowly turned before gawking, seeing the entire mountain side covered in dark, shadow like flames. "H….how!? How can a human hide such a power?!" Musyamon shouted, fear evident in his voice. "Surely by now you can't still hang onto such thoughts. I mean the impossible has just become possible before your own eyes," N-Rarity taunted, "And as I stated before, I am something much more~" "Guh!" Musyamon gasped as she quickly got into a defensive stance, "St...stay back! I..I'm warning you!" "Relax...my time is up already...if you manage to survive what may come next...see you next time...darling~" N-Rarity purred as she began to faint, her clothes changing back to Rarity's normal attire, indicating she was back to normal as she fell onto the snow. Musyamon stared in shock, fear still in his eyes. That human..no..that..'nightmare' as she called herself..she was something else entirely..something..dark and evil..possibly even more than the Legendary Seven Demon Lord Digimon. The one to react to the fact Rarity changed back to normal the fastest was YukiRenamon as she quickly dashed up along side the girl and lifted her up a little to check is she was alright. "Please be ok.." the snow vixen whispered as she placed her ear against Rarity's chest, hearing slight breathing and a few heartbeats, "...good..she's ok." "Ah…" Musyamon said as he snapped out of his stupor, "Gah...I don't know what that was nor do I care, I won't let her make a fool of me! I..." he began to raise his sword once more as it was engulfed in flames, "I won't let this evil stay in our world! Shogun Sword!" he shouted as the flames became dragon head he sent at the two. YukiRenamon responded by lifting the girl in her arms and jumping out of the attacks path just in the nick of time. "Onore! Why are you defending that...that demon?!" Musyamon snapped at Yukirenamon, "If she is allowed to live, that..that darkness from before will come back and possibly destroy us all!" "I don't care, I know that darkness was something evil...but that thing and this girl are two different things," YukiRenamon explained as she placed the girl down before defensively standing before her,. "I will defend the good in her." "Why?! She is not of this world! She is another enemy to Jupitermon-dono!" Musyamon shouted. "Even if she is not of this world, I will defend her. I can tell that inside her is a darkness, but that she does not wish to have it." YukiRenamon said, "She is a kind girl who has an evil darkness inside her. I can not just stand back and let her shoulder such a burden alone. As for her being the enemy of Jupitermon, that just makes her more my ally doesn't it?" "Grr…" "Which is why I'll protect her...and find a way to dispell that darkness inside her!" YukiRenamon shouted, a small sphere of light forming in Rarity's hand before it disapated, revealing a white and dark purple Digivice. "Naniyo?! A di…?!" Musyamon began before a bright light blinded him. --- =YUKIRENAMON-SHINKA!= YukiRenamon crossed her arms as a dome of light began to engulf her, a small snowstorm swirling around it. After a few moments, the dome shattered and the mini snowstorm dissipated as it revealed the snow vixen's new form. Standing there was a large nine-tailed fox that was the same snow white as before with light pale blue fur on the bottom and at the ends of its paws and tips of the nine separate tails, that had a cold mist coming off them. The fox also had a bushy mane of light blue fur as well, while she had yin-yang symbols like the one on YukiRenamon's gloves on the shoulders of each leg. Finally she had a rope of overlapping blue and white around her neck that ended in silver bells. "FrostKyuubimon!" the nine-tailed snow vixen howled as all nine of her tails unfolded in a fan like manner. --- Musyamon saw this and his eyes widened. "Impossible…" he said seeing the new Digimon before him. "Mmm…" Rarity groaned as she began to regain consciousness, "Wh...what ha..?" she paused before seeing the nine-tailed snow vixen in front of her, awestruck with the beauty she held. "I'm glad to see you awake Rarity..now please..stay back," the vixen said in a voice Rarity immediately recognized. "..Y..Yukirenamon? Is..is that really you?" she asked as FrostKyuubimon looked at her with a nod of her head. "Yes…" she nodded, "Because of you I was able to evolve, now I am stronger." she explained. "The device in your hand..it indicates the bond between us...Rarity-sama." "..Wh..what?" "Nani?! Sama?!" Musyamon shouted as he glared at the vixen. "That's right...like a samurai, a shinobi lives to serve their master..or in this case..mistress," FrostKyuubimon stated. "Mistress?" Rarity gasped, slightly flabbergasted by that. "We'll talk later. For now, what're your orders..milady?" Frostkyuubimon asked as she prepared herself. "R..Right…" she nodded figuring they would talk this over later, "I suppose you should take care of that brute..If that is the right thing that is?" she asked. She was not really good at this leadership thing. "It is," FrostKyuubimon nodded, "now please milady..stand back." Rarity quickly nodded as she backed away from the battlefield. She hid behind a tree again while raising her fist up to cheer FrostKyuubimon on. The Snow vixen then ran at the Samurai Digimon who swung his sword low but the nine tailed fox jumped over the blade in an impressive feat of acrobatics. She rolled through the air before landing behind Musyamon who quickly swung at her by tilting his body around, but the snow vixen jumped to the left in a split second dodging the blade as he slammed into the snow. she then ran up the blade's length before the made it to Musyamon's face, the snow vixen then jumped as she landed her paws on his face before kicking off the jump off his face sending the Samurai digimon stumbling back to the ground. "Grr...onore! Prepare for my next Hissatsu! Ninja Sword!" Musyamon shouted as his blade was covered in blue flames before he began to slash wildly, sending multiple cutting waves at FrostKyuubimon, who stood her ground as her tale unfolded, spheres of ice blue flames forming on the tips. "Kita no Honoo(Flames of the North)!" she called as the flames grew in intensity before she shot them forward, the fireballs crashed into and broke all the cutting waves, sending the remnants off to either side of the snow vixen, letting them hit the ground and explode behind her, but the flames then crashed into Musyamon, who grunted in pain as he stumbled back a bit, bits of his body beginning to freeze over, yet at the same time..they burned. 'Ggrr...wh...what is..?" "Flames so cold, they burn," FrostKyuubimon explained calmly in a scaringly serious tone. "Kuso…" Musyamon groaned as he got back up. "Very well, then, I have very little energy left, then let the next move settle this," he said as he raised his sword up, flames engulfing it once more. "Yes...lets," FrostKyuubimon agreed as her icy flames growing in intensity. Musyamon swung his sword around before he drew it across his wrist as the flames grew in intensity. He then lifted it up before gripping it with both hands as he used the beads in his other hand to bind his hands together to the hilt. "Hissatsu...ore no saigo no Hissatsu waza," Musyamon stated as he pointed the blade at the snow vixen, "SHOGUN SWORD!" he roared as she slashed down, sending a larger version of the flaming dragon had as FrostKyuubimon leapt into the air in a forward spinning fashion. "Togetsuryu(Frozen Moon Dragon)!" the snow vixen shouted as the ice blue flames engulfed her into the shape of a dragon made of ice blue flames. The Ice blue dragon and the fiery orange one both roared before colliding, but after a short struggle the ice blue dragon won as it froze the fiery orange, the frozen flames shattered as the shards creating a sparkling effect as the ice blue dragon roared and crashed into Musyamon engulfing him in the icy blue flames that began to swirl around him until it stopped as the flames died down to reveal Musyamon was no trapped in what looked like an upside down diamond made of sparkling ice that branched off along the ground. At the tip of the ice prison stood FrostKyuubimon before she stamped her paw on the prison of ice as she jumped off. The prison began to crack until the entirety of it shattered into small dust like specks that rained down on the forest floor, along with the pixels of Musyamon like a glimmering snow falling from the sky. Rarity was awestruck after seeing all that from her hiding spot. She..she didn't know what to say, from the defeat of such a brutish warrior, could come such a wonderful and beautiful sight. This fact left her in awe at it all as it continued to rain the glittering snow. FrostKyuubimon then came up to Rarity before the nine-tailed snow vixen bowed to her. "It is done milady." she said respectfully. "..I..I see that," Rarity responded, still awestruck before shaking it off, "Uhm...FrostKyuubimon... that's what you said your new name was right?" she asked getting a nod. "Can you please explain to me what just happened here?" "..I..saw your other self…" she responded after a moment of silence, making Rarity's eyes widen, "Don't worry...I'm not going to turn you away..that dark force...it was nothing I've ever felt..nor seen before. However...that wasn't' really you that was in control." Rarity stared at the snow vixen as she explained this, she was worried but she wanted to see what else she had to say. "And for that purpose, I shall not let such a darkness ever corrupt you again. You are truly such a kind soul, for me to allow you to be tainted by such a darkness would be unforgivable." she went on. "So I shall not abandon your side, such as you did for me." "I...I see.." Rarity slowly nodded before noticing the scarf still in her hands, "...I believe this belongs to you," she said, giving a small smile as she wrapped the scarf around the snow vixen's neck. "There. Back where it belongs," she smiled as she tightened it just enough that it would not slip off and not be a bother to the snow vixen. "Thank you..milady," FrostKyuubimon nodded. "Yes..However, I do have one problem," Rarity stated, "You don't' have to keep calling me 'milady' or 'mistress'...even though a small part of me likes it...Regardless, there is one thing you may call me…" "..And what is that if I may ask?" "Why that's quite simple. Friends need only call one another by their name." she smiled. "...Very well then M...I mean...Rarity," FrostKyuubimon nodded with a small smile. Rarity just gave a small nod in response before she let out a gasp. "Oh! I nearly forgot!" she gasped as she looked at FrostKyuubimon, "I still need to find my you happen to know where they might be?" "Hmm…" Frostkyuubimon pondered a bit, "..It maybe a hunch..but they're probably in Alpha City. However, it's a bit far from here, so we'll have to go by foot." "Ah…" Rarity whined at the thought of walking so far. "Why is it that when these things happen they're never in the next town over~?!" she cried. "Don't worry.." FrostKyuubimon assured as she turned a bit before bending down a little, "My Digivolution last for a little longer, so you won't have to walk until it runs out." "Ah thank you dear. You truly are a good friend." she sighed in bliss as she slowly got on the snow vixen's back. "Are you sure you're alright with this?" "I am…Though…" FrostKyuubimon began as she leaned back a bit, "I suggest you hold on tight." "Huh? why do you say….THAT!?" she cried as FrostKyuubimon took off at great speeds, rushing down teh snow covered mountain. --- Back in Jupitermon's palace, the cloaked, Golden Digimon stayed quiet as he received a report on Musyamon's defeat. However..that wasn't what he was concerned about. "This is disturbing…" he spoke. Not too long ago..he felt someting within the Digital World..something...dark. What made him unnerved about it was that this unknown force was neither human, nor Digimon. "Never have I heard or felt of such a darkness, it was unbelievable." he said to himself, "This is troubling I must find a method of ridding this darkness from my land, it might prove difficult to my rule." "Milord!" a soldier shouted as he ran in, "We've just detected something crashing into the Burai Jungle area!" "Hohh?" Jupitermon asked, "That is interesting, very well if I have learned one thing, humans are appearing wherever something important is going on. I want you to send a real wicked general to the Burai Jungle." "Y..Yes sir! But..which one?" "...Gorillamon." --- Within a large jungle area, a large shadowed figure growled as he walked within it, the ground shaking with each step it took before stopping. The figure then let out a large roar as it began to beat it's chest, its roar echoing throughout the jungle. Far on the other side, a few plants separated a bit to reveal a strand of hair..which was a familiar strand of pale pink. > A Kind Guardian > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Keep searching, ya mooks! Master Gorillamon wanted us to check this part of the jungle!" a Red plant like Digimon snapped at a pair of what appeared to be green varations of him. The red leader of the group was more 'plump' you could say as he had two vines extending from his sides that ended in green colored spiked clubs. He had black marks around the eyes and mouth that made his face, and he had multiple green blade shaped leaves that made the appearance of unkempt hair. On the other hand his green variants had smaller bodies in comparison. Their vine arms did not end in clubs and were more like whips/tentacles. They also had only six or so red colored leaves that made up a headdress design on them. "Tsk..why do we have to take orders from that over grown sunburned bumpkin…" one of the green ones complained to another as they searched around. "What was that?" the red planet like Digimon frowned. "N..nothing, boss!" the one that spoke yelped as he and his companion went back to searching through bushes of jungle brush. "Yeah...That's what I thought, ya bums." the red one grumbled as he turned back around and used on of his limbs to knock a small tree over. "Da boss is scary when he needs to be," one of the green plants whispered quietly. "Y..yea," the one next to him nodded before a small, faint moan caught their attention. "You heard that right?" "I did..it sounded like it came from over dere," the first green plant replied as he pointed his vine at a nearby set of bushes. "Well go on. Go see." "Me!? Uh-uh I'm not going in there just to have my face bitten off by some wild Digimon. You go check it out." "No way! I'm not…!" "If you took nooks don't' stop arguing, I'll feed yas to Master Gorillamon!" teh red plant snapped, making the two pale. "Well what's life without a little danger right?" the first asked to his friend in attempt to get out of punishment. "That's right. Let's go see together buddy," he agreed as they hoped over the bush and slowly peeled back the leaves and vines to see what was hiding behind it. To the surprise of the two plant Digimon sleeping there in the bush was a human. She was fairly tall, she had a very light built frame but that did not mean she was not well...curvy as well. She had pale light pink hair that reached to her lower back, and if she weren't asleep they would be able to tell she had blue eyes. She wore an outfit that consisted of light yellow pants that hugged her hips very well, they had a pink sash used as a belt that tied around her waist before dropping off behind her with the two ends tied in a ribbon, she had a pair of light pink and blue sneakers on as well. she wore a white T-shirt that was tied in a knot around her stomach exposing her belly button, the shirt was also slightly stretched out with how it was knotted up around her chest she also had a very long yellow scarf tied around her neck and fluttered out around the ends like feathered wings. she had an incredibly beautiful calm and delicate face as she slept peacefully. The smile she had in her sleep was enough to actually melt the hearts of these two idiotic plants. "Ah...she's so peaceful…" the first one said. "Yea..almost like an angel.." the second one added. "Hey you two idiots! Find anythin'?" the red one asked as he looked off to one side as he used his clubs to smash a bush. "Ah...what do we do...if we give her up, who knows what they'll do to her?" "But if we don't, we'll get turned into a salad for da boss." "I know...hmm…..I think I have something..but we'll need to run..fast." "I probably won't like it...but it's better than nothing." "Y..yea...oi, boss!" "Huh?" teh red plant blinked as he turned around before getting smacked in the face by a vine, "..." "..run...now." "Why….you...two…" the red plant began as his entire body(if it was possible)turned redder in rage, "CHOWDAH HEADS!" "Ahh/Whoop whoop whoop whoop!" the two green plants screamed as they hopped out of the fast, the red one hot on their tails. "I was right I didn't like it!" the first one complained as they and the red one all jumped off the edge of a cliff, the three felt the now missing ground under them before they all looked down. "...I hate you two mooks so much," the red plant frowned at the two green ones before all three began to plummet to the ground. The three screamed before a loud crash was heard as all three hit the ground below them with a loud thud, no trees to break their fall. Meanwhile, back with the sleeping girl, she let out a small, soft groan as she began to awaken. "Hm...what a strange dream…" she mumbled sleepily as she rose up, her eyes opened half-way, her voice sounding like..Fluttershy's?, "I..I wonder what…" she paused when she noticed her surroundings. "Huh...how did I end up here?" she asked in shock not finding the jungle terrain she awoke in to not be familiar in the slightest. "...T...Twilight? Where a…" she paused when she noticed no one in sight, "..T..Twilight? R..rainbow? Applejack?..A...anypony?" she called out as she began to whimper in fear. The truth that she was alone in an unknown environment and that none of her friends where near would of course send the poor girl into a state of fear. Of course..it didn't help when she finally noticed herself. "K..KYAA!" she screamed as she quickly shot up, only to stumble back and fall on her rear, "Ow…" she whined feeling the pain, her eyes widened as she raised her new hands and looked at them. "Wh….what...happened to me?" she whispered to herself as she turned her head around noticing her wings were gone, she was taller than before, and she had strange new appendages on her limbs. She then began to pant quickly as she hugged herself a bit before doing her best to calm down. While she was frightened beyond belief right now, she had to find her friends, worried that something might've happened to them. She slowly crawled out of the bush she was sleeping in before looking around the jungle, she gulped before she crawled out. But she couldn't help but feel that something was wrong with the way she was walking right now. She then decided to try something she once saw that one Unicorn do back in her own world. She slowly began to stand up on her two legs, struggling to stay up as she used a nearby tree as support. After a second or two she found her new sense of balance on her two legs. "I..it...it worked," she blinked, surprised that it worked out...better than she expected too, "Okay…" she took a deep breath as she slowly took a step forward she then took another, and while she wobbled a bit now that she wasn't holding onto the tree, she at least didn't fall on her rear again, "O...ok..I..I think I'm doing ok so f...far." she said as she stumbled again, but she was able to straighten herself out so she didn't fall on her face this time. "My...walking on only two legs...sure is difficult. H..how doe.." "Ahhh!" a voice screamed, startling the girl as something bursted out of the bushes and hid behind her. "Ahh! wha...wha...what is thi…." she began in frantic shock as she looked around her legs to see what jumped out. Hiding behind her leg was a small little puppy like creature it had peach pink fuzzy fur and two floppy ears, it also had a what looked to be a gold collar around its neck. The creatures looked up at the girl with wide puppy dog like blue eyes and blush on it's cheeks. All and all this had to be one of the cutest things the pony turned human had come across. But..she noted there were a few bruises on the small puppy. "O...oh my…" the girl gasped softly as she bent down to the small puppy, "A..are you ok?" she asked gently figuring that the poor thing must be terrified at the moment. She then slowly reached her hand out to the puppy before… "Where is she?! Where's that little brat?!" a voice snapped, causing the puppy to whimper as she ran into a nearby bush to hide. "Ah wait!" the girl gasped as she looked at the bush, "Wh..why're you.." "Oi, toots!" a voice yelled, making teh girl turn to see what looked like a humanoid mushroom look at her with a smug frown, "Have you seen a small puppy with a gold ring around its neck?" "Uh…" the girl mumbled as she looked around. She wasn't sure what to do, the puppy before was small and adorable, and well to her an animal which she was slightly more comfortable around, but this new figure...well this made her shyness come out at full force, "N...n….no. W...why?" "..Tch. What's it look like? I'm gonna continue beating that little snot up so I can steal that gold ring from her. It looked like it would make a good gift for the boss,' the mushroom humanoid grinned. While the shy girl was normally not one to let more brash and powerful emotions like anger or disappointment and such show in her expressions. But there were times where she could not stay meek and quiet. And a strange mushroom thing harming a poor puppy for something so petty well that just lit a fuse so to speak. "..Bah..what does it matter to you? I'm just gonna find her by myself. So stay outta my w.." the mushroom humanoid began before the girl shot him a frowning glare. "Ah...wha...what's with the look?" he asked nervously. For some reason, that glare just sent a shiver of fear down...well if he had a spine, so let's say his metaphorical spine. "How dare you! Just because you're bigger than that little puppy, you think you can steal what belongs to her?!" the girl scolded as she stomped over to the mushroom humanoid, who began to sweat nervously. "Uh...I uh…" the mushroom began with a nervous gulp. He wanted to think of an excuse or to get angry and reply back, but that stare...those disapproving eyes just made him feel like the roles were completely reversed, he was powerless to this technique of hers. "I think you need to think about what you've done, so I think you should go home, sit in the corner, and think long and hard about what you've done." "But…" he tried to say only for her to furrow her brow and glare more intensely at him. "But what..?" "..." the mushroom began to whimper before he cried hysterically, "I'm sorry! I won't do it again! I swear! Just please make it stop! bwahaha!" he cried as he put his face to the ground as his tears made what looked like streams in the ground, "Please…" at this point it was just downright pathetic. "..Good. Now again, go home and think about what you've done." "Y...yes ma'am!" the mushroom whined as he ran out of there, still crying hysterically. The girl gave a small sigh as she calmed down. She didn't enjoy the way that turned out, but she needed to do what she thought was right. Her eyes then widened as she went over to the bush she saw the puppy jump into. "Here puppy…" she called out as she dug around in the bush. "It's okay. You can come out now." "...I….is he gone?" the puppy asked nervously as she poked her head out of the bush a bit. "Yes...it's okay," the girl kindly replied as she smiled gently to the puppy, "He won't bother you anymore." "...O...okay…" the puppy nodded slowly as she crawled out of the bush she was hiding in, the girl now getting a good look at some of the bruises on the small animal. "Oh you poor thing," she gasped softly as she gently scooped her into her arms. She surprisingly learned how to use her new arms rather quickly. Guess given the moment she learned fast, "Don't worry. I'll take care of you until your wounds are healed." The small puppy gave a small whimper in response as she nuzzled her head within the girl's arms. The girl then gently stroked the top of her head to help her relax and calm down. "..Th..thank you for saving me mi...ano...wh..who are you?" the puppy asked. "My name is Fluttershy...what's yours?" she asked back. "Salamon...and again...thank you for saving me..mama." "You're wel…" Fluttershy began before blinking, "M….mama?" she asked in slight shock from that, but by this point Salamon had already fallen into a light sleep in her arms, 'm...me? a...m...m….mom?' she squeaked mentally as her entire face was now a bright red. This was something to be a little flustered over such an adorable little creature clinging on to you as a new maternal figure. Well suffice to say the poor girl wasn't sure to be in a state of shock...or to be elated with joy. Quickly shaking her head, the pony turned human had to focus on finding a hiding spot so she could treat Salamon's wounds. --- "Ya knuckleheads!" the red plant snapped as he bonked the two green plants on the head, "Ya mooks! Ya potato brained morons!" he ranted as he bonked them again with each insult, "Not only did ya throw us off a cliff with ya goofin, but you made us lose our place in searching for the...ah...whatever it is we're looking for! What do yous have to say fer yourselves?!" "...Uh...nothin'?" one of the plants gulped. "...Ugh. Be lucky master Gorillamon doesn't find out about…" "Doesn't find out about what, RedVegimon?!" a loud, booming voice asked as a large shadow overlapped the three plants. The red plant now known as RedVegimon had his back to the thing that formed the shadow. "...Knucklheads,please tell me that this a prank and there is not our boss standing behind me…?" he asked the two green Vegimons. "N...no, boss," the two Vegiemon whimpered, hugging each other in fear. RedVegimon slowly ever so slowly turned around using his clubs to move his body around, his face seemed to drain of color as he and his minions gawked at the figure behind them. "Uh..h...h...hey master...f..fancy meeting you h.." "SILENCE!" the large figure before the three roared, nearly blowing the three plants away as they grabbed onto each other, shivering in fear, "Why I continue to keep you three stooges around, I think it's just for the chuckles! But instead, I have the most idiotic plants in my whole squad!" "W..wait master Gorillamon! I can explain!" "Oh? Like the time my private room was set on fire and it wasn't your fault?! Or the time you all caused that large disaster when I hosted Lord Jupitermon?! So tell me why should I give you three a third chance to save your hides!" "B..because we found a human goil!" one of the Vegimon yelped before covering his mouth. "...Hmm…" the shadowed figures pondered, "Alright, go ahead and speak." "Uh….W...well…" the two Vegimon gulped, "W..we's were searching a..and we found her.." "A...And she was probably the most beautiful thing we'd ever seen!" one of the Vegimon shouted only for his fellow green Vegimon to smack him upside the head. "Ah...looks aside, yeah. We did find one." "..Grr...why didn't you two chowdah heads tell me?!" RedVegimon growled. "We saw her while you were chasing us and didn't think you'd believe us!" one of them lied quickly while covering the mouth of his friend. "Grr….you…!" Red Vegimon began, about to bonk the heads of his two subordinates. "...Tell me where you found this human," the large shadowed figure ordered. "Uh...Somewhere near the top of the cliff red boy here chased us off of. We saw her in a bush sleeping." "I see...you three a VERY lucky I'm letting you live another day," the shadowed figure stated as he began to walk off. The three let out a collective sigh before RedVegimon wrapped his two clubs around their necks and comically strangled them. "Why you little! I'll teach yous both for making me look like an idiot in front of Master Gorillamon!" RedVegimon snapped. "W..would it help we lied to?" one of the Vegimon gagged, making a tick mark appear on RedVegimon's head as he tightened his grip, "ack! Regret! Regret!" "Gah! Boss...wait! We can explain…" the smarter of the three tried to gag out. "No! I don't want to hear nothing but the sounds of yous two dying!" RedVegimon complained as he doubled his efforts. "Gahaaa!" --- Back with Fluttershy, the pony turned human had managed to find a clearing with a medium sized lake, the clearing was very nice as well with an abundant of flowers that made it all have a very colorful appearance. she gently laid the puppy Digimon on the ground near the lake to let her rest. she gently stroked her head to help her relax in her sleep. "Such a sweet little thing," the shy girl quietly noted with a soft smile as she stroked Salamon's head. She soon noted that some of it's wounds were actually beginning to heal, faster then any animal from her home world. "Ahh…" Salamon yawned as she started to wake up, looking up at Fluttershy with her soft blue eyes. "Hi mama." "Hi…" she greeted back, but she was still a little unsure of how to react to the whole Mama thing. It still gave her that conflicted feeling. "Did you sleep well Salamon?" she asked. "I did," Salamon nodded as she began to stretch a bit in Fluttershy's arms, "I'm feeling better now." "That's good," Fluttershy smiled as she petted her, "It's incredible you got better so quickly." "Well Digimon tend to heal really fast," Salamon smiled. "Digimon?" Fluttershy asked in confusion as question marks appeared over her head. This was a very new word for her, "Um...I'm sorry. I don't think I've ever met a creature with such a name," she admitted after a moment of thought and silence. "..You haven't?" Blinked, looking at Fluttershy with slightly wide eyes. "N...no." she shook her head. "Is that what you are Salamon? A Digimon?" "That's what everyone here is," the puppy Digimon replied, "There are good ones and...well..there' also bad ones..such as that bully that wanted to steal me ring.." "Oh my." the shy girl gasped as she scooped the small Digimon up in her arms. "Well don't worry you no longer have to worry about that." she assured. "..Y..you sure?" "Yes. I promise you." she gently assured as she petted Salamon on the head, "..um.c..can I ask you something?" "Hmm?" Salamon blinked a bit as she looked up at the shy girl. "Wh...why do you call me 'mama'? Um..I..if it's ok with me asking." she asked her question. "Hm...well, I guess it's because you care about me and protected me, like how a mama would," Salamon replied happily as she nuzzled into Fluttershy's chest. "I..I see…" Fluttershy noted, "b..but I'm sure your real mama must be worried, right?" "...I..really don't' have a mama," Salamon replied sadly, making Fluttershy's eyes widen in worry, "Ever since Jupitermon took control...a lot young Digimon are orphaned. Plus...I...if the rumors are true, the place where Baby Digimon are born...was sealed away to make sure no more would be born." "What…?" Fluttershy asked in shock hearing this, "Why would someone do something like that?" "I-I don't know…s..some say he was scared his two former friends, Apollomon and Dianamon would be reborn...others..was because he didn't want an uprising to happen..whatever that is." "Oh my…" she gasped in shock. She had no words to explain how she felt, this Jupitermon sounds like such an evil person. Yet from the sound of it, he sounded as if he had a lot of things he was scared of. "H..Hasn't somepony tried to go up against him?" "Some...pony?" Salamon questioned as she tilted her head to one side, "You have a funny way of talking mama," she laughed. "Uh..y..yea.." Fluttershy nodded, giving a small laugh before the ground rumbled a bit. "..Mama..w...what was that?" "I..I don't know.." Fluttershy answered with a gulp as she spotted ripples forming in the lake, the ripples increasing in size as the ground rumbled more and more. the shy girl slowly turned her head to see something break out through the trees. Standing at the edge of the clearing was a large white furred ape like creature, the skin under its fur a dark grayish black. It had multiple leather straps on it's left leg, but what was really strange was that its right shoulder was lumpy and scared with what looked like tubes extending out of them its forearms looked more or less the same with purple straps around its arm near its elbow, but the rest of his arm opened up into a sort of bio-organic cannon. "Raaaaahhhh!" the large gorilla like creature roared as he beat his chest with his non-cannon arm. "Ahh!" Fluttershy yelped as she saw this display, "Wh...what is that?!" "G...Gorillamon…"Salamon paled. "Gor...Gorilla...mon?" the girl murmured out as she gawked at beast, "He's not a nice digimon is he?" she asked the obvious. "N..no…" Salamon gulped as the large gorilla-like Digimon turned his gaze towards the two making them both jump in shock as he set his cold eyes on them. "Raaaaahhhhh!" he roared again as he used his normal hand in a ape like four legged charge. Fluttershy of course did the first thing that could come to her mind at a moment of danger such as this….run for it! "Ahh!" Fluttershy screamed as she ran as fast as her legs could carry her, Salamon still in her arms. "Mama's fast," Salamon couldn't help but say as she noticed the very good amount of distance between them and the ape Digimon. "Get back here! Nobody intrudes into my Jungle!" Gorillamon roared as he lifted his arm cannon up, "Energy Cannon!" he roared as his arm cannon began to charge energy before he fired a powerful purplish energy beam that Fluttershy instinctively ducked letting it blast over her head and destroy a thicket of trees ahead of them. "O...oh….my…" Fluttershy whispered, her eyes widened in fear after seeing the destruction caused by the attack. "Ah...I missed…" Gorillamon gawked a bit. He then shook his head out of it as he growled, making Fluttershy 'eep' as she ran for it in the other way, "Oh no you don't!" he snarled as he reached his large arm out to grab her. Fluttershy panted as she ran faster and faster before she ended up tripping on a exposed tree vine, causing her to scream as she tumbled on the ground, causing her to drop Salamon in the process. "Ow…" she groaned as she massaged her ankle. She really adjusted to her human form, but her ankle was fine regardless, still that stopped her from forgetting that she had a mad giant ape after her. "Mama! look out! "Huh? Sal-kyaa!" the shy girl screamed as Gorillamon grabbed her. "Mama!" Salamon shouted as he saw Gorillamon raise Fluttershy up to eye level. "So you're one of the humans that lord Jupitermon wanted me to bring to him," Gorrilamon said making her look up at him, "Heh...I bet he'll be just delighted when I bring you back to him." Fluttershy was too paralyzed with fear to respond, her entire body shaking. "Or...maybe I can keep you for myself. I have been looking for a new little song bird to brighten up the room," he chuckled evilly, "That's just about the best use a human like you has really. So..." "Let my mama go! Puppy Howling!" Salamon's voice shouted before she produced a very high pitched howling that forced Gorillamon to let Fluttershy go, letting her fall into one of the trees below. Before he raised his hands to his head to block the noise out but he accidentally smacked his own head with his arm cannon sending him stumbling back. "Gah! Grr..you little pest!" Gorillamon growled as he glared at Salamon, "Power Lifting!"he shouted as he slammed his hand into the ground causing large chunks of ground to shoot up and fall around them. Salamon quickly yelped as she began to dodge the falling rocks, if not barely, but the rocks did fall around her and left her trapped in a ring of stones. "Heh. No where to run…" Gorillamon began as he raised his regular arm up, "And no where to hide!" he roared as he slammed down on the ring of rocks, crushing them. Fluttershy just stared in shock at this as Gorillamon lifted his arm back up, showing a messy pile of rocks and stone. "Heh...talk about pathetic.." Gorillamon said as he didn't even bother to check, just believing he accomplished what he set out to do. "Such a whiny little runt thought it could stand up to me. I've seen funnier from those three stooges." "Happy Paw!" "Happy wha..?" Gorillamon began before a beam of light energy hit him in the face and actually caused damage to his face making him stagger back as he made ape like cries of pain, "Gah! Ahh my eye!" he cried out as he tumbled back and rolled across the ground. "Salamon!" Fluttershy called out as she saw the puppy Digimon off to the side of the woods. How she escaped to the attack is lost on the recently turned human but she figured it not to question. "Mama! this way, hurry!" Salamon called out, "I don't know how long he'll be distracted!" Fluttershy didn't think twice on that as she managed to climbed down the tree she was in and ran after Salamon as the two made it into the woods. "Grr..that little mutt! I'm gonna smash her into paste!" Gorillamon growled as he held his hand over his eye. --- "I...I think we're safe for now..m..ma.." Salamon began before Fluttershy quickly scooped her into her arms, the two in a small glade hidden underneath a few trees with only a tiny bit of sky shown. "For now yes," she nodded as she gave the little digimon a chance to rest in her arms. "...Mama…" Salamon spoked, making the shy girl look down at her, "I..I'm sorry I made you worry." "You did make me worry, but..you're okay now, so that's all that matters right now," she sighed. "Y...yea…" Salamon nodded as she rested her head in Fluttershy's arms. The two were just glad to have time that was safe and away from that crazy Gorillamon. "...W..we need t…" Fluttershy began before the ground began to rumble, "..oh no…" she gasped as she got up. The last thing they needed was for him to have found them already, "Please Celestia no...how…?" "RAAAHHHHH!" Gorillamon voice roared as the trees hiding the two were uprooted from the ground. Fluttershy ran away as fast as she could before seeing Gorillamon, 'There you are, my little song bird!" "Oh no..Oh no.." Fluttershy whimpered as she began to back away from Gorillamon, only to bump into something. She quickly turned to see she had bumped into a large, stone wall, "O..oh no...Please no.." she pleaded as she was now stuck between a rock and a hard place. "You did good to let that little mutt distract me to get away," Gorillamon frowned as he stalked closer, "But this is my jungle, no way you're getting away from me, my little song bird." "No no no no no no…" Fluttershy whimpered before Salamon leapt out of her arms, "Salamon, no!" "Ah so you think you can get lucky again?" Gorillamon asked in a condescending tone. "I won't let you hurt my mama again!" Salamon growled as she ground her paws into the dirt to stand her her ground. "..Mama...heh. How laughable..you really think my little song bird would have you as her child?! Ha! Get real, mutt! She's probably taking pity on you, cause honestly, taking care of something is idiotic!" Fluttershy's face began to turn into a frown as she stared at Gorillamon with an intense stare. "Huh? What're you staring at? St...stop that," Gorillamon ordered, starting to feel a bit nervous. "You have no right to determine why I decide to do things!" she shouted above her normal voice tone as the stare never once left Gorillamon. "Y...yes I do! L..Lord Jupitermon a-assigned me here! So I do whatever I want!" "You can do whatever you want...but that doesn't make it any more right," she frowned as she took a step forward, a small sphere of light beginning to form in her hand, "You can decide why you do things, but you have no right to say why I choose to do what I do! You can go about believing things like true compassion and caring for others doesn't exist, but it's the reason that I helped Salamon!" she shouted as she took another step, and to Gorillamon shock he actually took a step back making him gulp. 'Th...that stare...wh..why can't I turn away from it?!' Gorillamon mentally panicked. 'Its like this is some kind of...power she has over me….' he mentally added as his body took yet another step back making him gasp audibly. "Which is why e-even if I have to put my life on the line…" Fluttershy began as the sphere in her hand began to glow brighter, "I won't let you hurt her!" she shouted, making Gorillamon back away another step at the shout. "Gahh!" Gorillamon yelped before quickly shaking his head, "Sh..shut up! Y..you dont' talk back to me in my own jungle! You know what?! Forget it! Instead of making you my song bird, I'll just have to make you into a servant for my smarter soldiers!" he stated attempting to regain his sense of power, but the minute he stared at her eyes again he just faltered at the stare she was giving him. In the end it was just pointless even his tenacity had no chance at standing up to this stare she continued to give him. "No you won't! You're nothing but a big bully that needs to be taught a lesson!" she stated as Gorillamon was now sweating bullets as he seemed completely nervous. "Uh….uh….." Gorillamon whimpered before he froze. 'What do you think you're doing?' Jupitermon's voice echoed from within Gorillamon's head. 'L..Lord Jupitermon..please...I..I can explain!' Gorillamon tried to defend. But right now he wasn't sure who to be more afraid off in all honesty. 'No need...I can see that you're losing...to a human no less!' 'No...no it's..not like that I...I just...' he tried pathetically to defend. 'Do you want me to execute you on the spot?' Jupitermon frowned, making Gorillamon freeze up. 'No please! Anything but that!' 'Then what're you waiting for?' "...GRAAAAAHHHH!" Gorillamon roared as he shot up into the air, his eyes completely blank. He then raised his cannon arm as energy charged into it before he growled and fired off a blast from it. Fluttershy merely stood her ground as she stood defensively before Salamon. "M..mama! please move!" the small puppy digimon begged. But Fluttershy just stood her ground as the beam came ever closer, "Mama!" "It's ok, Salamon…" Fluttershy assured as she turned to face the small puppy, a smile on her face, "Everything will be ok." "M...mama…" Salamon whispered as the beam came closer and closer to Fluttershy, "..MAMA!" Time seemed to freeze as the sphere of light that in Fluttershy's hand shone brightly before sending out a bright flash of light that forced back the beam. "Grr?!" Gorillamon growled in confusion as the beam he fired was sent back hitting him sending him flying into a tree and uprooting it from the ground. "th...this can't be…" he grunted as his senses came back to him as he saw the light, "Th..this light..it can't be!" Within the light, the sphere of light in Fluttershy's hand shattered, revealing a pale pink and pale yellow Digivice. "Wh..what?" the shy girl gasped as she looked at the device before it shone brightly, blinding her a bit. Salamon's body began to glow as a less bright dome of light enveloped her. --- =SALAMON-SHINKA!= Salamon began to change underneath the dome of light as she changed from a small puppy into a white cat like Digimon, she had a long tail with purple tiger like stripes across its length till it spread out into a fussy tip that consisted of three tufts of fur. Her ears also ended in three purple tufts of fur. Her front paws were covered in yellow paw gloves with red stripes along them and long very long black claws. The dome shattered around her to reveal her new form, her ears twitching a bit. "Gatomon!" the new form declared as she leapt back, her tail swaying a bit as she gave a small meow. --- As the light died down, Fluttershy opened her eyes before they widened as she the new cat Digimon up. "Salamon...is that you?" she asked in shock. "Yes Mom, but it's Gatomon now," the cat-like Digimon answered. More question marks formed over Fluttershy's head. "But before you were a... and...now you're a…" she stammered out in confusion of the change. "It's a bit complicated mom. I'll probably explain later. For now…" Gatomon began as she glared a bit at Gorillamon, "We got a bully to deal with." Fluttershy shook her head to get out of her state of confusion before she nodded and set Gatomon down on the ground. "right." she nodded as the two looked to the Gorillamon who was just getting back up. "...You're joking right? A cat...going to teach me a lesson?Heh...that's funny..not!" Gorillamon roared as his prideful demeanor returned in full force now that the stare was not being aimed at him, "I'm gonna enjoy beating y.." "Lightning paw!" "Lightning wha…?" the ape Digimon began until Gatomon appeared before his face and swiped her claws across his face. "Ah my face!" he cried as he raised both his arms only to again smack his face with the cannon arm sending him stumbling back and falling on his own rear. "Lightning kick!" "Lightning what now?!" Gorillamon began as he moved his arms down only for the cat digimon to land a surprisingly powerful kick to his nose sending him falling back and hitting his head on a large rock. "Gah!" he groaned as he held his normal hand to the back of his not throbbing head and carefully raising the cannon arm to his throbbing nose, "Why does this sthick keep happening to me!?" "Oh I don't know. Maybe because you're a big bully?" Gatomon quipped as she stood right on top of his nose, "Cat Tail!" she smirked as she turned around as he tail whipped around smacking Gorillamon in the face repeatedly, making him stagger back a bit. "Gah!" Gorillamon winced as he held his face. "I feel bad for you, really I do. So I'll give you a free shot," Gatomon offered as Gorillamon shot his fist but the cat just jumped off letting the big ape punch himself in the nose. The force of his own punch sending him actually flying back and into a thicket of trees. "Oops...I lied," she smiled as she appeared above his face. "Grr...you little…!" Gorillamon growled. "Yup. That's right...little," Gatomon smirked as she jumped off his face, "That means I'm too fast for a big lug like you," she smiled as she sat on the ground, "So what'll you do, ba~ka?" "B...baka?!" Gorillamon shouted as he growled before his rage got the better of him and he began drumming his chest in rage. He then slammed his fist into the ground, "Power Lifiting!" With that, he shot his arm up as stones fell around Gatomon, but the cat just jumped and sidestepped each stone with her eyes closed before she flipped over the last on and landed on one of her front paws. "Ta~da~!" she cheered happily. "Grr..you little pest!" "Baka says what?" "What?...gah! I walked right into that one!" "Yeah you did," Gatomon smirked as she lazily laid on her side, "I swear this guy is way to easy." "U..um..Gatomon? A..aren't you being a b..bit mean?" Fluttershy asked from the sidelines. "Bullies don't learn their lesson till they get a good dose of their own medicine," Gatomon answered as she used her tail to dodge another swing from Gorillamon, "Watch this." "Grr...hold still!" Gorillamon roared as he tried to smash Gatomon again, only for the cat to climb up his arm and sat on his nose. "Feline's eye!" she declared as she opened her eyes wide and stared right into Gorillamon's eyes. "Huh….uh…...uh…." he mumbled as his eyes began to twirl in hypnotism a dumb look on his face as he began to drool. "Ahahaha! He looks so funny!" Gatomon laughed as she pounded her paws in hysteric laughter on top of the Apes head, "Ooh ooh! Baka, I want you to take a few steps backwards while singing 'London Bridge is falling down'!" "Uh yes boss…." he mumbled as he began backtracking. "London bridge is falling down...falling down...falling down…" just as he was about to sing the next lyric, he stepped on a very sharp rock, causing him to give a wheezy like gasp. "My fair lady!" Gatomon laughed in pure enjoyment as she jumped off and landed on a branch. "Okay! No more, or I'm going to bust a gut…" she snickered, "Alright dumb-dumb, go jump off that cliff over there," she ordered, pointing to a cliff that was larger than the one the Vegimon trio fell off of. "Uh...yes boss…" Gorillamon mumbled as he walked..er..limped over to the cliff. He then raised both his arms up over his head before he leaped over it in a swan dive to the bottom of the cliff with a cartoon falling sound. "And with that the show's over folks," Gatomon joked as she landed on the ground, "Well, if he does wake up...it will take him a while before he can climb back up." "..I..I hope he's ok though…" Fluttershy hoped. --- "Ya stupid idiots! Ya filthy woims! You bloated sacks of manure!" RedVegimon ranted as he bonked teh two Vegimon on the head, 'You...what's that whistling sound?" "Ah boss..." the smarter of the three began as he poked his boss. "Shut up I'm trying to figure out what that sound is," the RedVegimon ignored as he used his club hand to scratch his what would be a chin. "Boss! Look up dang it!" the second green Vegimon shouted as he and the smart one made RedVegiemon look up as his eyes widened as they all saw Gorillamon falling down towards them in a swan dive. The three tried to run away as what looked like spinning wheels formed under their bodies but before they could even move the large ape squashed them under his huge body. "Ow...that's gonna hurt in the morning…" one of the Vegimon groaned. --- "Mom, you're too nice," Gatomon sighed a bit as they both walked away from the cliff. "There's nothing wrong with being nice, Gatomon," Fluttershy scolded a bit, "I know he was a mean and all, but you shouldn't have made him do that." "Eh, he's a big guy. I'm sure he can take a little fall," Gatomon shrugged as she walked ahead of Fluttershy, "Besides, we're not the only ones he's picked on so he deserved more. But I let him off easy just for you," she smiled as she put her paws to her hips while nodding her head, "But anywho, let's get going before something else happens." "..R..Right," Fluttershy nodded, "U..um..is th-there anyplace we can head too once we leave here?" "Hmm...Well, there is this one town not too far from here. But watch it..I've heard there was something weird going on there..something about a pair of red and pink blurs." "Pink….blurs…." Fluttershy repeated slowly as that sounded familiar, well that and the fact it and weird where in the same sentence. 'Could it be...well doesn't hurt to be hopeful.' she mentally nodded as she sighed, "Okay Gatomon, l...lets check it out. I have a...theory I'd like to check out." "..Ok mom. Whatever you s.." Gatomon began before she reverted back to Salamon, "Aww mou..I'm not a champion level anymore~" she complained in a very childish tone that was adorable. "Aw, it's okay," Fluttershy smiled as she scratched Salamon's head before picking her up in her arms. "I..I'm sure you'll be able to change back again." '"..I..If you say so, mama," Salamon responded. "Yes..um..w..which was i..is the t..town?" teh shy girl asked. "Ano...once we leave, you should see it to the north east, mama," Salamon replied as Fluttershy began walking. "Okay." she smiled before asking out of curiosity, "Salamon...are we ever going to talk about the you changing from a dog to a cat thing?" "...Maybe." --- Meanwhile, within a town not too far from the jungle Fluttershy and Salamon were in, various pies were strewn around the ground as multiple Goburimon were covered head to toe in pie filling. "Tell me why we are putting up with this again?" one of the Goburimon asked. "Because da boss told us to find whoever's pranking him and us, mainly us!" another snapped. "Oh boys~!" a voice called out in a sing-song tone, making the group of Goburimon look up to see two shaded figures waving at them while holding a net filled with water balloons, "Bombs away!" "It's not worth it…." the first one replied as the water balloons fell on them, water logging them. "Tee hee! Sorry, Goblin gang! As long as I, the Pink Prankster, along with my good friend, the red trixzard, remain here, you and your boss shall not take this town!" the female figure laughed dramatically as she and the second figure leapt away. "I hate you so much!" the first Goburimon snapped as he smacked his partner upside the head. "Dang you, pink prankster!" "Don't indulge her!" > Pranks for the memories! Growlmon's rip roaring party! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Oi! Get back here, ya runt!" a pack of Goblinmon snapped as they chased a red, lizard like Digimon down the street of a rather depressing looking town. The Lizard Digimon in question had a white belly with multiple vertical black stripes along his body, his chest also had three black triangles with their points connecting to a dot almost like the symbol for Nuclear radiation,his legs had three white claws in a Y pattern with two in front and one in back, he also had three claws on the ends of his hands, finally his head was adorned with two wing like ears and bright amber colored eyes. The Digimon was panting as he kept running down the road before he suddenly turned a sharp corner into an ally. The Goblimon all tried to slide to a stop and follow him but the result was all of them crashing into each other and all continuing to slide down the road. "Dangit, ya idiots! We lost that little thief!" the lead Goblimon snapped from beneath the pile. "Sorry boss…." they all apologised in perfect unison that had to have been practiced. "And to make matters worst, that little gecko took off with the boss' bread supply for this week! And I am not gonna tell him you idiots made me lose it!" "Great so it's agreed. We saw nothing." One of them spoke up. "Agreed," the rest nodded as they got up. "But uh..what do we tell da boss if we don't come with da bread?" one Goblimon asked dumbly. "We say...that it was destroyed by a random blast of fire," one jokes. "Good idea," the lead Goblimon nodded, "Men, move out!" he shouted as they all saluted before dispersing. In the alley, the red lizard like Digimon panted as he hid behind the corner. "St..stupid Goblinmon," the lizard panted before dropping the box he had in his claws, opening it to reveal it was full of various bread, "Bread~" he drooled a bit with a toothy smile. He took one and popped it into his jaw before munching away with a joy filled smile. As he munched away, the lizard didn't notice what looked like a pink comet falling down to his location before crashing into a pile of discarded trash cans. The Digimon blinked as he closed the box and looked at the crash site. He then walked up to it before he began tossing the cans away to see what fell into the ground. He paused for a moment as his 'ears' twitched a bit, hearing a soft snoring sound. He then tossed several more trash cans before he twisted his head to the side as he found what, or rather who crashed into them. Sleeping somehow rather peacefully in the pile of tin metal was a human girl. She was rather tall with curly pink hair and blue eyes hidden behind her closed eyelids. She was dressed in a short cut tanktop with one of the straps hanging off the side of her shoulder, a pair of pink short that cut off around mid thigh, a pair of white kneesocks, and a pair of pink sneakers with blue laces. Even in her sleep she had a large smile on her face. The red lizard tilted it's head a bit in confusion, not recognizing this 'Digimon' before as he gave a few small sniffs. For some odd reason, the smell the sleeping girl had reminded the lizard of cotton candy. He leaned in closer to get a better smell but his sniffing stirred the girl in her sleep as she mumbled things incoherently. When he tried to get one more sniff in,he accidentally popped the small snot bubble coming in and out of the girl's nose, causing her to stir as she began to awake. "Mmm…*yawn*" the girl yawned(in Pinkie's voice) as she got up and stretched, "Wow! Now that was a good nap!" she smiled before her eyes opened and she caught a glimpse of red scales and amber eyes staring at her in confusion, "Oh I'm still dreaming, I'm having another dream about dinosaurs." she said as she grabbed the sides of the digimon's face. "Only this time...there's no weird feathers on top of their heads." "Hmm?..Dinomon?" the lizard tilted its head in confusion. "Oh? and it talks too? cool!" she laughed out, "Ah this is going to be such a great dream to explain to everypony back in the world of the not-sleeping," she giggled before she began to smoosh the lizard Digimon's face. "Wait a minute…" she blinked as she pinched him a bit, "Just a tick…" she blinked as she scratched his head. "Oh wait...this isn't a dream. My dreams are never this finely detailed...Still..cool! I've never seen a dinosaur up close!" The lizard just blinked in confusion, wondering what this strange 'Digimon' was babbling about. "Oh I know! Can you do some cool trick where you combine with other dinosaurs to form this super cool monster destroying super dinosaur?!" she asked excitedly, "ooh! ooh! Or can you transform into an armored warrior that goes 'Me Grimlock!' and carriers a fiery sword?!" "Ah…." was all the Digimon could say at that. Even he in a world of digimon was at a complete loss as to what the heck this strange 'Digimon' as he believed was speaking about. "Hm...is it just me or am I all different, and curvy?" she asked as she looked at her new form, "..Oh well. Nothing too big," she shrugged before looking at the 'dinosaur', "By the way I'm Pinkie Pie!" "...Pinkiemon?" "No no no silly," she shook her head before grabbing his jaw, "Come on and say it slowly. Pin-kie Pie!" "..Pinkie...piemon?" the lizard blinked, making Pinkie face fault comically. "This is going to take a while, folks," she sighed out before getting a determined look. "alright I won't give up till you say my name right Mr. dinosaur!" "Guilmon." "hmm?" Pinkie blinked as she looked down at the lizard. "My name Guilmon, not Dinomon." "Hm Guilmon, yes I see," Pinkie nodded her head wisely, "Alright. You're Guilmon, and I'm Pinkie Pie. Got it? Pinkie Pie. No mon at the end. I don't even know what Mon stands for...unless it's short for something like monster and all your kind in this world have at at the ends of their names as a sort of nod to your kind in general...But that can't be right." "...Uh…" Guilmon began before Pinkie sniffed the air a bit. "Is that...the smell of freshly made bread?" she asked as she expertly jumped over Guilmon before the rolled in front of the box he placed down. she then opened it before she took out a piece of bread and began sniffing it and looking it over, "Oh yes! That's definitely the smell of freshly made bread!" "..that Guilmon's bread," Guilmon spoke up. "Oh...can Pinkie Pie have bread?" she asked in third person as well, "Pinkie hungry~" she cried out comically as her stomach growled for emphasis. "..Pinkie piemon can share bread with Guilmon." "Yay~!" she cheered as she shot up and hung in the air for a second before she landed and gave a slight state at Guilmon. "Hey, you called me Pinkie Piemon again. My name is Pinkie Pie." she stated, "..oh well. Come join me for the bread party!" Guilmon didn't need any convincing as he dove into the box and began to munch down on bread. Not long after Pinkie followed his lead and did the same as they munched down on bread for what seemed like hours until they both fell back with loud burps. "Ahh~ De-licous," Pinkie sighed in pure bliss as she patted her belly, "Only one thing would've made this more perfect." she smiled. "Hm…?" Guilmon blinked hearing her. 'Frosting! frosting goes good on everything!" Pinkie beamed before drooling, "Creamy, creamy frosting~!" she then loicked her lips a bit before giving of a small moan of satisfaction. Guilmon tilted his head to the side in confusion, "Frost..ing?" he asked, "Never heard of it." "*GASP!*You've never heard of frosting?!" Pinkie gasped dramatically. Guilmon shook his head in response. "Th..that's crazy!" Pinkie shouted as she shot up and grabbed one of guilmon's claws, "We gotta find some for you to try, fast!" "Where...there's no place to get food like that...Guilmon had to steal bread," he explained. "..You..stole bread?" Guilmon nodded his head sadly, "We never get any fresh bread we only get the old stuff." he explained. "..Investigation time!" Pinkie shouted as she dragged Guilmon out of the alley way before stopping when she got a good look at the town. It was so...colorless and lifeless(in a its not very lively way) and the other digimon she could see all looked depressed. "Digimon here always sad," Guilmon spoke up, making Pinkie look at him, "Ogremon take control of town because of Jupitermon. His group gather as much food as possible for..pro-tec-tion." "What?! But thats' crazy! Doesn't anypony smile around here?!" "...what smile?" Guilmon asked, the word seemed foreign to him. Like it was something he'd never seen or heard, "Does it have to do with happy? If so, Ogremon banned happy for being a..noy..ing." "WHAT?! What kind of person bans people from being happy?!" Pinkie exclaimed. "Ogermon." Guilmon sighed. "He mean, he gives us all the bad food, and lets his Goblinmon bully us." "Bullies?...BULLIES?!" Pinkie asked in outrage. "Yes…" Guilmon nodded sadly again. "..How long until these bullies come back, Guilmon?" 'Ano..3..30 min..utes?" "Good! We got enough time," Pinkie said as she cracked her fingers a bit, "I have a…" she started as she somehow pulled a military style hat out of no where and put it on, "Plan!" she finished with a wide smile. "Plan?" "Yes! Plan! By the time we finish my reptilian friend, those bullies won't know what hit them, cause we're about to give them the party of a lifetime..Pinkie Pie style!" she cheered as she skipped away, "Come along my trusty sidekick!" she called out as Guilmon shrugged before following after her. --- =a bit later= "Alright boys..ya know what to do?" the lead Goblinmon from before asked as he and his troops began to search the town. "Right. Find the lizard and make him pay," one groaned, "Didn't the boss buy our big lie?" "He did...but this is a matter of pride boys! Pride!" the leader shouted, "Now let's hurry and..!" "Oh boys~!" a rather excitable voice called out, making the group of Goblinmon stop and turn in the direction of the voice. "Eh? a human?" one of the Goblimon blinked as they saw a certain, excitable pinkette standing out in the open. "Boo!" she cheered out happily, "Bet you didn't expect this now, did you?" she giggled as she stuck her tongue out teasingly, the pinkette quickly turning around and smacked her rear twice in a taunting manner, "Come and catch me, buttheads~!" "B...Buttheads?!" the lead Goblinmon gawked before growling in anger, his face turning a bright red, "Get that human!" The Goblinmon fumbled around before they all ran after Pinkie, who jumped up fluttering her feet in the air. "Meep meep." she meeped before she bounced away and to the shock of the Goblinmon, it was almost impossible for them to catch up to her. "J...just what is she?!" one of the Goblinmon panted, already exhausted from trying to catch that pink haired human. "I'm Pinkie pie!" Pinkie shouted as she appeared from behind them, making them all jump up as they swore their hearts skipped a beat, "and all of you have booger green skin." "B..BOOGER?!" they shouted in outrage. "Yup! Booger!" Pinkie cheered as she appeared on top of a roof. "And with that, you are all as smart as a booger as well. Meep meep!" she cheered as she hopped along roof tops making the game of catch continue. This went on for an hour straight, the Goblinmon completely exhausted at this point as they barely managed to walk. "I don't know if I should feel sad for you booger brains." Pinkie said as she popped up behind them, but at this point they were too tired to be scared. She then poked one of the Goblinmon and the result was him falling back on another and then so on before they all fell like a row of domino to the ground, 'Oh, and by the way..look up." "Huh?" the lead Goblinmon blinked as he and his fellow goblins looked up and paled, seeing what looked like a huge water balloon hovering above them, a net separating the two. "Oh good go…" one paled before Pinkie took out a pair of scissors and cut the main cord, letting the balloon fall before it burst and let all the water out flooding them all down the street. "Bye bye~!" Pinkie waved to the fading goblins. "We'll be back you pink me-Bubgblgb!" the lead Goblinmon gagged as he got a good amount of water in his mouth, the flood dragging him and his group out of town. "Ah that was a good days work." Pinkie cheered happily. "Monster citizens of alien world do not be afraid to be happy!" Pinkie shouted out loudly. "Huh?" one of the town's citizens blink as they all began to poke out of their hiding places. "So don't worry! For I, The Pink Prankster, along with my Sidekick, the Red Trixzard, shall prank those bullies out of town! So do not fear! We shall make it okay for all of you to laugh and cry in happiness!" she declared as she pulled out a pink face mask, wide brimmed pink hat and a cape, "Come sidekick! We have work to accomplish!" "Aye!" Guilmon shouted out from a nearby alley, the 'lizard' wearing a mask and cape as well. Pinkie then hopped away as Guilmon ran after her. the two left a bunch of confused town folk, but yet deep down some part of them wanted to giggle and smile. --- Two weeks have passed since the excitable tornado known as Pinkie Pie arrived in town, and things were starting to look a bit brighter. And getting stranger by the day. She in her Pink Prankster disguise continued to prank the Goblinmon group along with the help of her trusty sidekick, the Red Trixzard. Their pranks tended to be things like dropping water balloons of impossible mass and flooding them, painting graffiti that was slowly piling on top of itself throughout the town giving it a rich variety of color, to tricking the goblins into drinking milk that was mixed with very very very spicy hot sauce. And then onto more complex tricks like rop traps that caught tens of Goblinmon at a time, and made it safe for the two to steal fresh food and give it out to the other citizens of town. There was also that one time where they blew up a building that was full of Goblinmon, but no one got hurt out of it at least in a dangerous way just a comedic one. But now we cut to the streets of town, focusing on a familiar shade of pale pink hair as said hair's owner walked down the streets. she looked in wonder at the now colorful streets and the Digimon townspeople that who didn't show it but tilted their heads down to crack small smiles. "Wow..everyone here seems a bit..happy, mama," Salamon noted as she walked next to Fluttershy. "You're right, they do seem happy," Fluttershy spoke as she looked around with a small smile. "Yea but...that can't' be right. From what I've heard, Ogremon's gang has been terrorizing this town and stealing from them for 'protection'." "Oh my," Fluttershy gasped, "I..if that's true, then what do you think happened to…?" "There she is! Get her!" a voice shouted as a pink blur shot by the shy pinkette before a small group of Goblinmon ran by, "She's not getting away this time!" "That's what you think!" the pink blur stated as the Goblinmon all came to a stop to search for her, but they all heard a sound before turning to he left to see a giant log come flying and crashing into them, sending them all flying into an alley before falling one by one into a giant dumpster. "Ow...that l.." the lead Goblinmon began before the lid was closed shut on him, "Ow!" "Hahaha!" a voice laughed as Pinkie landed on the ground and she lifted her mask up, "Ah that was the best one this week. Now how do outdo myself next time." she pondered as Guilmon walked out of the alley after putting a padlock on the dumpster so it would be a while before they got out, "Great job, partner!" she cheered as the two did a makeshift high five, "Ah nothing like yet another successfully completed prank." "Yep. Teach bullies another lesson, Pinkie piemon," Guilmon beamed. "No no Guilmon. for the last time, it's…" "P..Pinkie pie?" a soft voice spoke, one Pinkie immediately recognized, "i..s that you?" "Ah!" Pinkie cried as she turned around with a happy smile and star filled eyes, "Fluttershy!" she cried with long waterfall tears running down her cheeks as she blurred up and grabbed her friend in a tight hug, "Wah~! I missed you so much…!" she sobbed comically. "Uh...um..i-it's ok Pinkie. i..I'm ok," Fluttershy reassured, wincing a bit from the tight hug Pinkie was giving her. "*sniff*...okay…" she sniffled as she wiped her nose with a handkerchief she pulled out of her pocket. She then noticed she was not the only one to go through a transformation. "Hey look you changed too." she noted as she blurred around her. "you're not as tall as me though...why am I so big?" she pondered. "I..I'm not sure," Fluttershy replied, a little happy to have one of her friends back. She then shook her head as she got her senses together. "Pinkie, do you know where the others are?" "Hmm? No I don't. But I have a feeling Rarity and Rainbow Dash are near each other, same with Twilight and Applejack...Though I can't be to sure though, but its just a gut feeling," she pondered as she scratched her chin, "Hmm...say. Have you had a hard time getting use to this new body? I mean, having small ears and no tail makes it hard for me to tell when my Pinkie sense is going off. Plus.." she then pointed to the 'spheres' on her chest, "I'm having a bit of a hard time figuring out what these are..in fact, yours look a bit bigger then mine. Why is that?" she pondered. She then leaned forward before she rested her head in her chest. "Hm...maybe there some kind of built in pillow for other people? I mean these are really comfy." "Uh...um…" Fluttershy stuttered, a heavy blush on her face, yet she had no idea why this felt so embarrassing. "And they're really...hmm?" Pinkie blinked when she finally noticed Salamon, "*gasp!*puppy!" she called as she scooped Salamon up. "Aww~! It's so cute~!" she cooed as she held her up, "You're pwobabwy a feisty Wittle girl, aren't you?" she asked in cutesy baby talk. "..Uh..mama? Sh..she's scaring me a bit," Salamon whimpered a little. "Mama?" Pinkie blinked as she looked back at Fluttershy, "Oh this is your baby!...hmm...how does that work?" she pondered, "Is this some kind of freaky time loop thing where you were here long enough to have her while I've only been here for two weeks?!" "Um. N..no Pinkie. I...wait. two weeks?" Fluttershy blinked as she looked at Pinkie, "I..I've only been here for a few days." "Ah! So I'm the one who's been here longer!" she gasped, "Then I must share my expertise of this world with you!" she shouted excitedly as she hugged Salamon to her chest with one hand before stating in a fake wise tone, "Let teacher teach you." "Uh..n..no thank you. S..Salamon already told me everything o..on our way into town." "Oh...ok then...heh...you know what would be weird, if this little puppy turned into a kitty. I mean..that sounds a bit confusing, does it not?" (SZ A.N:..yeah. That is a bit confusing) "Puppy turning into a kitty...what kind of magic is this!" Pinkie shouted as she held Salamon up. "You are some kind of miracle puppy, because your the best of both a puppy and a kitty!" "Uh...y..yeah…" Salamon nervously sweatdropped a little when Pinkie Pie turned her attention to the device on Fluttersy's belt. "..hey!" the excitable pinkette shouted as she put Salamon down and pointed to Fluttershy's Digivice, "You got the same thing I d! Well..yours is a bit of a pale pink and gold color..but still.." "W...wait…" Fluttershy began as she took her Digivice of her belt and looked at it a bit, "Y..You have one too, Pinkie?" "Sure skippy!" she smiled as she dug around in her cape and threw various random objects like a trashcan lid, a rubber chicken, a dumbbell, a french horn, until she pulled out her own Digivice. "Ta-da~!" she smiled as she held out a much darker magenta pink colored version of Fluttershy's Digivice, "See? I got this badboy last week during one of my and Guilmon's prank attacks!" "..G..Guilmon?" "The red lizard sniffing your from behind," Pinkie pie answered, pointing behind Fluttershy to see guilmon sniffing her. Fluttershy 'eeped' as she jumped a step away more from shock of the red lizard. "He likes to sniff stuff." Pinkie smiled as Guilmon and Salamon began to sniff each other. "sometimes he's like a big scaly doggy." Pinkie smiled. "I..I see…" Fluttershy nervously noted before her stomach grumbled, making her blush in embarrassment, "U...um, Pinkie?" "Ah you're hungry," she figured as she looked in her cape again and pulled out a piece of bread. "It's not much but for the moment it's all I got on me." she explained as she held it out for her. "Th..thanks," Fluttershy nodded as she took the bread and began to eat it, "Um..wh-what was th..that about?" "Hmm?" "Th..those Goblin things chasing you and stuff." "Oh that's because I'm their bosses number one most wanted person," Pinkie explained as she pulled out a bottle of water to drink from, "Geez. I mean, so I blow up one building and I'm the worlds greatest villain for this guy. But I did it for a good cause! That meany put a ban on people being happy here!" she outraged, "Who does that?! People are suppose to be happy! You can't just not let them be happy! It the worse thing any meany can do!" "Oh..oh my!" "Yeah! And to top it off, this Jupitermon guys sent him to this town in the first place! I mean, why would he do something like that?!" "From what I've heard," Fluttershy spoke up, "This Jupitermon isn't very nice himself." "True..But we can worry about being mad at him later. Right now we need to worry on more important problems at hand." Pinkie stated. "Like...what do we do for food, that was the last bit that me and Guilmon kept for ourselves~?!" she cried out as she held her head. she clearly didn't think things out when she gave the last of their food to Fluttershy. "I..I wish I knew…" Fluttershy answered before a light bulb appeared above pinkie's head. "I GOT IT!" Pinkie shouted as she shot up, "We'll raid Ogremon's hideout and steal back all the food his lackeys 'confiscated'! And it will be all the more easier now that our little vigilante group has doubled!" "E..excuse me?" Fluttershy blinked. "Hmm..now what to call you two?" Pinkie pondered as she pulled out another pair of masks, "We can't use our real names lest our secret identities be revealed!" "But Pinkie, isn't it easy for them to find us since we are kind of the only ones that look the way we do?" Fluttershy pointed out, making Pinkie's eyes become white circles. "...Good point...Still…" Pinkie began as she slapped the two mask on Fluttershy and Salamon, "I've been meaning to find someone to put these on anyway!" she laughed happily. Fluttershy just gave an exasperated sigh in response. --- "..Tch..where are those stupid idiots?" a medium large ogre like Digimon grumbled as he lazily rested on a cave floor, piles of food next to him. He had green skin with various bone like spikes jutting out from his left shoulder and his knuckles the knuckle spikes roughed down into circular studs. He had a rather large head with a huge wide open jaw with sharp jagged teeth and fangs; the top of his head had two large bull like horns with red stripes around them near the tips. In between his horns was a long mane of grey hair. His left arm was wrapped in red bindings while his right was covered in a dark black leather arm band with studs all along the sides, he wore a pair of black leather shorts that seemed to resemble a loincloth to an extent, his shins were also covered in matching bindings to his forearms but flipped. He also had a bone club resting near him as he lazily balanced a smaller bone from a meal around on his finger. The ogre like Digimon let out a growl of anger before smashing his club on the cave floor. "Seriously! Where are those morons with my food?!" the ogre snapped as he sat up straight. "What, am I expected to get my own food!?" he roared in outrage. If anyone were here they probably be sweat dropping by now. "W'...we're..back boss…" a voice heavily panted, making the ogre turn to see the Goblinmon group slunking in. "There you idiots are! Where have you been?!" he snapped before covering where his nose should be, "and why do you smell like rotten eggs mixed with skunk juice?!" "That Pink prankster got us again," one answered. "Somehow she set up an elaborate log trap that knocked us into a trash dumpster, on trash day no less!" another explained with a sigh of defeat. "Ugh! Seriously?! That pink menace got you dumbbells again?!" the ogre growled. "Yes boss," the all gulped in perfect practiced unison. "Grr...I've had it up to hear..!" the ogre began as he reached his hand to the top of the cave..well, half way to the top of the cave, "About you idiots failing to bring me food because of a stupid little girl!" "Uh boss. Not to speak out of place but she did set up impressive traps that it would take a real Einstein to set up. Plus the time she blew up our old hide out with nothing but a tube of toothpaste and the heating system." "Shut it! Grr..that little menace has humiliated my gang for the last time!" the ogre roared as he slammed his club on the cave floor once more,"Next time I see her I'm going to end her little pranks once and for all!" he roared with utter determination, "Boys, get ready!" "Eh?" "We got a pink menace to get rid of. And we'll do it by any means necessary," the ogre stated in a dark tone. "Yes boss!" they all agreed as they the Ogre made his way past them. The Goblinmon following after him as they made their way into town. But once the last of them left the immediate area of the cave; a head of pink hair peeked out from being a wall. "Hm...good thing their bad smell made it so he couldn't find us in here," Pinkie smiled. "Uh..um.." Fluttershy's voice softly and quietly began as she, Salamon, and guilmon poked their heads out as well, "a..are you sure th-this is a good idea, Pinkie?" "A good idea?" she blinked as she took second to ponder it. "Nope...but it is a fun one." she admitted as she bounced into the cave, "Now hurry up we need to grab plenty of stuff before they get bored and come back." "R...right," Fluttershy nervously nodded as she and the two digimon followed the excitable pinkette and began to gather as much food as she could carry. "Hm...let's see…." Pinkie pondered as she looked through the food. She tossed away some of the more healthy food in favor of things that she would prefer to eat, "Maybe this one. And this one. ooh~! Definitely this one! Ma…*GASP!*" "P..Pinkie? Wh..what's wrong?" Fluttershy asked, noticing pinkie staring at what looked like cupcake shaped piece of candy that was decorated with tons of sweets. "Th..That's a Phenomnomenom…" Pinkie whispered before she began to drool, "Sweet..tasty...Phenomnomenom~" she said in an almost trance like state as the drooling began to intensify. "Pinkie...Pinkie," Fluttershy whispered quietly as she gently shook the girl, 'How can anything drool so much without dehydrating?' Guilmon just blinked, about to sniff said treat in question before Pinkie snatched it away. "Back off! Hands...er Claws off my precious!" Pinkie snapped as she jumped back in a pink blur and landed on the ground crouched. "Pinkie…" Fluttershy whimpered a little scared by this, "Could you please just eat your treat so we can go? Please?" "Precious~My sweet..tender...soft...creamy...almost god like in taste…" Pinkie whispered as she eyed the treat, "Precious Phenomnomenoms~" Just as she was about to take a bite of it, the cave wall exploded, causing the treat to fly out of her hands as it fell to the cave floor, the pinkette frozen on the spot. "My...precious…." she said slowly as her eyes became narrow in shock, "NOOOO!" she cried in sadness and anger, and a very dramatic hammy fashion as she fell to the ground, "I never even gotten to taste it~~!" Fluttershy couldn't help but worry for her friend, but at the moment, she was me worried about the giant ogre like Digimon looming over the four. "Ahh! O...Ogremon!" Salamon yelped as she hid behind Fluttershy's leg while Guilmon growled at the ogre. "I knew there was something wrong the moment the moment i entered that stupid town!" Ogremon growled as he slammed his club into the ground. "Y...You did?" Salamon asked nervously. "Yeah!..someone was going to steal my special treat for tonight!" Ogremon snapped, making everyone but Pinkie and Guilmon face fault comically. "Is it me or is he super goofy?" Salamon sweatdropped along with Fluttershy. "I..I..i'm not sure.." Fluttershy replied before giving a small 'eep' when Ogremon looked straight at her. "..pink hair..that must mean…" Ogremon began before pointing right at the shy girl, "You're that pink menace that's been pranking me and my boys for weeks!" "You're so slow, baka!" Salamon snapped a bit, "Look between the two. They both have pink hair!" she complained, "Can someone be so slow as to think the first person with pink hair is the person they're looking for!" "Shut it, ya mutt!" Ogremon growled, "Your owner's been terrorizing me for a while..and i intend to put a stop to it!" he snarled as he raised his club up, "Bone Cudgel!" "Ah!" Fluttershy and Salamon cried as they dodged the attack as Ogermon's club was now imbedded in the cave floor. He tried to pull his club back out but...it was stuck. "Huh? Ah...wait a minute...I can get this…." he grunted as he began pulling. "Uh..mama? Now's a good time for me to Digivolve!" Salamon quickly shouted. "Right...ah…" Fluttershy said as she pulled out the Digivice. But at the moment she couldn't recall how to do it with the fear of almost getting crushed overwhelming her. "ha! Got it!" Ogremon beamed as he managed to pull his club out, "Now too…" "Pyro Sphere!" "Pyro wh-?" ogremon began before a fireball hit him straight in the face, "Gah!" Guilmon growled as the flames died down around his mouth. "Ah so it was you gecko." Ogermon growled as he raised his club at him. "Don't think you'll get me again this time I'm ready!" Guilmon growled as he jumped over a swipe of Ogermon's club before he landed on the club. "Pyro Sphere!" he shouted again shooting another fireball into his face. "gah! I'm blind! Oh it's like walking in on a MetalEtemon in the shower!" Ogremon cried out as he held his face in pain, "Wait a sec..MetalEtemon are technically always naked..gah!" he cried as he put his hands to his eyes, "Now I know I'm blind!" he cried as Guilmon got into a defensive stance. "Rock Breaker!" Guilmon roared as he charged, raising one of his claws in a slashing motion. In his blindness, Ogremon took a step to the right, causing guilmon to miss as he slashed on the cave wall, breaking a part of it off. "Gah...get the image out of my head!" Ogremon complained as he rubbed his eyes as his vision slowly returned to him. "Hey, I can see again...what's that red thing coming at my face?" he asked before Guilmon jumped on his face digging his claws into his face and biting the top of his head, "AH! Get it off! Get it off! Get it off!" he cried as he flailed his arms around. "B...be careful, Guilmon!" Fluttershy called out to the lizard like Digimon, who seemed to be ignoring her at the moment. Ogremon then stumbled back into a wall before Guilmon used whatever force he could to spin Ogremon around and made him trip on his own feet to the ground. "Gah!" Ogremon grunted in pain as guilmon leapt off his face, "Grr…." he growled as he stood up, "That's it! Pummel Whack!" he roared as he swung his club low, hitting Guilmon as he sent him flying all the way into another wall in the cave, "Hehehe! Home run!" he cheered. "Guilmon!" Fluttershy gasped as she and Salamon ran to check on the digimon, Pinkie still frozen on the spot as she looked at what used to be the Phenomnomenom. "Now...huh? Ah I missed one!" Ogremon shouted as he saw Pinkie. "Hey. What's wrong with this one?" he asked as he look at what she was. "..." "Hey uh..darker pink haired one! What's wrong with you?" Ogremon asked before blinking when he saw pinkie's hair 'deflate'. "You...you killed it…" Pinkie whispered. "Killed what?" Ogremon asked in confusion. "My Phenomnomenom..my precious…" Pinkie whispered as her hair went completely straight, a bang hiding one of her eyes as she began to growl, "You...killed...my...precious!" "Uh…" Ogremon blinked a few times seeing this as Fluttershy and Salamon didn't pay this an attention as they checked on the unconscious Guilmon. "G...Guilmon, Are you ok?" Fluttershy asked as she shook the digimon a bit before his eyes shot open. "Grr…" Guilmon growled as he quickly shot up, "Guilmon very mad." "G..Guilmon?" "Guilmon.." "WAAGH! GET HER OFF! GET HER OFF!" they heard, seeing Ogremon flailing around. "P..Pinkie?!" Fluttershy gasped, seeing the normally excitable pinkett scratching and biting Ogremon's face. "Ah twice in one day!" he shouted as he grabbed Pinkie and pulled her off his face. "I've had enough of the attacking my face! This is my money maker! Don't screw it up you pesky rats!" he shouted in outrage as he tossed Pinkie at her friends sending them all rolling over across the ground. "You know what I've had enough…" pinkie began as she stood up, "I've had enough..of an arrogant, smug, dumb jerk who thinks being happy is annoying!" "It is annoying! All those toothy grins? I dont' want to see anyone's nasty teeth! And besides, Lord Jupitermon sent me to that town so he can make sure everyone doesn't' try go against his justice or whatever!" "You don't even care about you own master's rules don't you?" Fluttershy said flatly as she was at the bottom of the heap. "Heck no! I play by my own rules! If I go into a town, I have them pay me protection by having them give me every single piece of food they have! I'd have my own personal grocery store, and my idiotic minions go and pick it all up!" he laughed happily, "And what do I care if other people don't have enough, it's my job to keep them broken so the boss doesn't have a complaint against me." Fluttershy couldn't help but frown at that as salamon and guilmon growled at the ogre. Pinkie on the other hand… "...That's why?..That's why you're doing that?" the pinkette frowned dangerously. "Yes. It's why I do it. I mean, I don't care about this justice of Jupitermon's, but I may as well get some profit from working for him!" Pinkie frowned as she pulled out her Digivice, clutching it as it began to glow a bit while Guilmon growled dangerously at Ogremon. "So you tormented all those town people and made them practically slaves just because you could….?" she growled out angrily. "Huh?" Ogremon blinked as a faint aura surrounded Pinkie, the glare on her face promising one thing...death. "You are just the worst," she frowned as Guilmon walked up next to her, "like Fluttershy..I try to see the good in everybody I meet..but you...you're just a huge, nasty, ultra infinity mean, gigantic monster jerk!" she shouted in rage . "P..Pinkie...you're starting to scare me…" Fluttershy whimpered as Salamon hid behind her, shaking like a leaf. "I won't forgive you for all the things you've done to Guilmon and all his friends!" Pinkie added, the Digivice in her hand now giving off a bright glow as Guilmon let out a rising roar. --- =GUILMON-SHINKA!= Guilmon's form began to change as he was engulfed in a dome of light. After a while, the dome shattered, revealing his new form. His body was now much larger as he developed black bands around his arms and thighs as well as his tail with yellow writing along them. His arms also grew a pair of spike like blades along the sides his white claws developed black tips as well, his tail grew out as it took on a black tip. His ears turned into large spikes as messy white hair grew from the top of his head. "Growlmon!" he roared as he swung his tail at the screen before glaring forward, snorting a bit as flames escaped from his nostrils. --- Growlmon roared loudly his roar shaking the ground as Ogremon was sent tumbling back while Fluttershy covered her ears from the roar. "A..ahh….G..giant dragon!" Ogremon screamed, making Fluttershy's eyes widen in fear upon mentioning the last word. "D...d...Dragon?" "He's not a dragon, he's a dinosaur! Get it right!" Pinkie complained, "Does he have wings? No!..but regardless..Growlmon..." she began before a near dark grin grew on her face, "tear him to shreds." Growlmon roared in compliance as he charged forward and raised his arm. "Plasma Blade!" he roared as the spike on the side of his arm began glowing bright crackling red as he slashed it at Ogremon who tried to blocked with his claw only for it to be cut in half and leave a nasty glowing cut across his chest sending him flying back. "G..GAHH!" Ogremon cried out in pain as he held the stub where his arm used to be. Growlmon didn't stop there as he charged again and bite his fangs into his shoulder and then charged before crashing the Ogre through the cave wall and outside before he picked him up and tossed him across the ground kicking up dirt as he did. "K..Keep away! Pummel..!" "Pyro Blaster!" Growlmon roared as he opened his mouth and unleashed a thunderous burst of flames from his jaw that swallowed up Ogremon before crashing into the side of the caves last wall before he was sent flying through the now melted hole in it and outside into the daylight. "*cough! Cough* That...hurt..." Ogremon winced greatly before paling when he saw Growlmon and Pinkie..or by this point, Pinkamena, stood at the entrance, the latter having a near sadistic grin on her face. "Now now. No need to act so tough. We know it hurts," she grinned, "Growlmon...finish it." she ordered as Growlmon roared again. "P..Pinkie, stop!" Fluttershy called out as she ran to her friend and tried to snap her out of it, "St..stop this please! H..he's already beaten!" she begged. She's never seen this side of Pinkie before, and it terrified her greatly, even more than dragons. She shook Pinkie back and forth before she flinched and raised one of her arms up. "I'm sorry…." she said as she slapped Pinkie across the face. "...Fluttershy…" Pinkie whispered as she slowly looked at her friend, "Wh...why did you hit me?" "Cause you're not acting like yourself." she reasoned, "Y...you were really starting to scare me…" "Sc...scare?" Pinkie asked with wide eyes, "Wh..what did I…?" "l..look what you had Growlmon do…" Fluttershy said as she pointed to Ogremon and Growlmon, the latter having stopped his attack to glance over at the two. He also developed a slightly worried look on his eyes. He didn't mind attacking on her orders, but the way Pinkie was acting still made him worry. "I….I made him do that?" Pinkie asked in actual shock. "Yes...you even told him to….to end it." Fluttershy was able to finish. "Oh..oh Celestia...I...I…" Pinkie couldn't finish as she fell to her knees, holding her head as her body shook. She never even remembered doing it..and it scared her greatly. "Pinkie it's okay," Fluttershy assured, "you're not acting like that anymore." "No...no. It's not ok! I...I nearly killed someone out of cold blood! I...i…." Pinkie whimpered as she began to sob quietly to herself. Growlmon then walked up to her as he began to nuzzle her cheek with his nose to help comfort her. "It's okay," Growlmon reassured as he reverted back to Guilmon, "We stop meanie still, so everybody in town can be happy again. So Pinkie Pie no longer cry," he added having finally gotten her name right. "...*sniffles*Y...y..you're right," Pinkie sniffled as she stood up and began to walk towards the downed Ogremon. "Ahh! St..stay back!" Ogremon whimpered. "..Pinkie Promise." "Huh?" "I want you to Pinkie Promise me that you won't treat the digimon living in that town like trash anymore…" "..I..I promise but..w...what's a Pinkie Promise?" Ogremon was almost too afraid to ask, but now knowing made it even scarier for him, "If I may ask…?" "It's a promise you make sure to keep onto, and it goes like this. 'Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye,'" Pinkie recited. "And remember you never ever ever ever EVER break a Pinkie Promise." she reminded, "Understand?" "Y..yes ma'am!" "Then say it!" "Cross-my-heart-hope-to-fly-stick-a-cupcake-in-my-eye!" Ogremon quickly recited, " I Ogremon promise to not treat the Digimon in town like trash anymore!" "Good!" Pinkie said as she shot up, "And remember, if you don't keep your Pinkie promise, me and Growlmon will come find ya, "she said as Guilmon growled for emphasis, "And trust me, Pinkie will know if you break a Pinkie Promise." "R..right!" "Good. Now...since we stopped you…" Pinkie began before her hair became poofy once more, "This calls for a party!" she cheered as Guilmon nodded in agreement. Pinkie then jumped onto his back. "Party Dinosaur tally-ho!" "Party!" Guilmon cheered as he quickly ran back into town. "p..Pinkie pie, wait!" Fluttershy shouted as she and salamon ran after the two, leaving a very confused ogremon by himself. "I...I...ah nevermind…" he sighed as he passed out on the ground, swirls replacing his eyes. --- "Whoohoho!" Pinkie beamed as she threw a huge party in the town, the piles of food that were once in Ogremon's cave now returned to its rightful owners, "Victory party!" "Ah Pinkie's back to normal," Fluttershy sighed happily seeing her friend back to her regular exuberant and excitable personality. "Well I suppose we can always worry about things later." she smiled as she held Salamon in her arms. "Yeah...but what about your friends mama? Aren't you worried about them still?" Salamon asked. "Yes I am...but I can worry just a little bit less now that I've found one of them," she smiled. "And I know we'll find them. Eventually…" she sighed as she saw Pinkie dancing around with a bunch of Digimon, Guilmon amongst the crowd. "Y...yea…" Salamon nodded as she looked up at the night sky. --- Meanwhile, back in Jupitermon location, the so called 'king' couldn't help but frown as he could tell yet another of his so called soldiers had failed in suppressing another human. He growled angrily as thunder and lightning fell around him. "Yet another failure….these humans have been a real pain to me," he frowned, "How are they able to destroy some of my soldiers so easily?! Just who..." he began as he rose up from his throne and destroyed a nearby pillar, "Just who are these humans anyway?!" "I believe I know, milord," a voice spoke, making Jupitermon look to see a human sized cloak figure emerge from the shadows, "But..to make sure, we should keep a closer eye on these six individuals." "..You speak as if you possibly know them," Jupitermon stated as he sat back down. "I might, but I could be wrong," the figure spoke, "But thats it not entirely important now is it?" she stated obviously, "What matters is taking care of them before they can be more of a problem now isn't it?" "..True…" Jupitermon noted as he stood up, "I think it's time I gathered my generals...while I do that, keep an eye on those six for me." "Of course, milord," the figure bowed as jupitermon disappeared in a flash of thunder. Once he left, the figure looked into the sphere that was in Jupitermon's hand and looked at the humanized Mane 6 from their separate locations before the figure had the sphere 'zoom in' on Twilight specifically, "I do not know how you got here..and if it truly is you, but i assure you Sparkle…my vengeance shall be swift and just." > Ballroom blitz > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "...Sheesh, what's with this place?" Huckmon blinked a bit as he, RD, Noir, and Blanc walked through a rather fancy lookingcity, the buildings having a near medieval feel to them, "It's like something out the dreamland of a super stiff." the digimon added with a slight tone of disgust in his voice. "I know...even the Digimon here look stuck up," RD added as she saw a pair of fancy looking Digimon walk by. "We must have taken a wrong turn somewhere," Huckmon added, "This has got to be some mistake with the universe. right? Someone as great as me doesn't fit into a boring place like this!?" "Calm down, Huckmon. Blanc's looking this place up right now," Noir stated as the smaller of the two Nun-like Digimon was looking through a guidebook/map of sort. "Ahh! Here it is!" Blanc spoek up, catching the three's attention, "This place is Royal city, home to Princemamemon an…" "Snk! I'm sorry, but what did you just say?" RD snickered along with Huckmon. "...Princemamemon a…" Blanc began before Rainbow Dash and Huckmon began to crack up. "Wh...what kind of name is that?!" RD laughed. "Hahahaha! I feel so sorry for this Digimon...ah man! What kind of name is 'Princemamemon'?!" Huckmon cackled, rolling on the floor. "It says here he's the ruler of this place," Blanc spoke up, still looking through the map/guidebook, "He must be someone important to rule a place like this." "Yeah…" Huckmon began, still snickering as he flipped back to his feet, "Haha...but I just...I just can't take a guy like that with that type of name seriously." "Regardless, we need to find someone to give us directions to the next city," Noir spoke up before looking at Rainbow Dash, who had just gotten up, "And find out any info on your friends." "Right, right," RD and Huckmon sighed in exasperation unison. In their short travels together, they had learned that two had a similar approach to things they didn't care for. They acted like little kids. "Well...who in this place could give us directions?" Rainbow asked as she looked around, "Hey you!" she suddenly shouted pointing to someone. "Hmm?" a fancy looking, humanoid flower like Digimon blinked a bit as she turned her attention to the tomboy, "Yes?" Rainbow cleared her throat, before speaking "Do you know where the nearest town is? We need to get there as quick as possible." "...No…" the flower huffed as she began to walk away, "I don't speak to someone who wears such ugly clothing." "Ugly?" Rainbow asked as she looked her cloths over, "These look okay to me...I think?" she said out loud, not wearing clothes as often as real humans actually did since she had no real frame of reference. "I think they look ok," Huckmon commented,"...though, they could be about 10 ,maybe 20% cooler." "Ah, what do you know? You don't even wear cloths!" Rainbow argued. "I still know more than you ever will!" Huckmon argued before the two huffed and turned away from each other. "Ugh...not this again," Noir facepalmed. "Don't worry, Noir-neechan. I'm sure they'll make up in no time," Blanc assured. "True, they do have a sibling like routine already set up." Noir nodded in agreement. "Anyway, how do we ask these snooty jerks for directions, let alone anything if they snuff us for how I'm dressed?" Rainbow asked as she cooled down. "Hmm...oh!" Blanc gasped, "Maybe if we find a someone who knows about clothes, we can disguise ourselves and blend in!" "Disguise?" Huckmon blinked. "...Blend...in?" Rainbow asked as she looked at how well and fancily dressed everyone is, she then shuddered in fear and disdain, "Sorry but no." "Huh?" "I don't do fancy," RD huffed, "Besides, where are we gonna find someone who knows about clothes?" --- "Achoo!" Rarity sneezed a bit, her and YukiRenamon within the same town RD's group was in, "...Well that was rather odd." "What?" YukiRenamon asked, walking beside Rarity. "Are you falling ill?" "I hope not," Rarity replied before looking around the place a bit, "Where are we anyway? Not that I mind the look, but still…" "This is Royal city," YukiRenamon answered quickly. "It is one of the more...what's the word...proper cities we are likely to come across." "I see…" "Yes. This place is ruled by PrinceMamemon a.." YukiRenamon began before rarity froze up. "Prince...did you say…;prince;?" the former unicorn asked. "His name is PrinceMamemon...yes," YukiRenamon replied with a nod. "..We must see him." "Eh?" the snow vixen blinked before blinking once more as Rarity suddenly gained a lovestruck look on her face, "...Rarity?" she asked in both concern and...fear, "Are you perchance a...romantic type?" Rarity didn't' seem to be paying attention as she was busy day dreaming. She didn't know what PrinceMamemon looked like, but she imagined he looked handsome, charming, fit, all the qualities a prince should have..unlike that other prince she once had a crush on, Prince Blue Blood. "Rarity...Rarity?" YukiRenamon continued asking as she waved her arms before her face, "I don't think I'll be able to get her to move anytime soon…" "I'm serious, Blanc! There's no way in Tartarus am I wearing anything fancy or stuck up!" the voice of a certain tomboy snapped. Said voice however was able to snap Rarity out of her dream like state. she shook her head before she turned to see said Tomboy ranting to a white dressed girl while a girl dressed in black and a small dragon like creature just watched with sweat dripping down the sides of their heads. 'Wait..it can't be...' the designer thought before speaking up, "Rainbow Dash?" RD stopped in her ranting when she heard the familiar voice, the tomboy turning her head to see her, "..Rarity? is..that you?" "Rainbow, Do you know that chick?" Huckmon asked as he poked his head into the scene. "..I do but..just to make sure…" RD paused, "Hey Rares..i heard somepony calling your dresses tacky." "T...Tacky?! Why I never! Who is this rude pony that calls my beautiful dresses tacky?!" "Yeah, that's her," RD chuckled, "No pony honestly, I just need to be sure you where you." she replied back. "Hmph! Well you shouldn't have said something like that, Rainbow Dash," Rarity huffed as she turned her head to the left, crossing her arms a bit. "Sorry, sorry," she grinned as she scratched the back of her head, she then noticed YukiRenamon, "Hm..that a new friend of yours?" "..Why yes," Rarity nodded, having calmed down as she motioned to the snow vixen, "This is YukiRenamon, my partner if you will." "Partner?...Snk! didn't know you swung th.." "Don't you dare finish that, Rainbow Dash!" Rarity barked, blushing a bright red. "Yeesh, come on. It's just a jokem" she replied back with a weak smile, she then bent down and picked up Huckmon, "Well in that case, this is my partner, Huckmon." she introduced, "And this is Blanc and Noir," she motioned to the two behind her. "Greetings/Hi," Noir and Blanc greeted, the black nun nodding a bit while the white one waved. "Oi! Put me down!" Huckmon complained before getting free of RD's arms. "I told you I don't like being picked up!" "Sorry..yeesh," RD grumbled a bit before looking back at Rarity, "So..what brings you here?" "Well we came into town to see if we could get a lead to find you and the others." Rarity explained, "But I honestly didn't expect to well...run into you this soon." "Same here," Rainbow Dash admitted, "We're also trying to find any directions to the next town, but…" she paused as she began to growl a bit in annoyance, "But these jerks won't even give us any directions because of what i'm wearing!" "We keep telling you if you try and blend in, things would go more smoothly." "No way! I keep telling you I don't do fancy!" Rainbow Dash argued. "Ano, Rarity was it?" Huckmon asked. "Hmm? Yes?" Rarity asked, looking at the small, dragon digimon. "How did you and your other friends put up with this?" he asked bluntly as he pointed to RD with his tail. "We've managed," Rarity answered before what RD said registered in her head, "Hold on...didn't you wear a few…" "That was for a few occasions. one being the Grand Galloping gala so i could meet the wonder Bolts, two being for that wedding, and three for Twilight's Coronation," Rainbow dash countered. "Those and only similar situations are the only way I'll break that rule, but other then that I don't do Fancy!" "Well I'm tired of having to be stuck in this city," Huckmon sighed. "Besides, if you don't want to put on a dress, then why not dress up like a dude? I mean your body doesn't scream femininity." "...What do you mean?" Rainbow dash frowned as she glared at the dragon. "Well...when I compare you to your friend…" Huckmon said as he put Rainbow and Rarity side by side, an arrow then formed beside Rainbow that went straight up, while the arrow that formed next to Rarity had curves that matched her own, "She's a lot more..feminine and curvy compared to you...especially around the chest area." "You…!" RD began before she looked at Rarity, mainly her chest before looking back at hers. "And my point is proven," Huckmon grinned proudly before RD began growling at him as she was ready to strangle the dragon like Digimon. "...UGH!" the tomboy growled in annoyance as she bent to the ground, a small, depressing aura around her, "Darn it…" "She's...depressed?!" Almost everyone present said in shock at this outcome. "...Know what…" RD spoke up as she got up and turned, "I don't need any freakin big..uh..orb things on my chest! Besides, they'd probably slow me down if I had my wings still." "Well that was a quick recovery," Noir sweatdropped. "Well guess she still is the fastest thing I know," Rarity replied with a slight smile at how quickly Rainbow went from depressed to her default nature, "..Oh! that reminds me, YukiRenamon, let us be off. We still need to head into that castle." "Huh? Why...oh no.." Rainbow Dash facepalmed, "Don't tell you're going to see...snrk. PreinceMamemon..are you?" "Snrk…" Huckmon started to laugh but he covered his mouth with his front claws, keeping it inside. "And what is wrong with that?" Rarity frowned. "Rares...I don't think that'll be a good Idea. Besides, this guy might be another prince Blu…" RD began before feeling a strong killing intent coming from Rarity. "Don't….mention...his...name…" Rarity growled, her voice distorted for a moment. "R….right…" Rainbow Dash sweatdropped as she shrunk down to deformed size as she looked up at Rarity, "Mums the word." "Good," Rarity huffed, he voice back to normal. "Wh...what was that?!" Huckmon exclaimed as he and Blanc hid behind Noir, both nuns holding up a cross towards Rarity. "New to me," YukiRenamon shrugged, not even phased by what just happened. In truth..she had a feeling it was Rarity's 'other self' that popped up for a moment there, but...this just felt like ones regular killer intent when something you really don't want to talk about comes up. "m...maybe w...we can make this work…" Blanc spoke up, catching everyone's attention as she and Huckmon left the safety of Noir's back, "R...Rarity wants to head into the castle, and we need information and directions." "No no no no no no, NO!" Rainbow argued as she put the dots together, "I am not going to some snooty castle just so Rarity can meet some prince dude with a comedic name!" she snapped as Huckmon began to snicker to himself, "So count me out!" "But Rainbow, we…" "Nuh uh! No way! You're not going to get me in a stupid, fancy…!" --- "Dress…" the tomboy grumbled, wearing a dress that was a dark blue in color and appeared to be strapless but had a yellow pendant in the front of her chest that had a light blue halter strap around the back of her neck before it billows out into a strip of cloth over the front of her dress and her sides. Her hair was pulled back into a ponytail while she had her bangs combed around the right side of her face while she had two braids along the sides of her head framing her face made up of the orange and yellow colored locks of her hair. "You caved in surprisingly easily," Huckmon noted, sitting in a dog like manner next to her as the two were within the main hall within the castle. "Don't remind me," Rainbow dash frowned, "...And where the heck is Rarity, Blanc, Noir, and Yukireanmon?!" "Heck if I know…" Huckmon shrugged before noticing four figures walking up, "..Speak of whom…" he began before he spotted them and let his jaw drop disproportionately to the floor. Rarity was wearing a black dress that was slim and form fitting, perhaps too form fitting around certain curves, it had two straps that went over her shoulders and were covered in white beads, and connected to front of her gown by two blue diamond like pendants. Her hair was pulled back into a loose bun with a fan like clip keeping it bound, she the bangs of her hair swept over the right side of her face while she had a lock of hair framing the left with a diamond like hair clip set just above her left ear. YukiRenamon was wearing a kimono that was a soft ice blue while Blanc and Noir wore a dress that was similar to Rarity's, Blanc's being a soft white while Noir's was a deep midnight black. "Huckmon...you'll catch flies like that." Rainbow chided as she bonked him on the head making him return to normal. "Right right…" Huckmon grumbled, rubbing his head a bit. "I'm rather surprised Rarity-san was able to make these so quick," Blanc noted as she looked at her dress a bit. "Well it's not that surprising. This is her job back home," Rainbow replied as she stood back up. "Eh? really?" "Yup," Rainbow replied as she put her hands behind her head, "She has to be one of the best I know. But doesn't change the fact this isn't my style." "I see...Rarity-san, did you…?" Blanc began before blinking when she noticed Rarity was daydreaming again, "..Rarity-san?" "...Something tells me she's daydreaming about what the prince looks like..again," YukiRenamon spoke, sweat dropping a bit. "Seriously…" Rainbow sighed as she walked up to her. "Rares wake up!" she shouted as she started shaking her rather roughly. "This is not the time to daydream!" "huh? Wha…?" Rarity blinked a bit, snapping out of it, "what happened?" "You were daydreaming on what the prince looked like!" "You do realize he may not even be human like?" Huckmon added. "...a girl can dream...can't she?" "Ugh…" RD facepalmed before a fanfare was heard. "Well this looks like the moment of truth," Noir said as they(along with the rest of the Digimon within the room* all turned to the origin of the fanfare. "Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, his royal majesty! the golden prince himself, PrinceMamemon!" a Goblimon(?) in armor declared as he and a few more motioned to the doorway. The Door then opened up and almost instantly Rainbow Dash and Huckmon had to cover their mouths to hold the fits of hysteria in. Because the figure standing there was a yellow sphere with arms and legs, said limbs clothed in blue sleeves, with white gloves and black dress boots adorning the ends, his shoulders had golden yellow epaulettes, that kept a red cape attached to his back, said cape had a white interior with a cur lined collar that stuck up, it also had a gold crown on top of his head, but his face just made Rainbow Dash and Huckmon's attempts to hold in the laughs all the more harder, he had two large eyes with thick eyebrows and spiral marks on what appeared to be his cheeks and a cleft lip as he flashed a smile his teeth having a glint as he did. "...Rarity, he's a improvement over blueblood!" RD laughed. Rarity didn't respond as she gawked, her eyes blank while her mouth was a gape. Her...her vision of what the prince looked like..shattered. She felt like she had turned to stone right on the spot. "...Think we would've saved her a lot of trouble if we told her what Mamemons look like?" Blanc whispered to Noir. "Probably best she figured it out this way." YukiRenamon said having heard them. "I'm sorry…" Huckmon said getting everyone's attention before he fell to his back laughing hysterically, "Bwahahahahahahahah! Oh my god...Bwahahaha!" he went on as he rolled across the floor flailing his legs about. "..Who dares to laugh within my presence?!" "..." RD blinked for a few moments before she began to laugh hysterically as well, 'Th..that voice! S..so high pitched!' "Uh...they have mental problems?" Noir tried to argue, she herself trying not to giggle. "I'm not sure…" YukiRenamon sighed, rubbing the bridge of her nose a bit. "...Hpmh! whatever," the prince scoffed before clearing his throat, "Greetings, peasants! It is I, PrinceMamemon! You all should be lucky to see me within your vision!" "Ahaha...hah…" Rainbow sighed as she finally got over her laughing fit, "Ah oh man, this is just adding fuel to the flames ain't it, Rares?" she chuckled poking Rarity with her elbow. "Ah...ahh…." Rarity whined quietly, her mouth still agap. "He's got just as much of an ego as 'you-know-who,' don't he?" she added with another chuckle, "Ah but in all seriousness, we've shattered your hopes and dreams so can we get directions now." "...r...ri…" "What is this meaning of this?!" The group(including rarity once she snapped out of it) turned to see PrinceMamemon givign a death glare to a small, chef like Digimon. "What is this..this..garbage you dare to bring into my castle?!" the prince demanded as he held a burger and pressed it against the chefs face. "Uh...a burger…" the chef replied nervously.While the figure himself was not very imposing, he still held a position of power. "I know that! How dare you bring hick food here! Guards!" PrinceMamemon shouted, "Send this fool to the dungeon! It is my pet's feeding time anyways!" "Hey wow-wow!" Rainbow shouted in angered shock, "He can't just do that over something so stupid!" "Agreed! I've seen and done my share of stupid! And that takes the cake!" Huckmon added in equal outrage, in truth he found the burgers quite good. "That's how things are around here," a voice spoke, catching the group's attention to see a small, plant like Digimon in a maid outfit. "..What do you mean?" Rarity couldn't help but ask. "Ever since he gained control of the throne, PrinceMamemon has done anything he wanted without any comeuppance…" the maid sighed, It is even worse since he made a deal with Jupitermon..in exchange for not touching Royal Town...PrinceMamemon can treat anyone anyway he wants..especially with that new pet of his." "Pet?" YukiRenamon asked, that part being what bothered her the most at the moment. "Devidramon..a rather nasty demonic dragon," the maid repleid before gulping, "The prince's father had him sealed away...until the prince let him out with Jupitermon's help." "What?!" they all gasped in unison. "Kono…" Huckmon growled in anger as he sent a glare to the prince, "I got a few choice words for him. And by that, I mean I'm going to mess that goofy face of his up!" "Save some for me, Huckmon," Rainbow Dash growled, cracking her knuckles as she was ready to knock that prince's lights out. "No promises…" Huckmon frowned as he bent down ready to pounce but both he and Rainbow were grabbed by YukiRenamon, who dragged them away from before they could start a scene, "Hey! What's the big idea?!" "I was stopping you from doing something really stupid." the snow vixen relied as she kept dragging them till the entire group where in an empty hall she then chucked the two to the ground making them fall in a comedic heap. "What do you mean?! That jerk had no right to…!" Rainbow Dash began. "It is unwise to cause a scene with so many guards about...and second, PrinceMamemon is a Mega level," the snow vixen explained. "...Mega...wha?" the tomboy blinked. "It means he's more evolved than us, you know power wise." Huckmon replied simply as if that where all there was to it. "..." "...ugh, let me explain," Noir spoke up, "There's six levels a Digimon can have. Baby, In-Training, Rookie, Champion, Ultimate, and Mega, the last one being the strongest level a Digimon can obtain." "So what that dork is stronger than all of you?!" Rainbow Dash asked in shock. "Yeah. And just to inform you, there's a level beyond Mega we call Super Ultimate. Thankfully, that prince is incapable of obtaining a status like that." "Alright then...so then what do we do to get him for being a jerk?" "Power is one thing. Knowing how to use it is another." Blanc informed, "Just because he is a higher level it does not make him all powerful, in fact even the rare no level Digimon can surpass even Mega levels such as the Royal Knights...if they train hard enough." "Wow really?" Rainbow Dash asked before she grabbed Huckmon and lifted him up. "Does that mean you could do something like that?" "Beats me...I barely understand it much myself…" he admitted. "Umm...excuse me.." a servant digimon a cutemon asked the gang, "But I could not help but overhear are you a Huckmon?" "Hmm...why yes I am...is...are...whatever you get the point it's a yes." Huckmon nodded shaking his own self induced confusion off. "At long last! Please, overthrow Princemamemon!" "Huh?!" they all gawked. "I mean, you are a Huckmon...hai?" "Uh..I am. But..what does…?" "Hey, what's so special about this guy already?" Rainbow asked as she held Huckmon up. "Huckmon is the legendary savior of the digital world Gankoomon-sama spread word that when injustice is around Huckmon will be there to weed out the evil and unruly." "Eh?!" The girls of the gang all gawked as they looked at the Dragon like Digimon Rainbow was holding like a puppy dog. "Wait this guy?" Rainbow Dash asked getting a nod in response as she turned Huckmon to face her. "Why didn't you tell me about this!?" "I didn't even know!" Huckmon argued in equal shock. "Yes even your nickname strikes fear in even the mighty Jupitermon." "Nickname?" "Royal 13." "Hey! How come no one told me I had an awesome numbered nickname!?" Huckmon shouted, making some of the girls sweatdrop that this was what made him outraged. "That's what registers the most with you?" YukiRenamon asked as she leaned in with the others for them to all stare at the dragon like digimon. "Well I already knew I was great, I just had no clue I was this famous." he shrugged. "I believe you're looking for Infamous given how the world seems to be at the moment." Rarity corrected. "Still got famous in it!" Huckmon smiled. "My, it's almost like talking to a male version of you Rainbow." Rarity added. "Wait wait...something just occured to me...if Jupitermon fears you...won't he be looking for you?" YukiRenamon asked Huckmon. "Ah…." Huckmon began to think about it for a second before his eyes became blank. "Oh come on you choose now to shut up?!" Noir and Rainbow shouted as they both began to shake and choke Huckmon. "Gah! Mercy mercy!" "Who dares makes a ruckus in my presence!?" Everyone stopped what they were doing for a second and looked up to see the Prince, but they just ignored him and went back to torturing Huckmon. "Don't you ignore me!" Princemamemon barked, his eyes blank and teeth shark like. "Shut up!" Rainbow Dash shouted her head tripling in size actually sending him back with the sheer volume of her voice. "Gah! H..how dare you bark at me! Guards!" Within a second, the girls and Huckmon were surrounded by a large group of guards. "Seize them, and send them to the dungeon!" "Crud!" Rainbow shouted as they all took a step back finally letting Huckmon into full view. "Oh thank god I'm free all I could smell was perfume, I thought my nose was going to burns itself off!" Huckmon stated dramatically as he shook his head. "Less talk, more fight, now!" "Huh?" Huckmon blinked before he looked at the guards, "Ah so you guys want to party with me, alright I'll warn you here and now I prefer the wild life!" he said as he crouched down he then jumped before he crashed into the first guard sending him stumbling down, he then pushed off with his front legs before he aimed his tail at another group of them, "Ikuze!" he shouted as it began to spin like a drill, he then crashed into them sending the guards all flying away making a path through them. "Whoo! Go Huckm-!" RD began before a guard tried to grab her, making her duck as she headbutted the guard from behind, "Nice try, buddy!" "Fif Slash!" Huckmon roared as he slashed his front claws sending even more of the guards flying away several of them PrinceMamemon. He then charged before he tackled into another guard before using him as a stepping stone to jump into the air over more of the guards. "Baby Flame!" he shouted unleashing a stream of fire on them the heat knocking them all out. "Now that was hot." He chuckled as he used his tail to trip another guard sending him tumbling into a second guard knocking them both out. "Its almost like I don't even have to try." he added as he performed a backflip using his tail to smack another guard as if with an uppercut sending him flying back. "You know I feel bad for you guys. Tell you what; I'll turn around and you all gang up on me." Huckmon offered as he turned around and wagged his tail, "Come on~! Once in a life time offer right here." he added as several guards took this chance only for Huckmon to straight his tail out, "Teen Ram!" he called out as he shot back as his tail spun like a drill and his attack drove through the hoard of guards who tried to gang up on him. "Okay...so maybe I lied." he chuckled as most of the guards had been decimated. "You….you...you decimated all my guards!" PrinceMamemon gawked. "Well duh!" Huckmon replied as he faced the prince. "They all stink at fighting! I bet the only thing they've done for you is throw poor innocent people in the dungeon." he said with a growl to his voice. "..You...you….you cur!" Princemamemon growled, his entire body turning a deep, angry red. "Why thank you!" Huckmon said proudly, "I am the cur among curs!" he said dramatically as he stood on his back legs. "Now fight me!" he said as he began charging at the prince who got on his knees crying? Huckmon immediately pushed his legs forward stopping his charge. "Wait...are you seriously crying?" he asked. "Please don't hurt me!" "Hurt you….?" He asked with a twitch to his eye, "Kono…" he growled before he spun on his legs and whipped his tail hitting the prince sending him into the wall. "You should be ashamed to be the level you are and fall to your hands and knees so easily!" he stated in outrage. "And worse you ask me for mercy when you have done so many awful things to innocent Digimon just because they upset you!" he went on, "Baby Flame!" he roared shooting flames at the prince. "...heh…" PrinceMamemon smirked underneath his facade, "Smily Warhead!" "Smily wh…?" --- "Uh…" Huckmon groaned a bit, his eyes replaced with swirls as he and the girls were bounded in chains. "How could you lose to a wimp like him?!" RD exclaimed. "He got me by surprise! okay?!" Huckmon argued. "How the heck was I to expect that!?" "Clearly we were too soft with you on your training," Noir frowned, "You're getting ten times the dose." "Aw come on~!" Huckmon complained worming around in the chains that kept him from moving. "Silence!" Princemamemon shouted, sitting within his throne, which was pretty much all golden, "For harming me and my guards..I sentence you all to thee dungeon!...except…" he paused before pointing at Rarity, "You." "Me?" "You will be my bride!" "Eh?!" "Oh this should be good," Rainbow Dash grinned a bit as she relaxed and waited for the show to begin. "Most of the women of this town bore me. You on the other hand...are quite the beauty. Thus, you shall be my bride and queen! Together, we will make this town the utopia of all the Digital World!" "Wh...I...I would never even dream of marrying someone as ugly as you!" Rarity snapped. "...Then how about a deal? You marry me, and I'll..let one of your friends live and be your personal servant," PrinceMamemon offered. "You honestly have no chivalry, do you?" Rarity frowned, "How can such an evil thing such as you even begin to call yourself a prince?" "Because...I obtained the throne from my father after his...'accident.'" "...Wait...you mean you…?" Rarity began with wide eyes, anger starting to boil in her as a faint, dark aura briefly appeared around her. "Ah…" Huckmon began to whine, "It hurts so much…." he complained. "What?" "The sound of him talking…" he explained. "One more word out of you, and i'll feed you to my pet, personally," PrinceMamemon warned, not noticing the dark aura that was slowly creeping up Rarity's body. The former unicorn never met someone so..so vile in her left. This so called prince...he...he was even worse than Blue Blood! "So then, my dear...do we have a deal?" PrinceMamemon asked, "You become my bride and I'll let your friend live and become your servant?" "Why you…" Rainbow Dash growled as she and YukiRenamon both struggled against their restraints. "Rainbow Dash..YukiRenamon..stop," Rarity ordered, making the two stop, "...I'll handle this so called prince personally." "Huh?" RD blinked before she and the rest of the Digimon were nearly blown back a large pulse of dark energy. "Wh..what is this?!" PrinceMamemon exclaimed as he struggled to stay on his throne. The Burst of darkness seemingly becoming even stronger and stronger until it was too much to handle and the Prince in title was sent flying off his throne. The Walls that the chains where attached to where shattered in turn freeing everyone. The four Digimon that were freed landed on their feet as YukiRenamon caught Rainbow Dash and let her down on the ground. "Ahh...much better," a voice spoke, one YukiRenamon recognized while RD paled a bit. "'Oh no...y..you gotta be kidding me...' the tomboy thought in shock as she slowly turned to the sight before her, "No way…" she gasped at what she saw. "Whoa…" Huckmon gawked at the display of power. "Her again…" YukiRenamon frowned, 'That Nightmare...' "Again?" RD asked upon hearing that, "What do you mean again? You mean Rarity did this once already?!" "Yes…" "Aw great! Just when I thought that dang Nightmare Force was finally gone!" "Gone?" the snow vixen's turn to ask came. "Long story." "Wh...wh...what are you?!" Princemamemon demanded, fear in his voice as he hid behind his throne, scared of the killing intent Nightmare Rarity was unleashing...and she wasn't even trying too. Nightmare Rarity developed an amused look in her eyes that mixed with a dangerous one as well. "Why isn't it obvious?" she asked raising one of her hands up. "I'm a nightmare," she said with a mischievous laugh. "Let's hope you don't wake up too soon," she added as she raised her arm forward and unleashed a powerful pulse of darkness that destroyed the throne Princemamemon used as a shield, making the prince scramble back in fear now that his sanctuary was gone. "St...stay back! i..I warn you! D..don't make me unleash my pet on you!" Nightmare Rarity chuckled as she faded away into what looked like black mist, for a second the arrogant prince let a small sigh of relief free from his lips. "Now now, no need to be so scared...no one really gets hurt in a...nightmare," her voice said from behind the prince. "GAHAHAHA!" Princemamemon screamed as he jumped back in fright, seeing Nightmare Rarity staring down at him. "See. You're not hurt...yet…" she smiled as dark mist began to form from behind her. "Come now. What happened to your holier-than-thou personality? This scared infant one is so boring to scare don't you know," she added as the mist began to encircle the prince. "..Th...that's it! I warned you! D..Devidramon!!!!" he screamed in fear as the dark mist completely enveloped him only a muffled scream escaping the dark mist. But a hole in the ground opened as something flew out of the ground and landed before Rainbow and the four Digimon by her side. Standing before them was a tall pitch jet black colored Digimon, its body seemed both dragon like and Gargoyle like in appearance, its legs where long and powerful with three large clawed toes, it had a long tail with club like end to it's tail, its tail was covered in bindings and the base of the tail seemed to be stitched to it's body, its body was thin but powerfully built as well, its shoulders seemed to be padded by natural shell like skin, its left shoulder had skull like marking engraved into it, while its right had spikes poking out, its long arms where gangly and had leather bindings over it's forearms, he had red colored claws while the back of its left hand had a symbol etched on to it, it had two set of wings extending from its back two smaller ones lower on it's back that appeared to be vestigial in size, and he had two larger wings higher on his back from its shoulder, that seemed to be worn and torn with holes in them and wrinkle/ridges that gave a feathered design, finally its lizard like head rose as its two pairs of crimson red eyes glared at the four Digimon and one Pegasus turned human standing before it, two small wing like ears twitched as it listened to the sounds of their hearts beating, its grey mouth slowly opened as razor sharp teeth where licked by the red tongue in its mouth as the dangerous jaw hungered. The Digimon roared in primal rage as its foul breath reached the noses of the five standing before it. "..Oh man...that's a BIG dragon," RD gulped a bit while Nightmare Rarity…she wasn't even phased by it. "That's no dragon it's some kind of demonic beast from the pits of the underworld!" Huckmon shouted as he put his hands to the side of his face. "I don't know whether I should be scared, or excited because I get to fight this thing!" "..Dash dear?" N. Rarity spoke up, "Why don't you, YukiRenamon, and your little dragon deal with it?" she then turned her gaze back towards the shaking Princemamemon, "I'm not done with him yet." "Oh come on!?" Rainbow Dash complained as she put her head in her hand. "Seriously you awaken dark powers and I still need to deal with this…? Alright Huckmon you get your wish, go get em!" she ordered pointing at Devidramon. "...Digivolve me first, and ya got a deal," Huckmon grinned in excitement as he stood straight waiting for the transformation. "Oh. Thank you for reminding me," N. Rarity spoke up as she held her Digivice up, which was now a dark purple and pitch black color, "Rainbow Dash?" "..uh..r..right," RD nodded a bit as she pulled her own Digivice out. --- =HUCKMON/YUKIRENAMON-SHINKA!= =BAOHUCKMON!= =FROSTKYUUBIMON!= --- With that the two flashed and evolved into their next forms and stomped the ground as the two newly evolved Digimon glared at the demonic dragon Digimon. Devidramon roared in confusion as it crouched down ready to attack, but it was beaten to the punch quite literally as BaoHuckmon slammed his right claw into the demon dragon digimon sending him stumbling back as Devidramon tried to get back to his feet, FrostKyuubimon jumped over BaoHuckmon and then slammed into the demonic dragon from above keeping him pinned to the floor. BaoHuckmon raised his arms as crimson flames began to pour from his mouth, "Burn Flame!" he roared as he unleashed the flames just as FrostKyuubimon blurred out of the flames path letting Devidramon get enveloped by flames that sent the demonic dragon crashing into a wall that soon began to melt over Devidramon making it roar in pain as its skin was seared by the flames and molten stone that fell around it. "Did that get him?" Rainbow Dash asked as she, Noir and Blanc took covered behind a pillar. After a moment of silence, Devidramon roared as it bursted from the rubble, not caring its skin was being burnt. "Oh, come on!" Rainbow Dash cried as BaoHuckmon slashed the demonic dragon with his claws, sending it tumbling back with each blow. He then ducked out of the way as FrostKyuubimon tackled into Devidramon before she flipped back and used the Digimon as a stepping stone with all four of her legs before pushing and jumping away making Devidramon stumble back before BaoHuckmon charged again as he swung his left claw hitting the demonic dragon across the jaw sending it stumbling back even more before BaoHuckmon turned and swung his tail allowing the blade to slash Devidramon across the chest sending him flying back as a red streak formed in the air from the slash of his tail. Devidramon was sent tumbling and rolling back across the ground until it hit a wall. FrostKyuubimon then pressed on as she charged and extend all of her tails straight back before slamming them into the ground and used the force to help jump forward before tucking forward like a ball and eventually begin to roll and then finally crash into Devidramon like a cannonball sending him through the wall. "GRAAAAAGGGGH! EVIL EYE!" Devidramon roared as it unleashed a dark crimson red beam from all four of its eyes. "Burn Flame!" BaoHuckmon roared as he unleashed a burst of crimson flames but the beams proved too strong as they dispersed the flames before two beams hit both evolved Digimon sending them flying back with little resistance into the wall and out the other side. "Ah...I feel like I was hit by an entire building…" BaoHuckmon groaned as Devidramon charged and crashed into him as the two dragons began to bite and claw at each other violently and crash into walls in the process. FrostKyuubimon quickly shook her head to rid herself of the temporary daze before shouting to Baohuckmon, "Move!" "Got it!" BaoHuckmon replied as he pushed Devidramon off him. "Togetsuryu!" FrostKyuubimon shouted as ice blue flames engulfed her, changing into the shape of a dragon as it charged forward at Devidramon. "GRAAOOOHHH!" The digimon roared in response as it raised its arms up "CRIMSON NAILS!" he roared as he jumped forward and crossed his arms leaving multiple red streaks in a Large X pattern before him he then crashed into the ice blue flames before it exploded large icy mist as FrostKyuubimon was sent to the ground before BaoHuckmon caught her in his claws. Devidramon landed on the ground as he was caught in a thick layer of ice. "You ok?" Baohuckmon asked the nine tailed snow vixen. "I will live…" she replied as BaoHuckmon set her down to stand on her own four legs. "Did we get it?" the good dragon Digimon asked, still worried as he raised his claws incase. "..G...GRAAAAGGGGGGGHHHH!" Devidramon roared as the ice shattered, the demonic dragon roaring before it fell to one of its knees. "Seems it's still at it." FrostKyuubimon said as the two got back into a ready stance, "But it also appears to be weakened." "Think we could finish it off if we kept at it?" BaoHuckmon asked with exasperate breaths. "..No…" FrostKyuubimon replied as she watched Devidramon weakly get up and used its wings to lift itself into the air, the demonic dragon flying away, "Its retreating..for now." "Yeah...but is that a good thing or a bad thing?" BaoHuckmon asked worried as he dropped to all four, no longer battle ready. "Ah...man that thing has a wicked bite…" he breathed out as he and Frostkyuubimon reverted back to Huckmon and YukiRenamon respectively. "Indeed. And it's claws cut deep too." YukiRenamon grunted as she grabbed her shoulder that had a minor cut to it. "Ah...well I'm glad it's gone now." Huckmon panted as he shook his head before standing back up before Rainbow Dash and the sister Digimon ran up to them as Rainbow got down next to Huckmon and began to check on him. "You alright?" she asked as Noir and Blanc tended to the snow vixen. "Hah...I'll live…how's Rarity doing?" "...Uh….well…." --- "Can't sleep….nightmare will eat me...can't sleep...nightmare will eat me…" Princemamemon repeated as he was in a fetal position, his entire body a pale white. "Heh...is it wrong I don't feel sorry for this douche?" Huckmon asked as Rainbow Dash was carrying him with permission this time. "Nope...I feel the same as you, buddy," the tomboy answered. "So where is Rarity?" Noir asked as they finally turned away from the comatose Prince. "Oh~" Rarity's voice groaned as she walked in from the shadow's, holding her throbbing head as she was back in her regular clothing, "What happened?" "Rares…" Rainbow Dash said seriously as she leaned in to glare at her. "You have got a lot of explaining to do." she threatened. "..What do you mean?" "What do I mean?!" she shouted. She then pointed the the pale white Princemamemon, "Oh I don't know! Maybe it has something to do with the fact you turned into that….that dark version of you and scared this jerk so bad he will probably be scared of his own shadow." she stated in one quick breath. "So hmm...I don't know you tell me what I mean!" "..I...I did that?" Rarity asked with wide eyes. "Yeah y...wait...you..don't remember?" Rainbow Dash gawked as she accidentally dropped Huckmon. "Ow…" he cried. "Memory loss too...oh come on!" RD cried holding her head. "Not so loud…" Rarity winced as she held her head, "My head feels like it went through an entire session of Pinkie pie's endl…" she whined. "Your head hurts?!" Rainbow Dash countered. "I get the feeling this might go on for a while." YukiRenamon stated as Blanc bandaged her shoulder while Noir picked up Huckmon. "..Wait…" Noir spoke up as she spotted something on PrinceMamemon's cape, "There's a note on the cape." She then bent down and pulled the note out as she and Huckmon read it. "..These are directions to Alpha city," Noir gasped a bit, 'Did Rarity's..other self scare the info out of that 'prince'?' "Cool, ladies we're off the Alpha city!" Huckmon shouted, raising on of his claws up before wincing, "..after we rest up." "Sounds like as good a place as any," YukiRenamon replied as she rolled her shoulder to numb the pain slightly as she and Blanc walked up to the others. "Wait...Does this mean I can finally...well.." RD paused as she motioned to her dress. "Yes. You can change back into your normal clothing." Noir replied, Rainbow grinned happily at that. "Yes!" she shouted as she threw the dress off forcing Noir to cover Huckmon's eyes, "Finally!" "R...Rainbow dash! Put some clothes on this instant!" Rarity exclaimed, blushing up a storm. "What I'm wearing those panty things…" Rainbow countered, the tomboy(much like she said) wearing a pair of cyan panties and a cyan sports bra. "Regardless, you...you..just put your regular clothes back on this instant!" "Stop nagging me will ya! I'll do it just give me a second to enjoy the fact I don't have to wear that dress anymore!" she argued as Blanc handed her the tank top she normally had on before giving her her pants, "thanks." "No problem." "Ugh…" Rarity groaned a bit while thinking, 'hopefully Twilight and the others are doing ok.' she hoped in her mind. --- "Hpmh..so it seems two of Sparkle's friends dealt with that pathetic excuse of a prince," the cloaked figure within Jupitermon's main chamber huffed, seeing the events that transpired in Royal town,"No matter. What awaits Sparkle in the next town..will be quite haunting." > The Curse of Bakemon > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "...Twilight?" "Yes, Dorumon?" "...do.." Dorumon paused as he pointed to the abandoned looking town not too far away, "Do we have to pass through there?" "Well...I suppose we don't have to...but it would be faster to go through the town then around it." she pointed out logically, "Why? Is there something about this town we should avoid?" "Nothing..just..I've heard of this town..and..well..it's haunted…" "...Haunted?" Twilight deadpanned, looking at Dorumon blankley. "Yeah...haunted." he repeated. "I heard that the last Digimon who went into that town...never came back," the digimon explained as his body began to shake ever so slightly in fear. "...Dorumon, there's no such thing as a haunted town," Twilight stated. "Yeah...well you could also say the same about a world full of Digital Monsters where only humans can enter," he countered as he twiddled his claws in embarrassment. "Yes, but that's a fact...things like haunted towns or ghost are illogical," Twilight explained. "..." Dorumon looked at the town again before he blinked a few times. He then ran up to the nearest tree and clung to a branch for dear life. "No way! I'm not going!" "..." Twilight just facepalmed at this, "Dorumon, the faster we go in there, the faster we can…" "NO! I am not going in there! No way, no how!" he cried. "I'll stick to this tree all day and night if I have to! But I will not, shall not, nor will I ever walk through that town!" 'Ugh...we're going to be here all day...' Twilight groaned mentally, "Look, if we go around the town...even though it will take longer...will you come down?" she pleaded. "...No. I'm not even going near that place!" "Ugh! Just come down already!" "NO!" "This wouldn't be the first time I had to get a pesky little dragon thing to move," she reasoned as she began to attempt to pry him off the branch., "Now come! Off! Of there!" "NO! I am not going near anything haunted!" "I told you, there's no such thing as haunted places!" "Yada!" he cried, shaking his head rapidly. 'UGH! I wish somepony would come up already and help!' Twilight snapped in her head, struggling to get the Digimon off the tree. --- "Cursed?" AJ blinked as she, Elecmon, and a bandaged Ryudamon were walking towards the same town Twilight and Dorumon were outside of. "Yes. I heard this place was cursed a few months back..if someone were to enter..they wouldn't be heard of again," Ryudamon explained. "Oh please, like I believe in curses and stuff," Elecmon scoffed. "...Yer legs are shakin'," AJ pointed out, pointing to Elecmon's shaking back legs. "...It's cold," Elecmon denied. "I'm a reptile...it's warm," Ryudamon stated plainly, "There's nothing wrong with being afraid...it shows you got a good will to live." "..Well...yeah but…" "SERIOUSLY! GET OFF OF THERE NOW!" "NO NO NO!" "That whining voice…" Ryudamon gasped. "It can't be…He really stopped just because of this ghost town?" "Hmm? What're y.." AJ began before she spotted a purple furred dragon like Digimon clinging to a tree for dear life with a girl with strangely familiar dark purple hair trying to pry him off. "I knew it…." Ryudamon sighed out, 'Even when he's older, he's still afraid of things like ghost.' "Oi...Ryudamon...isn't that?" Elecmon asked, looking at the pair. "Yes, the one clinging to the tree is Dorumon. The girl...I'm not familiar with," Ryudamon answered while AJ squinted her eye a bit to try and get a clearer view on the girl. "...Ah think Ah know her..but…" AJ paused while thinking, 'She's probably gonna hate me fer this but...' "Twilight! Yer tardy with yer latest report!" "Eh…?" Elecmon blinked, "What kind of teenage girl would react to a thing…." "..T….T...Tardy? I...I'm..I'm…" Twilight repeated, letting go of Dorumon as her hair started to get frazzled, "T...T….Tardy?!" "...Did her voice just get squeaky right there?" Ryudamon blinked. "Am I the only one who finds that creepy?" Elecmon asked. "Sorry. Just had t' make sure…" AJ said as she began to walk up to the hyperventilating purplette, "Twilight, it's ok! Yer not tardy or anythin'!" Unfortunately, Twilight was still hyperventilating, her hair even more frazzled while one of her eyes was twitching like crazy. "Is she okay?" the three Digimon asked in concern, Dorumon having calmed down a bit once her saw Twilight get all nervous. "She is but...let's just say she's on th' dot when it comes t' certain things,' AJ answered as she grabbed Twilight's shoulder, "Again, yer not tardy or anythin', Twilight!" "I don't think she can hear you…" Elecmon stated seeing her still freaking out. "...Okay...Ah didn't want to resort to this, but..." Aj sighed as she reeled her hand back and gave Twilight a smack to the face, "keep it together!" "...A...a...Applejack?" Twilight whispered, her eyes widened and having finally calmed down. With her sense back, she looked her friend over. "Is it really...you?" she asked as she looked her up and down. "Yeah...it's me," AJ nodded. "Wait...this is a friend of yours?" Dorumon blinked as he looked down at AJ. "Yes…" Twilight replied as AJ let her go, the purplette straightening her hair before taking a few calming breaths, "She's one of the friends I told you about on our way here." "Oh. Well, nice to meet you." Dorumon smiled, waving one of his claws. But Twilight took this chance to grab the furry dragon and pry him off the tree, "Gah! I've been captured!" "It's no big deal, Dorumon! We can go around, or just go through really fast! It's plain and s…" "No!" "...uh…" "Dorumon's afraid of going into that town over there because it's haunted, and he's being really difficult," Twilight explained, struggling to get a hold of her partner Digimon. "Hm...I guess he still has a far way to go in terms of maturity," Ryudamon spoke up. "I heard that, Ryudamon!" Dorumon barked, "And there's no way you're getting me into that…!" --- "...town…" Dorumon grumbled, the digimon tied up and carried over Aj's shoulder. "Sorry partner, but y'all were bein' difficult back there," Aj apologized. "There is no need to apologise to him," Ryudamon told her, "He has always detested things like this, he's even still afraid of doctors as well." he explained with a chuckle. "Only because of those dang needles of theirs! I hate hate HATE shots!" Dorumon barked. "Technically how old is Dorumon?" Twilight couldn't help but ask. "Around 300 or so…" Ryudamon explained, making AJ and Twilight gawk at him, "..we Digimon age differently from humans…" "Clearly…" Twilight deadpanned. "Y...yea.." Elecmon nodded, shivering a bit as the group walked through the town, which again, looked abandoned with the windows covered in dust and spider webs with a few broken doors and shattered pieces of wood strew on the ground. "This place is way too creepy…." he mumbled to himself. "Mmm…..I'm getting the creeps…" Dorumon cried with streams of tears going down the sides of his face. "..Ugh..honestly..I keep telling you there's no such things a-KYA!" Twilight screamed when she felt something touch her leg. "S-s-s-s-s-Something touched me!" she shouted looking around the ground. "Twilight...that's not Funny!" Dorumon shouted in fear. "Hey calm down, would ya? You two are screaming so loud, you will wake the dead," Elecmon chided before he felt something pinch him, "GAAAAHHHH!" he screamed, jumping into AJ's arms. "What was that about waking the dead?" Ryudamon snickered. "Sh..shut it!" Elecmon barked, "I.I was just surprised by whatever just pinched me..which uh..happens to be a…" he paused as he turned to see a small, electric yellow worm like Digimon, "...a Kunemon. See? Nothing scary or anything." "Eh...Kunemon?" the girls blinked looking at the worm like digimon. "See? No ghosts. There is an explanation for everything." Twilight quickly said to Dorumon. "...Says the girl who screamed her lungs out," Dorumon grumbled. "Oh please! Your heart would have stopped if this little one had touched you." Ryudamon deadpanned. "Shut up!" Dorumon pouted. "Ugh… Twilight sighed before she felt a hand on her shoulder, "..very funny, applejack." "Huh?" "Trying to scare me from behind won't work. It's…" "Uh, Twi? Ah'm over here," Aj stated, standing in front of her friend. "...Wait...Then who's…" "Uh…" Dorumon paled as he shakingly pointed one of his claws to behind Twilight , "B….b….b.b…..b.b.b. .b…." "He means….behind you!" Elecmon cried. "Huh? Wh.." Twilight began before she felt something breathing on her from behind, making her slowly turn. Well...that was a big mistake for Twilight as all the color drained from her face, then hair, and then her clothes. Floating there behind her was what looked like a sheet ghost, only it was actually floating and had ragged tears in its 'sheet.' It had two little arms, and a large pair of black eyes. But what made it scary was the large jaw full of sharp fangs in the center of its face! "G..g...g...g.g...g.g.g.g.g.g.g...GHOST!" Dorumon finally shouted in fear. "Every Dorumon for themselves!" he cried before running off in a random direction, despite his bindings. Sadly, he had bumped into another of the ghost, "AHHH!" "Bake!" the two ghost laughed as, within an instant, tons more of them stormed out of the seemingly empty houses. "..." Twilight said nothing as she just stood there, completely frozen. "Bakemon." Ryudamon suddenly spoke up despite everyone being too shocked to pay him any mind, "I should've known..the digimon behind the curse were Bakemon!" "Well...w-whatever they are…" AJ began as the ghost regrouped and charged for them, "They're headin' this way!" "I suggest we follow Dorumon's suggestion...Run for the hills!" Elecmon shouted as he and Dorumon grabbed Ryudamon before making their escape. "W..wait fer us!" Aj yelped as she grabbed the fear frozen Twilight and ran after the three Digimon, the Bakemon hot on their tail. The Group ran through the town the Bakemon hot on their tails, the five then came to a stop before taking a left turn down an alley, the Bakemon none the wiser as they ran right past them. "O….o….ok...Ah think we lost 'em," AJ panted as she placed Twilight down. "For now…" Elecmon huffed as he tried to calm his breathing. "But there are way too many for us to do anything about." "Yeah...How're w.." AJ began before she felt something touch her shoulder, making her instantly turn to try and kick whatever was behind her. "Ahh! Wait wait!" a voice yelped as a small, Taper like Digimon, whose fur was dark brown over his back and a light blue on his stomach and legs; he had a metal helmet over the top of his head with gold marks and gold anklets on his front legs, while his back legs seemed to be wisps of smoke/mist, the small digimon held his front legs up defensively, AJ's boot inches away from his face, "Don't hurt me! I'm on your side!" "Don't sneak up on us like that. We just nearly escaped them ghost," Aj sighed as she lowered her foot back down. "A Bakumon," Ryudamon said as he and Elecmon stared at him. "What are you doing here?" Elecmon asked the tapir like digimon. "I'm one of the Digimon that live here...or rather..one of the few that couldn't escape thanks to those Bakemon," Bakumon replied. "So those things are keeping you from escaping?" Dorumon asked. "I told you this place was haunted!" "By Bakemon," Ryudamon corrected. "I know that! Don't correct me at a time like this!" "...Sadly, this place wasn't always cursed…" Bakumon sighed. "What do you mean?" Elecmon asked as AJ began trying to snap Twilight out of her shock induced coma. "Well...before the curse, this town was full of Digimon...well, scary looking ones, but not bad ones...then all of a sudden, hordes of Bakemon came in, claiming this town in the name of their master...one of the Seven Demon Lords…" "Demon Lords?" AJ repeated after finally snapping Twilight out of her fear induced coma. "You know about the Seven Deadly Sins, right?" Elecmon asked before realising what he just said, "Ah never mind. I'll explain, the Seven Deadly Sins are seven deeds a person should never indulge in lest their soul be forever damned," he began to explain, "There's Gluttony, Greed, Pride, Lust, Wrath, Sloth, and Envy. The Seven Demon Lords are based on these sins." "...Well, that's scary." Twilight meeped as she hid behind AJ. "It is..." Bakumon added, "And the Bakemon that invaded the town serve under one of them…" "St..stop..I think I've heard enough already," Twilight gulped. "I think this might be important." Ryudamon said. "No, she's right..best I stop right there…" Bakumon stated before sighing, "I wish there was someway to get rid of these Bakemon…" "...Hold on. I recall there was a phrase that would cause the Bakemon to lose their strength," Ryudamon recalled, "But...nobody knows what it is. Most Digimon now these days steer clear of Bakemon..or vice versa." "Well lot of good that does for us." Elecmon sighed, "So now what do we do?" "There's an old library at the center of town, but that's where the Bakemon mostly hang out..so best chance you can get is if they're not there," Bakumon explained. "So how do we do that?" Dorumon asked. "Well one of us could distract them…" Ryudamon suggested, "the fastest could get them to follow them before giving them the slip." "Ah could do it," AJ spoke, making the others look at her, "Between all of us here, ah can run the fastest, so ah'll have the Bakemon chase after while Twilight and the others get into that library and find that phrase.." "Hm...it seems way too dangerous." Twilight said not feeling okay with this. "Twilight, Ah'll be ok," AJ assured her friend, "Just trust me." "Okay." she nodded, "But could you at least take someone with you just incase? It would help me feel a lot better." "Got it. Elecmon, yer with me." "Oh joy...now I'm ghost bait." he complained to himself. "Oh well, might as well get this over with." he sighed as AJ picked him up. "Good luck, Applejack," Twilight said to her friend. AJ gave a slight nod as she ran out the alleyway and shouted, "Hey, Bakemon! Yer teeth are more nasty then a Timberwolf with Woodrot!" The ghost like digimon turned to face her for a second. They had confused looks, but then just shrugged and charged after the pair. "Ok, go go go," Twilight quietly ordered as she and the remaining Digimon ran as fast as they could to the center of town. --- "Get her, bake (GammaTron Note: The Bakemon are saying 'ba-ke,' not 'bake')! She can't' escape, bake!" one of the Bakemon shouted as they chased AJ and Elecmon through town. "Yeesh. These guys are more annoying than I expected." Elecmon complained as AJ still held on to him as she ran, with a very marginal gap between her and the Bakemon. "Tell me about it," AJ agreed as she turned a corner, the Bakemon fumbling a bit as they made the turn as well. "Almost feel bad for em," she added as they seemed to begin losing their breath as they chased her. "H..how's she so fast, Bake?" one of the Bakemon panted. "She...fast like..horse, Bake," another wheezed. "Is she even human, Bake?" another gasped for air. "Most likely, Bake. No human...can run...that fast, Bake," one more breathed heavily. AJ just chuckled sheepishly to herself as she jogged in place to mock the Bakemon a little. "C...can't...give up..must...scare...gather..negative..energy..bake…" "Gather Negative energy?" Elecmon blinked upon hearing this. "AJ, seems this ghost story got a lot more complicated." "Looks like..." AJ nodded before she ran once more when the Bakemon finally caught their breath, "We better tell Twilight this once we regroup." "Matte...stop running, Bake...ah...oh...I think I'm going to be sick, Bake…" the de facto leader groaned as they began chasing her again. "Don't puke, bake! Still cleaning after last night, Bake!" another barked. --- "There it is!" Bakumon shouted as Twilight and her group found the library and immediately ran inside. "Ok, everyone spread out and look for anything regarding Bakemon," Twilight ordered, the digimon nodding in response as the four split up and started looking. "Wow...this place is dirty." Dorumon noted as he blew off a large cloud of dust from a book. "Hm...advanced mathematical...ah evil!" he cried tossing the book away. "Digimon Aliens. Are they real or not?" Ryudamon read off a book, "...That's just stupid…" he tossed the book aside before picking another up, "History of the Digital Worlds' Greatest...Pranksters?!' oh, come on! Why is this even here!?" he complained, tossing it into the trash. "Digital World's Ten Great Wonders?" Twilight said as she looked at a book before spotting one that caught her interest, "...'History of the Digital World's Greatest Heroes?'" she said. she looked back and forth between them before she stacked them together and held them close. "I'll just check this out." "Hm…'Advanced French!?'" Dorumon shouted, "Oh, come on! Why do I find the worst books!?" "You're not the only one, brother," Ryudamon spoke, "so far, I've found nothing but crackpot theories, tabloid stuff, and joke books." he explained. "Oh and this book of greatest rumors, and urban legends of the Digital World." he said holding said book up. "That and this book of the human worlds greatest mysteries. Why do humans have such a fixation on big footed apes and ancient dinosaurs that live in water?" "Hm…" Twilight pondered as she took the book and sped through it. 'They have all these in the human world….I feel so glad I didn't stay there long...Though, from that other book I read, I found out the human world had a few heroes as well that protected this world..' "Any luck on your end, Twilight?" Dorumon asked. "Hm...just a few books on legendary heros, natural wonders...and a history book." she listed as the three Digimon's jaws hit the floor looking at the mountain of book she apparently read through. "Y….you read all those books?!" Bakumon gawked. "Sorry. I would have gotten more done, but we are scarce on time," Twilight simply replied as she grabbed another book and began to read its contents. 'What kind of girl reads this much!?' the three stated in their minds. "...Hold on..I think I found something," Twilight gasped lightly, "'Day 150; 'After extensive research on the Bakemon, I have finally found out the phrase used to make them lose their energy. It is...'" she paused before blinking, "... ''Bakemon, lose your power?''" "EH?!-?!-?!-! THAT'S THE PHRASE?!-!-!-!-!-!" Dorumon and Ryudamon shouted at the top of their lungs in pure disbelief. "That's what it said," Twilight answered before reading more from the book ,"The only time this phrased was ever used..was on File Island." "File Island? I thought that place was a myth," Dorumon blinked. "Well….I guess at this time all we can do is accept it as the truth." Ryudamon said. "So the phrase is just: Bakemon lose your power…...How can it be so...simple?" Dorumon asked. "I'm..not sure.." Twilight replied as she closed the book, "..regardless, we need to find Aj and Elecmon. We got the phrase, so now we can beat the Bakemon." "Well then lets hurry, the sooner we can get out of this ghost town, no offense." he said to Bakumon, "The sooner I can pass out from pent up fear and forget all of this." "None taken," Bakumon nodded as the group left the library, but not before Twilight grabbed the book on the Digital World's greatest heroes, and leaving a small note on a table before running back to the others. --- "Wh...where...she go, Bake?" one of the Bakemon panted. "I...I don't...know, Bake." another gasped at air. AJ and Elecmon both sat comfortably on the edge of a building, the two watching the scrambling ghosts on the ground. "Man...I thought these guys were scary..but now? They're just..well.." "More tuckered than a dog that just ran an entire field for a week?" "Not my exact words but it works." Elecmon shrugged. "But at least now we can relax as Twilight and the others look for that phrase." "As mah brother would say, Eeyup," Aj nodded. "..Grr...this is...annoying, Bake!" the lead Bakemon snarled as he moved from the pile, "Bakemon-tachi, Bakemono Gattai!" "Ga...ttai?" AJ blinked. "It means combine an-Ah crud," Elecmon complained as the Bakemon started to 'meld' together. This went on for a few more seconds until now standing in front of AJ and Elecmon was a Kaiju-sized Bakemon, demonic clawed hands poking out of its 'sheet'. "BAKE!" "AJ...is this the right time for us to scream?" Elecmon asked as the two looked at the Kaiju Bakemon. "No...this is the time..t' run and scream!" AJ yelped as the two ran, the giant Bakemon roaring as it chased after them. "Hurry, hurry! Hury! This thing can move a lot more ground now that it's the size of a giant!" Elecmon cried comically as AJ picked up the pace kicking up a trail of dust in her wake. "Bakemon mad, Bake! Bakemon crush cowgirl and porcupine, bake!" the giant Bakemon roared. "I am not a porcupine!" Elecmon growled in anger. "Porcupines have quills, Bake! You have quills, Bake!" "If you weren't the size of a house, I would kick your arse!" Elecmon shouted. "Less talkin', more runnin'!" AJ screamed. She ran her way across the town. Twilight and the others had just gotten out of the Library before spotting her. "Applejack!" Twilight called out, holding the book up. "We found it!" "Well what're you waint' fer?! Say it already!" AJ screamed, "We got ourselves a monster sized ghost chasing us!" "Huh? What're you…?" Twilight began before she, Dorumon, Ryudamon, and Bakumon saw the giant Bakemon heading towards them. "...Say the phrase! SAY THE PHRASE!" Dorumon screamed. "Bakemon...lose your power!" Twilight cried out in fear as she saw the giant ghost. "BAKE!" "..wh..why didn't it work!?" Twilight gasped. "M..maybe there's something else ya gotta do!" "But wh-whoa!" Dorumon yelped as he nearly slipped on a piece of metal, causing it to fly right towards a rusted bell. "I don't know! I said, 'Bakemon Lose your power!' And…" Twilight began, the bell ringing just as Twilight had said the phrase, the giant Bakemon freezing the moment it heard the two. "B….B...bake…." "Huh…" Ryudamon blinked seeing this. "It worked this time." "I see that, but...what was difference this time?" Twilight asked while AJ looked at the bell. "Maybe.." AJ mumbled to herself before grabbing the bell, "Twilight, try sayin' that phrase again while Ah ring th' bell." "Okay…" she nodded before waiting as AJ rang the bell. "Bakemon lose your power!" she called out with more force. "B...b...ba...bake!" the Bakemon stumbled as its body seemed to ripple. "It worked…" Twilight whispered with wide eyes, "Applejack, keep ringing that bell." "On it, Twi," AJ nodded as she did so. "Bakemon, lose your power!" "Bake!" the Bakemon gasped as it seemed to ripple and shrink down in size. "Well well well." Dorumon said as he Ryudamon and Elecmon saw this. "All those ghosts merged together just to end up shrinking." "Looks like," Ryudamon nodded. "St..stop, Bake! N..no like word Bake!" the Giant Bakemon grunted as it started to ripple like crazy. The next second it's body seemed to suddenly implode and shrink to the size of one normal Bakemon. The three digimon then glared at him. "Bake…" "Boo." "BAKE~~~~!" the Bakemon screamed as it ran for its life, streams of tears rolling down its cheeks. "Bwahahaha!" Dorumon and elecmon laughed as they fell back. Ryudamon chuckled quietly as well. "Well, I guess that's that…" Ryudamon chuckled a bit before Elecmon screamed in realization. "I forgot to ask that thing about that Negative Energy it was talking about!" Elecmon cried. "Oi get back here and tell me what you know!" he shouted running after the Bakemon. "Come on AJ!" "Yay! Ghost busting time!" Dorumon cheered following after him. "...What was he talking about?" Twilight asked Aj, the southern belle putting the bell back. "While those ghost were chasin' after us, we heard them say somethin' about gatherin' negative energy," Applejack answered. "Hm...that can't be good." Ryudamon said to himself as Bakumon was sitting on his back, "Especially since those Bakemon were working for one of the Seven Demon Lords." "Yeah..." Bakumon nodded as he jumped off Ryudamon's back, "Thank you for scaring off those Bakemon, but.." he looked up at the night sky, "The town's still cursed…" "Huh?" Twilight blinked. "But we stopped the Bakemon's or Bakemon…" she corrected herself as they looked to see Elecmon and Dorumon as they chased the lone Bakemon around the street. "Yes, but have you noticed it's still night time?" "Come to think of it, the sun should have come up by now with the time we arrived and how long we've been here." Ryudamon noted as he looked up at the sky. "Bakemon mostly thrive in the dark, so their master had placed a curse here so it would be night forever here…" Bakumon replied, "Those who tried to get out...weren't so lucky once the Bakemon arrived." "Well...then how do we break this curse?" Twilight asked as elecmon and Dorumon tormented the Bakemon. "Beat the Digimon who placed the curse in the first place." "Okay...well sounds easy." Twilight said before noticing the look on Bakumon's face "It's not easy is it?" she asked as her shoulders drooped. "No...amongst all Mega Level Digimon, the Seven Demon Lords are some of the strongest." "Oh man…." Twilight sighed as he head fell, 'Can things get any worse?' --- "Ugh! How can it be so difficult to beat her?!" the cloaked figure snapped,having watched the event that transpired, 'Not even one of the Demon Lord's servants can beat them! Candlemon!" The next moment, a digimon hopped into the room. Standing there was a small Digimon whose body was essentially a living candle his head and torso-ish section resembled the mane stick of the candle, he had two arms made of malleable candle wax that seemed partially melted. He had a face in the center of the candlestick it had red eyes and a fanged mouth, the flame atop its head also had a face of blue eyes and a mouth. Its holder was gold and spiked and seemed to move. "Yes, Mistress?" "Come. We are off to Alpha City," the cloaked figure ordered. "Alpha City? But...why there?" "Because if I know Sparkle, she and her friends will no doubt meet there. But instead of a grand reunion..." the cloaked figure explained simply as the candle like digimon hobbled after her , "They'll be in for a crushing show." > Battle of baked proportions! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Uh...um...Pinkie?" "Yea?" "..a..are you sure you know where we're going?" Fluttershy couldn't help but ask as they two mare's turned humans and their partners walked along a straight path, "W-we've been walking down this same path for a few days now..I-I think." "Sh.." Pinkie shushed as she kept walking ahead of Fluttershy. "I know this seems like a empty road, but my senses tell me this path, will be the path to where we need to be." she explained. "Never doubt my senses or the power of divine intervention!" Fluttershy and Salamon couldn't help but sweatdrop a little at that before the sound of stomachs grumbling filled the air. "..m..mama..I'm hungry," Salamon whimpered into the shy pinkette's arms, "Do we have anymore food?" "I'm sorry no," she sighed dejectedly. Pinkie and Guilmon did tend to eat a lot out of their combined group. "Sorry...eat last piece this morning," Guilmon apologized, his ears drooping a bit. "It's not your fault Guilmon…" Fluttershy said quickly, "It was no one's fault we didn't know it be this long before we made it to another town." she added as she patted the red lizard Digimon's head. "...Ok, Fluttershymon," Guilmon nodded slightly. "U..um..no. it's just Fluttershy, Guilmon. Not flu.." the shy pinkette began. "WAIT!" Pinkie exclaimed, making the group skid to a halt as the more excitable pinkette began to sniff the air. "Pinkie/Pinkiemon?" the collective three all asked as they looked at her. Guilmon paused for a second before he too began to sniff the air with her. "I smell...strawberry filling..whipped cream, cooled to perfection...flour…" Pinkie listed off as she smelled multiple directions before stopping to the left, "Cake! this way!" she cheered before blurring off in that direction. "Ah, wait for Guilmon!" Guilmon cried running after her. "Ah...well I suppose some things never change no matter which world you are in." Fluttershy said to herself watching the trail of dust coming from the pink blur before running after it, "w..wait up, Pinkie!" However, unknown to the mini group, they were being watched by a shaded figure. --- "P..Pinkie..slow down…" Fluttershy panted as she and Salamon caught up with the excitable pinkette and Guilmon, who seemed to be gazing up at something. "Pinkie…?" she asked as she walked up beside her before she waved one of her hands before her eyes. "Hello?" she asked again almost worried by her sudden quietness. "I..it's a giant cake…" Pinkie whispered, a small trail of drool escaping her mouth. "Hmm?" Fluttershy blinked as she looked up to see an entire town..made of cake! "M..mama..look.." Salamon gasped as she looked up as well. "Oh my…" Fluttershy said as she looked at the giant cake before them, "Now I can see why she's so quiet…" she said to herself as she looked back at Pinkie who was still in a state of shock and aw, that's when she remembered. "Guilmon?" she asked looking for the red digimon, some part of her worried the fellow might have already begun to dig in. "I..it's a town…" Pinkie began, making Fluttershy blink a bit before the excitable pinkette took off towards the giant cake, "IT'S AN ENTIRE TOWN MADE OF CAKE!" "Sometimes I wonder if we're really stuck in another world...or just in Pinkie's dream land." Fluttershy muttered to herself. "..Mama?" Salamon spoke, her stomach grumbling once more, "M..maybe we should follow them…" "Oh right...Of course. S-sorry," she apologized as she jogged after them. When she reached the giant cake, she noticed a sign that said 'welcome to Sweetsville. Enjoy our world class cake..but don't eat it, or else you'll be poisoned, or kicked out with nothing but rags on' "Oh my…" Fluttershy said as she read it before the gears in her mind began to connect and turn as she realized something. "Oh no...Pinkie!" she cried in worry there was no way that Pinkie wouldn't just rush in and take a bite of something. --- "...No fair.." "Yea Guilmon…" Pinkie whimpered, both crying waterfall tears as they saw the same sign Fluttershy had read..the two desperately wanted cake..but at the same time, they aren't allowed to eat any! "This is blasphemy...who heard of a place made of cake...where you can't even eat is….Pinkie sad!" she cried as the waterfall tears turned up to the point the ground under her began to flood. "H-hey! Stop that! you're ruining the shortcake house lady Weddinmon just made!" a voice shouted. Pinkie then looked over to see a Digimon whose body seemed to be made of cake it's head actually a slice of cake with strawberry ears and a strawberry horn on top it's head, it also had two eyes along the sides of it's head and a candle along the side of where it's mouth would be almost as if a cigar, it was also dressed in a white and purple waiters uniform. "I'm sorry…" Pinkie sobbed comically as she tried to hold back the tears. "I just wanted to eat cake...but I can't…" she said before she began to cry again. "Well of course you can't! Everything here is a masterpiece of lady Weddinmon, the greatest chef in the Digital World!" the cake like Digimon exclaimed. "The cake is a lie!" Pinkie cried as she fell back and began to kick her legs around. "Guilmon want ca~ke~!" Guilmon whined as he joined his tamer. "Ah...she seems more like a little girl in the body of a full grown women…" the digimon sweatdropped. "Ah Pinkie!" Fluttershy's voice called as she ran in to the scene panting slightly. "Oh thank goodness you haven't broken the rules yet." "Fluttershy! it's not fa~~~ir~~!" Pinkie whined as she clinged to her friend's shirt, staining it with her tears, "We reach a town made of cake, and we can't eat it~!" "Hah…." she sighed before looking to the Digimon. "I'm so terribly sorry if she has bothered you." she bowed her head in apology. At the moment some part of her knew she should focus little more on any damage control that Pinkie might have caused. "..ugh..it's ok…" the digimon sighed a bit, "She's probably hungry..but..like I told her, every cake here is a masterpiece of lady Weddinmon." "It makes no sense...cake is for eating…" Pinkie sobbed into Fluttershy's shirt. "Um...th-there there.." Fluttershy said, patting her friend's head. "...look. I know I might get in trouble for this, but follow me. There's a place here that sells food…" the Digimon stated. "Oh thank you," Fluttershy nodded thankfully, "Guilmon please bring Pinkie along?" she asked the red reptile Digimon politely. "H...hai(yes)," Guilmon sniffled as he grabbed Pinkie pie by the scruff of her shirt as the group walked off. === "Just a little more..and..viola! Anozer masterpiece, non?" a voice declared happily as a semi-large cake was placed on the table. The figured who was talking was a almost human like Digimon, she was wearing what looked to be a dress made from a wedding cake around her waist and legs with a blue top with frilly sleeves and her hair was seemingly contained within a large hat that resembled the centerpiece of the wedding cake she wore, that was a matching blue with gold coloring and accents along her head as if her hair. "Yes it is, lady Weddinmon!" a group of the cake like Digimon cheered. "Your creations are always such masterpieces!" one of the digimon shouted. "No one can compare to your skills," yet another of the digimon commended this Weddinmon. "Ohhohohoho! Zis is true, non? I am zee greatest chef in ze Digital World!" Weddinmon laughed before sniffling a bit, "Perhaps too good. I may, how you say, start crying like ze baby, no?" "Indeed you are just so great Lady Weddinmon!" the digimon all cheered in unison. "..Indeed I am, non?" Weddinmon smiled a bit. "If I may, my lady..perhaps I ca.." one of the cake like digimon began before a folding fan nearly missed his head. "Vhat...have I told you all..about my number un(1) rule?" Weddinmon warned, a dark aura around her as she aimed another fan at him. "Your creations are not to be eaten. they are to be observed," most all of the cake like digimon said dejectedly. "Exactly! To eat such magnifique masterpieces is a crime against art! It would be as if some fuel ate ze 'First supper'!" Weddinmon declared. The Digimon just nodded their heads in recognition and understanding. But even still they were a little sad. "Now to…!" Weddinmon began before one of the cake like Digimon whispered something to her, "..oh? Really now?...I see...keep an eye on zem.." The others just looked at one another in confusion, what was she talking about? === "H...H...how do you…?" the cake like Digimon(who had introduced himself as Shortmon) with Pinkie's group couldn't help but gawk as the excitable pinkette and her partner were wolfing down as much food(minus cake) as they could. "It's a real mystery." Salamon sighed as she nibbled on some food. "I'm sorry if they are eating too much...they tend to...overeat," Fluttershy meekly apologized. "Mhpmhmhpmhpmhpmh!" Pinkie spoke muffledly, accidently spitting some food in the three's face, "..." she took a quick gulp before chuckling sheepishly, "oopsie..sorry." "Eh...well I suppose it's not much trouble, as long as they don't clear the place out, I don't think others will notice." Shortmon said as he pulled out a handkerchief to wipe his face. "..ok!" Pinkie beamed before she resumed eating. "Pinkie…" Fluttershy whined, "That's not an invitation to try and eat everything." "No no...let her e-" Shortmon began before paling, "Wh..what're you doing?!" "..I'm hungry..and I want cake!" Pinkie shouted, taking a dollop of cake filling that made up a piece of wall. "NOOOO!" Pinkie took a lick of the filling..before her face went a bit green. "Oh gross!" almost everyone paled seeing this. "Pinkiemon...sick." Guilmon said as he covered his eyes with his claws before his tail went up to cover Salamon's eyes. "This is supposed to be cake?! It's gross! It's like eating a very old piece of pie..no..even the pie would taste better than this!" Pinkie ranted, causing Shortmon to lose all color on his entire body. "Pinkie...please calm down before you upset someone…" Fluttershy begged. "Sh...she said it…" Shortmon gulped in pure fear, 'Sh..she that the forbidden phrase…" "Forbidden phrase?" Fluttershy, Salamon and Guilmon blinked. "Rule number two(2)..never...ever..ever call lady Weddinmon's cakes gross!" Shortmon exclaimed before he began to panic, "oh no.. oh no! we're dead! we're all dead!" "Uh…" Guilmon mumbled in confusion. "Why?" he asked the simply obvious question on his mind. "Simple. Anyone who says that word..is hereby pronounced dead! and anyone who knows the person who said it is dead as well! and I'm gonna die by association!" Shortmon panicked. "Shortmon very panicky, even more than Fluttershymon," Guilmon nodded to himself before it came to him. "Guilmon no want to die!" he cried as he ran around in panic. "Oh..oh no oh no.." Fluttershy began to hyperventilate.. "..That's stupid.." Pinkie deadpanned, the only one not panicking at the moment, "You go 'bye bye' just because you don't like someone's creation? again, stupid." "She does not speak for all of us." Salamon said calmly. "No! In fact, I've lived in a bakery for a good chunk of my life!" Pinkie shouted as she climbed onto the table, "and i'll say it again!" "Pinkie no…" Fluttershy began. "This cake was gross!" --- "And now too.." Weddinmon began before freezing up "...who…." "L..Lady Weddinmon?" one of the Shortmon gulped as a dark aura covered Weddinmon. "Who...dares..to call...one of my masterpieces..gross?!" "GAH! SOMEONE DID IT NOW!" all the Shortmon's cried in panic. --- "Oh no…" Shortmon slumped his shoulders along with Fluttershy, one was just afraid of what would happen the other...just couldn't believe they were sucked into yet another predicament by Pinkie. "Oh come on, you little cake guys must be tired of not being able to enjoy this cake, and least of all when it tastes like this." Pinkie added as she jumped back down. "I have shared the truth, I am Pinkie Pie and I speak for the cake!" she called out even louder than before. "...Pinkei..let's…" "YOU!" a voice roared. "..Oh no…" Shortmon paled as he slowly turned to see something charging towards the group. "You!" Pinkie shouted as she got in front of everyone. "I can play the pointing game too!" "You..YOU INSOLENT FUEL!" Weddinmon's voice roared before the female chef was in front of the pinkette, her body red with anger, "HOW DARE YOU CALL ONE OF MY MASTERPIECES GROSS!" "Jacused!" Pinkie cried out, "So it is you who dares to enforce the rule of no one being able to eat cake isn't it!" she said turning the mood in her favor. "Admit to the guilt, and this Pinkie Pie shall forgive you!" "NEVER! CAKES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE GAZED AT, NOT EATEN!" "BLASPHEMY!" Pinkie cried out even louder, "Cake is meant to be eaten and enjoyed! To let the sweet sugary rush course through your entire system! To let its sweet wonderful flavor unite friends and family! For you to turn such a wonderful thing into nothing but a petrified statue of art is blasphemy! You have admitted to the guilt!" "SILENCE, YOU PINK HAIRED FUEL!" "...Fine..." Pinkie frowned, "Then I challenge you…" she paused before declaring loudly, "TO A BAKE OFF!" "Bake off?" everyone else present blinked having been completely ignored by the mood the two had set up. "..A bake off?..pfft! Please..I have no time for ze bake off. Besides, I would win in ze heartbeat," Weddinmon scoffed. "Ah-ha! Fear I can sense it from you!" Pinkie shouted as she pointed as Weddinmon. "If you are as skilled as you say then you would have no problem accepting my challenge!" "..hmpmh..fine zen! Just to prove to you I am ze greatest chef in ze Digital world, I will accept your challenge!" Weddinmon shouted, pulling out a white glove before slapping Pinkie with it, "Tomorrow afternoon is when it'll take place!" "Fine. I accept the terms," Pinke said as she took the glove before slapping Weddinmon across the face twice. "And that was for the white glove slap!" "Fine! See you-how ze say, on zee battlefield tomorrow!" Weddinmon huffed as she stomped off. "Hehe...she fell for it." Pinkie stuck her tongue out as she face her friends. "Wait...you mean you planned that?" Fluttershy blinked in shock. "But of course, if she gets all upset over this much criticism, then she would of course accept a duel with just a little prodding." Pinkie explained. "It's how you take care of these types don't ya know." "oh...I..I see," Fluttershy noted, "b..but..what exactly are you going to cook tomorrow in the bake off?" "Easy! I…" Pinkie paused before tapping her chin in thought, "..huh..what am I gonna cook?" she said to everyone as her eyes became two large white dots in her honest confusion. "You..you have NO idea what to cook?!" Shortmon exclaimed. "..no. Didn't think that far," Pinkie admitted. "...We're gonna die..we're going..to die.." Shortmon whimpered as he went into a fetal position. "Guilmon is too young!" Guilmon cried as he fell to his knees somehow. "Fear not, my friends!" Pinkie shouted as a light beamed down on her, "No matter what I cook, it'll be ten times better than Weddinmon's!" "Pinkie…" Fluttershy sighed. "Hey...where's this light coming from?" Pinkie asked as she cover her eyes from the light beaming down on her, "Gah, it's so bright!" she cried, "Hey author's! Turn that light off!" "...Who is she talking too?" Salamon blinked. "I..I honestly don't know…" Fluttershy admitted. --- "UGH! What an irritating nuisance!" Weddinmon snapped as she went through a few recipe books, "She would dare call my masterpieces awful, and would dare to challenge moi!?" Several Shortmon's were all hiding from the wrath of their leader. They can't believe someone actually said it, on a level some of them kind of knew that some of them probably didn't taste good since they were used for making buildings. But they were smart enough not to say it. "...No matter! Once I win ze bake off, tomorrow with my newest masterpiece, I will personally send them to Lord Jupitermon, along with a cake so masterful, even he will be brought to tears!" Weddinmon declared, "Shortmon! Bring me my best recipe book!" "Yes!" one meeped as he ran off before he and two more brought in a large book. "Here you go…" they grunted as they placed it before her. "Thank you," Weddinmon nodded as she opened the book and began to search through it, "Hmm..non non..zis one won't do..aha! I have found it! Ze perfect recipe to put zat pink nuisance in her place!" --- "Achoo!" Pinkie sneezed, "..huh..someone must be talking about me..oh well. Back to thinking!" "Pinkie, are you sure you can't think of anything? I mean you have come up with some impressive things once or twice before?" Fluttershy asked having calm down from before. "I know, but it's gotta be perfect! I mean, if I try and bake a pie, she'll counter with some huge cake shaped like a pie! if i make donuts, she'll make a giant cake that looks like one! If I.." "St..stop..I..I get it…" she said as she covered Pinkie's mouth. "I get it, she will make a cake of whatever you make...so why don't you just make a cake?" "Ahh, but she'll no doubt expect that!" Pinkie exclaimed after moving Fluttershy's hand off her mouth, "Which is why I need to make something she wouldn't expect!" "Hm...ah…" Fluttershy tried to think of something to say, but she was just at a lost for words really. "...Mou..this is a real phenomenon…" Salamon sighed as Guilmon rested next to her. "..Wait.." Pinkie spoke up as she looked at the puppy like digimon, "Repeat that?" "Hm...this is a real phenomenon?" she repeated innocently. "Phenomenom..phenomnome..OH! I GOT IT!" Pinkie exclaimed, a literal light bulb popping out of her hair. "How does she do that?" Salamon blinked. "Mm...too bright...turn light off." Guilmon groaned a bit in his sleep. "Sorry ,Guilmon," Pinkie apologized as she flicked the light bulb, turning it off. "Anyway, what did you figure out?" Fluttershy asked having gotten over the light bulb bit. "The perfect item to win tomorrow!" Pinkie beamed, "Luckily I've eaten so many of the item in question, I've memorized what makes them in my head!" Fluttershy could only blink in confusion at that. Just what item was she talking about. --- (the next day, two minutes until the bake off) "P-Pinkie..are you sure you know what you're doing?" Fluttershy whispered to her excitable friend as she got ready and waited for the competition to begin. "Don't you worry, I know exactly what I'm doing. this is the first time I've done something completely stupid only to have it all inexplicably work out for me in the end." she reasoned. '...That..doesn't make me feel any better...' Fluttershy thought in worry. "Hmpmh..so you have arrived, I see," a voice huffed, making Pinkie look to see Weddinmon, along with a few Shortmon following her, one of which was dressed in a suit and was a bit pudgier than the others, "Ready to lose, fuel?" "Hahhahaha! The question is are you ready to lose!" Pinkie asked as she stood proudly. "I shall not be defeated by the likes of you! And that is how it has been written, so says!" she stated as she blurred up to Weddinmon. "What no white glove to slap me with this time?" she asked smugly while sticking out her tongue. "I will not be needing it, you pink imbecile," Weddinmon huffed, "Because I already know I'm going to win." "We'll see about that." Pinkie smirked. "Alright then let this challenge commence!" she shouted as she blurred back to her friends. "Fine…" Weddinmon huffed before looking at one of her Shortmon, "You! Announce the challenge!" "Y-yes, Lady Weddinmon!" the Shortmon in question yelped as he ran ahead and shouted, "Welcome all to the bake off between Lady Weddinmon and..ugh.." he quickly ran up to Pinkie and whispered, "What's your name?" That one unknowingly struck her in the pride. "Pinkie Pie." she replied with a wobbly smile as she tried to heal her pride. "...okay…" the Shortmon blinked as he ran back to the center area, "Pinkie pie! Now the challenge! Whoever makes their recipe within an hour, will win the first round! However..if the judge happens to like it and give it a perfect score, then that contestant wins the entire thing!" "Doesn't that make the first round somewhat unnecessary then?" Fluttershy said quietly to herself. "Enough talk!" Weddinmon shouted, "Start ze clock already so that I may beat this fuel!" "I'm not fuel!" Pinkie shouted back. "Pinkie!" everyone shouted making her jump. "Right win first then question everything she says and does." Pinkie said as she focused on the task at hand. "Ok! Ready…." the Shortmon announcer began before clicking on a stopwatch he pulled out, "go!" Weddinmon wasted no time as she already got teh cake batter ready and began to stir, her arm almost like a blur.. "Eep...she's fast." Salamon said seeing this. "But Pinkiemon faster!" Guilmon shouted, seeing his tamer as a blur as she quickly got her ingredients and began to mix them up, her arm almost invisible with how fast it was. "Indeed she is." Salamon couldn't help but nod in agreement at that. "This must be the fastest I've ever seen her go." Fluttershy admitted, 'P..Pinkie..please win...otherwise..no..no I can't think that.' ---- (30 minutes later) "H..holy! Half an hour has passed, and both our contestants have created a ton of things!" the Shortmon announcer gawked. "Wow…." was all Pinkie's friends could saw looking at the amounts of confections made by the both of them. "S..so many…" Fluttershy whispered. "Aaaaand done!" Pinkie shouted as she placed her last creation on the table, "Would've made more, but ran out of ingredients." she admitted. "Guilmon….hungry…." Guilmon whispered to himself as he began to salivate, most of it falling on several shortmon's infront of him. "Aaaaand fini!" Weddinmon shouted as she finished her last confection as well. "I..incredible! 25 minutes left, and both combatants are done!" the announcer gawked before clearing his throat, "BUT! let us see which one is the true victor! Judge!" "Hai hai..contestants! Present your dish!" the judge(the slightly pudgy Shortmon) shouted. "Hmpmh..easy enough.." Weddinmon smirked as she placed a semi-large cake in front of her, "And with zis, my victory is assured." "And with this, my victory is assured." Pinkie mimicked in a mocking manner. "Grr…" Weddinmon growled at the pinkette as the judge approached her table first. "Come on Judgey taste it." Pinkie said as she waited for the Judging Shortmon to give his verdict. "...Pray tell..." the judge paused as he pointed to the food on the plate before him, "What is this?" "That my cake looking friend..is a Phenomnomenom," Pinkie replied. "..A...what now?" "Just trust me." Pinkie said proudly. "It's taking every ounce of my willpower not to eat it myself." The judge blinked a bit as he picked up the Phenomnomenom, examining the small snack-cake like food for a then took a bite of it before his eyes shot wide open. 'Hpmh..he must've hated it,' Weddinmon thought with a smirk as she watched the judge tremble. "Is he okay…?" Fluttershy asked in slight worry. "5...4...3...2...1…" Pinkie counted down,. "Th...this...this is…" the judge began before he began to cry anime tears, a light shining down on him, "This is the most perfect confection I have ever tasted~~~!" "WHAT!" almost everyone shouted, primarily Weddinmon and the other Shortmon, Guilmon was still just drooling while Fluttershy and Salamon sweatdropped. "The taste..it's as if I'm eating something sweet, AND sour at the same time! The way it dances on my taste buds is truly phenomenal! A true phenomenom!" the judge declared before gasping in realization, "Oh!..I just got the name!" "Hehe...I win." Pinkie smirked while sticking her tongue out. "See everyone knows the hero wins these things no problem." she explained to no one in particular. "Pinkie you're talking to a wall." Fluttershy pointed out. "No I'm not. I'm talking to the readers, Flutters," Pinkie replied with a smile, making a 'squee' noise in the process. "...It seems like you get stranger with each new trick." Fluttershy responded quietly to herself still confused by all that goes on around her friend. "Guilmon want…" Guilmon drooled as he tried to snatch a bite of some of the dishes. But the poor guy took a bite from the cake Weddinmon made. "M...m..my masterpice!" Weddinmon gasped before growling in pure anger, glaring at the red dinosuar, "You...you fuel! How DARE you eat one of my masterpieces!" "Oh...Guilmon...not feel so good now…" Guilmon replied, raising one of his claws to his mouth as his red parts all faded to a sickly green in the process, "*urp* oof...not good…" he said as he covered his mouth and made a run for the nearest trashcan. "Now that's just nasty…" Pinkie said upon seeing this. "..Well..since Weddinmon has no cake to present.." the judge paused before raising Pinkie's arm into the air, "I declare the challenger our winner!" "M..mon due!" Weddinmon shouted in disbelief. "Hehe…" Pinkie grinned raising both her hands in the air in victory as the shortmon clapped in response. "Ohhh….good job….Pinkiemon…" Guilmon moaned hugging the trashcan before he stuck his head back in. "Thanks Guils. I knew I was gonna win anyway," Pinkie beamed before blinking, "...Did it just get hot in here?" "Hot? What…?" Salamon began. "You….you….!" "Me….me….?" Pinkie replied as she turned to see Weddinmon, her entire body red with anger. "You..imbecilic...ignorant, stupid, fuelish, pest!" Weddinmon roared. "Whoa-oh...this is the climactic part." Pinkie spoke as she looked at the still sick Guilmon. "Well my Red Dinosaur is sick so there is only one course of action." she said before turning away. "Run!" she cried as she bolted out of there. "Eh! You mean after all that you didn't have a plan for this!?" Fluttershy, Salamon and the Shortmon they made friends with all shouted in disbelief as they ran after her. "Yup yup yup!" Pinkie smiled, making them sweatdrop a bit. "GRRR! Weddinmon growled, "..I..I….I VILL DESTROY YOU ALL!-!-!-!-!-!" she roared as everything around her began to turn into data as she absorbed it, the Shortmon and judge included. "W...w...what is she doing?!" Fluttershy asked in shock. "Oh no.." the remaining Shortmon with them paled, "Sh...she's going to turn into it!" "'It'? What's 'it'?" Salamon asked as Fluttershy was still shocked with fear. "ReverseWeddinmon!" "That's a thing!?" Pinkie asked before the ground began to rumble," Eh?" She looked up at what she could best describe as a wedding cake themed monster/digimon. Its base was a regular one while the rest of it seemed to be another wedding cake flipped upside down with a series of candles on the top that made an almost crown like shape. It also had two arms made of smaller cakes and their plate like stands, one had multiple forks almost like claws/fingers, the other had a series of candles/firecrackers like fingers, each arm also had a wisp like flame with a face in the flame. It's crazed face glared at them. "It's a nightmare cake!" Pinkie cried out, seeing it as it towered over them. "This is worse than the cake being a lie!" she cried out running from the Digimon. "You vill be not going ze anywhere! Fork Dance!" ReverseWeddinmon shouted as it fired a series of forks at Pinkie. She narrowly evaded the sharp utensils by doing a series of flips before she landed. "Skills." she said as she began running again. "Uht! You pest! Crazy Cracker!" "Hey! That is really offensive!" Pinkie shouted, shaking a fist at ReverseWeddinmon before the excitable pinkette yelped when the Digimon raised its other arm sending the fire cracker like candles flying at Pinkie each one hitting with a minor explosion. The smoke cleared revealing Pinkie with her hair poofed up even more like an afro, and her face covered in soot. She coughed smoke. "Okay...I'll give you that one...you get one." she said shaking her head her hair going back to normal and the soot shaking off, "Fluttershy, get Salamon ready! It's time for our Digi-buddies to evolve and fight!" "R..right!" Fluttershy nodded as Salamon leapt out of her arms, allowing the shy pinkette to pull out her Digivice. "Hmm? You fight moi? Ohhohohohohoho!" ReverseWeddinmon laughed tauntingly, "Like you could ever…!" "Oh I'll love this." Pinkie said turning her head away from the battle before snickering quietly, already having her digivice out as it shone. =GUILMON/SALAMON-SHINKA!= =GROWLMON/GATOMON!= With that two bright flashes died down as the evolved Digimon stood there with Gatomon standing atop Growlmon's head. "*urp* Oh...Growlmon still sick...lets make this fast…" Growlmon complained his eyes becoming to blank white spheres as he held his claws to his stomach. He shook it off slightly before he charged and tackled into ReverseWeddinmon sending it crashing to the ground. He then pinned the digimon down with his claws. "Fire Blaster!" he called as flamed formed in his mouth before he unleashed them at point blank range. The smoke cleared as Growlmon stood back up with ReverseWeddinmon glared at him, scorch marks evident across its body. "Now you are to be getting it! Fork dance!" ReverseWeddinmon shouted as she fired sharp forks at Growlmon before throwing out her other arm, "Followed by Crazy Cracker!" "Pyro Blaster!-!-!" Growlmon unleashed an even stronger stream of fire that blocked all the incoming projectiles before enveloping the cake Digimon. "Growlmon's flames are much stronger." "..Uh..I don't think that worked," Gatmon pointed out as she heard a munching noise coming from the smoke cloud, which soon died down to reveal ReverseWeddinmon..eating the fire?! "Oh now Growlmon really sick." Growlmon gagged,holding his claw to his mouth as his face turned green again. He shook it off before roaring and charging again. The two digimon clashed before crashing into the ground as Growlmon raised his claws. "Grow claw!" he shouted as his claws glimmered before he stabbed them forward, only for ReverseWeddinmon to grab his arm stopping the claws from impaling. "Grrr…." Growlmon groaned as he tried to push the claws forward. "Time fo ze allyoop!" ReverseWeddinmon laughed as she tossed Growlmon over her shoulder, sending him crashing into a few buildings, "Ohhohohoho! You cannot be me! I am…" "Lightning Paw!" Gatomon shouted as she climbed up ReverseWeddinmon's body, stopping right around it's face before she began to scratch it like crazy leaving scratch marks across its face. With this Growlmon bit into ReverseWeddinmon's shoulder as he stood up and then fell back bring the digimon with him. "Dino Kick!" he shouted as he landed on his back and kicked RevseWeddinmon in the 'stomach' and the force sent it flying over and then crashing into the ground. Growlmon tolled over to his stomach before standing back up. Gatomon landing on his head again. "Nice shot, big guy," Gatmon smirked as she patted his head with her tail. Growlmon gave a snort of thanks as the two glared at the Digimon. "Zat...is...IT! Time for my ultimate attack!" ReverseWeddinmon roared as she slammed both her arms into the ground and aimed her head at the two, flames starting to gather around it, "Candle Service Inferno!" "Pyro Blaster!" Growlmon countered as he poured even more of his energy into his flamed before he shot his head forward and belched it out. The two streams of fire collided before forming into a pillar of fire that shot up making everyone look at the flames. "...Eh. I've seen better," Pinkie shrugged, wearing a pair of sunglasses as she looked at the pillar before it dispersed. Growlmon bared his teeth as he growled at ReverseWeddinmon the two having used a large deal of their energy for that clash of flames. Growlmon then raised his arms as the bladed fins began to glow. "Plasma Blade!" he roared as energy covered them he then charged and began slashing wildly. "Hohohohoho!" ReverseWeddinmon laughed as she dodged the attacks with ease, "You cannot hit me, you fuelish reptile!" "Not trying to hit...you." Growlmon responded as ReversWeddinmon was backed against a wall. "Was trapping you." he smirked as he slammed his arms into the Digimon pinning it to the wall. "Ike...Gatomon!" he shouted. "You got it!" Gatomon shouted as she climbed off Growlmon before leaping off and delivered a flying kick into ReverseWeddinmon's face, "Lightning kick!" she then jumped off, spinning in the air a few times before stopping, her eyes glowing as she fired a pink beam from them, "Cat Laser!" "Dragon Spine!" Growlmon added as the hairs on the back of his head shot forward at the same time as Gatomon's attack both hitting ReverseWeddinmon in the face causing a small explosion. Growlmon took a few steps back as Gatomon landed on his head once again. "Did that do it?" Gatomon asked as the smoke cleared, revealing a heavily panting ReverseWeddinmon, "Oh, come on!" "You still wanna fight ugly lady digimon?" Growlmon asked brandishing his claws and blades again. "...U…...u….UGLY?!-?-!-?-!-?-!-?-!-?-!" ReverseWeddinmon roared. "Pinkiemon way cuter." "Aw you big sweetie." Pinkie gushed. "Um...Pinkie?" Fluttershy spoke up as she pointed to the trembling ReverseWeddinmon, her entire body a pure red as steam came off her. "Whoa-oh." Pinkie realized. "Well someone needs some ice to cool down." "..You...You...YOU!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!" ReverseWeddinmon snarled as she charged for Growlmon and Gatomon, roaring in pure anger. "..." Growlmon then lifted up a giant shard and showed ReverseWeddinmon her reflection. "...Huh?" the Digimon blinked as she skidded to a halt, "Is...is that me?" Growlmon nodded Gatomon having to hang onto his hair lest she be thrown off. "See, Ugly…" he stated tapping the reflection. "...Oh god... I've never seen this form! No wonder all my fiances left me~!" she bawled as she started crying. "...You mean she never looked at herself in that form?" Fluttershy blinked. "I don't think a lot of Digimon notice how much they change sometime." Pinkie reasoned as ReverseWeddinmon cried. "Ugly Digimon quit now?" "...What's the point?! I'm hideous!" she cried as she ran..or rather hopped off, twin streams of tears running down her face. "Gulimon winner!" Growlmon cheered, doing a happy dance as he changed back into Guilmon. "..Well that was rather anti-climatic," Gatomon sweatdropped a bit as she changed back into Salamon. "...Is that what you ordered your digimon to do?" Fluttershy asked Pinkie. "Yeah. As soon as I saw Weddinmon, you know who I thought of?" "Rarity?" Fluttershy sweatdropped. "Rarity." Pinkie nodded. "Oh…" "Yup, and you know what the best part is?" "Wha…" "She left us with this house full of sweets! EAT IT ALL GUILMON~" "Yeah!" Guilmon cheered as he immedeatly pigged out on the sweets --- "In other news the entire kingdom of Weddinmon was devoured," a news reporter Digimon announced as Twilight and the others walked pass a TV. "Wait...a town devoured?" Twilight blinked as she stepped back to the TV. "Is something like that possible?" "Ah'm not sure.." AJ admitted, rubbing the back of her head in confusion. "We're talking with one of the survivors now." --- "Hey guys, look at this! The kingdom of sweets got eaten!" Huckmon shouted. "Huh?" RD blinked as her group stepped back to see what Huckmon meant. "Impossible. No one could survive eating an entire kingdom made of sweets and keep their figure," Rarity scoffed. "Ah look look! Another human!" Huckmon shouted pointing at the screen. "A pink haired one!" "Hey, she's wearing yellow...and hiding...Rainbow is that…" Rarity began. "Its Fluttershy!" Rd gasped. "She's pretty…" Huckmon swooned. "Could you please tell us what you recall?" a on the field reporter asked a Candlemon. "Its was horrible! she and her dragon came and took everything!" the Candlemon said in shock. "They started with her highness' castle and moved on to our homes!" "You heard it here, my fellow Digimon. A strange human and a dragon type Digimon came in and destroyed this once happy town." "Oh my god, she's still here!" the Candlemon's voice panicked as screaming was heard and the camera was dropped more screaming was heard till it stopped and someone picked the camera up. "Pinkiemon! Guilmon find camera! Is it eatable!?" the voice asked as Guilmon appeared on the screen. "Pinkiemon?" Rarity and RD repeated. --- "Pinkiemon?" AJ and Twilight blinked as the camera was focus on a familiar excitable pinkette. "The cake is yummy! NOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM!" She roared actually trying to eat the camera till it cut away to the now scared anchorman. "You've seen it hear...a truly terrifying Human has entered our world." he gulped, trying to regain his composure. "More on this story as it develops." he added as it went to commercial. "That was by far the strangest human I've ever seen and I'm stuck with you two." Elecmon spoke. Twilight and AJ couldn't say anything as they gawked at the TV, their eyes blank and their mouths agap. --- "Well good to see she's doing alright." Rarity blinked, continuing on. "Yeah. Fluttershy in good hands." Rainbow nodded following Rarity while their Digimon companions looked in shock. "What the heck kind of human was that!?" Huckmon shouted. "Clearly not a sane one," Noir sweatdropped with YukiRenamon slowly nodding in agreement "Sane...does not exist when it comes to her," Rarity sighed a bit, "Come along. Judging by that map, that area was close so we'll find her in no time." "I don't think I want to meet that kind of person." Huckmon sweatdropped a bit, following regardless he was just complaining to complain. --- "Mom, I'm scared." Salamon trembled as shadowed images of Gulimon and Pinkie spewing fire roared in hunger. "It will be over soon...so till then cover your eyes and ears." Fluttershy said, covering the puppy Digimon's eyes with her hand. "Y..yes mom," Salamon whimpered as she covered her ears. "GIVE US THE CAKES!" > Reunions > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Ugh...are we there yet?" Dorumon asked in a bit of impatience as Twilight's group continued to walk down a dirt path, the bookworm of the group reading a map. "Uhm...if I'm right we should be close," Twilight responded, holding the map up. "You said that an hour ago…" Dorumon argued childishly. "Ah have to agree Twi," AJ added as she held her grumbling stomach, "We already used up th' last of our food an hour ago." "Yeah..and who knows where we can find more," Elecmon added. "Hah…" Twilight sighed as she folded up the map. "Well the map says we are going the right way...but it's not like the distance will be easy to cover." she said. "There really is nothing we can do but keep going and hope we find food along the way or make it there soon." Ryudamon spoke as he was at this point dragging Dorumon. "Ugh..I hope s-" "Hold up, Twi," AJ spoke as she narrowed her eyes a bit, staring into the distance, "Ah think I see it." "Wow…" everyone said as they walked up beside her and looked at the sight before them. The city they where looking at was huge, and it was almost futuristic, it had skyscrapers, and buildings that were very beautiful and well designed and many of which even had what looked to be lawns or gardens on the roofs or had pools from what they could see. The streets and roads were wide and not very busy and what looked like an ever looping bridge structure with a glass roof making it tube like, these where the rails for fast paced trains that carried denizens of this city from place to place. What stood out the most was there in the center was a large almost stadium like structure with two large curving tower structures on the sides. This city was like something Twilight or AJ had ever seen or imagined. It was so advanced with technology and such they were not as use to, yet this advanced city at the same time also seemed to be balanced as it had a vast abundance of nature as well such as the gardens and parks that could be seen. "W...we're here. We're finally here.." Twilight whispered in awe. "Hai..Twilight, Applejack...welcome to Alpha city, one of the biggest cities in the entire Digital World," Ryudamon explained. "Yes we made it!" Dorumon said happily as he tossed his arms into the air in joy at finally making it to the city. "Hey you two okay you look like you've never seen anything like this?" Elecmon said, noticing the wide eyes on the two girls. "..Well..t' tell ya th' truth Elecmon, we really don't have places th..this advanced where we come from," Applejack explained. "Really?" Dorumon blinked. "I thought that the human world had tons of big cities?" "..Uh...it does, but..nothing this advanced," Twilight replied, still afraid to tell her partner that she and AJ were really from a world full of ponies and such. "Huh go figure." Dorumon said easily believing that. "Yea..why don't we head inside?" Twilight suggested. "Good idea. There might be a chance your other friends are in there," Ryudamon stated as the group headed towards the city. 'I hope so...' Twilight mentally hoped, 'I really hope so.' ---- Speaking of Twilight's other friends, we cut to Rainbow Dash and Rarity's group, who had just arrived in the city as well. "Ah finally!" Huckmon sighed as they entered the city looking at all the buildings. "*whistles*Dang..this place looks pretty cool," Dash awed as she looked at some of the tall buildings. "Of course it is. This is the most tech advanced city in the Digital world." Huckmon said, "This place is said to be modeled after some cities in the human world too." he added. "But I bet this got your places beat by a mile." "I..indeed they do…" Rarity slowly nodded, looking at the buildings as well before she skidded to a halt, looking at what appeared to be a clothing store. "Rarity? Are you ok?" YukiRenamon asked, the snow vixen stopping to see if her tamer was alright. "Is she okay?" Noir asked checking on her as well as everyone else also stopped to see if she was alright. "Rarity?" Dash said walking up to her and waving a hand in front of her face getting no response before she followed her line of sight. "Oh...no…" she mumbled putting two and two together. "Th...that dress…" Rarity whispered before she was instantly in front of the window, looking at a rather beautiful black dress, "I..it's magnificent! Th..the design! The stitching!" "Rarity?" everyone blinked, watching her as stars formed in her eyes. "Should we be worried?" Noir asked. "Nope," Dash sighed as she grabbed Rarity before she began walking, dragging her along. "No! Wait! I must look at it further! It's giving me ideas!" Rarity shouted, trying to free herself from RD's grip. "You can come back and gawk once we find friends who look like us," Dash countered as everyone just kept walking as Rarity just cried while being dragged off. "Ugh…" YukiRenamon sighed a bit. --- "Hello~ Alpha city!" Pinkie declared as she and Fluttershy's group got off a train like Digimon. Said Digimon's body was colored yellow with orange trimming towards the bottom and white lines across it's structure and two exhaust pipes along the sides of it's body. It was also rounded out towards the top with a red structure near the top almost like a hat, it also had two green fish like eyes near the bottom of the front that blinked as it's passengers all got off. "Oh finally we made it…" Fluttershy sighed happily, the train moved a little faster then she was use to so she was glad to be standing on her own two feet...something she barely got used to that is. "Here we are in Alpha City, ladies. I hope you enjoy your visit and find what you're looking for," The train..spoke? as it began to move backwards. "Th..thank you for the trip, Mr. Kettle!" Fluttershy said as she and Salamon waved the Trailmon goodbye. "Thank you for making it free too~!" Pinkie waved along with Guilmon, "Man...we got lucky to find a train after what happened in Sweetsville." "Y..yea.."Fluttershy nodded while mumbling to herself, "After you and Guilmon went on a frenzy and ate everyone's homes." "Oh no worries. We made a small deal with Weddinmon to rebuild the place. All me and Guils have to do is not say that her other form was...how do I put this…?" Pinkie tapped her chin in thought. "Horribly ugly?" Guilmon spoke. "I was going to go uglier than a Diamond Dog on a bad hair day, but let's go with that," Pinkie replied, Guilmon nodding in understanding. Fluttershy couldn't help but think these two were a perfect pair. "Right...so how about we try looking for the others now." Fluttershy spoke up. "Good idea, Flutters!" Pinkie shouted, "You take one half of the city, i'll take the other with guilmon! Okay, break!" "Wh..wha…?" Fluttershy began before Pinkie and Guilmon were off in a blur. "We got left…" Salamon said plainly. "Y..yea.." Fluttershy nodded, trying to register what just happened, "...L..let's just explore the city, and hope to find my other friends." "...Okay, mama," Salamon nodded as the two took off in their own direction. Fluttershy's first thought was to possibly check the parks, for some reason some part of her figured she'd find Rainbow Dash sleeping under one of the trees. Call it a hunch. --- "Ugh...can't believe we lost her," Dash groaned as she and Huckmon were in the park, Rarity, the Sistermon twins, and YukiRenamon nowhere in sight. "The minute you let her go, she ran off pretty fast…" Huckmon said, explaining what happened to see if he could see how it happened. "Why are you girls all so abnormal?" "..What's that supposed to mean?" Dash asked, her eye twitching a bit as she glared at the dragon. "Oh I don't know. There's the fact last week I saw you run faster then most Digimon I've seen, the time Rarity used some weird magic powers...and not to mention all the really just plain weird things about you two." he stated factually making her glare stop cold. "..I see…" Dash noted,tapping her chin in thought a bit as she sat underneath a tree. "Hm...well no point poking holes in this I guess saves me a headache." he said as he rested his head on her lap almost like a dog would. "..Yea…" Dash replied, still in deep thought, 'Now that I think about it..I ran faster than usual in this..body of mine while Rarity showed signs of her magic...Can it be that..no no. It can't be.' she shook her head as she patted Huckmon's head as the two relaxed. In their time as partners the two had come to have this habit where whenever Rainbow Dash laid against tree like this Huckmon would join her and rest his head on her lap again as if he where a dog. As such she often petted him since this was the one time he didn't get mad over it. It was these moments that others note the two were much closer than they liked to admit. "*yawn*Maybe after we rest, we'll search for her...besides, how hard can it…?" Huckmon began. "Let's not jinx it." Rainbow Dash yawned as she stretched her arms before resting them behind her head, "Besides, the nap will do us some good." "..Yea..you're right," Huckmon yawned again as the two relaxed into a light nap. The city was bustling but it was calm enough for them to let themselves fall into a light slumber. "U..um..excuse me?" a rather soft, yet shy voice spoke, making RD open one of her eyes halfway to see someone with long pink hair, "H..have you seen anypo..er, anyone with puffy pink hair and looked..um, really energetic?" "No...but…*yawns* sounds like a friend of mine I'm lookin' for…" she yawned her eyes still trying to focus and clear the blurs into something recognisable. "Oh...o-okay then. S..sorry for disturbing you then," the girl apologized. "..kinda think of it..*yawns*you remind me of a friend of mine with how you talk," Dash yawned as she stretched her arms back out again while cracking her back as well. "Ah man that feels good after a nap." she smiled happily before looking down at the still peaceful Huckmon. "Mmm...n..no...come back here, tasty…" Huckmon mumbled in his sleep. "Well you're happy." Rainbow Dash noted as she carefully lifted him into her arms and stood up. "Ah well thanks whoever you are…" she said standing up before noticing something about the shy looking girl in front of her, "..huh..with how your hair is, you look..like…" "..L..like what?" "And that voice sounds just like…" she noted as her mind was still waking up but with what little mental power she had at the moment she put those two things together, but she need one last thing to be sure. "What do you think of this little guy?" she asked holding up the sleeping Huckmon who snored lightly. "...W...well, h..he reminds me of a d-dragon..but..he's not a..*gulp*big..sc-scary one…" the pinkette replied with a stutter. "And if I told you he was just a big dog like lizard?" Rainbow Dash asked. "..W...well..I..I'm not sure..s..sorry, if that's ok with you," the girl meeped a bit. "Yup it's you." Dash said plainly. "That was the last piece of the puzzle." she said as she dropped Huckmon on the ground waking him up. "Ahh! Giant Crab People!" Huckmon yelped as he shot up and began looking around. "Who what where?! Am I under attack?! Do I need to kick ass?!" he complained as he jumped around looking left and right. "Calm down, I just dropped ya and stuff," Dash replied as she looked back up at the girl, "Been looking all over for you, Fluttershy." "..H..how do you know my…" Fluttershy paused before she took a closer look at the tomboy, "..R..Rainbow Dash?" "Heh..who else do ya know with…?" RD began before she was immediately pulled into a hug, "Mphm?!" "Ah…" Huckmon mumbled seeing this. "Excuse me, but I think the short girl is being smothered by you." he spoke, poking Fluttershy's leg., "Hmm?" Fluttershy blinked before looking down, seeing Dash's face blue due to her being trapped in her..ahem, large breast, "Oh!" she yelped as she released the hug, allowing RD to breath, "I..I am so sorry, Rainbow dash!" "It's fine…" she breathed, before she looked back at Fluttershy, "Now I've realised something...Why are you taller then me too!?" she complained. "E..excuse me?" "I mean first Rarity was taller than me, and now you?!" she complained. "This is not fair!" "..Is your friend always like this, mama?" Salamon asked as she looked up at Fluttershy, the puppy like Digimon sitting beside her legs. "..Wait..mama?" RD blinked upon hearing that. "Ah...She must have imprinted on your friend," Huckmon spoke, "Most of the younger in year Digimon tend to do that," he explained to Rainbow Dash. "Oh...honestly, I'm not surprised," Dash replied, "Back home, she used to take care of a lot of animals." "Oh…" Huckmon and Salamon both nodded as they looked at Fluttershy. "Yup, so the fact she was able to get a puppy to think of her as her mother doesn't surprise me." Dash added as Fluttershy meekly scratched the back of her head, "..Oh! Before I forget..have you seen the others, Fluttershy?" "..N..no. I lost track of Pinkie Pie after we got off the train," Fluttershy answered. "So we all got separated?" Rainbow Dash mumbled to herself, "Well I guess I can find Rarity no problem since I know exactly where she went, and Pinkie sooner or later should make a mess we can find her in the middle of." "R..right," Fluttershy nodded, "th..though I think we should stick together. That way, we can possibly find the others faster..um, if they're here that is." "I get the feeling we'll find them." Rainbow Dash said. "I..I hope so," Fluttershy hoped as she and RD began to leave the park, the two and their Digimon unaware they were being watched by a cloaked figure. --- "How can ya manage to lose track of Twilight?" Elecmon sweatdropped a bit as he and AJ were within what looked like a shopping district. "Ah'm sorry but..this place is just so huge, ah lost track of her," AJ replied. "Ah great...in this city we'll take forever to find them." Elecmon mumbled in annoyance. "Well I'm sure it shouldn't be that hard to find a purple haired human girl." "Yeah. Now let's.." AJ began. "Oh! Look at that! Oh that dress looks devine~!" a voice happily and excitedly exclaimed, the tone of it familiar to Applejack. "..Hold up..that voice sounds like…" Applejack began "Well when I said a purple haired human girl...this was not what I expected." Elecmon said having stopped and looking towards a store. "Rarity..are you sure you have enough for that dress?" a anthropomorphic snow vixen asked a human woman with styled purple hair as she stared at a elegant white dress. "..Well..no but..I'm sure the store clerk will accept diamonds and jewels..that is if I had any…" "Yup...that's a strange human." Elecmon spoke as he and AJ poked their heads in to watch the scene. "..Ah think Ah know her..but just t' make sure…" AJ paused as she took a deep breath and exclaimed, "RARITY, THERE'S A STAIN ON YA!" "WHAT?!" Rarity exclaimed as she began to search her entire body for that 'stain', "Where!?" "I believe another friend of yours has found us," YukiRenamon spoke as she looked at AJ and Elecmon. "...Applejack?" Rarity blinked before something registered in her head, "...wait..THAT WAS NOT FUNNY!" "Sorry. Had t' make sure it was you," AJ chuckled sheepishly. "That's the second time I've been tricked like that." Rarity mumbled, looking off to the side in embarrassment. "Yes..the first being caused by your friend, Rainbow Dash," Blanc recalled. "Don't..remind me, Rarity mumbled. "So you are another fiend of Rarity's?" YukiRenamon asked AJ. "Eeyup. And ah take it yer her partner Digimon?" Applejack asked in return. "Indeed," Yukirenamon nodded in response. "It seems we turned out lucky that we did find some of her friends here. However now we have lost Rainbow Dash." she noted. "Oh jeez we're going to be going around town looking for this Rainbow Dash and Twilight aren't we?" Elecmon sighed. "Most likely," AJ nodded, "Well..we better get a move on." "Of course.." Rarity nodded before she turned back towards the dress, "Right after I admire this dress more!" "...Come on," AJ sighed as she grabbed Rarity by the her shirt and dragged her off. "Ah~!" Rarity whined as she was dragged off for the second time today, and this time by someone a little bit stronger then Rainbow Dash. Just as the group was leaving, the same cloaked figure that had spied on RD and Fluttershy was leaning against a nearby poll, hidden from the group's gaze. --- "Maybe..no no…" Twilight mumbled as she looked through the different addresses in the city, "..Ugh..I think we're lost." "Aw man.." Dorumon whined a bit as she slumped, "I knew we shouldn't have taken that left turn a few blocks back..now we're stuck, and have no idea where AJ and Elecmon are!" "I know...it's not like we can just go back and undo it." Twilight mumbled to herself. "All we can hope is we find them." Ryudamon added. "..Maybe you're right...I mean, it's not like as if.." Twilight began before she spotted something rushing towards her, "..What..the…?" "TWIIIIIIIIILIIIIIIIIIGHT!" a very energetic voice exclaimed before a pink blur tackled Twilight, sending her tumbling to the ground. "Ow...that hurt…" Twilight mumbled as she massaged her head while looking up at Pinkie, who was smiling like a madwoman down at her, "P..Pinkie pie?!" "Hi, Twilight!" Pinkie beamed as she got off her, "I had a feeling I run into you! *Squee*" "You know when people say that it's not meant to be literal Pinkie…" Twilight complained still feeling the soreness from falling flat on her back like that. "Oopsie. Eh heh..Sorry," Pinkie chuckled sheepishly. "Ah well it's fine. I'm just glad to have found you." Twilight smiled as she stood back up. "Same here!" Pinkie beamed before she looked at Dorumon and Ryudamon, "..So which one's yours? The samurai looking dragon, or the fuzzy purple dragon?" "The Fuzzy Purple dragon has a name…." Dorumon complained. "Which she doesn't know." Ryudamon countered, smacking him with his tail. "My partner is Dorumon...and this is Ryudamon," Twilight motioned to which one was which. "Hiya!" Pinkie waved as Guilmon caught up to her, "This is my partner in crime, Guilmon! Guils, this is my friend, Twilight." "...Twilightmon?" Guilmon tilted his head, as he looked at her. "Yeah he does that." Pinkie smiled as she wrapped her arms around Guilmon hugging him close. "But he's a good little fellow." she smiled. "Guilmon good friend to Pinkiemon," Guilmon beamed, wagging his tail a bit. "You two get along really well, don't you?" Twilight smiled. "You could do to learn from him." Ryudamon joked to Dorumon. Dorumon gave him a small glare before he looked right at Twilight, "Now that we found one of your friends, let try and hurry to find your other ones." "Oh that's right. Pinkie, do you know where the others might be?" Twilight asked. "How…" Ryudamon began. "It's Pinkie she just knows." Twilight said as Pinkie's eyes became white dots as she nodded happily. "..." "Anyways...Have you seen the others, Pinkie?" "Well.." Pinkie began as she took a deep breath, "I left Fluttershy at the train station, no doubt she already left to the park where no doubt Rainbow Dash is under a tree sleeping, Aj being in a shopping district and saw Rarity looking at cloths, some of which she could possibly work on back home in Ponyville!*GASP*" she gasped suddenly. "What? What is it?" Twilight asked. "I was taking a deep breath after talking that fast," Pinkie replied, causing Twilight, Ryudamon, and Dorumon to face fault. "Ah same old Pinkie." Twilight smiled as she stood back up. "Yup. So let's go and find the others, especially since at the end of this chapter, w.." Pinkie began before she closed her mouth, "...ohhoho...nice try authors! You are NOT gonna let me spoiler the ending!" "Pinkiemon speak crazy again." Guilmon spoke as Twilight patted his head. "You know all about our pain." Twilight said. "Anywho, since we know everything, I have two options! 1; we split up and find the two pairs ,which is the fun way because it promises crazy misadventures!" Pinkie smiled. "..And the other?" "We stick together...which is the boring way…" "...Let's go with option one then since it sounds more reasonable.." "Great!" Pinkie beamed as she pointed to a tower in the distance, "We'll meet in the center of town!" she said as she grabbed Guilmon. "Onward to craziness Guil!" she shouted happily as she hopped off. "You just wanted to save yourself more headaches didn't you?" Ryudamon asked Twilight. "Yes...Pinkie's a good friend but..she can be a bit...too random sometimes," Twilight whispered as her group made their way. "Ahh…" the two nodded in complete understanding. Unaware to the three, the cloaked figure(the same one) was spying on them from the shadows, a visible grin growing on her face. "That's right Sparkle..gather your little friends.." the figure smirked as she delved into the shadows,"It won't be fun unless I destroy you all in one shot." --- "Okay where do we find Pinkie and or Rarity?" Rainbow Dash asked as she and Fluttershy walked down the road. "Um..I-I'm not sure, Rainbow…" Fluttershy replied, "M...maybe Rarity's in a shopping district and Pinkie..maybe she's…" "Causing mass panic for no reason?" Rainbow Dash finished that sentence. "Heh….this Pinkie chick sounds fun," Huckmon mumbled quietly walking along side Dash. "..Um..actually.." Fluttershy paused as she pointed behind RD, "I was going to say she's heading this way. "Huh?" Dash blinked as she turned to see Pinkie rushing towards her. "Hey Rainbooooooow!" Pinkie exclaimed as she leapt into the air, about to glomp her friend. RD's response was she grabbed Pinkie midair, spun her around a few times, and slowly and gently placed her on the ground. "..." Huckmon and Salamon held up an 10 and 9 at that. "Hey...why a 9?" Rainbow Dash asked slightly annoyed. "You missed an extra spin," Salamon replied. "..Shoot. Knew I should've done that," RD grumbled. "Rainbow!" Pinkie cried again. "I found another one!" she shouted happily as she hugged RD rubbing her face against hers. "And plus I got to have five misadventures along the way. On an unrelated note, anyone know where to find a good lawyer?" she asked. Rainbow Dash couldn't help but sweatdrop at that, "Nevermind. I'm sure those two will work it out," Pinkie waved it off as Guilmon caught up to them panting as he stopped running. The red dinosaur like Digimon then passing out with his eyes becoming spirals. "Oopsie. I forgot Guil's again." "Guilmon...is tired…" he mumbled as Salamon fanned him to keep him cool. "..U...um...did you managed to find the others, Pinkie?" Fluttershy spoke up. "Oh sure! I found Twilight...about 10 or so miles….that way." Pinkie pointed awkwardly down the street. "I made sure to make is so she'd walk in a way that she found both AJ and Rarity. Don't ask me how….even I'm not sure...but it did involve a crane, bulldozer and a wrecking ball." she listed. "..." "Nevermind..oh! That's right..we gotta meet her at the center of town once she finds AJ and Rarity!" she said as she lifted Rainbow Dash over her shoulder. "Come on shorty. Lets get over there." "Short?! I'm not sh-woah!" Dash screamed as Pinkie carried her off in a blur. "W...wait up!" Fluttershy called out as she chased off after the two. "No...Guilmon too tired…" Guilmon cried as Huckmon grabbed his tail and dragged him along. "Tough it out, big guy..tough it out," Huckmon told him. --- "Where are they...Pinkie said they'd be around here," Twilight said as she, Dorumon, and Ryudamon were in the same shopping district AJ and Rarity were at. "Not to be the rude one, but are we sure we can freely trust that Pink haired chick? she seems to be a bit of a screw loose." Dorumon spoke. "At first, I didn't believe her as well when we were first starting out as friends, but I learned to follow this one phrase…" Twilight replied, "..It's Pinkie Pie. Don't question it." "Somehow that advice seems to be wise given that woman." Ryudamon said as the three walked down the shopping district. "...b-" Dorumon began before his stomach grumbled, "...Please tell me we're near a food court." "Hm...I think there is a food stand just up there." Twilight replied as she stood on her toes and looked ahead at what looked to be a small line of digimon getting food somewhere. "Yes! Food! Glorious food!" Dorumon cheered as he ran ahead, creating a small wing that nearly caused Twilight's skirt to go up, her arms instinctively went down to keep the skirt down. "Ah...as usual he's the ever excitable one." Ryudamon sweatdropped as Twilight straightened out her skirt. "Y..yeah.." Twilight nodded before her and Ryudamon's stomach growled, "...P..perhaps we should join him." "It wouldn't hurt I suppose." Ryudamon nodded as the two followed Dorumon to the food stand. "Come on..hurry up~" Dorumon whined a bitt as teh line was gonig a bit slow. "Learn some patience it will taste better when we get it after a short wait." Ryudamon said smacking Dorumon with his tail again. "Yea..I suppose you're right.." Dorumon grumbled rubbing the back of his head where he got slapped. "The Line is somewhat slow though. Do you think something is going on up there?" Twilight asked slightly worried. "See?! It is going too slow!" Dorumon complained, only to get smacked again. "I'll be quiet…" he mumbled with two small streams of tears going down his face. "Good..I'll check to see what's going on," Ryudamon he said calmly as he walked out of line. "Give my place in line again like that time and I'll smack you even harder." he warned calmly, making Dorumon whimper. "One time and I never hear the end of it…." He walked up to near the front of the line to see a green, slug like Digimon taking up the line. "Excuse me?" "..." "..Ahem. Excuse me?" Ryudamon spoke a little more strongly getting a response from the digimon. "If it's not rude of me, could you possibly move it along?" he asked politely. "...Not done ordering yet…" the slug replied dumbly as he turned around, "Uh..i'll have...uh...uh…..uhhhhhhhhh…" Ryudamon developed a tic mark on his head that Dorumon could see. "Oh, I don't got a good feeling about this…" he mumbled. Ryudamon coughed slightly. "I've heard of dimwitted individuals taking their time...so if you can't decides then perhaps it be best you give people the chance to order." "Hey! Back off!" the slug barked as he glared at him, "I'm still ordering! You got a problem, go back of the line!" he then turned back around, "Uhhhhhhhhh…" "Well I tried to be civil...as should you," Ryudamon frowned as a violent glint formed in his eyes. "Twilight, cover your eyes…" Dorumon paled upon seeing that glint, "Just trust me and do it." "R..right!" Twilight immediately nodded as she did so. "Well then let me ask you in a way an idiot like you will understand," Ryudamon stated as a burning red aura formed around him as his eyes became crimson red. "Get out of this line before I make you regret ever being born!" he roared as a dragon like image formed behind him, scaring everyone who saw this as they swore the dragon image roared. "GAH! MONSTER!" the slug screamed as he high tailed it out of there. "Is it over...I'm too scared…" Dorumon whimpered as he hid behind Twilight's legs. "Whenever Ryu gets upset he enters angry mode...I swear he once scared off a Mega Level digimon and made him run with his tail between his legs." "Now...go ahead minna(everyone)," Ryudamon said with a pleasant smile on his face as he turned back around, "That Numemon won't be bothering us for a while." everyone else in the line nodded like crazy lest they tempt fate and get that same thing. "Well, I suppose that's a useful skill isn't it…." Twilight said meekly still scared since she peeked through her fingers. "Y..yeah...well now we…" "Gracious..what was that about?" a voice gasped. "Ah don't know, but that slug..er..thing was movin' fast," another voice spoke, this one having a bit of a southern accent to it. "Huh? Applejack?" Twilight asked having recognised the voice. "Twilight?" the voice replied, making Twilight look over her shoulder to see AJ, and a woman she did not recognize(Rarity). "Ah we actually found her!" Dorumon shouted in shock as he turned around. "Hm, so we did." Ryudamon noted, getting back in line with them. "Note to self; stop doubting this Pinkie girl." "Applejack, where've you been?" Twilight asked as she walked up to the cowgirl. "Sorry Twi. Kinda got separated from ya when we crossed that one road," AJ replied. "Yeah. That was a lot of Digimon back there. Guess we just lost track of one another," Twilight mumbled sheepishly. "Wait...Twilight?" Rarity asked as she realized what AJ addressed her as. "...Wait..." Twilight's eye widened when she took a closer look at her, "Rarity?!" "Ah, it is you!" they both cheered happily as they hugged one another. "Rarity, where have you been?" Twilight was the first to ask as the two separated the hug. "Well... when I awoke in this world, I was in this very cold snowy mountain location." she stated as if telling a story. "It was there I met my friend YukiRenamon. Afterwards, we made our way to a town where we met up with Rainbow Dash and her friends then we came here together. Only while I was distracted at this wonderful little shop...I might have lost track of Rainbow and then found Applejack." "Heh. Distracted nothin'. Ah could've seen y'all droolin' over them fru-fru outfits," AJ noted with a teasing smirk. "How rude...I'd never drool." Rarity pouted. "I get the feeling this happens regularly." Ryudamon spoke. "I was pondering the same thing," Noir agreed. "Eeyup," Elecmon nodded. "...Oh! That's right!" Twilight gasped a bit, "We need to go. Pinkie and the others are most likely waiting at the town square." he stomach then grumbled, making her blush in embarrassment, "...but first..something to eat." "Heh. Don't this feel familiar," AJ chuckled, earning a look from the two girls, "Back when we all wanted that there spare ticket o' yers, Twi. Y'all didn't get a bite t' eat 'till th' sun came down." "Hehe...Once you say it, I notice it myself," Twilight chuckled meekly at the memory. "Ticket?" Dorumon asked. "Long story," Twilight replied before her stomach grumbled once more, "..By any chance..did you girls find a place to eat?" "I can make the line move faster if you like?" Ryudamon asked. "No. No it's fine. No need for you to go to the trouble," Twilight said quickly, not wanting to witness Ryudamon's angry mode again. "Nah. Haven't anywhere t' eat," AJ replied, "'Course, we were lookin' fer y'all." "Right right." Twilight nodded. "Excuse me, would you folks mine us cutting ahead?" Ryudamon asked ignoring Twilight's request and doing his own thing. "No!" Dorumon yelled as he tackled Ryudamon out of the way. "..What is wrong with him?" Yukirenamon asked, confused to see that. "Don't ask...just..don't." "Okay, enough you two," Elecmon frowned, "Honestly, you two are acting more like Baby-1 Stage Digimon." "I don't want to deal with Ryudamon's angry mode again!" Dorumon yelped. "..Angry mode?" AJ and Rarity repeated. "Again, dont' ask," Twilight replied. "Is that what you call it, Dorumon?" Ryudamon asked, his eyes red. Elecmon snapped his claws before Ryudamon's face, startling him, "Okay, enough. Look, no one wants to see this 'Angry Mode' that Dorumon calls whatever it is. Now take a good look at his face, Ryudamon. Do you see what even mentioning this 'Angry Mode' of yours is making him feel, even if it's not directed at him?" "Hm...I suppose my temper has always been well controlled, but when I let it loose, things...go red." Ryudamon said, closing his eyes to stay calm, "I suppose I should take better steps to control it." "That's all I ask," Elecmon nodded. "Heh. Even th' older folks done listen t' ya," AJ tipped her hat to Elecmon. "It depends," Elecmon shrugged, "By the time they reach Child, they forget a bit about where they came from." "I have heard so from your old stories, my friend." Ryudamon smirked. "Well then I suppose we can always eat later if thats okay with you?" "..Well.." Rarity spoke up, "We wouldn't want to keep Rainbow and the others waiting." "Yeah. I suppose that's true." Twilight nodded in agreement, "..Ok. Let's hurry then." --- "...Mmm...where are they~?" Pinkie whined as her group waited for Twilight at the center of town, "We've been waiting for...1 hour!" "How can you tell?" Rainbow asked while opening an eye, sitting under some shade nearby. "I just know. Your shade moved over a little bit. It indicated an hour went by." Pinkie explained with blank eyes as if it where obvious. "...Pinkie, you are so weird," Rainbow rolled her eyes with a small smile, "Glad to see that again." "I missed you all too." she smiled as Guilmon rolled across the ground in boredom. "Oh...even Guil is all lazy and bored too." she noted seeing the poor dinosaur digimon. "Mm..Guilmon bored, Pinkiemon, Rainbowmon, Fluttershymon," Guilmon whined as he stopped rolling and laid on his back. "Meh," Rainbow shrugged. "Hm...those two are really similar." Huckmon noted as he rested his head on Rainbow's lap again. "Promise me we'll never end up like them, Dash." "Agreed," Rainbow replied. "...What're your other friends like?" Salamon asked fluttershy, the small puppy like Digimon laying on the shy pinkette's lap, "I'm curious, mama." "Oh. W-Well, AJ is really honest and I think she's the strongest out of all six of us," Fluttershy informed, "Rarity is really generous, though…" she glanced over at Rainbow, "...She has a few...issues. Oh, I'm sorry. That was rude." "Issues nothing," Rainbow snorted, "When she feels the need to faint, she'll refuse to do so on the ground." "Really?" Huckmon asked in slight surprise at her statement, "I never pegged her that much as a neat freak." "She's got her own special fainting couch." "Really?" Salamon asked, looking up at Fluttershy for confirmation. "W-Well, it is a nice couch…" Fluttershy noted. "Hmm...Guess I still have much to learn about these friends of yours." Huckmon spoke. "So...what about this sixth member of your little gang?" "You mean Twilight?" Rainbow asked, earning a slight nod from Huckmon, "..Well, she's the smartest of our group and..I guess you could say she's the leader of it." "Yup. She's always the one who comes up with the plans and normally she gets the big finishing move too," Pinkie chimed in, "Like when she went up against this GIANT red centaur guy that could steal magic!" "..a...what now?" Huckmon blinked in confusion, along with Salamon and Guilmon. "Twilightmon sugoi…." Guilmon said with stars in his big eyes. "Indeed isn't she." Pinkie nodded in agreement having perfect synch with her Digimon, "She's one of THE best friends we could ever ask for." "Y..yes," Fluttershy agreed as she spoke up, stroking Salamon's head gently, "No matter what happens, no matter what wedge comes between us, Twilight's always there to help bring us back together." "Hm...she can be a little to by the book sometimes...but she always means right and she's really reliable too." Rainbow Dash added. "Hm...I like the sound of this Twilight girl...I think I could accept some orders from a boss like that, but I'd still rather stick with the partner I already got." Huckmon said confidently. "Heh..glad to hear that, partner," Dash grinned. "Ah such a good partnership." Pinkie noted along with Guilmon, "..oh look! I think I see her in the distance, and she has Applejack and Rarity!" "Huh?" the others all blinked looking at where Pinkie pointed to. "Hey Twilight! Hey! Hey, we're over here!" Pinkie shouted to the three in the distance. "Twilightmon!" Guilmon shouted waving his claws in the air. "Hmm?" twilight blinked asher grouped stopped to see Pinkie and her group not to far, '..Pinkie pie? Rainbow Dash?! Fluttershy?!" she called out happily, seeing the three and their Digimon. "Hey over here! Here, here!" Pinkie shouted jumping and pointing. "She can get a bit excitable huh?" Huckmon asked with a slight sweatdrop. "Oh you have no idea. Just don't give her coffee.." Dash whispered before shuddering a bit, 'The last time she had...was not pretty..and it was just from one sip. ONE SIP!" "The way you describe it sounds worse than an horror movie." Huckmon noted with another sweatdrop forming on his head. "Y..yea…" Dash nodded as she sat up and waved to Twilight just as her group headed towards her, Pinkie, and Fluttershy's group, "Hey Twi!" "Rainbow Dash!" she called picking up pace to a light jog to catch up with them faster. "I'm so glad we found you…" she sighed happily. "same here Twi," Rainbow Dash smiled. "W..we're so glad you're ok, Twilight," Fluttershy added with a soft smile. "I'm glad you two are both okay." Twilight said with a smile as the others caught up. "Hm...this is the great Twilight you've told me about." Huckmon smirked as he sat beside Rainbow Dash. "Eeyup," RD nodded as she turned towards AJ and RArity, "Hey AJ, Rares." "It seems you were able to find Fluttershy and Pinkie pie on your own." Rarity smirked. "I suppose we should leave you to your own devices more often." "Yup..well. Actually, they foudn me," RD chuckled sheepishly, "But yea..we're all back together again." "eeyup the gang is altogether again!" Pinkie cheered happily as she grabbed all of them into a group hug. "And now we all have great partners too!" "Yeah.." Twilight nodded, teh pony turned human really happy about reuniting with her friends. "Ah this is my first time meeting the rest of you, in person that is." Pinkie said looking at Elecmon and YukiRenamon. "You must by AJ and Rarity's partners." "That is correct," YukiRenamon replied with a nod with Elecmon nodding as well. "Hehe...guess all of us made some interesting new friends huh?" Rainbow smirked along with Huckmon. "Heh guess it's just what makes humans so interesting." Huckmon chuckled, making TWilight freeze a bit at teh word 'humans'. "..You alright, Sugahcube?" aJ asked. "Uh...girl? We need to talk…" Twilight stated as she moved her friends away from teh Digimon. "What's this about, Twi?" Dash asked. "Ooh~! Secret time!" Pinkie smiled happily with a wide smile. "Is this about what Dashie mumbles in her sleep?" "..I uh..have NO idea what she's talking about," Rainbow Dash denied, a small unnoticeable blush on her face. "Sure you do, Dashie!" Pinkie happily exclaimed, "Remember how sometimes you mumble those…" "NO idea what she's talking about." Dash countered, quickly covering Pinkie's mouth. ".Uh..no…" Twilight sweatdropped a bit before whispering to her friends, "Have you told your Digimon that..you know, you're not really human?" "Ah...hm…" Pinkie blinked as she moved RD's hand off her mouth.. "Weird...you think that be the first thing I did...but I don't think I told Guil yet." she realized happily. "Honestly no. I found it hard to explain…." Dash added. "Me and Rarity's Digimon already know, the former cause of some stories ah told him…" AJ began "And YukiRenamon found out about it on her own after she rescued me from a blizzard," Rarity finished. "Rarity got the real smart one." Pinkie noted. "..U..um..I haven't told Salamon yet...A..at least..I don't think i did," Fluttershy replied with a small stutter. "So about half and half." Twilight noted. "Yup," Pinkie nodded. "Well then I guess we should tell our partners the truth as well." Rainbow said. "It saves us trouble for later." "Agreed...but we have a more troubling matter to deal with," Twilight stated. "What's that, dear?" Rarity asked. "Jupitermon." "The big bad boss." Pinkie spoke. "..Yes," Twilight sweatdropped before clearing her throat, "I..I'm sure you all have seen the...destruction he and his army has caused." "Not to mention all the messed up things he's done to these guys." Rainbow added. "Yea..like sealing up th' place Digimon are born," AJ sighed, the memory still fresh in her head. "Or leaving all sorts of scumbags in charge of towns." Rainbow spoke again as most of them remembered the generals that they had come across. "Agreed," Rarity nodded in agreement, a frown on her face. "This guy is all around trouble." Pinkie spoke, part of her thinking now wasn't the best time to do her usual bit. "It's like he enjoys treating all these friendly little guys this way." "Y..yes but…" Fluttershy spoke up, "I...if I recall...s..something changed him…" "She's right. One of the Digimon told me Jupitermon wasn't always like this..but.." Twilight paused as she began to think, "What could've changed him?" "Hm…" most of them began to ponder. If it were true that this vile ruler known as Jupitermon was once...different...than what was it that made him become what he is now? Surely there was some importance in this information an answer to how to stop him. Or possibly a chance for change? "...There has to be a reason why…" Twilight pondered outloud. "..Maybe one of our Digimon knows," Dash suggested. "That's a good point." Twilight noddedd. "Perhaps Ryudamon or even YukiRenamon might know something?" she said somewhat hopefully. "Even a little bit might help by this point." "They got us this far, so it wouldn't hurt t' try," AJ shrugged. "Yup. So l...hmm?" Pinkie blinked as she spotted something in the trees nearby. "Shh...I see a mystery sneak." she whispered. She then grabbed a rock before chucking it into the tree, "...Doh, I missed." "Huh?" Rd blinked as she and the others looked at the excitable pinkette, "What's with you, Pinks?" "Someone's spying on us." she replied waving her arms around frantically. "I swear I saw them in that tree." she pointed before she jumped on a branch. "You won't escape me...no matter how sneaky you are!" she called as she climbed up it eliciting sweatdrops from everyone. "...Ah didnt' think it was possible, but ah think Pinkie's finally l-!" *BAM!* "Ow!" Pinkie winced as she was knocked out of the trees, a bruise on her cheek, "That really hurt!" she cried childishly. "Now I'm done taking care of this the easy way." she said before she whistled Guilmon over. "Guils...tear down this tree!" she ordered, suddenly dressed in a military uniform. "Aye, Captain Pinkiemon!" Guilmon declared with a salute as he looked at the trees trunk before he began attacking it, making the whole thing fall over, a figure leaping out the top before the tree landed on the ground. "What the?!" Twilight gasped as a cloaked figure landed not too far from her and the others. "Who is that?" Dash asked as the rest of their Digimon companions joined them. "..Hpmh..you should really keep that pink menace you call a friend on a leash, Sparkle,' the figure scoffed. "Huh...you know my name?" Twilight blinked hearing this. "Of course...how could I forget the name of the person that humiliated me time...and time again," the cloaked figure frowned, clutching her hand. "Wait...humiliated…?" "Wait a minute that...that annoying stuck up tone sounds familiar." Dash spoke. "...It kinda does now that I think about it," Pinkie added, tapping her chin in thought. "You two be quiet," the figure ordered, "Lest I humiliate you two again." "Again? We've never even met you until now!" Dash barked. "...Hold on, how did you humiliate Rainbow specifically?" Pinkie asked. "Simple..I used her own trick against her," the figure scoffed. "Is that you Trixie?" Pinkie asked. "T..Trixie?!" Twilight gasped as the figure tensed a bit. "..." "Only Trixie is this arrogant, proud and outright bitchy." Pinkie informed. "Bitchy?" Rainbow blinked. "I learned a new word!" "..hmph.." the figure scoffed as she clutched her cloak, "I've wanted Sparkle to find out..but it seems…" "Plus I can see the stars on her cloak that she's trying to hide." "Be quiet, you pink nuisance!" Trixie barked as she took her cloak off, revealing herself. Just like the others she too had been turned into a human form obviously going by that she was now a human girl. Her hair was still the same shade of blue and hidden under a star patterned wizard like hat with a matching cape draped over her shoulders. The rest of her cloths consisted of a white sleeveless top with a blue vest/corset around her abdomen tied around her waist was a sash like belt that was a mix of two different shades of pale blue, below it and covering the lower half of her person was a dark blue skirt that, along with the white cuffs around her wrists, added a magician like design to her attire. "Wh..what the…?" Fluttershy gasped. "S..she's the same as us," Rarity gasped as AJ and Rd tensed. "Hmpmh. I maybe human, but I am not like any of you weakling," Trixie scoffed in a prideful, yet cocky manner as she pointed to Twilight, "Especially you, Twilight Sparkle." "Why are you even here?" Rainbow asked. "Simple, to defeat you all." Trixie smirked as she pulled out a light and dark blue digivice, "With my aibou," "Ah! She's speaking with those same words Huckmon and the others use!" Rainbow Dash pointed out. "Reload…" Trixie uttered as her Digivice shone, "Wizardmon." With that the light slammed into the ground before it dispersed to reveal a humanoid Digimon standing there. his body was covered in a yellow and red jumpsuit with multiple zippers across the legs that combined with the red patterns made the illusion of mouths with sharp teeth, his feet were covered in brown boots with moon crests on them, he had a blue/purple cape draped around his shoulders with a large blue collar forming around his neck and covering the lower half of his face, red hair and a matching hat covering the top of his head only allowing his green eyes to peer out. In his right hand he held a wooden staff/scepter with a sun like adornment on top. "Behold my beloved servant, Wizardmon. A true Champion…" "Salamon?" Wizardmon blinked. "Huh? You know this guy?" Huckmon asked the question several were thinking. "N..no I..I..at least, I don't think so…" "Mistress, I do not wish to fight Salamon." Wizarmon frowned. "What?! why?!" "Well it's…." "Tsk...This is getting annoying pick one enemy or ally!" Huckmon complained. "Or better yet I'll just kick both your asses!" "...Get in there and fight," she frowned. "...fine. But I'm not hurting Salamon." "Tsk...guys like you piss me off!" Huckmon complained as he charged in first. "Huckmon, wait don't!" "Electro Squall!" Wizardmon shouted as servel bolts of lighting hit all the Digimon except Salamon. "Kono…" Huckmon growled baring the pain. "Listen before charging baka!" Ryudamon said, "He's a Champion level Digimon." "A very skilled one at that." Elecmon added. "Tsk…" Huckmon growled as he just glared. "I hate when people use logic on me!" he complained charging "Fif Slash!" he said missing. "Gotaht! Teen Ram!" he said using the force of his first attack coming back and nailing him. "Magical game," he spoke as the wizardmon Huckmon hit combusted into party confetti. "Huh I knew all you had where nothing but long range tricks…" Huckmon complained. "Idiot. He hasn't use anything ye…" "Terror Illusion," Wizardmon voice spoke next thing they all knew things went dark. "Ah...illusions?" Ryudamon spoke. "Tsk…" "...huh? No...No! Why am I back here!?" Huckmon demanded, much to the girls confusion, "I left this town I won!" "Huckmon?" "Ahh! Gulimon lost Pinkiemon! Where Pinkiemon go?! No leave Gulimon!" Guilmon cried out, an evident sad tone to his voice. He then got down on his stomach covering his eyes. "M...mama?! Mama, where are you?!" Salamon cried out as she was looking around frantically. "It's all burning! It's burning!" Dorumon cried, "I cannot protect anything!" "What did you do Trixie?" Twilight frowned. "Nothing. It's their own fears that harming them," Trixie shrugged, "I mean, if you had better control over your partners, they wouldn't be in such pain." she smirked. "..." Twilight looked at Dorumon in worry as did some of the others...except Pinkie. "Time for my secret weapon!" Pinkie said putting her hand in between her breasts as the digimon called them and pulling out, "Emergency Gulimon bread!" "Gulimon Bread!" Gulimon panted drooling by the smell alone. "Huh?" everyone blinked as Guilmon's body seemed to move on it's own and leapt for the treat. "Masaka! He's going on pure muscle memory!" Wizarmon shouted seeing this. "Yosh Gulimon!" Pinkie grinned pointing her digivice at him as it shone. =GUILMON-SHINKA!= =GROWLMON!= With that, Growlmon landed, causing the ground to shake slightly. "Hm..?" he blinked having snapped out of it, "What...where bread?" "Mmm mmm!" Pinkie legs flailed as Growlmon had landed on her. "Pinkie…mon?" Growlmon said slowly as he got up, seeing Pinkie flatter than a pancake. "Daijobu?" he asked as he poked her with his snout. "For that i keep the bread!" Pinkie frowned. "o...k…." Growlmon said sheepishly as Pinkie slowly got up, stuck her thumb in her mouth, and blew into it, causing her to change back to normal "...ahahahahahahahhaa!" Pinkie's friends laughed "Oh man...I miss her," Rainbow chuckled as her Digivice shone, as did Fluttershy and Twilight's. "Yeah...but she had the right idea." "Yes...Salamon hear my voice." "Dorumon!" "Huckmon!" "Shinka! With that, three lights shone as two of them changed with loud roars as Dorumon and Huckmon grew drastically ins size. =DORUMON-SHINKA! RAPTORDRAMON!= =HUCKMON-SHINKA! BAOHUCKMON!= With that, the two dragonic Digimon stood tall and glared at their enemy. "Now it's a little more even," BaoHuckmon spoke as he raised his claws, "I'll do you a favor though and give you some very good and helpful advice; Grit your teeth, cause this will hurt." "Take your best shot." Trixie said, uncaring. "Koi," Wizardmon also implored. "Teen….BLADE!" BaoHuckmon as he spun around but instead of slashing with the first he kept his body spinning several more rotations until he actually created a small twister that soon began to glow red before he swung his tail as flames poured off it. The sweep/slash of his tail blade actually sent a stream of fire in a sword beam like manner that's power was so strong it was still a ways away from hitting Wizarmon and he already felt an inkling of worry in his heart. The attack then hit causing a large explosion that nearly covered the entire area in a thick blanket of smoke and dust. "So...any clever tricks up your sleeve this time, Mahou(Magic) Boy?" the Digimon countered. seeing the slightly tired state Wizarmon was in from blocking that attack. "Is that all you got?" Trixie asked. "...Why are you not worried?" Twilight asked. "Because the bond between her and Wizarmon is very weak," Raptordramon replied. "Aahahhahahahahahah! I've been partners with him for 6 years." Trixie laughed, causing teh group's eyes to widen in shock, "Our bond is greater than yours, you stupid fools! Besides, the reason why...is cause…" she paused as she raised her hand and light and dark blue data gathered in it, "We can go even further beyond." "...Further…" "Beyond?" "Grr...such a cheap tactic to cause evolution…" BaoHuckmon complained. "Shut up. You haven't reach your full power, so I'll show you 50 percent between a true partnership...Wizardmon...Chou Shinka(Super Evolultion)!" she declared, grinding her hand against her Digivice as Wizardmon gave off a massive wave of energy sending all of them back. =WIZARDMON-CHOU SHINKA!= With that a light pillar formed until it eventually died down to reveal a new figure standing there. Another humanoid Digimon stood there his body covered in red robe like clothing lis legs covered in armored boots and greaves with armor on his thighs with a loincloth like piece extending from under his gold belts buckle. His torso was in the same silver and gold trimmed armor as the rest with outward pointing shoulder pauldrons, a purple cape extending out from his back as his head was covered in a purple wizard cap that covered his eyes. His arms were covered in thick gauntlets as in his left he held a crystal ball, and in his right he held up a broadsword with gems encrusted in it and a flaming aura along the blade. "A...a Mistymon." Elecmon gasped as did YukiRenamon. "A master of the Arcane...So legendary, no one's seen them and lived to tell about it," YukiRenamon added. "Now then, let us begin the greatest show of all time," Trixie said with a sinister smirk. "Ryudamon what is that?" Twilight asked worried. "The next step...an Ultimate Level Digimon." "...Ultimate?" "Forgive me," Mistymon whispered, raising his sword before bringing it down. TO BE CONTINUED! --- JIKAI(next time)! BaoHuckmon, Raptordramon, Leomon, FrostKyuubimon, Growlmon were shown defeated as the flaming sword of Mistymon was pointed at Gatomon. Mistymon: Leave this city now. Twilight: How can we defeat an Ultimate Digimon? Ryudamon: You become an Ultimate Digimon, Fluttershy: He...he seems to know something about Gatomon… Rainbow: So what's the plan? Twilight: There is but one path...We run! Next time! Desperate Escape! The terror of Trixie! Trixie: Behold the might of the Great and Powerful Tr~ixie! > Desperate Escape! The Terror of Trixie! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last time on Digi-Ponies, Twilight and her friends reached Alpha City and reunite with each other. However, their reunion is cut short when they encounter someone from their past..Trixie, who reveals not only having her own Digimon, but has been in the Digital World for a few years! will they manage to fend her and her Digimon, Mistymon off? Let's see… --- "Scatter!" Twilight yelped as she and her friends moved out of the way of Mistymon's sword, Fluttershy, AJ, and rarity managing to grab their Digimon since they were still stuck in the illusions. "Oh not good!" Growlmon freaked as he grabbed Pinkie and jumped out of the attacks path. "Hmpmh..not bad...but, can you dodge this?" Trixie smirked as she snapped her fingers, "Mistymon?" "Yes…" he said raising his sword again as it's flames began to grow. "Oh that looks worse…" Growlmon and Pinkie said in unison. "Blast Fire!" Mistymon declared as he slashed down, sending the flames from his sword at the group. BaoHuckmon and Growlmon both stood up and unleashed their own blasts of fire. Both flames met head on causing a small shockwave but this was short as the mystic flames of Mistymon overpowered those of the two before the attack went through. But luckily the clash weakened the attack enough to cause a significantly weaker explosion. "Gah!" Baohuckmon and Growlmon cried out as the resulting explosion sent them skidding back. "Huckmon!" Rainbow shouted as BaoHuckmon was lodged into a building, Growlmon struggling himself to rise back to his feet. "Tsk...kono…" Raptordramon growled before charging at Mistymon but the more evolved Digimon merely countered with a kick to the reptilian Digimon's head stopping his charge cold. "Ohohohoho! It's useless, Sparkle! Mistymon is far more superior than your pathetic digimon!" Trixie laughed. "Tsk...how does one stand that voice…?" Raptordramon sweatdropped. "I don't know..asked myself that question once," Dash replied before looking at AJ, "Hey, some assistance would be grateful, Applejack!" she shouted before Raptordramon was sent flying away from a sword strike. "Right..sorry," AJ nodded as she pulled out her Digivice, "Rarity, 's go..our friends need help." "..r..right," fluttershy nodded as she held her digivice. "Of Course," Rarity nodded, doing the same as her, AJ, and Fluttershy's Digivice's glowed. =YUKIRENAMON-SHINKA! FROSTKYUBIMON!= =ELECMON-SHINKA! LEOMON!= =SALAMON-SHINKA! GATOMON!= "..hmph..please. Bring on as many weak digimon as you can. They're still weak compared to Mistymon," Trixie smirked. "Jeez I almost feel sorry for this Mistymon guy…" BaoHuckmon groaned as he freed himself. "He's stuck with someone so loud, with a voice like nails on a chalkboard." "...Mistymon, Core Dart," Trixie ordered with a frown, glaring at BaoHuckmon. "Of course, milady. Core Dart!" "Oh boy…" BaoHuckmon panicked before a wall of ice formed in front of him, blocking the fiery crystal ball that was thrown at him, "...thanks, Frostkyuubimon." "Don't thank me yet," teh snow nine-tailed vixen stated as she landed next to him. "Right…" "She's not wrong...that Mistymon is stronger than all of us individually." Leomon spoke taking a lead role among the Digimon. "We need to hope we can do some damage with team attacks." "Sounds like a plan," Raptordramon nodded as he and Growlmon stood next to him while Gatomon stood in the back with the others. "Alright...Raptordramon...you go first and distract him...FrostKyuubimon, you provide cover while me, Growlmon and BaoHuckmon go in for the big move." Leomon ordered as he got in a ready stance, "Gatomon, when the chance comes, attack as best you can." he ordered looking at her. He was certain that at the moment her attacks ranked lowest among the combined team. "Everyone got that?" the other Digimon nodded in agreement at that. "Right. Attack!" he ordered as Raptordramon charged first his blades extend as Mistymon blocked the sudden attack and held his ground no problem. Mistymon then pushed the digimon away before punching him sending skidding back. But the next thing he knew his legs where frozen on the spot. "Nani?" he blinked not even seeing the attack that did it. He glared at FrostKyuubimon but was distracted as Leomon jumped into the air with his fist cocked back. BaoHuckmon and Growlmon both then unleashed two full powered streams of fire from behind him as he aimed his fist forward. "Juouken(Fist of the Beast King)!" he shouted as the flames enveloped him before sending him rocketing forward as a flaming lion head formed over his hand, the lionhead absorbed the flames propelling him growing in size as he came closer. He then punched forward with all his might hitting Mistymon point blank with the combination attacks full power causing a large explosion that sounded like a lions roar. "Aw yeah! They got..!" Dash began before her and the others eyes widened to see the smoke clear, showing Mistymon without a scratch, "W..what the?!" Mistymon held Leomon's forearm having stopped the attack by just a hair before hitting him. "That was impressive teamwork and power…" Mistymon admitted, "Had it been my other form or anyone else, it would have certainly deleted them. But sadly you fell just short." he said twisting Leomon's arm making him roar in pain. "Leomon!" AJ gasped before glaring at an evilly smirking Trixie. "You poor fools. Using a fire attack on Mistymon is impossible, especially considering," Trixie paused as the flames on Mistymon' blade grew larger, "He can control fire!" "Grrr…." Rainbow growled at the arrogance of her statement. "Mistymon, care to show these fools what happens when you're powered up?" "Hai, milady," Mistymon nodded as he threw Leomon into Raptordramon before summoning his crystal ball once more, "Core Dart!" he declared as he threw it at the five Digimon before it stopped right in the middle. "..hah! Bad aim, buddy!" Baohuckmon smirked. Mistymon said nothing as he snapped his fingers, causing the crystal ball to explode into shards of flaming crystal. The explosions sent the five digimon all flying away. "GAAH!" Growlmon cried out as he crashed into a few trees, the Digimon soon reverting into an unconscious Guilmon. "Guil!" Pinkie cried seeing his unconscious form. "You see? Me and my partner have trained so much for these 6 years, we've come up with new ways for him to use his attacks," Trixie smirked darkly at them. "Grrr…" BaoHuckmon growled before the pain became too much and he fell to the ground with a large thud before becoming Huckmon again, "Dang it…" "Huckmon!" Dash called out as she ran to the Digimon, "You alright, buddy?" "What power…." FrostKyuubimon said as she attempted to stand back up her evolution holding up still. "I..I know…" Leomon panted as he struggled to stay up, the humanoid lion holding his arm. "We can't beat him at this level of power…" Raptordramon said as he tried to get up only for him to equally pass out and fall down changing back to Dorumon. "Dorumon, no!" Twilight cried out. "Mistymon..deal with the stragglers," TRixie ordered with a snap of her fingers. "Yes. Blast Flame!" Mistymon shouted as he sent teh flames at FrostKyuubimon and Leomon..yet strangely, it wasn't aimed at Gatomon. The other two were about to dodge before the flames changed into teh form of a flaming dragon head. "Yabai!" Leomon said as he raised his arms to block but the attack still enveloped him before sending him flying into a tree with a loud crack as it broke to splinters. "Gah!" he cried as he was forced back to Elecmon. "Elecmon!" Aj cried out as she ran to him. FrostKyuubimon was enveloped by the attack but to Mistymon's surprise it was an after image as the real one landed before the others but she was still in no condition to take another blow like the one before or to fight much longer. she even stumbled a bit as the fatigue began to get to her. "D..darn.." FrostKyuubimon panted before Mistymon grabbed her by her neck, "Gah!" "Put her down, you giant brute!" Rarity shouted at Mistymon as he lifted the nine-tailed snow vixen off the ground. "Hm...your skill is impressive…" Mistymon had to admit it been awhile since anyone was able to avoid his attack like that, "But.." he paused as Frostkyuubimon reverted back to YukirRenamon, "It seems your energy is spent." he noted as he tossed her to the ground next to Rarity. "You are by far the most dangerous in terms of skills." Yukirenamon could only pant as Rarity helped her up, the unicorn turned human glaring at Mistymon and his Tamer. "I can not allow you all to get any stronger though...so this will be your finale." he spoke, raising his flaming sword up again. "Blast…!" he began before Gatomon got in the way, "?!" "Gatomon!" Fluttershy cried seeing this. "Why do you get in my way?" Mistymon asked a slight growl of irritation in his voice. "Why do you keep avoiding me?!" Gatomon countered, making Mistymon tense. "...leave…" Mistymon frowned, "This is not your battle." "It became my battle when you attacked my friends!" Gatomon growled, making Mistymon tense further. Even his grip on his sword became noticeably shaky. "..This is my last warning..leave now..and never return here!" "Mistymon, why have you stopped?! Attack them already!" Trixie ordered. "I…" he began to say as he looked back at the fierce glare he got from Gatomon. "I….tsk…" he growled his grip becoming even shakier. "..I'll deal with you later," Trixie frowned as she aimed her Digivice at him,causing Mistymon to revert into data as he went into it. "Huh?" Twilight blinked as she and Ryudamon checked on Dorumon. "You're probably wondering..why am i here? why did I attack you?" Trixie stated. "Well duh!" Rainbow Dash shouted as she Blanc and Noir checked on Huckmon. "Of course we would wonder such an obvious thing!" Pinkie cried as she helped Guilmon up. "It's not like we cared much about why you did things before but this is different!" she cried waving her arm around rapidly. "...Fine. I, the great and Powerful Trixie..shall tell you," Trixie replied as she cleared ehr throat, "Remember after the incident with the Alicorn Amulet, Sparkle?" "Yes." she nodded along with the others. "Well after that, I tried to be more..modest like you suggested, Sparkle..try to be more..nice. I tried..but..you know the saying 'your past will come back to haunt you one day?'" "I'm guessing that it came back to bite you in the rear big time." Rainbow said bluntly. "...I was in the middle of a performance, but someone from Ponyville brought up the actions I caused while under the influence of the Alicorn Amulet," Trixie stated with a frown, "But it didn't stop there. Before I could perform my latest and greatest trick…" she then pointed at Twilight in an accusing manner, "You had to become a princess!" "So this is all about Twilight stealing your thunder….again?" Pinkie said. "Yes...which was why I went off the radar, so to speak, and went to create something that would be even better than a princess' magic!" Trixie stated with a growl, "But...he appeared." "He?" "Yes...that blasted monster Tirek! He..he stole my magic before I could officially unveil my new spell! I got it back..but…" Trixie paused as he hands shook, "Twilight Sparkle...she….she one-upped me again!" "In short; every time you had something good in mind, Twilight saved the day and beat you to the punchline." Pinkie summarized. "SHUT UP!" Trixie growled as her from shook, "Time..and time..and time again...Twilight Sparkle made a fool of Me! I'm supposed to be the greatest spell caster in all of Equestria..NOT HER!" she then calmed down, "Which is why I found a new spell...I'm sure you know which one it is, Sparkle." "The same one that brought us here…" Twilight realized, making the rest of her friends eyes all widen in surprise. "That's right. Originally, it was a spell to pull in things from other worlds. But..it had a Major flaw..instead in bringing things from other worlds..it put the caster and anyone near into another world," Trixie explained, "I ended up here, and trained for six years under my master." "Master!?" they all stated in shock, that being what surprised them the most. Trixie actually calling someone a Master. "That's right! And he is far more fitting ruler than Celestia and Luna!" Trixie exclaimed, "He is the true ruler..the one who'll bring justice to everything lawless! My master, Lord Jupitermon!" "What!?" Twilight shouted in shock. "Y..you're working for that psycho!?" Dash exclaimed. "How horrible!" Rarity shouted. "Oh? And serving under a princess who doesn't do a thing to help her subjects isn't?" Trixie countered with a smirk. "Tsk…" Twilight growled at that. "Face it, Sparkle. You and your friends served under a fool. Sure she and her sister stopped some threats in the past, but eventually..they came back. Heck, from what I heard, she even lost to the Changeling queen." Twilight just grit her teeth in seething anger. Right now, she felt an anger the likes of which she hadn't felt in a while. "Oh? Did I, the great Trixie struck a nerve?" Trixie asked, hiding her smirk behind her hand, "It is unfitting for a 'princess' to get angry, you know." "Grr…." Twilight growled audibly as the anger began to pile on in her mind. "Twilight, don't listen to her. She's just trying to egg you on," Dash whispered to her friend. "Oh? And this coming from 'Ms. Loyalty'?" Trixie smirked, "The same pony who would 'sacrifice herself for her friends? ...heh. If you ask Trixie, it's just a front." "Why you…" Dash growled this time gripping her fist. "What's the matter? Angry at Trixie? Well…" Trixie paused as she held her arms out, "What is stopping you from striking her down? Come, Sparkle. Defend the so called 'honor' of your precious princess and friend." "Grr…" Twilgith growled, gripping her Digivice as dark data gathered around it, "Dorumon..Da…" *CLANG!* "Huh…." Twilight groaned as she fell over. Everyone looked with wide blank eyes at that sudden turn of events. 'Sorry.." AJ apologized as she dropped her frying pan, "Had t' knock her out…" "AJ!" the rest of their friends cried in shock that she actually conked Twilight out cold with a frying pan. "Look. We're not in good condition to continue fightin'. Trixie's Digimon is still at full strength..we'd be walkin' right into her trap," AJ stated, "So we have t' retreat fer now." Everyone even Trixie was still in a mild state of surprise over what just happened. But they all shook it off. "She's right…" Ryudamon said as he carried Dorumon on his back. "Lets get out of here." "...Dangit…" Dash cursed as she lifted Huckmon up with Blanc and Noir's help. She then gave Trixie one last glare, "This isn't over." "..Hmpmh. I doubt it.." Trixie huffed as she pulled something out from her sash and smashed it on teh ground, releasing smoke. "Well at least the scoreboard is still in Twilight's favor!" Pinkie cried out loudly as she lifted Guilmon over her shoulders. "So you're only 1 to like a hundred!" "...seriously Pinkie, you're not helping," Dash frowned. "What? It's true." she replied as they all helped their Digimon. "Let's just focus on finding a safe place to recover," Rarity sighed. "Yeah…" they all nodded. --- "...Tch..why wouldn't you attack?" Trixie frowned as she looked at her Digivice, the former unicorn back in Jupitermon's palace. -I can not attack that particular person…- he admitted. -No matter what I simply can not…- he said sadly. -And I humbly apologize for that…- "..She was nothing more than a Gatomon..there are plenty like it in the Digital World," Trixie frowned. -Yes...but I can tell this particular one...was someone I could never bring myself to harm...Again I humbly apologize!- he said. "...Just make sure it never happens again," Trixie stated before a crash of thunder caught her attention, "..master." she said as the doors slammed open. "What's this...they still live?" Jupitermon's voice asked as he walked in slowly. "These are not the results I wanted." "Apologies, master," Trixie said as she bowed, "But my partner couldn't attack one of them for some reason...but rest assured, I will not allow that to happen next time." "Hmph...it better not." Jupitermon frowned, "Remember this is not a second chance, you are still on your assignment. But if you fail me...I will not be merciful to either one of you." he said walking past her. "Of course," Trixie nodded,"..I take the summit was ok?" "..It was. I've gathered the rest of my generals..Neptunemon, Marsmon, and the others will soon arrive," Jupitermon stated as he sat on his throne. "So I would like it if you can take care of these...interlopers as soon as possible. I have many other things to worry about and do not need six uncontrollable humans throwing a proverbial monkey wrench into the works." "..My lord, you've just given me an idea," Trixie smirked,, making Jupitermon raise an non-existent eyebrow, "Think. If there's six of Sparkle and her friends, how should we counter it?" "...Oh I see now…" he said with a pleased tone to his voice. "Very well. If your servant refuses to attack a certain member of this group, then go along with this plan and you can focus on that one in particular you hate." "Thank you. Of course, I just have one last request..a way to return to my world..and a passage to the human world to find the perfect candidates…" "..Very well…" Jupitermon stated as a flash of lightning appeared before Trixie, causing her to shield her eyes before a azure colored pendant floated in front of her, "This will help you with your task." he explained. "Keeping a constant hole between my barrier would weaken it, so this will act as a pass through it." he explained. "But be mindful of it I don't want to hear from you that you lost it." he sighed leaning his head on his hand. "..Of course, my lord," Trixie nodded as she placed the pendant around her neck, "I shall not fail you..and I will find the 5, perfect candidates." "Remember no need to use simple methods to get them on your side. If it makes it easier, manipulate." he explained in a tone not unlike a mentor. "Yes, master." --- "Mmm…" Twilight groaned in her unconcious state as she began to regain conciousness. "Oh she's waking up…" Pinkie's voice said from very close by. "you sure she'll be in a good mood or should we have that frying pan ready just incase?" "Pinkie!" Rarity's voice scolded as Twilight's eyes slowly opened up. "Hey, Twi, you okay?" Rainbow's voice asked. "Ow...what hit me?" Twilight groaned as she sat up, holding her currently throbbing head. "AJ in the street with a frying pan." Pinkie explained. "Oh. Wait, what?" "Y'all wanted t fight even if'n we were jest gonna lose," AJ informed, "That's more Rainbow's bit." "Yeah! ...Wait, what?" Rainbow blinked twice. "You know it's true," Pinkie smiled. "Ugh…" Rainbow facepalmed. "..*gasp*The Digimon!" Twilight gasped, "Are they alright?!" "They will be fine after some substantial rest." Rarity assured. "some more then others but Noir assured us they will be fine with some time." "I see...and what about Trixie?" "We ran...she got away." Rainbow replied. "...I see…" Twilight noted as she looked down, "...I can't believe it…" "I take it this is quite the loss for you all." Ryudamon said as he looked at them. "No kidding.." Dash sighed, "Trixie practically creamed us...even more when she had that dang Alicorn Amulet." "Yeah. This is a big upset." Pinkie added with watery eyes. "It weren't Trixie who beat us; it was th' Digimon she was with," AJ pointed out. "Hmm...given it's power, its kind of both of them. Digimon with a Tamer can attain great powers with a strong bond with their tamers. Somehow, that girl has a stronger bond with him then you girls have with your own Digimon at the moment." Ryudamon explained, sitting down. "Not to make it sounds like I'm insulting you, it's just she has the advantage of time on her side." "As if that's gonna be her advantage any longer," Rainbow snorted, "We'll get even stronger than her and our bonds tighter than hers can get!" "Hm...with that level of conviction I wouldn't be shocked if you could attain an evolution stronger than hers." Ryudamon smiled. "And you're right, your Digimon have an advantage of having much better people as their tamers." "Mighty nice compliment there," AJ tipped her Stetson to him. "Heh...I'm just stating the truth is all." Ryudamon smirked. "I'm almost jealous of those six, to be even more honest." "Wh..what do you mean?" Fluttershy couldn't help but ask. "Hm...I guess having someone to stand by and fight together with like that." Ryudamon began. "It's something fulfilling to us in a way. So for that, I feel a little jealous, but I'm happy for them none the less." "I see…" Twilight noted, looking for a moment to look at him. "...Is everything alright, Twilight?" Rarity was the first to ask. "Yes..but..that method Trixie used to Digivolve her digimon…" Twilight trailed off, "What was that?" "Hm...so you noticed it as well?" Ryudamon asked as everyone just paid attention. "Yes. And her Digivice was different from ours, "Twilight stated further as she pulled out her Digivice, "It looked a bit..blocky compared to ours." "I wouldn't be surprised if she had someone modify the thing." Ryudamon spoke. "Despite being something with a unique power to evolve us, it's still just a machine that can be tinkered and tampered with." "So she cheated?" Rainbow asked. "Well, I suppose if you want to see it as such. But I don't think one can honestly cheat when it comes to things like this. More useing any advantage possible." Ryudamon mumbled feeling he should not touch on the subject much. "...I still say she cheated," Dash mumbled to herself. "So hers in short can just do things ours can't?" Rarity asked Ryudamon who nodded his answer. "...Ryudamon.." Twilight spoke up, "Are their any methods we can use to help our Digimon reach their next level?" "Hm...normally we Digimon evolve over time, but with Tamers and their Digivice's, we can jump to our next evolution no problem." he explained. "However there are tales of Tamers able to get their Digimon partner to make their Evolution skip a step or two." he explained. "Like I said, it is all based on the bond between both. By strengthening your bond with your partner, you could make them evolve to an even level as that Mistymon or hell even higher than that." he explained. "That's really all I can suggest to you girls. Strengthen the bond and the power will come in strides." "..But..will our Digimon trust us..even after they know what we really are?" Twilgith asked, making Ryudamon blink. "You mean that you're not really human but ponies?" Ryudamon asked plainly. "Elecmon and I talk a lot. What can I say?" "But..the other Digimon dont' know yet..aside of Yukirenamon…" "...You can tell them in time." Ryudamon said. "If you tell then when you feel it is right then thats all that matters." he explained. "Besides they won't judge you for feeling scared of revealing such a secret." "..I hope you're right…." --- It was night, and everyone was soon deeply asleep..well..mostly everyone. The only ones up were Twilight and AJ, the former looking outside as the half-full moon shined in the night sky. "This is nice, all of us back together," AJ noted. "Yeah…" Twilight nodded, "I just wish our reunion didn't end up turning into a battle field." she sighed. "True, Sugarcube," AJ nodded, "But did any of us even think that Trixie of all ponies would be here? Ah sure as Tartarus didn't." "Yeah...I really didn't expect that." Twilight said as she aimed her head up at sky. "It seems our troubles here get more and more complex." she noted to herself referring to their transformation to humans, meeting the Digimon and then learning of Jupitermon, "...To think...not too long before we came here..we had just sealed Tirek backup in Tartarus…and now we're in another world, dealing with a god..." she trailed off her head sinking down again. "*sighs*...sometimes it's a lot to take in at once." "Eeyup," AJ agreed, "At least none o' us has been havin' trouble accepting it to th' point of self-induced amnesia." "Where did that come from?" "...Mah Granny likes t' tell th' strangest stories," AJ blushed. "Well...I guess that's a fair answer." Twilight smiled. "But at the least we have the time to just take a breather…" she sighed again as she stretched her arms up. She had once again gotten accustomed to her human form...though, she wasn't sure if her friends had yet. "Have t' admit, Ah kinda like this body," AJ admitted, "Fer one…" she held her hands up, "...These. Guess Lyra was right, huh?" "I suppose so. But these fingers are plenty useful." Twilight smiled. "Of course you need to be dexterous to do certain things that I normally use my magic for, such as opening doors and holding things." she explained, "...Applejack...may I ask you something?" "?" "..Will we..be able to get home..or worse..What if Trixie brings Jupitermon to Equestria, and we're stuck here?" "...Ah know we'll be able t' make it home," AJ assured, "And we'll handle Jupitermon before he can try anythin' t' Equestria." Twilight smiled at that. "Yeah, you're right, I guess I'm just worried is all." she explained. "After today...I guess I realized that our job here might not be the easiest thing we've had to do. But it's still something we need to do. Not just for our world...but theirs too." she said looking at Dorumon and Ryudamon. "Eeyup," AJ nodded. Before Twilight could say anything, a small, bright light caught her and Aj's attention, making them turn to see their Digivices giving off a faint light. "Wh….what is this?" Twilight asked as she looked at the light. As soon as she picked up her Digivice, a beam of light shot from it before it stopped just out the balcony, the light forming into an image of an island with a large mountain. "A mountain...is...is this a location?" she asked, "..Wait…" she put her Digivice down for a sec as she looked through her bag and pulled out the book she borrowed from that one town, "I think I've seen that island before." she said as she flipped through the pages rapidly, "..here it is!...File..Island..but..that's impossible. The book's saying it disappeared years ago!" she read out loud...very loud. "Hey..keep it down.." Pinkie groaned in her sleep, "I'm dreaming about swimming through an entire pool of frosting." "Bread…." Guilmon snored from his sleeping spot on the ground. "...Applejack, what does this mean?" Twilight whispered to her southern friend, making sure to not wake her sleeping friends. "..Ah'm not sure Twi, btu ah think we should discuss this wit' th' others in th' morning," AJ suggested. "Yeah your right. But still I get the feeling this might be helpful." Twilight said having that feeling it was something good in her mind. "Hopefully," AJ nodded before yawning, "Welp..ah'm gonna hit th' hay..see ya in th' mornin' Twi." "Good night Applejack." Twilight smiled as her friend got into her bed to fall asleep. Twilight rubbed her eyes a bit as she figured she might as well get some sleep as well, it was still the middle of the night. 'I suppose I should rest up to, we can talk of this more tomorrow...I just hope Equestria's doing alright without us.' --- Meanwhile, back in Equestria..a lone figure was seen snoozing on a pile of clouds' said figure was a Gryphon a being whose body was that of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. Said Gryphon was sleeping on the cloud somewhat peacefully as some of the feathers on her head seemed to be combed over to the side. It was then a small rock hit her in the head. "Ow!" the Gryphon winced before growling, "..Alright, who's the dead doofus who threw that?!" "Finally my you're such a thick skulled one." Trixie's voice said, making the gryphon look down from her resting place to see a light Blue unicorn with a cornflower blue mane. "...Oh great. Another dweeb," the gryphon rolled her eyes, "What do you want? I was sleeping before you woke me up." "No. Your snoring could have fooled me, you lazy oaf," Trixie countered. "But insults aside, I have a proposition for you. Oh wait. Small brain. I want to ask you something?" she corrected herself. "..You got five seconds to tell me before I knock your teeth out," teh Gryphon frowned. "Tell me, is there a certain individual you'd do anything to get back at?" she asked getting her attention somewhat. "...If you're talking about that backstabber, Rainbow Dash, then yes…" the gryphon frowned further. "Then we have much to talk about." Trixie smiled. "For I know a certain being who could give you both the opportunity and the resources to do so. Of course, the trip there might be a bit surprising but nothing more then that." she explained. "..If it means getting back at Lamebow Crash..then yea," the gryphon smirked as she flew down and landed in front of Trixie, "I'm all ears." "Good. Then we have much to talk about...Gilda," Trixie smirked. --- Jikai, Digi-ponies! Dash: Wait..we're what?! Twilight: U..under arrest?! ?-?-?: You 6 have the right to remain silent! Twilight: But we didn't do anything! Pinkie: Ugh..where's a good lawyer when ya need one?!..Wait, did we know one, Twilight? Twilight:..wait..do you mean? Next time: Digital Turnabout ?-?-?: OBJECTION!