Crest of Imagination

by Boyzilla

Chapter 2: Beware! Problems!

Madison Barbs, our African-American nine year old Pokémon trainer, decided that maybe bringing out a fire Pokémon with a live flame at the tip of its tail isn't exactly the greatest or smartest thing to do within a flammable barn house. Not that she tried or anything and her friends had scrambled to put out the flame on the hay before it spread across the rest of the building... Then she promptly returned her charmander before more incidents could be caused.

Ahem, no, that didn't happen at all...

Then there was the issue that Daniel, as cool as it was, kept unwillingly turning both intangible and invisible at the most random times. Sometimes it was both at the same time! Let's just say, she felt a little sorry for Daniel, must be scary nearly sinking fully into the ground without anyone seeing you. And he wasn't even in his Ghost form to begin with!

But hey, when he was in his Ghost Form, he got super strength! He was lifting up piles of hays like they were nothing! Of course he told them to keep it a secret from the ponies, but still, he's like a super hero! Wait, hide his identity? He is a super hero!

Now he just needs to fly, shoot laser beams, and have a breath attack! Then he'll be, Super Daniel!

"And I can be his sidekick Pokémon trainer!" Madison giggled, "I wonder who the bad guys would be? Mmh... Well, he's a ghost... So Ghost Pokémon would be the bad guys! Or is it he protects ghost and fights physic types?" She wondered out loud.

"Beware! I am the Box ghost! Terror of all who fears cardboard evil!" A ghost, a fat one wearing warehouse worker clothes, appeared from underneath a few boxes full of hay in front of Madison.

"Ah ha! I knew a bad guy would pop up sometime or later!" Madison cheered.

The Box ghost shouted, "Beware! As I crush you with boxes full of grass material! Fear me!"

"I don't think so Box ghost guy!" Madison shouted, happily playing along, or so she thought, "I will defeat you! With Charmander! Go!" She grasped the Pokeball on wrist and opened it up in front of her, a beam of white energy coming out and unto the ground before her.

"Char! Charmander!" The fire Pokémon exclaimed as it finished materializing into the physical plane.

"Taste my box-filled wrath!" The Box ghost exclaimed as the boxes full of hay levitated into the air due to his influence, before their contents were thrown out like cannon fire toward charmander.

"Charmander, dodge!" Madison shouted, the lizard-like Pokémon obeying her commands and dodging the grassy material.

"You cannot escape, for I am the Box ghost!" The Box ghost shouted, full of himself.

"Wow, and I thought Ryan was full of himself!" Madison commented, "Charmander use flamethrower!"

The fire Pokémon looked back to her in confusion.

Madison gave a sheepish grin, "Sorry, guess you don't know that move yet... Okay, ember?"

Charmander spun, the fire on the tip of his tail sending wild small flames toward the direction of the Box ghost, who dodged by lifting his lower half. The flames kept going before hitting a pile of hay, which went aflame.

"Uh oh." Madison stated, "Put it out, put it out!" She started to panic.

"Charmander, Charmander!" Her Pokémon started to panic alongside her.

Suddenly the door to the barn opened to reveal Daniel Marris. "What's going on Madison, wait, is that the Box ghost?!"

"Haha!" The Box ghost laughed, "My fame reaches all, truly you fear me!"

Daniel had a deadpanned expression on his face, "Yep, that's the Box ghost alright... I'm going ghost!"

Daniel had his fist clenched and stance widen as a white ring appeared around his midsection. The ring separated into two identical rings which both went up and down along his body. His clothes transforming into a black hazmat suit, and a white glow enveloping his form. Finally his eyes turned green and hair turned snow white as his transformation ended.

"Okay, that was awesome." Daniel stated as he crossed his arms, glaring at the Box ghost.

"Daniel, Daniel, the farm is going to on fire if we don't stop it in time!" Madison yelled in concern.

Daniel looked toward her, then the charmander, "You used some sort of fire move didn't you?"

Madison nodded, an embarrassed flush on her face. "Maybe..."

"Nobody ignores the Box ghost! Beware!" The Box ghost reminded them of his presence as he sent the cardboard boxes around him, flying straight at them.

Daniel Marris grabbed Madison''s shoulder and close his eyes, concentrating for that one feeling he gets when he turns... Intangible!

The boxes pass right through both Daniel and Madison without harm.

They turned back into tangibility as Daniel breathed a sigh of relief, "Phew," then turned into excitement, "I can't believe I manage to do that!"

"Charmander, scratch attack!" Madison shouted her command.

Charmander charged forward, and leapt up, aiming his claws at the Box ghost. But the box ghost turned intangible and laughed. "Nobody harms the Box ghost! I am invincible!"

Madison frowned, "I guess even if he isn't a ghost Pokémon, normal type attacks don't work."

Daniel ran up to the terror of cardboard boxes, "Hey Box ghost! Be invincible to this!" Then Daniel jumped and slammed a fist full of pain against the Box ghost's face. Sending said ghost flying out of the ranch. Daniel then landed, turned, and put out the growing flame by turning the hay pile intangible, stopping the fire's fuel source.

"Let's go Madison!" Daniel shouted as both he and Madison, including her Pokémon, ran outside to battle the Box ghost.

However, when they reached outside, the ghost that was full of himself to the bitter core that made him a ghost, was gone.

"Where he go, Daniel?" The nine year old girl asked the older boy.

Daniel looked around, "I don't know..." He suddenly reverted back to his human state, "What! I didn't mean to change back yet! Ugh, guess I still got controlling problems..." The halfa trailed off.

Madison pointed her pokeball at Charmander, "Oh well, we will get him next time! Rest up Charmander, return!" She said as a red beam came forth from the pokeball and returned the Pokémon into energy before absorbing it back within.

Madison tucked on Daniel's shirt to get his attention, "Hey Daniel, where is Alyssa and Ryan?"

"Uhh..." Daniel trailed off, "We'll find them." He answered.

Alyssa Jarnagin, Gigimon, and Ryan Chukareth walked along the pathways of the Apple Orchard, Ryan was quite joyful, to be exploring the world in which he always dreamed about. He hoped none of this was a dream, it felt too real to not be anyway. He plucked an apple from one of trees, and bit deeply into it, his taste buds exploding with flavor and juice.

"Mmh, Alyssa you should try one of these!" Ryan exclaimed.

"Oh, give me one! Give me one!" Gigimon said, bouncing up and down on his partner's head. He received one from Alyssa who plucked it from the tree and gave it to the in-training digimon. The red digital being ate the apple with a ravenous appetite.

"I have a bad feeling... Maybe we should go back?' Alyssa suggested.

Ryan waved her off through, "Nah! We're fine! It's Equestria! What's the worst that can happen?"

Three... Two... One...

Suddenly a burst of fog erupted forth from the ground, causing the two humans and one digimon to close their eyes as the fog rushed outward and created a field. A digital field, what else could it have been? It's not like football fields are created within seconds. Anyhow, when they reopened their eyes, they were inside a sphere of fog.

Gigimon started growling, causing Alyssa to question, "What's wrong Gigimon?"

Ryan pointed to a figure materializing in the midst of the fog, "Alyssa, look, something is there."

Alyssa narrowed her eyes to see better, and spotted the green skin, green ragged clothes, and wooden club of a digimon she knew.

"It's Goblimon, he's a rookie level digimon." Alyssa said, Gigimon jumping off of her head and landing in front of them both protectively, growling at the threat.

"Dooh wahh!" The Goblimon exclaimed, beating his chest like some sort of crazed gorilla, well, if you look at him the right way...

Gigimon charged forward, showing its teeth, "Hot Bite!" he exclaimed biting the Goblimon's legs with flaming teeth. No seriously, Gigimon's teeth were on fire!

"Gahhh!" Goblimon groaned in pain as it swung its leg around, trying to get the in-training digimon off of itself.

Ryan cheered Gigimon on, "You can do it Gigimon! Beat him up! Bite his legs, then his arms, then his ugly face too!" He shouted, punching the air in his excitement.

"Gigimon can't handle Goblimon, he's a level above him!" Alyssa exclaimed in worry, clutching her digivice to her chest.

True to Alyssa's word, Goblimon finally shook off the courageous Gigimon, and conjured a ball of fire in its hand.

"Goblin Strike!" It yelled, throwing the ball of fire at the small digimon, which exploded and sent Gigimon skidding across the ground toward Alyssa and Ryan's location.

"Gigimon!" They both exclaimed, Alyssa running up to her digimon in panic as she picked him up.

"Gigimon, get up, please! I know you can digivolve, you got too!" She said, shaking her partner to awaken him.

"I can beat him, no worries, be happy now." Gigimon said, as he stood back up.

"Rawr!" Goblimon shouted as he charged toward Alyssa and her digimon partner.

"Alyssa, watch out!" Ryan warned.

Alyssa looked to the quickly approaching Goblimon with fear. And as he seemed just moments away, the digivice she carried suddenly began to glow a bright white light, a small barely visible line of text appearing on its screen.

A bright rose red egg surrounded Gigimon as digital data came rushing into him. His partner's energy supplying him with the power of digivolution as began to change dramatically. The small red creature's legs extended greatly into muscular legs, feet, arms, and claws. His body growing massively in size, lines of black decorating his red form as it expanded. His tail grew twice, trice, and four times as large, and his head changed into the shape of a dinosaur's, wing ears increasing in size before the egg broke and revealed his new form.

"Pyro Sphere! Rawr!" A red hot powerful ball of flame erupted forth from the newly evolved Guilmon's mouth. The sphere shot forward and impacted the center mass of the Goblimon, who never stood a chance against such a powerful attack. It screamed in pain, before bursting into data particles which dissipated into the air.

The fog that made the digital barrier soon lifted after that, and all that remained were two human children, a rookie level digimon, and a clear sunny day on a Apple Orchard.

"G-Gigimon?" Alyssa said in shock.

Guilmon turned to her, a happy grin plastered on the now... Somewhat big... Dinosaur's face. "It's Guilmon now, and don't you forget it!" He said with joy.

Alyssa tried to recall a Guilmon in her memory banks, but it's been so long since she's seen other seasons besides the first one. Which now shows on Nicktoons every now and then. But the name was familiar, oh well, her digimon had digivolved!

"Wow your so big!" Alyssa commented, standing up, Guilmon being slightly taller than herself.

"Thanks, but I'm hungry now!" Guilmon laughed, causing Alyssa to giggle.

Ryan walked up to the large digimon, "I liked it when you were smaller, but you still look super cool! Like a T-rex!"

"Rawr!" Guilmon jokingly roared, causing both himself and Ryan to laugh. Alyssa starting to laugh after she caught the contagious emotion.

"Hey! Whoa! Daniel, look at that dinosaur!" the voice of Madison echoed over yonder.

The laughing trio stopped laughing, and looked toward the direction of the incoming friends. Waving in greeting as both Daniel and Madison approached them, through cautious of Guilmon.

Alyssa reassured them, "It's alright, this used to be Gigimon. He digivolved into Guilmon. Um, like how Pokémon evolve."

Daniel and Madison released held breaths, it was just Alyssa's digimon partner, they knew he would not harm them, ever.

"What in tarnation happened here!"

The four friends, and digimon, turned their attention to Applejack. Who seemed speechless at the appearance of Guilmon.

Alyssa quickly spoke, "It's alright! He's our friend!"

Ryan added on, "Like Spike! Except he's a digimon, not a dragon."

"And I guess he's staying with ya too?" Applejack questioned, giving a suspicious eye to Alyssa's partner.

The four friends nodded, Daniel speaking up, "Twilight was right, something is wrong here. Madison and I encountered a ghost!"

Guilmon spoke up, "And we just finished defeating a evil digimon!"

"Fire birds, humans, ghost, and Digimon... This day is getting better and better ain't it?" Applejack said, placing a hoof against her forehead to ease her headache.

"You don't know that half of it, Applejack." A strange royal-like voice spoke, everyone turning their attention to see a large white horse, with a horn and wings, alongside Twilight Sparkle and a dark purple version of the same horse.

"Princess Celestia, and Princess Luna!" Ryan and Applejack exclaimed simultaneously.

"I'm afraid you will all have to come with me into the Everfree Forest," Celestia said, turning her head toward Twilight, "Get your friends Twilight. Where we are going, they will want to learn about as well."

"Yes Princess!" Twilight said, her horn lighting up with magic and she disappeared in a flash of purple light.

Daniel only had one thing to say about this whole situation, "Joy..."

"Remind me again, why exactly we're heading into a dark creepy evil looking forest?" Daniel questioned.

Guilmon answered, "To find a dark creepy super evil bad guy hidden in a ruined castle of course!"

"Oh come on Daniel, it's not so bad! Look at the pretty blue flowers over there!" Madison exclaimed, walking toward them.

But Rainbow Dash flew right in front of her, "Don't touch those! Poison joke, bad stuff!"

"Eek, if it has the word poison, of course it's bad!" Madison commented, stepping away from the flowers.

Ryan looked in fascination at everything, "Look, it's the mountain where- Oh look the scary trees! And look, that's the bridge, or what's left of it, that leads to the castle!" Ryan excitedly said.

The dark foreboding ominous, and whatever other word you can use to describe the Everfree forest, pretty much described the forest. The ruined wooden bridge, was then telekinetically lifted together by both Celestia and Luna, making a path to walk on for those who couldn't fly. Once over the bridge, the rest flew across and landed besides them.

As they approached and entered the ruins that used to be the Castle of Two Sisters, Princess Celestia started to speak.

"Long ago, My sister and I used to communicate many times with beings from other realms. That was until what the humans at the time called, Witch Hunts. During that time, the entire magical community within the human realm disappeared over the course of a few decades, it was enough to cause a disruptance. Later on, only a hundred or so years ago, the Digital realm came into being. It was the closest realm ever tied to the Human realm since the time of magic on your realm." Celestia said, as they approached a vast wall. Picturing the layout of the Realm Balance.

"What's that got to do with us?" Alyssa questioned, Guilmon standing next to her.

"Those tags around you necks, the pieces of a crest within each one. They are the manifestation of all of your realm's magic made into human virtues. There are other crests, but Imagination is unique in its own right."

The human children's eyes opened wide, Madison asked, "How do you know its the Crest of Imagination?"

"She's right Princess, how do you know about this crest?" Twilight Sparkle asked with a curious expression on her face.

"Because, Me and two others helped the last wizard create them. There names were Clockwork, Mew, and the wizard was Gennai."

Pinkie Pie popped out of nowhere, "Don't tell me every chapter ends with a explanation and cliff-hanger!"