One Week in Our Lives
By: Rainbow Daydreamer
Disclaimer (might as well get it out of the way) I don't own, didn't own, won't own and don't want to own Digimon.
Bi: Drat!
Daydreamer [in darkness] Be there in a second! What's up?
Bi: As if it wasn't a rotten enough night with all this rain, [spreads wings] the power's gone!
Daydreamer: So what?
Bi: No light to read by... no TV, no radio, no computer... no phone... What's a bird to do?
Daydreamer: [thoughtfully] Well, what do you reckon people did before someone happened to invent electricity? Especially on long dark nights like this. [Bi shrugs in the dark] They sat by the fire, they ate and drank, and they told stories. Long stories.
Bi: What good's that to us?
Daydreamer: I've got the lemonade and the ginger biscuits. Time for a saga of our own.
Bi: You don't mean!
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VERY IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S NOTE.
I think I warned you in the summary that this would be alternate-ish. Well, what I'm planning to do is pretend Series Two never existed. [ducks to avoid the crazy Davis, Yolei, Cody and Ken fans] Look, I wrote Forever Kari. Awful as it is, all you 02 lovers can go read that. For now, all I've taken from 02 is some people's post-Digital occupations, their looks and TK's attachment to Kari. I reckon if other people can make (examples at random) Sora into a medieval magician, Ken into a mad serial killer, Davis into a small-time crook and kill off Kari altogether (that girl must be a pretty fed-up ghost by now) it isn't such a crime for me to imagine my Digimon-watching career stopped at the end of Season One, is it? Don't like, don't read.
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(Oh, and P.S. - This story takes place about eight years after Season One. If I'm not wrong that makes Tai, etc about 19 and TK/Kari 16. I didn't actually see the final 01 episode [my video recorder packed up] so put any discrepancies down to Alternate Universes. Please!)
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Chapter One: The Happiest Week of my Life?
*Sora*
I covered my ears with a smile so I couldn't hear the squeak of excitement at the other end of the line. "Mimi, calm down. It's not till next week, you know."
"Yeah, I know." Mimi's voice was filled with a happy giggle. "But what a week it's going to be for you. The happiest week of your life, Sora."
"I need some help," I told her. "It was Tai's idea- he wants to invite all the old crowd. You know... Matt, Izzy, Joe, TK, you. And Kari, of course, but we can get her on our own! Any idea where they've got to?"
"Well, I saw Izzy in the park the other day," Mimi said thoughtfully. "On his newest laptop, of course. Joe's at Odaiba University, it won't be hard to find him if we ask the right people. And Matt and TK... well, you don't need telling where they are. Ask any female teenager you like."
"What? Even you, Mimi?" I teased her, knowing she wouldn't take it to heart. We'd been best friends too long for that. Girls who can stay friends when there's several continents between them certainly aren't hurt by a joke or two.
"Well, I'll come round as soon as I can," she finished. "See you, Sora." Click. I put down the receiver with a smile and went to find Tai.
It was hard to believe at times that it had been eight years since we'd left the digital world far behind us. I still missed Biyomon, of course- who wouldn't? And I thought about the little bird often. I really wished she could have been with me next week, on my special day.
I turned on the TV and froze momentarily at the sight of a face I knew. Oh, yes, of course. It was his new band, Emelesce. Odd name, that. It had been bothering me for a while now. I'd tried reversing it, scrambling the letters, searching foreign-language dictionaries- nothing. But then, why should I be bothered? It wasn't my kind of music anyway. With a flick of my finger I changed the channel. Some wildlife show or other, just the thing to fall asleep to. It had been a long day. Tai'd taken me to organise the reception, deciding just what we were going to need and how much it would cost. I never knew it could be so stressful. But of course, it would be worth it in the end.
Tired but happy, I curled up on the sofa with the nature presenter's voice soothing me to sleep. I'd forgotten to close the curtains and my face looked strange, almost sad reflected in the darkened window. Better get some shut-eye, Sora. After all, you've got a busy week ahead of you. And don't look so sad. After all, you're in for...
The happiest week of my life.
...................
I dedicate at least the first bit of this to Chikin Wang. Maybe you can even find something good to say about THIS.
By: Rainbow Daydreamer
Disclaimer (might as well get it out of the way) I don't own, didn't own, won't own and don't want to own Digimon.
Bi: Drat!
Daydreamer [in darkness] Be there in a second! What's up?
Bi: As if it wasn't a rotten enough night with all this rain, [spreads wings] the power's gone!
Daydreamer: So what?
Bi: No light to read by... no TV, no radio, no computer... no phone... What's a bird to do?
Daydreamer: [thoughtfully] Well, what do you reckon people did before someone happened to invent electricity? Especially on long dark nights like this. [Bi shrugs in the dark] They sat by the fire, they ate and drank, and they told stories. Long stories.
Bi: What good's that to us?
Daydreamer: I've got the lemonade and the ginger biscuits. Time for a saga of our own.
Bi: You don't mean!
.............
VERY IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S NOTE.
I think I warned you in the summary that this would be alternate-ish. Well, what I'm planning to do is pretend Series Two never existed. [ducks to avoid the crazy Davis, Yolei, Cody and Ken fans] Look, I wrote Forever Kari. Awful as it is, all you 02 lovers can go read that. For now, all I've taken from 02 is some people's post-Digital occupations, their looks and TK's attachment to Kari. I reckon if other people can make (examples at random) Sora into a medieval magician, Ken into a mad serial killer, Davis into a small-time crook and kill off Kari altogether (that girl must be a pretty fed-up ghost by now) it isn't such a crime for me to imagine my Digimon-watching career stopped at the end of Season One, is it? Don't like, don't read.
....................
(Oh, and P.S. - This story takes place about eight years after Season One. If I'm not wrong that makes Tai, etc about 19 and TK/Kari 16. I didn't actually see the final 01 episode [my video recorder packed up] so put any discrepancies down to Alternate Universes. Please!)
...................
Chapter One: The Happiest Week of my Life?
*Sora*
I covered my ears with a smile so I couldn't hear the squeak of excitement at the other end of the line. "Mimi, calm down. It's not till next week, you know."
"Yeah, I know." Mimi's voice was filled with a happy giggle. "But what a week it's going to be for you. The happiest week of your life, Sora."
"I need some help," I told her. "It was Tai's idea- he wants to invite all the old crowd. You know... Matt, Izzy, Joe, TK, you. And Kari, of course, but we can get her on our own! Any idea where they've got to?"
"Well, I saw Izzy in the park the other day," Mimi said thoughtfully. "On his newest laptop, of course. Joe's at Odaiba University, it won't be hard to find him if we ask the right people. And Matt and TK... well, you don't need telling where they are. Ask any female teenager you like."
"What? Even you, Mimi?" I teased her, knowing she wouldn't take it to heart. We'd been best friends too long for that. Girls who can stay friends when there's several continents between them certainly aren't hurt by a joke or two.
"Well, I'll come round as soon as I can," she finished. "See you, Sora." Click. I put down the receiver with a smile and went to find Tai.
It was hard to believe at times that it had been eight years since we'd left the digital world far behind us. I still missed Biyomon, of course- who wouldn't? And I thought about the little bird often. I really wished she could have been with me next week, on my special day.
I turned on the TV and froze momentarily at the sight of a face I knew. Oh, yes, of course. It was his new band, Emelesce. Odd name, that. It had been bothering me for a while now. I'd tried reversing it, scrambling the letters, searching foreign-language dictionaries- nothing. But then, why should I be bothered? It wasn't my kind of music anyway. With a flick of my finger I changed the channel. Some wildlife show or other, just the thing to fall asleep to. It had been a long day. Tai'd taken me to organise the reception, deciding just what we were going to need and how much it would cost. I never knew it could be so stressful. But of course, it would be worth it in the end.
Tired but happy, I curled up on the sofa with the nature presenter's voice soothing me to sleep. I'd forgotten to close the curtains and my face looked strange, almost sad reflected in the darkened window. Better get some shut-eye, Sora. After all, you've got a busy week ahead of you. And don't look so sad. After all, you're in for...
The happiest week of my life.
...................
I dedicate at least the first bit of this to Chikin Wang. Maybe you can even find something good to say about THIS.