Sean twisted in his sleep, his nightmares haunting him. All the time he could hear the explosions, the cries of his partner. His friend. The ones he cared about. And the laughter. The mocking, grating laughter of the evil that was before him. He could hear the heart beat of his partner. The strength of will to fight he had. Even though Pharoahmon was wiser, and more experienced. And with a cry, he raced forth, in a last ditch attempt, the gold and black armor glowing with energy and pride. Sean then screamed out his name, screaming awake. Sean sat up, panting and heaving, his sweat. A hand gripped his sheets tightly as his long blonde hair swept over his face, shielding his eyes from the moonlight. Looking out onto the moon, he remembered a conversation he had with his digimon partner. “We’ll always have time to play, won’t we?” “Yeah, forever and ever.” “Every night since last Christmas, the nightmares..” Sean’s grip tightened. “He... was my friend... I should have never let him fight Pharoahmon... if only...” Sean’s grip tightened for a moment before he sighed, shoulders relaxing with the motion. “It’s still early to get up.” With that, he returned to his sleep, still haunted by the images of his friend charging suicidal, yet bravely into battle against Pharoahmon, beating back the darkness that had set before them. On the table, his D3 started to beep rapidly as in the distance, a thin column of light flared up, exploding into a cloud of fog. <><><> Digital Diaries : Adventures 2003 written by Shaun Garin Authorized by Lord Archive, set in his Digimon Series, Red Digivice Diaries/War Diaries. <><><> File 01 : Chosen “Ah, Lunch. The best time of the day.” Eric raised up the sandwich to his mouth and took a big bite out of it as his best friend Stuart leaned over and said, “Hey Eric, wanna check out that weird crater over by the playground?” Eric swallowed his bite. “Crater?” “Yeah! It looks like an impact crater! Maybe it’s from outer space or something!” Eric snorted. “Yeah right. Aliens. There are no aliens out there Stu.” “Oh yeah? I’ll bet you’re too chicken to check it out during recess.” Stuart made a few chicken noises as Eric slammed down his milk. “Okay buster, you’ve got yourself a challenge.” Eric wolfed down his sandwich and stood up. “Lets go.” “Looks like Stu has roped Eric into another one of his crazy adventures,” Jullie remarked as her friends giggled. By the time the pair had reached the crater, there were a few students around. The crater was just that, a crater in the middle of the basketball court. “Whoa,” Eric remarked. “This is like something out of Macross.” “Thought you don’t believe in aliens,” Stu snickered, elbowing him. “I don’t, but anime style craters are another thing all together. Maybe we have huge Transformers stomping around and this is a blast mark from Megatron’s arm cannon! Kapow!” Stu shook his head. “That’s a weirder theory than what I brought up man. You’re obsessed.” Eric rubbed the back of his head embarrassed. Looking at the crater, he the noticed a girl in a private school uniform looking at the crater as she passed by. ‘That’s a catholic school uniform,’ he noted, the plaid skirt and gray shirt marking her as a private school attendee. Green eyes looked at the crater as she moved off into the people at the street corner. She carried a backpack, a symbol that her classes were over for the day. ‘wonder what that girl is here for?’ “Okay, enough staring,” a construction worker said, looming over Eric and Stu, startling them. “I gotta fix this, so please move kids.” As Eric and Stu walked back towards the designated safe area, Stu turned to him and asked, “So, what do you suppose made that crater?” “I dunno actually,” Eric remarked, placing his arms behind his head. “Looks like an impact crater like you said, but there’s no burned surface. I think something really big fell on the blacktop.” “Something yeah,” Stu said, nodding. <><><> The notes of the piano trailed off as Raine finished her practice in the music room of the Elementary. Picking her books off the ledge, she packed them away in her backpack and shrugged it on. Adjusting her glasses, she walked out of the room towards the locker section. Entering the A to H section, she quickly located her locker and opened it up with a quick twist of the lock. She sighed as she grabbed her spring jacket and quickly packed away her books for the next day. Suddenly, a hand clapped down on her shoulder and a voice hissed, “Boo.” Raine screeched as she turned, whacking the offender with her bag, earning an “Oww!” from Eric who was now laying on the ground. “Oh, Eric! I’m so sorry!” she said, helping him to his feet. “Are you all right?” “Nothing hurt but my pride,” he remarked. Raine smiled. “That’s good.” “Hey, did you see that impact crater over in the playground?” Eric asked, startling Raine out of her reverie. “There’s a HUGE hole left behind by something that hit the ground. I’ll bet it’s some kinda Transformer!” Raine giggled at her friends antics. “There’s no such thing Eric,” she remarked. “Well, I’ll prove that there’s something out there,” Eric said, grinning as he put his Ski Goggles on his head, the large single clear pane of plastic shining in the light. “Till then, I’m gonna go on a stakeout tonight!” Raine blinked. “A stakeout?” “Yeah! I’ll catch whatever made that hole and become famous!” He clenched his fist, and Raine could have sworn there should have been flames of triumph in the pose as he put one foot on his backpack and raised his arm, pointing towards the roof. “I’ll be the most famous kid in all of Canada!” “People are staring, keep it down,” Raine hissed, turning red with embarrassment. “So you’re gonna do a stakeout tonight? Mind if I join you?” The pair turned towards a young Chinese boy who was looking at them. He closed his locker and said, “I’ve always been interested in strange things.” Raine turned red as Eric nodded. “Sure! We could use a brain to write down what we find!” Lee raised an eyebrow. “Then this ‘brain’ as you put it is in. I’m Lee Chin, if you don’t remember. I don’t get out much, I’m usually studying.” “I’m Eric, and this tomato is Raine.” Eric stuck out his hand as Raine blushed harder. “Welcome to our little circle of friends.” Lee nodded, shaking Eric’s hand. “I’ll be waiting at my house tonight. Here’s my address.” After jotting down a house number, he handed it to Eric and left. “Well that’s something you don’t see every day,” Stu remarked, sidling up to the pair. “The biggest brain in the school, Mr. Serious actually wanting to join one of YOUR expeditions Eric. Man, he must be sick.” “Knock it off Stu. So, are you in tonight or not?” “Naw, can’t. Dragonball Z is on tonight. See you later Eric.” “Later.” <><><> Eric knocked at the door, holding a bag in his hands. He was dressed in his usual bright orange vest and ski goggles as he waited for the door to open. Beside him, Raine fidgeted nervously. Soon, the door swung open as an elderly man who smelled partly of garlic greeted him. “Yes?” Eric fought the urge to gag at the smell. “I’m here to see Lee. Is he in?” “Yes, please, come inside.” As they stepped into the foyer, Eric whistled. “Man, this guy has a nice house.” Soon, Lee came down the stairs, holding a large duffel bag with some electronic equipment sticking out of the half open bag. “Hello Eric, Raine.” “Hi Lee,” Eric greeted. “You ready to go?” Lee nodded. As the trio walked towards the school, Raine turned to Lee and asked quietly, “Lee? Um.. how come you decided to join us?” “I have an interest in the supernatural,” Lee remarked. “It’s one of my hobbies, as well as being a Ufologist.” “Oh,” Raine said, nodding. “That’s nice.” Soon, the group stopped at the repair site. The area was covered with warning tape as there were remaining trucks abandoned by the workers. “Let’s set up in that grove of bushes over there,” Eric said, pointing to a large grove just big enough to hide three people and a assortment of equipment. “Sounds good. Good view of the hole too.” After a long indeterminable wait and the sounds of Lee setting up what appeared to be a monitoring station, Eric, predictably got bored as he opened a bag of chips. “Man, I hate waiting.” “Then why have a stakeout?” Lee asked, adjusting a camera to aim at the crater. “I wanted to find out what caused the hole.” Raine then heard voices as she hissed, “Quiet! There are some people coming!” Three figures walked out, one of them holding a stuffed penguin doll. The first was blonde with his hair covering one eye and a ponytail riding down his back. The jarring note was that he wore what seemed to be a golden gauntlet on his left arm. The second was a girl with red hair with soft orange highlights in a incredibly long ponytail tied off with a ribbon, green eyes wore a short Selphie Timlett style of yellow cowboy dress she wore. She had a striking resemblance to Hikaru from Magic Knight Rayearth. The third was an odd figure. Green hair that covered his eyes, a green trenchcoat, black pants and shirt. He carried a small device in his hands that made some beeping sounds as he swept it over the landscape. “Definitely some activity here,” he said. “Bones, you got anything?” The blonde who had been designated, “Bones”, swept a similar device, save for the fact that he had a second beeping device in his gauntlet covered hand. He shook his head, grimacing as he did so at the readouts. “Damnit Carter, I’m a Doctor, not a Computer. This Tricorder you made barely makes any sense at all!” The red haired girl laid a hand on his shoulder as the blonde relaxed. She seemed to have a calming effect on the blonde as she said, “Don’t fret. Renamon and I took care of the Digimon that came through here. I doubt there’s anything left that can make this day any worse.” “Any idea what type it was?” The short stuffed animal asked, startling the kids in the bushes. “The toy is alive!” Raine gasped, earning a grin from Eric. “Quiet, they’ll hear us!” Lee hissed as he aimed the camera to catch the group. “It was a Champion, that’s for sure,” she said as she pulled a third device from her pocket and waved it over the residue. “Nothing is left, and the crater was left when Renamon punched him into the ground. There was so much fog around that I couldn’t even get a good glimpse of the attacker. Luckily, I was able to open a small portal in the Digital Field so that we could send it back through the gates.” A blur of yellow and a tall yellow fox like creature appeared before the redhead. “I scouted the area. There’s no more disturbances Hikaru.” Bones sighed as he turned to Carter. “Anything else you wanna check out before we head back? I do have homework you know.” “Chill Bones,” Carter said, checking the readout on his own Tricorder. “Science cannot be rushed.” “Yeah, but you can be rushed,” Bones replied wryly as Carter gave him a look. “Any signs of another Field opening?” Carter asked, turning back to his own Tricorder. Bones fought the urge to slap the device on the side. “Nothing.” Suddenly, both devices started to wail. “Um, Carter? Is the wailing sound a good or bad thing?” “Bad thing,” Carter replied, looking around. The mist had started to grow on the ground. “This is a VERY bad thing.” A streak of light shot down and struck the ground, exploding into a fine fog. Eric, Raine and Lee shielded their faces from the fog that engulfed them. “Woah!” Eric cried, standing up. “Now this is cool!” Hikaru’s head whipped around to look at the three and gasped. “Get away! It’s dangerous here!” “We should go,” Raine said quietly but the pair were still enthralled with the sight. Suddenly, the air turned black as a large red Digimon erupted from the portal. Renamon leapt in front of Hikaru protectively. “A Tyrannomon.” “He’s a big one,” Penguinmon remarked, seeing the Tyrannomon tower over him and the others. “Carter...” he said as a warning. “Right. Go for it!” “You too Renamon!” Hikaru added. Renamon leapt backwards in a somersault as her flesh ripped away into a grid, light entombing them. “Renamon evolve!” The light exploded to reveal a nine tailed fox with a candy cane stripped ring around it’s neck. “Kyubimon!” Penguinmon crossed it’s arms as the same light and effect engulfed it as well. “Penguinmon evolve!” The light exploded off of him, revealing a large twenty five foot black bird. “Saberdramon!” “I’ll get these kids out of the Field,” Bones said, heading towards the kids who were still watching, one filming. “Black Saber!” Saberdramon flew up and released a solid black blast that blasted the Tyrannomon into the side of a cement truck. It hissed and opened its mouth. “Blaze Blast!” Kyubimon then raced towards the Tyrannomon. “Demon Fireball!” She spun into a blue flame that engulfed the red Digimon who cried out. “Just keep it at bay for a little longer guys!” Carter encouraged as he raised his D3 in the air. “Digiport Open!” The air seemed to part before him, revealing a large field in the western part of the Digital World. “Okay, send him through!” “You heard the lady! Charge!” The pair of Digimon rammed into the Tyrannomon who was knocked through the Digiport. Through the open gates, they could see the Tyrannomon get up and rush away into the distance. “All right!” Hikaru cheered. “Good job Kyubimon, Saberdramon!” The pair devolved into their Rookie stages as Bones walked over, the three elementary students behind him in awe. “That was so awesome!” Lee was saying, grinning like a madman. “I got everything on tape!” Carter chuckled. “Careful, that tape of yours may not come out as good as planned.” “What were you kids doing out here so late at night?” Hikaru asked, folding her arms sternly. “We were... on a stakeout, to catch whatever made that hole,” Raine said quietly. “And it worked!” Eric added gleefully. “This calls for a celebration!” Bones shook his head. “What if you got in the way of the fighting? You kids were a liability.” “Aw, it wasn’t so bad,” Eric protested. “Um... I hate to be the bearer of bad news but isn’t that big hole supposed to go away?” Raine pointed out at the large hole to the Digital World. The elder teens turned and Carter scratched his head. “Yeah... and the fog hasn’t lifted either. Wonder what’s up?” Carter rubbed his chin and then shrugged. “Aw well... c’mon Penguinmon, let’s get back to the lab.” Hikaru nodded. “Dad expects me home soon too. Let’s go Renamon.” Bones was the last one to left as he looked over the kids and nodded. “You kids shouldn’t enter the Digital World. The portal can close any second.” With that, he left as well. Eric looked at where they left and then at the hole. He made his decision. “Aw hell with that, I’m going in!” Raine gasped. “You heard what they said! It could close any second!” “I’m inclined to agree with her Eric,” Lee said in a serious tone of voice, the tone that all had come to expect from him. “We could be trapped in that world.” “Well I’m going. If you guys don’t wanna come, that’s fine with me.” Eric rushed through the portal. After exchanging glances and Raine’s soft remark of, “He’s gonna owe us for this,” the pair entered the Digital World as well. <><><> Authors Notes : It has begun... I never expected the story to write itself like this. When I first approached Lord Archive, I had a vague outline in my mind. Canadian group of Digi-Destined get their Digimon with assistance from Sean Gagne. The two other characters, Carter, the equivalent of a mad scientist and Koushiro all rolled into one, and Hikaru, with her uncanny enthusiasm never existed until a week ago. It’s kinda funny really. When I was watching the episodes on TV, I noticed there were no Canadian Chosen or Digi-destined as they would call themselves. So, two teams were born, the older team that appeared in 1999 a couple of months after August and the new team. After a couple of weeks of agony and several migraines, I finally hashed out this version. Have fun with it. For those reading this on Fanfiction.net, it’s not my fault that the story is messed up. Because of some screwy feature of the server, the episodes are all messed up, paragraphs lumped together, and text stretching out sideways from here to infinity. If you want a clean looking version of this story, please go to the webpage and look under The Archive link. There you will find DA 2003 and Lord Archives stories. But please review DA on this page please, or read it here if you want to.