These Flames Shall Clense You
Look to the past as we head for the future
So there I was… turned into a stone statue in a world full of talking ponies and other strange magical creatures. Unicorns, Pegasi, a fusion of normal and those two called Alicorns. Gryphons, minotaurs, hydras, anything mythological or magical you could name, I’m at least 90% sure this world has it, doesn’t matter where in the human world it originated from, in this world it existed.
Yes I said human world, this is a separate world, one I was sent to, was it willingly or not I don’t remember… it has been a VERY long time, I think somewhere around 1000 or so years, I don’t know the only concrete proof I know is that one of the princesses that rule over this land went bat-shit insane and now she’s back and i heard ponies mentioning it’s been 1000 years or something, I don’t know, it’s felt much longer than that. the only company I have is the reason why I’m a stone statue, and one of the few things I can remember and am sure of. To make a long story short I was sent to this world after getting something at a convention and as i was falling through the sky I was zapped by a magical rainbow and turned to stone apparently according to this creature, his name is Discord, the princesses didn’t turn me from stone because they thought I was a creature of chaos and evil summoned by him, which rustled my jimmies a bit, not gonna lie, but he agreed to free me when his time came and I held him to his word and so we waited for years on end.
Great thing about time after the first 100 years or so, it goes by VERY fast unless something special happens and about a year or so after the dark princess came back Discord was freed and he kept to his promise and freed me too, though he flung me through a wormhole and this brings us to current time. I’m staring into a still pond in the middle of a large forest and my reflection is… not what I expected i’m still dressed up as the character I went to the convention as… “Alright time to take this off…” I pull at the wig only for a sharp pain to shoot through my skull, “Ow, what the hell?!” I tug at the extended canines in my mouth only to receive another jolt of pain. “What the hell is going on here?” And then I realize that my voice is slightly different as well. “Wh-what is going on…?” I looked around quickly before I start tugging at what i thought was my costume only to slowly realize that this is a part of me, no not a part of, this IS me…. I am…. “I am…. Agunimon… what…. how?” Then I remember what I bought and I search my person for it, before feeling it hanging off my hip, “Did you do this?” I ask my digivice.
“No, it was not I.” It responded in a female voice, causing me to drop it and fall on my ass.
I lean forward slowly, and pick it up softly, “Ophanimon?”
“Yes…” She said.
“H-how… this isn’t the digital world” I say softly.
“That isn’t entirely correct, this world and the digital world have been merged.” She explained.
“What? How? When?”
She paused, thinking, “10 years ago, when the Chaos lord escaped and freed you”
I look away in thought, “Chaos lord… You mean Discord? but he freed me a few minutes ago.”
“No child, he freed you 10 years ago. Since then things have been bad for the inhabitants of this merged would…. this Digital Equis as we all have come to call it. Evil looms and the magic of the chaos lord still lingers, it is taking everything us digital masters have to keep the world even in this state of order.”
I was silent still reeling from the thought that it’s been 10 years in the span of a few minutes… wait… “The wormhole, that’s what he sent me through, it must’ve sent me forward in time but why?”
“I do now know, I will have to think on that myself since you were a digimon… and an ancient spirit one at that… since before the great merge.”
I nodded, “Wait you said the digital masters, who are they?”
She was silent for a moment, “There are 10 of us. Me, Seraphimon, Cherubimon, Omnimon, and Azulongmon, we rule over the light of the world. Lucemon, Apocalymon, King Etemon, MaloMyotismon, and Diaboromon who rule over the darkness, we 10 keep the balance of this world, despite our differences because we all want a world to live on, yes even Apocalymon… though there are some we haven’t heard from in quite some time on both sides, but their domains still seem to be functioning just fine. And besides we are not allowed to set foot in one another’s domains, even if we are aligned to the same attribute of light or dark, lest we upset the balance of the world.”
I whistled, “Well… that’s… shitty, and this was all caused by Discord?”
“Yes, whether it was voluntary or not, we do not know all we know is that we MUST keep this new world together until something can get rid of the energy that permeates through it, threatening to tear it it apart.”
“Im guessing you know exactly what/who that is but you can’t say because of some higher power?” i asked.
“Yes…. Agunimon, go west of this forest, you will reach a town where digimon and Equins live together peacefully, it is a village that no digital master holds domain over and balances on the cusp of light and dark. It is there the fate of the world will begin, and you are needed. Whether or not you are what this world needs i do not know ,but I do know you are needed at that specific town. Now go, my energy is fading and I need to rest, one of the other digital masters will contact you when you reach that town.”
i sighed and stood up, ‘Alright, how long is it away?” no response. “Hello, Ophanimon?” still no answer, “Great, didn’t even get to ask how i get out of this form, guess I’ll figure it out. But first… which way is west? Does The sun even follow the same logic as it does on my world?” I looked down at my digivice hopefully. “Man I wish this thing had a compass on it.” And as soon as I said that a projection of a compass popped up in front of me ,”Digivice ex machina” I shrugged, not questioning my good luck and started walking west.
As i was making my through the forest i noticed a mix of digimon and magical creatures, it was stunningly surreal and beautiful, that was until I heard a scream from behind some tall bushes, prompting my curiosity, I walked through the bushes to see a group of Mushroomon picking on a Tanemon. “So you think you can take food from us, the Mushroomon Brothers, huh?”
“I...I need it for my little sister…. she’s sick and it’s too dangerous to go looking for food in the forest” The tanemon explained, tears welling up in her eyes.
“Well it’s even more dangerous to steal from us.” Said the middle Mushroomon.
“Shall we demonstrate what happens to thieves brothers?” Said the one on the right.
“Let’s.” Said the third one as they all pulled out mushroom bombs
That's when I spoke up, “Alright, that’s enough of that.” I said getting their attention.
“Who are you?” One of the brother’s asked.
“Name’s Agunimon, and I see you were about to pick on this poor digimon.”
“Poor digimon?”
“No one steals from the mushroomon brothers” They said in unison.
“Yeah i heard, but I also heard she was also getting food for her little sister, who is sick by the way, because hunting in this EXACT forest is too dangerous.” I said, my voice rising. “Are you so cruel as to not let a young digimon look after her sickly sister?”
The brothers looked at each other doubtfully and the back at me, “No but…”
“But what? You’ll let an innocent digimon get worse, maybe die?”
“No, we wouldn’t do that!”
“Then let her go, besides I’m sure she couldn’t have taken that much from you anyway, you all are bigger than her and she’s an in-training digimon. What would it look like if a bunch of rookie digimon picked on her for a few scraps?”
They all looked down at the ground before one muttered something before turning away, “Brothers let’s go this isn’t worth it, besides we have to go make up for the food she took” The other brothers nodded in agreement and walked further into the forest, to what I’m assuming hunt for more food.
I walked up to the Tanemon and picked her up, “Hey you ok?”
She nodded, “Yes thank you very much Agunimon!”
“No problem kiddo, but you shouldn’t have stolen I’m sure you could’ve asked someone, don’t worry you aren’t in trouble, it's just for future reference.” I picked up the small sack i spotted behind the tree a moment ago, “Alright let’s get you home, I’m guessing you live to the town west of here?”
“Yep, Digi-Pontown!” She said happily.
“Alright, then let’s get a move on!” I placed her on top of my head and tied the sack to my waist and we set out towards the town. It was about a 30 or so minute walk until we reached a large hill and made our way up it, and I was absolutely stunned by what I saw, it was a large walled off CITY, at least by human standards, With a huge structure in the center of it. If this was a village or town i’d hate to see what they call cities.
“So that’s Digi-Pontown? It’s huge.” I said to tanemon who was still sitting on my head.
“Yeah, but let’s go i need to get to my sister!” she said jumping on my head, making me wince.
“Alright alright, just settle down…. kids…” We made our way to one of the nearby gates that were guarded by 2 Knightmon on either side of the gate.
“Halt there stranger!” One of them said, holding out a hand, “What brings you to Digi-Pontown?”
I stopped as told and took Tanemon off my head, “I was making my way here on orders by Ophanimon when I happened to find Tanemon here being harassed by a group of Mushroomon and since I was already on my way i thought I’d bring her home.”
The head Knightmon pulle dout a clipboard and flipped through some papers, “Hmmm yes, we did receive word that there would be an interesting digimon coming to Digi-Pontown. alright you are granted entrance. Also we were informed to instruct you to go to The Palace post-haste. We’ll take the young tanemon to her home, her mother has reported her disappearance.”
I looked at Tanemon, “You ok to go with them?”
She looked up at me and the towards the Knightmon, “Y-yes, you go and see the princesses and lords. Thank you for helping me!” She hopped out of my arms and to the head Knightmon.
“Alright, look after her fellas. Oh and here, this is what she went out looking for.” I handed the Knightmon the sack of food and walked passed them. “Thanks for not attacking me on sight.” I said, making my way into the town.
