Digital Equestria

Champion

Matt put yet another file into the file cabinets that lined the walls of the file room. Since he started a week ago, he was now organizing Mayor Mare. Matt still had plenty to do before she was perfect, but he had plenty of time. He was finishing up putting all the files away about the incidents that occurred from when Applejack wouldn't ask for help when it came to harvesting her apples. But luckily Twilight broke through to her and got her to ask for help.

Besides that, everything was going smoothly in Ponyville. He left the file room and went back to his desk as he worked on getting Mayor Mare ready for talks or other important events. He placed the paperwork that needed Mayor Mare's signature inside a file folder. Matt walked into her office and put it on her desk. She thanked Matt, and he returned to his desk.

"I think this job is perfect for you, Matt." Said Gomamon

"Very true." Said Guilmon

Matt blushed a little as he rubbed the back of his neck, "Well, I always had a knack for organization. And even though it was rough at first, I think we managed to pull everything together. I think it should be smooth sailing from here on out." Said Matt

"Let's hope." Said Gomamon

After a few minutes, Mayor Mare came out of her office and handed Matt the signed papers. He thanked and checked them over.

"I want to thank you again, Matt, for taking on this job. I swear I haven't been this organized in a long time." Said Mayor Mare

"No problem, I'm glad I can help." Said Matt

***

Two strange beings walked through the town of Ponyville. One was the cloak-wearing pony, and the other was a unicorn mare. She was wearing a black strapless cocktail dress with a red hourglass on the back of it. She had a red and black mane, which was up in a tight bun with a spider clip holding the bun together. Her coat color was a strawberry-red color. She had a fan in front of her face with a picture of a Black Widow. The two walked through the market as the mare drew the attention of every stallion she passed. She would give them a little wave, causing them to blush and wave back. She chuckled a little before turning to her friend.

"I guess I still can turn heads." The mare turned back to the cloaked stallion, "You sure, Stitch, that the humans are here." Said the mare

The pony wearing the cloak, now named Stitch, nodded his head up and down.

"But where to start?" Asked the mare

Stitch pointed his hand, covered by his sleeve, towards the town hall, where Matt and his Digimon were saying goodbye to Mayor Mare. Stitch and the mare watched as he walked away.

"Let's follow him; maybe he'll lead us to the others." Said the mare

Stitch nodded, and the two began to follow Matt and his Digimon but kept far enough away to avoid attracting attention.

***

Matt pushed open the door to the library as a small bell went off. Twilight poked her head up from her book to see Matt and his Digimon walk through the door. She smiled as she closed the book, got up, and straightened her skirt.

"Hi, Matt." Said Twilight

"Hey, Twilight, I was wondering if that book came in?" Asked Matt

"Let me think," Twilight tapped her chin before walking over to one of the bookshelves that line the library's walls. She scanned the spins for the title. She stopped at the book she desired and pulled it out. "Yes, the pony that checked it out returned it today."

"Great to hear." Said Matt

Twilight walked over to a large book resting on a pedestal and began to fill it out along with the rental card in the back before handing it off to Matt. He took the book in his hands. The book was a guide to the government of Equestria.

"Thanks, Twilight." Said Matt

"No problem. I can see working for Mayor Mare has made you desire to learn more about our government." Said Twilight

"Yeah, plus I want to understand everything about your government before I do something wrong. I'm not like the ponies of Equestria who know everything about their job thanks to a cutie mark." Said Matt

Twilight chuckled as she rubbed the back of her neck, "Yeah, I forgot that you humans don't get cutie marks like us ponies."

It was a strange day when the humans learned that in Equestria that a mark appears on the rump on a pony. The cutie mark symbolizes a ponies unique talent, which translates to their job. The humans, in turn, told that they don't get cutie marks to determine their destiny. Instead, they go to school and study a specific work field.

"Yeah, it sure was strange to find that out. Well, thanks for the book, Twilight." Said Matt

"No problem. Remember to bring it back a week from today." Said Twilight

While Twilight and Matt were talking inside the library, Stitch and the mare looked at the library from the shadows of an alleyway.

"Boo, I was hoping he would take us to the others, not go running errands." Said the mare

Stitch turned and pointed to a marketplace where plenty of ponies were shopping and talking amongst themselves.

"So what? You have a desire to go shopping for fresh fruits and vegetables." Said the mare

Stitch nodded back and forth before pulling out a black crystal from his right sleeve. He showed it to the mare. She blinked her eyes once before a devilish grin appeared on her face.

"Yes, why track down the humans, when we can bring them to us. It'll save us more time and effort than waiting for our male friend to give us the location of the others." Said the mare

Stitch nodded before tossing the crystal towards the market. The second it touched the ground, it burst into smoke, and from that smoke came a dragon. It roared at the top of its lungs as it ran towards the ponies.

"I do love your creations, Stitch." Said the mare

Stitch nodded as they disappeared into the alleyway to watch the chaos unfold.

Matt was saying his goodbye to Twilight and about to leave the library when the dragon's roar caught the attention of Twilight, Matt, and his Digimon.

"What was that?" Asked Matt

"It sounded like an enormous creature." Said Gomamon

"It sounded like the roar of a dragon, but that can't be right. Spike is the only dragon in Ponyville, and he's not even a fully grown dragon yet." Said Twilight

Matt tossed the book on the couch and wasted no time opening the door and rushing out with his Digimon and Twilight close behind him. The group ran down to see a black dragon with red scales on its back. The dragon was walking on two legs with two rows of a red spade-shaped scale following from the tip of its tail to the head. The rest of the dragon was black. It stood at least 12' tall. On each of its arms were a set of five sharp claws. It was bashing away the stalls and buildings that surrounded the Ponyville market. It roared at the sky before closing its mouth and releasing a torrent of flames. Ponies ran for their lives to keep away from the beast.

It moved its head and spotted a little filly crying. The group watched as it prepared to attack, but Renamon appeared in time and took the child away as its left claw struck the ground. Renamon landed next to Alice as Renamon dropped the filly off next to its mother, and Alice told her to run off. The group ran over to her.

"Great timing there, Alice." Said Matt

"Yeah, I know. Luckily, Renamon and I were at Sugar Cube Corner when we heard the roars." Said Alice

"The one thing I have to say is that the dragon looks familiar to that Manticore we faced." Said Gomamon

"It does seem to have some similar characteristics." Said Matt

The dragon turned and looked at the two humans, the unicorn and the Digimon. It roared as it stared daggers at them all.

"Get ready. Here it comes." Said Matt

The dragon ran towards the large group. They all jumped out of the way as it stopped and turned around on Matt, Twilight, and his Digimon.

"Pyro Sphere." Said Guilmon

"Marching Fishes." Said Gomamon

Guilmon fired off a sphere of fire, and a bunch of fishes jumped out of a small creek nearby. The dragon swatted off both attacks like it was nothing.

"That's not good." Said Matt

Renamon appeared behind the dragon and began to charge up her Diamond Storm.

"Diamond Storm." Said Renamon

She launched the sharpened leaves at the back of the dragon. It only seemed to scrap the back of the dragon, but it didn't seem to faze it. It turned around and grabbed Renamon before tossing her right into a building. Alice screamed as she ran off to help Renamon. The dragon again turned his attention to Matt, Twilight, and his Digimon.

"Gao Rush."

Gaomon appeared and began to strike the dragon in the head with a barrage of punches. With a final blow, Gaomon leaped back and landed on the ground. James came running up as the dragon shook its head to get itself back together.

"Nice one, Gaomon." Said James

"James, great timing." Said Matt

"Yeah, I came as soon as I heard the roars." Said James

"Good because Renamon already bit the dust." Said Matt

"I don't want to cut in, but that thing looks pissed off." Said Twilight

The dragon growled at Gaomon before releasing a torrent of flames at the group. They dodged the fire, but the dragon kept releasing the flames on James and Gaomon.

"Oh shit!" Exclaimed James

James and Gaomon began to run for their lives as the dragon didn't let up trying to burn them. Luckily, a tornado appeared and pulled the flames away. James and Gaomon sighed as they saw Terriermon land on the ground next to him, Lopmon coming up, and Abby close behind.

"Thanks, Terriermon." Said James

"Same here." Said Gaomon

"It's what I do best. Can't have that beast barbequing you." Said Terriermon

The dragon turned and looked at Abby, Lopmon, Terriermon, James, and Gaomon. It growled at them as it looked ready to strike once again.

"That thing is huge." Said Lopmon

"True, but nothing we can't take down together." Said Terriermon

Lopmon nodded as Lopmon grabbed Terriermon's ear and began to spin with Terriermon. The two created a massive typhoon of winds.

"Double Typhoon." Said Terriermon and Lopmon

The two Digimon went spinning right for the beast. The typhoon was dragging debris from the attack to the mighty beast. The dragon brushed away a lot of the debris that came towards it. It tried to burn the two Digimon, but the winds blew the flames back at its face. Terriermon and Lopmon struck the dragon in the chest before returning to Abby and stopping their attack. Abby, James, and their Digimon watched as the smoke settled around the dragon. But the small group knew the fight wasn't over once the red glowing eyes appeared.

Alice finally reached Renamon, who was pushing off a beam of wood.

"You ok?" Asked Alice

"I'll be fine." Said Renamon

The two walked out to see Biymon, now in the fight, flying around the dragon and hitting it with her Spiral Twister. Alice turned to look at April, watching Biymon. She could also see Matt, Twilight, and his Digimon rushing on over, with James, Abby, and their Digimon following close behind.

"Glad to see your ok Renamon, and good timing, April." Said Matt

"Yeah." Said April

The others arrived as Biymon came down to them.

"Damn, this thing is tough." Said James

"No kidding, I think we've hit it with each of our Digimon, and we've done nothing but piss it off." Said Matt

The mare and Stitch stood atop a building, looking upon the battle. The mare smiled as Stitch's beast drew out all five of the humans and their Digimon. She chuckled as she enjoyed watching the humans and their Digimon partners struggle to find a way to destroy Stitch's creation.

"It seems the plan worked perfectly. I do love it when everything comes together." Said the mare

Stitch nodded his head in response.

"What's even better is that those little Digimon are no match for your mighty beast. We should see the end of them all in no time." Said the mare

Stitch nodded as the dragon turned and grabbed a part of the building behind it. It raised it above his head and tossed it at the group. They all began to run in all directions to dodge the attack. Matt watched as the dragon took another piece of a building and tossed it at him. Guilmon jumped into action to protect Matt.

"Quake-a-lator." Said Guilmon

He leaped up and used his claws to rip through the concrete before moving towards the dragon. Guilmon knew that if this dragon was like the manticore, then if he found the crystal, it would end the beast once and for all. But the dragon swatted Guilmon away, and he crashed into yet another building.

"Guilmon!" Screamed Matt

The dragon looked at Matt and Gomamon before spying on Twilight, who was pushing a small amount of debris from the building off of her. She rubbed her head, not noticing the dragon going in for an attack. Matt didn't stop to think; instead, he ran right toward Twilight. Twilight turned to see a giant claw coming towards her. She had no time to react to bring a spell to life to save her. But luckily, Matt tackled her out of the way. The claw of the dragon came smashing down. Twilight and Matt landed safely away from the dragon.

Twilight and Matt looked at each other and blushed from how close they were. Matt was right on top of Twilight, their faces inches away from each other.

"Um, thanks, Matt." Said Twilight

"Um, yeah." Said Matt

The two stayed that way until the dragon roared, causing them to look at it as it stared at them. Matt got up and helped Twilight to her hooves as they ran for it. The dragon was going to release a torrent of flames but stopped as a school of fish came colliding into its head. The beast turned towards Gomamon and the other Digimon beside their human companions.

"You leave them alone." Said Gomamon

The dragon roared before blowing a thick cloud of smoke at them, causing the group to lose their sense of direction. The dragon again turned its back to Matt and Twilight, who stopped to watch the dragon cover the others in smoke. The dragon smashed both clawed hands into the ground before looking at the helpless human and pony.

"Twilight, I think you're up." Said Matt

But nothing happened; Matt turned to see Twilight shaking like a leaf in fear. The fear of the dragon was causing her to have no concentration to perform any magic. Matt looked back at the beast as it growled at him. Damn, this isn't good!

"Terriermon and Lopmon, clear this smoke," said Abby as she coughed.

"Terrier Tornado." Said Terriermon

"Tiny Twister." Said Lopmon

Both Digimon were able to clear the smoke from the group. They all saw that the dragon had cornered Matt and Twilight. Guilmon finally dug himself out of the building and noticed Matt was in trouble. He got moving to protect Matt. I must protect Matt. But Guilmon wasn't sure how he could hurt the beast when his attacks and the attacks of the others were doing nothing to it. But he could see the dragon getting closer to killing Matt and Twilight as it opened its mouth.

Twilight grabbed onto Matt as she prepared for the end of it all. Matt shook as his life began to flash before his eyes, and the dragon's gaping maw moved ever closer to him and Twilight. I can't believe this is how it all ends . The dragon moved to snap the human and pony in its jaw. The others could watch in horror as two of their friends were about to be no more. Matt held Twilight close to him as he closed his eyes and prepared to die.

"Matt!" Screamed Guilmon

At that second, the Digivice clipped to Matt's pants began to glow. Matt opened his eyes to see his Digivice glowing, and the light seemed to blind the dragon as well. Twilight opened her eyes as well to see what was happening. Guilmon stopped as he looked at himself. He began to shine, as well. The Digivice started to transmit codes to Guilmon, which started his transformation to the next level.

"Guilmon digivolve to...Growlmon."

Matt and Twilight watch the dragon regain its sight and get ready to chop down on them. But the dragon gets pushed away as Growlmon strikes the side of the beast. The beast goes tumbling back before falling onto its back.

"Stay away from them." Growlmon turned down to look at Matt and Twilight. "Are you two okay?"

"What, who are you?" Asked Matt

"I'm Growlmon, but you might remember me as Guilmon. I digivolved to protect you." Said Growlmon

The dragon roared as it got back on its feet. Matt looked up at Growlmon, and the two nodded.

"Let's show this dragon what you can do, Growlmon." Said Matt

Growlmon roared as he and the dragon ran towards each other. The other humans and Digimon watched as Growlmon and the dragon did battle.

"Where the hell did that red dragon thing come from?" Asked James

Abby took off her Digivice and pointed it at Growlmon. The screen lit up and displayed information on Growlmon.

"The new creature is called, Growlmon and its the digivolved form of Guilmon. It seems Growlmon is a champion-level Digimon." Said Abby

"Wait, you're telling me our Digimon can digivolve again." Said James

"Looks like it, and it seems that Growlmon might be a match for that dragon." Said Alice

Growlmon tossed the dragon to the ground. Growlmon closed his mouth as flames began to leak from the corners of his mouth.

"Pyro Blaster." Said Growlmon

With a mighty roar, Growlmon released a large fireball from his mouth. The dragon roared in pain from the attack and fell to the ground with smoke emanating from the blast site.

"Growlmon, find the crystal and destroy it." Said Matt

Growlmon nodded his head, "Growl Claw."

Growlmon swung his right claw into the dragon and tore out the crystal. Growlmon crushed the crystal, and the dragon roared before it went silent and darkened in color. Much like the Manticore, it burst into smoke. Growlmon roared from his victory over the dragon.

The mare and Stitch watched as the dragon disappeared into a puff of smoke.

"When I thought we wouldn't have to worry about those kids, " the mare sighed as she turned to Stitch. "Let's return to base. We'll let them have this win."

Stitch nodded as the two disappeared from the top of the building as the others ran toward Matt, Growlmon, and Twilight.

"Matt!" Screamed Gomamon

He jumped into Matt's arm. Matt caught him and laughed as he held his second Digimon.

"I'm glad you're ok." Said Gomamon

"Yeah, thanks to Growlmon." Said Matt

"Yeah, I'll say it sure is impressive." Said James

Growlmon smiled before a light consumed him, and he shrunk back down before the light disappeared and once again showed off Guilmon. Everyone blinked as Guilmon cocked his head to the side.

"What?" Asked Guilmon

"Why the heck did you go back to being Guilmon?" Asked James

"I'm not sure. I think I exhausted all my energy to stay in my Growlmon form." Said Guilmon

"So it seems that our Digimon can only keep their champion-level forms for a while. I wonder how long a Digimon can stay in their champion form before returning to their rookie form." Said Alice

"Well, that's a bummer. I was hoping that we could keep them in champion form forever." Said James

"But could Guilmon digivolve back to champion?" Asked April

Matt pulled out his Digivice and looked to see Growlmon, "I'm not sure, but I'll guess we'll have to wait and see."

"Well Matt, I can't wait to see how long it takes you to file this away," said James pointing out all the damage to the market from the battle.

Matt rolled his eyes as ponies began to came out of their hiding place and started to work on cleaning up the debris with the Digimon and humans helping out. Mayor Mare came out and listened to ponies with Matt taking notes next to her. It took a few hours to clean up the marketplace, but it would take a little longer to fix the buildings. Matt left the town hall near ten o'clock at night after filing everything away. He turned to see Twilight waiting on a park bench under a street light.

"Think you two can make it home on your own?" Asked Matt

"Yeah." Said Gomamon

The two began to make their way home as Matt walked over to Twilight. He sat down next to her. The two didn't speak and instead listened to the nightlife of crickets and other woodland creatures.

"I'm sorry." Said Twilight

Matt looked over at her, "Sorry for what?"

"For not teleporting us away. I could have got us away from that dragon. But I got so scared of it cornering us; I couldn't concentrate on my magic. I never once in my life felt that scared." Said Twilight

"Twilight, you don't think I felt the same. You have no reason to apologize. We all get scared; that's a natural thing. When you genuinely get scared, your mind stops thinking, and you can't function. Trust me. I was the same way." Said Matt

"Yeah, and I owe you a thank you as well for saving me." Said Twilight

Matt blushed as he rubbed the back of his neck, "Yeah, no problem."

Twilight giggled from the way Matt was acting. He smiled as he looked up at the stars. Soon enough, a shooting star went across the night sky. Matt pointed it out to Twilight.

"Look a shooting star, make a wish." Said Matt

Twilight and Matt closed there eyes and made their wish before opening them.

"Make your wish?" Asked Matt

"Sure did." Said Twilight

The two sat together in silence as they watched as more shooting stars passed across the night sky. It was a beautiful sight to end on after one crazy day.