Digimon Equestrian Frontier

It is now 3:45 PM, only fifteen minutes until the mailmare arrives with the letters for the day. It had been seven days since Ms.Cheerilee said that I would receive a letter with the decision by the school board on allowing Digimon to take part in the class.

The last seven days had fortunately been peaceful with no rogue or evil Digimon. And in those seven days, I made good use of those moments of peace.

Day 1, I decided to take a trip over to the Digimon village and told Jijimon about the idea of allowing some of his village rookies to attend the school in town. He was, of course, a bit concerned, but when I told him that it would benefit the Digimon, in the long run, he was willing to accept and told me that he would see who they would send if the school board agreed.

While I was in the village I finally found out where Midnight had been for the last two days, she had brought Dorumon back to the village to show off how he digivolved, and they celebrated in the honor of his new form. During which Midnight had spent the night after partying hard with them. On our way back to our new home, Midnight had informed me that she did indeed have a digivice. She had failed to mention it at first due to her freak out over how Dorumon had digivolved and failed to bring it with her during our trip to and from the Crystal Empire. I started to wonder how many more ponies would become DigiDestined, and by what means are they chosen.

Day 2&3, I decided to hit the books and learn all that I could about Equestria culture and history. Some of which of the most recent history mostly included Twilight and her friends as they were known as the Elements of Harmony, which represented a set of virtues. They've faced many kinds of threats and saves their world from evil beings countless times.The one that shocked me the most was the fight against Princess Luna. Back when she was once known as Nightmare Moon. The adventure that Twilight and her friends went through was rather impressive and could easily make one heck of a TV show or book.

Day 4&5, Deciding that I should take Shining Armor’s advice about building up my physical attributes so that I wouldn't become too dependent on just my digivice. So I decided to purchase a membership to the local gym, but without a good spotter, I could only manage to use the dumbbells and treadmill. I would also practice fighting stances with the sword that Shining had given me and practiced by aiming with the fire bracelet. It took a good ten minutes for it to recharge on its own, and I learned that if I didn't fire any fireballs and kept my hand lit that it could burn for a large amount of time which would come in handy should I ever find myself in a dark cave.

Day 6&7, I thought I would do some research of my own on some Digimon, and it was about the Digimon that Fluttershy had. When I decided to visit her, I made sure to take note of a few things while I was there. The first thing I noticed was that both Koromon and Tsunomon had the same voices as the ones from the show. At first, I thought I was just I was mistaken, but as we talked to each other I could easily hear how their voices were an exact match. The second thing I noticed that even though Fluttershy said she's been watching over the two for over three months, and yet they haven't digivolved into their rookie form. I would have made the answer as simple as that Fluttershy wasn't in any form of danger for them to need to evolve, or that they were any danger. But when I thought back to Dorumon and Midnight, neither one was in any danger at all, and Dorimon had digivolved to Dorumon after only spending one night with Midnight.

By that point, I started to wonder how much of the Digimon TV series was true, and how much was false. I had no way of knowing what was accurate; I knew a few facts from what I've seen so far. An example is when I defeated any Digimon that after scanning their data they turned into a digiegg and flew off into the digital world. I knew that Digimon had heard of human, so I decided to run a test. I talked with Koromon and Tsunomon and asked them if the names Matt and Tai had any meaning to them, but when I mentioned them they said they had no idea of who they were..

Then a single thought came to mind, why am I here? If ponies can be chosen to become DigiDestined and have Digimon partners, then how come I had to come here, for what purpose was I need to be here and take part in this adventure.

*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*

Before I could dive any deeper into that thought when I heard a knock on my door, looking up at the clock, I saw that it was now 4 pm. “Right on time.” I quickly scrambled to my feet and quickly made my way to the door. Throwing open the door, I saw the familiar mailmare that has been coming to my house to deliver my mail ever since I moved in. She had light gray fur and golden yellow mane and tail; she wore brown shorts and a button up shirt for her uniform. It was Derpy Hooves, my favorite/only mailmare. Our first encounter was a bit embarrassing as when I had decided to check to see if the mail had come yet one day, she was speeding towards my house.

Apparently while flying to my house a scrap of paper blew into her face causing her to be blinded, and she flew towards my house. When I opened the door, I only had a brief second before something forced my body to the ground. I laid on my back while something soft and warm was pressed against my lips when I opened my eyes, I saw that Derpy had landed on top of me and her lips pressed against mine. Afterward, we both frantically apologized to each other until we both knew how sorry we were. For the next three days since then, we couldn't look at each other without blushing, but eventually, we got over it. And that ladies and gentlemen, is how I got my first kiss.

“Good morning Jack, how are you today?” Derpy asked giving me a warm smile.

“I'm doing great Derpy, just hoping today will be the day I get the letter I've been waiting for.” Quickly she rummaged through her saddle bag. While she did this one of the letters dropped out of her bag and landed behind her. When she quickly turned around and bent down to get it, I got a rather nice view. Now I don't mean to sound like a pervert, but….. ‘That flank.’

She quickly turned back to me with four envelopes in her hands. “Here you go Jack….hey are you okay, your face is all red?”

I quickly shook my face clearing my thoughts before I she caught onto me. “Uh yeah sorry, I guess it must be this heat you know?” I carefully took the letter and smiles.

Before I could say anything I heard a low rumble, I saw Derpy face burn red, and her wings flared out. “You skipped breakfast again didn't you?” She nodded trying to hide her face with her wings. “Wait here.” I quickly rushed off into the kitchen and grabbed a muffin from the fridge and popped into the microwave for thirty seconds, while it heated up, I grabbed a juice box from the fridge. When the muffin was done heating up I put it into a paper bag and took it and the juice box out to Derpy.

“You know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day right?” I asked holding out the paper bag and juice box.

Derpy peeked inside the bag and gave out a happy squeal before quickly wrapping her arms around my neck and nuzzling her muzzle onto my right cheek. “Your the best Jack!”

That wasn’t the first time that had happened. The first time it did happen, I was a babbling mess, and my face burned like Celestia’s sun. But eventually, I got over that and only had a slight blush whenever she did. She held onto me for what felt like a good four minutes. “Um, Derpy don't you have more mail to deliver?”

She quickly realized how long she had been hugging me and quickly let go. “Oh sorry Jack, I'll catch you later.” And with that, she got a running start and took off in the direction of her next delivery.

I chucked a bit before walking back inside and made my way into the living room. I looked through the envelopes “Let's see, an invitation to the cake twins birthday next week, a letter for Midnight, a letter of approval from the school board, a subscription to Play stallion monthly……. Wait a second.” I quickly moved back to the last letter and quickly opened it.

Dear Jack Owens,

The school board is proud to announce that the participating Digimon will be permitted to attend class at Ms.Cheerilee's school. However, to preserve the safety of the foals only two Digimon will be permitted to attend class until such time comes where we believe more will be permitted to attend.

Sincerely the school board.

I felt my body shaking with joy and couldn't stand to wait any longer. Quickly grabbing my digivice and house keys, I decided to head off to the Digimon village to deliver the good news.

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It was mid-afternoon by the time I made it to the Digimon village, I quickly looked for Jijimon to tell him the good news. I quickly made my way into his hut and found him drinking a cup of tea. “Oh Jack what a surprise, please have a seat, and have some tea.” He gestured to the cushion across from him.

I hadn't noticed it at first, but I was a bit thirsty and decided to take him up on his offer and had a seat on the soft cushion. He poured me a cup, and I graciously took the cup and savored the delightful aroma before sipping in the delicious drink. “Mmm, this is good tea, thanks Jijimon.”

He gave me a small nod before asking his question. “I take it that you had something you wanted to discuss with me, seeing as you wouldn't come without notice just to drink tea with an old man hehe.”

I chuckled a bit myself and carefully set the cup down. “While I will admit that the tea and your company are great, I came here with good news. The school board said they permit two Digimon to participate in classes, and if all goes well over time then, they will allow more to join.”

Jijimon stroked his beard which covered most of his face humming in delight. “Well that is great news, and fortunately we already have the perfect two in mind.” Using his staff to prop himself up Jijimon rose to his feet. “Come come I will introduce you to them.”

He led me back outside and to the center of the village where I could see Dinohyumon and Grizzlymon standing there waiting for us. As we got closer to them, I could see that a pair of Digimon were hiding behind the two. The one behind Dinohyumon was a small Digimon with what looked like kendo gear; I could only see a pair of glowing yellow eyes through the mask. The Digimon was a Kotemon. Behind Grizzlymon was a small bear cub with a small blue cap on his head, and had bands wrapped around his paws. The Digimon was a Bearmon.

Once we got within speaking distance, both Digimon stepped forward, and Jijimon introduced us. “These are Kotemon and Bearmon, their fathers have convinced them to partake in your cause.”

Both the rookie Digimon seemed a bit nervous around me as they stepped forward. I could easily tell that they weren't just scared of me, but the idea of leaving home, in a way I know how they feel. I slowly knelt onto one knee and spoke softly to them. “Hey guys it’s nice to meet you, I'm Jack.” Both Digimon seemed to relax a little. “I know that what you guys are doing is gonna be hard, and even scary. I know how you guys feel. When I had to leave home to live on my own, I was scared too, but what you guys are doing for your fellow Digimon take a lot of bravery.” I gently rubbed their heads making them chuckle a bit. “And I promise that if you guys feel like you can't handle being away from home for too long, I'll make sure to bring you both back. Okay?”

Both Digimon looked to each other and nodded. “We can handle it,” Kotemon said holding his chest out with pride.

“Yeah we're not a bunch of chickenmons, we can be brave,” Bearmon added while holding his chest out.

I watched as they both held their breath to see who can keep their chest up the longest before both rookies couldn't hold it and fell to the ground gasping. Everyone had a good laugh, and I could tell that these two would be the first of many to help with our cause.

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The next morning

I had set my alarm clock to wake me up one hour before 8 AM when school would start. I walked down the hallway to where Bearmon and Kotemon were staying; both of them decided to share a room since they weren't comfortable sleeping alone. Walking in I saw both Digimon were fast asleep. I decided to do what my parents did when it was time to wake me up for school. I quickly opened the windows letting in the sunshine. “Alright kids time to get ready for school!!”

Both Digimon pulled the covers over their head and grunted in unison. “FIVE MORE MINUTES!!!!”

“Sorry guys but you need to wake up and eat breakfast before you go to school.” Much like how I had been woken up by my parents the little Digimon slowly got out of bed and headed to the bathroom to clean up. I walked down to the kitchen to start preparing breakfast. When I left home to live on my own to attend my high school that was far from my home, I decided to take up a lot of cooking classes. Thanks to those classes, I could prepare delicious meals for myself, and now for others. I prepared four plates of bacon & eggs for me and the Digimon, and a fruit salad for Midnight.

Once we had all enjoyed our breakfasts, I walked Bearmon and Kotemon down to the schoolhouse. I could sense that both of them were still nervous since they were staying close. Soon we had arrived at the school. I knocked on the door and saw a familiar face. “Good morning Ms.Cheerilee.”

She smiled at my grating. “And a good morning to you to jack.” We shook hands, and she quickly noticed the two Digimon by my feet. “And these must be my new students?” She knelt and smiled at them.

“Yes, this is Kotemon and Bearmon. I hope they will learn a lot from you.” They both were still a bit timid, but slowly they made their way from behind my legs. “Don't worry you guys she's a very nice pony.”

Ms.Cheerilee stood up and moved so the Digimon could steep through the door. “Come on in you two; class will start soon.” I peeked inside for a moment and saw two small desks that were open in the front of the class. Kotemon was the first to walk inside soon followed by Bearmon. “Don't worry Jack I'm sure they will be alright, but if it makes you feel any better, you can wait outside by the window and watch.” I nodded and made my way to the other side of the school where the window was.

Quietly I made my way over to the window while trying not to get caught on the bushes. I decided to listen in instead of peeking my head through the window. “Alrighty, class settle down. I want to introduce our new friends,” Cheerilee said in a gentle voice. “Both our new friends here are Digimon, but I want you to treat them as if they were ponies. Now then let me introduce you to Kotemon and Bearmon.” I heard the children say hello at once and started to feel good about this.

For the next hours, I listened and occasionally looked inside to see how things were going. Ms.Cheerilee taught pretty basic stuff in her class, from math, English, history to even science. Lunch went a bit weird for some, to make sure we didn't scare anypony, I packed both Kotemon and Bearmon PB&J sandwiches rather than anything with meat in them. But that wasn't the weird part, no that was how Kotemon ate his food. Instead of taking off his helmet, which now that I think about it is probably part of him in a way, he would tear the sandwich longways and slip the pieces through his mask and eat it. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a bit curious as to what he would look like without the mask. Everyone seemed fascinated with how he ate his food, all except Bearmon who probably used to how his friend would eat.

After another hour of class it was finally time for recess, and not wanting to come off as weird, I moved a bit back, and away from the playground and sat under a tree with plenty of shade. I watched as a small group formed to participate in little activity, like tag, or hopscotch. However, I noticed that both Kotemon and Bearmon had distanced themselves from the ponies, most likely still worried about being accepted. Just when I was about to go over and talk to them a pair of ponies made their way over to them, both of them were fillies. One had a light pink coat and wore a dark pink shirt and skirt, her mane and tail lavender with a white highlight and a tiara on top. The second filly had a light gray coat and wore a white long sleeved shirt and a light black skirt, she had a pair teal glasses and pearl necklace, and her mane was braided and was silver.

The one with the light pink fur had a ball in her hands, and I was honestly worried that she might hit one of them with it, but to my surprise, she gently rolled it over to Bearmon, who took a moment to look at it. “You're supposed to roll it back.” The gray filly said while smiling at them both. Bearmon carefully picked it up in his paws trying to mind his claws and rolled it to the gray filly.

She then rolled it to Kotemon who eagerly picked it up and rolled it to the light pink filly. Pretty soon they were doing this over and over, which caught the attention of the other foals. The CMC was next to join in and started to toss the ball around as the seven of them started to play catch. I was happy to see that Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo didn't resent the two rookies even though they had a bad experience with a Digimon. I watch them play together until the bell rang signaling that dresses, they all walked back inside, and I could see that Bearmon and Kotemon were happy as they talked with their new friends.

Seeing as I had little to worry about I decided that I could leave without fearing that something bad would happen. “I think I'll go to the gym and get in a good workout.”

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After changing into some workout clothes, courtesy of Rarity of course. She made me a simple red workout shirt, Black shorts, and a pair of red running shoes. I had a bag that had both my digivice, fire bracelet, and smartphone. About a good five feet from the gym before I notice that Dash was running towards me. “Hey Dash what's up?”

I hadn’t noticed Dash seemed to be in distress until she got closer to me. Before I could ask what was wrong, she quickly wrapped her arm around one of my own and held me close. She leaned in close to my right ear and whispered. “Play along.”

Before I could figure out what she meant, I saw that she was looking forward, when I turned to see what was catching her eye. I saw a stallion with mint green fur and a blonde mane that was styled up into a bun. He was a bit on the scrawny side that makes me even look less thin; he had a 5 o’clock shadow.When the stallion reached us, he seemed a bit put off by me. “Hey, Rainbows who's the skinny toothpick?”

‘I'm sorry did you call me that? Hey, there pot, names kettle were both black!’ I could already tell I wasn't going to l like this jerk.

Before I could voice my annoyance, Dash gripped my arm tightly pressing my arm between her chest. “This is my coltfriend Jack.” She leans in closer and kisses my lips making my face burn.

The stallion didn't seem pleased with this and got up in my face. “And what does little shrimp have that I don't?!” I was seriously considering decking this guy.

Dash decided to step in and decided to get him off me. “He's an ambassador, super cool, and knows how to fight evil Digimon.” She leans in and nuzzles my cheeks. “He's 20 percent cooler than you can ever be Zephyr.”

Zephyr didn't care for that. “Phh how hard could it be to fight a bunch of mindless, stupid beast. I could do that no problem.” I was slowly resisting the urge to turn into Agunimon and BBQ this guy; luckily Dash stepped in once more.

“Sure Zephyr, the day you fight a Digimon and win against it is the day I'll consider going out with you.” And with that she pulled me in the opposite direction. “Now if you'll excuse us we are gonna head to my house for some fun, right babe?” She asked in a very suggestive tone while kissing my cheek.

I could barely make a sound, and my cheeks were nearly about to catch fire. And while I wanted to ask what the heck was happening, I remembered how she asked me to play along and followed her without question.

Once we had gotten a fair amount of distance, I was hoping to ask what was going on. “Soo mind tel.”

She quickly covered my mouth to shush me. “Later, I'll tell you when we’re in my house.”

Seeing as there was no point in arguing with her I just followed her lead as we walked in what I assume to be the diction of her house. And after a good amount of walking we had made it, her house was rather simple; it was a sky blue color, and one-story house. I did wonder why she didn’t have it made of clouds and in the air, since from what I've read about pegasi is that they often prefer to live in such a home. She led me through the door and quickly closed it behind us and went to shut the curtains. “Finally I thought we'd never make it,” Dash grunted as she leaned against the wall and slumped down onto the floor.

“So mind telling me what's up with that Zephyr guy, and why you told him I was your coltfriend?” I folded my arms in front of me and waited for her to explain.

Rainbow had light blush as she pushed herself up and moved over to yet couch and sat down. “Well he’s been trying to get me to go out with him for years now, and every time I told him no way. But it wasn't getting the hint at all, so when he was following me around trying to ask me out because I was single, I knew I needed a way to get him off my back. And then I saw you and thought if I could count on anyone it would be you, Jack.”

While I didn't enjoy Rainbow using me like that, I could sympathize with her and ease back. “So why do you seem so annoyed that he wants to date you? Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't being “The fast flyer in Equestria” bound to get you a whole line of stallions to ask you out?” I said with a smirk, but it quickly faded when I saw Dash lower her head.

“No stallions besides Zephyr even look my way, they say it's cause I'm to tomcoltish and don't act like a mare. And as for Zephyr he barely even knows me, and the only reason he wants to go out with me is because….well.”

“Because your a Wonderbolt and an element bearer, and that he only likes you for your fame rather than the mare who you are?” Dash quickly looked up to me as if shocked that I already knew what she was gonna say. I walked over to the couch and sat next to her. “I know how you feel Dash, to have someone judged you for your outer appearance and status, rather the being you are on the inside.”

She seemed puzzled as she cocked her head to the side. “You do?”

I nodded and leaned back into the couch and closed my eyes as the memories slowly came back to me. “Back when I was on my world I had just started high school, there was this other freshman who was cute, and beautiful. She seemed nice from what I could tell, so when Valentine's Day came around, I thought that would be the best way to confess my feelings.”

Even though I had my eyes closed, I could feel Dash's gaze fixated on me. “So what did she say?”

I sighed as the bitter memory filled my heart with dread. “She laughed at me and said. What sain girl would ever go out with a nobody like you?” I heard Dash wince and felt the same pain as I felt back then when she said those words. “I wasn't anything special to her, I wasn't a jock, or even well known. To her, if you didn't have a high enough status, you were no better than dirt.”

“What's her deal!! I mean the least she could have done was give you a chance!” I somewhat envy Dash, for she didn't have to experience the cruelty that was pretty much life on earth. Were having your crush shot you down is tame compared to the real cruelty that my world could produce.

“Sometimes people want only to boost their status in the eye of the public, to show how much superior they are to others. But I guess I do have one thing to thank her for on that day.”

I guess that must have struck a nerve with her as she gripped my shirt and looked at me with what I can image as a combination of confusion and anger. “What could you possibly thank that witch for?! She laughed in your face without so much as giving you a chance!”

I gently grasped her hands and carefully pulled them off. “Because of her, I turned out how I am today.” Dash expression softened as she slowly sat back down staring at me. “After that day I felt a flurry of emotions, sadness, heartbroken, anger, confusion, but amongst those wave of negative emotion, I found one that I needed most…... determination” I stood up and paced around the room. “I had two options that day. I could wallow in self-pity never to change my appearance and to be the same person that I was in the beginning, or I could take that pain and make it my drive to become someone better someone that will garnish the attention of all those who I encounter. And so from that day, I decided to dedicate myself to bettering my image both physical and mental. I studied to become the smartest student in the class. I worked hard and trained rigorously become the strongest that I could ever be. I even worked on my social image by participating in different clubs and academics. Until eventually by our fourth and final year, I had been selected to become valedictorian at our graduation ceremony.”

“It was a long and hard road that I took, but it all paid off in the end when after I had finished giving my end of graduation speech I was approached by someone who had a love confession. And can you guess who that person was?” I turned to Dash grinning with delight.

I could see the gears in her head turning as she made her conclusion. “No way….her?”

I nodded and savored the memory. “That's right her. Once she found out that I had been valedictorian, and that I had a high-status, she believed that I was worthy of her attention. But do you know what I did that day when she confessed to me?” I looked at Dash with a big grin on my face. “ I threw her words right back into her face the very words she used on me when I confessed to her.” Dash now bore the same smile at me as she was on the verge of laughing. “Oh but you wait, it gets way better. You see by the time we hit graduation she had let her grades slip up; she barely made the grade to graduate, she was so busy becoming popular that she failed to notice her grades.”

“That was pretty awesome dude; you got your revenge.” She playfully punched my shoulder.

“Yeah I did, but I also learned one other valuable lesson that day. That you can't judge a book by its cover, for if you do you may fail to see the hideous creature that lies within its cover .” I turned to Dash and smiled. “Or miss the beautiful radiance of a mare.”

Her face blushed lightly, and she turned away. “You're just saying that all the stallion say..”

“They say that because they can't stand to bear the truth.” She stopped and looked back at me. “Did it ever occur to you that they were only saying that because they couldn't stand to admit they aren't worthy of being with you?”

“W-what do you mean?” She asked still confused.

“Did you ever think that maybe it's wasn't that you weren't good enough for them, but rather than they weren't good enough for you?” I watched as her expression softened. “Dash if there's anything I've learned in my life is that those who can't stand to be in the shadows of others tend to say lies about them to make themselves feel better.”

Dash seemed a bit shocked as she sat there taking in my advice. While I may not have known her for too long I could tell the type of girl...er I mean mare she was, and what I've read from Twilight's stories are to go by then I was certain. For what seemed like a good three minutes I sat there waiting for s response. ‘Uh, dude I think you broke her? She hasn't said a word or moved a muscle for a while.’’ I feared that Nail was right, and slowly inched closer, But as I did Dash quickly lunged forward and wrapped her arms around me. I was a bit taken aback since Dash wasn't usually the type to show affection, but I could tell that this was a special occasion. “Hehe, and they say you don't act like a mare.”

Dash giggled a bit before punching me in the arm, rather hard I might add. “Hey let's forget this mushy stuff and have something to drink. Want some cinder?”

“You mean like the kind Applejack’s family makes?” I had heard about how Applejack and her family were known for their famous apple cider, and how ponies from far and wide would come to get a taste for it.

Dash caught my misunderstanding and chuckled a bit. “Sorry dude these aren't that special, but they are a close second.”

I got up to meet Dash halfway walked over to her. “It's cool. I'm not picky.” I twist off the top of the drink and toss the cap into the trash. Before I took a drink, I noticed that a few photos were hanging in the leaning room. Some photos had three ponies in them. One showed what I imagined being a filly version of Dash and her parents, but as I looked on I saw that the parent seemed to get older along with dash, but none of them had a picture with Scootaloo in them. “Hey Dash, how come Scoots isn't in any of these photos?”

Dash seemed a bit sad. “Well that's kind of a touchy subject, see a while back Scootaloo decided to do a school report on me and ended meeting my parents, and for a while, it was kinda nice to have her around. But then I started to wonder where her parents were; I soon found out that she didn't have any.” This bit of info did manage to tug at my heartstrings; I guessed this world isn't always sunshine and rainbows. “So my folks and I decided to adopt her, and that’s when I decided to buy a house in Ponyville since Scoots can't fly just yet.”

“So she’s your adopted sister?”

She nodded. “Yeah, but enough of that let's drink before our drinks get warm.”

I smiled as we taped our classes together and started to drink the cider. It was a rather refreshing drink; it was sweet and a bit tart. The carbonation wasn't overwhelming either as the bubbles gently danced across my taste buds. “Wow of this is second best then I hope I stay long enough to taste the better version.” Dash chuckled and moved over to the windows and carefully peeked out. “Is he still around?”

“I can’t see him, but I'm sure he's out there waiting for his chance.” She lowered her head and sighed bitterly. “Which means we're stuck in here for a while, and worst of all I just finished my last Daring Do book, so now I've got nothing to do!” She flopped onto the couch while not spilling her drink.

“Darning Who?”

I quickly regretted saying that as I could see Dash stare dagger at me as thought I committed an awful sin. “You've never heard of Daring Do before!?” I shook my head, and in moment Dash zoomed off out of the room, and in less than ten seconds she was back with a book in her hands. “Daring Do is one of the best adventures of all-time!!”

I took the book in my hands looked at the cover, the mare on had Light gold fur, her main actually reminded me of Dash’s hair, but instead of it being prismatic it was shades gray and black. She was even a pegasus and had the same magenta eyes as Dash; her outfits reminded me of someone who would go out on a safari. I quickly skimmed through the book taking the content of the pages and after a moment notice that this Daring Do character reminds me of another treasure hunter. “You know this Daring Do mare sorta reminds me of Indiana Jones.”

Now it seems that it was Dash's turn to ask the questions. “Indiana who?”

“Indiana Jones is an adventurer who goes around the world looking for artifact and then returns them to the museum where they can be kept safe, but that's not all he's super smart and knows how to fight. And he has four movies that show his most amazing adventure.” And at the moment I got an idea and pulled out my phone. “You know I think I know a way for us to pass the time while we wait for Zephyr to get tired.”

“Oh yeah how?” She asked leaving over on me while looking at my phone.

“Well, I just so happens have all four movies on my phone. So why don't we watch one, should help pass the time?” As I start to scroll through my downloaded, I felt Dash laid her head on my chest. “U-uh Dash what are you doing?”

She gently nuzzles her head into my chest. “I’m trying to get comfortable since the screen of your phone isn’t all that big. Plus this way we both can watch.” She looked up at me with a smirk. “What’s wrong? Are you scared of me?”

I could feel my face burning but quickly got in closer to her face with a smile of my own. “So long as you don't kiss me on the lips again, then I'm fine.”

Dash's smirk quickly faded as her muzzle burned brightly. “T-that was t-to throw Zephyr off. Y-yeah that's it.” She looked away while laughing to herself.

‘Oh your not getting off that easy Dash.’ I gently cupped her chin and turned her back to me. “So if that was the case why didn't you just kiss me on the cheek as you did earlier, rather than on the lips hmm?”

“J-just put on the movie already.” I couldn't help but laugh, and I started the first movie.

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During the movie, I watched as Dash’s face would change with a mixture of emotion, excitement, wonder, fear, and joy. She would often ask me about the different vehicles that showed up in the movie. And soon the credits for the first film started to scroll onto the screen. “That….was….Awesome!!” She yelled launching herself off the couch and stretching her wings. “I mean that wasn't a Daring Do book, but it was still awesome!!”

“Well I'm glad you liked the movie Dash, maybe we'll watch the rest later on.” I noticed that my battery was getting low. Fortunately, Equestria has power outlets that they use for other appliances like fridges and toaster.

“That would be awesome! Man, I can almost hear the screams that would have came after the end credits rolled.”

I chuckled to myself almost hearing the screams myself, but then for a moment, the sound got louder. “Funny I can almost hear them too..” But I soon realized that it wasn't my imagination and that I could hear ponies screaming. “Wait a second.” I quickly ran over to the door and quickly opened and saw that ponies were running and screaming in fear of what looked like someone on fire. “Dash!!”

Dash quickly ran up next to me and saw the same thing, out past Ponyville near the Everfree Forest was a human shape being of fire. “Uh, Jack we got another issue.” She pointed further up ahead of the burning man.

I squinted my eyes and saw the familiar blonde mane wrapped in a bun. “Is that Zephyr Breeze?” Sure enough, Zephyr was running away from the mass of moving fire as it chased him. “Quick Dash my pack!!” She quickly tossed me my pack and I quickly slipped on my digigaunlet, my fire ruby bracelet and pulled out my D-tector.

I ran out of Dash's house and past the screaming ponies as fireballs flew through the air. Out near the edges of the Everfree was a Digimon I knew well. “It's a Meramon.” The human-shaped fire creature had cornered Zephyr and was slowly making his way towards him. I forced on my right hand and activated my gem power and ignited my fist. “Hey, hot head!!” I thrust my fist forward, sending a fireball attack right at him. My attack made contact “Why don't you pick on someone your siiii…” As the fireball made contact Meramon started to grow larger and turned towards me. “zzzee…...right made out of fire, fire attacks make him stronger.”

Meramon quickly charged me raising his arm back before thrusting it out. “Blazing Flames!!!!” a multitude of flying fireballs.

I dodge rolled out of the way narrowly getting away without being badly burned. “Crap!!! Where smokey the bear when you need him?!” I moved behind a hay bale hoping to find some cover. “Wait?” In the next instance, the hay bale became nothing but ash. “What the hell was I thinking?”

Without noticing I saw that Meramon was right behind me pulling his fist back to slam into me. I braced myself for the pain that would so come, but fortunately, a sudden splash of rain hit Meramon causing him to whale in pain and turn to see Dash with a rain cloud. “Hey, matchstick you need to cool down.” She quickly quicker the cloud causing more rain to fall on the flaming Digimon.

I moved out of the way and tried to think up a plan. “The Digimon in question uses fire attribute attacks and to top it all off; he gets stronger if I use fire attacks on him. So Agunimon is not gonna be much help, of course, I could use brute force against him but who knows how long that would take?” I was running out of options, and I knew that Dash couldn't hold off Meramon for long. Just when I had all but given up on a new plan I quickly, remembered the digigaunlet on my wrist. “Datamon said this would let me use the other spirits, but I haven't tried to use it yet. What if it fails, what if somepony gets hurt because of me?”

“Gahh!!” I turned and saw that Dash’s cloud had gotten struck by one of Meramon's fireballs and caused her to fall on the ground in pain. She quickly tried to back away from the flaming Digimon as he moved closer.

All the doubts in my mind faded away as I knew what I had to do and hoped that it would all work out. I selected the ice spirit on my D tector and prayed that this would work. “EXECUTE!! SPIRIT EVOLUTION!!!!” I could feel my body changing form and my limbs shrinking in size. Soon my body shifted in the spirit of ice. “Kumamon!!” I quickly aimed my new launcher at Meramon and aimed. “Blizzard Blaster!!” Soon a barge of high-speed snowballs quickly pelted the Digimons back making him scream in anger and turn his attention away from Dash and to me instead. “You heard the pretty you need to cool off.”

“I'll show you, you walking talking popsicle!!” I was caught off by his sudden speech that I failed to react as launched a giant fireball at me. I acted on instincts and turned my body into slush allowing the fireball to zoom over me. “That’s it; I'm ending you and that punk pony!!” He crossed his arm over his chest. The flames around him began to grow larger. “Magma Blast!!” Soon flaming rocks flew straight for me.

I moved my blaster in front of me and aimed at the fire rocks coming towards me. “Blizzard Blaster!!!” I fired a hail storm worth of snowballs, each colliding with the magma rocks, and upon impact created a thick mist. Thanks to Meramon’s natural light I was still able to see him in the mist. “I think it's about time we put this fight on ice!!” I took a long deep breath which filled my lungs with air and caused my stomach to expand as I sucked in more air. I held my breath for a few seconds and aimed at Meramon before blowing an ice-cold wind at him. “Crystal Breeze!!!

I watched as Meramon flinched and tried to shield himself from my attack with his arms, but unfortunately for him, it would not work as my ice-cold breath froze him from head to toe. Soon the ribbon of date appeared and did as I always do when I see it. “Fractal code digitize!!” And with that Meramon data was added to my digivice, I changed back into my human form with only a mild sense of exhaustion. I looked up expecting to see the digiegg fly into the sky, but to my surprise, there wasn't a digiegg. Instead, Meramon body shifted forms, and he dedigievoled into a small, less threatening form. He had turned into DemiMeramon.

I walked over to the rookie Digimon a bit confused. But it would seem that the little Digimon was still angry. “Now look what you did!! I'm an in-training Digimon again!!” His flames rose as he got angry.

I crouched down to speak with the little Digimon. “Well I'm sorry, but when you go attacking ponies unprovoked, I had to step in.”

“UNPROVOKED!!!” He shouted forcing me to fall on my butt. “That jerk over there was the one who started.” He pointed over to Zephyr who was hiding behind a wagon and was slowly peeking out. “He came and found me and started tossing rocks at me while I was taking a nap, he kept saying something about proving himself to some chick!!” If my rage towards that stallion wasn't apparent before it was now as I stared daggers at him. However, my attention went back to DemiMeramon who seemed sad as he looked at the ground. “Now I'll never survive on my own. I'm doomed.

I felt a wave of guilt wash over me as I had taken this Digimon means of defense, what's more, is that I hadn't bothered to try to calm down the situation before leaping into action. I was no better than Zephyr, but unlike him, I would try to make amends for my actions. “Hey DemiMeramon, I think I know a way I can help you out.” This caught his attention as he looked up at me. “I know of a Digimon village that isn't too far from here, and I'm sure they would happily take you in until you could digivolve again.”

“Are you sure about that?” I could hear the hope in his voice as she asked me.

I nodded and smiled at him. “Yeah for sure, I know the leader of that village, and I'm sure he would accept you with open arms.” I watched as Demimeramon leaped for joy and spun around. “Just give me a minute to take care of a few things, and I'll take you there myself.”

He nodded back and turned to Dash as she approached us. “Hey sorry about attacking you earlier, I was just furious.”

Dash smiled and waved it off. “Hey don't sweat it, man, he drives me nuts too, and I probably would try to roast him myself.” Both she and the Digimon chuckled.

I turned my attention and walked over to Zephyr who was still hiding behind the wagon. “Zephyr Breeze get your flank out here now!!” He slowly made his from behind the wagon and looked terrified. “You owe DemiMeramon an apology right now.”

That idea didn't sit well with him while he crossed his arm. “Why should I have to apologize that little candlelight when he should have just went down when I wanted him to?”

It was taking all of my self-control not to slam my fist through this jerk skull, I could feel my blood boiling, and my hands were shaking with rage. I almost lost it until Rainbow came in and slugged him right across the face sending him to the ground. Zephyr looked completely shocked and to be fair so was I. “What gives rainbows?” He asked rubbing his now swollen cheek.

“Because you're a jerk and a creep that's why!!!” She shouted so loud that the other resident poked their heads out of their houses to listen. “He wasn’t not bothering anypony, but then you had to go and pick on him for being a Digimon!!! And for what? So that you can try to impress me?! Well, I got news for you. I'm not impressed; in fact, I'm disgusted by you now!!” I think I can say that both I and Demimeramon were incredibly impressed. Soon Dash stomped her way over to us. “So Jack what kind of punishment are you going to give this jerk?”

I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a few ideas already in mind. Fortunately, I had the perfect one in mind. “Nothing.”

“WHAT!!!” Both Dash and the other ponies residents screamed in unison; Dash ran up to me seeming pissed. “What do you mean nothing!?”

I held my hands out to calm her down. “I say nothing because that all I can do. I'm the Digimon ambassador my jurisdiction of possible punishment falls only on to the Digimon themselves if I were to try to do the same to a pony that would be a declaration of war, fortunately.” By this point, I noticed that Zephyr seemed a bit calm. “However, I may not be able to do anything but Princess Celestia, and Luna might say otherwise.” I watched as all the color from Zephyr slowly drained away, and he turned pale. “ I see I'm supposed to deliver a report whenever a situation like this is to occur regarding Digimon. An in the report I'll be sure to mention Zephyr Breezes part in this problem and whether the princesses choose to do something about this it's up to them.” By this point, Zephyr had taken off faster than I thought he could move.

I turned on my heels and walked over to Dash and smiled. “Dash could you do me a favor and head down to the schoolhouse and pick up Kotemon and Bearmon and take them back to my house. I need to drop off DemiMeramon off at the Digimon village before it gets dark.”

“Sure thing dude anything to help a friend. But before you go, I need to give you something.” I was rather confused since I was sure that I hadn't left anything behind at her house. I was going to ask what I had left behind before Dash stepped in and kissed me on the lips for what felt like a good minute. By the time she pulled away my face was burning hotter than Meramon's fireballs. “That was for both the movie and the nice things you said to me. And who knows maybe you'll get a couple more in the future.”

As she turned to head to the school, I couldn't help but noticed the extra sway in her hips as she walked away. I let out an audible gulp and had only one sentence I could muster. “These mares are gonna be the death of me.”