Prologue - Enter the Demon
All eyes on me.
I can tell people are staring at me, it’s not every day a cosplay this detailed is seen. Heh, I can only imagine how jealous everyone is. The sewing classes were annoying and the materials were expensive but it was worth it for this.
A fully accurate Beelzemon cosplay. I didn’t skimp out on anything ‘too hard’, and I spared no expense. Well, other than the metal parts but walking around with real steel on my body would be impractical and a bit too expensive even for me.
I doubt many people recognized the character, but I know those that did would think I’m Beelzemon come to life. Or be impressed at the very least. I’ve looked up the competition, and I know none of those hold a candle to my work. No one is as dedicated as me to the art.
Something was missing though. Behemoth, the motorcycle ridden by Beelzemon in the anime. The one part that was too ambitious for my budget. I didn’t need it, most went without it, and none were real like what what I wanted. But still, it annoys me to no end that I can’t get a functional replica.
I didn’t get as many complements after arriving to the con as I expected, but I’m sure most were just in awe of my skills. Barely any of the cosplayers I’ve seen put even half of the effort I did into my outfit.
The shops though were more interesting. I saw nothing digimon related, as expected, but the stuff I did see was still impressive. One of them catches my eye.
Keychains, most of them My Little Pony related, though some were from other fandoms or just generic keychain stuff. I didn’t have a lot of money I could spend but the prices were reasonable. I just joined the fanbase recently, right after season two's opener aired.
The owner of the booth twirled a chain around their finger, too fast to see what it was, “Looking for something?” they said with a sly smile.
“A Pinkie Pie keychain.”
“Hmm, wouldn’t you rather something else?” they ask, closing their hand around the keychain they were swirling.
“Well, Pinkie’s my favourite. I don’t see anything else interesting.”
“How about… This?” they unfurl their hand, revealing a detailed miniature replica of Behemoth.
“You’re a digimon fan then? I didn’t see that one on sale.”
They hum, “A bit. So, do you want it? It’s one of a kind.”
This thing seems somewhat shady but I don’t see how this could end up going badly.
“How much?” I inquire, taking out my wallet.
“Free,”
“Excuse me?”
“I don’t always meet one of your type, and it looks like it’s missing from that cosplay of yours. I’m a generous man, Beelzemon.” He jokes.
I bark out a laugh.
“Well if you’re so generous I guess I’ll take you up on that offer.”
He grins widely, holding his hand out to proffer the miniature. I reach out to take it, but as I grab it his other hand slams on top of mine, pulling me forward. He has a wicked smile on his face and his eyes seem to gleam.
They’re the last thing I see as I start to lose consciousness.
The sound of wind blowing through leaves is the thing I’m greeted with as I start to come back. My head hurts and it’s hard to remember the last thing that happened. My eyes shoot open when I remember the merchant. My sight is filled with a dark forest, but something is wrong. My view is too big, I close my right eye, then my left eye. When I can still see I yelp.
My hand, still clawed from my cosplay, claps around my mouth after what comes out is decidedly not my voice.
“The hell?” I sound out, slowly. My voice sounds like I suddenly decided to start chain smoking. It almost sounds familiar, but it’s not mine. “What the fuck did that weirdo do?”
I remember my eyes are still closed and open them again. What happened to my vision? Did he hook up a screen under my eyelids or something? No that's fucking stupid.
It’s night, how long was I out? Did that asshole bring me here?
Pain jolts through my head and my eyes close reflexively, this time without that weird extra vision. I grab my head with a hand. It’s still covered in the mask from the cosplay. It feels different somehow though. I open my eyes again and poke and prod my mask.
Only to realize that I can actually feel it, not just through my hands which I know are covered, but directly from the mask. It feels like a part of me, I touch the dirt beneath me only to feel it as well as I could if I wasn’t wearing custom claw gloves.
“The hell’s going on…” I mumble. And then I remember where I heard that voice from. That voice that just came from my mouth. It sounds exactly like Beelzemon did in Digimon Tamers.
No fucking shot, no fucking shot this is happening. Theres no way, it’s impossible, it’s crazy, it’s…
I close my right eye, then my left, and then I close the third eye on my forehead.
Holy shit.
Is this actually happening? Did my cosplay actually become real? Did that merchant do this?
I’m still laying on the forest floor, and I try to push myself up into a standing position. I feel oddly tall, I have to lean against a tree to keep from falling over. I look behind me, and see a moving tail.
My tail, I have a fucking tail.
I invision it moving in my mind, like a limb, and it actually moves. I can feel it too, despite the fact that it only appeared like a minute ago and I’ve never had a tail in my life. This is way too fucking weird.
But also kind of cool. Sure going back into civilization will fucking suck but theres a reason I chose Beelzemon to cosplay. And that’s that he’s fucking awesome.
Wait a minute… Do I have?
I look at my legs and find both of the Berenjena guns holstered on my boots, in the same place they were on my cosplay. If these are real…
I pick one up, noting a weight to it that there wasn’t before. As I aim it at a tree I feel the urge to say something, I grit my teeth.
I pull the trigger like I had done it all my life but nothing happens. I try again and my throat begins to hurt.
Oh hell no do I seriously have to do that anime bullshit?
I pull the trigger, this time without trying not to voice what had been on the tip of my tongue. A Double Impact rolls out, and the weapon fires. When the bullet collides with the trunk it causes a massive hole to get buried into it, and a pair of bullets imbedded into the tree behind. A group of birds fly away at the noise and I hear rustling of bushes as some ground animals are running.
Holy shit, is this the power of a Mega Digimon?
I take my clawed fingers off the trigger and analyze the gun. For all intents and purposes it looks like a normal gun, stylized sure but not able to blow a tree into splinters. And I have two of these things. Supposedly able to fire infinitely.
It dawns on me just how dangerous I’ve become in the span of whatever time it took for me to wake up. Megas were fucking terrifying in the anime, even though they varied in strength. And being one now is…
Fucking sick! I can do whatever the fuck I want!
I have no idea where I am though, and I don’t know how I’d go into Blast Mode to be able to fly and get a better view of the area. I try to reach and grab my phone, which had been stored on a pocket on the inside of my jacket only to come up completely empty.
Oh hell no that jackass took my phone.
I drop onto the ground and sit down. The lack of a phone is annoying to say the least. My wallet is also missing which means I have no money.
At that moment something shiny on the ground catches my eye. Is that the fucking Behemoth figurine? I pick it up and twirl it like the merchant did. When I do something unexpected happens, the figure glows and shoots in front of me, enlarging into a full sized, and fully detailed Behemoth.
“Oh no fucking way, no fucking way!” I plant a hand on it, feeling the cool metal, as well as a feeling in the back of my mind.
master, owner, rider
I jolt back, my hand shooting away from the machine. The feeling is still there but a lot weaker. Was that Behemoth? Behemoth was alive in the anime, if that carried over here… I concentrate on the feeling.
scared? no danger? why fear
Oh, it’s wondering why I was surprised. Well now I feel bad. I lean on the bike, patting it. I don’t know if it can feel that or even knows whats going on but I feel like I have to do something to reassure it.
Now that it’s here Behemoth would probably be useful for getting out of here, but the forest is dense and I’m more likely to crash than to get out safely. I don’t want to leave it behind here but just dragging around would be impractical. If only it was a keychain again.
A flash of light and it’s back in my hand as a keychain, now that I’m ‘connected’ to it it looks like I can still ‘talk’ to it even like this. But when I try to gauge what it’s feeling again I dont get anything but a feeling of calm. I guess it’s asleep like this?
Ugh, what am I even doing I need to get out of this forest. I’m pretty sure I could take on a bear like this but I don’t care to test that. And thats not even mentioning that I have no idea whats poisonous or not. I look up at the moon to get a direction to go towards but the tree crown keeps that from happening.
Fuck it I’m just gonna pick a direction and try to go straight. I go forward, deeper into the foliage. It looks like the area I woke up was actually a clearing of sorts. Everywhere else is a lot more crowded. I’m pretty sure I’m taller which doesn’t help. If it wasn’t for my new eye I’d probably have crashed into a few branches.
And then I find a path. So I’m not far from civilization after all. As soon as I step foot on the path I smell a noxious stench. I try to pinch my nose but with the hard plate thats now part of my face I find myself unable.
Yeesh, did a skunk die or something?
And then I hear the growling. And the clattering of wood. I spin around, finding myself face to face with a timberwolf. It looked like it was ripped straight out of Friendship is Magic only much more realistic.
I jump back, and the wolf lunges forward, aiming straight for my neck. I strafe to the side, reaching for my gun. The timberwolf lunges at me again before I can grab it and I roll under it. The extra time it takes for it to turn around let’s me reach for the Berenjenas and I fire them at the wolf with a Double Impact.
The bullets blow away part of its body but it does a surprisingly low amount of damage. If the timberwolf was more solid it’d probably be a death blow but since it’s made of multiple pieces… I fire faster, and manage to blow the wolf back to branches.
And thats when I see the rest of the pack.
“You saw what I did to your friend, do you really want that to happen to you?” I threaten, pointing both guns at the pack.
They approach, and I fire both. And then the original wolf reforms.
Oh fuck no I forgot they did that.
Well shit. Fighting multiple at once is not something I’m gonna risk. With some quick thinking I spin Behemoth around, returning it to full size. I’ve never rode a motorcycle before but I’ve never fired a gun before either and I did just fine with that. Hopefully this path won’t lead to a dead end.
I rev up the engine, and bolt out of there. The wolves are still chasing me so I up the speed. Despite my lack of experience everything feels natural. Something which makes sense, I’m pretty sure Impmon from the anime never rode a motorcycle before and he did just fine himself.
I speed out of the forest, the timberwolves eating my dust. When I reach a grove of apple trees I slow to a stop, parking Behemoth.
First timberwolves, and now apple trees. I look off in the distance and see a familiar building. So I’m in Equestria huh? Somehow that makes me less surprised. I already turned into a fictional character so being in a fictional world isn’t that different. I guess me being Beelzemon will be a lot less weird in this world, Equestria is no stranger to unique creatures, and I doubt Digimon is a thing here.
Maybe I should be freaking out more, I probably should but right now I just feel confused. The impossible happened not once but twice and I’m probably in shock or something.
My stomach growls.
Or I could just be hungry. Those apples look appetizing as all hell but I need some real food. Off in the distance I can see the town of Ponyville. I don't recognize the giant crystal tree though.
I hop back on Behemoth, unwilling to walk with just how far away the town is.
fast, go
Yep, we’re going to go fast.
go
And as the sun starts to crest the horizon I, now Beelzemon, ride towards the town of Ponyville, and into the sunrise.
Author's Note
Normally I'm shit at writing first chapters but I'm pretty happy with this. Please put any mistakes you spot in the comments.
Edit: Changed at what point in the timeline Earth is. In earth it's set right after the season two finale. Equestria remains at the same point in time.
