The Cutie Mark Crusaders were all there in their usual meeting spot. Apple Bloom, with her cream yellow coat, bright red mane and tail, and a pink bow on her head; Sweetie Belle, with her white coat, swirly pink and purple mane, and little horn atop her head; and Scootaloo, with her orange coat, purple mane, and two little wings on her back. They had been friends for a long while, they had accomplished so much in their lives, they had made so many new friends...

...and they were bored, plain and simple. But why? They had gotten their cutie marks, they redeemed and become friends with the school bullies, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, and even become the center of the attention for the week. They should be the happiest fillies in the universe! Yet there they sat on their newly cutie-mark-donned flanks in their clubhouse, staring off into space and pondering on what to do next.

That was just it, you see; they had gotten their cutie marks, and now they had nothing to do. Their entire friendship had been built on finding their cutie marks, and while they promised themselves that they'd stay friends, there was no escaping the overarching boredom they had to suffer through. The three stayed there quietly until finally Scootaloo couldn't take the silence any longer.

"UGH!!!" she groaned, getting up off her seat and stomping her front hooves "I'm so BORED!!!"

"We all are, Scootaloo..." Apple Bloom lazily said.

"Not much we can do now that we have cutie marks..." Sweetie Belle slumped backwards onto her back "Other than sit and wonder, I guess. Who knew getting cutie marks would be so... boring?"

"Definitely a case of the journey bein' more excitin' than the destination..." Apple Bloom brought up.

"But there's gotta be something else we can do other than... THIS, right?" Scootaloo questioned "Maybe go out and help somepony in need? Play something with our other friends? Maybe go and explore around the Everfree forest without our sisters' permission? Anything but sitting around and complaining about being bored."

"That's true, but..." Sweetie Belle began "I guess us getting our cutie marks kinda left us all exhausted. It's a weird feeling, but you know what I'm talking about, right?"

"Yeah, I know..." Scootaloo slumped back down with her friends.

The three had all slumped on their back by this point, looking up at the ceiling of their clubhouse. At the same time, they let out a sigh of complete and utter boredom. They had nothing to do, that was obvious. Any options they did have were shot down immediately simply because they didn't want to do that today.

But then, Apple Bloom thought of something she was sad she never thought of before.

"...hey, what 'bout Diamond Tiara?" Apple Bloom suggested "She's tryin' her best ta make up fer everythin' she did, right? Why don't we go and help her out a touch?"

"Why haven't we thought of this sooner?" Scootaloo half-jokingly replied "Great! Our first mission as the New Cutie Mark Crusaders begins now!"

"New Cutie Mark Crusaders?" Sweetie Belle questioned "I think we're gonna need a better name than that."

"We'll think about it along the way" Scootaloo shrugged "Now, does anyone remember where Diamond Tiara lives?"

"Um... Down past main-street, ah think..." Apple Bloom pondered.

"I remember it being near town hall..." Sweetie Belle recalled "But I can't quite remember the-"

"Well, we'll find it along the way!" Scootaloo jumped up and raced outside the clubhouse. Sweetie and Apple Bloom looked at each other before shrugging and dashing off after her. There they saw her already on her scooter with her helmet and daredevil smile firmly on. The two jumped into the wagon behind the scooter, allowing the designated driver to finally dash off towards Ponyville.

As they continued on, a familiar-looking colt unknowingly stepped out in front of them, causing Scootaloo to close her eyes from natural reaction and push down her back hooves and stop herself from running right into him. She stopped just in time, but her friends were unfortunately flung out of the wagon and into two nearby hay bales. Scootaloo then opened her eyes to reveal just who it was that forced her to stop.

How could she not blush at that well-kept, combed back grey and navy blue mane of his, or the beautifully washed light grey coat he wore? His deep purple eyes made Scootaloo shiver with delight, and his wings, though small, looked strong enough to carry her over Canterlot mountain.

She never quite understood why she suddenly had these new feelings toward Rumble. Usually, he was just that one kid in Ms. Cheerilee's class that stayed quiet most of the time, away from everyone else. But the more she looked at him...

"...Scootaloo, are you alright?!" Rumble shouted for the final time, causing Scootaloo to snap out of her trance.

"Huh? What? O-Oh, um, sorry about that, Rumble..." she continued to blush, though more so on embarrassment than anything else "I-I'll be more careful next time."

"Well, alright then" Rumble nodded "Actually, I was looking for... you, and only you, Scootaloo~..."

"M-Me?" Scootaloo questioned.

"Yes, and your friends, like I said" Rumble confirmed.

"Oh."

"Speaking of, where are they?"

"Bleah!" Sweetie Belle rubbed her tongue a bit with her front hooves as she emerged from the hay bale "I hate raw hay! Why does Rarity always feed it to me anyways?"

"Probably 'cause it's good fer ya" Apple Bloom popped out from her own hay bale before looking right at Scootaloo and Rumble "Hey, when y'all are done smoochin' over there, mind ifin ya help us out? These bales are gettin' harder and harder ta break free of everyday... Oh, hey, Rumble!"

"Hello, Apple Bloom! Sweetie Belle!" he greeted them.

"We weren't smooching!" Scootaloo argued "There was no smooching here of any sort!"

"Sure..." Apple Bloom rolled her eyes.

"A-Anyway, um..." Rumble began, still a little confused about what that dispute was all about "I was wondering... oh, geez, there's no easy way to say this, uh..."

"Y-Yes, Rumble?" Scootaloo blushed a bit more.

"...will you, uh..." Scootaloo's eyes grew larger with each passing second "...will you let me join your club?"

She didn't know why, but a wave of sadness and disappointment washed over her body. It was if something showered her in sad thoughts then flew away, laughing at her dismay. Nonetheless, she shook her head free of any personal thoughts and payed attention to Rumble's question.

"You mean the Cutie Mark Crusaders?" she wondered "Yeah, of course! We're always looking for new members anyway."

"Ahem!" Apple Bloom cleared her throat purposefully, gaining Rumble and Scootaloo's attention "Ah thought we were supposed ta make decisions as a team?"

"Oh, Apple Bloom, you know we can make choices on our own, right?" Sweetie Belle smiled "Besides, I think having Rumble as a new Cutie Mark Crusader is a great idea! All our members thus far have been fillies, and having a colt might be refreshing."

"Well, ah guess ah don't see any harm in it" Apple Bloom shrugged and smiled "Welcome ta the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Rumble!"

"Thanks, you guys, er, girls!" he jumped up in happiness.

"Can I ask, what made you want to join the Cutie Mark Crusaders in the first place?" Scootaloo wondered.

"Well, I think my flank speaks for itself" Rumble pointed at his clearly blank flank "I've actually been pondering for a while if I should join or not, but I was worried that the other colts might make fun of me if I tried to join a girl's club. Now that you've become popular, and I'm sorry if this sounds really selfish, I had no fears going in to ask you."

"Understandable" Sweetie shrugged.

"So where were you three off to today?"

"We had nothing to do, so we were going to see if Diamond Tiara and maybe Silver Spoon wanted to do something" Scootaloo explained "Would you like to join us?"

"I dunno... I'm still getting used to the fact she's nice now" Rumble shrugged whilst looking down at the ground.

"Rumble, y'all know she's tryin'! Especially with her mom usually houndin' her ta do better" Apple Bloom brought up "Jus' one visit, okay? Jus' ta make her feel better?"

"...well, okay" Rumble nodded "I know she's going through a rough patch in her life..."

"Then hop aboard and let's go!" Scootaloo grinned, pretend-revving up her scooter as Rumble entered the wagon attached to the back. Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle simply groaned and squirmed out of the hay bales themselves, with some struggling, of course. They both gave Scootaloo a look before hopping into the wagon with their new friend.

"What?" she wondered.

"Ya could've helped us" Apple Bloom deadpanned.

"We seemed to be able to get out alright, Apple Bloom" Sweetie Belle pointed out.

"Ah don't think that's the point, Sweetie Belle" Apple Bloom sighed "Anyway, let's go and pay Diamond Tiara a visit, shall we? Mush, Scooatloo, mush!"

"Hahahahahaha!" everyone laughed as Scootaloo smirked and drove off down towards Diamond Tiara's house, hopefully being able to find it before sundown.

At last, the four came across a rather fancy-looking house that looked like most of the other homes in Ponyville, albeit more flamboyant than the others. Outside, it looked like three familiar-looking fillies were arguing over something trivial. Of course, this was where the Cutie Mark Crusaders would come in, but perhaps they would need a new name first.

The first was easily recognized as Diamond Tiara, what with her lavender coat and swirly purple and white mane, as well as her sky blue eyes and, to put it bluntly, diamond tiara atop her head. The second was Silver Spoon without a doubt, obvious by her silver coat and light silver braided mane. Her purple eyes hid behind her blue glasses, and a pearl necklace decorated her neck. The third was harder to make out, but Apple Bloom recognized her almost immediately. She had a bright brown coat and a short, bright pink mane sharply cut on one side of her head. She had green eyes and rather cross expression on her face.

"Well, well, well... If it isn't Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon" Babs Seed rolled her eyes "Here to cause even more trouble than last time, or just as much? Either way, I don't think I like you being here..."

"Relax, Babs Seed" Diamond scoffed "Silver Spoon and I have seen the error of our ways and are doing our best to fix our mistakes. Now, please move out of the way, I need to speak with Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo."

"Yeah? And what's your reason?" Babs still didn't believe the two.

"My reason is that I need to speak with her you insufferable-" Diamond Tiara stopped herself before continuing "...ahem... I mean, I would like to speak to her, please."

"Well, I can at least say that's the first nice thing you've ever said to me..." Babs pondered.

"Babs!" Apple Bloom excitedly cheered, hopping off the wagon as soon as Scootaloo stopped "Babs, it's so good ta see ya here!"

"Apple Bloom!" Babs smiled "Nice to see you too!"

"Hey, Babs" Scootaloo greeted "Why are you here anyway? Not that I don't want you here, of course, but... you get it."

"I came over for a visit because my dad had a business meeting here with... Filthy Rich" Babs sighed at the name, not for the stallion himself, but for his daughter "I figured I would be able to see you again since I heard you got your cutie mark, but unfortunately, these two palookas stopped me before I could find you."

"Hello, Cutie Mark Crusaders" Silver Spoon greeted.

"Hey, Silver Spoon" Sweetie Belle waved "I guess Babs doesn't know yet?"

"Doesn't know wha-" Babs finally figured it out "Wait, you mean you all made nice with them?"

"More like they made nice with us" Scootaloo corrected "But still, yeah, we're friends now. Well, kinda... Diamond Tiara is still learning how to be nice to others."

"So I noticed..." Babs looked back at Diamond with a slight glare.

"A-Anyway, why are you all here today?" Silver asked, trying to break away from the dispute.

"We were gettin' kinda bored, so we wanted ta see if you and Diamond Tiara were available ta play with" Apple Bloom explained "We picked up somepony else along the way. Everpony, y'all have met Rumble, right?"

"I've seen him around sometimes" Diamond mentioned "Not sure if I really got a chance to meet with him, though. For, um... obvious reasons, of course."

"Speaking of, he seems kinda quiet..." Babs pointed out, looking at him staring off into space "Is, uh... Is he gonna be alright?"

"Wanna check him out?" Scootaloo asked before realizing what she said without context, blushing a bit "N-Not in the way you're thinking of, though! I meant, like, check him out as in make sure he's okay, not like check him out if he's hot or not!" she realized what she said again "N-No, not like that, I... um..."

"Well, looks like somepony has a little crush" Babs smirked.

"I HAVE NO CRUSH!!" Scootaloo shouted as she blushed redder than a cherry "No crushes were made that day!!"

"Sure" everyone but Scootaloo and Rumble giggled and rolled their eyes. After their little laugh, Rumble snapped free of his trance and shook his head clear of fatigue.

"S-Sorry, what were we talking about again?" he asked completely dumbfounded.

"Nothing, Rumble" Sweetie Belle playfully grinned "We were just talking about how Scootaloo had a crush on-"

"NOPONY!!" Scootaloo insisted "No one in particular, Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom..."

"Right, sorry" Apple Bloom understood her friend's privacy "Anyway, yes, we were wonderin' if y'all would like ta come with us and do somethin' interestin'. We're more bored than a plank o' wood."

"Ha... I get it..." Rumble snickered.

"Only a guy would laugh at a joke like that" Diamond chuckled before realizing what she said "N-No, wait, I didn't mean to be-"

"It's alright, Diamond Tiara" Apple Bloom smiled "It was a pretty dumb joke. Anyway, yay or nay?"

"Sure, I'm always up for some excitement in my life" Silver nodded "After all, now that we're friends, we'll have to do something together eventually, right?"

"Then I'm going as well" Diamond proudly stated "I'd like to spend some time with-"

"Diamond Tiara, what ARE you doing?" spoke a voice all to familiar to her. She turned around only to see her mother, Spoiled Rich, with her pale, grayish pink coat and her dark magenta mane and tail. She wore a small, blue outfit on the upper half of her torso and a golden necklace around her neck, as well as a very disapproving face upon her muzzle.

"Mother..." Diamond sighed, growling a bit.

"You may have re-built that playground for those impudent children, but that doesn't change the fact I'm still your mother" Spoiled Rich pointed out "Now, you come here back inside the house and away from those... lowlifes, immediately."

"No, mother!" Diamond shouted "I would like to spend my day with my friends, and there's nothing you can say or do to stop me from enjoying my day."

"Not even a trip to Manehatten?" Spoiled Rich devilishly grinned.

"M-Manehatten?" Diamond Tiara shakily asked "I've... I've always wanted to go there..."

"Don't listen to her, Diamond Tiara" Rumble rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, she's just a meanie" Sweetie Belle stood up for Diamond "If you're serious about changing your ways, Diamond Tiara, then you should stop listening to the mare who keeps stopping you from accomplishing your dreams."

"...mother," Diamond finally spoke after a few moments to think "I would like to play with my friends today, and there isn't anything you can say to stop me from doing so."

"Burn" Scootaloo and Rumble smirked.

"Yeah, go Diamond!" Apple Bloom cheered.

"Huh... I guess she really has changed..." Babs noted.

"Y-You... You insolent little brat!" Spoiled Rich shouted at her daughter before coughing a bit and straightening herself "...fine, play with the lowlifes, do as you want. But let me tell you this, Diamond Tiara: you will regret this sorely. Oh, you will regret this very much so..."

"Whatever, mother..." Diamond rolled her eyes before joining her new friends "So, what are we doing today?"

"Actually, we haven't gotten that far..." Apple Bloom admitted.

"Why not go and meet with Princess Twilight Sparkle?" Silver Spoon suggested "I've always wanted to see inside that huge castle of hers... It must be the most beautiful palace ever..."

"I'm not sure anyone here has seen the inside of her castle..." Rumble mentioned.

"Well, all in for a visit to Twili- I mean, Princess Twilight, say I" Scootaloo called out.

"I" everyone raised their hooves in the air.

"Then it's decided" Diamond smiled "Let's all pay Princess Twilight a visit!"

"YEAH!!" the original CMC began at once "CUTIE MARK CRUSA...ders...." they had forgotten they weren't technically Cutie Mark Crusaders anymore "...oh..."

"You guys should really think of a new name" Babs suggested.

"That's what we said!" Sweetie gasped "Maybe we'll think of something later?"

"I've got a few..." Silver Spoon brought up.

"Alright, shoot" Apple Bloom nodded.

"How about Cutie Mark... nah..." Silver Spoon thought of some names on the spot "Oh, oh, why not Cutie Mark... oh, no that wouldn't go with your team at all... maybe Cutie Mark- Oh, that's a little dirty, sorry... Cutie Mark... no, that'd just be silly... but Cutie Mark... um... no, I just realized that doesn't quite match your style... why not Cutie Mark... no, again, that doesn't work... Cutie Mark... Cutie Mark... Cutie Mark..."

"Princess Twilight's castle?" Spoiled Rich thought aloud, listening in on their conversation "Hmm..."

The list was long and tiring, and unfortunate for the group no names truly stuck out. That, or Silver Spoon never quite finished any names she may have thought up. Nonetheless, the seven had arrived at Princess Twilight Sparkle's castle, fortunately not guarded by any sort of security whatsoever.

Though it did confuse the fillies and colt a bit; why would a princess, a guardian of the land and holder of great power and wisdom, not have any form of guard at all. Not a single tripwire was found. Taking a deep breath, they all stepped up to the giant crystal doors and reached out for the great knocker on the front. With a slight boost from his new friends, Rumble was able to fly up and knock on the doors. They waited for a little while after that.

"Hello?" a female voice spoke as once of the great doors finally opened up, revealing a lavender mare with a long, nerdy purple mane and tail, a lavender horn atop her head, proud, fluffy wings, and purple eyes "Oh, hello, girls! Oh, and I see you've brought... Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon? But I thought you three told me that-"

"Hey, Twilight" Sweetie Belle greeted "Long story short, we made nice. Anyway, we were wondering if we could enter the castle, since we've never actually been inside it before."

"Oh..." Twilight looked rather surprised before smiling and opening up the door a bit more for them to enter "Well... Sure, why not? It's pretty big though, so don't get-"

All seven of them immediately rushed inside the castle, laughing and giggling all the while, unfortunately leaving Twilight in a cloud of dust. She coughed a bit before watching the little ones run around the long corridor.

"Lost..." Twilight sighed.

"Whoa! Look at all these pillars!" Babs' eyes widened in fascination "They're way bigger than the ones in Manehatten!"

"These crystal walls are really pretty..." Silver Spoon rubbed the walls, much to the confusion of the others "So... smooth..."

"The crystals that this castle is made of is probably worth more than my parents could ever get in their lives" Diamond smiled "Good, there's finally somepony who's worth more than my parents..."

"But... everythin's' so... shiny..." Apple Bloom's eyes sparkled.

"Kinda reminds me of the giant apple we made for the parade" Sweetie Belle remembered "Only not as gold."

"Ugh... Don't remind me..." Babs sighed "But yeah, this is all very shiny. Hey Rumble, what do you think of... my beautiful mane and finely polished city coat~?"

"I think it's w-wonderful..." he responded, completely missing what Babs actually said.

"So, you do think the walls are nice" she nodded with a smile of approval.

"W-Wait, what?"

"Girls, try to stay still" Twilight urged "Hmm... How to calm them down... There's gotta be something I can show the youth of today that will distract them long enough so I can continue studying..." finally after some thought, she had figured something out, a smirk appearing on her face "Oh, I have an idea... Girls, why don't I show you something I've been working on recently?"

"An invention made by Princess Twilight Sparkle?" Silver Spoon nearly drooled at the thought.

"Ah dunno, Twilight..." Apple Bloom spoke with a skeptical tone "Applejack told me ta stay away from yer inventions ever since ya showed her that automatic apple harvester last week..."

"That was... um... a small miscalculation on my part" Twilight sheepishly chuckled before going back to a kind smile "But I promise you, when this thing is done, it'll revolutionize Equestria as we know it! The world will then enter the next stage of its life cycle, and eventually everypony will be... oh, sorry, I'm getting off topic..."

"So, where is this machine of yours anyway?" Diamond asked.

"It's downstairs" Twilight nodded "I know that sounds like I'm taking innocent young fillies into a deep basement like some sort of creeper, but I just keep all my stuff down there."

"And colt, thank you very much!" Rumble shouted from behind everyone else.

"Anyway, follow me, everypony" Twilight motioned her hoof and allowed the group to follow her. She looked around in routine habit before pressing a secret button against the wall and opening the way to her secret lab underground. Slowly but surely, the seven children entered the passage and into the basement, with Twilight following close behind them and making sure none of them tripped over anything.

"Hey, Twilight!" greeted a small, purple dragon with stubby legs and small arms, as well as rounded, harmless green spikes on his head and down his back "Is there somepony else behind you- AHH! Why did you bring the kids here?!"

"Spike, don't be rude" Twilight lightly scolded him "These seven were simply curious as to see what we were working on."

"But Twilight, didn't you say this thing was supposed to be top secret?!" Spike panicked.

"Relax, Spike, the release day was coming up next week anyway" Twilight assured "There's no harm in showing the younger generation something about our future. After all, they'll be the ones using it most of the time when the time comes."

"Well... alright then..."

"Okay, everypony, you can come in now" Twilight allowed the children to enter the lab. As they entered, they saw the mess that Twilight and Spike had left it in. Wires and metal parts were scattered everywhere, something everyone was quite surprised to see, knowing the organizer that Twilight usually was. Several metal shelves were positioned around as well, each having an assortment of different tools and parts in boxes and bins.

"Sorry about the mess of this place" Spike apologized "We haven't really had a chance to clean up, what with Twilight messing around with the machine constantly."

"You keep talking about a machine, but we don't actually know what it looks like" Babs pointed out.

"Yeah, what is it anyway?" Scootaloo wondered.

"Oh, right, sorry" Twilight blushed a bit before nodding at Spike, most likely signalling him to get the machine out. He rushed into the back room only to come right back out with an odd-looking device on top of the cart he was pushing. The former was nothing more than a tan box with a black piece of glass on the front. It had multiple cords and wires on it that dragged across the floor. As soon as Spike stopped the cart right in front of the seven, Twilight immediately picked up the cords with her magic and plugged them into the cords on the floor.

"So, what exactly is it?" Rumble wondered.

"Looks like some kinda portal" Apple Bloom's eyebrow rose "Are ya sure this is safe, Twilight?"

"Relax, I've had WAY more test runs than my last invention" Twilight assured "Now this is what I call a "Completely Optimized Monitor and Portable Utilized Tracking Entertainment Rec-room, or COMPUTER for short. It'll allow hours of fun allowing anyone to read any book with the click of a button! It's like a smaller version of a library, but with more stuff!"

"A library?" Diamond Tiara asked "All that for a boring old- er, I mean, sorry... This isn't very interesting to us, Princess Twilight" she quickly corrected herself.

"Yeah, actually gotta agree with DT on this one" Scootaloo admitted "That is a little boring."

"Yeah, a bit..." everyone else muttered between each other.

"Relax, everypony, you simply haven't seen it working yet" Twilight playfully rolled her eyes "Let me just say that you'll never look at libraries the same way ever again! And yes, I promise nothing will happen. What's the worst that could happen anyway?"

Twilight smiled as she flicked the switch on the side of the monitor with her hoof. She and the others watched as the machine booted up and showed a blue screen with a few lines of words on it. With her magic, Twilight pulled out a white, plastic board with a lot of different buttons on it and pressed a few to continue on to the next screen, which was pure black.

"Now, give me a second, the COMPUTER is still in beta test, so it might be slightly buggy..." Twilight brought up "Like, glitchy buggy, not anything fatally buggy."

"Ah-Ah still ain't so sure 'bout all this, Twilight..." Apple Bloom now spoke in a worrying tone.

"Y-Yeah, it's a cool thing and all, but maybe we should head back-" Sweetie Belle nearly completed her sentence before a small surge of blue electricity appeared around the monitor. All had seen it, and most had become worried. Another bolt appeared, and soon another, and then another. They became increasingly more violent the more they appeared.

"Twilight, I don't think this is supposed to happen..." Spike pointed out.

"I don't think so either, Spike..." Twilight spoke with extreme concern in her voice "Girls, it'll be alright, just stay calm and-"

Before Twilight could finish, the monitor screen lit up a green color she had never seen before on the machine. Said machine made a few noises before seemingly locking onto something and glowing brighter and brighter. With a quick flash, the nearest filly, Scootaloo, was broken down into small squares and pulled into the machine.

"SCOOTALOO!!" everyone shouted in fear and panic.

"Girls, run!" Twilight urged the others to escape the same fate.

But it was too late.

The monitor then locked onto the other children and, for lack of a better term, pixelated them into itself. They said not a word as they slowly disappeared from this world and into the device. This was around the moment when Twilight began to panic.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" she screamed "They're gone! THEY'RE GONE!!! We need to get them back, Spike, or their parents and or sisters will get in a twist with me! How could this have happened...? I checked all the circuits, all the wires and cords hundreds of times! Everything should have been flawless!"

"Twilight, calm down!" Spike did his best to ease his friend down "You're Princess Twilight Sparkle! You'll find a way to bring them back, okay? You always do!"

"...but this is something Equestria has never seen before, Spike" Twilight shakily sighed "That wasn't magic or some kind of dark power, that was electronic energy, something very few ponies have ever tampered with! I know only enough about it to make that thing! If I knew it would have..."

"Twilight, it's not your fault, and you know that" Spike patted her on the back "C'mon, let's take a breather, okay?"

Diamond Tiara felt blissful, though she didn't know why. This was probably the very first time in her life that she ever felt this way. It was a calming feeling, to say the least. Though, it felt foreign to her. In fact, everything around her felt foreign to her. She opened up her eyes to the pleasant breeze and listened to the sound of the soft waves of the beach. Her back felt coarse, meaning she lay on the warm, welcoming sand. She couldn't help but smile.

Yet, something felt off. In fact, something was very off, but not just the waves or the wind, but the very world around her. She had never seen a beach like this before. She looked around and confirmed her suspicions; she was without a doubt somewhere else. But where? The rocks looked very different from the ones at the beaches she's been to, but she-

"Oh, come ON!!" shouted a rather rude male voice next to Diamond Tiara "Are ya gonna stand up or talk philosophical crud all day, eh? I didn't come over here for nuttin', so GET UP!!!"

"Ah! I'm up, I'm up!" Diamond immediately lifted her body up, but stayed seated on the sand "Oh... I'm sorry, I must have overslept... I had this odd dream where I was sucked into Princess Twilight's weird machine..."

"Princess Twilight? Never heard a' her" the voice shrugged "She sounds like a real bore, though. Eh, I'm not really one fer princess life, ya hear?"

"Hey, Princess Twilight is not a bore you-" Diamond finally turned to scold the one who had awoken her, only to see a creature with what appeared to be a white face, green eyes, a red neckerchief, red gloves with three points where its fingers should be, and a purple jester's outfit with a long tail behind it, pointed feet with sharp-looking claws, and a smiley face on the belly.

"Hey, what's with the look, tuts?" the creature asked.

"EEEEEEEEK!!!" Diamond Tiara screamed "GET AWAY FROM ME, YOU, YOU... THING!!"

"Ey, what's the big idea, eh?" the creature angrily shouted at her "I come all this way ta get you up from your little snooze-fest and the reward I get is gettin' screamed at? Doesn't sound fair ta me, now does it?"

"...wait, you aren't going to hurt me?" Diamond wondered, finally calming down a bit.

"After that display, I soitainly feel obliged to!" the creature shouted before he too calmed down "But what can I say? I'm in a forgivin' mood today. Just don't do that again, ya hear?"

"O-Okay, I won't..."

"Say, you don't look like any Digimon I've ever seen" the creature got a closer look at Diamond "What rank are ya, eh?"

"Rank?" she wondered "I'm not sure if I follow. And what the hay is a Digimon anyway?"

"EH?! What did ya just say?!" the creature nearly freaked out "Ya don't know what a Digimon is?! What rock have you been livin' under, tuts?! Wait... unless..."

"Unless?"

"Unless you're one of those real world dwellers?" the creature considered "Nah, you're not nearly beige enough... Yet, ya don't know what a Digimon is, so ya gotta be not from around here, that for soitain."

"What... are you, anyway?" Diamond finally asked.

"Now there's a question I can't believe ya don't have the answer for!" the creature scoffed "But if ya are a real world dweller, then I guess ya wouldn't really know, would ya? Hmm... Well, alright, I'll tell ya this once. But ya better not forget, or I'm comin' after ya! The name's Impmon, the greatest Digimon that ever lived, ya hear?"

"Still not sure what a Digimon is..." Diamond made a face that seemed to upset Impmon. He quickly calmed down however once he took a closer look at Diamond Tiara, smirking a bit.

"Y'know what, tuts? Maybe I can have some use for ya" he chuckled "Come with me, and I'll show ya what a Digimon is. But no whinin', no cryin', and soitainly no lollygaggin'! Capeesh?"

"Ugh, fine" spoke a disappointed Diamond as the two began walking away to wherever Impmon was taking her "But afterwards, I would like to search for my friends, okay?"

"Ya mean there's more a' ya real world dwellers?!" Impmon shouted "Man, my day just DOESN'T end, does it?!"

Author's Notes:

Impmon

I'll be making a note of all the new Digimon we see on our adventure in case you've never see or heard of them. For example, Impmon here! Though, I'm pretty sure you've ALL heard of this rascal. AKA, the best part about Digimon Tamers!

And yes, I liked that show more than the original. Grow up.

Before anyone accuses me of plagiarism, I had no idea about the story known as Digital Harmony before writing this chapter, or episode as I'll call them. I discovered halfway through, and I didn't want to restart my work, so I simply continued on and decided to make a reminder at the AN to explain my reasoning. Thank you, and have a great one!

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