Walking through the forest was a total breeze by this point, what with the DigiDestined all walking through here before, and the Digimon either previously living here or just weren't fazed by it anymore. It was, however, starting to turn dusk, so getting themselves free of the forest would be the best idea. No one was too concerned however, as they knew they'd make it back to the dock in time.

Though that didn't stop the forest from looking intimidating, however. Everywhere they looked, there was almost always something looking back with a menacing glare. While not frightened, per say, they were certainly concerned they wouldn't be able to make it out in time for nightfall. Nevertheless, they trekked on, still with Candlemon on Silver's back, and Pagumon on Babs'. Impmon still stayed a bit behind the group, planning his own strategies.

"Man, this place sure does get spooky at night..." Rumble mentioned.

"Don't worry, Rumble" Scootaloo got uncomfortably close to him "I'll protect you any day you want~."

"Um... okay?" he confusingly replied.

"S-Sorry, uh..." Scootaloo backed away from him before thinking of a quick lie to explain her actions "Man, this new world sure has my brain going all loopy and stuff! So, uh... just don't mind me if I happen to do that again..."

"Wow, is it just me, or is there mistletoe in this forest?" Pagumon questioned, causing Scootaloo to blush heavily, much to the confusion of Rumble and just about everyone else.

"...Guilmon, Pyro Sphere..."

"On Pagumon, Scootaloomon?" Guilmon wondered before shrugging and opening his mouth wide "PYRO SPH-"

"WAIT!! STOP!! I TAKE IT BACK!!" Pagumon shouted in utter fear of being roasted alive "Jeez, watch where you're pointing that thing! I could have become cooked Digimon if you fired that!"

"Then watch your tongue!" Diamond scoffed.

"Yeah, yeah, don't have to remind me..." Pagumon huffed.

"I can at least say you have guts for talking like that" Babs chuckled "But Diamond Tiara is... right," she felt odd saying that for some reason "you shouldn't say those kinds of things to ponies or Digimon if they don't have a really good sense of humor."

"And if they do?" Pagumon wondered.

"Then by all means" Babs smiled.

"Babs, dun go and encourage him!" Apple Bloom lightly scolded.

"Sorry, cus" Babs apologized, yet still with a smile on her face "But... I think I'm starting to like this little guy. Sure, he may not have the BEST soul in the digital world, but he's certainly enjoyable company. I think I'll keep him around."

"I was gonna stay around anyway even if you ditched me. Heheheheheee!" Pagumon laughed.

"Ah hate ta break the conversation," Mushroomon spoke up "But Candlemon, dun ya think this might be a good time ta tell us what those Digivices are capable of?"

"Of course, once again, I'm the living exposition fountain..." Candlemon sighed before beginning "Well, if no one here has figured it out yet, those Digivices are more than just symbols of a DigiDestined. They can do a lot more than that. You see, in this world, Digimon can do something called digivolve, in which their entire body goes through a transformation and becomes something else."

"Like me!" Guilmon cheerfully stated.

"Yes, Guilmon, like you" Candlemon chuckled "Anyway, in order to digivolve, a Digimon must absorb the data of other Digimon to become stronger and eventually transform. Don't be alarmed, as this is simply the natural way of life her in the digital world. However, a Digivice has the power to temporarily digivolve a Digimon, regardless of rank or how many Digimon data one was able to absorb. Technically, the temporary digivolution can last indefinitely should a Digimon already have enough data inside them to begin with.

"Which is why Guilmon hasn't de-digivolved yet?" Sweetie Belle wondered before becoming slightly disappointed "Aww... But I never even got to see what Gigimon looked like..."

"Relax, Sweetie Belle" Candlemon continued "A Digimon, regardless if they've digivolved via Digivice, can cycle through their previous forms at will, and perhaps even choose different digivolution paths. Though, I would perfer if Guilmon stayed the way he is right now, at least until we get out of the forest."

"A Digimon can become more than one thing?" Diamond questioned.

"Well, we are digital monsters after all" Pagumon mentioned.

"Oh, hey, I never noticed that" Rumble chuckled a bit "Digimon are digital monsters."

"Really? I noticed that ages ago" Diamond boasted before shrinking down a bit "Um... Not to brag, of course."

"Enough fer now" Mushroomon halted everyone from continuing "Let's jus' git outta this forest before somethin' attacks us. Believe me, ah would know."

"I would know as well!" Pagumon stated "Did you know there are these big Digimon called Grizzlymon that only come out at night? They're pretty huge and can take a bite outta you like you were butter!"

"Pagumon..." Scootaloo grumbled, staying quiet that whole time after the last ordeal.

"Hey, I wasn't insulting anyone!" he argued "I was simply stating something I think would be a good idea to avoid for the time being... but, I mean, if you WANTED to take it as an insult..."

"Look, sorry to sound aggressive, but can somepony please give me something to punch?" Scootaloo asked no one in particular, and the moment she said this, a pillow suddenly appeared in front of her "Oh, hey, thanks!"

"Thanks for giving something to her, Rumble" Babs nodded.

"Oh, well, while I appreciate it, I wasn't actually the one who gave it to her" he admitted "Wait... did anypony give her the pillow?"

His question was met with everyone denying it, even Impmon way in the back. This was the moment when they all turned to see a great beast with bear-like stature, a night blue coat, red armor claws on its front paws, and a white moon symbol on its forehead. It also had lighter blue fluffy fur on its back. It stood up on its back legs and dropped the pillow, which turned out to be made of nothing but numbers one and zero. It then roared at the group.

"GRIZZLYMON!!!" Pagumon shouted.

"KILL IT WITH FIRE!!" Rumble panicked and hid behind Mushroomon.

"Boy, y'all got a lot o' nerve usin' me as a meat shield... er, plant shield, ah guess" Mushroomon spoke crossly.

"Guilmon, you know what to do" Scootaloo looked at her partner and smiled.

"Sure thing, Scootaloomon" Guilmon opened his mouth and charged up his attack "PYRO SPHERE!"

A ball of fire was shot at the Grizzlymon, but seemed to do very little damage to it. With an annoyed growl, it attacked the group with a strike from its claws moving in a crescent motion. It knocked back most, but wasn't enough to strike Guilmon down. The latter fired a few more Pyro Spheres at the bear Digimon, but to still no avail. Grizzlymon just kept attacking.

"Yo, Babs, was it?" Pagumon wondered, hopping next to his stricken down partner "Why don't you use that Digivice of yours to digivolve me. Now's a better time than ever, am I right?"

"I would if I knew how to work the thing" Babs responded, looking at the screen of her Digivice "Maybe on of these buttons... the big one, maybe? I dunno, I'm just guessing by this-" she pressed the button and sent out a light at Pagumon, not unlike the one she saw envelop Gigimon a while back.

"Whoa! Okay, this is a weird feeling" Pagumon stated as the light surround him and began reshaping his body "It kinda feels like I have butterflies in my stomach!"

Pagumon Digivolve to...

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BLACKAGUMON

"Aw, nice!" the new Digimon stated with a grin, his black scales shining brightly in the setting sun, his claws on both his arms and legs rearing for a battle, and his green eyes showing a hint of cockiness "Meet the brand new Pagumon! Or should I say... BlackAgumon?! Now, let's see what this new body can do!"

"Take it away, Pagu- er, BlackAgumon!" Babs quickly corrected herself, nodding at the latest digivolution.

"PYRO SPHERE!" Guilmon shouted for one final time, huffing and puffing, almost all out of breath "Scootaloomon, he's just so tough... What should I do?"

"Leave it to me, crazy!" BlackAgumon stepped up beside Guilmon and gave him a smirk of confidence "If your small, wimpy fireballs wont work, then a steady stream of pure flame will! PEPPER BREATH!" he opened his mouth and breathed out a long stream of fire at Grizzlymon. The attack seemed to do a noticeable increased amount of damage than Pyro Sphere did, but still failed to really phase the Digimon. It instead growled again and swung its claws at the two dragons, knocking them back a bit.

"Y'know this isn't workin' right?" Mushroomon questioned their attack strategy "Let's try ta combine our attacks again! Y'all use yer Pyro Spheres and Pepper Breaths again, and ah'll-"

"BADA BOOM!" spoke a voice the group was actually surprised to hear. Before they could react, a much more powerful fireball was shot at Grizzlymon, blowing a hole through it and causing it to shatter like Ogremon did previously. The data didn't go to neither Guilmon nor BlackAgumon. Instead, it went straight to Impmon, who was pointing his slightly smoky finger at where the opposing Digimon once was, an almost malicious smile appearing on his face.

"Impmon, you saved us!" Sweetie Belle happily cheered "Thank you!"

"Well, ya bozos were takin' too long ta kill the thing" Impmon laughed before becoming cross with the "Now get movin'! I don't wanna spend another second in this place! I still got a life ta live, ya hear?!"

Impmon's loud voice unfortunately attracted the attention of more unidentifiable Digimon looking at them through bushes and leaves with intimidating glowing red eyes. This was more than enough to make the group pick themselves up and run out of the forest with screams and shrieks coming out of their mouths. Of course, the hungry Digimon had to follow.

"Hah... Hah... Hah..." Impmon huffed, clearly not fit enough for running. Diamond Tiara decided to step in then.

"Impmon, get on my back" she offered, nay, demanded her partner.

"Are ya nuts?! I can run myself!" Impmon stubbornly rolled his eyes.

"This isn't a matter of yes or no, Impmon" Diamond argued "I was taught that kindness can go a long way and can get you things you'd normally never get down the path of darkness. For example, YOUR LIFE!!"

"Listen, tuts, I never asked ta be your dumb Digi-doofus, a'ight?!" Impmon yelled "I just wanna live my life without anyone gettin' in my way, and now I can't do that with this stupid prophecy dumbness! Capeesh?!"

"...I don't have time for this" Diamond sighed and bumped into Impmon, knocking him onto her back. A small skill she picked up a while ago, though she couldn't remember where. Eventually, the group made it out of the forest and onto the plains. They could see Whamon in the distance still stationed at the dock, much to their relief. Unfortunately, the forest Digimon were relentless, and continued chasing them, hoping to harvest some data or even food from them.

"They're gonna get us!" Silver Spoon panicked.

"Not if I have anything to say about it! PEPPER BREATH!" BlackAgumon jumped into the air and fired some of his flames at the oncoming Digimon swarm, slowing them down a bit. However, they soon got back up to speed after a little while later.

"WHAMON!!" Guilmon shouted at the top of his lungs, gaining the giant Digimon's attention.

"Gigimon, is that you?" he asked in his usual loud, echoing, yet calm voice "Why, you've become a Guilmon now. I'm sure Elecmon will be extremely proud of you."

"Now's not the time, Whamon!" Scootaloo shouted as well "We kinda need some help over here!"

"You're right, that's a lot of Digimon" Whamon inspected the area a bit before nodding, knowing exactly what to do "Everyone, quickly, onto my back!"

After running through the plains for a little while longer, the group finally got to Whamon and did as they were told. One-by-one, they climbed onto Whamon's back and got comfortable between his different metal pieces, preparing them for what the large Digimon had in store. Slowly, he descended into the water a bit before lifting himself back up again, opening his mouth and charging an attack.

"TIDAL WAVE!" he slammed back down into the water and created, what else, a tidal wave heading straight for the oncoming Digimon. With a single sweep, the attack was able to take down each and every one of them. Everyone on Whamon's back let out a sigh of relief. They were glad such a powerful Digimon was on their side, yet some couldn't help but be extremely frightened of Whamon's power. Just how much power did he store within?

"Drive, ya big palooka, DRIVE!!" Impmon shouted.

"Calm yourself, overzealous one" Whamon calmly silenced him "The Digimon from the forest are gone now, so there is nothing to worry about. Though, I believe Elecmon may have a word or two with me when I return..."

"Whamon, there are about 70 new digi-eggs that just appeared in the village..." Elecmon spoke to him telepathically "You wouldn't happen to know anything about this, would you?"

"...perhaps we can take a short detour on our trip back to Primary Island?" Whamon suggested "Think of it as a way to get to know all you knew ones."

"Sounds good to me" Sweetie Belle nodded "Anyway, it was really nice of you to help us out, Mr. Whamon, was it? My name is Sweetie Belle, and this is Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, Babs Seed, Diamond Tiara, Rumble, Silver Spoon, Mushroomon, Candle-"

"Whoa, whoa, slow down there, Sweetie" Apple Bloom gently calmed her friend down with a warm smile "Ah'm sure we're gonna have tons o' time ta talk about who we are on the ride ta... where did ya say, again?"

"Primary Island" Candlemon once again stood in as the guide "Also known as File Island, the island contains the extremely important Village of Beginnings, where defeated Digimon go to be reborn when they die. I've visited it a few times, the village. It's surprisingly quiet, despite the entire village being made of nothing but children."

"Sounds cute" Silver Spoon smiled "Well, I would love to see this village! Could we make for it immediately?"

"Are you sure? Perhaps not just a few minutes of smooth sailing?" Whamon suggested.

"Whamon, you'll have to face Elecmon sooner or later" Scootaloo brought up "It's better if your friends knew about your mistakes so they could probably help you out. I mean, they are your friends, right?"

"...very well then" Whamon sighed as he began pulling himself out of the dock and starting the journey back home "Next stop: Primary Island."

"Man, you're just full of friendship lessons, aren't you, weird pony things?" BlackAgumon asked before releasing some of his excess data and becoming Pagumon again "I mean, it's like you come from a world where every week, you have to learn some kind of friendship lesson like you were some kinda little girl... or balding man. Either one, really."

"Pagumon? You're not gonna be BlackAgumon anymore?" Babs wondered, ignoring his rather rude question.

"Nah, this form feels more natural to me, y'know?" Pagumon admitted as he bounced around "I can hop, float a little, and ride on your back whenever I want to! It's like living the dream!"

"This is gonna be a long trip..." Diamond sighed.

"Not for some people" Pagumon brought up "For some people, it'll just be a few seconds!"

"...hey, Impmon?" Diamond began a conversation with her quote unquote 'partner' "Back there with Grizzlymon... Thanks, really. If you weren't there, we would have been bear food for all we knew!"

"We're not friends, tuts, and we never will be. Ya got that?" Impmon stated "Once we get ta the island, I'm goin' my own way, far away from ya and any a' your dumb friends! Friends... who needs 'em, anyway? All they ever do ta you is pretend ta be your pal and then stab ya right in the back, am I right?"

"Ah think we should jus' leave Impmon alone fer now" Mushroomon suggested.

"THANK YA!" Impmon shouted "About time one a' ya palookas figured it out!"

"Impmon..." Diamond Tiara sighed.

The ride to the island was actually relatively short, despite the length between the server continent and the island being rather long. In that time, everyone had a chance to introduce themselves to Whamon, knowing they would probably meet with him again. One-by-one, everyone got off Whamon and onto the dock to meet with a dog-like Digimon with red fur and purple stripes down his back. Her was currently standing on his hind legs with a kind smile upon his face.

"Ugh..." Candlemon shivered "I hope to never go overseas again..."

"What's the matter, Candlemon?" Sweetie asked, slightly mischievously "Afraid to get into the water?"

"Yes, actually" he replied "I happen to have an intense aquaphobia problem, or a fear of water. You see, if my flame here goes out, I die. Sure, I'll be reborn as a brand new Digimon later, but I would rather not risk me losing all of my precious knowledge, thank you very much."

"I'm sorry you didn't have a good trip, Candlemon. Hopefully, we'll be able to make it more comfortable for you next time" the red Digimon nodded in understanding "But anyway, hello, everyone! My name is Elecmon, the guardian of the Village of Beginnings. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance after all the things Whamon told me though our friendship."

"Wait... Through your friendship?" Rumble wondered.

"From what I can gather," Silver Spoon began for once instead of Candlemon "when two Digimon share an extremely special bond, they are able to communicate with each other via telepathy. This is how Whamon was able to tell Elecmon about our journey, and why Guilmon insists on calling Scootaloo, Scootaloomon."

"Heh... yeah..." Scootaloo blushed.

"Ah, Gigimon!" Elecmon laughed "Or rather Guilmon now! My, how much you've grown in a day! How were you able to accomplish something so easily?"

"With these" Diamond Tiara and the others with Digivices all presented their front left hoofs "They're called Digivices, and they-"

"Oh my goodness!" Elecmon gasped "I know what those are! I remember who used them..." he took a moment to recollect himself "...I'm sure you're all tired after your little adventure. Why don't you all come back to the village and rest. We'll talk about things in the morning then."

"Sounds like a plan ta me" Apple Bloom nodded before running off into the village "C'mon, Muhroomon; let's go and find a nice place ta rest. Y'all can choose ifin ya want ta!"

"Whoa, slow down, pardner!" Mushroomon chased after her.

"Apple Bloom, wait up!" Sweetie Belle called out, giving chase as well.

"You guys, wait up!" Scootaloo called out before turning to Guilmon "C'mon, Guilmon, let's go."

"Okay, Scootaloomon!" Guilmon grinned before they both ran towards the village, leaving the others in their dust. Speaking of, the others simply watched as all five of them dashed towards the village. Elecmon prayed they wouldn't spook any of the Fresh or In-Training Digimon residing there.

"Hey, looks like fun!" Pagumon hopped on Babs' back "Let's race! Last one there is a rotten Sukamon!"

"I am most certainly not a Sukamon, impudent youth" Candlemon scoffed before seeing that Silver Spoon, which he was currently on the back of, was readying for a race "Silver Spoon, I'm sure that we can avoid something like this as-"

"GO!" Babs grinned, dashing off with Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon and Rumble, much to Candlemon's dismay. The only one who stayed behind was Impmon, unsurprisingly.

"Eh, I don't have time fer all that kiddie stuff, ya know?" Impmon shrugged.

"And you'd rather be here with the boring adults?" Elecmon chuckled.

"I don't wanna be with anyone, capeesh!" Impmon ran away from the two, though still refusing to join the race. Whamon watched as he stepped off the dock and onto the path to the village, worried about him.

"Elecmon, I would keep an eye on that child" he suggested "I'm sure he just confused as any boy his age would be, but I can't shake the feeling he's about to do something rash."

"I'll be sure to" Elecmon nodded before smiling a bit "Goodnight, Whamon. Have a good one."

"You as well" Whamon yawned and tried to drift to sleep.

Meanwhile, over in the Village of Beginnings, the CMC and their friends had finally arrived to the bright and colorful world. Everywhere they looked were cute little Digimon that looked like puffballs, slimes, and baby fish. Some were nothing more than round, black blobs with yellow eyes and tiny bear-like ears on their bodies. Most of the Digimon were starting to fall asleep, however, and some had even already headed to bed.

"Aww... They're so cute..." Sweetie Belle gushed a bit "I wonder if any of them will be one of our partners?"

"There are a lot of Digimon here, so I wouldn't be all that surprised" Scootaloo nodded in confirmation. As soon as she did, a strange-looking yellow Digimon seemingly made entirely out of slime with beady red eyes slithered next to the CMC. It gave an angry gurgling sound at them, as if it held a grudge against it.

"What's up with him?" Diamond asked.

"Why would he be angry at us. We didn't even do anything here yet" Rumble pointed out.

"Unless..." Silver Spoon put two and two together "You guys, remember how when a Digimon dies, it returns here to be reborn? You don't think this is... Ogremon, do you?"

"It's Ogremon?!" all ponies present besides Silver gasped before chuckling a bit.

"Now he's pretty cute" Sweetie giggled before reaching out to pet him on the head "Hey there, baby Ogremon. Aww, you're so cute... yes you are, yes you-" he gave he a sharp glare, spooking her a bit "AAH! Whoa, even as a little baby, he's scary..."

"Zurumons are known for their intimidation factor" Candlemon brought up "I suppose even at a young age, they can be intensely scary. You needn't worry about him talking back to you though. Fresh rank Digimon aren't known for talking too much, if at all. Now, shall we find a place to rest?"

"Agreed... I'm as tired than a sloth..." Babs mentioned.

"What's a sloth?" Pagumon wondered.

"Isn't there some kinda Slothmon in your world or something?" Diamond wondered "I mean, just about everything in this world has a counterpart in our world, so, y'know..."

"No, I don't believe Slothmon is a thing" Candlemon shook his head "But you're right, I'm feeling very tired as well. Years of guarding legendary objects will do that to a Digimon, I suppose."

"The rest house is this way!" bounced some of the still awake Digimon.

"This way!"

"Over here! C'mon!"

Without much reluctance, the group followed the voices of the Digimon to where they needed to rest. Though behind them, Impmon watched them leave, waiting for the perfect chance to strike. A smile appeared on his lips, yet before he could walk forward, something stopped him on his foot. Something slimy. He looked down and saw Zurumon with a look of disapproval on his face.

"Eh? Whaddya want, ya little brat? Can't ya see I'm busy?" Impmon angrily grumbled.

Zurumon, unable to speak, shook his head, or body really. It seemed even he knew what Impmon was about to do was wrong. However, Impmon simply stepped on Zurumon and scoffed, going about his merry way.

"Blub..." Zurumon sighed as he reformed immediately afterwards.

Finally, the ponies and Digimon found their way into the same small house Scootaloo had first found herself in when she arrived in the digital world. She recognized it as the same one with where it was positioned. However, there were some noticeable differences, such as the house being much larger with more rooms, and the beds not being made of literal rocks. There were seven rooms, one for each DigiDestined and their partners.

"Are you all happy with my recent renovation?" Elecmon wondered as he too entered the house "After hearing Scootaloo's complaints from last time, and after listening to Whamon tell of your adventures, I catered each room to everyone's enjoyment. Please, I insist, find a room that suits you."

"Elecmon, thank you" Scootaloo nodded "And... those beds aren't just for show, right?"

"No, they aren't made of rock anymore" Elecmon chuckled.

"Well, night, y'all..." Apple Bloom tiredly entered the room Mushroomon thought was best for the two of them, as she promised "See ya in the morning..."

"Yeah, I think I'm gonna hit the hay as well" Babs yawned "Pagumon, can I cuddle with you?"

"That's weird, but sure, I don't mind" Pagumon laughed, hopping off Babs' back and floating into their room with his ears, which happened to double as small wings.

"Silver Spoon?" Diamond wondered "Do you mind if you sleep in my room tonight? I need to talk about something personal, and I think a friend who's been with me thick and thin is probably the best to talk with."

"Sure think, Diamond Tiara" Silver Spoon smiled.

"You two go ahead" Candlemon agreed "I'll just stay outside and... not... fall..." he slumped onto the floor, all four of his eyes closing immediately. He soon began softly snoring, signalling he was asleep. Diamond and Silver simply laughed at this before entering their room of choice and closing the door behind them.

Their room looked absolutely stunning, with a beautiful chandelier handing over head two beds with wooden head rests and red sheets over a the white mattresses. Beside each of the beds was a dark oak dresser with golden knobs and a glass lamp on top. A cupboard was also beside the left bed, and near the right bed was a mirror with a golden border. Immediately, Silver Spoon flopped herself into the right bed and waited for her friend to enter the left one.

"What did you want to talk about, Diamond?" Silver wondered as her best friend entered her own bed.

"Well... it's about Impmon..." Diamond sighed "I just can't shake the feeling he's about to do something he'll really regret! I don't want him going down the same path as I did..."

"The path you went down was influenced by your mother" Silver explained, much to Diamond slight dismay "Impmon is still just a kid, even if he sounds older than he really is. He's just going through a phase that makes him want to be stronger than he really is. These thoughts will go away after a while."

"I never thought you could sound so motherly, Silver" Diamond smirked mischievously.

"Well, I guess it's just a natural thing..." Silver Spoon blushed a bit.

"Anyway, goodnight, Diamond Tiara..." Silver flicked out her own lamp.

"Goodnight, Silver Spoon..." Diamond yawned and switched her own lamp off as well, causing the room to become dark. Despite the thoughts running through her head, she was eventually able to sleep soundly with a small smile on her face. She had found a way to remove her Digivice and place it on her dresser so it wouldn't bug her in her sleep.

Meanwhile, in Scootaloo and Guilmon's room, which looked exactly like Diamond and Silver's room, a knock was heard at their door just before the two were about to call it a night. Scootaloo hopped out of her bed and opened the door only to reveal Rumble, who looked as frightened as Fluttershy whenever someone recently scared her.

"Oh, um... h-hey, Rumble, are you okay?" Scootaloo wondered, blushing a bit at the sight of Rumble.

"N-No, I'm not" Rumble sighed "Sorry, um... can I come in?"

"Sure, yeah, of course" Scootaloo nodded, letting her new friend into her room. Guilmon immediately noticed this and, with a big smile, waved at Rumble.

"Hey there, Rumble!" he said.

"Hi, Guilmon" Rumble felt slightly better, though he still had something he wanted to get off of his chest "Scootaloo, look, there's something I need to talk about, and you're the first one I thought might listen to me."

"I'm all ears" Scootaloo jumped on her bed and listened to what Rumble had to say.

"Well... it's about home" he admitted "This entire time, we've been told that we're some kinda DigiDestined things who have these things called Digivices that can digivolve Digimon."

"That's a lot of digi words..." Scootaloo just noticed.

"My concern is what we're supposed to be" Rumble continued "I think I gathered that DigiDestined are meant to protect the world, or at least the digital world, but I have no idea what from! I never really asked to be a hero, nor did I want to be one in the first place. I just want to be at home with my brother... And we still have no way of getting back home."

"I think I get what your saying, Rumble" Scootaloo patted him on his back "But like you said, we have no way of getting back home. Look, I want to go home as much as the next pony, but if we're supposed to be heroes, we should at least play along and try our best to defend this place, okay?"

"...okay" Rumble nodded.

"Cheer up, Rumble" Guilmon smiled, gently placing a claw on Rumble's back, trying not to hurt him "If Scootaloomon says it will be okay, then it'll be okay."

"Thanks, you guys" Rumble smiled "That made me a lot happie-"

A crash was heard coming from another room. This caused all three present to stop what they were doing and check out what happened. Out of their rooms, they saw that everyone else had been awoken by the sound.

"What was that?!" Apple Bloom questioned.

"It sounded like it came from the bulli- I mean, Diamond and Silver's room" Babs quickly corrected herself. Before anyone could open their room's door, it burst open. Out ran Impmon carrying something that looked strikingly familiar. He rushed past the group and out of the house, slamming the door behind him.

"It was Impmon!" Diamond panicked with Silver behind her "He stole my Digivice!"

"WHAT?!?!" everyone shouted.

"How could he do something like this?!" Sweetie Belle spoke with disbelief "I though he was our friend..."

"Gotta admit though..." Mushroomon pondered "He was always purdy distant from us. While ah dun think he should've done that, ah'm not exactly surprised he did either."

"We have to chase after him!" Candlemon brought up "Those Digivices... He has no idea what he's trying to do!"

"Then let's go, everypony!" Scootaloo nodded and rushed out the door. The others soon followed her into the darkness of night.

Impmon ran with all his might. He was already running out of breath, but he couldn't stop now. He saw the others already starting to chase him, but defeat wasn't the way he rolled at all. He ran through the village, never caring if he woke any of the other Digimon up. But then he stopped. He had a Digivice now, right? Surely he would be able to take on the group now, right.

He finally allowed the group to catch up with him. By now, they were in the village square with a nice-looking fountain and a few small fish-like Fresh Digimon called Pichimon swimming about in it. Everyone gave him cross looks, even Diamond Tiara.

"Impmon, give me back my Digivice now!" she shouted.

"Yeah? And who says its yours anyway, tuts?" Impmon yelled back "This is mine now, and I'm gonna digivolve with it, and there's nuttin' ya can do ta stop me!"

"Impmon, think about what your doing here..." Candlemon tried to get the device back this time "There's a reason only the DigiDestined can use Digivices. If you try to digivolve with it and you don't have a partner to help you, something terrible might-"

"Does it look like I care, grandpa?!" Impmon shouted at him "My goal this whole time was ta get stronger, so when I heard there was a way ta make ya digivolve without doin' all the dirty work, I just HAD to find me my own Digivice! Of course, there only bein' seven a' them, I had to steal one from someone, right?"

"Impmon, if somethin' happened in yer life that ya wanna talk about, we're here ta listen ta ya" Apple Bloom offered "We're your friends, and ah think-"

"I warned ya, didn't I?" Impmon smiled holding the Digivice out in front of him "Sooner or later, your 'friends' are gonna stab you in the back and do what they want ta do! Even if ya truly trusted trusted them..."

He pressed the large button on the green Digivice and sent the digivolving light out of it towards him. His smile grew larger as he saw the light begin to surround him, starting to turn him into something else.

But something went wrong. As the light enveloped him, he screamed as he felt extreme pain coursing through his body. He felt every moment of his bone rearranging themselves, turning him into a greater being. The light turned into a shadowy purple color, and his body grew three times as large as he was previously. Finally, the light dissipated and revealed Impmon's new form.

He was obviously much taller than he was previously, with pale gray skin and extremely long arms, each ending with grayish red straps surrounding his hands and golden claws on his fingers. Each arm had three red spikes near the elbows, and his chest had odd red orbs seemingly thrust into his body, though only on his left side. He also wore black pants with black straps all around them and golden knee armor as well. His black leather boots had two spikes emerging from the toe area. A golden mask hid his face, and his gray-white hair fell onto where his giant, grayish red wings connected to his back. After a moment of looking at his new arms, a low chuckle came from him, which eventually turned into an all-out laugh.

"Ha... Hahaha... HAHAHAHAHAHA!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!" the Digimon, clearly far from being Impmon, let out a loud laugh through the entire village "I feel... GREAT!!!"

"Impmon, what have you-" Scootaloo began before getting interrupted by the new Digimon.

"Impmon is no more!" he shouted "He, or rather I, was a weak, pathetic Digimon that had nothing more than a lust for power. But now, that lust has payed off, and from my desires I have become something new! I have become... NeoDevimon!"

Extending his wings, he flew off into the dark of night, away from the island and away from the DigiDestined and their partners. He laughed all the while. Diamond noticed that he dropped her Digivice, and as she went to go retrieve it, she looked up into the sky and watched NeoDevimon fly away.

"Impmon..." she muttered, still shocked Impmon of all Digimon would betray her. But even though he acted like nothing more than a nuisance, he was still the first Digimon she ever met, and he taught her the things she needed to do in order to live in this world. And his personality had seemed to grow on her.

She pitied him.

"Everypony..." she sighed, knowing the others wouldn't like this "I know he's been a pain in our side our entire time here, but Impmon just made a mistake."

"A big mistake" Babs growled a little bit.

"I know, I know..." Diamond nodded in understanding "But... he's still young, and young ponies, er... Digimon do silly things. Believe me, I would know..."

Everyone felt a little bad now.

"That's why I want to ask you of this, everypony" Diamond stood tall "He made a huge mistake, but I made one that lasted through most of my life. Is there any way, anyway at all... we could forgive him and save him?"

Author's Notes:

Botamon

Zurumon

Pichimon

NeoDevimon

Wow, actual character development! That's a first! Nah, I kid, I kid... But I do think I should certainly do it more often. After all, there are going to be a total of fourteen main characters, what with all the DigiDestined and Digimon. I'm sure a few of you would like to get to know them a little more, right?

Anyway, it looks like Impmon, or rather NeoDevimon now, has forced himself into dark warp digivolution, which will be explained next episode. Will our friends decide to follow him and get Impmon back, or will they try to find a way back home? Who knows, maybe the first choice might lead them back to Equestria! Find out NEXT TIME!!

Also, requests are popping up more! Looks like I'll have to fulfill them!

Just a side note though, I'm starting Curling tomorrow, so a new chapter might not happen. However, I'll be sure to get a RPG-ween special out in time, as well as Episode 5 on Monday. Thanks for understanding!

Be sure to Like, Comment, Favourite and Follow, and until then, dream on everyone!