"No way, no how!" Candlemon exclaimed quite intensely "Do you seven even have any idea what that was?! That was dark digivolution, a form of digivolution that causes some Digimon to go haywire! There is no way you can-"

"Yeah, you've mentioned that before" Babs Seed sighed, recalling the hundreds of times he's repeated himself.

"For goodness sake, Candlemon, please lighten up!" Sweetie Belle groaned.

"All you've been doing for the past few hours is complain about our choice" Silver Spoon pointed out "Why not tell us something important, like how dark digivolution is activated or something."

Silver Spoon was absolutely right. Since everyone in the group, including Pagumon, had agreed to try and help Impmon break free from his horrible fate, the entire night was spent preparing to follow Impmon's, or rather NeoDevimon's, trail wherever he may have flown off to. Everyone except for Candlemon, however. He was quite opposed to going up against something as powerful as dark digivolution, and all through the night he was quite explicit he didn't want to help. Nonetheless, he decided to at least explain what dark digivolution was and how it was activated.

"...fine" he conceded "Dark digivolution, as I've mentioned before, is a form of digivolution that happens when a Digimon digivolves with a dark place front and center in their heart, so to speak. Most commonly, it's activated when a tamer, or in your case a DigiDestined, fails to give their full love to a Digimon. Of course, in Impmon's case, he dark digivolved because of his opposition to friendship."

"Candlemon, Impmon is our friend, mistake or not" Diamond Tiara crossly huffed "If your saying he dark digivolved because he had no friendship in his heart, you of all Digimon should know the reason he did this in the first place."

"He did this because it was his choice" Candlemon argued.

"He did it because we couldn't get passed his problem and become friends with him" Diamond shouted back.

"Both o' ya, quiet down" Mushroomon interrupted the two from bickering anymore "Candlemon, this is our choice, and like it or not, we're goin' after Impmon, teachin' him a lesson or five, then bringin' him back here fer a nice cup o' cider. Y'all don't have ta come ifin ya don't want ta, but yer knowledge might come in handy later."

"..." Candlemon thought for a moment before turning away from the group and looking down a bit.

"Let's just give him some space, y'all" Apple Bloom moved the group away from Candlemon.

"On another note, what's our inventory looking like?" Babs brought up.

"Let's see..." Silver Spoon opened her Digivices inventory, wanting to hold everything they had and act as the organizer of the team "We have about five days worth of food for everyone, so that's about 60 rations of food... We have two Digivices, probably for Sweetie Belle and Rumble... Oh, and map of the digital world, or more specifically, the server continent..."

"Show?" Babs reached out for the map, to which Silver gladly gave it to her "NeoDevimon flew north, according to this. I think we should start right about here..."

"In some rundown cliff?" Rumble questioned "I'm not exactly sure if that's a good place to start. Why not in a busy city like..." he read the label "Rail Town?"

"Because Rail Town isn't exactly a town" Elecmon appeared near them, walking upright with something in his front paws "It's more along the lines of a train depot where the Locomon go and rest. Besides, you wouldn't be able to get to it without going through the cliff."

"Is there anything noteworthy at the cliff?" Sweetie asked.

"Not that I remember" Elecmon shrugged "Though who knows? Maybe you'll find something interesting there. Now, I'm sure you're all wondering what this is in my hands, right?"

"Looks like an egg" Apple Bloom stated.

"Heh... Thanks Captain Obvious" Pagumon chuckled, hopping off Babs "That's a Digi-Egg, right?"

"That's correct, Pagumon. Though, next time try to be more considerate of others' feelings" Elecmon lightly scolded "Anyway, this egg had only recently appeared just before the flood of new eggs I'm sure Whamon is responsible for, yet fails to take blame for..." he scowled a bit at the dock before calming down "I wanted you all to take it."

"Wait, what?" Rumble gasped "But I thought you-"

"I know, I know, but something in my... what do you kids call it these days... gut, told me that you should have this" Elecmon explained, holding out the egg and hoping someone would grab it "May it serve you well."

Carefully, Rumble took the egg with his front hooves and cradled it like holding a newborn foal. Strangely, he felt happier, as if any though and worry about getting back home he previously had simply washed away from him. With this, he smiled a bit. Of course, his happiness was interrupted when a small beeping noise came from Silver's Digivice.

"It's flashing again..." she noted "Which must mean... Rumble, that egg must be your partner!"

"My new... partner?" he questioned. Before anyone could say anything more, Silver's inventory popped up and released Rumble's Digivice, the yellow one. It too created a black strap from light and wrapped itself around Rumble's front left hoof, accidentally causing him to throw the Digi-Egg up into the air.

Everyone looked in absolute horror as the egg soon began descending back onto the ground. However, a light flashed from Rumble's device and instantly hatched the egg, revealing a small, red, jelly-like creature with beady eyes and three rounded spikes on its head. It plopped right onto Rumble's head.

"Oh... Hey there, little guy" he chuckled a bit "You sure gave us a little scare there. Are you okay?"

A small, cute gurgling noise was its response.

"A Punimon?" Elecmon wondered "Hmm... Did any of you happen to defeat a Grizzlymon on your way back to Primary Island?"

"Grizzlymon!" Apple Bloom remembered "O' course! That makes a bit more sense now. But... why didn't Rumble's Digivice react ta it when we passed it?"

"Perhaps it merely needed to begin life anew in order to register as a DigiDestined partner" Elecmon shrugged before laughing a bit "Hahaha! Listen to me, talking like I know the meaning of life! Alright you kids have fun tracking down NeoDevimon. I'll just be here in the village as usual."

"Elecmon, if it's okay with you, can you please continue calling him Impmon?" Diamond wondered "It would make me a bit more comfortable."

"Of course, my child" Elecmon nodded "However, sooner or later you'll have to face the facts and accept this is his new form. Sorry if that sounded slightly grim, but it's the truth."

"Thanks, I'll be sure to..." Diamond sighed a bit.

"Hey, you guys!" Scootaloo and Guilmon were coming back from the dock "We just finished packing up and readying Whamon for our journey. All we need now is our navigator."

"Allow me" Babs smiled, holding out the map and making Silver slightly angry with her.

"Ahem... Excuse me" she spoke crossly "I'LL be the navigator, thank you very much. I was the one who got the map, right?"

"But that doesn't mean you should be the one hogging it" Babs argued with her.

"No, but that does mean I should be the first in line to navigate" Silver grabbed the map.

"Stop being so stubborn!" Babs pulled back.

"Stop acting like you're the boss of me!"

"GRRRR!!"

"GRRRR!!"

Eventually, the map ripped in half and soon shattered into millions of pieces like the data it was. It flew up into the air until it could be seen no more, probably getting absorbed into the world around it and allowing a bit more space for the Digimon to live in. Everyone looked at the two in disbelief.

"You guys, that was our only map!" Sweetie reminded them, much to the twos' dismay "Now how are we supposed to follow NeoDevi- I mean, Impmon's trail?"

"With my help" Candlemon finally spoke after a while.

"Oh, hey Candlemon" Pagumon bounced a bit with a small smile on his face "I actually forgot you were there, funny enough. You're just so quiet, y'know?"

"Candlemon?" Silver questioned.

"I've had some time to think it over, and you're right" he nodded "Impmon IS our friend, and even though he has some rough patches... well, many rough patches, he deserves better than this fate."

"So that means..." Diamond gasped in a bit of happiness.

"Yeah, I'll join you" Candlemon smiled "Besides, you won't get far in this world without a guide. I'm already a walking, talking encyclopedia, so might as well continue my job."

"Thank ya kindly, Candlemon" Mushroomon tipped his cap towards him "Now, how's about we all git goin'?"

"Sounds like a plan to me" Guilmon spoke up "Oh, is there anything we're missing?"

"Other than... actually, no, I don't have a joke this time" Pagumon shrugged "I guess nothing then."

"Good" Babs said both at Pagumon's confirmation and Pagumon's inability to make a terrible joke "Lead the way!"

"Good luck, all of you!" Elecmon waved goodbye as the thirteen left on their new journey, walking down the path toward Whamon. The other Fresh Digimon came up to Elecmon as well and bounced themselves up as a form of waving farewell, their cute squeaks reverberating through the air. Zurumon on the other hand simply watched them leave. Despite disliking them for returning him to his Fresh state, he couldn't help but give them respect for what they were trying to do.

"Blub" he gurgled, smiling a bit at their goals.

"Crud" Silver stated bluntly.

By this point, Whamon was already far, far away from Primary Island, going by the directions Candlemon was giving. The trip had gone surprisingly smoothly, despite Candlemon's aquaphobia and the constant warnings of dangerous Digimon in the net sea. It was only until now when Silver decided to check her inventory and realize she made a big mistake.

"What's the problem, Silver?" Diamond wondered.

"Candlemon, since I know very little about Digimon, can you explain to me how much a Fresh rank Digimon eats?" she asked her partner. He too felt a little stupid.

"I see where you're going with this" Candlemon facepalmed and sighed "Fresh Digimon, since they can't fight at all, are required to eat MUCH more than normal Digimon. This means that we made a huge miscalculation in our food supplies."

"Heh..." Rumble chuckled a bit, hugging Punimon close "You're already causing us some trouble, and you haven't even been around for half-an-hour."

"Is there any way we can fix this?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Well... Whamon, how close are we to Digitamamon's restaurant?" Candlemon wondered.

"Closer than we are to Primary Island" Whamon stated in his echoing voice "Would you like to go there instead? I AM a living creature, not a boat. I can change course whenever you want."

"Blub!" Punimon excitedly said.

"Ah guess Punimon is hungry" Mushroomon pointed out "Well, ah gotta say ah'm purdy starvin' mahself. Y'all wouldn't believe the junk they gave us Mushroomon back at the arena. Lemme tell ya, it was not tasty."

"Yeah, we haven't had anythin' ta eat or drink in ferever..." Apple Bloom heard her stomach growl a bit.

"Apple Bloom, your tummy is roaring at us" Guilmon pointed a claw at her.

"No, no, Guilmon, she's just hungry" Scootaloo laughed "Surely you've had your own stomach growl a few times, right?"

"Believe me when I say that this young one here ate two times more than any Fresh or In-Training Digimon could ever devour" Whamon chuckled, remembering all the times he and Elecmon took care of Gigimon back in the day "Well, I suppose it's decided then. We'll take a short food break before we continue on. Sound fair?"

Everyone agreed.

"In that case, next stop, Digitamamon's restaurant" Whamon exclaimed, increasing in speed.

"Wait... Isn't that it over there?" Pagumon questioned, pointing one of his ears at a rocky cliff with a tan house standing tall in a safe area near it. It was circular with a blue roof and a smaller hut on top with a blue dome on top of it. All around both floors were blue-lined windows, and a sign hung over head the door way. Though, the group was too far to see what it said on it.

"Oh, well... So it is" Whamon said, slightly disappointed he couldn't go faster "Next stop, er... turning right."

Whamon finally docked near a staircase made of rock scaling the cliff. He submerged a bit as to allow his passengers off his back and relax his fins a bit. As soon as everyone was off, he let out a huge yawn.

"Are you okay, Whamon?" Scootaloo questioned "You look tired."

"Because I am tired..." he sighed "I couldn't sleep what with all the noise about the dock, as well as the fact you could hear Candlemon's complaining from five miles away."

"Oh, um... sorry about that" Candlemon apologized.

"No worries, no worries" Whamon shrugged it off "You lot just go on ahead and I'll stay here and take a nap. If any of you are in need of assistance, please awaken me."

"Noted" Silver nodded "Alright, c'mon, everypony!" they started their walk up the rocky steps.

After a surprisingly long traverse up the cliff, they finally reached the top and faced the restaurant in all its glory. It looked pretty much how they had previously seen it on Whamon, only now they could see the windows had bubble shapes instead of squares or rectangles on for their glass, and the sign said something in a strange language that not one of the ponies could understand. Thankfully, it was walking encyclopedia Candlemon to the rescue!

"Res...taur...ant..." he squinted his eyes and made out what the sign said "Restaurant, I believe is what it says. It's written in the early Digimon language, but most of us Digimon have either forgotten or ignored the past. Digitamamon, however, likes to stay out of the present."

"Digitamamon is the owner of this place then?" Sweetie Belle wondered.

"Yer darn tootin', he's the owner" Mushroomon laughed "Ah used ta come down here with the boys all the time when we had our lunch breaks. Digitamamon makes the best omelet ah've ever had!"

"What's an omelet?" Apple Bloom questioned.

"It's cooked egg, why?" Mushroomon shrugged.

All the ponies shrunk back in slight disgust. Mushroomon was confused, though thankfully Candlemon was there to set him straight. However, perhaps Candlemon could have used a nicer way of explaining to him what he said wrong.

"You fool!" Candlemon slapped him across the face with his waxy hand "They're horses! They eat only vegetables, not meat!"

"Ow! Hey, ah'm sorry! Ow! Ah didn't know!" Mushroomon tried to explain as he was attacked by Candlemon. Immediately, Silver Spoon and Apple Bloom desperately tried to pull them apart, but to no avail. They tried again and again, but the little candle Digimon just wouldn't let go eventually they sighed and rolled their eyes, heading into the restaurant themselves.

"Hey, wait for me!" Candlemon stopped slapping Mushroomon and hopped his way forward. Unfortunately, thanks to his bronze candle holder part, he was quick to fall down. But to his surprise, it wasn't Silver Spoon or any of the others who saved him, no they were already inside the restaurant, but Mushroomon, despite Candlemon's outburst on him earlier.

"Mushroomon... why-"

"Y'all were just angry" Mushroomon shrugged as he brought his friend inside the restaurant "Ah'm sure ah can look past yer mistakes and make peace with ya."

"Oh, well... thank you" Candlemon thanked.

"No problem" Mushroomon smiled as pushed the door open into the restaurant.

"Wow!" Scootaloo looked absolutely astonished "This place looks, let alone smells, amazing!"

And right she was. The inside of the restaurant was made of finely polished and cleaned oak wood, and was filled with just the right amount of Digimon and noise. The main restaurant part consisted of a little more than the front hemisphere of the building, with the wooden border between the restaurant and kitchen making way for the bar. Circular wood tables with blue chairs were positioned right next to the windows, allowing any Digimon to gaze out whilst they ate.

At the bar was a peculiar Digimon that really wasn't much more than a white egg with legs and feet. The green, scaly feet emerged from the cracked egg body, and where its head should be was a hole in the shell with two yellow lights posing as eyes were. It noticed the new customers immediately.

"Ah, customers!" the egg Digimon noticed "Please, come, come! Sit down, and have a bite or five to eat!"

"Wait, wait, I think I got this one..." Scootaloo tried to guess its rank "Um... Rookie, right?"

"I... beg your pardon?" the egg Digimon asked confusingly before lightening up a bit "Hahaha! Oh, what it'd be like to be a kid again! No, I'm sorry, kiddo; I'm no Rookie."

"But... you look so sma-"

"What my friend here is TRYING to say is that we need pretty much all the food you can make" Pagumon bounced up and interrupted everything "See that Fresh Digimon on dweeb #6's head?"

"Blub" Punimon gurgled a bit.

"Hey, who're you calling dweeb?" Rumble crossly spoke.

"Yeah, he needs a LOT of food" Pagumon continued "And so do we, so we're going to be needed just about everything you got."

"Pagumon, you should really try to learn to be nice" Diamond Tiara spoke up "Well... I'm not exactly one to say that quite yet... But anyway, my name is Diamond Tiara, and these are my friends Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Rumble, Silver Spoon, Babs Seed, Candlemon, Pagumon, Guilmon, Mushroomon and Punimon" she pointed her hoof as she introduced everyone.

"Hello!" everyone greeted at the same time, with some 'hey's and one 'blub' in there as well.

"Nice to meet you all" the egg Digimon nodded "My name is Digitamamon, and much to your belief, and much to my disappointment, I am not a Rookie rank Digimon. I'm an Ultimate Digimon."

"Ultimate? Is that a step up from Champion?" Apple Bloom wondered.

"Correct" Candlemon nodded, now set down from Mushroomon's grasp "Digimon have six ranks. Seven, if you include their egg form. They go, in order, Fresh, In-Training, Rookie, Champion, Ultimate, and Mega. Ultimate Digimon are rare as most Digimon are unable to stay in such a large form. Digitamamon here, however, is small enough to stay as himself for as long as he wants."

"Much like Gatomon or Scootaloomon?" Guilmon wondered.

"Scootaloomon?" Digitamamon wondered.

"Yeah, Scootaloomon" Guilmon hugged his partner "She's super cool and awesome! She's not actually a Digimon, but if she was, she would be a Mega rank!"

"Heh heh... Thanks, Guilmon..." Scootaloo blushed a bit, hugging her partner back.

"Sorry about him" Babs spoke up "Guilmon believes that if he starts calling Scootaloo Scootaloomon, she and him will be able to speak between their minds."

"Hahaha! Ah, to be a kid again" Digitamamon laughed "Now I hate to do this to you all, but I do have a restaurant to run. If you're in need of something, now's the best time to ask me."

"Ah, yes" it was Silver's turn to talk now "Well, Pagumon isn't too far off. We are in need of a lot more food than we packed, especially for little Punimon here. Is there any way you can make about five day's worth of food in a few minutes? I know it's a big ask, but we really need this right now."

"Honey, I'm Digitamamon" Digitamamon chuckled "With my team and I, we can do anything we want. BURGERMONS!! MERAMON!!"

As he shouted those names, five Digimon appeared from the kitchen. Four of them were small, beige creatures with bright blue eyes and stubby arms and feet, as well as a long tail behind them. Around their neck, or rather lack there of, was a red and white scarf of sorts, and atop their head was a burger bun hat, complete with seeds and all. The fifth Digimon was a tall beast, standing on two legs and pretty much completely on fire. It had blue eyes and a stitched mouth, not unlike the flame atop Candlemon's head. In one of its fiery hands was a spatula for cooking.

"BOSS!" the four small Digimon cheered.

"What is it, Digitamamon?" the fiery Digimon growled, though the group could tell it wasn't from anger, but it was simply the way he spoke "Oh, is it about these ones here?"

"It's a big job today, everyone" Digitamamon nodded "These... how many of there are you... thirteen need five day's worth of food for their little Punimon to eat and get stronger. Do you five think you can do that?"

"We're on it, boss!" the smaller Digimon, which the group deduced as the Burgermons, happily obliged.

"Leave it to me" the growling, fiery Digimon, which the team figured was Meramon, nodded and entered back into the kitchen.

"Don't you lot worry about a thing" Digitamamon assured "We'll have your food by the end of the-"

"ACK! Not you again, you little brat!" everyone heard Meramon shout from within the kitchen, as well as a loud crashing noise "Get out of here, or I'm calling the Chessmon!"

"What the- What's going on in there?" Sweetie Belle questioned.

"Hey, can't a girl eat food?!" shouted a bratty female voice, yet as bratty as it sounded it still had a lovely pitch "I haven't eaten in days, and I have literally no money left!"

"Then you starve!" Meramon shouted back.

"Why you insufferable... LUNAR CLAW!" she shouted. Suddenly, Meramon burst through the wall dividing the kitchen and the restaurant, causing all the Digimon there to look over in confusion. The group had fortunately moved out of the way, save for Pagumon and Sweetie Belle, both of which were too slow to react and ended up getting knocked down by Meramon.

"Hey! Whoever's in there, show yourself!" Babs shouted, her and her friends, including the Digimon, preparing to fight whatever came thier way. What they saw was the last thing they expected.

It was a small creature, a little smaller than Mushroomon. It was white with four large, rabbit-like ears with purple stripes on the side and back of its head. Its body became a dress with a pink ribbon crossed into an 'X', with a moon symbol where the pink ribbon met. Several yellow crescent moons were also on its arms with five small claws, its belly, its neck and its forehead. In the middle of its forehead moon was a long, white protrusion that faded into purple at the tip. It has a cross and uptight look on its face.

"How uncouth!" it scoffed in the same unknown voice as last time "You should treat all of your customers with respect and dignity, especially a princess such as I."

"Ugh... Please excuse her, everyone" Digitamamon sighed "This is Princess Lunamon of the castle just east of here. She likes coming in here sometimes to try some of our food because she really likes it. However, she can't quite seem to understand that she has to act like every other customer here if she wants to eat here" he looked at her as he said that last part.

"I'm a princess, I can do what I want" Lunamon rolled her eyes.

"A... p-princess?" Silver and Diamond both gushed a bit "So cool..."

"Ah, at last there are some Digimon who respect my authority" Lunamon smiled before looking quite skeptical "Wait... You seven don't look like any Digimon I've ever seen. Are you even Digimon at all?"

"Ugh... no, we're not..." Sweetie groaned as she, Meramon, and Pagumon got up from the fall "Oh!" she noticed the new Digimon among them "Aww, you're so cute!"

"Oh, you're actually very cute too!" Lunamon giggled, getting closer to Sweetie Belle and examining her "Such a beautiful coat and such amazing hair... You HAVE to tell me who does it in the morning everyday."

"Oh, well, my sister mainly does it for me..." Sweetie blushed a bit.

"You look absolutely perfect!" Lunamon's smile grew larger "I'd even say you look like a princess!"

"You're just saying that" Sweetie giggled as well.

"No, I mean every word" Lunamon confirmed "Your entire style is just so... regal. Why, I'd wager that every man you come across faints at the mere sight of you, and every women you see envies your style and wants to be you. Your sister is a very talented person if she's able to create a look such as that."

"Hey, wait, I'm a guy!" Rumble called up.

"You are?" Lunamon took out a pair of sunglasses out of nowhere and placed them over her soft pink eyes "I couldn't tell with that high pitched voice of yours."

"OOOHHHHHHHH!!!!" Pagumon and everyone sitting at their tables called out.

"Ohhh..." Rumble sighed "That's the second time my masculinity was ruined for a joke..."

"Cheer up, Rumble" Mushroomon chuckled, patting him on the back a bit "At least yer masculinity is still there. Though, ah gotta say, maybe that last joke completely ruined it."

Rumble facepalmed.

"Mushroomon, try ta be a little nicer than than, okay?" Apple Bloom chuckled a bit "Though, that joke was a lil' funny."

Rumble simply sighed, knowing he wouldn't be able to beat everyone.

"Blub" Punimon snuggled him a bit, attempting to comfort him.

"Thanks, Punimon" Rumble smiled a bit "You're the only one who really gets me."

"Hahaha! Hey, you guys aren't so bad!" Lunamon laughed a bit "I mean, at first I thought you were all lowly peasants like most Digimon are, but then I kinda realized you have some semblance of personality that defines each of you."

The crowd that once cheered for Lunamon quickly quieted down. In a metaphor, they were quick to realize Lunamon's exterior was the only thing soft and cute about her. They went back to their meals and ignored her for the remainder of the time, causing Lunamon to feel slightly bad about it.

"Oh... I'm sorry I called you all lowly peasants..." she apologized.

"It's okay, Lunamon" Diamond stepped up "Believe it or not, I was actually like you as well a little while ago. No offense... See, I'm still learning about this whole nice thing. I'm sure we can teach you how to be nice."

"You'd do that for me?" Lunamon wondered.

"Of course" Sweetie Belle gave her a kind smile "That's what friends are for, right?"

"You would all consider me your friend?" Lunamon questioned, to which the entire group nodded "But why? I've only recently met you, and I've pretty much acted like a total brat around you. Not to mention I don't even know who you guys are yet."

Everyone giggled a bit before introducing themselves one-by-one, allowing time for Lunamon to understand everyone. Finally, after everyone was finished introducing themselves, their friends and Digimon, Diamond Tiara stepped up to Lunamon and smiled, much to the latter's slight confusion.

"We're able ta look past others' differences. Trust me" Apple Bloom smiled, winking at Diamond "Besides, anypony who can successfully make fun o' Rumble's masculinity is alright in mah books."

"Ugh... Please stop bringing that up..." Rumble blushed a bit, to which everyone jokingly laughed. Eventually though, he understood the innocence of the joke and began laughing along with them as well. Punimon also tried to join in, but all he could make were cute gurgling noises, which caused everyone to laugh even harder.

"Sweetie Belle, look!" Silver pointed at her Digivice.

"Another DigiDestined partner!" Candlemon pointed out "Sweetie Belle and... Lunamon?"

"Yay, another friend to play with!" Guilmon clapped a bit.

Silver smiled as she released the final Digivice, the red one, and watched it fly up into the air. One final time, the light came out from the side of the device which turned into a strap that attached itself to Sweetie Belle's front left hoof. The screen blinked a few times before stopping and settling down.

"What on earth was that?" Lunamon questioned.

"Well, Lunamon, it looks like you're coming with us" Scootaloo smiled "According to the prophecy stuff and such and blah, blah, blah, you're a DigiDestined partner that'll help us defend the digital world from danger."

"So now I'm not only a princess... but a hero as well?" Lunamon questioned.

"Ah guess so" Apple Bloom grinned and patted her on her back

"...yeah, okay... thank you..." Digitamamon sighed, hanging up a phone he had in the kitchen "Lunamon... I was just on the phone with your mother."

"My WHAT?!" Lunamon immediately snapped.

"Lunamon, please, you must understand that I have a business to run, and you always messing everything up isn't good" Digitamamon explained "I'm sorry, but BishopChessmon is already on his way to collect you."

"Actually, I'm already here" a deep, male voice said at the entrance to the restaurant. Everyone in the establishment turned to see a large Digimon barely large enough to fit through the thankfully large door of the restaurant.

He was mainly made of white metal, with joints on every part of his arms for maximum flexibility. His head was very helmet-like with a pike on top and a mask over his mouth and nose, but not his gray eyes. He wore purple robes over his chest and legs, which appeared to be a white dress with two iron feet. Behind him flowed a majestic cape, and in his left hand was a large, white, club-like staff. His face looked angry yet calm at the same time. It intrigued Silver Spoon how this could be.

"Allow me to introduce myself" the Digimon bowed a bit in chivalry "I am BishopChessmon, captain of the royal guard and friend of KingChessmon and QueenChessmon. I, and my troop of PawnChessmon, are here to collect the princess."

"Ugh... But I don't wanna go home!" Lunamon shouted as if a brat "I wanna stay here with my new friends!"

"New friends?" BishopChessmon questioned, now looking at the group "You mean to tell me you have all befriended the princess?"

"Yeah, we have" Babs scoffed a bit.

"No need to raise your temper with me. I'm merely following orders" BishopChessmon assured "In fact, I was about to congratulate you all on befriending her. She has little to no friends, so I'm glad you were all able to look past her... rough exterior and see her for what she is on the inside."

"Cheesy line alert" Scootaloo whispered to her friends, causing them to giggle a bit.

"Ugh... Fine... I'll go with you..." Lunamon groaned and rolled her eyes "But Bishy, I'm a DigiDestined partner! I have to go with them!"

"Are you now?" BishopChessmon questioned with a small chuckle, leading Lunamon out of the restaurant by holding her hand "Well, I'm sure you can tell your mother and father all about it when we get back home."

"Actually, sir BishopChessmon, I think you would like to know that-" Candlemon couldn't even finish his sentence before the chess Digimon closed the door behind him, leaving everyone else be. Candlemon rubbed his head with his hands and sighed a bit. Afterwards, he used his arms to hop over to the door, open it up, and watch as BishopChessmon, Lunamon, and some other Digimon that appeared to be the PawnChessmon, fly away in a large blimp of sorts back to the castle.

"Darn..." Mushroomon watched as the blimp flew away.

"Lunamon, no..." Sweetie sighed "Well... BishopChessmon DID say we could visit anytime we wanted, right?"

"Yeah, I'm sure this QueenChessmon and KingChessmon wouldn't mind if we came over for a visit" Scootaloo nodded "Alright then, let's go and ask Whamon if we can take another detour. After all, we'll need all the help we can get to get Impmon back."

"Sounds like a plan to me" Diamond smiled at this.

"Unfortunately, I have to object" spoke a voice eerily similar to BishopChessmon. The groups turned back only to see another Digimon was standing there. He looked exactly like BishopChessmon, only his armor was night black instead of white. He stepped out forward in front of the thirteen, looking down upon them with disappointment.

"BishopChessmon?" Guilmon wondered "But I thought you left already."

"That was the royal guard BishopChessmon" the Digimon explained "I am BishopChessmon of QueenChessmon's assassination team. No secret service, I can assure you. I have come to dispose of you lot."

"Excuse me?" Pagumon shouted "There'll be no disposing of here, thank you very much!"

"Unfortunately, queen's orders" BishopChessmon explained, summoning his own staff club "She doesn't want anyone interfering with her plans, which means I can't have you being friends with Princess Lunamon."

"Well if it's a fight you want, it's a fight you'll get!" Babs pressed the large button on her Digivice, which sent the digivolving light at Pagumon, enveloping him once again.

Pagumon Digivolve to...

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BLACKAGUMON

"Alright, we're back in business!" BlackAgumon grinned, stretching his new limbs and looking straight at BishopChessmon "Now, are you ready to be burned to a crisp?!"

"I'll commend you for having the courage to stand up against me, young ones" BishopChessmon praised "However, I will also note you have made a very foolish mistake. I am an Ultimate rank Digimon, and while that could mean nothing for some Digimon, most should tremble in fear below me."

"...uh oh" BlackAgumon shrunk back down a bit before getting hit right in the face by the club staff and sent flying backwards. His chin was out of sync, but was quick to synchronize itself.

"That was just a taste of my power. Observe... BISHOP CROSS!" BishopChessmon raised his staff in the air and summoned an X in front of him. The X's points all connected with one another, forming a square, and finally shot a laser out from the center of the X, blasting everyone, including the ponies, backwards. Rumble was sure to protect Punimon from the blast, and made sure he was still safe in his arms.

"Hey, that wasn't very nice!" BlackAgumon stood back up and smiled a bit "Heh... I finally get to say that now... Anyway, these losers have actually grown on me, believe it or not, so anyone who hurts them goes through me! PEPPER BREATH!" he fired a stream of flames at his opponent. Unfortunately, BishopChessmon merely stayed still as the attack harmlessly deflected off of him. He brushed off any charred dust he had on him before attacking yet again.

"BISHOP LASER!" BishopChessmon shouted, pointing his staff at the group and blowing them all back again with another laser beam, this one of slightly more power.

"Nng..." Silver Spoon groaned in pain, trying to get up again.

"Silver Spoon, are you alright?" Candlemon immediately went to her aid.

"Yeah, I'm okay... thank you" she confirmed as she stood back up, smiling a bit. Suddenly, her Digivice's screen began to glow. She didn't know why, but she felt as if she had to do something, anything. Without any thought, she pressed the large button on her device. The screen then sent out a bright light towards Candlemon and surrounded him.

"Digivolution?" Candlemon questioned as he was enveloped by the light "Of course! Our bond of friendship must have advanced, allowing me to achieve a higher rank."

Candlemon Digivolve to...

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WIZARDMON

In the place of Candlemon was a brand new Digimon that looked more humanoid than household object, standing only a foot taller than Silver Spoon.

He had a baggy, yellow and red jumpsuit with zippers everywhere and even a pair of eyes that thankfully were only stitched on. Over his jumpsuit, he wore a red vest, and over that was a long, navy blue cape that went down to his ankles and covered his mouth and nose, with patterns on the inside. He had brown leather boots and a navy blue pointed hat with a skull on top, as well as some orange hair coming down over his face. He also wore brown leather gloves also with zippers on them, and in his hand he held a small want with a tip shaped like the sun.

"BishopChessmon, you have just made a grave mistake..." the Digimon chuckled a bit "With the power of friendship, as sappy as that may sound, I have turned into Wizardmon! My magic powers far outmatch your own."

"Really? Perhaps a demonstration is in order?" BishopChessmon was more amused than scared of him.

"Very well... VISION OF TERROR!" he widened his eyes and pointed his staff right at his opponent, sending a shock wave into him that went straight to his eyes. There he saw a familiar face looking right at him.

"BishopChessmon, I am disappointed in you for failing a task I put out for you" she said only to him "I'm afraid you're of no use to me anymore. Well, you do have one use left..."

"Please, I beg you mercy, my queen!" BishopChessmon dropped his staff and started to beg on his knees "Please, spare me!"

"I do not spare ones who have failed me!" she continued "Now fall by my hand!"

"No, my queen, no!"

"What's up with him?" Scootaloo asked next to Wizardmon.

"I cast my attack, Vision of Terror upon him" he explained "It shows anyone their deepest fear to them, in an admittedly cruelly realistic way. However, he has now left me open to attack him..." he pulled out his wand again and pointed it at BishopChessmon "BlackAgumon, I'll require your assistance."

"Sure thing, man" BlackAgumon believed he knew what to do.

"ELECTRO SQUALL!" Wizardmon shouted.

"PEPPER BREATH!" BlackAgumon opened his mouth and fired a stream of fire at BishopChessmon. Combined with the electricity from Wizardmon's attack, the fire went right through their opponent like a hot knife on butter. BishopChessmon let out a scream of agony, but the attack failed to defeat him quite yet.

"Fools..." he huffed "Do you truly believe that a mere attack combo like that would defeat me? You will have to do FAR better than that if you have any hope of-"

"FUNGUS CRUNCHER!" Mushroomon threw his explosive purple balls again.

"PYRO SPHERE!" Guilmon shouted, lauching fire from his mouth at the bombs. They exploded right in front of BishopChessmon, shattering him into data before he could even get any last words. All four battle participants absorbed the data and BlackAgumon de-digivolved back into Pagumon.

"We did it!" Silver grinned, going over and hugging Wizardmon "Thanks, Wizardmon!"

"Yeah, no problem" Wizardmon chuckled a bit.

"...mark......my.......words........" spoke a hushed voice through the air "....you....... will...... regret .......... this............. our....... queen ....... will......... be............. victorious........"

"A whisper of BishopChessmon, I would think" Wizardmon guessed "It's probably on its way to Primary Island to be reborn, but I don't think we should take this warning for granted. Anything could be in the eastern castle."

"Well, I'm ready if everyone else is" Babs grinned.

"I'm not sure... I don't think Punimon would be safe there" Rumble mentioned.

"C'mon, Rumble" Apple Bloom sighed "We'll need everypony fer this one. Besides, who knows? Maybe Punimon is gonna eat so much food there, he'll digivolve inta his next form?"

"And we wouldn't want anyone making fun of your masculinity, right" Pagumon blackmailed him.

"Oh, shut up, Pagumon" Rumble sighed before smiling and making up his mind "Okay, I'll go with you guys."

"YES!!" Scootaloo jumped up, causing everyone to look at her funny and making her blush a bit "Um... I mean... Yeah, thanks for coming along with us Rumble. Go team!"

"Right..." Sweetie Belle snickered along with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. All Scootaloo could do was sigh as they headed back down the steps to Whamon. However, Digitamamon came bursting out and looking all over for them.

"Where'd they go?!" he frantically searched the area "They still have to pay me!"

Author's Notes:

Punimon

Digitamamon

Burgermon

Meramon

Lunamon

BishopChessmon (White)

PawnChessmon (White)

BishopChessmon (Black)

Wizardmon

I hope everyone likes this Digimon recap I do after each episode. These are REALLY tedious to do!

So our final DigiDestined partner has been discovered, and it's a tomboy princess of all things! Is this a JRPG or Digimon, eh? Speaking of, I should probably get back on track to RPG-ween... Well, whatever! I'm glad that people are enjoying this story so far, and let me just say that I am having a BLAST writing it for you! Just be sure to comment and stuff!

And finally, after five episodes, we finally have our first Champion digivolution! It's Wizardmon, another highly under-appreciated Digimon that deserves more respect. Better not mess with him, because he can take on an Ultimate rank Digimon! With some help, but that's still impressive!

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

Oh, and Digimon requests are open! If anyone wants to have any Digimon in the story, just contact me and I'll find a way to put them in. No purchase necessary!