Once again, the group found themselves on the back of their friend Whamon, riding the waves of the net sea to their next location. Though, it wasn't to save Impmon right now. They were on a quest to find the east castle and save their latest friend, Lunamon, from the fate of living her life without friends. This was all QueenChessmon's fault. Everyone hated her, and they didn't even know what she looked like! All they knew was that she was imprisoning their friend, be it from cruelty or just being an overprotective parent. Though from the last attack from the other BishopChessmon, the team was starting to consider the former.

"...hmm? Is... Could that be?" Wizardmon looked up for a brief moment only to see an island slowly appearing in his vision. He insisted on stayed the way he was for as long as possible for obvious reasons. He stood up and looked over the edge of Whamon's pipe area, trying to get a better view of what he was saying.

"What is it, Cand- um, I mean... Wizardmon?" Silver Spoon quickly corrected herself, forgetting he wasn't quite he smaller form anymore "Do you see something?"

"Hold up, I think I see it too" Babs Seed got up as well and squinted her eyes, trying to make out what she was seeing.

"Is that the east castle?" Sweetie Belle questioned, staring directly at the island quickly approaching them "Then that means we're so close to finding Lunamon!"

"I know these waters like the back of my tail" Whamon stated "Believe me, this is as eastbound as possible in the digital world. I have actually been here once or twice previously. There's a nice village near the castle where you can rest."

"Ah, that's good" stretched a bit "It'd be nice to finally get something to..." she suddenly realized something "Uh, guys? We left Digitamamon in charge of getting us our food."

Everyone stopped.

"Ya mean?" Apple Bloom almost groaned.

"We still have no food for Punimon..." Rumble sighed, petting the jelly Digimon on the head "Sorry, little guy..."

"Well, now hold on a sec" Mushroomon spoke up "Aren't y'all fergettin' somethin'? We could always git somethin' in the town. Besides, ah think a few sacrifices o' our supply wouldn't hurt, would it?"

"Yes, it would" Silver snapped "Our rations are for each of us for five days, excluding Punimon for reasons already established. If we were to use any of the food on him now... ohhh... the entire supply could go out of whack, and I'd have to reorganize everything! We should probably get something in town."

"Speaking of, I'm pretty hungry..." Scootaloo's stomache started to growl, as did Guilmon's.

"Scootaloomon, my tummy's growling" Guilmon mentioned "Does that mean I'm hungry?"

"Alright, everypony eat up" Silver Spoon brought out one day's worth of rations from her inventory, all of which was fruit. Yes, everyone was given exactly one piece of fruit, any kind really, for the day. The group would have complained, but they were so hungry from all the walking that they honestly couldn't. Opening their mouths, they began eating their rations.

"Feels kinda weird eatin' greens, considerin' ah'm a mushroom" Mushroomon mentioned as he ate his apple.

"Eugh... I don't really like this all that much, Silver Spoon" Guilmon mentioned "Do you have any meat?"

"...w-well, um, no" Silver had to sigh before answering after what Guilmon said "I just figured that every Digimon was the same as far as food goes."

"Other creatures in your world eat other things, right?" Wizardmon questioned "Digimon aren't too different from animals and people, I suppose. Both have their own food preferences on what they can eat, their own needs, and their own personality. You had an entire night to think about this, and yet you never maybe thought: Hmm, what if Digimon eat something other than apples?"

"Alright, alright, you don't have to be a jerk about it" Silver grumbled.

"...I'm sorry, Silver Spoon" Wizardmon sighed "A new form for some Digimon means a new personality. Guilmon's line, I believe, is safe from this, for example. However, I'm not. I'm still adjusting to my new self."

"Excuses, excuses..." Pagumon shook his head/body.

"Quiet, you little whelp!" Wizardmon grabbed him by the ears and gave him a stare that could kill if possible. Both calmed back down afterwards.

"Alright, okay..." Silver sighed, going back to reorganizing the rations.

"Silver, I-"

"Best leave her be" Diamond stepped forward, comforting Wizardmon a bit "I know her more than anyone on this bo- whale!"

"Thank you" Whamon thanked.

"Anyway, like I said, best leave her alone for a bit" Diamond continued before whispering her last sentence "She can get a little angry when her friends treat her the way you did. No offense."

"None taken" Wizardmon nodded "I'll be sure to keep my distance."

"Here you go, Punimon" Rumble gave his partner his ration "I think you'll need it more than me."

"Blub" Punimon ate it by absorbing it into his body.

"Ugh... Rumble, that was supposed to be for you!" Silver complained.

"Yeah, but we want Punimon to digivolve, right?" Rumble became cross with Silver Spoon "I think any amount of food he can get will help. Besides, we can always eat something at town, right?"

"But... You... I..." Silver felt anger swelling up inside her. Before she was about to explode, she slammed her head against one of Whamon's pipes and knocking herself out. After checking to make sure she was okay, Wizardmon sighed and turned back to his friends.

"She's out like a light" he confirmed.

"Silver Spoon looked pretty scary..." Guilmon mentioned "Maybe we should get her to a doctor?"

"She does seem like she's going through some stress issues" Scootaloo agreed, turning her head toward Diamond Tiara "Hey, DT? Is this something that happens in your daily life?"

"When we weren't bullying you, Silver would usually be at home fantasizing about perfection and organization" she explained "She was, and still is, a total nerd. So, when somepony messes around with her plans, she starts getting agitated. Not much you can do about that though... She'll wake up eventually."

"Meanin' she does this often?" Apple Bloom questioned.

"Pretty much..." Diamond sighed.

"Well, nothin' we can do now" Apple Bloom shrugged "Let's jus' git ta the village and hope she wakes up eventually."

"In that case, next stop, Eastward Village!" Whamon started speeding up, getting closer and closer to the village and the castle. As the kingdom got easier to see by everyone's eyes, they realized how fortified it was, what with the giant defense towers guarding the entirety of the island, as well as protective walls everywhere the eye could see. Ominous fog has swept the area as well, causing the group to feel rather uncomfortable. The guards in the defense towers seemed to allow Whamon cross into their land, it would seem.

"Something's really fishy here..." Scootaloo brought up "I don't like this at all."

"Do you think it's a trap?" Babs wondered.

"Well, o' course it's a trap" Mushroomon confirmed, chuckling a bit "Most thin's' in this world are traps, so ah'm ready fer anythin' by this point. The question is are y'all?"

"To save Lunamon, I'm always ready" Sweetie Belle nodded.

"In that case, keep on course, Whamon" Wizardmon nodded.

A little after Wizardmon said this, the group saw they were approaching a gate connected to a slightly shorter wall that seemed to surround the entire island. Next to the gate stood two small Digimon, one with white armor and the other with black. They both were bipedal and seemed a little stubby, but in their two hands was a pike and a shield, both the same color as they were respectively. Their head was a spiked helmet with a golden mask over their faces. Everyone recognized them as the PawnChessmon from earlier.

"Stop right there!" the white PawnChessmon called out.

"You have violated the law!" the black PawnChessmon joined his partner.

"No they haven't, you fool" the white PawnChessmon sighed.

"Don't blame me, I've been wanting to use that line all month" the black PawnChessmon argued.

"Allow me, everyone..." Wizardmon assured before stepping up and facing the two guards "Greetings, fellow Digimon. I am Wizardmon, and I come from a faraway land. I have been sent with my... um... squires and court fools to speak with your king and queen about some very, very important matters."

"I don't know..." the white PawnChessmon pondered.

"You're very suspicious..." the black PawnChessmon pointed out "Maybe I should contact the queen and make sure that-"

"You DARE question my authority?!" Wizardmon's voice rose "You ignorant whelps! Let us pass immediately, or you're toast. And with me," he brought one of his hands up and sparked some electricity through it "I'm dead serious."

"WAA!" the white PawnChessmon exclaimed.

"W-We're sorry, sir Wizardmon" the black PawnChessmon bowed chivalrously before pushing down a lever and opening up the gate "Please, enjoy your time here at Eastward Village."

"Thank you, good sir" Wizardmon nodded as Whamon continued on his path.

"Wow, Wizardmon" Guilmon seemed absolutely fascinated at his friend's ability "When did you learn how to get so good at acting?"

"Years and years of waiting for the DigiDestined will drive you insane" he explained with a small laugh "I eventually self-taught myself, but that's a story for another day; look! We're here!"

Wizardmon was not wrong. The group looked forward and saw that they had finally arrived in Eastward Village, a small place with a small dock not nearly big enough for Whamon, single-floor housing, and filled with Digimon. However, everyone walked around with their heads hung low. They were depressed for reasons unknown, but if things were going as 'smoothly' as they were now, something told the group they would soon find out.

They all hopped off Whamon's back after he struggled to find a good place to dock. Almost immediately, the depressed Digimon turned their heads toward the group before charging right at them with hunger in their eyes. Everyone got ready to fight them, but the would-be battle was interrupted by a fireball, which came from an unknown source.

"Settle down!" spoke a childish male voice unfamiliar to the group "Settle down and be patient. You'll get your fix eventually."

At last, the owner of the voice emerged from the fog. He looked a lot like Wizardmon, with some notable differences. For starters, his attire was made of all warm colors. His pants and short robe that only went down to his hips were red and left a midriff in the middle, showing only an orange flame. His scrawny gray arms were contrasted by his giant red gloves, and where his arms met his robe was fire, pure and simple. His face was terrifying, with gray skin, seemingly stitched, scarecrow-like mouth, and messy black hair coming down from his head, on top of which was a red pointed cap seemingly on fire with a pair of goggles resting on the rim. His shoes were again red with button straps, and on his waist were a couple of belts holding two match-like wands; one red and one blue.

"Man, what's up with this guy?" Pagumon chuckled a bit.

"Excuse me?" the Digimon questioned in response to Pagumon's rude question.

"Ignore him. He does some silly things most of the time" Babs apologized for her partner's behavior "Anyway, my name's Babs Seed, and these are my friends and cousin Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, Diamond Tiara, Rumble, Punimon, Pagumon, Guilmon, Mushroomon and... Wait, where's Silver Spoon and-"

"Right here..." a voice came from atop Whamon. Everyone looked to see Candlemon carrying Silver Spoon hilariously unconscious body off onto the dock, slowly and steadily as to not fall into the thankfully shallow water.

"Candlemon...?" the new Digimon questioned.

"FlaWizarmon?" Candlemon wondered, gently placing his partner next to him "Is that really you?"

"A few incarnations old, but I'm still alive and kicking" the Digimon chuckled "But you look like you've been underground for ages, man! How long have you been guarding those digivices?"

"I can't even remember now..." Candlemon sighed "However, it's nice to see a familiar face in all this."

"Candlemon, who is this guy?" Diamond questioned, knowing everyone else wanted the answer as well.

"Oh, my apologies" he sheepishly chuckled "This is my long-time college and friend, FlaWizarmon. Before any of you were but specks in the digital mainframe, we had worked together on multiple projects, such as the long-abandoned project E.X.O."

"Candlemon, you actually remember that old side thing?" FlaWizarmon laughed.

"Project... E.X.O.?" Mushroomon wondered "Wait... Ah think ah heard o' it... Wasn't it the thin' that Digimon claimed would protect the digital world fer eternity?"

"It was" Candlemon nodded "Project E.X.O., or just Exo for short, was something me and FlaWizarmon worked on when we were much, much younger. The sole purpose was to, as Mushroomon stated, protect the digital world from any sort of danger whatsoever. However, once we understood the consequences this could create, such as Exo destroying any Digimon that did the smallest bad deed, we ended up scrapping the project."

"It was probably fer the better" Apple Bloom agreed "Ah couldn't imagine a world where everypony was constantly under the eye o' some sick creation, forcin' them ta do everything by the law."

"But I can't deny it was a truly sophisticated machine..." FlaWizarmon remembered before snapping free of his trance "A-Anyway, I'm sure all of you need something after your long journey."

"Yeah, we need to talk with your queen" Scootaloo nearly scoffed "She has a friend of ours that we need to get back."

"Ah, a casual arrest, hmm?" FlaWizarmon questioned.

"Well actually, she-" Sweetie Belle started before getting interrupted by FlaWizarmon.

"Everyone follow me. This village is certainly not one for rest..." he lit one of his match wands up and lead the way back to castle with his fire. Letting out a sigh, Candlemon took Silver Spoon and awkwardly hopped toward them. Oh how he despised this mode of travel.

But something stirred inside him whenever he looked at his old friend. He didn't know what or why it happened, but he did know that his friend seemed like he hadn't changed in the slightest. He smiled at this, finally being able to speak with someone of his intellect who wasn't unconscious at the moment. But at the same time, something in his gut told him something was very, very amiss.

The group was taken inside the castle, filled with black and white checkered floors, and giant statues of chess pieces lining each and every hallway. A few couldn't help but snicker at the design choice, but a few looked quite amazed at what they were seeing. After all, only so many of them have actually seen the inside of a castle before.

FlaWizarmon lead them all into the dining hall, where a great array of food items had been set out for them on a table covered in a checkered cloth. Excitedly, the fillies and colt ran forward with their Digimon to claim a seat for their own and wait patiently to feast. As a joke, Silver Spoon was placed right next to Diamond's seat, her head now resting on a plate. FlaWizarmon simply laughed at this display of children's antics. Calmly, he stepped towards the two larger seats at the far end of the table and awaited what the group could only think as the king and queen.

"This is real nice o' y'all, Mr. FlaWizarmon" Apple Bloom nodded with a smile "But, what's the occasion?"

"Oh, dear Apple Bloom, I think you'll actually find that your visit was quite expected..." FlaWizarmon chuckled darkly.

"FlaWizarmon, what is the meaning of this?" Candlemon angrily questioned.

"Hahaha! Now... I present to you... OUR KING AND QUEEN!!" FlaWizarmon pointed over to the side, causing everyone to brace themselves and get ready for a battle. A spotlight appeared over by a darkened corner, revealing nothing but a lonely corner. Many were confused, including FlaWizarmon.

"Um... Was this your big plan?" Sweetie questioned.

"It's kinda lame" Babs added.

"Q-QueenChessmon? KingChessmon?" FlaWizarmon called out "Where did you two go?!"

"Enough of this foolishness, FlaWizarmon!" Candlemon spoke crossly "Explain your plan immediately!"

"Candlemon, relax..." spoke a calm voice behind him. He and the ones sitting at the table turned to see a tall, humanoid woman with mainly black armor, as well as a few deep pink shoulder plates and a deep pink breastplate. The dress around her waist was also pink with silver, blade-like metal parts that flowed freely. Her helmet was also deep pink, but had a gold mask covering her eyes, as well as long silver hair behind her. On her back was a deep pink cape and in her hand was a staff that had a gold heart shape near the top and a gray hammer-like thing right at the top.

"QueenChessmon? It's an honor..." Candlemon bowed, but quickly got back up again and began to become very cross "What makes you think that you can just-"

"Sorry about him, your majesty" Diamond Tiara bowed respectfully "He can get a bit... uptight."

"Hahaha... I know, my child" QueenChessmon giggled a bit "I was around when he and FlaWizarmon were but fractions of data playing with blocks. Speaking of, you can stop the charade now, FlaWizarmon. Sorry, I was slightly late to the welcoming party."

"Of course, your majesty" FlaWizarmon nodded and let out a sigh.

"Wait... Charade?" Scootaloo questioned "You mean it was all a play? Ugh... I feel stupid..."

"Karma..." Rumble muttered under his breath.

"What was that?" Scootaloo wondered.

"Nothing, nothing..." Rumble pretended as if nothing happened.

"We're sorry about this, truly we are" QueenChessmon apologized "We wanted to make your time here more exciting than simply a quiet dinner with nothing... interesting..."

"Are ya sorry 'bout takin' away Lunamon?" Apple Bloom stood up and walked over to her "And how did y'all know we were comin' anyway? Sounds mighty suspicious..."

"My daughter is... She's busy right now" QueenChessmon answered "As for how I knew you were all coming, I figured it out after I witnessed you defeat BishopChessmon earlier today. I know you wish to speak with Lunamon right now but-"

"But what, mother?" the familiar voice of Lunamon echoed through the hall.

"Lunamon, I thought I told you to stay in your room while we have guests over!" QueenChessmon scolded.

"I know what you said, but these are my friends, not just guests" Lunamon floated down from the air and right in front of her mother "Y'know, mother, I've never really understood why you wouldn't allow me to have friends of my own. What, did you think I would get stabbed in the back?"

"Lunamon, please, enough of this" QueenChessmon regretfully sighed.

"Enough of this, mother!" Lunamon shouted "Explain to me what-"

"Lunamon, I love you too much to tell you" the queen explained, anger building up inside her she decided not to release "Fine, stay with your friends. But the moment you're finished with the meal, they're leaving."

She then teleported away, leaving everyone behind. This was about the time when Silver Spoon woke up.

"H-Huh? Where...?" she wondered.

"Good morning, Silver Spoon" Diamond patted her friend on the back "You feeling okay?"

"Y-Yeah, thanks..." she nodded.

"Lunamon!" Sweetie Belle dashed up and hugged her partner "We missed you!"

"Hey, Sweetie Belle" Lunamon nodded "Yeah, I guess I missed you as well. Well, I mean, this is certainly better than being around my mother and father."

"Haha! Owned!" Pagumon called out.

"Pagumon, is yer very existence jus' ta annoy us and make stupid jokes all the time?" Mushroomon flatly questioned the lavender puffball of a Digimon.

"Pretty much, yeah" Pagumon giggled a bit "But remember: I can also digivolve into BlackAgumon and roast my foes on a silver platter! Or just grass, I guess that works as well."

"Digivolve? It sounds as if you can digivolve whenever you guys want" Lunamon noted.

"Because we can" Scootaloo nodded, showing Lunamon her Digivice "Remember seeing these? Well, with them we can control our Digimon partners' digivolution. It's actually pretty cool! Though, we haven't seen what anypony here looks like beyond... well... what you're seeing now, I guess."

"Digivolution on command?" Lunamon pondered "I wonder if we can use this to intimidate my mother..."

"Hold on there, hotshot" FlaWizarmon spoke up after a long period of silence "I know those things like the back of my hand. After all, I helped develop them. You can only digivolve further into Champion rank when you and your partner reach a certain level of friendship together. I wouldn't expect you to have such a strong bond yet."

"You'd be surprised" Rumble brought up "Punimon here and I have only been together for a little while, and already I'm feeling as if we could take on the world. Isn't that right, Punimon?"

"Blub" Punimon cheerfully bounced as he was eating a large amount of food on the table.

Suddenly, he began to glow with a blinding light, forcing most present to look away. His shape grew a bit before the light eventually faded away, allowing everyone to look back now. There, in Punimon's place, was a new Digimon with an orange body, white face, orange eyes and a large horn right on top of his head. He looked back at Rumble and gave a grin.

"Hey there, Rumble!" he said happily.

"Punimon? Is that you?" Rumble asked.

"Not anymore, I'm not" the Digimon shook his head/body "My name is Tsunomon! Glad to finally meet you!"

"His memory must've wiped clean when he arrived in the Village of Beginnings" Candlemon stated with a thankful sigh "Well, at least I won't have to have him complain about what happened."

"Oh believe me, Candlemon, I remember ever, single, solitary detail" Tsunomon brought up with a smirk "But I've decided not to unleash my full wrath upon you for turning me into a pile of slime because I'm forgiving like that. Besides, you guys have been so awesome to me afterwards, that I couldn't complain!"

"In any case, would you all like to see what QueenChessmon has been hiding from you all this time, Lunamon?" FlaWizarmon asked the princess "Everyone else can come along as well, if they want. You won't get in the way."

"Well, as long as it's okay with Lunamon" Apple Bloom nodded.

"Well duh! Of course I wanna see what my mom's been hiding away from me!" Lunamon grinned.

"I dunno, you guys" Rumble spoke a bit concernedly "Maybe some things are best left as mysteries, am I right?"

"C'mon, Rumble, don't be a wuss" Babs laughed a bit, getting out of her seat and starting to follow the others "Don't let us make fun of your masculinity again!"

"Hahaha! Don't listen to them, Rumble" Tsunomon laughed "You may not be strong in your willpower, but you're strong in your heart okay? After all, you were kinda the one who took such good care of me."

"You're... You're right" Rumble nodded "After all, how bad could this be anyway?"

"This way..." FlaWizarmon waved his hands forward to signal to the others to continue following him "It shouldn't be too far now. I'm sorry about doing this to you, Lunamon."

"It's not a problem, FlaWizarmon" Lunamon shook her head "I'm just glad I'm finally learning late rather than later. Then again... it WOULD have been nice if you told me sooner rather than later!"

The group had descended down into a secret passageway hidden within the castle walls. It was extraordinarily dark, that's for certain. However, the pathway slowly got brighter and brighter the closer everyone was to the end. Eventually, and to some finally, they reached the end of the tunnel only to find themselves in a large cylinder-shaped room with a strange-looking, gigantic machine in the middle with green lights flowing through it. Dead in the middle of the machine was a strange triangular, orange, blue and purple device that looked only slightly bigger than a Digivice.

"This place is making me pretty uncomfortable..." Babs mentioned "Girls, even I don't like this place. Maybe we should leave..."

"But I wanna stay here for Lunamon" Sweetie Belle brought up "You can leave if everypony wants to, but I would like to stay with my partner, thank you."

"Heck no!" Scootaloo shook her head "If your staying, we're staying too."

"Besides, the technology in this one room is so fascinating..." Silver Spoon looked around the area, her eyes widened and her mouth nearly drooling at the sight of all this advanced machinery "I could stare at it for hours..."

"FlaWizarmon, what is that?" Candlemon finally questioned the object in the machine.

"I'm glad you asked, my good friend" FlaWizarmon smiled "That is an object of my own adaptation: the ChronoCore. QueenChessmon, KingChessmon and I found it buried deep within some ruins of an old human settlement. Together, we reactivated it and modified it to allow us to accomplish our goals."

"Our goals?" Mushroomon wondered crossly "FlaWizarmon, what are ya hidin'?"

"Nothing, Mushroomon, for I have nothing TO hide" FlaWizarmon stepped up to the machine and took the ChronoCore "Everything here is a blatant as the light on a hot summer's day. I'm just surprised you haven't figured it out yet."

"...no" Candlemon shook his head with a fearful expression on his face. Everyone stepped back a bit from FlaWizarmon.

"Oh, yes, Candlemon" spoke another Digimon who appeared next to FlaWizarmon. He was the exact same height as a PawnChessmon and even looked a bit like them as well. This one however had a golden crown atop his head, as well as a purple cape on his neck, a scepter with a yellow jewel on top and a magnificent black mustache under his golden helmet mask.

"I'm guessing you're KingChessmon?" Diamond smirked "You're certainly a lot shorter than I thought you'd be."

"You impudent youth" KingChessmon scoffed "I'd have you head for that comment, but today I'm feeling generous. Besides, the only thing I need now is my 'daughter'."

"Dad, FlaWizarmon, what is the meaning of this?!" Lunamon shouted "I demand an answer!"

"Since she's already here, I might as well tell her" FlaWizarmon stepped up, but was quickly stopped by KingChessmon.

"Allow me" he said, making his college step back "Lunamon, by now you must know that we are not related by blood. Well, you were no mere adoption, I can assure you. Do you see this core here? You were found as an egg near it, along with another who unfortunately perished long, long ago."

"We believe that you are the key to powering the ChronoCore" FlaWizarmon added "As such, we require your digital energy. So, we allowed you to live in this castle for a while until we deemed it was a good time to start harvesting your power. That's why QueenChessmon never allowed you out of the castle to make friends: because we all knew all you were and ever will be was cattle for our slaughtering house. But think of it as... a sacrifice for the protection of the world."

"Y-You're sick!" Sweetie Belle gasped.

"This... This can't be..." Candlemon held his shocked expression "Protection... of the world? FlaWizarmon, you haven't been working on project E.X.O. behind my back, have you?"

"Even before you became a guardian, old friend" FlaWizarmon chuckled "Think of it, Candlemon! With Exo in play, no one will ever have to be afraid of anything ever again! War will be an afterthought, and crime will be at an all-time low! Zero, even! The world will be at peace, and all we need is the energy of one. Single. Digimon. Is that too difficult?"

"There's no way we're giving you Lunamon, creep!" Silver Spoon, along with everyone else, stood in front of Lunamon and protected her "Lunamon is our friend, and there's no way we can give her up!"

"Your plan is flawed anyway" Rumble stated "More good Digimon may die than bad if you go through with this."

"That's impossible!" KingChessmon scoffed, grabbing the core out of FlaWizarmon's grasp "This machine is flawless! And once we have Lunamon's power, nothing will be able to stop it! Now ChronoCore! Take her power!!"

A light shot out from the middle of the ChronoCore, going through everyone and hitting only Lunamon. She screamed as she felt every bit of her power being sapped away from her. The group tried to reach out to her, but the light had become too strong by that point and blew everyone away. All they could do was watch in horror as Lunamon was transformed into a small, grey, tadpole-like Digimon. Finally, the light dispersed and went right into the core.

"Lunamon, no!" Sweetie Belle rushed out to aid her immediately "Lunamon... Lunamon, can you hear me?!"

There was no response.

"Lunamon, please... Don't go" Sweetie Belle was now crying.

"What a pathetic display of affection" KingChessmon scoffed "Why would you develop feelings for something meant to be used as a catalyst for this machine."

"Your majesty? Maybe she wasn't..." FlaWizarmon looked at the ChronoCore "This thing isn't even charged up five percent."

"What?!" KingChessmon exclaimed "How can this be?!"

"I think we were simply wrong in our assumption" FlaWizarmon guessed, feeling sorry for his actions "Catalyst or not, Lunamon was still a living life, with people who love her... oh... We may have just committed the greatest crime in the digital world."

"What, kill another Digimon?" KingChessmon asked.

"No... Tick off your wife."

A loud crash was heard reverberating through the room. The secret door had been breached. KingChessmon started cowering in fear, but FlaWizarmon simply stood there and accepted what was coming to him. For the most part, anyway. Stomping was heard down the tunnel, getting closer and closer until finally revealing QueenChessmon who looked angrier than an Ursa Minor. Before she was about to scold her husband for what he's been doing, she looked down and saw the Digimon that was all that remained of Lunamon.

"...Moonmon?" she shook a bit, bending down and taking her daughter in her hands "She's... She's not breathing..."

"Honey, you knew this was what we were supposed to do" KingChessmon reminded his wife "Using the power from Lunamon, we would have been able to-"

"Shut-up..." she cried a bit "Just... Just shut-up..."

"U-Um..." Sweetie Belle was about to say something, but was softly shushed by QueenChessmon.

"You are... Sweetie Belle, correct?" she wondered "I know my daughter loved you the most, because you were the one who opened up to her and became her friend. I went along with those two, thinking we could save the digital world at the cost of a life. But as time went on, I started caring about Lunamon. I... I was too late too late to stop this... Some mother I am..."

"QueenChessmon, I-"

"Take her" QueenChessmon held Lunamon's body out "After having her data removed, she never would have gone to the Village of Beginnings to be reborn. But she's still here, and I believe you are the only one who can save her..."

"Only I can save her..." Sweetie repeated "Then in that case, I'll do whatever it takes to get her back. Not because I have to and not because I can, but because she's my friend!"

Suddenly, her Digivice began beeping and flashing a light on its screen. A light popped out from it and began surrounding Moonmon, raising her into the air and eventually enveloping her. Everyone stared in awe of what they were seeing, including KingChessmon who was shocked Lunamon was even still alive after draining away her data. Finally, it happened.

Moonmon Warp Digivolve to...

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LEKISMON

The new Digimon standing before everyone was a foot and a half taller than the ponies there. She had two rabbit-like ears and large whiskers on her head, as well as the strand of hair sticking out over her forehead, all of which Lunamon once had. A silver mask now covered her face and her torso was now some form of purple crystal with six tails coming out of it. She now wore gloves and a her moon strap had now become a large necklace of sorts. A pink ribbon flowed behind her head.

"W-WHAT?! THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE!!" KingChessmon exclaimed "Instant digivolution?! Lunamon alive?! Ohhhh... This is one day certainly not in my favor..."

"KingChessmon!" the new Digimon spoke with a voice that sounded as if Lunamon was far older, at least an adult "I am Lekismon, guardian of the moon! What you're doing is a crime against all Digimon, and I intend to stop you!"

"Oh, and what are you gonna do anyway?" KingChessmon chuckled darkly.

"This! TEAR ARROW!" Lekismon created a bow made of ice and fired an icy arrow directly at KingChessmon. He couldn't react fast enough and, in natural reaction, covered himself with whatever was in his hand. He wasn't hit, he thanked, but then he remembered exactly what was in his hands.

"Oh no..." FlaWizarmon gasped at the sight of the ChronoCore starting to malfunction.

"Um... Oh dear..." KingChessmon panicked before handing to to FlaWizarmon "Here, you take it!"

"Sorry, old friend" FlaWizarmon shrugged before looking at the group and shaking his head "And to you all, sorry out time had to be cut short, but I have to go. You all should probably as well."

And with that, he teleported away.

"He that fights and runs away may live to fight another day!" KingChessmon laughed as he threw the ChronoCore up into the air and fled the scene "Have fun blowing up, everyone!"

Everyone watched in horror as the core fell back down onto the ground. However, Lekismon had a different plan. She created an icy shield that covered the group, but she struggled to hold it.

"S-Someone help me..." she muttered, shaking a bit now. Suddenly, a hoof was felt on her back. She looked back and saw Sweetie Belle with a smile on her face. They both nodded, and soon enough everyone else was joining them, praying for Lekismon to protect them. Eventually, even QueenChessmon joined in, despite feeling great regret for treating her daughter the way she did.

"Sweetie Belle... Mother... Everyone..." she smiled, feeling power flowing through her veins "Thank you..."

The core finally hit the ground and set off.

Author's Notes:

FlaWizarmon

QueenChessmon

Tsunomon

KingChessmon

Moonmon

Lekismon

CLIFFHANGER!! Will our heroes survive, or will their friendship not be enough? I don't know! What I do know is that if I don't say this next bit, everyone will think I misspelled FlaWizarmon's name and forgot the "D" in there, when there was no "D" to begin with. Okay? Okay.

I'll admit this wasn't my best episode, but that's mainly because I had school and stuff. And studying. One hour of it. Mom, if you're reading this, I have fans I have to write for, so stop pressuring me and forcing me to play things by your rules, okay? Okay? Thank you. Ugh... Well, I need a coffee. I'll be right back, everyone!

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