In the Feudal Era…

Even though Princess Tsuyu was very distraught from having seen Nobunaga, she and her husband still had their own mission to attend to.

Inuyasha and friends as well as the ponies offered to escort the royal caravan, since most of the bodyguards had been killed, and Kagome did wish to speak with the princess more about what she saw.

But first, they had a little burial service for the soldiers who died. They buried them in the fields, above ground, and covered them with earth mounds, placed flowers over each grave, and Miroku gave a small eulogy for the fallen men.

“As we lay these soldiers to rest, we shall not forget their valiant efforts, their courage, and their loyalty. Brave men will fall, but they will be remembered, and may their deaths not have been in vain.”

He placed his hand vertically to his forehead and bowed respectively, and the others all did the same. Even the ponies respectfully touched their hoofs to their head sand bowed as well.

Rarity was deeply saddened by the deaths of the soldiers, and frightened by HOW they were killed, “I have never seen such a horrible sight.” she cried “Nothing like this ever happened in Equestria before.”

Inuyasha would have loved to protest to her about living in the real world, where friendship and harmony didn’t work how she and her pony friends were used to, but he didn’t. Everyone was already deeply upset with the loss of the men, which angered him greatly, “That Naraku…!” he thought angrily “I swear… we’ll get you! I won’t rest until you’re dead!”

Soon, the caravan was on the way again; Kagome and Shippo rode in in the royal carriage with the couple to talk things over.

“I am positive.” cried Tsuyu “I saw Nobunaga. He was right there when the battle subsided.”

“But I didn’t see anyone there.” said Shippo.

Princess Luna was walking alongside the carriage, with Inuyasha riding on her back. “I saw him too, and I am positive I had seen before, the other night.” she said “The princess speaks the truth.”

“That’s weird.” said Kagome “I couldn’t see him, and neither could anyone else except for the princesses.”

Miroku, riding Cadance, thought it over and the nearest he could figure, “Perhaps it was the spirit of the man they saw. It widely believed that some spirits can only be viewed by a certain few, but it is unclear why.”

Lord Kimo looked at his wife apologetically, “All this time, I believed you were hallucinating when you claimed to have seen him.

Can you ever forgive me?”

Tsuyu hugged her husband softly, “Of course, my lord.”

It was a rather touching moment for many to see.

“Um… one question,” said Rainbow “Who is this Nobra… Nagbu… whatever his name is?”

Tsuyu looked real sad again, “No-bu-naga… he was my dearest friend.”

“Yeah, and he was in love with you too.” Said Shippo, but he gasped when he realized what he had said.

“Shippo!” snapped Kagome, but it was too late. The royal couple heard what was said clearly.

“He was… in love… with my wife?” asked Lord Kimo.

Tsuyu was speechless, and Inuyasha couldn’t help but scoff, “That’s right. He was head-over-heels, that ijadt, and he went out of his way, practically getting himself killed to save your life when you were possessed by that toad demon.”

Kimo was amazed, and Tsuyu, it was finally starting to click for the first time. She remembered Nobunaga blushing and stammering a lot whenever they spoke to each other, and he acted like such a nobleman near her, and was willing to do anything to make her happy.

“There can be no second guessing.” said Sango as rode on Kirara, “That’s genuine feelings of love.”

Cadance felt a shiver run up her spine, “Sounds like it’s a case of unrequited love.” she said to herself.

Tsuyu felt confused, and a little dizzy “All this time, Nobunaga was infatuated with me… yet he knew I was married, and you, my lord, are my true love.”

Her husband felt flattered, but suddenly he remembered, “You don’t suppose… that is the reason he died?”

It all made too much sense now, and Tsuyu asked Kagome about that time at Takeda Village in Kai almost a year ago. “I wouldn’t be surprised.” Kagome answered “He was really depressed, but he did his best to hide it from you. He didn’t want to confuse you or cause any troubles.”

Tsuyu remembered her last conversation with Nobunaga, and how she had asked if he had a special woman or he desired a family of his own, “Oh…!” she gasped when she remembered that was when he keeled over and fell down the hill. “His eyes… they had gone dark!” she cried softly.

“Gone dark…?” asked Rainbow, and the other ponies all turned to face her inside the carriage. “Like how…?”

Shippo explained “We all saw… his eyes were all black, like something had sucked his spirit out. We tried all kinds of cures, and even shards of the jewel, but nothing worked, and he died days later.”

The ponies immediately pondered back to how Spike looked when he died.

As for Tsuyu, she felt extremely horrible now, realizing she was largely responsible for Nobunaga’s death, and now she knew why…!

Even Cadance realized this and remembered what she told Spike, “Just as love can bring the greatest of joys, it can also bring the greatest sorrows.”

Inuyasha was growing most annoyed by all this much and misery. “Look, there’s nothing that can be done about that now.”

“Inuyasha!” snapped Kagome, but Myoga hopped onto her shoulder, “As much as I don’t tolerate his rudeness, Master Inuyasha has a point. All the talking and reasoning in the world shan’t rectify the situation. You cannot change what has been done.”

Some of the humans looked towards Inuyasha. “What are you all staring at me for?”

Miroku cleared his throat, “It occurs to us that perhaps you feel the same as the Princess, in a way. After all, you wish to defeat Naraku to avenge what he had done to you and the lady, Kikyo.”

Inuyasha looked down, growling softly and clenching his fists “So what if I am. I know that destroying Naraku won’t bring Kikyo back to life, but at least I can avenge her death!”

The ponies all thought that very noble of him, and Rainbow couldn’t help but tease, “So under that big half-demon look, he’s a big softie.”

Inuyasha was most annoyed!

“She’s got a point.” said Kagome.

“Well I think it is very noble.” said Rarity.

“Will you all get off my back already?!” growled Inuyasha.

While everyone squabbled about, Tsuyu was way down in the dumps. Even though she knew Inuyasha was right about Nobunaga and nothing would bring him back, it still pained her to finally understand the truth.

Her husband still showed her comfort, and held her softly, feeling just as bad himself.

Still, none of this really explained Nobunaga’s dark form, and why only Tsuyu and Luna could see him when the others couldn’t.

In the Digi Destined World…

Kari stared at Davis’ Dark Angel, and he glared at her with disgust, “You’re nothing but a shameless, (bleeping) liar, Kari!” he growled at her.

Kari was still enraptured by the fact of what she was seeing before her, “Davis…” and she tried to get everyone else’s attention, “It’s no use, Kari.” Davis said “They can’t see or hear me. Only you can.”

It was proven when Tai stood up, “Kari… there’s no one there. Who are you talking to?”

Kari nervously pointed up, “It’s Davis! He’s right here! Only I can see him!”

TK didn’t think Kari was joking, or she wouldn’t so nervous and twitching. “I think she’s telling the truth.”

“Davis?” cried Jun as she looked towards Kari, “Is it really you? Give me a sign!”

Davis just looked at his sister and grunted, but then he noticed Twilight and the other ponies, and he was most surprised to the see the creatures Spike had told him about here in his former world.

“Twilight, can’t you cast some kind of spell?” asked Fluttershy.

“I… I don’t know, I’ve never read any spells about things like this.” said Twilight.

Davis had seen more than enough. “I’m out of here.” and he leapt high up into the sky, his cape changing into his wings.

“Wait! Davis…!!” Kari called, as she leapt up to try and grab him by the foot, only for her hands to pass right through him like clear air, and she fell down, right into TK’s arms. “Got’cha!”

Kari looked right up into the sky and called up, “Davis…!” but he took no notice of her and vanished through a dark portal, and Kari burst into tears.

“What? What happened?!” cried Yolei.

“He’s gone.” sobbed Kari “I can’t take it! It hurts!!”

“Oh, Kari…!” cried Fluttershy as she came over to comfort her soothingly. Tai came over to help his sister too, while everyone else was stunned by what had just happened.

“She says she saw him, but we didn’t.” said Shining Armor.

Starlight wanted to go over and ask Kari about what she saw, but seeing how upset she was she decided against it, and wait for Kari to calm down.

Later that day, the other Digi Destined met up with the gang, and they all hung out at Cody’s place. His mother’s garden was wide open and plenty of room for them all to hang out. Cody’s grandfather provided plenty of prune-juice for everyone, even the ponies.

“Hey! This stuff is pretty good.” said Shining Armor.

Cody grandpa guzzled down the last drop of his own pack, “Like I always say: Life is like prune juice, you have it savor it while it lasts.”

The ponies all blinked in confusion.

“Don’t mind it. My grandpa really means well.” said Cody.

“Well…” said Twilight “I’m just glad you weren’t surprised by all us ponies coming.”

“Yeah, we thought you’d surely be overly astonished.” added Starlight.

Grandpa gave a small cough, “Well, to be honest, I am rather astonished, but I am an old man. Very few things surprise me these days, especially considering all that Cody’s shown me already.

I find it fascinating to learn of so many worlds out there.” Then he turned to look outside where Kari was sitting, “Though I really wish I could help with her out there.”

Kari felt much calmer sitting in the garden, and now it was clear she wouldn’t need to go to the nuthouse, or so. Even though it was clear she HAD seen Davis, her overdeveloped state of depression remained.

She sat on the deck away from the others, until TK came and sat beside her, “You doing okay?” he asked sweetly.

She looked up at him sadly, but managed to force a very small smile on her face, and she softly leaned into his arms.

“Poor, Kari…” said Sora “What are we going to do for her?”

Joe sighed “I honestly don’t know what we can do.”

Izzy had been researching on his laptop all the previous activities in the past few hours, hoping to get any clues of Kari seeing Davis. “Nothing,” he said “There hasn’t been any digital activity at all. Whatever Kari saw, it had nothing to do with the Digital World at all.”

“That’s weird.” said Matt “If it’s not something digital, then what is it? And how come only Kari was able to see Davis?”

Mimi felt very frustrated, “Just when you think we solve one mystery, we get a whole load of new ones.”

Tai felt the most concerned by all this, with both his sister and his girlfriend down in the chops. Frankly, he himself was starting to feel low as he missed Davis himself.

Surprisingly, Jun comforted him, “You okay?” she asked. Tai shook his head, “I’ve never felt so frustrated in my life. Everyone’s really falling apart over all this. I don’t know what to do anymore.”

Jun only then pecked him deeply on the cheek, “At least your caring, and believe me we need as much of that now than ever.”

Tai smiled softly, but he still wished there was a way to help everyone with this whole Davis thing.

“I’ve got it…!” cried Starlight as she ran out into the garden, “I just remembered a spell I used a long time ago…”

She explained, more to Twilight than the others. When she was on her own, and rather evil and crazy, she worked hard to study the art of magic to strengthen her own power, when she came across a spell that allowed her and anyone she cast it on to see what someone else could see through their own eyes.

“You mean you can cast a spell to make us all see Davis the next time he’s around?” asked Tai.

“Why didn’t you think of this before?” snapped Jun.

“Hey, I only just remembered It.” replied Starlight, “Besides, it won’t be easy. We have to wait for Davis to show up again, and Kari has to be with us.

If only she can see Davis, then I need to cast the spell over her, so we’ll see what she sees.”

Kari looked up with a strange expression on her face. It sounded exciting, but a little frightening as well. Not to mention there was still the problem of finding Davis at all. “Davis looked pretty pissed at me when I saw him.” she said “Now he knows I can see him. He’ll probably want to avoid coming near me at all costs.”

Everyone agreed, and this presented a huge problem, and not one of them, not even the ponies had any ideas how to attract spirits, or ghosts, or whatever it was Davis was.

“I keep saying…” said TK “Maybe it would be best if we let this whole thing go.” Everyone looked at him sharply and sternly, “And before any of you scold me; think of it like this: Davis doesn’t want to be seen, he’s obviously still angry with us, and nothing we can do can actually bring him back to life. He’s not a Digimon. He can’t be reconfigured or anything like that at all.”

“TK it’s not all that!” Kari said, and what she said next was hard to say, “I want at least try to reconcile with him. That’s what’s really been bothering me. It was my fault he died.”

“No it wasn’t.” TK protested “Look, you punched him, yes… but that’s not why he died. He just couldn’t get over you, and he threw a big fit.”

Kari’s feature’s hardened “So you’re saying he deserved it?!” she snapped at him “He was our friend TK! I cared for him as such! I can admit maybe he had problems with me, but he didn’t deserve to die!”

“Hey, hey…!” Tai snapped “Knock it off! We’re not starting up these arguments again over who’s to blame. We’re all upset as it is.”

Matt agreed with him, “Tai’s right.” And he looked at Kari “But TK also has a point you know; you can’t keep moping over Davis like this. Like people told me and TK we couldn’t mope over our parents splitting.”

Kari felt livid that he dared to compare the two. This was someone’s DEATH, not a simple divorce!

Twilight, although she understood the facts about the death part, she more than understood Kari’s wishes to at least try to reconcile… with a friend! After all, she and her friends suffered a similar experience, with Spike!

Remembering all that brought a deep pain to her heart, and she went into a deep, sad trance, which made her pony friends feel her pain and understanding their own problem.

“That’s it then…” said Starlight “We’ll at least try.”

Fluttershy and Shining Armor agreed, and Twilight especially.

“Um… just one thing” Joe pointed out “How are we supposed to find Davis? We can’t even see him, so how do we know when he’s around?”

Everyone thought it over, and Ken suddenly had an idea, “The Dark Ocean!”

Everyone turned to face him. “What do you mean?” asked Yolei, and Kent hen asked Kari “You said he looked like some kind of dark spirit, right?”

Kari nodded.

“Maybe what we need is a little darkness to bring Davis out into the open, and the Dark Ocean can do that if we get a little of its water.”

Much as everyone thought that it had potential to work, “No way!” said Yolei “No way am I going back to that creepy place again. It almost made me disappear forever.”

“Um… somebody want to fill us in of this Dark Ocean?” asked Shining Armor.

Izzy explained to the ponies everything: “The Dark Ocean is eerie and haunting place within the Digital World. It has the power to mess with the minds of anyone who enters it. Several of us have had our shares of that cursed place, especially, Ken, Kari and Yolei.”

He didn’t dare go any further, not wanting to bring up all the haunting and bad memories the trio had of the Ocean’s power, especially Ken!

Ken then held out his Black D3. “My Digivice used to be able to emit dark energy waves, but it isn’t able to do that anymore, unless I dip it into the dark waters again.”

He paused and looked up at everyone staring at him with deep concern, especially Yolei. “Ken you can’t! What if you become infected again?”

Her boyfriend looked deeply in regret, and remembered all the horrible things he had done in the past because of the darkness, “It won’t happen, Yolei! I won’t let it. I have to do this!”

Everyone went silent, and Cody’s grandfather came out, having overheard the conversation, “Let him go.” he said to everyone, and the others all turned to gawk at him.

“But grandpa…!” cried Cody, but grandpa wouldn’t take any protests, “Ken is willing to uptake this challenge, and if there is no other way then who are any of you to stop him?

I realize the potential risks involved, but hey… when has risk ever stopped you kids before?”

The ponies all looked at the gang and agreed with grandpa, and Tai agreed as well, “There’s no other choice.”

Ken nodded, but then Yolei held his hand “I’ll go with you as backup.”

“We’ll all come too.” said Sora, speaking on everyone’s behalf, but Ken refused “There’s no sense in risking all of us, and besides, Yolei and I are the only ones that can handle the Dark Ocean.”

TK and Kari knew they could handle the Dark Ocean a bit too, but they knew they couldn’t go since they were banned from the Digital World period, and without their D3s, Patamon or Gatomon, they wouldn’t have a chance if they ran into danger.

“Maybe I can go with you two.” said Twilight.

“Twily…?” said Shining Armor.

“Well, I can provide extra protection with my magic. I’ve faced darkness before, and… well, I really would like to see this Digital World you talk about.”

Much as Izzy admired her curiosity and determination, he reminded her “Twilight, only people with a Digivice, or a Digimon can enter the Digital World. Without either one I don’t see how you can go in there.”

Fluttershy was shuddering nervously, “Besides, it sounds really scary in there anyway.”

Twilight already had a plan to bypass that, and she concentrated hard and her horn started glowing. “What are you doing?” asked Mimi, and then Twilight vanished in a flash, and reappeared as an earring on Yolei’s left ear, astonishing everyone.

“You said it only affects people, you didn’t say it affected objects.” said Twilight

Izzy was really concerned about this and did all the calculations he could “People have tried to wrongfully break into the Digital World before, and it always ended up in disaster. I still suggest you not do this.”

Cody’s grandfather placed his hand over Izzy’s shoulder reminding, “Risks never stopped you before.”

Izzy sighed, and activated the Digi-Gate on his laptop, “Why do I feel I’m going to regret this.”

Yolei and Ken walked over to the laptop, hand-in-hand, and Twilight felt rather nervous.

“Please look after my sister.” said Shining Armor.

The couple nodded at her, and Twilight smiled weakly at her brother. She was actually feeling very nervous about this but still was willing to go.

“Well, here’s goes something.” said Ken “DIGI PORT, OPEN!!” and in a bright flash, he and Yolei vanished into the computer with Twilight.

“Whoa! That’s amazing.” said Starlight.

Izzy nervously checked the stability of the digital gate, and found nothing was wrong, meaning Twilight made it through safely, but that was just half the battle.

Ken and Yolei appeared in an open field where Hawkemon and Wormmon were told to meet them.

“Ken.”

“Yolei, over here…”

The friends united together, and Hawkmon noticed Yolei’s earing, “Where did you get that, Yolei. It looks exactly like Twilight.”

Twilight then answered “That’s because it IS me.”

The two Digimon shuddered in shock.

Twilight then looked all around her at the fields, the grass, the trees, mountains… “So this is the Digital World. I think I like it. It’s so peaceful.”

“You think it’s peaceful now…” said Ken “Just you wait.”

Suddenly, Twilight began to glow and she magically changed back to her normal self, frightening the whole gang. “Warn us when you’re going to do that.” said Yolei.

“But… I didn’t do it.” said Twilight “I didn’t call off the spell yet.”

The gang was confused, and Twilight tried to levitate a rock on the ground, but nothing happened. Her horn didn’t glow, the rock didn’t move, or anything. “My magic doesn’t work here!”

Izzy saw the whole thing and did all his calculations, “I was afraid of this too. Twilight’s magic isn’t compatible with the wavelengths of the Digtial World. All her magic is completely useless.”

Everyone felt worried, especially the other ponies, “But, if Twilight can’t use her spells, she can’t turn back into any object to pass through the portal.” said Starlight. This worried Shining Armor dearly, “My little sis is trapped in there… forever?!”

Ken could hear him from inside the computer, “Don’t worry, I thought this might happen. There’s still one way we can all get back, but we’ll worry about that later. Right now we need to get going.”

The ponies wondered how Ken could possibly get everyone home, and the kids all realized…

“Oh, no!” said TK “He doesn’t mean…?”

Kari blinked nervously, and Cody knew what this meant too, while the others were all confused.

Inside, Ken and Yolei got out their D3s, and initiated the Digivolution.

Twilight was astonished as she gawked at the newly grown Digimon, “It’s like magic.”

The two Digimon felt flattered, and Aquilamon asked “So where are we going and why the hurry?”

“We’re going to the Dark Ocean.” replied Yolei “Ken needs to infuse some of its water into his D3.”

The two Digimon gasped in shock, “The Dark Ocean?!” cried Stingmon “Ken, you can’t! You know what happened to you last time!”

“I realize that!” snapped Ken, and then he apologized for snapping, “Look, let’s just get going. We’ll explain on the way.”

Soon they were all on their way. At least Twilight was still able to fly on her own, and she could only gaze more in awe at the Digital World and all its many sights and wonders below. She even caught a glimpse of many Digimon below.

“So what do you think?” Yolei asked.

Twilight looked back at her “It all looks so peaceful; not nearly as dangerous as you guys claimed it was.”

“Heh…!” chuckled Stingmon “Just you wait. Then you’ll see.”

Soon it began to look darker up ahead as the clouds got thicker and eerie. “Looks like there’s a storm coming.” said Twilight “And I didn’t bring an umbrella with me.”

“That isn’t a storm, Twilight…” said Ken “…That’s The Dark Ocean.”

Twilight gasped in shock. “Wh… What?!”

Soon, there they were…

The dark an eerie skies, the dark waters, and the fog, why even the light house was still giving off dark light instead of bright light; just being in this dreadful place made everyone else look as if they were losing their own physical colors as well.

Twilight felt shivers run up her spine. The only other place she had ever seen as nightmarish as this was in Tartarus!

Ken was softly beginning to hyperventilate as his fears and his past were catching up to him.

“Ken…!” cried Stingmon.

“Oh, no…!” said Yolei “We better set down.”

“Good, I could use a rest.” said Aquillamon.

The gang touched down on the sandy beaches by the cliff faces, and Ken was shivering madly and moaning louder as his memories and shame became stronger.

“Ken…! Ken…!!” cried Yolei as she grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him softly “Snap out of it! Don’t let it get to you!”

Outside, the others were all growing concerned as they watched.

“Poor, Ken… he’s really freaking out!” said Cody.

“What’s wrong with him anyway?” asked Fluttershy “I’ve never seen anyone so frightened. He looks like he’ll burst.”

TK and Kari agreed, so did Cody and the rest, and they told the ponies everything; how Ken was once the Digimon Emperor: A self-proclaimed dictator of the Digital World, enslaving innocent Digimon to do his bidding. He was completely ruthlessly and tyrannical to the bone… and it all started when first he came to the Dark Ocean.

“That’s horrible!” said Shining Armor “And now he’s one of you?”

The others nodded and continued to explain how Ken thought the Digital World was some kind of video game, which he was using as a form of escapism from his hard life-- feeling left out, overshadowed by his brother, Sam, and Sam’s death.

When Ken finally understood the realities of his evil ways, he was devastated and never forgave himself for what he did.

The ponies felt just as sad and as devastated upon learning this; especially Starlight. “Ken was just like me in many ways.” she said to herself “He was alone, miserable, felt a need for power for comfort.”

“So, how did he join your team?” asked Shining Armor.

“That was because of Davis.” replied Kari “He was the only one of us willing to give to give Ken a second chance, and he convinced us all that he could be redeemed. He taught Ken to believe in himself all over again.”

Everyone began to feel really sad again, missing Davis. A few tears fell down Jun’s eyes and Tai held her softly.

The ponies were nearly speechless, and very touched to hear of such acts of friendship.

Matt sighed “I never thought I’d say this, but I think Davis came a long way, and learned a lot more about friendship than ever I did.

But it’s like he just threw it all away, just because Kari didn’t want to go with him.”

This made Kari feel worse. She remembered the fights she had with him; yelling at him, insulting him. She cared for Davis as a friend, which was why she tried to help him find a girl he could be with, and he stomped all over her for it, and rejected all the girls like an allergy.

Regardless of all this; Davis was being a whiny jerk, but didn’t deserve to die.

“Kari…?” said TK, but he could tell she wasn’t okay “Try not to think about it now.”

Kari took in a deep breath to calm herself, and looked back at the screen.

Ken was still freaking out, “The darkness! Don’t let it get me!!” he cried.

Yolei knew the only way to snap him out of it, and slapped her boyfriend clean across the face, and shouted “GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF!!”

“Yolei…!” cried Aquillamon.

“Don’t say it!” panted Yolei, and she looked down at Ken “Remember what Davis taught you; to stop letting all this get to you.”

“Davis…?” said Ken, and he remembered all the times gave him the strength to face his fears, the darkness within him, and set himself back on the right track.

Davis was gone now, but all this finally snapped him back into reality of why he was here in the first place, and that enflamed his courage again, helping him to stand upright on his feet. “You’re right! We’ve got a job to do here.”

Yolei smiled at him, and Twilight felt proud of Ken for standing up to his fear, though she couldn’t approve of Yolei slapping him like that.

Slowly Ken moved towards the waters as they softly splashed against the dark sands. He held out his black D3, and looked back at the others for a moment, and then got down on his knees, and slowly dipped his D3 into the water.

Just the touch of the water made his entire body feel instantly cold and shivery because of the dark powers, but his D3 began to glow as it absorbed some of the power.

Ken began to grunt and groan, trying to hold himself steady and not let the darkness take him over again.

“Come on, Ken!” Yolei said under her breath “Almost there…!”

“This is getting scary!” whimpered Twilight.

Stingmon was really worried about Ken, but he had faith in him. “I know he’ll pull through.”

Ken was beginning to quiver softly, and grabbed hold of his arm with his free hand to try and keep his balance as he absorbed more darkness.

Then he pulled himself up out of the water, falling back onto the sand hard.

“Ken!” cried Yolei.

“Oh, my…!” said Twilight.

Everyone ran over to him and helped him up. “Are you okay?” asked Stingmon.

It took Ken a moment to catch his breath, but he looked down at his D3, which was glowing with a dark aura. “I got the darkness. This could help us find Davis.”

“We did it!” cried Aquillamon “Okay, let’s get out of here.”

“Fine by me.” said Twilight.

“Not so fast!” snarled a voice followed by, “FORBIDDEN TRIDENT!”

“Look out!” cried Stingmon as he shoved everyone out of them sparing them from being mauled by a large black trident.

Everyone turned and saw a huge creatures rising out of the ground, “What… What’s that?!” cried Twilight.

“It’s a Digimon!” shouted Yolei “…Dragomon!”

Dragomon grabbed his trident and glared angrily at the gang, “So, come back again, little emperor?” he snarled at Ken “I felt the darkness of the waters shifting and suspected you had something to do with it.”

“No, no, you don’t understand!” protested Ken, but Dragonmon wouldn’t hear of it, “You and you’re little posse are going to be sorry you came here!!” and he looked ready for a huge fight.

“Hurry!” cried Yolei as she mounted Aquillamon, and Ken mounted Stingmon. The duos took off into the sky with Twilight coming up behind them.

“You won’t get away!” shouted Dragomon “TENTACLE FLAPPING!” and his long tentacles went flapping about forcing everyone to dodge about.

The others saw the whole thing on Izzy’s screen, and began to panic.

“Why is that creep chasing them?” asked Shining Armor.

“When Ken absorbed the darkness from the water, it must’ve disturbed Dragomon’s sleep beneath the waves of the ocean, and Dragomon get very grumpy when disturbed.”

To Fluttershy it sounded like a bear that had been awoken from hibernation too early. “Can’t they just try to talk to it? Try to make them see they didn’t mean to.”

“They just did…!” snapped Tai “I don’t think he’s willing to listen.”

“It’s worse than that…” said Sora “Dragomon’s an Ultimate Digimon! Stingmon and Aquillamon don’t stand a chance!”

The ponies gasped, “Well, can’t you all go in there?” asked Starlight.

“We can’t.” said Joe “The Dark Ocean has no natural Digital-Portals. It was deemed too dangerous to travel to and from instantly. That’s why Ken and Yolei met up with their Digimon and flew all the way.

Even if we went in now it would still take a while to get there!”

This meant the others were all on their own, and worse…

…Stingmon and Aquillamon were starting to grow tired from all the constant dodging, as well as the long flight to the ocean to begin with.

“Yolei… I don’t think I can hold out much longer!” cried Aquillamon.

“Me neither.” added Stingmon.

Dragomon roared, and swung his trident right for everyone, missing them by a few feet, but the wind waves struck the gang hard, forcing them all down onto the beach, landing with three huge thuds.

Ken and Yolei were thrown off their Digimon and rolled along the sand, while the Digimon De-Digivolved to their Rookie forms.

“I’m starting to have second thoughts about The Digital World.” Twilight groaned as she rubbed her head.

Dragomon growled as he rushed forth, and the gang all huddled together in fright. There was no place for them to run to with the big cliffs behind them, the huge beast coming for them, and Twilight couldn’t use any magic to teleport them to safety.

“You’re mine…!!” thundered Dragomon as he prepared to strike, but suddenly someone called out to him, “LEAVE THEM ALONE!!”

TK and Kari recognized that voice at once. “Could it be?!” cried TK.

Kari gawked at the screen with anxiety.

Surely enough, there on the clifftops stood two little Digimon.

“Patamon…!” cried TK.

“Gatmon…!” Kari sobbed with tears in her eyes.

The rest of the team felt mixes of sadness and happiness to see the two again, while the ponies decided not to say anything to ruin the moment.

Gatomon glared angrily at Dragomon and sneered at him, “That’s enough of your grumpiness for one day! You leave our friends alone!”

Patamon nodded “You wouldn’t want me to tell the guardians that you’re misbehaving again!”

Dragomon shuddered softly in fear, “Uh… just remembered, it’s time for my nap!” and he jumped back into the water disappearing beneath the waves, much to the relief of the gang.

Patamon and Gatomon leapt down and reunited with some of their friends, and they all exchanged hugs and stuff. Then Patamon and Gatomon looked at Twilight.

“Who’s this…?” asked Patamon “I’ve never seen a Digimon like you before.”

“She’s not a Digimon.” said Ken.

Twilight bowed and introduced herself to the two Digimon.

“You’re a pony princess from another world?” asked Gatomon “What are you doing here in the Digital World? How did you even get here?”

“It’s a long and complicated story.” said Hawkmon “But really… what are the two of you doing here at the Dark Ocean?”

The duo hesitated, and Patamon felt rather upset to tell them, “Well, I live here now… since my sentencing.”

“Your sentencing?” asked Wormon.

Patamon explained this was his punishment, issued by Gennai and the four gaurdians, for being inadvertently responsible for Ex-Veemon’s destruction, like someone being tried for murder and found guilty. “They even altered my data, like putting an obedience collar on me. If I try to leave the Dark Ocean area, they’ll just transport me right back here again.”

TK heard all this, “Patamon…” he said softly under his breath. Too bad Patamon couldn’t see or hear him through the screen.

Gatomon patted Patamon softly “I couldn’t bear to think how miserable he was being here. So I came down to keep him company.

But I really miss Kari.”

Hearing this made another tear roll down Kari’s cheek. What she would give just for a chance to hug Gatomon one last time.

“How is everyone?” asked Patamon.

“Not really that good…” said Wormon, and he managed to quickly explain about Davis’ death, Kari falling to bits, the ponies coming and all that stuff.

Gatamon felt horrible. She missed Kari so much, and she felt even worse about Davis, “I can’t believe he really died.”

“That’s awful!” agreed Patamon “But why are you here then and why were you gathering darkness from the water?”

“It’s to help us find Davis’ soul.” said Ken “It’s hard to understand, but right now we really need to get back, and there’s only one way we can take Twilight with us.”

He looked over at Yolei, and she looked just as worried with the ideal, but even she could tell there was no other way.

“What is it?” asked Twilight.

Ken clasped his D3 in his hand tightly, but it was Yolei who answered, “Ken, and he alone has the power to open a small rift between our world and the Dark Ocean. It’s the only way we can get you back out there, Twilight. Otherwise you’ll be stuck in here.”

Hawkmon’s feather’s stiffened, “Oh, dear…! That only happens if I’m truly worried.”

“Stand back!” said Ken “Here goes something…!”

Izzy gulped hard, “This is it…” and he punched up the Digital World’s wave levels to make sure the world itself wouldn’t become unbalanced by what was about to happen.

Ken then let out a roar and held his D3 way out. The D3 began to glow with a dark power, focusing at the cliff faces. Already Ken began to feel the strain getting to him, but he held on with all he had and continued to focus the darkness.

Izzy checked the computer screen; the levels were starting to increase but nothing dangerous… yet!

“This is getting scary.” whimpered Mimi.

Suddenly, there was a small glow a light just appearing in the field near where the gang were sitting. It glowed brighter, and bright, and began to open wide, revealing the Dark Ocean, in the Digital World on the other side.

“It’s working!” cried Joe.

“Digtal Wave Levels are starting to race!!” panicked Izzy. His computer alarm started to beep as the screen flashed red!

In the Dark Zone…

“Hmmmm…?!” The Lord began to feel a disturbance.

“What is it my lord?” asked a sentry.

“I feel a great burst of dark energy being pushed against the dimensional fabrics.” replied the lord, and his sentry felt concerned, but the lord assured him it meant no danger to them, but he himself was feeling concerned of all these dimensional shifts.

At the same time, Davis reappeared, “Whoa!” he cried “I was just about to come in and suddenly, POW, this big energy burst nearly disrupts my inter-dimensional travel.”

The lord felt more concerned than ever now, and felt his Dark Angels were in greater danger now.

Back in the field, the rift was now more than wide enough for gang inside the Digital World to jump through.

“Patamon!” cried TK.

“Gatomon!” cried Kari.

“TK!”

“Kari!”

Much as laying eyes upon each other for the first time in a long time was most beautiful, the others had to act fast before the rift would disappear.

Finally, Ken collapsed from near fatal exaushtion. “Ken!” cried Yolei as she caught him in her arms.

“We’ve got to hurry!” shouted Hawkmon.

“You don’t have to tell me twice.” said Wormon. Both he and Hawkmon leapt up onto Twilight’s back and she carried them through the hole which was already starting to seal itslef up.

Yolei and Ken jumped through as the hole got smaller, and Patamon and Gatomon were watching sadly.

“Come on through!” shouted TK.

“We can’t!” cried Gatomon.

“I can’t…” said Patamon “But you can!”

“Patamon… I…!” and before Gatomon could protest any further, “BOOM BUBBLE… Pah!” Patamon spat his bubble right at her, and though Gatomon was a champion, she was knocked back and through the rift by the blast.

“Gatomon!” Kari shouted as she caught her.

“Patamon!!” cried TK as he ran towards the disappearing hole, but Tai and Matt held him back as the hole was already too small to fit through anymore.

Patamon smiled tearfully at TK “Nice to at least see you again.” he cried, and the whole vanished completely, and the Digital levels were stabilized on Izzy’s computer.

Poor TK feel to his knees, and began to cry.

“TK…” Matt said as he held his brother softly letting him cry. Frankly he couldn’t blame him. None of the others could either and they all felt equally as heartbroken as he was…

…But Kari, she was a bit preoccupied as she held Gatomon in her hand.

“Gatomon…” she cried.

The little cat slowly opened her eyes “K… Kari?”

Kari’s ears cascaded down her face and she hugged her long lost partner closely, “Oh, Gatomon!” she sobbed “I thought I’d never see you again!”

Gatomon began to cry softly too.

Izzy felt so overjoyed from seeing Kari and Gatomon reunited, but he still felt deeply upset over TK and Patamon.

Then, there was trouble! He received a priority e-mail from Gennai.

He sounded pretty pissed, obviously aware of everything that had just happened. “Oh, shit!” groaned Izzy.

In Jump City…

Beast Boy was still hovering outside the windows, still shocked out of his mind, “Raven and Terra can see me!” he said to himself.

“I don’t see anyone there.” said Pinkie Pie

“No! I see him…” said Raven.

Beast Boy looked inside again, and was even more shocked to see four ponies, exactly the kinds that Spike had described. “What in the shits are they doing here?!” he growled “I’ve got to get back and warn the lord.”

He began to fly off, and Terra dashed to the window and pounded on the glass, “BEAST BOY…!!” she screamed.

Flurry Heart woke up and cried.

“Oh, no!” groaned Celestia.

Raven then got up and dashed at the window.

“Raven…!” Robin called as he watched her meld through it with her powers and fly off.

Beast Boy flew way up high, and prepared to open a portal to escape to the dark zone, when suddenly he heard, “Beast Boy…!!”

“Huh…?” he looked down and saw Raven flying at him, and knowing she could see him and that her powers got him once, “Shit!” he snapped and took off over the city, and Raven gave chase.

“Wait…!” she called to him, but he wouldn’t wait, if anything he flew faster than she ever hoped to and zoomed out of sight.

Raven halted in midair unable to believe how fast he had gone, and there was no way she could catch up with him now.

She saw no choice but to just go back to the tower.

The others managed to get Flurry back to sleep, and they put her back in her crib in Starfire’s room.

“What happened?” Robin asked.

“Where’s Beast Boy?” Terra asked anxiously.

Raven shook her head “Sorry, he got away.”

Terra looked really downhearted. “Well, at least I know I’m not crazy and I DID see him.”

Applejack raised her hoof “Um, sorry to intrude here, but mind tellin’ us who’s Beast Boy?”

“Yeah… and how come we couldn’t see him?” added Pinkie Pie.

The Titans all looked down deeply, and Terra was on the verge of tears, either by her heartbreak or her pregnancy mood swings, but most likely the first reason.

Cyborg came over to her and helped up, “I think you need a rest girl.” Then he escorted her out of the lounge and off to her room.

Celestia herself couldn’t take the curiosity any longer. “I think perhaps you’d better answer us.” she said, “Who is Beast Boy?”

Robin clenched his fists tightly, trying to subside the pain building up inside him. “Beast Boy was one of our teammates.”

“He was our dear friend.” added Starfire “He is also the father of Terra’s child.”

The ponies all felt stunned by this, and they didn’t have to guess twice that Beast Boy was dead.

“I’m very sorry to hear that.” said Celestia.

“You don’t even know the half of it.” said Robin “It was almost a year ago but we still remember like it was yesterday.”

“Why, what happened?” asked Pinkie.

Neither Robin nor the girls initially felt the strength to tell, until Applejack came up to them, “Where I come from, we have a thing called Honesty, and sometimes it helps to bring it out in the open.”

Raven volunteered to explain as best she could feeling she had stronger emotional control.

“We were once close with Beast Boy, especially Terra, but then she changed.” She told them about Beast Boy explaining his Things Change experience with Terra, and you can bet the ponies were a cross between livid, shocked, and disgusted.

“Let me get this straight…” said Applejack “She pretended not to remember him, and she told him to get out of her life just so she could live a normal life and put the past behind her?”

Robin nodded, “It’s true… she even explained it to us after we took her in.”

Pinkie gagged and held her neck with her hooves, “Pinkie…!” cried Starfire “Are you hurt!”

“Just… choking… on air!” groaned Pinkie. She really was choking on outrage and disgust “I’ve never heard of anything so ridiculous in my life.”

“Well, you got to admit,” said Raven, “She really didn’t want to hurt anymore, and she just wanted to live peacefully.”

Celestia agreed, “Yes, that is understandable, but even I know that such actions are harsh and cruel.”

The Titans agreed and they continued to explain how they were a little harsh on Beast Boy, especially Raven while she was on her period. “We had fights… he grew outraged, and we knew he needed help letting go and moving on.”

“Then it go way worse…” said Robin, and he brought up the trial case, and the rape charges, and when the ponies found out about Terra’s perjury, and the Titans letting her get away with it… even Celestia’s features hardened. She spoke very deeply to the Titans, “You were all willing to let Beast Boy go to prison for a crime he didn’t commit?”

The Titans felt ashamed, “We couldn’t expose Terra with no evidence.” said Robin.

“And if we had testified, she would have been placed in great danger.” added Starfire.

The ponies felt more disgusted than ever, “So you hurt one friend to save another.” said Pinkie “Couldn’t you have worked this all out, in a way that everyone would be happy? That’s what we’d do.”

Raven felt it difficult what she was about to tell the ponies, “I know you all believe in friendship and happy ever afters, but it just doesn’t always work that way.

Terra didn’t want to come back, and Beast Boy wasn’t doing well. He needed help, he needed to really let go and move on, so we had him committed to a mental hospital, and that’s where he died.”

Applejack felt so hot that she had to take her hat off for a bit. She was starting to regret her little talk of honesty after hearing all this; betrayal of friendship, framing, perjury, and above all selfishness.

Celestia had never heard of such dysfunction and fallouts in friendship before, but she didn’t dare scold the Titans anymore. They were already in deep regret, especially Terra, and nothing could bring Beast Boy back.

“I only wish there were some way to bring our friend back to the living.” said Starfire “I would give anything in the galaxy to make it up with him and to set things right again.”

“That ain’t possible, girl.” said Applejack. “Applejack is right…” agreed Celestia “The dead are better off left alone. Just let them rest in peace.”

“I… don’t think he really in peace.” said Raven, and she described what Beast Boy looked like when she chased him, “He was some kind of… Dark Spirit… and believe me, I know these things, dark spirits can only mean something dreadful.”

Robin and Starfire wondered, and Robin asked aloud “Could that be what happened to Beast Boy?”

“What do you mean?” asked Pinkie and Robin and explained how he and the others were there when Beast Boy died in the hospital, and the ponies were surprised when he told them, “...His eyes went black.”

“Wait…” said Pinkie “Did it look like… this.” And she mysteriously made her eyes look the same with black ink and keeping her eyes shut.”

“Exactly like that…” replied Starfire “Why do you ask?”

“Because…” said Applejack “A friend of ours kicked the can in the exact same way.”

The titans turned speechless, and Cyborg came into the room after putting Terra down for her nap. “Okay, what did I miss?” he asked.

In the Dark Zone, the quartet regrouped…

“What?!!” snapped Spike when he was told that more of his friends were scattered about; four of which were in Davis’ world, and four more were in Beast Boy’s. “That must’ve been the disturbance we felt.” Spike said “When Twilight and the group got sucked into the mirror gate, it must’ve malfunctioned and sent them all to each of your own respective worlds.”

“That’s gotta be it...” said Davis “And it’s also been confirmed; Kari can see me but the others can’t.”

“Same with me…” said Beast Boy “Terra and Raven could see me for sure, and Raven tried to catch me. I know her dark powers affected me before. I don’t know what she would’ve done if she had caught me.”

Spike suddenly began to look way down in the dumps.

“Something disturbs you?” asked Nobunaga.

Spike looked up at him, “I remember you saying you remembered some of the ponies being in your world, as in the far away past. That means they’re dead by now.”

Images of the four ponies flashed by him-- Princess Luna, Cadance, Rainbow Dash, and above them all, Rarity.

Nobunaga understood Spike’s pain too well. Hundreds of years had passed since he first came to the Dark Zone himself. Anyone he ever knew back from the Feudal Era was long gone, with the exception of Kagome whom lived in the present day of his new world.

“Well, what about the other ponies?” asked Davis “They don’t belong in my world, or Beast Boy’s.”

The Lord could already sense what they were all thinking, and cautioned them, “We cannot interfere. What has become of them is of no concern or consequence to us, and unless it becomes so, they will have to fend for themselves.”

The boys, even Spike, understood. They wouldn’t try anything. They also had to be careful when they went out on their hunts for dark aura now that they knew people could actually see them, and worse, creatures with Dark Magic could affect them.

“I still don’t get it…” said Beast Boy “Obviously, Raven is able to see us because she draws her power from darkness just like we do, but it doesn’t explain how Terra could see me.”

“Or how Kari could see Me.” added Davis.

“Princess Tsuyu was able to see me as well.” said Nobunaga “Perhaps there is a connection of sorts?”

He, Beast Boy and Davis thought it over much. Spike didn’t ponder as no one had seen him yet, but he began to wonder if any of the ponies would had been able to see him; not that he’d really get a chance to test it.

All he could do for now was head back to Equestria on his collecting shift. “I’ll be back later.” he said to the others, and he vanished through a portal leaving his comrades to ponder over things.