The Terrier Twin
Chapter 14:
A Way to Dark Castle! The Aquan Symbol!
See Chapter 13 here.
Paureen the Lopmon here, as your narrator like always, like usual! I just met my “twin” rival, and we found out where that evil master is! Things are looking pretty serious…
“Yes indeedy, Pixi~! We’ve found our brand new destination~!” Marine agreed.
“Pixi, are you saying that we’re going to that master’s place?” Burger asked.
“But of course he is! I know how Pixi is serious about it from the look on his face!” Corona replied.
“Really? I just look at his face and I’m seeing pickles,” I said, looking closely at Pixi.
Pixi shoved me away.
“Pickles?! Is something wrong with your eyes?!” he exclaimed.
I shrugged. “It’s just that when I look at you, Pickle, pickles are what comes into my mind,” I said.
“It’s Pixi, not Pickle!” Pixi shrieked.
“Now, now, Pixi. Anyway, now that we know where that master is, we need to head to Dark Castle and defeat him,” Luna said.
“That’s right! We just head on over to Dark Castle, defeat the master, and all our troubles will be over!” EbiBurga agreed.
“It won’t be easy going to Dark Castle,” Tsukai said.
We all turned to him.
“Why?” Latte asked.
“Defeating master isn’t only the problem here. The big problem is how do we find and get into Dark Castle itself,” Tsukai replied.
“Huh? What do you mean?” I asked.
“Dark Castle can’t just be found that easily. First of all, Dark Castle is invisible and can’t be seen. And second, there’s a barrier that surrounds the whole area that prevents anyone, except master’s allies, to get in,” Tsukai explained.
Oh, this is just great. This master must be high with security or something. You can’t see Dark Castle, and when you do, there’s a barrier! Oh, brother…
“Is there some way to find and get into Dark Castle, Tsukai~?” Marine asked.
“There is only one way,” Tsukai replied.
“What? Tell us!” I urged.
“It’s to get all the Digimon Symbols,” Tsukai replied.
“Digimon Symbols? What’s that?” Burger asked, confused.
“It’s basically a bunch of symbols that represent the different Digimon types: Beast, Dragon, Aquan, Machine, Bird, Holy, Dark and Insect/Plant,” Tsukai explained.
“So, all we have to do is go get them, and then we’ll get to go into Dark Castle!” EbiBurga said.
“Hmm…although there is still a problem,” Tsukai added.
“I knew there’d be something else,” Latte said with a sigh.
“Master hid the Digimon Symbols in different places throughout the Digital World. Each of the Digimon Symbols have Digimon guarding them,” Tsukai replied.
“What kind of Digimon are they, by the way?” I asked.
“I have no idea. But one thing’s for sure, that the Digimon that are guarding the symbols match with the Digimon Symbols,” Tsukai replied.
“But…how are we going to find the Digimon Symbols?” Luna asked.
“That, I don’t know,” Tsukai replied.
“I have an idea!” Pixi announced.
“What is it?” Latte asked curiously.
“I’ll go use my Pixie Portal and teleport us to any random place! Hopefully, that place we land into is the place where a Digimon Symbol is,” Pixi said.
“Pickle, are you crazy?! What if we land into some really bad place?!” I exclaimed.
“But it’s the only way I can think of,” Pixi replied.
“Pixi has a point. No matter what place we end up in, we’ll just search the area and see if there’s a Digimon Symbol there, since Tsukai did mention that the master hid the Digimon Symbols in all sorts of places,” Corona agreed.
“That’s my Coronamon! Agrees with me everytime!” Pixi said happily.
Well, if even Mr. Coronamon says so, I need to agree. I mean, how can I just refuse an adult?
“Oh, fine. I guess we have no choice,” I muttered.
“Well, now that’s settled, let’s go! Pixie Portal!” Pixi said, spinning his spear.
A portal appeared below our feet again, and so we fell in again, screaming.
SPLASH!
Much to our surprise, instead of usually crashing into the ground flat on our faces, we landed on water! But the water was freezing cold!
I looked around and saw that there was ice everywhere. We’re in Hard Mountains!
Yep…Hard Mountains…yet another place where me and Latte got lost in…
Just thinking about those blizzards make me shiver.
We all quickly jumped out of the freezing water.
“Brr…that was just cold!” Burger said, shivering.
“Oh, this is paradise~!” Marine said happily. “I live in here, you know~! In Undersea Drive, that is~!”
It’s no surprise that Marine would be happy. She’s an Aquan Digimon and Aquan Digimon are mostly here in Hard Mountains.
Wait! Aquan Digimon…?
“Hey, everyone!” I announced.
“We know what you’re thinking, Paureen. This is Hard Mountains and since Aquan Digimon are here…” Luna began.
“We might find the Aquan Symbol!” EbiBurga finished.
Luna nodded. “Right,” she said.
“So, if we look around for a while, we’ll probably find the Aquan Symbol! Let’s go!” Pixi said.
We explored Hard Mountains, even though it was cold.
But on the way, we got attacked by a crazy Mojyamon, got chased and nearly squished by a huge Mammothmon, yet again being attacked, by a Hyogamon, and other Aquan Digimon. I guess they must have been affected by that virus that master spread. Usually they don’t attack for no reason, but today they’re all awfully aggressive.
After escaping barely from those Digimon, we found a little cave up ahead.
“Look, there’s a cave! Maybe if we stop by to rest there, we can get out of this coldness,” Burger called out.
We all agreed.
We went inside the cave and rested up for a bit, and warmed ourselves with a fire that Corona created.
“It’s feeling nice and warm…” Latte said, getting sleepy.
“It sure does,” EbiBurga agreed.
While resting up, I noticed a faint light that led deeper into the cave.
“Hey, what’s that light over there?” I asked.
“It seems to be some sort of light…” Luna replied, looking at the light.
“Why don’t we check it out?” Tsukai suggested.
We went deeper into the cave, and it seemed to get colder.
When we reached the end of the cave, there was a dead end.
“Aw, all this way for nothing,” Latte said sadly.
“Hold on. There might be some sort of mystery here,” Pixi said, poking his spear into the wall.
The wall slid off, and it revealed another way leading deeper into the cave.
“Well, come on, everyone~! Let’s go~!” Marine said.
We went further into the cave, it was seriously getting cold.
But when we reached the end of the cave, we saw something floating above us, shining with a bright light.
It was some sort of thing that looks like a big golden coin, but in the middle of it was a blue fish.
“T-that’s…that’s the Aquan Symbol!” Tsukai exclaimed.
Everyone was shocked.
“Is that really it?! The Aquan Symbol?!” Luna cried.
“Course it is! Don’t you know a symbol when I see one?!” Tsukai replied.
“Let’s go get it!” I said, preparing to fly up and grab it.
But then a voice interrupted us.
“Hey! I won’t let you get the Aquan Symbol!”
We turned around to see a Gomamon, but it looked different from the usual Gomamon…

“This Gomamon looks different,” EbiBurga said.
“That’s because this Gomamon has been affected by the virus,” Pixi explained.
“That’s right, you little pixie! I’m a Gomamon X! The subspecies of a Gomamon!” the Gomamon said. “But you can just call me Goma X!”
“Okay, Goma X, can you tell us why you’re here?” Corona asked.
“That’s because I guard the Aquan Symbol! And I’m not going to let you get it! You’re servants of that master, aren’t you?!” Goma X replied angrily.
“No! We aren’t! We’re servants of Ophani -” Pixi tried to explain.
“I don’t want to hear any excuses from those who serve that master! I won’t allow you to get the Aquan Symbol no matter what!” Goma X growled.
“Marching Fishes!”
A bunch of fish flew out of nowhere and attacked us.
“Ouch! Hey, that hurt!” Latte cried.
“Urgh! This fish are getting annoying!” I said, trying to knock off the fishes.
“Hahaha! Something smells fishy around here, isn’t it?” Goma X laughed evilly.
“This fish are having such a huge overload! Latte, digivolve me now -”
I wasn’t unable to finish my sentence, because a fish hit me in the face. I was knocked out.
“Gah! Paureen’s knocked out!” Burger exclaimed.
“Oh, what do we do now?!” EbiBurga cried.
“U-uh…I don’t know!” Latte said, the red triangle on his forehead shining again.
“I…I feel strange…” Corona said, his body trembling.
“Brother! What’s wrong with you?!” Luna cried.
“Coronamon digivolve to…Firamon!”

Luna, Burger, Tsukai and EbiBurga were so shocked that their mouths hit the ground. Pixi and Marine were just amazed. Latte had absolutely no idea what was going on. And me, who was currently unconscious had positively, absolutely no idea what in the world was happening.
“Wow, brother…you digivolved…” Luna said, amazed.
“Just because you’re a Champion level doesn’t mean you can defeat me! Sharp Blade!” Goma X said, charging towards Corona, who was currently a Firamon now, with his sharp claws.
Corona - ur, let’s call him Fira, dodged the attack and attacked right back.
“Flame Dive!”
Fira winded his whole body with fire, and came down quickly from the sky and tackled Goma X.
This didn’t finish him yet, though. That seemed to make him angrier.
“Grr! That’s it! I’m digivolving, too!” Goma X said angrily.
“What?! He can digivolve?!” Burger exclaimed.
“Gomamon digivolve to…Ikkakumon!”

“Take this! Harpoon Torpedo!”
He shot out several horn-shaped rockets from his horn, each one opening and revealing a small torpdeo inside.
Some managed to hit Fira, but Fira still continued to battle.
“Fira Bomb!”
Fira used his full power and shot fire bombs from his forehead.
“ARGHH! NOO!!” Goma X, who is an Ikkakumon, cried.
He somehow reverted into a DigiEgg, while Corona returned to his Rookie form again.
“Brother! That battle was amazing!” Luna said happily.
“Oh, it was really nothing,” Corona replied shyly.
I quickly woke up.
“GAHH!!” I screamed, waking up.
“Oh, you’re awake,” Tsukai said.
“I had this weird dream that I was about to eat a cake then Latte came and stole it and I had to chase him…” I said. “Anyway, what happened?”
“You missed out some good stuff, Paureen! Corona digivolved into Firamon and battled Goma X, who became an Ikkakumon but he got defeated and then he became a DigiEgg!” Latte explained.
“Seriously?!” I exclaimed.
I looked over to see a DigiEgg, and as I approached it, the DigiEgg glowed and hatched quickly into Gomamon! The normal Gomamon!

“Why hello there! Pleased to meet you! I’m Gomamon, the one who guards the Aquan Symbol,” the Gomamon said.
His personality suddenly changed. I wonder if defeating him pulled out the virus inside him?
“Nice to meet you too, Gomamon, but may we ask a little favor~?” Marine asked.
“But of course! Anything for a fellow Aquan Digimon,” Gomamon replied.
“We would like to get the Aquan Symbol~ It’s really important and we need it to defeat the evil master~” Marine explained.
“The master? Oh, that terrible master that’s been spreading that horrible virus! Sure! Go take it if it’s really needed,” Gomamon replied.
“Thank you, Gomamon! We appreciate it!” Pixi said happily.
“It’s not a problem, really,” Gomamon answered.
We took the Aquan Symbol and went on our way.
As we were walking to get out of the cave, I asked, “Pickle, how did Gomamon manage to digivolve by himself?”
“I know. Digimon who guard the Digimon Symbols get to digivolve anytime they want, if it’s to protect the symbol,” Tsukai explained.
“They must be really lucky,” Burger said.
“So!” Pixi interrupted, “are you all ready for another quest to get another Digimon Symbol?”
“Um, not really -” But Pixi ignored me.
“Let’s go! Pixie Portal!”
Pixi spun his spear again, and we fell into a portal once more.
I wonder where we’ll end up this time?
To be continued…
Digimon mentioned in the story:

Mojyamon

Mammothmon

Hyogamon