Digimon Empire Chapter 3

Digimon Empire

Chapter 3

Michael tried peering through the grating in the ceiling but couldn't see anything outside of frantic shuffling of feet and occasional glimpses of the moon. A large red glow streaked by and he thought it may have been a fireball. The Digimon with the sharp glowing eyes and rumbling low voice was now standing by him. He recognized the Digimon but couldn't quite place who it was. A small dragon, its neck slightly longer than that of an Agumon, and less bulky than a Guilmon. His scales were black like obsidian and his veins in between each scale glowed a soft red, the same soft glow as were in his eyes. His snout was pointed and not snubbed, all in all he had a rather majestic look despite walking on two legs.

"We can't break out of here. You will need to hide, hopefully they don't check well." Michael looked around as he said this but decided there was no place to hide in the exposed cell. Hours crept by and the two stood there staring through the opening seeing increasing numbers of fireballs and streaks of light. All at once there was a rush of Guardmon entering the dungeon. The Digimon shoved Michael in the corner and slammed him down to the floor. Then turned quickly and stood directly in front of him shielding him from view. The Guardmon that entered opened the cell and filed in.

"Cairomon step aside. We have been ordered to move the 'humon' out of the city before the rebels take him. It is evident they're attacking this boldly on account of his presence. We need to keep them here." They moved forward as a solid group and went to take Michael. Cairomon growled,

"He will not leave here without me."

"Step aside prisoner or be punished." The Guardmon at the front drew his standard sword and menacingly aimed it toward Cairomon. Cairomon didn't back down until Michael grabbed him by the arm while standing.

"No. It's fine I'll go with you." Walking around Cairomon Michael found himself seized and dragged from the cell. The Guardmon locking the door securely before marching Michael further into the dungeon below the long house of the city rather than upstairs and out. When they reached the cell on the furthest point of the dungeon one of the Guardmon stepped in and lifted the bunk on the floor revealing a staircase leading on. All at once the group was enveloped in pitch black darkness. It was thick, like sludge or burnt motor oil. His mind raced, he couldn't think of a single Digimon, attack, or element they'd created that attacked or moved like this. He heard the Guardmon falling to the floor around him. He could still feel the heat from their torches but he could see no light. There was grunting, sounds of slams and metal clanging, and death. There was no mistaking that sound. Michael reached out blindly he tried working his way down to hall back towards the cell he'd shared with Cairomon. His legs grew heavy, as though the shadows themselves were pulling back on his ankles. The touch was oddly familiar though he couldn't place where or how that was possible.

Then Michael stumbled, freed all at once and in the light where he could see again. The shadow was actively tearing apart the Guardmon and he ran from it. As he reached the cell that Cairomon was still in he frantically searched for a key but to no avail.

"Either leave me here or go face the shadow and retrieve a key from one of the Guardmon that fell." Michael looked and saw the shadow retreating into the secret passage at the end of the hall. As he made his way toward them he was taken aback by the gruesome scene. There was blood and gore splattered everywhere. This was not coded in, this was another evolution the Digital world had taken. He retrieved a set of keys and one of the swords from a fallen Guardmon, carefully removing the sword and sheath from the belt hold. He'd started to walk away to head back but realized that the Guardmon was roughly the same size as he was. He quickly gathered up some loose armor from the fray and tried putting it on. The greaves were a little large, the boots a little small, and the chestplate fit on a funny angle. Overall though the Guardmon's armor replaced his makeshift leafy clothing. Satisfied that this outfit offered better cover and protection and that it was situated on him well he headed back down the hall. Not without a glance back to the cell where the shadow dwelled. One day he'd have to come back to confront the entity. Shaking the thought he moved more quickly until he reached the cell and unlocked it. Cairomon stepped out and looked at the scene down the hall and then looked at the stairs leading up.

"Which path do you want to take, I smell death in both." Cairomon's nose flared. Michael simply shook his head.

"We're going up. I need to see what's happening above ground and after whatever that thing was just tore through those Guardmon I'm not going that way." With that the duo moved upwards and as they came out from the dungeon they bore witness to Guardmon fighting Guardmon actively in the room in the long house. The Guardmon that were the captors, like those who perished below, were all wearing silver armor. They were fighting Guardmon who were adorned in Gold armor, a bright bronze shining brilliantly as though just polished despite the obvious signs of battle and destruction around.

"We have no allies here," Cairomon whispered in a low growl, "Lets get free from the city and then we'll focus on where to go." As they reached the door a Gold Guardmon rushed through, in one swift movement Cairomon jumped back and Michael thrust the sword he'd liberated from the Guardmon in the dungeon forward deep into the Gold Guardmon. The Guardmon shook, rattled, and slid off the end of the sword in a heap. Cairomon looked visibly impressed but refrained from speaking as they hurried from the city. Just outside the door there was another gold Guardmon whom Cairomon dispatched. It was as though it hadn't even seen him approaching as Cairomon tore into it. Michael explained that due to their helmets they had enhanced line of sight vision but terrible peripheral vision. Meaning so long as they stayed out of direct site of the Guardmon fighting everywhere they could easily dispatch them. It simply took being smart and moving efficiently. They set off from the long house in a straight shot for the gate and encountered nearly no resistance. As they reached the city gate however they stopped. MetalBattlemon was squared off with an AxeBattlemon, a digivolved form of Battlemon. AxeBattlemon wielded a massive two-handed axe, he was less heavily armored as his opponent and pre-digivolved forms. Sporting this flexible leather armor, his head was most greatly exposed revealing his goblin like features. Sharp teeth, pointed ears, and a green complexion. AxeBattlemon was a menacing foe to behold. MetalBattlemon had his sword molded from his right arm armor and a shield had formed in his left hand. The two crossed weapons and the ground shook in concussion. Cairomon and Michael slowly backed away and made their way down a bloodied alley. Guardmon may not have good peripherals but those two ultimate level Digimon definitely did and that was one battle better left avoided.

"We're going to need to find another way out of the city," Cairomon said in a hushed tone, "There is no way we're getting past them." A gurgled cough came from behind a damage crate and a strained voice quietly echoed out.

"Th-there is... another way-ay out." Michael moved over to see a severely injured Guardmon, "Go, to, Go, to, the western wal-al, There is a small-al, hole under the wall. Squeeze through and leave." Michael looked at the Guardmon as Cairomon already started moving to the west wall pausing only to wait for him. Michael closed the Guardmon's eyes and lifted his sword, thrusting it into the chest cavity of the terminally injured Digimon. Cairomon turned his head quickly,

"You are strange to end him."

"He was suffering," Michael replied, "I was sorry for him to suffer and there was nothing to be done to save him. I let his death come quicker." Cairomon nodded and as he turned back to walk again a shadow fell over the alley.

"Just as I'll let your death come quicker." The booming voice of AxeBattlemon echoed, his bloodied axe twirling in hand. Their escape just became much harder.

Digimon Empire Chapter 2

Digimon Empire

Chapter 2

Michael was growing increasingly apprehensive as several minutes passed by. He should have awoken from the stasis pod already yet he hadn't so his mind racing about the possibilities regarding his situation. He was painfully aware of being naked so he started gathering some material to make himself some makeshift clothing. It was mainly large soft leaves but it did the job in covering him up and protecting him from the chilly wind. The wind cutting across made him think it was late evening yet when he looked around he realized it was almost exactly noon based on the position of the softly glowing sun. Though he knew if he was stuck here he'd need to find some shelter soon.

Michael left the clearing moving slowly around the pond he'd spotted the Seadramon in. He needed to avoid it seeing him when he couldn't defend himself. Seadramon were inherently predators yet minimally intelligent, however given his current state he thought it better avoided than not. His progress was painfully slow as he walked barefooted through the lightly wooded area he'd started from. As he neared the edge of the woods he came to an abrupt stop. A grassy field area was ahead of him and marching in exact formation was Guardmon, a Digimon he'd designed as general soldier type to patrol towns and cities in later years. Guardmon were essentially living suits of armor. Silver shining steel covered them from head to toe, the humanoid Digimon looked almost enchanted due to their appearance. Their eyes were the only physical aspect of their bodies visible outside their armor. Even so their eyes were shrouded in shadow with only a faint twinkle coming from within their helmets. The result is that Guardmon have restricted peripherals despite being designed with stronger than average line of sight vision. Something was definitely wrong. Guardmon were not designated to spawn into the Digital world until the year 1000 when they'd simulated the "medieval" era began. He understood that something had glitched between him entering the pod and arriving in the Digital World. He needed time to think and determine what he was going to do given this development however as he began to back into the woods some of the Guardmon spotted him and all at once they were moving in his direction.

Michael ran into the woods to try and evade the Guardmon and found he wasn't gaining any ground over the pursuing troop. His bare feet were already bleeding as he slid down the wooded hillside to only further injure them. As he reached the bottom he was in a full sprint and started his way up the next hill. As he made the first step beyond the crest of the next hill armored hands gripped his arms and tore him back. Within minutes they were back in the grassy field and making progress quickly to the east. He was surprised at their speed, he'd had a good lead on them yet they caught up to him in no time at all. He wondered as they neared the first of many large hills in the area if the Guardmon he was in company with were a specialty class or just standard Guardmon. Specialty class Digimon were Digimon he'd designed as special variations of a standard Digivolution. So these could have been SwiftGuardmon or ScoutGuardmon or something similar which would give them the advanced speed they so quickly subdued him with. As they broached the crest of a hill he saw they were approaching a city. Not a village, or a town, but a city. All thoughts of speciality and subclassing was instantly gone from his mind. Something was definitely wrong with the time, as he was supposed to start at 00;00:00 in the Digital World, there shouldn't have been Guardmon and definitely not cities.

As Michael passed through the city gates he saw visible wear on the stones making the wall. Cracks and abrasions, even small claw marks. He was surprised at the growth of moss and weathering the rocks which were used for the walls had already endured. Then there was obvious wear on the stones for the main walkways. It was clear that these stones used for the pavement received extremely heavy traffic, they were worn down to where there were wear tracks in the pathways. He looked around in awe at the site of the buildings, stone with wooden roofing, wooden doors, and glass paned windows. Inside the windows he saw the faces of Digimon and as he looked around the city as he was being marched in he saw more and more Digimon. There were Digimon of all species within the walls of the city and they were visibly scared. He didn't know if they were scared because of him or because of the presence of the Guardmon. Then he started to see where he was being led as they progressed further into the city. At the center of the city was a long house and the Guardmon led him directly to the ornate gates at the front entrance for it. Battlemon, the Digivolved form of Guardmon, stood posted outside the door and after some hushed conversing with one of the Guardmon they opened the door and Michael was led inside. The Battlemon were much more intimidating in person than they were in concept. Towering 7' tall heavy armored Digimon brandishing battle maces instead of swords. Their peerless eyes looking almost hungry at him as he was led past them. As he was brought inside he was taken to the center of the room where their leader, possibly the Digimon running this entire city was standing at a table overflowing with food, It was a MetalBattlemon, one of the possible Digivolved forms of Battlemon. Unlike normal Battlemon, this ultimate level form could manipulate his metal armor forming weapons on a situational basis. It could be brandishing a sword one minute and a lance the next. It would do this by manipulating the metal in its armor. The heavy armored MetalBattlemon was even larger than the Champion level Battlemon, standing in at a solid 8' tall and broader at the shoulders. The mere presence of it in the room drew attention, it was a powerful Digimon.

"Guardmon, report why you've abandoned your patrol." The metallic grinding voice echoed in the large room. The Guardmon that had spoken with the Battlemon at the door stepped forward,

"Sir, we captured this creature fleeing into the Talthos Forest after curfew. We do not know what nature of Digimon this is and so we brought it directly to you." The MetalBattlemon motioned for Michael to come closer and one of the Guardmon harshly obliged by shoving him to his knees in front of the group.

"What nature of Digimon are you?" The metallic voice sneered with a clanky aire.

"I am no Digimon," Michael retorted while rising to his feet, "I am a human."

"A human?" The MetalBattlemon stood more erect and apprised Michael more fully. There was little doubt in Michael's mind that the MetalBattlemon either didn't understand what that meant or he didn't believe him.

"Yes I am a human. Not a Digimon."

"I do not know what that means but our laws are very standard in such matters. You shall be tried in the Southern Pangean capital of Soulgrande and the council shall decide what to do with you." The MetalBattlemon motion dismissively and Michael was quickly led down a staircase. After being roughly thrown into a large cell the Guardmon disappeared. Michael looked around for a way out but realized that it was probably fruitless since it should be able to contain Digimon that can attack it and he lacked those abilities. The window for his cell was centered on the ceiling and it didn't take him long to realize that the grate looking out was in the middle of the street. There were other Digimon in the cell with him but they were sleeping. He saw a soft glow coming from one of the bunks where the Digimon laying there eyed him. Michael slumped in the corner of the cell and fell lightly into sleep.

He awoke a while later and felt his head hazy. He vaguely remembered being in a cell and he looked around without shifting position. The bars were made of iron if not steel itself, the stones of the cell were solid and the cement that held them together smooth. He noticed scratch marks on the walls and wear on the wall behind the toilet. Digimon must often stand on it to get a better look out the small grating in the ceiling. As he let his eyes wander to the grating he was surprised by the amount of traffic still passing overhead. It was clearly the middle of the night yet there was a steady flow of foot movement overhead. His eyes wandered back to the bunks where the Digimon lay and saw the soft glowing of its eyes on him. This unsettled him, and so he rolled over and drifted uneasily back to sleep.

What felt like seconds later Michael awoke with a start. There was shouting and the ground rumbled occasionally.

"We're under attack. The rebels are attacking the wall. Prepare the anti-siege weapons!" Voices shouted over head only to be drowned out but loud piercing shots, like small missiles striking, and mini quakes the shook everything.

"Hmm..." a deep rumbling voice came from the bunk with the pair of eyes that were fixed on Michael when he'd entered the cell, "This could be bad. If you are what you claimed you were they will kill you if they get to you."

"Kill me? Why?" Michael asked in surprise.

"Because you're human."

Digimon Empire Chapter 1

Digimon Empire

Chapter 1

Michael was sifting through stacks of paper stacked precariously over the four desks his friends and him used for their project. His dark brown hair cut short and choppy, his usual style. He wore his usual ensemble of jeans and a button up short sleeve short over a solid colored t-shirt. His usual expression and tone was serious though he did try to be light hearted, especially around his friends. A small group of friends; coders, graphic animation designers, and then... Michael. While he wasn't as skilled as his friends he had the creative mind that had drawn them all together. These were some of the things Michael thought about whenever he'd start his morning work out routine. He was an aspiring amature boxer when he wasn't otherwise indisposed due to work or the project they were all working on. He felt that it helped him keep his mind sharp and focused which was something he needed since he was responsible for organizing their massive project. It had been two years since they'd started designing everything for their project and they only very recently started implementing their system. It started just a couple months ago when they began digging out their central base, an underground multi-level complex to house their massive project.

Michael admittedly relied most heavily on his best friend, Keith. Keith and his twin brother Kyle were both engineers who were both actively working towards their Master's degrees in engineering. Kyle was the better of the two but each had their strong points. Few people could distinguish between the two if they were standing side by side, but Michael could as could Amanda who was Keith's girlfriend. The duo stood at a sometimes staggering 6' 9" and had broad shoulders. They each sported natural bleach blonde hair and a chinstrap. The biggest difference between the two was around the stomach where Kyle tended to forgo more meals than Keith. Another distinguishing difference between the two was the Keith tended to dress more rigid than Kyle who preferred laid back style clothing for all occasions even wearing sweat pants to job interviews. Keith was also missing a chip out a tooth after Michael and him fell out of their treehouse as young teens. Keith spent most of his time tinkering with algorithms and complex equations that Michael couldn't wrap his mind around. Kyle was more focused on helping out with the general things that the team was going to need such as a workable toilet system and intra-networked computer systems.

Keith's girlfriend Amanda spent most of her free time designing 3D models of different elements for their project. She'd spent several months working on rocks alone but she'd complained quite a bit about how boring they were and kept getting sidetracked making leaves, barks, and sticks of varying sizes. She was especially gifted at pulling all of these elements together into forests and wooded areas. Her brother Tony on the other hand was better with grasses, plains, and hilly regions and spent a large portion of his time toying with various wind effects on both his elements and his sisters creations.

Dj and Mark were friends from a different flock than Michael and the others. They had grown up in project homes on the rougher side of town but Tony had made friends with the pair when they'd joined the local graphic design college. They were 3D animators but lacked the skill to compete with Amanda and Tony so they spent a large portion of their time cloning and recoloring the elements made by the others. Dj found he was especially good at autumnal colors and could give Amanda's forests a gorgeous autumn foliage.

Tori and Calvin were friends of Kyle and the pair had been dating for longer than anyone could remember. Even as small children they were inseparable. These days they sported a cultured gothic style but despite appearances they were two of the best coders in the entire region. Tori worked for a high scale private security firm and spent most of her working hours tracking threats to the firewalls for her employer. Calvin on the other hand worked for new project development for Google and had personally done the bulk of the coding for the newest style of Google+ not to mention the countless smaller security updates he'd assisted with for Gmail. When the two weren't working they were home on their laptops staring and massive classes of script as they rewrote and revised the various elements in code that their graphic animator counterparts created. Tori would often make snide jokes about how much coding does it take to make a rock, in place of the commonly used phrase 'how many people does it take to screw in a lightbulb. She'd use this phrase anytime she felt people were spending too much time overlapping work which she felt was wasting time. Unfortunately she felt this occurrence was happening daily so it was something they heard quite often. Calvin would simply smile at her sweetly and then explain to the team how it would be more efficient to do things differently to provide less overlap.

When the time came to start breaking ground for the base where they would create the Digital world however this was little talk or thought of overlapping, coding, graphic designs, 3D models, or how much coding it takes to make a rock. Everyone rolled up their sleeves and set in for the long haul. Gathering the necessary tools seemed simple at first but not everyone could do everything and it took some coordination to make it happen in the end. Finally Amanda stepped up and spent more time designating tasks than digging just to help the process move along. The digging itself was arduous and time consuming. Starting with a basic mine dig out; remove dirt, enforce with boards, encase with tin sheeting, and then expanding until room size sections were dug out. The work started with just flashlights and electric lamps until the first few rooms were done. Then Michael and Kyle worked out how to get fixed power underground. This task wasn't the easiest to carry out but during a storm induced power outage the duo connected into the city power grid. Next came water from a well that Mark's family business drilled out. The first room was the entry, the two adjacent rooms were for bunks and kitchen space. Over the course of two months the modest start turned into three complete levels going further underground. There was a general lounge room, two bathrooms with showers and a sauna in each for the guys and girls respectively, and the first kitchen was turned into a dining hall with a full larger kitchen later added down the hall. The second floor was accessed via ladder and was the work station floor. One large room with tables, desks, computers, and an array of monitors to make any menial work station look lacking and primitive. The third floor was comprised nearly entirely of server space, and food storage, and the end of the floor was were a large waste access room was made for toilet and trash disposal.

Now Michael was spending his time sifting through the stacks and stacks of pre-conceived materials and disbursing them to the appropriate work stations for everyone to work on. Most everyone else worked during the day but Michael was still in college and took his courses online which appropriated him enough free time to work on the project during most of the day. Tori was who funded most of the project as she'd inherited a small fortune from elderly family members who had passed and it took a lot of the relief away from financial strain regarding the servers especially. Kieth was studying to be an engineer and was busy tinkering on the third floor for a virtual reality pod. In hardly any time at all Kieth took his pod concept from paper into reality and Mark whose day job was working for a chemical engineering firm helped further this along with the necessary chemicals and compounds to add in a stasis like aspect to the pods. This design would allow the user to enter mentally into the component while they were put into a stasis like state of being.

The next six months were spent expanding the base further, adding additional servers, doing massive amounts of coding, animation, and concept design. After six solid months of work the team had finally created a world in their digital intranet that was roughly 1/24th the size of earth but it was a complete world. Varying continents, islands, and topographical features. Trees, grasses, and even rocks to sand were coded and designed individually. Every feature that we see as mundane in the world had to be designed and coded. Once this world was completed their was a lengthy process of backing up the world and saving it as this copy, untouched, on both the servers and external saving sources in the event that something catastrophic happened.

Then they finally began designing the inhabitants of this world they'd created. Digimon, there had been great debate over how the entire system would work but ultimately they agreed to pull aspects from all elements of the Digimon universe. The designing process and coding process took months more to complete with nearly a week of solid work per Digimon but it included all elements of the Digimon evolution hierarchy. In-Training, Rookie, Champion, Ultimate, Mega, Ultra and at that point the evolutionary level label varied pending on various elements such as affinity and life experiences of the Digimon. The Digimon creation process carried on steadily for two more years. Kyle, Ca;vin, and Tori revised, replaced, revised, replaced, and revised yet some more the overall personality algorithm of the Digimon. Never truly satisfied, they did their best to emulate their personalities being influenced by real life situations. No one left the project over all this time but they did add a couple more graphic design artists after Amanda started working for a popular gaming design firm and got a couple of her coworkers, Jen and Jamie, to join in on the project.

Almost four years after the project began Keith approached Michael and asked him to be the first to test the pod simulation. A simple test, he would enter the Digital world at 00:00:00 and he would stay in the world for 60 seconds and then ejected at Digital world time 00:00:01. Keith had been experimenting with a world speed enhancer. He intended to simulate time in an accelerated pace by tapping a download of information into the bulk of the human brain that was otherwise unused to avoid any damage done to the brain. The basic idea was that a day would pass in the Digital world in about a minute or so. Michael would be in a slower version of this at merely 2x speed. He would be in stasis in the pod for 30 seconds but 60 seconds should pass in the Digital world while he was there.

Michael agreed and the team went forward with preparations. It took three days but finally Michael climbed into the pod. As it slid shut the last thing he saw was the excitement and jealousy in the eyes of his friends. He felt himself drift off to sleep as his mask pumped him with the stasis gels. Then he felt his mind wake up. A rushing feeling around his mind, like when you dream you're falling and wake up with a start, and then with a slam he was laying there on the ground. He was naked and cold, standing he looked around, he was standing at the edge of a clearing. Trees swayed, wind blew, he could smell the crisp air, he could feel the grass between his toes. For a moment he doubted he was in the Digital world due to the level of detail and the subtle chirping of birds around him. This doubt was quickly subdued as he witnessed a Seadramon breach out of a pond he could see beyond the clearing. The Seadramon was a more basic minded Digimon, they were created to fill the role of a predatory eel. The Seadramon carries a classic sea serpent appearance and was designed as a natural constrictor, killing its prey by wrapping its long body around it until the prey suffocated. Seeing this his heart started racing. Then he began to count in his head, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... ...58, 59, 60, 61, 62. Something was wrong, several minutes passed and he was still here.

Michael's mind was trapped in the Digital world.

Prologue and Author Notes

Digimon Empire

Prologue and Author Notes

Hey guys, thanks for reading Digimon Empire. I wanted to take a step back from writing the plot to give some author notes and a loose framed prologue. Please note: I do not own Digimon, Digimon Images, or any aspect of the intellectual property of the Digimon Franchise. I'm just a writer who is writing about a series I'm fascinated with. First off there are going to be some discrepancies in this Digimon universe in comparison to the Anime, Video Games, Manga, and Trading Card universes. This is due to the fact that this is my own adaptation of a story I've been working on since I was around 12. As of the time of writing this I am 25 years old, every day I daydream about Digimon a little bit and on some of those days I've daydreamed several days or weeks of events. I decided to start writing about this story I've day dreamed about all these long years because I wanted to share the experience I've had through my own variations of storytelling. So lets start with the basics:

Digivolution

Digivolution is when a Digimon (Digital Monster) reaches enough power/experience (EXP) to grow to a new stage. This evolutionary process can be short lived and the Digimon will revert back to a lower stage. Once a Digivolution has been unlocked it is traditionally easier for the Digimon to go back to that level when prompted.

Traditionally, Digimon Digivolve into higher classes from lower ones with each class having a distinct level designation: In-Training (Level 0), Rookie (Level 1), Champion (Level 2), Ultimate (Level 3), and Mega (Level 4).

In my universe Digimon Digivolve into the following distinct level designation:
In-Training (Level 0), Rookie (Level 1), Champion (Level 2), Ultimate (Level 3), Mega (Level 4), Ultra (Level 5), and Ancient (Level 5). Divine Classes (These Digimon DEFAULT at level 6): Divine (Level 6), Demon Lord (Level 6), Supreme (Level 7), and Malignant (Level 7).

In my universe Digimon gain permanent EXP through life experiences; crossing a river, solving a personal issue with a neighbor, or defeating a rival Digimon in battle all constitute as life experiences. When a Digimon reaches enough experience it Digivolves. The Digimon should have to revert back to its Rookie level until such a time it can Digivolve into its Ultimate level, at which point it can then choose to remain in its Champion form as its permanent base level. When it reaches Mega level it can then choose to remain in its Ultimate form and so on. The Digimon may of course choose to revert to lower levels whenever it wishes. This helps the Digimon to conserve both energy and food since higher level Digimon tend to get tired more frequently and they have accelerated metabolism to give their bodies the energy needed to sustain their Digivolved state. If a Digimon reaches a point where it has not eaten or cannot sustain the energy needed to hold their Digivolved state they will revert to a lower Digivolution state.

In my universe Digimon can Digivolve into other states from their normal Digivolution lines due to extenuating factors such as climate, gender orientation, life experiences, traumatic experiences, and other life events. This can result in an Agumon Digivolving into Greymon, FlamingGreymon, or Meramon (Just as three examples, Agumon can Digivolve into many more forms and variations than those listed). This branching Digivolution results in a lot of adaptability factors and adds a lot of depth to the universe as a whole.

In a nutshell; in my universe Digivolution is not linear.

Different Digivolution Methods

In my universe Digimon can Digivolve in different methods;

Digivolution

• Standard traditional Digivolution, when a Digimon reaches enough EXP it can grow to the next level. 
• In order for a Digimon to reach Ultimate level it must first Digivolve into Champion level if it is starting from Rookie level.

Digi-Egg Armour Digivolution

• Specialized Digivolution method when a Digimon can be Digivolved by activating the power of a RARE Digi-Egg.
• This is shortened as Armor/Armour Digivolution.
• Only Rookie and very select Champion level Digimon can Digivolve to a higher level using Digi-Eggs.
• Digi-Eggs that are capable of conducting this form of Digivolution are a direct result of Divine and Supreme level Digimon transferring their Divine power in the hopes of creating a Divine level Digimon but the egg failing to hatch into what is known as Djinn Digimon. It is a dud Divine egg.

DNA-Digivolution

• Two Digimon can very temporarily merge into one. 
• This short term form of Digivolution can occur with a minimum of two Champion level Digimon.
• Digimon must be the same level to DNA-Digivolve.
• DNA-Digivolved Digimon cannot conduct DNA-Digivolution.
• DNA-Digivolution Digimon are always one level above the level of the two merged. IE. Champion + Champion = Ultimate

Digivolution Card Digivolution Method

• Alternate form of Digivolution for achieving Champion level from Rookie level.
• Requires swiping a Digivolution card through a Digivice with the Digimon being selected on the Digivice to activate.
• Short term form with forced revert after a limited amount of time.

Matrix Digivolution

• Alternate form of Digivolution for achieving Ultimate level from Champion level.
• Requires swiping a Matrix Digivolution card through a Digivice with the Digimon being selected on the Digivice to activate.
• Short term form with forced revert after a limited amount of time.

Biomerge Digivolution

• Merges a Human and a PARTNER Digimon together to form a Mega Level Digimon.
• Requires Human.
• Requires Human and Digimon to be Partnered.
• Could be potentially permanent.

Assimilation Digivolution

• Host Digimon assimilates other Digimon, destroying them permanently and gaining power without merging with their personality.
• Permanent.
• Irreversible.
• FORBIDDEN

CHANGE LOG (for paragraph references each line break shall count as one paragraph):

Prologue and Author Notes:

• Fixed the URL

Chapter 2:

• (December 7th, 2014) - Reworded paragraph 2 to allow more linear transitions for reading.

Chapter 4:

• (December 7th, 2014) - Proceeding paragraph 16 I have added in a conversation between Cairomon and Michael further explaining Cairomon's past and the reasons why he's shown disinterest in the localized conflicts.

Chapter 7:

• (December 7th, 2014) - Added in the following: "What do we need to do in order to move on to other worlds?" As Michael asked he saw a gleam in the Djinn's eye.
• Reality Orb Fragments (RoF or ROF, can also be described as merely fragments)

Chapter 8:

• (December 7th, 2014) - Paragraph 14 I added in references to Reality Orb Fragments
• (December 7th, 2014) - Paragraph 15 I reintroduce Coronamon and have him interact with Cairomon a little.
• (December 7th, 2014) - I split one of the larger paragraphs to make the chapter more fluid and less wall of text.