Foreword: I don't like how the lines seperating the forewords are being handled, so I'm bolding instead from now on.

I'm aware this story wasn't my best, but it's really a prologue to the rest of the series, and I really have a hard time with prologues. Too eager to get on with the main stuff I suppose. Well, on the plus side, I'm on the final draft of the first DigiKnights story, so that will be up soon.

Suggestions on how to improve my descriptiveness would be appreciated. I do know I need to show, not tell, but I still haven't figured how to pull it off. I tried King of the Nerds to help fix the problems he made such a big fuss about, but all I got were insults and ego.

"How was your first day?" TK's mother asked over the phone.

"Interesting," he answered. He and Kari agreed that they wouldn't tell anyone about the demon. Since they had the power to destroy them, they couldn't let anyone get dragged in.

"Did anything...unusual happen?" What?

"What are you talking about?"

"Did you get into any fights...or...see anything...weird?" Wait, did she know about this?

TK took a deep breath. "Why was I paired with Kari?" he asked, "Neither of us can cook, so why were we paired together? The computers are supposed to watch for those type of things when choosing us, and why did you let me go with a girl for that matter?!" He heard a sad sigh from the other end.

"It sounds like you already know."

"You knew about the demons?!" How?! And why did she allow it?!

"When you were born, some creature called Shiningmon appeared. She said that you and a girl named Kari are destined to fight an evil sealed away centuries ago. She told me to send you here so you could confront them in a controlled environment. These 'digimon' things have human allies who are making sure you'll have enough freedom to fight.

I was against it at first, but they ultimately made me understand that either way, the demons were going to target you and the best way to keep you safe is to make the fight as easy for you as possible."

So that's why she was acting so odd when she brought me here. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. She knew all this time. And kept it a secret. It must have torn her up!

"I'm so sorry!" she continued, "I didn't want this!"

"I'm sure," he answered, "But what about everyone else? We killed one demon before it killed anyone, but everyone's in danger."

"I know. But according to Shiningmon, this is the absolute safest possible method for everyone. The humans involved are supposed to be keeping anyone else from getting involved. They've apparently been preparing for this for decades."

That didn't really make him feel better, but he knew his mother would never agree unless they had shown they knew what they were doing. "Okay. I guess it makes sense to keep the fight in a small place. I guess we don't have a choice. We'll just have to work fast."

"I'm so proud of you," his mother responded after a few seconds.

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"Where are we going?" Kari asked as TK lead her out the door.

"Just getting some air," he told her, "You need it."

"I can't do this," she muttered.

"You were great back there," he assured, "We just have to practice with those powers." He took a deep breath before continuing. "I wouldn't have won if you weren't there."

"How can you be so confident?" Good question.

"It think it's because I was fighting for you."

"What?"

"This is gonna sound corny, but you inspired me. I mean, I just think of you the rest comes easy. It's like..." how to put this, "like-"

"Like this!" Lawrence shouted jumping out of the alley and then punched TK across the face.

"Hey!" he snapped, "That hurt! That...that...actually that didn't hurt at all." Lawrence stared at TK, his eyes as wide as dinner plates.

"Speak for yourself!" he squeaked shaking his fist and ran off muttering "Mommy!"

"How much do you think he heard?" Kari asked.

"Not much, I'd say," TK answered, "But we should be more careful about when we talk. We should also try and take down the Minions without the armours so we don't get as reliant on them as Ganus was with his invulnerability."

"I'll try."

TK put an arm around her and pulled her in. I'll pull you through this. I promise.