Prologue: Zeroes and Ones

Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon

In the beginning, there was nothing. For an eternity that nothing persisted, and it seemed as though it would continue on for eternity. Then, from that nothing came zero. This zero was more than nothing, but not by much. The zero did not last long though, for it was quickly replaced by one. This one was more than the zero but it did not last long by itself either. The one was soon followed by another zero, which was quickly replaced by another one. Many more zeroes and ones followed afterwards. They continued to follow and replace each other in a never ending sequence until they built up to an enormous quantity and filled the nothingness. Where did these zeroes and ones come from? They came from the world of humans.

When humans first started to use computers, data came into existence. Data took many forms at the hands of humans: words, letters, numbers, images, programs and much more. As computers were used more and more, data began to pile up. Eventually there was so much data that humans began to lose track of it. Whenever humans lost track of data, it went to the place where the nothingness had been. There it accumulated and began to take on other forms, different from the numbers and programs of the humans.

The data built up incredibly fast and because of this it was not long before the data took on the form of its own world; a Digital World. This world mirrored the world of humans in many ways, but was different in just as many ways.

Like the human world it eventually developed life, but unlike the human world all digital life began as eggs. Eventually these eggs hatched, giving birth to the first digital monsters or Digimon. Again like the human world, the life there grew and evolved. The forms taken by the Digimon were very simple at first. However; as more data continued to compile, they grew larger and more complex.

There eventually came a point when it was difficult for Digimon to grow any further and so the number of Digimon at these higher levels of evolution dwindled. The highest level of evolution consisted of only fourteen Digimon, with powers far beyond that of any others. These Digimon were split into two groups; the Seven Benevolent Masters and the Seven Demon Lords. All fourteen of them were viewed as Gods by the rest of the Digimon, even those who had reached the final stages of their own evolution.

At first these groups coexisted in neutrality, neither seeking to upset the balance of the Digital World. However; the Demon Lords desires led them to gain more power and to want to control the Digital World by themselves. They waged war against the Benevolent Masters; a war which threatened to destroy the Digital World itself. Seeking to prevent this, the Benevolent Masters restricted the fight with the Demon Lords to a single area of the Digital World, sealing it away from the outside. Within this area the terrible battle raged on almost endlessly, until eventually the Benevolent Masters achieved victory over the Demon Lords. The area had been desolated by the battle and would later become known as the Dark Area.

The victory was a shallow one though, as the Demon Lords could not be destroyed. Instead the Benevolent Masters sealed the Demon Lords within the Dark Area. After sealing the Demon Lords away the Benevolent Masters watched over the Digital World in order to prevent the Demon Lords from escaping. For generations the Benevolent Masters maintained the seal, and the Digital World knew peace and prosperity.

However; the strain of maintaining the seal for so long proved to be too much for even the Benevolent Masters, who eventually began to weaken and perish. As the Benevolent Masters died off, the seal on the Dark Area began to weaken. This allowed the minions of the Demon Lords to break free and disrupt the peace of the Digital World. Fortunately; so long as even one of the Benevolent Masters remained alive, the seal would never be fully broken and the Demon Lords would remain trapped. However; it seemed only a matter of time until the last of the Benevolent Masters perished. Something needed to be done that would end the threat of the Demon Lords once and for all. That is where our story begins…

Revision Notes: Welcome to the revised edition of Digital Demons. If things go as I hope them to, then this edition should provide a better reading experience than the first edition. In the edited edition's notes, I shall be detailing any major changes made to the chapter's progression. Things such as grammar and spelling shall be addressed, but I won't be detailing them, since they're fairly mundane. As for this, the prologue, a reviewer pointed out to me that I forgot to differentiate between the regular mega level Digimon, and the God-class status of the Demon Lords and Benevolent Masters.

Thank you all for taking the time to read this revised edition; I hope you all enjoy it.