Chapter 52: Beneath a New Light

You have finished the first half of my story. Unless, of course, you decided to skip it and jump all the way to this part, in which case, I implore you to stop being an impatient little sod and read the first half. If you have, in fact, read the first half — good. The previous statement does not apply to you.

This half of the story takes place one year after the events of the previous one. As you may remember from the previous story, Lilithmon was ultimately slain in battle. She vowed she would return — and return, she did. Only this time…the evil she would continue to spread would magnify itself to be untold thousands of times worse than before. This time, when freed from the Dark Area…she brought its darkness with her. Be prepared for the worst as you read on.

There has been little to no change to Lachesis since the story left off. They all work hard under Apollomon’s rule, working to undo the mistakes of the Valencian knights, and to rid the world of the Thanatos Bandits. Unfortunately, they haven’t been able to rebuild their old fortress from when it was destroyed by Flamedramon…however, as Saias has allowed them to live in his villa, that hasn’t proved to be too insurmountable an obstacle. Following Saias’s death, it was discovered that the warrants for the arrest of everyone in Lachesis had been rendered null and void, and everyone had been able to roam the streets of Yew freely, without worry of being taken away by a knight.

Flamedramon hadn’t been spotted since he was last seen with the members of Lachesis in Mandala City. Nobody seemed to know where he went off to. Abigail, too, had seemingly vanished; apparently, she had promised to accompany the others to Mandala to help them fight Lilithmon. Nobody seemed to know where Irene had gone, either. Whether some of them would admit it or not, I know the members of Lachesis consider those two to be trusted and invaluable friends…friends worth dying for…and friends worth living for.

Apollomon still hasn’t fully recovered from the wound inflicted by Lector. He can still move, but in a fight…he does not appear to be able to do as well as anyone might hope he could.

Zelda, understandably, had taken the news of her sister’s death pretty hard…and though each day, she would bless us all with the sight of her beautiful smile, every now and then, Thomas would find her alone, crying. She and Thomas are now lovers.

At this point in time, Apollomon still hadn’t told anyone what a Horcrux is…all Thomas knows is that his necklace is one, and that it saved him from death. Apollomon promised he would tell Thomas, but it would not be until much later until he would divulge that information…well, that’s okay. Thomas still hadn’t told him about the Digimon he had met in Yew...Seraphimon. At the time, Thomas had completely forgotten about him, with everything that had been going on…with Lilithmon’s death…with his own…

I thank you for reading this short interlude to the latter half. Without further ado, let us continue onward to the story. Once again, this part begins with Lilithmon, once more in the Dark Area. The following takes place roughly two weeks since the death of Lilithmon.

~Wisemon