"Easy, buddies." Sparky muttered with a laugh as her three ratties walked ahead of her, each in a harness and leash. It wasn't really like walking a dog, but it was still fun watching the rodent trio eagerly explore their surroundings. It was starting to get too dark though and she picked up her little babies, allowing them to chill either on her shoulders or in the pocket of her custom-made Digimon hoodie.
Turning to head home, she felt a sudden bump from behind and she startled as a trenchcoat man ignored her and kept walking. She felt the need to say something along the lines of 'Careful with my rats, you idiot!!', but all that came from her mouth was a soft "Sorry" even though it wasn't her fault to begin with.
Something shiny catching her eye before she could leave, she looked down to see a strange device on the ground. Picking it up, she looked about for Mr. Trenchcoat only to find that he wasn't there anymore. Oh....Well, finder's keepers.
Arriving at home, she immediately made for her room, avoiding her sister and parents as she didn't want to be held up on finding out what her new treasure was. Removing their walking harnesses and placing her rats into their cage, she sat on her bed and just stared at the thing in her hands. It was beautiful and looked like it could swipe one's credit card. Hmmm...
Standing after a while, she picked up her binder of both Pokemon and Digimon cards, and opened it to find her favorite cards from both categories looking back at her from the front page. In the Pokemon side: Abra, Haunter, Dragonite, and Scyther. In the Digimon: Terriermon, Beelzemon, Guilmon, and...
"Hello, gorgeous." she said to herself as she carefully pulled out her Cherubimon card, holding it like one might hold a valuable piece of treasure. Looking back and forth between the card and her new device, she grinned goofily and swiped the card.
Instantly, the whole room became engulfed in white light and Sparky instinctively covered her eyes. She heard the squeaks of surprise from her pets, but from farther away than it should have been. Soon those squeaks faded seemingly into the distance and all at once, everything turned black...
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Everything was coming back slowly, and incredibly blurry as Sparky slowly began regaining consciousness. Green, everything was green.... Wait, those were trees. Okay then... Blackness again as she closed her eyes once more.
Propping herself up on an elbow, she winced at a residual headache and placed her hand atop her head to soothe it. Only...
This doesn't feel right... she thought to herself as she felt what seemed like horns and....over-sized ears. In fact, her whole hand felt over-sized and she froze, all of a sudden not wanting to open her eyes again. "Domino? Knaw? Skeet?" she muttered, hoping to hear the responding shuffle of her pets. There was nothing and she felt her heart stop. Open your eyes, don't keep yourself in suspense.
Obeying that thought, she opened her eyes, things still a bit blurry, but clearing up quickly. Sitting straight up, she looked at her hands, seeing massive purple hands in place of her human ones. She looked straight down the length of her body to find a neck frill/ruff of some kind blocking her view. Lifting her gaze past that, she saw her abdomen and legs, legs that seemed so short in comparison to her arms.
Finally it dawned on her: she's a Cherubimon!!! A Viral Cherubimon!! She didn't know whether to be incredibly excited, or scared out of her mind. On one hand, she was a Cherubimon, her favorite Digimon of all time!! On the other hand, SHE WAS A FREAKIN' CHERUBIMON IN THE MIDDLE OF WHO-KNOWS-WHERE WITH NO SIGN OF HER PRECIOUS RATTIES!!!! This couldn't be real...could it?
Never removing her eyes from her own body, she muttered under her breath the only thing she could possibly think of in conclusion:
"This is a pretty weird, yet somehow epic dream...."