Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Rose Diaries - Paris Adventures 2004 ❯ Entry 3 - All You'll Need to Know ( Chapter 3 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

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Animation. This is set in Lord Archive's Red
Digivice Diaries/War Diaries universe.

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"Nice place," commented Ellen as the four children
and their partners stood before the Arwall house.

"_Big_ place," Snow Agumon added, getting in an
eyeful.

"Has to be," replied Joan. "Colette's got a big
family. Anyway, better announce we're here." She
stepped forward and pushed the doorbell. A minute
later the door swung open, revealing a little boy
about four or so years old. His eyes lit up at
seeing Joan and he waved brightly to her.

"Hey, little guy! Good to see you," the brunette
greeted him, making symbols with her hands at the
same time. "Is everyone upstairs already?"

The boy nodded, pointing up the stairway at the front
of the house.

Joan smiled. "Great. Thanks, Maurice. C'mon guys."
She walked into the house, Elecmon behind her. Looking
at each other, the other three and their partners
followed.

"Who was that?" asked Rene.

"Colette's younger brother, Maurice," his sister
answered. "He's deaf."

"Oh," the younger children chorused.

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Rose Diaries - Paris Adventure 04
By Lady Iapetus

Entry 3: All You'll Need to Know

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"Really? She said _that?_" Catherine gasped in
surprise. "Wow. She must be angry."

Colette nodded, pinching some M&Ms from the bowl
on her dresser. "Oh, she is, trust me. She
threatened to let Palmon evolve and go after him."

"How'd you find out so much?" asked Gerard. "I
thought that Koushiro told Tony and Angela to keep
the argument off the message board and to themselves,
especially after Hank and Jessica's little 'outburst.'"

"Angie forwards what he says to me, then b.c.c.'s
her replies to my e-mail," the dirty blonde-haired
girl admitted sheepishly.

"Good thing they weren't at the wedding," Paul
commented. "I doubt Hikari and Takeru would have
appreciated any bloodshed."

A knock sounded on the door and Colette called out,
"Come in!" It opened revealing Joan, Rene, Ellen,
Genevieve and their partners. "Hi, guys. You're
right on time."

Catherine rose and crossed the room. "Hello, nice
to meet you. My name is Catherine Ducharme, and
this is my partner Floramon." The other members of
the team introduced themselves, save for Joan who
already knew the trio well enough.

"I'm Rene LaSalle, and this is my partner Snow
Agumon," Rene introduced himself.

Snow Agumon waved a claw in greeting. "Hi!"

"Ellen Belvoir, and this is Hawkmon," Ellen said.
Hawkmon inclined her head.

Genevieve gave a little curtsy. "Pleased to meet
you. My name is Genevieve Riveare, and this is my
partner Lopmon." Lopmon gave a little bow of her
own, floppy ears brushing the ground.

"Well now that the introductions are out of the way,
we can start the meeting," Gerard said. "Do any of
you have any questions?"

"Yeah, I've got one," Ellen spoke up. "Just why were
we the ones picked to do this? Why not some other
kids?"

Paul whistled. "One of the toughies, right off the
bat."

"No one really knows why one child is chosen over
another to become Digi-destined," answered the other boy.
"Usually its someone between the ages of seven to thirteen
who has seen or otherwise encountered a Digimon at one time
in their lives."

"Like during Christmas two years ago!" Genevieve burst
out. "I saw Joan with a bunch of other kids riding a
double-decker bus that night!"

Gerard nodded. "Exactly."

Ellen nodded, as if to say she'd buy that. "Okay. But
_why_ were we chosen? Weren't you guys doing a good
enough job, or did someone die?"

The room fell silent, save for a sharp intake of breath
from Colette. Finally Catherine growled, "Don't ever,
_ever_ joke about something like that again!"

Ellen cringed, realize that she'd just done worse than
put her foot in her mouth.

"We're not sure yet why you three were activated," Paul
hastened to answer. "The five of us were activated three
years ago to fight against Hell Angemon, but since we
defeated him all we've done lately is peace-keeping."

Rene tried to salvage the question and answer session.
"Yesterday Joan" Rene jerked his thumb in his sister's
direction "told us about some other Digi-destined teams
in other countries. Just how many of us _are_ there?"

"Approximately two hundred and fifty, counting you three,"
Catherine replied, calming down. "There are a few dozen
teams, with at least four of them in Europe counting ours."

"Four in Europe? Where are the other three?" asked Ellen.

Rene rolled his eyes. "There's a team in London, Ellen.
Where were you the other day when Joan was telling us
about this kind of stuff?"

"I was listening; I just wanted to make sure _you_ were,"
Ellen retaliated, her face flushing.

Genevieve shushed both of them, as Catherine was apparently
waiting for the spat to finish.

"The other three teams are located in London, in Rome and
in Berlin," the blonde answered. "We tend to work more
closely with the Italian and German teams than the London
one, even though Alan has worked with us occasionally."

"Who's Alan?" asked Genevieve.

"He's one of the Wandering Digi-destined, from England," Ellen
replied, then shot a saccharine smile at Rene who had begun
to answer the question before Ellen interrupted him.

Genevieve nervously broached the next subject. "Going back
to an earlier topic..._has_ someone died because they were
Digi-destined?"

Paul ran a hand through his hair. "Yes, two people have.
There's one confirmed death in Brazil, two Christmases ago.
A Digi-destined named Carlos was hit by a stray attack.
His brother Pedro came through here about a year ago.
Poor guy; I really felt sorry for him." Paul shook his head
sadly.

"The other was a member of the London team," added Joan.
"Catherine's cousin, Susan died not quite six months ago,
sacrificing herself so that the other members of her team
could defeat a ressurected enemy. Catherine and Susan were
pretty close, so that one hit us kind of hard."

Everyone was silent as the three new Digi-destined digested
this information. The possibility that they might not surive
made them more than a little frightened.

The next question was asked by Rene. "Does anyone at all know
about this Digi-destined thing--besides us, I mean?"

"We do have a couple of civilian allies--our support staff,
if you will," Gerard responded. "First and foremost there's
Msr. Takaishi. He helped two of the Odaiba Chosen rescue
Catherine in '02, and he's been an ally ever since. When
we can't meet here, he lets us meet over at his home."

"Msr. Takaishi is also the grandfather of two of the Odaiba
Chosen," Catherine added. Three pairs of eyes widened.

"Don't forget Jeanette," Colette added. "She's my sister.
Basically she just keeps this whole thing a secret from
my parents so that we can have our meetings here."

Ellen looked at her. "What about your little brother Maurice?
Doesn't he know?"

Colette shook her head. "I told him we're just an after-school
club. That's what I told everyone else in my family, anyway."

Genevieve happened to glance at the clock, and let out a small
cry of alarm. "I've got to get home. I don't want Poppa to worry
about me."

"It's about time we were getting home too," Joan chimed in,
motioning to Rene and herself.

"I might as well too," Ellen sighed, getting to her feet.
"I'm expecting an actual phone call from my mom from the States
sometime." Her attitude made the others think that she wasn't
exactly thrilled with that.

"Oh! Before you go," Gerard began as he started rifling
through his backpack. He pulled out three CD-ROM disks and
handed each one to the new Digi-destined "these have all the
information you'll need to know. Stuff about the other teams,
the different areas of the Digital World, evolution, etc."

"Thanks," Rene said as he accepted his. Joan, the three
younger Digi-destined and their Digimon said their goodbyes
as they left.

"Well, looks like that's it for the meeting," Paul remarked
once they were gone. "Shorter than I thought it would be."

"Do you think the new kids will be able to handle it?" Colette
asked as Catherine and Floramon headed for the door.

The other blonde stopped. "I hope so," she said. "They do seem
capable. Gerard, you'll handle the official announcement?"

The bespectacled boy nodded. "No problem, Catherine."

"Very good. Well, until later everyone! Oh, and Colette?"
Catherine threw her friend a wink. "Keep me updated on the
Tony/Angela situation, would you please?"

Colette grinned. "Not a problem, Catherine."

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Gerard's Dossiers:

Ellen Belvoir
Digidestined

Born: 1993
Received partner: 2004

Nationality: French
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Black

Growing up in a broken home has given Ellen a thicker layer of skin
than most kids her age. A lot of people view her as jaded, but Ellen
could really care less about their opinions. Only when she gets really
angry or frustrated will she react, and then aggressively. The divorce
of Ellen's parents is a taboo topic among the Parisian Digi-Destined.
She doesn't talk about it, so neither do her teammates.

Ellen is the only member of the French team who is fluent in English,
so if the French team ever runs into another team that doesn't speak
French but has a member that speaks relatively good English Ellen is
automatically drafted as translator. Her skill with English comes from
the inordinate amount of time she spends visiting her mother and
step-family in Massachusetts.

Skills:
Fluent in English and French, learns languages easily.
Arguing.
Self-defense.

Special Powers:
none

Digimon:
Poromon - Hawkmon - Cockatrimon

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Author's Notes:

Any resemblance between this and entry 4 of Lord Archive's
War Diaries series is purely accidental.

More information about the Paris team's earlier adventures
will be revealed in future entries.

Tony and Angela are two members of the Rome (Italy) team,
which is currently unwritten for. Since the Paris team
works more closely with the Italian team (and possibly the
German team as well) than the London team, there will be
more references to and possibly a couple appearances of
the Italian Digi-destined in future entries.

Credit goes to Lord Archive for the idea that Susan of the
London team and Catherine of the Paris team are distant
cousins.

Upcoming Entry:
Rose Diaries - Entry 4: You've Met the Rest...
Set directly after Entry 3. Rene, Genevieve and Ellen
introduce themselves to the rest of the world's Digi-Destined
and Chosen via Koushiro's message board.