Fan:Best of Fan fiction

This is a list of some of the best Digimon fan-fiction on the Internet nominated by editors. Fic's featured on this page:
 * have excellent characterization
 * are imaginative/original and unique
 * have excellent spelling/grammar
 * and, in general, are well-written and worth reading.

Universe

 * In-Universe: something that could have taken place in between cannon (The Changing of the Guard is a good example), such as in between episodes. Usually follows the cannon with no major changes.
 * Alternate Universe: Usually features an alternate time line to an event/episode/season with, usually major, changes.
 * Expanded Universe: takes place after cannon. One of the most common expanded universes is the time period after Digimon Adventure 02, but before the Epilogue.

Ratings
Stories follow Fiction Ratings ratings, where applicable.

Fan-Shippings
This refers to couplings between characters used in the fiction. See the Couplings page for couplings and definitions.

Bittersweet Symphony
''A single pinprick of light flared into existence somewhere in front of Takeru, followed by two more bursts. The accompanying thunderclaps echoed through the young man’s brain, rebounding off the walls of his mind. And then he felt the white-hot needles tear through his flesh, spinning him around. Distantly, as in a dream that one is just waking from, he could have sworn he heard people screaming. A single thought entered his mind as his body collapsed limply to the ground: I was only trying to stop him…''
 * Read more: Bittersweet Symphony at FanFiction.Net

Answers and Questions
''Hikari admitted it to herself. She was confused. She was very confused. In all of her twenty-two years, she hadn’t ever run into something like this before, and she had no idea of what to think of it. She didn’t want to think of herself as a heartbreaker, someone who dangled a boy or boys on a string just for her own pleasure. It had been a little pleasant to have Daisuke doing almost anything for her, though she’d done what she could not to really hurt him. She had liked him. He was a friend. But she hadn’t ever really wanted to date him. He just wasn’t her type.''
 * Read more: Answers and Questions at FanFiction.Net

The Silence of Winter
''I don't talk much anymore. Perhaps that's an understatement. I haven't said a word for almost two years. My parents are continuously worrying. They hope it's a phase that all teenagers go through. My friends, if I have any left, are concerned. They try constantly to get me to speak. Everywhere I go, sympathetic looks follow me. It makes me feel guilty. Sometimes I just want to yell at them. Tell them I'm ok. Tell them I'm fine. Shout that I'm the same happy girl I used to be and paste on a cheerful smile. But that would be, of course, a lie and I don't lie anymore. Not ever again. I know the consequences of lying all too well.''
 * Read more: The Silence of Winter at FanFiction.Net