It's been three years since Devimon tried to defeat the original DigiDestined by using his Black Gears to enslave all the Digimon. There was also an incident which happened over the web involving a Digimon called Diaboromon. Who didn't hear about that one!? Oh and there was also a story going round about my cousin Willis, who lives in America. His Digimon, Kokomon, was attacked by a virus, apparently the same one that attacked Diaboromon, and well let's just say things got messy. Of course it turned out alright in the end thanks to the second group of DigiDestined.

Hi! My name is Aki 'Autumn' Hotaru. My Digimon are twins just like Willis', Terriermon and Lopmon. My friends and I are DigiDestined, there's Fuyo 'Winter' Hoshi and his partner BlackGatomon, Haru 'Spring' Kasumi and her partner Renamon, Natsu 'Summer' Hikari and her partner Sunflowmon. People know us better as Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer. At first it started with just the four of us as a group, then we became friends with Tora, Ren, Kaede, Raiden, Rai for short and Tadashi, Todd for short. Their partners were Coronamon, Lunamon, Kudamon, Bearmon and Labramon. We made a pretty cool team. Things got heated up again when the Digiworld came under threat of a new evil: The Digimon Emperor. While the second group of DigiDestined fought against him, I and my friends worked on helping the Digimon who were being controlled by the Dark Rings. Once again things turned back to normal, and life made us drift apart afterwards. We still meet every now and then in the digital world. As for me personally, I became friends with Davis and the others. As it turns out, Ken was the Digimon Emperor and didn't realise what he was actually doing; well now he's on our side with his partner Wormmon.

Ken and Davis seem to be really getting along, but it's obvious that Cody doesn't like Ken one bit. At least Armadillomon is more forgiving. I'm sure they just need some time. Even I'm feeling like an outsider here but they're great friends and easy to work with. As they team up together to destroy the control spires, Terriermon and Lopmon still prefer to team with each other, so we decided to go off further away from them.

"Terriermon, do you think we should try harder to be friends with them?" I asked. It's been difficult for me since splitting away from the others; I'm not used to other people yet. I grew up with Summer and the others.

Terriermon turned to me "I'm not sure, Veemon was telling me how the group feels like we don't socialise with them..."

"It's not that I don't want to, it's just part of me feels like I'm just replacing our other friends, if that makes sense?"

"Yeah and what if they don't like us?" Lopmon said quietly while tilting her head down.

Terriermon shouted back "There's only one way to find out. Besides, Wormmon likes you, Lopmon! I mean 'Like likes' you! Hahaha!"

Lopmon turned red, bit the corner of her lip and mumbled "Shuttup, your mouth is as big as your ears"

"Hey guys look, Ken's coming over. So is Wormmon" I could see them walking over and Ken had a little green envelope in his hand.

Lopmon dived into a bush "Ahhh, I'm not here!" I and Terriermon laughed.

"I'm having a party, if you would like to come?" Ken said as he extended his arm out, handing me the envelope.

I blushed "Yeah, I'd love to, is everyone else coming?" I was trying hard to stop myself looking like an idiot, but it was probably too late.

"Even Cody is, it'll be fun, and Terriermon and Lopmon are invited too of course!" he informed me as his lips managed to form a smile. I've never really seen Ken smile; it must be a good sign.

"Wow, sounds great! I can't wait!" I replied.

"Oh and by the way, why is Lopmon hiding in that bush?" Ken asked, pointing to the bush behind me.

"Uhhh well.. she uhhh..." I couldn't think of an excuse.

"Hey Wormmon! Don't forget to catch Lopmon under the Mistletoe!" Terriermon shouted as Ken and Wormmon turned to leave. Lopmon was right; his mouth was as big as his ears. Lopmon reappeared from the bush slowly.

Both Wormmon and Lopmon turned red, Terriermon was laughing so hard he fell over and me and Ken just looked at each other and laughed a little. Ken turned round and came closer to me, he then whispered to me:

"I guess everyone knows about Wormmon's little crush then?"

"We do now, ha-ha."

"Why don't you tell everyone about yours Autumn? Terriermon gave me a nudge towards Ken. I could feel the nerves taking over me and I became aware of how much I was blushing. I coughed, gathering my calmness.

"Anyway, we're just going to take care of a few more control spires, and then we'll head on over to yours! See ya there!" I began to run off with Terriermon on my head and Lopmon in my arms.

"Wait! You have a crush! I want to know who!" he shouted after me, just loud enough for me to hear before I managed to disappear over the hill. My heart was pounding. Why did he want to know? Doesn't he know it's... him?

"Don't worry Ken, perhaps you can ask her later" Wormmon said to Ken, to reassure him.

"Maybe one of the others knows? Like Yolei, I mean, girls talk to each other about these things, right?" Ken began to think to himself.

Wormmon nodded "I wouldn't worry about it right now Ken, we have a party to set up"

Ken nodded in agreement and the pair left for the real world to get ready. I, Terriermon and Lopmon stayed later than the others to destroy more control spires. At first I was really nervous about the party, but Ken said that even Cody was going. Plus Kari and Yolei. It would also be a good chance for me to get to know Cody, Davis and TK more, I hardly talk to them.

When we finally returned to the real world it was dark, but the snow was falling delicately in the light of the street lamps. It was beautiful; you could tell it was Christmas. I was stood outside Ken's house, I was fashionably late and I could hear everyone inside.

"Do you think Ken will like his present?" I asked "I know he said it wasn't that type of party but it's in the spirit of Christmas" I asked Lopmon and Terriermon.

"I'm sure he will, who doesn't like getting a present anyway" Lopmon smiled at me. She had a present for Wormmon; it was a special woolly sweater and little gloves to keep him warm. I thought it was really sweet of her. I got Ken a box of chocolate. I was going to get a really cool photo frame but then I thought he'd need a photo, then I thought about getting him a book, then I thought that was a stupid idea too. Terriermon said you can never go wrong with food. Terriermon and Lopmon were both dressed in woolly hats, scarves and mittens. Terriermon had green and Lopmon had Pink. They looked adorable.

"Well here we go" I said as I knocked on the door.

"Hello, you must be Autumn, I'm Mrs Ichijouji, Ken's mother" she introduced herself in a polite and cheerful manner. She seems nice. "Ken your friend Autumn is here" She announces to the whole house then turned back to me "They're all in his room playing cards" she had a friendly smile. I smiled back at her and thanked her as I walked through. When I went into Ken's room everyone was sat on the floor playing Go Fish. I could already see Yolei was losing by the collection of cards in her hands. It felt strange seeing everyone like this, all calm and having fun just after we've been busy saving the world. It was nice to go back to being normal teenagers.

"There's a space right here next to Ken" Wormmon pointed out. I knew he had planned that one...

"He he, thanks Wormmon"I whispered to him, I couldn't help blush a bit. Ken was too so it wasn't so bad. Lopmon sat next to Wormmon and Terriermon sat on my lap, he was kind of heavy for a little guy. My legs went dead after five minutes and I tried to stand up but I ended up falling... onto Ken! It was so embarrassing! My knees had buckled beneath me and before I knew it I was on the floor facing Ken. Again my heart was beating fast and I could feel myself blushing, everyone must have seen it.

"Oh my gosh Ken, I'm so sorry!" my voice went soft and quiet from the embarrassment.

"It's okay" Ken was bright red by now "Here, let me help you up" He tried but as he did we just fell back down again. Everyone was giggling while Ken and I just looked at each other. We both started out with a smile, which then became a giggle, which then transformed into full blown laughter. We all had something to eat; Mrs Ichijouji was a really good cook! Then Wormmon said he wanted to talk to me, so we went onto the balcony to have our chat.

"Tell me Autumn, how do you feel about Ken?" He asked me, in a rather serious tone.

"Why are you asking me this Wormmon?" To be truthful I thought it was obvious how I felt about him, and I thought everyone knew.

"I'm asking because I know how he feels about you. I've never seen him so happy; whenever he's around you he turns red and becomes shy. He smiles and laughs now too. He talks to me a lot about you and he was going to ask Yolei if you've spoken to her about him. I thought I'd come ask you myself."

"I've been meaning to talk to you about him actually. You see, I do like him, but you can't tell him yet. From the moment we first met during that football match; you know, where Davis tackled him, I knew that I liked him. He was always too good for me though. Ken's the boy genius, Ken 'the rocket' Ichijouji", Ken the..." I began to trail off, forgetting what my point actually was.

"The Digimon Emperor?" Wormmon replied, in a more sullen tone this time.

"Wormmon I'll be honest with you, I liked him from the start. Even as the Digimon Emperor I had feelings for him. I knew all along he wasn't a bad guy, he was just lost in a way and that deep inside was the Ken we have now, the real Ken. The thing is I was always too shy to actually tell him. What do you think I should do?" I asked him, I was expecting him to tell me to go to Ken and just tell him how I feel.

"Why not wait a bit and see if I can convince him to come to you? Until then, it's between the two of us." he answered.

"Then he'll come over to me and I'll clam up like you do around Lopmon. Speaking of which, she likes you too, but like me she's too shy to admit it. I have an idea!" I stood up too fast... "Oh no I feel faint. That's what I get for standing up too fast!" I managed to pull myself together. "What if I was to hold the mistletoe above you and Lopmon, then you do the same for Ken and me? We should do it when we give you the presents!" I thought that was a pretty smart suggestion, coming from me.

"Okay, let's go" he said and we went back inside to reconvene with the others. I nodded to Lopmon who then went over to Wormmon with her gift for him. Meanwhile I was focusing on my secret mission. Where was my spy music when I needed it, some James Bond would fit in right about now. I crept round, concealing the mistletoe behind me. What started off as smooth shuffling became an awkward crab like walk.

Wormmon opened his present "Thank you so much Lopmon, its perfect. It's so comfy too" he was blushing and he did look adorable in the dark blue woolly outfit. This was my chance and I dangled the mistletoe above them. Everyone went quiet and the Lopmon looked up, then she turned red. I nodded to Wormmon to indicate he should kiss her, and so he did. As he did a wave of 'awwwww' filled the room. And now it's my turn. Here I go. I felt shivers run all over me as my heart beat increased. I took in a deep breath.

"Ken, Merry Christmas." That shy voice I can't help but talk in when I'm with Ken is going to haunt me.

"I have something for you too" he turned round to his bed, and brought something out from under the pillow. "Here, I hope you like it" I took the opportunity to drop a hint that I like him.

"Of course I'll like it; it's from you, Ken." Good move. We exchanged the gifts.

"Wow Ken! It's beautiful! I love it!" It was a silver locket in the shape of a heart. His gift is way better than mine!

"Thank you Autumn, these happen to be my favourite chocolates, how did you know?" Ken smiled at me; guess I was lucky to get his favourites. Then a voice came from between us.

"Autumn I can't reach" it was Wormmon with the Mistletoe stretching as far as he could.

"Here, I'll help" Terriermon jumped onto Wormmon's head and Lopmon was on top of his! With the three Digimon struggling to balance themselves, I thought I shouldn't waste time in getting that kiss. As I leant towards Ken he came towards me and then our D-TERMINAL's went off. Great timing. It was an email from Tai and Matt. Apparently there were Digimon in the real world. We all set off to fight them and send them back to the Digital world. When we arrived there was already a lot of damage done to the city. Agumon had digivolved into Greymon and Gabumon had digivolved into Garurumon. They were up against DarkTyrannomon. Then LadyDevimon appeared. It was my time to prove my worth as a DigiDestined.

"Terriermon, Lopmon, time to go!" I shouted.

"Terriermon digivolve to... Rapidmon!" Terriermon digivolved straight to his ultimate level.

"Lopmon digivolve to... Antylamon!" So did Lopmon. This was the first time we'd properly fought in a long time but we were still in shape. LadyDevimon attacked Antylamon with her Darkness Spear but Antylamon dodged it by doing a triple back flip. Rapidmon used his Rapid Fire attack and hit LadyDevimon on her left arm. She was stunned that the attack hit her! She seemed to be in a state of paralysis which gave us the opportunity to send her back. Antylamon and Rapidmon were circling her. All of a sudden Antylamon grabbed her from behind to restrain her so Rapidmon could use his Tri-Beam attack.

"Stop Rapidmon" I screamed "We're not trying to destroy her; we need to get her back to the Digital world." Only then I realised what a mistake I had made, because LadyDevimon used her Darkness Spear on Antylamon and did some serious damage, then she used Darkness Wave and hurt Rapidmon. Both of my partners went flying and it was my fault. LadyDevimon turned to me, and was preparing to attack, before I knew it she was coming straight at me. I froze on the spot, horrified at the mistake I made and terrified at this evil Digimon coming straight towards me. I heard Ken's voice call out my name... then I flinched. I felt arms clutching me and the air beat against my face. Stingmon had swooped in and saved me. He took me back down and I stood next to ken. LadyDevimon came at us again, and as luck would have it Stingmon changed back into Wormmon because he hardly had any energy. Ken grabbed me and held on tightly.

"Homing Blast" Rapidmon's voice called out

"Arm Bomber" Antylamon's voice called out

In the blink of an eye LadyDevimon was gone. She was within an inch of me and then she was gone. It was the only thing to do. Goodbye LadyDevimon. Matt and Tai joined us having defeated BlackTyrannomon. The others came back too and it turned out we weren't the only ones who had no choice in destroying the evil Digimon. We walked back to Ken's just to say goodnight. I stayed there for a minute. There was something I wanted to say while everyone else was gone. Something I needed to say.

"Sorry we were interrupted" he said

"Well when you gotta save the world, ya gotta save the world" I couldn't have sounded more awkward. I let out an awkward laugh.

"Back to where we were" Ken leaned towards me and kissed me! In that moment it felt like we were the only two people in the world, it was magical and it was my first kiss!

"Ken, Wormmon, thank you for what you did today, you put yourselves in harm's way to save me."

"We always will be here" his voice fell soft.

"Goodnight Ken" I smiled

"Goodnight Autumn" he smiled. We turned away from each other and began to walk. Lopmon ran back and gave Wormmon a peck on the cheek. Bless them. Then she jumped on my head and we went home. I couldn't sleep that night, and I had a feeling that neither could Ken.