AN: Danielle refers to Susannah and Edward by their names. The other students refer to them as Captain Ballard and Ms. Mitchell. Can any readers suggest a name for the main students when I write them as a group?

Chapter 2: San Francisco

A few weeks had passed and everyone seemed to be getting along, well, everyone except for Captain Ballard and Ms. Mitchell. All of the students felt sorry for Danielle who always ended up in the middle of the two adults arguments. What Max, Cassidy, Jimmy, Alex, Sean, Tamara, Ashley and Denise were noticing was that Danielle always seemed to be on Ms. Mitchell's side though. They thought that it was weird but they quickly learned to not ask questions as none of the three would answer. They also seemed to notice that their captain and their teacher would always curse the others name several times a day.

That was why it was a surprise to the group when they found their teacher and Danielle arguing. They looked at each other quickly and went to back away but before they could leave Danielle slammed the doors shut with telekinesis. They all flinched and quickly sat down while the two women yelled at each other.

Susannah yelled at her younger friend, "Danielle, why will you not tell me where you go when you aren't here? It's not as if I don't know anything about you."

Danielle argued, "You haven't known me for the past 16 years. People change over time. I've changed over time. Aside from knowing me, you know absolutely nothing about magic!"

The students were all nervous as they saw the fierce and hurt look that came into Ms. Mitchell's eyes. They watched as she tried to speak gently, "You are right about one thing Danielle, people change. So why do you assume that I know nothing about magic? I could have been one of the people that had changed over the years for all you know."

Max looked up at the door and saw his father standing there and he didn't look to happy. Both Susannah and Danielle looked up to see Edward walk into the room. The students flinched when Captain Ballard started to argue with Ms. Mitchell. As the two adults were arguing Danielle drifted off in her own memories.

Flashback:

Danielle had been walking to the Potions classroom with Ron, Hermione and Harry. She shook her head as she argued with Harry that Susannah couldn't know about her life their at Hogwarts or even in San Francisco. She seethed as she spoke, "She knows nothing about magic, aside from what she had learned when she knew me."

Harry struggled to get her to understand, "Danielle, if you can keep a secret life from her, why can't she do the same?"

Danielle snorted, "Susannah is not the type of person to keep secrets. Remember, I'm the one that has known her for 16 years?"

Harry shrugged, "No, you haven't known her for 16 years. You just knew her 16 years ago. After all people do change, just look at Edward."

By this time they had reached the classroom where the Slytherins were waiting. The smarter ones that had overheard them nodded at what he said. Malfoy said, "To be honest, it pains me to say this, but I do have to agree with Potter. She could have changed, besides how do you know that she didn't have her own secrets when you knew her?"

End Flashback

She asked, "What have you been keeping from me Susannah? If you know more about magic than why won't you tell me?"

Edward looked as if he would bite her head off when a quiet voice responded, "I made a promise to my friends. My friends are also those that I consider to be my family. You have to understand that you don't know orunderstand my family."

Danielle looked at her friend, "Then why don't you tell me? I know enough to know that you never got along with your mother, but what else do I need to know?" As soon as she had mentioned Susannah's mother she knew that it had been a bad idea.

Susannah looked at her, "Do NOT refer to her as my mother. Her name is Sonia, other than that she is nothing more than an enemy to me."

Danielle looked at Edward as they stared at Susannah in surprise. Before they could say anything Cassidy asked, "Why don't you like Sonia very much? What did she do to you that was so bad?"

Susannah looked at her with sad eyes, "I found out when I was 24 that she had killed my father when I was 10." She drifted off and looked at both Danielle and Edward and they came to the conclusion that there was something more to the story.

Max had also noticed the same thing, "What else did she do to you? There seems to be something else that you haven't told Danielle."

Susannah smiled, "I was 16 when I had become pregnant. Everything was great until she found out. What people didn't know about Sonia was that when she made threats, she followed through on them. That is why I gave up my children for adoption when they were born."

Danielle swallowed, "Are you saying that she threatened…"

Her friend nodded, "Yes, she threatened to kill my children if I didn't give them up for adoption. I figured that I would at least have a 50 percent chance of finding them if they were alive, so I gave them up instead of keeping them and getting them killed."

Max was watching his father and he was very confused. Why would his father's face drain of all colour when he heard that? He knew that Ms. Mitchell's story was not a good one, but it still didn't explain all of the arguments.

Danielle sighed, "That still doesn't explain why you seem to think that you know of magic. Of what using magic entails."

Susannah looked annoyed, "You know what, it doesn't really matter at this time, okay? By the way where are we going to be next?"

Edward nearly scowled at her, "That was what I came to find out. It is Danielle's turn to choose where we go."

Dani brightened, "I was thinking that we could go to San Francisco. It is a nice city, plus with Alcatraz and the history of the city, it would be a good place to be." Susannah and Edward looked at each other and slowly they both nodded in her direction. She continued, "As long as all of you behave, I am sure that we could go to P3 one night while we are in town." She said this as she was looking at her friends and they all nodded in excitement. They couldn't wait to go to Danielle's favourite club.

The next day they were waiting for the boat to dock. Danielle smiled in amusement as she watched her friends' expressions as they saw the Golden Gate Bridge as well as all of the buildings that they could see from where they were standing. She turned to look at Susannah and her eyes narrowed in confusion as she noticed that her friend had a nervous expression on her face. She sighed, knowing that she wouldn't be able to get anything out of her old friend.

Max and Cassidy were also watching their teacher. Before Danielle could notice that they were looking at Ms. Mitchell they turned around after giving each other a confused look. As soon as the ship had docked and it was safe to get off they did. They waited for Dani to join them so that she could show them around the city. The group smiled at their friend as they noticed that she finally seemed to have relaxed. After hearing Ms. Mitchell's explanation they had noticed that Danielle had withdrawn into herself, so they were glad that she was happy again.

Danielle was thrilled that she would have a chance to give her friends a tour of one of her favourite cities. She walked up to the police station and they followed her inside. They looked confused when she walked up to one of the cops and sat on his desk while waiting for him to notice her. They noted the fact that his immediate response died as soon as he saw who was on his desk.

Danielle grinned, "Hey Darryl! These are my friends from Breaker High."

One by one she introduced them and he nodded at them all. He smiled, "Hey yourself Dani, how have you been doing?"

Her friends watched them talk about things that didn't really matter. What did get their attention was when she asked him, "Do you think that the sisters would mind if I brought my friends by the manor?"

He looked at them, "No, I don't think that they would mind. I will call to let them know that you will be coming around."

She hugged him as she thanked him and than walked out as confidently as she had when she had walked in. Again, her friends followed her and by the time they got to the manor they were exhausted. Cassidy asked, "Danielle, could we take a bus or something the next time you want to go somewhere that isn't exactly close by?" Dani turned around and smirked at her friend before she motioned for the others to follow her up the steps and into the house.

She stood in the front hall and yelled, "Guys, I'm home!"

Laughter came from the kitchen as Piper Halliwell yelled back, "I didn't know that this was your house, Danielle?"

The Halliwell sisters and Leo all came out into the front hall and immediately took a look at their newest visitors. Piper said, "You must be Danielle's friends from Breaker High. She speaks of you a lot of time. By the way Danielle, thanks for stopping by the station first, since Darryl called once you left to let us know that you were coming."

Danielle smiled at her friends and gave each of them a quick hug before introducing her friends to them. She said, "I was hoping that they could come with us to P3 sometime while we are in town. They already promised to behave, but if they don't than they will be the ones that will have to get in the middle of one of Susannah and Edward's arguments. Since they argue everyday, I think that my friends will have to deal with it on their own for a week if they choose not to behave."

All of the Halliwell family laughed along with Danielle as soon as Dani's friends shook their heads and started to convince all of them that they would behave. Piper agreed with the request and than stopped, "Oh, I'm sorry. We haven't introduced ourselves to you, yet. I'm Piper Halliwell-Wyatt, these are my two sisters Phoebe Halliwell and Paige Matthews. This is my husband Leo Wyatt." As she said each of their names she pointed to each of them in turn.

Leo asked, "Do you have to go back to the ship to get changed? If you do, we can go with you and wait because we were planning on going to P3 tonight."

Danielle looked at her friends, "No. We're ready to go to the club. To be honest, the sooner we get there the better we'll all feel." She smiled sadly and the Halliwells knew enough not to ask what was wrong. They knew that she would tell them everything when the time was right. They walked out the door and after Piper locked the door Leo orbed the students to the club while the sisters and Danielle drove there.

Leo and the others were waiting in the employees parking lot when the other women showed up. Piper let all of them in through the back entrance which was used for the employees and they went down the stairs. They settled around one of the tables when Darryl and his wife, Sheila, came up. They were about to start talking about the past when Danielle gasped in shock. The others looked up to where her eyes were trained on and all of the students nearly fell out of their seats as they recognized the woman that was coming down the stairs.

The Halliwell women, Leo and their friends also turned to look up at the stairs. They didn't see anything that would be that important but Paige asked, "What's wrong? You look as if you've seen a ghost. Is there someone in here that you recognize?"

Danielle could only nod dumbly as she stared in surprise at the stairs while her friends were all looking at each other in confusion. The same thought was going through each of their minds: Was that really their teacher that had justwalked in?