HP/Digi 4
A/n This will all clear up soon.
~Savita

Tai stared down at his now-silent digivice.

"Shit." he said. "Shit, shit, shit!" He turned and picked up the phone, dialing the number of Mimi's grandparent's house.

"Hello?" said a pleasant voice.

"I need to talk to Mimi, please." Tai said quickly.

"Hold on a moment, dear..."

"Hi," Mimi's voice said. "May I ask who's speaking?"

"Mimi, this is Tai. Where's Sora? Is she there?"

"Well, no, she's not. She just went outside with my cousin's friend."

"Shit." said Tai. "Shit!" (sorry, he's kinda in shock.)

"What is it?" Mimi asked, concerned.

"She used the digivice to talk to me a couple minutes ago. She said something about Devimon."

"WHAT?!" Mimi gasped.

"You search your grandparents' land." Tai said firmly. "I'm going to the Digi-world."

"Tai, wait!" Mimi said. "Get the others to help, too. Please!"

"THERE'S NO TIME!!!" shouted Tai. He took a few deep breaths. "All right, I'll get Kari. You contact everyone else after searching."

"Wait-" Mimi said. Too late. He had hung up. Mimi put the phone back in its cradle and raced out of the house.

Harry stared after her. Something was definitely up-and it involved Hermione. He didn't want anything to happen to her! She was his best friend!

Harry left the house, too. He nearly ran into Piers.

"Piers!" Harry said, skidding to a stop. "What the hell's wrong?"

Piers was very pale. "A tall figure in black." he gasped. Harry was filled with dread. Voldemort?

"Where'd Mimi go?" Harry demanded Piers. Piers pointed to the forest behind him. There was a very obvious path-that must be where she'd gone. Harry dashed for the forest as quickly as was possible. He soon caught up with Mimi, who was standing stock-still in a large clearing.

"Where's-*gasp*-Hermione-*gasp*?" he panted. Mimi didn't answer.

"Where the bloody hell is Hermione?!" Harry demanded. Mimi gave him a sad look, then bent down and picked up an object from the ground.

"I-oh, god, Harry, I'm sorry." she whispered. She then turned and went back the way she came,tears streaming down her pretty face. Harry stared. He looked back to the clearing. There were footsteps-four sets.

Harry swore quietly, then headed back. He'd have to alert the Ministry.

When he reached the house, he ran over to the phone in one of the bedrooms. Mimi was using it.

"Tai's already on his way," she was saying. "Hold on a second, Matt." She held her hand over the mouthpiece and said, "Harry, this is a private call, all right?"

"Unh." Harry replied, backing out of the room.

"Yeah, Kari went with him." he heard Mimi say quietly as he left. What was her problem? Her friend had just disappeared off the face of the earth!!! Why wasn't she looking for her?

Fifteen minutes later, Mimi came out looking tired. "You can use the phone now, Harry." she muttered. "Nanna, can I use your computer?" she asked, sticking her head around the corner.

"Of cour-" Nanna began.

"Not so fast!" Harry said instinctively. "You're going to come with me." He glared at Mimi. She sighed and followed him back to the bedroom, sitting reluctantly on the bed.

Harry picked up the phone and dialed the Weasleys' number.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Ginny, is your-"

"Hold on, I'll get him. RON! He's coming." Ginny's voice told Harry.

"No, actually, Ginny, I wanted to talk to-"

"HI, HARRY!" Ron's voice shouted. Harry flinched.

"You don't have to yell, Ron, I can hear you." he said.

"Sorry," Ron muttered. "I'm not used to this new phone."

"That's okay," Harry said. "Um, actually, I wanted to talk to your dad. Is he there?"

"Er, yeah, hold on." Ron said hesitantly. "DAD!"

A few minutes later, Mr. Weasley's voice came on. "Hello, Harry, is something wrong?"

"Definitely, yes." Harry said. "Something is seriously wrong. Hermione's disappeared."

"What?!"

"I think it may have been You-Know-Who. I wanted to report it to a Ministry official."

"That was a very smart thing to do, Harry." Mr. Weasley said seriously. "Now listen, You-Know-Who is probably after you again so I want you to stay with the Dursleys. You're safe there."

"All right." Harry said, resigned.

"I'm alerting the rest of the Ministry right away." Mr. Weasley said. "Stay put!"

"All right." Harry said again. "Thanks, Mr. Weasley." He hung up the phone and glanced at Mimi.

"You're staying right here." he said angrily. "Don't move."

The two of them stood there staring at one another until Mr. Weasley appeared with a *pop*.

"What the-" gasped Mimi, jumping slightly.

"Harry, tell me exactly what happened." Mr. Weasley said. Harry related Hermione and Sora's disappearance in great detail. Mr. Weasley blinked.

"Hmmmmm..." he said. "I'm going to get Dumbledore." He disappeared.

"Wait." Mimi said firmly. "What is going on?" Harry looked at her.

"Er, nothing." he said. The phone rang. Mimi picked it up.

"What!" she snapped. There was a pause. "TK, say that again." Another pause. "Oh god." she said softly. Pause. "Is there anything I can do?" Pause. "I'm kind of stuck in a weird situation right now. I'll be there as soon as I can, all right?" Pause. "Oh, god. Please, be careful." Pause. "All right. Good luck."

She hung up.

Harry stared at her.

"What do you know that we don't?" he said menacingly. Mimi stared at him.

"Wait." she said. "Magic. You're a wizard, aren't you?" Harry blinked.

"Yes." he affirmed finally. Mimi stared at him again, then sighed.

"Come with me." she said. "It's the only way to save your friend."

She gripped his arm, then whipped out her digivice and was sucked into the Digital world.

***

Tai glanced around him. Nothing but greenery. No Digimon, nothing.

"Something's not right." he muttered. "Sora!"

A/N Okay, so maybe it's NOT going to be cleared up. So sue me. It looked like my story is getting more complicated again. *Sigh*

Bye!

~Savita

aka The Purple Penguin Perpetrator

Disclaimer: I own nothin'.