"Do you have to be so loud, Tai? It's just rude to knock that loudly." Mimi called out, just as the door opened.

Everyone peered in to see who had opened it. It quickly became clear that there was no one there.

"This isn't spooky. Not spooky at all." Joe could be heard muttering to himself as Tai crossed the threshold closely followed by the other D.D., he could hear the parents following but they seemed rather upset and then Matt had to open his mouth and make it worse.

"You know it would suck if life were like horror movies?"

"Why is that Matt?" Tai asked as he turned to make sure everyone was inside.

"Because this would be the part of the movie were everyone shouts 'Don't go in there' and we ignore them."

"Oh that." Tai said, just as the door slammed shut behind them plunging the hall they were in into darkness.

Several of the parents slammed their bodies against the door to try to get it to open. The D.D. all remained calm and pulled out miniature torches which seemed to calm everyone a little.

"These were a great idea Cody." T.K. said.

"Okay everybody, this way." Tai said and started moving off. The D.D. all went to follow him but Sora's mum called out.

"Why?"

All the parents were still standing near the front entrance as if hoping it would release them. Tai sighed. It had been a long time since the others questioned his decisions and now he had to give an explanation on why. He wished they would just go along with them.

"Well for one if we leave now we will never know the truth about what is going on. For two this house doesn't seem to want us to leave. Besides with the Digimon here were perfectly safe."

"That's right." Agumon added very proudly.

The parents were looking at them rather sceptically and it was Matt's mum who spoke next.

"That's all?"

"Yep that's all. Oh and the house wants us to go this way." Tai said all of this with his cheeky trademark grin, if the light had have been better people would have noticed Sora blushing.

"The house wants us to go this way? That's your answer." Mimi's dad said sounding every bit as overdramatic as his daughter used once was.

"Well, yeah. See down the end of the hall, there's a light coming from under the door. Whoever is here we will probably find in there."

"Cause in horror movies that never ends badly." Matt muttered just loud enough for the D.D. to hear him.

"You can't argue with the house." Davis said.

This seemed to settle the argument for the kids and they started forward. Their parents followed behind but were all wondering how they could sound so calm about this.

When they reached the door it swung open all on its own. They pocketed their torches and noticed this room was totally different to the hall which had been dark and foreboding. This room had a large fire roaring in a grate down the left hand side. There were huge armchairs that looked rather comfortable throughout the room. There looked to be enough for everyone. The room also appeared too large for the house. Indeed Izzy had been so shocked by this obvious problem that Tai had to move him out of the doorway so that everyone could get in. They also noticed what appeared to be candles floating in mid-air. Tai was pretty sure he heard Izzy mutter wires but his interest was drawn to the opposite end of the room. As everyone else noticed their demeanour changed. The parents went to stand with their kids who had shifted ready to move if necessary. Tai and Agumon had placed themselves between Kari and the people they saw.

It was a strange sight to behold. There was a man who looked to be in his late thirties at the earliest dressed all in black. On his right side was a woman who was at least in her late twenties. Her hair was bright pink and was the most noticeable thing about her appearance. On the left of the man sat a girl no more than thirteen. She appeared to be reading and thus all anyone noticed was the book and her bushy brown hair poking over the top.

Tai approached them with the others following. He was halfway there when the man looked up and addressed them.

"I am pleased to see you all made it. Please take a seat and we can discuss everything."

The group looked at Tai. They were following his lead.

So when Tai sat down towards the front of the room everyone followed suit. As soon as they were all seated the man spoke again.

"Now before we start would you like some tea?"

The group was perplexed. That was not what they were expecting. Not only that but tables loaded with tea and cups had appeared throughout the room. They were sure that they hadn't been there before. They than noticed the girl look up from her book chuckle than lean around the man, whisper something to the other woman which led to her laughing rather loudly. The man then glared at both of them which only led to more laughter. He then turned towards the front of the room and spoke again.

"Alright. My name is Professor Severus Snape. I teach Potions at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and am Head of Slytherin House, which has recognised your magical abilities and has accepted you as students. You do not have to attend however it may be dangerous for yourselves and others if you don't. Hogwarts is a boarding school in England. Also you should be advised that this will take the best part of the next four years of your life."

When he finished everyone sat staring for a while before Davis spoke.

"Who are they?" He said pointing at the two women next to Severus.

For a moment everyone looked at him before several people face palmed.

"Probably not the first question you should have asked." Tai muttered.

"It's alright. This is Auror, which means police officer Nymphadora Tonks," he loved the way using her first name made her glare at him, "she prefers her last name. This is Hermione Granger my ward and a third year student at the school."

"Prove it." Izzy called out as soon as Snape had finished speaking.

"Very well." Snape said coolly, he knew exactly what the kid had meant as soon as the he had spoken.

So he stood up, pulling his wand out. He produced his Doe patronus that moved around the room. He turned the kid who had first spoken's hair multiple colours and then transfigured the table in front of the "prove it" kid into a pig and back.

"Wow." Was a word heard throughout the room.

"Your letters said that there were special circumstances around this. Could you tell us what those are?" Tai asked deciding to direct the conversation back to matters at hand before Davis could speak again.

"Well under normal circumstances you would have received letters at the age of eleven from school's here in Japan. We believe your experience in the Digital World may have interfered with the detection of your magic. This means that your magic was not detected until recently. The schools here are not equipped to deal with you so they asked for help and Hogwarts volunteered. Now if you choose to attend the rest of your summer will be spent getting you all up to a third grade level. We have decided that it may be best to keep you all together. Now I believe one of you is seventeen. Normally in the magically world you would graduate from school and come of age. If you are happy however we will keep you with your friends instead of trying to push you through. Also I understand one of you is only twelve, this offer applies to you as well. If you wish you can be kept up to date with your friends instead of being held back."

The group sat there digesting the information. They were unsure about this. The offer was genuine and it seemed like a great plan but the school was in England. It was a boarding school. They were just unsure.

"Could we have a few moments alone to think about this?" Tai asked, the man responded with a nod and he and his companions left. Once they were gone everyone looked around.

"Well what do you think?" Tai asked.

"I don't want you to go." It was Agumon, the other Digimon all agreed with him.

"Well maybe we can ask and see if you guys can come with us, if we decide to go." Kari said, it seemed to calm their fears.

"I think it will be interesting." Izzy said.

"I wonder if they have cures for things we don't." Joe was muttering to himself.

"Okay," Tai announced drawing their attention back to him, "as appealing as listening to everyone tell us about what they think, I don't think it will help. We have all the information at our disposal and now we have decisions to make. Decisions that we have to make with our families and by ourselves."

The group looked at Tai and nodded before separating. Tai didn't need to talk to anyone really. He knew that Agumon would follow his lead. He looked at Kari who was looking at the ground. He was surprised when she spoke.

"Can you imagine Mum and Dad's reaction to this? ... I miss them Tai."

She hadn't looked at him but it was the most honest thing that she had said to him in a while.

"I do to Kari."

"Tai no matter what you decide I'll follow you. So just let me know what to do, okay. I think that I would like to attend, though."

So it was all up to him. He sat there and watched as both Gatomon and Agumon tried to cheer her up. He thought about how sad and lost they had both been since the accident. That nothing they did seemed to help. It was like a dark cloud that wouldn't go away. Even though she had tried to hide it, he had noticed that when the letters had arrived a small glimmer of hope had appeared in Kari's eyes. As if they were being given a second chance and then he remembered before the letter how her smile never reached her eyes. How she was always trying to pretend that she was okay. He had his answer then, so he stood up.

"We're going."

Everyone knew exactly what Tai meant. They knew that he hadn't noticed them waiting for him but understood. As soon as he was finished the others started rising. Until they were all on their feet.

"Looks like the Digdestined ride again." Matt announced.

His declaration brought smiles to their faces. Even their parents seemed happy.

Tai looked around at everyone smiling.

"Alright, let's do this."