Two weeks flew by faster than anyone expected. Upon accepting the offer from Hogwarts the group was almost immediately whisked away to a large estate in Japan. It was here they would start their training. It was a very old traditional house in the countryside. Large enough that Severus had invited the Digidestined's families to stay for the summer if they wished; they all took him up on that offer. The digimon were also invited and after being told that if they came in their in-training forms they would be allowed to attend the school.

The Digidestined soon learnt that the smartest witch of their age was also the ward of Severus. That made their study much easier. Rather than having to copy out lots of notes Severus handed out copies of Hermione's notes from her first two years. All the digidestined did was read it and pass the few very basic tests that Severus gave them. With a month until term began they were all eager to get their hands on a magic wand, Severus promised that they would go to London within the week to get their school supplies. This would also allow them time to practise.

Of course there had been hiccups along the way. The group calling him Severus all the time was one of them. They had heard Hermione call him that once and that was the end of it. They agreed to call him Professor when at the school but he had been unable to convince them to call him anything else outside of school. Tonks found this hilarious, until Severus convinced them to call her Nympadora for a week. She had almost cursed Davis the last time.

Then when Severus had to teach them how to ride brooms chaos had ensued. All that needed to be said was that the digimon had gotten involved and most of the brooms were now beyond repair. The school would have to invest in new ones. After that Severus had refused to let them near brooms again. Luckily they all had the basics so it wasn't all that bad.

The large group had also managed to in grain themselves in Hermione's life. They were always trying to include her in conversations and have her help them with their homework. They stumbled across her parent's fate thanks to Davis's big mouth. On one of their first night's he had opened his mouth and stuck both of his feet in it.

"So Hermione, where are your parents?"

It had been an innocent enough question but it sent Hermione reeling. She had fled the room and the entire group was left staring at her now vacant spot.

"Davis of all the insensitive-" Mimi had started before being interrupted.

"It's alright. It only happened recently, so the pain is still very raw." Severus stated.

"What happened?" Sora asked it was something they had all been wondering about since they had agreed to this school thing.

"Two weeks before the end of school Hermione's parents were killed in a car accident. This whole situation is still very new." Tonks gave them the answer they had sought and they were stunned. Everyone bar Severus and Tonks began to look at Tai and Kari.

"A car accident?" Tai asked, he was looking at his hands as he spoke.

"Yes, that's what Tonks said." Severus responded while watching Tai and his sister Kari.

Tai looked up to see Kari stand and leave the room. He followed her knowing already were she was headed. This left Matt and the others to explain that Tai and Kari had lost their parents in a car accident.

"Are you alright?" Kari asked knowing the answer all too well.

Hermione was sitting outside on one of the verandas. Her head was in her hands as she tried to wipe away the tears.

"I'm fine." She managed to choke out between the tears.

"You don't have to lie to us. We know you're not. You're feeling guilty because even though you still cry when you go to sleep you haven't really thought about them in a while." Tai said as he and Kari sat down beside her.

"Then somebody mentions them and it hits you all over again. You thought at the time that it couldn't possibly get any more painful than suddenly it does and all you want to do is cry. So you do." Kari continued.

"We've been there. Last year our parents were killed in a car accident. It's a year later and we are both still trying to get on with life but it still hurts. You shouldn't be ashamed of that. Besides Davis is an idiot sometimes." Tai finished.

Hermione had watched them both speak and was glad that someone out their understood a little of what she was feeling. Without warning she grabbed Tai in a hug and burst into tears, he didn't seem to mind though. He had been speaking to Hermione as much as he was speaking to Kari. Letting her know that he still felt it all too. That she wasn't alone. This resulted in Kari grabbing him in a hug too. The three of them sat there in a group hug crying for those they had lost. The next day Davis apologised and Hermione was more than willing to accept it. From then on this large and rather strange group had become like a family.

Over the two weeks they learnt about Severus's past. Tonks powers and job. Hermione's problems at school and about her spells that she was developing. Tai's talent at soccer. Davis's ability to get in trouble when there shouldn't have been a problem. Matt and Soras break up. Yolie's passion for everything. Mimi's unreserved sincerity. Joe's fears and reliableness. Cody's moral code. Izzy's inquisitiveness. Ken's shyness. T.K.'s never ending hope and good nature and Kari's kindness and her ability to hold back her feelings.

Everything the group did seemed to bring them closer to each other. Even the digimon felt it. Of course Tai, Kari, Hermione and Severus all felt that it was going to well. That something was going to happen. How right they were. On the first Sunday of their last four weeks an event occurred that shattered the peace of the group.

"AAAIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" The scream had alerted everyone in the house that something was wrong. Terribly wrong.

The D.D., Severus and Tonks found Hermione floating and writhing in agony in her room. Tai, Matt and Davis had all charged forward to grab her when Severus arrived just in time to stop them. He nodded his head towards Tonks who disappeared. After five minutes, which seemed like an eternity to those watching it stopped and Hermione fell to the ground.

Severus was beside her in an instant. He was checking her vitals and trying to ignore the visions blasting through his head. When he had ascertained that she was going to be alright he looked around the room. All of the D.D. were there as well as their digimon. This was good as all of them had featured in his visions. Then Tonks returned.

"Is she alright?" Tonks asked kneeling down next to them.

"She will be. Enlarge it. We need to take them." Severus responded.

Tonks looked at the D.D. quizzically before doing as instructed. She produced what looked to be a kettle. She then used her wand to enlarge it before speaking.

"All of you need to touch this. We will explain what's going on soon." She held the kettle up for them to touch. Severus lifted Hermione into his arms and then touched the kettle. The D.D. looked at Tai. He looked at Hermione and knew that he had to make sure that she was alright. He touched the kettle and the others followed suit. Once they and the digimon had touched the kettle a tug was felt behind the navel of all those present as they were pulled out of Japan. Towards their future.