All Road leads to Rome

"Where am I...And what is this place?"

As the 10 years old Rei looked at the endless meadows of pink flowers as she tried to remember what's happened to her and where this place is. Then she looked at the sky and where was a tower it looks different to her tower where she lived. The child realized that she was without her partner and she panicked as Rei began to search Meicoomon but when suddenly a white hooded man with a staff appeared in front of her.

His eyes where covered in his white hood but he has fluffy long white hair just like her but she cutted her hair short since the arrival at the digital world.

She had a feeling she can't trust him as the 'man' speaked to her in his cheerful calm expression and hid his suprise that a child came from her own in this very distance place that only sinless shall pass.

"Now, now child. This is a dream if you wanted search someone you have to wake up in your own world. It's been awhile someone visited this place.."

The man looked at her in curiousity since he never seen her as he watched the humans from earth and his eyes glittered as the man saw something from her.

He smiled, "I see..." And the girl tittled her head in confusion then the man began to teached her how to get back to her home.

As the girl vanished the man laughed empty and said, "To think HE as a daugther and doesn't know it since he became..."

He looked at the spot the child vanished and was interested about her future after all she came from a very far different plane of existence from his.

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"Whoa!" Rei and Grim eyes glittered alongside her digimon who where in her digivice as they looked at the school shop in awe how 'funky' this shop is and the old fae chuckled at them as he lead them to the shop.

The store was so huge there was a bright entrance sign called 'Mr.S's mystery shop from the inside where were countless product in every corner. Rei had a weird feeling someone watching her and looked around as she looked at the wall where was a shadow. Not any shadows just a MOVING man shadow and they looked each other.

The shadow man acted like he was a real shadow as a young man appeared with magenta eyes, black-and-purple dreads flipped over the right side of his head, and an undercut. He has white skeletal markings painted beneath his eyes, on his neck, on his chest, and on his forearms. There are also white rib markings on the bright purple vest he wears beneath his maroon blazer; this skeletal motif is complete with a small skull affixed to his hat.

He has his polite smile as the man greeted them like a shopkeeper do to their customer. "Welcome little demons~. What can I help you with? Here in my shop 'Mr.S's Mystery Shop' has everything what your looking for what you desire~."

The funky man looked at them as he saw Lilia tagged along with them and Rei gave him a list for revonation the dorm they lived. He read the list and looked her.

"That's a tall order little demon~. Do you think you can all pay for this?" He asked as Rei fiddled in her bag and gave something that make him nearly choke along Lilia who looked at the bunch of items in interested like those items didn't exist here in this world.

What Rei gave him was very big horns from a unknown species, poisons from a very deadly unknown plants which contain in a small bottle, black mist in a bottle, broken piece of a metal that fused with wires and lots of gold coins craved in 'D'.

"Is this enough to pay all of this? I know that this not the world currency but i hope this enough to revonated this old dorm we are live." Rei said and the man looked delightful as he saw those items like a child who reveiced candys.

"Yes it is this will be enough for the payment little demon~, just give me a moment to gather those items~." He took the items and he snapped his fingers.

The items for revonation appeared on the ground and Rei tooked them in her bag. Lillia and the man looked amazed that the bag holding those items with no problem no matter how big it is or heavy. The bag looked the same as ever. Also the man gave her some money from this world in exchange for the payment.

"Now then," paused Lillia as he looked at Rei and Grim. "I shall take my leave now since I have classes to do and I hope you take care about yourselve child of man no I mean Rei."

They nodded and the old fae leaves this shop then they looked at each other.

"So... What shall we do?" Asked Grim and they decided to think when the man breaks the silence.

"Oh you must Rei that Divus highly speaking off. He would be delightful to meet you again if you have time." He said as much the man wanted this girl leave because she makes his friends scared for unknown reason.

The girl perked up. "Really?! Then that means he must done with the clothes. Wait does he have time? I mean Master Crewel must teaches these students in this hour."

'Master...' The shopkeeper chuckled at the thought that his former classmate called to her a 'cute puppy with cat ears' and he can see why. This child looked like to crave for parental love attention.

"He doesn't mind If you visited him in his classroom where he teaches. I give you the cordination which way you can go." The shopkeeper marked down in the map that Rei lended him shortly and quickly gave her back. Rei and Grim looked each other.

"I guess we can visited him if he doesn't mind.... How about you Grim do you wanna see how a teacher teaches the students magic?" She asked Grim who thought about it and nodded at her.

"Sure! I the great Grim who wanna be a great wizard will go to observe those teacher and students!" Smirked Grim.

As they leaves the shop the man sighed that they are gone and asked his friend. "So.. My friend what makes you afraid of this girl?"

"Foreigner.... Who came from another world which existed in another plane of existence has fused with a libra that will either save or destroy the world..." The shadow hissed in fear.

The shopkeeper is silenced at this statement and he thought. 'This will be an interesting year that's for sure..' As he looked at the door that they already left to went to see Divus.

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"This will be the end of the class.... Make sure your dogs memorize this lessons" Said Divus Crewel as he ended the lessons. The 2nd year students makes their way to the cafeteria and they saw in the hallway a girl with her cat companion who rested in her shoulder as the 1st year students began to wispered.

"Isn't that the girl from the entrance ceremony?" Said a first year student who wears a heartslabyul emblem on his right on his arm.

"And isn't that the gremlin from hell who is now in her shoulder? I thought someone threw him way." Said a student with bunny ears who wears a savanaclaw emblem on his right arm.

Another first student also wears a heartslabyul emblem in his right arm scoffed, "It doesn't suprise me that those didn't became students here. I mean this is just a girl and a monster cat."

Most of the students agreed with that as Divus went to those two. The students were frozen that the teacher interacted with her in his friendly manner.

"Ah, Rei. Nice to see you again I hope you have a good stay in this 'dorm' and I know the circumstance about Grim. Oh about the clothes here for you." Said Divus as he handed to Rei bags of clothes. "This is just the half of it and I hope you wear it in the future, this for the spring and thats for the summer session." As he pointed at the bags three students that came from octavinelle were far familiar about them because she sweeped in the main streets with her song before.

"Say Azul~, Did you know about the sub-website named Hudie? I believe that kuebi-chan downloaded it for making money." Said the man in his lazy speech who has turquoise hair, with a longer, darker strand on his right. His eyes have heterochromia iridium; his right eye is yellow, while his left eye is olive. He wears a blue, diamond-like earring on his right ear. The silver-haired man who knows about them started to think that her voice seemed to be useful in their school cafe 'Mostro Lounge'.

"Perhaps we should making a request for her in her website afterall it stands 'Any problem or any odd jobs you have the handyman Rei will finish this in no problem'.... So it is written here." Said the man who is exactly like the other man except the darker strand is on his left. The eyes are also reversed. He also wears a blue, diamond-like earring on his left side.

"Mmm I guess this doesn't hurt to do that Floyd and Jade make sure our newcomer is going comfarble to us." Said Azul as he fixed his glasses like a business man and sended the request on the Hudie website.

Divus coughed a bit, "Well that's it for today and I will suggest that you should go to the cafeteria since is open afterall if you are hungry.."

Rei and Grim bided goodbye to the teacher as they headed down to the cafeteria.

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At the digital world were the humanoid butterfly digimon and the young woman with fair skin, purple eyes, short purple hair, and a large bust. She wears glasses with purple hexagonal lens, a white buttoned shirt with long puffy sleeves, and pocket on the left side of the chest, a purple bow tie, a black dress that accentuates her breasts and is open in the back with the straps forming an "x", black stockings, and high white boots with purple shoelaces and black soles. She carries a laptop in her right hand. They are in the Tower of sky as they tried to located Rei who vanished into another world.

Hudiemon tipped down at the light blue keyboard and looked at the screen were to find her first female best friend in this world but it always an error like this system doesn't want to located her for now and the lilac haired women started to think. "Perhaps, lord Yggdrasil didn't want us locate her since Rei's fate started to geared up and it will send some Digieggs that someone started to near her for unknown reason."

"Or it likes to troll her and teleported her in some magical world.." Said Erika and the young woman has an 'eureka' face.

"It doesn't suprise me when king Drasil does it.." Paused the lilac haired women and Hudiemon gave her a face. "What?! Does that mean Rei has magic?! Mirei why does Yggdrasil send her away because of that?!"

The young women named Mirei waved a hand as she summoned some kind of record book. An old record book.

"The same reason that you existed Erika yet not. She came on her own and met Meicoomon in the forest that rules the hardworking turtle digimon. Yggdrasil knew that Rei isn't exacly fully human and yet she is fully human due some miracle. An unknown force that take our cute angel away into a another world she knows not and builded this tower who connected many worlds is high accomplish for a human child..." Explained Mirei to the humanoid digimon who is now suprised about the explanation and started to thought about that.

"We should wait and hope.." Paused Erika and looked up to the glass ceiling to see countless stars at ones. She smiled sadly at thought that Erika can't see her dearest friend anymore. For now and she streches her arms as she continued to work for searching Rei and their family. So does the Tamers who loved the queen of mysteries and Mirei smiled at them as they worked together.

'Rei... You surely are a big influence just like the certain boy who crashed in this tower and who is gone now to his own world.' She smiled at the thought and headed to the DigiLap leaving everyone behind as they continued to search her.

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At the cafeteria in the Twisted Wonderland.

Rei and Grim standing on the line to get some food when Grim complained how long that takes, "Why does it takes so long maybe I should fire them up to make go faster."

She chuckled at the cat along with her Digimons in her digivice when suddenly a loud crash can be heard and they turned around as they saw a broken chandalier on the ground that caused by familiar boy who caused to provoke them on the main streets. Where also a guy who has dark blue hair and teal eyes, his hair brushed mostly to the side while a portion hangs down on his right side. Over his left eye, he has a large black patch shaped like a spade. He also wears the same uniform as Ace when headmaster suddenly appeared in front of them and saw the broken chandelier in cringed sight.

"Just~ What ~ exactly ~ ARE YOU ALL DOING???" He yells at them and Rei looked at them as she began to walked and standing between at them.

"You all two decided to destroy the chandelier for what? I will expelled all of you!" He said in his angry tone as the dark blue haired boy looked despaired that he was going to expelled him and he pleaded. "Please! Anything but that! I have thing I have to do at this school!"

"You have nothing to blame but your own idiocy.." The headmaster said frustrated well Rei can understand that afterall some novice Tamer thought it was funny to make a mess in her tower to scattered her books or burn her telescope down. That's why She banned all Tamers in her tower except if they read the protocol for do's and don't. The tower of sky is a damn archive after all.

'Mmm. Maybe I should make that a bit more tighted the security a bit since Impmon stated that Barbamon sneaked in the tower for Yggdrasil knows that.' She thought darkly as Grim nearly jumped down because Rei makes a scary aura around her body.

"Don't worry Grim," Said Meicoomon to Grim as he calmed down for. "We also have some scumbags that has no respect of privacy and destroy valued things back home."

Ah. Now Grim understood that.

Geo and Lunamon gasped, "Meicoomon who thaught you that language?!"

"Please, who thaught me that? You guys and some older Tamers of course." She scoffed that and the conversation has ended with a silent. Somehow that conversation didn't heard by those trio since the man scolded those one braincell duo.

"What you two just destroyed was an artifact that was entrusted to the school since its very founding!" The man hissed, "It's a magic chandelier that uses candles that will burn eternally!"

"It was made by a legendary maester of magical tools!" The headmaster stood up and marched up to the duo, "And you broke it in your useless fight!"

"I will pay for all damages if I have to!" The blunette begged to the headmaster and Rei gave him a sympatic look.

'Huh It seems like he wanted to attend this school no matter it cost... Perhaps I should.' She looked at Grim that showed her his grin. 'Welp me and my heroic stupity...' As they decided to watch what the headmaster had to say at this statement.

"How would you be able to replace that artifact?" The headmaster scoffed, "You would not be able to compensate for it. Its historical value approximates it at least a billion madol!"

Rei nearly whistles how much that cost and felt almost sorry about them. Well almost since she nearly spend that much for the revonation.

By the way the two paled she assumed that they can't not pay that much.

"But can't you just fix it with magic?" The boy with the heart shaped mark yelped.

"Magic is not all powerful." Crowley began to calm down as he huffed, "What's more important is that the heart of the magic tool, the magic crystal was shattered."

"No two magic crystals are the same," Crowley sighed as his eyes closed, "The chandelier will never be lit again."

"How can that be..." The orange-haired kid moaned sadly.

"Crap..." The blue haired boy croaked, "What am I doing... What am I going to tell mom?"

'Huh, that's nice that his mother raised him nicely... I wonder what my mom is doing now I bet she has a new husband since she casted me away because of a one-night stand with an unknown man that I assumed he is my father that i nevver known.' She thought sadly but it was hidden away since Rei didn't want to be pited.

The headmaster sighed before he perked up, "... That's right. There is one way. A way to fix the chandelier."

The two perked up at the sudden hope that was gifted to them.

The headmaster quickly explained how the crystal was mined in the Dwarf's mine and that if they had a magic crystal of the same kind that repairs might be possible.

"I will go find a magic crystal!" The blunette volunteered immediately but the headmaster shook his head.

"I have no guarantee that there are any magic crystals left in the mine." The headmaster murmured tapping a finger on his chin. "It has been closed for a while and it's very possible its exhausted of crystals."

"In addition," The headmaster continued, "Despite the fact that it's for the sake of redacting your expulsion, I cannot in good conscious send two students to an abandoned mine who have proven to be a danger to themselves."

The duo seemed to wilt in their place and Rei stepped up, "If someone going to supervise them. What about I going to tag along with them since I am not a student here afterall."

They all startled that the girl speaked up to them and the headmaster muttered. "Rei... What are you trying to imply?"

The duo wided their eyes what is Rei going to say with her mad grin because she was bored. "I'm saying that me and Grim will accompany them to the mines for a chance to redact the expulsion."

The duo started in surprise and exchanged bewildered glances while the Headmaster hummed, "If you do accompany these two, I would be more assured that they would not cause too much trouble. But why volunteer? You have nothing to gain from this."

She wided her smile, "Oh? Of course I will gain something and also I have a habit to help people that needed help. I know is a bad habit of mine so dont ask about that."

Grim snickered about the last part and Rei continued. "It's also a chance to let Grim to attend this school as a student ."

The headmaster understand this, "Under one condition you will also attend this school Rei-san since you have magic afterall."

"It's a deal," The girl nodded and Grim was happy that Rei made a deal with the headmaster along with her digimon.

"Very well." The headmaster muttered and turned his gaze at the duo, "Ace Trappola, Deuce Spade, what about the two of you?"

"I'll do anything to get the expulsion rescinded!" The boy named Deuce agreed passionately as Ace sighed before his mouth set into a firm line, "It's not cool to just give up and get kicked out on the first day. I'm in."

"... Very well." The headmaster relented, "I shall give you one night. You must bring me a magic crystal by tomorrow morning or face expulsion. Are we clear?"

"Yes! Thank you very much!" Deuce thanked Crowley and Ace sighed, "No choice, let's go get the magic crystal and be done with it."

With that statement they are going to the mirror chamber as a blue butterfly passes by and Rei looked at the way the butterfly goes but there was nothing there. The two boys yelled at them to get going.

"Let's go.." She muttered to Grim and the three digimon who are still in her digivice.

As they now in the mirror chamber Ace sighed, "Aaaah.. Why did it turn into something like this? Today is really not my day.."

"Now isn't the time for mumbling! Let's go!" Deuce snarked at him and casted something on the mirror, "Mirror, mirror on the wall! Light our way to Dwarfs' Mine!"

With that Rei, Grim, Ace and Deuce along with her Digimon inside her digivice are transported to the Dwarf's Mine.