Truce of the Kinds

Introduction





Title

Truce of the Kinds

Author

Spite

Disclaimer

I guess all you smart lil' cookies out there have figured it out all ready but for those who aren't the brightest crayons in the box, ANGEL, BUFFY and HARRY POTTER don't belong to me. Although you may find this hard to believe people like J.K.Rowlings, Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and Warner Bro.s own the characters. Plot and made up characters are mine though so don't steal!

Distribution

Perleahse don't take this story without asking me. at the very least acknowledge that I wrote it!!!

Summary

Harry Potter meets Buffy/Angel. Think my version of 5th Harry Potter book and bit n' pieces of Angel. The hellmouth has closed over after season six of Buffy and she is trying to get on with her life so Giles invites her back to England where the watchers council has joined forces with the Wizards and Witches to protect earth. Includes Dawn Buffy Willow Spike Giles and some Angel characters. Buffy/Spike at the moment, maybe Dawn/Harry, Hermione/Connor, Willow/Sirius and Cordelia/Angel.

Truce of the Kinds

Chapter One: Something Different





Buffy Anne Summers Buffy sat down and stared into her palms. Ever since Tara had died she had felt useless, even more useless than when her mother had died (not helped by the fact there were no more Vamps coz the hell mouth had closed over). When Joyce had died she had no control over what happened but with Tara there had been something she could do to stop it, and she failed.

Willow was still recovering from the shock and Giles was packing to back to England. Spike was nowhere to be seen and she felt lost without him. Dawnie was being so impatient and Buffy was no longer confident that she was the best one to look after her.

Xander and Anya had vowed their love to each other and decided to leave Sunnydale and raise a family. Buffy had sent them off with her blessing but that didn't stop the feeling that something was missing. So wrapped up with the trouble of her miserable life Buffy didn't hear Giles come in.

"Buffy?"

"Oh hi" she replied distantly

"I have something important to tell you. I want you to come back to England with me." Giles continued quickly "Don't say anything, just hear me out. I think it would be better for you seeing as the hellmouth has closed over to concentrating on a more troubled area. There is a WICCA traumatic experiences centre near the Watchers Council head quarters. Willow could recover there."

"What about Dawn?"

Giles was surprised she didn't react badly to his suggestion, but the truth was that Buffy was worn out of her life and ready for a change, deep down they both knew it.

"The council has made some interesting contact. I can't tell you much know but these people have a boarding school close by and Dawn would be welcome to attend there." Giles continued.

Buffy was silent as she thought about it.

"OK."

And with that simple word her whole life became even weirder than it already was.

Buffy was surprised at Dawns reaction to the move but as they weren't sure if it was going to be permanent Dawn decided to think of it as great opportunity to take a holiday.

Willow was a bit reluctant to move away from the place where she had lost Tara but eventually she agreed that she needed help from people who were experienced with Traumatised witches.

A week later on the plane to England

A week later they had rented the house out to a nice family, packed their bags and on a plane.

"Oh my God." Buffy kept whimpering as the plane left off. The sickening feeling as the wheels left the ground was horrible. What didn't help was Dawn yelling in her ear.

"Yay the window seat!" "Do you reckon Spikes ever been on a plane?" "Buffy what happens if the plane crashes?" "Will Spike know where we are if he comes back?" "Why aren't Xander and Anya coming?" "Spike would of liked this don't you think." "Ohhh it feels funny when it lifts off doesn't it Buffy?" "Wow look at the clouds." "Wow listen to channel 8 it's the Sex Pistols, you know Spikes favourite band."

The girl wouldn't shut up. But Buffy knew she was just excited so she didn't say anything. What hurt her though were the endless streams of questions about Spike. She felt a painful ache every time his name was mentioned. Listening to Dawn wasn't the best time killer so she turned on the earphones and watched the movie. That wasn't helpful either they were showing Blade II. She couldn't help but laugh at the way they portrayed vampires though and she liked to compare the main characters to Spike, he was so much braver stronger and loyal than any of them. WHY couldn't she stop thinking of him!

At the train station in London

"Giles!" Dawn whinged "we just left the airport, can't we have a break, or catch another plane." "I'm sorry Dawn but the only way to get to where we're going is to take this train, and they only have one a year so hurry up!" Giles replied

The group walked along the platforms. When they reached their destination Giles handed them their tickets. They read:

The Hogwarts Express

Platform 9¾

Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus

Buffy looked up to the platform they were at and it seemed to say 9 and 10 on either side.

"Giles I don't know if this is some weird thing they do in Britain but we don't seem to be at 9 ¾ in fact," she said looking across the whole station, "there doesn't seem to be a platform 9 ¾ at all."

"Just follow me." Was Giles's only reply as he lent on a wall.

It seemed to happen in slow motion, Giles lent in leisurely but he went straight through the wall.

"Giles!" The 3 girls called out and ran towards the wall, and all of a sudden they went through as well. As the looked around there seemed to be many kids walking around, some of them wearing very strange outfits.

Willow spotted Giles and yelled out "Giles where the hell are we."

He smiled and answered "Platform 9 ¾."

A few hours later on the train to Hogwarts

Buffy and Willow sat across from Giles in their compartment. They were still struggling to get their heads around the concept he was telling them.

"So you're telling me," Buffy said sceptically "That there has been a secret community of wizards from. well forever and no-one has hooked on to the idea that they're there. Recently they've made contact with the watchers council because they need help to beat this all powerful guy called Volvoment."

"Voldermort!" Giles interrupted.

"Whatever." Buffy continued, " So we're going to this "school" and we're yet again going to save the world. Then what."

"Buffy, don't be so sure that this time you're going to fix all the problems this time." Giles said. "Voldermort will be a deadlier enemy than you have ever faced. And you are not here to go on a solo kamikaze mission that you miraculously survive. This is a full-scale war between the wizard and the followers of the dark lord. Imagination it's Buffy against the Vampires, good and evil. It's not going to be over in a week or a month, it could go for years."

They were all silent, Buffy wasn't used to being told off so severely. Willow finally broke the silence.

"So there are witches and wizards, huh, like me?"

"Well no Willow, these are children and adults who were born with a natural ability. Where we are going is a school, you may have noticed by the abundance of youths, they train them from the age of 11 up. "

"What about Dawn?" Buffy asked, "She's not 11, far from it in actually. I hope she's not going to be left out."

"Don't worry Buffy!" Giles continued to explain, "Dawn is able to go straight in with the 5th years. Oh look we've arrived at the station."

They went and found Dawn who was hanging around the food carriage asking why she couldn't buy food with a five-dollar note. They then piled out of the train only just missing water balloons. Thrown by a strange ghost type man.

"Ahhhhhhh" Dawn screamed, gaining some strange looks from the robed teens around them.

Then they saw it. Hogwarts, it shined with, gaining some strange looks from the robed teens around them.

Then they saw it. Hogwarts, it shined with a magical power its majestic structure sent thrilling shivers down Buffy's quivering spine. They had arrived.