Title: Where Do We Go From Here?

Author: Tituba, or Katherine Elizabeth

Rating: PG-13 just because I don't want to rate it too low.

Crossover: Harry Potter/ Buffy the Vampire Slayer/ a tiny bit of Angel

Timelines: After Chosen in Buffy, and after The Order of the Phoenix in Harry Potter. For Angel it doesn't really matter just bits and pieces from the last season.

Summery: The Scooby's move to England, and Buffy finally trusts Dawn to go out alone. One night Dawn goes for a walk and meets a boy at a park. Giles knows about the wizarding world, and the scoobies get involved when Voldemort leaves them a sign.

Disclaimer: I own nothing except for the plot, which is newly re-written and hopefully fabulous. Harry Potter is the property of J.K. Rowling, and her people. Buffy and Angel are the property of Joss Whedon, and his people.

Authors Note: So this fic was started randomly when I was bored and it had no plot and I didn't even know what was going to happen, or how many chapters I would end up with. Well it seems I've taken this fic way farther then I ever expected, and so after over a year of absence from the fanfic world I am back, and ready to work. This is just a new draft of the original, a didn't change much just a few tiny things that were bothering me.

Katherine Elizabeth (Tituba)

Chapter 1: A Late Night Walk

She walked silently down the dark alley, seemingly oblivious to the fact that someone or something was following her. The truth is she was completely aware of the being behind her and she was 99.9 percent sure that the thing following her was a vampire. You may wonder how she was able to keep her cool and not panic, but you see, this wasn't the first time Dawn Summers had been hunted by a vampire. And it wasn't to be the first time she had to protect herself from one. After Sunnydale Dawn had learned learned to take care of herself, now that Buffy had decided to let her.

The younger Summers had always had her big sis, Buffy, protecting her, and she never had the chance to fight for herself, until the battle with the first evil. Dawn was surprisingly allowed to participate in the fight, and since then Buffy, after a series of fights, and a tantrum or two on both sides, decided to let Dawn grow up. After Buffy had tought Dawn as much as she could about the rules of slaying, and being safe, she was finally allowed to go out after the sunset, on her own. Factoring in Dawns new magical abilities, Buffy finally saw that her little sister could protect herself.

After the battle with the first, most of the Scooby's moved to England where they started a new and improved watchers council. Once they were there Dawn asked Willow to teach her wiccan magic, after tripping down the stairs one day, and finding herself hovering above the floor. Initially Buffy wasn't happy with Dawn learning magic, and even after letting her participate in the fight with the First, she tried to remove Dawn from the world of monsters and magic. She even considered, though not very seriously, sending Dawn away to boarding school. Eventually Buffy saw reason and made sure that Willow first taught Dawn a few spells to help her escape from danger, like a handy teleportation spell and a spell to create a fog around her enemy and give her time to escape. It also helped that the area where they lived happened to be populated by a large number of new slayers, meaning that most of the experienced vamps were lying low and the only ones out and about were normally fledglings which can be easily disposed of.

Because of this Dawn was not afraid when she realized someone was following her in the alley. In fact she was excited, she had been very irritated all day, and wanted take out her boredom on a vamp, assuming that is what it was.

After awhile she leaned over and pretended to tie her shoe while pulling out a stake from the sleeve of her jean jacket. The vamp fell for her trick and jumped out of the shadows in an attempt to surprise her. Unfortunately for him that is exactly what dawn had wanted him to do, and as he tried to grab her from behind she quickly turned and jabbed the stake through his heart.

"Oh yeah I'm good" Dawn said to herself, while standing up and dusting off her clothes. She leaned over and picked up the stake, which had fallen to the ground after turning the vamp to dust. She tucked it safely back in her sleeve and kept walking.

As she walked she softly sung a song that had been stuck in her head since after the battle with the first. She was surprised that she had remembered it, but when a demon makes everyone in your town burst out into song, and then kidnaps you to be his evil queen, you tend to not forget. For some reason Dawn had remembered this particular song, and she liked it, so as she walked towards a park she had discovered the night before, she began to sing.

"Where do we go from here?

Where do we go from here?

The battle's done and we kind of won,

So we sound our victory cheer.

Where do we go from here?"

Harry walked up Privet Drive, in the dark, towards the park where he normally went to clear his mind. He had woken up from a nightmare of vales, mist and silent screams, and snuck out of his window. It had only been a week since his arrival at the Dursley's, and he was already miserable.

His aunt and uncle had been completely ignoring him the whole time, and Dudley had decided that it was best to run out of the room screaming whenever Harry entered. They were all terrified of the Order of the Pheonix turning up and punishing them for treating Harry wrong, so they decided to not treat him in any way at all.

Most summers Harry would have loved for the Dursleys to ignore him, but this particular summer he was desperate for a distraction from the pain of losing Sirius and his lonelyness. He had barely spoken to anyone since his arrival at Privet Drive. Sure he had been writing to Hermione, Ron, and the others, but he had literally not spoken more then two words since he got back.

It was starting to creep him out; it was always so silent, even in his dreams. There wasn't a night that week that he hadn't had the same dream. It was always about Sirius, silently going through the veil, he would open his mouth to scream, but nothing came out, and Harry felt like he was drowning in the quiet.

The second night he had the dream, he snuck out of the house, and went for a walk. Somehow he ended up at the playground, and he had been going there every night since. He chose a different spot to sit every night, though he preferred the swings.

On this particular night he headed for the small tower, which was attached to the slide. He climbed the ladder, and sat cross-legged leaning against the short wooden wall, and looking up at the sky. He sat for a while thinking and looking at the stars, until someone interrupted the silence.

"...Why is the path unclear?

When we know home is near?

Understand we'll go hand in hand

But we'll walk alone in fear.

Tell me.

Where do we go from here?

When does the end appear?

When do the trumpets cheer?

The curtains close on a kiss; god knows
we can tell the end is near
where do we go from here? ..."

TBC...

A/N: So that's that, I'll be posting the whole edited version of the story throughout this week, followed by a new chapter at the end, hope you enjoy.

K.E.