Title: Sisters to the Core

Disclaimer: The only thing that's mine is the idea. Too bad. I'd love to be rich and

famous because of my stories. Maybe someday... ; )

A/N: I'm hoping that this idea is original. I hate it that all of the topics that I find

interesting to write about are overly written about. This is totally mine, I haven't heard

of it before, so hopefully none of you have either.

Summary: Hermione gets a new sibling that happens to be from Sunnydale.

Timeline: BtVS is at the very end of Season 2, and Buffy never ran away. I'm making it

so that S2 ended on July 28. HP is in the summer of Harry's sixth year (Book 6). For my

story Harry goes to school on August 1st because of Voldemort.

2nd A/N: Alrightly then, anything in *stars* means it's a thought. Anything in [brackets]

means it is one of my little cut-ins that I'll do every once-in-a-while to explain what I

write. Everyone got that? Need more explaining? No? Well, if your sure, enjoy!

Chapter 1: Detective

Buffy didn't know what to say. What do you say when your mom tells you that

you're adopted? When she tells you your not even human, not even just a Slayer, but

something else too. What do you say when she hands you a pamphlet saying that you've

been accepted to Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? Especially when she

tells you right after you killed the love of your life. How was she supposed to act when

she knew that she had nothing to bounce back on, not her boyfriend, not her hospitalized

friends, and not even school because she'd been expelled. The entire world, it seemed,

was crashing it one small heap.

"Your birth parents have been looking for you, I guess. They hired a detective to

come and ask you if you would go to live with them, or at least give them a chance to

meet you. But before you answer, I'd just like to say that I love you, even if I kept this

from you it was only because I was afraid you'd leave or that you would tell me you

hated me. Now, I have to tell you I think you should go. The school called to tell me you

were kicked out, and this school in England wants you to go over there. It's said to be

the best one that there is, and you would live at the school and meet your real parents."

her voice choked, and a tear fell.

"I'll go, but mom, you need to know that I love you. It doesn't matter if we're

blood or not, you'll always be my mom. First and forever." she hugged her mom, and

suddenly there was loud clearing of someone's voice. Buffy looked up to see a man

standing in front of her.

"Have you made your decision?" he asked, looking from Joyce to Buffy, then

back to Joyce.

"Yes, she has. She'll go with you." she said, and added, "We'll go pack Buffy's

stuff right now. She has to be prepared for the trip." they both stalked off up the stairs.

Two hours later, Buffy found herself on a plane to England, and sitting next to her

was the detective who her 'real' parents had hired. According to her mother her real

name was Anne, and that was why that was her middle name. Her mom had thought it

was appropriate to keep something the same. *Anne Granger, I like Buffy Summers

better* She wondered if she'd have any siblings.

Plus, she was going to go to a wizarding school. She was a wizard. How weird

was that. *A Slayer/Witch. Now that had a nice ring to it. Bonus powers to dust vamps

with. Beware all evil doers, you've got an enchanted slayeress on your hands now.* She

laughed to herself, and put on her earphones with the song 'I'm Just a Girl' by No Doubt

blasting in her ears. She thought about how in about three hours she'd be in England.

She'd be meeting her parents, Mary and Dave Granger. Then, in two days, school would

start, and she would be going to Hogwarts.

Everything was happening too fast, nothing was going to be constant in her life,

everything was going to be... wrong. Everything was wrong. And nothing was going to

make it all better. Her life was in shreds; no more friends, no more family, and no more

vampire boyfriend. She had to sacrifice them to save the world, and to save her mother.

She knew her mom hadn't wanted her to stay. The tone in her voice while they'd been

packing had showed her that Joyce had been happy about her departure. Her finding out

that Buffy was the Slayer had pushed her over the edge, so much that Buffy hadn't been

able to tell if her actions were out of fear or love. The only choice to keep her mother's

sanity was to leave to this new place, to this new world. The only thing that she could

hope for was that she had made the right decision.