TITLE - When Magic Collides

AUTHOR - psychotic chaos (thasright, I'm psycho, gotta problem?)

DISCLAIMER - Ok, I own nothing. Joss Whedon is a GOD. All the Buffy and Angel stuff belongs to him and all the Harry Potter stuff belongs to JK Rowling. And I know I can't be sued cuz I'm not makin' any money off of this. And besides I got no money so tough shit.

PAIRING - These are the definite partners

BtVS & AtS Buffy/Spike, Willow/Tara, Xander/Anya, Angel/Cordy

HP Ron/Hermione

A/N- Alright - this is the only fanfic I've ever posted on the net so I want to know what you truly think of my writing. If you liked it tell me. If you think it's a worthless piece of crap tell me. But you have to back it up and tell me why you liked/hated it and then suggest ideas for improvement. Thanx.

SUMMARY- OK – here's the deal. About a month after the end of season 6 the scoobies get invited to teach at Hogwarts. At Hogwarts the scoobies meet up with a lot of old scoobies and the AI gang and of course Harry Potter and friends. Spike has a relative in Hogwarts (big guess who) and another relative of his will be making her appearance later in the story. I'm not gonna spoil anything else now. I'm just gonna say that Voldemort is trying to fulfil a prophecy and he's gotta be stopped (duh).

THE FUN BIT - Alright readers, here comes the fun bit. YOU get to choose what the rest of the couples will be. Yes you heard me right. If you think Wesley should have a relationship then give me feedback and tell me whom he should be with. The same with any other character as long as it doesn't mess up much (and please try not to use the ones who already have a healthy relationship). C'mon, anyone can have a relationship. Maybe you could think up someone for Harry Potter himself. And they don't even have to be characters from BtVS, Angel or Harry Potter. You can make someone up and say that he/she's a relative of Hermione or Lorne or Doyle or Angel or Sirius Black or Lupin or Dumbledore (hell - you think something up).

THE STORY SO FAR - Alright so this is what happened in my version of BtVS. Buffy and Spike are together. Willow only thought Tara died but she was rushed to the Hospital and was saved luckily. Tara and Willow have their own apartment. Anya and Xander kissed and made up but are no longer engaged. Anya is still an ex-vengeance demon and she and Xander live together (again). Faith is let out of prison because she's not evil anymore and she's living with Buffy and Dawn.

Fic Starts Here –

THE OWL

The Magic Box, Sunnydale, California, 12:00 noon, Monday, Summer Vacation

Dawn hadn't felt this happy in a long time. Everything was as it should be; Buffy had finally seen the light and was having a steady relationship with Spike. Willow was back to normal and was so relieved that Tara had survived so the two weren't arguing any more. Xander and Anya had kissed and made up and decided to wait a while before they tried to get married again. And best of all Faith was back. After doing good behavior time in prison Faith was let out and was back to her good old self. Dawn had always liked Faith and had a close friendship with the other Slayer - it really broke her heart when Faith switched sides but now she was back and even living in the Summers home. Dawn was just glad Buffy had forgiven Faith and the two of them were good terms with each other.

Everything was nice and quiet - and it had been for quite some time. And if there was one thing Dawn had learned that summer it was this - QUIET WAS BORING. The vamp count was low and there was hardly any demon activity - unless that included Anya who had a knack for scaring off customers. The Hellmouth was so slow at that point that Buffy had even let Dawn patrol with her and Faith.

The whole Scooby gang - with the exception of Spike and Buffy - was gathered in the Magic Box. Faith was in the training room, beating the punching bag to a pulp out of frustration. Xander was rearranging jars on the shelves out of pure boredom. Dawn was reading up on a bit of white magic. The two Wiccans were giggling in a corner. And Anya was behind the counter.

"…AND HAVE A NICE DAY" Anya yelled after a fleeing customer.

Almost everyone in the room cringed. Anya had generally learned that politeness equals more customers, which equals more money. It was a skill she hadn't quiet perfected yet.

It was then that Buffy had chosen to make her entrance. She'd slept in but still looked drowsy.

"And in comes sleeping beauty" Xander announced.

There was a simultaneous rolling of eyes as Buffy sat down and rested her head on the table.

"Who apparently is still sleeping" Dawn commented peeking over her book "What's wrong with you? We weren't up that late."

Since the vamp population was low, the trio didn't stay out that late - except for maybe Buffy who usually sneaked over to Spike's Crypt after patrol and didn't come back till eight in the morning.

"But that doesn't mean she wasn't up all night" Faith smirked, coming out from the training room and sitting opposite Buffy "What's got you so exhausted, B? Was Spike keeping you… occupied?"

Tara and Willow grinned and Xander groaned. Dawn snorted from behind her book.

"Shut up, Faith" Buffy mumbled - still tired.

"Wow - if you're that tired I bet you had a lot of orga…" Anya was cut off when Xander clamped a hand over her mouth.

"Ahn, sweetie - for the sake of my sanity we're not going to go into that" Xander said.

"I still don't understand - why is it so wrong to discuss your sex life in public?" Anya demanded when Xander removed his hand.

Just then the door swung open and Spike strode in. Everyone stared at him in shock. There he was in broad daylight. No smoking blanket, no tears of pain - and for some reason holding a large black duffel bag.

"Spike?" Buffy said blankly.

"That's my name - don't wear it out" Spike grinned.

"Since she's so tired from last night she probably already has" Faith muttered audibly.

Buffy blushed and Spike probably would have if he could. Dawn snickered uncontrollably.

"I thought we closed this subject" Xander groaned "And not that I care but aren't you allergic to sun?"

"What's that?" Willow asked suddenly noticing a red gem that hung from a chain around Spike's neck.

"This little beauty is what's keeping me from getting a really bad sunburn" Spike grinned.

"Forget what it is - where did you get it?" Buffy demanded.

"A friend of mine sent it" Spike admitted as his deep blue eyes locked with the Slayers hazel ones.

No one said anything for long moments before Tara broke the silence.

"Spike, m-may I-I see it?"

At Spikes' nod, the shy blond walked up to bleached vamp and examined the jewel closely. The object in question suddenly floated to eye level so the witch could get a better look. There seemed to be a small flame flickering inside the jewel. Tara seemed to be lost in the jewels' glow for what seemed like forever before finally tearing her eyes away and looking Spike squarely in the face.

"You have a very generous friend, Spike" Tara told him- the stone dropped and hit Spikes chest with a light thump.

"Yeah - he is very generous" Spike nodded before turning to the love of his unlife "But that's not why I'm here - Buffy, luv, could I talk to you, something private" Spike jerked his head to the training room.

Buffy gave him a quizzical look and nodded. Spike was acting a little weird - aside from the I-can-see-the-sunrise-without-experiencing-a-painful-death part - he seemed concerned about something and why the hell did he have a duffel bag?

Dawn watched the retreating backs of the couple before returning to her book. Only to be interrupted just minutes later by an annoying tapping sound at the window.

"Hey look" Willow said suddenly standing up and staring at the owl through the glass "Looks like someone has sent us a letter."

"Ooh, Owl Post" Anya squealed "Haven't gotten a letter in decades - well don't just stand their, Xander, open the door."

"You want me to let that animal in?" Xander looked at his girlfriend like she was crazy.

"Duh" Faith said leaning back and putting her feet up on the table.

The owl's tapping became harder.

"Better let it in before it breaks the glass," Tara said as the glass began to shake a little.

"I still think it should stay outside" Xander protested.

"Oh for love of god, I'll open the damn door" Dawn snapped while thinking - really, adults can be so immature - it's just a stupid owl.

With that Dawn pulled opened the door before Xander could stop her. The barn owl swooped in and hooted loudly as if to say 'it's about time'. It circled the room a couple of times before dropping a jet black letter onto the table and swooping down to rest on Dawn's shoulder. Dawn was a little startled at first but she recovered quickly and gently stroked the birds' soft, brown feathers. Anya reached for the letter but Xander grabbed her wrist.

"Don't, Ahn - it's a black envelope it might explode."

"Xander, don't be silly" Anya laughed and picked up the letter with the other hand "Only the red ones explode. Well… it seems like they explode cuz they're really loud and if you don't open them right away they…"

Anya stopped short when she noticed the blank stares she was getting. Xander let go of her wrist and Anya opened the envelope. She pulled out a piece of paper and seven airline tickets to London. Anya placed the tickets and the envelope back on the table and unfolded the paper. Her eyes darted across the page and her mouth moved silently, reading.

"Care to clue us in sometime today?" Faith asked.

"It's a letter from, Dumbledore" Anya said.

"You're kidding" Willow's eyes widened.

"Dumb bell who?" Tara asked.

"Dumbledore" Anya said again.

Everyone in the room but Willow just stared at her blankly.

"What's this 'bout Dumbledore?" Spike asked as he and Buffy emerged from the training room.

Buffy had a hurt and confused expression on her face when she came out. Dawn wondered what Spike had said - if it ruined their relationship in any way Dawn made a mental note to hit him.

"He wrote to you" Anya said handing the letter to Buffy who read it aloud.

Dear Miss Summers,

My name is Albus Dumbledore and I'm headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I might as well get to the point - this school needs you and your friends - Willow Rosenberg, Alexander Harris, Anyanka Dalton, Tara MaClay and Faith Black - to come and help teach at Hogwarts. We have felt the need to teach a few more subjects and a few of our teachers have retired. Also - since you and your group have had quite a bit of experience fighting - we need you to teach our students self defense as a Dark Lord has recently risen to power.

Miss Rosenberg and Miss MaClay will be handling Wiccan Magic, Mr. Harris will be helping with Care of Magical Creatures, Miss Dalton will be teaching History of Magic and Miss Black and yourself will be running the Physical Defense course.

I hope you will at least consider coming to teach here at Hogwarts. As for your sister - since she is a key she should be able to wield a wand as she does have magic. She too is of course welcome at Hogwarts and can school here while you teach.

Thank you for your time.

Albus Dumbledore

Buffy's face split into a wide grin as everyone but Spike, Anya and Willow had shocked looks on their faces.

"Spike, d'you know what this means?" Buffy said almost jumping.

Spike sent her a confused look. Then realization hit. Spike chuckled happily before picking up his girl, spinning her around and pulling her into a deep, passionate kiss.

"Hold it - rewind and freeze" Xander said "Did I miss something?"

Spike parted from Buffy and smirked at Xander. The bleached vampire dug into his pocket and shoved a crumpled up letter at the confused brunet.

"I got a letter too, Harris. Which means I won't have to be away from my girl" with that said Buffy grabbed the lapels of Spikes duster and crushed her lips to his.

Xander unfolded the paper and started reading aloud.

"Dear Mr. Winters - Spike, your last name is 'Winters'?" Xander stared at him.

"Mm-hmm" Spike said into Buffy's mouth.

"Hah" Faith chuckled "Summers and Winters - who would'a thunk?"

Xander shook his head and continued "You may or may not have heard about Voldemort's sudden rise - therefore you probably realize that Hogwarts will now need a great deal of protection. We'd be honored if you'd teach Demonic History and Mythology (so our students might know what their up against) at Hogwarts, we could really use your help in this time of need. Albus Dumbledore."

"Well that's that then" Willow said "We're going to teach at Hogwarts."

"Ok - Anya and Spike I can understand but Will, how the hell d'you know about this place?" Xander demanded re-crumpling Spikes letter and chucking it onto the table.

"Oh - I have relatives who go to that school" Willow said.

"Really?" Dawn asked - suddenly intrigued "Who?"

"A whole bunch of cousins" Willow said "My dad's side of the family has magic - but for some reason my father never got magic, he was born a muggle."

"A what now?" Tara asked.

The group heard a low moan and turned to the couple making out in the corner.

"Either get a room or stop that" Faith almost yelled - normally she wouldn't have given a crap but she was trying to listen to what Willow had to say.

Buffy and Spike reluctantly came apart. Spike sat on a chair and Buffy made herself comfortable in his lap. Spike instantly wrapped his arms around her.

"We have more chairs, Buff" Xander scowled.

"Mmm - so'kay" Buffy said resting her head on Spike's chest "I'm liking it here."

"Alright - back to the important stuff, what's a muggle?" Faith asked.

"A muggle is someone without magic - in English it would probably be called 'normal'," Anya explained.

"Yeah - anyway, my dad's sister is a Witch and she married a Wizard and they have seven kids. In other words - they're my carrot-top cousins" Willow said.

The group nodded to show their understanding.

"Well - looks like things aren't dull anymore" Buffy said - finally regaining some of her senses but still snuggling up to Spike "Should we go?"

The scoobies stared at each other, Buffy was right - things we're definitely not dull anymore. But teaching kids - that was a huge thing. Faith wasn't exactly your model student - she didn't even finish high school and then there was the whole 'evil' phase. Buffy - she was just a student counselor, she wasn't exactly sure she was up for teaching yet, if ever. Willow had that whole dark power thing - what if she freaked out and went all raven-hair and veiny on the kids. Anya was an ex-vengeance demon, Xander was pretty much a normal guy and Spike - well, he was Vampire. It really made you wonder what kind of school would let them teach. The one probably the most nervous was Dawn. New school - and one for magic at that - would mean new friends and hundreds more people who'd think of her as the Slayers sister and nothing more. There was a very long an extremely uncomfortable silence. Spike was the first to speak.

"I have to go - it's a great honor to hear from Dumbledore himself, especially after all the things I've done and that he knows about" Buffy stared at Spike - he sounded almost… sincere.

"I'm with him," Anya said.

"Me too" Willow and Dawn agreed at the same time.

"Me three" Buffy spoke up pecking her lover lightly on the lips "Can't let all the pretty girls swarm over you while I'm not there to ward them off.."

Spike chuckled and squeezed Buffy possessively.

"I'll g-go to" Tara said shyly "always wanted t-to find out what a magic school was like."

"Oh hell - I'm comin" Faith said "The Hellmouth's so damn slow - I haven't had anything challenging in weeks, it's getting frustrating."

Everyone looked at Xander expectantly. The brunet rolled his eyes to the heavens and threw his hands up.

"Why me?" he asked no one in particular - then he dropped his hands and stared at the group "Alright, alright I'll tag along."

Everyone smiled, the group split up to pack and Spike started filling the duffel bag with stuff from the shelves. Buffy stuffed the tickets back into the envelope and followed everyone out the door.

'Well' Buffy thought 'It's going to be one HELL of an interesting year'.