Chosen Child
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or BUFFY. I make no money off of this.
AN: AU Set five years after the fall of Sunnydale. Dawn died in Sunnyhell with Anya. The Key energy went back to The PTBs. There will be no Angel crossover.
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Buffy Summers drove through a set of imposing wrought iron gates to an estate that only could be described as an old mansion and fairly run down. Some of the children stopped whatever they were doing and stared after the car. Others were trying to run alongside it, waving excitedly at her.
She parked the car on a small parking lot right outside the big house. It didn't take long before a horde of children ran over to her, followed more reservedly by one of their care takers, a young woman in her older twenties. The children stopped a few steps away and let the woman approach her alone while they whispered to each other and eyed the stranger curiously.
"Hi", the care taker said as she got closer and smiled brightly, holding out her hand. "I am Sarah, Nurse Jenny's Assistant. You must be Buffy Summers?"
"Yes, I am," Buffy said and took the offered hand in hers.
"Well, Jenny asked me to show you to her office as soon as you got here, so if you please follow me, I'll take you to her." Buffy followed her into the building to a room full of younger children. "Wait here I will go get Jenny."
Buffy walked through the room soaking in the scene. Children ran laughing and screaming through the play room. They all looked so happy. Suddenly she stopped. She saw a boy sitting in the corner on his bed. He couldn't be much more than two years old. He was quietly playing with some blocks. She walked closer and immediately saw what had caught her attention. The boy's eyes were the most beautiful shade of green she had ever seen. His hair was black and extremely untamed. Buffy bent down so she was at eye level with the boy.
"Hi, my name is Buffy, what's yours?"
The little boy looked at her and shrugged.
Buffy smiled, "What is that your playing with?"
The little boy held out one of the blocks to her with his little hand.
"For me?" Buffy smiled as the boy dropped the block in her hand.
She stood back up and the little boy looked up at her.
"Leave?" The little child looked up at her and asked with hurt in his voice.
For the first time Buffy saw the lightening shaped scar gracing the top of the boy's forehead. What had happened to this child? Buffy felt her heart breaking for the child in front of her. She shook her head. "No." The child smiled and held out another block for her.
"Ah, Buffy I see you meet Harry," said a soft voice behind her.
"Hey, Jenny. His name is Harry? Is he the one you wanted me to meet?" Buffy asked.
"Yes to both. We can talk in my office. Hey Harry would you like to come with me and your new friend to talk in my office?" Jenny asked the boy softly.
Harry smiled at her and nodded. She took his hand and lead them into her office. "Your books are in the same place sweetie."
"Sank oo" Harry said softly as he walked over to a low book case and sat on the floor to read on of the books .
To put the boy at ease Buffy asked, "What can you tell me about this orphanage?"
Jenn said, "Well, I've been told that the house and the land surrounding it once belonged to this extremely rich old lady who loved children, and when she died, she wanted her house to be turned into an orphanage. Some of the kids here have already had their fair share of bad experiences."
"Ok, Jen tell me what you know about him." Buffy asked after making sure that Harry wasn't paying attention.
"He came to us in the middle of November last year. Some one left this note with him," Jenn handed her the note.
Buffy read the note:
This is Harry. He was born on July 31. He is a year old. His parents were killed by member of organized crime. The employees of the criminal are still after young Harry. He has no other family. He would be in dangers if he stayed with me. Please take care of him.
"Was there an investigation when he got here?" Buffy asked as she handed the note back.
"Yes but they didn't find anything."
"So tell me about Harry," Buffy said.
"Well he will be 2 in 4 months. He can read and is already potty trained. The older kids pick on him due to his speech and because when he gets upset weird things happen around him. The owners are starting to take an interest in him and that is never good."
Jenny told her just as a bell rang, "Harry go eat." They watched Harry put his book back and joined the other children in the hall. "OK, Buffy, here is the situation. I don't trust the owners. When I first came back I started to notice some odd discrepancies in the records. I told my old boss. I am now here under orders to investigate them. While doing so I am also trying to get the at risk kids out of here. I haven't told my boss everything about Harry due to the fact I won't trust him to just anyone."
"What is it about this kid that requires such action?"
"Do you remember when I found out I had living family and went to visit them in England a few years ago?"
"Yeah, you said that it isn't safe over there with all the magical community at war. That took a lot to except. I mean I knew that magic was real, but to learn that there was a whole secret society of the wand waving kind and to find out one of my best friends has been in it was weird. Though you can't due magic, just to see such things must have been amazing." Buffy answered her with a grin.
"Very," Jenn said with a grin. "On Halloween of last year the leader of the rebels attacked a family and killed the mother and father. The child survived a curse no one has ever survived before, and in doing so he destroyed the rebel leader known as Lord Voldemort. Now the entire society views the child as a hero. They call him the boy who lived. The magical community was told that the child was placed with his aunt at an undisclosed location. Harry is that child. I knew as soon as I saw the scar on his forehead. That is where the killing curse hit him."
"So you want him to have a normal live but also to have protection from the rebels," Buffy clarified.
"Yes, that is if you don't mind raising a magical child?" Jenn confirmed.
"Not at all. He will just need training in his magic, self-defiance, and slayage," Buffy informed her.
"I can give you contact information so that you can start his magical training when he is ready, and I am sure you can handle the self-defense. Thank you, Buffy, this means a lot to me. Now I will take you to Harry while I get the papers needed." Jenn said with gratitude.
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Walking into the lunchroom they walked right over to Harry, and Buffy sat down as Jenn told Harry that Buffy would be spending some time with him while she went to deal with a few things.
"So Harry can I ask you a few questions?" Harry just nodded. "OK, what do you like to eat?"
Harry shrugged.
"Is there anything you won't eat?"
Harry shrugged.
"You don't feel like talking do you?"
Harry shook his head.
"Well how about a walk then and you can show me what you like to do here?" Buffy asked.
"K" Harry replied quietly as he stood up.
"Aw ickle Harry has a playmate," one of the older children sneered. "Is she your special friend Harry?"
The boy seemed to shrink in on himself as big tears began to roll down his cheeks. He then ran out of the room. Buffy glared at the teen before quickly following Harry. She found him under a tree in the far corner of the courtyard. Buffy didn't even think when she grabbed Harry by the waist and pulled him over onto her lap. He struggled a little at first, but when he felt that Buffy wasn't going to let go, he just gave in, buried his face against Buffy's chest and started to cry harder.
Buffy did the only thing she could think of that moment and wrapped her arms protectively around the boy, just letting him cry. She felt the little body shake by each sob that forced its way out and how her shirt got wet by Harry's tears. Softly she began to hum as she rocked the boy back and forth, soothingly caressing his soft hair. The melody was from a song her grandmother used to sing for her when she was a little girl. She didn't remember the words, but she would never forget the melody. She had always been calmed by it and hoped that the boy would be too.
After some time, Buffy felt the boy relax a little and heard his crying subside. He took some deep breaths and lifted his head slightly so that he could dry his cheeks with the back of his hand before snuggling against Buffy as close as he could get. Buffy was a little surprised by this, but she felt that the boy needed it and therefore just hugged him close.
"Feeling better now, kid?" she mumbled in Harry's ear. Harry nodded and closed his eyes.
She looked down at Harry and suddenly she felt a great jolt in his heart. She didn't expect it, even though the PTBs had said that they were meant to be a family, but somehow, deep inside her, she just knew that Harry was the one. He was meant to become her son. There was no way Buffy could let him go now. She was going to take him home, no matter what. She didn't care how many forms they had to fill or how many social workers they had to convince. Harry was going to be hers. Even if she had to call in the president.
"Harry, how would you like to go home with me as my son?" Buffy asked quietly.
"waewee?" Harry asked .
"Really," Buffy answered with a smile.
Buffy called Giles as she walked Harry back inside, "Hey, Giles have you found a location yet?"
"Not yet, Buffy," Giles informed her.
"Ok. I will be taking him shopping for clothes near here. We will pick up his toys and other things after we get a location" Buffy said with conviction.
"I have Xander and Willow looking at possible locations now," Giles informed her. "How is the boy? What is his name? How old is he? "
"Thanks Giles. His name is Harry. He will be 2 years old in 4 months. After meeting him and finding out what I could about him, I feel very connected to and responsible for him," she explained.
"Alright then we will see you both when you get home," Giles said as he hung up.
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Rupert Giles had Willow Rosenberg look for a nice size town that was low on demonic scale. Before Buffy left they had discussed getting her a safe haven for her son. It was Xander who had brought up the idea to set up a privet boarding school for the younger slayers, new potentials, and the watchers and researchers in training and have Buffy be like a house Mom. He likened it to how Joyce used to do that for them. The idea was approved by everyone it would give the younger ones a chance to be kids and still train.
Everyone perked up when the phone rang. "Hello," Giles answered.
"Hey, Giles have you found a location yet?"
"Not yet, Buffy," Giles informed her.
"OK. I will be taking him shopping for clothes near here. We will pick up his toys and other things after we get a location" Buffy said with conviction.
"I have Xander and Willow looking at possible locations now," Giles informed her. "How is the boy? What is his name? How old is he? "
"Thanks Giles. His name is Harry. He will be 2 years old in 4 months. After meeting him and finding out what I could about him, I feel very connected to and responsible for him," she explained.
"Alright then we will see you both when you get home," Giles said as he hung up. Giles turned to the others.
"What did she say Giles?" Willow asked during the lull in conversation.
"His name is Harry. He will be 2 years old in 4 months." Giles answered.
"I just had a thought," Xander said. "Does it matter what state we live in?"
"No just that we are close to a large town or small city so that the students get some practical experience without to much danger." Giles answered.
"Ok Willow check for demonic activity in Montana. I am going to make a call," Xander said as he walked to the back. "Hey Rachel, its Xander."
"Hey XandMan how is the demon and vampire hunt going?" Rachel answered.
"Eh its going. I actually called to ask if you were still going to start that learning ranch in Montana that we talked about."
"Yeah I already have the land and cattle I just need to get students and teachers. I have a few lined up for teaching the actual farm work, but the school work and self-defense is harder to fill."
"What would you say if I told you that we were looking for a location to set up a school for the slayers and watchers in training," Xander asked her.
"Are you serious Xander?"
"100%,"
"Well I would love it. Just one problem some of the teachers I want to hire have small children. I don't know if your slayers' could deal with that," Rachel explained.
"That's fine Rach. Buffy just adopted a little baby boy so more little kids won't hurt."
"One more thing Xand, I know in the past that the council taught slayers to despise witches, Wizards and Sorcerers. I will have a few on staff here, plus this is called Tearmann for a reason. There have already been blessings and spells cast to make this as close to holy land as I can get it. Plus I built the center of my house directly over a nexus." Rachel explained.
"Damn you weren't joking when you said you wanted to build your school in the safest place ever to exist here in America." Xander said, shocked.
"I told you that my students' safety comes first,"
"Let me talk to the gang about this and we will see what we can work out." Xander said.
"Ok talk to you later Xand." Rachel said as they hung up.
Xander walked back into the front room and asked, "How is the activity in Montana Willow?"
"Well it depends on the location, within 100 miles of the capital the activity is heavy, within 50 to 75 miles of the big cities and larger towns the activity is medium the rest of the state has little to no activity except there is an anomaly about 8 months ago there is a 100 mile radius around the town of Frieden. This is strange in and of its self because the town was just built a year ago. Before it was a town it was open land." Willow said.
"I need to do some background research on the area it seems something the slayers might want to check out."
"Well how would you feel about going to talk to someone who lives in the area and looking at a location to have our school?" Xander asked them.
"You mean you know this location?" Giles asked.
"Let's just say I know some people in the area, G-man. They have a great location for a slayer/watcher school," Xander said.
"Ok we will go to Montana. Willow see what the earliest flight is to Montana and get us on it," Giles said.
"OK. Xander go grab all our overnight bags and get back here, I will have us a flight by the time you get back," Willow said.
"Will do Wills," Xander said as he left.
