When In Need: The Remix
Disclaimer: Again, nothing belongs to me. If it did, I wouldn't be writing this.
Title - I Won't Be Left By Tegan and Sara
To anyone who cares:
Everyone from Buffyverse will make another appearance, just more into the story, maybe briefly in the 20's. And what's going on in Angel will happen, and Buffy and all the rest will find out about Spike being back and what happened to Fred.
Pairs are set. Speculate all you want!
Remember the titles. Some of them could fit better, but we'll see.
Chapter Four
I Won't Be Left
"Buffy! Buffy! Buffy!" Willow screamed as she skipped into Buffy's room the next morning.
"Will, it's to early. Go away." Buffy pulled the covers over her head and tried to get back to sleep, without success. Willow had jumped onto the bed and began jumping up and down. Buffy groaned and threw a pillow at her without holding back her strength. Willow held up her hands and froze it, and immediately feel onto the bad laughing hysterically.
"No more caffeine for Willow." Buffy mumbled as she made her way to the bathroom. She could hear Faith singing along to C'mon by Go Betty Go in the next room through the walls. Buffy twitched as she looked into the mirror. "How could these people have that much energy in the morning?"
In the her room, Willow was on the phone with Xander as she packed her things using magic.
"Xand, I can't believe I'm sixteen again. It's so weird!"
"I know Will, I can tell. And what did we say about coffee in the morning? Or ever?" Willow laughed as she continued to talk. She sat on her bed looking at the various items floating into her suitcases.
Faith, who was still dancing around her room, was just throwing random things into her suitcases, not even bothering to fold anything.
"I have too much stuff." She said to herself as she looked around her room for her favorite shirt. Her room was a mess. Clothes littered the floor from at least 2 days before they met Dumbledore. Things were spilling out of her drawers, and books and magazines lay scattered on her bed. She continued tossing things around her room.
Unlike the other two, Buffy had yet to start packing. Not that she had to do much. Almost all of her things were still in the boxes and bags she had bought them in. That was what shocked her the most.
"Wow. I haven't been paying attention to anything have I?" She told herself softly. She opened her suitcases and began putting everything she had in them.
- - -
Dumbledore apparated in around 3 o'clock that afternoon. He looked tired, and his eye that normally twinkled were sort of gray.
"Professor? Is everything alright?" Willow asked worriedly.
"Yes Ms. Rosenburg. Everything is quite alright. No need to worry. Just that the stairs wouldn't stop moving last night. No one could have gotten anywhere. I'm glad the students weren't at Hogwarts yet. It would have been quite disastrous." Dumbledore said convincingly. The girls weren't quite sure whether to believe him or not, but they chose not to question what he said.
"Um... Ok." Willow paused, unsure of what to say. "Uh... So when are we leaving?"
"We'll be leaving shortly. I told Mr. Giles to bring Dawn here today, and we can leave after you say your farewells."
They waited in silence for about forty-five minutes. Buffy kept tapping her foot until Faith threw a pillow at her. Willow kept getting up and getting drinks of water. Faith just sat there, watching what the other people in the room were doing. The knock on the door finally arrived when they were ready to go crazy from nervousness.
"Finally!" Faith breathed. After waiting so long, her foot was beginning to fall asleep.
Everyone was saying their goodbyes.
"Dawn, you watch yourself ok?"
"God Buffy, I know that. I'm not dumb."
"Are you sure?"
"Hey!" Dawn protested. Buffy laughed and gave her a big hug.
"Dawnie!" Willow called from somewhere in the room.
"Dawn. I love you. Remember that."
"Love you too, Buffy." With one last hug, Dawn walked over to Willow and Faith. Buffy found Giles talking to Dumbledore. He excused himself and walked over to her.
"Buffy." She looked at him. It had been a hard road for the pair since everything with the First started. Both Buffy and Giles had been walking on eggshells around each other since after Giles had set Spike up. Buffy had been betrayed by all her friends and loved ones with a few months during that time, and looking back at it now, she realized that being angry at her father figure was just stupid. After a while, she threw herself at him in a big hug.
"I love you Giles." He hugged her back.
"I love you too Buffy. Take care of yourself." Buffy laughed and wiped her eyes.
"You and Dawn and Xander will come visit during Christmas right?"
"Absolutely, and Andrew too, most likely. He wouldn't want to miss an opportunity to see a real castle." Giles looked at his surrogate daughter with tears shining in his eyes. After one last hug, Buffy stepped away.
"Ok, Professor. I think we're ready to go now." With that, Dumbledore pointed his wand at the suitcases by the door and said something that made them shrink. After that, he picked them up and said another spell to make them disappear.
"Wow! How'd you do that?" Willow asked enthusiastically. She's asking how he did that. I would be asking where all are stuff is. But that's Willow for you. Buffy thought to herself.
"That, Ms. Rosenburg, you will learn when you get to Hogwarts." He took something out of his pocket. "Ok, I'll need all of you to touch this." He held up one of those cases you would hold camera film in. Buffy looked at it, then at him.
"Why?"
"It is a portkey. It's used to travel across long distances for people who cant apparate. You'll learn more about them at Hogwarts as part of your lessons." They all nodded and put a hand on the case.
"You will feel a slight pull, so don't panic. Do not take you're hand off the case until we reach our destination. It wont take that long, I assure you." He paused and looked over at Giles and Dawn. "Mr. Giles," He nodded at him, "Ms. Summers." He smiled at her. She waved back. "I hope to see you soon."
Faith felt the pull behind her navel. She looked up and saw that Buffy and Willow probably felt the same thing. Then everything went black.
- - -
Faith landed on the floor on top of Buffy and Willow.
"Ow."
"There is no way I'm doing that again. Ever." Buffy grumbled as she picked herself off the floor. She looked at Dumbledore. He was standing up straight, and had obviously not hit the ground with anything else but his feet. "How are you all balancy-like?"
"Years of experience."
"Right. I'm sure..." Her voice trailed off skeptically.
"Where are we?" Willow asked as she brushed herself off. She looked around. It was just a regular room with windows and a wood floor. There was a table in one of the corners, and a rather large door.
"We are at the Three Broomsticks. This is just the back room, and I asked Rosmerta to keep it clear so we have a place to arrive. Hogwarts is quite close to here." Dumbledore opened the door, introducing the girls to their first look at the magical world.
It looked like an ordinary bar, with people drinking and chatting. But the people were all in robes, and many were wearing wizarding hats. The servers levitated the trays instead of carrying them. And there were a couple ghosts floating around the place too.
"Um... Everyone is wearing dresses."
"Those, Ms. Summers, are robes. They are what the wizarding world wears. Might I say that they are also quite comfortable, too."
"Uh..." Buffy just looked around, in an obvious loss for words.
"Albus! I see you arrived just fine. And who are these ladies?" Said a pretty woman from behind the counter. She looked around her mid- to late-30's, and she had curves rivaling Cordelia's.
"Rosmerta, my dear! These are the new students from America I was telling you about. This is Buffy Summers, Willow Rosenburg, and Faith Lehane." He pointed to each of them, and Faith noticed that she had only twitched a little when he had said her name, instead of having the usual scowl she had when she heard it. "Ladies, this is Madame Rosmerta."
"It's very nice to meet you girls. I hope to see you more then the Hogsmeade trips. I'd love to hear about America!" She smiled warmly as she shook each of their hands. "Free drinks the first time you're here, as long as you tell me everything about where you're from!"
"Drinks?" Faith's eyes lite up at the thought.
"Yes, butterbeers, or something. Unless you want something with a pinch of alcohol," Dumbledore smiled, even though he gave her a pointed look, "Not that I would ever do that..." But her face clearly said 'talk to me when you get here.' They said goodbye to her and went on there way.
Buffy, Faith, and Willow followed Dumbledore outside of the bar and into a small town. It was peaceful, but nothing short of magical.
"This, my ladies, is Hogsmeade. Hogwarts is just a short ride away. The students are allowed to visit during the year. I'm sure the place will be quite crowded on those days. But the rest of the year, it isn't much busier than it is right now." He waited for a while to let them look around. Dumbledore also gave them a short tour of the town while they headed towards the entrance of it.
"Down that path is the Shrieking Shack. It's known to be haunted by a werewolf, but I assure you its not." He looked at them expectedly.
"Okay." They said in unison.
"Splendid! Well, here's the path; most people tend to avoid it, so you won't be able to see it very clearly." He pointed down a almost invisible path almost heading straight into the woods. It turned around some hill and out of sight. They all nodded, and started walking up the main road again. Dumbledore stopped them in front of a store that resembled a candy store.
"This is Honeydukes. I'm quite fond of their Fizzing Whizbees. Best ones around. Though, quite sadly, they don't sell lemon drops." He trailed off, staring at the store fondly.
"Fizzy-whats?" Buffy looked really confused.
"Never mind it Miss Summers. I'm sure you'll get a look around the store when you go with the students in autumn."
"Right..." Dumbledore continued walking. He pointed out Zonko's, and Gladrags Wizardwear, which Buffy immediately frowned upon seeing.
"Gladrags? Oh God..." He ignored the comment, and continued walking towards the beginning of town.
At the gate, there were these large horse-drawn carriages. There were two pure white horses attached to them.
"Awww, they're so pretty!" Willow exclaimed. Buffy smiled as she watched Willow run up to them.
"We'll be riding up there in this carriage, unless you want to walk up to the school. It's only half an hour, but too much of a trip for an old man such as myself. So, we'll just get in and be on our merry way."
"Couldn't you, like, poof up a magic carpet or something, and fly up there?" Willow asked as she returned from the horses.
"Well, yes, but what would I do with it afterwards?"
"Use it for next time. Or give it to me! Oh, oh, I want one now! You have those right?" Willow asked excitedly.
"Miss Rosenburg, I'm sure you will be able to find a way as soon as you see our library." Dumbledore replied, watching her eyes light up. As soon as she heard this, she skipped off to the carriage and hopped in.
"Come on guys! Aren't you coming?" Buffy and Faith laughed and followed Willow, with Dumbledore right behind them.
- - -
"Aren't carriage rides suppose to be bumpy?"
"B, that was a magical carriage ride. They probably had it all magic-ed up so it wouldn't do that."
"Shut up Faith. You were the one who asked if it was a flying carriage." Faith gave Buffy the dirtiest looked and was about to reply when Willow squealed. Both girls immediately turned around and saw the biggest castle they had ever seen.
"This, my ladies, is Hogwarts." Dumbledore swept is hand over the landscape of the castle, and the girls followed his hand with their eyes, gaping at the scene before them. It was amazing.
You're all probably thinking about how much I suck right? Any readers I had before probably forgot about little ol' me and this story. But, I keep writing.
I had to keep adding things to make this longer then it was. It was originally shorter, but I added things to the Hogsmeade part. It's still a little short for my liking, but it took them so long to get to Hogwarts, I just felt really annoyed with it.