A/N- Wow… um… WOW. First of all I'd just like to thank all of you who reviewed. I've never really had the courage to post any of my stories but this one. Since I'm getting all these reviews I'm writing a whole lot faster. Well we have a few pleasant surprises for you. If this chapter is kinda lame I'm really sorry but I have a whole bunch of plans for the next one so don't bite my head off just yet. Thanx to all you readers and reviewers.

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WELCOME TO HOGWARTS

The Leaky Cauldron, London, England, 9:00 am, Saturday, Summer Vacation

The conversation with Harry, Hermione and Ron went reasonably well the night before. They learned Spikes' story about how he got the chip and that he got the pendant from Dumbledore preventing him from frying. After the trio got past the shock that one of their teachers was a vampire they seemed cool with it and were all eager to take Spike's class.

Now it was morning and the train would be leaving to Hogwarts in a few hours.

"DAWN, FAITH" Buffy yelled pounding on her sisters' door "Wake up call."

"B, keep the noise down – I'm trying to get a few more minutes of shut-eye" Faith said from the room.

Buffy kicked open the door and yanked the sheet of Dawns' bed and then Faiths'.

"Rise and shine, everybody" Buffy smiled "Rise and shine."

"I will rise but I refuse to shine" Dawn grumbled wiping her eyes and yawning.

"C'mon guys – better get packed cuz the train leaves at eleven" Buffy said letting herself out.

"Has anyone ever told you that you're overly cheerful in the morning?" Spike asked coming down the hall with Demon on a leash.

"Once or twice" Buffy smirked "And how would you know? A week ago you couldn't see a sunrise without becoming the victim of a vacuum cleaner."

"Funny, pet" Spike said sarcastically.

"I thought so" Buffy grinned "C'mon – we'd better get packed."

"I've got all my stuff luv – I'll just take Demon, here for a walk and be back in time for breakfast."

Buffy nodded – pecking her lover on the lips before entering her room. She shoved all her books and stuff into her trunk placed Arrow in his basket where the young griffin immediately fell asleep.

About an hour later everyone was packed. Most of the pets were asleep. Chaos, Sphinx, Arrow, Bandit and Salem were all curled up in their individual baskets. Demon's leash was tied to Spikes trunk. And Shadow was in his cage with his head under his wing. Hagrid had happily fed the pets earlier so they wouldn't be complaining while on the train. The scoobies wolfed down breakfast and Hagrid led them to a few cars that would take them to the train station.

"Aren't you coming Hagrid?" Buffy asked the half-giant.

"I'll be there" Hagrid smiled at her "I've got some business to settle but I'll be at Hogwarts when you get there."

Forty minutes later the scoobies stood at Kings Cross Train Station between platforms 9 and 10.

"So where to from here?" Willow wondered aloud.

"Don't you know?" Tara asked her.

"I've never been to Hogwarts" Willow admitted "I know about it and I've been to Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron once or twice before – but never to Hogwarts."

"It's pretty simple – we're going to platform nine and three quarters, so all we have to do is go through there" Spike said pointing to the brick wall between platforms 9 and ten.

"Um… Spike… I think you've finally flipped" Xander said.

"It was bound to happen sooner or later." Buffy grinned.

"No, silly" Anya said shoving Xander lightly "You have to walk straight through the wall where Spike's pointing."

"Ahn, now I'm really worried, you've lost it too" Xander said.

Faith walked up to the wall and pressed against it.

"Guys it's a solid brick wall – I mean how the hell are we supposed to go" Faith suddenly vanished into the wall and the group heard a loud "Ow."

"Faith" Dawn said running up to the wall "You OK?"

"Five by Five, D" came the answer from the other side of the wall "A little sore but… WOAH… you guys gotta come see this."

"C'mon" Spike said "bit – you grab Faiths cart, k?"

Dawn nodded.

"Right – now just watch" Spike said.

He pushed his cart forward and went right through the wall. Buffy went in after him. Xander, Anya, Tara, Willow and Dawn soon followed her.

The group stood in awe at the sight before them.

"Wow – take a look" Willow said staring at the large red train with the words 'HOGWARTS EXPRESS' written in gold on the front and side.

Just then a whole bunch of little creatures – all wearing red aprons with the words 'Hogwarts Express' in gold – hopped out of the train and rushed forward. The creatures had big floppy ears, pointy noses and huge blinking eyes. The creatures then rushed forward, picked up the trunks like they weighed nothing at all and loaded them on the train while muttering "Hi", "Hello" and "An honor to meet you" every time they walked by. The creatures then disappeared into the train leaving the scoobies only with their pets.

"OK… see… that was weird," Xander said.

"Understatement" Buffy muttered.

"Those were house-elves – I love house-elves" Anya said.

"House-elves?" Willow asked.

"They're little… well… elves… and they serve people in the wizarding world for nothing" Spike explained "The strange thing is the little buggers like waiting on wizards hand and foot. Except for the oddball or two who might want freedom and pay. But a normal house elf will usually attach itself to a family and serve them 'till they die."

"Whoa – that's rough" Dawn commented.

"They can be freed if you give them clothes," Spike added.

"But those elves had clothes" Tara pointed.

"No they're uniforms – that's different" Spike said.

Suddenly a house-elf with large green eyes and wearing socks and a tea-cozy popped up in front of them.

"Welcome, Miss Summers and friends" he said bowing so low that his nose touched the ground "I is Dobby the house-elf. Dumbledore has sent Dobby to take you to Hogwarts."

"Will you be… uh… driving the train?" Faith asked.

"No, ma'am" Dobby said shaking his head so hard that it made his ears flap "I is not the one driving. I is just here to serve. Please follow Dobby."

Dobby led the scoobies to compartments in the middle of the train. The gang split up to get some sleep.

"Um… Dobby, is there anyone else on this train?" Buffy asked the house-elf.

"No, ma'am" Dobby said "No one but you and driver and house-elves, ma'am."

"Thanks Dobby" Buffy said and she could have sworn the house-elves eyes had brimmed with tears of joy before he left.

Buffy shook her head and joined Spike in their compartment.

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The train ride was smooth and the house-elves made the trip pleasurable. It was a quite a long journey to Hogwarts. They passed many mountains and streams and rivers and by the time they arrived the sun had already set. Everyone got out of the train. A large sign above them read "Hogsmeade Train station".

Suddenly the group spotted a very large and familiar someone in the distance.

"Hagrid?" they all said in unison.

"How d'you get here before us?" Faith asked.

"It's a secret" Hagrid winked "The house elves will take all yer pets and bags up to yer new rooms. So you lot can follow me and meet the other teachers and Dumbledore."

The scoobies followed Hagrid to a large lake with three small boats lined up at the dock.

"Three to a boat then – c'mon" Hagrid announced.

Faith hopped in with Buffy and Spike. Dawn was with Xander and Anya and Hagrid stepped in with Willow and Tara.

"Everybody in?" Hagrid asked.

When everyone was safely in their boat the fleet moved forward all by itself.

"Wow" was all Xander managed to say.

Faith kicked Spike in the shin lightly because he was groping Buffy.

"Kindly wait to romance her 'till you're in the privacy of your own rooms" Faith said.

Spike gave the younger slayer an apologetic smile. There was a collective gasp when Hogwarts came into view.

"Woah – that's Hogwarts?" Tara asked.

"Holy shit – that place is huge" Buffy said.

"That's the major understatement of the year" Dawn said "Talk about way beyond huge."

"See… it's big – why can't we get a place like this Xander?" Anya asked.

"Cuz I wouldn't be able to afford it, sweetie" Xander said plainly "Even if I worked for a hundred years."

Anya pouted and Xander held her tightly.

"Now that's what I call a school" Faith said.

"Ditto" Willow gaped.

Everyone was still staring at the gigantic castle when the boats hit the shore with light bumps. The group clambered onto shore.

"This way" Hagrid said he led the group went through two large doors.

Inside was a little cold. They took the stairs up until they came across a carpet-lined hallway. The scoobies followed Hagrid along the hallway coming to two more huge doors.

"This is the Great Hall" Hagrid said and he pushed the doors open.

The room was huge. There were four long tables possibly for the students and a shorter one that was probably for the teachers. The four student tables were pushed back against the wall and the teachers table was in the middle of the room.

"Dawnie, look" Tara said motioning up.

Dawn looked up and gasped. She could see the night sky right through the ceiling.

'Probably more magic' Dawn thought faintly.

The Great Hall was pretty much deserted except for…

"GUYS" yelled a very familiar voice.

They looked at recognized the short, spiky hared werewolf.

"Oz?" Buffy, Willow and Xander said blankly.

"OZ" Willow yelled when realization hit.

Willow then ran up to the werewolf and hugged him tightly. Oz hugged Dawn and surprisingly Tara and Anya as well. Oz then shook hands with Xander.

"Hey, wolf-boy" Xander said in way of greeting.

"Daniel Osbourn – what the hell are you doing here?" Buffy demanded giving him a brief hug.

"I'm helping teach Defense Against the Dark Arts with my uncle" Oz explained before turning to Spike "Aren't you supposed to be trying to kill them or something?"

Spike laughed "Pretty much one of the Scoobies now, Osbourn – didn't Buffy tell you 'bout the soddin chip?"

Oz grinned at the bleached-vamp.

"I had to see it to believe it, blondie" He smirked before turning to Faith "Outta jail already?"

"Yeah – listen Oz I'm real sorry about…"

"It's alright, Faith" Oz smiled and hugged her suddenly "I heard all about it – good to have you back."

Faith smiled at the werewolf. Suddenly a man about Xander's height came up behind Oz. He had Oz's light brown hair and wolfish grin.

"Guys, this is my uncle – Professor Remus Lupin" Oz said by way of introduction "Uncle Remus this are my friends – Buffy and Dawn Summers, Alexander Harris, Willow Rosenberg, Tara MaClay, Anya Dalton, Faith Black and Spike – he's the vampire."

"It's a pleasure to finally meet all of you" Lupin said, "Oz told be all about you lot."

"Little of it good I'll bet" Willow smiled jokingly.

"You know him" Lupin smiled back "You just have a seat and I'll fetch Dumbledore."

The group sat down and waited for Dumbledore's arrival. Soon the large doors of the great hall swung open and a tall man wearing blue robes with gold constellations walked in. He had a long silvery beard and equally long and silvery hair. He wore a pointed hat that matched his robes and his blue eyes twinkled behind his half-moon spectacles.

Spike and Anya jumped up from the table and walked over to the old wizard.

"Professor Dumbledore, sir, how long has it been?" Anya asked shaking his hand – the others looked shocked, since when was Anya this polite?

"Too long, Anyanka, much too long" Dumbledore smiled at her "I hear you've been doing well."

"Quite well considering" Anya smiled back.

"William – William Winters – how are you?" Dumbledore asked the vampire heartily.

"It's just Spike now, Professor" Spike smiled at him shaking his hand in turn "And I've been alright. Not exactly the Big Bad anymore – soddin chip."

Dumbledore chuckled appreciatively. The scoobies then met Professor Minerva McGonagal – who taught Transfiguration, the slimy Potions teacher – Professor Severus Snape, the short and good humored Charms teacher Professor Flitwick, the portly Professor Sprout – she taught Herbology and the beyond creepy Professor Trelawney – Divinations Teacher. After a round of introductions everyone sat down again.

"All we have to do now is wait for the rest of our new teachers" Dumbledore said.

The scoobies looked at him blankly. The doors of the Great Hall suddenly swung open again.

"And that's them now" Dumbledore said again standing up "Come in, come in."

Buffy couldn't believe who she saw next.

"Angel?"

"Buffy?"

"Bloody hell it's Peaches" Spike mumbled – Dawn stifled a giggle.

"What are you doing here?" Buffy demanded.

"What am I doing here? What are you doing here?" Angel asked.

"My guess is the same as you" Faith cut in.

"Teaching?" Cordelia asked.

"Teaching" Xander nodded in affirmation.

"What's he doing here?" Angel demanded looking at Spike.

"I was invited, Peaches" Spike scowled.

Angel shook his head.

"Let's try this again," he said clearing his throat "Hello Buffy. Cordelia and I the rest of our friends were invited here to teach. This is Winifred Burkle and Charles Gunn and my son Connor (I wrote to you about him remember). Wesley came here a while ago and I don't know where he is now… alright now it's your turn."

Buffy had to refrain from bursting out laughing but she played along.

"Hi Angel. Me 'n' the gang were invited to teach too. I'm pretty sure you know who they all are but for those of you who don't that's my sister Dawn, that's Anya, Faith, Tara, Willow, Xander and Spike."

Everyone managed to keep straight faces… for like five seconds. The entire Great Hall erupted with laughter. And everyone including Angel and Buffy had to clutch their sides as they doubled up laughing. The only one not laughing was Snape – not that there was any surprise there. Angel and his gang sat down still chuckling.

"Well – since everyone's here and our two researchers have said they'll be late, let's dig in," Dumbledore said wiping a tear of laughter from his eye.

Dumbledore clapped his hands and plates of delicious food suddenly appeared on the table. Everyone started talking in an instant. Willow and Tara to Professor Flitwick – Spike and Buffy to Angel – Gunn and Fred to Faith – Xander and Anya to some of the teachers – and Dawn and Conner chatted quietly in a corner.

In the middle of dinner the doors of the Great Hall opened once again. In came the two researchers Dumbledore had mentioned.

"Giles? Wesley?" Buffy said blankly "Oh… my… god."

Buffy leapt to her feet and she wasn't the only one. Willow, Tara and Dawn pretty much jumped out of their seats too. Spike, Anya, Xander and Faith looked shocked but stayed in their seats. The girls smothered Giles in hugs and when that cleared they all sat down.

"G-man – what the hell are you doing here?" Xander asked.

"Researching with Wesley on Voldemort's latest plan" Giles explained – all the Hogwarts professors except Dumbledore winced at the name.

Faith and Buffy were looking the younger watcher up and down. They were both beyond shocked – no glasses, he probably had contacts. And his hair wasn't plastered down to his head. He looked like he hadn't shaved in about a week and he was a lot more buff than he had been a few years ago. Wes was casually dressed in jeans and a brown sweater – no suit.

"Holy crap, Wes" Buffy said eyes widened.

"Yeah – it's a good look for you" Faith smiled "God – you've changed."

Wes blushed, "Thanks – I think."

Buffy and Faith chuckled – still the same old shy Wesley. And then the group went back to their meal.

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Alright that's the end of this chapter – it's not really good I know but I've sorted the next chapter out in my head it's called.

"You Break Her Heart, I Break Your Neck"

Big guess who says that. Oh well – on to the next chapter.