Summary: When Buffy ran away to LA she is confronted with a life she never knew about. She is thrown into a world and a war that was always meant to be hers but was stripped from her as a baby.

Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Harry Potter. This story is just for entertainment value and nothing more.

Timeline: After Season 2 of Buffy and starts where book 5 of Harry Potter would have started but after those points this story is completely AU. Harry and Buffy are both 16 (before you say anything I know this is wrong according to the show and books but this is my story and it fits my purpose better if they are 16)

Pairing: Harry/Buffy, Hermione/Ron, Willow/Oz and Xander/Cordelia

Chapter 4

Buffy felt a tugging behind her navel when she touched the old shoe. Buffy closed her eyes so she wouldn't have to see the effects of the port key. She and Giles landed hard on the ground neither of them were standing from the landing.

"Get off Giles," Buffy stammered as she tried to push her mentor off of her. "Geez, couldn't you've given us some kind of warning?"

Dumbledore chuckled as he leant a helping hand to Giles and then to Buffy, "What fun would that have been my dear?"

Buffy glared up at him, "Now my pants are dirty. These pants were expensive," Buffy exclaimed with a mock anger in her voice. She gave in to a giggle at the situation.

"So where are we?" Buffy questioned.

"We are at the fine establishment called the Leaky Cauldron," Dumbledore informed his newest student. "Are you hungry? We could stop and get a bite to eat. Tom has some of the best butter beer around."

"Butter beer? I'm only 16 I can't have beer, can I?" Buffy inquired.

"Of course you can my dear, there is no alcohol in this drink," Dumbledore stated with a twinkle in his eyes.

"I am quite hungry. Why don't we stop and get something to eat before we go and gather you school supplies?" Giles asked his young charge.

"Sounds good to me. I could use a clubhouse and I think I wanna try that butter beer," Buffy agreed.

They ate their meal and made polite small talk. Dumbledore informed Buffy of all the classes she would have to work on this summer. Buffy grumbled about having to make up 4 years of education in one summer.

"Well, child, you do not have to make up everything. We just want to give you a good base knowledge so you will not be completely lost and when the school year starts I will find you some additional tutors to assist in your further education," Dumbledore stated with a smile on his face. "In fact I already know which student I am going to assign to you for tutoring. Her name is Hermione Granger, she is top in her class and she will be a fifth year like yourself."

They finished up their meals and Dumbledore paid the bill. They walked to the back alley where they appeared to be blocked in by a wall.

"Uh…where do we go, there's a wall," Buffy questioned her odd companion.

"Just watch and you will see," Dumbledore stated with a mischievous glint to his eye.

Dumbledore tapped his wand on a few different bricks and it magically started to open. At the astonished look on both Buffy and Giles faces he let out a hearty laugh.

:"That is so cool," Buffy exclaimed, "I hope I get to learn things like that."

"That and a great deal more," Dumbledore answered.

They wandered a bit before they came to a great big white building called 'Gringotts Wizarding Bank'. As they walked in Buffy's senses went crazy as she looked upon the strange creatures at the tellers stand.

Noticing Buffy's tension Dumledore went to explain, "This is the wizarding bank. The goblins run the banks, they are harmless. They can be a bit short tempered but you will not have to slay them I promise you that."

Buffy's relaxed a bit. They came to a teller's booth with one of the creepy goblins. "What can I do for you today?"

"We would like to make a withdraw from Ms. Summers account. She is the sole heir to Annabel Mugroots estates," Dumbledore replied to the goblin. He studiously ignored the look that Buffy was giving him.

"Yes of course, do you have a key?" The rude goblin inquired.

"I do have her key right here. It is vault 467."

"Excellent, lets head right down," The goblin stepped down from his spot and led them over to a cart. "Now get in all of you and we will head down right away," The goblin handed a red velvet bag to Buffy, "Ms. Summers please use this to gather what money you will need."

The three companions stepped into the cart with the goblin when all of a sudden it lurched forward at a mind-blowing speed. It just as abruptly stopped in front of vault 467. Buffy shakily climbed out of the cart standing on what felt like jelly legs.

"This is wizarding money. The big gold ones are called Galleon's and those ones there are called Sickle's and this one here is called a Knut. Now one Galleon equals 17 Sickles and one Sickle equals 29 Knuts. It would take 493 Knuts to equal a Galleon. You understand? Good, good now grab what you need," Dumbledore missed the complete and utter confusion on Buffy's face. Instead of having Dumbledore explain the strange currency to her again she just grabbed a bunch of coins and threw them in her bag. She grabbed mostly the big gold coins since she did gather that they were worth the most.

"Excellent lets head back up and out to Diagon Alley," Dumbledore cheerfully stated. They went up the same cart with the same nauseous speed.

"How about you, my dear, head to Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions to get your robes while Mr. Giles and I head to Flourish & Blott's Stationery Shop and a few other shops for your books and school supplies that you will need. Once we are finished we will meet you in here," Dumbledore offered the plan.

"Sure thing," Buffy stated as she walked away to the robe shop.

A few hours later Dumbledore and Giles walked in to the robe shop to find Buffy still shopping for her robes.

"I am almost done I can't say much for your guys fashion sense but I managed to find a few I liked," Buffy threw a smile towards the older men's direction.

She paid for her robes and headed out to the main road of Diagon Alley. "Where to now?" Buffy asked.

"I was thinking we could get your wand from Ollivander's and then get you an owl from Eeylops Owl Emporium. We might even stop and get you a broom from the Quidditch shop," Dumbledore causally stated.

Buffy raised a finely shaped eyebrow, "A broom?"

"Oh dear, did I forget to mention that? Brooms are used to fly on here, they are mostly used to play quidditch a wonderful wizarding sport," Dumbledore gushed.

"You guys fly on brooms?" Buffy chuckled at the thought, "Like Samantha on Bewitched? Do you wiggle your nose to do magic too?"

"Why no we use our wands I thought I made that perfectly clear already," Dumbledore stated with the familiar twinkle in his eyes.

Buffy just shook her head and started walking down the street to the wand shop. As they stopped in front of the shop Buffy looked hesitantly to Giles who in turn nodded for her to enter the shop. As Buffy entered the shop she could not find anybody around then out of what seemed like thin air a small old man came up to her.

"Well what do we have here? A slayer how interesting, you might be a difficult one, but I have not had a customer I could not place with their wand in all my years. My name is Ollivander the owner of this shop," He stated happily. "Now hold out your wand arm?"

Buffy looked quizzically at Dumbledore, before she finally decided on her right arm. She held it out and a measuring tape jumped to life and started measuring every part of her imaginable. This might have startled her if the same thing didn't just happen at the robe shop. Ollivander came back with a stack of boxes. He handed her a long stick, "Go ahead what are you waiting for? Give it a good flick."

At her flick of the wand a wall of shelves exploded, "That obviously isn't the right one," He snatched the wand from her hand as he flicked his own wand to repair the damage. This same process continued for a little over an hour and Buffy was starting to get tired and cranky.

"Maybe you were wrong, Dumblebee, maybe I'm not cut out for this witch-y magic stuff. I might not have the wicked mojo needed," Buffy grudgingly admitted.

"That is non-sense my dear. You just have to be patient we just haven't found the right wand for you," Dumbledore stated reassuringly slightly chuckling at the way she butchered his name.

"The wand picks it's owner not the other way around," Ollivander offered. Then he paused in great thought. "I think I have it. Just wait here."

Ollivander disappeared for a minute and came back with a beautifully decorated red wood box. He took the wand out of its holder and handed it to Buffy, "Go ahead give it a flick."

Buffy hesitantly did as she was told when a warm feeling settled into her bones and maroon, blue, green, yellow, black, bronze, silver and gold sparks shot from the end of the wand. Dumbledore interestedly noticed that the sparks that shot from the wand were all the colors of the four different houses of Hogwarts.

"See we found you your wand. This is 9-½ inch, willow with a duel magical core of: the first slayers hair and a phoenix feather from the tail of the same phoenix that shed a feather for Mr. Potter's wand and for You-Know-Who's wand. We can expect great things from you Ms. Summers great things indeed," Ollivander stated firmly.

"How much for the wand?" Buffy quietly asked. She wasn't sure how she felt about her new wand at all.

"It is 8 Galleon's," Ollivander noted.

Buffy paid the man and thanked him for his hard work. Then they took off to the owl shop. There Buffy picked out a gorgeous owl that was white with black specks all over its coat. She named her Kendra in remembrance of her fallen fellow Slayer. Then they stopped at the Quidditch shop to buy Buffy a broom, she picked out a Firebolt.

"Now lets head over to Hogwarts. We will use the fireplace in the Leaky Cauldron to floo into my office. Here let me shrink your bags so it will be easier to travel," At this Dumbledore mumbled an incantation and the bags shrank in size. Then Dumbledore grabbed the bags and put them in a pocket of his robes.

Dumbledore had to convince Buffy to use the floo system but in the end she did, "Why do you guys travel in the most annoying ways?"

Dumbledore chuckled and then called for Dobby. A weird creature popped into the room, "Dobby can you take Ms. Summers and Mr. Giles belongings to their rooms?"

"Yes'um sir," with a snap of his fingers Dobby and all the luggage disappeared.

"Now before we go to the Great Hall for dinner I would like to have you sorted into your house," Dumbledore stated.

"Um…yeah I've been meaning to ask you about that what is with this house thing?" Buffy asked.

"A house is like your family. You will eat with them and go to class with them, you will share dormitories with them and if you spend your free time in your common room you will be accompanied by them. You will share in each other's triumphs and also share in one another's failures. There are four houses at Hogwarts: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw they were all named after the founders. The founders enchanted this hat to find the qualities in a person that they each would look for in a student," Dumbledore explained.

He sat the hat upon her head. When she heard a voice that sounded as if it was in her head. 'A slayer how interesting, oh and I see who your parents are very intriguing. You are nothing like your father though.' At this Buffy thought 'I don't even know who my father is.' As if the hat ignored her he continued, 'you would do well in any of the houses indeed. You are smart enough for Ravenclaw. You are loyal enough for Hufflepuff. You are surely cunning and ambitious enough for Slytherin. You are braver then most of the Gryffindor's I have seen. Where to put you though…. It better be
"Gryffindor," Buffy noticed the last part was spoken out loud.

"Wonderful," Dumbledore exclaimed with a clap of his hands, "Now shall I introduce you to our staff?"

The group headed down to the Great hall to get acquainted with the staff of Hogwarts.

TBC…