Title: Learning about Crystal Malfoy

Timeline: Sixth year of Hogwarts, Buffy the Vampire Slayer end of season two (Buffy never went to LA)

Summary: "Family stays together, you taught me this much. I will not forsake my blood," Draco declared with passion. "I will find my sister and we'll be a family again."

Pairs: Lucius/Narcissa, Draco/Harry (but not until much later), Ron/Hermione, Willow/Oz (just mentioning the pair in chapter two, don't know for later)

Disclaimer: The characters from Harry Potter books and Buffy the Vampire Slayer do not belong to me. I merely use them in my plot for fun.

"Speech"

'Thoughts'


Chapter Twelve:

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October 31st:

Great Hall:

The occupants of the school were frozen at the exchange.

For a few moments Draco felt like his brain had stopped all function and joined the gaping crowd. He had no idea who the female vampire was or how she knew his sister. Still…

He checked the tableau.

Dumbledore was cool as an ice lizard, observing the scene but made no move to shield the girl, as if he knew that Crystal need not be shielded.

"Miss Malfoy?" Snape got out. "Step back carefully." Beside him McGonagall was pale.

Drusilla shifted and the wands followed her. "Naughty man, trying to take my dolly."

Buffy stepped in front of Snape immediately. "Mind control? Come on Drusilla, you can't be so weak as to resort to cheap tricks."

Draco noticed his godfather rub his eyes and realized with horror that he had been affected by the female vampire.

He stood up then and the movement caught Drusilla's attention.

"Oh, my baby, she took you as well. Bad girl playing with my Will."

Buffy groaned. "Draco, back down and whatever you do don't look into her eyes. She can hypnotize through eye contact," she told her brother but everyone in the room heard her.

Drusilla hissed at Buffy.

"What are you doing in Britain Drusilla?" Buffy asked. "Last I heard you and Spike were in Mexico heading to Brasil."

"Drifting like a leaf," she murmured. "I wanted to go to Prague but the stars wouldn't let me." She swayed on her feet.

Buffy wanted to face-palm.

Draco heard her mutter 'Not this again.'

But then the Vampiress was looking at him again.

"I nice boy, pretty boy," Drusilla sang. "Where's your mommy?"

Draco made the mistake to lift his gaze. Next thing he knew he was on the floor.

Buffy moved fast, getting between her little brother and Drusilla.

She knew she could not attack Drusilla fast enough so she shoved her elbow in Draco's stomach. She felt bad seeing him fall on the floor but it was for the best. Giles had told her how bad Drusilla's thrall could be.

"Let's walk outside Drusilla," Buffy spoke calmly.

"Miss Edith doesn't like you enough," Drusilla crooned.

"This is ridiculous," Snape muttered. He raised his wand and cast a spell but the Vampire dodged it.

Buffy saw Drusilla flee the Great Hall and followed after her. Lupin and Snape ran after her. McGonagall shook Draco while Dumbledore tried to calm the students.

Harry Potter stared at the door the female Malfoy had run out of. He shook his head and went after his two best friends.

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Lupin had trouble keeping up with Buffy and that female Vampire. And it was ridiculous as he was a Werewolf. He looked over his shoulder at his former classmate. Severus was keeping up well enough considering.

They both caught sight of blonde hair and sped up.

"Crystal!" Snape yelled.

The girl ignored them.

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'It just had to be Drusilla,' Buffy ranted in her head as she gave chase.

She was considered weird enough already.

Then another thought entered her mind.

'I can't believe we share the same name!'

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Severus was thinking furiously. That scene back in the Great Hall bothered him.

He had easily recognized Drusilla. That mad Vampire had been in the books he had been morbidly fascinated as a teen and then later when he entered the Dark Lord's service.

The question now was how Crystal knew that dangerous creature. Draco had been scared but not very surprised. He would get to the bottom of this.

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Buffy stopped abruptly when she saw Drusilla stopping.

The brunette was crazy and that was part of the reason she was so dangerous.

"Here is fine," Drusilla commented.

Buffy tried not to let her out of her sight.

"You are a very bad girl," Drusilla told her. "I don't like you."

"The feeling is mutual," Buffy replied.

"You made my Angel all nice and shiny for a while," the other continued.

Buffy frowned. 'A while?'

"What do you mean Drusilla?"

The Vampire smiled.

"The nice man invited him back."

Buffy felt a chill up her spine. 'She can't possibly mean…'

But Drusilla decided taking was not enough and she attacked the Slayer with her claws.

The blonde girl barely dodged, caressing at the skirt she was forced to wear. It was billowing around her as she moved.

"I really need to speak to Dumbledore about the dressing code," she said as she punched Drusilla in the stomach. Then she hissed as Drusilla clawed at her arm like a wild animal.

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Poppy Pomfrey was working frantically to calm the children. Dumbledore had asked her to give calming draughts to students that were hysterical and she did, inwardly cursing at Severus for not being there to help her while worrying about him and Remus at the same time.

Harry watched with a frown as everyone was calm and pale, most of them shaking. He looked at the Head table were Dumbledore had taken Crystal's brother aside. Harry had never seen Draco Malfoy so pale in his life. The teen was oddly calm and his eyes unfocused. He seemed to listen to Dumbledore carefully but he did not even nod at the older wizard.

He was among the many that started when Nearly-Headless-Nick floated inside. The ghost went straight to the Headmaster.

"The portraits of the second floor at the eastern tower said the Vampire went there."

"Thank you Sir Nicholas," Dumbledore replied. "Hagrid, Fillius, Minerva, will you join me?"

The professors muttered their agreement. Dumbledore left Sprout and Vector in charge of the Great Hall and the group of professors left the room.

Harry approached a shaken Hermione. She had already drank a calming potion, followed by Ron. Now his two friends sat side by side, shivering.

"Guys?" he asked carefully.

Hermione blinked. "Harry?"

He nodded and crouched before the two.

"You okay guys?" the green eyed wizard asked again.

"Huh?" Ron grinned. "I'm not sure. I'm officially declaring Vampires my worst fear over spiders."

Harry grinned, more to give his friend some comfort.

"She was singing to those kids some lullaby," Hermione shuddered. "She… Oh, god she was so scary!"

Harry moved forward and hugged both of them.

Draco observed them and prayed Buffy did nothing stupid.

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Remus and Severus came to an abrupt halt when they heard the sound of what was obviously fighting.

"Dear Morgana," the Potions' Master muttered as the two wizards hurried to the scene.

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Buffy grunted as Drusilla attacked again.

She was fighting the Vampire off while trying to find something pointy. In that corridor there were no armors or statues, just some annoying portraits cheering her on and making her aggravated, especially those with witches that feinted. Buffy knew she was carrying something wooden and pointy, but she was not about to use her wand on a Vampire, not as a stake that is. She struggled to remember the spell Draco had mentioned in passing but her mind came up blank.

"I so did not need that right now," she muttered as she ducked.

"Crystal!"

"Miss Malfoy!"

Two male voices yelled together.

Buffy noticed them and Drusilla managed another blow, this time to Buffy's face.

The Slayer winced at the pain but glared at Drusilla through it.

"That's it!" she exclaimed. She kicked Drusilla on the stomach and continued with a series of kicks until Drusilla was backed to a wall.

Severus narrowed his eyes. "Stupefy!" he called out when he had a clear shot.

Buffy panted as she turned to him, not bothering to glance at the stupefied Vampire at her feet.

"Why did you do that? It was just getting fun!"

Remus and Severus gave her an identical stern look.

Buffy pouted. "Do I really have to explain everything right now? I'm hungry!"

"And bleeding," Remus told her.

Buffy whipped the blood from her brow and glanced at her arm carelessly. "This? It's no biggy."

Severus spluttered and Remus stared.

"You will let Poppy see you," Snape told her.

"And then straight to Dumbledore," Remus followed.

"Joy!" the teen muttered. "What about Dru?"

"I'll take care of her," Remus replied.

"Pointy wood through her shriveled, black heart," Buffy told him.

"We can't kill Vampires as we like," Severus told her. "It was voted in 1783. The Aurors are responsible for capturing them."

"Why the hell do they have me for? I know I'm pretty but this is getting ridiculous," Buffy ranted.

"This brings us to the matter at hand," Severus narrowed his eyes. "What were you thinking running after a Vampire that was one of the Quartet no less?"

Buffy shrugged. "It's my thing, my destiny."

"Not unless you are a Vampire Slayer," Remus cut int.

Buffy smirked. "And the gold goes to the werewolf!"

The two wizards blinked. Then their eyes widened.

"Impossible!" they blurted at once.

"That's exactly what I said when a Vampire first turned to ash on my cute little outfit," Buffy told them.

"Severus? Remus? Miss Malfoy?"

The three turned to look at Dumbledore and the professors with him.

They were surprised to see the Vampire unconscious.

"I believe we should head to my office," the Headmaster said. "Your father is on the way Miss Malfoy. Severus if you could fetch Mister Malfoy? Hagrid watch over Drusilla until the Aurors arrive. Miss Malfoy? This way."

Buffy followed quietly.

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Draco approached Severus the moment his Head of House walked in.

"Come Draco, you are needed in the Headmaster's office.

"What about Crystal? How is my sister doing?" the blonde teen asked anxious to hear the answer.

"Relax," Snape told him. He looked around at the students who looked a bit calmer and now they were curious to see what happened with Draco Malfoy's sister. "This is not the time or the place for this. We are expected in Dumbledore's office. Come on now.

Draco nodded and harried all the way to the Headmaster's office.

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Buffy ignored the scared and at the same time condemning look she received from Gryffindor's Head of house. She had learned not to care much of what other people said.

Draco came through the door then and he ran straight to his sister, catching her in a hug.

"Merlin Buffy! I was so worried! I thought… Merlin."

Buffy hugged him back and let him ramble. She could only imagine how worried he felt.

"It was fine Draco," she told him when he was unable to speak anymore.

"Fine? Fine!" the blonde wizard exclaimed. "It was not 'fine' Crystal! You run after a Vampire and not just a random one but Drusilla. We learned in class how dangerous she was and everything…"

"Draco," Buffy caught him off before he could work himself up some more. "I know Drusilla very well, too well in fact. Had I not followed her she would have caused damage. You saw what she did to those kids. Well, I've seen her do worse. Remember Giles? The man who came to see me off? She had him under her thrall for hours, taunting him with the death of his lover over and over again. She also slit Kendra's throat in seconds. She's mad, childish and unpredictable. I know Drusilla too well Draco. Are those Aurors any good?"

"The Aurors are very well trained," Dumbledore cut in. "They have nothing to fear from her and there is no way for her to escape. Wizards are not as helpless when it comes to Vampires."

Buffy nodded.

"Now we need to discuss how to deal with the rumors following the incident," Dumbledore told her.

"With all due respect Headmaster, what needs to be addressed is her idiotic and careless actions," Severus Snape glared at the young girl that had made him feel fear after many years.

"It was no biggy," Buffy told him.

Severus glared. He turned to Dumbledore. "Did you know about it?"

"About what, Severus?" McGonagall asked.

"Me being the Slayer," Buffy replied.

McGonagall and Flitwick gasped.

Draco frowned. "You told them?"

Buffy shrugged. "Father and mother know already and I see no reason for them to worry so much. Drusilla and I go way back. I owe her a nice good stake through the heart."

Her brother rolled his eyes at the gleam that entered her gaze. "Down girl," he teased.

Her glare was half hearted.

Severus decided to focus at the matter at hand. "Lucius knows? And he let you?"

"He doesn't really have any say in it," Buffy replied. "I have tried not being a Slayer, the power doesn't disappear. The bad guys are always after me even if I don't go after them. there is really no way out."

Severus sighed.

"I see no problem with this," Dumbledore spoke then.

"But Albus, it is dangerous to her," McGonagall cut in.

"Miss Malfoy survived for years on the Hellmouth and her slaying career is rather impressive," Dumbledore commented.

The others started protesting rather strongly but Buffy ignored them and leaned on Draco.

"You are too much at times Crystal," Draco told her.

Buffy shrugged. "It doesn't matter. What I really want now is a good soak in a tub and a large scoop of ice cream, preferably mint."

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A flash of light…

Laughter… It was soft and lasted for so little time.

Warmth… A mere moment in his long life.

Pain… That burning, endless pain.

It all blended together in an endless circle.

Then those rough, heavy voices reached him and the burning lessened.

His body was weak, used to it after so long.

The voices stopped mocking him.

Her smile returned and he could see her face again, remember her name.

His heart was lighter, his soul relieved.

It only took that and he left all the pain behind for oblivion.

The floor was cold and hard. His skin was charred and he smelled of fire and sulfur.

He felt the people around him speak, their voices louder as the screaming lessened.

He felt lighter, he could feel again.

He lifted his head and he saw hazy forms, fitted with dark robes.

A man reminding him of his maker's master came forward.

He smelled vile and evil.

"Welcome among the Living, Angelus."


End of chapter

A/N: Sorry it took me so long to update. Hope you enjoy this chapter.