Chapter Thirty-Six: Vampire
"So you do know how to handle a wand?" Buffy asked Spike as she pulled down the last of the blinds.
"Yeah, I'm sure." Spike said as he held a wand he'd picked up from Olivanders earlier that week in his hand. "I mean, I'm not the best wizard but I can do basic spells."
"Good. Right now, the only spell you'll need to know is Stupefy." Buffy said as she put her things on Ethans desk. She was still a little nervous about her first class that she'd be teaching to Dawn's class.
"First, we'll do a little demo and then the class will split into two, half with you and half with me." Buffy said, going over the lesson plan the hundredth time.
"Right, and what's this demo we'll be doing?" Spike asked.
"I'll start off with no wand, and you're going to try to Stupefy me." Buffy replied, glancing at the clock for the tenth time, 15 minutes until her class started, "I'm gonna dodge your curses and try to disarm you as well using physical means. Can we practice?"
Spike raised his eyebrow inquiringly.
"What? I don't wanna stuff up this class!" Buffy replied defensively as she stood from her chair and put her wand on her desk.
"Buffy, you'll be fine." Spike said as he stood and aimed his wand at Buffy.
"Sure, easy for you to say." Buffy said as she positioned herself a few meters away from Spike.
She nodded and Spike sent his first Stupefy spell at Buffy. She quickly ducked and moved to the left to miss the second spell.
She feinted to the right and when she saw Spike sending a spell in that direction, she moved to the left and sent a side kick to his wrist as it moved to aim a Stupefy curse at her.
He dropped his wand and she ducked and swooped his feet out from under him causing him to fall onto his back. She quickly sat on him, holding his arms from reaching his wand or attacking her.
"Right then." Spike said, "You win."
"Yeah." Buffy said, catching her breath.
"Well, good demo." Spike said, neither moving from their positions.
Just then, someone began coughing loudly from the door way.
Buffy jumped off Spike and looked up to see Dawn leaning on the doorway grinning.
"Dawn, hi! That, that was just…just-" Buffy said with embarrassment.
"Practice?" Dawn asked, still grinning as she walked into the classroom and dumped her books onto her desk.
"Yeah, for the demonstration." Buffy said, trying to regain her composure.
"Right. Sure. So, what's on the lesson plan today Miss Rosenburg?" Dawn asked her as she hopped onto her desk, using it as a seat.
"A demo, which that was, and then the class is gonna split in two, half with me, half with Spike and then there gonna try to disarm us without their wands." Buffy said, glancing at the clock again.
"Cool." Dawn said, "So, just wondering, are you gonna tell the class about Spike being a vampire?"
"What?" Buffy asked, having not even thought about that. "Uh, I donno. Should I?"
"If you don't, I think they may start to catch on, well, Hermione will anyway." Dawn said.
"Pft. Doubt it." Spike said as he lit a cigarette.
"With the blinds always down," Dawn continued, "and Spikes speed and pale complexion."
"Yeah, probably. So I'll tell them." Buffy said, trying to even her breath before she had another anxiety attack.
A loud bell rang and Buffy whipped her head around to the clock to see the time again and groaned.
"Buffy, chill, you'll be fine." Dawn said as he hopped off her desk and went to take her seat.
Buffy shot Spike a glare telling him to put out his cigarette and get off the desk and take a seat in a chair like everyone else.
Hermione, Ron and Harry entered and took their seats next to Dawn.
"Why does it smell like smoke in here? And why are all the blinds down?" Hermione asked her, to which Dawn only shrugged.
Once the class was all sitting in there seats Buffy stood from her seat, ready to start her class.
"Hello everyone. You may have noticed, Et-uh, Professor Rayne, isn't here at the moment and has left me in charge for for now." Buffy said, "You may also have noticed, there is another person here to help me teach."
"This is Spike." Buffy said, turning to Spike who she saw was lighting another cigarette.
She shot him an annoyed look telling him to put it out. He sighed and flicked it into a large urn beside Buffys desk. A few students laughed while Hermione looked shocked.
"I think you should also know, Spike is a vampire." Buffy said. This put any more laughter to end as everyone's eyes snapped to look at Spike.
"Of course!" Hermione said as if she should of seen it right away.
"No he's not! Vampires aren't real!" A boy yelled out from the back of the class, causing a few people to laugh nervously.
"Aren't they?" Buffy asked, and nodded at Spike.
Spike morphed into his vampire face, and the whole class gasped, a few students even moving back in their chairs.
"Its okay though. He's not going to hurt anybody, he physically cant." Buffy said to the class, "And anyway, he wouldn't be here unless Dumbledore didn't think it was safe. Right now though, I'm going to do a quick demo to show you what you'll be doing for the next hour."
She turned to face Spike, who in turn turned to face her, and morphed out of his vampire features.
He took out his wand and Buffy instinctively shifted into a defensive position, ready to dodge any spell that comes flying at her. He sent a spell at her, and she stepped to her left of it.
He sent a second Stupefy curse and she ducked. She did a tumble turn forward and kicked his ankle out from under him before he could land another spell where she could defend herself.
He toppled to the floor and Buffy's first act was to grab his arm and twist until he released his wand. She then took it and aimed it at him, and Spike then stopped struggling.
She stood and held out her arm for him. Once they were both on foot, she handed back his wand and faced her class once again. She saw a lot of them looking at them both with wonder and amazement, the fear gone from their eyes.
"I never knew two people could move that fast!" Ron whispered to Harry sitting next to him who in turn nodded in agreement.
"Today, the class is going to split in two, half with me, half with Spike." Buffy said, feeling more comfortable now, more in control, "Me and Spike will be attacking you with Stupefy curses and you'll be dodging. Your aim is to get our wand away from us, and try to gain the upper hand, so you're in control. Oh, and you'll all be wandless."
A few people began protesting, saying it was impossible.
"Listen, we'll go easy on you for the start, right Spike?" Buffy said as she turned to Spike who only grinned, making a lot of students nervous.
Buffy rolled her eyes at how immature he was, "We will. But you can do it. Just focus on for now dodging the spells, ducking under them, or if you have to, hide behind desks to get cover. But if you were to get hit, the reviving spell is Ennervate. Now, come and line up behind either me or Spike."
The class ran from their seats, and the end result was four fifths lining up behind Buffy and one fifth behind Spike.
"Would you mind evening out the lines?" Buffy asked and she was glad to see Dawn switch from her line to Spikes standing behind Draco who was already in Spikes line, "Anyone else? C'mon now, or else I'll have to start picking people."
The students groaned and she saw Hermione and Harry dragging Ron by each arm into Spikes line.
"What? Why do I have to go into this line!?" Ron whined as he was forced to stand between Harry and Hermione.
A few other people sighed and made their way over with their friends to Spikes line, and after a few minutes, the lines were about even.
"Good. Now when its your turn, stand a few meters away from Spike and I, and try to dodge the spells coming your way." Buffy said, "That's all for now. Once you've dodged a few spells, then head to the end of the line. We'll try the other part of disarming us later, once you get the hang of this."
After going through a few students, it was obvious that Buffy was being a little kinder and most of the student had managed to dodge her attacks, where as Spike was being mean and sent spell after spell repeatedly until the student was hit by one.
"Spike, mind taking it easy? Or we'll have a lawsuit on our hands." Buffy said to Spike, and the majority of the class looked at each other confused, never have hearing before what a law suit was.
As Spike made it a little easier for the students, some even made it out conscious. It was also safe to say that the person standing behind the student facing Spike had to be watchful in case of any dodged or stray spells were coming their way.
After about twenty minutes, the class stopped momentarily. Most of the students in Buffy's line hadn't been hit but only a few from Spikes hadn't been hit more that twice, this including Dawn, Draco and Harry.
"Right, that was really good, now, I think we should switch groups to make it fair." Buffy said, resulting in her group groaning, not looking forward to Spike, knowing he was more merciless than Buffy.
Once the teams had swapped, Buffy went on explaining what they'd do now.
"Now, we're gonna try the second part of the demo, separating us from our wands and gaining the advantage. This is the harder part so Spike and I will go easier on you with the curses, or else their wont be blinds in this class room much longer." Buffy said and the class snickered.
"So, lets start." Buffy said and for the next half an hour, the class struggled to disarm either Buffy or Spike, who both focused, Buffy more than Spike, on slowing down their speed.
Once Draco was revived after being hit by a cruse as he tried to disarm Buffy, it was then Dawns turn.
"Ready?" Buffy asked and Dawn nodded, grinning.
Buffy sent a curse to which Dawn ducked and took a step closer to Buffy.
Buffy sent two more curses which Dawn avoided by doing a tumble turn which left her behind a desk.
Dawn pushed the desk forward and it collided with Buffy, although Buffy managed to keep her footing.
As Buffy pushed the desk away, she didn't have time to react to Dawns next move. Dawn, crouching low, swept her leg under Buffy's feet causing her to loose her balance and fall onto her back.
Dawn jumped to her feet and as Buffy began to raise her arm to sent another Stupefy curse, Dawn put her foot onto it and pressed onto her wrist until she let her wand go. Buffy finally did and Dawn picked up the wand and aimed it at her sister, grinning.
Dawn then heard a burst of applaud erupt from behind her and she saw all the students looking at her and clapping on the first successful attempt to disarm either Spike or Buffy.
She laughed and did a little bow and after returning Buffy's wand, headed to the back of the line.
"Nice work," Draco said, "Remind me never to get on your bad side."
Dawn laughed. At the moment, nothing could have been better.
"That was bloody brilliant!" Ron said as he came to the back of the line, rubbing his head.
"Yeah, good work," Harry said as he and Hermione made their way to the back of the line, "you're the only one that's been able to take down one of the teachers!"
"Although I don't think anyone is going to have any success in Spikes line." Hermione commented as they all watched a small terrified boy hiding behind a desk with curse after curse aimed at him.