Life Is As Sweet As A Cinnamon Bun
5. Bloodsuckers
Later, Dumbledore spoke to me again, in secret. He asked me more about the vampires. When I demanded why he was so interested in that, he told me,
"Voldemort has been trying to ally dark creatures to him. We must prevent that at all costs. Which is why I'd like you to go to America."
"America?"
"Yes. I have a plan in mind, and in order for it to work we'll need the help of the Slayer."
The Vampire Slayer - the one person in every generation to have an inborn ability to fight vampires, and surnatural creatures. A Muggle, because wizards are considered to be surnatural too - well, by Muggles.
"What do you want to do with the Slayer?"
"Voldemort can do serious damage already with his followers. If he's been trying to ally dark creatures to him, we must stop it. We have reached the giants long before he did, so they are safe. Creatures in the Forbidden Forest - centaurs, werewolves, giant spiders and such, they have been warned too. That's pretty safe. But Voldemort is most likely to get help from the Undead. As you know, not only are vampires very hard to kill, but they can make more of themselves quickly. We already have difficulty in dealing with Voldemort right now - we don't need vampires in addition to that."
"So what do you have in mind?"
"From what you've told us, there seems to be a sort of hierarchy in the vampire society.."
"Oh, yes, the Clan. They're the ones who we talked with, they'd be the ones who say "We're with Voldemort" or "We're not". But they're very well hidden, and very powerful too. Several of them were wizards in their living. Last time I talked to them, they agreed definitely to help Voldemort, but there were still a few disagreements to deal with. Minor ones, such as… Well, I guess we can do without details." I remembered the bloodthirstiness of Andreo, the leader of the clan. "We'd like to know if we can simply feed, or if not how many we need to suck the blood out of…" And the worrying way they were all looking at me hungrily. I definitely didn't like vampires.
"Yes… Anyway. If we are to stop the vampires from joining Voldemort, it is them we must get rid of."
"So you need me to get the Slayer," I concluded. That seemed easy enough.
"She happens to live in a small town in America, right over the Hellmouth. You need to convince her to come over here, to England, where I'll explain everything to her. Her watcher is English - that'll help, I think. He'll understand the problem."
"Oh, and what's the Slayer's name?"
"She's called Buffy Summers, her Watcher is Rupert Giles."
*giggle* This is where it becomes very interesting. Okay, I have several reasons for introducing Buffy. First, I wanted a nice crazy twist. Second, I wanted Draco to go somewhere nice and relax a bit.
And, for those poor souls who don't know what da Hell 'Buffy' is, or the crazy people who don't like it, well, you could switch on to Channel 2 at 6;45 on Thursday, or you could read this short summary on the story:
Buffy Summers is a Vampire Slayer (one in every generation), and her job is to stake vampires and fight other demons and creatures. She lives in Sunnydale, which is thriving with vampires as it's right over the Hellmouth. Her watcher is English and loves tea, and he's also a librarian, and is called Rupert Giles - known as Giles. He helps Buffy whenever information is needed on a new demon or strange event. Buffy's friends are Willow, the typical high-school nerd, but incredibly sweet, who could be considered as a Muggle-born witch who didn't go to wizard school, and only recently learned that she had special talents. Willow, at the time this story happens, is going out with Oz, which is a werewolf. Oz is the most cool, laid-back guy you've ever seen despite the werewolf thing. Two extremes. There's also Xander, your typical high-school geek, and Cordelia (aka Cordy) who is your typical high-school popular nitwit. Cordy and Xander have LOATHED eachother for 12 years and are now madly in love with eachother. Buffy fell in love, ironically, with a vampire cursed with a soul (so, he's a good vampire though he still feeds on blood) called, also ironically, Angel. He left, boo-hoo. Then when she goes to university with Willow and Oz, first she likes this idiot called Parker which dumps her the day after they have sex, then Riley, which is a military guy, part of this secret project called the Initiative, it's about capturing and studying vampires.
But, I'm rewinding to when Buffy first arrives at Sunnydale university. Riley didn't get a book avalanche, no Initiative, where Buffy has staked Sunday and Giles arrives with the box full of lethal weapons. Hee-hee. Loved that scene. Actually, Buffy has just had the Captain Cave-Slayer episode, in which she knocks Parker on the head with what looks like an antler. Harmony and Spike aren't around yet.