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Potter
Email: angel_of_ice19@hotmail.com
Rating: PG-13
Summary: The Scooby Gang is off to Hogwarts to help teach. Crossover with Ats and Harry Potter.
A/N: Please review or send any comments or flames to my email above :) Words inside * are what the characters are thinking, and ***( )*** is someone having a vision.
A/N2: Thank you to everyone who reviewed!!!! To everyone who hasn't, come on R&R!!!
Chapter Seventeen: Lions, Tigers, and Bears...Oh My!
Angel went to go inform Dumbledore in on the situation, while the Scoobies and the L.A. gang discussed various demons they might know to help.
"What about ghosts?" Cordelia asked. "I have one."
"You mean one lives with you? As in, can go anywhere in your house, when you're in it?" Xander asked. Willow hit him on the arm.
"Ew, Xander!" Cordelia rolled her eyes.
"I was just asking a question of scientific nature," Xander protested.
"You mean a question of perverted nature," Willow retorted. Anya came into the room, beaming, grinning cheerfully.
"So hon, how'd it go? See you're old boss?" Xander asked.
"Oh, the work he's had done! Doesn't even look like his old self, it's amazing! Well, all my old vengence buddies will help, there's only like a hundred of them though," She shrugged. "What can I say, you lose popularity when you hang with humans."
"The sacrifices you make for me," Xander joked.
* * *
Angel came back, looking rather straightfaced. "We don't tell any of the students," Angel announced. "Dumbledore doesn't want them to lose sleep over this thing, we just have to prepare them."
"This is when I need my button," Buffy quipped.
"What button?" Dawn asked.
"One that says 'I'm a Slayer, Ask me how'."
"Yeah, and I want one that says, 'I'm a key, bleed me dry," Dawn remarked. Buffy gave her a look. "What, it's black humor."
"So we do what? Give them heavy pointy objects and tell them to put it through the chests of scaly things?" Willow asked.
"We can't do that, several of the scaly things are my friends, fighting on our side," Anya protested.
"Okay, the evil scaly things," Willow corrected.
"Alot of them are evil too!" Anya argued.
"Okay, the evil scaly things on the side of Voldemort!" Willow suggested.
"Yeah we should do that!" Anya agreed.
"One problem, they're kids," Buffy reminded them. "Magic kids."
"Yeah, they've done enough curses on each other to know what to do. Except the killing, they don't use the killing spell," Dawn explained.
"So we prep them on the best defenses. Will, you teach them all about plants that can help them, you know, breath underwater, or make things burst into flames. Distracting or escaping mostly. Anya, teach them battle tactics from a war, from the side that won," Buffy ordered, putting an emphasis on the word won.
"Cordelia, try to prevent any visions from coming to Professor Trelawny, cloud the air or something. And make sure there are plenty of supplies in the hospital."
"No problem, I can't block the visions from my own head, so blocking them from someone else's shouldn't be a problem," Cordelia remarked.
"Fred, teach the kids all kinds of potions to use that could help them get away, or distract an enemy. Gunn, teach battle techniques, strategies, and weapons of Muggles. In case they have to use something other than their wands. We have to prepare them," Buffy said.
"Tara, teach them to transform objects into you know, weaponly items. Spike and I'll teach more moves, Angel, can you help out?" Buffy asked.
"Yeah," Angel replied.
"Good, Xander, get a bunch of dangerous creatures that can fight whatever we're up against," Buffy paused. "What exactly are we going to be up against?" She asked.
"A dark lord, one who kills without mercy, who has mindless followers who would kill their own child if instructed. They are afraid of him, killing when told to, and they are often told. He gathers many, those who have been allies to us since his demise, will now turn to him for guidence. Dementors will suck the souls of any human to pass their way, leaving a lost body behind.
"The ogres are on our side, most of them. But there are a few, bloodthristy ones left, ones who will join him with out hesisitation. Giants have also sided with us, however these are only two magical races, there are several deadly ones that Voldemort can recruit. We're facing shadows, giant spiders, dragons, Red Caps, grindylows, any creature of the dark. Vampires, to be sure, evil wizards and witches, hags, demons of any sort. We're basically facing everything," the voice said. Everyone stared.
Dawn's eyes glowed with a green light, and then faded. "Whoa, that was weird."
"What just happened?" Xander asked.
"Bit, you alright?" Spike asked.
"Yeah fine, just kinda energized," Dawn said, waving her hand in dismissal. Green sparks flew, and turned Buffy into a lion. Buffy growled.
"Oops!" Dawn gulped. Buffy was pacing back and forth, looking at Dawn hungrily. She roared.
"Fix this!" Xander said. "Cause she looks awfully hungry, and we're awfully meaty!"
"I'm trying," Dawn insisted, as she kept waving her hand. Sparks flew out, and turned Xander into a chimpanzee. He shreiked as Buffy tried to pounce on him.
"Dawn, I don't think-" Willow started, but another wave of the hand, and Willow was turned into a cat. She hissed, and climbed onto the top of a chair.
"Oh god, Willow I am so sorry!" Dawn reached for her, and her magic hit Cordelia, who was turned into a golden retriever. Gunn couldn't help but laugh, until he was turned into a turtle.
"What's wrong with me?" Dawn shrieked. Spike gave her a hug.
"Sweet bit, try to relax, just breath, concentrate, relax....Oh bloody hell!" He screamed, as Buffy started clawing his leg. Dawn shreiked, and Spike was turned into a wolf. Spike snarled at Xander, who was throwing himself across the room using the curtains.
Angel was turned into a bear, knocking things over, while Fred shrieked, grabbing onto Wesley for protection.
Tara quickly said a few words, and everyone was returned to their normal state. Xander fell from the ceiling, landing with a thump.
"Dawn, don't move," Tara warned.
"Not moving."
"Okay, what in the name of Satan is going on here?" Spike demanded. Buffy looked at him. "What in the name of hell is going on here?" Buffy continued to look at him. "What in the name of buffalo wings is going on here?"
"Dawn's powers seem to be manifesting," Wesley said.
"Her key powers?" Willow asked.
"Well, yes," Wesley answered. "We'll have to take her to Dumbledore, see what he can tell us."
* * *
"Well it appears that she's exploded," Dumbledore announced.
"Exploded? Like going kabooey?" Buffy asked.
"No, exploded as in her powers that she houses as the Key, the powers she was born with, those powers are unleashing themselves. There's no telling what kind of powers she may have," Dumbledore said. "You must make sure she doesn't tell anyone of the coming apocolypse. Especially Harry Potter. No one must know," Dumbledore remarked.
"She won't," Buffy promised. "What kind of a chance do we have?" Buffy asked. "And no sugar-coated version. What are our chances for survival?"
Dumbledore looked at her, and Buffy could see how tired the older man was. His eyes were surrounded by wrinkles, his face tired, drawn. She could see that he was thinking how to word it best.
"As long as Voldemort is alive, the chances of survival are slim to none," Dumbledore stated. "He's got followers, where we have no muscle, no back up. I have called the teachers, they'll be here within two days. That's when we'll come up with the plan, or try to at least save the children. They're the new generation, and hopefully they'll be enough to stop him if we can't.
"I'm aging, dying, no one knows this yet. I've only got a few years left, if even that. But as long as I am alive, this school won't go to Voldemort. I've been here for decades, and he won't win yet. Not yet," Dumbledore was looking out of a window, and then looked at Buffy.
"This is just for me to know, not the others. If Voldemort's out of the picture, do we have a chance?" Buffy asked.
"Voldemort is the source of their power, their boldness, their intelligence. If he's gone, then they'll scatter, and we'll succeed," Dumbledore told her.
"And you know how to stop him, for good," Buffy realized. "What, it's something to do with a slayer isn't it?" Buffy asked.
Dumbledore remained silent.
"Tell me what it is," Buffy demanded. "If I can stop him, then why aren't you telling me how to?"
"You know that he needs your blood to fulfill the prophecy," Dumbledore informed her.
"Yeah, I know, that's why we're keeping a close eye on Dawn, since she's got my blood. He'll go for her because she's the easy target," Buffy explained.
Dumbledore shook his head. "To get his body back, he could have had any wizard off the street. But he went for the one wizard, the one that would be the hardest to obtain. He got that boy, right from this school, and used his blood to return to strength. If Harry Potter is always guarded, and at this school, why go for him? Because he wants to show that nothing is impossible for him. Your sister would be too easy, you however, you're the one he's going to want. The Slayer, one who's conquered death, survived it. You're what he'll come for," Dumbledore told her.
Buffy looked at him. "So basically you dont' want to tell me because he could kill me and take over the world. I get that. But all he's going to do is continue to kill people, until I can't hide anymore, and he'll take over the world then. We need to strike before he can," Buffy persisted.
"Alright," Dumbledore sighed. "In order to kill Voldemort, you must defeat him long enough to drain his body of all his blood. Then you must burn the body, and get ready to fight him," Dumbledore explained.
"Wait, so I'm gonna go vampire on his ass, and then pull a pyro on the body, and he's still going to be able to fight?" Buffy asked.
"His spirit, you'll have to fight on the spiritual plane. If you defeat him, his spirit won't be able to come back. If he defeats you, then he'll triumph, and the world will be his," Dumbledore looked at her.
"Oh, so this is going to be a kind of Matrix thing," Buffy remarked. She looked at the Scoobies, her friends. Spike was reassuring Dawn that she wasn't a freak, that she'd be able to turn a health bar into a chocolate bar from now on.
Xander and Anya were talking about which of her demon friends couldn't come to the wedding. Willow and Tara were holding hands, talking about possible powers Dawn might have. Wesley and Fred seemed to be flirting, both shy, while Gunn, Cordelia, and Angel fawned over Conner.
Buffy turned to Dumbledore, "I'll do it."
"You might not survive this," Dumbledore warned her.
"I know, but they will," She said simply. "They will."
Email: angel_of_ice19@hotmail.com
Rating: PG-13
Summary: The Scooby Gang is off to Hogwarts to help teach. Crossover with Ats and Harry Potter.
A/N: Please review or send any comments or flames to my email above :) Words inside * are what the characters are thinking, and ***( )*** is someone having a vision.
A/N2: Thank you to everyone who reviewed!!!! To everyone who hasn't, come on R&R!!!
Chapter Seventeen: Lions, Tigers, and Bears...Oh My!
Angel went to go inform Dumbledore in on the situation, while the Scoobies and the L.A. gang discussed various demons they might know to help.
"What about ghosts?" Cordelia asked. "I have one."
"You mean one lives with you? As in, can go anywhere in your house, when you're in it?" Xander asked. Willow hit him on the arm.
"Ew, Xander!" Cordelia rolled her eyes.
"I was just asking a question of scientific nature," Xander protested.
"You mean a question of perverted nature," Willow retorted. Anya came into the room, beaming, grinning cheerfully.
"So hon, how'd it go? See you're old boss?" Xander asked.
"Oh, the work he's had done! Doesn't even look like his old self, it's amazing! Well, all my old vengence buddies will help, there's only like a hundred of them though," She shrugged. "What can I say, you lose popularity when you hang with humans."
"The sacrifices you make for me," Xander joked.
* * *
Angel came back, looking rather straightfaced. "We don't tell any of the students," Angel announced. "Dumbledore doesn't want them to lose sleep over this thing, we just have to prepare them."
"This is when I need my button," Buffy quipped.
"What button?" Dawn asked.
"One that says 'I'm a Slayer, Ask me how'."
"Yeah, and I want one that says, 'I'm a key, bleed me dry," Dawn remarked. Buffy gave her a look. "What, it's black humor."
"So we do what? Give them heavy pointy objects and tell them to put it through the chests of scaly things?" Willow asked.
"We can't do that, several of the scaly things are my friends, fighting on our side," Anya protested.
"Okay, the evil scaly things," Willow corrected.
"Alot of them are evil too!" Anya argued.
"Okay, the evil scaly things on the side of Voldemort!" Willow suggested.
"Yeah we should do that!" Anya agreed.
"One problem, they're kids," Buffy reminded them. "Magic kids."
"Yeah, they've done enough curses on each other to know what to do. Except the killing, they don't use the killing spell," Dawn explained.
"So we prep them on the best defenses. Will, you teach them all about plants that can help them, you know, breath underwater, or make things burst into flames. Distracting or escaping mostly. Anya, teach them battle tactics from a war, from the side that won," Buffy ordered, putting an emphasis on the word won.
"Cordelia, try to prevent any visions from coming to Professor Trelawny, cloud the air or something. And make sure there are plenty of supplies in the hospital."
"No problem, I can't block the visions from my own head, so blocking them from someone else's shouldn't be a problem," Cordelia remarked.
"Fred, teach the kids all kinds of potions to use that could help them get away, or distract an enemy. Gunn, teach battle techniques, strategies, and weapons of Muggles. In case they have to use something other than their wands. We have to prepare them," Buffy said.
"Tara, teach them to transform objects into you know, weaponly items. Spike and I'll teach more moves, Angel, can you help out?" Buffy asked.
"Yeah," Angel replied.
"Good, Xander, get a bunch of dangerous creatures that can fight whatever we're up against," Buffy paused. "What exactly are we going to be up against?" She asked.
"A dark lord, one who kills without mercy, who has mindless followers who would kill their own child if instructed. They are afraid of him, killing when told to, and they are often told. He gathers many, those who have been allies to us since his demise, will now turn to him for guidence. Dementors will suck the souls of any human to pass their way, leaving a lost body behind.
"The ogres are on our side, most of them. But there are a few, bloodthristy ones left, ones who will join him with out hesisitation. Giants have also sided with us, however these are only two magical races, there are several deadly ones that Voldemort can recruit. We're facing shadows, giant spiders, dragons, Red Caps, grindylows, any creature of the dark. Vampires, to be sure, evil wizards and witches, hags, demons of any sort. We're basically facing everything," the voice said. Everyone stared.
Dawn's eyes glowed with a green light, and then faded. "Whoa, that was weird."
"What just happened?" Xander asked.
"Bit, you alright?" Spike asked.
"Yeah fine, just kinda energized," Dawn said, waving her hand in dismissal. Green sparks flew, and turned Buffy into a lion. Buffy growled.
"Oops!" Dawn gulped. Buffy was pacing back and forth, looking at Dawn hungrily. She roared.
"Fix this!" Xander said. "Cause she looks awfully hungry, and we're awfully meaty!"
"I'm trying," Dawn insisted, as she kept waving her hand. Sparks flew out, and turned Xander into a chimpanzee. He shreiked as Buffy tried to pounce on him.
"Dawn, I don't think-" Willow started, but another wave of the hand, and Willow was turned into a cat. She hissed, and climbed onto the top of a chair.
"Oh god, Willow I am so sorry!" Dawn reached for her, and her magic hit Cordelia, who was turned into a golden retriever. Gunn couldn't help but laugh, until he was turned into a turtle.
"What's wrong with me?" Dawn shrieked. Spike gave her a hug.
"Sweet bit, try to relax, just breath, concentrate, relax....Oh bloody hell!" He screamed, as Buffy started clawing his leg. Dawn shreiked, and Spike was turned into a wolf. Spike snarled at Xander, who was throwing himself across the room using the curtains.
Angel was turned into a bear, knocking things over, while Fred shrieked, grabbing onto Wesley for protection.
Tara quickly said a few words, and everyone was returned to their normal state. Xander fell from the ceiling, landing with a thump.
"Dawn, don't move," Tara warned.
"Not moving."
"Okay, what in the name of Satan is going on here?" Spike demanded. Buffy looked at him. "What in the name of hell is going on here?" Buffy continued to look at him. "What in the name of buffalo wings is going on here?"
"Dawn's powers seem to be manifesting," Wesley said.
"Her key powers?" Willow asked.
"Well, yes," Wesley answered. "We'll have to take her to Dumbledore, see what he can tell us."
* * *
"Well it appears that she's exploded," Dumbledore announced.
"Exploded? Like going kabooey?" Buffy asked.
"No, exploded as in her powers that she houses as the Key, the powers she was born with, those powers are unleashing themselves. There's no telling what kind of powers she may have," Dumbledore said. "You must make sure she doesn't tell anyone of the coming apocolypse. Especially Harry Potter. No one must know," Dumbledore remarked.
"She won't," Buffy promised. "What kind of a chance do we have?" Buffy asked. "And no sugar-coated version. What are our chances for survival?"
Dumbledore looked at her, and Buffy could see how tired the older man was. His eyes were surrounded by wrinkles, his face tired, drawn. She could see that he was thinking how to word it best.
"As long as Voldemort is alive, the chances of survival are slim to none," Dumbledore stated. "He's got followers, where we have no muscle, no back up. I have called the teachers, they'll be here within two days. That's when we'll come up with the plan, or try to at least save the children. They're the new generation, and hopefully they'll be enough to stop him if we can't.
"I'm aging, dying, no one knows this yet. I've only got a few years left, if even that. But as long as I am alive, this school won't go to Voldemort. I've been here for decades, and he won't win yet. Not yet," Dumbledore was looking out of a window, and then looked at Buffy.
"This is just for me to know, not the others. If Voldemort's out of the picture, do we have a chance?" Buffy asked.
"Voldemort is the source of their power, their boldness, their intelligence. If he's gone, then they'll scatter, and we'll succeed," Dumbledore told her.
"And you know how to stop him, for good," Buffy realized. "What, it's something to do with a slayer isn't it?" Buffy asked.
Dumbledore remained silent.
"Tell me what it is," Buffy demanded. "If I can stop him, then why aren't you telling me how to?"
"You know that he needs your blood to fulfill the prophecy," Dumbledore informed her.
"Yeah, I know, that's why we're keeping a close eye on Dawn, since she's got my blood. He'll go for her because she's the easy target," Buffy explained.
Dumbledore shook his head. "To get his body back, he could have had any wizard off the street. But he went for the one wizard, the one that would be the hardest to obtain. He got that boy, right from this school, and used his blood to return to strength. If Harry Potter is always guarded, and at this school, why go for him? Because he wants to show that nothing is impossible for him. Your sister would be too easy, you however, you're the one he's going to want. The Slayer, one who's conquered death, survived it. You're what he'll come for," Dumbledore told her.
Buffy looked at him. "So basically you dont' want to tell me because he could kill me and take over the world. I get that. But all he's going to do is continue to kill people, until I can't hide anymore, and he'll take over the world then. We need to strike before he can," Buffy persisted.
"Alright," Dumbledore sighed. "In order to kill Voldemort, you must defeat him long enough to drain his body of all his blood. Then you must burn the body, and get ready to fight him," Dumbledore explained.
"Wait, so I'm gonna go vampire on his ass, and then pull a pyro on the body, and he's still going to be able to fight?" Buffy asked.
"His spirit, you'll have to fight on the spiritual plane. If you defeat him, his spirit won't be able to come back. If he defeats you, then he'll triumph, and the world will be his," Dumbledore looked at her.
"Oh, so this is going to be a kind of Matrix thing," Buffy remarked. She looked at the Scoobies, her friends. Spike was reassuring Dawn that she wasn't a freak, that she'd be able to turn a health bar into a chocolate bar from now on.
Xander and Anya were talking about which of her demon friends couldn't come to the wedding. Willow and Tara were holding hands, talking about possible powers Dawn might have. Wesley and Fred seemed to be flirting, both shy, while Gunn, Cordelia, and Angel fawned over Conner.
Buffy turned to Dumbledore, "I'll do it."
"You might not survive this," Dumbledore warned her.
"I know, but they will," She said simply. "They will."
