Into the Library
Buffy, Willow, Oz, Xander, Cordelia and Giles followed Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny down to the Great Hall for dinner. Buffy and Willow looked around with an awe that matched the first years on the day of sorting. They stared at everything, from the great feast laid out before them to the ceiling, sparkling with stars.
In their jeans they stood out like sore thumbs from all the robed students and faculty.
"Students, I would like to talk to you all for a few moments," Dumbledore said.
"Ohmigod, its Dumbledore," cried Willow with alarming excitement.
"Calm down, Will," Buffy said. "You'll scare all the British people"
"Awe, they're not like Giles, though," Willow said.
"So right," agreed Xander. "They're all... not stuffy!"
Oz decided to remain silent as usual.
"God, I'm glad I don't go here," griped Cordelia. "We don't have to wear those awful robes, do we? They're just so... ugh!"
"Shhh," Hermione chided, since Dumbledore was about to start.
"We have a slight issue," Dumbledore began, "with a breech of security. You may have already noticed our new guests—" he gestured for them to stand, and Buffy and Willow looked around while grinning with excitement, "from America. Buffy Summers and her friends are quite accomplished with fighting demons and such, and while they're here they'll be doing their best to fix the security breech. I expect you to treat the visitors with the utmost respect, and be courteous to them as they move about the school. Now, eat." The tables were filled with food, and Buffy and the others dug in wildly.
"This is going to be so great!" Cried Willow.
"We'll take you to the library after dinner," Hermione offered. Harry and Ron made faces.
"Yay! Fun books," Willow said, although Buffy, Xander, Cordy and Oz felt the same way as Ron and Harry.
The group finished eating. Madame Prince was expecting them.
"Here's your pass into the restricted section," she said.
"I wish we had one of those," Ron said enviously.
"Come on!" Willow said, already cracking open books and reading up. "There's lots in here on tracking spells and stuff... wow, this is great! I've got to try some of this stuff."
"And so you will," said Oz.
"Full moon tonight, Oz," Giles said. "You'd better go to Hagrid, who's made... arrangements."
"I'll take you," Ron offered, getting rather agitated by the excess of books.
"What's up with that?" Asked Hermione.
"Oz is a werewolf," Buffy explained at a nod from Willow. "He gets a little... out of his head during the full moon."
"Like Professor Lupin!" Said Harry.
"You gave it away," Buffy said, revealing that she was still reading Harry Potter 3.
"Well, if it's any consolation, he turns out to be my god father, he escapes on Buck Beak the hippogriff and gives Ron an owl, and we keep in touch and he's the one who gave me the broom." Buffy whacked Harry with the book. "OW! Gee, you're rather strong."
"Slayer powers," Buffy explained.
Ron, on the way back in, saw professor Snape in the hallway, and bumped into Filch on the way through the door.
Buffy, Willow, Oz, Xander, Cordelia and Giles followed Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny down to the Great Hall for dinner. Buffy and Willow looked around with an awe that matched the first years on the day of sorting. They stared at everything, from the great feast laid out before them to the ceiling, sparkling with stars.
In their jeans they stood out like sore thumbs from all the robed students and faculty.
"Students, I would like to talk to you all for a few moments," Dumbledore said.
"Ohmigod, its Dumbledore," cried Willow with alarming excitement.
"Calm down, Will," Buffy said. "You'll scare all the British people"
"Awe, they're not like Giles, though," Willow said.
"So right," agreed Xander. "They're all... not stuffy!"
Oz decided to remain silent as usual.
"God, I'm glad I don't go here," griped Cordelia. "We don't have to wear those awful robes, do we? They're just so... ugh!"
"Shhh," Hermione chided, since Dumbledore was about to start.
"We have a slight issue," Dumbledore began, "with a breech of security. You may have already noticed our new guests—" he gestured for them to stand, and Buffy and Willow looked around while grinning with excitement, "from America. Buffy Summers and her friends are quite accomplished with fighting demons and such, and while they're here they'll be doing their best to fix the security breech. I expect you to treat the visitors with the utmost respect, and be courteous to them as they move about the school. Now, eat." The tables were filled with food, and Buffy and the others dug in wildly.
"This is going to be so great!" Cried Willow.
"We'll take you to the library after dinner," Hermione offered. Harry and Ron made faces.
"Yay! Fun books," Willow said, although Buffy, Xander, Cordy and Oz felt the same way as Ron and Harry.
The group finished eating. Madame Prince was expecting them.
"Here's your pass into the restricted section," she said.
"I wish we had one of those," Ron said enviously.
"Come on!" Willow said, already cracking open books and reading up. "There's lots in here on tracking spells and stuff... wow, this is great! I've got to try some of this stuff."
"And so you will," said Oz.
"Full moon tonight, Oz," Giles said. "You'd better go to Hagrid, who's made... arrangements."
"I'll take you," Ron offered, getting rather agitated by the excess of books.
"What's up with that?" Asked Hermione.
"Oz is a werewolf," Buffy explained at a nod from Willow. "He gets a little... out of his head during the full moon."
"Like Professor Lupin!" Said Harry.
"You gave it away," Buffy said, revealing that she was still reading Harry Potter 3.
"Well, if it's any consolation, he turns out to be my god father, he escapes on Buck Beak the hippogriff and gives Ron an owl, and we keep in touch and he's the one who gave me the broom." Buffy whacked Harry with the book. "OW! Gee, you're rather strong."
"Slayer powers," Buffy explained.
Ron, on the way back in, saw professor Snape in the hallway, and bumped into Filch on the way through the door.