author: Brandi Vincent

disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, nor Harry Potter. Joss Whedon and J.K. Rowling own their characters from their imaginary story.

title: Hogwarts and The Scoobies

chapter: 4 Saddness from the Cold

recommended fanfictions: Paint the Stars In the Sky, The Seed of Good and Evil, I Hate Goblins!, Spike and I are in a Band



******Chapter 4: Saddness from the Cold******

The next morning, Ron woke Harry up.

"Guess what..." Ron said.

"What?" Harry groaned.

"You have to go into the Forbidden Forest tonight with... Draco Malfoy!" Ron announced.

"Don't remind me. And why are you waking me up?"

"Breakfast. You spent all night out with Dawn at Hogsmeade, showing her around, even though you know we have a serious problem with Voldemort."

"Oh, yea." Harry pulled his covers off and got out of bed, getting dressed.

"Harry, did you... try anything on Dawn?"

"What?"

"You know what I mean! Come on! Me and Hermione are dying to know!"

"If you must know, no."

"You're boring." Ron walked out of there. Harry smiled. He actually had tried something on Dawn.

******At Breakfast******

"You dirty liar!" Ron told Harry at the Gryffindor table when Harry sat down.

"What?" Harry asked.

"Rumor has it you did kiss Dawn!" Hermione said.

"Rumor has it?" Harry asked, confused.

"Well, people from Gryffindor keep saying that. But don't worry, they all like Dawn, so you don't have to worry about kissing a Slytherin." Hermione replied.

"It's getting around fast, Harry. Now, did you really?" Ron asked.

"At Hogsmeade." Harry said. Hermione and Ron smiled at each other. "It's no big deal!"

"Maybe to you. But... um, people are passing this rumor around. And it's getting to Malfoy at the Slytherin table." Hermione said.

"That fast! OK, who started it." Harry asked.

"I think it was Professor Harris?" Ron looked just as confused.

"Yea, I think so too. One of the professors at least, but Professor Harris looks more..." Hermione looked over at Xander, who was trying to look innocent as he could.

"So, by the end of the day you mean to say, even the Dursleys will know." Harry asked.

"Hell! Maybe He-Who-Should-Not-Be-Named will know by the end of this hour!" Ron exclaimed.

"And is that another theory of yours?" Harry asked, getting up and going back to the Gryffindor common room. "I'm skipping breakfast."

"You shouldn't have told him." Hermione said.

"It was either me or Malfoy, who looks pretty damn mad right now." Ron looked over at Malfoy, who just broke his fork.

******Buffy's Dorm******

"Come here Spunky!" Buffy called. Spunky came flying over, landing on her sholder. "I need you to take this to Dawn's room. She should be there by now." Spunky nodded and let her tie the letter on his foot, then flying out of the room to Dawn's room.

******The Girls Dormitory******

Spunky flew in through a window and tried finding Dawn. She was in the Slytherin common room. He squawked at her, landing on her sholder.

"Hey Spunky! What's up?" Dawn asked, taking the letter off of it's leg.

Dawn,

Just got notice from Professor Harris that you kissed the young and mischievous Harry Potter last night. He found out last night when you were at Hogsmeade. He was just having some butter beer when he looked over his sholder. And there you were. He saw it just in time when Harry dove in for a long, passionate kiss. Not only are you breaking school rules about going to Hogsmeade, but you are kissing a young boy... Just kidding! How was it? You like Harry, right? How could you not notice Xander? Did you think he was another Harry Potter? Anyways, it's kind of getting around that you kissed Harry but don't know where, luckily. So anyways, see you tonight. I'm going to accompany Hagrid on it.

Buffy

Dawn smiled, but she did know that a lot knew about this now. What's the big deal? She thought, writing back to Buffy.

Buffy,

Yea, I guess everyone knows now. But what's the big deal? It was only one kiss. And, uh, don't let this get around, but he is one hell of a great kisser. Xander sucks. He's always spying on everyone about kissing! Is it like a hobby for him? And Harry only wanted to show me around Hogsmeade. We went through this picture of a one-eyed witch. And don't let that get around either. I trust Spunky will get it to you, and not anybody else.

Dawn

Dawn tied the note on Spunky's foot and Spunky started flying away. Until somebody grabbed it's legs a while away in the common room and pulled Spunky down.

******Buffy's Dorm******

"Where's Spunky?" Buffy asked Spike as he sat down.

"Don't know, haven't seen him in over an hour." Spike replied.

"I sent a letter to Dawn last..."

"Maybe somebody took him before he could get it to her."

"I hope not. I'll just go in the Slytherin common room and see if Dawn still has him." Buffy walked out of her room and towards the Slytherin's.

******Slytherin Common Room******

Buffy knew the password to it, so she got through easily. She spotted Dawn right away, sitting down and writing.

"Dawn! Where's Spunky?" Buffy asked, coming up to her.

"I sent him to you, didn't you get him?" Dawn said.

"No, then somebody has him..." Buffy looked around. Most of the Slytherins were just talking, nobody had an owl with them.

******That Night******

Dawn and Harry were waiting for Hagrid at his cabin.

"So." Harry said.

"So." Dawn said.

"Well, um, why are you here?" Harry asked.

"Because Xander found out about-"

"Oh."

"So."

"Have you seen Malfoy yet?"

"No, not since breakfast."

"Oh." Just then. Hagrid came in.

"Good evenin'." He said. "Where's Malfoy?"

"Right here." Malfoy was leaning against the door way, he just came in too. Buffy came in.

"What's the case?" She asked.

"Into the Forbidden Forest, three of my Happets are missing. Last time I saw them was yesterday in class. Head out, boys." Dawn gave Hagrid a look. "And, uh, lady." They walked out of the cabin and into the forest.

"I'll take Dawn this way, you guys go that way." Buffy said.

"OK, I'll go this way, yer go that way with Fang." Hagrid said, walking straight ahead of him. "Give a call if you find something or something goes wrong!"

"Great, not this loser cat again." Malfoy muttered. Harry and Malfoy started walking, looking around. "So, you kissed Dawn at Hogsmeade."

"What?" Harry asked.

"I know you did. It's not from rumor either. It's from real, print writing!"

"How would you know?"

"Because it says right here." Malfoy showed the letter to Harry, pulling it out from his pocket. Harry read it, surprised. "She was writing back to Professor Summers, her sister."

"She thinks I'm a great kissed?"

"And she thinks I'm a great puncher." Malfoy punched Harry in the jaw, forcing him to stumble back. Harry grimaced at him and swung a fist to Malfoy's nose. They started physically fighting, Fang started howling and whimpering.

******Other Side of the Forbidden Forest******

"I found them!" Dawn said, looking in a bush. There were three Happets crouched together, sleeping.

"Awww. I never saw one of these." Buffy said, picking one up. Dawn got the other two.

"What was that?" Dawn asked, hearing a howl.

"Sounds like Fang." Buffy said. They looked at each other and ran towards the sound. A little while away, Hagrid was still scavenging. He heard it too and groaned, running towards the sound of his unfaithful dog, Fang. Hagrid ran up to the scene right when Buffy and Dawn came. Buffy grabbed Harry and Hagrid grabbed Malfoy, pulling them away from each other.

"What is it this time?" Buffy snapped.

"The little mother fucker started it." Malfoy swore.

"I don't care! Obviously, the Forbidden Forest can't get to you." Hagrid said, pulling them away out of there. Dawn grabbed the Happet Buffy was holding and cuddled all three, walking after Buffy.

******Hagrid's Cabin******

"Do you understand what's going on this very moment?" Buffy asked Harry and Malfoy as they sat down. Hagrid started making tea and Dawn sat across from them. "Do you?? This is hell enough already trying to find and kill Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Not even the strongest finding spell can get through to them! And you too are more concerned about a girl?" Harry and Malfoy didn't say anything. "You know what? I'm not going to take away any points. I'm not going to give you detention. Because what goes on between you two are what goes on between you two. Nobody else should have to suffer with more loss of points. But. On the next Hogsmeade trip, the three of you are going to have a jolly time together! Meaning you two and Dawn are going to spend every waking moment there together. And I'll be watching you, maybe not everywhere, but I'm keeping an eye on you three there. And luckily, the next one is tomorrow!" Buffy said. "Now I'm going to bed, and if any of you wake me up, there's going to be hell to pay." Buffy said and Hagrid smiled.

"Good way to put it! Couldn't have done better myself." He said. Buffy said bye and left, going back to her dorm.

"Dementors are going to be out on the lawn in 20 minutes, better get a move on. They've been watching over the place the past week, if yer haven't noticed yet. This year, they're in the forest, the lawn, the entrances, except anywhere in the school. Dumbledore said if they pull anything on the students this time, we have a way on killing them then on. Some say it's impossible, but Dumbledore can pull it off. So I'd go if I was yer." Hagrid said. The three got up and walked out of the cabin, giving a lazy goodbye to Hagrid.

"OK, what is wrong with you guys?" Dawn asked Harry and Malfoy. They didn't reply. "Come on! If we're going to have to spend the whole day together at Hogsmeade, you two better get along. Atleast for one day." Harry and Malfoy glared at each other. Dawn turned to them and they stopped. "Please? For me?" She asked innocently. They couldn't help it, that innocent smile effected them. Atleast for 24 hours. They gave an obvious fake smile at each other and shaked hands. Dawn smiled and kissed them both on the cheek. They felt like they were about to melt.

******Buffy's Room******

"They make me so mad! I mean, Dawn didn't do anything, but what boy would beat up another even though they know they would be doing it again and crap?!" Buffy paced the room.

"Uh, yea..." Spike said.

"I thought I liked Harry and Malfoy, but if they do this again, I'm going to bust some 15 year old heads."

"Buffy,"

"No! It just makes me so mad! I try to help Hagrid find his... things, and what do I hear? Fang howling his head off!"

"Buffy,"

"I know this is going to happen again. They have to get over Dawn."

"Buffy!"

"What?" Spike kissed her right there. They stood, kissing for the longest time. Only few can guess what happened next. Wait, everybody can. And Spunky flew in an hour later, frightened to death of what happened when somebody grabbed him.

******Lawn******

"I thought you guys weren't going to fight!" Dawn said, turning back to them. They were mocking each other, shoving each other aside. They stopped when Dawn turned to look at them and they smiled.

"What?" They asked.

"You know what. I'd rather go out with Neville or hell, even Seamus with that mockery with each other!" Dawn said. She started walking again. Malfoy grabbed her sholder.

"Wait wait wait, Neville?" He asked. She stopped and faced him again. He looked deep into her eyes. Unexpectedly, he kissed her. Harry glared at him with much hatred. Malfoy pulled away and shivered. The air turned cold and misty. The three teenagers blood froze and they looked around. Harry knew exactly what was going on. He was about to pull out his wand, until he realized her left it behind back at his dorm.

"What's going on?" Dawn asked, worried and looking around her.

"Run." Harry whispered.

"What?" Dawn asked.

"Run!" Harry yelled and grabbed her hand, running towards the doors. Malfoy ran close behind, still looking around him.

"What is it? Dawn panted.

"Dementors!" Harry replied.

"Ah, shit!" Malfoy quickened up his pace. Harry knew why, the Dementors were heading their way, hungry. A wave of coldness elapsed over all of them and their happiness started shifting. Though there wasn't much for Malfoy anyways. They made it to the doors and tried opening them. Locked. They started banging on them, calling for help. The dementors started floating forward, keeping close eye on the teens. It was almost too late, their rain of happiness was draining out of them. Until somebody opened the door.

******Anya's Room******

"Be considered lucky I was going for my night walk around the school." Anya said, putting three sleeping bags on the floor.

"That's Anya for ya." Dawn mumbled.

"So why are we sleeping in here tonight?" Malfoy asked.

"You wanna face those guards standing out by the common rooms? I've met one. Pretty mean. They kept asking me questions last night when I walked by. And I was there for close by 2 hours answering them. And I saw a student try going in it four days ago and he got 40 points taken off, including detention and a very long lecture." Anya replied. "But go right away if you think you can handle." They all looked at each other and went in their sleeping bags hastily. Dawn was in the middle. "Well, night guys! Remember, Hogsmeade is tomorrow. Never been there, but still can't wait to see it!" They went to sleep and drifted off into their fantasy world. And Harry and Malfoy's dream was REALLY a fantasy world.

******To be Continued******



Next Chapter of Hogwart's and The Scoobies: Harry, Malfoy, and Dawn go to Hogsmede and see something very odd with Ron and Hermione... Spike and Buffy start becoming closer until Xander is forced to go back to Defense Against the Dark Arts. He begs to differ.

author's note: My older sister is a bitch. I totally forgot how to spell Hogsmede and I don't know if I'm spelling it right, and she kides the books from me! ERRR! Well, you know the two step procedure, just do it. So if I spell Hogsmede wrong, just ignore it. But tell me if it's right or not and spell it please! Thanks!