Founder's Child
~*~October 23--time skip summary~*~
The time between the 18th and the 23rd passed quickly. The students of Hogwarts spent their time working on their DADA projects, essays for other classes (mostly potions, Snape was worse than ever, picking on the Gryffindors), and playing Quiditch. The Quiditch season was going by quickly, the third game of the year was already over, and practice went on well after nine every night after dinner for both the Gryffindors and the Slytherins, the two teams were tied so far.
In Sunnydale everything was quiet. Since the closing of the hellmouth, Buffy didn't have that many vampires to slay; the occasional one would appear, only to be staked instantly. Giles spent most of his time either packing up the store with Buffy or researching as much information as he could on Hogwarts.
~*~October 23--summary over--1pm~*~
"Professor, I need to talk to you about the forest," Hagrid said stepping into Dumbledore's office.
"Yes, Hagrid?" Dumbledore asked knowing that this had something to do with Destiny.
"There's something out there, I've found several animals dead, blood sucked dry, but then there's like strange markings on the animal's sides," Hagrid said his voice sounding somewhat worried.
"What do you think it is?"
"It's a vampire I know, but something's wrong, it's not a normal vampire. It's different."
"Thank you Hagrid, I'm going to speak to Professor Spike tomorrow, I'll ask him if he might know what it is."
"Yer welcome, Professor," Hagrid said before leaving.
~*~11pm--Sunnydale--Buffy's Dream Sequence~*~
"The prophecies are true,
The children are coming,
To take what's rightfully theirs,
Not a soul among them,
'Cept the Slytherin girl,
"Daughter of Salazar,
Love of the Gryffindor,
Evil is searching for
The four demons of Hogwarts,
Children of the founders
"Dancing in the moonlight,
Singing the songs of their parents,
Power of truth an' power of love,
In the night her power shall rise,
As her soul is lost forever," a deep mysterious voice chanted in the darkness.
"Who's there?" Buffy called, looking around she saw that she was in a forest.
"The prophecies are true, the children are coming," the voice chanted again.
"Who are you and what do you want?" Buffy yelled loudly as she walked blindly through the forest a strong branch in her hand like a stake, ready to strike.
"Slytherin's daughter is here, in the forest, ready to fulfill the prophecy," the voice said. "She's waiting."
"Waiting for what?" Buffy asked stopping where she was as a black figure moved past her.
~*~Dream Sequence Over~*~
"Whoa," Buffy said sitting up in bed really quickly, giving herself a headache.
~*~11:58pm--Hogwarts~*~
"I truly didn't think you would show, I wasn't sure that you'd believe Merlin's prophecy," Destiny said walking up to the front door of Hogwarts, where Dumbledore was standing. "The shadows are a good place to hide from students that may be out of bed late. It's not smart to step out in front of prying eyes."
"Is somebody out there or something?" Dumbledore asked.
"No, no one there besides me, and you of course," Destiny said her face becoming hard and serious as it had just before she left just the week before. "So, do you believe me now?"
"Actually, I do," Dumbledore said his face soft and a small twinkle of amusement at Destiny's surprise. "You can come in whenever you want, as long as you follow some rules."
"One, no sucking the students blood, right?" Destiny asked with mock sweetness that quickly turned to sincere sweetness. "I wouldn't do that, even if I did have the power to."
"Though that is an excellent rule, I trust you not to do that." Dumbledore said smiling back. "I don't want you to tell the students who you are, your name is ok, and that you're a demon is alright, as long as you promise not to transform in front of anyone."
"That's understandable," Destiny said nodding her head.
"And I would also like if you'd keep patrolling the forest for anything that may come as a danger to the students," Dumbledore requested.
"Wouldn't have dreamed about skipping my duties," Destiny said with another nod.
"Finally, I would like to ask if you would help teach the new dueling class after Christmas holiday. We have a muggle teacher and I think it would be good if the students had at least one teacher in that class that could teach them the magic part," Dumbledore said his eyes shining in the moonlight.
"My, your requests weren't too hard, I'll follow them the best to my ability. I'd also like to offer to show Giles and Buffy the way here from the airport," Destiny said as a gust of wind blew by and played with her hair.
"That would be wonderful," Dumbledore said his expression was now the one that he had when he gave his speech at the end of the year banquet; his eyes twinkling, and a brood smile across his face.
"Good then, now that that is settled, I will be back Monday before dawn for some breakfast," Destiny said twirling a piece of her hair around her finger.
"You may come in before that you know," Dumbledore said as something made a loud noise in the forest.
"Yes, I know, but it might be better if I stay out there for a couple more days," Destiny said. "Are most of the halls without windows?"
"Yes, the windows in the great hall were blocked before Spike came to teach, we need a teacher more than a pile of ashes," Dumbledore said with a laugh.
"Good, I'll see you sometime Monday, while I'm checking the castle, just in case you know," Destiny said as the sword once again took it's place on her back. "Good night, Professor."
"Good night, Destiny," Dumbledore said as Destiny walked back towards the castle, before going inside.
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Hope everyone liked this chapter. Sorry it took so long. The next chapter is amazingly already done, even before this one was. It will be out very soon. Like maybe latter today. Not sure though.
Gaz
