Chapter 1

Willow looked at Giles, her green eyes widening in shock.

'They call it WHAT?'

Giles chuckled slightly at the expression on her face. 'Hogwarts, the school is called Hogwarts.'

'Well that's just not right. I mean, fat, smelly oinky pigs are bad enough, but fat, smelly oinky pigs with.with small growths on them, that's not right, and hey- hair! These hoggy things have hair and they, they smell and they called a school that and.hang on, Hogwarts? As in warthogs backwards? Like Pumba? Oh that is so amazing, I love this school, oh wow, can we go Giles.'

'That was the general idea.' Giles pinched the bridge of his nose as Willow squealed.

A cool breeze blew in as the door to the Magic Shop opened with a tinkle.

'.but why, Xander? Are you upset because I didn't want to have sex with you last night and you had to stand in the shower and get an orgasm from your hand, you should work on noise levels though, I was trying to watch TV and all I could hear was you grunting and moaning. Sweetie, I am really sorry but I was so sore from the other night when we-'

Xander looked as if he wanted to hide in a cupboard. 'No honey, it has nothing to do with.that. I just don't think it would be a good idea to invite Spike to move in with us.'

'But why? I don't understand. It isn't like I would have him there for when you can't perform, although come to think of it he would be nice to have in a threesome, would you like to have a threesome with me and Spike, Xander?'

'I should bleedin well hope not. Sorry demongirl, I have done some kinky shit in my time, but sex with whelp over there is just stepping over the line.'

Xander had sunk to the floor and buried his face in his hands.

The door tinkled again, this time more violently, as Buffy strode into the room with Tara and Dawn chasing them.

'Wait, you guys, don't walk off without me. You are meeting the Scoobies and I want to come to, I want to see Xan- er, the gang.'

Xander looked up a smirked. 'See Spike, the girls like me, they idolise me. You on the other hand.' Spike raised his eyebrows, 'You are boasting because a bloody fourteen year old kid has a bleedin school girl crush on you. Your best friends kid sister.'

'I heard that, Spike! I am not a child! What does it take to get you people to understand that? I'm not even human, so there.'

Spike looked at her, 'That may have worked in the past to get what you want, Pet, to make people feel sorry for you, but not any more. Glory is long gone, and you have to stop using this to blackmail people, otherwise you will find that you don't have any friends left.'

Dawn stared at him shocked, a deer caught in the headlights before tars filled her eyes and she ran out to the back of the shop.

'Oh, good going Spike, lets give the girl a complex, shall we?'

'Sod off, whelp,' Spike flipped two fingers in Xanders direction.

Giles was beginning to look frazzled. 'Oh, do shut up the pair of you. I need you all here because I have a proposal to set before you all.'

Buffy held up her hand 'even Spike?'

'If he wants too.'

Buffy raised an eyebrow but said nothing.

'I have received a letter from and old mentor in Britain. He has followed our movements quite rigorously and he needs our help. He is the Headmaster of one of the most prestigious schools of magic.'

'Called Hogwarts,' Willow interjected from where she was perched next to her ex lover, Tara.

'Called Hogwarts, and they have been having a lot of trouble with an evil wizard named Voldemort. He was once the strongest and most evil wizard in the world, but was defeated by a baby in 1981 called Harry Potter, who is the hero of the wizarding world. This wizard is so fearful that the entire wizarding community is too scared to even speak his name. A few years ago he was able to resurrect himself and is wreaking havoc upon the wizarding world once again. The only person who has ever had any affect on him was this young Harry Potter with the aid of his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. These three worked tirelessly to prevent his return and when he did return they were aided by another young man named Draco Malfoy to prevent him regaining his powers. It appears that they have failed, and in the process Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley have both lost their lives.'

Giles paused and looked around at the group. They were all staring at him enthralled, so far so good. Now if he could hold their interest.

'This is where I need your help. The resources over in wizarding England are, shall we say not adequate. Albus Dumbledore approached the watchers council for help as they have many more materials, but my old colleagues would prefer to sit on the fence and not anger wither party. So Dumbledore wants our help. Together we would make a much more well rounded team, and if we agree then Angel and Cordelia have also agreed to join us as there is a lack of accurate seers in England.'

Anya looked up at Giles with an odd look on her face. 'Is this Dumbledore approximately one hundred and fifty years old, twinkly blue eyes, a hooked nose and a rather odd sense of humour.'

Giles nodded.

'Is he renowned for the defeat of Grindlewald?'

Again Giles nodded.

Anya sat back with an odd smile playing about her lips.

Xander looked at her, 'Something you want to share with the class?'

'No thank you, Honey.'

Giles cleared his throat. 'Back to the subject at hand, Dumbledore also expressly asked for you, Willow to come.'

'Me?'

'Yes, you see, how can I put this? In order to escape from Voldemort after Harry Potter and Ron Weasley were killed, Hermione Granger discovered her immense, and I do mean immense powers. Unfortunately, she is a very academic student and she had read widely, many dark magics which she had no intention of using, they were merely research materials as she works in some part of the British Magical ministry to help the fight against Voldemort.'

'Giles!' Buffy snapped. 'Get on with it.'

'Oh, w-well, yes, right, were was I, well to cut a long story short, she is now experiencing a similar fight to Willow's against the pull of dark magic, and Dumbledore wants Willow to teach her how to fight it. It doesn't help that her parents and her two best friends were killed by Voldemort and.'

Willow had tears in her eyes as she looked at Giles. 'Of course we will go, all of us.' Buffy nodded, 'There doesn't seem to be any hellmouthy problems here so yeah, lets go to England.'

Tara looked up, 'I-I-if you don't m-m-mind, I'd r-r-rather n-n-not. I'll s- s-stay here and m-mind the shop for Giles.'

'Oh yes,' Giles looked bemused. 'I forgot about that, and Faith said she could come down and check on things if we don't need her in England.'

'Spike?'

'What?'

'Are you going to come?'

'Of course, Slayer, I haven't seen old Dumbles in at least fifty years.'

'You know him?'

'Well yeah, pet, I wasn't just sayin it for the bleedin fun of it now was I?

Buffy rolled her eyes and turned to Giles. 'When are we supposed to be going?'

'Oh, um Albus says you are welcome as soon as you wish,' Giles said, squinting at the letter.

'Go where?'

The group turned to look at Dawn who had come back out the front.

Buffy looked at her, 'Dawnie, the Scoobies and Spike have to go to away for a while. Tara is staying and I'm not sure about Xander and Anya, I think they are coming, but Faith will come down occasionally to check up on things.'

'Why can't I come with you?' Dawn crossed her arms and put on the sulky expression that made Buffy want to strangle her.

'Because you are to young and you have to help Tara with the magic shop and mom at home.'

'But I want to go with you.'

'Dawn,' Buffy's tone held a note of warning that Spike had heard many times before.

'I hate you!' She ran out of the shop.

Buffy looked at Xander.

'I'm already gone.' He said as he turned after Dawn.