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Summary: Buffy receives a letter from Dumbledore and goes to England to teach at Hogwarts.
A/N: Guys, thanks for the reviews!!!!
@ Cara: I'm not planning on Spike being in it right now. He will come later, though. (
Old Friends
Two days later they had all packed and were on the plane to England. Buffy sat between Dawn and Giles. Willow and Tara were sitting in the row behind them. The two witches were very excited. They had agreed immediately when Buffy asked them to come with her, they hadn't heard about Hogwarts and couldn't wait to learn everything about it. Giles had given them a book called Hogwarts: A History and they were going through it. Buffy was also happy, that she wouldn't have to leave her best friend. Besides she asked them to teach Dawn, since Dawn would only join the other students in a few classes.
Xander and Anya preferred to stay in Sunnydale. Anya wouldn't leave the Magic Box and Xander wouldn't leave Anya. Besides as he pointed out. Somebody had to patrol and keep the undead population low. And since Spike had to live with Xander, the two of them had become pretty good friends.
Buffy looked around. She hated flying; it made her feel so out of control. She was too nervous to read and didn't have a portable CD player like Dawn. She turned to Giles and saw him reading a book. "Giles, could you tell me more about Hogwarts? And this Voldemort guy?"
Giles sighed and put down the book he had been reading. "You see, Hogwarts had been founded thousands of years ago, by the four greatest wizards of their time. Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin. There are four school houses that are named after them. Every student is assigned to one of them. I was a Gryffindor, when I went to Hogwarts. Anyways, there are seven years, or grades at Hogwarts. Some of the students are Muggle-born - muggles are non-magic people- others come from wizard families", he explained.
"As for Voldemort. He was a powerful wizard, very powerful, but very dark. He gained supporters, and terrorized the wizard community for over a decade. Then, fourteen years ago, he went to kill a family. He killed both parents, but he couldn't kill their little son, that's when he lost his power. But recently I've been hearing, that the Deatheaters - his supporters, are gathering again. This is very bad", Giles concluded.
Seeing that Buffy didn't seem in the mood to talk anymore he picked up his book and started reading.
The rest of the flight was spent in silence. Dawn kept listening to her music, Giles was engaged in reading his book, and Willow and Tara couldn't wait to arrive in England. Buffy was just sitting there and thinking over everything Giles had told her. So this Voldemort had gained power and probably wanted to go back to the days where he could terrorize everyone. It was logical to attack a school which trained witches and wizards who would oppose him. But Buffy couldn't help thinking that there was more behind it.
Finally they arrived in London. From there they took a taxi to what seemed a shabby pub from the outside. If Giles hadn't pointed it out to them, they probably wouldn't have noticed it.
Giles was dealing with the taxi driver, and told them to go in. They stepped into a dimly lit room where there was the strangest crowd they had ever seen - and since they were from Sunnydale, that meant a lot. There were men and women in long robes in varied colors, wearing pointed hats, goblins, cloaked creatures and what seemed to be a small giant or a very big man. The man turned his head as they walked in.
"Hello, are you the new professors for Hogwarts", he asked; only his accent was so thick that they nearly didn't understand him. They nodded, speechless and he came towards them and started to shake their hands.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Rubeus Hagrid, but everyone just calls me Hagrid. I'm the "Care of Magical Creatures" teacher and .By Merlin I can't believe it, Rupert Giles, is it you?" Hagrid nearly screamed. Some of the other occupants looked curiously at them. He pulled Giles into a big hug.
"Hello Hagrid", they heard Giles' muffled voice. "Nice to see you again, it has been a long time, but would you please release me."
Hagrid let go of Giles and turned to the rest of the group. "Sorry for that", he said smiling," I'm not usually like that, but Rupert is a very good friend of mine. Always stood by me, even when nobody else did. A very good man, just like Dumbledore."
Though Buffy didn't know Dumbledore, she knew that it was an honor for Giles to be compared to Dumbledore, she saw him blush a little because of Hagrid's words. Though Buffy would have loved to stay and chat, she was really exhausted and by the look of it, so were the others.
"Excuse me, I don't want to be rude, but I'm really tired and would love to go to my room", said Willow.
"Of course", answered Hagrid,"We've got two rooms for you ladies, Rupert and I will be sharing one. "
They decided that Willow and Tara and Buffy and Dawn would be sharing a room and went to bed. Giles stayed with Hagrid to talk a little.
Summary: Buffy receives a letter from Dumbledore and goes to England to teach at Hogwarts.
A/N: Guys, thanks for the reviews!!!!
@ Cara: I'm not planning on Spike being in it right now. He will come later, though. (
Old Friends
Two days later they had all packed and were on the plane to England. Buffy sat between Dawn and Giles. Willow and Tara were sitting in the row behind them. The two witches were very excited. They had agreed immediately when Buffy asked them to come with her, they hadn't heard about Hogwarts and couldn't wait to learn everything about it. Giles had given them a book called Hogwarts: A History and they were going through it. Buffy was also happy, that she wouldn't have to leave her best friend. Besides she asked them to teach Dawn, since Dawn would only join the other students in a few classes.
Xander and Anya preferred to stay in Sunnydale. Anya wouldn't leave the Magic Box and Xander wouldn't leave Anya. Besides as he pointed out. Somebody had to patrol and keep the undead population low. And since Spike had to live with Xander, the two of them had become pretty good friends.
Buffy looked around. She hated flying; it made her feel so out of control. She was too nervous to read and didn't have a portable CD player like Dawn. She turned to Giles and saw him reading a book. "Giles, could you tell me more about Hogwarts? And this Voldemort guy?"
Giles sighed and put down the book he had been reading. "You see, Hogwarts had been founded thousands of years ago, by the four greatest wizards of their time. Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin. There are four school houses that are named after them. Every student is assigned to one of them. I was a Gryffindor, when I went to Hogwarts. Anyways, there are seven years, or grades at Hogwarts. Some of the students are Muggle-born - muggles are non-magic people- others come from wizard families", he explained.
"As for Voldemort. He was a powerful wizard, very powerful, but very dark. He gained supporters, and terrorized the wizard community for over a decade. Then, fourteen years ago, he went to kill a family. He killed both parents, but he couldn't kill their little son, that's when he lost his power. But recently I've been hearing, that the Deatheaters - his supporters, are gathering again. This is very bad", Giles concluded.
Seeing that Buffy didn't seem in the mood to talk anymore he picked up his book and started reading.
The rest of the flight was spent in silence. Dawn kept listening to her music, Giles was engaged in reading his book, and Willow and Tara couldn't wait to arrive in England. Buffy was just sitting there and thinking over everything Giles had told her. So this Voldemort had gained power and probably wanted to go back to the days where he could terrorize everyone. It was logical to attack a school which trained witches and wizards who would oppose him. But Buffy couldn't help thinking that there was more behind it.
Finally they arrived in London. From there they took a taxi to what seemed a shabby pub from the outside. If Giles hadn't pointed it out to them, they probably wouldn't have noticed it.
Giles was dealing with the taxi driver, and told them to go in. They stepped into a dimly lit room where there was the strangest crowd they had ever seen - and since they were from Sunnydale, that meant a lot. There were men and women in long robes in varied colors, wearing pointed hats, goblins, cloaked creatures and what seemed to be a small giant or a very big man. The man turned his head as they walked in.
"Hello, are you the new professors for Hogwarts", he asked; only his accent was so thick that they nearly didn't understand him. They nodded, speechless and he came towards them and started to shake their hands.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Rubeus Hagrid, but everyone just calls me Hagrid. I'm the "Care of Magical Creatures" teacher and .By Merlin I can't believe it, Rupert Giles, is it you?" Hagrid nearly screamed. Some of the other occupants looked curiously at them. He pulled Giles into a big hug.
"Hello Hagrid", they heard Giles' muffled voice. "Nice to see you again, it has been a long time, but would you please release me."
Hagrid let go of Giles and turned to the rest of the group. "Sorry for that", he said smiling," I'm not usually like that, but Rupert is a very good friend of mine. Always stood by me, even when nobody else did. A very good man, just like Dumbledore."
Though Buffy didn't know Dumbledore, she knew that it was an honor for Giles to be compared to Dumbledore, she saw him blush a little because of Hagrid's words. Though Buffy would have loved to stay and chat, she was really exhausted and by the look of it, so were the others.
"Excuse me, I don't want to be rude, but I'm really tired and would love to go to my room", said Willow.
"Of course", answered Hagrid,"We've got two rooms for you ladies, Rupert and I will be sharing one. "
They decided that Willow and Tara and Buffy and Dawn would be sharing a room and went to bed. Giles stayed with Hagrid to talk a little.
