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Chapter 3:Mmm Breakfast

Dawn woke from her peaceful sleep when she was hit in the head with a pillow. She screamed and jumped up, expecting to see a crazed vampire or demon but instead, all she saw was four girls who were laughing so hard that they were nearly choking. Parvati and Lavender were close to hysteria after only a minute and Hermione and Ginny were desperately trying not to laugh. Once Dawn figured out that she wasn't under attack and that she was in Hogwarts she collapsed back onto the bed and started to fall asleep almost instantly. "Oh no you don't!" exclaimed Hermione and pulled her up. "We've been trying to wake you up for almost half an hour. The pillow was a last resort." Dawn looked at her, slightly dazed. Ginny spoke up, "You see, the new professor is here and you said that you knew him and we thought that you might want to see him." That woke her up.

"The new Professor? Who is it?" They looked at each other.

"We don't know his name and anyway, you'll just have to find out for yourself. Come on!"

Dawn pulled on her clothes and her new robes that had been purchased in Diagon Alley. She grabbed a brush and tied up her hair. As they were leaving, Harry and Ron were leaving their dormitory. They looked extremely pissed off. Parvati and Lavender walked ahead while the girls waited for Harry and Ron. As soon as they reached them, Ron started to complain.

"What the hell was all that noise about?! Pig went berserk and flew into Harry's sock. Then he got stuck and started to suffocate so we tried to do a spell and now the sock is a flower!!! Then Harry's sneakoscope went off and it took us 15 minutes just to shut it up."

The three girls looked at each other and managed to stay serious for exactly 5 seconds. Then they burst out laughing and almost collapsed onto each other. They fell to the floor in a tangle of arms and legs and started to cry with laughter. Ron and Harry shared a look and muttered something that sounded suspiciously like, "Girls"

They left the common room and went down to the Great Hall. Dawn looked around in amazement. Moving pictures, staircases and suits of armour were common. She didn't know how she was going to find her way around. She wondered where her sister had spent the night. They went down a magnificent marble staircase and ended in the Entrance Hall. They walked into the Great Hall and Dawn stopped short. Her mouth opened slightly in surprise. Harry, Ron and Hermione looked at her. "So do you know them?" Harry asked. Oz turned around and smiled at her. She had to stop short to stop herself from running at him but that would be a pretty embarrassing way to start a new school. She walked over to him as fast as she could. When she got to him he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her in for a hug. She squeezed him as hard as she possibly could. He let go of her and held her at arms-length. He looked her over and let out a low whistle. "What happened to that little girl I used to know?"

"She grew up."

"I can see that" She blushed and started to babble.

"Are you the new Professor? Can you control your changes? When did you get here? Did you talk to Willow? Ooh, are the two of you getting back together?"

He frowned slightly, "Yes. Yes. This morning. Yes. Possibly."

"Possibly?"

"We talked and decided to take it VERY slowly. It took us a long time to even talk this morning. Talked for hours and then some."

"Are you sure you only talked?"

"Dawn" He warned. She smiled innocently. He sighed.

"So have you talked to Buffy and Xander yet?"

"Nope. Just about to. They're just coming back from a meeting."

"Oh. Cool. So I have you first class then."

"'Fraid so"

Dawn turned around to look at her new friends. They were eating and chatting. Oz leaned over and murmured in her ear, "Go, I can hear your stomach rumbling, Dawnie." She hugged him again grinned, "See ya later Wolf- boy." She went down to join Harry, Ron and Hermione. She sat down beside them and started to talk enthusiastically. At that moment, All the teachers, new and very old, entered from the chamber that led off from the Great Hall. Buffy ran over and hugged Oz and Xander almost hugged him. He stopped short and held out his hand, remembering the "No hugs" talk that they had had back in Sunnydale. Oz smiled a small smile and said softly, "It's been a few years, man" They hugged quickly. Buffy hit him on the shoulder a bit harder than she had meant to. "Would it have killed you to write once in a while?"

"Maybe. I don't know. Has there been any killer envelopes in Sunnydale recently?"

She gave him a Look. He shrugged, "Not many places to buy stamps." He explained simply

She nodded. "So you talked to Willow? What happened? Where is she anyway?"

"We're going to give it another try. Take things slowly. She's in bed now. She'll probably be up soon." Just as he was finished talking Willow joined them. She smiled at him and they linked hands. They all went to eat breakfast and survey the children. Oz grabbed his schedule from the table. He leaned over to Buffy.

"We've got Slytherins and Gryffindors first. They're supposed to have some big rivalry going on. My guess is that we'll have a lot of Death Eaters' children in Slytherin and a lot of Aurors children in Gryffindor. Plus we'll have to watch the terrible three over there with Dawn."

Buffy nodded, understanding. Her and Xander had been made read about Hogwarts. "Plus, we've got mini-spike in Slytherin. He doesn't seem to love the fact that Dawn is a muggle."

Oz nodded, "We better go now. First we have to find the classroom and than we have figure out what to teach them. Do we tell them what we are?" Buffy frowned, "I guess we better. Maybe they'll respect us more"

"Speak for yourself." Willow said bitterly.

"Tell you what. If you want to tell them, fine. If you don't, that's okay. Same goes for Dawn" They all nodded. Buffy and Oz left to find the classroom.