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I tried to make the letter in italics bit my computer is playing tricks on me. Sorry. Please review!

Chapter 6: Telling stories and Letters home

Dawn finally arrived back at the Gryffindor Tower an hour after everyone else. Fred and George had been trying to teach her Quidditch but she hadn't even got past the fact that they used broomsticks so it was just a waste of time. She was lucky enough to be excluded from all the subjects that gave the most homework. She didn't have to do Transfiguration or Charms or any classes which required any type of magical power. She couldn't help but be jealous of the others. They were able to do cool things with wands and fly on broomsticks and all she could do was open a portal and unleash Hell on earth. Life just wasn't fair.

Fred and George came down the stairs of the boys' dormitory's looking very suspicious. All the Gryffindors had been great to her- offering her advice and telling her to ignore Malfoy. The problem was that Malfoy was right. Dawn was a freak in their world, a freak in her world. Hell, she wasn't even a real person. She was energy. A big ball of green light. Fat lot of good that was, unless she wanted crazy people running away from her. Her thoughts returned to Malfoy. His likeliness to Spike was quite scary and she had a sneaky suspicion that they were distantly related. Unlike Spike though, Malfoy looked down on people who he deemed below him. Of course he didn't realise how unpopular her really was-kinda like Cordy hadn't. The other Slytherin were obviously disgusted with him. Losing 60 points on the first day wasn't a good thing. Especially because Dawn hadn't even been upset by his sneer. Please, even Angel when he brooded was even scarier. Even Willow babbling was scarier. If he thought that he could just give her a dirty look and expect her to run back crying to Sunnydale than he had another thing coming. He was dealing with a Summers, and not just one Summers but a Slayer Summers a werewolf, a VERY powerful Witch and a Xander. The Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws all loved Oz and Buffy already. Oz was the talk of the day and their identities were already well known to every Hogwarts student. Fred and George were walking towards her quickly and she couldn't miss the glint in their eyes. The same glint that Xander had, and that was worrying. Fred smiled at her and she glanced at them nervously. She had already been warned by Ginny not to accept any food from them. Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny were all doing their homework. Well, Hermione was doing her homework, while Ron and Harry were joking loudly. "Dawn" Fred started

"How are you?"

"Your looking beautiful as always" she blushed.

They exchanged a look. "We know that you're a muggle"

"and so we decided"

"to give you this present."

"And so we present to you"

"Your very own"

"Amazing"

"Perfect"

"Hand-made by Weasleys Wizards Wheezes"

"Very funny"

"Hilarity Guaranteed"

"Fake Wand."

They pulled out a wand and she giggled. "Um, thanks guys-I think.." She took the wand from George and it immediately gave a squeak and turned into a mouse. She jumped a foot in the air and burst into hysterics. Fred looked at it proudly. "Took us all evening to make that did.. What do you think?" Dawn grabbed them into a crushing hug, knocking the twins' heads together. George looked at her with mock-hurt, "Jeez Dawn, there's no need to resort to violence. If you didn't like it-" He was cut off by a sharp slap to the back of his head. "Ow. That hurt"

"Well that's what you get for thinking I didn't like it." She looked at it for a few minutes.

Then she grinned again. "Hey, this has more than one use."

"Like what?"

She mimed stabbing something invisible. "I can use it as an emergency stake. You know, just in case my one gets knocked out of my hand." Everyone looked at her.

"You mean you would need even one stake?" asked Seamus incredulously.

"Of course. Your so lucky you don't have many vampires here. Back home I couldn't go outside without being ambushed or attacked. I guess I just got used to it after a while. It was kind of funny cos' until Buffy told us that she was the slayer and that vampires were real, we had no idea of the danger around us. Everyone just ignores it and stays indoors. Except that time when Hansel and Gretel tricked all the parents in Sunnydale into killing witches. Buffy, Willow and Amy were about to be burnt at the stake. Amy turned herself into a rat and it took Willow years to reverse the spell. When she got back she thought she was still in High School."

Everyone in the room was looking at her in shock and confusion. Harry finally spoke up, "Hansel and Gretel., burnt at the stake. Rats. Huh?"

"Believe me that's nothing. You wouldn't believe the stories I could tell you but it would ruin the surprise of learning it from Buffy and Oz"

"How would you know not know about vampires around you? Is there be a nest where you live?"

"A nest? Please, I live on the Hellmouth!"

Everyone looked at her cluelessly and then at Hermione, "Um I think I read something about it once but I don't know much."

"The Hellmouth is just what it says- a centre of mystical convergance; El Boca Del Inferno. It's basically the place where the mouth of Hell is situated. All demons and vampires seem to eventually find their way there. Of course most never get to leave. I'll let my sister tell you the rest cuz she understands it better than me." She giggled when she saw the looks on her fellow classmates.

"Bloody Hell" was all Ron could say.

"And we thought Quirrell was brave because he allegedly met one" Hermione said hoarsely. Dawn shrugged.

"I'm pretty tired. I think I'll hit the sack" she said softly. Hermione nodded. "Me and Ginny will be up soon."

"Take your time. I feel like being alone for a while anyway." "'Kay" Dawn made her way up to the Girls' Dormitory. She pulled out a few pieces of parchment, a quill and ink. She sat on her bed and started to write her letters home. She started with Spike.

Hey Spike, how are ya? Not brooding any more I hope. Maybe you should visit Angel-he might be able to help. Hope the Hellmouth's behaving itself (Yeah, right) and your not to lonely without us. This school is so cool. It's a goddam castle! How cool is that. Dumbledore, the Headmaster is so nice. He's really old but still really lively. You'll never guess who the new Professor is-Oz!!!!! Him and Willow are already all cute and couple-y. I met these really nice kids- one of them is THE Harry Potter and his friends Ron and Hermione. Ron has 5 brothers and 1 sister! Fred and George are twins and they're soo funny. They are real pranksters and made me a fake wand so that I'll have one. Ginny is really nice too. There's only one bad person. His name is Draco Malfoy and he's a total asshole. He has these 2 friends Crabbe and Goyle who are like trolls-big, hairy, stupid and smelly. Malfoy is small and pale and looks kind of like you with his white blond hair. He doesn't like me cuz I'm not a witch-how unfair is that! He sneered at me and expected me to start crying. He didn't even do it right. The he called me a' mudblood'. I don't know what means exactly but it must be a pretty bad insult cuz Harry nearly cursed him and everyone was really quiet. Then oz sneaked behind him and took away points from his House (Slytherin). Then Malfoy called Oz 'a filthy, overgrown mongrel' and you should have seen oz. I seriously thought he was gonna go all hair. His eyes even went a bit yellow but he calmed down and was all fair and diplomatic (he took 50 points away from Slytherin and told him not to piss him off) I was so relieved. Would you believe it. Here, unicorns are more common than vampires. People think I'm some kind of hero cuz I've killed like one vampire. They didn't even know about the Hellmouth. At least they know about the Slayer. Sorry about my writing but I've never written with a quill and ink before. I hope there's not to many blots and smudges. Oh well, practice make perfect. Love you lots like jelly tots, Your little Bit, Dawn.

She tied the letter to the leg of her new owl (Merlin) and watched as it flew out the window. She felt incredibly homesick all of a sudden and nearly started to cry. She pulled on her pajamas and got into bed. She was asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. **********************************************************