Dreams of Something Different

By jezebel

Disclaimer: I only own the idea.

Reviews: Pretty Please!

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Chapter Four: The Full Effect

They reached Hogwarts hours later. It was night by the time the train stopped. Slowly the group of four shuffled off the train. Anya was in much better spirits with Spike after sharing stories from their glory days. Tara and Wesley had tuned them out for the most part and had talked about what Tara should expect. But Wesley had forgotten an itsy bitsy detail.

"Welcome to Hogwarts, we'll need to take the boats to give Tara the full effect." The other three shared a look behind Tara's back. Slowly they got in the boat. Tara sat next to Spike, across from Anya. Then the boat started. Tara gave a little squeak. This of course made the other boat's occupants laugh, causing the boat to rock.

"Well then, good thing I'm dead and don't have any circulation. Sure you're all right then Glinda?" He looked down at his arm where Tara was securely wrapped tightly around it. He shared an amused smile with Wesley and Anya, and then looked back to the scared witch. "Um, Glinda, you might want to look up now, the castle is comin' into view and it's kinda the reason we took the boats."

Slowly she unwrapped herself off of his arm and looked up. Her eyes became huge and her mouth dropped. She kept one hand firmly on his arm. "Oh my goddess. It's beautiful, it's. Hey, you never mentioned I'd be living in a castle." She used her free hand to swat Spike, who was chuckling. He looked up at the school.

"Yeah, pet, it is a beauty." Anya and Wesley shared a look. Now Spike had one arm around Tara and she held his other arm in her hand.

They reached land a few minutes later. Spike hopped out first and helped the ladies out of the boat. Then he turned around and left Wesley hanging. Wesley shook his head and carefully climbed out of the boat, then joined the rest of the group.

"Alright, I was told by Dumbledore to take you to his office. I think he wants to explain everything. Anya, I'm not sure whether you need to be there or not, but it might be a good idea if you joined us." Anya nodded her head and agreed. "Good, well, Tara, welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."

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A/N: Yay. I love it when they find out it's a castle. So, nothing much to say about this chapter. Again I apologize for any mistakes. Hey, it's five in the morning. So, I have one more chapter to post then I'm going to bed. Toodles.