Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in harry potter or in Buffy.
They are owned by Joss Wheaton and J.K. Rowling.
A/N: Thank you everyone for the reviews. I still dance when I log on and find that I have new ones. I hope that everyone likes this chapter. Just a few points: She will start teaching soon I promise, the Bill/Buffy romance also starts later on in the story but it will be worth waiting for.. I hope. To anyone that is worried, there will be no Buffy/Snape romance, just friendship. All will be explained.have patience. R&R.
Teaching is a Whole Different Language:
Buffy slept peacefully, but restlessly. She was comfortable and content in the bed, yet her thoughts and dreams were focused on her losses and lack of caring. She finally sat up in bed and scolded herself loudly about spending so much time wallowing in her self-pity.
She got up and looked around the room. She saw that there was an ensuite bathroom through one door, a study that was as large as the spacious bedroom and held a huge desk, and bookshelves covering two of the walls. The last door led to a sitting room with several large chairs and a fireplace. She looked again and noticed that there was a fireplace in all her rooms. There was another door from the sitting room that Buffy assumed opened to the corridor.
She entered the bathroom and took a long shower. The hot water never ran out. Then she towelled dry her hair as best she could and dressed in her brown slacks and loose green t-shirt. She decided to go with the natural look and used no make-up. Pulling on her long black boots she grabbed her black jacked that draped to below her knees.
She left the room and made her way through the halls of the Castle. Although she had told Dumbledore that there was no way that she would find her way through the passages, her slayer abilities allowed her to remember everywhere that she had been.
She got to the turn off that Dumbledore had said led to the great hall where they ate their meals. Buffy turned and entered. No one was there but she was able to look around. She saw a large table at the head of the hall; she presumed that the teachers ate their meals there. There were four tables, belonging to the students' four houses.
Buffy walked down the side of the room and looked out the windows. She saw the greens outside, the lake and what looked like a large forest. She sensed an evil coming off this place. It was in waves and it worried her. She made up her mind to ask Dumbledore about it when she could. She turned her mind to other issues. She needed to see how to get into real England, maybe London. It would be good for her to keep in practice by eradicating the vampire infestation here. Not that it wouldn't be under good control because of the watchers council and everything, but she could still do more than they could.
"Good morning Buffy." Giles murmured behind her. She spun around startled.
"Not often you do that." She commented.
"Do what?"
"Startle me."
Giles studied her. She looked more tired than ever, and ill.
"Buffy."
"Giles." They both said at the same time. "You go first." Giles told her.
"Okay, I was going to ask you if there is any way for us to get into London. I feel the need to patrol and kill some vamps."
Giles raised his eyebrows. "I assume that there is. I will make this request to Dumbledore. There is something that I would like you to do for me though."
"Yes. What is that?"
"I want you to get checked out by the healer that is here. I know that you don't want anyone to know who you are but I am worried about you. Can you just go and she her and set both your and my fears aside?"
Buffy hesitated but noticed that Giles was serious. "Okay." She whispered. She turned to Giles and he wrapped her in a hug. She clung to him, but refused to cry, still a few tears leaked from her eyes. He pulled out a handkerchief and handed it to her.
"Thank you." She muttered. "How do you know me so well?"
"Comes with practice."
"Can we go now?"
"Of course. I'll ask for directions from one of the paintings."
"They talk?" She demanded incredulous. Giles nodded. With one arm guiding her, he asked for directions and led her to the sick bay.
"Madame Pomfrey?" He called out.
"Mr. Giles? Welcome. What can I do for you?"
"I know that we haven't been here a whole day, but I was wondering if you could check out Buffy. I'm concerned about her."
The lady took one look at Buffy and directed her to bed beside the window. "Mr. Giles, you can wait outside." She ordered. He retreated quickly.
"Now Buffy, what have you done with your self?" She asked. Buffy didn't answer. The nurse continued her examination and then asked Buffy a lot of questions.
"I should probably tell you that I died last year. Please don't tell any one though, it's not something that I like spread around. It was my friends that brought me back. They thought that they were doing the right thing. I sort of came back wrong." Buffy decided that she didn't want to go into too many details, especially not telling anyone that she had to dig her way out of her grave. That was what she dreamed about mostly.
"My dear girl. You sound like you have been through a lot." She looked like she wanted to ask more but she didn't. "Don't worry, I can help you. I shall place a refresher charm on you and I'll give you a packet of sleeping pills. They should also make you feel better. You need to come back to see me every week until I see an improvement in your health. Now." She pulled out her wand and muttered a few words. Silver shot out the end of the wand, and Buffy instantly felt better. The bags under her eyes lightened and she felt more active than she had in months.
Smiling she hugged the lady on impulse. She had made a friend. "Thank you."
"Any time dear. Now you need to run along. There is someone waiting for you."
Buffy looked around to where Madame Pomfrey had gestured and she saw Professor Lupin enter the room followed by Snuffles.
"Buffy, there you are. I have been looking for you. Professor Dumbledore has asked that I come and get you."
"Very well. Lead the way."
She followed him through the corridors and to a large statue of a phoenix. Lupin muttered a word and the statue twisted out of the way. A staircase swirled up and Buffy marveled that it was just like a esclator.
Dumbledore greeted her warmly. "You look well, Buffy."
"Thank you Albus. I feel better, defiantly ready to kick some a." She trailed off embarrassed at talking inappropriately. The men only smothered grins. "What can I do for you?" She asked changing the subject.
"Yes, I am sorry to ask this of you considering that this is only your second day, but I was hoping that I could send you on a type of mission."
"Oh, goodie. I do love those." She said this with such a serious expression that both men did laugh.
"I'm afraid that it is not very exciting. Normally I have a professor on the Hogwarts Express, the train that delivers all the students to the train station. I was hoping that you would be the one to go. Those trouble makers that were mentioned yesterday are likely to cause a problem. I'd like someone there who can handle any of those problems."
"Of course I'll go. But somehow I feel that there is more to your request than you are letting on."
"You are very perceptive Buffy. Yes there is something else. You know Harry Potter that I told you about?" She nodded. "Well I am concerned about his well being. I was wondering if you would leave today and collect Harry from his house. He will be able to call what's known as the night bus and will take you to a place called Diagon Alley. I presume that because of his horrible relatives that he will not have had the chance to collect his things for this year of school, let alone receive his letter containing a list of his needed books. I will give you enough money to buy lodgings for yourself and Harry for three nights.
"Harry's friends, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley will show up on the second day. Ron will bring his whole family as most are returning to Hogwarts. They will see you to the train."
"You have thought of everything."
"Yes, I hope so. I'll tell you a few things about Harry's relatives." They spent a half hour deciding how they would go about getting Harry out of his Muggle house. In the end they had divised a neat plan.
"Oh and Buffy, Snuffles should go with you."
"Whatever for?"
"Trust me, he may come in handy."
"Only if your certain. You do know that I can move faster than any wizard."
Remus looked at her strangley. "What do you mean by that?"
"What part, the moving fast or the wizard?"
"Both."
"I move fast because of my training and I can defiantly move faster than Sirius Black!" She glanced at the dog. "No offence."
The dog blurred and the man stood there. "None taken."
Dumbledore and Remus stared at Buffy their mouths open in amazment. "How did you know?"
"I figured it out yesterday. I knew that you had mentioned Sirius Black was Harry's godfather. I figured that he would hang around to watch over harry. I knew that there was something about this dog that was different."
"Well done Buffy. No-one on the faculty that doesn't know already about Sirius, hasn't guessed."
She shrugged then looked sharply at Sirius "Don't think that I let you sit your head in my lap for any reason other than my soft spot for dogs." She growled. He laughed then changed forms once again. He sat obediently and panted.
Dumbledore gave Buffy the things that she would need and she returned to her rooms to grab a change of clothes. She stuffed them into her backpack and then told Giles where she was going. He told her that he was busy exploring the library.
She grinned then met the big dog at the entrance to the great hall. He held a plate and a letter from Dumbledore.
Buffy,
This is a port key. Wrap your arm around Sirius and touch the center of the plate. You will be transported to the street that Harry lives in. Sirius will not go for Harry with you but he will wait for you both in a park around the corner. Remember the plan. I will see you in three days.
Albus Dumbledore.
"Well, there's no going back now is there." She said to Snuffles and stooped to wrap him in a hug. She touched the plate.
A/N: Thank you everyone for the reviews. I still dance when I log on and find that I have new ones. I hope that everyone likes this chapter. Just a few points: She will start teaching soon I promise, the Bill/Buffy romance also starts later on in the story but it will be worth waiting for.. I hope. To anyone that is worried, there will be no Buffy/Snape romance, just friendship. All will be explained.have patience. R&R.
Teaching is a Whole Different Language:
Buffy slept peacefully, but restlessly. She was comfortable and content in the bed, yet her thoughts and dreams were focused on her losses and lack of caring. She finally sat up in bed and scolded herself loudly about spending so much time wallowing in her self-pity.
She got up and looked around the room. She saw that there was an ensuite bathroom through one door, a study that was as large as the spacious bedroom and held a huge desk, and bookshelves covering two of the walls. The last door led to a sitting room with several large chairs and a fireplace. She looked again and noticed that there was a fireplace in all her rooms. There was another door from the sitting room that Buffy assumed opened to the corridor.
She entered the bathroom and took a long shower. The hot water never ran out. Then she towelled dry her hair as best she could and dressed in her brown slacks and loose green t-shirt. She decided to go with the natural look and used no make-up. Pulling on her long black boots she grabbed her black jacked that draped to below her knees.
She left the room and made her way through the halls of the Castle. Although she had told Dumbledore that there was no way that she would find her way through the passages, her slayer abilities allowed her to remember everywhere that she had been.
She got to the turn off that Dumbledore had said led to the great hall where they ate their meals. Buffy turned and entered. No one was there but she was able to look around. She saw a large table at the head of the hall; she presumed that the teachers ate their meals there. There were four tables, belonging to the students' four houses.
Buffy walked down the side of the room and looked out the windows. She saw the greens outside, the lake and what looked like a large forest. She sensed an evil coming off this place. It was in waves and it worried her. She made up her mind to ask Dumbledore about it when she could. She turned her mind to other issues. She needed to see how to get into real England, maybe London. It would be good for her to keep in practice by eradicating the vampire infestation here. Not that it wouldn't be under good control because of the watchers council and everything, but she could still do more than they could.
"Good morning Buffy." Giles murmured behind her. She spun around startled.
"Not often you do that." She commented.
"Do what?"
"Startle me."
Giles studied her. She looked more tired than ever, and ill.
"Buffy."
"Giles." They both said at the same time. "You go first." Giles told her.
"Okay, I was going to ask you if there is any way for us to get into London. I feel the need to patrol and kill some vamps."
Giles raised his eyebrows. "I assume that there is. I will make this request to Dumbledore. There is something that I would like you to do for me though."
"Yes. What is that?"
"I want you to get checked out by the healer that is here. I know that you don't want anyone to know who you are but I am worried about you. Can you just go and she her and set both your and my fears aside?"
Buffy hesitated but noticed that Giles was serious. "Okay." She whispered. She turned to Giles and he wrapped her in a hug. She clung to him, but refused to cry, still a few tears leaked from her eyes. He pulled out a handkerchief and handed it to her.
"Thank you." She muttered. "How do you know me so well?"
"Comes with practice."
"Can we go now?"
"Of course. I'll ask for directions from one of the paintings."
"They talk?" She demanded incredulous. Giles nodded. With one arm guiding her, he asked for directions and led her to the sick bay.
"Madame Pomfrey?" He called out.
"Mr. Giles? Welcome. What can I do for you?"
"I know that we haven't been here a whole day, but I was wondering if you could check out Buffy. I'm concerned about her."
The lady took one look at Buffy and directed her to bed beside the window. "Mr. Giles, you can wait outside." She ordered. He retreated quickly.
"Now Buffy, what have you done with your self?" She asked. Buffy didn't answer. The nurse continued her examination and then asked Buffy a lot of questions.
"I should probably tell you that I died last year. Please don't tell any one though, it's not something that I like spread around. It was my friends that brought me back. They thought that they were doing the right thing. I sort of came back wrong." Buffy decided that she didn't want to go into too many details, especially not telling anyone that she had to dig her way out of her grave. That was what she dreamed about mostly.
"My dear girl. You sound like you have been through a lot." She looked like she wanted to ask more but she didn't. "Don't worry, I can help you. I shall place a refresher charm on you and I'll give you a packet of sleeping pills. They should also make you feel better. You need to come back to see me every week until I see an improvement in your health. Now." She pulled out her wand and muttered a few words. Silver shot out the end of the wand, and Buffy instantly felt better. The bags under her eyes lightened and she felt more active than she had in months.
Smiling she hugged the lady on impulse. She had made a friend. "Thank you."
"Any time dear. Now you need to run along. There is someone waiting for you."
Buffy looked around to where Madame Pomfrey had gestured and she saw Professor Lupin enter the room followed by Snuffles.
"Buffy, there you are. I have been looking for you. Professor Dumbledore has asked that I come and get you."
"Very well. Lead the way."
She followed him through the corridors and to a large statue of a phoenix. Lupin muttered a word and the statue twisted out of the way. A staircase swirled up and Buffy marveled that it was just like a esclator.
Dumbledore greeted her warmly. "You look well, Buffy."
"Thank you Albus. I feel better, defiantly ready to kick some a." She trailed off embarrassed at talking inappropriately. The men only smothered grins. "What can I do for you?" She asked changing the subject.
"Yes, I am sorry to ask this of you considering that this is only your second day, but I was hoping that I could send you on a type of mission."
"Oh, goodie. I do love those." She said this with such a serious expression that both men did laugh.
"I'm afraid that it is not very exciting. Normally I have a professor on the Hogwarts Express, the train that delivers all the students to the train station. I was hoping that you would be the one to go. Those trouble makers that were mentioned yesterday are likely to cause a problem. I'd like someone there who can handle any of those problems."
"Of course I'll go. But somehow I feel that there is more to your request than you are letting on."
"You are very perceptive Buffy. Yes there is something else. You know Harry Potter that I told you about?" She nodded. "Well I am concerned about his well being. I was wondering if you would leave today and collect Harry from his house. He will be able to call what's known as the night bus and will take you to a place called Diagon Alley. I presume that because of his horrible relatives that he will not have had the chance to collect his things for this year of school, let alone receive his letter containing a list of his needed books. I will give you enough money to buy lodgings for yourself and Harry for three nights.
"Harry's friends, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley will show up on the second day. Ron will bring his whole family as most are returning to Hogwarts. They will see you to the train."
"You have thought of everything."
"Yes, I hope so. I'll tell you a few things about Harry's relatives." They spent a half hour deciding how they would go about getting Harry out of his Muggle house. In the end they had divised a neat plan.
"Oh and Buffy, Snuffles should go with you."
"Whatever for?"
"Trust me, he may come in handy."
"Only if your certain. You do know that I can move faster than any wizard."
Remus looked at her strangley. "What do you mean by that?"
"What part, the moving fast or the wizard?"
"Both."
"I move fast because of my training and I can defiantly move faster than Sirius Black!" She glanced at the dog. "No offence."
The dog blurred and the man stood there. "None taken."
Dumbledore and Remus stared at Buffy their mouths open in amazment. "How did you know?"
"I figured it out yesterday. I knew that you had mentioned Sirius Black was Harry's godfather. I figured that he would hang around to watch over harry. I knew that there was something about this dog that was different."
"Well done Buffy. No-one on the faculty that doesn't know already about Sirius, hasn't guessed."
She shrugged then looked sharply at Sirius "Don't think that I let you sit your head in my lap for any reason other than my soft spot for dogs." She growled. He laughed then changed forms once again. He sat obediently and panted.
Dumbledore gave Buffy the things that she would need and she returned to her rooms to grab a change of clothes. She stuffed them into her backpack and then told Giles where she was going. He told her that he was busy exploring the library.
She grinned then met the big dog at the entrance to the great hall. He held a plate and a letter from Dumbledore.
Buffy,
This is a port key. Wrap your arm around Sirius and touch the center of the plate. You will be transported to the street that Harry lives in. Sirius will not go for Harry with you but he will wait for you both in a park around the corner. Remember the plan. I will see you in three days.
Albus Dumbledore.
"Well, there's no going back now is there." She said to Snuffles and stooped to wrap him in a hug. She touched the plate.