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Sirius Black was what everyone had talked about for the next several days. Everyone was trying to figure out how he got in. The weather had gone from sunny to dark, gloomy, and rainy. It was the day before the Quidditch match and Wood was giving Harry advice constantly. Due to Draco getting scratched, they were now playing Hufflepuff. So Oliver was taking every chance he could to talk to Harry about the Hufflepuff Seeker. They were talking in the middle of the hallway when Harry realized he was late for DADA. Without saying a word he turned and ran for DADA class.

"Sorry I'm late, Professor Lupin, I-"

Harry stopped abruptly when he saw that Professor Lupin wasn't teaching. What shocked him though was the person teaching the class. Buffy sat perched on top of the desk and had turned to look at him when he entered.

"Nice of you to join us Harry. You're ten minutes late."

"Buffy? Where's Professor Lupin?"

"As I was telling the class, Professor Lupin is feeling too ill to teach today. Professor Dumbledore asked if I would mind filling in for him today. He thought it would be easier to have someone take the class for the day instead of having the teachers cover the classes. Which if he had you guys would have Snape and let me say he's still upset over the bogart thing."

The class had laughed a little remembering how Snape had looked. Neville was looking slightly sheepish.

"Alright, settle down. We need to get started. Professor Dumbledore has given me the power to take points and I hate to have to do that to my own house. Now how about we do a review on the vampires and the one who kills them. Let's start with vampires. Ron, give me one way."

"Beheading."

"Very good Ron. Neville."

"Sunlight."

"Excellent! Seamus."

"Stake through the heart."

"Great job. Hermione, give me another one."

"Fire."

"Magnificent. Twenty points to Gryffindor. Now who can tell me what the Slayer is?"
She smiled at seeing the whole class raise their hands. Between her and Lupin the school was well informed about vampires.

"Harry."

"In every generation there is a chosen one. She and she alone will fight the demons, the vampires, and the forces of darkness yadda, yadda, yadda. She is the slayer."

Buffy let out a laugh that startled the class. Harry also had a grin on his face. The others just looked at him.

"You have been around me way too much Harry."

That was what the class had done talked and reviewed about vampires until it was time to go. Dumbledore smiled knowing he had made the right choice.

It had rained quite hard that day making the night cold and the ground slippery and wet. Buffy's feet were drenched. Giles had given her the night off but Professor Lupin had informed Dumbledore before he changed that Oz hadn't taken his potion yet. Oz hadn't been at dinner and no one had seen him for several hours. Now she was out checking the forest for him. It was getting late and she had a Quidditch match in the morning. She cursed as her foot went into another mud puddle. With the wind howling so ferociously Buffy barely heard the sound of her attacker. She hadn't moved fast enough and she and Oz fell to the muddy ground. The two rolled on the ground each trying to get the upper hand. The werewolf tried his best to hurt Buffy and bite her. He managed to slash her across the stomach. She hissed in pain and used it to throw Oz off of her. She quickly raised her wand.

"Petrificus Totalus!"

The werewolf fell to the ground in a full body bind. Reaching into her pocket she was glad to see that potion was still in one piece. Moving closer she took the top off and felt lucky his mouth was open. She poured the potion in slowly so he wouldn't choke. By the time she had given him the whole potion she could see a change already taking place.

"I'm going to release you in a minute. I want to make sure the potion has taken effect. You'll have to stay at Hagrid's tonight."

Buffy released the spell and the two of them walked to Hagrid's.

The next morning the storm Buffy knew was coming had came. The loud thunder and rained rattled the windows of the school. The storm was loud enough that it had woken Buffy up and she cursed slightly having only been asleep for about three hours. She got up and got herself ready for the Quidditch match. She made her way down to the common room and found Harry picking up Hermione's cat Crookshanks. Buffy found it peculiar that Crookshanks keeps going after Ron's pet rat Scabbards with such determination. Buffy said good morning to him as she took Crookshanks from him. The two sat a mostly in quiet until it was time for breakfast. They were just outside the hall when Oz met up with them.

"Hey Oz." Both Buffy and Harry said simultaneously.

"Hey Buffy, Harry. Buffy, can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Sure Oz. I'll be inside in a moment Harry." Buffy said to Harry as she and Oz moved someplace a little more quite. "What's up?"

"I wanted to thank you for what you did for me. By the time I realized that I hadn't taken my potion it was too late."

"You're welcome Oz. I know how hard it can be. Are you going to be at the game today?"

"Wouldn't miss it."
"Cool. You coming to breakfast?"

"Nah. Uncle Remus still isn't feeling good. I'm going to help him get some things done before the match."

"Alright. I'll see you there."

Buffy watched as he left and headed toward the Great Hall. She turned and could see Oliver watching her. Before sitting down she kissed Oliver.

"I've had better kisses honey." Buffy said when he didn't respond to her kiss.

"Oh, I'm sorry sweetheart." Oliver said as if coming out of a trance and giving her a mind blowing kiss. "I was just thinking about today's game. It's going to be a rough one."

"Stop worrying and share a bowl of porridge with me. I'm really not that hungry but I know I should eat something." Oliver nodded and shared a bowl of porridge with Buffy.

"Yeah stop worrying Oliver," said Katie smoothly. "We don't mind a little rain."

It was considerably more than just a little bit of rain. That didn't stop the whole school from showing up and showing their support. The wind was blowing so fierce that many had lost their umbrellas. The Gryffindor team had changed into their robe and waited for Oliver's usual pep talk. He said nothing. Buffy could see that he wasn't quite sure what to say. Finally he just put a hand out. Buffy put her hand on top of his, and the rest of the team followed.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

They headed toward the field. They had almost been blown over by the wind when they stepped out. Between the roar of the wind and booming thunder you were unable to hear if the crowd was cheering. The players took their places on the field. The captains stepped up and shook hands. Diggory smiled slightly, but Wood didn't return it. He just nodded.

"Mount your brooms," Madam Hooch called out.

The Gryffindor's mounted their Slayer brooms except for Harry who decided to use his Nimbus 2000. It wasn't as fast as his Slayer broom but it was faster than Cedric Diggory broom. Madam Hooch blew her whistle and the game began. When everyone had lifted off they had to fight to keep from going sideways and running into each other. Katie had grabbed the Quaffle and began flying toward the goal. She passed the ball to Buffy who threw the Quaffle at the goal to score. One of the Hufflepuff retrieved the Quaffle but dropped when a Bludger hit him. Buffy had picked it up and was moving toward the goal when a Hufflepuff chaser bumped her. She passed it to Angelina who put it through the hoop to score.

Harry was glad when Wood called a time out. With all this rain Harry couldn't see a thing through his glasses. He tried futilely to clean the water off of them with his clothes but they were soaked and really not making a difference.

"I called for a time-out! Come on under here-"

Wood motioned to his teammates that weren't under the umbrella to join them. The whole team was looking like a bunch of drowned rat.

"What's the score?" Harry asked.

"We're fifty points up." Buffy told him.

"But unless we get the Snitch soon, we'll be playing into the night." Oliver told him.

"I've got no chance with these on." Harry sighed as he waved his glasses.

Several seconds later, Hermione came running up to them her cloak above her head protecting her from the rain. A smile was beaming off her face.

"I've had an idea, Harry! Give me your glasses quick!" Harry handed Hermione his glasses and she pointed her wand at them. "Impervius! There! They'll repel water!"

"Great thinking Hermione." Buffy said smiling at her bright thinking.

"Brilliant," Wood called to as she headed for the stands. "Okay, team, let's go for it!"

When they stepped back into the rain Hermione's spell had done it job and Harry could see. The match started up again and Angelina had gotten the Quaffle. She moved quickly toward the goal and through the ball. The Hufflepuff keeper had blocked it. The game was becoming more dangerous as the thunder rattled loudly and was soon followed by a flash of lightening. Buffy was concentrating hard on the game but her lack of sleep the previous night and the physical exertion of this was exhausting her.

"Harry!" She turned when she heard Oliver call Harry's name. "Harry, behind you!"

Buffy saw Harry come out of his reverie and was now trying to catch up to Diggory who going after the Snitch. Buffy returned her attention back to her teammates and began flying toward the Hufflepuff goal when she felt. Pain. Looking down, she saw about a hundred dementors on the field. Her head was killing her again as were insides. The pain was five times worse than it was the last time. Soon everything became a blur as she heard someone scream her name.

"Lucky the ground was so soft."

"I thought he was dead for sure."

"But he didn't even break his glasses. You're lucky the Hufflepuff Keeper was able grab you before you hit the goal post."

Harry could hear the voices talking around him but couldn't make out clearly who had said what. All his brain was receiving right now was how much every part of his body hurt.

"That was the scariest thing I've ever seen in my life."

Harry's eyes popped open. The first thing that registered was that he was in the hospital wing. Then he heard Fred say his name.

"Harry!"

Harry sat up and looked at his four teammates who were splashed with mud from head to foot. Hermione and Ron looked liked they had jumped into a swimming pool with their clothes on. In the bed beside his he saw Buffy wrapped up in a warm blanket nursing a cup of hot chocolate. He noticed Buffy was really pale too.

"How are feeling?" George asked.

"What happened?"
"You fell off," said Fred. "Must've been-what-fifty feet?"

"We thought you died." Katie said who was shaking. "And Buffy almost flew head first into the goal post."

"But the match?" Harry asked. "What happened? Are we doing a replay?"

No one spoke and that confirmed what Harry feared.

"We didn't-lose?"

"Diggory got the Snitch," said George. "Just after you fell. He didn't realize what had happened. When he looked back and saw you on the ground, he tried to call it off. Wanted a rematch. But they won fair and square…even Wood admits it."

"Where is Wood?" Harry asked when he realized that he wasn't there.

"Just because he admits it's fair doesn't mean he has to like it. He went to take a shower. He'll be here when he's done."

"We think he's trying to drown himself."

Buffy watched as Harry put his face to his knees. He clutched tightly at his hair. He felt as if he let the whole team down.

"Harry it wasn't your fault. You can't catch the Snitch every time. Just like Angelina, Katie, and I don't score every time. Fred and George don't get the Bludgers all the time, and Oliver doesn't stop every goal. You did your best Harry and be thankful it wasn't Malfoy who had caught it."

"Buffy's right. It's not over yet," said Fred. "We lost by a hundred points, right?"

"Right. So if Hufflepuff loses to Ravenclaw and we beat Ravenclaw and Slytherin…" Angelina started.

"Hufflepuff'll have to lose by at least two hundred points," said George.

"But if they beat Ravenclaw…"

"Guy please you're bringing back my headache. Why don't you guys go and get cleaned up?"

"You're right Buffy. Beside I see Madam Pomfrey and I think she's about to run us off," replied Katie.

"We'll come and see you later," said Fred. "Don't beat yourself up, Harry, you're still the best we've ever had."

Ron and Hermione moved closer after they had left. The door opened again and Willow and Xander entered to check on Buffy.