A/n: ok, I said I wouldn't update till I got 10 more reviews but obviously it's not happening so here's the next chappie. And for all y'all's info, I wasn't planning on writing the rest of the Scoobies much but since that's what you all what here you go.

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"I wonder who the new Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher will be." Hermione pondered aloud.

"Who knows, maybe we'll get a vampire this year, I mean we've already had a werewolf." Ron said. Harry was starring out the window wondering where Voldemort was now. He hadn't see nor heard him/of him all summer and that couldn't be good.

"I can't wait until that new course, Muggle Defense." Hermione said.

"I don't see why we need it, I mean its not like we can have a fist fight with Voldemort." Ron said.

"It should come in handy though." Hermione said. Ron looked at her and she started to blush. She'd been doing that a lot. She looked down at her hands and shifted uncomfortably.

"Ron, are you gonna try for the quidditch team?" Harry asked interrupting the uncomfortable air.

"Yeah." Ron said and they continued to talk about quidditch. Hermione pulled out her Charms book. She really was looking and thinking about Ron differently lately. She wasn't sure what it was, she'd never felt this way about him, and she didn't feel that way about Harry. But Ron was impossible, so she'd have to curb her feelings. The compartment door opened and a red-head in her middle twenties poked her head in. Ron and Harry stopped talking and turned to her. Ron's eyes almost fell out of his head. She was beautiful.

"I'm sorry, wrong compartment." She said and was about to close the door but Ron didn't want her to leave.

"Aren't you a little old to be a student?" Hermione asked. The girl stopped closing the door. She came in and sat down across from Hermione next to Ron.

"I'm not a student, I'm a teacher's assistant." She said.

"What class are you assisting?" Ron asked.

"Her…" she started but Hermione interrupted.

"Defense Against the Dark Arts of course." Hermione said in a how-could-you-not-see-that tone of voice which irritated Ron.

"No, actually I'm assisting in Herbology." The new teacher said.

"What?!" Hermione said and Ron laughed. Hermione was wrong and that never happened, he thought.

"I'm Professor Rosenburg." She said. She smiled slightly. "And I'll see you in class but I really must get back." She stood up and walked out the door.

"She's hot." Ron said. Harry nodded.

"Ron, she's a teacher." Hermione said. Ron glared at her as if to say so.

"She's an assistant." Ron said.

"Since when has Professor Sprout needed an assistant?" Harry interrupted.

"Maybe it has something to do with you-know-who." Ron said offhandedly. "But I'd like to get my hands on her."

Hermione slammed her book shut, tucked it under her arm and stormed out. Ron shrugged at Harry. They continued to talk.

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"Spike who've been pretty quit since you came back from Africa. What's the deal, is our little wittle vampire bummed because he couldn't get his chip out of his head?" Xander teased. He loved to get one up on Spike.

"No, he got…" Anya started.

"Shut it." Spike yelled. Anya looked at him and he glared back. She was the only one who knew he had his soul.

"Spike, can we talk." Anya said. She pulled him into an empty compartment.

"Oww demon." Spike said rubbing his ear. She had dragged him by his ear.

"Spike, when are you going to tell them?" she asked.

"When I'm good and ready to luv, you try getting your soul back and finding out you've killed a bunch of people." Spike said.

"Spike, it wasn't you who killed them, it was the demon inside you, you have to know that. You should talk to Angel." Anya said surprising Spike. She was being pretty level headed.

"Since when did you become so sensible?" Spike asked. Anya just shrugged. She stared at him for a second.

"You know, with your hair not all gelled back, you don't look half bad." She said.

"I take that last comment back." Spike said. She shoved her aside and went back to the compartment with the others. Anya followed in a few minutes. Xander stared at them suspiciously.

"Down luv, we didn't do anything." Spike called and sat down next to Buffy. He looked up at her, she still seemed pretty unsure about leaving Dawn back with Giles, going to the new Sunnydale High which was built right on top of the old one, just asking for trouble. Willow was still internally beating herself up for messing with such dark stuff, and everyone could tell she wasn't over Tara. No one could blame her. No one was sure what had happened to the rest of the nerd herd but they were positive they were keeping a low profile. Slowly the train continued north and in no time they were at Hogwarts.

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Hermione had finally rejoined Ron and Harry. They got into on of the buggies and a pale man with blonde hair with brown roots that was curly came in. He too looked like he didn't belong. He said and muttered things to himself. At the feast, Professor introduced the Scoobies. Professor Rosenburg was assisting in Herbology, Professor Summers was teaching the new class, Muggle Defense, Professor Harris was assisting Care of Magical Creatures, Professor Johanson* was assisting in History of Magic, and Professor Smith* was teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts.

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a/n: I don't know what Spike and Anya's last names are so I made some up, I know their lame but hey I couldn't think of something. Anya Johanson and William 'Spike' Smith.