Chapter 4: Lost Luggage
Dawn boarded the plane to England with the rest of the gang; she went over all the possible explanations for this trip in her head. Willow and Xander claimed that Giles needed help rebuilding the council, but that really old Tumbledork guy didn't seem to know any details about how the council was doing. The whole thing seemed really.. fishy to her.
"You doing okay, Dawnie?" Willow asked, sitting down in the row of seats across the isle from Dawn and Kelly.
"Yeah.. I'm just.. thinking." She replied, looking out the window. Dawn saw Kennedy sit next to Willow and Xander sit in the seat in front of her, then she fell asleep listening to Mindless Self Indulgence. Kelly fell asleep shortly after Dawn did and they slept through the entire flight only to have their sleep interrupted when the flight attendant announced that they would be landing soon. Kelly got out a pack of Winterfresh gum and got a stick out for herself and Dawn. About a pack of gum later, they were exiting the plane, into the London airport.
A while later, Dawn found herself at the Lost Luggage area. "God damnit! Why am I always the one that gets their luggage lost?" Dawn complained as she finished filling out the forms and turned them in. She walked back over to the group. "They'll call." She said in the most annoying high-pitched voice she could. Willow snickered and Kelly rolled her eyes.
The gang walked out of the airport and gathered in a little circle on the sidewalk across from the airport. "So, how are we going to get where ever we're supposed to go?" One of the Slayers named Brandi asked.
"Well.." Willow looked like she was getting ready to go into another one of her deep explanations and a few of the girls, including Dawn and Kelly, sighed with relief when Brandi pointed out that the old man standing next to the big bus looked familiar.
"Professor Dumbledore!" Willow exclaimed.
"I was afraid, for a moment, that you wouldn't recognize me." The professor said.
Willow giggled and then said, "I'm assuming that this bus is for us?"
"You assumed correct." Dumbledore said.
"Wait.. Professor?" Dawn asked. "I thought you were from the council?"
"I guess we have some explaining to do." Willow said, gesturing towards the bus. Once everyone was on and settled in, Willow began speaking again. "This is Professor Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." Willow looked around at all the confused faces.
"There's a school for magic?" Dawn asked, it looked like she was the only one that remembered how to talk.
"Actually, more than one. They're all over the world, even in America."
"Then.. I'm assuming that we're coming over here to go to your school?" One of the girls asked. Dumbledore nodded and she continued. "Then why the hell are we flying all the way over here, what's so special about your school?" The girl ran her hand through her black hair and stuck her nose in the air. A few of the Slayers gave her dirty looks; she wasn't one of the favorite girls in the pack.
"Because for one, Voldemort is here, in England. And secondly, we're combining our Slayerette program with Dumbledore's school." Willow answered, it looked like she had done some corresponding with Professor Dumb-lee-door.
"As Ms. Rosenberg just informed you, I have offered Hogwarts as a training base for you and any other Slayers you may recruit. A war has begun in the wizarding world and we are going to need all the help we can get. I will be opening a few new classes like Muggle Defense, Research, and History of Slayers. You will be required to take these classes along with basic Potions, Charms, Transfiguration, Herbology, and of course Defense against the Dark Arts." Dumbledore when on with his speech to explain about wands, robes, the currency and much more information that he thought would me necessary. Everyone on the bus was listening intently and trying to remember every bit of information he told them.
After he was done, Xander, who had been driving, informed them tat it would only be about another fifteen minutes before they reached the hotel that they would be staying in until school started.
"Oh, and here are all of your letters." Dumbledore pulled out a pile of envelopes from inside his robe and tossed them into the air. All of the Slayers watched in amazement as each one of the letters floating to its owner.
Dawn and Kelly grabbed theirs and peeled the wax seal off before tearing the envelope open and reading the letter. The looked at the list of things and Dawn put words to the question that everyone was thinking. "We don't have any money. How are we going to pay for this?"
"The Ministry of Magic has agreed to have the bills sent to them and they will take care of it. After all, you are coming to help us with the oncoming war." Dumbledore winked and the twinkle in his eye grew brighter. "I believe in the muggle world you would call this system.. credit cards?"
"You mean.. we are each going to get our own credit card?" Dawn asked, not believing it. 'Buffy would have loved this..' she thought, and a tear slide silently down her cheek. Dawn had put on a strong face and kept her emotions bottled up, saved for another time, she learned that skill from Buffy.
"Yes, you will each have your own." Dumbledore answered.
Dawn leaned her head back against the overstuffed seat. "I knew they were hiding something." She grinned at Kelly who just rolled her eyes and rested her head on Dawns shoulder.
"When is all this battling gonna end?" Kelly asked. Dawn knew she wasn't asking her, she was asking The Powers That Be. Dawn had lost her faith in any God or Goddess that watched over them. If they had truly cared, they wouldn't have taken her mom or Spike from her, let alone Buffy. Dawn leaned her head on top of Kelly's and quietly whispered an answer to her question. "It doesn't.. none of this ever ends." Dawn let a few more tears slide down her cheek as she fell asleep thinking about her lost sister.
A/N: I know that this is a really short chapter, but I feel really bad for not updating for like a year.. I'm trying my best but I have a really bad case of writers block! So leave a review!!
Dawn boarded the plane to England with the rest of the gang; she went over all the possible explanations for this trip in her head. Willow and Xander claimed that Giles needed help rebuilding the council, but that really old Tumbledork guy didn't seem to know any details about how the council was doing. The whole thing seemed really.. fishy to her.
"You doing okay, Dawnie?" Willow asked, sitting down in the row of seats across the isle from Dawn and Kelly.
"Yeah.. I'm just.. thinking." She replied, looking out the window. Dawn saw Kennedy sit next to Willow and Xander sit in the seat in front of her, then she fell asleep listening to Mindless Self Indulgence. Kelly fell asleep shortly after Dawn did and they slept through the entire flight only to have their sleep interrupted when the flight attendant announced that they would be landing soon. Kelly got out a pack of Winterfresh gum and got a stick out for herself and Dawn. About a pack of gum later, they were exiting the plane, into the London airport.
A while later, Dawn found herself at the Lost Luggage area. "God damnit! Why am I always the one that gets their luggage lost?" Dawn complained as she finished filling out the forms and turned them in. She walked back over to the group. "They'll call." She said in the most annoying high-pitched voice she could. Willow snickered and Kelly rolled her eyes.
The gang walked out of the airport and gathered in a little circle on the sidewalk across from the airport. "So, how are we going to get where ever we're supposed to go?" One of the Slayers named Brandi asked.
"Well.." Willow looked like she was getting ready to go into another one of her deep explanations and a few of the girls, including Dawn and Kelly, sighed with relief when Brandi pointed out that the old man standing next to the big bus looked familiar.
"Professor Dumbledore!" Willow exclaimed.
"I was afraid, for a moment, that you wouldn't recognize me." The professor said.
Willow giggled and then said, "I'm assuming that this bus is for us?"
"You assumed correct." Dumbledore said.
"Wait.. Professor?" Dawn asked. "I thought you were from the council?"
"I guess we have some explaining to do." Willow said, gesturing towards the bus. Once everyone was on and settled in, Willow began speaking again. "This is Professor Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." Willow looked around at all the confused faces.
"There's a school for magic?" Dawn asked, it looked like she was the only one that remembered how to talk.
"Actually, more than one. They're all over the world, even in America."
"Then.. I'm assuming that we're coming over here to go to your school?" One of the girls asked. Dumbledore nodded and she continued. "Then why the hell are we flying all the way over here, what's so special about your school?" The girl ran her hand through her black hair and stuck her nose in the air. A few of the Slayers gave her dirty looks; she wasn't one of the favorite girls in the pack.
"Because for one, Voldemort is here, in England. And secondly, we're combining our Slayerette program with Dumbledore's school." Willow answered, it looked like she had done some corresponding with Professor Dumb-lee-door.
"As Ms. Rosenberg just informed you, I have offered Hogwarts as a training base for you and any other Slayers you may recruit. A war has begun in the wizarding world and we are going to need all the help we can get. I will be opening a few new classes like Muggle Defense, Research, and History of Slayers. You will be required to take these classes along with basic Potions, Charms, Transfiguration, Herbology, and of course Defense against the Dark Arts." Dumbledore when on with his speech to explain about wands, robes, the currency and much more information that he thought would me necessary. Everyone on the bus was listening intently and trying to remember every bit of information he told them.
After he was done, Xander, who had been driving, informed them tat it would only be about another fifteen minutes before they reached the hotel that they would be staying in until school started.
"Oh, and here are all of your letters." Dumbledore pulled out a pile of envelopes from inside his robe and tossed them into the air. All of the Slayers watched in amazement as each one of the letters floating to its owner.
Dawn and Kelly grabbed theirs and peeled the wax seal off before tearing the envelope open and reading the letter. The looked at the list of things and Dawn put words to the question that everyone was thinking. "We don't have any money. How are we going to pay for this?"
"The Ministry of Magic has agreed to have the bills sent to them and they will take care of it. After all, you are coming to help us with the oncoming war." Dumbledore winked and the twinkle in his eye grew brighter. "I believe in the muggle world you would call this system.. credit cards?"
"You mean.. we are each going to get our own credit card?" Dawn asked, not believing it. 'Buffy would have loved this..' she thought, and a tear slide silently down her cheek. Dawn had put on a strong face and kept her emotions bottled up, saved for another time, she learned that skill from Buffy.
"Yes, you will each have your own." Dumbledore answered.
Dawn leaned her head back against the overstuffed seat. "I knew they were hiding something." She grinned at Kelly who just rolled her eyes and rested her head on Dawns shoulder.
"When is all this battling gonna end?" Kelly asked. Dawn knew she wasn't asking her, she was asking The Powers That Be. Dawn had lost her faith in any God or Goddess that watched over them. If they had truly cared, they wouldn't have taken her mom or Spike from her, let alone Buffy. Dawn leaned her head on top of Kelly's and quietly whispered an answer to her question. "It doesn't.. none of this ever ends." Dawn let a few more tears slide down her cheek as she fell asleep thinking about her lost sister.
A/N: I know that this is a really short chapter, but I feel really bad for not updating for like a year.. I'm trying my best but I have a really bad case of writers block! So leave a review!!