Title: Chamomile
Part: 8/10 God's Will
Author: Jmaria
Rating: Pg-13
Disclaimers: Edgar, Cammi, Ezme Legace, Medusa Figg, and Kirkland Maltby? Mine. Everybody else are the results of Joss and J.K. brains. Sadly, I do not own Chuck D. He's a real person, who's quite well known for what he does.
Spoilers: 5 (6ish) by 5 by 2 (A:ts)
Summary: Snogging, fighting, and some biting.

A/N: Ok, just finished chapter seven. It's 1:03 on Thursday night. I want to get started on another fic, and tomorrow, Sat. and Sun. I have to study for my last two finals. So, grr argh. Hopefully, tomorrow, I'll be able to actually post them, so I can get feedback. But that means I have to cart my butt to the library and get it done. Ok, other little things have been popping up and butting heads during this story. I have an outline (I think I've mentioned that about a thousand times) but other characters keep popping up. And throwing the main plot. Such as Bill (we haven't seen much of him, but tons of Tonks meeting guys she knew back in the day) So yeah. I'm thinking of a working on a story that follows Chamomile later on in life. If there's any interest in it, I'll work on it (most likely, it won't be out until the fall, however.) But if there isn't, then I won't bother.

Thanks to all of the reviewers who like where I've gone with this!

8. God's Will

Buffy swore her jaw dropped. He couldn't have lied to her. LIED TO HER! She stared at him. So much had been going through her mind since Willow, Xander, Anya, and Tara had brought her back to life. Cammi had been on her mind the most, ovbiously. Dawn and Charlie had been tied for second. She was worried about Dawn and Cammi, and was petrified by the very idea of having to have this very discussion about her powers. But now they'd be having a discussion about his powers.

"Why didn't you tell me, Charlie?"

"Why didn't you tell me, Buffy? And I'm not just talking about you being a slayer. You didn't tell me that I had a daughter."

"You said you lived in a 'time of uncertain circumstances', Charlie. And I - I didn't know until long after you left Sunnydale. It's not like I had a number I could reach you at."

"Your friends over there managed to find my home easily enough."

"Well, -"

"And the fact that you managed to bring two vampires into my home, and put my family in danger -"

"Charlie, you're not just going to give her back, are you?" Buffy asked quietly.

"How can I?" He demanded. "I loved you, and you held so much back from me. How am I supposed to just let it all go because you say you want her?"

"I loved you too, Charlie. And that's such a loaded question. You held back so much of yourself, too, Charlie. You lied to me about what you really were, just as much as I did."

"Can we at least see the bits?" Spike asked the two red-headed twins.

"Well -"

"That is - "

"The amazing Chuck D. didn't ship them both off to a private boarding school, now did he?" His eyes narrowed as the wonder twins bluffed on.

"Chuck D?" Fred asked, puzzled.

"Red Sr. over there." Spike pointed to where Charlie and Buffy were in quiet conversation.

"Well, actually, Dawn is attending one of the finest Wizarding schools in the world," Percy replied primly.

"You need to get laid, mate," Spike started to light a fag when Molly Weasley smacked him upside the head, jarring the cigarette from his lips.

"That is not allowed in my home!" She cried. Her actions earned several sniggers from Angel, and the twins. Cordy merely arched an eyebrow at him, and gave Angel a smack.

"And I don't appreciate your using such foul language in my home, you - you lout." Molly was enraged.

"Mum, we've heard the term before." George chuckled.

"I was referring to his alluding my Charlie to some muggle stripper!" Molly cried out.

Percy, Fred, George, and Spike all turned to her, their mouths hanging open in disbelief. Tonks merely grinned like a loon as she stared at Molly's reddening face with a new-found respect.

"Well, Molly, I have seen Charlie in nothing but a towel," The twins turned and gaped at her. "Granted, he wasn't full monty at the time, but Dawnie's seen both Bill and Percy in their birthday suits." Percy blushed brightly at that. "Oh, don't be so bashful, Perce. She said you had a nice bum." Tonks said in a flirty manner. Just as Bill entered the room. . . with Fleur on his arm.

And that successfully took the wind out of her buoyant sails. Bill was staring at her oddly. She just grinned up at Fleur and pretended that she actually liked the French Floozy who'd wrecked her hopes that she'd foolishly pinned on the great handsome oaf that was Bill.

"We were just going over what Weasleys have been caught in the nude while Charlie dukes it out in there with Buffy. I suspect your mum's gonna want a few words with you and Percy for corrupting the very impressionable Dawn. Aren't you supposed to working at the school?" Tonks said, pushing herself away from the table.

"And you were talking about that time we caught Charlie straight out of the shower? Isn't that what happened with Percy and Dawn?" Bill asked, very confused at why they were even having this conversation.

"Yes, but she didn't catch you shower fresh now did she, Bill?" Tonks said sweetly, turning on her heel to leave the Burrow.

"Arabella Figg, Moody and Mundugus were keeping an - OW! Mum, let go of my ear!"

"And just what did Dawn catch you doing, William?" Molly narrowed her gaze at the very guilty half-Veela and her blushing, squirming first born.

"Bloody 'ell. If I just didn't do a time warp to when my mum met Dru," Spike took the opportunity to light the fallen cigarette as he watched with and arm around Connor's shoulder. "That's what Cordy there's gonna look like in oh, two years when she finds you and whatever little bint you might meet in the middle of screwing like mammals."

"Spike, get your arm off my son." Angel tugged at the arm draped over his son's shoulders..

"Spike! Gross!" Cordelia smacked him.

"There will be none of that foolishness in my home." Molly let go of Bill's ear to twist Spike's.

"OW! I can't hit two of you!" Spike growled, his eyes narrowing as he glared at Angel. "But I can beat you down, you big flouncing poofter!"

"I'd like to see you try, William."

"A'ight. Bring it on, super forehead." He smirked at Angel.

"Boys!" Molly cried, snatching onto each of the vampires' ears. "Would you please let me finish scolding my son? Hmm? And Percy, go check on Tonks, please. The poor girl seemed upset."

"Mum, why do you know about a muggle stripper named Chuck D.?" Fred asked, finally shaking himself out of his stupor.

"I - I " Molly flushed bright red before mouthing something wordlessly at her son.

"Nice maneuver, Thing one." Spike said to Fred.

"Please, you've read Dr. Seuss, Spike?" Cordelia asked.

"Of course he has. It's the only thing he can read just by looking at the pictures," Angel snorted.

"Oy, Ponce, I'm not the one who drew girls while they were sleeping and drawing what he wanted to do with them because he couldn't spell."

"That's sad, Angel." Cordy gave him a look.

"It's also a lie!"

Charlie just stared at her. He'd run out of things to say. Or they just ended up repeating everything over and over again. Until Spike called something to them from the kitchen.

"Slayer, didja know they were in the middle of a War when you sent your bits here for safekeeping?"

Buffy's eyes widened in shock as she turned to stare at Charlie. Her mouth hung open for a minute.

"You look like a fish, Buffy."

"A War, Charlie? A war? My daughter and sister are in the middle of a war zone?"

"Oh, like being on a Hellmouth is any better?"

She shut her mouth then. The girls had probably been in more danger in Sunnydale than they were in here. At the Burrow.

"Can I please see them, Charlie?"

"It's the not even half past ten in the morning, Buffy. Dawn's at school."

"I need to see Cammi, I need to hold her."

"She's not here."

"Where is she, Charlie?"
"She's with Dawn, at school."

She could wait until Dawnie came home from school. Right? But why was her baby at school?

"Fine, I'll wait until she gets home then."

"She's not coming home."

"Slayer, Didja know he was sending the Platelet to a boarding school?" Spike voice cut through the dense silence in the room.

"Why did you send them to a boarding school?" She demanded icily. "You couldn't raise them here?"

"What - no. Dawn has a gift that will flourish at this school. She's got an amazing sense of magic and she's a damn fast learner. Took less than three months to catch her up on five years worth of material. . . It was either that or have her repeat a year in a muggle school."

"Ok, Dawn's super smart and is now armed with Wiccan knowledge. Why is my ten month old baby at a boarding school? Not to mention the fact that Dawn knows no one at that school -"

"It's not Wiccan magic she's learning. She knows my family! My two youngest siblings go there as well, and she's made a lot of friends over the summer. She's best mates with my sister Ginny and her friend Luna. Plus she's good friends with my brother Ron and his friends, Hermione and Harry. And I didn't send Cammi to Hogwarts. She'd been crying all morning and a bit before you lot showed up she apparated herself to Dawn."

"She ah-whated herself?"

"Magically transported herself to Hogwarts. I was just leaving to go fetch her and bring her back when you pulled up the drive. She's been missing Dawn for the last month or so. And that little Kofi went with Dawn, so she's been a little lonesome. But I think I'm doing a good job raising them, Buffy. Dawn convinced the twins to make her a silent partner and be a guinea pig for their gag gifts. She's made Gin's year by just being here to distract us boys from being too overprotective of her. Cammi gets on famously with my Mum and Dad. They adore her and spend most of their days with her. Percy, who's not been close with the family for the last two years has come back to the family fold in order to get Dawn up to scratch with her schoolwork. The twins have actually mellowed out a bit. Dawn got Ron's friend to smile for a change instead of being so upset all the time. And then there's me. I love my daughter, so don't think for a second that I'd foist her off on strangers. I have been there for her for the last three months. When she was hungry, or tired, or playful or crying, I was at her side. I left the reserve indefinitely so I could take care of her. If Dawn hadn't been so excited about going to Hogwarts, she'd be here with me as well," He said angrily. "I love those two girls as much as - if not more than - I love the rest of my family, and there isn't anything I wouldn't do for them."

Buffy was quiet. She knew that he was serious about everything he'd said. He'd only known them for a short amount of time, but he loved them as if he'd been with them for their whole lives. She started to say something when Spike yelled yet again.

"Oi, Slayer! Didja know the bad guys are after the Platelet's friend? And he's been attacked at that school every year he's gone there? Slayer?"

Charlie groaned as shock washed over her face. She glared at him again.

"Will you shut your bleedin' trap, Spike?" He shouted back. He smiled at Buffy. "I can explain . . ."

"Yes, you can. On the way to go get my daughter and sister from that death trap you sent them to."

"First of all, it's not a death trap. Secondly, I only sent Dawn. Our daughter is wicked powerful for being ten months old. You don't learn how to apparate until you're seventeen, and thirdly, it's gonna take us a few hours because we have to take a train or drive to Northern England."

"Spike's coming." She added belatedly.

"And we'll have to make sure he doesn't burst into flame, then won't we?" Charlie said, exasperated.

Tonks hadn't gone far before she started to cry. She should have just apparated home or to Hogsmeade, but she wanted to go see Dawnie with Charlie. She missed the girl something fierce. Besides, maybe she could sneak off and -

"Tonks?" A voice called.

"Should have known Molly'd send somebody out." She muttered and turned to face the newcomer. She was rather shocked to see just who it was.

"Are you all right?" Percy asked, coming alongside her.

"Peachy keen, Perce." She said half-heartedly.

"What's the matter, Tonks?" He didn't know her very well. He remembered Charlie talking about her when he'd been back in school. But Percy had never been very interested in Quidditch, unlike most of his siblings.

Bill had played as a chaser in his seventh year, Charlie had been seeker, the twin had been beaters, Ron was the current keeper for Gryffindor and Ginny was a beater, and even Dawn was going to try out for this season, seeing as two of the chasers and a beater from last term had graduated after replacing the players who'd graduated the year before that.

Percy knew Tonks had been a beater since her fifth year. And everyone knew she spent her free time with Oliver Wood and K.L. Maltby. Besides that, he knew very little about the girl except for the fact that she was twenty-four, and changed her appearance at random and was an Auror. That and he just realized he didn't like to see her cry.

"You must think I'm pretty daft, sobbing over him."

"K.L.?"

"No, Bill."

"But I thought you fancied K.L.?" He frowned, not sure why the idea that she fancied his older brother bothered him.

"Merlin, I've known him since we were tots. I - I know too much about him to ever make anything of it." She turned her face up to the sunlight, and he watched in amazement as her hair turned the same platinum blonde as Fleur's. "I could make myself look exactly like her, and he'd never notice, Percy." She gave a small rueful chuckle as she turned her hair a very punkish looking magenta. "Spent too much time hero-worshipping him and being one of the guys for him to notice me. I'm not some foreign witch who - who's downright delicate and feminine enough."

"I think you're very - feminine." He replied awkwardly.

"No, I'm not. You're just saying that because I'm blubbering all over myself and making a spectacle. Men can't handle that sort of complication, so they say anything to shut you up."

Percy was outraged that she didn't believe him. She thought his awkwardness was simply because he couldn't deal with females crying. Living with Dawn this summer had taught him quite a bit. That girl could laugh or sob at the drop of a hat. He just wasn't good at complimenting a woman. He'd never been, and that was one of the reasons he hadn't seen Penelope Clearwater since they'd broken things off after their seventh year.

"That's not it at all. Fleur is a beautiful woman, yes." Percy started.

"See, even you admit she'd beautiful. It's okay, Percy." She gave him a small smile.

"But she's too angular and rather sickly looking. Whereas you are -"

"If you say pleasantly plump to me, Percy, I'm going to have to kick your arse." She warned, staring off into the distance, as the breeze ruffled her hair.

"I was going to say, far more womanly than Fleur. She has the part Veela thing going for her. However, she has very little personality. You -"

"I'm Miss Personality. I do believe I spot a trend here, Perce."

"You have a beautiful heart shaped face. And two dimples that are a little off balance. You're easy to talk to, even if the person doesn't really know you. Your laugh, it's more pleasant to hear than that French snort-frog-belch thing she does when she laughs." He was grasping at all of the things he'd notice about her this summer. "And Bill is just a fool if he can't see that she's half the woman you are."

Tonks turned and smiled at him. She couldn't say that he hadn't made her feel just a smidgeon better about herself. Because, even though nearly everything he'd said about her was a bit cliched, he meant them. She rose to her feet - onto her tip-toes actually, because he was taller than her - and leaned in to give him a peck on the cheek.

He turned his head, thinking she was going to give him a hug like Dawn often did. And caught her kiss on his lips. They were a little shocked by the meeting of their lips and actually held themselves perfectly still for a moment. He could feel the pressure of her mouth on his, and her toes started to give a bit from holding herself so still. She lost her balance and fell into him, her mouth pressing more firmly onto his.

Percy wasn't about to break the kiss not even when her momentum pushed her weight into him. It caught him off guard and he started to tumble backwards, his arms going around her small frame. Their lips lost contact as they fell hard to the grass. They laid there for a moment, trying to catch their breath. Until Tonks realized she was laying on top of Percy. She must say, for hiding himself under jumpers and having his head in a book more often than not, he was surprisingly solidly built. She put her arms on either side of his chest as he released the death grip he had on her and smiled down at him.

"And I'm an utter klutz to boot." She smiled as she moved to get off of him.

Percy nearly panicked. Or, rather, he did panic, because suddenly his hands went to her face as he pulled her back down to him. He brought his lips to hers quickly, kissing her. She went stiff and she seemed to hold her breath as Perfect Prefect Percy Weasley kissed her as if she was something worth kissing. But she didn't kiss him back.

He didn't know what he was thinking of, kissing her like that. She obviously didn't think of him that way, and he'd been foolish to think this pixie-like woman would want a man like him kissing her. No, she wanted someone like Bill. Because Bill was personable, and fun to be around. He was just dull, boring old Percy. He pulled back and scooted out from under her, not caring if he got grass stains on his clothes as long as it got him away from this nightmare. She looked a bit dazed and confused.

"I'm sorry. It was highly inappropriate for me to accost you like that, Tonks. I- I'll leave you alone. Perhaps we can put this little incident behind us." He said stiffly, but he didn't rise to leave. He noticed what she was wearing for some inane reason. Her short-sleeved shirt rose, exposing the bare, smooth flesh of her stomach. Her lips looked brighter, and he felt his gazing going to the fullness, the brightness of them.

"Why'd you kiss me Percy?" She asked softly.

"I - I'm not sure." He replied honestly.

"You - you really meant everything you said about me earlier?" She asked, daring him to stare into the violet of her eyes. "You weren't just trying to make me fell better, were you? Not just because Molly sent you to check up on me?" She needed to know.

"Mum did send me out to check up on you, Tonks." He still didn't raise his gaze from her lips. He watched as they opened for her to say, "Oh" He locked his eyes on hers as he said very honestly, "But I didn't say those things to make you feel better. I meant every word of it, Tonks. You are beautiful."

She waited for the dreaded words, "for a girl such as yourself." But they never came. Percy watched her for a second, before moving to raise himself from the grass. But he felt her hand on his arm. He turned to face her. She seemed to be considering her words. He feared to hear the "You're a great guy, Perce, but. . ." speech Penelope had given him before she rambled on about some Wizard she'd met at her job when she'd tossed him over. Tonks just looked at him for a moment.

"Why'd you stop then?"

"Stop kissing you?" He asked, frowning as if he hadn't heard her correctly.

"Yeah."

"Well, you didn't seem very comfortable with my kissing you. And I'm not the sort to force myself on a woman."

"Bloody hell, Perce." She murmured, yanking him towards her, her lips fastening to his as he fell on top of her back onto the grass.

Her hands sank into his hair, as he propped himself up on one arm. The other went to her face. He paused for a moment looking down at her. She had a michevous gleam in her eye as she quickly flipped him over. He was stunned. But then, he shouldn't have been. She was an Auror, after all. She straddled his waist as he pulled her forward to deepen the kiss. She grinned down at him.

"Dawnie's right. You do have a fantastic ass." She murmured through their kisses.

That was how Bill found them moments later: Tonks straddling his little brother, and snogging him as if her next breath depended on it.

"What the bloody hell is going on out here?"

Percy stiffened as her face went very pale. She quickly dropped her head onto his shoulder and groaned. He saw Bill's jaw drop, as he turned quickly. Obviously he thought she was groaning for another reason.

Charlie just stared at her. He could not believe it. Even after he had proof, seen with his very own eyes. It - it just wasn't possible. No, it couldn't be possible. Things like this just didn't happen every day. Hell, they barely happened once in a lifetime.

"Would you quit staring at me, Charlie?" Tonks snapped.

"You were on top of Percy, Tonks."

"Getting snogged. Not shagged." She glared at him.

"Why were you snogging Percy?"

"Well, he said I was beautiful." She mumbled.

"Tonks, I never knew you were that easy." He joked. Obviously, it was the wrong thing to say. Because she snapped at him more fiercely than a Norwegian Ridgeback.

"Fuck you, Charlie. You know, a girl like me doesn't hear those words very often in my line of work. I'm one of the guys. Even in the Order, you all, with the exception of your mother, treat me like I'm a wizard. So Percy, seeing me cry over Bill and that French freak of nature, tells me that I'm not perfect but I'm still beautiful. Call me a sucker, but I actually believe him."

"Bill? You fancy Bill? Since when?" Charlie was confused. He'd never realized that.

"Yeah, I fancied Bill. But Fleur caught his attention. And -"

"What about K.L.?"

"It's K.L.! It'd be like kissing you, and you're like my older brother, Charlie." She sighed.

"But you can snog Percy?" She wasn't making much sense.

"I know, it's crazy. He's twenty years old. He's still a kid."

"Twenty-one. His birthday's next week."

"Still, I was a fourth year when he started at Hogwarts." She groaned.

"Well, now you know what to give him for his birthday." Charlie grinned wickedly at her as the compartment door opened and Buffy and Percy stepped inside.

The train compartment got oddly silent as Buffy snagged the seat next to Tonks. Percy had a wistful look on his face that made him just a bit pitiful looking. Charlie rolled his eyes as pulled him down into the seat next to him.

"The twins are with Spike, making sure he doesn't turn into toast." Buffy said, giving Charlie a small smile. They'd left Angel, Connor, and Cordy back at the Burrow. "How long does it take to get to this school?"

"A couple of hours." Tonks replied. She looked out the window, not looking at Percy.

"Oh." Buffy said, noticing the confusion on Percy and Charlie's faces.

It was gonna be a long trip.

Hogwarts, The Hospital Wing

Madame Pomfrey looked at the four students, infant and mongoose in her infirmary. Malfoy had sustained bites from what she thought was Miss Summers' supposedly tame Kofi familiar. Miss Lovegood had been hexed and Miss Weasley, who looked rather angry, had brought her in. The little baby, however, was the only one beside the Kofi who looked genuinely happy.

The doors swung open and Mr. Zabini breezed into the infirmary. Madame Pomfrey stared at the young arrogant Head Boy.

"What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing, Madame. Several owls arrived for Summers and the Headmaster thought she should have them. And there's a visitor here to see the youngest Miss Summers." He said, charmingly.

"Well, go on, give them to her and get back to class."

"I'll just go fetch your visitor, then." He shoved the notes at Dawn and, after giving Malfoy a look that the other teen couldn't completely comprehend, turned on his heel.

Dawn quickly ignored the letter stamped from the Ministry. She tore open the letter from Charlie. She scanned it, seeing that Charlie was coming to get Cammi, and then another one saying that Tonks, Percy, the Twins would be coming as well, and that Spike and Buffy had arrived at the Burrow and would be joining them. Spike had scrawled something on the bottom about finding the Head Boy underneath the Pixie. Whatever that meant. It sounded like one of Spike's limericks she wasn't supposed to tell anyone she knew.

She was jarred from her thoughts as one of the judges from Cammi's hearing strode into the room, with four mean wizards flanking her.

"What do you want, lady?" Dawn snapped, remembering why it was she didn't like this woman.

"The title is Chief of Council, Miss Summers," Ezme Legace said through her nose. "I am here to take Chamomile Summers to a secure location for observation."

"What?"

"Dear me, girl, are you daft?"
"No. You want to take my niece somewhere we don't know and do God knows what to her?" Dawn demanded, placing herself between the baby and the plump older witch. "I don't think so, un-uh. So not gonna go down like that. Her parents are on their way to get her right now. Then we'll get to see how they react to this stupidity. I haven't seen a good smackdown in a while, should prove to be entertaining."

"Parent. Charlie Weasley, yes. We know. Nonetheless, we are taking Chamomile for her safety."

"And for your safety, you better leave her here."

"Are you threatening me, little girl?" She asked sharply.

"No, but Cammi's mom, the slayer might break you limb from limb if you touch her daughter." Dawn leaned in, whispering to the woman.

"I'd sincerely like to see her try. Take the child." She barked.

Malfoy lurched up in his bed. He didn't like Summers', but they were talking about taking an infant. Something in him -something he didn't want to name at that very moment - didn't want to see that happen. Even if it was about a mudblood from the Weasley family. Ginny had also rushed forward, and Luna made a weak effort to do the same. Zabini had just re-entered the room. He watched as Summers wrapped her arms around the infant as the other teens were hit with body-binds. He also made an attempt to aid the girl, but was hit with a hex. He watched as the mongoose and Summers fought off the woman and her thugs. And even though she'd gotten in some good punches, one of the thugs hit her over the head with a bottle of Skele-grow. She crumpled to the floor, and the mongoose, who had an impressive mouthful of one of the attacker's buttocks, was hurled into the far wall.

Within a matter of moments, the five students were either unconscious, or in full body binds. And the baby was gone from the grounds. That was how Madame Pomfrey found them less than ten minutes later.

It was nearly dinner time when the train pulled into Hogsmeade. They were greeted at the gates of the castle by Albus Dumbledore.

"We tried to reach you, Charlie." The old wizard said sadly.

"What's wrong, Professor?"

"I'm afraid Miss Summers' is in the infirmary."

"Dawnie?" Buffy cried.

"Lil Bit?" Spike yelled. "Where's your infirmary, beards?"

"I will take you there."

"What happened?"

"Dawn had escorted Mr. Malfoy there after Edgar bit him on the shoulder. Ginny had taken Miss Lovegood there after she was hexed by some seventh year Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs. I sent Mr. Zabini of Slytherin to deliver the messages you sent to her."

The wizard sighed as he led the four worried Weasley brothers, Tonks, Buffy, and Spike into the hospital wing. Five students lay in the beds. And Hagrid leaned over the small furry body of the mongoose.

"Ezme Legace somehow gained entrance while Madame Pomfrey went to fetch a potion for Mr. Malfoy's wounds. Ginny has said that she demanded Dawn hand over the child for observation. When the three of them went to Dawn's aid, they were hit with full body binds. Miss Lovegood has yet to wake up from her attack. Mr. Zabini had been tricked into believing I authorized this visit. He also came to their aid, and was hit with the same curse as the others, but saw one of Ezme's aides hit Dawn in the head with a very heavy bottle. She has also not woken yet."

"And Cammi?" Buffy asked through gritted teeth.

"They took the child."

"Edgar?" Tonks asked quietly.

"The Kofi familiar has not woken. Hagrid says there is little hope that he will."

"It's a crime to harm a Kofi familiar." Percy said softly.

"It's a bigger crime to steal children and brutalize them." Spike growled.

"I know that." Percy snapped.

"I need to see Dawnie." Buffy said softly.

"Right this way."

Buffy and Spike went to Dawn's bedside. The twins hedged, as if to follow, but Tonks stopped them, and nodded to Ginny. The four of them moved, leaving Charlie standing there silently.

"Ezme was discharged after the first incident with Chamomile, Charlie." Dumbledore said softly. "She is working for Lord Voldemort."

"Voldemort has my daughter?"

"I'm afraid so."

Dawn managed to slowly open her eyes. She thought she was dreaming. Spike and Buffy were looking down at her.

"Buffy?" She said thickly.

"Dawnie, I'm here."

She sprang up, wrapping her arms around her sister. Obviously she forgot her body had not had an easy time earlier. Tears flooded her cheeks as she stared at everyone in the infirmary.

"The bad guys got Cammi, and it's all my fault!" She sobbed into Buffy's shoulder.

A/N 2: Ok, was gonna go the whole Flint thing, but he didn't fit in my plot so Percy was the go to guy. Next up in part 9: they have to rescue the baby, Percy's feeling the cold shoulder from Tonks, and why are those two Slytherins being nice (It's gonna kill everyone who writes boy! Blaise's if J.K. makes/made Blaise a girl. ) Once again, another new obsession of mine: Percy (Once again, I'm Blaming Thalia Kendall's fic Sunscreen and a Pink Rubber Chicken and Echo's Absolutely Spiffing for this obsession.) Feedback if you liked it, pwetty please ( I have two chapters left to get the remaining Weasley boys naked)