Title: Chamomile
Part: 9/10 City Of Love
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. I also don't own the part titles. They're from Martina McBride's Martina
Spoilers: 5 (6ish) by 5 by 2 (A:ts)
Summary: Save the day, fight some more, and who are you?
A/N: Ok, crunch time here people. Two finals I need to study for, this to wrap up, my stuff to pack up, and another story to get out. Grar. I said in an earlier part that this was gonna focus on Dawn and Cammi, except it ended up focusing on the people who they tocuhed. Hmm. I might do a fic set when Cammi's older.

9. City Of Love

Buffy stroked the hair back from Dawn's peacful face. They'd finally gotten her to go back to sleep. She watched as the red-haired girl across from her cried on Percy's shoulder as Tonks tried to get the blonde boy in the bed next to her to talk. He glared at her and spat something at her that Buffy couldn't make out. But the in next minute, Tonks had slapped the teen across the face. Hard.

Guess they just couldn't see eye to eye about whatever it was after all.

"Nymphadora Tonks! That boy is still recovering!" Madame Pomfrey cried, racing to Malfoy's bed.

"He's also being an insufferable brat!"

"Love you too, cousin." Draco sneered.

"What are you playing at, Malfoy?"

"Nothing, Tonks." He sneered.

"Your dad's already rotting in Azkaban, Malfoy. Would you like to join him there?" She gave him the Black sneer that they had both seen on their Aunt Bellatrix when they were younger. She knew it frightened him as much as it had frightened her.

"Well, my dear cousin, no I have no inclination to follow in my father's footsteps. I'd rather follow in Mother's first." He whispered softly.

Tonks gave a small gasp. Narcissa Black Malfoy had been killed by Bellatrix Lestrange and Lucius Malfoy in the skirmish last year. Tonks's mother, Andromeda had finally convinced her youngest sister to leave Lucius, and in a way, leave the dominion of Voldemort. Narcissa, or so her mother had told her, had felt tremendously guilty for her involvement of Bellatrix and Lucius's setting up of Sirius the year before. She'd told Andromeda that she wanted to bring Draco with her when she fled Malfoy Manor.

Narcissa had been killed in front of her son, on the steps of this very school. And Draco had seen it. They had managed to catch Lucius, but Bellatrix had escaped. She vowed to kill Draco if he didn't follow in his father's footsteps. And Draco had just admited that he would rather be dead than become Lucius Malfoy's clone. Tonks leaned back. Maybe he wasn't a total wanker after all.

"Ezme is father's mistress. She's been slipping him information from the Ministry, mostly on Scarhead, and the 'new project'. She also got him out of Azkaban the last time you lot got him." He said dully. "Father's been writing. Giving me information, that I've been relaying to Dumbledore. Father thinks the owls have been intercepted of course. So he started writing in code."

"Sooner or later, he's going to figure out that you're doing that, Draco."

"I know. I don't expect to die quickly."

"Sirius did." Tonks said softly.

"And that was a mistake! Bellatrix and Father had planned to prolong it. Mother didn't expect to die quickly. And they took their sweet time on her."

"What about Zabini?"

"How do you think he got to be head boy, Tonks?" Draco smirked. "He's not nearly as smooth and secretive as I am. Dumbledore had to make sure Zabini came back here alive this year. There hasn't been a Slytherin Head Boy in years."

"Tonks?" Percy turned to her, "Dumbledore wants to see us."

Blaise Zabini glared over in Draco's direction. Draco merely smirked at him.

"You are not more discreet, Malfoy. The fact that you wanted to prove Potter wrong is the reason you switched sides."

"Whereas you had a more noble reason, Zabini?"

"Yes, I did." His gaze landed on the beds across from them where Lovegood and Summers lay. Lovegood still hadn't woken up. Summers had, and had been forced to go back to sleep.

"Getting into Summers' knickers doesn't count, Zabini."

"Then it's a damn good thing that I don't want in her knickers, isn't Malfoy?"

"Would you two shut the bloody hell up?" Ginny Weasley cried. They were driving her batty, seeing as they were taking over her. She silently cursed Pomfrey for putting her in the bed separating the two Slytherins.

"Now, now, Weaselette, don't get snippy." Draco sneered.

"Shut your pie hole, bouncing ferret," A sleepy voice came from across the room.

They all turned to stare at Luna, who'd pushed herself up on her shaking arms. The three of them were out of their beds in a heartbeat, racing to her side. She was shaking uncontrollably, her arms nearly giving out on her. Zabini and Malfoy quickly held her upright as Ginny poured her a glass of water.

"Gerrof me, you two!" Luna tried to shove them off of her, but she was too weak to do it.

"Here, Luna, drink this." Ginny held the glass to her lips.

"Thanks, Gin." She peered over Zabini's shoulder at Dawn. "Oh no!"

"What is it, Luna?"

"They're going to hurt her! Cut into her, they think she's the key. But she's not. Not all is done in Glory's name!" She looked panicked. Blaise never thought he'd see Lovegood's eyes go any wider. "They have Chamomile! They're going to try and bleed her, for Glorificus." She managed to shrug off Zabini, but Malfoy wasn't letting go. Then the unthinkable happened. Luna growled, drawing back her right arm and socking Malfoy in the face. "I have to tell Dumbledore!" She slipped off the bed, but her legs were still shaking from the Jelly leg hex someone had thrown at her earlier.

Zabini jumped over the bed and caught her up in his arms. She stared at him, confused. But then a hard glint came to her eyes.

"I have to tell Dumbledore, or they'll kill Cammi. I couldn't save my mother, or Cedric, or Sirius, or even Mrs. Malfoy." She bowed her head down low, speaking so softly he barely heard her. "But I can save Cammi. It's not too late."

"Then let's tell him, shall we?" He scooped her up in his arms and strode out the doors, leaving Draco and Ginny in stunned silence.

"What's goin' on?" Dawn blearily asked from the bed.

Ginny grinned over at Draco. He was still staring at the door.

"He did say he wasn't trying to get into Dawn's knickers." She gave a small laugh.

"But Lovegood's? I'd rather think he'd go for yours first." He gave her an appraising look that had her torn between punching him like Luna had, or blushing. She did both, and turned to face Dawn.

"Who's trying to get into my knickers? Where's Buffy and Spike? Why'd you hit Draco? Not that I care, he probably deserved it."

"Merlin preserve me from you crazy female Gryffs. I've been attacked four times in one day for trying to help you lot!" Draco rolled his eyes.

"Is that a new low for you, Malfoy?" Ginny snickered. "The attacks, that is?"

Malfoy Manor

They had thrown her in a playpen and started talking excitedly about how they had succeeded to their lord.

"You have brought me the Key, Ezme?"

"Yes, my lord. She's quite powerful. Apparated herself into Hogwarts. The child managed to get herself past even the wards on the Castle."

"Wards that have been erected since the founders built the school." A smooth voice that made Cammi want to cry said.

"And then we can get Potter. And cement my reign over the muggles." The slithers man hissed. Cammi started to cry again.

Furry-voice? Mean slithers hurt Cammi. Need you, Furry-voice.

I'm trying Cammi. I'll save you from the mean snakes.

He hurt Cammi, Furry-voice.

I'm working on it, Cammi

The little girl cried harder. She wanted to be home, with Furry-Voice and Aunties G and D, and Gran and Dada. Or back at that school with her aunts, and Unkies and Hermie, and Lu, and Ferret boy, and Head boy. Or at first home with Blonde one, and Pretty Eyes, and Dark Hair, and Tweed-man, and Red Witch, and Droopy skin, and - and Granma One, and - and Capi girl and - and

"Mama!" Cammi cried, over and over again.

Why should a bunch of Death Eaters care that the little girl had just said her first word?

Hogwarts

Buffy paced as the girl spoke quickly. They'd owled the Burrow and everyone was coming. She asked them to find Giles and get in touch with the rest of the A.I. team in L.A. and the Scoobies back home. This Luna girl had had a vision. They thought Cammi was the Key. They didn't know that it was Dawn.

They were trying to raise Glory - or Glory's hell dimension, anyway.

They were all there within the hour. With some quick arranging of Port-keys and side-along aparrations, Bill, Fleur, Percy and Tonks had managed to set up, they got the remaining members of the California teams and got them to England.

Dawn, Draco, Ginny, Luna, Blaise, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville Longbottom had all crowded into one quickly converted spare classroom. Connor was sent in after the California teams arrived. The 'adults' had decided that they wouldn't be part of the fight. A decision they all seemed to disagree with very loudly.

"Bull. Shit. My niece is in the evil clutches of dorks who are tying to raise a bimbo goddess. I'm so in on this." Dawn snapped, crossing her arms over her chest.

"She's our niece as well. If the twins get to go, so do Ron and I." Ginny gave a sharp nod.

"And where Ron goes, we go." Hermione and Harry said together.

"Neville and I went with them to the Battle of the Department of Mysteries at the Ministry. Besides, I know where she's being held." Luna pointed out.

"And Draco and I know how to get in unnoticed." Blaise spoke up as soon as Luna finished.

"I just want to fight." Connor said truthfully.

Dawn smiled at the quiet boy who'd arrived with Angel. The more voices to their cause the merrier she'd be.

"Well, looks as if the kids have thought this through, Slayer." Spike said lazily.

"But they're just kids!" Willow said nervously.

"And what were we, Will? Grownups?" Xander rolled his eyes.

"Some of us were 1200 year old Vengeance Demons who were stripped of our powers and turned into teenagers as a punishment," Anya said cheerily, earning odd looks from everyone. "Or maybe that was just me."

"Chipped vamp."

"Souled one."

"Demon from another dimension, chickadees."

"Sent to that dimension and lived like a slave for five years."

"Grew up in Quor-toth."

"Died twice. Are we quite done?" Buffy sighed, glaring at Anya, Spike, Angel, Lorne, Fred and Connor.

"We're going. End of story."

As am I.

A voice spoke in all of their heads as Hagrid carried Edgar into the room.

Chamomile is still safe, but she won't be for very much longer.

A/N: Ok, ending this one about seven pages shorter than the last one, but this is pretty much all I had summed up for part nine. In fact here's what I wrote in the outline for part nine: 9: Arrival of the Fang gang at hogwarts / Ginny and Luna sock Malfoy (City Of Love)