Chapter 2: The New World
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Dawn and the two men finally got to England. When they stepped off of the plane, Dawn felt queasy and had to be held up. She objected when Sirius tried to help her, she didn't like either of them for taking her away from the Scooby Gang.
Giles stood there looking at Dawn and smiled. "Hello, Dawn. Did you have a good flight?" he asked mildly.
"Oh yea, I had a blast. These two drag me away from home half way around the world to go to some magician school. Just great, thanks" she said sarcastically.
"Dawn, I had no idea they were doing this. If I had, I would've objected. Professor Dumbledore told me about it yesterday and said that he tried everything he could but the ministry wouldn't budge on it."
"Okay" she said looking away.
"Look, why don't we go to the house and discuss what's going on. I'll explain everything to you there." She followed him to get her bags and settled into his car. They drove for a few minutes, with Sirius and Remus in the back, and then finally stopped at a beautiful house.
It was small, but a good size for one person. The outside was off-white with blue shutters and overlooked a lake. Sirius carried her bags inside while they sat in the comfy sofa. Giles walked into the kitchen and came back out with four cups of tea.
They all said 'thank you' and began listening to Giles. "Well Dawn, you are going to be going to a Wizarding school, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, to be learning magic" Giles began.
"I'm not a witch though" Dawn butt in.
"You have a part of it in you. When you were the key, you were made up on energy and magic and the magic that made you up still resides in you. When the ministry found out about you, they traced that you were about fifty percent witch."
Dawn swallowed hard. Buffy wouldn't like this. She couldn't like this. Anytime now she would be barging through the door to get her and take her home. Everything would be okay, only if Buffy were here.
"I will teach you as much as I know, and then you will be put into Dumbledore's hands. He can protect you more than Buffy can, the Dark Lord fears him. You are going to be leaving in a week. I will be going on the train with you, actually I am teaching you so I'll be sort of like your Watcher."
"How do you know magic?" Dawn asked.
"I went to Hogwarts in my younger years. I just never told any of you."
"I still can't believe I was kidnapped."
"You weren't kidnapped" Remus said.
"You've been awful mean" Dawn replied to him.
"I am not mean. Just very agitated at the ministry. They always send us out on the dirty jobs" he said setting his tea cup and saucer down on the table.
"Well, I'm going to bed" Sirius said. He went up the stairs to a room on the right and Remus followed him but went to a room on the left. Giles showed Dawn her room which was right beside of Remus'.
"Tomorrow we will be going to Diagon Alley to get your things. I will explain the currency that goes on in the Wizarding world and everything else you have questions about." He gave Dawn a hug and walked out of the room.
"Great" she murmured to herself. "No one to talk to but little old me. I'm tired of talking to myself." She went on blabbing about the last day and what happened in all of it. She got so tired of talking that she just laid her head on the pillow and fell asleep. Her pajamas were still on from when they left her home in Sunnydale.
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"So, we have to wear all black?" Dawn asked Giles. She didn't like the fact that she would look gothic. She had many gothic friends back in Sunnydale, but she didn't think it fit her. Dawn liked colorful clothes, to express her mind.
"Yes" Giles said. They were standing outside of the Robe Shop and then walked in. A little bell rang and a witch came out. Dawn already got her wand, she got Oak Wood with rosemary and that was thirteen and a half inches long.
The witch took her over in the back to get her measurements. "So dear, what year are you?"
"Huh?" Dawn asked.
"How old are you?"
"Fifteen" Dawn answered.
"Fifth year?" she asked. "I've never seen you around here before" the witch eyed her carefully.
"This is my second day being in London. I have to go to a witch school and learn magic; some guys are trying to protect me from the dark lord, whoever that is."
"Okay, here we are." The witch zapped up some robes and gave them to Giles.
"Thank you" they said. When they left they headed off to get an owl for Dawn.
"So, what kind of owl do you want?" Giles asked her.
"There's more than one kind of owl?" she asked nervously.
"Yes, there's the Barn owl, snowy owl, and more."
"Ooh, Snowy. Sounds cool."
"Then there's the midnight owl."
"Let me guess! That one only goes out on midnight?" she asked laughing.
"No, it's only named the 'midnight owl' because it's black as midnight and if it's out at night no one can see it" Giles explained.
"Oh" she replied. "I want that one!" she screamed. She pointed to a black owl that had one tiny white spot on its head.
"Ah, the Midnight Owl" Giles said. They walked in and purchased the owl then went back out. "You ready to get on the train in the morning?" he asked.
"Yea" she replied.
"Remus, Sirius, and I will see you off to the train in the morning and then we have to apparate there."
"You're leaving me?!" she almost shouted.
"I have to. Teachers usually aren't allowed to get on the train. Only on special occasions are they allowed to."
"But-"
"I can't" he kept saying.
~*~
Dawn and the two men finally got to England. When they stepped off of the plane, Dawn felt queasy and had to be held up. She objected when Sirius tried to help her, she didn't like either of them for taking her away from the Scooby Gang.
Giles stood there looking at Dawn and smiled. "Hello, Dawn. Did you have a good flight?" he asked mildly.
"Oh yea, I had a blast. These two drag me away from home half way around the world to go to some magician school. Just great, thanks" she said sarcastically.
"Dawn, I had no idea they were doing this. If I had, I would've objected. Professor Dumbledore told me about it yesterday and said that he tried everything he could but the ministry wouldn't budge on it."
"Okay" she said looking away.
"Look, why don't we go to the house and discuss what's going on. I'll explain everything to you there." She followed him to get her bags and settled into his car. They drove for a few minutes, with Sirius and Remus in the back, and then finally stopped at a beautiful house.
It was small, but a good size for one person. The outside was off-white with blue shutters and overlooked a lake. Sirius carried her bags inside while they sat in the comfy sofa. Giles walked into the kitchen and came back out with four cups of tea.
They all said 'thank you' and began listening to Giles. "Well Dawn, you are going to be going to a Wizarding school, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, to be learning magic" Giles began.
"I'm not a witch though" Dawn butt in.
"You have a part of it in you. When you were the key, you were made up on energy and magic and the magic that made you up still resides in you. When the ministry found out about you, they traced that you were about fifty percent witch."
Dawn swallowed hard. Buffy wouldn't like this. She couldn't like this. Anytime now she would be barging through the door to get her and take her home. Everything would be okay, only if Buffy were here.
"I will teach you as much as I know, and then you will be put into Dumbledore's hands. He can protect you more than Buffy can, the Dark Lord fears him. You are going to be leaving in a week. I will be going on the train with you, actually I am teaching you so I'll be sort of like your Watcher."
"How do you know magic?" Dawn asked.
"I went to Hogwarts in my younger years. I just never told any of you."
"I still can't believe I was kidnapped."
"You weren't kidnapped" Remus said.
"You've been awful mean" Dawn replied to him.
"I am not mean. Just very agitated at the ministry. They always send us out on the dirty jobs" he said setting his tea cup and saucer down on the table.
"Well, I'm going to bed" Sirius said. He went up the stairs to a room on the right and Remus followed him but went to a room on the left. Giles showed Dawn her room which was right beside of Remus'.
"Tomorrow we will be going to Diagon Alley to get your things. I will explain the currency that goes on in the Wizarding world and everything else you have questions about." He gave Dawn a hug and walked out of the room.
"Great" she murmured to herself. "No one to talk to but little old me. I'm tired of talking to myself." She went on blabbing about the last day and what happened in all of it. She got so tired of talking that she just laid her head on the pillow and fell asleep. Her pajamas were still on from when they left her home in Sunnydale.
~*~
"So, we have to wear all black?" Dawn asked Giles. She didn't like the fact that she would look gothic. She had many gothic friends back in Sunnydale, but she didn't think it fit her. Dawn liked colorful clothes, to express her mind.
"Yes" Giles said. They were standing outside of the Robe Shop and then walked in. A little bell rang and a witch came out. Dawn already got her wand, she got Oak Wood with rosemary and that was thirteen and a half inches long.
The witch took her over in the back to get her measurements. "So dear, what year are you?"
"Huh?" Dawn asked.
"How old are you?"
"Fifteen" Dawn answered.
"Fifth year?" she asked. "I've never seen you around here before" the witch eyed her carefully.
"This is my second day being in London. I have to go to a witch school and learn magic; some guys are trying to protect me from the dark lord, whoever that is."
"Okay, here we are." The witch zapped up some robes and gave them to Giles.
"Thank you" they said. When they left they headed off to get an owl for Dawn.
"So, what kind of owl do you want?" Giles asked her.
"There's more than one kind of owl?" she asked nervously.
"Yes, there's the Barn owl, snowy owl, and more."
"Ooh, Snowy. Sounds cool."
"Then there's the midnight owl."
"Let me guess! That one only goes out on midnight?" she asked laughing.
"No, it's only named the 'midnight owl' because it's black as midnight and if it's out at night no one can see it" Giles explained.
"Oh" she replied. "I want that one!" she screamed. She pointed to a black owl that had one tiny white spot on its head.
"Ah, the Midnight Owl" Giles said. They walked in and purchased the owl then went back out. "You ready to get on the train in the morning?" he asked.
"Yea" she replied.
"Remus, Sirius, and I will see you off to the train in the morning and then we have to apparate there."
"You're leaving me?!" she almost shouted.
"I have to. Teachers usually aren't allowed to get on the train. Only on special occasions are they allowed to."
"But-"
"I can't" he kept saying.