Chapter 9

Dynasty244: Thanks, I don't know if Harry, Ron, and Hermione will be more of main characters. They will be in it; I just haven't made a place for them yet. I'm trying to work on it though.

fairysk8r: Sorry the chapter was so short! I couldn't think of anything else. I'll make this one as long as I can.

angelic-devil: Thank you, I wanted Buffy to talk to Pansy and try to put her in her place.

Top Dancing Widow: Oh, I love making people put Pansy in her place!

willowwiccantara: I'm not sure if she's gonna put a spell on Snape. Hmm, I'll think about it though. Buffy may end up kicking Pansy's ass sometime. I can assure you someone will! Sorry, I gotta mention Giles again!

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"So, big sis has to fight your fight?"

Dawn whipped around to see Pansy with her hands placed on her hips and a small smirk on her face.

"What are you talking about?" Dawn asked as her eyes narrowed.

"Fight your own fight, mudblood. The Slayer talked to me and told me to stay away from you or she would hurt me. Big sis won't always be around to protect you."

"First of all, I didn't even know about her talking to you. Second of all, I can fight my own fights. And third of all" she broke off and punched Pansy right in the face, knocking her backwards and onto the floor, "I'm not a mudblood" she said as she hunched over Pansy who was holding her face in her hands with fear pouring out of her eyes, but not letting a whimper or tear out.

Some of the Slytherins in the common room started staring at those two. "You'll pay for that" Pansy said to Dawn.

"Try me" she replied. Pansy's friends rushed over to her and each of them grabbed an arm and hoisted her up onto her feet. She walked up the stairs to her dormitory mumbling under her breath.

Dawn marched out of the Slytherin dungeon common room and passed Draco on her way out, not paying attention to him. "Hey Summers, what's your problem?" he asked as he followed her down the corridor.

"I'm gonna kill my sister; that's all" she said through clenched teeth.

"For what?"

"She talked to Parkinson. Told her that if she didn't leave me alone then she was gonna beat her up or something."

"And that's a problem because?"

"I can handle myself! I'm not ten years old!"

"Okay. Sorry" he said, trying to calm her down. They walked past Snape's potions room and reached a portrait of a young lady with sandy brown hair and bright blue eyes with a pale pink dress on to accentuate her eye color. The scenery behind her was full of trees and grass and a lake.

"Scoobies" Dawn said to it. The portrait door swung open to reveal a little meeting of the Scooby gang.

"Is everything okay Dawn?" Buffy asked with concern.

"No" she whispered in a deadly tone.

"What's wrong?"

"You! You had to go to Parkinson and threaten her! I can handle myself!"

"It sure seemed like you didn't. I didn't see any bruises." Draco snickered at her remark.

"Hey blondie. Shut up" Spike said to Draco.

"You shut up you oaf" Draco said.

"Mini-Spike!" Anya called out. He just looked at her like she was insane. "What? You look just like him. Don't you agree? Xander? Tara? Willow? Don't you agree?"

"I do not look like him" Draco said.

"I see a slight resemblance, but other than that" Tara jumped in.

"I agree" Xander and Willow said at different times.

"Excuse me, we were in the middle of my yelling at Buffy" Dawn intruded.

"Sorry" the others muttered to her.

"Fighting's not the answer to everything, Buffy!" Dawn shouted.

"To me it is!"

"I'm not you! I'm Dawn! I could just easily put a hex on her, but no, you screwed it over for me!"

"Well sorry! I just wanted to protect you!"

"Is everything okay in here?" a mild voice asked. It was Giles.

"No!" Buffy and Dawn shouted together.

"What's going on?" he asked.

"Buffy ran to Parkinson and threatened her if she ever got near me."

"Buffy, that isn't safe to be doing at Hogwarts" Giles said.

"Whatever" she mumbled as she sat on the couch in the middle of the Scooby common room. There were doors leading to their bed rooms, but they met here a lot.

Draco walked over to a chair and sat down near Tara who was at the end of the sofa. "So you're a witch?" he asked her.

"Yes. My mom was too, she came here. But, she died and I got adopted by some people and they wouldn't let me come here. I taught myself. Willow taught herself too. She's a really powerful witch" Tara said.

"You taught yourselves? Wasn't it hard?"

"A little."

"Can I see your wand?"

"Wand?"

"Yea" he pulled his out and showed it to her.

"We don't use wands. Just our hands."

"Don't use wands? That's crazy!" he said. "Cool" he looked over at her a second after. She giggled a little bit after he said that. Willow looked at her lover and smiled to herself.

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The Scooby gang was placed at the staff table as the others made room for them. After that, Dawn saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione. She only talked to them a couple of times, not many. She sat with them on the train ride to Hogwarts for her first time and she talked to them when she had them in her classes. They were friends; just not best, best friends like those three were since they were first years.

Dawn said hey to them and stopped for a brief moment while they chatted a little then they heard the bell. "Well, see you in Defense Against the Dark Arts" she said as she waved behind her.

"Bye" they said. Hermione was fidgeting with something in her pocket and didn't see Spike as she ran right into him.

"Sorry" she said.

"What?" he asked as she stared at him.

"You look familiar."

"Yea, everyone says me and that Malfoy kid look-a-like."

"No, you do, but that's not where I've seen you."

"Uh, okay. I have to go now" and he walked out.

"What was that all about?" Ron asked as they all looked behind to see him walk out of the Great Hall.

"I've seen him somewhere but I just can't remember where!" she racked her brain but found nothing.

"It's probably nothing" Harry said.

"We better hurry or we're going to be late for Charms" Hermione said to them while she glanced at her watch. They walked fast to their Charms classroom just in time before the next bell rang.