BUFFY: "I don't think we've been properly introduced. I'm Buffy and
you're…history."
Never kill a boy on the first date
Chapter 2:
As Harry and the others walked into the Great hall he noticed there was no teacher in
the defence against the dark arts seat. Turning to Hermione and Ron he saw they had
also seen the empty chair. Slowly the school settled at their tables and after the
sorting, Dumbledore stood, as always, to make his opening speech. He was
interrupted, however, by a shrill scream at the other end of the end of the Hall. In
alarm everyone turned to see four huge muscular men striding down the Hall. As they
came closer Harry could see the ugly contortions on their faces and the long cruel
fangs protruding from their mouths. Vampires. They grinned evilly as a guttural
laugh escaped the first while he licked his lips. The school was frozen in fear as they
approached and even the teachers seemed scared.
"Hey"
The voice came from the back of the Hall. "Why don't you pick on someone your
own ugliness?"
The vampires turned along with the rest of the school to see four women standing
there. All four were carrying crucifixes and stakes. The slim blonde in the middle
was also carrying a crossbow. One of the vampires started back towards the women
when the short redhead raised a hand. The vampire was frozen where he stood. The
brunette who had spoken raised an elegant eyebrow. "Then again, as there's no one
here as ugly as you, you'll just have to deal with us." With that the blonde raised her
crossbow. There was a soft swish and a thud followed by a short scream and the
vampire turned to dust. The redhead lowered her hand and the other three stepped
forward, the blond in the middle, the other two, the third also a brunette, but her hair
shorted and tamer than the first's wild curls, backing her up. The three remaining
vampires hesitated before the blonde spun around into a high kick, slamming one of
the vampires in the gut. The two brunettes moved also, each taking one of the
remaining vampires. The first slammed an open palm into her vampire's chest before
slamming her foot into his jaw. As the vampire staggered back she kicked him again
in the side. The vampire however grabbed her foot and swung her around. As she
crashed onto one shoulder she rolled back, swinging her feet up into the vampire's
throat. With the vampire off balance she raised her stake and slammed it into his
heart. The second dealt out a couple of punches to both sides of the third vampire's
head before a sound roundhouse kick to his ribs caused the vampire to fall onto the
floor. She leapt on top of him and swiftly staked him and dropped the last couple of
inches to the floor as he turned to dust. The blonde had by this point already
dispatched her vampire, his dust blowing in the breeze with his companions.
"Too easy" The first brunette rolled her eyes as the other nodded in agreement. "Hey
kid" She continued looking up at Dumbledore "We late or something?"
"Not really my dears, your timing is impeccable. School, I would like you to meet
four of your new defence against the dark arts teachers."
"Did she just call Dumbledore 'kid'?" Ron whispered. Harry shrugged and turned his
attention back to the three women.
"May I introduce Willow Rosenburg" Dumbledore continued. At this the redhead
nodded. "Buffy Summers" The blonde winked. "Water" the first brunette grinned
cheekily. "And finally Fire" The second brunette smiled and shook her hair.
Suddenly shots of auburn and blonde shot through her hair. When it settled it went
back to brown, settling around her shoulders in a neat bob.
"What kind of names are they? Fire. Water. Weirdoes" Pansy Parkinson's voice
rang out from across the Hall.
"The names of beings far older and more powerful than you could ever hope to be"
Water drawled lazily, putting an arm out to stop Fire who had stepped forward, her
eyes flashing dangerously. Fire breathed in through her teeth, controlling her temper.
When she was calm she spoke. "I look forward to our first lesson, maybe I can teach
you some manners"
"Will you be joining us for the feast?" McGonagall's voice was sharp as she
interrupted.
"Nah, vampires to slay, demons to hunt, that kind of thing" there was a definite
American accent to Buffy's voice. "We'll be back first thing in the morning to teach,
don't worry"
At this Willow turned and seemed to pull at the air. A rip opened and a dark portal
appeared. Amid gasps from the students the women climbed into it and disappeared.
A moment later Willow's head reappeared. She leaned out of the portal and grabbed
the bottom. With a cheerful "see ya" she pulled it up and the portal was sealed.
"Well, now that little drama's over, perhaps we may now settle for our wonderful
feast!" Dumbledore exclaimed, "You shall met the remainder of your defence against
the dark arts teachers as time goes on"
With that the food appeared and voices started to babble around the Hall. Harry
turned to Ron and Hermione. "What on earth do you suppose all that was about?"
"Dunno, guess we'll find out at our first lesson," Ron replied
"They look like they'll be able to teach us so much, did you see the way they handled
those vampires, it was incredible" Hermione seemed in shock
"Tell me about it," Seamus added. "I always thought vampires were meant to be lie
super string or something."
Dean looked across at a chair that had been smashed during the fight. "They are.
Must mean those women are just as strong."
"But that redhead, Willow Rosenburg wasn't it?" Hermione paused for conformation.
"She just raised her hand then wham! I mean, he could move, he was just frozen.
That's very advanced magic. I didn't see any wand either, it was incredible"
"People that strong would make powerful allies against Voldemort," Harry mused.
"And from the sound of it there's more of them"
"Guess we'll just have to wait and see" Ron said
"So where's Malfoy?" Harry asked
"Why, you interested?" Seamus' voice was teasing
"Worried" Harry corrected
"He's over there on the Slytherin table, exactly where he's supposed to be" Dean
assured Harry.
"The Slytherin table!" Harry exclaimed. "They'll slaughter him! Don't the teachers
realise what danger he's in?"
"I'm sure their on top of the situation Harry" Hermione soothed. Harry just looked
concerned. "I'm still not happy"
"Harry calm down" This was from Ginny. Everyone else was shocked. They'd
never heard Ginny Weasley argue with Harry Potter before. "Malfoy will,
unfortunately be fine. He's a strong person anyway, and you know he's the most
talented Slytherin by a long shot. They wouldn't have a chance if they tried to curse
him" Harry nodded, agreeing finally. Gradually the students all finished the feast and
Dumbledore stood again. "Before you all depart, I would like to make the Head boy
and girl announcements as well as finalising this years junior prefects. Firstly this
years Head boy will be Mr Edward Westfield from Ravenclaw House and this years
Head girl will be Miss Jennifer Logan from Gryffindor." The school applauded
politely as the two seventh years stood. Dumbledore continued, "The sixth year
prefects will be Mr Draco Malfoy from Slytherin; Mr Justin Finch-Fletchley from
Hufflepuff; Miss Hermione Granger from Gryffindor and Miss Mandy Brocklehurst
from Ravenclaw" The school applauded again as the new prefects stood. "Finally, I
would like to say welcome back, work hard and have a good year. I believe all the
prefects know the new passwords."
With that the students started to scramble for the exit, chattering excitedly once more.
As the Gryffindors approached the portrait of the Pink Lady Hermione pushed to the
front. "Starlight. The new password's starlight" The portrait swung open and they
climbed inside. Once in the common room Ron collapsed onto a chair, pulling
Hermione onto his lap. "Well, looks like this is going to be an interesting year"
"That's an understatement" Dean agreed.
Harry nodded as he watched the various other years milling around him, all excitedly
chattering to one another. With a load groan he collapsed onto a large cushion. He
looked up to see the others all looking at him in concern. "This sucks!" Ron frowned
"What sucks?"
"Everything"
"Care to elaborate just a tad?"
"Having to live life in fear of some evil bastard everyone thought died over 16 years
ago, having vampires, VAMPIRES, invade the feast, having some weird outsiders of
bizarre power teaching us, and only one more year until the bloody NEWTS. I mean
we just had the OWLS last year, give us a break already. We're too busy fighting the
forces of evil to worry about exams. And I'm still bloody single."
"Sooo, really everything just bout covered it" Seamus commented dryly
"Yep." Harry agreed with a sigh. "Don't even get me started on the whole, my
godfather's a wanted criminal, and for a crime he didn't commit"
"Yeah, cos, that just gets boring after the first thousand or so tellings"
"Ron, are you gaining a sarcastic streak?" Neville gasped in mock horror while
everyone, including Harry laughed at Ron's blush.
"Maybe, but still, Harry you've got to stop angsting about everything."
"Is 'angsting' even a word?" Hermione mused.
"I don't know, but that's what Harry's doing," Ron exclaimed
"I'm sorry, it just seems like so much. Ok, Ok, I'll stop whining" Harry laughed after
the others glared at him. "I promise. This year will be a happy year away from angst
and I will not be single by the end of it!"
"Oooh, is that a promise?" Seamus asked cheekily
"Which part?"
"Both"
"Yeah, it's a promise."
"So, what do you think of these new teachers?" Hermione asked, focused, as always,
on schoolwork.
"Could go either way," Dean commented. "They could be brilliant, or they could be
disasters like that guy we had last year."
"But that guy was like Lockheart, he blatantly didn't know his stuff, these seem to.
And they must be good if they kept Snape away from the post again. Dumbledore's
hardly likely to choose stranger's if they weren't good," Ron added
"And we all saw how they handled those vampires," Neville said.
"Guess, we'll just have to wait and see. Shouldn't be long until our first lesson."
"Ron groaned. "Bet we have Snape first thing tomorrow. Be just our luck if our first
lesson of the year is with the Slytherins"
you're…history."
Never kill a boy on the first date
Chapter 2:
As Harry and the others walked into the Great hall he noticed there was no teacher in
the defence against the dark arts seat. Turning to Hermione and Ron he saw they had
also seen the empty chair. Slowly the school settled at their tables and after the
sorting, Dumbledore stood, as always, to make his opening speech. He was
interrupted, however, by a shrill scream at the other end of the end of the Hall. In
alarm everyone turned to see four huge muscular men striding down the Hall. As they
came closer Harry could see the ugly contortions on their faces and the long cruel
fangs protruding from their mouths. Vampires. They grinned evilly as a guttural
laugh escaped the first while he licked his lips. The school was frozen in fear as they
approached and even the teachers seemed scared.
"Hey"
The voice came from the back of the Hall. "Why don't you pick on someone your
own ugliness?"
The vampires turned along with the rest of the school to see four women standing
there. All four were carrying crucifixes and stakes. The slim blonde in the middle
was also carrying a crossbow. One of the vampires started back towards the women
when the short redhead raised a hand. The vampire was frozen where he stood. The
brunette who had spoken raised an elegant eyebrow. "Then again, as there's no one
here as ugly as you, you'll just have to deal with us." With that the blonde raised her
crossbow. There was a soft swish and a thud followed by a short scream and the
vampire turned to dust. The redhead lowered her hand and the other three stepped
forward, the blond in the middle, the other two, the third also a brunette, but her hair
shorted and tamer than the first's wild curls, backing her up. The three remaining
vampires hesitated before the blonde spun around into a high kick, slamming one of
the vampires in the gut. The two brunettes moved also, each taking one of the
remaining vampires. The first slammed an open palm into her vampire's chest before
slamming her foot into his jaw. As the vampire staggered back she kicked him again
in the side. The vampire however grabbed her foot and swung her around. As she
crashed onto one shoulder she rolled back, swinging her feet up into the vampire's
throat. With the vampire off balance she raised her stake and slammed it into his
heart. The second dealt out a couple of punches to both sides of the third vampire's
head before a sound roundhouse kick to his ribs caused the vampire to fall onto the
floor. She leapt on top of him and swiftly staked him and dropped the last couple of
inches to the floor as he turned to dust. The blonde had by this point already
dispatched her vampire, his dust blowing in the breeze with his companions.
"Too easy" The first brunette rolled her eyes as the other nodded in agreement. "Hey
kid" She continued looking up at Dumbledore "We late or something?"
"Not really my dears, your timing is impeccable. School, I would like you to meet
four of your new defence against the dark arts teachers."
"Did she just call Dumbledore 'kid'?" Ron whispered. Harry shrugged and turned his
attention back to the three women.
"May I introduce Willow Rosenburg" Dumbledore continued. At this the redhead
nodded. "Buffy Summers" The blonde winked. "Water" the first brunette grinned
cheekily. "And finally Fire" The second brunette smiled and shook her hair.
Suddenly shots of auburn and blonde shot through her hair. When it settled it went
back to brown, settling around her shoulders in a neat bob.
"What kind of names are they? Fire. Water. Weirdoes" Pansy Parkinson's voice
rang out from across the Hall.
"The names of beings far older and more powerful than you could ever hope to be"
Water drawled lazily, putting an arm out to stop Fire who had stepped forward, her
eyes flashing dangerously. Fire breathed in through her teeth, controlling her temper.
When she was calm she spoke. "I look forward to our first lesson, maybe I can teach
you some manners"
"Will you be joining us for the feast?" McGonagall's voice was sharp as she
interrupted.
"Nah, vampires to slay, demons to hunt, that kind of thing" there was a definite
American accent to Buffy's voice. "We'll be back first thing in the morning to teach,
don't worry"
At this Willow turned and seemed to pull at the air. A rip opened and a dark portal
appeared. Amid gasps from the students the women climbed into it and disappeared.
A moment later Willow's head reappeared. She leaned out of the portal and grabbed
the bottom. With a cheerful "see ya" she pulled it up and the portal was sealed.
"Well, now that little drama's over, perhaps we may now settle for our wonderful
feast!" Dumbledore exclaimed, "You shall met the remainder of your defence against
the dark arts teachers as time goes on"
With that the food appeared and voices started to babble around the Hall. Harry
turned to Ron and Hermione. "What on earth do you suppose all that was about?"
"Dunno, guess we'll find out at our first lesson," Ron replied
"They look like they'll be able to teach us so much, did you see the way they handled
those vampires, it was incredible" Hermione seemed in shock
"Tell me about it," Seamus added. "I always thought vampires were meant to be lie
super string or something."
Dean looked across at a chair that had been smashed during the fight. "They are.
Must mean those women are just as strong."
"But that redhead, Willow Rosenburg wasn't it?" Hermione paused for conformation.
"She just raised her hand then wham! I mean, he could move, he was just frozen.
That's very advanced magic. I didn't see any wand either, it was incredible"
"People that strong would make powerful allies against Voldemort," Harry mused.
"And from the sound of it there's more of them"
"Guess we'll just have to wait and see" Ron said
"So where's Malfoy?" Harry asked
"Why, you interested?" Seamus' voice was teasing
"Worried" Harry corrected
"He's over there on the Slytherin table, exactly where he's supposed to be" Dean
assured Harry.
"The Slytherin table!" Harry exclaimed. "They'll slaughter him! Don't the teachers
realise what danger he's in?"
"I'm sure their on top of the situation Harry" Hermione soothed. Harry just looked
concerned. "I'm still not happy"
"Harry calm down" This was from Ginny. Everyone else was shocked. They'd
never heard Ginny Weasley argue with Harry Potter before. "Malfoy will,
unfortunately be fine. He's a strong person anyway, and you know he's the most
talented Slytherin by a long shot. They wouldn't have a chance if they tried to curse
him" Harry nodded, agreeing finally. Gradually the students all finished the feast and
Dumbledore stood again. "Before you all depart, I would like to make the Head boy
and girl announcements as well as finalising this years junior prefects. Firstly this
years Head boy will be Mr Edward Westfield from Ravenclaw House and this years
Head girl will be Miss Jennifer Logan from Gryffindor." The school applauded
politely as the two seventh years stood. Dumbledore continued, "The sixth year
prefects will be Mr Draco Malfoy from Slytherin; Mr Justin Finch-Fletchley from
Hufflepuff; Miss Hermione Granger from Gryffindor and Miss Mandy Brocklehurst
from Ravenclaw" The school applauded again as the new prefects stood. "Finally, I
would like to say welcome back, work hard and have a good year. I believe all the
prefects know the new passwords."
With that the students started to scramble for the exit, chattering excitedly once more.
As the Gryffindors approached the portrait of the Pink Lady Hermione pushed to the
front. "Starlight. The new password's starlight" The portrait swung open and they
climbed inside. Once in the common room Ron collapsed onto a chair, pulling
Hermione onto his lap. "Well, looks like this is going to be an interesting year"
"That's an understatement" Dean agreed.
Harry nodded as he watched the various other years milling around him, all excitedly
chattering to one another. With a load groan he collapsed onto a large cushion. He
looked up to see the others all looking at him in concern. "This sucks!" Ron frowned
"What sucks?"
"Everything"
"Care to elaborate just a tad?"
"Having to live life in fear of some evil bastard everyone thought died over 16 years
ago, having vampires, VAMPIRES, invade the feast, having some weird outsiders of
bizarre power teaching us, and only one more year until the bloody NEWTS. I mean
we just had the OWLS last year, give us a break already. We're too busy fighting the
forces of evil to worry about exams. And I'm still bloody single."
"Sooo, really everything just bout covered it" Seamus commented dryly
"Yep." Harry agreed with a sigh. "Don't even get me started on the whole, my
godfather's a wanted criminal, and for a crime he didn't commit"
"Yeah, cos, that just gets boring after the first thousand or so tellings"
"Ron, are you gaining a sarcastic streak?" Neville gasped in mock horror while
everyone, including Harry laughed at Ron's blush.
"Maybe, but still, Harry you've got to stop angsting about everything."
"Is 'angsting' even a word?" Hermione mused.
"I don't know, but that's what Harry's doing," Ron exclaimed
"I'm sorry, it just seems like so much. Ok, Ok, I'll stop whining" Harry laughed after
the others glared at him. "I promise. This year will be a happy year away from angst
and I will not be single by the end of it!"
"Oooh, is that a promise?" Seamus asked cheekily
"Which part?"
"Both"
"Yeah, it's a promise."
"So, what do you think of these new teachers?" Hermione asked, focused, as always,
on schoolwork.
"Could go either way," Dean commented. "They could be brilliant, or they could be
disasters like that guy we had last year."
"But that guy was like Lockheart, he blatantly didn't know his stuff, these seem to.
And they must be good if they kept Snape away from the post again. Dumbledore's
hardly likely to choose stranger's if they weren't good," Ron added
"And we all saw how they handled those vampires," Neville said.
"Guess, we'll just have to wait and see. Shouldn't be long until our first lesson."
"Ron groaned. "Bet we have Snape first thing tomorrow. Be just our luck if our first
lesson of the year is with the Slytherins"