Hello everyone! I know this is a day late but I figured better today than on Sunday. The next chapter will be up on Sunday though.

A/N: Yes, I know Draco may seem a little off in this chapter but there will be reasons behind it that will be explained in the next chapter. I swear to it.

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Part Thirteen

Draco glared at the old man standing in front of him. The blond took the muggle object from the man's hand that was to be used as his portkey.

Dumbledore smiled and said, "We'll see you in two weeks, Mr. Malfoy. Have fun."

Then Draco felt the familiar tug at his navel and the world spun around him. The next thing he knew, he was standing in the middle of a large room with very bright lights. He looked about slightly dazed and then a blonde woman approached him.

"Hi! You must be Draco Malfoy," she said cheerfully. "We've been expecting you. Dawn wanted to meet you herself, but there was a meeting thing. My name in Harmony, I'm Angel's secretary. I'll just take you to the meeting. Ok?"

"My bags?" He asked as she finally stopped talking.

"Oh, just leave them here. Somebody will take them up to your room. Just follow me."

He nodded and began following. The wizard couldn't help but look around in interest at the bustling place. People seemed to be moving constantly and were dressed in unfamiliar muggle clothing. The secretary herself was dressed strangely in a skirt that barely touched her knees that seemed to swish as her hips swayed from side to side.

She opened a set of double doors to reveal a large room that contained a table with a lot of people sitting around it. He recognized several of them.

"There you go," she said. "I'll see you later." Then she turned and left.

"Hi, Malfoy," Dawn said from her place at the table.

"Summers," he said coolly.

Dawn looked at Giles, "Can I leave now?"

"Only after you introduce everybody."
"Fine. Everybody this is Draco Malfoy. Malfoy, the brooding one across from me is Angel. You already know Giles and Wesley. The guy with the eye patch is Xander and the woman next to him is Willow. On this side of the table you know Buffy, and then it's Gunn, Fred, and Lorne."
"Fred?" Draco asked. "Her name is Fred?"

"It's Winifred actually, but everybody just calls me Fred," the brunette said in her Texan accent.

"Can I show him around now?" Dawn asked with a pleading look.

"Yes, you can," Giles said. "I believe we've covered everything that concerns you."
"Great," she said as she jumped to her feet. She walked towards the door and grabbed Draco's arm as she passed by. "Let's go."

Before Draco realized it, she had pulled him back out into the hallway and shut the door behind them. Regaining his senses, he yanked his arm out of her grip. "Don't touch me," he snarled. "What was that all about?"
"Trust me. If we hadn't left, we'd be stuck in that meeting all day. And meetings? Not really a lot of fun. Thought I'd show you around first since you'll be here for two weeks." Then a thought occurred to her and she turned to look at him strangely. "Why are you here?"
"Because I was required to ask and you said I could come," he said, speaking slowly as if she was a child.

She frowned at him. "That's not what I meant. It's Christmas. Shouldn't you be home with your family?"
Draco shrugged. "It was ok with them." Then changing the subject he asked, "Is it always this bright in here?"

"What do you mean?"

"The lights. Are they always this bright?" He was still squinting his eyes slightly.

"Yup. It's from something we like to call electricity. Gives us lots of bright lights to see with. Muggles got rid of the whole candle and torch thing years ago." She flashed him a smile. "Don't worry, you'll get used to it."

Several hours later, Dawn led Draco upstairs to where the apartments were located. "I hope you don't mind, but we thought it would be best if you shared an apartment with Xander. He has an empty room you can use. I'm afraid it's not much, but it'll have to do."

He tried to prevent his eyes from widening when she opened the door to the apartment. The living room area was nearly as large as the Slytherin Common Room. There were several sofas that were arranged around a large box. He looked at it curiously and asked, "What's that?"

"It's what we call a television. You'll have plenty of time to become addicted to it later. But why don't you change out of your robes and into muggle clothing. That way we can go out to eat and then to the movies, which is a big muggle pastime."

"Movies?" He asked.

Dawn smiled. "Trust me. You'll love it." She walked towards a door and said, "This is your room." The door swung open to reveal a huge room with a four poster bed. "I'll be back in about an hour. Is that enough time for you to primp?"
"I don't primp."
"Whatever," she said indifferently as she walked out of the room. "I'll be back in an hour and you had better be ready."
Draco sighed softly to himself as he heard her close the door to the apartment. He hated to admit it, but from what little he had seen, muggles weren't what he thought they were. They had technology that nearly did everything that a wizard's magic could do.

His father had always taught him to believe that muggles were idiots, barely smarter than a monkey. But in the space of a few hours, he could clearly see that his father had been wrong.

The blond had a sneaky suspicion that Dumbledore knew that this trip would change his views. He was the only member of Slytherin who was taking part in this aspect of the course. Most of the other muggles had long since stopped writing to his housemates. And those who were still writing couldn't obtain permission for the visitation.

Either way, when this was over, he was going to be looking at the entire world in a different light.

"That was wicked. The way that car escaped just before the building exploded was brilliant," Draco said in a rush as they left the cinema.

Dawn laughed. "I take it you enjoyed the movie?"
Realizing that he seemed too excited, Draco quickly cooled his features. "It was ok."

"I noticed you sat on the edge of your seat through most of it."
Draco pretended he didn't hear the comment. "What type of movie did you say that was?"

"Action. Those kinds of movies are really popular with guys, which is why I chose it."
As they got in the car, he nonchalantly asked, "Could we see another movie while I'm here?"

"Sure. Maybe we'll watch a sci-fi movie next time," she said as she drove the car out onto the street.

"Can I ask you something?" He asked after a few minutes.

"Yeah, what?"

He turned in his seat so he could see her better and then asked, "If you're a watcher, why don't you have a slayer?"
She sighed and began to explain. "In the States the legal adult age is eighteen. Since I'm only seventeen, Giles didn't want to place me in charge of a slayer for legal reasons. Even though I've been helping Buffy for a while now. When I turn eighteen next year I'll probably have several slayers in L.A. assigned to me. But until then I'm helping with the organizing of the new council, research, and recruiting."
"Do you do a lot of recruiting?"
"Well, yeah. There were only a handful of watchers left after the destruction of the old council building and the Bringers picking them off. We've gone to other wizarding schools besides Hogwarts, and we keep a look out for people who are aware of the demon world."
Draco nodded and became lost in his own thoughts. He never noticed the sly smile that appeared on her face.