Chrysalis

AN: This is my first story. Feedback is more then welcome. I am not extremely familiar with The Angel series or with the details of later BtVS episodes so I will be taking some creative license with things. It's a fan fiction accept it.

Disclaimer: This piece of fiction was created for sheer fun, no profit is being gained from it. The non original characters contained within belong to their respective owners.

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CHAPTER 3

Willow fiddled with her shirt as she wandered into the Wolfram & Heart building. She spent the entire trip up to Ange's office chewing her lip or wringing her hands fighting the urge to run and hide.

She walked though the reception not seeing Harmony sitting behind the desk and slipped into Angel's office.

Angel was in the middle of threatning vividly various horrible torture type things to the three people standing in his office looking slightly scared and pointing... sticks at Angel ... Angel wearing game face...

"Angel! Game face!" Willow rushed into the room "I'm sure we all understand that you are the big bad mean vampire man who will make our lives hell" Willow grinned at him and she walked over offering him a hug forgetting the others in the room "There see all calm and relaxed now and more Mr Ragh I'm going to kill you face!"

"But, he's a..." Minerva gasped out

"Vampire? Yup I know! You see when he gets grumpy he sometimes slips into game face and makes with the Grrr wrinkles of doom"

"But aren't you...?"

"Afraid? Of Angel? Of course not! I've known him ever since high school when he did the whole helping Buffy thing. I guess. I suppose there was that whole evil vampire Angelus bit, but he has a soul now, he's good. So we don't hold that against him. He makes with the helping and the non hurting. And I'm ranting..."

"Angelus?!? You naive, blank minded, idiotic little girl! Angelus the scourge of Europe?!?! How do you know he has a soul? How can you be sure? He could very well be toying with you!" Severus lectured out much like he would do a student who had made a mistake in his classroom.

Angel flinched slightly and moved to stand, but Willow spoke first. Her posture straightening and her eyes narrowing "I know he has a soul, because I was there when he got it. I was the one who preformed the Gypsy curse on him. So unless he has managed to find a moment of true happiness I'm pretty certain he still has it."

Not pausing for breath Willow began to move as she spoke getting more and more animated as she defended Angel "Also the whole you all still being alive... pretty big indicator. Angelus may like to toy with his food, but you guys are no where near important enough on the food chain to warrant toying with. He what just met you? You have no connections to Angel? No if he was Angelus he would be back at the hotel trying to kill us off one by one or tracking down the Slayer again so that he could try and destroy her life. That is how I am sure he has a soul Sir. Assumes A Lot!"

Snape opened his mouth to speak, but Willow cut him off "No. You don't get to talk. You see you had your chance to talk and you wasted it. Angel is my friend and I trust him. I know him, I have known him for a lot longer then I've known you. You are a group of people one of which claims to be my father, with a mother I who I didn't know about until a few months ago. If you don't like me being friends with Angel then you are in for a lot of shocks with me buster."

Willow paused not for a breath but to poke Snape in the chest "I have a lot of friends that you wont approve of: Spike (you probably knew him as William The Bloody, one of the other members of the Scourge of Europe) we weren't friends are first. He was kinda evil and wanting to take over things and kill us all. Mainly Buffy, but I'm sure he would have enjoyed killing us too even if it was just a little bit. But he got chipped and then couldn't hurt anybody and loved Buffy and then got his very own soul and helped us a lot and sacrificed himself fighting The First!"

"I used to date Oz (a werewolf). It didn't end well at time. Sure he was all wolfy and for three nights of the month he hung out in a cage, but he did he ask to be bitten? Did it change who he was? No! He was still the same old Oz. I'm pretty sure he never meant to end things they way they did. He didn't want to hurt me, but he liked Veruca and they had the whole furry thing in common and, and it's not like he liked running around killing things too!" Willow glared hard at wizard in front of her while continuing her rant.

"I was friends with a Vengeance Demon named Anya or Anyanka. Well less friends at first and more she dated my best friend and tolerated me. She wasn't happy when I blew up the Magic Shop or when I came back from England all controlled (hell D'hoffryn offered me a job as one)." A small laugh was given out at the thought of Willow the Vengeance demon. "She was a little blunt and REALLY tactless, but she was a Scooby and a non evil human and demon! Then there is Lorn (really you have to meet him to understand), but he's all green and demony and if you met him you probably would be all AHHH a demon! It's evil! Must kill! Great you just killed one of the nicest people in this city! Oh and you have a lot of upset demons and humans on your hands. He's great and nice and a little overwhelming at times and he likes REALLY bright clothing, but he's not evil at all."

"And you know what if you can't accept that then you can't accept me. They were all good! Most of them gave their lives in the fight for light. You want to get all good and evil black and white you can just be quiet and hush. Not all people are good, not all people are evil! Why is it so hard to realize that not all of anything is good and not all of anything is evil! A vampire saved you lot from The First. He closed the Hellmouth and lost his life so ungrateful, arrogant, rude people like you could continue to wander around and fell so self important that you are the great judge for good and evil."

Again Snape opened his mouth only to be cut off by Willow "No. I said you don't get to talk. Unless you plan on apologizing to Angel you've lost the talking stick and you are on time out buster! You wouldn't like me when I'm cranky."

Snape was fuming and ready to tell the bossy little chit off.

Angel however noticed Willow's clenched fists and rapidly decreasing control. He rested a hand on her shoulder "I think this has been a very stressful day for Willow so why don't Professor Snape and Mcgonagall head back to their hotel and collect the things. Provided Mr. Snape can keep himself controlled you three can stay at the Hyperion to give Willow and her father a chance to talk with out antagonizing her or interrupting it."

Mcgonagall nodded slightly "Severus, I do believe it best we leave for now. She will probably want a chance to get to know Remus before we speak to her after all." She pursed her lips and glared at the man who was glaring daggers at the tiny woman who gave him a tongue lashing.

Mcgonagall spoke more firmly now "Severus we are leaving now we have to contact Dumbledore after all and let him know we have arrived"

Willow had her eyes closed and was breathing deep completely wasting the evil glare that left many a Hogwarts student trembling in fear.

"We will speak later then Miss" Severus all, but hissed out before turning on his heel and storming out of the room.

Mcgonagall spoke up before following at a less dramatic pace "Severus is a... Well he's a rude, insufferable man. But he isn't a bad man. I don't believe I've ever seen anyone tell him off though. Try not to judge him to hard. Or us by him." She paused as if to say more, but nodded gently "Good day."

Instantly Willow transformed from the vibrant angry woman back into the quiet and nervous girl who had first entered the room. She fiddled with her out fit avoiding looking at Remus. "I almost got cranky Angel. I almost lost control again."

Angel spoke softly "You kept control though Willow. We wont let that happen to you again. Now Willow I would like you to meet Remus Lupin, the man who believes he is your father"

Willow smiled awkwardly "Hello" she bit her lip "Umm... I'm sorry! I yelled at your friend didn't I? I'm not sorry I yelled at him, but I am sorry that it was a friend of yours that I yelled at. Now I've made a total fool of myself and you don't even know me!"

Remus laughed quietly "I rather think you impressed Minerva and I am sure when Dumbledore hears of this from her he will be very amused! I don't think I have ever seen anyone stand up to Snape quite so well."

He smiled sadly at the young woman before him "Your mother had a temper like that Lakshmi. Once after Severus had found out I was a.." Remus trailed of wanting to tell her about being a werewolf just yet.

Angel however spoke up from the corner where he had taken to standing or brooding. He'd call it standing, everyone else would call it brooding. "A werewolf?

Willow looked at him "... I'm not meant to know that? I knew that. I mean it's all floating around you mixed in with you. I'm connected with the Earth and well that kinda connects to everything. Then you can make with the feeling of things and the knowing of what one thing feels like and another feels like and that leads to the identification of things. I was only guessing about the werewolf bit. I haven't met any recently not since I got all down with the earth and the feelies, but you feel like a were wolf should I think and I'm rambling!"

"And you are flinching! No it's okay you are a werewolf! Remember? All the girls in this room who have dated a were wolf please raise your hand" Willow's hand shot up "See! So not a biggie! The slayer doesn't even automatically kill werewolves. Well not if it can be avoided. I'm sure if one jumped her and was about to bite her she'd lay the smack down, but in usual circumstances we would just tranq them and then take them back to the cage and then. So yah no biggie! It's totally cool if you you know once every month need some fuzzy time." Willow stopped talking though seemed to be breathing just fine, not trying to catch up on lost breath or anything at all.

"Well Severus found out I was a werewolf in a rather terrible way ..." Remus continued explaining to Willow the story of Severus and the Whomping Willow and Jame Potter's rescue. "When Severus found out he wanted me expelled. He was sure I was a horrible monster. Lakshmi was friends with him much to her brother's disgust and when she heard it from him she lectured him for hours defending me."