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.

I do not have a beta. Anyone interested in this position feel free to contact me.

Pairing: Willow / Severus, others unknown yet

Rating: Earlier Chapters will most likely be around PG, but it will evolve into a higher rating so I'm going to start with that right off the bat.

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 FOUR

Angel cornered all three new guests at Hyperion Hotel. "There are very few rules here. The main one Don't Hurt Willow. You do there are consequences." he moved to stalk off.

The two of the three seemed unsure why a vampire would care for an untrained witch. Why a vampire who was a member of The Scourge of Europe would be thankful for being cursed several times with a soul.

The only one who seemed to understand Angel's position was Remus who with out the wolfsbane potion would become a mindless monster with his transformations. Sure when the soul was gone when the monster, the demon was in control very few things mattered, but afterwards when the demon stepped back to the morality and the soul the clarity would come.

Remus understood that Angel was thankful for Willow preventing him from remaining unsouled, because with a soul he understood why he shouldn't be Angelus. He felt the guilt for Angelus's crimes. Much like Remus would feel guilty if as Moony he bit anyone.

The unlikely trio continued down the hallway looking for Willow's room so that they could speak to her about leaving L.A. for England and coming to Hogwarts both to learn and for protection form her uncle. Both professors carried the bags that contained the testing materials.

After some minor searching (before heading out they had asked for directions from one of the less hostile people living within the Hyperion Hotel (mainly Fred though she did mention something about portals and alternative dimensions if they hurt Willow in anyway)) the group found Willows Room.

Remus knocked a few times on the door "Willow, can we come in?"

The door slowly opened "Hello..." Willow smiled slightly, but seemed unsure of what to say Remus? Father? Mr Lupin? Dad?... " Professors. Something I can help you with?"

Minerva moved forward "Do you mind if we come in? We would like a moment to speak with you Miss Willow"

Willow moved aside letting the others into the room. It was tidy, but lived in. The room wasn't show room clean, but there was some sense of order and organization to it. Not all the books were in their places on the book shelf and by the computor was a can of coke, a few pices of clothing had been tossed various places, the back of the chair the door handle etc. "So what is it that you would like to speak to me about?"

"Your family history was outlined last night by Mr Lupin correct?"

"Yes... he covered the general main bits right down to Wizard equivalent of Hitler" Willow frowned a bit wondering where this was going.

"Are you aware that this 'Wizard equivalent to Hitler' may target you? You have a lot of untrained power that he could use to his advantage. If he believed you would be a threat he could kill you believing you were a muggleborn witch. If he knew your family background and who your mother was he very well may pursue you like he did her." Mcgonagall almost lectured out. "Albus Dumbledore the headmaster at Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardy would like to invite you to Hogwarts"

"They have actual schools for witchy stuff? That would have made learning things so much easier!"

"You should probably know that Hogwarts is one of the safest places for a witch or wizard to be and that you would be a bit older then the students." Remus explained how the school worked and the ages it usually catered to as well as the explanations that would be made to the students for her presence there. "Both of the Professors are here to assess you if you are interested in coming back to Hogwarts with us so that we will have some idea of your current skill level so that you could be placed at levels that would help your learning."

"Look this is a big decision and all. England is far away and I think I need to think. Could I let you know in the morning and then if we are going to do the tests we can start then?"

Minerva nodded briefly "Of course, we will speak then" She left the room muttering something to Snape about patience and staying calm for Merlin's sake.

Willow shut the door behind them and slumped against it

'What am I going to do? I've been on my own with out everyone before. When I went to the coven. I could do it. It would teach me more about my magic and how to control it or use it. What if... Buffy doesn't need me. Not right now. It would be just as easy to get in touch with me there as it would be here and if she did need me wouldn't it be better that I was trained somewhat in magic(k)? Better then untrained me right? Kennedy is gone. Xander is buisy Giles is rebuiding the watchers They don't need me to be here. If they did I could come back. Angel and them managed before me too. They don't need me here. They would get by with out me. So the question is do I want to go to England to atten a school of magic(k) under the guise of an Americna magic(k) student and learn about the Wizarding world and about magic(k) and be professionally trained?

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"Albus are you absolutely insane?!?!" The plump head from the fire place squeaked out "Absolutely not! You cannot! It is unheard of!"

"Not entirely unheard of Cornelius. Before the separation it used to be rather common and the rules have not changed they just weren't acted upon. She will be coming and staying at Hogwarts. Plus we believe with her raw power she will attract Voldamort's..." the man apparently known as Cornelius flinched as Dumbledore continued on not noticing "... attention and it would be much safer for us all if she were kept safe here. I am sure you can appreciate that. I would hate for something to happen to her and have her on his side. Have I mentioned she managed to befriend Vengance demons? Half the Scourge of Europe? A wather and a slayer... and a various assortment of other people. I'm sure they would feel much more at ease if she was here getting training. Then they wouldn't be able to blame you if she were to be hurt or used."

"Is that a threat?!?!" The head squeaked out.

"Of course not Cornelius, I'm simply making an observation. The young lady has some powerful friends with historically short tempers who would blame The Ministry for knowing of her existence and not helping her or protecting her... Don't you think?"

"But the American Ministry?"

"Only trains witches they know are pure bloods. That leaves very little for a young woman who is adopted. So it falls to us, after all with her father being who he is, she is a British Citizen as well." Dumbledore didn't even pause to let the other man answer "I'm glad we could have this little chat and are on the same page now Cornelius. Now if you don't mind I think I should get back to attending to the school and you to The Ministry. Good day" and the head in the fire place flickered away.

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Willow picked up the phone and called Cleveland to speak to Buffy and Giles.

"Buffy, hi." Willow rested her head against her head board and curled up on her bed suddenly feeling very homesick. The only problem was that home had been destroyed forever. It wasn't even Ira and Shela's place she missed or the dorms. It was the gang and Sunnydale.

"Willow? Is everything okay? Is everyone okay?" Buffy asked slightly panicked to hear from the young witch so soon after her last phone call.

"Everyone is fine. I just needed some advice and I didn't know who else to ask" Willow suddenly felt guilty for worrying her friend. For taking her attention away from the activated potential slayers "It's nothing major, if you are are to busy I can deal."

"Wills it's not that I don't want to listen I do, but it's just.." Buffy explained, but Willow found herself not listening to the other woman's justifaction. She understood that the Slayer was busy. To busy for her.

"It's okay "Buffy I'll talk to you later you go keep on top of your ... stuff. Bye"

Willow tried another number with similar results from Xander. Her Xander. She understood really she did, but it still hurt.

They had moved on and left her behind somewhere. She didn't fit with the potentials. She wasn't helping to rebuild the council or start training the recently activated slayers. Some where between her coming here and now their lives had kept going. They really didn't need her. They were okay with out her.

Mind made up Willow decided it was time to get ready for bed if she was going to ace that testing.

Raven: I was trying to imply with Angel calling Willow Red, that Spike was still around. Nicknames get picked up. Angel had a room full of people trying to find Willow... if she doesn't want them to find her then he doesn't want them to have information on her. Apparently that didn't work so I've changed it to Little One.

In the hypothetical fic world that occurs out side of this fic yes Spike is back. Does Willow know this? Nope! My understanding is after his return Spike almost went to Buffy and then decided to leave it. He died as a hero and not to go back again. If he wants that Willow would be a very dumb person to tell... what with her being friends with Buffy.

With the extra history... if you were speaking about recapping some of the demons / creatures she's befriended. Non of the Hogwarts characters would know this. Willow is a rambler and I wanted a chance for her to ramble. Full out massive rant ramble. I also wanted a chance to show her moving from shy and quiet to passionate about something. It struck me as a Willow thing to totally forget that she was in a strange new situation and to forget her fear and suddenly start telling off someone in defense of her friends. Sure for a lot of people it was a recap, but as far as I was concerned it was worth the recap to give some depth to the character. It also gives me some where to go to start building some form of tension between the two characters I want to pair together. Thanks for your feed back :) I hope my answers helped.