A.N. In case you didn't guess, I'm English and so is my spelling!

DISCLAIMER: I own nothing

TIMELINE: After S7 Buffy and OofP HP. Dawn and HP gang are all 16 /17 depending on birthdays & me screwing with the timeline! After S7 Dawn get magic because of Willows spell unlocking potentials & is appointed Watcher to all the witch slayers (there are 6). Because of the Watchers council being blown up each watcher has lots of slayers to train.

Slayers get called when they are 13. Robinette and Jaden are 14, Ginny and Skylar are 15, Dawn, Flick, Harry, Ron and Hermione are 17

Thanks to the reviewers: Chrios- my first review, Mandi and ManicPlea

CHAPTER 2- The Hardest Thing In This World Is To Live In It

Dawn and two of her slayers were standing in Flourish and Blotts holding their schoolbooks for the next year.

"Harry. Harry Potter! Over Here!" someone was calling.

At that name Dawn, Flick and Robinette all looked at the boy being called and then at each other.

'So this is the guy we're supposed to protect...he's kinda cute! Bad Dawn!' she scolded herself. She was supposed to protect the guy, not hit on him. Strictly business, right?

"So that's him, huh?" Dawn asked the slayers, although she already knew the answer.

"Oui" Robinette confirmed it, as did Flicks nodding head.

"Do you think we should introduce ourselves" Dawn asked

"What like 'Hi my names Felicity, I'm a slayer and I'll be protecting you next term.' Yeah that'll work!" Faith said with a snort.

"Well not exactly like that, remember we're meant to have secret identities? Just say 'Hi' and stuff. It couldn't hurt to start to get to know who we're dealing with"

"Ok- but you do the talking"

As they walked over they noticed a girl with long bushy hair- 'must be Hermione' and a crowd of red heads- 'the Weasley's. Everyone together, Dumbledore was right, they are inseparable!'

"Err, Hi. Harry Potter, right? I'm Dawn and this is Robinette and Felicity. You must be Hermione? And Ron? And Ginny, right?"

At his name, Harry looked up. 'Wow.' He was looking at a girl who looked about the same age as him with eyes as green as his own. She had long chestnut coloured hair with blond streaks and she was getting strange looks from the other shoppers. And Harry could see why.

The girl, Dawn she said her name was, was wearing tight jeans and a red shirt that fit tightly around her body. Although her choice of clothing made her look, quite frankly, 'hot' in Harry's eyes, it didn't really fit in at Diagon Alley where most people were wearing long flowing robes.

There where two other girls with her. The one introduced as Robinette had almost black wavy hair and the biggest, bluest eyes that Harry had ever seen. She was younger than the other two- 'Ginny's age?' Harry wondered - and wore simple black robes, much like the school uniforms.

The last member of the group, Felicity, had reddish hair, but it was nowhere near as red as any of the Weasly's. She had a huge smile on her glossed lips and waved at the group as Dawn spoke. She also wore tight fitting jeans and a navy blue tank top, again making her stand out in the Wizarding street.

"Bloody hell, always the celebrity!" said Ron, while Harry muttered something under his breath about 'that bloody Skeeter woman'.

"We're starting Hogwarts after the summer and Dumbledore told us about you all." Flick explained, still smiling.

"You look a little old to be first years" said Ginny sceptically

"We're part of the exchange program." Dawn lied "I'm going into the sixth year, so is Flick, and Robin's going into the fourth year. Our friends Skylar and Jaden are about somewhere, they're going into the fourth and fifth year."

"Are you all American?" Ron asked

"No only Dawn, Jaden and me" said Flick "Skylar's German"

"And I am Français"

Finally Ginny asked the question that she had wanted to know the answer to since the strangers had first spoken to them "How did you know my name?"

Dawn looked surprised "Dumbledore told us. Shouldn't he have?"

"No, it's just...never mind." Ginny blushed and looked down. Normally it was just the 'golden trio' who got mentioned, not the tag-a-long sister.

"So have you been sorted yet?" Harry asked. Dawn turned and smiled at him

"No the Professor said we'd have to wait until the beginning of term to be sorted with the first years. You're all in Gryffindor aren't you?"

"Yeah; it's the only house to be in-"

"If you're a mudblood or a muggle lover" snarled a voice behind the new Hogwarts students. "Hogwarts' standards are really dropping, first it lets muggle lovers in, and then mudbloods, now yanks."

"Well if it isn't slime boy. You managed to change yourself back then, Malfoy. That'll show you what happens when to pick on one of the DA; although, I think we did you a favour, you were much more likeable then!"

The blond haired boy glared at Ron. 'Oh God.' Thought Dawn 'Spike.' She still missed the bleached vampire. They may not have always been on the best of terms, but she had loved him like a brother.

"My father will not be happy about this!" Mini- Spike proclaimed

"Lucky for us your fathers locked up then isn't, it, Malfoy" Hermione said coolly

Malfoy's face drained of what little colour there was "Need your mudblood friend to fight your battle for you now Potter" he said before hurrying out of the store.

"Who was that jerk?" Dawn asked

"He was very unfriendly" Robin muttered, screwing up her nose in distaste.

"Draco Malfoy. He's a miserable, evil git who only exists to make our lives a living hell."

"Evil?" Flick questioned. Dawn had had to put a restraining hand on her arm to stop her punching Malfoy, there hadn't been any vamps to slay since they left LA and Felicity was getting restless

"Yea. His fathers a death eater and our mate Malfoy is set to follow in his footsteps and make his Daddy proud."

"Ron" Hermione scolded, "He may not become a death eater" but she didn't sound convinced.

"She's right" Dawn said "It's always the people you least expect who turn out to be evil, and the people you least expect who turn out to be good." Picture of a black haired Willow and of a certain ex-vampire with a soul came into her mind, but she pushed them away. It was still too painful to think about Spike.

"Are you OK" Harry asked, concerned. He'd seen the pain in her eyes.

"I'm fine. Hey are you going to Madam Maulkins?" She said changing the subject, but Dawn could still feel Harry's concerned eyes on her back.

'There's something about her.' Thought Harry 'she's not telling us everything' but he pushed it to the back of his mind and caught up with the others who had gone to get the slayers and Dawn's uniforms and Hermione's dress robes.

"How bloody long does it take to buy robes?"

Harry and Ron had already eaten an ice cream while they waited for the girls to finish shopping.

"Ron, do you think there's something more to those exchange student?"

"Like what? Their really death eaters who Dumbledore let into the castle? Or worse, reporters." Ron shuddered.

"No of course not. It's just what Dawn was saying..."

"Ah-ha! You like her I knew it."

"What? I don't even know her"

"No...But you kept staring at her in F and B's. There's nothing wrong with it mate, I mean look at her, she's hot, she's friendly...go for it!" Ron was pleased that his friend was taking an interest in what was going on around him again.

Since Sirius' death, Harry had been very quiet. He hadn't written to Ron and Hermione and refused to talk every time his Godfather's name was mentioned.

"That's funny, I was thinking that you should 'go for it' with Hermione"

"What? No way! Sooo not my type!" Ron spluttered, getting redder and redder

"Yeah. Right. Course not!" Ron hated it when Harry got that knowing smile on his face. "I think she likes you too. I mean your always arguing"

"And that's a good thing?"

"Apparently. I don't know why; It's a girl thing" Harry shrugged

"So, Hermione, what's going on between you and Ron?"

"Yeah, we all saw how he looked at you in the bookstore. Spill."

Hermione sighed. She had only known these girls for an hour, but she felt like she could tell them anything. Harry and Ron were great, so was Ginny. But it would be nice to have girlfriends who weren't her crush's little sister. "I like him. But he doesn't feel the same."

"Are you sure?"

"Positive. I'm 'like a sister to him'. Nothing romantic."

"Well, we'll just have to change his opinion then, wont we!" said Flick lightly.

Hermione, Dawn and Flick had gone to get pets for the 'exchange students' while Ginny and Robinette stayed to finish getting robes. The pair had immediately gotten on together as had the three older girls.

"Oooh! I want an owl!" exclaimed Dawn "They carry post, right?"

"Yes." Confirmed Flick "I'll get an owl too- I can't stand toads and I'm not really a cat person."

Ten minutes later Dawn had a sleek black owl that she named Tara and Flick had a bright snowy owl that she named Manda.

To Hermione, they seemed quite sad after they got their owls. When she asked about it, Dawn just said that they were named after great friends who aren't around any more.

After they had met up with Ginny, Robinette and the boys; it was time for Dawn, Flick and Robin to meet with Skylar and Jaden for lunch. The entire group ended up going to the Leaky Cauldron where more introductions were made and food was ordered.

Over the meal the group asked about each other's past. Dawn and the slayers weren't sure how much was known about the slayer and the events in Sunnyhell in the wizarding world- and weren't sure how much they should tell their new friends.

Harry was telling the five about his experiences with Voldemort. They already knew the background info, but wanted to hear the whole story.

When Harry had spoken about most of his first five years at Hogwarts, he stopped when he got to the fight in the ministry of magic. Instinctively, Dawn reached over and squeezed his hand.

"You don't have to tell us if you don't want too." She said softly

"No...I think I want to." He hadn't spoken with anyone and whenever he had tried they had cut him off, but now he needed to get it out. "Sirius, my godfather, came after us with the aurors. Curses were flying and he got hit by one of the death eaters. The curse pushed him back and he disappeared through the veil. You can't come back from that, it's like death. He died and it's all my fault." Harry put his head in his hands to try and hide his teary eyes.

Dawn instinctively went over to him and hugged him. "It's not your fault. I know what it's like to have someone die for you, believe me. You feel like it's all your fault, when really they knew the risks and were willing to take them... "She gently pushed Harry's face out of his hands so that he was looking at her "because he loved you. The hardest thing in this world is to live in it. You've got to live, Harry, that was Sirius' last gift to you, go on living. Don't let his death be in vain."

After dinner, which was a quiet affair after Dawn's little speech, Hermione met up with her parents to go home and Harry went with Ron to meet up with his family to go back to The Burrow (Mrs Weasley had decided that it would be too painful for Harry to go to 12 Grimmuld Place so soon after Sirius' death).

While Skylar, Jaden and Robinette went to browse around some of the other wizarding stores, Dawn and Felicity went to go and get wands. Flick needed to get a new wand as hers was buried deep in the crater that was once Sunnyhell. On their way Flick wanted to stop and get her potion ingredients so they popped into the store, but Dawn was shocked at the prices.

"7 sickles for clamber weed? Anya sold it for much less than that! And Look! A galleon for shrocknah dust! Anya introduced Willow to a troll who can get it for nearly half that!"

Felicity was giving her incredulous looks. "You never had a normal childhood, did you?"

"Of course I did! Well, ok, maybe I didn't, but growing up with a 1000 year old demon; the most powerful Wicca in our hemisphere and a couple of vampires will do that to ya!"

"You still miss them don't you," said Felicity softly

"Yeah" admitted Dawn "I mean, why? Why did they have to die? Spike should be in LA with the rest of us, bugging Angel; and Anya should be with Xander in every sense. It's not fair. But I guess life's not fair, huh?" She pulled herself together and started to leave the shop. "Come on, let's go get those wands."

"Hello?" Called Felicity as they entered the musky shop.

"Ahh," and old man appeared from behind a shelf "a slayer. I've haven't had a slayer in here for decades. And, yes," he said turn from a shocked Flick to an equally surprised Dawn, "I was wondering when you'd be here Miss Summers. Your first want, yes? But Miss Newman, you have had a wand before, Oak, 10½ inches, hair of a unicorn? Yes, powerful wand that...let me see, yes, yes I think we'll try this for you..."

As Flick took the wand, she felt the same warmth in her as she did with her old wand and a shower of bright white sparks came out the tip of the wand.

"Yes, yes; mahogany, 11 inches, with a hair from the very same unicorn as from your first wand, just take better care of this one yes? Good. Now Miss Summers, if you would please hold out your wand arm..."

As a slightly dazzled Dawn held out her right arm, tape measures appeared from nowhere and started sizing her up. Mr Oliviander started pulling boxes from the shelves the covered the walls of the dark shop. As the tape measures finished, he took a wand and gave it too her saying:

"Oak, 9¾ inches, core of a dragons heart string" but as soon as she touched the wand her snatched it away. "No, try this one, willow 10½ inches, phoenix feather...No definitely not! Yew, 10 inches, unicorn hair..."

This went on for over half an hour. By this time Dawn's arm was tired and Flick was nearly falling asleep on the pile of disguarded wands. But Mr Oliviander was getting more and more excited.

"Ahh, a tricky customer. I haven't had a decent challenge since Mr Potter...hmmm...I wonder" He scurried off into a back room and returned with a very dusty box. He took out the wand and gave it to Dawn saying "give it a wave"

When she touched the wand she felt a warmth in her arm and when she waved it a shower of green sparks came out the end.

"Dawn. You're glowing" and indeed she was glowing a bright emerald green.

"Extraordinary...I've never seen a reaction like that in all my years ...9¾ inches, Willow wood, blood of the twice risen slayer and of an ensouled vampire- made and inscribed by two men living on a hellmouth who knew the slayer and vampire in question. It was a couple of years ago, shortly before a great battle with a member of their own, where their love for each other prevailed"

Dawn looked at her wand. It looked just like one of Xander's stakes and sure enough there was an engraving of a tiny heart with a stake going through it. Underneath written so small that Dawn could barely see it were the words 'Scooby's Forever'. This was her connection to home; Buffy and Spikes blood, Willow wood and made by Giles, she was sure of it. Her closest family all put something of themselves into this wand, and it was hers.

"With that core, well. It's a very powerful wand indeed; I think we can expect great things from you Miss Summers. Great things indeed."

Chapter 2 REWRITTEN.

For those who didn't get it, Dawns wand was made before Willow turned Evil.

Dawn doesn't know yet, about Spike coming 'back to life' which is why she still thinks him to be dead.

Who do you want the Hogwarts Slayer to be? I know who one is, and it's not Hermione, but who should the other one be? Please review and tell me what you think,

Kiara x x x