Chapter 31 : The Theory of Angelus

" Harry, Ron, Hermione, Connor, Draco, Ginny, Luna, Dawn please follow me. " Professor McGonnagal came up behind them.

" What's going on Professor?" Ron asked, all eyes were on them while leaving the Great Hall.

" It seems that one of the students has been taken. We don't know by who or how yet. Dumbledore wants you all to stay in his office, the rest of the students are being taken back to their dormitories at this time though." McGonnagal lead them to Dumbledore's office, and lead them inside.

" So why don't we just go back to our common rooms?" Ginny asked.

" Because it was a Gryffindor that was taken and Dumbledore has some questions about it because you all were the last one's to see them. Stay here until Professor Dumbledore comes back." McGonnagal turned and left.

" Who do you think was taken?" Hermione said sitting in Ron's lap and holding his hand.

" I don't know but it doesn't sound good." Ginny said sitting by Draco.

" The student was Zoe. When we went to check on her she wasn't there and I'm afraid that there was a note on her bed saying that she was to be returned if we turn over Harry Potter. I am not going to believe that though. Whom ever they are took Zoe for something other than to get their hands on Harry. I must ask all of you when the last time you saw Ms. Williams. It's very important so please take your time and think about it." Dumbledore sat down behind her desk.

" Professor none of us has seen her since before Winter break. I was her the week before." Ginny said holding onto Draco.

" That week before was in the Great Hall though before she left with Xander, but we've been in the dormitory everyday and there's never been a note on her bed so she must of just been taken. As I told Dawn we just thought she was getting up before everyone woke up and going to bed after everyone was asleep." Hermione started to cry.

" I saw her in the library a few weeks ago, at least I think it was her. I'm pretty positive though." Ron said trying to calm Hermione down.

" What about you Harry, have you seen Ms. Williams at any time? Has your scar been hurting you at all?" Dumbledore turned to Harry.

" Nope, I haven't seen her, and my scar hasn't been hurting at all." Harry saw Dumbledore lose the twinkle in his eye.

" Okay, you may go back to your Dormitories. Draco, Dawn, and Connor you are to stay in the Gryffindor dormitories I don't want you walking around the castle alone right now, and there are no teacher to escort you right now. We have the ghosts guarding the hallway to Gryffindor common room. Everyone got up to leave " Oh and Harry if your scar starts to hurt I want you to tell one of the ghosts immediately!" Dumbledore then disappeared leaving the students to go back to the common room themselves.

" Wait a minute." Hermione said while walking down the hallway. " Connor don't get mad at me but when did your dad decide to come to the ball, and why was he so late if he did decide to come?"

" You have a point Hermione. I don't know though my dad's a little weird like that." Connor looked over to Hermione.

" Doesn't your dad usually tell you wants going on though? I saw him enter and then you ran to him and he looked a little mad at you asking him what ever you asked him, and then he left. That doesn't seem like Angel usually he tells you to be careful or watch yourself." Hermione stopped in the hallway.

" You're right he does tell me what's usually going on, espically something like this. Hermione you wouldn't happen to be thinking what I am are you?" Connor gave Hermione a worried look. He knew that Hermione figured out Angel's secret.

" If you're thinking that Angelus is paying the school a visit, then I'm thinking we might be on the right track. It would explain alot him showing up unexpectantly, Harry's scar not hurting, the student going missing. I mean Angelus does know about Harry doesn't he?" Hermione started to shake a little.

" Look we need to get to the common room, and what are you guys talking about? We studied vampires remember Angelus died a long time ago, how could he be paying Hogwarts a visit?" Ron started to get everyone moving towards the common room again.

" I think I should go inform Buffy, if Angelus is really back Faith and Spike won't stand a chance against him. He already knows that Spike is on the good side so he won't ask Spike for help, or be fooled by him. Faith she didn't do to good last time she went against him, she was nearly killed." Dawn start to freak out, she remembered what had happened when Angel turned into Angelus after Buffy and him broke up and she didn't want that to happen again.

" No, we go and inform one of the ghosts after we are postively sure that this dead vampire is some how magically back!" Ron said while climbing through the portrait hole and into the Common Room.

" Connor, Dawn we need to tell them the truth! Espically Ron knowing him he'll go and run to your dad for help and accidently meet up with the wrong person." Hermoine said turning to them before going and sitting down.

" Fine, I'll tell them." Connor walked up and sat next to Luna. " Look Ginny, Harry, Luna, Draco, and espically you Ron the vampire that you studied in Defense Against the Dark Arts was my dad. Angel is short for Angelus. Angelus is just the souless version of Angel---yes Ron he can become souless-- if he has even one second of true happiness his soul is lost and you don't even want to know what happens." Connor shuddered at the thought. He had never known his dad as Angelus.

" I think they have the right to know what happens." Dawn said standing up. " I wasn't really there when he lost his soul after Buffy and him did it. I have the memories though because supposedly I was suppose to be there, long story don't ask. When Angel became Angelus he knew everything that Angel did and everyone Angel met. He knew that he was gone for a long long time and he decided he would make up for lost time, he also knew that one of the teachers Jenny Calendar was trying to restore is soul, he killed her before she could. He tortured Willow, Giles, Cordellia, Buffy. It was terrible. Willow ended up in the hosptial and while she was there she was able to restore his soul but it was to late he woke up this demon and Buffy had to stab him. He came back though and when he turned into Angelus again in L.A. I heard he did some terrible things there also. You've all read what he did, he's still capable of everything in those books. Willow feared he might become Angelus again this year, but it wasn't until the fight with Spike that she assigned the work to get back at him. She decided to go through with it just to warn people about them both just in case one of them lost their souls anyways." Dawn started to cry, Harry pulled her into a hug.

" What does Spike have to do with anything, I didn't think he could lose his soul. He got it himself he wasn't cursed." Draco said, the Bloody Baron's warning started to make alot of sense now.

" That William the Bloody guy, that was Spike. He's the one whose killed the two slayers, and the anoited one. His girlfriend Drusilla and Angel's girlfriend Darla are the ones who killed all those people at the party in L.A. you read about. Angel's the one that locked them in there with the two girls." Connor wished he was back in the Slytherin dormitories so he could get the stake he carried around just in case something like this happened.

" Ok, I think it's time to go talk to those ghosts. I think we can all agree that Angel might be Angelus again." Ron said running to the portrait, the others followed. Draco saw the Bloody Baron first.

" Baron, you remember that warning you gave Blaise about Angel being more than the eye could see. Well we think this time it's Angelus whose become more than the eye can see if you get what I'm saying." Draco said quickly.

" So you figured it out, took you long enough Draco. So you think old Angelus is back to play." The Bloody Baron looked at them.

" Look we aren't kidding my dad isn't acting like himself. Please go and inform Dumbledore and Spike." Connor begged the Baron.

" Fine, just get back to your dormitory." The students returned and sat there all worried and shook up. A little while later Angel walked in with Spike, Dumbledore, and McGonnagal.

" Please stay seated. We were informed by the Bloody Baron about your theory, and it wasn't a bad one. When the Bloody Baron told Spike he seemed to think you all were along the right lines. Both of them came running to me and when we found Angel we talked to him and Spike whom has known him the longest assured me and the Baron that Angel is Angel and not Angelus." Dumbledore said smiling. The students all looked relieved.

" However your theory Mrs. Granger gave Angel and myself an idea that we are going to need all of you to help out with. Hermione, Ginny you are both very skilled with going complex spells. Connor, Harry , Draco, Dawn and Spike you are going to help as well. Luna you have to keep the rumor going once it's started I know you will have help with Ms. Brown, and Ms. Patil. Spike do you want to explain your plan?" Dumbeldore turned to Spike.

" Yeah sure, ok this is my plan. The thing that Angel fears the most is his soul being taken away, and I heard that Harry here is biggest fear is Dementors. So I heard about these things called Boggarts, and Dumbledore kindly explained what they do. So I heard that if you have two people stand in front of a Boggart that it gets confused and tries to take the shape of both fears. I think it's obvious that Harry's fear is going to be the most demanding, and that Angel's fear being small won't take that much from the Dementor---" Spike explained the whole plan and they decided to do it tomorrow during breakfast in the Great Hall, since everyone was going to be there.