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Chapter 9

Fudge put his head in his hands, knowing he'd lost. "This can't, we can't, muggles have no place in our world!"

"Oh for cryin' out loud, it's not like we want to put a McDonalds in the building or anything." Jack said impatiently. "Look, we help each other, we make it through this with the least possible casualties. It's not even like the whole world has to know."

"What level of secrecy can we expect to be able to keep?" A witch near the front asked.

"From the general public, pretty much total." Jack replied. "We want you guys to help with things like infiltration and black ops, so it's not like wizards and witches will be parading through the streets. Our government will need full disclosure, and most of the other governments in the task force will at least have to be made aware of your existence."

"And what if a civilian muggle were to see magic?" the witch countered.

Jack shrugged. "Hey, I have a weapon here that fires blue bolts of electricity that make things disintegrate. I'm sure it will be easy to mistake magic for alien technology."

"Good point." The witch replied.

Fudge shook his head. "It has been this way for thousands of years, we can't change it now. Muggles and the Wizarding community must remain separate."

"I think this case warrants ground for an exception to that." Dumbledore said firmly. "Cornelius, take a lesson from what happened with Voldemort. If we act now we can be better prepared and save more lives."

Fudge sighed and sent Dumbledore a death dagger glare. "Fine Albus, you win. Pending the decision of the council we will begin to discuss the terms of a preliminary alliance."

"Sweet." Jack said with a smile, though he knew deep down Fudge would still probably cause trouble somehow.

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Buffy, Faith, Kennedy, Vi and Shannon took the court and began to do a quick stretching regiment. Five marines stood on the other side, snickering amongst themselves. Faith, being the tallest Slayer, made her way to center court for the tip off. Though she wasn't exactly short, the huge six foot three marine still towered over her. He grinned at her menacingly, then looked to Daniel as he approached with the ball.

"Ready?" Daniel asked of everyone.

The Slayers and Marines nodded. Daniel walked to center court and waited for Faith and the marine to get ready. Once they were, Daniel threw up the ball and backed off. The marine jumped up, but was surprised to find that Faith had gotten almost an extra foot of height over him and had already tipped the ball back to Buffy. Faith gave the marine a predatory smile, then backed up into passing position.

Buffy made her way casually up the court, dribbling with her right hand but keeping her eyes fixed on the net. Captain Lysak, the marine who had challenged her in the first place, guarded her lazily, waiting for Buffy to make a move. Buffy suddenly shot forward with a burst of speed that Lysak didn't expect from such a frail looking girl. Before he could react, she was past him speeding to the net. Buffy fired a fast pass over to Kennedy, who waited a second before pivoting past her own defender to pass the ball back to Buffy, who was now in mid-jump. Buffy caught the ball and slammed it into the hoop in a majestic dunk. She landed, then grabbed the ball as it was falling to the ground and tossed it to the nearest marine. The ball just bounced off his chest because he was too busy staring open mouthed to catch it.

"What?" Buffy asked chuckling at his expression. "Haven't you ever seen a five foot one girl dunk before?"

Lysak snapped his fingers to get the marine's attention. "Hey! Snap out of it. So she can jump high, big deal. Stay in the game."

The marine nodded and picked up the ball. He quickly passed it to Lysak then made his way up the court, trying to move around Vi to get into a good shooting position. Lysak meanwhile carried the ball up the court, looking for an opening in the Slayer's defense. Narrowing the gap between himself and Buffy, he faked left the quickly tried to deke around her to the right. Without moving her feet, Buffy just swatted the ball out of Lysak's hands then passed to Faith, who was at half court. Faith easily caught the pass, then turned and casually fired off a jump shot. The ball flew in a perfect arc and barely rippled the mesh as it fell through.

Faith yawned and stretched her arms. "Wow, B. I though we might have a bit of a challenge with these guys."

Buffy shrugged. "Yeah, I expected better from a bunch of rough and tumble marines. Maybe we should just take it easy on them." She mocked.

Lysak growled and grabbed the ball, then took off down the court quickly. Faith stepped up to guard him, and rather then trying to go around her, Lysak simply tried to go through Faith. Of course, he might as well have tried to plow through a wall. Faith just planted her feet and let Lysak run into her shoulder. The marine bounced back, then lost his footing and fell on his ass. Faith laughed and grabbed the ball that had come to rest at her feet, then headed back to the other side of the court. Lysak looked up to see Kennedy wagging her finger in his face. "Now now, play nice." She said with a bemused smile.

An amused Daniel watched from the sidelines. Though somewhat shocked at just how fast, strong, and accurate the girls he was watching were, he found the whole situation pretty funny. Lysak, who he had never liked all that much (Lysak had never really respected Daniel as a soldier, even though Daniel had been through many battles) was absolutely getting whipped by a bunch of girls just out of high school. In fact, some of them may still have been high school age. Plus, he was enjoying watching Buffy run around, though he was too embarrassed by it to admit it.

Dawn looked over to see Daniel gazing at the game, but mostly her sister. She nudged him in the ribs. "You like my sister don't ya?" she asked with a directness that came from too much time with Anya.

"Umm, well, uhh," Daniel answered, losing his normal collectedness under a cloud of embarrassment.

Dawn rolled her eyes. "Look, it's not a big deal. If you like her, just ask her out. It'll do her good to date someone with a pulse for once."

"Ookay." Daniel said slowly. "Wait, what?"

But Dawn was already walking down the bench away from him.

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Jack and Dumbledore arrived back at Hogwarts at close to 8:00pm. With the council Jack had hammered out a simple treaty, which was essentially an exchange program. Soldiers and specialists would be placed with the Ministry for the defense of important buildings and to aid in the war with Voldemort. In return, several Aurors would be placed in the SGC to aid with infiltration and sabotage. Jack, who was too important to remain completely tied to anywhere, had agreed to move his F-302b to Hogwarts, which he would use as a home base. Though Jack was an important soldier in the war, his immunity made him too valuable for him to leave himself out of the exchange. Jack looked over at Dumbledore and smiled. "Thanks for the help. Fudge is a real piece of work isn't he?"

Dumbledore nodded. "He's grown quite fond of power, it's a shame he doesn't seem to know when he needs to use it. I think more than anything Fudge is afraid of change."

"Yeah well he doesn't really have a choice this time. Can you get me another portkey for Heathrow? I need to get my fighter."

"Yes, about that." Dumbledore said worriedly. "Are you certain you need it here? You can portkey to anywhere in a moment's notice."

Jack shook his head. "If I'm going to stay here I need my Reaper. What good is it responding to a call nearby if I have to go halfway around the world to get to my plane?"

"True." Dumbledore conceded. "It's just..."

"You don't feel comfortable with soldiers walking around and weapons of war on the grounds." Jack finished. "Gotcha, but I think in this case it's for the best. The more protection you have here, the better right?"

"Yes, I suppose that is true." Dumbledore said, nodding. "There is one other matter though. Hogwarts is unplottable."

"What?" Jack asked.

"It can't be plotted on any map. If you try, the mark will automatically become inaccurate." Dumbledore explained.

Jack furrowed his brow in though, then snapped his fingers. "I have a stupid idea, but I think it might work." Jack said triumphantly. He pulled out the small GPS in his pocket and pressed a button. "Okay," he explained, I've just marked our position on this map. Now I'll just pull up options and label it, 'anonymous marker point,' and there we go." He said, showing the small screen to Dumbledore.

Dumbledore looked at it in surprise. The anonymous marker point was precisely on the school grounds. He frowned. "You would have thought the founders of the school would have anticipated such a simple idea.

Jack shrugged. "I'm good at coming up with stupid ideas that work." Dumbledore nodded and picked up the keychain they had been using and tapped it with his wand, saying, "Portus." He then handed it to Jack. "This will take you to Heathrow in ten seconds."

Jack nodded and braced himself for the inevitable slight queasiness he knew was coming. Ten seconds passed and Jack was pulled into Heathrow.

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Buffy grinned at the prominent scowl on captain Lysak's face. He was sweating, a little bruised, and his team was down by forty-eight points, at a score of fifty to two (One of the marines had managed to sink a fading jump shot) after about ten minutes. Buffy again had the ball and was making her way towards the key. Lysak, who was guarding her, glared at her with the ferocity of a rabid wolf. When Buffy finally went for the deke, Lysak lunged at her, clearly going for the body over the ball. He made a wild swipe at the ball and instead ended up shoving Buffy's shoulder. Buffy simply rolled back with the impact and spun around him, then lined up and fired for a three point jump shot. Buffy released the shot, but before she landed Lysak shoved her forcefully from behind. Buffy hit the ground and fell forward, but caught the floor with her hands before her face hit it. Everyone on the court just stopped and watched as Buffy got to her feet and turned around to face Lysak, bringing herself to her full height, which of course was nearly a foot shorter than Lysak. Still, she radiated a power that would have intimidated almost anyone. "You got a problem?" She asked seriously. "Cause last time I checked basketball was not a contact sport. Do you want to make it one?"

Lysak snorted. "You girls think you're so tough because you can jump high and make some pretty shots."

"No, I don't think I'm tough, I know it." Buffy replied darkly.

"Yeah?" How about we drop this whole basketball thing and get to it then?" Lysak challenged.

Buffy shrugged. "Hey, it's your funeral." Buffy dropped the ball and walked off the court to the boxing ring in the center of the gym. As soon as Lysak and buffy had stepped off the court, the rest of the Slayers, Scoobies, and SGC personnel trailed behind. Daniel and Lieutenant Haley jogged to catch up to Buffy.

"Are you sure you want to spar with him?" Daniel asked.

Buffy threw him a withering look. "Were you even watching the game? I'll be fine."

Lieutenant Haley and Daniel looked at each other, then shrugged. "Look for him to drop his left arm." Haley warned. "When he does it means he's going to throw a big right hook. Good luck."

Buffy nodded her thanks and picked up the plush gloves and helmet that sat on the small table on her side of the ring and started to put them on, adjusting them to her smaller hands and head. When she was done she climbed into the raised square ring and waited for Lysak to do the same on the other side.

Lysak ducked under the ropes and entered the ring looking smug. "Don't think I'm going to go easy on you." He warned condescendingly. "I don't like to lose." Then he put his mouth guard in and advanced on Buffy.

Buffy, on the other hand, stood her ground holding her hands lazily away from her face in a loose fighting stance. Lysak approached her cockily and threw a quick jab aimed at her jaw. Faster than Lysak would have though possible, Buffy moved her left hand to block the blow, then threw a punch of her own as she was retracting her defense. Buffy's padded right fist struck Lysak in the chest with what felt to him like the force of a pickup truck. He staggered back and clasped his hands to his chest, trying to recover his breath, while Buffy waited patiently for him to do so. Lysak finally stood up and once again a grim expression replaced the gasp on his lips. This time he advanced on Buffy more cautiously, and when he got there, threw a barrage of blows that forced Buffy on the defensive.

Buffy however, was calmly and casually blocking the attacks without much real effort. Finally she had decided she was getting tired of this and used her left hand to grab one of his right hooks. Buffy spun around the arm, locking it under her armpit, then with her free right hand, delivered a powerful backhand to the side of Lysak's head. Lysak would have staggered back, but he was locked to Buffy so he simply went a little limp. Buffy again hammered him with a hit, this time to the kidney. Lyak's knees buckled and Buffy released his arm and let him drop. Lysak didn't drop face down on the mat, but he stayed on his knees, knowing he'd been beaten. Buffy squatted down to look at his face. He looked back with a looked of mixed awe and loathing.

"Next time," Buffy warned, "don't judge someone by their size or sex." She stood up and walked out of the ring. Haley, Tal'c and Daniel were standing by the edge of the ring, and they all gave her a congratulatory smile, even Teal'c.

"Okay then." Haley said looking at her clipboard. "Next up, rifle range."

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Jack had finished the walk-around on his fighter and was ready to head back to Hogwarts when he realized something, he hadn't spoken to General Hammond in a couple of days. Sheepishly Jack pulled his phone out of his pocket and dialed Hammond's number. The phone rang a couple of times before being picked up on the other side. "Hammond." A voice answered.

"Hey it's O'Neill." Jack said conversationally.

"Jack? I was starting to think someone had mugged you or something." Hammond said sounding relieved.

"Nah. I've actually been on a diplomatic mission." Jack said casually.

"Of course, and I've been building snowmen in hell." The general replied dryly.

"Nah I'm serious. I actually hammered out a basic alliance treaty with this group of people, get this, they can do magic. Real magic, not just sawing their assistant in half." Jack said seriously.

"Ignoring the other part of the sentence, you hammered out a treaty?" Hammond asked incredulously, "With no help whatsoever? Who are you and where is Colonel O'Neill?"

"I was as shocked as you are." Jack responded. "I mean, mixing me and diplomatic is like mixing fire and napalm. But somehow I did it. These people can do some amazing things. They could be a real asset for infiltration."

"Are you sure you didn't get suckered Colonel? I mean magic? Come on." Said Hammond skeptically.

"I wouldn't believe me either if I didn't see it. But it's real magic, General. These people can teleport and stun things with a phrase and a wand. I saw them do it to an Ashrak, not to mention I was shot with a stunning spell a couple of times. Seems I'm one of a kind, I have an immunity to magic." Jack finished proudly. "Which is why I need to remain here."

"Colonel if you think this is the best I'm not going to question your judgment on this. But you can't tie yourself anywhere, you know we're in the middle of a war." Hammond warned.

"I know, so are they. I'm going to keep my fighter with me, plus I have one of the Asguard comm rocks, so I'll carry it with me. That way you can reach me whenever you need to. I may need to organize moving more personnel." Jack replied.

"I'll see what I can do. Not to criticize, but you probably should have checked with me before making promises with our troops." Hammond said lightly.

"Yeah, I guess that would have made sense." Jack replied sheepishly.

"Colonel, one more thing. The Ashrak you brought in, he isn't an Ashrak. We haven't been able to get much more out of him, only that he isn't an assassin. We think he's looking for something and just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time." Hammond said. "Keep your eye out, and if these magic people have a spell that makes people tell the truth, we could use it." Hammond said hopefully.

"I dunno, I'll see." Jack answered. "From now on use my comm rock, I don't know if my phone works where I'll be."

"Alright. Jack, I want you to check in with me every 24 hours. I need to know what's going on, and if necessary, I may need to pull the plug on this deal."

"No problem General. Talk to you tomorrow." Jack said, then he closed his phone and made his way into the cockpit.

End chap 9

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