The flight was boring and dull. Willow had sat next to a little child and a middle age man. Neither of whom Willow had a liking for. The in-flight movie was crap and she was exhausted when she arrived. She was got her luggage and went through customs with not too much hassle. She had used magic to conceal the crossbow, two daggers, stakes and holly water she had packed in her bag. To her relief it worked like a charm, no one looked at her twice. She checked into a cheapish hotel, and rested, even though it was 8 am. She slept for a few hours and woke up starving. It was about 2 o'clock when she found a place to eat just a roadside place but good enough. While she was eating she was wondering about where she would live and work. She had picked up a newspaper that had house listings and one that had job listing. She had quit her old job and they had given her an ok resume. She found a job in computer assisting. The job description was very vague but she decided it was the best paying and she thought and hoped she could do it. She circled the job with a pick magic marker. She then picked up a housing paper and looked through it. Most were too expensive or sounded a bit dodgy. But there was one at 1 Private Drive, Little Whinging (a/n I know another cliché but I need something, don't worry not too many more clichés). For unknown reasons the house was cheaply priced and Willow couldn't see a problem with it.
It had been 2 hours and Willow had her interview. She was amazed how well it went, even when she told them she was living in a motel, in the present. They lit up again when she told them that she would be soon moving in to a house. They told her she could have the job if she found a job in the next week. She would go and look at the house tomorrow as it was open house then. When she got home she collapsed on her bed exhausted.
She woke up quite near to midnight and decided to patrol around the neighborhood. Check for bad nastys. She grabbed 2 stakes and a dagger and set out. She walked and walked for a long time and found nothing. She was about to give up when she heard someone commotion in an alleyway. She rushed down stake at the ready to find a small cluster of vamps attacking a young woman. She pulled out a stake and plunged it into the back of one of them. The other 3 three turned and looked at her quite shocked. They attacked her quite frivolously. After a little while she staked her second vamp. But the other two were older maybe they had been dead for 30 years she guessed, that or they had been good fighters when they were human. By now the other woman had run off scared to death. Willow raised her hand.
"Sleep!" she cried. The vampires found themselves dropping into deep sleep. While they slept Willow staked them and decided to go home. On the way she stopped and grabbed some more food.
She reached back to the hotel and she lay on the bed thinking of home. Oh how she missed them. Buffy and Dawn she hopped were going ok and moving on. And Zander, he had decided to get some solid work in LA working as a carpenter. She guessed he didn't know what happened, but she hopped Buffy had called him. She fell asleep with tears in her eyes.
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(4 Private Drive, Little Whinging)
Harry lay on his bed sore, scared and depressed. He missed Sirius, and all his friends. Though he couldn't stand some of the letters, Ron and Hermione sounded like they were having a wonderful time and he was just plain jealous and upset.
"BOY!!!" Uncle Vernon yelled up to him. "BOY, Get DOWN here right NOW!" he yelled. Reluctantly Harry made his way down stairs and into the kitchen.
"You need to mow the lawn boy!" uncle Vernon ordered.
"Yes Sir." Harry replied glumly.
"Oh yes an make me some tea too Boy, chop chop!"
"Yes sir." Harry put the kettle on and listened to his aunt and uncle talking.
"So they are really moving out then are they?" Uncle Vernon asked Petunia.
"Yes dear." She replied softly. "They moved out two days ago."
"Well, let's hope we get some more civilized people than those Franks. Honestly they needed to keep a leash on those two horrid little children." He continued to rant about the Franks. Then shouted quite loudly, "Boy, where is my tea?!?!?"
"Here it is sir." Harry said timidly. He carried a tray with a pot of tea and two cups and some sweet nibbles. He set them down on the table. Then he when out to mow the lawn.
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Willow had finally found private drive but all the houses looked the same and she wasn't very sure which way to go. Strangely there wasn't any one around to see the house as far as she could see. And no one outside their houses, except for one boy who was mowing the lawn. As she got closer she noticed how skinny he was and how bruised on the arms. As she got even closer she saw a sad expression on his face. She probed him with her magic and found that he was very sad and scared, and much more. A tear dropped from her eye when she felt all his mixed feelings. She composed herself and walked up to him.
"Ah, excuse me…" Willow said as she approached the boy. Oh great Harry thought, he prayed it was just some lost muggle rather than some weirdo wizard. Or worse some sort of Rita type person.
"Ahh, excuse me I was wondering if you could tell me where 1 Private Drive would be?" Willow asked the boy. Harry relaxed, she was wondering were the vacant house was and she was American.
"Yeah, its just down there." Harry pointed her in the direction of the house.
"Oh, thanks. By the way my names Willow" Willow stretched her hand out to shake
"Harry." Harry shook her hand.
"Well Harry, I better be going. Thanks so much, I was like soo lost and then all the houses look the same and well yeah I better go before I blab out some big secret." Willow replied energetically.
"Yes, well…" Harry wasn't sure of what to say to her. "I better go inside before my uncle comes out and gets me."
"Your living with your uncle while schools out?"
"Yeah, then I go to a boarding school." Harry had no idea why he had just said that. He prayed she wouldn't ask which one. Thankfully she didn't say anything.
"Oh cool, well see you round Harry."
"Yeah, good bye Willow." Willow turned around and bounded off to see the house. She was happy now, she had made an acquaintance. She wondered about the bruises, but she dismissed it as some sports or something.
The house wasn't amazing but it was cozy. Small but that didn't matter. Quite a few bedrooms, Willow wondered what she would do with them all. But the price was amazingly cheap. When she asked the real-estate agent she just shrugged and told her that the people that used to live here didn't want much for it. Willow decided after much deliberation that she'd get it. She told the agent this and eyes just lit up. She tried to hind it as much as possible but she was just so ecstatic.
It took one day to move in and she had to wait to get visa's to come through before they could finalize all the paper work. She was o glad she had organized this in the airport, she was amazed you could do that their. She decided to have a party with all the neighbors as a get to know you kind of thing so she could meet everyone. She had sent invitations to the party and brought a lot of food an drinks and hoped for the best.
Her new job was great too. She was having a blast. She got to test security systems. And she got to design programs, and play games. Well "test" them is what they called it. And she was glad she got paid heaps to. Everything was looking up.