A/N

So thank you for being patient, I have been having the bad case of writers block. So yeah here is Halloween etc. I hope you like it. I am also aware that I don't know much about the dates etc. for the HP world but I don't think it could cause too much of a problem. So yeah as always please read and review!

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Chapter Eight

Willow was had a lot of pressure on her and the stress seemed to well up on her. She had no idea how much detailed work was entailed with Halloween. She had to organize menus, music, censor this and that, and not to mention the great hall design. She was all in a flutter and she was working so much that she barely got to see her fellow Gryffindors. But she could tell that there meetings were always filled with awkward silences.

Just after Lunch time Halloween Day

Willow had jus ushered the last few people happening to be her friends, out of the Great Hall. She would not let anyone see what she would do. The first thing she did was she made a warning charm. A hybrid of the one the Scooby gang used against Glory. Except this one would only tell her Dumbledore, Cordy, and Angel. This took an hour of her time. She then got on with the decorating. She had finished her decorations and set up the stage for dinner as dinner time approached. She covered her decorations with multiple charms, and glamour's so it just looked normal. But now the Great Hall seemed wider and had a stage in between the two middle tables. She had music set up and she was done. She got one of the house elves to bring her a drink as she didn't mind anyone seeing it at the moment. She sat down and waited for her performers to come. They were going to come early to look around and get warmed up. She had also specified to later on that to the dinner people were to wear muggle clothing and the performers could wear formal or whatever. They started to arrive. She had charmed the door to only allow people who were performing in so they started to filter in and sit down. The last two to enter were Harry and Ron who sat down not too far from Willow.

"Ok so Ginny," Ginny looked up at Willow, "you will be opening for us." Ginny's eyes widened. "Don't worry Ginny you will be great, if you want to warm up, you can go to whenever. Just be back in ten minuets ok." Ginny nodded and quickly left. She told the rest the order and they all hurried off to get ready. At six exactly she opened the doors and all the students filled in. She walked up onto the stage once the hall was filled and everyone was seated. She had a hand held cordless mike that had been enchanted to work with magic rather than electricity.

"Good evening to you all. The feast will start in a moment. I would just like to reminder everyone that first years through to 5th years are allowed to be here till one a.m. And 6th and 7th years will continue to party till whenever." She got much applause from the older students. "Ok so, first off we have Ginny Weasely performing Everytime. I hope you enjoy the music and the food." Food appeared and the lights dimmed. The music started up and a voice started up.

Notice me
Take my hand
Why are we
Strangers when
Our love is strong
Why carry on without me?

Ginny was strung up from the roof in a cradle shaped cloth. She descended onto the stage with awes and mumbles from the audience.


Everytime I try to fly
I fall without my wings
I feel so small
I guess I need you baby
And everytime I see you in my dreams
I see your face, you're haunting me
I guess I need you baby

She was wearing tight full-length black dress with her hair pulled up. She held the cordless mike in her hand and sung her heart out.

I make believe
That you are here
It's the only way
I see clear
What have I done
You seem to move on easy

Everytime I try to fly
I fall without my wings
I feel so small
I guess I need you baby
Everytime I see you in my dreams
I see your face, you're haunting me
I guess I need you baby

I may have made it rain
Please forgive me
My weakness caused you pain
And this song is my sorry

At night I pray
That soon your face
Will fade away

Everytime I try to fly
I fall without my wings
I feel so small
I guess I need you baby
And everytime I see you in my dreams
I see your face, you're haunting me
I guess I need you baby

As the song ended she hung her head and a single tear fell from her eyes. The crowd was stunned, his was little Ginny Weasley. Not some glamorous singing woman. Her applauds started and just grew and grew, till near deafening sounds. She smiled the spotlight went out and she disappeared to her seat suddenly dressed in muggle cloths. Willow had told them this would happen so they could get to eating with out getting change or destroying their good cloths.

"Thank you Ginny, wow, ok so next we have Neville Longbottom singing and playing the piano, here's Neville with The Scientist.

Come up to meet you,
Tell you I'm sorry,
You don't know how lovely you are.

The spot light lit up the stage and there was Neville sitting at a Piano his eyes closed. He was in a suite and tie. Both black and white shirt.


I had to find you,
Tell you I need you,
Tell you I set you apart.
Tell me your secrets,
And ask me your questions,
Oh, let's go back to the start.
Runnin' in circles,
Comin' up tails,
Heads are a science apart.

Nobody said it was easy,
It's such a shame for us to part.
Nobody said it was easy,
No one ever said it would be this hard.
Oh, take me back to the start.

I was just guessing,
At numbers and figures,
Pulling your puzzles apart.
Questions of science,
Science and progress,
Do not speak as loud as my heart.
Tell me you love me,
Come back and hold me,
Oh, when I rush to the start.
Runnin' in circles,
Chasin' tails,
Comin' back as we are.

Nobody said it was easy,
Oh, it's such a shame for us to part.
Nobody said it was easy,
No one ever said it would be so hard.
I'm goin' back to the start.

owwwwwwww
awwwwwww...
owwwwww.....
owwwwwwww...

The applauds was like thunder. Everyone but the Slytherins were cheering for Neville. She disappeared like Ginny after a short bow.

"Ok, so to get it out of the way, I am going to sing now. I am singing Hello." She clapped her hands and the room went dark and she appeared on stage her hair in a shorter version and in pants (black) a medieval top and with an abundance of jewelry. The music started up.

Playground school bell rings again
Rain clouds come to play again
Has no one told you she's not breathing?
Hello, I'm your mind giving you
Someone to talk to
Hello

If I smile and don't believe
Soon I know I'll wake from this dream
Don't try to fix me, I'm not broken
Hello, I'm the lie living for you so you can hide
Don't cry

Suddenly I know I'm not sleeping
Hello, I'm still here
All that's left of yesterday

Everyone applauded her. She was happy; she had found she quite liked singing. Dinner came and went with amazing performances by everyone. Everyone, including the professors, was dismissed by Willow as she removed the glamours and did some final touches to the room. Willow had decided to dress as Joan of Ark; she had a real metal sword with blunting charms on the blade so no one would be accidentally cut. She had this sword so incase of any attacks on the school. The first people to enter were Harry, Ron and Hermione. Hermione was dressed; much like Buffy had that one Halloween. Except her dress was more scarlet and a deeper black trimming was around the edged. She wore a silver necklace and her hair was tied up in an old fashioned way. Ron was dressed as monk. He wore a brown robe with a cord around his waist. His hood covered his now brown hair; he had also done a glamour to cover freckles and any pimples etc on his face. Harry was stunningly dressed as a Roman warrior. He had a white toga with red over shawl type cloth. He had loose armor and a helmet with the red bristles on top. He too carried a sword; Willow wasn't sure if his was real or not though.

The three Gryffindors walked through the entrance of the great hall and all were speechless. The tables had gone and around the edge were red velvet seats and round tables. In the center of the room a stage had been placed, it was round and stood a good meter or so off the ground, and had continual steps all around. The lighting was dim except for where the stage was where various light colors shone. There were tables all along the edge that had snack type food, and drinks. The three Gryffindors could see Willow sitting in a chair off to the side looking out the window sipping a drink.

"Alyson this is brilliant!" Ron exclaimed.

"Yes, it's amazing, how did you think of this?" Hermione asked.

"Just came to me…" Willow explained.

"Well wherever it came from, everyone will have a wonderful time." Harry said. They were going to say more but more people came in and teachers as well; Snape and a few of the other teachers had decided not to dress up. Professor McGonagall, one of the teachers in a costume, was dressed as a doctor. More people came there were; Muggles, large Animals, skeletons, one boy in Slytherin dressed as Death (at first they thought he was a Dementor until he removed his hood and they all relaxed.), there were also Drug addicts, dead brides, men in suits (claiming to be spies like 007), and much, much more.

The party picked up and people were dancing and generally having fun, they all were laughing. Willow had been talking mainly to some other Gryffindors, she wasn't trying to avoid the trio but it had become sort of natural. Bad she thought as she was supposed to be watching Harry. She danced with a few guys but generally stuck to some bobbing up and down in the corner. It was nearing one o'clock and the departure of the younger students.

"Thank you for attending this festive occasion, but I am afraid it is time for first through to fifth years to go to bed." Willow announced. She got many groans and some of the older people started to usher the younger ones out. At one a.m. exactly thousands upon thousands of rose petals fell from the roof. Everyone stopped to see the sight. Amazingly none of the petals fell into the food or drinks. Just then the alarms Willow had placed went off. Angel clutched his ears and Willow jumped in alarm, Cordy also started to feel the ringing pain in her ears. Dumbledore, and most of the other teachers had already left, only Professor McGonagall, Hagrid, Cordy, Angel and Professor Sprout remained. The others had left to get some rest but she hoped he would get here soon.

Willow pulled the doors shut with magic and ceased the ringing in her ears. Everything in the room vanished she was back into muggle clothing she could fight in, but still had here sword with all the charms removed.. All eyes were on her. Here eyes had gone black.

"Everyone to the middle of the room, first yeas in the center of all the students and form a circle now…" Willow ordered in a deepening voice, no one moved. "NOW!" she yelled no one but Angel, Cordy and Professor McGonagall moved. "How hard is it for you guys to do one thing?" She muttered something and suddenly the students found themselves in the position that Willow had told them to do. Willow could feel people looking at her, and she some of them had their wands out and pointed at her.

"I would point that some other place if I were you…" Willow said with out turning around.

"Not unless you tell us what is going on!" It was Hermione Willow winced at this. Confrontation was not something Willow enjoyed at time like these.

"Look Hermione, Harry and Ron," she said turning around. "I am not the one you should be pointing those at. Besides you couldn't hex me."

"You want to bet on it??" Ron said defiantly. Willow pushed for her power and teleported to very close to Ron's face.

"Do you?" She said. Ron gulped. And the student body gasped, no one could apperate in Hogwarts.

"Expel-" Harry started but was cut short when his wand was taken from him.

"Tut, tut, tut, Harry should try and hex people like me…" Willow said playfully.

"Stupif-" Hermione said but stopped when her voice was lost, she made choking sounds. Harry went to her aid.

By now Dumbledore and the other teachers were at the great hall door. Someone was pounding quite hard on it. Willow flung it open and pulled in the teachers with her magic; she then quickly shut it and made it seem like a wall rather than a door. The windows turned to expanded but seemed to be stone on the outside, and the roof closed up there was no way in or out. Now nearly everyone had their wand out and pointed at Willow.

"What have I just been saying? Hello good guy, there are about a hundred bad guys coming our way!" Willow said matter-a-factly.

"How do you know this Miss Hannigan?" Snape drawled out.

"I have complete faith in Ms. Hannigan's judgment Professor, so would everyone please get prepared for a fight, Ms. Hannigan would you be so kind as to tell us what's coming?"

"Yes, of course, we have 30 vampires coming, 20 Evil living men, One really powerful guy," She stared, she pushed harder with her magic and extended her "vision". "We also have about 20 Dementors, and the rest are demons about 15 should be easy to kill."

"What would you suggest we do Professor O'Connell and Chase, and Ms. Hannigan?"

"We mount up." Angel started. "Vampires should start to burn by a very strong light charm, it must be a sunlight charm though, also wood to the heart, or decapitation. Demons will most likely die from a decapitation. You know about the others."

"This is a crash course in demonology people so get ready!" Cordy added. Everyone shifted the stance and Angel and Cordy produced hidden weapons.

"Wait!" Willow said, there are innocents with the Evil dude, I think only three and their unconscious so be on the look out!" Willow said. The students could see vampires outside prowling around the stone wall. "I will make an opening right her ok," Willow indicated an area in the side of the wall. She waved her hands and a largish opening appeared. The stunned vamps turned and jumped through the opening. A few got through but most were hit by sunlight charms. The room filled with curses flying every where. Willow was holding her own too. The vamps were thinning out when hoards of demons came rushing through. Willow tried to rip there heads but got into a lot of physical combat trying to defend off the evil creatures. Eventually the daemons were dead, fortunately for them none of the students were dead yet, all of the younger ones had been protected by the older but they needed medical attentions really badly, Poppy was quickly patching up people here and there. Then the Dementors came. Harry was the first to ward them off with a beautiful majestic silver stag. Willow tried to knock them unconscious with her magic it worked ok. The teachers had formed a barrier with some of the students who new the spell, around those who didn't. They did well and the Dementors had cleared out now came the death eaters. They all flew in on brown sticks and landed in the gap in the wall. No one moved, though the death eaters had their wands out they had not yet said a charm, then he came. Voldermort swooped in and landed with three prisoners bound by charms.

"Well congratulations," Voldermort started clapping, "looks like you did some good work." He said with a smirk, he kicked one of the bodies of a Polgara demon. "Pathetic really, well, lets get down to business." He said looking up. His eyes met to Willows and she realized he could probably see through her fake appearance. "Well, well, well, what do we have here, a little filthy muggle girl, powerful maybe but not that powerful…" He said intuitively. Willow had learnt a spell or a kind of meditations skill to hide her power and keep it under raps. "Potter!" Voldermort yelled, "Get out here." Harry meekly stepped forward wand in hand. "Now Potter, you like to be the hero don't you. Well today you can save three lives and the lives of your whole school. All you have to do is kill one mudblood and then yourself!" Voldermort said with glee. He held up his prisoners.

"Gran? Mum? Dad?" Neville said stepping forward.

"Yes that's right Mr. Longbottom, look what I found." Voldermort said mischievously. Neville ran forward towards the bodies but willow pulled him back. "That's a good boy, I'd do what the muggle tells you, take one step and I will kill all three of them." four death eaters pointed their wands at the heads of Neville's parents. Two at each of his parents and Voldermort pressed his wand at Neville's Grandmother. Willow thought quickly, she knew she couldn't get all of the wands quick enough, she knew all the death eaters were looking forward, she quickly formulated a plan.

"Well Potter, you have 5, 4, 3, 2, 1." Voldermort nodded and the death eaters started the killing curse.

"Wait!" Harry said. Voldermort's eyebrows rose.

"Harry you can't be serious!" Hermione said.

"I am dead serious, Hermione. I'm sorry." He raised his wand to her temple. Everyone in the room looked stunned. Voldermort was starting to get impatient.

"Avanda Kedavara!" Voldermort yelled. Willow was quick with a barrier but a lot of the curse had leaked through her shield and a few dozen students were hit with a mild blast. They turned to look back at Voldermort and his followers and saw that he had snapped Neville's grandmother's head. Willow pushed again with her magic sending all the death eaters out through the place where the wall was supposed to be. But she was too late for the other relatives of Neville; she could see there necks had been snapped.

"NO!!" Several people yelled. Willow quickly created the wall and shot out a protection barrier, like the one she used when the Scoobys had used when they had been trapped in the abandon petrol station. She then turned to help the wounded. Most she couldn't help, but she quickly attended to those with physical wounds. She could see Neville crying and could see his fellow pears as well as Cordy trying to console him. Willow looked up from her healing and turned her head apprehensively. She sent out her magic reaching for something but couldn't feel the Bug Bad. But she realized they had left the bodies. She cringed at that fact. She quickly found Dumbledore.

"Ah, Dumbledore, not to seem like I'm running but I think I should go. The Death eaters have gone, but they left their………killings." Willow said with much remorse.

"Ms. Hannigan, I think you should maybe go to my office, I think we might need you if another attack comes. But leave your things where they are, you don't have to go anywhere." Dumbledore said. Jus then Cordy and Angel came up.

"I can't believe I didn't see this coming!" Cordy cried.

"Maybe the Powers couldn't reach you through the charms…" Angel said trying to console her, "I mean we can't save everyone, don't blame yourself Cordy." He hugged her. "So what is going to happen now Albus?" Angel asked, they had got on a first name basis.

"We were just talking about that. I think it would be best if Ms. Hannigan stayed here. I think we should also expect a visit from the Ministry soon enough." As if pulled in on by queue the great hall doors burst open and 10 aurora's and Fudge strode in.

"Speak of the devil…" Said Angel.

"Albus, what in gods name has happened here!?" Fudge said indignantly.

"Why nothing Fudge, we have just been under attack by Voldermort…" Dumbledore explained, Fudge and some other people flinched at his name. "He has come back stronger than ever. He has more power other wise he wouldn't have come out so freely."

"Were there any victims?" Fudge inquired.

"Unfortunately, Mr. Longbottom's parents and grandmother were killed." Albus said gravely. Cordy shrunk and clutched onto Angel tighter. The soft crying from Neville could be heard behind them.

"Well, that's good news. Well if that's all and the threat is gone I best be off." Fudge said flippantly. Willow couldn't hold it anymore.

"GOOD NEWS???" she yelled, heads turned to look at her. "How in goddess's name is that good news?" Fudge looked astonished this little girl was yelling at him, the minister of magic? "Neville's only relatives are dead, and I should have saved them, that is in no way good news!" Willow screamed, tears slowly fell from her face… "If I had just taken action a split second sooner, I could have saved the." More tears fell.

"You? What could you do?" Fudge said stupidly, he knew it was the wrong thing to say as soon as he met willows eyes. They were completely black and her hair was starting to go darker.

"You want to know what I can do?" she said rising from the floor. "I can do more than you!" suddenly the door became a stone wall again. The auroras had their wands pointed at her.

"Don't move an inch!" said a male aurora.

"Hand over your wand!" said another.

"Silly little men, I don't use a wand!" Willow said her voice getting darker. She outstretched her hands and all the wands around her from everyone except for Poppy's, and Albus, flew to her hand. She then through them up and they stuck to the roof.

"Ally, don't do this…" Angel said to her softly.

"Hush now Angel, me and the little men have some business to attend to…" Willow said looking gleefully at the men.

"Ally, think of Warren…" Angel hissed. He had been told by Buffy about Willow's episode. He really couldn't believe Willow had tried to destroy the world. Willow's eyes seem to shift as her whole persona.

"Fine, for Dawn…" She said. She the produced some gold dust throwing it over the men. She clapped her ands and said something no one understood and then men were gone. And the door was back. She then collapsed into Angels arms. And the wands seemed to find their owners.

No one knew how to react; a girl had just taken teleported 11 people out of Hogwarts. This was supposed to be impossible. Dumbledore had quickly hurried off to get a new room for Willow. Snape strode up o Angel, who had laid Willow on the ground. He clutched his wand and pointed it at Willow from behind Angel.

"Pertrificus Tot-" Snape started but was cut short by a kick to his wrist that sent his wand flying in the air. Cordy's hand swooped and caught it. She had never really liked the guy so she thought she would try her hand at magic.

"Petrificus Totalus!" She screamed. It seemed to work putting him in a full bind. He fell and hit the floor with a thud. She new it wasn't a good idea because now she had three other wands pointed at her by other Professors. Professor McGonagall with no word calmed the Professors. Cordy had no idea where to put the wand she quickly pulled her hair into a bud and held it with the wand. Many face showed an astonished look. She turned back to the awakening Willow.

"Hey," Angel said, "you did a god thing. Now can you stand or dose it hurt to much."

"Hurting is an understatement. Ever had a spike shoved through your head? Well maybe I have 15." She stood anyways and Angel picked her up and carried her out with Cordy following.

Harry was sitting in mild pain on the Great hall floor. He had Ron and Hermione sitting next to him. They didn't know what to think of past events.

"Hermione, you know I would never, hurt you…" Harry said softly.

"I know Harry, you just scared me. I knew you had a plan." She went to hug Harry.

"Ouch." He said.

"Sorry… are you OK Ron?" Hermione asked

"Oh just fine, you know escape near death, kill a few demons, I can honestly say I never want to do that, and I am no longer that frightened of spiders." Ron said staring at the floor. The others cracked a smile.

"Hermione, did you notice that Voldermort said that Allyson was powerful." Harry asked

"Yes, it was strange he seemed so intrigued by her. Like he knew something we didn't…And what was that about she could have saved them, I don't think she could have saved them even with quicker reflexes." Hermione said

"I guess, she must be very powerful though, she could take our wands and get rid of eleven people. I thought that no one could apperate or teleport in and out of Hogwarts? and also Voldermort said she was a muggel, how could muggels have magic?" Harry said quizzically. "But Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall seem to trust he, so maybe we should just trust their judgment."

"I'm not sure Harry, and I guess we have to trus Dumbledore, but there is something about Allyson that Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Chase and O'Connell, aren't telling us." Hermione deduced.

"Let's sleep on it, I really need some sleep." Ron said breaking the silence. The trio headed up to the common room silently. They crept into their beds and slept. Hermione noticed Ally's stuff was gone. She wondered where Dumbledore had put her. But she slept soundly all the same.

Willow was placed in the room of Requirement. Dumbledore had placed a charm over it so no one could get in except for poppy, him and Angle and Cordelia. Willow, had nightmares that night of Warren and what she had done. She cried in her sleep but that hurt so she cried more…..

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So I hope you like that sorry it has taken so long but I have been doing school work and trying to watch more Buffy and Angel and read more HP…so anyways review please!! Thanks and till next time goodnight!