Chapter 4
Everyone stared in shock at what had just happened, this little slip of a girl had just kicked one of the best swordfighters they had seen, seemingly quite easily and then run out sobbing. Even Dumbledore who knew who she was and what she had done was quite surprised. Even he had not quite realized just how much the slayer was in love with the vampire she had sent to hell, The others however couldn't even begin to guess at what the young Dada had given up for them, for the world. All they saw when they looked at her was a girl the same age that they themselves taught.
It was Snape that finally spoke up saying, "What the bloody hell just happened? How is she that good at sword fighting and why did she just run sobbing from?". Dumbledore just shook his head and looked sadly in the direction that Buffy had just run. That really scared the teachers, Dumbledore almost never looked serious.
"Albus what just happened?" Minerva asked.
"Buffy is dealing with something that happened only a few days ago, something severely traumatic. As to why she is so good at fighting with a sword. Well she is probably one of the best fighters in the world dead or alive, she had to be, she wouldn't be alive if she hadn't." Was all that Dumbledore would say to the matter not wanting to tell them something so personal about the new teacher with so many problems in her life.
Snape however could not believe that any seventeen year old child could have something that bad happen to her and so while the others just gasped and started sadly Snape said, "What in hell could be that bad for a child her age, did she break a nail?"
None of the teachers could believe how he was acting towards and about this new Dada teacher. Granted he had never liked nor been considerate to any of the others, but this was almost outright cruelty. And the really strange thing about it was that Buffy didn't seem to care or even really realize what was going on. Dumbledore understood that Snape was extremely jealous and just hoped that it wouldn't get to be so bad that he would have to talk to the man about it. He also understood that he had just taken a huge hit to his pride about being beaten by the girl, especially seeing how he didn't know that she was the slayer.
Dumbledore said, "No Severus, I don't think that you could quite comprehend just what her life is really like, nor would you be alive if you were in her shoes. She is dealing with quite a lot and has been for quite some time. You push to hard and she will push back, and she can push a lot harder then you could ever dream. I would recommend that you stop antagonizing her."
With that Albus turned around and left to go to his office and speak to Fawkes about the new Dada teacher, he needed to be comforted by the phoenix and he needed some comforting, something only Fawkes could do. Snape turned as well, leaving for his office snarling at the Dada teacher that he wished had never come. The other teachers stayed and gossiped about what had just occurred and speculated what could have happened in the young teachers life.
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The months before school was to start Buffy was tutored in the ways of magic by the teachers. Snape was taught her Potions and Dada, Hagrid Care of Magical Creatures, Minerva transfiguration, Flick charms, and Sprout Herbology. They were stuffing knowledge into her head so fast they all thought that she would have problems with it, but surprisingly she didn't. She found that she was good at magic and threw herself into the training, trying to forget the real world and what she had done. Trying to forget Angel, but she never could. He was in her dreams and nightmares and thoughts at all times. This made her try even harder. She didn't want to think about him, because every time she did her eyes filled with tears and she would have to fight desperately for them not to fall from her eyes.
All the teachers were surprised at just how quickly Buffy picked up the use of magic, even Dumbledore. Buffy had never been interested in learning in any form before and had only done so because it was required by her mother. Now she could see practical uses in much of what she was learning directly. These type of things could actually help her in fights and being the slayer something that Buffy knew that she would never be able to escape.
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It was only a few days before the students would be arriving when Snape decided to find out just how much Buffy actually knew about vampires. When Buffy walked into the classroom she found Snape the way he normally was, sitting on the desk with a book in hand reading about what she would be going over. She had just had a dream of Angel blaming her for everything so when she walked in he found her wearing a pair of mans pants and a mans silk shirt. Her eyes were red rimmed from crying yet again. All in all it was a pitiful sight, one that had been seen a few times before. Snape was immune to how she looked preferring to never look at her.
"Today we will be going over vampires, I want you to tell me everything you know about them especially what you know about Dracula, The Master, Angelus, and William the Bloody." Snape said not noticing the pale look she got at the mention of Angelus.
"The world did not start out as a paradise, instead it started as a demon dimension, later they lost their hold on this reality, giving way to the animals man. One however bit and mixed his blood with a human. And he bit another and another and so they began. It is a human taking a vampire's blood which will make you one. The blood brings in the demon. They have no soul that is gone and so they have no conscience. Dracula, is one of the most famous vampire and is actually known in the muggle world although thought to be just a tale. He can not transform into smoke or anything like that but he as well as all other vampires are much stronger and faster then normal humans. The Master was just that one of the oldest vampires in the world and he actually lost the ability to transform into his human face. He was in britan for a time but soon went over to the US in an attempt to open the hellmouth. Instead he was trapped in the sewers around the hellmouth. He had some hypnotic ability and is now dead. Angelus, 'the one with the angelic face' he was born Liam O'Conner and given that name when he was changed by his little sister when she thought that he was an angel. He was sired by Darla, The Master's favorite. Angelus was nicknamed the scrounge of Europe and he was to seat at The Master's right hand. About eighty years ago however he was given his soul back by gypsies. He lost his soul less then a year ago and was sent to hell only a few months ago. William the Bloody was given his name when he was a human because he wrote really bad poetry. He was sired by a vampire named Drusilla who had been driven insane and then turned into a vampire by Angelus. He was nicknamed Spike for his used of railroad spikes and he has fought and killed two slayers. The slayer is the one girl in all the world with the strength and skill to stop the swell of their numbers. When one dies the other is called." Buffy intoned going over what she knew about the vampires. She was surprised, three out of four famous vampires had come and attacked and she had defeated them. Granted Spike wasn't dead just yet but she hadn't been killed by him either and she had gotten him to leave town.
Everyone stared in shock at what had just happened, this little slip of a girl had just kicked one of the best swordfighters they had seen, seemingly quite easily and then run out sobbing. Even Dumbledore who knew who she was and what she had done was quite surprised. Even he had not quite realized just how much the slayer was in love with the vampire she had sent to hell, The others however couldn't even begin to guess at what the young Dada had given up for them, for the world. All they saw when they looked at her was a girl the same age that they themselves taught.
It was Snape that finally spoke up saying, "What the bloody hell just happened? How is she that good at sword fighting and why did she just run sobbing from?". Dumbledore just shook his head and looked sadly in the direction that Buffy had just run. That really scared the teachers, Dumbledore almost never looked serious.
"Albus what just happened?" Minerva asked.
"Buffy is dealing with something that happened only a few days ago, something severely traumatic. As to why she is so good at fighting with a sword. Well she is probably one of the best fighters in the world dead or alive, she had to be, she wouldn't be alive if she hadn't." Was all that Dumbledore would say to the matter not wanting to tell them something so personal about the new teacher with so many problems in her life.
Snape however could not believe that any seventeen year old child could have something that bad happen to her and so while the others just gasped and started sadly Snape said, "What in hell could be that bad for a child her age, did she break a nail?"
None of the teachers could believe how he was acting towards and about this new Dada teacher. Granted he had never liked nor been considerate to any of the others, but this was almost outright cruelty. And the really strange thing about it was that Buffy didn't seem to care or even really realize what was going on. Dumbledore understood that Snape was extremely jealous and just hoped that it wouldn't get to be so bad that he would have to talk to the man about it. He also understood that he had just taken a huge hit to his pride about being beaten by the girl, especially seeing how he didn't know that she was the slayer.
Dumbledore said, "No Severus, I don't think that you could quite comprehend just what her life is really like, nor would you be alive if you were in her shoes. She is dealing with quite a lot and has been for quite some time. You push to hard and she will push back, and she can push a lot harder then you could ever dream. I would recommend that you stop antagonizing her."
With that Albus turned around and left to go to his office and speak to Fawkes about the new Dada teacher, he needed to be comforted by the phoenix and he needed some comforting, something only Fawkes could do. Snape turned as well, leaving for his office snarling at the Dada teacher that he wished had never come. The other teachers stayed and gossiped about what had just occurred and speculated what could have happened in the young teachers life.
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The months before school was to start Buffy was tutored in the ways of magic by the teachers. Snape was taught her Potions and Dada, Hagrid Care of Magical Creatures, Minerva transfiguration, Flick charms, and Sprout Herbology. They were stuffing knowledge into her head so fast they all thought that she would have problems with it, but surprisingly she didn't. She found that she was good at magic and threw herself into the training, trying to forget the real world and what she had done. Trying to forget Angel, but she never could. He was in her dreams and nightmares and thoughts at all times. This made her try even harder. She didn't want to think about him, because every time she did her eyes filled with tears and she would have to fight desperately for them not to fall from her eyes.
All the teachers were surprised at just how quickly Buffy picked up the use of magic, even Dumbledore. Buffy had never been interested in learning in any form before and had only done so because it was required by her mother. Now she could see practical uses in much of what she was learning directly. These type of things could actually help her in fights and being the slayer something that Buffy knew that she would never be able to escape.
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It was only a few days before the students would be arriving when Snape decided to find out just how much Buffy actually knew about vampires. When Buffy walked into the classroom she found Snape the way he normally was, sitting on the desk with a book in hand reading about what she would be going over. She had just had a dream of Angel blaming her for everything so when she walked in he found her wearing a pair of mans pants and a mans silk shirt. Her eyes were red rimmed from crying yet again. All in all it was a pitiful sight, one that had been seen a few times before. Snape was immune to how she looked preferring to never look at her.
"Today we will be going over vampires, I want you to tell me everything you know about them especially what you know about Dracula, The Master, Angelus, and William the Bloody." Snape said not noticing the pale look she got at the mention of Angelus.
"The world did not start out as a paradise, instead it started as a demon dimension, later they lost their hold on this reality, giving way to the animals man. One however bit and mixed his blood with a human. And he bit another and another and so they began. It is a human taking a vampire's blood which will make you one. The blood brings in the demon. They have no soul that is gone and so they have no conscience. Dracula, is one of the most famous vampire and is actually known in the muggle world although thought to be just a tale. He can not transform into smoke or anything like that but he as well as all other vampires are much stronger and faster then normal humans. The Master was just that one of the oldest vampires in the world and he actually lost the ability to transform into his human face. He was in britan for a time but soon went over to the US in an attempt to open the hellmouth. Instead he was trapped in the sewers around the hellmouth. He had some hypnotic ability and is now dead. Angelus, 'the one with the angelic face' he was born Liam O'Conner and given that name when he was changed by his little sister when she thought that he was an angel. He was sired by Darla, The Master's favorite. Angelus was nicknamed the scrounge of Europe and he was to seat at The Master's right hand. About eighty years ago however he was given his soul back by gypsies. He lost his soul less then a year ago and was sent to hell only a few months ago. William the Bloody was given his name when he was a human because he wrote really bad poetry. He was sired by a vampire named Drusilla who had been driven insane and then turned into a vampire by Angelus. He was nicknamed Spike for his used of railroad spikes and he has fought and killed two slayers. The slayer is the one girl in all the world with the strength and skill to stop the swell of their numbers. When one dies the other is called." Buffy intoned going over what she knew about the vampires. She was surprised, three out of four famous vampires had come and attacked and she had defeated them. Granted Spike wasn't dead just yet but she hadn't been killed by him either and she had gotten him to leave town.