Sorry for dallying this post, but school got(and still is) in the way. I was lucky that I was able to write this much of chapter 5. I hope that things will calm down soon.

Answers:

Allen Pitt: Interesting, now that would be understatement. And yes trust issues, there will be a lot of that, on bough sides. Now abut Sirius, something that you said send my Muse in to overdrive. And there will be Angel, just not in the way you think. Dawn will be in this story, …experience yes. Maturity not so much.

AlKymi: thanks

Slays: Faith, she met her in one of her jumps to Sunnydale. I'll write flashback in one of the later chapters.

Scythepsycho: You got your wish.

Just me: Blushes, thanks. Abut Draco ..so true. And Buffy's friend, she meets him in this chapter. Buffy hitting Draco…could happened….

Mari/blushes/ probably

I twisted order of things that happened in the book/movie, but just a little bit.

Chapter 5: Tests at Christmas!

Buffy was pouting, on the train that was headed to Hogwarts. She was sent to school to take tests and spend Christmas with her brother. What did she do in her previous life to deserve this? Not only will Draco act all superior, he really needed to be thrown down a couple of pegs and she'll love doing it, but she won't be spending her first holiday with her parents. Parents, that she had come to love over months living with them.

The train was almost empty. But she was the only kid on it. Well at least she had the whole compartment for her self. Well Tema was with her, curled on the seat and sleeping.

When they arrived and she saw the school for the first time … well she could congratulate her self for not gaping like a fish. It was a castle, a big, big castle. Probably with massive front door and long corridors….and dungeons…that is not of the good. Evil things love dark, damp places.

"Hello" said mans voice behind her. She turned around and saw the biggest….wait did she shrink again.

"I'm Hagrid," The man introduced himself. "Professor Dumbledore send me to fetch ya."

"OK," she said craning her neck to look at him. He was tall, and her senses were telling her that he is not entirely human, but no danger to her or others so she just shrugged it off.

Following him inside she fought the urge to gape at her surroundings, this place was whoa, incredible and huge and beautiful. Finally they arrived to the headmasters office as Hagrid said, Buffy just hoped that the principal or headmaster as it was called here, was better than that troll Snyder.

"Lemon Sherbet." Said Hagrid, causing Buffy to turn and look at him strangely. Then she jumped when a big stony bird statue started to move.

Taking things in stride, Buffy stepped on the first step and soon found her self in the headmasters' chamber. Soft rustling sounds drew her attention on big, scruffy and golden-red bird. It looked sick.

"That is Phoenix, Miss Malfoy." Said a voice from the corner of the room. Buffy turned and saw a tall wizard, with long white beard and hair. And he was wearing long scarlet robes.

"Are you Merlin or what?" sputtered Buffy surprised. The wizards' eyes twinkled in amusement.

"Ah no Miss Malfoy, I'm not as talented as he was."

"OK then, wait Merlin was real…"at wizards not, she continued "King Arthur, knights of the round table..."

"Not exactly as Muggles portray it, but close. I believe we were not introduced. I'm Professor Dumbledore the headmaster of Hogwarts."

"Buffy Summers." Buffy mumbled, then at Dumbledore's curious look amended, "I mean Isabel Malfoy, sir."

"Buffy Summers?" he asked gently and sat him self behind his desk. Buffy went and sat in front of him.

"That's the name I've lived with all my life." She answered. For seventeen years, she added mentally. Dumbledore regarded her for couple more minutes, and then leaned back at his chair.

"Now Miss Malfoy, your father has informed you that you'll take test for first and in some subjects second year tests." At Buffy's nod, he continued "First year Transfiguration test will be taking place on; Let me think today is Monday… on Friday, professor McGonagall teaches that class and she'll also grade you. Then next week on Monday, professor Snape wants to give his tests at Potions. Other subjects will be set later on. Now I believe …"

There was a knock on the door and Dumbledore invited the person behind doors in. It was a boy of 17, tall muscular, but he kind of looked as a troll.

"Ah Mr. Flint, this is Miss Malfoy, please escort her to Slytherin common room.'' At Buffy's confused look. Dumbledore fully turned to the girl.

"Your father and Minister as well as the board of Wizards thought best to place you in the same house that your brother lives in." he said seriously. Buffy could tell that he didn't agree with that decision and she wondered at that. His next words explained, at least party, why.

"There are four houses; Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin. In which the first years are sorted, but due to your circumstance, they decided that it would be prudent if you would be placed in Slytherin with out sorting."

Then he looked at the ceiling, then back at her, "I believe that it for now, your trunk is already in girl dormitory, of you go you two."

And so she fallowed Flint out of the headmasters' chamber. He was talking, mostly bragging how great the Slytherin house is, the best. Buffy zoned out of it, moments after she figured out, that it will be the one sided conversation. And this is how the came to the entrance to the common room.

"Now the password only Slytherin knows it is," turning his head and looking around if there was someone ears dropping, then he lowered his voice "Salazar."

As the door swung open, Buffy saw a vast room. Mostly in green and silver colour. On the sofa before the fireplace sat her brother, with two large boys, with thick necks. They were laughing.

Then Draco looked up and saw her. He was not surprised, actually he didn't show any emotion, at all.

"You finally arrived," he said sundering towards her. "These are Crabbe and Goyle," he showed his friends, but before he could continue, Tema jumped on the table and hissed manically at Draco's friends.

Draco glared, "Get that infernal crazy cat out of here, she does that all the time." Buffy was visibly smirking when she picked up the kitten.

"Perhaps if the three of you were not wearing so much cologne she would not be so attracted to you. Did you found a girl friend Draco?"

Draco flushed beet red and glared. Which only caused Buffy's smirk to increase in wattage.

"Oh my brother is all grown up," she said with mock regret, "So when I'll meet the lucky girl? Did you ask her out yet?"

"Shut the bloody hell up. I don't have a girlfriend and I don't wear cologne. Your cat just likes to jump at us."

"Then why do you look like a tomato?"

"I've urgh..." and he stormed out. That left Buffy alone with Flint, Crabbe and Goyle, who looked confused. This in Buffy's opinion meant that they don't have a lot of brains, muscles yes, brains no. Joy.

"So, if you don't mind I would like to go out and explore for a while." No response. Oh well she had better things to do. Explore, for one.

When Buffy finally got to the stairs she got a nasty surprise when said stairs began to move, but before she could start complain abut utter stupidity that moving stairs were she noticed a boy on the weary edge of them. Desperately waving his hands to try regaining balance.

Hurrying to him, she grabbed him and pulled. Both of them toppled to the floor.

"I I'm s ... sorry." the boy stammered, and then his eyes winded when he caught the Slytherin emblem at the blond girl robes.

"Well for starters," the girl said, and he winced waiting for unavoidable Slytherin taunting. "you could get of me."

"Huh," he was confused, and then when he noticed the position they were in, he blushed furiously and scrambled up.

"What's your name?" the girl asked him nicely.

"Why?" he sputtered, trying to work out why this Slytherin was nice to him. She smiled at him reassuringly.

"Well we were in the, kind of, embarrassing position," she said, and his face flushed again.

"Neville Longbottom." he mumbled quietly, but Buffy thanks to her Slayer hearing understood him just fine.

"I'm Buffy, well actually my name is Isabel. Isabel Malfoy. But you can cal me Buffy if you want.?

He just stared at her. "What, do I have something on my face?" she asked him with a slight pout.

"No, it's perfect…" when he realized what he was saying he flushed again and found the floor very interesting. He could not believe that he actually said that, and she didn't seem to be angry at him. This was totally different experience for Neville.

"Thanks, but you still didn't tell me why you staring at me?"

"You are...Uh…" he stammered, but the blonde girl waited patiently for him, "you are a Slytherin."

"So" Buffy said eerily.

"I'm in Gryffindor."

"So, what?"

Neville just gaped at her, giving Buffy some amusement at his incurious expression.

"Leave Neville alone," said a familiar voice behind them.

Buffy whirled around to come face to face with tree people she met at the bookstore. The one with glasses and unruly mop of black hair was wearing strange scarlet robes and he held a broom. But it was the irritating red head that spoken. What was his name again? Ron Weasley.

"Well Ronnie, what I'm doing with him is not you business, now is it?"

Before Ron could answer to that, the other guy, Harry, stepped forward.

"He is our friend." He said, drawing him self to his full height and looking down at her with his suspicious green eyes. But Buffy was not intimidated, by it. She stepped closer and placed her hands on her hips.

"Good for him, but since you interrupted our serious conversation," Ron snorted and Buffy narrowed her eyes at the boy, "You have something to add, carrot boy?"

Tips of Ron's ears were going red. But before anyone could say more, Neville stepped forward.

"We were really talking," he said, and stemmed when all eyes turned to him. "I was on the edge of the stairs, when they moved, and Buffy pulled me back."

Now everyone looked surprised.

"Geez, people get a grip, so I helped him, big deal, and we were getting to know one another, so what? Nobody said that making friends is against school rules."

"I thought that you name is Isabel?" asked the brown haired girl, Hermione.

Buffy shrugged, "It is, but Buffy is sort of a nick name …" Ron snickered at that, making Buffy's eyes narrow at him.

"What kind of a name is Buffy?" he asked sniggering.

"Hey, no making the fun of my name, OK, cuz you'll find your self on receiving end of very painful lesson. Got it?"

Hermione decided to intervene on that point. "Stop it Ron." She hissed.

"You are Hermione Granger, aren't you?" Hermione turned to the girl that spoke.

"Yes" she answered warily. Wondering why she asked. And she was even more uneasy when she grinned.

"Well I heard a lot about you from Draco, and amidst all his rambling, I figured that you are good at all subjects."

"You honesty expect us to believe that Draco said that?" asked Harry incredulously, eyeing Buffy with suspicion.

Buffy cocked her head to the side, peering up at him, "Well, he didn't say exactly that, there were a lot of words that I would not repeat, but I kinda read between the lines."

Then turning completely to Hermione, "You see I was wondering if you'll tutor me with History, and some other subjects."

Hermione just stared at her and so were other tree Gryffindors.

"W-what?" the girl and two boys sputtered. Making Buffy smile. "And maybe I can help you with English."

That got a glare. "You English people really don't have sense of humour. Do ya? Must be cuz of the gloomy weather."

Now they just stared, and Buffy was getting bored with this. And bored Buffy was never a good thing, especially if she didn't slay anything for weeks and had a lot of energy to burn.

"Look chica, can you help me or not?" But before Hermione could answer Ron butted in. Buffy was getting really annoyed with that guy.

"You must have some other motive. Why else would you want Hermione alone?" then he turned back to his two friends. "She is a Malfoy…."

"That's enough!" snapped Buffy, then skewed Ron with a death glare. "One reason why I asked her to help me, is because I really need help with some things, second, cuz it will drive Draco insane and third I need someone to have intelligent conversation with."

Then she paused for a minute, "And what do you know, you were right carrot boy, I do have hidden agenda," then she lowered her voice to secretive whisper. "I need her, so that she'll explain where I can get girl things, like say tampons,…" she trailed of enjoying Ron's and Harry's horrified and blushing faces and Hermione's snort of giggles.

"So what do you say Hermione," then before either of the boys could intervene again, "And Mr. Carrot as well his friend can be there if they wont interrupt our studies,"

"I –I'll come to," said Neville. Buffy smiled at the shy Gryffindor, "Sure the more the merrier."

"HARRY!" came from below. "Quidditch practice starts in 10 minutes!"