Hi everyone! The next chapter should be up on Dec. 7. I've got a couple things I have to work on, such as Christmas presents, visiting my family, and whatnot. After that I should hopefully back to updating once a week. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!
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fairysk8r glad you like Draco, he's got a few more good moments in this chapter.
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PreCarIouS*pErsOnaTa yeah they will be going to ME, the pairings aren't really going to change, and I'm not messing with the Aragorn/Arwen pairing, no matter how much I hate her. You really don't want me to get started with how much I hate what Peter Jackson did with her character. I've got some strange things planned for the dimensional hopping, and hopefully they work, we shall see.
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T.C. Vincent, I know, we had just had that conversation about what exactly Charlie does with the dragons so I couldn't resist putting that little bit in there (plus I figured Draco would be obsessed with them since his name means dragon). Maybe I'll write a one-shot one day about what he does. Who knows, I've got so many running around my head. Yes, there is a reason for the resurgence of demons, gets explained later, but not in this chapter. And everyone, please head her warnings about my ranting, I've been going on for two months about the elves at Helm's Deep.
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There are some slight spoilers for a movie, but I only mentioned the very beginning of it and didn't give the plot away, no matter how many good one-liners I could have put in there throughout it. And if you guys haven't seen it yet, well you damn well should.
Chapter Two
Muggle Entertainment
Buffy insisted on giving the Weasleys a quick tour of the house before they sat down to watch a movie. In reality she wanted to give Willow plenty of time to get there because it would be infinitely easier for her to answer Mr. Weasley's inevitable questions about how the television worked.
A majority of the tour was spent watching Arthur playing with light switches and examining plugs with a childlike glee. Bill and Charlie were more interested in the non-moving muggle photographs.
By the time they herded everyone back into the living room, Willow, Tara, and Giles had arrived. The two wiccas received a bone-crushing hug from Molly as she profusely thanked them for teaching Ron. She then turned her attention to Giles and covered him with as much affection as she had the others.
Draco patiently waited through the entire exchange, even though he was dying to show them the movie. He had picked that evening's selection himself, although he would vociferously deny that it was one of his favorites. He hoped Mr. Weasley enjoyed it because he had chosen it especially for him.
Once Mrs. Weasley finished greeting the newcomers and everyone found a seat in the living room, Draco turned on the TV. Mr. Weasley watched in rapt attention as the blond Slytherin set everything up for the movie. He turned to Willow and opened his mouth, but before he could ask she smiled and began explaining how everything worked.
The menu had been showing on the screen for several minutes by the time she was done. She had to hide another smile as she recognized the screen. "This one again, Draco? Haven't we seen this one enough?"
"I thought this would be a good example of muggle entertainment," Draco answered a bit huffily.
"And the fact that it's your favorite has nothing to do with it," Tara pointed out teasingly.
"It is not my favorite movie!"
"You like it more than Fear Factor."
"Two entirely different genres, you can't even compare them."
"Why don't we watch the movie?" Buffy asked.
"Fine!"
They quietly watched as the Disney and Pixar logos were shown. As the first shot of the movie appeared, Bill asked, "This takes place underwater?"
"The ocean," Draco answered.
"That fish talked!" Arthur exclaimed after a moment. "Where did they find one?"
"That's not a real fish," Willow told him.
"I thought muggles couldn't do magic. How did they make that fish talk?"
Willow patiently explained animation to the confused Mr. Weasley.
"Oh they all died, the poor dear," Molly sniffled. She felt a hand pat hers gently. She looked down to see Draco, who was sitting on the floor in front of her, smiling at her sympathetically.
"It will be all right."
She reached down and hugged him, "You are such a sweet boy!"
Draco had never been told that he was sweet before, especially by a Weasley. He was only slightly surprised to find that he liked it.
When the movie ended their cheeks were sore from laughing so hard and there were a few teary eyes. Draco couldn't help by silently gloat.
Dawn looked up at the clock and exclaimed, "Oh! It's still early. We can go to the Bronze."
"The Bronze? What's that?" One of the twins asked.
"Isn't that the muggle club you hang out at?" Ginny asked.
At Dawn's nod, Ron asked, "Oh, can we go?"
"I don't see why not," Buffy told them.
Molly, however, looked worried. "Are you sure it's safe? You mentioned a resurgence of demons. How do you know they won't attack?"
"Unless they're following orders from a psycho, most demons won't attack a large group. And even if they do get attacked, they can take care of themselves."
"Yeah, mum. It's not like we haven't fought an army of demons before."
"Shut up, Ron. You're not helping." Ginny hissed.
"Charlie and I will with them," Bill supplied.
"I don't know..." Molly was surrounded by a sea of pleading faces. "Arthur?"
"I don't see why they shouldn't go, Molly. You have to let them go off on their own sometime."
"Fine, go. Just promise me you'll be careful."
"We will." They chorused.
"But first, you need to change Weasel. You'll never blend in with what you have on."
"Like your clothes are any better, Ferret. Besides I didn't bring anything else to wear."
"We're the same size; you can borrow something of mine."
Ron and his brothers could only stand there and gape in surprise.
"Trying to catch flies? Come on. The twins can come, too. Bill and Charlie look fine."
"I will stay here," Percy said.
"Come on, Perce, you have to go. You need to go out and have a little fun." Bill said.
"No, I'm staying."
"Let's go, we haven't got all night," Draco said as he headed up the stairs.
"You're probably doing this to embarrass me," Ron grumbled as he followed him.
"Actually, Draco has good fashion sense. Not to mention he's going to be seen with you in public, he would rather die than to make you look like an idiot," Dawn assured him as she and Ginny headed to her room.
A short time later, the boys came trumping back down the stairs. Molly couldn't help but gasp in delight at the change in her sons.
Draco, who hadn't changed, said, "It's not perfect, but it was the best I could do on short notice. But I think even Cordelia would approve of my choices."
The twins were dressed similarly in jean shorts and t-shirts. The only difference being Fred's shirt was a pale green and George's a pale blue. Ron was the big surprise though. Draco had dressed him in a pair of lightweight khaki's and a deep green dress shirt. His hair had been styled to give it a tousled look. The effect was somewhat dimmed, however, by Ron's doubtful expression.
"Wow, Ron. You clean up pretty good," Charlie teased.
Before Ron could make a retort all heads turned to see the girls come down the stairs. Dawn had changed into a black skirt and a silver camisole. She had pulled the sides of her hair back with two dainty hair clips.
The Weasley clan barely saw her though, as they stared at the youngest member of their family. Ginny wore a sleeveless, brilliant blue dress. While it wasn't exactly tight, it did cling to her in all the right places and fell to mid-thigh. Dawn had put her hair up in a half-twist and curled the ends that rested on top of her head.
"You need to make sure you wear that for Potter one day. I'm positive he'll love it."
"Keep your eyes off my sister, Malfoy."
"Whatever Weasel," Draco said with a shrug as he wrapped an arm around Dawn's waist. "Are we ready?"
"Weapons check," Spike said.
"I've got two stakes and my wand," Dawn said with a roll of her eyes.
"Two stakes, wand, and my dagger," Draco said.
"A stake and my wand," Ginny supplied.
"My wand, dagger, and a stake," Ron said.
"Sounds good. See you kids later," Spike said.
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"What are you two giggling over?" Draco asked Dawn and Ginny as he placed their drinks in front of them.
"Bill and Charlie," Ginny answered.
He looked across the club and saw them talking to several girls. "Yeah, so?"
"Don't tell me your can't see it?" At Draco's clueless look, Ginny continued. "The girls are falling over them and they are as clueless as you are."
"Not like you can blame the girls, though. You're brothers are some fine looking men, Gin."
"What?!" Draco exclaimed, looking incredulously at his girlfriend.
"Oh come one, Draco. They're just the right build, not too big or too small. They carry themselves with confidence, and they're friendly. What girl wouldn't be attracted to that?" Dawn reasoned.
"Is that so?" Draco asked warningly.
The brunette studied her boyfriend, before answering, "Yes, hence my attraction to you."
"But I'm not friendly," he pointed out.
"You are when you want to be."
"And it doesn't hurt that you're dead sexy," Ginny added with a grin.
Dawn leaned over and gently kissed Draco on the lips, "No it doesn't." She kissed his left cheek. "You're smart." She kissed his right cheek. "You're confident." She kissed his nose. "You're mine." She kissed his forehead. "And I love you." She kissed him on the lips again.
"Apology accepted," he said before kissing her deeply.
"You two are so sappy," Ginny said. "Come on, let's dance."
The three made their way out on the floor to where Ron was dancing with Fred and George. They easily lost themselves in the music and dancing.
Things were going well until a slow song came on. Fred and George left to get something to drink. Ron turned to Dawn and asked, "Can I steal you for a dance?"
"Sure."
Draco turned to ask Ginny to dance when he realized she wasn't there. He looked around and saw her struggling in the arms of a beefy dark haired man.
"Let me go! I don't want to dance with you."
"Like I care," the man said.
~We've got trouble~ Draco said as he approached the couple. "Hey buddy. She obviously doesn't want to dance with you so why not let her go."
"You her boyfriend?'
"No."
"Then butt out."
"I don't think so. I happen to think of her as my sister. Not to mention five of her older brothers are here."
"And I'm one of them," Ron said as he stood next to Draco.
The man snorted. "Like I should be afraid of the two of you."
"I'm going to tell you nicely one more time. Let her go," Draco said with a bone-chilling smile.
"No."
The blond shrugged nonchalantly, then punched the man squarely across the jaw. The man let go of Ginny as he fell back. Draco took advantage and pulled Ginny to him. Ron did a roundhouse kick to the guy's head, knocking him to the floor.
A bouncer came up and stopped Ron. "What's going on?"
"The bloody git wouldn't let go of my sister."
The bouncer looked at Ginny, who was huddled in Draco's arms. "Is this true?" She could only mutely nod. He turned his attention to the guy on the floor. "I've told you several times to leave the girls alone" he said as he helped the guy to his feet. "Now get out. And I don't want to see you here again."
Bill and Charlie shoved their way through the crowd to reach them. "What happened?"
"Draco and I took care of a creep who was bothering Gin."
"She ok?" Charlie asked.
"I'm fine, just a little startled," came Ginny's reply.
Ron caught Draco's eye over Ginny's head and mouthed the words thank you. The blond sagely nodded his head. "Let's sit down for a bit," the youngest Weasley son suggested.
Dawn watched as her boyfriend took care of her best friend, but she hadn't realized how deeply he cared for her. It amazed her how much the blond had changed over the past year. This time last year he wouldn't have stopped that guy let alone comforted her in his arms. Hell, he'd probably would have encouraged the guy.
She kissed him lightly on the cheek.
~What was that for?~
~Cause I love you.~
~I love you, too. But what's that smile for?"~
~For how great you are by helping Ginny.~
~What I don't get it why didn't she defend herself?~
~Don't understand girls do you?~
~Is it that obvious?~ Came Draco's dry response.
~First, she was trained to fight demons and death eaters, not muggles. Second, sometimes no matter how strong a girl is, it all flies out the window when they are attacked by a man.~
Draco just nodded and kissed the top of Ginny's head.
They stayed for another hour before deciding to call it a night. The eight of them made their way out onto the street and started the walk home. They hadn't gone far when they heard several screams come from a nearby alley.
Dawn and Draco took off running towards the screams with Ginny and Ron close behind.
"Running to danger is not being careful!" Bill called out as the rest of the Weasleys ran to catch up with them.
"Didn't your mother ever teach you not to play with your food?" Dawn was saying when they arrived. Charlie saw two girls huddled against the wall at the other end of the alley and five vampires standing in front of them.
"Who do you think you are? The slayer?" One of the vampires asked.
"No, but she is my sister," Dawn said sweetly before slamming her fist in his face.
Bill, Charlie, and the twins didn't even think to pull out their wands to help because they were too busy watching the fighting.
Ginny was the first to dust one and she turned to see Ron dust his. They watched as Dawn and Draco moved seamlessly together to simultaneously dust two more. The last vampire realized he was seriously outmatched and tried to make a run for it. But Ginny threw her stake and he screamed as he turned to dust.
"Are you ok?" Dawn asked the two girls. With wide eyes they nodded their heads. "Why don't you go home? And next time, make sure you walk in a bigger group at night." The girls just nodded again and ran out of the alley.
"You didn't use a memory charm," Charlie pointed out.
"Don't need to. This is Sunnydale. Everyone knows the creepy crawlies exist, but they don't talk about it. Plus, they're safer knowing how to take care of themselves," the brunette explained.
Fred and George couldn't stop staring at Ginny. "That was amazing," Fred said.
"With the fighting."
"And the kicking."
"And the staking."
"And the dusting."
"Who knew you were so cool?" George concluded.
"I did," Dawn said with a smile.
*********
The rest of the walk back passed without incident. As the group walked into the house, Mrs. Weasley looked them over carefully. "Did you have fun?"
"Spiffing time, mum," Fred answered.
"Absolutely spiffing," George echoed.
"It's getting late, we should head back," Arthur told them.
"We need to change first," Ron said.
"Keep the clothes Weasley. Wear them to impress Granger one day."
"Thanks Ferret."
"Any time."
Everyone said their goodbyes. Molly gave Ginny an extra long hug. "We'll see you in a week dear."
"Love you, mum."
"I love you too dear." She turned to the scoobies. "Feel free to come out and visit."
Before long, Ginny was the only Weasley remaining. Giles, Willow, and Tara were getting ready to leave when Xander walked in.
"How was the date?" Willow asked.
"She wasn't a demon!" Xander cried joyfully.
"That's great. You gonna see her again?"
"No."
"Why not?" Buffy asked.
"It just felt like there was something missing."
"Probably the fact that she wasn't trying to kill you," Spike said loftily.
"Yeah, probably."