Buffy, the witchy vampire slayer
Chapter 5 – Something Blue.
DISCLAIMER: Buffy the Vampire Slayer belongs to Joss Whedon, and Harry Potter to J.K. Rowling. I don't owe anything…-sighs-
TIMELINE: AU. BTVS: After Buffy season three. HP: Before and after Harry's birth (Takes place during the marauders 19:s and up). The years follow the Buffy timeline.
SUMMARY: BTVS/HP crossover. Buffy leaves Sunnydale after Graduation to catch up with her past.
BIG SUMMARY: Buffy is an eleven year old witch and friends with the Hogwarts marauders (a year older), until her parents tells her they're moving to LA, because they wants to take her away from all the 'magic-stuff' (They don't want to accept the fact that she's a witch). Four years later, she's called as the slayer.
CENTRAL PAIRING: Buffy/Sirius
OTHER PAIRINGS: James/Lily, Willow/Remus, Xander/Anya
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Buffy looked down. The only person with red hair she knew was...
"...Willow?"
Buffy couldn't believe her eyes. Willow was here…but why? It wasn't too long ago she had been here, with the others!
'…Maybe something happened - what if one of them is hurt!'
Buffy raced downwards on her Nimbus 1999 as fast as she could. When she got closer, she saw that Willow had tears in her eyes.
'…I knew it! Something did happen!'
"Willow!" Buffy landed, and ran up to her friend.
"Willow, what is it? What's wrong?!"
The other marauders had landed beside them now, watching worriedly.
"He…H-he br-broke u-up wi-with me!" Willow hiccupped, trying to stop the sobbing coming up from her throat.
"Who?" Buffy asked, although it was obvious who. As far as she knew, Willow only had one boyfriend - Oz.
'…When I get my hands on that little…'
"O-Oz…" Willow sobbed, confirming Buffy's suspicions.
Buffy signed to the others, who slowly left the pitch, and Buffy sat down with Willow.
"Now, tell me everything. What happened?"
"H-he ch-cheated on m-me…"
Buffy couldn't believe it. Oz? Cheated? He didn't seem like the type.
"Okay…" she said slowly. "I think I missed a large bit of the story, Wills. Care to share?"
It took fifteen minutes before Buffy had gotten all the facts - and then she was ready to strangle Oz (or even better - Veruca), although she could see his point of view. But that didn't mean what he did was right.
"I'm so sorry, Will." She hugged Willow tight. "Just so you know, you can stay here as long as you want."
"Thank, Buffy. I don't think I can deal with the Sunnydale life right now…"
"I get it. You sure you'll be okay? I mean, Oz may be gone, but we still have a werewolf here to remind you…"
"Yeah, it's fine. I like Remus, he's nice. Doesn't matter if he's a werewolf. Actually, I think it's good. This way, he can remind me of that all werewolves aren't like Oz - and Veruca..."
Buffy smiled, and decided to change subject, when she saw that Willow was on her way to break down again.
"So, how's life in Sunnydale? Except for the whole Oz-thing?"
"Oh, it's great! The college – it's really cool. And you know how we told you Spike was back? Anyway, he kind of left again. We think. At least we haven't seen him. But there's one thing we forgot to tell you – Harmony's a vampire!"
"Harmony? As in The Harmony? Cordelia's closest Cordette?"
"Yep. That Harmony. Tried to eat me." Willow showed Buffy a scar on her neck.
"Nasty! Is she dust?"
"Nah. Still out there somewhere. Maybe with Spike. They were dating - actually, I think he left her…"
"Spike and Harmony?! Oh, my God! He must've been desperate!" Buffy laughed.
"Yeah. Dru left him - again. This time, for a fungus demon."
"A fungus demon?!" Buffy just couldn't stop laughing.
"Poor Spike. Or on a second thought - not."
Willow smiled.
"Yeah…pretty much my reaction. And oh! Anya's back too!"
"Anya? As in 'vengeance demon Anya?'"
"Yup. Or ex-vengeance demon now. She's dating Xander."
"Xander is dating Anya? Anya is dating Xander? Huh. Guess I shouldn't be surprised…I mean, just look at his history with girls - except for Cordelia, everyone was pretty unnatural. And I'm not sure if Cordelia was a demon. Some of her threats were scary." Buffy reasoned.
"Yeah. Being able to see the difference between a black shoe and a black shoe - way scary," Willow said, and Buffy was glad. It seemed like Willow was already dealing.
"And…you're not gonna believe this…but on Halloween…Giles was wearing a sombrero."
"WHAT?!"
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"You think she'll be okay?" Remus asked, worried about Willow.
"Oh, don't worry. I'm sure she'll be fine," James said, before making a move with his chess-piece.
"Castle to E4." James grinned, and Sirius sighed when his king threw off his crown in defeat.
"Check Mate."
"I don't understand why we're doing this," Sirius sighed. "Playing chess when you can play pranks…we must be incredibly bored…"
"We're waiting for Buffy and Willow," Peter reminded him.
"And here they are," Remus nodded against the two friends walking over to them.
"Hi guys. Whazzup?" Buffy asked.
"We were going to ask you the same question. You okay?" Remus watched Willow worriedly, and she smiled.
"Not really, but I will be. Sooner or later."
"Good. That's good."
It was quiet for a moment.
"Buffy, if you don't mind, I would like to sleep."
"Oh! Sure! You can have my bed. Um…take the stairs until you come to a door with a portrait with an elf. The password's 'Sunnydale'".
"Thanks." Willow left.
"Do you think she'll be okay?" Remus asked Buffy.
"I wouldn't worry. She's Willow. She can deal."
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Willow looked at the clock by Buffy's bedside table - 3:37. She couldn't sleep.
She went to her bag, and picked up some stuff, before sneaking out, and making her way to the bathroom.
There, she lit a circle with candles, sat down in the middle, and started to chant.
"Hearken well, ye elements. I summon thee now. Control the outside. Control within. Land and sea, fire and wind. Out of my passions, a web be spun. From this eve forth, my will be done. So mote it be."
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Willow sat down on Buffy's bed, looking herself in a small mirror. It was early in the morning.
"It is my will that my heart be healed. Now." She waited, but nothing happened. She sighed, and picked up a book instead.
"I will that this book speak it's words to me." Nothing. She put down the book in frustration, and picked up a small, bent Q-Tip.
"I will that this Q-Tip gets…un-bendy?" Nothing happened, and suddenly someone stepped into the room.
Willow stood up.
"Professor Dumbledore…" Dumbledore smiled, and watched Willow over his half-moon glasses.
"I heard from Miss Summers that you were back. How long do you think you'll stay?"
"Oh. I can leave…if there's a problem…?"
"No, not at all. Our doors are always open. I was simply curious. I heard of the reason you were here, and was a little worried. If you need anything…?"
"No. Nothing."
Dumbledore smiled.
"I am a very good ear, Miss Rosenberg, and if you need someone who understands…"
"No offense, but don't think you understand. I'm going through some hard times, and I think I need to deal on my own. I tried to do a spell last night, a wiccan spell. To have my will done - I was hoping it would make me feel better, but it just went kablooey."
"A spell? Miss Rosenberg, you do realize wiccan magic is incredibly complicated…and it is not wise to do that when your energy is too unfocused. I understand that you're grieving, but…"
"No, you don't!" Dumbledore looked slightly taken aback at Willow's outburst.
"You don't see anything!"
"Dumbledore took off his glasses, and scratched himself in the eye.
"Erm…I am very sorry if I offended you, Miss Rosenberg. Perhaps I'd better be going. Take care." He left. When he got out of the room, he almost crashed into Buffy.
"Oh! Professor Dumbledore."
"Miss Summers. I am very sorry. I wasn't watching were I was going…"
Buffy watched him worriedly.
"You sure you're okay?"
"Yes. I better get to my office. Have a nice day."
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Professor Dumbledore went up to his office, and started to read through some of the mail.
"'…We are pleased to inform you that…' What does it say?" Professor Dumbledore looked closer on the letter, and scratched himself in the eyes once more. The letters seemed to move, and become blurry.
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"…I mean, I'm going through something. I just don't see why Professor Dumbledore was getting down on me. It's not like it's his business. He doesn't even know me."
"I'm sure he had a reason. He always does. He's probably just worried. He does that. Worries. A lot."
"I'm a bad witch…"
"No, you're a good witch."
"I'm not kidding anyone. If I had any real power, I could've made Oz stay with me…" Willow sighed, and Buffy frowned.
"Willow, magic isn't a toy you can play with."
"I know! But…I feel so powerless. My 'I will it so' - spell went nowhere. The only real witch here is you."
Buffy smiled.
"I guess. But it's not like I'm any good. I haven't even been practicing since I moved to America. I think you're being too hard on yourself."
"You have powers I can't even invoke!" Willow protested.
Buffy hugged Willow tight, before starting to leave.
"Where are you going?"
"Oh, Lily promised to help me with some transfiguration."
"Well, I mean, what's the rush? Since I'm kinda grievey, we could, you know, have a girls night. Just you and me."
"Will, I'd love to, but I really need to do this. It's my past. It's important to catch up. I've been missing six years of learning. OK, I'll be back as soon as I can. I promise."
She left.
"I don't see the big. She's probably making out with James in a corner anyway. I don't think she even remembers your stupid meeting," she muttered.
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Buffy had been in the library waiting for Lily in over an hour, until she'd gotten tired of waiting, and walked away. As she walked around a corner, she found Lily in the middle of a heavy make-out session with James.
She raised her eyebrows, and tapped with her foot impatiently on the floor.
"Lily! We were supposed to meet in the library, did you forget?"
"What? Oh, Buffy. Hi! I didn't see you. What?" Lily asked and turned around.
"We were supposed to meet in the library."
"We were? Oh. I guess I forgot." She shrugged, and turned her attention (and lips) back to James.
Buffy sighed, and walked away.
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Buffy almost crashed into Remus.
"Buffy!"
"Oh, Moony. Hi. Yeah?"
"Do you remember Snive-Snape," he corrected himself.
"That greasy first-year who seemed to believe he was the king of Slytherin, and never washed his hair?"
Remus smirked.
"Yes, that one."
"Yeah, I remember him. Why?"
"He's here."
"WHAT?! Where?"
Remus shrugged.
"No idea. Brooding around the castle. I think Sirius had a run-in with him - he thinks Sni-Snape is spying for Voldemort. But Dumbledore wouldn't listen to him. That man is nicer than humanly possible."
Buffy laughed, and got something evil in her eye.
"Maybe I should go find him…have a word or two…"
Remus nodded, his thoughts far away.
"How's Willow?"
"Oh, she's dealing. You could go talk to her. I thinks she feels lonely."
Buffy left, and Remus looked after her, thoughtful.
"Yeah, maybe I should…"
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Buffy found Snape in front of Dumbledore's office, after a long time looking around the caste.
"Snivellus." He hastily turned around when he heard his old 'nickname'.
"Do I know you?" He almost growled, and Buffy raised his eyebrow. Could a person be crankier?'…He has issues. But he's still as greasy as ever.'
"Yeah. You should? 'Buffy'. Does it ring any bells…?"
Snape narrowed his eyes, and watched her for a minute, until he seemed to remember.
"You!"
"Yeah. Me."
Snape smirked.
"Did the Americans get tired of you already? Not that I can blame them…"
Buffy growled. He could still piss her off in less than a second.
"Were you on your way to the headmaster's office?"
"Yeah…?"
"Good. Why don't I follow you inside?" She dragged him inside, already regretting that she wanted to find him.
"Hey, watch it!"
"One more word out of you, and I swear…"
"Swear what? You won't do anything to me. You don't have the stones."
"Oh, I got the stones," Buffy assured him. "I got a whole bunch of…stones."
"Yeah? You're all talk. Just like you always were."
"Professor Dumbledore, I accidentally killed your guest! That's OK, right?"
"Er…just a minute." Professor Dumbledore sat by his desk, scratching his eyes furiously. He had tried many different spells to fix his sight, but nothing seemed to help.
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"I mean, I'm going through something. And you think, every once in a while, Buffy would make best friends a priority."
Remus just nodded tiredly. Willow had been rambling for over thirty minutes, and even his patience seemed to leave.
"Lily and transfiguration is more important than me. I get it."
"Oh, she's not with Lily. She's with Snape. A guy she knows from her time here. Always annoying her and us into oblivion. She just wanted a word or two with him."
"Oh, so mouthing a poor guy who annoys her is more important than me? Right. It's not a big deal!" Willow, said, although she was really upset.
"Will, I understand that you're upset, but…" Remus was interrupted by Willow again.
"…Well, fine. If this Snape guy is so important, why doesn't she just go marry him?"
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Dumbledore looked up from his papers.
"Miss Summers, Mr. Snape. If the two of you could remain civil long enough to…"
He was instantly interrupted of the scene in front of him. Buffy was sitting on a chair, and Snape in front of her, on his knees.
"It's just so sudden. I-I don't know what to say…" Buffy said, overwhelmed.
"Just say yes, and make me the happiest man on earth."
"Oh, Severus. Of course It's yes!"
They stood up, and kissed each other heavily, and Dumbledore had to take off his glasses once again to see what they were doing. When he did, he couldn't believe what he saw.
"Professor Dumbledore! You'll never believe what happened!" Buffy said, and showed up an engagement ring on her left ring-finger.
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"It's just not fair!" Willow exclaimed, and Remus sighed.
"Willow, I know it's hard to see right now…but everything you feel is because of Oz. Not because of Buffy, or Lily, or me, or anybody. But eventually you'll meet someone else, and it'll be better."
"Yeah. 'Cause most relationships are great and trouble-free. I don't think so. I think we're all doomed to badness."
"We're not doomed," Remus tried to assure her.
"Oh, yeah? Let's look at your bio. I'm sure you've been surrounded by a lot of girls, and then they just abandon you because you're a werewolf. Am I right? Does it burn?"
Remus looked down. She was right.
"You're just as doomed as I am, Remus. You're a werewolf. You'll probably need another wolf. Letâ₢??s make you a demon-magnet right away, just to make sure you find a match!"
"Hey, I was just trying to help," Remus said and looked up, slightly hurt by her words.
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"Here you go. A cup of tea. Just the right temperature," Buffy said, and gave Snape a cup of tea she'd gotten from the house-elves. She kissed him again, and sat down in his lap.
"There's so much to decide. Ceremony, guests, reception…"
"Just as long as your friends stay away…"
"Severus! They're my friends. You just have to accept them!" She hit him a little on the shoulder and pouted.
"Oh, pouty! Look at that lip…gonna get it. Gonna get it…!"
They kissed again, this time, the smacking was obvious, and professor Dumbledore thought he'd go crazy. He was almost blind, and they were having a make-out session.
"Oh, stop…" Buffy murmured, although she didn't seem to mean it.
"Yes, please stop."
"Professor Dumbledore, did you see my ring?" Buffy asked, enthusiastic.
"Not very well." Buffy went up to him.
"Are you okay?"
"I rather think not. I seem to be rather…rather blind. Completely, in fact."
"What? How could this happen?"
"I don't know. I believe it to be some kind of spell."
"What we need is the reversal spell. We need supplies…" Snape murmured.
"Great! Severus will take care of you, professor, while I'm looking for things." They kissed again.
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Buffy was on her way back to Dumbledore's office, when she saw Sirius. She smiled. He should be the first to know…or, second, after Dumbledore.
"Buffy! What's up?"
"Sirius…isn't it beautiful?" She showed him her ring.
"Oh…uh…yeah, it's nice. Where did you get it?"
Buffy walked up to him, a dreamy look on her face.
"Sirius."
"Buffy?"
"I really like you. I hope you know you mean a lot to me. And if things were different…"
"…Different than what?" Sirius looked confused.
Buffy took his hand in hers, looking him in the eyes seriously.
"I want you to promise me that we can always be friends. And I'd really like you to be there on the day."
Sirius watched her curiously.
"The day when…?"
"The wedding."
"The wedding?" Sirius looked really confused now.
"What wedding?"
"My wedding!" Buffy exclaimed. "I'm getting married, can you believe it?"
Sirius just stared at her.
"I-I don't think 'no' is a strong enough word…"
"I know! It's crazy!" Buffy agreed happily.
"I mean, we fought for a whole year, and then…sometimes you just look at someone and you know, you know?"
"No," Sirius protested.
"I think maybe we fought because we couldn't admit how we really felt about each other, and then I left before we could. I mean, we were eleven, and…"
"Can we start again?" Sirius said.
"You'll really like him." She seemed thoughtful. "Well, nobody really likes him. Actually you hated him. But I'm sure it'll change, just get to know him…" Buffy babbled.
"I need to clear a few things up…"
"…I don't even really like him…"
"…Buffy…"
"…But I love him. I do." Buffy got something dreamy in her eyes again.
"Who?" Sirius asked. 'Please don't let her be talking about the one I think she's talking about'
"What?"
"What's his name?"
"Who?" Buffy looked confused.
"The groom."
"Severus. Severus Snape." Again, Buffy seemed to float away on a little cloud that said 'soon to be married'.
"WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!"
You could hear his scream over the whole castle, and Buffy winced.
"Don't be mad."
"I'm not mad." Sirius put on his best innocent look, but inside he was boiling with anger.
'…Snivellus?! She's really marrying Snivellus? The greasy-git?!'
"No. You are mad." Buffy stated, and Sirius protested.
"No, I am. I really…wow. Buffy…you're not thinking straight. You are talking about Snape! Snivellus. The greasy-git. He-who-pissed you-off during your entire first, and last, year at Hogwarts! The center of most of our pranks!"
"Yeah. We were really mean. But I'm gonna make it up to him!" Buffy added with a bright smile.
Sirius closed his eyes. 'Hopefully, when I wake up tomorrow, this will just be a bad dream. A very bad dream - bad, bad dream…'
"Okay…it's late. And I'm…I'm very tired now, so…I'm just going to go far away and be…away." He turned around to leave.
"But…" Buffy tried to protest, and Sirius turned back to her, holding his hand up.
"No. Stay." And then he left, Buffy looking hurt disappointed after him.
"You're ruining my happy day."
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Remus, James and Lily sat in his room. Remus felt bad for Willow, but at the same time, slightly hurt by her words.'…I know she's grieving, but…'
He was interrupted in his thoughts, when a big demon suddenly seemed to appear out of nowhere, attacking he and the others.
They hastily grabbed their wands, and shot a few spells, but it didn't seem to work, until they all tried the 'impedimenta' spell on him at once, which slowed him down - a little.
Suddenly another demon appeared, and they decided it would probably be best to retreat.'What the heck is going on?!'
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"Dun-Dun-Dun-Dun. Dun-Dun-Dun-Dun. Dun-Dun-Dun-Dun-Dun-Dun-Dun-Dun-Dun-Dun…"
Buffy sat in Snape's lap, holding a doll which was supposed to be them, and singing the wedding-marsh.
Dumbledore sighed from his seat. As if his blindness wasn't enough, he was starting to gain a headache.
"Aren't they a perfect little us?" Buffy asked Snape, talking about the doll.
"I don't like him. He's insipid. And the hair is not shiny enough…"
Buffy thought about it for a moment, until she got an idea.
"Ooh, butter. We could smear a little on the head? That should do it."
"That's my girl…" Snape said, and they kissed again. Dumbledore sighed.
"Stop that right now. I can hear the smacking."
Buffy ignored him.
"Honey, we need to talk about the invitations…"
She was interrupted by Remus, James and Lily running into the office, a terrified and hunted look on their faces.
"Professor Dumbledore! Demons! They keep coming and coming! I think we lost them, but I'm not su…Snape! And Buffy! In his lap! Kissing! YOU'RE KISSING SNAPE?!!!!!!!!"
The reality and bizzarness finally catched up with James' brain.
"James, calm down," Buffy said. "If you lost them, that'll give us some time to figure this out." She turned to Snape.
"Maybe the demons have something to do with professor Dumbledore being blind?"
"Professor Dumbledore is blind?" Remus asked, and started to move his fingers in front of his eyes.
"Please, stop, whatever you're doing. I can feel it blowing."
"We should probably get organized." Buffy said.
"Why are you and Snape holding hands? And why were you kissing Snape?" Lily asked, and James looked sick of the memory. He was pretty sure that picture had done a lot of damage to his head.
Buffy and Snape looked each other deeply in the eyes.
"They have to hear it sooner or later," Snape shrugged, and he and Buffy hugged each other tight again.
"Sev and I are getting married!" Buffy exclaimed, and giggled.
"How? What? How?" Lily, James and Remus just gaped at them. They must be kidding. Right?
"Three excellent questions, Mr Potter," Professor Dumbledore agreed.
Lily, James and Remus turned their attention back to Buffy and Snape.
"What are you looking at?" Snape smirked.
"The man I love…" Buffy said seductively, and they kissed each other again. James looked disgusted.
"Can I be blind, too?"
Remus suddenly seemed to remember something.
"Wait…married…I know something. What is it? Everything's so familiar. Work, brain, work!" Remus pepped himself.
"Oh! Oh, oh! Willow!" He exclaimed, and Buffy wrenched herself out of Snape's embrace.
"Mm. What about Willow? Honey, get off."
"Something about Willow and her grieving, 'poor me' mood swings. It was kind of tiring to listen at…"
"Well, we're all tired of it, but what does it matter?" Buffy asked, confused.
"She told me it would be better if I was a demon magnet, and you two should get married!"
"And that I didn't see anything…of course!" Professor Dumbledore said. Everything made sense now.
"She did a spell." Buffy said, remembering, and Professor Dumbledore agreed.
"Yes. To have her will done. Whatever she says is coming true…" He got up from his chair.
"…And you both were affected! I probably only escaped because I'm the Slayer. Some kind of natural immunity…" Buffy thought out loud.
"Yeah…right. You're marrying Snivellus because you are so right for each other," James said, ironically, and Lily didn't bother to correct him. Snape marrying Buffy was a little too much even for her.
"James!" Buffy said, shocked.
"That's it. You're off the usher list," Snape said, offended.
"If you would listen to me for a second, Mr and Mrs. Potter, Miss Summers, Mr Snape, Mr Lupin: Miss Rosenberg is out there. She probably doesn't know what she's doing."
"We have to find her," Lily said.
"…Before somebody gets really hurt," Buffy agreed. At that, Professor Dumbledore stumbled on his own feet, and fell.
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Willow had been out for a walk, and was now back in Buffy's dorm.
When she got inside, she felt like someone had grabbed her head.
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"Why does he have to come?" James complained. They were looking around the castle for Willow.
"Severus will be my husband. I want him included."
"I agree with Potter. It's work for people who aren't us," Snape said.
"Sev, these are my friends," Buffy reminded him, and Snape rolled his eyes. When they got into Buffy's dorm, they found a black circle on the floor.
"This was burned…" Buffy said, confused.
"Someone opened a portal here," Lily said. "I think I've read about this somewhere…D'Hoffryn!" She exclaimed.
"Who?" Buffy asked, still confused.
"Ooh! Fluffy. Wear this to the rehearsal dinner, and the whole thing is off." Snape said, and held up a satin skirt in a horrible pink towards Buffy.
"Shut up, honey."
"D'Hoffryn. He's the lord of - vengeance demons, I think. Has been around for a very long time," Lily continued.
"Why would he attack Willow?" Buffy asked.
"I don't believe he did."
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"You have much anger and pain. Your magic is strong, but your pain…it's like a scream that pierces dimensional walls."
Willow looked up in the blue face of D'Hoffryn, lord of vengeance.
"We heard your call."
Willow looked around her, nervously.
"I'm sorry. I-I'll try for a quiet rage. Bye." She turned to leave, but was stopped.
"Our intention is not to squash your potential. Quite the contrary."
Willow turned back to him.
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"D'Hoffryn is, as I said, the lord of vengeance. He picks a person who seems to be in for creating a little mayhem and offers them a deal. To be elevated," Lily said. They were walking in the Forbidden Forest.
"Meaning?" Buffy asked.
"To make him, or her, a demon."
"Oh, God. Willow," Buffy sounded worried. "But you can summon him from his crypt and make him stop…and oh, my God, isn't this a perfect place for pictures?!" She asked, excited, and dragged Snape with her towards a large tree.
"I'm not posing for chuff all!" Snape protested.
"Hey, demon!" Remus interrupted, and pointed. A demon with two big horns walked towards them.
"Ok, listen," Buffy tried to reason with it. "Now we're gonna do this without destroying the foliage…" The demon ignored her, and threw her away like she was a doll. As she got to her feet, the others shot some spells at him, but suddenly, a whole bunch of demons showed up.
"Let's go!" They started to run, until they came to a clearing in the woods. Lily sat down on the ground, and started to draw a circle with her finger in the wet mud, leaving the fighting to the others.'Please let me remember this…even if it was over two years since I read the book…'
"Blessed be the name of D'Hoffryn. Let this space be now a gateway to the world of Arashmahar, where demons respond…"
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"The pain and suffering you brought upon those you love has been inspired. You are ready to join us here in Arashmahar," D'Hoffryn said to Willow, who looked confused.
"Pain? What pain?"
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Buffy was almost strangled in the grip of a demon, and Snape saw this.
"Buffy!"
"Not doing well here!" Remus said, shooting a few spells at another one.
In another end of the clearing, Lily was still chanting.
"We come in supplication. We bend as the reed in the flow of, uh…no, wait…" She closed her eyes, trying to focus.
"…We come in the flow of…argh!" She screamed in frustration, and started all over again.
"…Blessed be the name of D'Hoffryn…"
Buffy had finally gotten away from the demons grip, and she ran up to Snape.
"They're strong, and I don't know if I can protect you…"
"You think you have to protect me?!" Buffy said angrily.
"Oh, not with the Girl Power bit!" Buffy was about to retort when three demons jumped at them at once, and they were thrown of their guard.
More and more demons seemed to show, and the gang was undoubtedly losing.
Lily had stopped chanting when she saw how James was attacked, and rushed to help him.
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In the meantime, Willow could see what happened through a picture of the reality D'Hoffryn showed.
"Oh, God! But I didn't mean to!"
"But you did," D'Hoffryn said, "this is the result of your power. You will make a fine vengeance demon."
"No, please!" Willow begged, "you have to help them."
D'Hoffryn closed the picture. "It is not my concern." He went closer, and stroke her hair.
"You are my interest in this matter."
"Really? No offence intended…" she stammered. "I-I mean, you've been super-nice and everything, but I don't want to be a demon. I just want to go back and help my friends."
D'Hoffryn glared at her through hard eyes.
"That is your answer?"
"It is," Willow said nervously.
"I'm sorry to hear that." He kept glaring for awhile.
"Oh, well. Here is my talisman. You change your mind, give us a chant," he said, and gave her a little object - a talisman, obviously. And then he wifted with his hand, and Willow disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
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Buffy was doing her best in fighting the demons, when one of them threw Snape to the ground.
"Honey!" She rushed forward.
"Oh, Sev, are you okay?" She watched him worriedly.
"Summers…" Snape murmured, and their lips met.
In the meantime, Remus was shooting spells at two demons at once, and James and Lily were fighting of one demon together.
Lily had jumped up on the back of it, and James tried to strangle it, although the demon seemed to have better luck strangling him. His wand lay forgotten on the ground.
"A little help here!" He shouted, but Buffy and Snape was absorbed by eachother, completely unaware of the fight and the people around them, They were slowly forgetting everything else.
Suddenly, Willow appeared like a lightning in the middle of the fight.
"Let the healing power begin!" She chanted, "let my will be safe again."
"As these words of peace are spoken, let this harmful spell be broken." There was another lightning, and suddenly all the demons disappeared, and Buffy and Snape became aware of what they were doing. They stared horrified and disgusted on each other.
"Urgh!"
"Oh! Bloody Hell!"
"Urgh!" Buffy got up from Snape, and went as far away from him as possible.
"Snape lips! Lips of Snivellus!"
They both spat, and dried themselves around their mouths, trying to get rid of any bacteria left.
James and Lily watched them, panting heavily, and Remus had, as soon as the spell had been broken, fallen down on the ground from exhaustion.
They all looked up at Willow, who waved a little, looking nervous, and guilty.
"Hi, guys."
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Buffy, James, Lily, Remus and Dumbledore sat in his office. Snape was there also, in a corner, trying to hide form the others.
Willow walked up to them with cookies.
"How long are you going to keep making these?" Lily asked.
"Oh, until I don't feel so horribly guilty. I figure, about a million chips from now. Also, I have to apologize around a million more times."
Lily smirked. "You know we're not going to be able to eat all these cookies up on our own."
"Oh, we could always give Wormtail the left-over cookies," Remus said and smiled. "I'm sure he'd be more than willing to eat them up."
Willow smiled back.
"Time," James asked, and held up a watch in front of professor Dumbledore.
"Aha. Five past two. Clear as day. I believe I am completely cured of my blindness," he said.
"Look, cookies," Willow said. "A very not-evil thing I did. Oatmeal?"
"Yes, very funny, Miss Rosenberg. They're chocolate chip. I can see them," Professor Dumbledore said sternly, but smiled.
Willow walked up to Buffy.
"Eat a cookie, ease my pain?"
Buffy took a cookie.
"Mm. Better?" She asked, and Willow smiled.
"Well, baking lifts about 30 percent of my guilt, but only 7 percent of my inner turmoil. Guess that'll just take awhile."
"It'll happen," Buffy assured her.
Snape sighed, and growled.
"Don't I get a cookie?"
"No," Buffy said sternly.
"Well, I've got to have something," Snape said. "I still have 'Buffy' taste in my mouth."
"You're a pig, Snivellus," Buffy said, "or actually, you're a greasy-git, but 'pig' works as well."
"Yeah? Well, I'm not the one who wanted '˜Wind Beneath My Wings' for the first dance," he retorted. Snape didn't listen to muggle music often, but once in a while, he stumbled upon it.
He had just need to listen to that song for a minute, before placing it in the category of 'lame and pathetic.'
The others turned to look at Buffy, incredulously.
Buffy hastily got up from her chair, slightly ashamed.
"That was the spell."
Willow glared at Snape, before putting a cookie in his mouth, and walked up to Buffy with the cookie plate again.
"Did I mention about the sorry part?"
"We may be into a forgetting spell later," Buffy said sternly, and gave Snape a disgusted look.
"I loved him. We were betrothed."
"Well, at least you were getting along," Willow tried and smiled.
"But we weren't. It wasn't even nice. And the bad-boy thing? Over it. Okay, I totally get it. I'd be really happy to be in a nice relationship with a decent, reliable…and oh, my God! Sirius thinks I'm engaged!"
Buffy's face changed from thoughtful to panic-stricken in less than a second.
"What?"
"Siri! H-he saw me! What the hell am I gonna say to him?"
"Well…the truth?" Willow suggested. "I mean, he knows about magic…"
"The truth?! Oh, no, that would be too embarrassing! And that fact that I kissed Snivellus, even if I was under a spell…" she shuddered. "No way I'm gonna tell him!"
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Buffy laughed. She and Sirius was walking down the lake. She'd sworn the others to secrecy.
"You thought I was serious?"
"Well…no…" he tried, and gave her a doubtful look.
"You weren't serious?"
"Oh, God, please!" Buffy laughed again. "I'm marrying Snivellus?"
"Maybe…I mean, it wasn't too long ago since you came back. I can't know how much you've changed…"
"No…I just…I couldn't help myself. And then when I mentioned the marrying part, and I saw that fear in your eyes, I just knew I had to go through with it, add some spice. I mean, you've been hating the guy since…ever. I had to give you a hard time!"
"I did not have fear in my eyes!"
"Yes, you did."
Sirius barked out a laugh.
"So you decided to tell me you were marrying Snivellus of all people?"
"Uh-hu."
So...you're insane?"
"Uh-hu," Buffy agreed, a little over-enthusiastic.
"But you're still single?"
"Yes."
"Okay then." He put an arm around her shoulder. "You know, Buffy, when I saw all your potential in your first and last year here, and then this prank on me of all people…if you lump it together…just think of what a great marauder you would've become with six years extra training. The prankster in the top of the league."
"Well, I guess it is a little late to teach me," Buffy quipped, and Sirius shook his head.
"It is never too late. Give me six years, and you'll be just as good as I am."
"Not better?" Buffy asked, and pouted.
"Never." Sirius shook his head. "Just as good….but never better." He smiled, and together they walked up to the castle.
"You know, Buffy, if you're not marrying Snivellus – does that mean I can have a shot?"
Buffy laughed.
"Don't even think about it, Paddy. Don't even think about it." But inside, she smiled.
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A/N: Another chapter up…and it took forever to write! 22 pages - Six hours…puh! Hope you like it though. I really liked 'Something Blue', so I had to add it…in Hogwarts style of course!
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