2. I am not making any money off of the story that I am creating to indulge my fantasies in.
3. This is for my own sick twisted plot ideas, I promise
When I am finished, I to put them back where I got
Them from completely and totally Unharmed;
Well… almost completely unharmed.
A/N: Folks, this chapter is lots of long dialog, but unfortunately that is how I am introducing the Scoobies to everyone so if you hadn't ever seen BTVS or did the HP thing, you can follow where I am coming from…
CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCTIONS
After everyone had their snacks, they piled back into the trucks, and got back on the road. About 30 minutes later; they pulled into a long driveway that wound around through some woods. There was a fence and gate that they needed to pass through; they drove for a couple minutes when a large house came into view. The house was extremely large, there were many windows making up 4 floors that you could see from the driveway. As they got close to the house, Harry saw a sign that said 'SLAYER ACADEMY' .
"Buffy, what is a 'Slayer'?" Harry asked as he read the sign while Buffy parked and many young girls came running outside.
At the same time; in Giles' SUV, Ron and Hermione were wondering the same thing. "Mr. Giles, what is a Slayer?" Hermione asked.
"If you can wait for explanations for a couple minutes, everything will be explained in a few minutes after we get you inside." Giles answered as he watched Buffy's welcoming committee pour out of the house.
It took Buffy several minutes to get everyone to calm down and go into the classroom so that all the stories could be told and everyone could get to know each other. The 3 teens were shown to their rooms which were near the rest of the family's while everyone else was summoned to the class room. After everyone was settled in their seats, Buffy started the explanations for everyone which included the 3 teens from England, the 'Scoobies', and the 45 Slayers that were in various stages of their Training.
"Good morning all, today we are welcoming my newly found cousin Harry James Potter and his two best friends Mr. Ronald Weasley and Ms. Hermione Granger to our home, family, and school. Until recently we never knew about Harry, or his father. Giles and the rest of the new Watchers Council happened to discover that our mom," Buffy looked at Dawn with a private affection, "had a younger brother that unfortunately was killed several years ago." Buffy settled herself on the desk at the front of the room, 'When I received a letter from a Professor Dumbledore, I was ecstatic to learn that I have more family. When I was called as the Vampire Slayer, I didn't want any part of it. Merik took me to a cemetery and had me sit on a fresh grave to prove to me that they were real, and to get me to take responsibility for my destiny. "
The slayer made a dramatic pause for everyone to start taking this in, "Over the years, I honed my skills, fought terrible demons, vampires, and other big baddies. You know how you are all the result of one of my biggest fights."
"It is hard to believe that 10 years ago was when my whole life changed. I was 15 when I was called. 'Into each generation a Slayer is born. One girl in all the world, a Chosen one. One born with the strength and skills to fight vampires, to stop the rise of evil and the swell of their numbers.' (A/N Quote from UPN site) and my new secret life started." There were some quiet whispers about that but they died out as Buffy continued.
" I wound up burning down the Henry High School gym, and getting expelled. After the move to Sunny Hell; I started school again. I will always remember meeting my two best friends on that first day." Buffy paused as she glanced at Xander and Willow, " Xander almost ran me over with his skateboard in the hallway causing me to drop ALL my books and bag. Being the gentleman that he is; he stopped to help me clean everything up. I was nervous because he turned into a babbling idiot so I took off for my history class where I met Cordillia Chase; Home Coming Queen, head cheerleader, prom queen, and May queen."
There was a fondness crossed with some anger and sadness as she spoke about Cordillia. "She was walking me to the library when we stopped by a fountain and there stood Willow. She was taking a drink when Cordy being her snobbish rude self all but kicked her away from the fountain. I also met Giles that day; but we will get to that later. During lunch I decided to try and befriend the little red headed girl. " Buffy walked to where Wills was sitting and put her arm over her shoulder, "I walked up to her and of course she got all nervous around me; so I just told her I would get strait to the point of asking for a favour and that was to help me make sure I was able to pass all my classes.
Willow and Buffy just glanced at each other with a private memory at hand.
"The rest is pretty much History. We have fought side by side by side for 9 years and been through some really nasty shit through it all." As Buffy started to list things, she started to count them off on her fingers, "We fought the Master, Angelus, the Mayor Snake, Adam, Glory, dealt with the evil trio, and even battled the First Evil together when we brought all of you potentials to full slayer capabilities. They even helped me when I had to fight with the cult and the fallen angel in Chicago. "
Some of the girls were amazed, the way they saw it was that the original Scoobies had stopped 9 Apocalypses.
"We closed that Hell mouth together, and we will close another. And yes; to some of you newer girls, I know some of the rumours that I have been killed 4 times or more; but the truth is that I was killed by the Master, Xander brought me back with CPR, I died jumping off the tower to stop Glory, and the fallen Angel killed me without knowing that the PTB were waiting to bring me right back here." The oldest Slayer alive went on to explain.
Buffy watched as Harry, Ron, and Hermione glanced at each other with pained looks in their eyes.
"During each battle, we have lost some that were close to us, and some that meant the world to us." As Buffy stated that comment, the Scoobies all had looks of lost loves on their faces and tears that were long since shed in their eyes. "Now we are all here to train you girls so that you are ready if something happens, and so you have the CHOICE weather you want to follow THIS path of pursue a different."
The Slayerettes had never known about their sister Slayer, and her many deaths; so were glad of the long awaited introduction. Next to stand up to introduce herself was Willow.
"Morning all. First I would like to say that though I don't use a WAND, I am still a very powerful Wicca." She started looking pointedly at the trio from England who immediately knew they had some serious explaining to do.
"I first started dabbling in my sophomore year of High school, and discovered I could do some small things. My junior year, I started to mess with some things that I was no near ready for, including a gypsy curse to give a Vampire his soul. Later I did spells for almost everything; like when my boyfriend the werewolf broke up with me causing many problems. After we blew up the High School Buffy and I started college at SCSC. I met Tara Mc Clay there. We were part of a Wiccan group. As time went by, Buffy was doing her Slayer thing, and I was learning more about myself and my powers. We had a neutered vampire to deal with, the death of a family member and the Hell Goddess that was kicked out of her dimension who wanted to go home. The first two we were able to contend with, but GLORY caused us to loose one of our own. We were a greedy lot who wanted Buffy back because she took care of us. I saw how much more powerful I had become when I ripped Buffy out of Heaven to bring her back to us. By this point I was already seriously addicted to magic. "
Willow and Buffy were both watching the trio who had some sadness in their eyes. The girls also noticed Spike come in and sit down glairing at them when one of the Slayerettes mentioned the neutered vampire and wondered if it had been staked or not.
"The addiction caused me the woman I loved. As I started to need it more, a girl from High School introduced me to a man named RACK. He got me addicted to the black magic's. I started to work on my problem as soon an I realized I had one. That day came when I was in such a hurry to get to Rack that I got into a car accident with Dawnie that could have killed her. It was a long hard road but then Tara came back and aid that she could forgive me and would be there to help me through the detoxification process. We were in our room talking with her pacing in front of the window when the bullet cane through. Someone had been out to kill Buffy when a stray shot killed my girlfriend. I literally lost it then. I went to the Magik Box where I was able to absorb the black magic's right from the pages. I tried to kill my best friends, and anyone that got in my way. Unfortunately I managed to kill Warren. Giles had just gotten back from England when I was at the Magik Box trying to find a spell to get Andrew and Jonathan; he cast a spell which I absorbed along with all his magic which had been given to him by all the members of a coven he visited. The magic was pure good to counter the evil that was in me. It over loaded me to the point that I felt all the pain and misery in the world, so I decided to end it. The only thing that kept that from happening was Xander's love for everyone. I went to England to learn to control my powers and came home after the summers end. I was scared to use any type of magic even after the First started trouble in Sunny Dale; my fears of becoming Dark Willow almost cost me my family. It took the support of my friends and my new girlfriend to realize that I had to get back on the broom so to speak." Willow had some tears in her eyes as she remembered that time. "With their help and knowledge, I activated the scythe with the ancient magic's from the PTB. Activating the scythe was how all you girls were potentials that were activated to full slayers; the hell mouth closed; and this academy started. Now we are all here to train to be the best that we can be.."
"Spike, I guess that leaves to just tell us how you are here." Buffy said as Xander and Giles hugged the red headed witch.
"Well, what ya wanna know luv?" the Blond vampire asked with as innocent look as he could muster.
"Every thing Dead Boy." was Xander's answer to that.
"Well, in the beginning the Lord created the light and the dark, and well you all know the story from the Bible right? Anyway, after my mum had me and I grew up, Dru sired me and took me to meet my grandsire Peaches. Well after a while we all split up mainly because I couldn't do one task that he wanted me to; and that was to kill the rest of my family after my mum and older sister. And before any of you wankers interrupt, my full name besides William the Bloody; scourge of Europe; is William Draco Lucius Malfoy III. My oldest sibling, my brother got Lucius as his first name as every first born male in the line did. William was my grandfather on my mums side. After we split, I went on to the states and killed me a slayer in Brooklyn, NY. I heard Angelus was cursed by some gypsy tribe for the death of a favoured daughter. Then a few years later I found out that there was a slayer on the Hell mouth in California and that my grandsire was there as well helping her. Figured I could bag me another slayer. Little did I know that he was in love with her. Things happened to make him Angelus again and well lets say that he tried to get even with me for stealing Dru from him. As time passed, the witch over there put his soul back and he ran away to leave the slayer got me to torment. A few years passed and I discovered things that were not normal for a Big Bad like me. I actually liked the Slayer's mum; she treated me real nice like, almost human even after she found out what I was. Then there was little bit. Dawn always believed in the good in me even when I didn't. The hardest thing I had to learn was that I was in love with a Slayer. She saved my life, and I couldn't save hers when she battled Glory. When she died I thought I was in Hell. When her friends brought her back to life, it was me that she confided in about how she had to claw her way out of her coffin and dig her way back to the surface. It was me she told about how she was torn out of Heaven, and it was me that she used when we discovered that she somehow came back wrong. I loved her through out all that. We tried to have a relationship but unfortunately it didn't work out. When the First set his sights on the Hell mouth, I didn't know because I had wanted her love so badly that I went through the trials to get my soul back. I was successful; and Peaches don't like it much; and came back here. I was living in the basement of the school struggling with everything. Buffy is the one that found me and helped me to make sense out of it all and I loved her for it. I was there when a lot of the SIT wankers kicked her out of her own house because things didn't go their way, and I was there for her after Angel brought the medallion that was meant to be worn by someone not quite human. I knew deep inside that it would kill me for good; but if it would save the slayer and her little sis, I would do it. The last thing the slayer ever said to me was that she loved me. I knew in my heart that she did but more as family then as a romantic interest and that she would be the best friend that I ever had or could ever have." Spike paused as he looked around the room.
Some of the girls sitting in this room were SIT's for that battle with the First. None of them ever knew how much he cared. Buffy was sitting there listening with tears falling down her cheeks. Dawnie had walked over and was snuggled up next to her big brother listening while he told his story.
"The medallion gave me a warm feeling as pure sunlight came from it and from within me. It felt so pure and good, and made me feel like all my crimes as the Big Bad were forgiven. After every one had cleared out of the basement, a small Irish sounding demon named Whistler came down and took me to the place where the PTB reside. The Hell mouth was sealed, and I was redeemed for what I had done. They asked me what I would like to do next. I told them that I didn't feel that I was finished redeeming myself and I wanted to come back to finish my job here. They sent me to LA where Angel was working while you lot set up house over the hell mouth in Cleveland. I dealt with him, but I wasn't happy; so I went back to rest for a bit and see some of my family. Suddenly I was sitting in the back of a black truck that was parked in the sunlight with it shining on me. Buffy was pulling in to the parking lot of the airport and picking up the troublesome trio from Hogwarts." Spike concluded while looking right at the three from England.
At the end of Spikes tale, everyone was looking at the three guests from abroad. Willow was the first to speak.
"Well guys, I guess since things are out of the bag around here you maybe would like to tell us about Hogwarts, how you guys started to learn Magik, and why your hands are sitting on your wads." She said in her usual babble format shocking the kids as Buffy and Dawn tried unsuccessfully to suppress the giggles that had started.
"I guess I will go first." Harry said in a surprised tone. After all it wasn't every day that you find out that you have a cousin that is supposed to be a myth, creatures that weren't supposed to exist did, and that somehow there were witches that didn't need wands.
"When I was a baby, an evil wizard named Lord Voldemort killed my parents and tried to kill me with the same curse. It backfired because of a special magic from my mum. It almost destroyed him that night. With my parents dead, I was taken to live with my mums sister and her family. My Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon resented having me, the child of a witch and wizard. They prided themselves on being normal, so when I came along; they tried to make sure that Magic never came to me. They hated me to the point of making me stay in the closet under the stairs. On my cousin Dudley's 11th birthday, my aunt and uncle were stuck taking me with the family to the zoo. I accidentally set a snake to go after Dudley. I managed to get the glass to disappear from the window in the reptile room, he fell in after the snake left; and next thing I know the glass is back with him behind it. My aunt and uncle were furious with me to the point that I got locked in my closet because I did magic, even though I didn't know it. A couple days later I was sent to go get the mail while the rest of the family ate breakfast; and there it was, a letter for me in a thick envelope with emerald green writing and a strange crest on the back. It was even addressed to me in my room under the stairs. As I walked back into the kitchen and handed the rest of the mail to my uncle, Dudley grabbed the letter and gave it to my uncle who sneered at me. I argued that it was my mail, he yelled who would be sending me mail, then they locked me in the closet again. A few days and several letters, that went unread, it was Sunday and like everywhere else no post on Sunday so he was glad. I had just sat down on the stool in the living room when the fire place and the mail slot exploded with letters all from the same place for me. They locked me in the closet again while Uncle Vernon decided what he wanted to do. We wound up leaving the house and driving for hours when he decided to rent a boat and the house that sat on a lone island. We went out there in a storm, but had no fire or much food for the night. Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia gave Dudley the couch and all the warm blankets while they slept in the only bed upstairs, and I lay on the dirt floor with little more then a bed sheet for a cover. I turned 11 that night. Suddenly the door was banged down and a huge man walked in. Everyone was so scared. That was the night I met Hagrid, the keeper of keys and grounds at Hogwarts. He gave me my letter, gave my cousin a pig's tail, and took me to London where I started to learn of the wizarding world. I met Ron and Hermione on that first trip to school. We learned to be friends, how there is discrimination against some wizards, how Draco Malfoy is still a prat, and how to do magic. After the first school year where Lord Voldemort tried to kill me and steal the Sorcerers Stone, I had to go back to my Aunt and Uncle's house. The second year at school was surrounded by intrigue about who was the heir to Slytherin, the Chamber of Secrets, and Voldemort trying to kill me again. Again it was summer at the Dursley's, followed by a new school year, but with a small vacation at Ron's house. Our third year at school is where I met my God father Sirius Black who everyone, including myself, thought was trying to kill me. I learned a Patronus spell that saved my life and Sirius's. That summer I was able to go to the Quidditch World Cup with the Wesley's and 'Mione. That school year there was the Tri Wizard tournament where Voldemort murdered my friend Cedrik Diggory, and cast a spell to return to full power. We duelled, and I managed to escape him. Now this last school year he tried to kill many of my friends, set a trap for us, and was responsible for the death of Sirius just a couple weeks ago. The headmaster from school said that I had family here, so I jumped at the chance to spend time with them and be away from the Dursley's." Harry concluded as the crowed looked at each other.
The Scoobies looked at the young man in front of them and thought back to the years that they had been fighting the forces of darkness. They had so much in common, maybe he would fit well in this family after all.
"Well gang, that will be all for now, I want the First year trainees to go with Mr. Giles. He will be taking you to start learning about the different types of demons that are out there. Second year trainees, go with Dawn and she will help you with your sparing. Third year trainees, go with Xander so he can show you more about strategy. Everyone else, to my gym. I think we need to do some talking in private." With that, Buffy walked out of the room and headed down the hall to her private gym.
Since everyone was accustomed to following what Buffy said and did, they all just followed her into a large room. The trio were amazed at both the size of the room as well as the assortment of training equipment which ranged from just mats to swords, dummies to crossbows, and even two glass cases which had to very odd looking weapons in them. The first case that seemed to have a solid stone base held a hammer that didn't look like much.
Hermiony who was the best read out of the three visitors recognized it immediately and asked, "Is that a troll hammer Ms Summers?"