Chapter 4- Conversations
Buffy
was leading the group to Revello Drive, listening to Willow ramble
about how much power everyone had, especially Dumbledore and Harry.
Xander had about a million questions for Giles. Xander was shocked
when Giles did not know the answer to one. Dawn however, saw another
girl her age who, was now about to be in the slayer loop,and jumped
at the opportunity to talk to her. Dumbledore, Ron and Harry were
bringing up the rear. They had almost reached the house when a man
came running out of an alley, and fell right in their path. The
wizards all reached for their wands, but barely got their hands
around them when Buffy yelled, "Spike!"
"Oh,
it's you." Spike said slightly shaken up.
"What
were you running from?"
"I
wasn't running from anything."
Buffy
was assuming Spike was having one of his crazy moments. "Okay, I
so don't have time for this. I have to go." Buffy started to
walk on, but Spike spoke again.
"Wait!
Is it evil? What I am saying of course it's evil. Can I
help?"
Buffy
was apparently thinking this over. "Fine, but the second you
start going crazy your out."
After
thanking Buffy, Spike was introduced to the Sunnydale new comers, and
everyone proceeded to Buffy's house. Once they got there everyone
arranged himself or herself comfortably in the living room. Everyone
was prepared for a long night of swapping stories.
Buffy
had questions she wanted answered. "Okay, I want to know what is
going on. Right here, right now." Harry was getting tired of Buffy
always taking control. She just waltzed into his school ready to burn
the place down, and she wanted answers.
"Wait,
you were the ones who broke into our school, tell us you story! How
come you could see us?"
"I
might not have broken into any school if I knew it was a
school, and that has been there for more then two months. And as for
the seeing you part. I did this really interesting thing called
looking."
Harry
opened his mouth to retort, but Professor Dumbledore silenced Harry
with a look. "Harry I think if there is anymore delay, then Ms.
Summers might just explode." Turning to Buffy. "This all
started, I suppose fifteen years ago. There was this dark wizard know
as Lord Voldermort. He was a true monster. Her killed many people for
one reason or another. Fifteen years ago Voldermort tried to kill
Harry. He obviously did not succeed. That same night he lost his
powers. Two years ago, Voldermort regained his powers. I fear he may
be after Harry and even more so, our entire establishment. Harry, Ron
and Hermione have repeatedly show that they are barley a match for
Voldermort by keeping him from regaining his powers, and surviving
his return. That is, however no reason to put the rest of the school
at risk."
"This
Voldymot dude sounds like a real pain." Dawn commented. Buffy
ignored her.
Buffy
found Dumbledore's plan excellent, however she did find one small
flaw. "Professor, I think you made a mistake coming
here."
"Why
do you say that Ms. Summers?"
"First
of all call me Buffy. Second of all, Sunnydale is on a hellmouth. Any
thing evil usually ends up here eventually. Is there any way you
could move your school?"
"No,
I don't believe there is. It took me two months to enchant the area
properly, and even if I find another, I fear we will be too far into
our school year to have the students pack up again. By the way, how
do you know about the hellmouth?"
Ron
was confused. "Wait, before we get that far, what is 'the
hellmouth'?"
Hermione
was ready with an answer. "The hellmouth is a mystical
convergence that if opened will bring Hell to Earth."
"And
not just that, a whole lot of nasty, many headed creatures that seem
to grow every time the hellmouth is opened." Buffy
added.
Now
Hermione was also wondering. "How do you know about the
hellmouth?" She asked.
After
a nod from Giles telling her to tell the truth, Buffy answered. "I'm
the Slayer."
Dumbledore
seemed to understand these words, but was shocked. All the sudden,
Spike started cracking up. "I'm sorry. It's just the looks on
their faces is too funny not to laugh."
Ron
opened his mouth to ask was a slayer was, but Buffy cut him to it.
"Don't waste your breath, I know what you're going to ask. Let
Giles explain, he loves this part."
"The
Slayer is the one girl in all the world with the strength and skills
to hunt the vampires, and stop the spread of evil. The Slayer also
kills demons and many other evil beings." As Giles finished this
statement, something clicked in Hermione's memory.
"I
remember hearing about the slayer. We were told she was a
myth."
"We
were?" Ron asked.
"Yes in History of Magic."
Well that made sense. Ron and Harry spent most of that class goofing
off or catching up on some much needed sleep.
"Well
I'm not a myth, and with all the evil goin' on, it's a good thing."
Buffy said with some pride.
"Well,
how do we know you're the Slayer? I mean we've been told she's not
real, and now all of the sudden we're not only being told that she's
real, but that you're her." Hermione questioned.
"We
could tell you all the stuff we've done!" Xander said
enthusiastically.
"We
don't have all night Xand." Willow told him.
"We
really don't have time to test you. But if you are indeed the Slayer,
then we may need your help." Dumbledore stepped
in.
"Sure,
what are we dealing with?" Buffy asked.
"Quite
possibly the end of the world." Dumbledore replied. These words
shocked Harry, Ron and Hermione who did not expect the end of the
world to come so quickly. But the Scoobies, not such a
shock.
"Alright
well how about I take Spike, walk you guys back to your abandon
building, then Spike and I will patrol. If you want to come over
tomorrow before sundown we can look into it then.
"Sorry,
but you don't seem nearly as concerned as we are about the end of the
world." Harry observed.
"Well
see, destroying the world, easier said then done. I would know I
tried." Willow said.
"You
tried to destroy the world?!" Ron asked shocked.
"It
was an accident." Willow responded.
"Right.
Well, you three have classes tomorrow, so I will send the three of
them back tomorrow before sundown. I will unfortunately be unable to
attend, and these students should know enough to get you started in
you research."
Once
everyone said good-bye, Buffy and Spike left to escort the four
wizards back to Hogwarts.
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