Disclaimer: Buffy characters are the property of Mr. Whedon. Harry Potter characters are the property of Ms. Rowling. I do own the story that I am writing, but I'm just borrowing the characters for a little while. So, yeah, if you decide to sue... I'm uber-broke.

Through the Looking Glass

Chapter 13

Blood on the Moon

x x x x x

"Holy crap!"

"I know," Harry nodded as Xander flung himself on his new bed.

"No, I mean, holy crap!"

Xander pinched his arm to make sure that he wasn't dreaming. When the pinching wasn't working, he turned to Buffy for help; "Pinch me." And when she did, he wished he hadn't asked for her help.

"Baby," Buffy muttered.

Xander had been shown to a new room, which was much more medieval than the one he shared with Buffy. He had a black iron canopy bed, a few armor statues, and a very large fireplace to warm up with. The fact that Xander was excited was really not all that hard to spot.

"This is a great!" Xander exclaimed, even though his arm was still throbbing.

"You're now in the East Wing of the castle," Harry said.

"And that means..." Xander shrugged his shoulders.

"Xander, if you take the corridor to your left," Harry placed a hand on Xander's shoulder, "below the very last picture on your right is a yellow stone. If you press that stone, it will take you to the Hufflepuff Common Room, if you ever need to be there to protect the Hufflepuff's."

"Oh, right," Xander grabbed a pillow. "Spiffy."

Harry continued to show everyone his or her rooms. Buffy still got to keep her old room, though it had been refurnished and had a slightly more homey look to it. She was in the North Wing, and she was appointed to the Gryffindors. Cordelia's room (which she noticed had all of her things in it - she thanked Gabriel for that) was actually located inside the Ravenclaw Girl's Dormitory. Harry had made sure that she did, however, have her own room. And, Willow was taken down to the dungeons (in the South Wing) to look after the Slytherins.

"Harry;" Willow caught Harry's eyes.

"Yeah?"

"What's with the points?" Willow nodded her head, to show that she did indeed know what he was doing. Herself, Buffy, Xander, and Cordelia were spread out into the four separate corners of the castle. "Trying to keep something out of the diamond?"

"Just a protection spell. You're all at the Four Corners," Harry smiled. "Hermione planned it all out."

"Oh," Willow nodded her head. "She did a great job at the four-cornered diamond, then. I can actually feel it now that we're all in our positions."

"I'll let her know she has a fan," Harry smiled, thankful that at least one of the new recruits knew something about what they were doing. "I'm really glad you all are here. Nothing stands a chance with you all around."

Harry left Willow to tell McGonagall that they were positioned. While he was on his way to the Headmistress's office, it hit him.

She could feel the magic? Willow can feel the magic...

x x x x x

Buffy opened her eyes. After a very restful night's sleep, she felt like she could do anything. She lifted her head up, and that's when the pain came flooding back. She realized that she still had some bruises. Some were healed, but a few were still throbbing. Not knowing what to do, she slid out of bed, taking careful attention of the bruise on her leg, and decided that she needed to go see Madame Pomfrey. If she wasn't healing quickly, then perhaps something else was really wrong with her.

Buffy put on one of the pretty scarlet cloaks she had been given by one of the Gryffindor prefects and headed to the hospital wing. As she climbed the stairs, she heard the sound of movement at the landing above her.

Severus Snape stood there in all of his greasy glory. In fact, if she hadn't have known better, she could have swore that his cloak was billowing from an unknown breeze.

"Miss Summers," he said was a slightly twisted smile.

"Sevvy-Sev."

"I see that you and Mr. Harris made it back to Hogwarts safely." His crooked nose flared as he said 'Mr. Harris' and Buffy wanted to beat the ever-loving crap out of him.

"Yeah," Buffy cocked her head to one side as she finally came to where he was standing.

"I had hoped that the last time we met that it would have been the very last time." Snape crossed his arms and sneered at her even more so than ever.

"Yeah," Buffy said again as she figured he had more to say.

"It really is too bad that the Council didn't finish the hanging." Snape's eyes flared.

Buffy gave him a nice fake smile, "Okay, I get it. You're an evil bastard." Buffy said with a shrug. "But, I have ridded this world of better bad-asses than you. So, when you: A, grow up; B, get a new look; C, get off this high pedestal you've placed yourself upon and D, wash your hair... you be sure to find me, because then you'll be worth my time to actually scrape off my shoe. You're too cliché for me right now, pal."

With that, Buffy strode right past the, now silent, wizard and into the hospital wing. Madame Pomfrey gave Buffy a teaspoon of blueberry flavored syrup (Blueberry Bruise-Fusion was on the bottle) and made her sit down for a moment. After ten minutes, Buffy saw the blue and purple colored bruises were slowly fading.

"You're fit and ready to go, dear," she said. "Just make sure you take better care of yourself!"

x x x x x

"Cordy!"

Cordelia jumped out of her seat and faced the door. "What!"

"Look!" Willow ran over the Cordelia and handed her a note. "Lunch!"

Cordelia read the piece of paper that Willow had shoved into her hands.

The Faculty of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is pleased to welcome you to Hogwarts Castle.

We would like to formally welcome you to the family with a small luncheon at 2:00 PM on the 5th of October. Please dress in your best (wizard wear, of course) and make sure that you come ready to eat and meet the faces of the Hogwarts' faculty!

See you soon

M. McGonagall and the rest of the faculty.

"We get to have lunch with all of the teachers here!" Willow practically shouted.

"I... know..." Cordelia nodded her head. "That's kinda what faculty means."

"I mean... there all wizards!" Willow shook Cordelia by the shoulders. "To have all of these people be magically inclined, and me not having to hold back about my magic! It's going to be great! I CANNOT WAIT!"

Cordelia's eyes widened as Willow threw her arms around Cordelia. She then pulled herself away about a minute later.

"Sorry, I'm-"

"Dude, I look like a girl."

Cordelia looked up. Xander had on some black robes, but his face meant that he wasn't all too pleased about it.

"No... you don't... r-really." Willow stammered.

"See!" Xander flung himself on Cordelia's bed. "I'm so not liking being a wizard right now."

"You're not a wizard." Cordelia reminded him.

"Well, I'm so not liking playing wizard dress-up then." Xander pouted.

"I LOVE THESE CLOTHES!" Buffy burst into Cordelia's room with the happiest smile on her face. "Oh, my God! Will - that green - gah - you look so pretty! And Cordy! Purple was always your color..."

Willow, Xander, and Cordelia all stared at Buffy like she had five heads.

"What?" Buffy smiled. "Can't a girl be happy about going to lunch?"

"Well, if you all actually call this a lunch. I see it as more of us being thrown to the wolves... I mean... all them with wands and us... well... kind of wand-less." Xander stood up.

"Xander - those robes!" Buffy smiled at him. "Very manly."

Xander look down and then kind of stuck out his chest. "I thought so too..."

Willow and Cordelia rolled their eyes.

"Xander, don't worry." Cordelia reminded him as she took out her wand. "We're not all powerless on this side of the force."

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Why did I have to come? Cordelia asked herself. She was really bored. Considering that everything that anybody had said was not new in the least to her. Well, it was new for like half a second, and then she realized that she already knew what everything they were talking about meant. It was almost as if she had gone to Hogwarts herself.

"So, you're one of them, are you?"

"What?" Cordelia looked up. A very tall, greasy-haired wizard sat down beside her.

"One of them," he motioned towards Buffy and Xander, who were talking to the tiny Professor Flitwick.

"They're my friends, if that's what you mean," Cordelia nodded.

"You just seem more-"

"Adjusted?"

"No, you're-"

"Normal?"

"No - if you please-"

"Special?"

"Intelligent was the word I was going to say," he smiled at her. Cordelia didn't like his smile all that much, but considering that when he didn't smile it looked as if he tasted something sour, she figured that she liked him better smiling. "Severus Snape."

"Cordelia Chase." Cordelia held out her hand and Snape gave it a quick shake.

"Well, Miss Chase, what-"

"Oh, no," Cordelia shook her head and placed her drink on the table in front of her. "I don't do that."

"What?"

"Cordelia is my name, use it." Cordelia nodded curtly. "No being formal and calling me by my last name." Cordelia filled her cup up with a little more pumpkin juice. "God, all you Brits are the same-eugh!"

"Oh, Cordelia, I'm sorry!"

Cordelia had bumped right into Remus Lupin, whom she had met earlier, and had spilled her pumpkin juice on the floor. Snape had done some sort of charm to clean the mess and then offered to refill Cordelia's glass.

"I really am sorry."

"It's okay, really!" Cordelia smiled and looked up to find that Buffy had moved on from Flitwick to Lupin. Buffy rolled her eyes at Cordelia and then turned her attention back to Remus. Cordelia then rolled her eyes in response.

"You do know what he is, don't you?" Snape's voice hissed into Cordelia's ear.

Cordelia turned to him and shook her head. "Uh... no."

"Do you know of any stories that surround a full moon?"

"He's a moon?" Cordelia asked stupidly. She could tell that he obviously thought that he had been wrong about the intelligent bit.

"No, he's..." Snape stopped and looked around. "I think you'll find out soon enough, being that you're a part of the faculty."

"What?"

"You heard me," he sneered slightly.

"Why bring up something and then not tell me what it was that you were bringing up?" Cordelia's eye twitched as she began to get a little riled. "That's rude!"

"Fine," he held up his hands. "The next full moon is going to reveal a sign to you. It's old witch lore, but... you've heard of blood on the moon, right?"

"Yes... it means that danger approaches."

"Yes." He smiled at her. "It'll be a surprise what kind of danger the full moon brings."

"What does that have to do with anything?" Cordelia asked bewildered.

"The next full moon will have a dark red ring around it."

Cordelia gawked at Snape, her mouth slightly open. He was the most random person she had ever met before in her entire life.

"How do you know?"

"I'm not just a potion's professor, Cordelia." He looked up at the time and then excused himself. "I have a class in ten minutes; perhaps we will continue our discussion later."

"Yeah," Cordelia nodded. As soon as he was out of earshot, she mumbled to herself. "Weirdo."

"Cordelia?"

Cordelia shook her head and turned around to see Remus Lupin. "Oh, hi!"

"Hello," he smiled, "I'm sorry to interrupt, but Harry asked me to give you this." He held out a small piece of parchment. "He said it was for you only."

"Thanks," Cordelia reached out to grab the paper and as soon as she made contact with Remus's hand she felt the light grow around her and knew exactly what was coming...

Cordelia's eyes glanced up as she saw the full moon, outlined in dark red. She then heard a horrific howl and noticed a man being changed into a wolf. A werewolf. The vision drew her in closer to the transformation and all that Cordelia could see were the man's eyes. The pain behind the eyes was intense during the transformation, and Cordelia wished that she could look away. Finally, the werewolf glanced behind Cordelia and began to run towards whatever it was that was behind her. As soon as Cordelia turned around, a black figure engulfed her... and every happy memory faded into darkness... she couldn't see but she could feel the life slowly being sucked out of her.

Cordelia's eyes fluttered, as she tried to get used to the normal light. She blinked a few times to get rid of the glaze. She sat up slowly and when her eyes finally cleared she opened them slowly. The first pair of eyes that she locked onto, were none other than those of the werewolf.

Remus Lupin.

Cordelia tensed quickly, but tried to keep her fear at bay. Remus Lupin was a werewolf... that's what Snape had thought she had already known. She saw the concern in his eyes and tried to shake the vision out of her head.

It wasn't going anywhere.

x x x x x

Gabriel sighed when he realized that Cordelia was getting another vision. He, too, could see the visions, and all he knew was that he had to let Cordelia know that Lupin was actually a good guy.

HOOT HOOT

"Ah, Hedwig!" The white owl landed on his shoulder and dropped a gold piece of parchment in Gabriel's hands. The note was obviously from God.

Dearest Gabriel,
Again, I thank you for watching over the proceedings down on the Magical World. I truly appreciate everything that you do. Ruth and Mary have constantly been nagging me to get you back up here to play some more hockey. I think you are their favorite player, Gabriel.

To business... Dolohov is trying to repiece Rowena's Mirror back together. The mirror can do horrible things, and we cannot let him find the last piece.

I know all about this, Gabriel thought.

I know that you know all of this, but Harry did not mention everything. In fact, if you knew everything, I'd be worried, and might have to vacate my spot as Head Honcho. Anyway, the mirror was never supposed to be put back together. See, Gabriel, I helped Rowena hide the mirror pieces. When she lost her best student to the mirror, she vowed to never let another use it. See, the student walked through the mirror and into Hell. And when something that horrific is in any world, I have to do my godly duty. We hid the pieces in the four different corners of the universe; in the two worlds, heaven, and in hell. When Satan fell from grace, he made sure that he found all of the pieces before he left heaven. Then, when he claimed hell as his own, he had all of his henchman find the pieces in hell. Rowena and myself placed a few mirror pieces in the Non-Magical World, and of course, some in the Magical World.
Now, Gabriel, something that you do not know, is that the last piece of the mirror is located at Hogwarts.

It is?

It is.

Where?

I won't say where it is, for fear of this letter being intercepted.

I understand.

I knew you would understand, but I do need to entrust you with another bit of information. Cordelia's friends should not be in the Magical World. In fact, I believe that their appearance into the Magical World somehow helped bring the mirror pieces from the Non-Magical World into the Magical World for Dolohov's use.

I bet Satan is behind all of this.

Yes, I believe that Dolohov is a missionary of Satan. Now, Gabriel, I need you to do a favor for me. I have to meet with the Devil's Advocate in about an hour's time. He wants to talk about giving the worlds over to Satan. I don't know why every year we have this same meeting, but it's happening again. You would think the old boy would have given up by now. Oh, well...

What must I do?

Oh, yes, the favor. Gabriel, I need you to take the Slayer's powers away from her. I never planned to have a Slayer in the Magical World. In fact, her powers are not as strong as they once were, because of all the magical elements that go against the Slayer's own magical source. It's complicated, but ask Einstein if you have any questions on the philosophy and physics of the magic. He helped me complete the formulas and he probably knows better to explain it than I do. Anyway... if Satan or Dolohov were to get their hands (or hooves) on Buffy...

Satan could control her...

Exactly. And we don't want that to happen, do we?

No! It could mean disaster.

Also, would you give Xander sight in both of his eyes; he'll need both of his eyes before this is all over and done with. And, give Willow just a slight bit more courage. If anyone needs to be prepared, it's her.

Will do.

Oh, and before I forget. Even though I know that you will make sure that Cordelia won't be alarmed by Remus's nature... I just wanted to remind you. He is nothing but good; and he deserves her respect in every way.

I agree.

Thank you again, Gabriel. I'll make sure to tell David to give you a raise when I get back from the meeting.

God Blesses You.
God
AKA - Jesus
AKA - The Holy Spirit

Gabriel stared at how God signed the letter. He must have had some of those tiny tarts. They're full of sugar.

PS...
No, I haven't had any sugar today. Ruth said that I was too hyper today.

Hedwig nipped at Gabriel's finger and flew away. Gabriel watched as she flew into the clouds, and as he watched, he remembered the day when God gave him the magnificent owl.

x chapter's end x

After Thoughts: Sorry that this took a while. Been a rough week - lots of family problems.

Please read and review!

Hope the chapter fed some FF((dot))net hunger. And a lot of reviewers are clamoring for longer chapters. LOL. I'm not really big on having huge gi-normous chapters. If I put more into the chapters, then you'd probably all go completely mental from being so bored. But, I did try and make this longer... :)

Look forward to Ch. 14 entitled:

Decay of Death

Hogwarts gets some visitors. These visitors aren't looking for a cup of tea.

Thank You's:

Heck, I decided to have another one. Just 'cuz I LOVE you ALL! And, hey, who doesn't like to see their name, right? And I had to have a party for going over 100 reviews... ((tear)) So, yeah, thank you to the following people for reviewing Chapter Twelve.

Slinky-and-the-BloodyWands - I don't mind you talking to me in the reviews. It's nice. :) LOL. I'm so glad you liked Hermione dropping in, I figured it was time to see more HP characters. Don't worry, more will start to pop in. The mirror idea is the only good idea I've ever had for ANY of my fanfiction... lol... so I really appreciate the compliment.

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I know chapter twelve was a short chapter and I'm trying to make them longer... lol. It's hard to break the short chapter habit. Thank you so much for your reviews!

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LOLSnape and The Lion King. OMG. You rock.
Erm, answering Q's... no... there's nothing going on with Harry and Hermione. Just best buds, like always. It shocked me when I saw that question about him and Hermione, because I've got something wonderful planned for Harry at the end of this story. And, yeah, Cordy is a peacemaker (I kinda liked her being not so blunt during Angel), because she has that huge burden placed upon her shoulders, by God Himself. OOH! DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUN! But, don't worry, you know she's going to be total Queen C Bitch when she wants to be. Muahahaha! Dolohov is an ebil, ebil, ebil man... er... wizard. I'm GLAD you don't like him. I don't like him myself. And I know I'm evil for my cliffhanger. OMG - you so should have read my Pirates of the Caribbean fic when I was writing it last year... lol... every chapter ended on a cliffhanger. You would have hated me.
And don't you worry... Willow will SO be a key element. Much more so than another character that you may think will be a key element... because I AM AN EBIL AUTHOR! Muahahaha! Always remember that. ;) And, thanks for reviewing!

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