I forgot to apologize last chapter for being so slow on the update.
There was a lot going on with Track and then my teachers got really down on
all of us, stressing us out for finals. Then, as the icing on the cake,
I'm a freshman, and the last day of classes, a Friday, the day after prom,
review day, day before the weekend before hell, a freshman died. Prom
night. In his sleep. While the prommers were dancing. And they told us.
In school. While studying for finals. In class. And they made us stay.
All day. Sorry, that was a bit...um... chopped. It was just sad, he was
cool. And he had been playing softball just the day before, with people
telling him they were gonna kill him with the bat if he didn't shut up and
stop distracting them. Another said he wished the kid would die. They
prolly feel terrible, and can't do a damn thing about it.
Wow, that looks really long now, it didn't seem that way before, but anyway, I apologize for anyone that may have read this and maybe enjoyed it. It's holiday of summer now, so hopefully I can get a lot done. Around work and volleyball, that is. Lol.
Spoilers: yes, there are. HP up to and including OotP, BtVS up to and finishing S6, tara death season if that's not it.
Disclaimer: I don't own nothing that isn't mine, which includes the characters that belong to Rowling and Whedon.
Pairings: after thinking and thinking, I figured it out with what I said to a reviewer earlier and what I planned. Harry & Hermione, Willow & Tonks, Buffy & Spike, Dawn & Draco(who is a good guy), Giles & McGonagall, maybe, depends, And Xander & Anya. Forget what happened, they did the broken wedding, then when Anya un-demonified, she got back with Xander. I love this, I can change it, and people can complain, but I can't be sued, and I'm knocking on wood now. Lol!
All right? On with the story, then!!
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Chris woke up early and looked down at the Auror in her arms, smiling. If she didn't love her so much as a friend, she would be her girlfriend, but Chris didn't want to spoil their friendship. 'Well, that and I have a boyfriend that would be crazy if he knew that I was a bisexual. Oh God! I forgot to call him!' She checked the link that she had hooked up to him and found him safe, alive, and in a deep sleep. She smiled, relieved.
Tonks, who had been preventing Chris from rising by using her arm as a pillow, woke up to a smiling face, and gave a smile of her own, thinking, 'all mornings should start like this.' With that she leaned up and brushed her lips against Chris' cheek, saying in a breathy voice, "wotcher, Chris," which earned her a grin and a slight shake of the head at the weird saying. No one knew why Tonks said 'Wotcher', it was just her thing. And it was adorable, in Chris' eyes.
Chris sighed and said, "We have to go to Hogwarts now. The group that is coming in is coming today, some by my help, and your charge by Kingsley Shacklebolt. I just hope that he doesn't do the MIB thing to her." They giggled, knowing that he always did the Men In Black thing, it was just him.
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wherever Willow was
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Willow waited nervously for the person who was supposed to pick her up, wondering who it was going to be. Certainly not some one that she knew, they were all in California. It was probably someone from this Wizarding Community, coming to bring her to the school. She couldn't believe that she had never been picked up on the magic radar, and had to suffer because of it. It almost made her go dark again, but she knew better. She knew that she had to control her emotions no matter what. No more dark places for her.
As she thought these things, she noticed that a large black car, no decorations, totally plain, hade pulled up, and a tall black man was getting out of it. He was wearing a black and white tuxedo, and sun glasses that looked suspiciously like Ray-Bans. He looked over at her and her bags and said in a deep voice, "Willow Rosenburg?" At her speechless nod he continued with, "By the order of Albus Dumbledore I have been ordered to take you to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
Willow just blinked in a dazed way and nodded, quietly. Kingsley picked up her bags and loaded them into the car that was bigger inside than it was outside, and Willow could feel magic in it, but a different kind of magic. Not wiccan, but an unknown. She shrugged, made a mental note to ask someone about it later, and got into the car as the tall, dark skinned man held the door open for her and eyed her nice figure appreciatively before remembering that the little goddess had told him that she was gay. 'Damn,' he thought. 'Oh well, better luck next time.' With that thought, he drove them to Hogsmead, where they were to meet Chris, and perhaps Tonks. He wasn't too sure what was up with Tonks going, but he wanted to know.
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"All right, where is she?" Buffy asked, pacing impatiently in front of her bags and making the others a little dizzy with her actions. "She said she'd be here at ten, and it's... Giles, what time is it?" She asked, realizing that she didn't know what time it was.
"It's nine fifty, Buffy, she still has ten minutes before she's scheduled to come. The real question is, why is Spike coming with us?" The blonde vampire was starting to get on his nerves, talking about how he had been to Hogwarts before and was therefore more important than the rest of the Scoobies, only he was saying it in more words and repeatedly.
"Hey slay-gal extraordinaire. Looking for me?" Chris asked, hearing the impatience in the slayer's voice and knowing that she had to show up soon.
"Where were you? You only had five minutes to show up!" Buffy said, letting the girl know that she didn't appreciate having to wait.
"Oh I must be shot. I was early, and didn't keep my usual habit of being late. Come on, enough griping and yelling at me, I overslept and just woke up. Grab hold of the bags and some part of me-above the belt" she added as she saw a look come into Spike's eye. "Ok, let's go. I have another person to bring over as well." With that she took the Scoobies over to Hogwarts, left them in the entrance hall, telling Spike to bring them to the Great Hall since he knew the place, and went to get Tonks.
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"She just left us here with captain peroxide? How does she know that he knows his way around this place? How does she know he remembers?" Xander asked, getting worried.
"Chill out, brave heart," Spike sneered at the name. "It's over this way, to the right. She knows because she brought me over a while ago when it was empty to see if I remembered my way around. I went when I was a little kid, I was... actually, I was in Ravenclaw, the smart house. Anyway, I was head boy in my time and got more than a little familiar with the whole castle, the passages out of it, and all of the rooms, even the ones that disappear. Really isn't that hard to navigate once you know your way around. Come on, you lot, this is the great hall, with a great amount of food. If we get hungry later on, I can lead us to the kitchens." Spike concluded, leading the group to the hall and showing a passion for something that didn't have to do with killing or women.
They met with Albus, who explained what they were to do, then showed them all to their rooms. Buffy, Giles, Dawn, and Spike each got their own room, with a cozy den and bathroom attached, with a bathtub that made Buffy weak at the knees. Xander and Anya shared a room, and it was basically the same, except that there were two beds. They grinned wickedly at this and chilled out in the den-like room, equipped with a fireplace, comfy couch, and a few chairs, as all of the others were. There was also a desk and a few books.
Each room was decorated differently. Buffy had a beautiful red color to the bedroom, a blood red, with some gold and silver mixed in. The bathroom was a sky blue, and the den was a deep midnight blue. She had a small training room attached to her bedroom, filled with every weapon that she could possibly dream of. Giles had a green-ish color to his room, a color that went from green to blue or to a purple, depending on how you look at it. His whole apartment was really that color. He had a huge library attached to his room, one to rival the one that he had at home even. Dawn had a comfy room that was a deep burgundy color. She had a small room with witchcraft tools attached, and a stick that felt like it was hers. It looked like a magic wand, but it couldn't be, she thought that they were just what muggle magicians used to impress children. She decided to question it later.
Spike's quarters were decorated in the colors of Ravenclaw, dark blue and bronze. He loved the colors and loved the feel of being in Hogwarts again. It always felt like home to him, only now he didn't have to share his room. He never could stand the idiots that he shared the dormitory with. They all had a cabinet in their room that gave them things that they asked for, like hot chocolate and cookies. They all settled into their rooms after coming up with passwords into the rooms that they lived in. Buffy's was 'Angel', Spike's was 'Rowena', Giles was 'Calendar', Dawn's was 'Key', and Xander and Anya came up with 'love nest'.
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"Tonks," Chris called out, looking for her. "Hey, come on, love. We have to meet Kingsley at Hogsmead. The Three Broomsticks has great drinks, you know that. Where are you, Tonks?" Chris was getting frustrated, not finding the Auror anywhere. She had checked everywhere but the bedroom. Suddenly, the girl got a wicked grin on her face and went into the room, not making a noise, where she found the morphmagus packing and looking down.
Chris snuck up behind her and put her arms around her waist from behind, whispering, "Hey, you," into Tonks' ear. Tonks jumped, tensed, recognized the voice, and settled down, leaning back into the embrace. "All right, why are you nervous? I can smell it on you from a kilometer away," Chris asked, worried.
"It's just... what if the girl doesn't like me? What if I can't help her? And we're sharing a room. What if things get tense? Where would I go, Chris?" Tonks started getting upset, so Chris comforted her with a soothing, "shh." Tonks leaned back more and enjoyed the feel of her friend against her tight back, feeling the muscles in her body relax.
"Tonks, if things get bad, you can come to me like you did when we were in Hogwarts. Remember? I'll give you the password into my room and show you where it is, and if there's a problem or if you feel like you just have to get away, come in with me and we can chill out. Ok?"Tonks nodded and smiled, remembering how comforting her friend had been in Hogwarts when things had gotten rough. "It's hard for Willow to not like anyone unless you're not nice to her or, like, discriminate against her for her life choices or for being Jewish or something. Since you wouldn't do that, just be yourself and she'll like you. And not Auror Nymphadora Tonks you, but just plain old Tonks that's here now with me. You have to believe that you can help her, otherwise you can't. Ok?" Tonks nodded, feeling better. Within a few minutes they were ready to go, and Chris brought them to the pub, where Kingsley and Willow were waiting and drinking a butter beer.
Kingsley spotted the two and waved them over, grinning at the bright shade of purple that Tonks had decided that her hair was going to be at the moment, the grinned even more as she changed it to blue at Chris' request, who loved the color on her. Kingsley cleared his throat and asked Chris what she wanted him to do, which, as it turned out, was to leave. He took off in his car, leaving the three alone to get familiar with each other. Chris introduced them with a, "Tonks, this is Willow Rosenberg, the wiccan I told you about. Will, this is Nymphadora Tonks, or just Tonks, since she seems to hate the name Nymphadora." They both blushed slightly and shook hands. Then they paid for the drinks and went up to the castle, where Chris showed them to their room. "Sorry about having to double you up, but we were out of rooms."
"There are, like, six other guest rooms in this castle. Who else is here?" asked Tonks, who was pretty familiar with the castle.
"Just a few additions to the staff and helpers and stuff," Chris was vague on purpose, knowing that Willow would get nervous if she knew that her friends were around. "Ya know what? I'm starved. I'm gonna go grab chow from the kitchen. Oh, right. Before I forget. You can change the color of the room by thinking about what you want. And Will, there's a surprise for you in the bedroom. Might surprise you as well, Tonks. See ya!" With a growl from her stomach she ran out of the room.
"Think she wanted us to be alone?" Tonks asked, raising her eyebrow at the hasty departure. The room turned red as she started to blush at the ideas that may have gone through Chris' head.
"I think she might have been dropping that clue, but maybe she really was hungry," Willow said, turning a shade of light pink at the sight of Tonks blushing. She didn't know why, but she felt a sort of connection with the Auror, and it looked like they were around the same age.
"Er, Willow?" Willow looked at her. "Do you see that cabinet over there?" She gestured at the cabinet and Will nodded her head. "Well, it gives the opener anything that they want, like food, drink, a pillow, stuff like that." She hastily added the part about the food on as she realised that it could have been taken another way. She quickly turned away from the red head as she turned even redder in embarrassment. She silently scolded herself for not having more control over her blushing.
Willow looked on in interest as the spiky haired girl blushed and turned away. She didn't know why, but for some reason Will just wanted to hold her in her arms and hug her until she wasn't embarrassed any more. She controlled the urge since they had just met and she didn't want to scare Tonks away. She just looked around the room and wandered around, looking at everything, and eventually made it into the bathroom, where she gasped in amazement. Tonks heard her and went in to see what was wrong, and found a room bigger than the one that the prefects got. "Wow," Willow said, her eyes widening slightly. "This is huge! That tub is big enough to be a swimming pool!"
Tonks laughed a little at the wiccan's amazement and grinned, saying, "Yeah, I never got to be in a room this big. I was a prefect, one of the best students in my class," she added, seeing Willow's questioning look. "And we had a bigger room than the ones the other students used, but never one this big, and I always had to share with 7 others, not just one." She looked over at Willow and grinned, adding, "and they were all hogs. They would spread themselves out in the tub and use all of the hot water. Never respected me because I could do anything with my hair or face while they had to work for it. Bitches, really." Tonks had a bitter look on her face, remembering the hard times that she'd had in school because she was born with an extra advantage.
Willow saw the look and walked over to Tonks. She gently laid a hand on the other woman's arm, reassuring her in a way. Tonks gave a questioning look, and Willow just said, "It's not fair, is it? Not fair that because you could change at will and they couldn't, they were mean and shut you out." Tonks was amazed that this red-head, who she'd known for all of half an hour, could get her so fast. Willow cleared her throat, uncomfortable with the look that Tonks was giving her, and said, "Chris said that there is a surprise in the bedroom for us. Wanna go check it out?"
Tonks nodded, and they walked out of the room, Willow removing her hand. They walked into the bedroom, of which there was only one, with two beds, of course. They had no idea that Chris was watching them, invisible. They took a look around, each looking a different way. Willow saw a portrait of a blonde haired woman with blue eyes. She went to take a closer look, and gasped when she recognised the person. 'T-Tara!"
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Sorry, y'all. I'll have the next bit of this up shortly. Don't worry. Sorry about the rant session earlier, as well. Totally uncalled for. Hope you enjoy this, and I'll be back soon. Till then, peace!
Wow, that looks really long now, it didn't seem that way before, but anyway, I apologize for anyone that may have read this and maybe enjoyed it. It's holiday of summer now, so hopefully I can get a lot done. Around work and volleyball, that is. Lol.
Spoilers: yes, there are. HP up to and including OotP, BtVS up to and finishing S6, tara death season if that's not it.
Disclaimer: I don't own nothing that isn't mine, which includes the characters that belong to Rowling and Whedon.
Pairings: after thinking and thinking, I figured it out with what I said to a reviewer earlier and what I planned. Harry & Hermione, Willow & Tonks, Buffy & Spike, Dawn & Draco(who is a good guy), Giles & McGonagall, maybe, depends, And Xander & Anya. Forget what happened, they did the broken wedding, then when Anya un-demonified, she got back with Xander. I love this, I can change it, and people can complain, but I can't be sued, and I'm knocking on wood now. Lol!
All right? On with the story, then!!
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Chris woke up early and looked down at the Auror in her arms, smiling. If she didn't love her so much as a friend, she would be her girlfriend, but Chris didn't want to spoil their friendship. 'Well, that and I have a boyfriend that would be crazy if he knew that I was a bisexual. Oh God! I forgot to call him!' She checked the link that she had hooked up to him and found him safe, alive, and in a deep sleep. She smiled, relieved.
Tonks, who had been preventing Chris from rising by using her arm as a pillow, woke up to a smiling face, and gave a smile of her own, thinking, 'all mornings should start like this.' With that she leaned up and brushed her lips against Chris' cheek, saying in a breathy voice, "wotcher, Chris," which earned her a grin and a slight shake of the head at the weird saying. No one knew why Tonks said 'Wotcher', it was just her thing. And it was adorable, in Chris' eyes.
Chris sighed and said, "We have to go to Hogwarts now. The group that is coming in is coming today, some by my help, and your charge by Kingsley Shacklebolt. I just hope that he doesn't do the MIB thing to her." They giggled, knowing that he always did the Men In Black thing, it was just him.
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Willow waited nervously for the person who was supposed to pick her up, wondering who it was going to be. Certainly not some one that she knew, they were all in California. It was probably someone from this Wizarding Community, coming to bring her to the school. She couldn't believe that she had never been picked up on the magic radar, and had to suffer because of it. It almost made her go dark again, but she knew better. She knew that she had to control her emotions no matter what. No more dark places for her.
As she thought these things, she noticed that a large black car, no decorations, totally plain, hade pulled up, and a tall black man was getting out of it. He was wearing a black and white tuxedo, and sun glasses that looked suspiciously like Ray-Bans. He looked over at her and her bags and said in a deep voice, "Willow Rosenburg?" At her speechless nod he continued with, "By the order of Albus Dumbledore I have been ordered to take you to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
Willow just blinked in a dazed way and nodded, quietly. Kingsley picked up her bags and loaded them into the car that was bigger inside than it was outside, and Willow could feel magic in it, but a different kind of magic. Not wiccan, but an unknown. She shrugged, made a mental note to ask someone about it later, and got into the car as the tall, dark skinned man held the door open for her and eyed her nice figure appreciatively before remembering that the little goddess had told him that she was gay. 'Damn,' he thought. 'Oh well, better luck next time.' With that thought, he drove them to Hogsmead, where they were to meet Chris, and perhaps Tonks. He wasn't too sure what was up with Tonks going, but he wanted to know.
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"All right, where is she?" Buffy asked, pacing impatiently in front of her bags and making the others a little dizzy with her actions. "She said she'd be here at ten, and it's... Giles, what time is it?" She asked, realizing that she didn't know what time it was.
"It's nine fifty, Buffy, she still has ten minutes before she's scheduled to come. The real question is, why is Spike coming with us?" The blonde vampire was starting to get on his nerves, talking about how he had been to Hogwarts before and was therefore more important than the rest of the Scoobies, only he was saying it in more words and repeatedly.
"Hey slay-gal extraordinaire. Looking for me?" Chris asked, hearing the impatience in the slayer's voice and knowing that she had to show up soon.
"Where were you? You only had five minutes to show up!" Buffy said, letting the girl know that she didn't appreciate having to wait.
"Oh I must be shot. I was early, and didn't keep my usual habit of being late. Come on, enough griping and yelling at me, I overslept and just woke up. Grab hold of the bags and some part of me-above the belt" she added as she saw a look come into Spike's eye. "Ok, let's go. I have another person to bring over as well." With that she took the Scoobies over to Hogwarts, left them in the entrance hall, telling Spike to bring them to the Great Hall since he knew the place, and went to get Tonks.
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"She just left us here with captain peroxide? How does she know that he knows his way around this place? How does she know he remembers?" Xander asked, getting worried.
"Chill out, brave heart," Spike sneered at the name. "It's over this way, to the right. She knows because she brought me over a while ago when it was empty to see if I remembered my way around. I went when I was a little kid, I was... actually, I was in Ravenclaw, the smart house. Anyway, I was head boy in my time and got more than a little familiar with the whole castle, the passages out of it, and all of the rooms, even the ones that disappear. Really isn't that hard to navigate once you know your way around. Come on, you lot, this is the great hall, with a great amount of food. If we get hungry later on, I can lead us to the kitchens." Spike concluded, leading the group to the hall and showing a passion for something that didn't have to do with killing or women.
They met with Albus, who explained what they were to do, then showed them all to their rooms. Buffy, Giles, Dawn, and Spike each got their own room, with a cozy den and bathroom attached, with a bathtub that made Buffy weak at the knees. Xander and Anya shared a room, and it was basically the same, except that there were two beds. They grinned wickedly at this and chilled out in the den-like room, equipped with a fireplace, comfy couch, and a few chairs, as all of the others were. There was also a desk and a few books.
Each room was decorated differently. Buffy had a beautiful red color to the bedroom, a blood red, with some gold and silver mixed in. The bathroom was a sky blue, and the den was a deep midnight blue. She had a small training room attached to her bedroom, filled with every weapon that she could possibly dream of. Giles had a green-ish color to his room, a color that went from green to blue or to a purple, depending on how you look at it. His whole apartment was really that color. He had a huge library attached to his room, one to rival the one that he had at home even. Dawn had a comfy room that was a deep burgundy color. She had a small room with witchcraft tools attached, and a stick that felt like it was hers. It looked like a magic wand, but it couldn't be, she thought that they were just what muggle magicians used to impress children. She decided to question it later.
Spike's quarters were decorated in the colors of Ravenclaw, dark blue and bronze. He loved the colors and loved the feel of being in Hogwarts again. It always felt like home to him, only now he didn't have to share his room. He never could stand the idiots that he shared the dormitory with. They all had a cabinet in their room that gave them things that they asked for, like hot chocolate and cookies. They all settled into their rooms after coming up with passwords into the rooms that they lived in. Buffy's was 'Angel', Spike's was 'Rowena', Giles was 'Calendar', Dawn's was 'Key', and Xander and Anya came up with 'love nest'.
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"Tonks," Chris called out, looking for her. "Hey, come on, love. We have to meet Kingsley at Hogsmead. The Three Broomsticks has great drinks, you know that. Where are you, Tonks?" Chris was getting frustrated, not finding the Auror anywhere. She had checked everywhere but the bedroom. Suddenly, the girl got a wicked grin on her face and went into the room, not making a noise, where she found the morphmagus packing and looking down.
Chris snuck up behind her and put her arms around her waist from behind, whispering, "Hey, you," into Tonks' ear. Tonks jumped, tensed, recognized the voice, and settled down, leaning back into the embrace. "All right, why are you nervous? I can smell it on you from a kilometer away," Chris asked, worried.
"It's just... what if the girl doesn't like me? What if I can't help her? And we're sharing a room. What if things get tense? Where would I go, Chris?" Tonks started getting upset, so Chris comforted her with a soothing, "shh." Tonks leaned back more and enjoyed the feel of her friend against her tight back, feeling the muscles in her body relax.
"Tonks, if things get bad, you can come to me like you did when we were in Hogwarts. Remember? I'll give you the password into my room and show you where it is, and if there's a problem or if you feel like you just have to get away, come in with me and we can chill out. Ok?"Tonks nodded and smiled, remembering how comforting her friend had been in Hogwarts when things had gotten rough. "It's hard for Willow to not like anyone unless you're not nice to her or, like, discriminate against her for her life choices or for being Jewish or something. Since you wouldn't do that, just be yourself and she'll like you. And not Auror Nymphadora Tonks you, but just plain old Tonks that's here now with me. You have to believe that you can help her, otherwise you can't. Ok?" Tonks nodded, feeling better. Within a few minutes they were ready to go, and Chris brought them to the pub, where Kingsley and Willow were waiting and drinking a butter beer.
Kingsley spotted the two and waved them over, grinning at the bright shade of purple that Tonks had decided that her hair was going to be at the moment, the grinned even more as she changed it to blue at Chris' request, who loved the color on her. Kingsley cleared his throat and asked Chris what she wanted him to do, which, as it turned out, was to leave. He took off in his car, leaving the three alone to get familiar with each other. Chris introduced them with a, "Tonks, this is Willow Rosenberg, the wiccan I told you about. Will, this is Nymphadora Tonks, or just Tonks, since she seems to hate the name Nymphadora." They both blushed slightly and shook hands. Then they paid for the drinks and went up to the castle, where Chris showed them to their room. "Sorry about having to double you up, but we were out of rooms."
"There are, like, six other guest rooms in this castle. Who else is here?" asked Tonks, who was pretty familiar with the castle.
"Just a few additions to the staff and helpers and stuff," Chris was vague on purpose, knowing that Willow would get nervous if she knew that her friends were around. "Ya know what? I'm starved. I'm gonna go grab chow from the kitchen. Oh, right. Before I forget. You can change the color of the room by thinking about what you want. And Will, there's a surprise for you in the bedroom. Might surprise you as well, Tonks. See ya!" With a growl from her stomach she ran out of the room.
"Think she wanted us to be alone?" Tonks asked, raising her eyebrow at the hasty departure. The room turned red as she started to blush at the ideas that may have gone through Chris' head.
"I think she might have been dropping that clue, but maybe she really was hungry," Willow said, turning a shade of light pink at the sight of Tonks blushing. She didn't know why, but she felt a sort of connection with the Auror, and it looked like they were around the same age.
"Er, Willow?" Willow looked at her. "Do you see that cabinet over there?" She gestured at the cabinet and Will nodded her head. "Well, it gives the opener anything that they want, like food, drink, a pillow, stuff like that." She hastily added the part about the food on as she realised that it could have been taken another way. She quickly turned away from the red head as she turned even redder in embarrassment. She silently scolded herself for not having more control over her blushing.
Willow looked on in interest as the spiky haired girl blushed and turned away. She didn't know why, but for some reason Will just wanted to hold her in her arms and hug her until she wasn't embarrassed any more. She controlled the urge since they had just met and she didn't want to scare Tonks away. She just looked around the room and wandered around, looking at everything, and eventually made it into the bathroom, where she gasped in amazement. Tonks heard her and went in to see what was wrong, and found a room bigger than the one that the prefects got. "Wow," Willow said, her eyes widening slightly. "This is huge! That tub is big enough to be a swimming pool!"
Tonks laughed a little at the wiccan's amazement and grinned, saying, "Yeah, I never got to be in a room this big. I was a prefect, one of the best students in my class," she added, seeing Willow's questioning look. "And we had a bigger room than the ones the other students used, but never one this big, and I always had to share with 7 others, not just one." She looked over at Willow and grinned, adding, "and they were all hogs. They would spread themselves out in the tub and use all of the hot water. Never respected me because I could do anything with my hair or face while they had to work for it. Bitches, really." Tonks had a bitter look on her face, remembering the hard times that she'd had in school because she was born with an extra advantage.
Willow saw the look and walked over to Tonks. She gently laid a hand on the other woman's arm, reassuring her in a way. Tonks gave a questioning look, and Willow just said, "It's not fair, is it? Not fair that because you could change at will and they couldn't, they were mean and shut you out." Tonks was amazed that this red-head, who she'd known for all of half an hour, could get her so fast. Willow cleared her throat, uncomfortable with the look that Tonks was giving her, and said, "Chris said that there is a surprise in the bedroom for us. Wanna go check it out?"
Tonks nodded, and they walked out of the room, Willow removing her hand. They walked into the bedroom, of which there was only one, with two beds, of course. They had no idea that Chris was watching them, invisible. They took a look around, each looking a different way. Willow saw a portrait of a blonde haired woman with blue eyes. She went to take a closer look, and gasped when she recognised the person. 'T-Tara!"
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Sorry, y'all. I'll have the next bit of this up shortly. Don't worry. Sorry about the rant session earlier, as well. Totally uncalled for. Hope you enjoy this, and I'll be back soon. Till then, peace!