1All right. I'm starting this on October 1st. Just for the record. And it may be a little depressing, because I'm in a state of deep depression after watching a volleyball match. Just wait until I make the national youth team, then I'll show them that I was good enough and they shouldn't have not chosen this injured girl over the broken fingered one! Okay, maybe not, and I am starting to get over it, it's just kind of hard, and this is really why I got the livejournal. Right, got it. Anyway, this chapter should focus more on the Terrible Trio-erm, sorry, the Dynamic Duo! Lol! And the scoobies should be pretty prominent here as well. Maybe one scene in Aussie land. Not quite sure. I'm leaning towards thinking that this chapter may be shorter than the others, which is of the good. Actually, I changed my mind. I like finishing off days, so just for a quick overview: Australia, then Will & Tonks' room, then moving on to the next day where there is prominent Scooby and Dynamic Duo action.

Spoilers: s6 of Buffy, OotP of Harry Potter.

Disclaimer: I don't own what isn't mine, and you can tell what's JK's and Joss', so you know what isn't mine, namely, the characters!

Hey, as one author supporting another, let's all have a moment of silence for Malli. I don't know when or how, but she has passed on and left us. I don't know if she really died, I'm just taking the word of another author, Ringo's Wildrose. But at least her name has died, so if nothing else, grieve for that and the fact that her wonderful story, The Phoenix Child, will never be finished.

Now, I guess that's everything, so on with the story!!!

Chris got to Rena's door and hesitated. The lights were on, but it was almost midnight. She had no way of knowing if Rena was awake, or if she just kept lights on in her house all through the night. She knocked gently, and was spooked when Rena opened the door. She even jumped! Rena smiled and took her hand, pulling her gently inside, and Chris gladly followed.

"I was afraid you were asleep," Chris admitted, settling next to her girlfriend on the couch. "I mean, I know you said if a light was on, just knock, but I didn't want to wake you."

"I was waiting up for you," Rena admitted, blushing a little at the raised eyebrow. "I mean, I would have gone to bed at 12:30 if you weren't here by then, but I was definitely hoping that you would show up before then." She smiled sheepishly, and leaned into the kiss that she was receiving.

"Honestly? I was hoping that you'd be waiting for me," Chris replied. "I mean, if you hadn't been up I wouldn't have woken you, but I definitely was hoping that you'd be awake and waiting." They both grinned when they realised that they had been babbling.

They moved in closer, neither really realising what they were doing until they were right in front of each other. Suddenly, they were both hyper-aware of the other's body, and they could feel each other's breath. Then, without warning, they kissed. Nether knew who started it, just that they were kissing, and it felt good. Rena ran her tongue over her girl's lips, and Chris gladly opened her mouth to allow the other's tongue in. Out of no where, Chris broke the kiss and they both leaned against each other, breathing heavily.

"What? What's wrong? Did I do something?" Rena asked, worried. Chris gave a little smile, enough for reassurance.

"No, it's just... is this what you want? Me? My world?" She wasn't sure if she wanted the answer, but she needed to know. She needed there to be no regrets if they even just made out. After the last time she had gotten close to someone... 'well, it's better to just not think about that,' she thought, looking at Rena anxiously.

Rena sighed and leaned into the back of the couch. "I know that this is what I want. You're secretive as hell, and get all annoying when we kiss, but I still want to be with you, weirdnesses and all," Rena gave her a grin.

"Great," Chris sighed in relief. Then she grinned wickedly. "Annoying, huh? I'll show you annoying!" with that, she lunged forward into Rena's lips and kissed her passionately. After that kiss, she pulled away again. Rena groaned, and Chris grinned. "Hey, now. Stop assuming I'm going to go interrogate you again. I just want to take it slow, our relationship. I mean, we've dated for less than a week now. I just want to know you better, and have you know me better, before we go further. Agreed?" She bit her lip, anxious as to what the surfer would say.

Rena thought about it, then nodded. "Agreed. But that doesn't leave out cuddling, does it?"

"Of course not. Say, what are the chances that you have a good movie around here?"

"Is You've Got Mail considered good?" Rena asked, a glimmer in her eyes as she anticipated where this was going.

"Mm hmm. And are there any chances that you would manage to fall asleep in my arms while watching said movie?" they were both grinning.

"There is a very good chance." They laughed a little, then while Rena set up the DVD player, Chris got a blanket and a pillow from the bedroom and got the lights. They were asleep in an hour.

meanwhile, Tonks and Willow, tired after listening to the story their friend had told, decided to talk first thing in the morning. They were both aware that the other was awake, but they needed time to process the information that they had just learned.

Next day

"Morning, 'Mione," Harry yawned as he entered the Great Hall and sat down next to her. She grinned at him and scruffed up his hair. "Hey, now! It took me ten minutes to tame my hair into that style!" Harry's voice was indignant.

Hermione giggled. "You call that tame? Oh, Harry, I made it neater than it was, trust me!" Harry thought about this for a moment, deciding whether it was an insult or a compliment. He decided on a huge sigh and giving Hermione a kiss, much to the amusement of the Gryffindors that were in the hall at the time. They separated to cat calls and wolf-whistles. They were blushing furiously over what they had piled on their plates when they got their schedules.

"I've got Double Potions, then Defense Against the Dark Arts, then lunch, a break, and Herbology last," Hermione said, looking at her schedule for the day. "What about you?"

"Potions, that's still with the bloody Slytherins," he scowled as Hermione grinned. "Then Defense, lunch, break, and Herbology. Same as you," they smiled. An owl dropped a letter by Harry's plate. "Oh, I have a meeting with Dumbledore today during my break."

"I wonder what he wants?" Hermione was curious, since usually when Harry was called to the Head's office, nothing good came of it.

Harry shrugged. "I dunno. Hopefully I'm not in trouble already," they grinned. The bell rang, and they took off running for the dungeons. "Come on, 'Mione. We can't be late first day of Potions, Snape would give us a month's worth of detentions." They sprinted down to the dungeons and made it two minutes before the bell rang. There was no one else in the room, so Snape, having pity on Harry, told them in a nice voice to sit down and be potions partners for the year. They smiled gratefully, and he warned them just before the Slytherins entered the room that he would still have to have a nasty way with them during the year. Hey nodded in understanding and went to their seats.

"Welcome, to those of you who actually managed to pass the OWLs and get into this class. I am surprised at the number of you who managed to make it into this course. Some of you," he glanced at Draco, who smirked smugly. "Some of you, I knew would get in. Others, however..." he glanced at Neville, who had somehow managed to make it into the class. "I have no clue how you managed it." He went over to Harry and Hermione. "Well, well, well. I see that Weasley has not returned to be with us today. Such a shame, you three made a nice group. Brains, bravery, and stupidity. Yes, a good match indeed." he smirked. "Ms. Granger, I do hope you can keep your friend out of trouble this year? I am rather tired of hearing about cock-and-bull stories that came from him," Snape drawled. The snake house laughed while the lions tried to control their tempers. They were all surprised to see Harry holding his temper in, though. He just raised his eyebrows and glared a little, for effect. Snape just raised one eyebrow.

For the rest of the lesson, they brewed Veritaserum, or started up a batch, anyway. They were all spooked by the advanced spell being done the first day, bet were afraid to complain or ask why. Harry and Hermione assumed that the potions made correctly would be used in the Order. Snape ended up cleaning out Neville and Seamus' cauldron before it exploded. The bell finally rang, signaling the end of the double period, and the Gryffindors headed up to the Defense classroom, which they shared this year with Ravenclaws. That wasn't that bad. They knew some of them from the club that Harry had started up the previous year.

Buffy and Spike walked into the room. "Hey, everyone. I'm Buffy. That's not professor Summers, or Professor Buffy, just Buffy. The Professor makes me feel old. And this is-" she looked at Spike. "Would it be Professor Spike, William, William The Bloody, Professor William...what?"

"That would be Spike to you bits," he nearly growled. He hated it when Buffy egged him on like that. "Now, first we're covering Vampires, and we're sharing time with Professor Giles, who insists on being called Professor," Spike smirked. "So Buffy and I go over fighting techniques, and Giles goes over anything that he deems necessary, or stuff that he knows better than us, which isn't much, I might add." the class laughed at that. "Just a highlight of what will happen, First, Vampires. Who they are, what they are, how they become the way they are. Ways to kill them, ways to identify them. Spells to fight and kill them. We'll go over a few famous vampires and groups of vampires. Then we go over the Slayer, which Giles will help with because he knows the speech better than anyone else. Bloody ponce lives for making the 'Chosen One' speech." He raised an eyebrow as one of the kids from his old house raised their hand. "Yes? The Ravenclaw."

"Terry Boot, sir. Isn't the slayer a myth? I mean, one girl to fight the forces of darkness? A girl that is that strong? Sounds like a load of rubbish that is just told to scare little kids into behaving and keep the demon population at bay," the boy said, sounding smug.

"I wouldn't go there, boy," Spike growled, while Buffy looked dangerous. "For one thing, there are a bunch of girls in here that could probably give you a good whipping for that crack about strong girls, and for another, I happen to have met...oh, let's see now...5 slayers personally." he smirked at the astonishment on Terry's face. "Anyone else have anything to say about this?" everyone shook their heads. "Good. Now, Buffy, do you want to get on with a talk?" She nodded and went up to the front of the room.

"Okay, so who can tell me what a vampire is?" she saw the hand of a bushy-haired, red-robed girl go up. She was sitting next to a boy with black scruffy hair. "You. Ms..." Buffy left the blank for the girl to fill in.

"Granger. Hermione Granger. A vampire is a person who was bitten by a vampire, but instead of just getting drained, drank from the vampire and became undead. A demon possesses it's body, and the person, though they may have their memories, is no longer that person. They have a dire need for blood, any blood, though they seem to prefer humans, for the most part." She got a proud look from Harry, and she grinned at him.

"Excellent. 10 points to the Lions." the bell rang. "Oops. Lost track of time there. Okay, I don't have the classes memorized yet, so the next time we meet, we can pick this up where we left it. And come with open minds, please?" Everyone nodded and left after packing up. They all went down to the Great Hall for lunch.

Harry walked down to the Head's office after he was finished, with Hermione saying that she'd wait for him in the common room, or if he didn't show up, she'd be in the greenhouse for Herbology. He smiled his thanks and left. He called out various candy names until he hit 'blood pop', and the door opened. He was surprised to see not only Dumbledore, but all of the new teachers, as well. "Professor? Erm...professors? What's going on?" he asked a bit stupidly. Dumbledore smiled kindly.

"My dear boy, I was going to hide it from you before I remembered how much you hate surprises. Now, this information is very secret. You may not tell anyone, not even Hermione, do you understand me?" Harry nodded. "Good. Pro...erm, Buffy, is a vampire slayer. Her friends here are Xander Harris, a muggle with a loyal heart who has stayed with her since they met, Anya Jenkins, a Former vengeance demon, now loyal to the slayer, Rupert Giles, a former watcher, Buffy's, in fact, before he got fired. Then there is Dawn Summers, Buffy's little sister who is very gifted in demonic languages and knowledge. And then there is Spike, a vampire that had his soul restored. They are all here to help defend you."

Harry's mouth fell open at the revelations of who and what his professors were. "Actually, we have a friend, Willow, who could easily kick this dark Wizard's ass....what's his name again? Bloody Mary?" Harry opened his eyes farther and his jaw hit the ground at the slayer's open mockery of Voldemort. "Any way, she could take care of your problem, if she wasn't in magic rehab." All of the scoobies looked sad at this.

"What happened? Why is she in rehab?" Harry was just curious, and he noticed Dumbledore's eyes shining mischievously.

Xander answered. "There was this thing, where Willow had a girlfriend. Only this total jerk went and shot the girl right after they had...you know." Xander tried to stop all of the fantasies running through his head. "So Tara gets shot, and she dies in Will's arms. It was tough on all of us, I mean, she was one of us. So Willow taps into some seriously dark magic and goes on a rampage. She flays the guy who shot Tara. Alive. And then Giles gave her this major whammy of Earth magic, and she felt all of the pain and suffering of the world, which was what Giles wanted. He thought that the compassion she felt would bring our old Will back, but it just made her end the world. Or try to. But I got to her and made her stop by telling her that I love her and not backing down after she hurt me. Then she started crying and went back to the cute red-headed, green-eyed Willow that we all know and love," he finished, pleased with himself. He still had a hint of sadness in his eyes, as did all of the Scoobies that were there. Harry understood, and felt bad for them all.

"So, she's in rehab learning how to control her magic? How do you lose control of a wand?" Harry asked, not getting that part.

"Red is a Wiccan witch, she doesn't use a wand, kid," Spike answered. "She draws power from the world around her. It's harder to control, that kind of magic. If you use it too much, it corrupts you." Harry's eyes widened. Dawn thought that he would look a lot better if he got contacts.

"So, Harry, I assume that you will keep this quiet?" Dumbledore asked.

"I won't say a word. It's their business whether or not they tell any one who they are," Harry replied.

"Good. And Buffy has agreed to teach you in the ways of muggle defense and fighting, along with weaponry. They will occur Mondays, directly after lunch," Dumbledore added. Harry grinned at this, wanting to learn how to handle himself in a fight. "You may return you your common room. I assume that Hermione is waiting for you?" Harry nodded, and with a thank you, walked out of the room.

He went to tell Hermione, but remembered that he promised not to. When she asked what happened, he answered truthfully that the Headmaster simply wanted him to take another course. She accepted that, and they went to Herbology.

Meanwhile, The Scoobies and Dumbledore discussed the meeting.

"So, do you think that he can keep the secret?" Buffy asked.

"Miss Summers, I assure you that he can. He himself has had things discovered about him that he'd rather no one tell about until he was ready," Dumbledore replied, thinking about being connected to Voldemort and being a Parselmouth.

"So, what about his friend? Do you think we can take her into confidence?" Anya asked.

"Hermione Granger has been Harry's friend for years, very recently his girlfriend, and is extremely trust worthy," Dumbledore assured them. He then asked a question of his own. "Dawn, how is the search in the library going? How many of the books are accurate?"

"Ah, I was afraid that you would ask about the inaccurate ones," Dawn confessed. "So far I've found about ten out of two hundred that were accurate in a few facts. Most of them go on about how the Ministry of Magic destroyed certain things or beings that are definitely alive, as we have seen in the Hellmouth." Dawn smirked. "I could probably write a reference book on the stuff that I've seen so far. And I've just been checking vampire books, since I'm cooperating with Buffy and Spike's lesson plan. After this I go onto the books about demons and demonic happenings. I think there may be something about slayers. If nothing is in the books, then tell them that I can answer the questions, right, Buffy?" Dawn looks at her sister and she nods.

"I get on very well with the librarian. She likes the facts about the people that I know and have met. And she's learned the truth about events in the Wizarding world that the Wizards made up," Anya added in her two cents.

"The Muggle Studies class is great. I love it! I can finally go on about how great television and electronics are without having people shut me up!" Xander got excited, glad that he finally found something that he was good at.

"I am pleased that you all found something to be content with," Dumbledore said, the eternal light in his eyes sparkling. "Now, I believe that you all have classes to attend to?" All of the teachers rushed out of the room, while Anya and Dawn meandered down to the library at a leisurely pace. They talked about what they had found that was inaccurate in the books, and what there really should be. They had no clue, as they walked past tapestries on the second floor, that Willow was right behind one of them, talking to Tonks at that very moment.

all right, that was shorter, and easier on the eyes, I think. More about Tonks and Will later. I think that's gonna be the pattern from now on, one chapter is Chris, Will, Tonks, the next is Harry, Hermione, and the Scoobies. Unless something major happens, then that doesn't count. That cool? Oh, right, I checked Malli's info, and she died a few weeks ago in the hospital after an accident. It doesn't seem fair that such a talented writer has died before she even got to finish her writings. So seriously, just a moment of silence? Just for respect?

Peace, love, and music to all!!!!!!!!

Chris