1 Ok, I guess after a bummer review, I can still write. Dude, whoever you are, coward man, the one who reviewed anonymously, I can respond, even though that was totally rude, and you so could have worded that nicer. Well, I guess you won't get this anyway, since you won't be reading anymore.

Here's a response anyway, because I don't like being mean and neglecting people or hurting their feelings by ignoring them. Self-insert on the character Chris, huh? Yeah, you figured me out. I'm totally a goddess, and I can teleport and change my accent at will. And I can surf and I'm blonde and I don't have to breathe...and I dig girls! Duh, dummy! I'm straight, normal mortal, brunette, I need oxygen, I'm pretty much stuck with an American accent, and there is nothing special about me. I just used that name because I suck at coming up with names. Like, I know people with the names Chris and Rena, but the personalities are totally different. I would totally fight at the drop of a hat, the character tries to just fight for protection. The only things we share are a name, and not even that, and that our eyes change color in high emotional times. Like right now, they're pretty much black, and black is pretty much pissed off. Other colors I need contacts for. And how did you know that I knew wizards? Wow, we have a psychic reviewer here, I'm amazed! Not really. It's all fiction, that's why it's on I do see where you're going with the couples, though. So an explanation there.

Giles likes McGonnagal, McGonnagal likes Giles, nether wants to make a move yet. They're too shy and don't know each other that well. Will likes Tonks, Tonks likes Will, they're getting around to that this chapter. Anya and Xander-together, the left at the alter thing never happened, they are madly in love and shall stay that way forevermore in my eyes. When Dawn and Draco meet, probably next chapter, a love- hate relationship shall form there. So there are no complaints there, Draco can't believe that he's falling for a muggle(not really) and Dawn can't believe she's fallen for a jerk. They work that all out, but I won't say how. Buffy and Spike have their love-hate relationship going for them. And Chris has Rena, the Aussie and secret Wizard. The person she was with before, the no show named Doug, was too out of it, so I just kind of got rid of him. It felt wrong having a character cheat on a boyfriend. Is that a little better, for any confused people?

I can see where you come from on the fact that some paragraphs are confusing, but when they are, it's most likely meant to be that way, in full babble mode. Or there are references that will be explained later. Just stay calm. It'll be explained once I figure out what I've said that needs it in the end. Like, eventually, everything is going to come out about the goddess' past and life to Rena, after...well, I won't give it away, or else it's spoiling what's gonna happen, and then it's not worth reading, which shouldn't matter, since this dude told me that it's not worth it anyway. If anyone wants to tell me that I'm not totally horrible, I'll take it. Or if someone wants tot say that it's not good, but can offer ways to make it better other than "it sucked and I don't know how I stayed with it for this long", that would really be appreciated. Please??? And I'll try to fix what was wrong with my chapters, just so that I don't get bitched out again.

Spoilers: OotP, season 6 BtVS, but a warped season 6.

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, okay. They're either Joss' or J. K. Rowling's.

any more comments? Questions? Concerns? I know that was rhetorical, but let's just get on with it, shall we?

Willow and Tonks sat down in the morning, facing each other after a good breakfast. Tonks cleared her throat. "So...how long were you and Tara dating?" she asked lamely. She wanted to know a little about Willow, since Will knew pretty much everything about her. She wondered how it had gone with Tara, if they were happy.

Will answered, "we went out for about a year and a half, then she left because I started abusing magic, and then we got back together for a few days, and then she died," Willow finished, a bit lamely. She didn't know what to say.

"Erm...any girlfriends before her?" Tonks asked.

"No, before that I was for guys, and guys alone. Though I did always feel a connection to Buffy..." Willow trailed off, a faraway look in her eye as she thought about her best friend. She wondered what Buffy and the other Scoobies were doing. "But before Tara was Oz, a werewolf. He cheated on me with another 'wolf, Veruca," Willow said, a bit spitefully. "After that, he left to look for a way to control the wolf in him, and Tara and I met during a wicca meeting at the college that we went to. We started hanging out, and then Oz came back with the wolf tamed and wanted me back. Long story short, he wolfed out after smelling me on Tara, and these guys captured him, and Tara told me to follow my heart. Then we rescued Oz, that's me and Bufy and Xander, and I told him that even though he was special to me, I loved Tara. Then he left and I went to Tara's room and told her that she was my choice and we were together ever since," Willow finished, cursing silently after her babble session. She noticed Tonks looking interested, with an eyebrow raised and a slight grin on her face.

"That was one of the most confusing things that I ever heard, but I got that there was a boyfriend who was a werewolf before Tara, but he cheated with another wolf, then you met Tara. While you were 'more than friends' but less than lovers, the wolf came back and asked you to be his again, and you ended up sending him off and choosing Tara after he got captured and you and your friends saved him," Tonks summarized, grinning. Willow blushed. Had she really just babbled that much? She nodded that what Tonks had just said was more or less right. "Wow. And I thought I had a complicated life," Tonks joked, getting a laugh from Willow.

"Wow, I'm sorry, the babbling just kind of happens to me," Willow apologised. She blushed again.

"Ah, don't be," Tonks said, waving it off. "I get worse babbling from Chris all the time. It's a bit scary, but it all comes together eventually." she grinned wickedly. "Plus, when she does it, I usually stop it."

Will noticed the grin and couldn't stop the question from coming out of her mouth. "How do you usually stop her babbling?" As soon as she saw Tonks' grin widen, she braced herself for something weird.

"Usually a set of lips touching hers in a kiss shuts her up," Tonks said innocently. Willow thought about what she just said, then laughed at the terminology.

"You talk weird," she accused. "Normal people would just say, 'when she starts, I stop her with a kiss'," she laughed, and after Tonks thought about it, she started laughing as well. "Actually," she commented after she had calmed down a little, "Tara used to do the same to me when I started babbling."

"Really?" Tonks asked, wanting to hear about this.

"Mm hm. To be honest? After a while I babbled on purpose just to get a kiss sometimes," Willow admitted. "Did you ever do that?"

"Unfortunately, I didn't have the problem of babbling," Tonks answered. "I was so much of a freak that I didn't want to give others even more of a reason to make fun of me, so I just stayed quiet for the most part." Tonks got a sad look in her eye, and Willow noticed it. She put a hand on Tonks' arm.

"You should not have had to go through that, Tonks," Willow said, serious. Tonks smiled gratefully. "It wasn't fair to you. And you have good opinions, they shouldn't have been silenced." Tonks grinned at her and brought her own hand up to touch Willow's. Willow let her eyes stray to their hands. "Oh! I'm sorry, I just let my hand go, and my brain has very little control over what I do, and I don't think very much and..." she was silenced by Tonks' finger to her lips. She opened her mouth to apologise again, but shut it and glared when she noticed Tonks trying and failing to not laugh. "Hey! That's not very nice!" Willow chastised, speaking around the finger. She couldn't help but notice that the finger's skin was very soft.

"Sorry!" Tonks gasped out. "But it is funny. I mean, this is the second time in an hour that you've started babbling. I think it's a record!" Tonks started calming down a bit. She didn't realise that she still had a finger over Willow's mouth.

"Uh, Tonks?" Willow asked. She got a glance in reply. "Um, your finger is really nice and all, but could you take it off of my mouth? I like talking." Tonks blushed and removed her finger. What was she thinking? She didn't know if Willow had switched teams again or not.

"Sorry. I tend to forget things, and it just happens and my finger did it on its own, I swear, and..."She found herself silenced by a tentative kiss, just a light brush against her lips, but more than enough to shut her up. She let it happen, then let out a breath she wasn't aware that she was holding when Willow pulled away. "Right. Well, that definitely answers the question on whether or not you're still gay."

Willow grinned, then frowned worriedly. "You are, aren't you? I mean, if you weren't then I just totally messed up our friendship, and it's all ruined and now you'll never be my friend and I'll have to return to the Coven in shame with..." whatever she was going to say was cut off by Tonks' lips on her own. Willow leaned into the kiss and was surprised when Tonks didn't pull away. After a few seconds, they broke the kiss and looked at each other.

"Woah," they both said. They giggled a little, then looked each other in the eye. Tonks cleared her throat.

"So, what does this mean? I mean, obviously we're both lesbians, and I know that I like you, but what are we?" She went into a mini babble, but stopped herself.

"Well, I don't kiss just anyone, you know," Will said with a wink, making Tonks blush. She loved doing that. "But I don't know. I mean, if this were real school, you being older and all, the answer would be easy. Teacher-student relationships are forbidden. But we're more or less the same age, and I think we're a little more mature than students, you know?" She tried to make a point, and smiled when Tonks nodded in understanding. "So maybe we could try it out? Be more than friends?"

Tonks thought for a minute. "Okay, we could try that. But we do have to be careful. Your control comes first, and I was warned that Tara had a soft spot when you started abusing the Magic. I just want to get it clear right now that I won't back down because of my feelings." She had a firm face on, and know that she had to get that out.

"Good. Because, honestly? I wish that Tara had been more strict with me," Willow admitted. "If she had, maybe we wouldn't have been in that room that morning, and she'd still be alive. Then maybe we'd be meeting under different circumstances." She grinned. "Then maybe we would have been friends for a while before this happened."

"Will? If she hadn't died, this wouldn't be happening. You wouldn't need magical control classes because you never would have lost control." They both thought about that for a minute, then grinned at each other. "So I guess something good came out of something bad, huh?" Tonks asked.

"Yeah, I guess so. But I still wish that it hadn't happened," Willow responded.

"Oh, sweetie, I wasn't saying that I want Tara dead!" Tonks exclaimed, shocked that the red head thought that. She noticed Willow grinning a huge grin. "What? What did I do?" Tonks asked, her hands immediately going up to her hair in case she did something weird to it.

"You called me sweetie. You haven't done that yet," Willow explained, giggling when Tonks brought her hands down sheepishly from her hair.

"Oh! I'm sorry, it just happens sometimes. I mean, I'm affectionate by nature, and that just comes out sometimes. B-but I mean, if it makes you uncomfortable, then I won't be all affectionate," Tonks tried to amend what she said.

"Hey, hey, it's all right," Willow soothed. "I was just commenting that you called me something other than Willow or Will. I like it, personally," She smiled sweetly, and got a grin in reply.

"So...now that we have the question of lesbianism straightened out, want to start on your lessons?" Tonks asked, switching to the reason that they were there in the school.

"Okay. What first?" Willow asked, excited.

"Well, first we have to try out a few wands. We have a large selection here that Chris brought in from Ollivander's, and there's this thing where the wand chooses the witch or wizard. You'll get a feeling when you find the right one. You'll just know." They walked into the back room.

Tonks started handing the wands to Willow, and after a while they found a good one. Willow, 14 inches, containing a slayer hair soaked in the blood of a wiccan. Weird combination, but Willow knew it was hers as soon as she touched it. And she knew that it was Buffy and Tara in her wand, she could feel it. There was a connection there. Then they started on the magic...

"Will, you need to really concentrate here," Tonks said, pinching the bridge of her nose between her fingers. "Just say the words, don't think about doing the charm. If you think, then your body is going to use the energy around you, the wiccan energy. The wand is there so that when you say the spell it draws out the energy from your body. It's safer that way." They had been over that a few times, and she could see that Willow was really trying, but it wasn't working. She just had too many years behind her as a wiccan witch, and she couldn't make her body use the wand as a channel for the magic.

"How, Tonks? I have to focus to do the spell, and know what the intentions are, so how do I do that without focusing?" Willow snapped, trying to get Tonks to back down using the same techniques she used on Tara. She didn't want to, but she wanted to go at her own pace, which for her was not changing anything at all, ever. She was surprised when, instead of snapping back, Tonks got a thoughtful look on her face. "What? Why do you have a look? Is there an idea that you wish to share?" she asked, wondering about this.

"Well...I could do a spell...it would take the ability of your body to pull magic from around you away, leaving you with only what's inside. Then you would have to use the wand in order to do magic," Tonks explained, with still a thoughtful look on her face. "It would definitely solve the problem, and it would eliminate the risk of you using the wiccan magic." Tonks grimaced. "The only problem is that it would leave you fairly weak, magic-wise, until you build up your inner magical strength."

Willow thought for a moment about that. It would benefit her, and she could be rid of the temptation to do the magic that nearly ended the world through her body. "Can you get addicted to wand magic? ''Cuz that's what happened with the Wiccan magic." Willow said, worried about that one thing.

"I've never heard of someone getting hooked on it like a drug, if that's what you mean. Some get corrupted by the power of the magic, but it's their own choice when they do," Tonks answered honestly. She saw Willow relax a little.

"Do I even have a choice on whether or not I lose the knowledge on how to draw from the earth?" Willow asked, her eyes flashing as she thought of the council, who wanted her to register, and keep a close eye on her. They'd surely say no, and do the spell anyway.

"Will! Of course you have a choice," Tonks said, shocked at the question. Did the girl really trust her that little?

Willow noticed the hurt look on Tonks' face. She thought about what could have caused it. Then she gasped! "Tonks, I trust you, it's just that I had a run in with the Watcher's Council, and from the way they acted about me being a witch, they wouldn't have given me a choice, they just would have taken my powers from me," She pouted cutely. "And I bet they wouldn't have given me the chance to learn a new kind of magic." Tonks looked at her for a second, unsure about what that had been about. "I just mean, you're giving me a choice, and that's making me want to do it," she blushed. "I mean, it as in the taking away the earth magic, not something else, because that's what we were talking about, and..." she trailed off.

"Relax. I know what you mean, Willow," Tonks said, grinning. "If you agree, then I can do it right now, and we can try to go from there, all right?" she was a little nervous about doing such a big spell, but if Willow was willing, she wanted to do it to help everyone and make Willow, as well as the world, a safer place.

"Go ahead. I'm not scared," Willow challenged. She didn't know why, she knew that she had a choice about this, and she knew that if she said no, then the answer was no. It was just in her to challenge someone to take her powers away. She took a deep breath. "I'm sorry, it's just...well, I don't really know what that was. It just came out and felt natural. Tonks?" she added, noticing that her apology was being slightly ignored. Tonks, meanwhile, was deep in thought.

"Is the darkness still in you, Will? I mean, can you feel it pushing and trying to break through still?" Tonks asked, still thinking. Willow nodded, confused. "Then I think that we should do this spell really soon. It sounds like the dark witch is starting to slowly take control again. And with all of the magic around Hogwarts, it won't take much for her to get the power high." Willow's eyes widened in shock as she realised that Tonks was saying that she could go over to the dark side again.

"Do it fast, then. Please, Tonks!" Willow cried. She didn't want to go over again, she remembered what it felt like, and she didn't want to go there again. "I can't stand it if I go over again. It was so dark, and I could feel everything that was happening in the world, and it was so painful, and all of the dark thoughts! You can't imagine the darkness in her! The one that shares my body!" she was babbling, and making almost no sense.

"What do you mean, 'the one that shares your body?" Tonks asked, having caught that phrase. 'How can there be two people in one body?' she thought, then remembered Quirrel. 'Oh. That's how. Possession.'

"A while ago, I brought Buffy back from the dead, and a dark spirit from another dimension came through and kind of possessed me. It's not in control most of the time, because I have my guard up, but when I get really emotional, it comes through and takes over," Willow explained, or tried to. She took several deep breaths to try and calm down. She could feel the dark witch trying to break free, but after last time, she wasn't about to let that happen. She felt a slight surge, but it was weak. She opened her eyes and looked at Tonks, pleading. "It's the spirit of a witch. A dark witch. Literally. Black leather clothes and solid black hair with eyes to match. Then the blue vein-y slashes that only come when serious dark magic is present..." she trailed off, shuddering.

Tonks was looking on with sympathy and understanding. She knew that she had to do the spell right then, so she took a deep breath and said it fast while both witches in the red headed body were distracted. First to get rid of the magic ability, so that the spirit couldn't draw on the school's magic to protect herself. She started out in a soft voice, so as not to alert the two that she was starting. It was more of a chant, and it took three times through it before it worked. "Magic of the earth, you cause only trouble, to those who know how to use you. Here is a witch that wants to know how to use you no more, so release her body from the knowledge of your power. Magic of the earth, you cause only trouble, to those who know how to use you. Here is a witch that wants to know how to use you no more, so release her body from the knowledge of your power. Magic of the earth, you cause only trouble, to those who know how to use you. Here is a witch that wants to know how to use you no more, so release her body from the knowledge of your power!" she ended in a shout, and there was a flash of light around Willow. The red witch looked shocked and scared. Then, suddenly, her hair and wardrobe changed. She was the dark witch that had been described to her.

"Why you pink haired little bitch!" a voice bellowed, deeper than Willow's. "What was that, huh? Something to piss me off? Well, have a taste of me when I am mad!" she brought her hands together and started to chant something, but stopped when she realised that the magic wasn't building up. "What did you do to me?!" she cried. "Give me my magic back!"

"Not on your life," Tonks the Auror snarled, in a voice as cold as an iceberg. "Now, Necromancity!" She shouted, using a spell to un-possess someone from an evil spirit. Or a spirit in general, really. The original owner of the body would remain, and the intruder is banished to where they came from. She grinned in satisfaction as it worked and the darkness went out of her friend, leaving a red headed, green eyed woman in its wake, but then she looked on in horror as Willow collapsed. "Will!" she cried, running over.

"Oh, god. Willow! Wake up!" Tonks was starting to worry as she shook the red witch and got no response. "Ok, ok, what do I do? Right, is she breathing and does she have a pulse. I should check that. All right," she saw that Willow was breathing, and felt a weak pulse, but a pulse all the same. "Okay, so you are alive. So why aren't you awake?" she asked no one. "Right, er... I know what to do. Get you onto the couch, use smelling salts, and some kind of cold thingy on your head. Right. Mobiliarbus," she said, levitating the body to the couch. She conjured a cold pack and some smelling salts. She waved the salts under Willow's nose while putting the cold pack on her friend's head. She didn't know, but if it was anything like getting drunk, she was going to have a really bad headache.

After a few minutes, Willow groaned, saying, "Oh, my head. How much beer did I drink?" Tonks grinned, and pressed the ice pack onto Willow's forehead more, getting a gratified look in return. "What happened back there, Tonks?" she asked softly. "I feel like I got hit with a truck."

"Well, you were distracted, so I did the spell to take away the ability to do wiccan magic, then that black witch took over your body and I banished her from your body. Then you just kind of collapsed. Bloody freaked me out, I might add," she said, grinning.

"Any chance you could speak more softly?" Willow requested. "I feel like I have a hangover the size of the world." She groaned, and Tonks leaned over her.

"I bet I can make it feel better," she grinned, and kissed the new wand witch. They decided that the teaching was over for the day.

in the Land Down Under...

Chris woke with a start, feeling another figure curled up against her side. She grinned, and whispered, "Rena, wake up. It's morning." She shook the other woman lightly, causing her to wake with a start.

"No! Dad!" she cried, sitting up quickly and slamming the top of her head into the bottom of her girlfriend's jaw. "Oh, Chris I'm so sorry! I didn't realise that you were here or else I would have been more careful of how fast I got up," she said, giggling as she rubbed the top of her head.

"No worries. I always like to wake up with a bruised jaw," Chris replied sarcastically, rubbing her chin. She shook her head lightly to clear any pain, and leaned over, kissing Rena lightly. "Now this is how I like to wake up," she commented.

"Definitely no complaints from me," Rena said, dazed. "So, what's on for today? Let me guess, 3 jobs and a class?"

"Mmmm, nope. I get the day off. The professor called all of my places of work and told them that I almost drowned, so they gave me the rest of the week off, with pay! I'm all yours today," she added. They grinned and kissed again, then snuggled down into the couch to watch the movie that they had missed the night before. Then they went into the kitchen to get something for breakfast after it was over. Chris took the frying pan away from Rena. "Since you let me stay last night, I'll make breakfast," she grinned.

"Oh, you don't have to," Rena protested. "I invited you over, it was expected. Really, I want to..."

"Ren, cooking is one of the few things that I'm really good at. And I like cooking for others. Besides, I think that you'll like what I make," she winked. "Is there whipped cream in the house, is all I need to know?" Rena nodded, wondering where this was going. "Great. Go get washed up, and I'll start up then, huh?" Rena nodded and left for the bathroom, getting in a fast shower. She wondered what was going to be on the table that day.

Rena finished her shower and went downstairs, toweling her hair dry. She wondered what the good smell was that was attacking her nose.

While Rena had been showering, her girlfriend was up to something in the kitchen. She put a bit of butter in the pan and put it on the burner, half way hot. She got out eggs, milk, vanilla, bread, and bananas. She mixed everything but the bread in a bowl, liquefying the bananas first in a blender. She made sure that the skillet was hot, then soaked one slice of bread in the mixture and cooked it until it was cooked all the way through. Then she did it with three more slices. After the french toast was done cooking, she turned off the stove and washed everything. Then she tied her hair back and put the breakfast on the table with syrup and a can of whipped cream.

Rena walked in to see a nice table set with a delicious looking meal on it. She sniffed the air. Was that a hint of...bananas? She grinned, still toweling her hair. She looked around for her girl, and gasped when she felt someone come up behind her and put their arms around her waist. "Surprised?" came a murmur in her ear. She leaned back into the warm body behind her.

"Mmm. Definitely," she replied. "So, what's on the menu?"

"Banana french toast with maple syrup and topped off with whipped cream, to be added when eating so that it doesn't melt," was the response. Chris chewed her lip nervously. "Do you like it? Because if not, I can make something else..."

"It looks great, baby. Don't worry about it," Rena said, sitting down and patting the place next to her. Chris grinned and sat down, with an arm draped casually over Rena's shoulders.

"Okay, if you say that it's all right... dig in!" They grinned wolfishly at each other and started in on the french toast, putting the whipped cream on as they went.

"This has got to be some of the best french toast that I've ever had, Chris!" said Rena, grinning as she licked her lips. She had a bit of cream on her upper lip that she couldn't quite get to.

"Here, let me just..." Chris kissed her girl and licked the white fluffy stuff off in the process. They giggled. "So. Tell me more about yourself, Ren," she asked, settling down. "I just realised that aside from where you live now, what you look like, and that you surf, I know nothing about you. Except that you are a goddess at kissing," Chris added on with a grin.

Rena thought for a minute. "Well...I grew up in England, and when I was eleven I got accepted to a great school in Scotland. So I went until I was 18, then graduated. I was always interested in girls, I even dated a few at the school. Let's see...there was Finnigan, that was her last name. But her mum didn't approve of her dating another woman, forced her to stop seeing me and marry a man. She kept her own last name, though. Then there was a girl named Selina Catalina. She was cool, and I was with her until it was my 16th birthday. Then she decided that since she was a few months younger she couldn't be with me, because lesbianism is something that you grow out of when you hit 16, in her eyes. Then there was a woman named Brown. However, she had a sister, older, who found out and blackmailed us about what we did. So we broke it off just so that we could be sane once more. And that's pretty much it. My parents kicked me out of my house as soon as I told them that I was gay, and I ended up staying with a family that I was really close to, the Changs. They have a younger daughter, Cho, and I went to school with her older brother Jan. Cho started attending the school during our second to last year." She took a breath, and watched Chris' face. Chris kept her face neutral on the outside, but inside she was screaming. Was Rena a witch? Hogwarts is in Scotland, and all of the families that she named are all wizarding families.

"So what happened?"

"After I graduated, I wanted to get far away from Europe and my family, so I came down here to scout for something that could serve as a job and found surfing. It took a few tries, but a group of guys that taught me told me that I was a natural and could easily make a living out of it. Then I moved here and stayed. I've dated a few times, but they never stay. Usually happens in the summer, when the tourists come around. I give surf lessons, girls think I'm hot, we go out on a date, and they leave without ever saying goodbye." She looked down for a second, then looked up and grinned. "So what about you and your life? Tell me something, everything and anything." Rena was curious about this girl who she was dating.

"Me? I have a kind of weird life. I was born and raised in England as well. And parentless, but for a different reason. I was five when it happened. My parents had another baby after me, and when he was a year old, de...erm, a gang, shot out our house and killed my parents. They always told me that if anything happened to them, go down the main street of our town and look for someone to take me in. So after protecting my brother and making the men think that we were both dead, I went out and found a woman taking her six year old out for a walk. So I told them who my parents were and what happened, and the woman took me in. When I was 10 and my adopted sister 11, we got taken into a school in Scotland as well, exclusive as hell. They only let people in who have certain talents. I knew that I liked girls as well, the whole time, and did date a few times. Let's see... there was Tara McClay, she was awesome, but she belonged to my sister, so I never let it get serious. Then there was Johnson, I forget the first name. She married, her parents forced her to. There were a few girls, but I always had my eye on this one, lived with my friend Janus. I don't know, she just always struck me as date worthy, and I definitely saw her going out with girls, so I knew she was like me. I just didn't want to ruin things with Jan if something happened between the two of us. He didn't deserve that, and neither did she. After school let out, I never saw her again. Jan said that she moved to another country, more south, but he wouldn't say which. He said that she had been hurt so much that he didn't want to risk that she would be hurt again. Then he said that she was severing ties in England, just keeping touch with his family and a few others. Funny, but I never learned her name." She got a distant look in her eye, realising that Rena was the girl.

"What went on after school?" Rena asked. She had a feeling that she and Chris had been in the same school at the same time, but didn't want to risk it not being true. Telling a muggle about the wizarding world was a serious offence, severely punishable.

"After school I helped a group that was dealing with a secret war going on between a power hungry gang leader that killed my parents and the only people that had the power to take him down. I stayed with my adopted sister for the most part because we were very close. After a while, she stopped seeing me as a sister and more as a hot girl. I spent time with her, especially after her mum died. Then I got involved with the group more than ever, since it was that guy that killed her. My sister just found someone and, well, I just found you," Chris grinned, dropping enough hints so that if Rena was from the Wizarding world, she would get it. She decided to find out for sure. "Ren? What...does the name Voldemort mean anything to you?" she asked. Rena choked.

"Where did you hear that name? It's been years, but I still know it," Rena asked, shocked. Maybe her girlfriend was a witch.

"Well, he killed my parents, my foster mother, and he's the gang leader that I was fighting against. And from your reaction, I hope you know that he's a wizard, because otherwise, I'm in major trouble," Chris finished, looking hopeful and scared at the same time.

"Yeah, I know that. Only because I'm a witch, mind. And I hope that you're one as well, or else I'll be the one in trouble," Rena replied, wringing her fork between her hands, breakfast getting cold and forgotten on the table.

"Yup, most definitely. Hogwarts graduate of 2000," Chris grinned proudly. She heard Rena gasp and her face fell. What if Rena didn't like Hogwarts students for some reason.

"I was from that class as well! Bloody hell," she said. "I was a Ravenclaw, how about you?"

"I was technically a Gryffindor, but because of Tara I spent a lot of time with the Ravenclaws. I think you were in her dorm?"

"Tara...Tara...blonde, slim but muscular, giving the appearance of chunky? Quiet? That sound about right?"

"Yeah, that's her!" Chris grinned. "Funny, she said that all of the girls in her dorm were stuck up, but she also said that there was one brat, who had been dating Tonks, and 2 who were her followers. She never mentioned you, Ren," Chris said, frowning.

"I tended to stay out of the dorm as much as possible. The three giggling idiots annoyed the bloody hell out of me, and I tended to stay far away. I remember that Tara used to date a morphmagus? Was that Tonks?"

"Yeah, that was her. Oh, you mentioned the women? Finnigan has an older sister, and her son was at Hogwarts just as we were finishing up. Selina Catalina is nobody. She moved to the United States, and no one's heard from her since, though it's rumored that she is a dancer at a gay bar. Brown...her older sister had a daughter, Lavender. Surprisingly, Lavender is a bi, in a relationship with her best friend, Parvati. She herself is Lavender's confidante, the one that Lavender turns to for advice on anything. The one that you dated has a girlfriend, and even though she misses you, she has a place in her heart for this new woman. Cho just lost a boyfriend two years ago to Voldemort, he had challenged Harry Potter in a graveyard where he was about to be reborn, and the boyfriend was in the way, so a quick killing curse and it was all over. Funny thing is that Cho's a bi herself. Fancies a Weasley, the youngest with the fieriest red hair that you have ever seen, accompanied by blazing emerald eyes and a face with some color in it. Not tan, but not pale. You know? And Jan's doing great, he has a boyfriend and he's helping Cho sort out her problems as much as he can." They looked at each other. "So you were the girl that I had a crush on?"

"I suppose so. And I had a secret crush on a Gryffindor, but she never attended any classes, so I never got the chance to talk to her or ask her out. I guess that was you?" It wasn't a question, but Chris nodded any way. "Good. So, we know about each other, and I know about Hogwarts. Is there any chance that the top secret work you do has to do with the old place?"

"Maybe. Is there any chance you want to come over to the school and see what it's like now?" Chris got a mischievous look in her eye.

"Can I visit the Ravenclaw common room?" Rena started getting excited.

"But of course," Chris made Rena laugh, doing a cheesy french accent. "And no visit would be complete without you seeing Chang, of course. This is her last year, you know she's a Ravenclaw, and I think she could use a friend, I really do." All laughter was gone from Chris' face as she said this, she was serious.

"I think that may be a good idea, from what you say about her," Rena responded quietly, serious as well. "Can we go after all of this gets cleaned up?"

"I know you're anxious, but we should get into sets of robes, as well. Unless you want all of the Slytherin pureblood pricks picking on you for wearing muggle clothing? And I need to shower, any way. Let's see... Scourgify!" Chris said, waving her hand and cleaning up the kitchen.

Rena pouted. "I was gonna take care of that, since you cooked."

"Ah, I'm sure you can find a way to repay me. I know I can think of a few ways," she waggled her eyebrows in a comical way, getting a laugh. In a few minutes they were dressed and ready to go.

"You said that Jan has a boyfriend? That means that he's gay?" Rena asked, thinking about the earlier conversation.

"Yeah. Well, bi. He still loves girls, but he really likes guys too. And he found a sweet one."

"You said that Voldemort killed you parents? What was your surname?" Rena asked, curious.

"Mine? Well... Potter. Daughter of Lily and James. They had me just as they got out of school, and wanted to keep me a secret. So no one but their gang of friends and Dumbledore knew about me."

Rena put a hand over her mouth, shocked. Her girlfriend was a Potter, one of the most known families on Earth? And she was Harry Potter's sister? "Wow. That's...wow," Rena said. She was in shock.

"Yeah, well...I don't really like telling people. I usually get the pity look, like the one on your face now." Rena tried to put on a different face, and Chris grinned wryly. "Whatever, Ren. Let's just...go, huh?"

"Yeah, sure," Rena replied, still thinking and trying to clear her face. Then she realised something. "Hey, Chris? How are we getting there? I know that you can't apparate onto school grounds," Rena stated a fact known by few that weren't in Ravenclaw.

"Bloody Ravenclaw. Just hold onto me. We're teleporting. It's different than apparating, but it's complicated. Just hold on..." They teleported out.

okay, that's it for this chapter. I know, it's still long. But I tried to cut it down, OK? I just don't know when to stop. The next chapter is going to be Cho centric, I think. Just her working out her problems with an old friend.

Cheers. And flames are totally not welcome. But if someone wants to help me edit and cut down, that's awesome, and I really need the help.

Peace, Love, Music, and please review?

Chrios