A Second Chance
Chapter 7 – Introducing Dawn.
DISCLAIMER: Buffy the Vampire Slayer belongs to Joss Whedon, and Harry Potter to J.K. Rowling. I don't own anything.
TIMELINE: AU. Set ten years before (Around 1988) "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone", during and after Harry Potter book 5, "Order of the Phoenix"(2003). During and after BTVS season 7, "Chosen". Pretend HP book one happened in 1999 during Buffy season three )
SUMMARY: BTVS/HP crossover. After James and Lily reappears, seemingly alive and well, mysterious things start to happen. New allies are made, prophecies revealed...and people keep rising from the dead. What's going on? And what has Voldemort got to do with it? Are the Scoobies and the Potter's second chance at life enough to stop the Dark Lord from spreading darkness across the country? Or is the world in need of more miracles?
PAIRINGS: Too many to count.
Thanks to my beta: Charmed Chick
Grimmauldplace was full of life the next morning. People from the Order ran back and forth, and the Weasleys (Ron, Ginny, Fred, George, Mr and Mrs Weasley) plus Hermione had just shown up.
"I think it will be very interesting to stay at Hogwarts during the summer!" Hermione said, "I could spend a lot of time studying and - Ron, did you get something in your throat?"
Ron had started to cough when Hermione had mentioned the word 'studying'.
"Hermione, it's summer! We are not supossed to be studying in the summer!"
"I don't think it would hurt. We only have two years left at Hogwarts, and we are taking the N.E.W.T. exams soon..."
"The N.E.W.T. exams isn't until our seventh year, 'Mione. And as long you're not planning on skipping our sixth year, it can't possibly be 'soon'".
"It doesn't hurt to be prepared!" Hermione exclaimed.
"And does it hurt to have vacation?" Ron mumbled, quietly, so Hermione wouldn't hear.
"Fine!" Hermione snapped, apparently having betterhearing than Ron thought."If I can't study, it will leave more time for S.P.E.W... Yes, maybe just as good. I have been thinking a lot of S.P.E.W ever since I left school last term - what is it now?"
Both Ron and Harry looked horrified when Hermione mentioned S.P.E.W.
"Uh...'Mione, you can study all you want, it's no problem, really..." Harry hastily said. He didn't want to spend the whole summer listening to Hermione's talk about S.P.E.W.
"No, Harry. I think Ron is right. Homework is nothing against S.P.E.W. I've actually been writing down some notes on how I can help the houseelves more this year...wait here, I'll go get them!"
Hermione left. Harry turned to Ron with a pained expression on his face.
"Look what you did!"
"Me? I didn't mentioned S.P.E.W.!"
"Well, if you hadn't started to bug her about her homework, she would never even have thought about it!"
As Ron and Harry kept fighting, they didn't notice Hermione who stood hidden behind the door, smiling.
"Alright, everybody! Is everyone here? Good!" Harry, Ron, Ginny, Hermione, James, Lily and Sirius stood ready to grab the portkey, which would take them directly to Hogwarts.
"Be nice, now, little Ronniekins!" Fred said.
"Don't forget to wash your nose!" George said.
"And say hello to all the nice ladies from us!" Fred added.
"And don't forget to live up to the Weasley-name!" George said, cheerily.
"Play..."
"...Many..."
"...PRANKS...!"
"Oh, don't be silly, you two!" Molly Weasley said, "Ron would never do that. He is a PREFECT! Now, don't forget to behave, Ron. Don't get into trouble, and look after Ginny - "
" - Mum!"
"Be careful! No adventures this year!" She kissed Ron and Ginny goodbye, and gave Harry a smile.
"Goodbye, James, goodbye, Lily. And for God's sake, make sure Harry eats! He always looks so bony..."
"Yes, yes, of course we will", Lily assured her.
"Yes, listen to our mummy dearest!" George said.
"Alright, could everybody take a hold on the portkey!" Sirius interrupted.
"...Three...Two...One..." And they were off.
"Welcome to Hogwarts, my dears!" Dumbledore said. They had landed directly in the Great Hall, where the faculty and the Scoobies were eating. "The house-elves will take your bags. Sit wherever you want."
"Thank you, professor," Lily said.
"Please, Lily. Call me Albus. I am not your professor anymore, but a friend and colleague."
"Wait, colleague? You are going to work here, Lils?" James asked.
"Uh, yes. Pro - eh - Albus asked me to share the work as DADA professor with Remus. I must have forgotten to mention it...you don't mind do you?" Lily asked, giving her husband a questioning look.
"Of course not," James answered.
Dumbledore looked like he was going to say something more, when Harry spoke up.
"Who are they?" He nodded towards the Scoobies.
"Oh, they call themselves 'the Scooby gang' and they come from the Hellmouth in Sunnydale. Some of them are Slayers, one of them is a watcher, one of them is a wicca, and one of them is an ex-vengeance demon. They are going to teach here, and the Slayers will be attending to a new house. If you wish to know more, I suggest you ask them."
"Slayers? What are they?" Ron asked.
"Oh, honestly Ron." Hermione humphed."Don't you ever read?" Hermione and Ron started to gnab again, but nobody paid them any attention. James, Lily, Ginny and Sirius had gone over to where the Scoobies and Remus sat, Dumbledore went back to the faculty-table, and Harry was on his way up to the Scoobies too, when he saw something (or rather someone) that made his heart make an extra jump.
A girl in his age were sitting at the table. Suddenly, she turned around, and looked straight at Harry, who felt himself struggle to hold in a gasp that threatened to leave his throat. Her hair was brown with blonde streaks, she had dark blue eyes with long eyelashes and full lips. She looked beautiful. The girl smiled, and waved. Harry felt himself blush.
Dawn was sitting at the table chatting to Anya, when she felt someone was looking at her.
She turned around slowly, and found herself looking into the greenest eyes she had ever seen. He had glasses and dark hair, which stuck up in all directions, and framed his face in a way that made him look very...sexy. Dawn found herself giggle, and waved to the boy, who blushed.
'He's cute', Dawn thought. She turned to Buffy.
"Buffy, do you know who he is?"
Buffy turned around. "No idea, Dawnie."
Ginny, who had heard Dawn and Buffy talking, turned to them.
"That's Harry, Harry Potter."
"Oh!" Buffy and Dawn's faces lit up in understanding.
"So that's the 'Boy-Who-Lived', huh? Pretty cute. Do you know him?"
Ginny smiled.
"Yeah. I actually had a crush on him for awhile."
"Oh, so then you can tell me...oh, here he comes!" Dawn squealed as Harry walked up to them.
"Hi. My name's Harry." He stretched out his hand for Dawn to take.
"Hi. I'm Dawn."
Harry looked uncomfortable for awhile, like he was trying to come up with something to say.
"So...I don't think I've seen you here before." He finally said."What House are you in?"
"Oh! I haven't started yet. I came here with my sister, Buffy."Dawn nodded towards her sister. "And the other Slayers and the other Scoobies. I will be in Gryffindor, though. Sixth year, I think."
"Really?" Harry sat down. "Me too. Have you done magic for long?"
"Uh...not with a wand. I have done some spells and wicca stuff, but I didn't even know there was a magical community until now. I have a lot of catching up to do."
"I can help if you want. And I'm sure Hermione will be more than happy too". Harry pointed at the girl who stood gabbing with a boy with red hair.
"Hermione, huh? Is she your girlfriend?" Dawn couldn't help but feeling disappointed.
'Well, who am I kidding? Of course he has a girlfriend!'
"No, just a friend. Ron too." Harry nodded to the boy with red hair.
"Oh, that's nice."
'YES!'
"Yeah. Ron and Hermione are the best friends I've ever had." He smiled.
'He's cute when he smiles'.
"Actually, I'm starting to wonder when Ron will ask her out."
"Oh, do they like eachother?" Dawn wondered, rising her eyebrows slightly. Harry shrugged.
"At least Ron does. And they ALWAYS fight. They drove me crazy last year."
Dawn laughed.
"Well, I guess you should try to act match-maker, then. Get them together."
Harry hesitated.
"I don't know. I'm not good at that kind of thing..."
"I can help!" Dawn assured him happily.
"Well, I guess..."
"Great!" Dawn grinned."Oh, here they come."
Hermione and Ron walked up to them, still gabbing.
"- and S.P.E.W. is really good for the House-elves, they just haven't realised it yet!"
"And I don't think they will! Oh, hey, Harry."
"Hi Ron."
Ron and Hermione sat down, Hermione mumbling something about 'stupid redheads'.
"Hi, I'm Ron." He stretched out his hand to Dawn.
"So I've heard. I'm Dawn."
"Hi Dawn. I'm Hermione." Hermione greeted."What do you think about House-elves?"
"Umm..."
"Because I think they are treated horribly. They get no pay, no vacation and - "
" - Hermione, they don't want to get paid!" Ron said.
"AND they are bond to SLAVERY!" Hermione tried to ignore Ron by raising her voice. "So what do you think?" Hermione finished, and looked at Dawn hopefully.
"Slavery!" Dawn exclaimed, horrified at the thought.
"Yes, SLAVERY! isn't it awful!"
"Hermione, before you make Dawn jump to conclusions, maybe you should explain a little more. Dawn hasn't been here for so long," Harry said. He was pretty sure that before the evening, Dawn would have joined himself and everyone else in the opinion that the House-elves were better of as they were.
"Oh! Well, you see..."
Harry, Ron and Ginny rolled their eyes.
A/N: Another chapter up! Hope you liked it. Please review.
/Ida