Harry Potter and the Vampire Slayers

Chapter 33 – Remus & Faith.

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. There are always 'what ifs', and what 'could've happened'. What if the supposedly dead James and Lily Potter find themselves lyingbeside a shattered hellmouth? What if Buffy Summers and the rest of the Scoobies had found them? Surprised the couple was when they found out that they had unknowingly traveled forward into the future and that they would finally get a chance to see their now grown son. With the Scoobies following them, they have no idea of the impact of what they will find out when they step foot into the Wizarding World after many years of absence. War, love, death, betrayal, happiness, and despair are just six of the many things they will stumble upon.

PAIRINGS: Buffy/Charlie, Ron/Hermione, Harry/Dawn, James/Lily, Oliver/Vi, Faith/Remus, Willow/Tara, Sirius/Amy, etc.

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Remus was confused asto why he was called up to Dumbledore's office - they'd talkedyesterdayat the staff meeting. So what did the old man want him now?

"Blood lollipop," he said, and the statue to the hidden stairwell to the Headmaster's office spun around, giving him entrance. He lifted his hand to knock, but before he had the chance, Dumbledore called him inside, somehow aware he was already there.

"Come in, Remus," he said. Remus opened the door, and sat down in the chair in front of Dumbledore's desk, suddenly nervous for some reason.

"Remus, I am afraid the reason I've called you here is because of an emergency - I have a mission for you."

Remus stiffened. Mission? For the Order? No! He didn't want to go.

"Mission? What kind of mission?" He asked, already dreading the answer.

"For the Order. Lemon drop?"

Remus declined.

"Well, I have heard of some sudden werewolf activity in Romania - it seems as if Voldemort is gathering forces, and right now, he is hoping the free werewolves in the woods will join his ranks."

Remus sighed inwardly. He knew it! He just knew this was going to happen sooner or later!Apparently sooner. And it seemed he was the one Dumbledore had picked to 'fix' the problem.

"What do you want me to do?" He said quietly.

"The werewolves have a dilemma. I believe many of them are more than ready to join Voldemort's forces, because of the hate they feel against the wizarding population. I do not believe you have any chance of turning them to our side, but maybe you could convince them to stay neutral? The rest are at crossroads. They have not decided - those are your main priority. I hope you will get all or most of them to join us, and the rest to stay neutral in the war. We can not afford to let Voldemort gain any more help, no matter how big our own army is. I do not wish for the students to have to fight, even if we are preparing them for it if necessary. I do not wish the younger Slayers to fight, or many of the older either - they do not have enough experience with our ways of fighting." Dumbledore gave Remus a grave look.

"Do you accept your mission, Mr. Lupin?"

For a moment Remus was tempted to say no, but he realized too much was at stake. And from the way Dumbledore said it, he also realized it really wasn't a question, but a command - an order.

"Yes, sir."

"Excellent. You leave tomorrow."

This made Remus head snap up to look at him.

"Tomorrow? Already! I mean, I had hoped..."

"Remus, did you not understand what I just told you? You leave tomorrow, and that is it."

Remus looked down.

'Faith will kill me.'

"Yes, sir."

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"When in battle, you need to know your opponent, every move he plans. You can see it in their eyes, their surroundings, the way they move, and the way they talk. You need to know when it is a trap, and when it's not. You also...oh, Remus! To what do Iowe the honor?" Buffy asked, as she noticed Remus in the doorway. She and Faith were for the moment teaching the fifth year Ravenclaw and Gryffindor battle strategy.

"Buffy, do you mind if I borrow Faith for a moment?" He asked tiredly.

Ginny grinned at her Ravenclaw friend, they both were thinking the same thing - can't spend a minute without each other.

"Sure," Faith jumped down from the teacher's desk were she'd been sitting,making facesbehind Buffy's back for the last ten minutes, making Buffy irritated, and the students giggly.

"Don't do anything I wouldn't do!" Buffy called behind her, as she left.

"Hiya, Rem!" Faith said, grinning, lending up her face for a kiss. When she didn't get one, she frowned, and her grin faded. She had a bad feeling about this...

"We need to talk."

Faith's feeling of dread grew. Oh, yeah. A very bad feeling...

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They went up to the Astronomy tower.

"So, when are you breaking up with me?" Faith asked, as casually as she could, even though she was screaming inside. She should have known he was to good to be true! Should have known he'd leave her, like everyone else did.

"What?" Remus asked, surprised. "Faith..."

"No, Remus. Just say it."

"Say what?" Remus looked, and sounded very confused now, but if Faith noticed, she pretended not to.

"The three magical words. It-is-over. Isn't that's why you're here?"

"No!" Remus exclaimed. "Whatever made you think that!"

"So...you don't want to...?"

"No!"

For a moment, Faith just stood there in shock, then she threw herself around his neck, kissing the very confused werewolf on the lips.

"Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry! It's just that whenever one of my exes started a conversation with the we-need-to-talk sentence, it always ended up with them breaking up with me, leaving, being married..." she stopped, as she noticed how Remus tensed up at he word 'leaving'.

"Rem...?"

Remus sighed. "Sit down, Faith."'

Faith's eyes narrowed. "I think I'm gonna stand, thank you."

Remus took a deep breath.

"The thing is I'm leaving...tomorrow. Faith, I - Faith!"

Faith had already turned around to leave.

"Faith! Where are you going!"

"Me? Nowhere. You are. I should have known you'd leave me, I should have known I didn't deserve to be happy! I should have - "

"Faith, I'm not leaving for-"

"- ever. Yeah, yeah, that's what everyone says. 'I'll write, Faith', 'we can keep in touch', 'I promise to come back'. But I've got news for you wolf-boy - I'm not falling for that again!"

"FAITH!"

Faith stopped, and turned around, staring.

"I don't want to go. It's a mission, for the Order. I'll be gone two weeks at the most. I hope I'll return in time for Halloween. I. Am. Not. Leaving. You. Faith." Remus said slowly, putting empathize behind each word.

For a long time, they just stood there, watching each other.

"Oh." Faith said finally, breaking the silence.

"Oh." She felt really stupid.

"Oh..."

"I won't leave you, Faith." Remus said quietly. "I love you."

They took a couple of steps towards each other, meeting halfway in an embrace.

"I am an idiot." Faith mumbled against his robe.(1)

"I was just so scared you'd just take off and go. Like everyone else. No one can read me like you, Rem...I've opened myself to you, and I'm terrified that some day you don't want me anymore...throwing my heart back in pieces - and now I'm sounding like some miserable poet or somethin'."

Remus couldn't help but grin.

"Don't worry about it. I like it when you try to be all philosophical. It's cute."

He waited, counting silently in his head. One. Two. Three.

"I AM NOT CUTE!"

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"Good luck, mate," James said, clapping Remus on the back. "If you're killed, we know where to find you, so we can bring you back safely."

Lily rolled her eyes. "James, honey, I hate to explain things to you, but if Remusis killed, you won't bring him back safely, more likely in pieces."

James blinked.

"Oh, right..." he mumbled, sheepishly.

"Are you sure he was the smartest student when he went here?" Faith whispered in Remus ear, but still loud enough for James to hear.

"Nope. He was utterly, and completely out of his mind. That's the reason Dumbledore made him Head-boy. They were both mad."

"Hey!"

Remus, Faith, Lily and Harry, who'd also come down to say goodbye to Remus, snickered.

"Well, I'll see you in a few days." He stepped into a carriage, which would take him outside the wards, from where he would apparate.

"Be careful," Faith said. "Don't get yourself killed." She said it like it was a joke, but in her eyes, Remus could see she was really worried. He gave her a quick kiss.

"Promise."

Faith stood and looked after him long after the Thestral-driven carriage were out of sight.

"You better..." she muttered.

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It had beenten days since Remus had left, and there was only one day until Halloween. Faith had gotten one owl, where Remus had said he was okay, but nothing else. Faith realized it was because it could get intercepted, or tracked, but it was still frustrating. Plus, she was dateless for the Halloween feast.

"Not that I care..." she muttered to herself, even though she did. She was sitting in a windowsill in Remus' quarters (where she spent more time than in her own), watching the big moon. It was almost full. Only a week left. Faith hoped Remus would be back before that...

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In another country, staring at the same moon, Remus sat on a mountain cliff. The negotiations went...slow. Oh, who was he kidding? They didn't work at all.

When he'd gotten there, he'd already been too late. Voldemort had already been there with an offer, and most of the werewolves had accepted to join his ranks. Most of the werewolves - or for the moment, fully humans - had tried to kill him as soon as he mentioned Dumbledore or leaving the Dark Lord. Some had looked uncomfortable, and looked like they might change their minds, but as long as the majority of them wanted to follow Voldemort, the rest would too. Only one of them had come to Remus, and that was after the rest of the clan had gone to sleep. A young man, called Dan by the werewolves - Daniel. He had said he did not want to support Voldemort, and had planned to leave the camp for a long time now, but had not had the chance, especially not after Voldemort posted guardsat the most unexpected places. Remus himself had been hurt badly on his first visit, being hit with a cutting spell from a Death Eater, and an unknown one form the werewolf leader. It had taken three days before Remus had even been strong enough to stand up.

"Remus." A soft voice said from behind him.

"Daniel." Remus said, without turning around.

"You should not be here - if they find out you're associating with me, they will kill you."

"Too bad." The young man sat down beside Remus, who just shook his head. No matter what he said, the young man wouldn't listen. He had come here every night, with danger for his own life, to take care of Remus wounds.

"Tell me about your side." He said, after he'd changed the muggle bandages.

Remus stiffened. Was he a spy from the camp? No. Remus trusted him, for some unknown reason.

"Well...there isn't much to say, really, except that we have tried to defeat Voldemort for a long time now. We don't have much hope, but we hope we will be able to defeat him. We got help early this summer from unexpected allies."

"Allies?"

"I don't think you've heard of them...the Vampire Slayers."

It was quiet beside him for a long time.

"Huh. TheSlayers."

He was quiet for a long time again.

"Remus. When you go back...do you mind if I go with you?"

Remus looked surprised at the young man.

"Are you sure? Things can become...quite bad."

"Believe me when I say I'm used to it."

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A/N: I hope you like! Stay put for the next chap!

/Ida

(1) - The lyric I wanted (but again, could not have) was "Naked" with Avril Lavigne. I really think it fits with Faith's personality.