Here is chap 10... chap 11 might time some time ok? Reviews of course always help to give inspiration so don't forget to review.

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"Ok..." Hermione said grabbing the quill. "Harry could you come with me for a second?" I stood up and went with Hermione to outside the meeting room.

"Yes?"

"Are the representatives of the Council here yet?"

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CONSEQUENCES:

Chapter 10: The know-it-alls

"The representatives?" I asked. "Hermione, we agreed that they weren't needed."

"They are." She said stubbornly. "Harry they are the accusers, they need to give testimony."

"This isn't a hearing Hermione!"

"I know it isn't, but the only way to erase the charges is by taking the testimony of each of the sides."

"It's obvious that they weren't right about their accusations, for Merlin's sake Hermione, you know I'm right."

"If they say they did, then there is need for a hearing Harry!" She said with her hands on her hips. "I know you haven't been on this for a long time, and you are still getting used to the change of being an Auror to this, but legal matters have to be more discussed than just watching one side of the story"

"There is no other side!" I exclaimed.

"We should go to my office." Hermione said seriously when she saw the attention we were getting. We entered into her office and she closed the door before putting a silencing charm on the room.

"They were manipulating us, they just wanted to show Buffy what-"

"They are demanding her irresponsibility to the Council." Hermione interrupted me. "Her watcher knew how the Head of the Council was picked, yet he didn't say anything to his slayer."

"Because he didn't feel the need for it!"

"She said it clearly on that memory, she said they worked for her."

"She said they worked with her"

"I knew that Kingsley gave you too much work." She muttered to herself.

"What?" I asked surprised. "You don't trust that I can do this?"

"Is not that I don't trust you Harry, I would trust you with my life..."

"But..." I hissed.

"But I don't think that your first assignment here should have been such an important case." She sighed. "Harry don't take it the wrong way but you're still used to the Auror's method of doing things."

"So what?" I snapped.

"In here we work with the laws as a base. You can't erase charges until is proven that the person is innocent."

"And you can't take some one to a hearing until they're proven guilty!"

"You just can't start with one of the biggest cases thinking that you know it all!"

"Yeah, that would be taking your job, there can only be one know it all right?" I snapped before I could think what I said.

"Harry" She said obviously hurt. I wanted to appologize I really did, but my pride was now controling my actions. "Do as you wish but tomorrow at 10 am they will go to a hearing with the representatives of the Council, want it or not" She said coldly before walking to the door and opening it. She stayed there motioning me to go out. "You can return to your meeting now." I went out and I turned to say something to Hermione but she closed, more like she slammed the door on my face.

I returned to the meeting room. "Where's Mione mate?" Ron asked.

"On her office" Ron frowned because of my answer. "I have bad news"

"What's wrong?" Buffy asked.

"You'll still have to go to a hearing"

"Why?" Giles asked me.

"Ministry procedures." I said, rolling my eyes

"I'm not going." Buffy said crossing her arms over her chest.

"Yes you are" I contradicted her. "If you want to erase the charges and beat the Council in any way then you'll have to go to the hearing."

"When is it?" Giles asked, Buffy was looking away, pissed off.

"Tomorrow at 10 am"

"Tomorrow?" Dawn said surprised. "Shouldn't we have more time to prepare our defense or something?" I shook my head.

"Then tomorrow we'll be there." Giles said disappointed. "I suppose we are done here." He said standing up.

"Yes" I said. "I'll take you to the-"

"No need, we know our way out." He said with a cold edge to his voice that I'd never heard before. Xander, Willow, and Dawn stood up after Giles and started to walk out . Buffy stood up after them.

"I'll see you guys on the hearing." She gave us a tiny smile and then she left after her friends.

"What the hell was that?" Draco said from his seat.

"They have to go to a hearing?" Ron added.

"I thought it was clear that they didn't need one" Draco kept adding.

"Hermione doesn't think that." I said bitterly.

"Hermione, what does she have to do with this?" Ron asked frowning again.

"She said they had to go to tomorrow's hearing." I explained.

"Why?" Draco asked.

"Because she said it was the procedure."

"But it is there? In the pensive, Buffy said they should work with her not for her." Ron said.

"She never asked for the power." Draco added

"They just understood she wanted it." Ron completed.

"This can't be a mistake." I whispered.

"Why not?"

"Put yourselve in their place." I suggested. "In Travers place to be specific."

"You are Head of the Council..." Draco said.

"You have power over the slayer, over a champion." I added. "Then her watcher starts to leave the behavior of a normal watcher and starts to behave as a father to the slayer..."

"So he fires him..." Ron said.

"But he stays with her." Draco remembers. "And not only does he stay with her but he also keeps being her watcher, even if it's not official, she only listens to Giles and not to the new watcher who is loyal to him."

"Exactly, not only that but then she quits. He no longer has power over her, even when I doubt he ever did." I commented. "He has no contact with them until finally something comes that they don't know about."

"So he goes to Sunnydale, he puts her through pointless tests that will define her destiny, in a discrete way waiting for them to beg for their help..."

"To have his power back..." Ron said.

"I don't think he put Buffy as the head because he thought she had ask for it. He would have examined the whole conversation first from head to toe, to see where a mistake was made, that would let him stay as head of the Counicl. And the mistake was there, and he saw it..."

"But then why would he let her be the Head if he wanted to control her so badly?" Draco said out loud, he said what everybody was thinking.

Buffy's PoV-

We used the Floo Podwer and we went back to the Leaky Cauldron. "I'm bored." Dawn said.

"Me too" Xander said when we arrived at the door of our rooms.

"We could go to the Diagon Alley" I said to Giles.

"Diagonally?" Xander said. "Why would we like to go diagonally?" I grinned to Xander.

"Diagon Alley" Giles said pronouncing it separately.

"Oh"

"What's that?" Willow asked interested.

"This cool place where-"

"A wizards shopping place." Giles said glaring me slightly.

"Can we go?" Dawn asked showing her lower lip like a baby.

"No it's a wizard's place" Giles said sternly.

"Please" Xander said with his killing puppy eyes.

"None of us are wizards so no we can't go" Giles said again not paying attention.

"You are." I said charmingly.

"I don't have a wand Buffy so don't start"

"I think we should use our last resorce" Xander said dramatically.

"Yeah, let the master work" I said smirking. "Willow" She nodded.

"...3..." Dawn said.

"...2..." Xander continued.

"...1" I finished. Willow pulled her lower lip out like a pouting baby and her eyes were now like puppy eyes. Nobody could resist such face. Especially not Giles. I grinned evilly to myself.

"Please Giles" Willow said.

"Alright!" He said angry. "We'll go to Diagon Alley" He said defeated.

"Yay" Xander and Dawn said jumping.

"But we'll need a wand, and as I don't have one we'll not be able to cross the wall" He said innocently. "So even if it hurts me dearly we will have to stay"

"Don't worry I'll take care of the wand." I said with a glint of mischief in my eyes. "Lets go!" I went to the bar. "Tom" I said greeting the bartender with a grin.

"Miss" He said obviously not remembering me. "Can I help you?"

"Yes, I totally forgot how to go to the Diagon Alley, you know"

"I'll help you with it" He said going out of the bar. We went to the wall from before with the Scoobies following us.

"This is the most embarrasing, I mean only ten years and I forgot!" I said faking embarrasment.

"There's no problem miss" He said pointing with his wand at the right brocks and the 'door' opened again.

"Guys!" I called and they came in I went after them. "Thanks!" I said before I went into the crowd.

"This is fantastic!" Willow said overwhelmed and happy for the first time in a long time. "Look all those ingredients for potions, I think I ran out of salamander eyes." She directed herself to the saler but Giles grabbed her arm before she could ask something.

"They don't use the same money we do" Giles said.

"I know... I think she'll change me some dollars for pounds"

"They don't use pounds either." He whispered.

"No?" Xander said confused. "Then what do they use?"

"Galleons, sickles and knuts" He whisper hurriedly.

"Then lets go and change some money" I said cheerfully. I stopped a wizard that was passing next to me. "Excuse me."

"Yes?"

"Where's the bank?" He looked at me strangely.

"Gringotts?" I nodded without knowing what Gringotts was, but asuming it would be a bank. "The white building, there." He said pointing something on my back I turned and I saw the white gorgeous buidling I saw before.

"Thank you" I said and we started going to the white buidling with a not so happy Giles.

"What can I do for you?" A little mosnter asked from behind the counter.

"Uhm...uhm...we wanted to change some American dollars" I said.

"Name please" The little creature said.

"Buffy Summers" I said.

"Will you want to use your vault?" He asked.

"My vault?"

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Many many things to find out on the next chapter... go ahead and tell me why do you think Buffy has a vault.

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