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"Ms. Summers is a true pleasure that you could join us" The man said still with that obnoxious smirk on his face. He looked at me as if he was tasting success. I closed the space between us quickly and I did my best to erase that smirk of his face, a very pleasant action. I broke Quentin Travers's nose.

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CONSEQUENCES:

Chapter 13: The Hearing.

"Buffy!" Hermione yelled. She glanced at the people on the judge's place and I smiled at them.

"Hi!" I said cheerfully. "I feel so much better now" I stretched my arms.

"She broke his nose!" One of the watchers holding Travers said. I recognized him, he was the watcher that almost had his head chopped off because of his interruption.

"Hello there ...Nigel was it?" I asked sweetly. "Yes I broke his nose so what?"

"That's outrageous!" He said. I grinned.

"Don't even start with me because you'll lose alright?" I turned at Hermione. "So where do I have to sit?"

"Uhm... there" She said pointing a chair in the middle of the room. "You all should sit here" She pointed at the first bench behind me.

"Alright" I said equally cheerfully. I looked at the people on the judge's place all were either with their mouths open in shock or their eyes widened. Only one man think of what I did something amusing, because I could see the little smile playing on his lips. He was an elder man with white long hair and a long beard. A black bald man was next to him and was looking at me in a mixture of awe and shock. The elder man coughed, and the black man besides him went out of his trance.

"We should start the hearing" The elder man said gently. The Council's watchers and Travers sat in the bench at the other side of the Scoobies. "Everybody's here" He said again with kind voice "let's begin"

"Hearing of June's 22" The black bald man said in a monotonous tone. A girl sitting on the end of the front bench, she wrote with a certain air of boredom what the bald man was saying. "into the offenses committed under the Decree of Higher Charges Responsibility a law shared by the British Ministry of Magic and the Council of the Watchers by Buffy Anne Summers, resident of 1630 Revello Drive, Sunnydale, California of the Unites States of America"

"Interrogators: Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot; Kingsley Merry Shacklebolt, Minister of Magic; Amelia Susan Bones, Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement; Hermione Danielle Granger, Head of the Department of the Wizengamot's International Services" Hermione was now sitting next to a woman that was between Hermione and the bald man.

"Miss Summers you've been accused by the Council of Watchers because of your irresponsibility towards your duties to the Council as the Head of The Council of Watchers" The Ministry said.

"You are Buffy Anne Summers of 1630 Revello Drive, Sunnydale California of the United States of America?" The witch next to him asked.

"Yes" I said.

"You received an official warning from the Ministry two months ago?"

"No I did not" I said seriously.

"And one from the Council of Watchers six months ago?"

"Nope"

"Have you had any contact with the Watcher's Council over the last six months?" Kingsley asked.

"No I haven't been in contact with them since January of 2001" I said quickly before another question was shot.

"Are you aware of the Council's law referring to the election of the Head of Council?"

"Not until two days ago" I said crossing my arms over my chest.

"Are you aware of your situation as head of the Council?"

"Yes, but again, only since two days ago"

"Are you willing to take Verisaterum?" Kinsley asked.

"Sorry but I don't know what that is"

"Is a truth potion" Dumbledore said.

"Oh, alright... does it taste bad?" I asked. An officer of the Ministry brought me a vial. I took a deep breath and then I drank the potion. "This tastes really awful you should create something to make potions taste good" I said quickly without even noticing it.

"What is your name?" Dumbledore asked me.

"Buffy Anne Summers" I said automatically.

"Are you the current slayer?"

"I'm one of the slayers" I said with a monotonus voice.

"One of the slayers?" He asked and I noticed some confusion on his voice.

"Yes one of the two slayers"

"Have you had any contact with the Watcher's Council on the last... seven months?"

"No I haven't"

"When was the last time you had contact with them?"

"January 2001" I said.

"Did you tell them to work for you while they went to Sunnydale?"

"No, I told them to work with me, that I wouldn't receive anymore orders from them" My mouth was moving without my brain commanding it, I supposed that's how the potion worked.

"Are you positively sure of what you said?" Susan Bones said.

"Yes, specially because we looked at it on the pensive two days ago"

"Who are we?" Susan Bones asked again. "Could you please say name and last name?"

"I suppose I can, Willow Rosenberg, Alexander Harris, Rupert Giles, Dawn Summers, Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Harry Potter and myself, Buffy Summers"

"Alright" She said somewhat satisfied. "Anybody wants to make another question to Miss Summers?" She asked to the other interrogators. Kingsley shook his head as so did Dumbledore Hermione looked at me doubtfully but then she shook her head. "Mr. Parker please give her the other potion" The same guy from before gave me another vial and I drank it. "Miss Summers you are no longer under the Verisaterum's effects"

"Alright" I said kinda tiredly. "If you say so"

"Uhm... Professor Dumbledore" Hermione whispered, but I was able to hear, thanks to my good slayer hearing. 'Professor' Dumbledore smiled and Hermione blushed. "May I ask some questions to Mr. Travers?" Dumbledore smiled and nodded.

"Mr. Travers please pass to the front sit" I was about to ask which sit on the front but a chair appeared next to me, but not near me. Travers sat and looked at me, more like he glared at me. He touched his nose with the handkerchief that was filled with blood.

"Could you please say your name, your full name?" Hermione started reading a paper she had in front of her.

"Quentin Rodulfus Travers" I fought hard not to laugh but I left a giggle escape. Immediately Travers glared at me. Hermione coughed and I silenced myself.

"Where you the one that accused Miss Summers with the charges of irresponsibility to the Council?" Hermione asked seriously.

"Yes I was"

"May I ask what do you consider for irresponsibility?" She asked looking at him straight in the eye.

"Well Miss Granger, I believe that's clear that it means she wasn't being responsible with her duties"

"Of which duties are you talking about Mr. Travers, her duties as The slayer or her duties as the Head?" Hermione asked with a little smile.

"I believe it was clear that I was talking about her duties of her being the Head of The Council" He said quickly and sending discrete daggers at Hermione.

"Did you inform Miss Summers about her situation of Head of The Council?"

"Yes of course"

"How did you inform her, assuming that you did?"

"I sent her a letter"

"A letter? I thought that there should be a ceremony in the Council to pass the charge from the former Head, it this case you to the new Head of the Council in this case Buffy" She said smartly.

"Not necessary" Travers said trying to gain composure, I bet he didn't know Hermione would investigate him also. I smirked.

"Not necessary? I read the Council's Head history and as far as I am concerned the only cases when this ceremony wasn't performed the former Head had died" She said seriously. "And I don't think you were dead in January" Hermione said. I heard some chuckles coming from the Scoobies and I grinned.

"Miss Granger, as you know Miss Summers is the current slayer-"

"One of the current" I corrected him.

"She has responsibilities as the slayer also, so I thought she wouldn't have time to come to England and go back"

"So considerate of you" I said sarcastically. Hermione gave me a look. "Sorry"

"So you sent her a letter right?" Hermione said getting back to Traver's interrogation.

"Yes"

"Which way did you send it?"Hermione asked.

"Sorry?" Travers said.

"Owl, muggle mail?" Hermione gave some examples.

"Muggle mail" He said.

"Did you ever ask for a confirmation from Miss Summers?" Hermione asked.

"No I didn't" He said.

"Alright" Hermione said and passed the page which she was reading. "May I ask something about a Head's responsibilities, because of your experience as such?" She asked.

"Yes, if you must" Travers said smiling.

"Well, could you tell what the Head of the Council do?"

"I don't understand" Travers said.

"What are his responsibilities... what does he do?" She said the last part slowly.

"The Head of the Watcher's Council is in charge first of all of the activities of a slayer" Travers said somehow proud... if I was him I wouldn't have been very proud of being the Head of the Council while I am the slayer. "He is the diplomatic face with the Ministry, and he is the one that gives his face, to say in a less formal way, when there are troubles in the Council"

"Such as?"

"There can be troubles with the slayer, like the problems we had with Faith"

"Who is Faith?" Hermione asked.

"The second slayer" Travers answered quickly.

"What did she do?" Hermione asked again.

"She changed sides" He said shortly.

"Where is she now?"Hermione asked even if she already knew the answer.

"In jail" He said.

"Alright..., what else does a head do?"

"He takes care of the business with the Ministry" He completed diplomatically.

"Who takes care of the potentials?" She asked with a smile on her face.

"The Head of The Council"

"So you would have to know about every potential in the world"

"Only the ones that were and are potentials on my period" He said starting to get uncomfortable.

"Do you recognize the name of Maria Rodriguez?" Hermione said.

"No miss, I'm afraid I don't recognize it" He looked at Hermione on a weird way.

"What about Luciana Potente?" She continued.

"I believe she was a potential" He said uncertain.

"Was?" Hermione asked innocently but with her eyes glittering.

"She died" He said.

"How?" Hermione asked with an innocent smile.

"She was killed"

"Did you find the killer?"

"No"

"Why not?"

"Because we are used not to worry when a potential slayer gets killed, there are many vampires and demons that believe a potential slayer's blood is half as powerful as the blood of a chosen one" He said seriously.

"So she was killed by a vampire?"

"I think so"

"Mr. Travers, these papers were brought from your office" Hermione stood and grabbed some files she had on the table in front of her. She gave it to the boy that had given me the vials. "Please give one of these to each member of the Wizengamot, one to Miss Summers and one to her representatives, also give one to Mr. Travers" The boy did as he was told and I opened the file immediately when the boy gave it to me. I looked at profiles of some girls with the pictures of men and women under them, all of them were dead... that's what the paper said.

"I believe this was trespassing on private property Miss Granger you can't grab any of the files in my office with my consultation" He said furiously.

"But I did Mr. Travers" She replied smiling. "Please see the last page of the file" I heard the pages being moved by everybody in the room, and there it was Hermione's permission.

Dear Mr. Travers:

My name is Hermione Granger and I am the Head of the Department of the Wizengamot's International Services, and I will need your collaboration for a research I must do of the case of Buffy Anne Summers current Head of The Council, she was accused for irresponsibility towards her charge on the Ministry. I would highly appreciate if you would allow me to borrow some files.

With the best of wishes.

Hermione Danielle Granger.

Ms. Granger:

You have my permission to look for the files you are searching for and you count with my full cooperation for the case. Any file you need I would appreciate if you would communicate with my secretary she will give them to you.

Truly yours.

Quentin Travers.

I looked at Hermione and she stood there proudly and with a smile and raised eyebrow that told that she was absolutely pleased with her search.

"So basically there you tell me I could look any file I asked to Mrs. Palar" She said smiling.

"How... how" Travers was totally shocked... and I loved every minute of watching his face entering into a deep shock.

"So now I'll ask again... was Luciana Potente killed by a vampire?" She said sternly.

"No" He said with his eyes absent.

"Once again, do you recognize the name of Maria Rodriguez?" She said with her lip white from the pressure.

"Yes, she was a potential"

"How did she die?"

"The same way Luciana Potente did, the same way the others did"

"What others?" Susan Bones asked.

"Ms. Granger this is off the topic" Nigel said furious.

"It isn't because if you check this files you'll see that not only these two were murdered in an uncommun way for a slayer but their deaths weren't investigated. Each of them died when only her and her watcher was present. No one else. This girls or at least half of them came from big families, each of this girls were analyzed before they were killed because they and their watchers were the objective. All of the girls that have died since November of the 2001 were called as potentials a year before their deaths, when Mr. Travers here was the Head of The Council"

"So what?" Nigel snapped.

"If you haven't read the Council's laws and I'm sure you have you would know that only the Head of The Council and the respective watcher knows of the location of each of the potentials"

"What are you saying?" Kingsley said alarmed.

"I'm saying that Travers gave the information to the murderer of these girls, because he was the only one that knew the exact location of each potential slayer, I'm saying that maybe he even planned their deaths, because those deaths were planned. I'm saying that the objective of this plan was blaming Ms. Summers for their deaths, probably even take her to jail" She snapped.

"This are grave accusations Miss Granger" Mrs. Bones said.

"Go Mione!" One of the boys yelled. I turned and I saw Draco looking embarrassed and Ron and Harry laughing of him.

"Can you prove them?" Dumbledore said.

"Yes sir, even though I believe we'll need more Verisaterum" She said shyly.

"Mr. Travers how do you declare your self to such allegations "Kingsley said sternly. Travers was totally white, he was shaking even a little.

"Innocent and I know who did it" Travers said with his voice monotonous and absent.

"BASTARD!"

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Who yelled? What are they going to do to him or her? I have many questions but I prefer that you guys ask them... lol. Most of the answers will come on the last chapter of August of CONSEQUENCES.

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Thanks to:

Kel: for this story there might not be any pairings they might come on the sequel. DragonKat Gal rules, I love her fics specially one she ended the last week... one that had Harry/ Buffy pairing I believed it was great how she did it, but I've also read many good Draco/Buffy fics.

Lils: my pop-up blocker is ruined... I dunno what's wrong with it but the pop ups keep coming! It's annoying ... reaaally annoying. LOL.

Vld: you weren't serious about killing Kennedy... poutesI was starting to plan it... oh well, I'll guess I can always kill a new totally created for me potencial. I loved that title... the Boy who lived and the girl who died twice... I just love it, I might use it on the story ... I already have something planned for our dear Willow.

Lila: I'm honored...thanks! They will get something ... mwahahahahahahahahaha

Prophetess of Hearts: sooooooooooooooooooooooon LOL. Go Buffy!

CapriceAnn Hedican-Kocur: big pen name... wow... LOL. about the 'quitted' thing...blushesmy fault... I will fix it when I am able to come back from my grandmother's.

Guys only one more update and I'll be out fro like 3 weeks... I'm already sad because of it I just love writing this story veeeeeery much. I tried to convince my mo yesterday and I even told her that I would babysit my little bro for a year but that woman is made of ice... just kidding...nervous laugh see you guys on the next update!

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