Out of the Blue
Chapter 16 – God bless the lions.
DISCLAIMER: Buffy the Vampire Slayer belongs to Joss Whedon, and Harry Potter to J.K. Rowling. I don't own anything…
RATING: PG-13 (T) to R (M) - violence, language, angst, horror, mild sexual interactions, etc. If you can watch BTVS/AtS and read HP, I doubt you'll have any problem with this story.
TIMELINE: Takes place after season two in BTVS, and during the marauders last year at Hogwarts.
SUMMARY: BTVS/HP crossover. Life sucked for Buffy Summers. After taking her refuge to LA, she had hoped she would finally have some of that peace the Hellmouth couldn't provide. She should have known she was hoping for the impossible. When she gets propelled into another dimension, her life changes forever - but is it for the better or for worse?
CENTRAL PAIRING: Buffy/Remus
OTHER PAIRINGS: James/Lily, Sirius/OC
Special Thanks to: My Beta - CharmedChick
"So..." Lily said, and laughed nervously. "Could they have been less obvious, or what?"
"Huh? Oh, probably not. Muggle studies - right!"
They laughed, and James felt himself relax.
'I can do this. This is Lily. Beautiful, funny, smart, pretty, gorgeous, sexy, hot...gah! Okay...deep breaths, Potter, deep breaths...breathing is good.'
"How do you think James is?" Buffy asked. She, Eliza, Sirius and Remus had split up, and they were now walking past a corridor at the seventh floor, beside a tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy.
Remus laughed. "Poor Prongs," he said. "He got it so bad for Lily, it's sad, really."
Buffy smiled, and then Remus stopped to look at the wall.
"What?" Buffy asked, frowning.
"Close your eyes," he told her, and Buffy obeyed.
Remus hastily walked past the wall three times.
"Now you can look."
Buffy opened her eyes, and gasped. In front of her, now was a door.
Remus opened it.
"Welcome," he said, "to the Room of Requirement."
"Hey, where are you going!" Eliza and Sirius had gone back to the Gryffindor common room, and as soon as they stepped inside, Eliza started to walk towards the girl's dorm.
Eliza turned around at the bottom of the stairs, and blinked.
"What?"
"You're just leaving me here? All alone? To the dark, cold common room?" Sirius said with a dramatic gesture. Eliza raised her eyebrows.
"No, I'm leaving you to the light, warm common room."
"You're no fun!" Sirius pouted, and Eliza smirked.
"Fine, what do you have in mind?"
"Did I ever tell you I was a prankster?" Sirius said, as they sat down.
"No."
"Well, I am. One of the four marauders. Our most precious activity is to prank the Slytherins - Snivellus especially."
"Snivellus?" Eliza laughed. "What kind of name is that?"
"Well, he does have another. I just can't remember what it is," Sirius said with a grin, and Eliza laughed again.
"So, Potter, do you - what?"
James was smirking at her.
"You know, Evans, maybe we should move on to being on a first name basis? I mean, we've known each other for seven years, we're Head boy and Head girl...we should set an example for the otherstudents."
Lily blinked. He was making fun of her. Or was he?
"Erhm...yes, o-of course," she stammered.
"So, Po...I mean, James..."
"What, Lily?"
Lily blinked. She had never before noticed how nice her name sounded coming from Po...ehrm, James' lips...
"Ehrm...well..." she felt a blush start to creep up her cheeks as she thought of how cute he actually was...and that his hair was really sexy, and...
'Bad thoughts, bad, bad thoughts! I am not getting a crush on James 'bloody-prat - although-a-cute-prat - Potter.'
"So, are you ready for the Quidditch game?"
Lily felt herself relax as James lit up, and started babble about his favorite subject- Quidditch. This was easy.
'Good work, Lily! Let him do the talking, and you just (pretend to) listen...Merlin, he's so cute when he's smiling...and his lips are definitely kissable...and...oh, shit.'
"Wow!" Buffy said in awe as she stepped in. The room was small but comfy, with a couch and armchairs, and in a corner was a sparkling fireplace.
"What kinda room is this?"
"It's called 'the Room of Requirement,'" Remus said. "Watch this. I want a box of chocolate."
As on command, a chocolate box appeared out of nowhere.
"Wow...so I can get pretty much whatever I want?" Buffy said excitedly.
Remus smiled.
"Yes. Whatever you want. You just have to think it. I guess thereis alimit somewhere but..."
Buffy grinned.
"Neat!"
She thought hard for a minute.
"You know what?"
"Hmm?" Remus looked up from where he was sitting, eating chocolate for all he was worth.
"I don't think I want anything right now...nothing this room can give me." Buffy sat down beside him, looking kind of sad. Remus knew why: No matter how much this room could give her, it could not get her home.
"Hey, cheer up a bit, eh?" Remus smiled, and Buffy gave him a small smile back, before leaning against his shoulder.
"It's just that...I've kinda started to like it here. It doesn't hurt so much thinking about...my home...anymore...and I'm scared I'll forget them."
"You won't forget about them, Buffy. And Dumbledore promised he'd get you home, didn't he?"
Buffy smiled again.
"Yeah...I guess. I'm just afraid that when he does...what if I don't want to go back?"
"Why wouldn't you?" Remus asked, confused, and Buffy turned up her face to look at him.
"Don't you know?"
"Know what?"
Buffy blushed.
"Well...I like you. A lot. And I'm not sure if that's a good thing, or a bad thing."
Remus frowned, doing his best to ignore the flutter he felt, when Buffy'd said she liked him.
"What do you mean?"
"Before I came here...I had someone," Buffy said slowly, not sure how she would break this. Hell, she wasn't even sure why, nut she knew she didn't want Angel to come between them, so she had to tell him. If not, things could get very weird.
"Oh," Remus face fell.
"Yeah..." Buffy mumbled. "We were...pretty serious, I guess. I thought...I mean, I had this crazy dream that we would marry and have kids and whatever, you know? He was my firstlove..." she trailed off. She didn't want to look at Remus, because if se did, she wasn't sure if she'd be able to continue.
"I guess it was silly of me," she said. "But I really loved him. His name was Angel." She quieted down.
"Who was he? And what happened?" Remus asked, looking down at his feet.
Buffy bit her lip.
"He died."
Remus head flew up.
"He died?"
Buffy nodded slowly, still not looking at him.
"Yeah. I killed him."
Remus' eyes widened. Whatever it was he'd been expecting, it wasn't that.
"I had to," Buffy said softly. "He was a vampire."
Remus suddenly had a flashback to their Boggart-lesson.
"Your Boggart," he stated, and Buffy nodded.
"Yeah. That was him...after he'd turned evil. He wasn't always evil. He was good. Cursed, with a soul. He had feelings, just like normal people, and he didn't kill people either. He was helping my friends and I to kill demons and stuff..." she trailed off again, lost in thought.
"Then, something happened. Spike and Drusilla, two vampires, who used to be Angel's comrades before he was cursed came to town, trying to raise this evil demon, called the Judge. Angel and I got wind of their plans, and tried to stop them. We failed, and we barely managed to escape. It was raining," she remembered. "And we - Angel, and I - took refuge to his home." She paused.
"We made love to eachother."
Remus drew in a sharp breath.
"That turned out to be the biggest mistake of my life. Apparently, the curse had a loophole. When experiencing perfect happiness, and no longer feel any remorse for his crimes, Angel would loose his soul, and turn back to the monster he was before - Angelus." She let out a snort.
"Well, when we...joined, that triggered it. He turned evil." A tear fell down her chin.
"He joined up with Spike and Drusilla, and activated the Judge. I killed the Judge, and was fighting Angel - and I was winning. I could have killed him, but I didn't. I could have ended it there, but I didn't. I was too weak. A part of me couldn't believe Angel - the man I loved - was truly gone. So I let him live. Over the next few months, he tortured my friends, killing them, hurting them...taunting me. And so came the final straw. Angel, Drusilla and Spike was trying to raise the demon Acathla, who would swallow the world whole, and suck it in to Hell. I couldn't allow that to happen. I came to Angel's mansion, where we faught. I was about to kill him, when something happened. Angelus turned back toAngel. Willow, my friend, had managed to curse him again. But it was too late. Acathla had been awakened, and the only way to stop the world from ending was killing the one who woke him up - Angel. So I told him I loved him. And then I kissed him. And then I killed him..." She trailed off.
"I left Sunnydale for LA, because I was so devasted. I spent the summer there, moping. I had almost decided it was time to go back, and try to get over him, when I stumbled upon this demon, and after I killed it, the blood opened a portal, and I came here."
"Why are ou telling me this?" Remus whispered, and Buffy looked up.
"Ijust thought you deserved toknow...I mean, I really like you, and before you get yourself into something with me - if you want to - I think you should know about my past. I don't want that to come between us."
Remus stared into Buffy's eyes.
"Do you...hate me?" Buffy asked hesitantly, and Remus' eyes widened in shock.
"Hate you? Why would I hate you? We're all allowed to have a past, Buffy, and while I'm not jumping in joy over that you had someone before me...was with someone, I understand. If anything, I admire you for telling me. For everything you must have gone through... you're just amazing." Remus finished, and Buffy smiled shakily.
"Thanks."
"I just need to know one thing," Remus said. "Do you still love him?"
Buffy bit her lip, and looked into Remus' eyes.
"A part of me always will. I mean, he was my first love. You don't ever get completely over that. But I have accepted Angel is gone, and I'm slowly getting over him...in fact, I am mostly over him. Being here has really helped me. By the way, your sorting hat is amazing."
Remus burst out laughing.
"What?"
Buffy smiled.
"It showed me something, helped me deal, and understand things I wasn't sure of. And I know I'm ready to move on. Without Angel. He will always be in my heart, but my heart is pretty big. And Angel only takes up a little space. I definitely have more than enough place for someone else."
"And who is that?" Remus asked quietly.
"I think you know."
Their faces were so close only inches apart...and their lips met in a hesitant kiss. It exploded before Buffy's eyes. She saw fireworks. She took a shaky breath. Nothing could compare with this. She'd never felt anything like this. Not even with Angel. She opened her mouth a bit more, allowing Remus to deepen the kiss. Their tongues met in a slow dance, exploring, teasing. He tasted like a mix between summer, mint and chocolate...
Remus had no idea how it happened. Just that they had been so awfully close, and then one of them had leant in a bit...he wasn't sure who...and then their lips had met. And it had been amazing. He'd felt warmth spreading from head to toe, and a funny feeling in his stomach- like what he felt whenever he looked at Buffy, only so much stronger...He didn't care about her past with Angel - after all, it was in her past. So why let it bother him? He wanted to enjoy the moment...and live for the future. And somewhere in his heart, he knew that Buffy would be there with him.
Buffy opened her eyes and looked into Remus' amber ones. She smiled shyly, and Remus smiled back, before embracing her closely. They leaned back at the couch, holding each other, looking into the sparkling fire. Remus finally felt like a whole person - like a piece that had been missing had finally come into place. Buffy felt safe, where she was, leaning into Remus' embrace. Like nothing could hurt her ever again. And the pain she felt whenever she thought of Angel and Sunnydale...it was smaller. She snuggled closer into Remus' chest. This was home.
"AND IT IS GRYFFINDOR AGAINST RAVENCLAW FOLKS, IN THIS FIRST QUIDDITH GAME OFTHE SEASON!" Sirius bellowed.
"WE HAVE TWO TEAMS FLYING ONTO THE PITCH NOW, BOTH IN GREAT SHAPE! FOR RAVENCLAW, WE HAVE STUART, ADAMS, CHASE, NICHOLSON, ANDERSON, COOPER AAAAAAND TYERS! TYERS IS THE NEW SEEKER FOR THE SEASON, ONLY RESERVE LAST YEAR, BUT OH, WHAT A GREAT BODY SHE..."
"...BLACK! COMMENT THE GAME!" McGonagall shrieked.
"Sorry. ANYWAY, FOR GRYFFINOR- GOD BLESS THE LIONS - WE HAVE MORGAN, OUR NEW KEEPER FOR THE SEASON, BRYANT, VANDOM, LORNE, DUNCAN, POTTER AAAAAAAND SUMMERS - OUR NEW CHASER, WHO IS REPLACING MICH SAMUELSON AFTER AN ACCIDENT WITH A BLUDGER! POTTER IS THIS TEAMS QUIDDITCH CAPTAIN AND STAR CHASER, BUT I THINK SUMMERS CAN GIVE HIM A RUN - SORRY, FLY -FOR THE MONEY! POTTER HAS, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, IT BAD FOR LILY EVANS, HEAD-GIRL, WHILE SUMMERS IS MOSTLY SEEN IN THE COMPANY OF REMUS LUPIN - ARE THEY DOING DIRTY STUFF IN THE CLOSET!"
"BLACK! THE GAME!" McGonagall screamed. Remus felt how he started to blush, and Buffy hit Sirius upside the head when she flew past.
"OUCH! WELL, IT SEEMS AS OUR NEW CHASER EXTRAORDINAIRE HAS THE RIGHT QUIDDITCH SPIRIT! VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE AND VIOLENCE!"
"BLACK!"
"Sorry. AND THE GAME HAS STARTED! THE WAFF - SORRY, I'VE BEEN SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME AROUND SUMMERS - QUAFFLE, IS INTERCEPTED BY RAVENCLAW'S CHASER, ANDERSON! OH, THAT'S NASTY!"
Buffy gave Sirius the finger from where she was flying in the middle of the field towards Sirius.
"EHRM, WERE WAS I?OH, YES, THE QUAFFLE HAS BEEN TAKEN BY POTTER, WHO PASSES TO DUNCAN - WATCH OUT FOR THAT BLUDGER!"
Michaela had to duck after a bludger was sent in her direction by one of Ravenclaw's beaters, Jack Stuart, and she dropped the quaffle, which was intercepted by Priscilla Nicholson, chaser for Ravenclaw team. Out of nowhere Buffy suddenly appeared, and caught the quaffle as Nicholson made an attempt to pass it towards the other end of the pitch.
"AFTER A NONCHALANT INTERCEPTION BY OUR NEW CHASER, SUMMERS, GRYFFINDOR IS ONCE AGAIN IN POSSESSION OF THE QUAFFLE! OH, LOOK AT THAT!"
Buffy raced across the pitch, feinted the keeper, and scored easily.
"TEN-ZERO TO GRYFFINDOR!"
The game continued for another fifty minutes, Buffy scored eight more goals, one of them from the other end of the pitch. Nobody (except those who knew she was the Slayer) could understand how she managed to throw so far. James scored seven, and Michaela Duncan five.
"AFTER ANOTHER AMAZING GOAL BY SUMMERS, AND ANOTHER FAILED ATTEMPT FROM THE RAVENCLAW KEEPER, THE SCORE IS NOW TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY TO ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY, GRYFFINDOR IN THE LEAD! IT FINALLY LOOKS LIKE JAMES POTTER HAS MET HIS MAN - SORRY, WOMAN! ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVANS WOULD SAY ABOUT THAT!"
"SIRIUS!" Lily screamed, at the same time as McGonagall roared "BLACK!"
"...THE QUAFFLE GOES TO POT...WAIT, IS THAT THE SNITCH!"
Yes, it was. The snitch had been spotted where it was soaring over one of the Gryffindor goalposts, and Amanda Lorne (the Gryffindor seeker) made a dive for it, as the same time as Ravenclaw's seeker (Mariah Tyers). The game stopped, and everybody watched as the two seekers foughtfor the victory. They were side by side...Lorne stretched out her hand...so did Tyers...and the game was over.
"GRYFFINDOR WINS! AFTER A GAME WHICH WAS EXCITING UNTIL THE LAST SECOND, LORNE GIVES GRYFFINDOR A CRUSHING VICTORY AGAINST RAVENCLAW IN THIS FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON - THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TO ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOLKS! LORNE, I AM SO GRATEFUL, I COULD KISS YOU, GROPE YOU AND TAKE YOU ON THE SPO - "
" - BLACK!"
Eliza, Remus, Lily and Sirius made their way down from the stand towards the pitch.
"Rem!" Buffy laughed happily when Remus ran up to her and threw her around in the air like she was a doll, before hugging her tight.
"You were great!" He said enthusiastically.
"Thanks!" Buffy raised up on her toes, and gave Remus a kiss on the colorful red and gold horns he was now sporting.
"Aww, you're so cute!" She cooed.
Remus grinned.
"What about me?" Sirius said and pouted. "Aren't I cute too? I got horns too!"
Buffy regarded him for a moment.
"Umm...no."
"Hey!"
Buffy just grinned.
"Eliza, you think I'm cute, right?" Sirius gave her his best puppy-dog eyes, and Eliza smirked.
"You really want to know what I think?"
"Yes! Or...well...no...or...yes?" Sirius said uncertainly.
Eliza rolled her eyes, and leaned closer.
"You are the sexiest, hottest, coolest, and the most gorgeous man I've ever seen..." she said seductively, and Sirius swallowed.
"R-really?"
"Mmhm..." Eliza said, and leaned even closer.
"...You remind me of a monkey I saw once..."
Buffy had trouble containing her laughter, and so did everyone else.
"Wha...?" Sirius blinked, and then... "WHAT?"
Eliza laughed, and Sirius scowled.
"Haha, really funny."
A/N: There you go! I hope you enjoyed the Quidditch-game: I did, but I'm not sure which one I like the most - this, or the one in HP & the Vampire Slayers. Tell me what you think. By the way, I have now finished the entire plotline/timeline for this story, chapter for chapter (almost)...and from this I have found out this story will be about...hold on tight people...eighty chapters. Please REVIEW!
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