Out of the Blue

Chapter 17 – Pink bubbles.

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


It was a week after the Quidditch game, and the mood was still high in the Gryffindor common room. Wherever you went, you would find people talking excitedly about the game, or...about the upcoming Hogsmeade weekend.

"Are we all going together?" Lily asked excitedly, and Buffy smiled.

"Of course. Just..."

"Just what?" Lily asked, the smile fading from her face. "Is something wrong?"

"No! No, it's just...well, I kinda promised Rem that the guys could come along as well..."

Lily stared at her friend, not believing her ears.

"You WHAT?"

Buffy was squirming uncomfortably in her seat.

"I can't BELIEVE you would do this to me! Buffy, it's the first Hogsmeade weekend...and I have to spend it with POTTER and his goons?"

"Well...I just thought..."

"Thought what?"

"Well, you and James have been acting more...civil...towards one another this week. I actually heard you ask him to pass the salt...using his first name." Eliza cut in with wide eyes, putting her hand over her heart like in shock.

Lily glared.

"It's not funny."

Eliza just smirked.

"Look, if you really don't want to, I'm sure I can come up with an excuse for you not coming with us," Buffy said, but Lily looked horrified.

"So you're letting me go alone? You're ditching me to spend time with the marauders?"

Eliza and Buffy gave each other a look.

"No, we're not ditching you. You were the one who didn't want to spend time with us in the first place."

Lily scowled.

"Fine. I'll go with you. But only because I'm a good friend," she hastily added when she saw their smirks.


Remus was laying in his bed, the hangings closed, staring at the roof. His mind was again drifting towards that day...their first kiss...

Flashback.

Remus had no idea how it happened. Just that they had been so awfully close, and then one of them had leaned 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 lent backon 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 snuggled closer into Remus' chest, sighing happily.

"Remus..." she said quietly.

"Mhmm..."

"Don't we have to go back soon? The others will wonder where..."

"...Then let them wonder," Remus said, and captured her lips once more.

Buffy laughed, and looked Remus in the eyes.

"Why, Mr. Lupin, I didn't know you had it in you?"

"Well, I am one of the famous marauders," Remus said, a glint in his eyes.

"And I am up for some marauding."

Buffy burst out in wild laughter as he started to tickle her.

End flashback.

Remus smiled to himself at the memory. Since then, he and Buffy had been...dancing around each other, like puppies (or cubs), no one making the first step. It was a wonder the others hadn't found out yet. To them, things appeared normal...except for the blushing from whenever Buffy came into the room. Or her giggling when Remus gave her a look. Or the tension rolling of in waves whenever they 'happened' to touch each other.

He smiled again. Things were good.


Things were bad, Buffy thought were she was laying in her bed. She really wanted to go patrolling, but with Eliza in the room, she had to be careful not to wake her up. This meant she couldn't go as often as she would have liked, and this led to her being frustrated and having to think about things other than vampires and the forces of darkness...mostly, Remus.

Things were good between them, oh, yes. It was funny dancing around each other, playing their own little game. She wondered when the others would notice, and what their reactions would be. But she and Remus were also troubling her...

Flashback.

"Huh?"

Buffy stared at Dumbledore like he'd grown an extra head.

"What do you mean?"

"A werewolf mates for life, Buffy, and when a werewolf finds it's chosen mate, he cannot harm her, or him. It's like a hidden desire to protect the person, and the wolf does not want to hurt the person in question."

"So you're saying the werewolf, whoever that is, has found its mate! And I'm she! Are we like...meant to be? Written in the stars, that kind of thing?"

"Well, yes, you are the mate of the werewolf. In other words, the wolf's chosen. But if you feel the same, that is another question."

End Flashback.

Yes, the fact that she and Remus were meant to be...it troubled her. She wondered if her being Remus mate was the only reason he liked her. If she hadn't been...would he even had looked at her twice? Now, them being mated...it was also a good thing, of course. Like a certification that they were truly right for each other. But at the same time...it was a curse. Not knowing if him being mated to her was the only reason, not because he liked her because of who she was, her personality. And did she feel the same? Yes. She did. She knew that. But was it only because they were 'mated', or because of something else?

Before she came here - before she'd killed him - she'd been sure she and Angel were meant to be. Their feelings had been strong, too strong just to be a coincidence. But as soon as she came here...she'd forgotten almost everything abouthow she'd used to feelabout him. Remus had made her head spin around, and it made her confused, and scared, that he could wake such strong feelings inside of her, feelings she'd been sure had not existed before she came here. She wondered if it was the wolf inside him, the mate-for-life-thing that made her feel that way...or if she felt it because she really felt it because that was how she felt...and not because it was meant to be.

Another thing was that she wasn't sure how she was going to tell him. What if he ran away? One thing Buffy knew, was that Remus hated the wolf having control over his life. What if he thought the same as Buffy did? That the feelings he felt was only because of the wolf within him, and not because of his feelings? If he did, that would mean he would seek distance again, even if it meant getting rid of his own happiness on the way.

Buffy sighed. Yes, things were confusing.


"Willow!"

Willow turned around, smiling, as she saw Faith grin at her, holding two drinks in her hands.

The gang were at the Bronze, trying to relax. They still had no trace of Buffy, and both Giles and Mrs. Summer - Joyce,were starting to give up. Sure, they were still looking, but with less and less hope of ever findingtheir Slayer and daughter. A small part of Willow - even though she would never admit it - was wondering if she was even alive...

Also, Angel was back. Alive. When they'd found him, he'd been pretty much crazy - apparently, he'd been in some sort of Hell dimension, but had been thrown out because he had a soul - Willow's spell had worked. He had no idea what had happened to Buffy though, and had been really upset when he found out she had left - Maybe forever. He was obsessed with finding her, and used every contact he had - living, dead, walking dead or demons.

Angel didn't know whether to stay in Sunnydale or not, since nothing really kept him here, but had decided to stay, at least for the moment, until the new Slayer, Faith got everything under control. Plus, he wanted to be around in case Buffy came back...and they could use his muscles.

Faith...the new Slayer. Willow wasn't really sure what her deal was - she rarely spoke about herself - but Willow liked her, although her first impression of the dark-haired Slayer hadn't been the best...

Flashback.

"Hi. Where's Xander?"

"Oh, he's buying me a drink." Cordelia flashed a bright smile, which soon faded, as she watched someone at the dance-floor.

"What?" Willow asked, frowning.

Cordelia nodded towards a dark girl.

"Check out Slut-O-Rama and her Disco Dave. What was the last thing that guy danced to, K.C. and the Sunshine Band?"

Oz and Xander soon joined them. (Xander with a pretty large drink in hand.)

"Hey, what are you looking at? Holey moley..." Xander muttered as he gave the girl a glance. "That girl can move..."

"Xander," Cordelia said warningly and gave him a glare.

"What!" Xander exclaimed. "I'm just saying!"

"Guys..." Willow said slowly. "That guy..."

"What about him?" Cordelia said, clearly irritated.

"I don't think that guy thrives on sunshine." She muttered, and got up from her seat, following the guy and the girl as they leave the Bronze.

"Where did they go?" Xander asked, looking around, confused.

"I bet it's nothing," Cordelia said. "They're probably just making out."

Suddenly, they heard a loud noise, as though something just broke. Xander quickly brought out a stake from his jacket.

"That's not what making out sounds like," Willow said, frowning. "Unless I'm doing it wrong..."

They hurried toward the noise, and came just in time to see the boy pushing the girl up against a section of temporary chain link fencing that was leaning against the building.

"Stop struggling. This won't hurt," the boy said,. Suddenly, he changed into a vampire and started to move in to bite the girl, who just smirked, grabbed him by the neck, and pushed him away, before elbow jabbing him in the face.

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid it's gonna hurt a lot," the girl answered, grinning, as she give him a hard kick in the shins. Both Xander and Oz winced.

"He might be a vampire, but that had to hurt..." Xander mumbled, grabbing his jewels protectively.

Suddenly, the girl seemed to notice she hadspectators, and approached the gang, smiling slightly.

"It's okay, I got it."

They blinked, unsure of what to do next. Suddenly, the vampire sneaked up behind the girl, grabbing her by the shoulders. She quickly snaps her head back to head-butt him in the face before flashing them another smile.

"I'm Faith."

Faith twisted the vampire around before shoving him into the section of the chain link fence.

"I'm gonna go out on a limb and say there's a new Slayer in town." Oz muttered to Willow, who couldonly nod uncertainly. She wasn't sure what she felt. A part of her was relieved. They wouldn't be the only once trying to keep the Forces of Darkness in check anymore, but the other part felt horrible for thinking it. No one could ever take Buffy's place.

Shewent back to watching her fight. Xander followed her moves with jerks of his head. Suddenly, Faith did a high side kick to the vampire's jaw, grabbed onto his shirt and neck and threw him to the ground. Then, she jerked the stake from Xander's hand.

"Can I borrow that?"

Two seconds later, the vampwas dust, as she jammed the stake cleanly into his chest and jerked it back out. The gang just stared in confused amazement. Faith gave Xander back the stake.

"Thanks. Couldn't have done it without you," she said, before just continuing to walk past them all. Willow turned to stare after her, unsure how to react.

"Hey! Wait up!"

The girl, Faith, stopped.

"Yeah?"

"Why are you here?"

Faith grinned.

"Well, my watcher thought I should come here, because the Hellmouth was in need of a Slayer now after the other one, B, took off. I was called because Kendra died."

"Wait, what was that about Buffy?" Willow asked, and Faith blinks.

"Buffy? Buffy Summers? The Slayer Missing In Action?"

"Yes!"

"Well, the council have pretty much given up on her. They don't know where she is, or what happened.I think the officialbeliefis that she abandoned her post."

"Buffy wouldn't do that!" Willow exclaimed, even though she wasn't so sure anymore...she wouldn't...right? After all, she had mentioned several times how she just wanted to be a normal girl...and she hadn't evenleft them a note...

"You sure?Well, the entire council views her as a traitor." Faith said with shrug.

"Buffy is not a traitor." Willow said through gritted teeth.

"Fine. Whatever. But just so you know, the council thinks the whole Sunnydale gang - you - are complete nutters who are still hoping she'llcome back."

The Scoobies could only gawk at her.

"How dare you...you didn't - don't know her!" Willow exclaimed. "You can't just come here and - "

" - Woah, take it easy, Red. I didn't say I agreed. It's just what everyone else says. To be honest, I think you seem quite able to take care of yourselves." Faith smirked. "Anyway, the council relocated mehere - my watcher thought I needed a challenge. Boston is officially dead. So take me to this Ruby Giles' place."

The gang blinked.

"Ruby Giles?" Xander said slowly, before cracking up.

End flashback.

Faith was, if anything, spiritual. She was nothing like Buffy at all, but Willow and the Scoobies weirdly enough liked her, and welcomed her in, and Faith was more than happy to join their gang. Willow thought Faith must have been lonely before. Faith's past was something she didn't like to talk about, and they respected that. They had found out Faith wasn't in Sunnydale because she'd been relocated, but because she was running from an old vampire called Kakistos, who'd killed her watcher.

In the end, she'd managed to defeat him, and leave it behind her. Joyce had taken Faith under her wing, and let her move into Revello Drive - no one minded, since it gave Buffy's mother something else to focus on than her daughter's disappearance, and both Faith and Joyce seemed much happier. Even Giles seemed more at ease now when he had a new Slayer to care for.

"Hey, Red, you there?" Faith wondered, waving with her hand in front of Willow's face. Willow smiled, and accepted the drink from her new friend.

"Yeah. I just spaced off for a second."

Faith nodded.

"You okay? Want to go patrol later?"

Willow grinned.

"Sure."


When Buffy, Lily and Eliza came down to breakfast that morning, they knew something was up. The marauders were practically bouncing up and down in their seats of excitement (at least Peter was).

"Okay, guys," Buffy said, as she took her normal place at the table. "Whazzup? Spill."

Sirius grinned.

"You'll see," he said with a wicked smile, his eyes never leaving the Slytherin table...and a certain greasy haired student. When the student in question lifted his drink, Sirius and James could barely contain their laughter. Even Remus had some trouble with keeping a straight face, and nothing had even happened yet. Buffy lent her elbows at the table, and let her head fall in her hands, as she waited for the spectacle to happen. Three...two...one...

"ARGH!" Snapes robes had turned into a horrible shade of pink, and he was now floating above his seat, landing at the table, doing some kind of step-dance. He looked horrified, as she couldn't seem to be able to control himself. Suddenly he opened his mouth and pink bubbles were floating out, forming the words: 'I LOVE MCGONAGALL'.

Everybody at the Gryffindor table (and all the other tables as well) had simply fallen over laughing. The bubbles kept coming, and were forming new words, such as 'I AM A PINK PRAT', and 'CAN SOMEONE BUY ME A BOTTLE OF SHAMPOO?'. They didn't seem to stop coming either.

McGonagall was now standing up, and was coming towards the Gryffindor table with quick steps and a scowl on her face.

"POTTER! BLACK! LUPIN! PETTIGREW!"

The four boys hastily placed looks of wide eyed innocence on their faces.

"What, professor?" James said, pretending to be shocked.

"What is the meaning of this?" McGonagall said through gritted teeth.

"I don't understand what you mean," James said, looking hurt. "What makes you think we had anything to do with this? I took what you said to heart: I am a Head-boy, and should set an example for other students. What makes you believe I was behind this?"

McGonagall was fuming. He was right: She couldn't prove anything. With a small huff, she turned around, and went back to the Head table.

Sirius burst out laughing again.

"Brilliant, mate!" He then turned back to Snape, and nudged James in the side. The pink color had worn of, and so had Snape's step-dance. He was now sitting down again, beet red in the face. Suddenly, he bounced up in his seat, let out a tiny squeak of hiccup, and more bubbles flew out. If they hadn't known better, they would have believed Snape had actually swallowed his shampoo instead of using it in his hair.


A/N: Another chapter up! I hope you liked it/found it funny. And for those who missed them - the Scoobies were back.REVIEW!

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