Out of the Blue
Chapter 23 – Snogging couple.
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 had been a week since Halloween, and Eliza's father's visit. Buffy was relieved her secret as Slayer was no longer a secret to Eliza, as it would make her patrolling much easier - plus, she didn't have to be afraid that she would say something weird in front of her.
When Buffy woke up, she was surprised to see something white falling down outside the window. She hastily got dressed, and could only gawk for a long while, just staring at the white snowflakes.
"Snow!" She breathed. She couldn't believe it. In Sunnydale, it hadn't snowed once. She wasn't sure if she'd seen snow in LA either. Maybe some, but not this much. And it was only the beginning of November!
"Hey, guys, wake up! It's snowing!" She said. Eliza just grumped something, but Lily got up, and took place beside Buffy in front of the window.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Lily mumbled.
Buffy could only nod. Then she grinned.
"What do you say about a snow-fight?"
Lily smiled. "Sure. Just don't try to use too much of your Slayer strength. Unless it's James you're throwing at."
Buffy grinned.
"Promise. Just one question: What is wrong with James?"
Lily frowned. Yes, what was wrong with James? He had grown up this year, she had to admit that. He seemed to take his responsibilities as Head-boy quite seriously - well, most of the time. He still played pranks, but Lily had been in on one of them...and enjoyed it. And he wasn't ruffling his hair all the time, nor did he play with that stupid snitch. And he had been the one who thought they should call each other James and Lily, instead of Potter and Evans. Much nicer. Okay, he was a little obsessed with Quidditch, but then, which boy wasn't?
"Hello, earth to Lily?" Buffy said, laughing, waving with her hand in front of Lily's face.
Lily blushed.
"Well...he is an arrogant jerk...or...he used too..." she finished lamely. "Plus, he's a bloody prat...sometimes...and really thick-headed...I guess..."
Buffy rolled her eyes. It was obvious to everyone that Lily started to soften up to the Head-boy - well, to everyone but herself, of course. And it was even more obvious that the Head-boy in question was head over healsabout Lily. Buffy wondered how long it would take for Lily to admit she felt the same way.
Later that day, once all lessons were over, seven happy Gryffindors made their way over to the over-snowed Quidditch-pitch.
"Alright, let's split up in teams," Sirius said. "I want to decide, because it's my birthday tomorrow."
James and Remus rolled their eyes, and Buffy, Eliza and Lily gave him surprised looks.
"It is? Why didn't you say so? Congratulations!" Eliza said. Then she frowned. "I don't have a present..."
Sirius smirked. "Well, you better come up with something quickly then - same goes for you girls," he told Lily and Buffy.
"Alright, I want Eliza here with me..."
The others snickered, and Sirius gave them the finger. Eliza just smiled, and walked over to her boyfriend.
"And I guess Remus and Buffy'll want to be in the same one as well..."
More snickers. Buffy and Remus blushed as they moved to stand beside each other.
"Hmm..." Sirius looked like he was doing some Sirius thinking. "What are we going to do with Lily-kins and Jamie?"
"Don't call me that!" They both chorused, then blushed, and turned away from each other.
"Alright, Lily with me and Eliza, James can go over to Buffy and Remus. Peter, you're with us as well."
"You get one more!" James protested, obviously wanting to be in the same team as Lily.
Sirius snorted. "So? Buffy is the Slayer, you are a chaser and Remus has werewolf stamina. And you call the teams unfair?"
James had to agree, and then the fight started. Soon, no one was sure what team they belonged to, and they all ended up throwing at everyone.
Buffy just laughed, as she ran a good thirty meters ahead of Sirius, making it impossible for him to get in a hit. However, her laughing ended, as a snowball straight in the face from Remus hit her. Remus, who'd stopped to laugh at her, hastily took up a run, when all the snow was removed from her face - Buffy did not look happy, and the werewolf found it best to retreat. Much, much later, seven very wet, but still happy, Gryffindors made their way up to the castle. Their shoes leaving wet trails after them wherever they went.
Sirius smirked.
"Poor Filch will get a hell of a job tonight," he said. James agreed.
"Yep. But then, who cares?"
That evening, six of them (Peter not included) went to Hagrid's hut to endure their detention.
Buffy was really looking forward to meeting him, after all of the stories told by Remus and the other's - like the one about him being a half giant.
"Hey, Hagrid!" James greeted.
" 'ello," Hagrid said. "So yeh've been puttin' yeh'selves into trouble again', eh?"
"Yep," Sirius said. "What is Halloween without a good prank?"
Hagrid laughed.
"Nothin'," he said. "It was a very good one, a very good one...Yeh want some cookies?" He asked. Buffy and Eliza were on their way to say yes, when suddenly the room was filled by a loud "NO!" Coming from Lily, James, Sirius and Remus. Buffy looked surprised, until Remus whispered that Hagrid's cookies were hard as stone and got stuck between your teeth like super glue.
"Tea, then?" Hagrid asked. Everyone gladly accepted - apparently, nothing was wrong with that.
"So," Hagrid said. "Tonight we're goin' into tha forest - I need some poisonous flowers for professor Slughorn's potion classes."
Everyone looked exited at this, except Lily, who looked a little worried at the thought of going into the forest. James leaned over.
"I promise to protect you from all the wild animals," he whispered. Lily blushed, before hitting him.
"James!"
James just smirked.
When they'd finished the tea, Hagrid grabbed a crossbow, and told his house-pet, Fang, a puppy boarhound, to stay put. However, Buffy thought, Fang obviously wasn't especially well trained, because he followed them anyway. Hagrid didn't seem to mind, but just picked up the puppy, and put him in one of his giant pockets.
"Alrigh' then," Hagrid said. "I think it's easiest if we split up into groups. It's too bad Fang 'ere isn' big enough to go with yeh an' protect yeh."
The marauders gave each other identical looks, thinking the same thing. Even if Fang had been 'big enough', he would still have been so much of a coward that 'protecting' someone was out of the question.
"Alrigh', Lily, Buffy, Eliza, yeh go with me. James, Sirius, Remus, I suppose yeh can take care of yehself, eh?"
"Well," Sirius said. "I think it would be better if James went with Lily and you," he smirked at James' ecstatic look. "And I go with Eliza. Remus and Buffy can take care of themselves."
Hagrid looked doubtful.
"Yeh sure that's a good idea?" He said, obviously worried.
"Why don't Eliza and I go with you, Hagrid?" Lily said. "James and Sirius, and Buffy and Remus. I promise you Buffy and Remus can handle themselves."
"Alrigh', off yeh go. Be back 'ere in three 'ours."
James looked so disappointed, that the rest of them (except Lily) had to laugh.
Hagrid gave them a picture and description of the flower they had to look for, and then they were off.
'It's cold in the Forest tonight', Buffy thought were she went beside Remus. The air was both damp and foggy.
"It's cold in the Forest tonight," Remus said, as if he'd known what Buffy was thinking.
"Yeah...so this flower-thingy...how are we gonna pick it up when we've found it? It was poisonous, wasn't it?"
"Well, I was thinking of doing a freezing charm on it, trapping the flowers in ice. That way, we don't have to be in direct contact, and we can still preserve it in a fairly fresh condition.
Buffy nodded in understanding. "Sounds good."
They kept walking further inside the Forest, not talking, just enjoying the silence. Somewhere along the way, their hands got entwined.
Suddenly, there was a rustle of noise to Buffy's left. She hastily brought up a stake, and Remus dragged out his wand, which was hidden inside his sleeve.
"Vampire?" He mumbled questioningly. Buffy shrugged.
"Dunno. Maybe - "
She was interrupted as someone suddenly jumped out of the bushes.
"BOOH!"
Buffy was just on her way to put her stake inside the persons chest, and Remus had been on his way to do a spell.
"STUPE -"
"WAIT!" The person screamed. Buffy stopped her stake an inch from Sirius' chest, and Remus brought down his wand from midair. He growled at his friend.
"Sirius!" He hissed. "What the Hell were you thinking? You were about an inch from having your heart impaled on Buffy's stake!"
Sirius gulped, as he realized how close to death he'd been.
"Ooops."
"Ooops?" Buffy asked incredulously. "Is that all you can say? And where is Eliza?"
"I'm here," Eliza said, coming out from the same bush as Sirius. "I'm sorry, I tried to stop him, but he ran ahead of me."
"Well, can't we look for that stupid flower together?" Sirius wined. "I'm bored!"
"I'm so happy you seem to enjoy my company, Sirius," Eliza said dryly. Sirius turned around, wincing.
"I didn't mean that!" He hurried to say. "I'm just cold! And hungry! And tired!"
The others rolled their eyes. Eliza grabbed his arm. "Come on, let's go. The sooner we're done, the sooner you can have your warmth. And food. And bed."
When they were out of sight, Buffy turned to Remus, slowly shaking her head.
"One day, that guy is gonna get himself into big trouble."
Two weeks later, James, Sirius, Buffy, Remus, Peter and Eliza were sitting in the Gryffindor common room, playing chess and exploding snap, when Lily came down the stairs from the girls' dorm.
"James, we have to patrol the corridors tonight."
"Mhmm..." James mumbled, for the moment engrossed in a chess-game against Sirius.
"James!" Lily hissed.
"I'll be right there, Lils..."
Lils rolled her eyes, and walked up behind him.
"James..." she whispered in his ear. "I've booked a time in the Astronomy tower for you and me tonight...you don't want to be late, do you?"
"Huh?" James looked up, as what Lily'd said slowly sunk into his brain.
"ASTRONOMY TOWER!" He flew up from his chair, almost dragging Lily behind him.
"Hurry up!" This earned him a smack on the head.
"Prat!" Lily said. "I was kidding! I wouldn't go up in the Astronomy tower with you even if I got paid! We're going to patrol the corridors tonight, remember?" She said. James face fell, and the others snickered. Lily dragged him out of the portrait-hole.
"See you later!" She called.
The others were still snickering as they left.
"Well, speaking of the Astronomy tower," Sirius said, taking a look at the watch. "Eliza andmehave booked a time there in fifteen minutes..."
"Eliza and I," Remus muttered, and smiled as Sirius rolled his eyes at him.
Sirius and Eliza started to leave.
"Hey, wait up," Peter said. "I'll go with you!"
Sirius, Buffy, Remus and Eliza blinked. Was he thick?
"Eh, thanks for the offer, Wormtail," Sirius said. "But we're going to the A s t r o n o m y tower."
Peter looked confused, until he realised what he meant. "Oh," he blushed. "Well, I guess I'll just go down the kitchens or something..." he left, shoulders slumping.
"Well, seems to be just you and me left," Buffy said happily, as Sirius and Eliza got out, and the other students left for their dorms.
"Mhmm..." Remus said, moving in to sit closer beside her. "And whatever are we going to do with our time, my fair lady?"
Buffy giggled.
"Well, I think I can come up with one or two things..."
Their lips moved in, and met in a kiss. Buffy smiled. She never got tired of kissing Remus - not one kiss was the same.
About two minutes later, the portrait hole flew open.
"Sorry, just had to get James' cloak - woah!" Sirius said, and came to a fast halt as he saw the snogging couple at the couch. Remus and Buffy practically flew away from each other. Remus ended up, quite ungracefully, at the floor, head first.
"Sirius!" He hissed, rubbing his throbbing head.
Sirius just smirked.
"So," he said. "How long have you been - eh, snogging?" He asked, grinning. Buffy and Remus were both flushing bright red of embarrassment.
"Awhile," Buffy mumbled, helping Remus up. Sirius raised his eyebrows.
"Awhile? And how long is 'awhile'?"
Remus flushed even more.
"Since before the Quidditch game."
"WHAT!" Sirius said. "THAT LONG?"
"Sirius!" Buffy hissed. "Could you lower your voice, please?"
"Fine, fine. Just...the Quidditch game? Against Ravenclaw? That was like ages ago! Why haven't you told us?"
"To avoid this kind of reaction," Remus said. "And we wanted to see how long it would take for you to find out."
"Promise not to tell anyone?" Buffy said. "We kinda wanna keep it a secret a bit longer."
Sirius grinned, and put his hand over his heart. "I promise, Miss Buff."
He ran up the stairs, grabbed the cloak, and then ran out again. As soon as he was out of sight, Remus turned to Buffy, still bright red.
"Well, that was..."
"Embarrassing," Buffy finished for him.
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