Out of the Blue

Chapter 24 – Hazel eyes.

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/Eliza

Special Thanks to: My Beta - CharmedChick


"What took you so long?" Eliza wondered, when Sirius finally came up to the Astronomy Tower.

Sirius smirked.

"Do you really want to know?"

"Yes! Wait...what did you do?" She asked suspiciously.

Sirius looked wounded.

"Me? I didn't do anything!" He then gave her a smug grin.

"Can't say the same for Moony and Buffy though...they were snogging."

"WHAT?" Eliza burst out. "Really? About time!"

"That's not all. They've been doing it since our match against RAVENCLAW!"

Eliza stared at him.

"But that was ages ago! How the Hell did they manage to keep it secret for that long?"

"I am just as clueless as you are. Remus looked quite flushed, lipstick all over his face...and he fell of the sofa as well."

Eliza giggled.

"He did? It must have been the shock from being busted. Remus doesn't seem to enjoy the spotlight so much..." she finished thoughtfully.

"Nope, apparently not. Don't tell anyone, I promised them I wouldn't."

Eliza put her hand over her heart and winked.

"Your secret is safe with me."


The next day, Eliza sat in her Arithmancy class with Lily. Every now and then, she would sneak a look over to where Remus was sitting with a boy from Hufflepuff, studiously taking notes on what the professor was saying.

"Eliza," Lily hissed.

"What is the matter with you? You've been giddy all day! Sit still!"

"I can't help it," Eliza mumbled to her friend. "I just have to tell someone about what I found out, or I'll burst!"

"Found out? What did you find out?" Lily couldn't help but be curious, and cast a cautious glance at their professor, hoping she wouldn't notice the whispering coming from their table.

Eliza looked a bit worried. "Promise - no, swear you won't tell anyone!"

"Sure, I swear."

"Swear on James Potter's life!"

Lily rolled her eyes.

"That won't be a problem. I swear! Now, tell me!"

Eliza threw small glances around her, hoping no one watched them.

"Sirius found Buffy and Remus snogging in the common room last night."

"WHAT!" Lily exclaimed. Everyone turned to watch them with incredulous looks. Their professor narrowed her eyes dangerously.

"Miss Evans," she said. "I hope you have a very good reason for interrupting my teaching?" She said scathingly.

Lily felt her cheeks grew red in embarrassment.

"Uhh..."

"Well?"

"I didn't quite understand that thing about the last...thing...you explained," Lily said, hoping their professor would believe them.

Remus raised an eyebrow from where he sat, and cast Lily a questioning glance behind the professor's back. Lily was one of the best students in Arithmancy! In fact, she was one of the best in every class.

"Really?" The professor looked thoughtful. "Very well. Maybe I didn't explain it good enough...five points from Gryffindor, though, Miss Evans. I am not too keen on my class being interrupted."

"I'm sorry, professor. It won't happen again." Lily said quietly.

"I hope not. I would hate to be forced tolower the grade for one of my best students." Their professor turned back to the blackboard, and kept talking. Lily let out a silent breath of relief, and then turned back to Eliza.

"What?" She said a bit more quiet. "Really?"

"I think so," Eliza whispered. "It sounded like it from what Sirius said anyway. Apparently, they've been together ever since the first Quidditch game against Ravenclaw."

"That long?" Lily asked, surprised, and cast Remus a look out of the corner of her eye.

"How did they manage to keep it secret? No one can keep a secret that long in Hogwarts!"

Eliza shrugged.

"They did. I guess it makes sense, though. They've been disappearing a lot lately - together. And they're always teasing, or blushing when the other is around. Plus, they're awfully protective of each other. And they're both good at keeping secrets."

Lily nodded thoughtfully.

"Yeah...look, what about having a girls night tonight - just Buffy, you and I? Then we can ask her!"

Eliza lit up.

"Great idea." She snickered silently. "She won't know what hit her."


Buffy stood in front of the mirror, watching herself silently. She would patrol tonight, and was dressed in black leather pants and a dark sweater. She was about to grab her stake, when the door flew open.

"Hi, Buffy!" Eliza said.

"Hi."

"Are you going patrolling tonight?" Lily asked, curious.

"Yep."

"Do you have to?" Eliza asked. "It's cold, and wet...and snowy. Why don't we stay inside instead? We could have a girls night...?"

Buffy looked uncertain.

"I don't know, guys...I really should be patrolling...I've been lazing off."

"Please...?" Lily begged, and gave her friend her best puppy-dog eyes. Buffy sighed, and put down her stake.

"Fine. But you owe me one," she added, as Eliza shot a fist in the air, happy they managed to convince her. Lily snorted.

"Please, we don't owe you anything - you should be grateful we saved you from the cold, wet slimy forest." She sat down, and conjured up an empty bottle, a box with candy, and three bottles of fire-whisky. Buffy and Eliza stared at Lily.

"Meow!" Buffy said, grinning. "Lily Evans, Head girl, all the professor's teacher's pet - conjuring up fire-whisky, surrendering to the charm of teenage hormones and rule-breaking. Whatever is the world coming to?"

"Oh, shut it," Lily grumbled, although she looked a bit pleased of what Buffy was saying.

"Okay. Let's have a game of Truth and Dare." Eliza said. "Whoever the bottle points at, answers a question, or gets a dare. If you answer, you get one swig of the bottle. If you refuse to answer, you have to take a dare. If you refuse to do the dare, you have to kiss Filch tomorrow."

"Yuck!" Buffy and Lily exclaimed. "Any dare must be better than that..." Lily muttered.

"I'll spin first," Buffy said. They watched as the bottle spun around for along time, before finally settling on Lily.

Buffy grinned evilly, making Lily slightly nervous.

"Lily, truth or dare?"

Lily gulped. Somehow, she didn't really trust Buffy in being nice when doing a dare...

"Truth," she said quickly.

Buffy's eyes narrowed. She'd hope for a dare, but...oh, well...she thought about forcing Lily to tell them whether she liked James or not, but knowing Lily, she'd somehow manage to get out of that question...she decided she'd start a little nice, making Lily feel a false sense of security before the bang.

"Okay. What's your favorite co lour on a guys eyes?" Lily let out a sigh of relief, as she didn't have to answer something embarrassing.

"Hazel," she said, and took a swig of the fire-whisky, before spinning the bottle. She was barely aware of Buffy and Eliza grinning widely at each other - James had hazel eyes...

"Okay. Eliza - truth or dare." Lily asked.

"Since you picked truth, I guess a dare is in order," Eliza said thoughtfully.

Lily wrinkled up her forehead, thinking, before she lit up, looking smug.

"I dare you to transfigure McGonagall into a turkey next transfiguration class."

Eliza gulped. "Are you serious!" She exclaimed.

"No, but your boyfriend is," Lily said sweetly, fluttering her eyebrows and making Buffy giggle. Eliza glared.

"Fine," she spun around the bottle.

"Buffy - truth or dare."

"Dare," Buffy said bravely.

"Alright, a dare is on its way...I dare you to chase turkey McGonagall around the classroom tomorrow until I transfigure her back."

Buffy's eyes widened. "What? " She said. "I can't do that! McGonagall already hates me!"

"Well, then it's just for you to go up and kiss Filch first thing tomorrow morning," Eliza said, grinning. "And personally, I think madame Pince is the only one who would consider doing it."

Lily got a disgusted look on her face.

"Eliza, really!" She exclaimed. Eliza just smirked, as Buffy sighed. "I don't have much choice, have I?"

"Nope," Lily said chirpily.

"Fine, I'll do it." She spun the bottle.

After several rounds, all of them started to feel a little light headed from the fire-whisky, and as the bottle pointed at Lily, and she chose dare, Buffy decided it was time.

"I dare you - you...to k-kis-ssss James P-potter senseless tomorrow at brrrrrrreakfast." She slurred. She felt quite dizzy.

"Al-ri'ht. No pro'lem." Lily muttered. She looked like she could fall asleep any second now, here eyelids felt really heavy,

"I like 'im anyway. A bit. When h-he's not a gi-it." She let out a yawn. Eliza and Buffy would have grinned, but they were both pretty out of it.

"Buffy," Lily said, as the bottle placed herself in front of her. "Truth or dare?"

"Truth."

"Are you an' Remus dating?"

Buffy blinked. The room was spinning, and she really wanted to let out a weird comment or something.

"Uhu," she muttered. "He has really nice lips." She giggled. "All soft and warm...and he's really cozy...good to hug. Hugs are good. Likey Mooooooooooooony." She cooed. "I like saying that - Moooooooooooooooooony. It sounds. F u n n y. I can spell too, funny. It's F. A. N. N. N. N. E. Funny."

Eliza pointed a finger at Buffy.

"You. Are. So. Drunk," she muttered. "You. Are. Not. Making. Any. Sense."

"Mayvvve we shoul' call it a nigh'," Lily said. "Shcourgyfi." She pointed her wand at the mess at the floor, but instead of vanishing, it turned into a bouquet of brown flowers."

"Woops." She climbed into bed, and she fell asleep even before she put her head on the pillow.


When Buffy woke up, she had a thundering headache, and it took quite awhile before she even begun to remember last night. She groaned.

"G'morning," Eliza muttered, in the hunt of something clean to get dressed in.

"Morning. Anyone got a hangover potion or something?" Buffy wondered. "You're witches, right?"

"I'll never get drunk again," Lily whined and sat up. "I'll never play Truth or Dare again. I'll never look at a bottle of fire-whisky again." Suddenly, she turned into a very interesting shade of green, before bolting of to the bathroom, hand for her mouth. It took several seconds before they heard the toilet flush, and another minute before she emerged.

"Did I say something embarrassing last night?" She said. "I was out of it, I don't remember much. And does anyone have new toothpaste? I have to brush my teeth."

"Here," Buffy said. "And you did agree to kiss James at breakfast today."

Lily, who'd been about to enter the bathroom again, hastily came to a stop.

"What?" She said, growing cold.

"Uhu." Eliza agreed. "And senseless. Don't forget senseless."

"I'm not doing it!" Lily exclaimed, protesting.

Buffy shrugged.

"Well, then it's Filch. And between you and me, I'd rather kiss the giant squid before I kiss Filch."

Lily scowled. "Fine."

"By the way, Buffy," Eliza said. "Why didn't you tell us you and Remus were together?"

Buffy froze.

"We're not."

"Yes, you are. You said that."

"I did?"

Lily and Eliza nodded, but both had to stop when their heads started to hurt again.

"Oh. Well. Yeah. I guess we are. Are you sure you don't have anything against a hangover? I don't think I'm gonna make it through the day if you don't. And especially not Transfiguration."

"Oh, talking about Transfiguration. Don't forget you have to chase McGonagall after I've turned her into a turkey," Eliza reminded her.

Buffy paled. "I hoped you had forgotten about that."

She disappeared into the bathroom. It took an entire hour before they were ready to leave for the Great Hall and a day of dares needing to be fulfilled.


When they got down to breakfast, Lily was almost on her way to turn around, but Eliza and Buffy stopped her.

"Nonono," Eliza reprimanded her. "You're not getting out of this. Get out there, and snog him senseless."

Lily gulped. The three girls paraded down to the breakfast table, Buffy giving Remus a slight smile.

They ate their breakfast in silence. Every now and then, Buffy and Eliza would give Lily a look.

"Well," James said. "I'd better go get my stuff. Are you coming?" He asked Sirius, Remus and Peter, as he stood up.

"You go ahead, mate," Sirius said. "I'll see you in Transfiguration."

"Uhh...James," Lily said, nervously standing up. James looked at Lily, confusion written all over his face.

"Yes?"

"I am so sorry, but this will probably hurt me more than you." She squeezed her eyes tightly shut, and gave James a quick kiss. She was about to draw back, when she heard someone - she thought it was Buffy - say something.

"Remember! Senseless!"

James was in something akin to shock. Lily. Was. Kissing. Him. James. Was. Kissing. Lily. He suddenly felt Lily's tongue dart across his lower lip. He hastily woke up, and opened his mouth, giving Lily entrance. He put his arms around her, barely aware of the catcalls and whistles in the Great Hall. This. Was. Bliss.

Lily was confused. She hated to say it. But she liked kissing James. He was a very good kisser. And he tasted nice. And his arms around her felt great. She felt herself starting to relax into his embrace. She sighed happily, when suddenly she heard someone say:

"I knew they liked each other!" Her eyes flew open in shock, as what she was doing finally registered in her brain. She was kissing James Potter. And she liked it. She quickly backed away, out of his embrace. James eyes opened as well, looking at her, cheeks red and flushed, hair even more disheveled than usual.

She hastily took a couple of steps back. Then she ran out of the Hall.

James could only stand there gawking, touching his swollen lips in wonder. Then, he grinned.


Buffy went to Transfiguration class with a feeling of dread in her stomach. McGonagall would kill her. She sighed. She hoped Eliza would at least wait until the end of the class before leaving her to her doom.

Eliza had another problem - human transfigurations had never been her strong side...

"Eh...James?"

James had been soaring on clouds ever since Lily's kiss in the Great Hall, and had been obvious to all tries of contact from the others.

"Earth to James?" Eliza tried again.

"Huh...? Yes, Lily, I do..." James muttered. Eliza rolled her eyes. She wouldn't get any help from James today - that was for sure.

"Sirius?"

"Yes?" Sirius turned around.

"I have this little problem," Eliza said. "See, last night, Buffy, Lily and I played Truth or Dare, and I have this dare I've got to do, but I don't know how to do it. Can you help me out?"

Sirius suddenly broke out into a grin.

"No, it's your dare!"

"But you don't understand!" Eliza explained. "I'm not backing out of it, but my magical resources so to speak aren't quite good enough. I've never been fabulous at Transfiguration, and definitely not human ones...you, on the other hand..."

"Flattery will get you everywhere," Sirius said, still grinning. "But what I can't believe is that you were going to ask Prongsie for help before me!"

Eliza rolled her eyes.

"Everyone knows James is the best in the entire school at Transfiguration. Although I do doubt his concentration is where it should be today. You're the second best. So...please?"

"I'll help you. So what is the dare?"

Eliza looked around, and then whispered it in Sirius ear. First, he just stood there. Then, he burst out laughing.

"T-TURKE-EY?" He gasped.

"Alright, I'm definitely in!"


"The Animagus transformation is a really hard and complex spell," professor McGonagall said.

"Very advanced, and it is very rare to be able to do it - it takes a lot of power," she continued, not noticing the marauders (minus Remus, who was just rolling his eyes at them) sitting in their benches looking very proud of themselves, almost snickering.

"You're not even allowed to try it until you're of age, unless there are certain circumstances. And more than eight people out of ten never manage it."

"When - and if - you've managed your transformation, you have to register at the ministry. It is believed there are far more people out there being unregistered animagi than registered. So if you know anyone who isn't, please tell them to follow the law."

"But where would the fun be in that?" Sirius spoke up, eyes dancing of mirth.

McGonagall gave him a disapproving look.

"The penalty for being unregistered animagi is rather severe - there have been cases in which the animagi in question has had to spend several years in Azkaban. We will only study the theory - "

There were a lot of groans in the class of this, but they stopped when they heard McGonagall speak up again.

" - For now. However, next term - it will also be your last - some of you will get the chance to actually become animagi. I am telling you now, though, that I very seriously doubt more than one or two in this class will be able to do it."

James and Sirius grinned at each other at this. McGonagall was wrong! There were already three in this class who had managed.

"I will not even let everyone try - only those I believe have a chance. It might sound unfair," she said when the class started to protest again. "But the risk is very big, something willgo wrong unless you know exactly what you're doing. Your animal side could take over completely, and you might be stuck as your animagi. You could also end up like a half-bird, half-human, or half-fish, half-human. And many of animagus transformations going wrong can never be completely restored. You may have to spend the rest of your life with a fin on your buttocks if you're not careful."

The class gulped at this, and many of those who'd looked excited at first, now sat down with a resigned sigh.

"When you get back next term, I will give you a list where anyone interested to learn can sign. I will then pick out those of you who I believe have a chance from the list. And remember to think about this very carefully - it is the animal that chooses you, not you the animal. It can be very depressing to find out that afterseveral years of study you transform, and find your animagus is a warthog or a slug."

Sirius was discretely pointing at McGonagall with his wand under the table.

"You can also never have more than one animagus form, unless you have very much power. It is believed Merlin managed to change into two forms, but it has not been confirme - KACK!"

The class stared. Where McGonagall had been standing, now a turkey took place - A turkey with markings around the eyes in the same form as McGonagall's glasses.

The class finally let themselves be consumed of back held laughter.

"How many people actually believe that McGonagall's form is a turkey!" A guy from one of the back rows spoke up.

"Oh, don't be silly - we all know she's a cat!" Lily said, desperately trying to hold back her laughter, with little success.

Buffy sighed, and stood up.

"One...two...three," she muttered. "Buffy Summers soon dead to be."

She ran up to turkey McGonagall who looked horrified, and let out a squeak - or a cackle - of fear, before running off. Buffy followed. The chase went on over desks, under desks for several minutes. The entire class were practically rolling at the floor with laughter - Sirius thought Peter had actually peed his pants.

It took quite awhile before he managed to compose himself enough to change their deputy Headmistress back, and when he finally did, McGonagall was just jumping over a desk, Buffy straight behind. As the transformation ended, the professor fell down on the desk, bum first.

Buffy's eyes widened, as McGonagall turned around to look at her, eyes ablaze, lips pursed together in a white, thin line, nostrils flaring as she breathed through the nose. Her face was full of red spots, both from anger and exhaustion, glasses askew, and the normally tight bound up hair had fallen out of her bun, making the professor look very disheveled, and very unlike herself.

Buffy gulped, and hastily retreated, running out of the classroom, which was probably a good thing, because McGonagall looked far from happy as she turned to the rest of the class.

To their surprise, she didn't take any points, or gave any detention.

"Class dismissed," she just said tiredly, before turning her heal and walking out of the classroom, a slight limp in her step.

At dinner that day, no one was even the slightest surprised when a banner with turkey McGonagall and Buffy chasing her, was hanging over the head table.


A/N: I know, I know, another happy-go-lucky-chapter. But things won't be that way forever! Promise! After all, it is a war out there, and it will show. After chap 31 (graduation) things will turn darker, and the all-light-side of the story has then come to an end. Well, mostly. Anyway, I hoped you liked it! REVIEW!

/Ida