Disclaimers: Now that I have lost my wallet, I don't even own a library card, let alone B:tVS or HP.
A/N: Yay! Action! Action is good, right?
Thank you to all the wonderful reviewers on I have over thirty reviews on the first five chapters, thanks you all so much! I'm glad you all like it, too.
Kail Blade: Don't worry. Buffy is not a more powerful witch than Harry, she just has some different spells, which, of course, Harry will eventually learn. I don't see how its stupid though if I did.
Sabia: Drake will be disappearing into the dark realms of Background characters soon. And his name is not voluntary. He's always the Dimensional traveler in my fics, up until now only one-shots, whenever they need one. Unfortunately, no Dawn is impossible, but you might like how much(or, for the optimist, how little) we'll see her.
It seems that every second day updates are more popular, I'll keep updating often that way throughout the summer, but I may have to slow it down once school starts again.
HBP spoilers start here, not in chapter 2, my bad. Anyways, anyone notice what I said about Sirius in chapter 4?
And so it becoughcontinues.
Harry woke up drenched in a cold sweat. Given his normal nightmares, this wasn't anything special. However, what was different was that, for the first time in a long while, his scar was hurting. This meant that either Voldemort was really happy or really angry and lost control of the occlumency keeping their minds separate.
He could barely remember what he had dreamed about, but he was pretty sure it had to do with some girl who was always messing up his-no-Voldemort's, plans. She had been found.
Harry realized he did not know anything more than that. No feeling of who it was, no amount of hate, just cold want. But if there was no emotion, then why had Voldemort's control slip.
Unless of course, it hadn't...
Willow was sitting in her room in the Hyperion, thinking. She was still amazed to find out that her one of her best friends was actually a character from one of her favorite book series. She was also slightly annoyed that help for her, when she had been addicted to magic was very close by, only a drop of blood away, as she had learnt. However, she could understand Buffy's lack of telling given that if she had told them before she had permission, 'bad things' would happen to her.
She also remembered what Drake had told them about fiction and possibilities. "If you look far enough, you can find anything." Did that mean it might be possible to find a world where Tara was still alive? She banished those thoughts in an instant, not willing to open old wounds.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, I HAVE TO GO BACK" Willows thoughts were interupted as Buffy shouted. Willow got up, confused, and went down the hall to Buffy's room, where the noise was coming from. She saw Drake and Buffy standing in the center of the room and arguing.
"Harry needs you, Buffy. He thinks your dead. He thinks he is responsible for Dumbledore's death, Cedric's death, and YOUR death. His conscience is too fully loaded down. It isn't good for him, it broke him. Now he needs to fight Voldemort, and I honestly do not know if he'll win if he's as broken as he is now."
"But it's been what; 7 years since I left? Surely he's gotten over it by now."
"He hasn't. It hurt him more than either of us predicted. He really liked you, you know. And anyways, he's not the only reason it. Big V is in the Hunt a Buffy game now. As far as my intelligence services know, Voldemort located you sometime yesterday. He has it out for you, my spy reports, but currently I have absolutely no idea why. And, given how Voldie acts fast I wouldn't be surprised if he sent Death Eaters after you."
Buffy thought about Drake had told her. Then something leapt out at her.
"How could he send them here? They'd have to cross dimensions, wouldn't they? Please tell me they did not steal one of your ships." Buffy said very fast as she sat down on her bed.
"No, Buffy, they did not steal one of my ships. I keep a closer eye on them than on you." Buffy gave Drake a slightly hurt look, and Drake smiled. "Not that much closer, Princess. But they have magic. Voldemort developed a new spell to make portals on the go. I don't know how, though, but my spy says it's unbelievably comples."
"Who is this spy you keep talking about. Anyone I know?"
"Actually, yes. He's a guy who wants redemption. He did a few bad deeds, but overall he's a decent, but I won't say good, guy who happened to be raised in a harsh environment."
Buffy groaned.
"Oh. Let me guess. Draco Malfoy."
"Yup. When I met him, he was going to kill himself. He held himself responsible for Dumbledore's death, even though he actually didn't do it himself. We had a talk, he decided he didn't actually want to die, and he accepted my business offer. I made him immune to any mind reading, impossible to force to give up secrets, and gave him an amulet to divert some pain should he be hit by a Crucio. In return, he tells me all the goings on in Voldemort's inner circle, and most of the time all of the major plans."
"You are not going to be able to convince me he is on our side, Drake. You know I hate him. He was such an asshole to me when I was there. I won't ever..."
But Buffy never got a chance to say what she would never, as they heard a booming sound coming from the floor below. Buffy jumped up from her seat on the bed, and rushed out the door, sparing barely a glimpse at Willow, as she ran down the stairs. Drake and Willow hurried after her.
They raced down the stairs, and saw a large group of people, all wearing billowing cloaks darker than the night sky, and masks looking like a mutated version of Scream masks. Buffy stopped. She stared at them, gaping. She backed up slowly, and didn't try to act afraid.
"Can we help you?" She asked.
"Actually, yes. Tell us where the mudblood Hermione Granger is or," He paused for dramatic effect, and Buffy recognized the voice. Severus Snape. "We kill you all."
"Oh. Is that so? You know, I really don't like being threatened. And I don't give up the locations of friends, either. Especially to people who would probably kill them."
"Insolent girl. Tell us or you all feel the consequences of your stupidity."
That was when Buffy lost it.
"I am not stupid! And you, you evil, traitorous fool. You killed Albus Dumbledore, you submitted Harry to the Cruciatus! You don't deserve to live, Severus Snape!" The last two words were pronounced as if they were the greatest insult ever.
"You!" Another voice, female and high-pitched. "You're the mudblood! You disgusting freak! You..."
The Death Eater, for that was what they were, went flying backwards, colliding with wall, and slumping to the ground. And Willow slowly lowered her hand.
"Noone talks about my best friend like that!"
At this point, the rest of the Death Eaters decided it was time to attack. They pulled out their wands, and started firing curses and hexes at them. But the attempt was negated by a shield conjured by Willow. Meanwhile, the five-or-so slayers who had come down to see the happenings were ducking out of the way of the various spells and were slowly, but surely, knocking out the Death Eaters, who were barely defending themselves.
Soon, there was only one left standing. Snape was standing in the middle of an advancing circle of Slayers.
He muttered to himself "I must not fail the mission".
Then he pointed his wand at Buffy, who had also raised her wand.
"Avada Kedavera!" Snape shouted, at the same time as Buffy shouted "Protege Anima!"
There was a green flash.
There was an orange flash.
There was an explosion.
Then there was silence.
A/N: There's the chapter, hope you all like it. I expect the next update to be either Saturday or Sunday, but I am not sure, might be later.
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-TSL210