Okay can someone gimme the exact definition of a Mary Sue? I dunno ppl keep confusing me about it. If I've done it, oh well. Honestly, I really couldn't care less, I just want to know. I write cuz I like it and it makes me feel good and if I'm depressed, it brings me up. If people wanna review about how much my story sucks or how it's sooo Mary Sue, then I don't really care. What really bugs me is that when I go follow their names to their profile I see nothing written. No stories, nothing. Zip, zilch, nada. How can you go tell someone how much their story sucks and how Mary Sue it is when you haven't even had the guts to write a story yourself. I like it when ppl review my story and I don't mind when they give constructive criticism, in fact it's great, it helps. But to read one paragraph and say it's a Mary Sue is stupid. Especially when you haven't written a story yourself. My best by far was from my first story "Keep Me Safe." Buffy was in it for one paragraph and she was taken right out from a scene from the TV show in the last season. But someone wrote to me and said Buffy is so Mary Sue. So yeah makes me wonder what is the proper definition of a Mary Sue. Can someone help me out? But to all those out there who decided not to constructively criticize but rip into not only myself but other authors as well, pls get off your high horse and try doing something yourself before you go and put down others down. Then maybe you can see how it feels. Cuz yeah i love writing and will continue but it's not right that people do it
Title: Until it Sleeps- Chapter 14?-Home
Author: Harmoni
Crossover: BTVS/HP
Rating: 14 … for swearing and violence… cuz I have a bad potty mouth hehehe
Summary: Someone pulls a Buffy but what's a Buffy? But they aren't the only one. Meet the prophesized two warriors and a special guest .2nd in a series right after Keep Me Safe. Might want to read that one first thanks to the nice big gap in between them.
Disclaimer: Joss gets the Buffyverse, Rowling gets the Potterverse, and I got an idea that just wouldn't leave me alone….stupid brain…. Oh and for this chapter there is another character at the end who doesn't belong to me but she's for another part of this series
Spoilers: This takes place in the seventh year for Harry and the gang. The sixth book didn't happen cause I wrote my own sixth year.. YAY! This is after the seventh season of Buffy, I guess a year after now.
Feedback: Would love it, please tell me what you think. I wanna know if I still got some of my old readers so please drop me a line
"Dawn?"
The former Sunnydale teen looked up, smiling at her older sister. "What's up?"
"I was hoping you could tell me." Buffy replied stopping in front of her. "What's up with Alexa?"
Dawn looked momentarily confused until realization hit her. "Oh you mean Kat and her quest to be like Alexa when she went all angry last year."
"Not exactly, no, well kind of. Spike thinks Draco and her have been fighting, again. I think it has something to do with Kat."
Dawn shrugged. "Maybe it's both. She's been stressing about Kat, maybe that led to a fight between them."
"Do me a favor?" Buffy asked.
"Talk to her?" Dawn asked with a knowing smile. "Yeah, I'll see what I can dig up."
As Buffy went to walk away, her sister called her back. "Are you going to give the papers to her?"
Buffy frowned. "Spike would love that, so would I but it makes it a bit more complicated with her sister being back. WE have you and Draco and yes we were cleared to have Alexa too but that was hard. I doubt we'd be able to get Kat."
"They're 17." Dawn pointed out. "Legal in the wizarding world and 11 months shy of being legal adults in the Muggle World. Just offer them a place to stay."
Buffy smiled at her sister with fondness. "When did you get so smart?"
"Oh sometime during the First. It's been snowballing since then."
Buffy made a face as she walked away. "Don't be getting smarter then me." She called back.
"Too late." Dawn yelled after her.
"Mama, just killed a man, put a gun against his head pulled my trigger now he's dead…."
Alexa winced as her sister walked into the room, singing the song made famous by Queen, and until last March was one that she had loved.
"Mama, life has just begun, and now I've gone and thrown it all away."
Alexa glared at her sister. She used to love that song but now it struck to close to home…if you could call Lucius Malfoy a man. And if you replaced the gun with the sword and then her literally throwing her life- Okay she didn't like where her thoughts were going so instead she went back to focusing her glare on her sister who jumped onto her bed.
"Mama, oooo, didn't mean to make you cry, if I'm not back again this time tomorrow, carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters."
"That's classified as rock. You hate rock." Alexa reminded her through gritted teeth.
Kat grinned. "No I don't, I just prefer Rap. Too late my time has come, send shivers down my spine; body's aching all the time."
Alexa rolled her eyes and tried to focus on her book. But Kat just kept on singing.
"Good-bye everybody, I've got to go. Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth."
"Hey Kat, I'm a little busy studying, you wanna go sing somewhere else?"
"Whatcha studying?"
"Books." She replied, "You should try it sometime."
Kat raised her middle finger. "Mama, oooo, I don't want to die, I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all."
"Katarina." Alexa snapped, throwing down her book.
Kat's eyes went wide as she took in her sister's angry face. Alexa never got this angry with her.
"Get out." Alexa snapped.
Kat's eyes widened even more. "But Lexi-"
"No. I hate that song. I don't even know why you'd sing it. It's horrible, it's wretched."
"Oh my god, you sound like someone who's British." Kat teased her trying to lighten the mood, but Alexa was unfazed as she continued to glare at her sister.
Kat stood up and moved towards the door. "God, don't get your panties in a bunch"
Alexa advanced on her.
"It's just a song."
She growled and jumped at Kat, who let out a little yelp and scurried out the door. Alexa collapsed against the door and let out a deep breath. Song or not, it hit a little too close to home and she wasn't exactly comfortable with that. And her sister of all people should've known how much that would bother her. Unless what Harry said was true and this wasn't really her sister but she didn't want to think about that. At least not yet.
There was a tapping at her window and she opened it to let Kat, her owl, fly in and land on her bed, a piece of parchment tied to her.
Alexa stared at her with a raised eyebrow. Who would be writing to her? Everyone she knew, that knew she was alive, or a witch, or a Slayer, or even on this side of the Atlantic, was at Hogwarts. Well Angel and company aside. But she never met them and they had no reason to write to her. Kat, the owl hooted impatiently and she rolled her eyes stepping forward and untying the parchment.
Her Girlie,
Meet me in the astronomy tower alone, I wanna talk to you. We've barely had any time since you've been back. 10 minutes.
Dawn.
Okay, nothing too bad, it was just Dawn and since Draco technically held part ownership of Kat, the owl, it made sense that Dawn would use her, considering they were related. At least Kat was getting some use, unlike last year.
Feeding Kat some owl treats, Alexa quickly put her book she was reading away under her bed. She didn't want anyone to know she was reading it. Peaking out of the door, she saw Kat, her sister, staring moodily into the fireplace. Sirius sat in the chair, reading the Daily Prophet. Alexa tiptoed out trying to avoid them both, which was stupid since Kat could hear her no problem.
"Where are you going?" Her sister asked, turning to her with a scowl.
Sirius looked up at her and she flashed him a smile.
"Out for a walk." She told her sister, still miffed about the song.
"Can't I come?"
Alexa sent her another glare as she reached the door. "Don't you have another song to sing?"
She slammed the portrait door and Sirius let out a low whistle. "What did you do to piss her off?"
"I'm sorry I don't remember talking to you." Kat replied in a snarky tone.
Sirius sighed and folded up the paper. "You know Kat, I never really got the chance to get to know you yet."
"A pity, isn't it?" She asked in the same tone.
"Actually no, not really. I was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt, being Ally's sister and all. But I don't think that's going to happen anymore."
"Look at me cry." She said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
Sirius shook his head in disgust and stood up. "Yes, I can see it's very upsetting. You want me to be honest. I don't like you very much. You haven't given me or anyone else reason to like you very much."
"Feelings mutual." She snapped.
"Don't you care how much this may be affecting Ally? I care about her well being and what happens to her and what you're doing to her."
"Well you should stop." Kat snapped standing up. "That's my job. Alexa is my sister; she's my family, not yours."
"Ally is like the daughter I never had, okay?"
"No. You're not her father." Kat screeched. "She has one. She doesn't need you we don't need you. So just stay far away from her."
"And if I don't?" He challenged.
Her eyes narrowed. "Then I'll make sure you don't go near her."
"Is that a threat?"
"Take it how you want" She said before leaving the room also slamming the portrait door.
"What is going on?" Roz asked, coming into another portrait. "Who angered the twins?"
The second bedroom door opened and Draco's head appeared, his eyes wide.
"You too?" He asked.
Sirius nodded flopping down onto the couch.
"Don't like her." He growled.
"You're not the only one." Draco said, leaning against the door. "You should have heard her earlier talking to me."
Sirius stared at the former Slytherin Prince, contemplating his next question. But he just had to know.
"Did you call Kat a Mudblood?"
Draco flushed and looked down, causing Sirius to look surprised. Not that he called her that but because he looked guilty for it.
"Why?" He asked.
"It slipped. We were arguing, actually she was treating me like shit. She threatened me, it slipped out."
Sirius nodded. He, oddly enough, believed Draco. Who wouldn't after the way Kat treated him. It was unfortunate though that he couldn't say anything To Ally. At least not yet. She was determined that something had happened to her sister when she came back. She wasn't ready to believe her sister could just do something like this on her own. And Sirius couldn't be sure of which one it was but something inside told him it was the latter. Jealousy. It drove any person insane. It drove them to do awful things to people they were supposed to love or protect. Look at Peter Pettigrew. Jealousy, bitterness, it destroyed him made him turn on his friends and join Voldemort. He'd have to keep an eye on the older twin. He couldn't let the same thing happen, not again and not to Ally.
"Wouldn't it have been easier to just come to my dorm?" Alexa drawled as Dawn entered the Astronomy tower.
"And risk running into your sister? Forget it. I thought sending your owl would be nice."
"Yes everyone's loving Kat, hey?"
"You guys have a fight?"
"Somewhat. She was singing a song that was driving me nuts, and if she cared wouldn't be singing it." Alexa replied swinging herself up onto the window ledge.
"What song?" Dawn asked, accepting Alexa's help and joining the Slayer up on the ledge.
"Bohemian Rhapsody." Alexa whispered, looking down.
Dawn was silent as she went through the song in her mind. She gasped as she realized what the words to the song were.
"Are you kidding me?" She asked in disbelief.
" I kid you not." She dryly remarked.
"Why would she do that?"
Alexa shrugged.
"Is that why you and Draco are fighting?"
"You talked to him?" Alexa asked.
"No but things I've heard. What's going on?"
"He called Kat a Mudblood."
Dawn shook her head. "No, I don't believe it."
She shrugged. "Well he didn't exactly deny it when I confronted him about it." She flushed. "Okay, maybe I didn't give him a chance. But why would Kat lie to me?"
"Why would Draco? He loves you Alexa, really loves you and because of you he's changed. He lives in the Muggle World himself. Why would he do that?"
"Why would Kat lie?"
"Because she hates everyone."
Alexa looked up in surprise.
"She's been nice to a handful of people since she's been here." Dawn explained. "At meals, you're never there so she usually disappears to or eats near us but totally ignores us. She talks to Hermione once in awhile but that's it."
"I don't like where any of this is going." Alexa groaned. "She's my sister, my family but you guys. You've been my family since last year. I don't want to be stuck in the middle of this."
"We don't want to put you in the middle Lexa. Why do you think no one has said anything until you forced it out of them? You have enough on your mind."
Alexa raised an eyebrow.
"Oh come on, it's obvious why you don't go in the Great Hall. I think you'll ace all your NEWTS. You don't have to study anymore."
Alexa went red, causing Dawn to laugh.
"Hey, it's no big deal. No one cares, we just want to give you your space and when your ready to talk or deal, we're there."
"Thanks Dawn." Alexa said a smile coming to her face. "I should probably go talk to Draco and get everything sorted out with my sister, it's not going to be easy."
"She feels threatened, I guess, let her know she isn't."
They slid off the window sill as the door to the astronomy tower burst open and her sister came running in tears streaming down her face.
"Lexi." She cried.
"Kat what's wrong?" Alexa asked opening her arms for her sister. "Why are you crying?"
"It's-it's nothing." She sobbed her head buried in her sister's robes.
"Of course it's something, what's going on?"
"It's just- after you left he- Sirius was-"
"Hey calm down." Alexa soothed her sister. Her anger from earlier completely forgotten. "Take a deep breath and tell me what happened."
"After you left. Sirius started complaining about how he doesn't like me upsetting you and how he's glad he hadn't gotten the chance to know me because he doesn't like me very much. I'm sorry for upsetting you." Kat sobbed. "I didn't mean to but I don't know why he said that to me. I know you wanted to come here alone but I was so upset and you're my sister and best friend and I didn't know who else to go to because Draco hates me and I feel like an outcast in my own room." She wailed.
"Oh Kit Kat, I'm so sorry. Look I'll talk to them and we'll get this all figured out."
"No, no, I don't want you fighting because of me."
Dawn shook her head in disbelief. Was this more lies from Alexa's twin? Would Sirius really have said that, especially knowing it could get back to Alexa easily.
Kat raised her head, a look of triumph on her face but as she caught Dawn's look of disgust, her eyes narrowed and Dawn's narrowed right back. If Kat thought she could get away with this, she had another thing coming.
After Alexa finally calmed down her sister she stormed back to their common room but there was no sign of Sirius at all. She waited for him as Kat went to bed but still he did not appear. Finally she went to Draco's room and pounded on his door, impatiently tapping her foot. He finally opened the door, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Alexa?" He asked in surprise.
"I want the truth and I want it now." She snapped.
"Hold on." He said, closing the door for a few minutes.
She went back to impatiently tapping her foot, nervously sending glances to her door, hoping her sister wouldn't appear. She didn't know why but she didn't want her sister knowing she was talking to Draco. It made her uneasy and left her more confused then ever.
Finally, Draco's door opened again and a hand shot out, grabbing her arm and pulling her in. The door locked behind her and he quickly did a locking charm.
"There, no one can come in and no one can eavesdrop." He said
"Why you plan on keeping me here?" She asked with a scowl.
Draco sighed, running a hand through his bed rumpled hair. "Alexa look-"
"No, I want the truth Draco."
"And I'll tell you the truth." He replied in an exasperated voice.
When he didn't continue, she rolled her eyes. "Did you or did you not call my sister a Mudblood."
He looked up in surprise. This wasn't the question he was expecting. "Is that why you're mad at me?"
"What the hell did you think I was talking about?"
He looked embarrassed and looked away. "Nothing."
"Well" she prompted. "Did you call her a Mudblood?"
"Yes."
She slapped him across the face. Hard.
He rubbed his cheek pushing back down his anger. "That was not very cool." He said through clenched teeth.
"And calling my sister a Mudblood is?"
"Do you know how much of a cow your sister is, luv?"
Smack.
He growled as she slapped him again. "You gonna just think the worse or are you going to listen to my side of the story."
She gave a harsh laugh. "Dawn told me to give you the benefit of the doubt. I did, you admitted it, what more do I need?"
"Do you love me?"
Her jaw dropped. "What kind of question is that?"
"If you loved me, don't you think you'd at least be fair and hear me out."
She grew angry again. "That's my sister. What good reason is there to call my sister, my family something as horrible as that. I thought you were above that. I guess I was wrong."
She went to leave his room but he grabbed her arm.
"Let me go." She hissed.
"Not until you talk to me."
"I'll make you let me go."
"Try." He replied. "I dare you."
She glared at him as he pushed her up against the wall.
"What you think that because you were deemed special as a baby and given potions you can take me?"
He dropped his hands in surprise. "You know?" He asked.
She nodded. "I've known since I was- I found out in the summer."
"So you know everything?
"That you're not a Malfoy? The potion the looks, oh yeah I know it all." She looked at him closely. "Is that why you thought I was mad at you?"
He nodded. "I thought you just found out and you hated me for that."
"Do you think I would be mad over something like that? You didn't have a choice. That never bothered me, that's why I've never said anything, cause it doesn't matter. Mind you I am curious to find out who your father is."
But he ignored her question.
"If I knew it was as stupid as something as calling your sister a mudblood, I would've laughed it off."
He put his hand over her mouth so he could finish explaining.
"Your sister has been riding my ass since the night of your birthday party. I think she somehow knows my little secret and she's been using every chance she can to taunt me. When I called her that it slipped. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have but she just won't keep shut. I don't care how much you love your sister, she's evil."
Anger flared up in her eyes but he didn't remove his hand.
"And today her and Sirius were having a row in the common room. He was talking about getting to know her better when she went off on him. Said she was glad she didn't know him and she told him to stay away from you, or else."
Her eyes widened and he slowly removed his hand.
"Did Sirius say he hated her?"
"No he said with the way she's been acting he doesn't want to get to know her and he doesn't like her very much."
"Kat told me." She said weakly." She found me and was crying and said Sirius was saying awful things and that he hated her."
Draco shook his head. " She was saying a lot worse. She's trying to turn you against us Ally."
"Don't say that." She weakly protested.
"Why can't you see this?"
"Stop." She cried sinking to the floor and covering her ears. "Stop saying this. My sister loves me. She wouldn't do that to me."
He knelt down in front of her. "Baby, I don't want to hurt you, I just want you to know the truth."
"She came back wrong." She sobbed. "I don't even know if that's her."
"Have you told anyone?"
She nodded. "Harry knows, I told Buffy and Spike, I just want my sister back."
He pulled her into his arms. "And I'll help you figure out what's going on. I promise."
She shook her head. "No I can do this on my own. I gotta deal with Kat in my own way."
She stood up, pulling out his wand to unlock his door.
"Alexa, wait."
"Go to sleep Draco, I'm sorry for the fight. But I gotta go, there's somewhere I gotta be."
"Where?" He asked
"Home." He heard her whispered reply before the door closed.
Alexa snuck out of their common room and did her best to avoid everyone. She left the castle, lifting her robe over her head and dropping it to the ground so she was left in a pair of jeans and a red sweater. Looking around she went quickly to the gates and left the boundaries of Hogwarts. Concentrating really hard, she apparated to her destination. She had never apparated that far before and was relieved when she appeared in one piece after carefully checking herself over.
And then she looked up.
Bad mistake.
She didn't even ready herself for it. Her eyes filled with tears as she looked up at the house she had grown up in. It was dark and she wondered if anyone had ever bought it. It did look abandoned and knew it would be hard to sell after the kind of tragedy that happened in there.
She walked up to the house, wondering what on earth made her come back here. Why now? But something called to her and she was sure the stress she was dealing with from her sister just gave her the overwhelming sense to go home. She wanted to go to where her family was buried but she had no idea where that was and she felt guilty that before now she never bothered looking. But she had a feeling that her Aunt had them taken back to Toronto where her mother was originally from. Both sets of grandparents had died. Her dad was an only child and her mom just had her younger sister who she rarely saw because she was traveling so much for her job. Alexa idolized her aunt and wondered how she was doing now. She felt bad for never contacting her but she had been too afraid of what could happen if she did.
But now, Alexa pushed all that aside as she slowly walked up to her house and gave the door knob a hard tug, easily breaking the lock before stepping inside. She paused for a moment, taking it all in. She hadn't been here for over a year, since she found everyone and now she felt suffocated. Everything felt so wrong, being here was wrong.
She walked into the living room, stopping briefly before continuing on down the hall. She didn't stop at her room but went to her parent's room, pushing the door open and stopping. It was bare now but she could see it just as if it still contained their bed and dressers. A small smile came to her face but was quickly replaced by one of horror as she saw the room now with blood everywhere and the bodies of her family strewn across it. She shook her head and left the room, trailing her hand along the wall as she went to her old room. She walked in and stopped remembering all the memories from here. She smiled again, walking across to the window and sitting down at the window seat, looking outside onto the road. She used to sit here all the time when she wanted to think, it was her favorite spot.
Alexa's smile froze as a car pulled into the driveway. Was the house sold? Was this the new owner?
The driver stepped out and closed the car door, staring hard at the house, or more at precisely Alexa. They both gasped at the same time. It was her Aunt. Of all the days her aunt would be in BC, of all the moments, why today, why now, why this precise time?
"Lexa?" She saw her aunt mutter a confused look on her face as she stared hard at her.
Alexa's eyes widened and she dropped out of view. She had to get out of here now. There was way too much explaining to do and she was unsure if her Aunt could handle this, not to mention it was all a little unbelievable, then having to explain that Kat was back, from the dead. That would be a good one there. As far as the Muggle World was concerned Kat was dead and Alexa was possibly out there, somewhere, hiding.
The front door opened and Alexa panicked more. She couldn't apparate while her Aunt was right there, it was too loud. Oh god what should she do?
"Is anyone here?" Her Aunt asked. "Alexa are you back? Sweetie, I just want to talk to you, I've been worried sick not knowing what happened to you."
Alexa picked herself up off the floor, her mind racing as she tried to figure out what to do. She could hear her Aunt right outside and she had maybe 3 seconds if that, to make a decision. But the decision was made for her as loud cracks echoed through the empty house.
"Who the hell are you?" Her aunt asked. "How did you get in here?
"This isn't her." Alexa heard a deep voice reply.
She was across the room in half a second and had the door thrown open, kicking the nearest guy in the back of the head, who had his wand up and the killing curse on his lips.
Deatheaters. How they found her, how they knew, she didn't know, but she'd kill them all before she'd let them touch her aunt.
"You touch her and I'll break every bone in your fucking body." She snapped, punching another Deatheater in the face.
There were two more and she dodged one of their spells before jumping at him with a kick to the face. She landed as she heard the fourth guy, yell the killing curse and she jumped across the hallway, tackling her aunt to the ground inside of James old bedroom.
"Alexa?" Her aunt asked, confusion all over her face.
Alexa slammed the door closed leaning heavily against it.
"Hey Aunt Trish."
Outside she heard more cracks as more Deatheaters apparated in.
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