Author's Note 1: Sorry about the delay, but I've been really busy with graduating and with work. Hopefully the next update won't be as long. Thank you to my lovely beta, Chirs. And thanks to everyone who reviewed. You guys are the best. Please keep it up. And Chiki-B, your reviews made my day. They really perked me up.

A/N 2: I'd like to have a poll. It's just a simple yes or no answer. I just want to know if you guys want Buffy and Spike to get back together. At this point I could go either way. Just let me know one way or the other. If I don't have them together then I already know what will happen with Buffy.

A/N 3: The answers to the previous trivia questions are: 1) Spike in "Becoming: Pt 1", 2) that if he hurts Buffy then she will beat him to death with a shovel, & 3) a truth spell.

Previously on Phoenix Child:

Once Dumbledore was sure that Sirius and Snape weren't going to continue he began. "As you all know, as headmaster of Hogwarts, I make it my job, as all other headmasters before me, to know everything going on in this school and on the grounds surrounding it. Unfortunately, as of late, I have not had this pleasure. With Miss Summers' involvement this year I haven't known much of anything that has gone on here since term began. It seems that Miss Summers is quite the force to be reckoned with. Not only is she the longest lived, and most powerful slayer in history, but she is also the first slayer in all of history to be a witch as well."

"But the Slayer fights for the side of good," Tonks told him. "Wouldn't that mean that the Slayer is good and not evil?""Not necessarily," Dumbledore informed her and everyone else. "The essence that makes a girl, or woman in our case, the Slayer, is pure evil. It is a demon essence that was first placed in a young girl that gave her the strength and the skill to fight the forces of evil. The Slayer walks the line of good and evil every night and slayers in the past have been known to fall off that line. And with the added power of being a witch, and an extremely powerful one at that… I just don't know."

Before another word could be said the door to Dumbledore's office opened and in walked a woman no one except for Dumbledore himself had ever seen before. The woman had strawberry blonde hair, pale skin, and crystal blue eyes. She was extremely beautiful.

"You!" Sirius cried out, pointing at her. "You were in my dream."

Buffy didn't know what to do. If she moved to escape then her and Faith were both dead. But if she stayed then it would probably be better if they were dead. At least they wouldn't have to feel the pain of torture. Buffy didn't know what the survival rate was for either option but she knew that neither one was good. Just as she was about to take a chance and run for it someone took the Death Eater out from behind, saving her and Faith.Buffy expected to see the face of Willow, Xander, or another member of the gang. What she saw was someone she never expected to see ever again. With his bleach blonde hair and leather duster, she would know him anywhere."Spike?" Buffy croaked out."No time for questions, Luv," Spike told her, reaching out his hand. "We've got to go."

Chapter 45

"You were in my dream!" Sirius shouted from the other side of the room,

pointing at the strange woman.

The entire room full of occupants was quiet as they all turned to stare

between the young woman and Sirius. After a moment the silence was

broken by no other than the woman on the receiving end of Sirius' finger.

"Well, that's the first," the woman said. "Usually I get much better

pick up lines. I mean come on, 'You were in my dream'? You've got to do

better than that if you ever want to get a date. I'm sure Batman over

there can do much better."

"Batman?" someone asked, severely confused.

"Tall, dark, and greasy over there," she said, pointing at the potions

professor. "He sure looks like an over grown bat."

At this comment, Sirius found it extremely hard not to laugh out right.

He tried to mask his laugh with a cough but he was very unsuccessful.

The glare from Snape only made Sirius laugh even harder. And once again

all the attention was back on Sirius. When Sirius noticed this he began

to muffle his laughter.

"Sorry," he said, looking away from Professor Dumbledore as he cleared

his throat.

"Before we were interrupted," Dumbledore said, looking over in Sirius'

direction, "I was about to introduce you to my niece, Galiana(lol.

Spellcheck just told me that galleon is a word. I guess harry potter has

a bigger influence on life than I thought) Sayani."

"Hello, everyone," the no longer mysterious woman said before turning

to Sirius, who had been staring at her since she walked in. "Do you have

a staring problem or something? You're seriously creeping me out."

This time Snape had a hard time not laughing out loud. Fortunately for

him, he was much better at coughing then Sirius was. A fact that Sirius

hated. And unfortunately for Snape, his "coughing" attracted the

attention of one Galiana Sayani.

"This is such a large castle," Galiana said. "I'm sure I'll be getting

lost for at least a month. I wanted to find someone to show me around

tonight, and I believe you're just the person."

At that moment Snape did something he never did before: he stuttered.

"W-what? I... I... don't think..."

"It's too soon isn't it?" Galiana asked Snape without really expecting

an answer from the potions professor. "You're right. We're rushing into

this. It's just too soon."

"I-I... that's not w-what..."

"You're right, it is too soon," Galiana said to Snape. "How is tomorrow

morning for you? Pick me up at eight."

With one last glance at Snape and a short wave to her uncle, Galiana

left the room to go in search of her own. And once again the room was

silenced.

In another part of the castle Harry was pacing back and forth... Back

and forth and back and forth. The portraits residing on the walls all

wondered whether or not it was actually possible to wear holes into the

ground. If it was possible, then they all had their money on Potter

being the first person to do it. After all, it wasn't everyday the son of

James Potter was out of the common room after hours and wasn't getting

into trouble. If the Marauders could see him now they would be highly

disappointed.

Harry looked at his watch again for the upteenth time that evening. The

glowing numbers read 8:13.

'Where is she?' Harry wondered to himself, finally changing the

direction of his pasing(passing or pacing?). Unfortunately for the floor, it

was still on the same path, only backwards. 'She's late. And she's the

one who made this meeting.'

Just as Harry was about to change directions again, Luna showed up,

completely out of breath.

"I'm sorry I'm late," she apologised, gasping for air. "I was reading

this fascinating article about Charred Horned Effenals when I noticed

the time. I got here as soon as I could. I hope you weren't waiting

long."

"No, not long," Harry told her, when in actuality he had been waiting

there for 24 minutes. Give or take a minute or two. Between his

direction pacings he may have lost count. He wasn't sure. "I just got here."

The two students just stood there in the hallway and staring at each

other in uncomfortable silence.

"So..." They both started at the same time which caused them to laugh.

At least the tension was broken a little. But only a little.

"You first," Luna said, even though she was the one who had asked Harry

to meet her there in the first place.

"No," Harry said. "You go first. I insist."

"Okay," she said, now more nervous then before. "Well, you know that

we're having a Hogsmeade weekend coming up and I was just wondering..."

"You were wondering what?"

"I was... I was just wondering if you would go with me?" When Harry

didn't respond she quickly continued. "If you don't want to go then I

understand. I'm different and not many people like me, I just thought you

were different and I just-"

"Yes," Harry said. "I'd like to go with you."

"-thought that maybe... Wait a minute," Luna said. "You'll go with me?

Because I'd understand if you didn't-"

"Luna!" Harry called, stopping her worried babble. "I want to go with

you."

He blushed a little. So did she.

"Oh," Luna said. "I just... I'll see you then, right?"

"I'll meet you at 4:30 on Saturday outside the Great Hall," Harry said.

"Okay. Then bye," Luna said, giving him a quick peck on the cheek

before running off in the opposite direction.

"Bye," Harry said, smiling and touching his cheek where Luna had kissed

him only seconds before.

T.B.C.

A/N: I know this chapter is short, but I figured you guys would like to read something rather than nothing at all.Work is really chaotic right now so I don't know when I'll be able to write more. This is why this post is so short. Just bear with me right now. I will finish this story. So don't worry.

Trivia Questions:

1) Who is the lead singer in Dingoes Ate My Baby?

2)What does Voldy's name mean?

3) 4 pts What is the name of James Marsters' band?