A/N: Hmm ok so I'm not really that sure if anyone's reading this any more, so if you are a review would be great. I would really love you guys to tell me what you want more of and what my fic is missing. Thanks xxx
Disclaimer: The title of this chapter is actually the title of one of "RadioHead's" albums so it's not mine and the song belongs to The normal.
Chapter twenty-eight, Hail to the thief.
Warm Leatherette
See the breaking glass
In the underpass
See the breaking glass
In the underpass
Dawn felt slightly elated as she walked through a grimy car park with Ray. It was Valentines day and all over the world happy couples were enjoying the heart filled day. Ray was determined to make the day nice for Dawn. They weren't going out but were as he put it 'bates besties'.
Dawn slung her arm through the blond boys and snuggled up to him. He glanced side ways at her but clearly didn't mind all that much.
"So Ray what's this big surprise?" She asked suspiciously.
"You'll see darlin, don't worry I aint gonna embarrass you,' he replied laughing.
Dawn looked around her, noticing for the first time how bleak and oppressing each day seemed to have become. The war was taking it's toll, thin mist swept the city and every time Dawn sore a withdrawn face she suspected it was a victim of Voldemorts wrath.
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Buffy was walking as fast as she could. She was trying desperately to get as far away from Lola as possible. For some reason the newbie was pissing her of. Buffy had suggested that they both go shopping that day seeing as Willow was of with some girl she met the other day, Faith was gallivanting around bars with Spike, Xander had somehow scraped himself a date and Angel was visiting L.A.
Lola was being awfully morbid, Bufy had never noticed just how cynical and sarcastic she was. Buffy was now rushing down Oxford Street, she was of too Selfridges and Lola was browsing Topshop.
The blond carefully navigated her way through the overly crowded streets. She felt as if she was in a sea of greed and martialism. The long road that stretched out further than infinity was stormed by people. Every shop was decked out in tacky lights and red confetti, it was sickening.
Buffy veered into a side alley and bumped strait into a very muscular and handsome red head.
Hear the crushing steel
Feel the steering wheel
Hear the crushing steel
Feel the steering wheel
Dawn was to say the least a little nervous by now. Ray was now walking her up a hill that stretched out for miles.
"We're here," Ray said.
Dawn came to a halt and took in her surroundings. They were on the very top of the green hill and looking down onto the borough of Primrose Hill. Dawn could see a council estate near by. On one of the balconies there was slightly plump black woman with a scar over her face, a youngish girl stood next to her. Dawn, even though they were standing so far away, could make out the womans lips saying something like "Deon" a bird subsequently flew of up into the clear skies.
"Hay Ray," Dawn said.
"Yeah?"
"Thanks,' Dawn smiled, she felt so happy she could burst, finally someone excepted her.
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Hermione was feeling slightly noxious as she sat in DADA. She was trying desperately to ignore her class mates antics but it was rather hard. The whole of Hogwarts was buzzing with LURV (i.e. every one was getting of with each other). At breakfast they had been forced to eat butter carved into hearts and pink pumpkin juice.
Now her whole class were being entirely inappropriate, Blaze and a girl Tyler had cast of a few months ago were snogging and doing allot more at the back of the class.
Harry was giving tips to Ron on how he should ask Lavender out, even though she was more depressed than Winky the house elf. And Hermione could just see Malfoy scribbling away at a piece of paper with the title "how to brake him".
"Master Nott if you wouldn't mind demonstrating?" Snape said thunderously to Theodore Nott. "You can try it on...Miss Granger." Snapes lips curled and he whisked the desks to the side.
"W...What?" Hermione asked
"MasterNott is going to demonstrate the abeo curse, a spell that disconnects one from their body so the opponent has time to kill them," Snape replied.
Hermione felt sick as she glared at Snape. Her worst fear was to not know her surroundings, to be sleeping but still awake. The young witch stood face to face with Theodore a handsome brunette with a strong physique and muscly arms.
Theodore smirked raising his wand he bellowed "ABEO!"
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Melts on your burning flesh
You can see your reflection
In the luminescent dash
Buffy jumped back startled by the sudden contact of skin. She looked up to meat the mans face, he was quiet young, around her age maybe older. He had deep blue eyes, floppy red hair and a handsome good natured face.
"Oh I'm so sorry," Buffy said she then glanced down to her scattered belongings and winced, a small tampon was lying right by his foot "shit!"
"Here let me help you," the man bent down to help her seeming unfazed by her embarrassment when he handed her the tampon.
"Hi I'm Charlie," the man said once Buffy had sorted herself out.
"Hay I'm Buffy," she said shacking his wide hand. 'I swear I recognise that name' Charlie thought but put the idea out his mind.
"You're American right?" He asked stupidly.
"Yeah born and raised," Buffy said raising an eyebrow.
"Well on account of my country I feel it is my duty to show you the best coffee place in these parts and I would love to make up for bashing into you?" Charlie asked, I may not be a muggle but I'm damn good at pretending to be one he thought.
Buffy paused "I would love to go to coffee with you Charlie..."
"Weasley." With that the two walked of.
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Hermione felt herself drifting away, she was floating in an emerald shimmer her body translucent, insignificant she was completely still. She looked around her but couldn't see a thing, suddenly a wave of panic crept over her. She was unable to control her own body she was completely disconnected.
With a start Hermione was back to reality, she dropped to her shaky knees tears stinging the back of her eyes.
Without even thinking Hermione raised her wand and pointed it at Theodore's face "CONTAMINO AEDICULA VEREOR!" Theodore's face immediately became contaminated with what he most feared his image to be like.
The Slytherins face was now covered in crusted red warts and his eyes were like slits much like those of Voldemorts. Theodore screamed and Snape swept over to Hermione fuming.
"Fifty points from Gryffindore for attacking another student!" Snape bellowed "Class dismissed!"
Hermione fled out of the classroom, striding down to lunch.
"Hermione! Hermione wait!" Ron shouted Harry close behind him. Hermione turned round to face her two best friends looking murderous.
"Are you all right?" Harry asked.
"I'm fine," she replied.
"What was it like?" Ron asked as they continued down to the hall.
"It was...It was scary," Hermione said thoughtfully.
"Snapes a right prick doing that. I mean taking fifty points of when you were the one who got the pointy end of the wand," Ron said.
"Well Ron as we all know, shit attracts shit, gold attracts gold and that's why Slytherins fuck Slytherins and Everyone else fends for themselves," Kaiya said as she and Ginny walked up to them.
"Hello Kaiya and Ginny," Harry said whilst Ron mulled over what she said and Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Hay Harry," Ginny said Kaiya just avoided his eye.
A tear of petrol
Is in your eye
The hand brake
Penetrates your thigh
Quick - Let's make love
Before you die
Buffy laughed at Charlie joke genuinely finding it hilarious. The two of them were seated round a little table in a cafe in Soho.
"So that's your job you catch wild bears and other wild animals?" Buffy asked not quite believing him.
"Yes and I've been beaten many times before you ask," well it was sort off true he thought it wasn't like he could say he caught wild dragons. Buffy giggled and took another sip of her Mocha.
"So what do you do Buffy?" Charlie asked.
"I'm between jobs at the moment, I'm just taking my sister on her gap year here," Buffy said also thinking how it was half true. Charlie smiled at the beauty before his eyes not even bothering to listen to the little voice that was saying 'something doesn't fit.'
Lola glanced around her yet again trying to figure out where Buffy was. They had said they would meet at Starbucks and Buffy was no where. Lola flicked her long brown hair over her shoulder suddenly realising she must look like a right hooker, standing on a corner in a short worn black leather skirt and a 'The Sex Pistols God save the Queen' white tank top.
Lola pulled her phone out agitatedly dialling in Buffys number.
Buffy was standing infront of the toilettes mirror, studying her appearance. Her hair was bouncy, she was wearing a light pink and white striped top with a very low buttoned neck and tight 'Miss Sixty' jeans. Buffy applied a little natural lip gloss and fluffed up her hair.
Just then her mobile started to vibrate, Buffy pulled out the flip phone and answered the call agitatedly.
"Hello?" Buffy's eyes went wide as she listened to Lola, she immediately apologised and told her story. Lola sighed and said she'd meet her at the house later. Buffy smiled as she put down the phone and walked back out the toilette very happily.
Lola glared at her phone as if it was its fault that she had to spend the afternoon alone. The slayer glanced around until she laid her eyes on a tattoo parlour. Making up her mind in a split second Lola chose to treat herself to a little art.
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Faye looked around her, the hall was packed. The foods were all a sickly pink colour and no body was watching her not even Aiden who had disapeared with Vanessa. Faye carefully pulled the loaded syringe out her bag and pushed it into her arm.
She bit her lip leaving it there for awhile before releasing it. Faye hurriedly put the object away and gulped down her soup. Conroy would kill her if he knew she'd had some during the day. Faye was having heroin too much, more than Conroy did. But Faye new it was the only way she could deal with everything, she had killed her sister and was now gradually killing herself.
Tyler pushed his stew into a pile and glanced at the empty seat beside him. He had just been chatting up Rose Vanhop until Harry bloody Potter came along and the girl jumped after him.
He was lost, so lost he couldn't even find himself. Tyler looked around him, everyone seemed to have a purpose except for him. If he didn't find himself soon he would become nothing, he would just have a crappy foster home and the only thing keeping him afloat, Hogwarts.
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The room was hot and stuffy. The nights darkness had settled over it, with a silent bang. Lola was flopped on the sofa wincing every time her new tattoo in-between her shoulder blades came into contact with the soft cushions.
Spike and Faith were both wasted and flopped over the floor, Xander and Willow weren't back from their dates yet and Buffy was in the kitchen with Dawn. Lola glanced at Giles who was sitting on an armchair flicking through a book, she felt bad for him. People really just don't get each other she thought.
"Hay Giles what are you reading?" She asked.
"I'm still trying to decipher this text," he replied. Lola gave him a sad smile nodding. She switched of the T.V making Giles look up startled.
"Why did you do that?" He asked.
"So you could concentrate," Lola shrugged. People could at least try and display kindness when it was needed, and maybe if enough people did, the world really would be a better place.
Join the car crash set
A/N: I HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE WHO HERE WANTS BUFFY AND CHARLIE TO GET TOGETHER? BY THE WAY AT SOME POINT THEY WILL FIND OUT WHO EACH OTHER IS.