Disclaimer: I am not Joss, nor am I J.K. Rowlings, but I like to borrow
characters for a little while.
Author's Notes: I realize that I placed them as older in the book, I apologize to all those I have offended. I want to thank my Kati for reading these and apologize for getting you addicted to them.
Chapter 6
Buffy entered the classroom with her father and took a seat towards the back of the classroom.
"Remind me again why I have to be here?" she asked, looking at her father.
"So that you can go to Hogsmeade this weekend with Oliver." He told her, before she could say anything else; the class began to file in. Harry, Ron, and Hermione sat around Buffy.
"I didn't think that you were in this class." Hermione said, looking at Buffy.
"I'm not, but my father wanted me to come and watch this morning, so that I can go to Hogsmeade with Oliver this weekend." Buffy told them and then turned her attention to Snape as the bell rang. About five minutes into the lesson Malfoy came swaggering in.
"I'm sorry I'm late, Professor."
"Detention, for a week, served with Mr. Giles." Snape told him, without looking up from the board. Every single student was shocked, except those that had been in the compartment with Buffy. Malfoy was forced to share a table with Buffy and Hermione; he glared at Buffy as he took his seat.
"This is your fault."
"Oh?" she asked, "How do you figure?"
"You just had to go and tattle to your daddy."
"But isn't that what you do?" she asked, before getting up and going to sit with Neville, Hermione laughed softly and Malfoy glared at her.
"What are you laughing at, Mudblood?" he asked and he soon found himself on the ground with Buffy standing over him. Every single student turned and looked at what was happening.
"Settle down, settle down." Snape said, "Buffy would you mind letting Mr. Malfoy up?"
"Yes, father I would."
"Buffy Anne Snape, do I have to tell Mr. Giles?" he asked and Buffy, reluctantly, let Malfoy up.
"You're scared of a teachers' assistant?" Malfoy asked, a bit shocked.
"No," she told him, "But you will see why I don't want him to tell Giles later tonight." She told him, thinking of all the torture that Malfoy would be going through. "Wear something that you can move in and no robes." Buffy walked back over to Neville and started talking to him, distracting him from Snape's scariness.
"Well, let's see your potion, Longbottom," Snape said, as he made his way to Neville's table, and looked into the cauldron, the potion was bright neon green, like it was supposed to be. "Longbottom, good job." He said, shocking everyone in the room once again. "And, Buffy, don't help him next time." he warned and then winked at his daughter. He wasn't nearly as scary as he let everyone think.
"Thank you, Buffy." Neville said as they walked out of the potions class and out to lunch.
"No problem, although I didn't do anything." She told him, "All's I did was distract you from my dad." They entered the great hall and Buffy immediately took the seat next to Oliver.
"All done." She told him and he looked at her in confusion. "I went to Potions this morning, which means that I can go with you to Hogsmeade." She told him and he smiled as he finally got it.
"As if there was any doubt."
"Yes, well I do have a tendency to sleep later than you guys." She said, as she grabbed some of the chicken that was being passed around.
"Well, that is understandable." He told her, "Not everyone has your" he trailed off, at a loss at what to say, without alerting everyone to her being the slayer.
"My night job?" she asked, supplying him with an adequate description. "One girl in all the world with that night job."
"So, did you hear that Sirus Black was spotted?" Seamus Finnigan asked, looking around the table, but most especially at Harry.
"Where?" Harry asked.
"Well, he was spotted by some muggle woman, who just thought he was some common criminal and she called the hot line, but by the time the ministry got there he was already gone."
"Not to far from here." Ron stated and everyone nodded, looking at Harry.
"He wouldn't be stupid enough to come here." Buffy told him, putting a reassuring hand on his shoulder.
"Well, I would want revenge had it been my family." An unexpected, and unwanted guest said from behind them.
"What do you want Malfoy? I am trying to eat, but if you want your ass kicked after I'm done, I would be more than willing." She told him as she turned to face him.
"Actually I came apologize." He muttered, low enough for only Buffy and Oliver to be able to hear.
"Fine your did, you can leave, but don't think that it is getting you out of detention tonight."
"What did you mean revenge?" Harry asked, before Draco could leave.
"What?" Draco asked smirking, "No one told you?"
"Would you just tell him, before I beat it out of you?" Buffy asked, not wanting to listen to the little prick anymore.
"He killed your family or rather betrayed them." he said and walked off, leaving a very confused Harry behind. Before he could go after him though, the bell rang again and they were off to DADA.
"See you at dinner?" Buffy asked, before she left.
"Ya, I'll save you a seat by me." He told her and then watched as she walked out of the great hall, before the Weasley twins pulled him away.
"Oliver is in love." They said in a sing-songy voice, all the way to their next class.
DADA
Professor Lupin was nowhere to be found when they entered the room, so everyone took their seats and waited for him to arrive. Lupin smiled at the class and put his briefcase on the desk, before he looked up.
"You will just need your wands today." He told them, "Today's class is a practicum and if you would get up and follow me?" Everyone stood and shrugged, following him out of the room. They followed him down a deserted corridor and then another, stopping at the staff room. They all filed in and Snape looked up as they entered. Lupin went to close the door, but Snape stopped him.
"Leave it open, I would rather not witness this. In case you haven't heard, Neville Longbottom is in your class." He said and Neville blushed scarlet, "If anything happens to my daughter while she is with you, you will be extremely sorry." Snape told him, low enough for only Lupin to hear. "Buffy, I would like to see you after dinner." He said and then left the room.
"Now then," Lupin said, beckoning the class to an old wardrobe where the teachers kept their spare robes. Lupin stood next to it and the wardrobe gave a small wobble. "No need to worry," he told them, "It is just a boggart. Now, who can tell me what a boggart is?"
"It is a shape-shifter," Hermione told him, "It will take the shape of whatever it thinks will scare us the most."
"Very good, Hermione." Lupin said, "When I let the boggart out it will try to take the shape of whatever each of us fears, this means that we have a huge advantage over it. Do you know what that is, Harry?"
"Eh-there are so many of us that he won't know what to shift into?" Harry answered and was relieved to find that it was the correct answer.
"Very good, now the charm that repels the boggart is very simple, but requires force of mind. It is a laughter spell, riddikulus." He told them, "Now we will practice saying it, before we let the boggart out."
"Riddikulus." Everyone cried together.
"Very good, Now Neville, what is the one thing that you would say frightens you the most?" He asked and Neville answered, but not loud enough for anyone to hear. "I'm sorry I didn't quite catch that."
"Snape." Neville muttered and received a few chuckles from the class.
"Interesting choice, now Neville I believe that you live with your grandmother?"
"Yes, but I don't want her here either."
"No, no, no. You misunderstand me I want you to picture Professor Snape in whatever your grandmother wears and when the boggart comes out of the closet you will think of this and raise your wand and say riddikulus." Lupin told him. "Now, I want everyone to think of their worst fear and then to think of it in a comical situation." He waited a moment and Buffy could swear she heard Ron muttering,
"Take its legs off." She looked questioningly at Harry, who leaned over and whispered to her.
"He's afraid of spiders." He said and Buffy nodded, finally understanding the boys fear.
"Alright, Neville you are up." Lupin said and Neville stood nervously in front of the wardrobe waiting for it to pop open. "On the count of three: One, two, three, now Neville." Lupin opened the door and there was a pop and out stepped Snape.
"Riddikulus." Neville stuttered out and it hit the boggart and soon it was dressed in an old lady's clothing causing the class to laugh and the boggart to look confused.
"Parvarti." Lupin said and she stepped forward, there was another pop and the boggart turned into a mummy.
"Riddikulus." She cried and it began to unravel until it fell face forward and it's head fell off.
"Seamus." Who stepped forward, immediately causing the boggart to change into banshee.
"Riddikulus." He cried and the banshee clutched its throat and looked confused.
"Excellent. Buffy." Buffy stepped forward the boggart took on the form of Angel.
"Buffy, why?" It said, stalking forward towards Buffy, who stood frozen in fear. Everyone in the room watched as the boggart shifted into a vampire, as it pulled out the sword that was imbedded in it's stomach and was about to stab her, when Lupin stepped forward,
"Riddikulus." He said and pushed Buffy behind him, gearing up for the fight that would come with Snape. "Neville, finish him off."
"Riddikulus." Neville cried and Snape was once again wearing the old woman's clothing before popping into nothing.
"That is all, five points for all the Gryffindors to face the boggart and Harry and Hermione for answering my questions. Please read the chapter on boggarts and summarize it for me, to be passed in on Monday. That is all, Buffy could I talk to you?" he asked and waited for the rest of the room to leave. "Would you like to talk about it?" Buffy shook her head and turned to leave, tears glistening in her eyes.
"I know that it is Angelus, the Scourge of Europe." He said, "What I don't understand is why a slayer would get upset about him." He waited for her to continue, but she started to cry and ran from the room and down the corridor and into her father's classroom.
"Everyone out." Snape said, but everyone lingered and wanted to know what was going on. "Now!" he roared and he quickly went over to his daughter and gathered her into his arms.
"Would you like to tell me what happened?"
"We were in the class and there was a boggart and it changed into Angel." She told him, crying even harder, "And he blames me daddy."
"Shh, no he doesn't." Snape said, although he had no idea what Angel supposedly blamed her for. Buffy slowly began to calm down.
"Sorry about getting your robe all wet."
"It's okay, it will dry." He told her. "Now do you want to tell me about it?"
"No." she said and then looked at him. "What time is it?"
"I have no idea," Snape answered, "But it is time for dinner." He told her and laughed when she took off running. She reached the Great Hall and looked for where Oliver was sitting.
"Buffy!" he yelled, from the head of the table and motioned for her to take the seat next to him. "Are you okay?" he asked, taking in the tear streaks and what he had heard from Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
"Fine." She told him and started to grab food, knowing that Giles was going to put her through a rigorous training that night, which Draco would have to go through too. Oliver eyed her doubtfully, but sighed knowing that she would only tell him if she felt like telling him.
Author's Notes: I realize that I placed them as older in the book, I apologize to all those I have offended. I want to thank my Kati for reading these and apologize for getting you addicted to them.
Chapter 6
Buffy entered the classroom with her father and took a seat towards the back of the classroom.
"Remind me again why I have to be here?" she asked, looking at her father.
"So that you can go to Hogsmeade this weekend with Oliver." He told her, before she could say anything else; the class began to file in. Harry, Ron, and Hermione sat around Buffy.
"I didn't think that you were in this class." Hermione said, looking at Buffy.
"I'm not, but my father wanted me to come and watch this morning, so that I can go to Hogsmeade with Oliver this weekend." Buffy told them and then turned her attention to Snape as the bell rang. About five minutes into the lesson Malfoy came swaggering in.
"I'm sorry I'm late, Professor."
"Detention, for a week, served with Mr. Giles." Snape told him, without looking up from the board. Every single student was shocked, except those that had been in the compartment with Buffy. Malfoy was forced to share a table with Buffy and Hermione; he glared at Buffy as he took his seat.
"This is your fault."
"Oh?" she asked, "How do you figure?"
"You just had to go and tattle to your daddy."
"But isn't that what you do?" she asked, before getting up and going to sit with Neville, Hermione laughed softly and Malfoy glared at her.
"What are you laughing at, Mudblood?" he asked and he soon found himself on the ground with Buffy standing over him. Every single student turned and looked at what was happening.
"Settle down, settle down." Snape said, "Buffy would you mind letting Mr. Malfoy up?"
"Yes, father I would."
"Buffy Anne Snape, do I have to tell Mr. Giles?" he asked and Buffy, reluctantly, let Malfoy up.
"You're scared of a teachers' assistant?" Malfoy asked, a bit shocked.
"No," she told him, "But you will see why I don't want him to tell Giles later tonight." She told him, thinking of all the torture that Malfoy would be going through. "Wear something that you can move in and no robes." Buffy walked back over to Neville and started talking to him, distracting him from Snape's scariness.
"Well, let's see your potion, Longbottom," Snape said, as he made his way to Neville's table, and looked into the cauldron, the potion was bright neon green, like it was supposed to be. "Longbottom, good job." He said, shocking everyone in the room once again. "And, Buffy, don't help him next time." he warned and then winked at his daughter. He wasn't nearly as scary as he let everyone think.
"Thank you, Buffy." Neville said as they walked out of the potions class and out to lunch.
"No problem, although I didn't do anything." She told him, "All's I did was distract you from my dad." They entered the great hall and Buffy immediately took the seat next to Oliver.
"All done." She told him and he looked at her in confusion. "I went to Potions this morning, which means that I can go with you to Hogsmeade." She told him and he smiled as he finally got it.
"As if there was any doubt."
"Yes, well I do have a tendency to sleep later than you guys." She said, as she grabbed some of the chicken that was being passed around.
"Well, that is understandable." He told her, "Not everyone has your" he trailed off, at a loss at what to say, without alerting everyone to her being the slayer.
"My night job?" she asked, supplying him with an adequate description. "One girl in all the world with that night job."
"So, did you hear that Sirus Black was spotted?" Seamus Finnigan asked, looking around the table, but most especially at Harry.
"Where?" Harry asked.
"Well, he was spotted by some muggle woman, who just thought he was some common criminal and she called the hot line, but by the time the ministry got there he was already gone."
"Not to far from here." Ron stated and everyone nodded, looking at Harry.
"He wouldn't be stupid enough to come here." Buffy told him, putting a reassuring hand on his shoulder.
"Well, I would want revenge had it been my family." An unexpected, and unwanted guest said from behind them.
"What do you want Malfoy? I am trying to eat, but if you want your ass kicked after I'm done, I would be more than willing." She told him as she turned to face him.
"Actually I came apologize." He muttered, low enough for only Buffy and Oliver to be able to hear.
"Fine your did, you can leave, but don't think that it is getting you out of detention tonight."
"What did you mean revenge?" Harry asked, before Draco could leave.
"What?" Draco asked smirking, "No one told you?"
"Would you just tell him, before I beat it out of you?" Buffy asked, not wanting to listen to the little prick anymore.
"He killed your family or rather betrayed them." he said and walked off, leaving a very confused Harry behind. Before he could go after him though, the bell rang again and they were off to DADA.
"See you at dinner?" Buffy asked, before she left.
"Ya, I'll save you a seat by me." He told her and then watched as she walked out of the great hall, before the Weasley twins pulled him away.
"Oliver is in love." They said in a sing-songy voice, all the way to their next class.
DADA
Professor Lupin was nowhere to be found when they entered the room, so everyone took their seats and waited for him to arrive. Lupin smiled at the class and put his briefcase on the desk, before he looked up.
"You will just need your wands today." He told them, "Today's class is a practicum and if you would get up and follow me?" Everyone stood and shrugged, following him out of the room. They followed him down a deserted corridor and then another, stopping at the staff room. They all filed in and Snape looked up as they entered. Lupin went to close the door, but Snape stopped him.
"Leave it open, I would rather not witness this. In case you haven't heard, Neville Longbottom is in your class." He said and Neville blushed scarlet, "If anything happens to my daughter while she is with you, you will be extremely sorry." Snape told him, low enough for only Lupin to hear. "Buffy, I would like to see you after dinner." He said and then left the room.
"Now then," Lupin said, beckoning the class to an old wardrobe where the teachers kept their spare robes. Lupin stood next to it and the wardrobe gave a small wobble. "No need to worry," he told them, "It is just a boggart. Now, who can tell me what a boggart is?"
"It is a shape-shifter," Hermione told him, "It will take the shape of whatever it thinks will scare us the most."
"Very good, Hermione." Lupin said, "When I let the boggart out it will try to take the shape of whatever each of us fears, this means that we have a huge advantage over it. Do you know what that is, Harry?"
"Eh-there are so many of us that he won't know what to shift into?" Harry answered and was relieved to find that it was the correct answer.
"Very good, now the charm that repels the boggart is very simple, but requires force of mind. It is a laughter spell, riddikulus." He told them, "Now we will practice saying it, before we let the boggart out."
"Riddikulus." Everyone cried together.
"Very good, Now Neville, what is the one thing that you would say frightens you the most?" He asked and Neville answered, but not loud enough for anyone to hear. "I'm sorry I didn't quite catch that."
"Snape." Neville muttered and received a few chuckles from the class.
"Interesting choice, now Neville I believe that you live with your grandmother?"
"Yes, but I don't want her here either."
"No, no, no. You misunderstand me I want you to picture Professor Snape in whatever your grandmother wears and when the boggart comes out of the closet you will think of this and raise your wand and say riddikulus." Lupin told him. "Now, I want everyone to think of their worst fear and then to think of it in a comical situation." He waited a moment and Buffy could swear she heard Ron muttering,
"Take its legs off." She looked questioningly at Harry, who leaned over and whispered to her.
"He's afraid of spiders." He said and Buffy nodded, finally understanding the boys fear.
"Alright, Neville you are up." Lupin said and Neville stood nervously in front of the wardrobe waiting for it to pop open. "On the count of three: One, two, three, now Neville." Lupin opened the door and there was a pop and out stepped Snape.
"Riddikulus." Neville stuttered out and it hit the boggart and soon it was dressed in an old lady's clothing causing the class to laugh and the boggart to look confused.
"Parvarti." Lupin said and she stepped forward, there was another pop and the boggart turned into a mummy.
"Riddikulus." She cried and it began to unravel until it fell face forward and it's head fell off.
"Seamus." Who stepped forward, immediately causing the boggart to change into banshee.
"Riddikulus." He cried and the banshee clutched its throat and looked confused.
"Excellent. Buffy." Buffy stepped forward the boggart took on the form of Angel.
"Buffy, why?" It said, stalking forward towards Buffy, who stood frozen in fear. Everyone in the room watched as the boggart shifted into a vampire, as it pulled out the sword that was imbedded in it's stomach and was about to stab her, when Lupin stepped forward,
"Riddikulus." He said and pushed Buffy behind him, gearing up for the fight that would come with Snape. "Neville, finish him off."
"Riddikulus." Neville cried and Snape was once again wearing the old woman's clothing before popping into nothing.
"That is all, five points for all the Gryffindors to face the boggart and Harry and Hermione for answering my questions. Please read the chapter on boggarts and summarize it for me, to be passed in on Monday. That is all, Buffy could I talk to you?" he asked and waited for the rest of the room to leave. "Would you like to talk about it?" Buffy shook her head and turned to leave, tears glistening in her eyes.
"I know that it is Angelus, the Scourge of Europe." He said, "What I don't understand is why a slayer would get upset about him." He waited for her to continue, but she started to cry and ran from the room and down the corridor and into her father's classroom.
"Everyone out." Snape said, but everyone lingered and wanted to know what was going on. "Now!" he roared and he quickly went over to his daughter and gathered her into his arms.
"Would you like to tell me what happened?"
"We were in the class and there was a boggart and it changed into Angel." She told him, crying even harder, "And he blames me daddy."
"Shh, no he doesn't." Snape said, although he had no idea what Angel supposedly blamed her for. Buffy slowly began to calm down.
"Sorry about getting your robe all wet."
"It's okay, it will dry." He told her. "Now do you want to tell me about it?"
"No." she said and then looked at him. "What time is it?"
"I have no idea," Snape answered, "But it is time for dinner." He told her and laughed when she took off running. She reached the Great Hall and looked for where Oliver was sitting.
"Buffy!" he yelled, from the head of the table and motioned for her to take the seat next to him. "Are you okay?" he asked, taking in the tear streaks and what he had heard from Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
"Fine." She told him and started to grab food, knowing that Giles was going to put her through a rigorous training that night, which Draco would have to go through too. Oliver eyed her doubtfully, but sighed knowing that she would only tell him if she felt like telling him.