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 8
"Buffy! Willow!" they heard muffled voices coming from outside of the door.
"What?" Buffy groaned, realizing that it was probably earlier than when she would normally get up.
"We were up and we want to talk."
"I'm coming, I'm coming." She muttered as she stumbled out of the bed and made it to the door and then threw it open glaring at the wide-awake boy. "We?" she questioned eyeing Oz who looked very much still asleep.
"We wanna crash in your room." Xander said as Oz and him entered the room, "The kids were getting up and it was scary they kept asking us questions." Oz walked over to where Willow was sleeping on a bed that Snape had made appear in Buffy's room and climbed into it with her and fell back asleep.
"You can sleep on the floor." Buffy told Xander, "That is for waking me up." She told him and laughed at his crestfallen face. "Go to bed." Despite Xander's protests that he wouldn't fall asleep, everyone was back to bed within five minutes.
They next awoke in time to get up and get ready for lunch, when they made their way to the Great Hall.
"Buffy!" Oliver said, waving his arm and motioning for her to sit next to him.
"Hey," she said, "Could you guys schooch down so my friends' could sit too?" she asked and everyone moved down three seats so that Buffy's friends could sit next to them. "Alright this is Xander, Willow, and Oz." She introduced. "And this is Oliver, Harry, Hermione, Ron, and George and Fred. Xander you will love them."
"Who?" Fred asked innocently.
"Us?" George asked innocently.
"Don't play innocent with me, I know better." She told them and they blushed, "Besides Xander is a prankster also."
"Really?" They exclaimed, taking a sudden interest in Xander, striking up a conversation.
"Hermione is a book worm, like our Willow here, you should compare notes." She said and Willow and Hermione eyed each other, while Oz was content to simply eat food and be with Willow.
"We need to go." Buffy said getting up, "I have to get to class."
"But it doesn't start for another twenty minutes." Ron said confused as to why Buffy was going early.
"I told Hagrid that I would help him beforehand, bye!" she called over her shoulder, as they made their way to Hagrids' hut.
"Hey Hagrid!" she called out and the half-giant stepped outside.
"Hey Buffy." He replied. "Who are you friends?"
"This is Oz, Willow, and Xander they are staying for class." She told him, "Let's go get the unicorns." She said and they looked startled, unicorns? Buffy walked to the end of the forest and simply waited, when Xander was about to ask what she was doing a herd of unicorns exited the forest.
"Hey guys." Buffy said softly, as the unicorns made there way to her, each wanting to be petted. "Is it okay for Hagrid to borrow you for his class?" she asked and the unicorns seemed to agree, because they pranced over to Hagrid and nudged him. Buffy led them into the corral and then turned to face her friends.
"One of the perks of being a slayer." She told them, "Is that magical creatures are attracted to me, so it helps Hagrid so that he can get them." Before she could explain more, her classmates started showing up.
"Gather round, Gather round." Hagrid said and everyone faced him. "I'm sure everyone read the homework?" There were various nods and "yes's" issued from the crowd. "Good, then Mr. Malfoy would you care to explain what we read?"
"Uhhhhh." Malfoy looked around, but no one was willing to tell him what they had read. Hermione raised her hand.
"We read about unicorns," she said her voice mocking Malfoy.
"Good job, five points to Gryffindor and away from Slytherin." Hagrid said, "Now, these are unicorns and if you approach them calmly they might allow you to pet them, who would like to try?" Willow raised her hand, excited to be near so many magical things. "Very good, give it a shot, but if she backs away it's okay." Willow entered the coral and she cautiously approached a unicorn, it tipped its head to her and Willow petted the unicorn. The rest of the class was excited to try it and they stepped into the coral. Malfoy attempted to pet on, but it backed away and tried to bit him every time he came near it. Finally giving up, Malfoy stalked out of the coral and up to the school to owl his father. The rest of the class was able to do it and they spent the time talking about the care of unicorns.
When the class had ended, Buffy petted each unicorn and thanked them, before leading them back to the forest where she got them to leave. This set up a routine, Hagrid would have Buffy bring in different magical creatures which the class would learn about, this class was in competition with DADA, where the students would be learning about vampires soon.
After dinner Buffy took them back to her room, where she explained to Oz, Willow, and Xander about her dad and how she came to be there.
"So, I kissed him, told him I loved him and ran him through with a sword," Buffy told them, "Your curse worked Willow, I just wish I had known you were going to try it." Willow looked confused.
"But Xander was supposed to tell you. He promised me he would." Willow said and everyone turned to look at Xander who was looking a bit sheepish.
"I didn't want you to be distracted."
"Liar." Buffy said, her voice shaking with anger and her eyes lined with tears, "You couldn't stand it that I had fallen for a vampire and not you. And you call yourself my friend." Buffy got up and stormed from the room, Anlon on her tail and she ran into Oliver Wood.
"Are you okay?"
"No. I think okay was a couple exits ago." She said, tears finally spilling from her eyes. "I thought I knew him." She began to cry harder and Oliver gathered her close to him, when the door opened.
"It seems like you got over Angel fast." Xander said and Buffy wanted to be anywhere than there, she willed herself to be anywhere than there.
"What the bloody hell?" Oliver asked, a look of astonishment on his face as he looked around. Buffy looked up and gasped; they were in the quidditch pit.
"How did we get here?" she asked, pulling away from Oliver.
"I have no idea, your friend came out of your room and the room kind of disappeared and then we were here." He said. "It was almost like apparting, but you can't do that in Hogwarts."
"I did it." She said, more to herself than to him. "I wanted to be away from him." Oliver looked at her in shock; it wasn't supposed to happen in Hogwarts!
"We need to go talk to Dumbledore." He said, pulling her back towards the school, when suddenly he stopped. In front of them was two dementors, which where making there way towards them at a fast pace. Buffy could hear Angel blaming her and she could feel the sword entering him, grabbing a hold of Oliver she willed them into Dumbledore's office and with a slight "pop" they were there, Dumbledore looked a little startled.
"So glad you could pop in." Dumbeldore said.
"I thought you couldn't Apparate into Hogwarts?" Oliver asked, confused.
"Well you can't. Buffy merely Apparated through Hogwarts, I am uncertain whether or not she could Apparate into or out of Hogwarts. Mr. Wood, could I speak to Buffy alone for a moment?" Oliver left Dumbledore and Buffy alone. "Do you have a question?"
"Yes, how can I Apparate?"
"Well, I would assume it was the magical energy of the key and you have tapped into it." Dumbledore told her, "I do believe that you could be very powerful if you learn to control it." Buffy stood there unsure of what she should say or ask, "If that is all, I believe that Mr. Wood is waiting for you." Buffy walked out and sure enough Oliver was waiting for her.
"Need a friend?"
"Ya." She said and they walked quietly for a moment or two before Oliver looked around frantically.
"What time is it?" he asked.
"I'm not sure, why?"
"We have a quidditch meeting." He said and they took off for Quidditch field locker rooms. They arrived just on time and Oliver began his speech.
"This is our last chance -my last chance -to win the Quidditch cup," he told them, "I will be leaving at the end of this year and I'll never get another shot at it. Gryffindor hasn't won the cup in seven years, despite the fact we have the best ruddy team in the school. We have two chasers who have been at this a long time and one new one that will knock their socks off, we've got two unbeatable beaters."
"Stop it Oliver, your making us blush." Fred and George told him in a mock blush.
"We've got the best seeker," he said and everyone turned to look at Harry, "and me." He said as an after thought.
"You're a great keeper," George said.
"The point is the Quidditch cup should have been ours ever since Harry joined the team and now it is our turn to put our names on the thing." There was a chorus of "we can do it," and "this year is our year," from the group and then the meeting was done. They were to train three times a week, no amount of rain or mud or cold weather would make the team less determined.
Buffy made her way back to her room, hoping that they weren't still there.
"They are still inside." Anlon told her, he had been quite scared when she had Apparated around Hogwarts, how was he supposed to protect her, if she disappeared?
"Thanks," she told him, "I should have known they wouldn't have given up that easily. C'mon, let's go see Dad." they turned away from the door and followed the hallway down to Snape's rooms, where Buffy gave the password and her and Anlon stepped inside.
"Where have you been? Your friends stopped by earlier and said that you just left."
"Sorry, Dad." she said, "But I ran into Oliver and I Apparated us onto the Quidditch field and then there were two dementors so I Apparated us into Dumbledore's office, where he told me that because I'm the key I can do this." She told him, "and I might be powerful enough to Apparate into Hogwarts." Snape looked shocked, that was allot of power and what would she do with it? What would the dark lord do when he found out? Snape shuddered at the thought.
"It's okay, you know I worry."
"I know."
"So, why aren't you in your room?"
"Because they are," she simply put. "Oh! You need to sign my permission slip so I can go to Hogsmeade tomorrow."
"I already passed it in for you." He told her, "Why don't you go and talk to Mr. Giles, he was looking for you earlier."
"Okay." She gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "I love you dad."
"Love you too." He said and he was overjoyed at the thought. He was so used to being alone, but now he had someone to love and to be loved back by, he had a daughter that might be more powerful then the dark lord. He knew she would chose to fight with the good, because she was the slayer, he just hoped he would survive her teenage years and dating!
Giles' Room
Buffy gave the password to the picture and walked into Giles' room, Anlon followed her, and sat beside Giles scarring him out of his thoughts.
"I say! Good lord! You are worse than Angel." Giles said to Anlon, "Could you make some noise?"
"Were would the surprise be?" he asked in confusion, if he made noise the enemy would hear him and he wouldn't be able to surprise them.
"There wouldn't be that's the point." He said and then turned to Buffy. "How are you doing?" he asked, the trio had come to visit him when Buffy had run off and then Dumbledore had come to visit him to explain about Buffy's ability.
"I'm okay." She said, "I just found out my friend lied to me and doesn't really like me, but other than that I am doing good."
"Buffy," Giles said his voice full of compassion, "Xander was just being Xander."
"An ass."
"Well, yes, I suppose he is." He said, "He was jealous of your love for Angel and when he saw Oliver holding you the jealously flared up. He doesn't understand why you do not like him."
"I like him as a friend, besides he has Cordelia." She said and stared off into space, "Why couldn't he have been happy for me?"
"I suppose in a way he thought that eventually you would turn to him." Giles said, his heart aching, because Buffy was so hurt by this. "I suppose if you don't want to return to your room, you can go to the Gryffindor common room." Giles suggested, not wanting his charge to have to go through anything else that would be painful. Buffy nodded at the suggestion and got up to go.
"Thanks Giles." She gave him a hug and Anlon and her made their way to the Gryffindor tower. "Ferret boy." She said and the door swung open, reveling Oliver, Harry, and Ron in the chairs.
"Buffy."
"Hey." She said, "I'm going to crash here tonight." She told them and the boys looked at each other.
"Uhmm, they in your room?" Oliver asked, motioning for her to sit next to him.
"Ya, so Giles suggested I crash in the common room." She said, "I can get up and go to Potions with them or perhaps another class or maybe Anlon will take me flying." Oliver got up and went to the boy's section, he returned moments later with blankets and pillows, Buffy looked at him in shock.
"What?" he asked a smile adorning his face, "You didn't think I would let you sleep down here by yourself?"
"I have Anlon." She protested, "You really don't have to."
"But I want to." He told her, "I need to talk to you anyways."
"And on that note, we are going to bed." Harry said, dragging Ron behind him.
"I haven't told anyone about what you can do." He told her and Buffy smiled in relief. "But I also wanted to make sure that we were still on for Hogsmeade this Saturday."
"Ya, but you might have to come get me at my room."
"That's okay." He told her, "I would wait all of eternity for you." Buffy blushed at what he said and he smiled. "What? It's true."
"Sorry, it's just the last guy that told me that actually meant it." She said, her thoughts returning to Angel and sending him to Hell. Oliver noticed her thoughts were headed into her past and she was staring to brood, he leaned over and kissed her. Buffy was shocked, but she soon found herself enjoying it and pulled him closer, before pulling away. "Thank you."
"For what?"
"Being you." She settled herself comfortably in his embrace and closed her eyes. Oliver smiled and wrapped his arms around her and then pulled a blanket over them and closed his eyes. Both of them fell into a deep sleep, Anlon stood guard over them and when morning came and classes began, the Gryffindor students were quiet when they left and even Percy the Perfect didn't wake them. They let them sleep undisturbed and Fred and George made excuses to Oliver's teachers, while Hermione simply told Snape that Buffy was asleep in the common room.
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 8
"Buffy! Willow!" they heard muffled voices coming from outside of the door.
"What?" Buffy groaned, realizing that it was probably earlier than when she would normally get up.
"We were up and we want to talk."
"I'm coming, I'm coming." She muttered as she stumbled out of the bed and made it to the door and then threw it open glaring at the wide-awake boy. "We?" she questioned eyeing Oz who looked very much still asleep.
"We wanna crash in your room." Xander said as Oz and him entered the room, "The kids were getting up and it was scary they kept asking us questions." Oz walked over to where Willow was sleeping on a bed that Snape had made appear in Buffy's room and climbed into it with her and fell back asleep.
"You can sleep on the floor." Buffy told Xander, "That is for waking me up." She told him and laughed at his crestfallen face. "Go to bed." Despite Xander's protests that he wouldn't fall asleep, everyone was back to bed within five minutes.
They next awoke in time to get up and get ready for lunch, when they made their way to the Great Hall.
"Buffy!" Oliver said, waving his arm and motioning for her to sit next to him.
"Hey," she said, "Could you guys schooch down so my friends' could sit too?" she asked and everyone moved down three seats so that Buffy's friends could sit next to them. "Alright this is Xander, Willow, and Oz." She introduced. "And this is Oliver, Harry, Hermione, Ron, and George and Fred. Xander you will love them."
"Who?" Fred asked innocently.
"Us?" George asked innocently.
"Don't play innocent with me, I know better." She told them and they blushed, "Besides Xander is a prankster also."
"Really?" They exclaimed, taking a sudden interest in Xander, striking up a conversation.
"Hermione is a book worm, like our Willow here, you should compare notes." She said and Willow and Hermione eyed each other, while Oz was content to simply eat food and be with Willow.
"We need to go." Buffy said getting up, "I have to get to class."
"But it doesn't start for another twenty minutes." Ron said confused as to why Buffy was going early.
"I told Hagrid that I would help him beforehand, bye!" she called over her shoulder, as they made their way to Hagrids' hut.
"Hey Hagrid!" she called out and the half-giant stepped outside.
"Hey Buffy." He replied. "Who are you friends?"
"This is Oz, Willow, and Xander they are staying for class." She told him, "Let's go get the unicorns." She said and they looked startled, unicorns? Buffy walked to the end of the forest and simply waited, when Xander was about to ask what she was doing a herd of unicorns exited the forest.
"Hey guys." Buffy said softly, as the unicorns made there way to her, each wanting to be petted. "Is it okay for Hagrid to borrow you for his class?" she asked and the unicorns seemed to agree, because they pranced over to Hagrid and nudged him. Buffy led them into the corral and then turned to face her friends.
"One of the perks of being a slayer." She told them, "Is that magical creatures are attracted to me, so it helps Hagrid so that he can get them." Before she could explain more, her classmates started showing up.
"Gather round, Gather round." Hagrid said and everyone faced him. "I'm sure everyone read the homework?" There were various nods and "yes's" issued from the crowd. "Good, then Mr. Malfoy would you care to explain what we read?"
"Uhhhhh." Malfoy looked around, but no one was willing to tell him what they had read. Hermione raised her hand.
"We read about unicorns," she said her voice mocking Malfoy.
"Good job, five points to Gryffindor and away from Slytherin." Hagrid said, "Now, these are unicorns and if you approach them calmly they might allow you to pet them, who would like to try?" Willow raised her hand, excited to be near so many magical things. "Very good, give it a shot, but if she backs away it's okay." Willow entered the coral and she cautiously approached a unicorn, it tipped its head to her and Willow petted the unicorn. The rest of the class was excited to try it and they stepped into the coral. Malfoy attempted to pet on, but it backed away and tried to bit him every time he came near it. Finally giving up, Malfoy stalked out of the coral and up to the school to owl his father. The rest of the class was able to do it and they spent the time talking about the care of unicorns.
When the class had ended, Buffy petted each unicorn and thanked them, before leading them back to the forest where she got them to leave. This set up a routine, Hagrid would have Buffy bring in different magical creatures which the class would learn about, this class was in competition with DADA, where the students would be learning about vampires soon.
After dinner Buffy took them back to her room, where she explained to Oz, Willow, and Xander about her dad and how she came to be there.
"So, I kissed him, told him I loved him and ran him through with a sword," Buffy told them, "Your curse worked Willow, I just wish I had known you were going to try it." Willow looked confused.
"But Xander was supposed to tell you. He promised me he would." Willow said and everyone turned to look at Xander who was looking a bit sheepish.
"I didn't want you to be distracted."
"Liar." Buffy said, her voice shaking with anger and her eyes lined with tears, "You couldn't stand it that I had fallen for a vampire and not you. And you call yourself my friend." Buffy got up and stormed from the room, Anlon on her tail and she ran into Oliver Wood.
"Are you okay?"
"No. I think okay was a couple exits ago." She said, tears finally spilling from her eyes. "I thought I knew him." She began to cry harder and Oliver gathered her close to him, when the door opened.
"It seems like you got over Angel fast." Xander said and Buffy wanted to be anywhere than there, she willed herself to be anywhere than there.
"What the bloody hell?" Oliver asked, a look of astonishment on his face as he looked around. Buffy looked up and gasped; they were in the quidditch pit.
"How did we get here?" she asked, pulling away from Oliver.
"I have no idea, your friend came out of your room and the room kind of disappeared and then we were here." He said. "It was almost like apparting, but you can't do that in Hogwarts."
"I did it." She said, more to herself than to him. "I wanted to be away from him." Oliver looked at her in shock; it wasn't supposed to happen in Hogwarts!
"We need to go talk to Dumbledore." He said, pulling her back towards the school, when suddenly he stopped. In front of them was two dementors, which where making there way towards them at a fast pace. Buffy could hear Angel blaming her and she could feel the sword entering him, grabbing a hold of Oliver she willed them into Dumbledore's office and with a slight "pop" they were there, Dumbledore looked a little startled.
"So glad you could pop in." Dumbeldore said.
"I thought you couldn't Apparate into Hogwarts?" Oliver asked, confused.
"Well you can't. Buffy merely Apparated through Hogwarts, I am uncertain whether or not she could Apparate into or out of Hogwarts. Mr. Wood, could I speak to Buffy alone for a moment?" Oliver left Dumbledore and Buffy alone. "Do you have a question?"
"Yes, how can I Apparate?"
"Well, I would assume it was the magical energy of the key and you have tapped into it." Dumbledore told her, "I do believe that you could be very powerful if you learn to control it." Buffy stood there unsure of what she should say or ask, "If that is all, I believe that Mr. Wood is waiting for you." Buffy walked out and sure enough Oliver was waiting for her.
"Need a friend?"
"Ya." She said and they walked quietly for a moment or two before Oliver looked around frantically.
"What time is it?" he asked.
"I'm not sure, why?"
"We have a quidditch meeting." He said and they took off for Quidditch field locker rooms. They arrived just on time and Oliver began his speech.
"This is our last chance -my last chance -to win the Quidditch cup," he told them, "I will be leaving at the end of this year and I'll never get another shot at it. Gryffindor hasn't won the cup in seven years, despite the fact we have the best ruddy team in the school. We have two chasers who have been at this a long time and one new one that will knock their socks off, we've got two unbeatable beaters."
"Stop it Oliver, your making us blush." Fred and George told him in a mock blush.
"We've got the best seeker," he said and everyone turned to look at Harry, "and me." He said as an after thought.
"You're a great keeper," George said.
"The point is the Quidditch cup should have been ours ever since Harry joined the team and now it is our turn to put our names on the thing." There was a chorus of "we can do it," and "this year is our year," from the group and then the meeting was done. They were to train three times a week, no amount of rain or mud or cold weather would make the team less determined.
Buffy made her way back to her room, hoping that they weren't still there.
"They are still inside." Anlon told her, he had been quite scared when she had Apparated around Hogwarts, how was he supposed to protect her, if she disappeared?
"Thanks," she told him, "I should have known they wouldn't have given up that easily. C'mon, let's go see Dad." they turned away from the door and followed the hallway down to Snape's rooms, where Buffy gave the password and her and Anlon stepped inside.
"Where have you been? Your friends stopped by earlier and said that you just left."
"Sorry, Dad." she said, "But I ran into Oliver and I Apparated us onto the Quidditch field and then there were two dementors so I Apparated us into Dumbledore's office, where he told me that because I'm the key I can do this." She told him, "and I might be powerful enough to Apparate into Hogwarts." Snape looked shocked, that was allot of power and what would she do with it? What would the dark lord do when he found out? Snape shuddered at the thought.
"It's okay, you know I worry."
"I know."
"So, why aren't you in your room?"
"Because they are," she simply put. "Oh! You need to sign my permission slip so I can go to Hogsmeade tomorrow."
"I already passed it in for you." He told her, "Why don't you go and talk to Mr. Giles, he was looking for you earlier."
"Okay." She gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "I love you dad."
"Love you too." He said and he was overjoyed at the thought. He was so used to being alone, but now he had someone to love and to be loved back by, he had a daughter that might be more powerful then the dark lord. He knew she would chose to fight with the good, because she was the slayer, he just hoped he would survive her teenage years and dating!
Giles' Room
Buffy gave the password to the picture and walked into Giles' room, Anlon followed her, and sat beside Giles scarring him out of his thoughts.
"I say! Good lord! You are worse than Angel." Giles said to Anlon, "Could you make some noise?"
"Were would the surprise be?" he asked in confusion, if he made noise the enemy would hear him and he wouldn't be able to surprise them.
"There wouldn't be that's the point." He said and then turned to Buffy. "How are you doing?" he asked, the trio had come to visit him when Buffy had run off and then Dumbledore had come to visit him to explain about Buffy's ability.
"I'm okay." She said, "I just found out my friend lied to me and doesn't really like me, but other than that I am doing good."
"Buffy," Giles said his voice full of compassion, "Xander was just being Xander."
"An ass."
"Well, yes, I suppose he is." He said, "He was jealous of your love for Angel and when he saw Oliver holding you the jealously flared up. He doesn't understand why you do not like him."
"I like him as a friend, besides he has Cordelia." She said and stared off into space, "Why couldn't he have been happy for me?"
"I suppose in a way he thought that eventually you would turn to him." Giles said, his heart aching, because Buffy was so hurt by this. "I suppose if you don't want to return to your room, you can go to the Gryffindor common room." Giles suggested, not wanting his charge to have to go through anything else that would be painful. Buffy nodded at the suggestion and got up to go.
"Thanks Giles." She gave him a hug and Anlon and her made their way to the Gryffindor tower. "Ferret boy." She said and the door swung open, reveling Oliver, Harry, and Ron in the chairs.
"Buffy."
"Hey." She said, "I'm going to crash here tonight." She told them and the boys looked at each other.
"Uhmm, they in your room?" Oliver asked, motioning for her to sit next to him.
"Ya, so Giles suggested I crash in the common room." She said, "I can get up and go to Potions with them or perhaps another class or maybe Anlon will take me flying." Oliver got up and went to the boy's section, he returned moments later with blankets and pillows, Buffy looked at him in shock.
"What?" he asked a smile adorning his face, "You didn't think I would let you sleep down here by yourself?"
"I have Anlon." She protested, "You really don't have to."
"But I want to." He told her, "I need to talk to you anyways."
"And on that note, we are going to bed." Harry said, dragging Ron behind him.
"I haven't told anyone about what you can do." He told her and Buffy smiled in relief. "But I also wanted to make sure that we were still on for Hogsmeade this Saturday."
"Ya, but you might have to come get me at my room."
"That's okay." He told her, "I would wait all of eternity for you." Buffy blushed at what he said and he smiled. "What? It's true."
"Sorry, it's just the last guy that told me that actually meant it." She said, her thoughts returning to Angel and sending him to Hell. Oliver noticed her thoughts were headed into her past and she was staring to brood, he leaned over and kissed her. Buffy was shocked, but she soon found herself enjoying it and pulled him closer, before pulling away. "Thank you."
"For what?"
"Being you." She settled herself comfortably in his embrace and closed her eyes. Oliver smiled and wrapped his arms around her and then pulled a blanket over them and closed his eyes. Both of them fell into a deep sleep, Anlon stood guard over them and when morning came and classes began, the Gryffindor students were quiet when they left and even Percy the Perfect didn't wake them. They let them sleep undisturbed and Fred and George made excuses to Oliver's teachers, while Hermione simply told Snape that Buffy was asleep in the common room.