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Author's Note: I am still not really at home, so I apologize for late updates and for the bad spelling. Reviews are always wanted and welcome.
Chapter 11
Buffy crept of her room and into the night, but considering that her room had a door leading out into the forest it wasn't that hard to do. No the hardest part was not tripping on Willow and Oz as she snuck out of the room, although she was pretty sure that Oz had woken up, but had just assumed that she was going to patrol the forbidden forest.
"Anlon." Buffy called out softly and smiled when he landed next to her, "Did you get everything that I had asked for?" Anlon nodded and showed her the pouch of food that the house elves had provided for her. "Let's go then." She climbed up onto his back and he took off into the air, landing in front of the Shrieking Shack.
"I think that you are faster than the carriages." She told him as she got off his back.
"Probably."
"I know you don't like me going in there alone, but you know you can't fit in there, so I need you to watch my back." She told him, before turning around and entering the house.
"You're late." Black said stepping into the light as Buffy entered.
"I am not." She told him, "I am right on time."
"Nope you are late."
"You try patrolling and then leaving and see what time you get out." She told him playfully and then handed him the food. "Here you go, I have no idea what you have been eating, but this has got to be better."
"You're right it is." Black told her, "And trust me you don't want to know what I have been eating." She watched as he dug into the food and simply waited until he was done before she started her interrogation.
"Why are you looking for Harry?" she asked and he eyed her warily.
"I'm his godfather."
"But weren't you charged with his parent's murder?"
"Yes." He told her, "I was their secret keeper, but at the last minute I had decided to change with Peter Pentergrew, because I knew that Voldermort was getting close to me. But he betrayed them. What I hadn't known was that he was working with Voldermort and sold the Potter's out." He told her, shame entering his voice.
"It's not your fault." She told him, immediately thinking of Angel.
"If I hadn't switched.."
"Voldermort would have gotten you too and Harry would have no one." She told him, "I have learned that no matter what choices we make there will always be consequence we will not like."
"That is pretty pessimistic." He told her, wondering what she had been put through.
"That's life. You live, you fight, and you die.. most of the time." She said remembering the Master.
"Most of the time?"
"Ya, big bad a year ago. There was a prophecy predicting my death and sure enough I died, but my friend brought me back and I kicked ass."
"You've died?"
"Only for a couple of minutes." She said defensively, "Although apparently it was long enough to call the next slayer."
"I thought there was only one at a time."
"There was, but I never could follow the rules, just as Giles."
"Rupert Giles?"
"Ya, you know him?" she asked.
"Yes." Black said, "And how he became a watcher I will never know."
"Hey! He's a pretty good watcher. And okay he's a bit stuffy, but he knows what he's doing, most of the time."
"Stuffy? Ripper?"
"Ya, well he is know." She told him, "I don't think that man owns anything but tweed."
"Buffy." She heard Anlon call, "It will be morning soon, we need to leave."
"Alright." She called back and then turned to face Black. "I'll be back tomorrow night, don't go anywhere, if I can I will bring Harry." She told him and his entire face lit up with the mention of Harry.
"Thank you." He called, "And Buffy?"
"Ya,"
"Would you watch out for him?"
"Yes I will." She promised climbing onto Anlon's back and he took off into the air.
They arrived just as the sun was rising and Oz and Willow were waking up.
"Come on sleepy heads, we need to get you stuff from Diagon Alley." Buffy said, walking into the room like she had just gotten up, not like she hadn't gone to bed yet. They looked at her and shrugged, struggling to get out of bed.
Diagon Alley
"So what's it like?" Willow asked Buffy, as they walked through the alley getting school supplies.
"What?"
"Having a father and being a witch?"
"I had a father before, Will." Buffy reminded her, "He's cool, it's hard to think of him as dad, but he is a better father than Hank ever was." She told them and then pointed to a shop where there were familiars. "We need to go there, you and Oz need a familiar." She reminded them and Willow was practically jumping up and down with the excitement. "Did the house elves give her coffee?" she asked Oz, who simply shrugged and followed his girlfriend into the shop.
"I just realized," Willow said, as Oz and her were picking out their pets, "how are we going to pay for this?"
"You're not." She told them and they looked at her, "I am."
"Buffy.." they both started to complain, but was stopped by Buffy's hand.
"It's okay, mom was rich or something, it could quite possibly be Dad, not sure, but needless to say he said that we would be paying for it." She told them, "Besides I think he feels guilty for not knowing about me and for me being the slayer."
"Oh." Willow said and then shrugged, she picked out a black cat with white spots on its nose, while Oz picked out a white owl, promising to learn spells to change the color of the owl to match his hair.
"You never said how it was being a witch." Willow reminded her friend.
"Well, it's interesting, because I can do magic, but most of it won't work on me." She told them, "Professor Dumbledore says it's because I'm the slayer and that it changed the magic that I had already possessed, even though I didn't know about it."
"How does it affect you being the slayer? Or does Giles not know."
"It's different." Buffy said, "Because I can feel everything and I can tell who is evil and who isn't, but I can also tell the gender, like I can with demons. But my slayer sense is going into over drive because everything here is magical and it effects my sense. But on the plus, I attract magical creatures."
"So, spill."
"What?"
"About Oliver."
"What about him?" Buffy asked, blushing slightly. She wasn't sure how she felt about the quidditch captain and she was wary about entering into a relationship after Angel.
"Don't think we didn't hear about where you were when you hadn't returned back to the room." Willow told her, looking at her friend and hoping that she would get over Angel or at least move on, although Angel had and probably always would hold a large piece of her friend's heart, to see her even look at another guy was a great sign.
"We fell asleep." Buffy told them and Willow simply raised her eyebrow. "We did!" she defended herself and Willow still looked doubtful.
"Come on, I've seen the way he looks at you."
"He doesn't look at me in any way."
"I'd have to agree with Willow on this one." Oz put in.
"You'd agree with Willow if she told you that the earth rotated backwards." Buffy told the werewolf, "Speaking of earth, you need to talk to Professor Lupin."
"Why?"
"Because he has your problem also and he can tell you were to go so that you aren't in a public place when you change." Buffy reminded him, "Besides you are on the other side of the earth, when is the next full moon?" she asked and he looked thoughtful. "Alright, I'll talk to him." Oz agreed he was actually looking forward to talking to someone who had the same problem as him.
"Buffy!" they heard and they all turned, Snape and Giles were walking towards them. "It's time to head back if we are to make it for dinner." They told the children, and Buffy shook her head at them, they had become fast friends after Snape stopped trying to kill Giles for being Buffy's watcher.
"Do you have everything?" Giles asked, a fatherly note entering his voice.
"Ya," Willow answered and Oz nodded, they got back into the carriages and set off to Hogwart's.
Hogwart's: The Great Hall
They entered the Great Hall and took seats at the Gryfindor table, Oz and Willow was nervous, because they were about to be sorted.
"Before we begin dinner tonight, I would like to introduce two new students, Willow Rosenberg and Daniel Osberon." Dumbledore motioned them forward and when they stood at the front of the Great Hall, he continued, "We are going to sort them now and then dinner will be served. Ms. Rosenberg?" he motioned for Willow to sit on the stool where a ratty old hat was placed on her head.
"Mhmmm, very interesting.. Hellmouth.. demons.. a wandless witch! You are very powerful. But where to put you?"
'With Buffy.' Willow thought.
"You would do well in Gryfindor, but you would do better in Slytherin, are you sure?"
'Yes.'
"Alright then." The sorting hat said, "GRYFINDOR!" the hat was taken off of Willow and Oz moved to take her place.
"Mhmm, another one." The hat said, "But you are a werewolf too, I know just where to put you. Exactly where I placed the last one." The hat said, "GRYFINDOR!" Oz got off the stool and they both took their seats next to Buffy.
"Excellent, now that, that is done, let's eat." Food appeared before everyone and Willow jumped slightly, still not used to food just appearing out of thin air. The table chattered with Willow and Oz, attempting to find out about their new dorm mates.
When dinner was done, they headed towards Gryfindor Tower, where they were met with a group of people. "What is going on?" Buffy asked and pushed her way forward. She gasped at what she saw, the fat lady had been ripped to shreds and she was no where to be seen. "Everyone back to the Great Hall."
"Excuse me, but I am the prefect."
"And I know what goes bump in the night." She hissed and then made the announcement once more, "Everyone return to the Great Hall, now!" The crowd turned and left, while Buffy simply brought up the rear.
"I will have to write you up." Percy said, "I am the prefect and as such.."
"I don't give a damn!" Buffy said, cutting off his tirade, "I am the one that protects all you from the things that go bump in the night and right now with everyone out I cannot do it. Write me up! Go ahead, Dumbledore won't let it stick."
"He will, because.."
"What you said so?" she asked, knowing that Dumbledore might usually do that, but she was always the exception. "We can argue about this later, for right now, get in side." She said, noticing that so many bodies outside where attracting the vampires that lived in the forbidden forest. She stepped between the vampires and the students. "I'm sorry, but I think you're a little old to be students." She said to the vampires.
"Slayer."
"Slayee." Buffy replied, "How about this, I give you the chance to run away now, because I'm not having the best of nights, or we can fight and you can all die."
"It's eight to one, slayer." The vampire said all of them laughing.
"I know it hardly seems fair.. to you." She said and the vampires stopped laughing, and attacked. It was the sloppiest attack that Buffy had ever seen, they took her on one on one, rather than attacking simultaneously. The students rushed to get into the great hall, when one of the vampires snuck around Buffy. Buffy noticed the vampire and threw the one charging her at him, knocking them both to the ground, before she threw her stake into both of their hearts.
The attack lasted thirty seconds and when the dust cleared, Buffy had a cut on her arm, but was otherwise fine.
"Get inside." She repeated and the students obeyed without question, even Percy.
Once the students where inside, Buffy set out to get Dumbledore and Anlon.
"Anlon?" she asked as soon as she stepped back outside. "Yes?" he questioned landing next to her.
"Who was it?"
"I'm not sure, it isn't anyone I have ever seen before, but he could turn himself into a rat. He got mad when the fat lady wouldn't let him in, so he shredded the painting and then he turned into a rat when he heard the student's on their way back."
"Thanks." She said, "Could you fly around and make sure that he isn't looking for another way into the castle?" Anlon nodded and then took off into the air, while Buffy headed back inside to talk to Dumbledore.
"Settle down students." Dumbledore said, "There is nothing to be afraid of, you will be sleeping here tonight and the prefects are in charge." He said and then motioned Buffy forward. "Can you help the teachers look around?" She nodded and made her way to Willow and Oz.
"Hey, I'm going to help the teachers, could you lay my mat?"
"Already been done."
"Really? By who?"
"Oliver."
"Thanks." Buffy said, blushing at the thought of Oliver doing that for her. She made her way over to him and Willow and Oz followed and then set up their mats next to theirs. "Thank you."
"Your welcome. Why aren't you sleeping in your room?"
"Dumbledore wants me to watch the students, but also because the entire school is here and there might be an attack." She told him and he nodded, it made sense. She got up and left and returned after everyone had gone to sleep, except for the terrible trio who were talking about who would want to break into Hogwart's.
Buffy laid down next to Oliver and was about to go to sleep, when she saw a rat sneak out of Rons clothing and head off. She could feel that it was human and got up, following it. It led her out into the night and then into the Forbidden Forest, where it met a snake like being.
"Where is he?"
"I'm sorry master." Pentgrew said, as he morphed back into human, "But I couldn't get in, they changed the password while I was in the hospital."
"I will not tolerate failure, I will give you one more chance." It told him before the thing slithered away, Pentgrew was about to morph back when Buffy stepped into the clearing.
"Sounds like someone is going to die." She said and he turned, fear and shock radiating from his body. "Wonder if Ron knows his rat is really a rat?"
"Fortunately for me you will never tell him." He told her, drawing his wand out, "Avada Kedar." A green light hit her and bounced off of her.
"That kind of tickled." She said and he stood there in shock, he tried to morph back, but Buffy would not let him. "Seems that my magic is more strong then yours. Stupefy!" Peter hung in the air and Buffy grabbed him and threw him over her shoulder, carrying him back to the castle, where she dropped him in Dumbledore's office.
"Found a rat. This is the real murder of the Potter's." Buffy said and Dumbledore nodded, before summoning an owl and attaching a piece of paper to it, before sending it to the Ministry of Magic.
"They should be here any minute." As Dumbledore said this, two people arrived on brooms and got off of them.
"This had better be good." One of them muttered.
"Oh, indeed it is." Dumbledore told them, "This is the real murder of the Potters." The men looked at each other and then at Dumbledore in shock.
"How do we know?"
"We could ask him." Buffy suggested, "Make him drink the truth potion and he will be forced to tell the truth." Dumbledore nodded and summoned for Snape, who came a mer minutes later with the potion.
"We will talk later." He said, looking at Buffy.
"Sorry, dad." She said and then unfroze Pentgrew, who looked around the room and tried to turn back into a rat, but was unable to, because of Buffy. They forced him to drink the potion and he told everything, clearing Black of all charges. Buffy returned to the great hall, where Lupin asked if she would attend his class that morning, she agreed and everything was set.
Lupin's classroom
"After last night, I thought we should change directions and study the vampire slayer and vampires." He told them.
"But the slayer is just a myth." "Well, then in that case, I'm not here." Buffy said, stepping out into the room.
"And I would like to introduce the current vampire slayer, Buffy Snape. I'm sure she would be willing to answer any question that you might have." Lupin said and then turned the class over to Buffy.
"So, any questions?" Buffy smiled as the questions flew at her from all directions. "Alright, lets try this another way. I will call on one of you and then you can answer a question for me." she said looking around the room, the students nodded their agreement. "Alright you." she pointed to a girl in the front of the room.
"When where you called?"
"At the age of 15." she replied and the students looked shocked, a slayer only usually lasted a year, at the most. "My turn. Why do we wear these robes?" Buffy could not understand why the weren't simply allowed to be themselves, another girl raised her hand and Buffy nodded to her.
"Because it is supposed to make all of us be one school and get us to talk to other houses." Buffy nodded. "What is it like being the slayer?" Buffy thought for a moment, trying to figure out how to explain this to anyone.
"It is like you are part of something that is greater than the entire world." She said and the girls nodded, entranced, "But at the same time it is hard to deal with everything that life has to throw at you and still having to go out and save the world, when you just want to die." she replied and she could tell by the looks that her life had suddenly lost some of it's glimmer. "Alright, why is there so much competition between the houses?"
"It has always been like that." replied one guy, another student nodding his agreement, "We compete to win the school cup every year." Buffy nodded, not really knowing what to say to that. "What is the hardest thing that you have done?" Buffy swallowed at that, that was one of the most difficult questions in the world, because there was so much that she had faced.
"Well," she said, "There have been a lot of difficult things before me," she told them, "When I was sixteen I moved to a little town called Sunnydale," she heard a gasp go around the class and she realized that they knew what Sunnydale was, "Where I met my current watcher and my friends. I also met another.. Friend." she had paused when trying to figure out a way to describe Angel, "he would help me out from time to time, giving me vague warnings and the likes." she smiled at the bittersweet memories. "One day I was early for my training and I heard my watcher and him fighting. There was a prophecy that came to light, that said I would die." she paused to let that sink in. "I was fourious, but more than anything I was afraid to die. I tried to talk my mom into leaving that night, but she didn't know and she had things to do. So I stayed and I hid, thinking about everything. The vampires attacked our school and massacred some of the students and I knew what I had to do. I went to the school where I found my watcher about to go and risk his life. I knocked him out and left to go to my fate."
"Which you obviously didn't meet, because here you are."
"Ahh, but I did." Buffy told them smiling, "I went down there to die and I did. The Master drowned me, but my friend found me and preformed CPR on me, bringing me back to life." she said and the entire class gasped, she had died Professor Lupin looked at Buffy and realized just how much she had been through and there was so much that she had yet to tell, standing up he silenced the class.
"That is all for today, I'm afraid," he said, walking towards the front of the class, "Thank you Ms. Snape, for the help."
"You are welcome, Professor." she said and began to walk away.
"Would you mind waiting a moment?" he asked, and she nodded, soon they were the only ones in the room.
"What's up?"
"If you ever need to talk, I am here." he said, knowing that she had been through many hard things and most of them recently.
"Thank you for the kind offer." she replied and turned and left, leaving a very perplexed teacher wondering what to do.
Author's Note: I am still not really at home, so I apologize for late updates and for the bad spelling. Reviews are always wanted and welcome.
Chapter 11
Buffy crept of her room and into the night, but considering that her room had a door leading out into the forest it wasn't that hard to do. No the hardest part was not tripping on Willow and Oz as she snuck out of the room, although she was pretty sure that Oz had woken up, but had just assumed that she was going to patrol the forbidden forest.
"Anlon." Buffy called out softly and smiled when he landed next to her, "Did you get everything that I had asked for?" Anlon nodded and showed her the pouch of food that the house elves had provided for her. "Let's go then." She climbed up onto his back and he took off into the air, landing in front of the Shrieking Shack.
"I think that you are faster than the carriages." She told him as she got off his back.
"Probably."
"I know you don't like me going in there alone, but you know you can't fit in there, so I need you to watch my back." She told him, before turning around and entering the house.
"You're late." Black said stepping into the light as Buffy entered.
"I am not." She told him, "I am right on time."
"Nope you are late."
"You try patrolling and then leaving and see what time you get out." She told him playfully and then handed him the food. "Here you go, I have no idea what you have been eating, but this has got to be better."
"You're right it is." Black told her, "And trust me you don't want to know what I have been eating." She watched as he dug into the food and simply waited until he was done before she started her interrogation.
"Why are you looking for Harry?" she asked and he eyed her warily.
"I'm his godfather."
"But weren't you charged with his parent's murder?"
"Yes." He told her, "I was their secret keeper, but at the last minute I had decided to change with Peter Pentergrew, because I knew that Voldermort was getting close to me. But he betrayed them. What I hadn't known was that he was working with Voldermort and sold the Potter's out." He told her, shame entering his voice.
"It's not your fault." She told him, immediately thinking of Angel.
"If I hadn't switched.."
"Voldermort would have gotten you too and Harry would have no one." She told him, "I have learned that no matter what choices we make there will always be consequence we will not like."
"That is pretty pessimistic." He told her, wondering what she had been put through.
"That's life. You live, you fight, and you die.. most of the time." She said remembering the Master.
"Most of the time?"
"Ya, big bad a year ago. There was a prophecy predicting my death and sure enough I died, but my friend brought me back and I kicked ass."
"You've died?"
"Only for a couple of minutes." She said defensively, "Although apparently it was long enough to call the next slayer."
"I thought there was only one at a time."
"There was, but I never could follow the rules, just as Giles."
"Rupert Giles?"
"Ya, you know him?" she asked.
"Yes." Black said, "And how he became a watcher I will never know."
"Hey! He's a pretty good watcher. And okay he's a bit stuffy, but he knows what he's doing, most of the time."
"Stuffy? Ripper?"
"Ya, well he is know." She told him, "I don't think that man owns anything but tweed."
"Buffy." She heard Anlon call, "It will be morning soon, we need to leave."
"Alright." She called back and then turned to face Black. "I'll be back tomorrow night, don't go anywhere, if I can I will bring Harry." She told him and his entire face lit up with the mention of Harry.
"Thank you." He called, "And Buffy?"
"Ya,"
"Would you watch out for him?"
"Yes I will." She promised climbing onto Anlon's back and he took off into the air.
They arrived just as the sun was rising and Oz and Willow were waking up.
"Come on sleepy heads, we need to get you stuff from Diagon Alley." Buffy said, walking into the room like she had just gotten up, not like she hadn't gone to bed yet. They looked at her and shrugged, struggling to get out of bed.
Diagon Alley
"So what's it like?" Willow asked Buffy, as they walked through the alley getting school supplies.
"What?"
"Having a father and being a witch?"
"I had a father before, Will." Buffy reminded her, "He's cool, it's hard to think of him as dad, but he is a better father than Hank ever was." She told them and then pointed to a shop where there were familiars. "We need to go there, you and Oz need a familiar." She reminded them and Willow was practically jumping up and down with the excitement. "Did the house elves give her coffee?" she asked Oz, who simply shrugged and followed his girlfriend into the shop.
"I just realized," Willow said, as Oz and her were picking out their pets, "how are we going to pay for this?"
"You're not." She told them and they looked at her, "I am."
"Buffy.." they both started to complain, but was stopped by Buffy's hand.
"It's okay, mom was rich or something, it could quite possibly be Dad, not sure, but needless to say he said that we would be paying for it." She told them, "Besides I think he feels guilty for not knowing about me and for me being the slayer."
"Oh." Willow said and then shrugged, she picked out a black cat with white spots on its nose, while Oz picked out a white owl, promising to learn spells to change the color of the owl to match his hair.
"You never said how it was being a witch." Willow reminded her friend.
"Well, it's interesting, because I can do magic, but most of it won't work on me." She told them, "Professor Dumbledore says it's because I'm the slayer and that it changed the magic that I had already possessed, even though I didn't know about it."
"How does it affect you being the slayer? Or does Giles not know."
"It's different." Buffy said, "Because I can feel everything and I can tell who is evil and who isn't, but I can also tell the gender, like I can with demons. But my slayer sense is going into over drive because everything here is magical and it effects my sense. But on the plus, I attract magical creatures."
"So, spill."
"What?"
"About Oliver."
"What about him?" Buffy asked, blushing slightly. She wasn't sure how she felt about the quidditch captain and she was wary about entering into a relationship after Angel.
"Don't think we didn't hear about where you were when you hadn't returned back to the room." Willow told her, looking at her friend and hoping that she would get over Angel or at least move on, although Angel had and probably always would hold a large piece of her friend's heart, to see her even look at another guy was a great sign.
"We fell asleep." Buffy told them and Willow simply raised her eyebrow. "We did!" she defended herself and Willow still looked doubtful.
"Come on, I've seen the way he looks at you."
"He doesn't look at me in any way."
"I'd have to agree with Willow on this one." Oz put in.
"You'd agree with Willow if she told you that the earth rotated backwards." Buffy told the werewolf, "Speaking of earth, you need to talk to Professor Lupin."
"Why?"
"Because he has your problem also and he can tell you were to go so that you aren't in a public place when you change." Buffy reminded him, "Besides you are on the other side of the earth, when is the next full moon?" she asked and he looked thoughtful. "Alright, I'll talk to him." Oz agreed he was actually looking forward to talking to someone who had the same problem as him.
"Buffy!" they heard and they all turned, Snape and Giles were walking towards them. "It's time to head back if we are to make it for dinner." They told the children, and Buffy shook her head at them, they had become fast friends after Snape stopped trying to kill Giles for being Buffy's watcher.
"Do you have everything?" Giles asked, a fatherly note entering his voice.
"Ya," Willow answered and Oz nodded, they got back into the carriages and set off to Hogwart's.
Hogwart's: The Great Hall
They entered the Great Hall and took seats at the Gryfindor table, Oz and Willow was nervous, because they were about to be sorted.
"Before we begin dinner tonight, I would like to introduce two new students, Willow Rosenberg and Daniel Osberon." Dumbledore motioned them forward and when they stood at the front of the Great Hall, he continued, "We are going to sort them now and then dinner will be served. Ms. Rosenberg?" he motioned for Willow to sit on the stool where a ratty old hat was placed on her head.
"Mhmmm, very interesting.. Hellmouth.. demons.. a wandless witch! You are very powerful. But where to put you?"
'With Buffy.' Willow thought.
"You would do well in Gryfindor, but you would do better in Slytherin, are you sure?"
'Yes.'
"Alright then." The sorting hat said, "GRYFINDOR!" the hat was taken off of Willow and Oz moved to take her place.
"Mhmm, another one." The hat said, "But you are a werewolf too, I know just where to put you. Exactly where I placed the last one." The hat said, "GRYFINDOR!" Oz got off the stool and they both took their seats next to Buffy.
"Excellent, now that, that is done, let's eat." Food appeared before everyone and Willow jumped slightly, still not used to food just appearing out of thin air. The table chattered with Willow and Oz, attempting to find out about their new dorm mates.
When dinner was done, they headed towards Gryfindor Tower, where they were met with a group of people. "What is going on?" Buffy asked and pushed her way forward. She gasped at what she saw, the fat lady had been ripped to shreds and she was no where to be seen. "Everyone back to the Great Hall."
"Excuse me, but I am the prefect."
"And I know what goes bump in the night." She hissed and then made the announcement once more, "Everyone return to the Great Hall, now!" The crowd turned and left, while Buffy simply brought up the rear.
"I will have to write you up." Percy said, "I am the prefect and as such.."
"I don't give a damn!" Buffy said, cutting off his tirade, "I am the one that protects all you from the things that go bump in the night and right now with everyone out I cannot do it. Write me up! Go ahead, Dumbledore won't let it stick."
"He will, because.."
"What you said so?" she asked, knowing that Dumbledore might usually do that, but she was always the exception. "We can argue about this later, for right now, get in side." She said, noticing that so many bodies outside where attracting the vampires that lived in the forbidden forest. She stepped between the vampires and the students. "I'm sorry, but I think you're a little old to be students." She said to the vampires.
"Slayer."
"Slayee." Buffy replied, "How about this, I give you the chance to run away now, because I'm not having the best of nights, or we can fight and you can all die."
"It's eight to one, slayer." The vampire said all of them laughing.
"I know it hardly seems fair.. to you." She said and the vampires stopped laughing, and attacked. It was the sloppiest attack that Buffy had ever seen, they took her on one on one, rather than attacking simultaneously. The students rushed to get into the great hall, when one of the vampires snuck around Buffy. Buffy noticed the vampire and threw the one charging her at him, knocking them both to the ground, before she threw her stake into both of their hearts.
The attack lasted thirty seconds and when the dust cleared, Buffy had a cut on her arm, but was otherwise fine.
"Get inside." She repeated and the students obeyed without question, even Percy.
Once the students where inside, Buffy set out to get Dumbledore and Anlon.
"Anlon?" she asked as soon as she stepped back outside. "Yes?" he questioned landing next to her.
"Who was it?"
"I'm not sure, it isn't anyone I have ever seen before, but he could turn himself into a rat. He got mad when the fat lady wouldn't let him in, so he shredded the painting and then he turned into a rat when he heard the student's on their way back."
"Thanks." She said, "Could you fly around and make sure that he isn't looking for another way into the castle?" Anlon nodded and then took off into the air, while Buffy headed back inside to talk to Dumbledore.
"Settle down students." Dumbledore said, "There is nothing to be afraid of, you will be sleeping here tonight and the prefects are in charge." He said and then motioned Buffy forward. "Can you help the teachers look around?" She nodded and made her way to Willow and Oz.
"Hey, I'm going to help the teachers, could you lay my mat?"
"Already been done."
"Really? By who?"
"Oliver."
"Thanks." Buffy said, blushing at the thought of Oliver doing that for her. She made her way over to him and Willow and Oz followed and then set up their mats next to theirs. "Thank you."
"Your welcome. Why aren't you sleeping in your room?"
"Dumbledore wants me to watch the students, but also because the entire school is here and there might be an attack." She told him and he nodded, it made sense. She got up and left and returned after everyone had gone to sleep, except for the terrible trio who were talking about who would want to break into Hogwart's.
Buffy laid down next to Oliver and was about to go to sleep, when she saw a rat sneak out of Rons clothing and head off. She could feel that it was human and got up, following it. It led her out into the night and then into the Forbidden Forest, where it met a snake like being.
"Where is he?"
"I'm sorry master." Pentgrew said, as he morphed back into human, "But I couldn't get in, they changed the password while I was in the hospital."
"I will not tolerate failure, I will give you one more chance." It told him before the thing slithered away, Pentgrew was about to morph back when Buffy stepped into the clearing.
"Sounds like someone is going to die." She said and he turned, fear and shock radiating from his body. "Wonder if Ron knows his rat is really a rat?"
"Fortunately for me you will never tell him." He told her, drawing his wand out, "Avada Kedar." A green light hit her and bounced off of her.
"That kind of tickled." She said and he stood there in shock, he tried to morph back, but Buffy would not let him. "Seems that my magic is more strong then yours. Stupefy!" Peter hung in the air and Buffy grabbed him and threw him over her shoulder, carrying him back to the castle, where she dropped him in Dumbledore's office.
"Found a rat. This is the real murder of the Potter's." Buffy said and Dumbledore nodded, before summoning an owl and attaching a piece of paper to it, before sending it to the Ministry of Magic.
"They should be here any minute." As Dumbledore said this, two people arrived on brooms and got off of them.
"This had better be good." One of them muttered.
"Oh, indeed it is." Dumbledore told them, "This is the real murder of the Potters." The men looked at each other and then at Dumbledore in shock.
"How do we know?"
"We could ask him." Buffy suggested, "Make him drink the truth potion and he will be forced to tell the truth." Dumbledore nodded and summoned for Snape, who came a mer minutes later with the potion.
"We will talk later." He said, looking at Buffy.
"Sorry, dad." She said and then unfroze Pentgrew, who looked around the room and tried to turn back into a rat, but was unable to, because of Buffy. They forced him to drink the potion and he told everything, clearing Black of all charges. Buffy returned to the great hall, where Lupin asked if she would attend his class that morning, she agreed and everything was set.
Lupin's classroom
"After last night, I thought we should change directions and study the vampire slayer and vampires." He told them.
"But the slayer is just a myth." "Well, then in that case, I'm not here." Buffy said, stepping out into the room.
"And I would like to introduce the current vampire slayer, Buffy Snape. I'm sure she would be willing to answer any question that you might have." Lupin said and then turned the class over to Buffy.
"So, any questions?" Buffy smiled as the questions flew at her from all directions. "Alright, lets try this another way. I will call on one of you and then you can answer a question for me." she said looking around the room, the students nodded their agreement. "Alright you." she pointed to a girl in the front of the room.
"When where you called?"
"At the age of 15." she replied and the students looked shocked, a slayer only usually lasted a year, at the most. "My turn. Why do we wear these robes?" Buffy could not understand why the weren't simply allowed to be themselves, another girl raised her hand and Buffy nodded to her.
"Because it is supposed to make all of us be one school and get us to talk to other houses." Buffy nodded. "What is it like being the slayer?" Buffy thought for a moment, trying to figure out how to explain this to anyone.
"It is like you are part of something that is greater than the entire world." She said and the girls nodded, entranced, "But at the same time it is hard to deal with everything that life has to throw at you and still having to go out and save the world, when you just want to die." she replied and she could tell by the looks that her life had suddenly lost some of it's glimmer. "Alright, why is there so much competition between the houses?"
"It has always been like that." replied one guy, another student nodding his agreement, "We compete to win the school cup every year." Buffy nodded, not really knowing what to say to that. "What is the hardest thing that you have done?" Buffy swallowed at that, that was one of the most difficult questions in the world, because there was so much that she had faced.
"Well," she said, "There have been a lot of difficult things before me," she told them, "When I was sixteen I moved to a little town called Sunnydale," she heard a gasp go around the class and she realized that they knew what Sunnydale was, "Where I met my current watcher and my friends. I also met another.. Friend." she had paused when trying to figure out a way to describe Angel, "he would help me out from time to time, giving me vague warnings and the likes." she smiled at the bittersweet memories. "One day I was early for my training and I heard my watcher and him fighting. There was a prophecy that came to light, that said I would die." she paused to let that sink in. "I was fourious, but more than anything I was afraid to die. I tried to talk my mom into leaving that night, but she didn't know and she had things to do. So I stayed and I hid, thinking about everything. The vampires attacked our school and massacred some of the students and I knew what I had to do. I went to the school where I found my watcher about to go and risk his life. I knocked him out and left to go to my fate."
"Which you obviously didn't meet, because here you are."
"Ahh, but I did." Buffy told them smiling, "I went down there to die and I did. The Master drowned me, but my friend found me and preformed CPR on me, bringing me back to life." she said and the entire class gasped, she had died Professor Lupin looked at Buffy and realized just how much she had been through and there was so much that she had yet to tell, standing up he silenced the class.
"That is all for today, I'm afraid," he said, walking towards the front of the class, "Thank you Ms. Snape, for the help."
"You are welcome, Professor." she said and began to walk away.
"Would you mind waiting a moment?" he asked, and she nodded, soon they were the only ones in the room.
"What's up?"
"If you ever need to talk, I am here." he said, knowing that she had been through many hard things and most of them recently.
"Thank you for the kind offer." she replied and turned and left, leaving a very perplexed teacher wondering what to do.