Warning – Spoilers
End of Season Seven Buffy.
Angel series.
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
Title: Harry Potter and the Scoobies.
Chapter 2 - Harry, Gryffindor VS Slytherin
Dawn walked over to Harry's place and found him lying outside on the lawn. He jumped at the sight of his neighbour standing over him and she grinned.
"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you."
"That's okay, you stopped me from falling asleep from all the fun I was having," Harry stood to face her. She was almost as tall as he was. Wearing a blue singlet top and jeans. Harry wore dark navy clothes that were way too big for him.
"I've been sent on a mission to invite you over for pizza and gossip at number 2 Privet Drive."
"Oh, thanks."
"Number two would be where we live. I noticed you don't like your relies very much so maybe you should come over by yourself first. Say, now?"
"All right. It's not like they'd notice I was missing."
"Cool, come with me then."
Dawn led Harry over to their house. She knew she was supposed to invite him for dinner, but they wouldn't mind if he stopped by earlier. Giles was in the living room, opening the box that had the TV in it.
"Giles, this is Harry from next door. Thought he should visit first before his overly pompous aunt and uncle do. It's okay if I call them pompous right?" Dawn asked.
"Sure. I call them that all the time."
All the Scoobies entered, Giles stuttered a greeting whilst muttering something about blasted modern TVs. Everyone sat down on coaches. The living room was much bigger than the Summer's old one. Enough to fit four couches, all angled towards the TV. With a nice black coffee table. Only, with Giles, it was tea sitting on the table.
"So what school do you go to?" Willow asked. Harry nearly choked on his tea. Dawn noticed this and said, "a boys school, it doesn't really matter, since I can't go to an all boys school, can I Buffy? Because I'm not a boy, hello." Harry mouthed thanks and Dawn smiled.
"We still need to find you a good school," Buffy said.
"As long as it's earth quake free zone," Dawn said. Giles raised an eyebrow.
"The earthquake in Sunnydale, big news here," Harry explained.
"Oh," Giles laughed. Willow gave Kennedy a knowing look.
"If you don't mind me asking Xander, how'd you get that eye patch?" Harry asked.
"It's nothing, really," Xander replied.
"Oh, sorry."
"Don't worry about it."
"Who's up for a game of scrabble?" Willow asked.
"Scrabble?" Harry questioned. Dawn yawned, she didn't realise that inviting over a boy from next door could possibly be so boring.
"Or, we could go to the movies. Since Giles can't get the TV working," Dawn suggested.
"Excuse me, but…"
"No, you can't go to the movies we haven't finished packing," Buffy interrupted Giles.
"But Buffy…" Dawn complained.
"Maybe I should go…" Harry said.
"Oh yeah, and invite your relatives over, okay Harry?" Willow said.
"Yeah, sure. Thanks for the invitation."
"No problem."
Harry let himself out of the house.
Harry walked home, wondering how so many younger people could live together, and why the old guy was there. Unless he was a friend of the family or something, but they couldn't possibly all be related. Harry went inside his house, only to find his family in front of the TV.
"The neighbours invited us over," Harry said to them.
"Dudley, you know what to do, put on your best suit, Vernon, same goes for you, I have a gift basket ready, Harry, you go upstairs and…"
"Pretend that I don't exist," Harry interrupted his aunt.
"Correct."
"One problem."
"What?" Vernon boomed.
"They invited me too. It would be suspicious if I didn't show up for dinner tonight."
"You're right. Get changed and try not to say anything to the neighbours when we are there."
Harry nodded glumly and went to change into a light blue shirt and pair of jeans, which were still way too big for him. He tugged on the black belt that used to be Dudley's and pushed a new whole into it. It was coming close to six O' clock and he heard his aunt and uncle calling for him to come downstairs. Harry looked in the mirror and wondered why he actually cared what he looked like. It wasn't because of his aunt and uncle. It was, it was, Dawn… Something about her, that makes me think, that maybe, maybe she would understand all this magic and Voldemorte, him or me, prophesy, not that I could ever tell her, but still, Harry thought as he walked downstairs.
Funnily enough they drove over to the next house, which showed how lazy Dudley was; he refused to walk a meter and complained all the way to the front door. Petunia knocked twice. There was a lot of noise in the house, which seemed to unsettle Harry's aunt and uncle. Three of the Scoobies stood at the door, as did Dawn. Harry smiled, Dawn said 'hi' and giggled.
"Hi, I'm Petunia Dursley, this is Vernon, Dudley and our nephew Harry," she said.
"Hi, I'm Rupert Giles, this is Willow, Kennedy, Buffy and Dawn."
"Come in," Buffy said. They all walked in and sat at the couches. Dawn managed to have Harry sit next to her, with Xander on the other side. They sat opposite the Dursley's. Buffy ordered pizza.
"Sorry about all the boxes and lack of a home cooked meal. We only moved in today," Giles offered tea and biscuits.
"Not a problem," Petunia smiled. Harry could tell she was very sceptical about so many unrelated people living under the one roof. It was very unconventional for her. Mr Dursley was making bad jokes and boring the poor neighbours. Harry and Dawn sat uncomfortably next to each other. Making Dawn almost wish that she had sat elsewhere. She never wished anything these days of course, didn't want to have to be stuck in a house with everyone like last time.
The Dursley's and Harry left at nine p.m., leaving a very bored household of Scoobies behind.
"Are all English people that dull?" Dawn asked.
"You don't fool me Dawn. I saw you making googly eyes with that Harry boy," Buffy laughed.
"Was not. At least we know he's not a vampire," Dawn replied.
"How so?" Giles asked.
"I saw him in the daytime, Giles."
"Oh."
"So, how about that movie?"
Next door Harry sat outside in his front garden. His aunt and uncle didn't question what he did any more as long as Harry did his chores. Which after pizza at the neighbour's house, weren't much to go on. There was a loud crack behind him, which made him jump and reach for his wand. There was nothing there that he could see.
Suddenly he blacked out.
It wasn't till morning that he woke up and felt really light headed. Like part of him was missing. He walked slowly back into the house.
"You fell asleep outside? Stupid boy, do the dishes," aunt Petunia ordered. Weakly, Harry nodded and did the dishes. Once he was done, he walked to the window to see himself standing outside the neighbour's house talking to Dawn. Harry threw on his invisibility cloak and hurried over to the imposter and Dawn.
"So, you want to go out on Saturday?"
"Really? Yeah, I'd love to," Dawn smiled.
"I really need to talk to you. You know I said I went to a correctional school for boys? Well, that's not true, I'm a wizard."
"A, a wizard? You just out and say you're a wizard like it's normal? Are you crazy?" Dawn asked.
"No. I can prove it to you."
"Okay, prove away then."
"Lacarnam inflamaro," he pointed at the grass. It started burning, Dawn yelled, and put it out with the garden hose.
"You don't just go around burning things! Even if you are a wizard, I'm so going to get in trouble for that."
"No you won't. Just let me inside and I'll explain everything to you," imposter Harry said.
"Okay."
Dawn let him inside, Harry followed with the invisibility cloak. Neither of them noticed.
"Hello Harry," Buffy said to imposter Harry. Harry smiled but didn't reply. Dawn led him to her room and closed the door. The room was still covered in boxes.
"I go to Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry. I need your help."
He explained that one-minute he was at Hogwarts, the next he was here, with his relatives that he didn't like one bit. Dawn was a bit confused and stated that she saw him just yesterday.
"Well, that couldn't have been me. That must've been someone pretending to be me."
He explained all about the houses, Dawn was really interested.
"So, what house are you in?" she asked.
"Slytherin," imposter Harry replied. Invisibility cloak Harry covered his mouth, to stop himself from yelling.
"Cool. Well, you've come to the right place. We know all about magic."
"Dawn! Did I hear the m word?" Willow barged into Dawn's room.
"It's okay, he's a wizard, he needs our help."
"Wizard?" Willow looked at him, unsure.
"I am. I just want to stop the guy you met yesterday who's pretending to be me."
At this point invisible Harry had had enough. He through off his invisibility cloak and glared at imposter Slytherin Harry.
"I am not pretending to be you, you are pretending to be me! And Slytherin? Please, I'm in Gryffindor and as much as I'd like to be at Hogwarts over the Summer I'm stuck with the Dursley's."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute. I think you're both Harry," Willow said.
"What? You're kidding right? He used a polyjuice potion and pretending to be me! It'll wear off soon enough and they'll know you're, you must be Draco Malfoy, pretending to be me! Well, it won't work!" Gryffindor Harry yelled.
"Draco Malfoy?" Slytherin Harry laughed, "he's nothing but my lackey. If you said boo he'd run away. He's a sissy."
"You're, you're not really Malfoy? Wait a minute… who are your best friends?" Harry asked the Slytherin.
"Flint," Slytherin Harry snarled.
"I, I think I get it… you're, you're from an alternative reality. It's, if I was put in Slytherin, this is Slytherin Harry. Where as here, I'm in Gryffindor, this is so bizarre," Gryffindor Harry laughed.
"It makes sense. Alternate realities are possible. We had two Xander's before, this is two Harry's, only Slytherin Harry isn't supposed to be here," Willow said.
"So, they're both Harry. Just not both from this universe?" Dawn asked.
"Yeah. How do we get rid of him?" Gryffindor Harry asked.
"Hey, I think I'd like to see what Gryffindor me lives like. Who're you friends with?" Slytherin Harry asked.
"Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley," Gryffindor Harry replied.
"Mudblood? You're friends with a mudblood? You know, she is dead in our reality," Slytherin Harry laughed.
Gryffindor Harry lunged for Slytherin Harry.
Willow muttered a spell that separated both of them. The two Harry's stared at Willow in shock.
"You're not the only magic ones here, Harry's. Come with me," Willow ordered. Slytherin Harry was wearing a Slytherin house uniform, which Gryffindor Harry had completely overlooked until now. They both followed Willow to the living room. With Dawn following them all and watching both the boys, wondering if they both liked her in both realities.
