Part 3-

A/N: This is quite a long chapter. This is how everything fits in together. It may be a little awaked, but after reading various Buffy/Hp and Buffy/Charmed fics this is what I came up with.

Tanydwr Yeah I hate whinny Harry too. Basically I decided to make him deal with it…for now. ;)

ztacel – Fast is what I need at the moment for the story so yes it will slow down in the 5th chapter. I just want everyone together and knowing what's going on.

Allen Pitt – Just so you know Dru isn't going to make an appearance in this story. She's a completely different fic I'm writing set late in the 5th season of Angel….I should really work on that some more...lol.

Almadynis – Basically baby-sit him for most of the time. He's annoying isn't he? LOL. But I wanted Cole out of the picture and I wanted the stuff the girls experienced from 'Sense and Sensibility' so I had to keep him.

Thanks for all the reviews!

Those out on patrol had returned home not long after Buffy received the letter. While the slayers headed off to bed, the others joined their friends in the foyer of the hotel. Andrew had placed himself on cook duty. The oven had been out of use for some time, but Willow with her goddess powers had charmed it so Andrew would be entertained. He handed the arrivals drinks and placed some near black cookies on the table.

"Their meant to be that colour" Andrew quickly explained before anyone could criticize.

Cooking was the only helpful thing he could do at the time, he didn't want the others to believe he couldn't do it. Just as Xander was about to take a bite of a cookie three women entered the hotel.

The tallest had red hair, a little lighter than Willow's, she was carrying a shoulder bag which was pretty full. She appeared a little less cautious than the other two who entered with her. Her milky white complexion was that had caught Xander's attention the most. It reminded him that of Spike's or even Angel's vampire skin.

The second women that caught Xander's eye was carrying a baby. Xander was not at all used to the sight of babies. In fact he tired to remember the last time he had actually seen one. For some reason the morgue came to mind, Xander prayed that wasn't it.

The mother had long well cared for brown hair. Some of it fell over her shoulders, contrasting with her baby's blonde hair. The scar on her eyebrow gave them a very distinctive look. She did not carry any bags with her. Both hands were holding the baby, one supporting him by his bottom, the other on his back. She seemed to be holding him rather close to her as if for some protection. This woman certainly looked a little nervous as she entered the hotel.

Finally Xander's eye fell upon the third woman. Her skin was darker than the first one. Her hair was the darkest of the three, about the same colour as Xander's own. She appeared to be carrying the luggage of the second women and her own in one large suitcase on wheels. Though it wasn't too heavy as she easily wheeled it into the foyer with grace. There was something about this final woman that told Xander this is what he should have looked at first. He didn't dwell much on it though, his brain had failed him many times during his life, why start listening to it now?

"I'm sorry, this hotel isn't accepting guests" Angel said after rising from his chair.

"Oh!" Buffy quickly got to her feet realizing that Angel hadn't read the letter yet. "Angel these people aren't guests…or maybe they are or will be….it's a little confusing….I assume you are the Charmed Ones"

It was obvious that Buffy was feeling a little awkward as she spoke. After all Dumbledore had simply told her in the letter that the Charmed ones, Piper, Phoebe and Paige, were to hopefully be arriving at the hotel soon. Buffy wasn't even sure if she trusted Dumbledore yet, why should she trust three women he sent to her?

"Yep. Are you Buffy Summers, the Slayer? We were told to come here and meet you" Phoebe explained.

"Yeah" Buffy admitted. "But I'm not the slayer anymore…it's a long story-"

"Willow made every potential slayer into a full blown ass kicking one" Dawn interrupted.

She wasn't feeling as uncomfortable with the newcomers as her sister. After all she was sharing a bathroom with a number of girls she barley knew for months. These three were just a little older than the average slayer.

"Apparently not that long" Buffy muttered under her breath.

Only Angel heard her with his vampire hearing.

"I'm Piper Halliwell, these are my sisters Phoebe and Paige." Piper came forward to introduce her family. She then heaved Wyatt up a little more on her waist. "And this is my son Wyatt."

"I'm Angel" He replied.

Out of politeness Buffy then proceeded by introducing the rest of the group. For some reason Andrew gave a small bow when Buffy said his name. Paige gave a small laugh. The last man to do that was someone who thought she was an evil queen from the dark ages.

There was then a silence amongst the group. No one had a clue what to do next. Dumbledore hadn't exactly left any instructions beyond the meeting other than he'd be there as soon as he could be. No one had any idea when that would be, so what would they do in the meantime?

Xander began to throw his burnt cookie up in the air and try and catch it. For the first few goes Xander did well catching it every try. Then at one point Xander threw the cookie a little too far to the left and it fell to the floor. However it did not crumble like a normal cookie would. Xander looked to Andrew who just shrugged. Cookies were not his forte. If only someone had requested a funnel cake, Andrew could make that.

Paige began to fiddle with the necklace, moving the small pendant around on its chain. Piper brushed the hair from her face using the hand not supporting Wyatt. Phoebe sat down on the suitcase.

No one was making eye contact with each other. No one knew exactly what to say or how to go on. They were each curious about the unknown group, but no one wanted to say anything. It was odd for the people in the group to be so silent, but the situation was not one they had been in before. Never before had they had an unknown wizard tell them to meet people they had never heard of.

"So…Do you know anymore about what was in the letter Dumbledore sent? Or why it was sent by owl?" Paige began the conversation.

"No-not really." Giles stuttered. "We've been attempting to research any information about Dumbledore, Hogwarts and Voldemort in the past couple of hours."

"And the Charmed ones. We don't really know who you are" Dawn interjected. "All Dumbledore said was that the Charmed ones were coming. Andrew had this idea that you'd be prince charming or something"

Andrew looked embarrassed, as the three sisters were obviously not princes. Piper gave him a small reassuring smile. It had made the entire group feel a little easier with each other now for some reason. Perhaps humiliating Andrew was the key to getting rid of the awkward feeling.

"Well you should have just asked me about them" Angel spoke up. "I've heard the legend somewhere before. Each generation of Warren witches would grow stronger and stronger until three sisters were born. They are strongest of the Warren line. The Charmed ones."

Phoebe was both surprised and impressed that Angel knew about them. She had no idea that the legend was that well known.

"I've been around for a while, I've heard a few things in my time" Angel said.

He didn't mention the reason he had heard the legend. Angelus had once fed off one in the Warren line. It was a great taste in his mouth.

"It isn't a legend" Piper commented, smiling now feeling more comfortable with the group. "If I had a dollar for every time a demon tired to kill us because of who we are I'd be rich"

Buffy couldn't help but smile. She had the same problem too over the years.

"You aren't so special, Buffster here doesn't get through a week without having something come after her 'cause she's the slayer" Xander argued in a good-natured way.

"So what does vampire slayer mean exactly?" Paige asked.

"Everyone find a comfortable seat. I'm afraid there's going to a lot of storytelling" Wesley announced knowing that each group would now have yet another unknown world to learn about.

"In every generation there a chosen one…." Buffy began with a fake English accent, mocking Giles as she spoke.

Harry had sworn Ron and Hermoine to secrecy about the prophecy. Though he suspected that the only people in the house that didn't know anything about it were the twins (who were searching for a place to live) and Ginny. There was no evidence of any change in Harry's behavior. He still remained quiet, refusing to enter the room of Sirius's mother's portrait and family tree. The Order continued with their duties as normal, keeping those under age away as best they could. The twins continued their attempts to hear anything from the frequent meetings. They hadn't heard anything interesting besides the fact that Fudge's abilities were being to be questioned by the magical public who were in a panic again.

Then during one of Harry's sleepless nights, a golden feather fell onto his bed along with a letter. Harry instantly recognized it as Fawkes and realized it was from his headmaster. The explained that Harry's old divinations teacher surprisingly was going for some sort of record with correct prophecies.

"Why does everything involve me" Harry sighed as he read the letter to himself.

As Harry read on he discovered that the prophecy involved Hermione and Ron too. Harry read that part of the letter over and over. He didn't understand how his friends could be part of something just like Harry was. They were always the sidekicks not the ones involved. Harry didn't want them to be involved. He didn't want them as sidekicks either though. But Dumbledore had written clearly that Ron and Hermoine were both involved just as much as Harry.

Dumbledore continued with his letter, telling Harry that there were others that were part of the prophecy too. These others had magic, which was similar, yet different to Harry's own. Harry and his friends would need to meet these people who had been told to gather at a hotel in Los Angeles. Dumbledore informed Harry that he would arrive at Grimmulad place in order to use a portakey to get the Harry, Ron and Hermoine, along with himself, to the hotel in the States.

Harry realized this was the reason why Dumbledore had wanted Harry to tell his friends about the prophecy about him and Voldemort. He sighed as he wished Dumbledore just told him everything from the start. But at least Harry would be able to soon say he'd been to America.

"I will arrive at 5pm your time with three of my students who are unfortunately also involved in the prophecy" Leo read out loud from a second letter from Dumbledore.

Fawkes had delivered this letter this time as it needed to reach the states by a certain time. Dumbledore of course knew that the groups had all gathered in Los Angeles by now.

It had been a little over 24 hours since the Halliwells arrived at the hotel. The two groups had each told their major story and the smaller stories were now beginning to be told. Leo had soon joined them shortly once his whitelighter business was taken care of. Angel had set them up in three rooms in the hotel. It was still very crowded with Slayers who Angel was collecting through Wolfram and Hart from all over the states. Faith and Wood were in charge of dealing with them as Buffy had other things to do. Plus of course Wood had authoritative experience and Faith felt ready to redeem herself as a leader of some sort.

"Good" Buffy replied. "Most of the slayers will be out preparing for patrol by then. The hotel will be a little less chaotic that way"

"That's about two hours away. Should we…um…prepare anything? Like uh…I could sacrifice some goats or something or or…we could prepare a fruit platter or something?" Willow timidly asked looking towards the two watchers and the angel.

"No" Giles answered smiling at Willow's nervousness.

He didn't know much about Dumbledore except that he was a great wizard. When he told Willow this it just made her more nervous. The Halliwells didn't appear nervous at all. Then again they didn't have great respect for the 'powers that be' either. They were also a little older and a little more experienced than Willow at this.

"Are you all ready?" Dumbledore asked the three students.

They were gathered in the kitchen of the old Black family home. Somehow the rest of the order had been informed of the same details in Harry's letter and knew the trio would be heading to the states.

When Dumbledore had arrived he simply told the three students to meet him in the kitchen to take the portakey to the Hyperion in Los Angeles. Harry had given Ron and Hermoine the letter a few hours before and they spent the entire time discussing it, with no real conclusions about the mysterious prophecy.

The portkey this time was a large plate bearing the Black family crest. Harry cringed to look at it. Once the four hands were on the plate they were pulled further than Harry had ever traveled before.

As Piper's watch ticked to exactly 5:00pm four people appeared in the middle of the foyer. They appeared in the exact same place Conner had leaped onto about 18 months ago. The foyer was much less crowded than expected. Gunn and Fred had taken the slayers to Wolfram and Hart for training rather than patrol. Faith was spending the night with Robin at the hospital. Andrew had been given some watcher diaries that Wesley had obtained for him to study. Wyatt although was awake and happily crawling around under Dawn's watchful eye. Dawn had never really thought of herself as the motherly type, but she was becoming attached to the magical baby. She was used to being the youngest in the group. It was nice to have some sort of power over someone for once.

"Hello" Dumbledore smiled at the group.

His appearance was greatly different to those around him since he was wearing his brilliant red and golden robe. His accent was noticeable among the Americans. It was graceful yet warm.

"You may have already guessed that I am Albus Dumbledore." He then gestured to the curious students beside him. "And these three are Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermoine Granger"

The three students smiled unsurely, still not knowing who these people were or why Dumbledore had brought them to the states. The three decided it would be better to remain quiet rather than ask questions. They trusted that Dumbledore with time would explain everything. Harry wasn't entirely in the mood to talk much anyway.

"Potter? Is that the name you said?" Leo asked Dumbledore not appearing interested in Harry's famous scar at all.

"Yes. Potter" Dumbledore answered.

Leo's brain clicked. 'Of course a prophecy involving Voldemort would include Harry Potter' he thought to himself. He had heard a few tidbits about Voldemort from the whitelighters located over in England. Leo knew that Harry Potter had caused Voldemort's downfall many years ago.

"Hi, I'm Buffy" She introduced herself.

For some reason Dumbledore's arrival had soothed everyone's nerves slightly. He didn't appear to be some kind of vicious monster wanting to kill some of the most powerful supernatural good in America. Then again everyone in the room also knew that looks could be deceiving. However all the research in the past 24 hours indicated that Dumbledore was completely trustworthy.

"I'm a vampire slayer. These are-"

"Piper Halliwell. I'm a Charmed one"

"Paige Halliwell-Matthew, Charmed one"

"Phoebe Halliwell, Charmed one"

"Willow Rosenberg, witch"

"Xander Harris, just you're average mortal"

"Rupert Giles, Watcher…or rather ex-watcher I suppose since there is no more watchers council"

"Wesley Wydam-Pryce, ex-watcher now Wolfram and Hart employee"

"Leo Wyatt, guardian angel also known as a whitelighter"

"Angel, vampire with a soul and CEO of Wolfram and Hart"

Dawn gave a small laugh at how the others introduced themselves as if they were in the army or something. So formal and official. She bent down and picked up Wyatt before smiling at the three students. They had obviously been a little freaked by Angel's introduction. Soul or no soul, she was sure they wouldn't have met a vampire in that comfy school of theirs.

"I'm Dawn Summers. Sadly Buffy is my sister" Dawn glanced at her elder sister who pouted at her. "If I want to introduce myself the way the others did I guess I could say Dawn Summers, an ex-key to a portal to hell dimension, but it doesn't have the same ring to it. This little one here is Wyatt Halliwell. He belongs to Piper and Leo"

It didn't bother Dawn if the British people knew that she was the key. It had taken her some time to move on from the fact about her true self, but she had come to terms with it now. She had become so much more than just a key a over the past two years.

"The twice blessed child" Dumbledore stated in reference to Wyatt.

"You know about my son?" Piper asked taking the baby from Dawn.

"Yes. I tend to receive news from a variety of sources. I heard about the day magic died in the San Francisco area. It was quiet a miraculous event I've been told" Dumbledore peered over his moon shaped glasses to smile at Wyatt.

Wyatt had known the whole time that all these people were trustworthy. He didn't put up his shield once when they reached Los Angelus. Even when Buffy held him incorrectly Wyatt cried rather than used his magic. It was the same when Dumbledore had arrived. Even though none of the English group had been close to Wyatt he still didn't feel scared of them at all.

"What does it mean by twice blessed?" Harry questioned looking at the child. His mind automatically thought of pureblood wizards. Blessed once by each magical parent.

"Wyatt is part male witch…or I guess wizard is more appropriate, and part whitelighter," Piper explained shifting the boy on her hip.

"He ain't the first" Paige laughed stroking Wyatt's head. She then looked back up at Harry. "I'm the same. Half witch half whitelighter. Wyatt's only special 'cause his mother is a charmed one"

Harry had no idea what that meant, but he assumed it was something good and powerful. After all the three sisters had introduced themselves as Charmed ones. He looked over to Hermoine who quickly whispered to him that the charmed ones were three powerful sisters.

"This is nice with the introductions an all, but I personally would like to get to the big explainy that Dumbledore said he'd give when he arrived here. This Hogwarts school has really sparked my curiosity" Buffy hurried the group.

She wanted to get on with it before the students could ask more questions about slayers, vampires with souls and charmed ones. Dumbledore obviously didn't have time to explain much to his students and Buffy wasn't in the mood to go through it all again. She was rarely patient and wasn't the only one in the room curious to know why they had been gathered together.

"As I expected that it would have Ms Summers. In order to explain the situation completely I will need to start at the very beginning, where magic first began. There are three types of magic" Dumbledore began to explain to his attentive audience. "Each is fairly separated to it's own world. The oldest of the three is known as Wicca. It is the magic that comes from the environment around us. In Wicca everything is connected"

Willow looked to Giles remembering her lessons in England with the coven. She remembered the flower she had brought through the ground, and feeling the Sunnydale Hellmouth.

"As it is the 'first' magic it was free for everyone. Anyone could learn to perform Wicca, but not everyone is skilled at it. It calls on ancient gods to perform difficult spells, while simpler spells involve one-word incarnations. Magical evolution is similar to muggle (non-magical people) scientific theory of evolution. It began as Wicca, but other magic's branched off.

The first to do so is our magic. Magic that requires wands, although because it was formed from Wicca there are some aspects of it where no wand is required. Our magic uses various incantations and potions. We are the only type out of the three that has built up a large community and schooling. Not everyone can perform wand magic. It requires special skills.

Then there was the formation of magical powers where the witches have specific abilities; these abilities are now referred to as special powers. Each power enables its carrier to fight evil in a different way. The witches and wizards that have this form of magic are the only ones to receive whitelighters, which is what Leo is. There is something very common with all three of these magic's. Emotions drive magic. Emotions drive us all."

The group sat in silence letting it all sink in. Those who had the power of magic now understood the differences between them and why they were never accepted to this Hogwarts School. Harry, Ron and Hermoine were all amazed that Dumbledore knew so much about other kinds of magic. They were sure that the Ministry wouldn't bother setting it in the school guidelines to teach them about this. Harry and Ron may have paid attention to Mr.Binns if he told them about other types of magic. Hermoine knew a little about this because she had read it in one of her many books. But she had only heard of this because the Charmed ones were mentioned and the power of the Slayer came from Wiccan magic.

"Okay. So there's you're magic" Xander gestured to Willow. "And then you three with all the cool blowing up and orbing powers." Xander waved his hand to where the Halliwells were. "Finally there's a whole other kind of magic, which uses long wooden sticks." Xander said while glancing at the wand Harry had tucking in his front pocket. "Did they ever think this would get a little confusing?"

"Hogwarts…" Paige began as if she was thinking out loud. "Is a school for your type of magic?"

"Yes. When the students turned eleven they are invited to attend until they reach their seventh year" Dumbledore explained. "We offer a variety of classes which can lead to many jobs in our community"

"Damm….I chose the wrong magic" Paige joked.

"So who's this Foldy dude then?" Buffy pressed on.

If the 'dark lord' was gaining more power she didn't want to spend time on explanations, which could be done properly later.

Harry stiffed a laugh. He tired to imagine how Voldemort would react to being called "Foldy dude". Harry did although notice Ron didn't flinch. Harry guessed it was because it wasn't really the correct name of the dark lord.

"Voldemort-" Dumbledore corrected, this time causing Ron to flinch. "Is the most powerful dark wizard in our world. Sixteen years ago he tired to kill Harry because of a foretelling that Harry has the power to kill Voldemort." Dumbledore had not hesitated in mentioning that prophecy. "One dies while the other survives. Voldemort marked Harry as his equal, which was why Harry survived Voldemort's death curse and has that scar"

Harry lifted his hair to reveal his lightening bolt scar. He was a little angered at Dumbledore for telling them about a prophecy Harry could only tell his friends a few days ago. But he let it pass. He knew there were some reason for this meeting and some reason why they should know everything about his battle with Voldemort.

"Voldemort's goal is to wipe out all muggle born witches and wizards, because he believes that pure-blood is the only type of wizard worth having in the world. He will kill all those who oppose him. Voldemorts followers are called death eaters and this is the second time he has risen to power. After his attempt to murder Harry he became a ghost like creature and only recently regained his body." Dumbledore finished with that same triumphant glitter in his eyes Harry had seen a little over a year ago.

This wasn't like anything the Charmed Ones or the Slayer had battled before. Normally their enemies aimed for either ending the world or killing them. This was a different matter.

"What about this prophecy? I mean that's the reason we're all here right?" Phoebe urged for Dumbledore to continue.

"Sixteen years ago I was fortunate enough to come across a real seer while interviewing for a new professor for Hogwarts. In the past she has made two true…" Dumbledore paused slightly to reflect in the difficulty of saying 'two true' before continuing. "…Predictions, or more correctly called prophecies. And now this woman has added a new prophecy to that list."

With his audience captured, Dumbledore waved his wand. A piece of parchment came out of nowhere and landed in the great wizard's hand.

"This is the prophecy which was foretold to me. I believe it explains a ceremony in which Voldemort will attempt to use blood to gain the power of the First Evil" Dumbledore explained looking at the parchment through his moon shaped glasses.

"So Voldemort wants to steal the power of the First?" Buffy was slightly surprised by this. "Wow, it's gonna be so pissed off with him"

"If you hadn't done that already Buff" Xander added with pride.

"I'm sure you don't want to be reminded of the First's history and power, but for those who haven't encountered it before I think its best that I explain exactly what this means" Dumbledore said. "The First has its called, is the source of evil it was the being that created it when the world began. Although unable to take corporal form the First has immense powers. If you were combine these with one of the powerful Dark Lords of our time-"

"You get a corporal, extremely powerful Voldemort" Paige finished the sentence.

"Yes" Dumbledore replied.

He looked through his moon shaped glasses as he began to read the prophecy. At first Harry wondered why Dumbledore didn't bring his pensive. Then he remembered that it wouldn't have been easy to take going through they portkey.

"On the night where evil should typically rest, he shall commingle the blood of enemies:

The mortal who turned to dark and the witch who returned to the light

The child with the golden tresses and the child with the strawberry locks

The first defeat of the great three and the eldest of the living warren line

On the night where love is celebrated, he shall commingle the blood of friends:

The child given up because a mother's love and The child saved by a mother's love


The sayer that escaped death and the witch who almost saw it

The witch with the power to see and know and the mortal who sees and knows

when the night equals the day, he shall take of their power, and the darkness that was shall be called to fill him.

The hope of the light - three friends of three friends of three friends - three minds, three hands, three hearts."