A Misinterpreted Prophecy

Chapter 2 : Return to Sunnydale

Disclaimer: Same as before. Also I do not own Harry Potter either.

Willow had tears forming in her eyes. Her childhood home was back, along with everything she had ever known, as much as she had wanted to leave Sunnydale growing up she never did. Funny how the one thing she wanted most growing up came back to bite her. Now she could not return, and the sight of it in front of her made her tempted to just die with it in 24 hours.

Buffy grabbed her scythe, which the slayers had unanimously granted her, while they all could feel it and use it, they said that she was the one destined to wield it and that when her time came it would pass down from slayer to slayer based on merit and goodness. She knew that her father was in there and that she had to find him, but what would she do when she did. Looking at the ground she knew that it was now or never, she stood up straight and looked at Willow.

"Wills, take the car and get what we'll want. I'm going after our lovely tourists. When you're done meet me at the high school." Doing what she was told Willow got in the car and headed to Buffy's house first. As the dust settled Buffy prepared herself and slowly started walking.

In one of the many Sunnydale graveyards two men were walking around, trying to figure out where they were going.

"Dumbledore are you sure that the spell is working, I mean it's pointing in so many different directions. Are you sure you cast the one to find the hellmouth and not to find evil." The man was obviously annoyed and wanted to get out of there as soon as possible.

"Patience Severus, soon enough. With all the evil energy it's going to take the spell a little while to find the correct location." Sure enough as the old man was speaking the spell was pointing in fewer locations. Slowly it finally settled in one direction and the two men followed it walking through the streets of Sunnydale. Unbeknownst to them a silent figure followed them in the shadows.

They ended up on Main Street. It led to a magic shop, entitled "The Magic Box" and Dumbledore chuckled. Severus Snape on the other hand merely growled.

"Lovely irony isn't it Severus. Us being magical ourselves to find the hellmouth in a magic shop." He laughed some more.

Glaring at the older man the reply was not kind. "Shush Dumbledore. Let's get this over with so I can get out of this town and back to my potions. I cannot believe that I am wasting my time going through a stupid muggle magic shop, everything in there is going to be crap."

Their shadow finally thought it appropriate to make her presence known. After all what kind of morons were they to think that the hellmouth was in a magic shop. She started laughing at the stupidity of it all. The two men turned at the sound of laughter to see a person leaning against a tree across the street.

"Sorry bout that boys. Anything I can help you with? Need some incantations, or the proper ingredients for your love potions. Or better yet how about a hellmouth, now that would be some fun wouldn't it."

Snape's face went from glaring to shock and back to a glare. While Dumbledore just looked amused. "My dear, was there something here we could help you with, or do you have a task to accomplish." Dumbledore said while smiling at the girl.

Buffy stayed silent for a second and decided that she liked the old guy. She could also tell that he knew more than he let on. "Well I might be here for a reason. A stupid chore for the powers is more like it, but oh well." She stepped out of the shadows and Severus's glare became even stronger as he saw what a slip of a girl it was that was delaying their mission. Her face was contemplative when a smile graced it. "Welcome to Sunnydale, home of demons, vampire nests, seventeen cemeteries, and the hellmouth. I shall be your tour guide today, where would you like to start this tour off." She said as she made a small curtsy. The entire time looking at Snape.

Dumbledore kept smiling with a small twinkle in his eye. "Well Miss......"

"Ah, no need for introductions, just call me Slayer."

"Very well, Slayer how about we start with the Hellmouth." Dumbledore replied.

"Just follow me then." Buffy walked over to the tree and picked up her scythe that she had put down so as not to scare off her lovely companions. As soon as his eyes caught what she picked up Severus stopped in his tracks.

His gaze fell upon the headmaster who just looked at him and followed the girl. Snape was determined that when this was all over he would get the answers that he was really wanting. She led them for a bit before stopping in a cemetery. Snape looked up at her. "The hellmouth is under a cemetery?"

She looked at him. "No, the hellmouth is not here. I am to lead you to the hellmouth yes, but I was told to make a quick pitstop first. I was told that you might know somebody here and would like to pay your respects."

Oblivious Snape looked around, but then his eyes fell on a gravestone right before him. It read

Here lies Joyce Summers

Beloved mother

Tears formed and started to freely flow down his face. Dumbledore looked on with a sad smile upon his face. However Snape was down on his knees weeping like a child, nobody back at Hogwarts would believe him capable of such emotion.

Buffy too was about to cry, but she spoke, "Yes, we all mourned her, but she is now in a better place. May I ask what relation you were to her." She looked on with a questioning glance.

Since it seemed that Snape wasn't about to compose himself enough to answer Dumbledore answered her question instead. "She was his wife, the parted during a hard time and he's never forgiven himself for it. Alas she was also my granddaughter. How I will miss her, at least before I could have seen her even if only for a visit, but now she's gone forever, she will be forever missed." Dumbledore's face fell again and a few tears trickled down his face. That was until he reread the gravestone. He looked up at Slayer. "Mother???" Hope was shining in his eyes.

What was she to do? Reveal herself or just play it off on somebody else, she was about to answer him when...............