Title: Born again Book II 7/?
Author: Spikewil
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Pairing: Xander/Angel, Wesley/Gunn, Cordelia/Giles, Andrew/Fred, Severus/Ethan, Oz/OC
Rating: FRC
Summary: Their lives at Hogwarts are about to begin.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters from the series "Buffy" and "Angel" as well as "Harry Potter", but Joss Whedon and J.K. Rowling do. I just like to play with them.
Many thanks Lunamoon and Queensereya for betaing my story.
A/N 1: Read the content guide and Book I to see how everything went until they came at Hogwarts.
A/N 2: I got stuck after chapter 4, so I'm leaping from year 2007 to 2012. Those missing years will come back in the future chapters.
The forbidden forest
"Harry! Mom and Dad are going to kill us or ground us for the rest of our lives!" Draco whispered desperately hoping to convince his brother to return to their bedroom instead of following their older brother and getting in trouble...again.
"We're already grounded till I don't know when," Harry replied calmly and continued walking towards the edge of the forbidden forest. He peered into the dark, hoping to see glimpses of William and the twins. "Let's go!"
Draco followed Harry, but was shivering with fear of the dark. He never got over the fear for the dark ever since he was little. Even though he knew he was safe with his mom and dad, he never got over the feeling sometimes that he was being watched.
Harry began walking faster when he thought he saw William walking with Fred, but when he got nearer, it were just shadows playing tricks with his eyes. His eyes widened when he looked at his right. A unicorn laid on the ground with a creature hanging over it.
Draco bumped into his brother when Harry suddenly stopped. He peered over Harry's shoulder and screamed loudly when he saw the creature and ran back from where he came from.
Hagrid and William snapped their heads to their left when they heard a familiar voice screaming. "Hagrid, please tell me that my brothers haven't followed me again?" William asked ironically.
"Can't do, W'liam," Hagrid answered calmly before quickly running towards the screams.
Harry was transfixed on the floating creature as it came closer. He didn't listen to his brother screaming, he only gasped out in pain as his scar began to hurt so badly, he had to cover it with his hand, hoping the pain will go away
"Harry?" William screamed as he witnessed the dark creature going for his brother. The dark shadow moved away when it noticed the company. When the creature was gone, he held Harry in his arms as the boy suddenly dropped to his knees.
"It hurt, Will," Harry said scared. That thing had hurt and scared him and he didn't know what to do except faint. But he felt he needed to be strong for Draco and William.
"Let's get you home," William said and stood up, bringing his arm around Harry's shoulders with Draco on his other side. With his two brothers under his arms, he and Hagrid went to collect the twins and Fang before walking back to the castle.
The moment, the three brothers entered the living room; they were embraced by their parents while two sleepy children were on the couch waiting for their brothers.
"Harry, Draco, where have you been?" Angel whispered anguished. He and Xander had been frightened when Xander had woken up with a scream before babbling about Harry being in danger. Before they could do something, they were told by the Headmaster that they were needed inside the castle and preferably in their own rooms in case the kids came back on their own.
"We were following William," a soft answer was given by Harry before he dropped onto the floor. Before he hit the floor, Angel picked him up and carried him to their bedroom, knowing fully well that all children would follow including William.
It wasn't long before their rooms were quiet instead of the heavy breathing of the people inside the bedroom.
William wasn't sure how he got through the exams without watching out for his brothers, but he managed. It was just plain luck that he managed to do all the exams without failing. Harry's nightmares had kept the family awake and on their toes, while Draco just couldn't sleep because he was afraid to end up like his parents. Ever since the forest, the boys had been sleeping with their parents.
Harry warily looked into the fire as the flames went higher as his father spoke to the Headmaster. He just thought about all the things that had happened so far. It's been two weeks since the forest and five days since he, Ron and Draco knew for sure that the mirror was in the room where Hagrid's Fluffy was staying. Harry watched his father before he silently left the room to wander through the hallways followed by Draco, who wouldn't leave his brother alone.
"Xander, where are Harry and Draco?" Angel asked when he entered the living room expecting his sons to sit on the couch.
"They're on the couch, why?" Xander answered without turning around.
"Really? And what? You turned them into cushions?" Angel sarcastically asked.
"What?!" Xander called out loud as he turned to see the couch empty. "Shit!"
"Daddy said a bad word!" A small voice piped up from the kitchen.
"Angel, stay with Nicky and Lily. I'm going to get our boys back," Xander instructed and gave his husband a kiss before quickly leaving their rooms.
William recognized the two heads as they were heading towards the same room as they did five days ago. He quickly grabbed his books and followed them. "Guys, what are you doing?" he quietly asked as he startled his brothers, making the door fall close behind them.
Fluffy was asleep as it's heads moved at the sound of the harp that stood in the corner. Harry looked around and spotted the removed stone quickly before walking towards it. As William and Draco tried to stop him, the music stopped and Fluffy woke up, growling menacing at the three boys. Before Fluffy could attack, they all jumped into the hole, landing with a loud oomph on the ground.
"Harry, Draco, are you all right?" William asked worried as he patted himself for injuries.
"I'm fine. What are we sitting on?" Draco questioned as he felt the ground move.
"Oh god! Stop moving! We're sitting on Devil's Snare," William called out frantically.
The plants crawled along their bodies, holding them in their tight grip. While William thought, Harry looked around. "We must be miles under the castle," he heard Draco mention.
As William found the solution to remove the plants and used it, they stood up. "This way," Harry said and walked further into the dark towards the small light ahead of them.
"What's that noise?" Draco asked and his question was answered as they neared a door that was guarded by hundreds of flying birds.
The three boys walked towards the door, but found it locked.
"Olohomora," William spoke as he pointed his wand at the door. It didn't budge.
"Now what?" Draco questioned before looking at his younger brother, whose gaze was fixed on the birds. He turned and frowned. "They don't look like birds."
"They are keys," Harry replied before he spotted the broom. "I think we need to find the key of this door with that broom. I'll do it."
"No, you're not. I practised and they offered me the seeker's position," William objected and took the broom before taking off, searching for the right key.
"William, there. The large old fashioned key with a bent wing!" Harry called out when he spotted the key.
William flew directly behind it and had caught it very easily. He threw the key towards his brothers, who immediately used it to open the door. They stepped through, waiting for William before closing the door. They took in their surroundings, stunned to see chessboard pieces lying around.
"Look behind the black chessmen. It's another entrance," Draco said, pointing his finger.
As all three stepped onto the chessboard, the pieces came to life and stood ready to play.
"We need to play chess and win to get to the door, aren't we?" William asked sarcastically.
Draco concentrated on the pieces before instructing his brothers. "We're going to have to be chessmen," he said as he walked up to a black knight and put his hand out to touch the knight's horse. At once, the stone sprang to life.
As Draco thought, William and Harry waited quietly as they watched their brother think of their strategy.
"Now, don't be offended or anything, but neither of you are that good at chess…," Draco began only to be interrupted by his brother.
"We're not offended. Just tell us what to do," Harry said.
"Guys, before we go any further. Are we really doing this for a simple mirror?" William asked curiously.
"It's not just a mirror, Will. We saw our parents in it, who knows who you will see!" Harry answered excitingly.
"Well, Harry, you take the place of that bishop, and William, you go next to him instead of the castle," Draco instructed. "I'm going to be a knight."
The chessmen seemed to have been listening, because at these words a knight, a bishop, and a castle turned their backs on the white pieces and walked off the board, leaving three empty squares that Harry, William and Draco took.
It was horrible to see how the chess pieces took great pleasure in killing the opponent when it suddenly became very quiet. Harry and William were looking at their brother, who seemed lost in thought.
"Let me think, let me think. Yes, it's the only way," Draco muttered. I've got to be taken!"
"NO!" William and Harry said in unison.
"That's chess! You want to find that mirror and our parents don't you?" Draco answered angrily.
William watched with horror as his younger brother called out the move and watched painfully how the white queen pounced on the knight. He remembered his and Harry's final step before he hurried to Draco.
"Are you alright? Any injuries?" Harry and William questioned while patting down Draco's body.
"Yes, I'm fine besides the bump on my head," Draco said while removing their hands. "Let's go. We came this far."
As three boys made their way to the last room, Harry's scar started to hurt as well as Draco's fear rose high. Both boys were trembling, hoping that William didn't notice until they were in the room.
That's when they saw Professor Quirrel standing in front of the mirror. "Professor?" William questioned.
The Professor turned around, glaring at Harris boys before sneering at them. "Harry Potter-Harris, give me the stone!"
"What stone are you talking about?"
"The philosopher stone, give it to me!"
"I don't have you freaking stone!" Harry called angrily. He only wanted the man away from the mirror.
While Harry argued with the Professor, Draco stared into the mirror, watching his parents. Suddenly, something filled his pockets and as he reached inside the Professor's gaze rested on him.
"Get me the stone Draco Malfoy-Harris and I will give you your parents back," a strange disembodied voice called out.
Before the boys could question the voice, the Professor undid his turban, revealing a hideous face. Harry screamed out in pain as Draco whimpered softly, trying to move away from the creature.
"Stay away from my brothers," William called out protectively. This creature was scaring him, but the only thing he could think of was to protect his little brothers.
"This I will not! Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy are mine!" and with these words Voldemort charged towards the brothers.
William raised his hands to push him away from them, watched in surprise as smoke came from the body where he had pressed his hands. He attacked Voldemort again, pressing his hands into the man's face, causing it to crumble into ash.
Harry watched William defend them while he and Draco were still shivering from fear behind him. His eyes widened when he witnessed Voldemort turn into ashes before his spirit rushed towards them, going through William and thought him and Draco.
The three brothers were lying unconscious on the floor while the Malfoy and Potter spirits watched worriedly through the mirror, hoping that their sons would awaken.
William woke first and heard several footsteps and voices belonging to his family. He stood up and slowly with the last of his energy stepped in front of the mirror. He didn't see anything special and was about to turn away when he saw two young men. They were gone when his parents entered the room.
It took Xander a lot of energy to carry two of sons back to their rooms; William walking next to him, making sure to keep contact as if he was afraid that Xander would disappear. It took a lot of willpower not just to break down and cry when Xander had seen his three boys in that room. Xander was worried as well of what William might have spotted in that mirror.
Now they were in their beds, sleeping and dreaming deeply of everything they had gone through while William was sitting on the couch in the living room next to Angel.
"William, before you go to bed as well, I would like to know what you saw in the mirror," Xander questioned softly.
"It was strange, because when I looked first, I didn't see anyone. Then when I was about to turn away from the mirror, I saw two men standing there. A bleach blond vampire and a young man dressed in old fashioned clothes. Like I said, it was strange," William explained before standing up, kissing his parents good night and leaving two stunned parents behind.
"Oh boy!" Angel muttered while looking into his husband's brown eyes.