TITLE: New Teacher on the Block
AUTHOR: Kayla Shay
DISCLAIMER: BtVS is owned by Joss Whedon and respective parties while all things Harry Potter are JK Rowling's.
NOTES: Since those who reviewed asked so nicely, here is part two. Again, don't expect much. Thanks to Demona for looking something up for me.
Chapter 2: The Boy Who Can Charm
Professor Snape sat in the far corner of the professor's lounge with a deep scowl spread across his face. His mental voice was ranting about the newest addition to the Hogwarts staff.
'Why was I passed over again while this muggle was given the job of teaching young wizards the complexities of defending themselves against the dark arts? Dumbledore has taken leave of his faculties for sure this time.' If one were looking close enough, they would see a dark, vicious cloud hanging over the potions professor.
He continued to stare at the gaggle of professors surrounding the obnoxious Xander Harris. He tuned into what was being said when he noticed Madam Pomfrey's face contort with concern and then anger.
"Why those barbaric muggle doctors! Don't they know that syphilis can be cured with a simple symphilos draught made from sage salt and onions? Any first year mediwitch student knows that potion." She continued muttering to herself about the horrible conditions in which muggles must live due to poor medical treatment.
Xander had a puzzled look on his face as if searching for a memory, "But Buffy said that was the stuffing ingredients…" His sentence faded out as the other female professors patted him on his shoulders to comfort him from the memories of his past ordeal.
Snape snorted as he heard the boy go into a new story about his encounter with Dracula, calling him the Dark Master. 'Everyone knows Dracula is a myth created by muggles,' Snape thought to himself. 'That boy wouldn't know a Dark Master if the Dark Lord himself were standing right in from of him.'
Snape continued to observe how the other professors were acting around Harris, especially those of the female persuasion. It was seeing Madam Hooch spontaneously hug the boy that caused Snape to come to a startling realization. 'That boy must be using some kind of influence charm or potion,' his mind snapped. 'That is the only explanation for how he wormed his way into the hearts of the Hogwarts staff in only two days.'
Snape began a mental list of all the potions and charms he could recall that would deliver those results for a muggle. But even if he found proof of the boy's tampering, he would still need a way to remove him from the castle.
It was then that inspiration struck, 'Potter and his friends have driven off every defense teacher in some way or another. I will just need to start them on the trail of Harris and they will take care of the rest.'
Snape chuckled to himself as he wrapped his robes around him and swept out of the lounge. He then made is way to the dungeons to contemplate his plan for the removal of Alexander Harris from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.