Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me blah, blah.

Authors note: This is the last chapter where I do the same scene from different perspectives. The characters have met now so I feel it is not necessary. Slayerverse timelime - after Angel returns from hell dimension but no Faith..yet...maybe.

Warning: Slash DM/HP

Chapter 5

Buffy's weird introspective thoughts in the face of possible danger came abruptly to an end as Giles walked into the library.

"May I help you?" Giles said probably to try to make sure she didn't fight in the library and damage his precious books Buffy thought to herself.

As his manner and tone seemed to put the group of strangers at ease Buffy was mentally berating herself for letting her guard down merely because she felt some strange kinship with the new group.

She started once again when the only female in the group, a very pretty, curly haired teenager said, "Hello, I'm Hermione Granger and these are my friends Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy and we seem to be a bit lost."

Buffy and the rest of the scoobies were thrown for a moment by the obviously English accent and it took her a moment to respond.

"Well, I'm Buffy the red head is Willow the tall guy is Xander and the guy in tweed is Giles nice to meet you" Buffy quickly asserted herself to cover her awkwardness, "so how did you get here?"

With that question the small raven haired male in the middle of the group stepped forward and replied, "I'm afraid that's my fault."

"Harry James Potter" exclaimed both Hermione and Draco, "this is not your fault this is the fault of those prejudicial wizards that have the nerve to call themselves the light side. They blame you for not taking care of a problem that they caused in the first place and then when you do they persecute you for continuing to do what is right. I would feel guilty in I had turned my back on you," finished the girl that introduced herself as Hermione.

"But you two wouldn't be here if it weren't for me," replied Harry.

"I chose to follow you Harry just as I have always done and you have yet to lead me wrong so don't you start in with the guilt thing," said Hermione looking like she had that argument with the raven haired male frequently.

"Yeah, and if it weren't for you I would probably be in Azkaban or dead so don't say that I made the wrong decision to follow you either because I might just deck you or better yet have Granger here do it she packs a mean right hook," replied the blond know as Draco with a barely concealed eye roll that Buffy thought his friends missed and looking like he meant every word.

The girl looked extremely pleased with the comment whether she wanted to hit the ra-Harry or from what the tall icy blond said Buffy wasn't sure.

When the petite raven sighed Buffy took this opportunity to re-enter the conversation. She felt like she was not in control and for a slayer that was not a good thing. Lack of control meant too many variables and too many variables caused mistakes and mistakes got you killed.

The one now known as Harry sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck and said, "We were pushed through the veil of death which obviously isn't well named since none of us are dead but Hermione could probably explain how better she's brilliant."

The curly haired girl then began to explain her theory on a different world and how the veil was a portal to Buffy and her friends and as she continued to explain Buffy just sighed and shared a look with her friends as if to say 'and you were bored', before she turned back into the situation as Hermione finished her explanation.

After Hermione's explanation Buffy and the others quickly went over to a corner to have a quick Scooby meeting. Willow was excited with the prospect of wizards and witches to practice with, while Xander was slightly jealous of the two males because they were such hunks. He complained that he was already compared to Angel and Oz and fell lacking and with these other two he would be left in the background. Buffy pointed out that the little raven was more pretty than hunky which just caused Xander to pout his point proven and caused the others to ignore Xander in favor of a serious discussion. Giles was going on about how they just showed up from some other dimension "if that can be believed" he muttered to himself.

With all arguments on the table the other three looked at Buffy to make the final decision after all she was the slayer and would be the one fighting them if they went all evil. Buffy thought for a moment before stepping forward and saying, "ok, so what do you think of going to high school."

The entire room seemed to hold its breath as the newcomers looked at each other before with deer in the headlights expressions on their faces at the thought of High school. Buffy almost laughed out loud at the looks she knew exactly how they felt high school was one of the scariest experiences of her life to date and she had fought the Master.

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