Plan for Protection

Key- "Blah" = dialogue

*blah* = thoughts

[blah] = Author's notes

[set after season 6 Buffy, season 3 Angel, and book 4 Harry Potter. A month after Angel is imprisoned in the ocean, Cordelia realized where he is, and rescued him. Being a true friend to Angel, she sealed his soul forever so he could be with his true love, Buffy, cause she is wicked powerful and this is my fic and I said so, so HA!!! .:sticks out tongue:. Also, I don't know Angel's real last name, so I made one up. O'Donerty (I just threw a bunch of letters together)]

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Buffy sat lost in thought, musing over the past week's occurrences. She remembered it all so clearly. One night, she dreamt everything that had happened to Angel and Connor. She saw him pulled out of the ocean where he lay, and then she saw Cordelia talking to him. The next thing she knew, a white light surrounded Angel, and then the visions stopped, to be replaced with Cordelia standing in front of her. Cordelia told Buffy all about her visions, and how she was now a higher power, and that when she saw the white light, that was when Angel's soul had been bound. She told Buffy that Angel would be coming, and that they would be an unstoppable team. Then she said goodbye, and left Buffy to ponder over this news. Buffy woke up to the sight of darkness in her room, and Angel standing over her.

For the next few days, Buffy and Angel caught up on the news, and Buffy was surprised to hear that Angel Investigations had been doing so well with him missing for a month. Buffy had realized that Angel had changed a lot since the last time she saw him, and she had been afraid that there was no place in his life for her anymore. Angel quickly squashed that idea, and they picked up where they left off.

Buffy's biggest surprise and greatest moment came just the day before. Her and Angel were out to dinner, in a really swanky restaurant. Angel took her back to his place for some 'post dinner training' as he called it. After Buffy got changed into some training clothes, Angel had picked up a knife, to throw it at her, for her to block, as she always did with Giles. Angel instructed her, instead of deflecting the knives, she should catch them. When Buffy caught the knife and looked down at it, she found something attached to it. There was a small claddaugh ring with diamond insets. Buffy looked questioningly at Angel, and he chose that instant to propose to her.

Of course, when her tears subsided, she agreed whole-heartedly.

Buffy was pulled out of her thoughts by a hand on her shoulder. She looked up into the loving face of her fiancé.

"What's on your mind Buff?"

"Nothing. Just thinking about the past week. It all happened so fast, but I remember everything like it was in slow motion."

"I know what you mean." Angel pulled his love into a kiss, but they were interrupted by a tapping on the window. Buffy looked at the window, confused.

"Nobody but you ever uses the window. I wonder who it is." Buffy walked over to the window, keeping a dagger gripped in her hand. The sun had set, so anything could be there. Buffy pulled back the curtains, and was surprised to see an owl. She opened the window and the owl flew in, dropping a letter in her hands. Buffy opened the envelope, addressed to her and Angel, and slowly withdrew the contents. The letter inside confused her even more than the method of delivery.

Dear Mr. O'Donerty and Miss Summers,

We would like to invite you to teach at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. You would be teaching a new class: Muggle Defence. A pressing situation has occurred, and all possible precautions must be taken. As you are a Slayer and an ensouled vampire, we believe you would be best able to protect the students. We will agree to any conditions of your stay here, as we are very concerned for the safety of the children. Please reply and send a message with this owl.

Sincerely,

Albus Dumbeldore,

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

After Buffy was finished reading the letter, she handed it over to Angel. He seemed less than confused, however, and turned to Buffy.

"Well, do you want the job?" Angel asked her.

"Angel, you might know what's going on, but I'm completely lost. They have schools that teach magic?"

Angel nodded. "I guess you wouldn't know, being a muggle and all. The school is in England. There are actually quite a few of them. This one happens to be the best."

Buffy still looked confused. "Why didn't I know about this school, and what's a muggle?"

"Someone with no magic abilities. And you didn't know, because it's a whole other world. They keep completely separate from this world."

"Then how do you know about it?"

"I was around when it was founded. Before I became a vampire, I was a wizard, fighting evil. So was Spike. He graduated about 30 years after it was founded, but that makes no difference."

"Well, I don't know if I trust these people. When they say 'pressing situation' what exactly do they mean?"

"I'm guessing it has to do with Lord Voldemort's revival, and the fact that Harry Potter is in that school."

"Again with the cryptic. Could you speak American please?"

"Lord Voldemort's a _very_ dark wizard. A few years ago he started recruiting wizards to his cause, which was mass destruction and chaos. Nobody lived once he decided he wanted them dead. Lily and James Potter were good wizards fighting against Voldemort. They had a son, Harry. Voldemort saw them as a threat, which they were, so he wanted them killed. When he went after Harry, his curse backfired, and he was gone. Harry Potter is now famous. He was the boy who lived."

"I still don't see why they need us."

"Well, last year, a big scheme went on to get Voldemort back, and it succeeded. Voldemort's back and worse than ever, and he's going to go after Harry, that much is positive. Dumbeldore was smart to ask you to come."

"Big evil wizard. Hmm. That's a new one. This Voldemort, how bad can I kill him?"

"It won't be that easy Buffy, he's got magic. If you snapped his wand, you could kill him as bad as you like, but you'd probably have to get through all of his Death Eaters."

"Death Eaters? That just doesn't sound pleasant."

"Do you want to take the job or not?"

"Well what about Giles? And Willow? And Xander? And Dawn?! What are we supposed to do, just leave them?"

"Do you want to go talk to them? Ask them how they feel about this? I think they've all gone to the Magic Box."

"Yea. But, I think this owl's waiting for a response. Let's just bring him with us."

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Giles looked up from his book as the door opened. In walked Buffy and Angel, along with an owl. Giles knew exactly what was going on. He, too, had received an urgent message from Dumbeldore. However, just to be sure, he questioned the couple.

"Buffy, what are you doing with an owl?"

Angel decided to answer that question. "We got a message from Hogwarts."

"Wait a sec? Is Giles a wizard too?!" Buffy questioned.

Giles nodded his head. "I also received an owl from Dumbeldore."

"Are you gonna teach too?!" Buffy's voice hinted happiness.

Giles shook his head. "No, they already have all the positions filled. Dumbeldore sent me a message regarding you. He knew that you wouldn't want to leave your friends, so he requested that Willow, Xander, Dawn, and I move to England. He even sent the plane tickets."

Willow, Dawn and Xander came up behind Giles. "So, are you gonna go? Do the magic, teachy thing?" Willow asked, a big smile planted on her face.

Buffy looked at Angel. "I guess so."

She scribbled a note back to Dumbeldore, and sent the owl on it's way.

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