Harry Potter and The Return of The Witch

[Arwen276]

Yay!! Update!!! I really missed your fic!

I can't wait to read Dumbledore's explanation!! But I found Tara insensitive when she said, ' we should speak before I have to go to my afternoon classes'

her classes seem more important to her! and How COULD she expect Willow to get over her???





anyway!

more?



~Arwen

Hear That Baby? You're My Always... Willow

[amazonaa]

that was great. cant wait for more.





brittney

[everbreeze]

good to hear from you again..... update soon...

[Magrat70]

Tim; well exposition is very close



Effrena; you might be barking (sorry about the pun) up the wrong tree on who was meant to come back. Don’t worry there will be snuggles but there are issues to be tackled too.



Cesgirl13: thank you



Puff; the first talk was “difficult” but things will get better. I’m glad you like willow’s first impression of Hermione. On the who well all I can say the next part WILL reveal all .



Bindingwiccan: thank you :



BFR from Paris: a lot has happened to Tara.



PeachyNectar; for once answers are forthcoming in the next part .



On Willow and Hermione maybe in some ways a little to similar to get on



You’ll have to wait and see .



TempestDuer: I hope you want be disappointed with the explanation.



Arwen: Tara’s words weren’t meant as harsh as they seemed, she just wanted to get them talking and have a small attempt at levity; it was never going to come off for her.



Amazonaa: there will be more very, very soon



Everbreeze; see above

The Glorious People Republic of Treacle Mine Road;



Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love and a Hard Boiled Egg

[Magrat70]

Title: Harry Potter and The Witch part 11

Author: Magrat

Ratings: PG: 13

Spoilers: As before

Disclaimer: Not mine

Thanks to Justin



Harry Potter and The Witch part 11



Willow almost felt like she was back in Principle Snyder, except that Snyder wouldn’t have worn such flamboyant clothes or for that matter give her such a friendly smile so maybe not the best comparison. She came back to reality when she heard her name being said and could tell by Dumbledore’s expression that it wasn’t the first time he had said it. “What? Uhm sorry?”



“I was asking what you know about the wizarding world and I don’t mean what you know about magick, that I already know,” said Dumbledore, watching Willow intently.



“Giles…Mr. Giles explained a little about the school but not a lot else,” admitted Willow.



Dumbledore took a deep breath before launching into the story of Voldemort and his evil followers, his fall and Harry Potter’s part in it. He then brought her right up to date with Voldemort rising and Cedric’s death. He finished the story and his gaze seemed to intensify even more, boring into Willow.



“It’s a terrible story, but we’ve had some bad times ourselves,” said Willow trying to catch Tara’s eye; who she was sat next to, but the blonde was looking down at her feet. “I don’t see what the story has to do with me or with Tara for that matter.”



Dumbledore sighed, his usual twinkling blue eyes darkened. “When the Death Eaters realised that their master was going to come back, they tried to…I suppose the right words are to give him a gift. They tried to raise the dead; his devoted servants from their graves, but they thought they failed…”



Willow’s head tilted away. “Failed?”



“But they didn’t,” explained Dumbledore, turning his gaze on to Tara. “They made a mistake.”



“Mistake?” echoed Willow, again.



“The thing about Magick is that it can all be in the wording and they were more intent on breaking rules and doing this, to take stock and consider the consequences. From the information I have managed to gather they tried to raise ‘the ones who were the most devoted to the greatest dark wizard’. Only thing is that Voldemort was shell

of who he was when they performed their spell, but someone wasn’t, someone was trying to end the world in a fit of grief and madness…”



“Me,” said Willow. “And that’s why…”



For the first time since they had entered Dumbledore’s office Tara lifted her gaze and met Willow’s. Time seemed to freeze and it finally hit home to both of them that they were together. Willow reached over and gave Tara’s hand a brief squeeze, the touch was electric. The redhead brought her right hand into her left and rubbed her palm with her thumb, it felt odd and good. She was unsettled; one touch, one look it’s all that it had taken to break through the defensive anger she had felt earlier.



Dumbledore gave Willow a few moments to collect her thoughts. “After Harry arrived back and gave his story, I investigated the cemetery with some people from the Ministry and I found Professor Maclay…Tara.” He fixed the blonde with a fond look. “She was confused, frightened and it took a while for us to figure out what happened.”



“Why didn’t anyone tell me? I was dying inside and all the time Tara was alive, someone should have told me…”



We couldn’t,” said Tara, the sound of her voice making Willow jump. “I wanted too, I missed you so much but it was too dangerous.”



“How can you say that? After everything we went through…you can’t make that decision for me.”



Tara turned in chair until she was facing Willow; instinctively she reached over and held both of willow’s hands. Dumbledore sat back discreetly in his chair allowing his young teacher to take over. “This isn’t like anything we have faced before. We were…I was trying to protect you.”



Willow’s brow furrowed. “What from? There is nothing we couldn’t have handled if we had been together.”



“Willow, he wants you. He thinks you will be his greatest weapon, that he can finally have the power and destruction he craves and with you at full power by his side...” Dumbledore allowed his ominous words to sink in.



“Who?” Willow asked almost timidly.



“Voldemort, he knows everything about you, he knows the power you possess and he wants it,” said Tara, gravely. “He has ways of controlling people…”



“And everything that is coming out of the ministry is suggesting that Voldemort has his servants combing this country and The States for you and it won’t take long until they realise that you are at Hogwarts and then I am afraid it will take all our powers to keep you safe,” interrupted Dumbledore.



TBC

The Glorious People Republic of Treacle Mine Road;



Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love and a Hard Boiled Egg

Edited by: Magrat70 at: 6/5/04 5:44 am

[BFR from Paris]

Ah, the pieces are falling in place...



Now the adventure can begin!!!



PS: has anyone seen HP3? is it good? (it's coming out in France next Wednesday)

[Trape]

Eep! Really good, but kinda freaky. I trust you to give our lovely ladies a happy ending though .

[Tempest Duer]

Hardly disappointing. It actually makes a lot of sense. Very good idea, I'm impressed with the way you're crafting this.

Saying that up is down will not make up, down.



~Gene Burns

[PeachyNectar]

Magrat,



Ah… at last the clouds have parted and the mystery of Tara’s resurrection/arrival to Hogwarts is revealed. I would have never thought this is how it all would be tied together, but found the direction you choice to take extremely clever.



Willow taking Tara’s hand was very sweet; and a touching way of letting it be shown her anger had dissipated. Is there the hope of smoochies in the next update?



Voldemort’s desire to gain control of Willow tells me the ultimate battle of white magick verses the dark forces is around the corner. I can’t wait to see how this plot will play out.



This fic just draws me in more and more with each update (which is amazing since I’ve always avoided crossover). Please Magrat let the adventure continue … update soon!

[LadyJayne911]

This is the first fic that I've read on this board, and I must say: it was really good! I am enjoying this story immensely, and I can't wait for your next update!

"A sinner, once passed away, will never return, but the sins will never vanish, and the love will never die. The hermit also spoke thus. The blood of the Soldats will seep; it will seep throughout the wilderness and flow into the great river. The two hands of the Soldats are two maidens. Blacker than black, burdened by sin, reaching out with mercy. Noir."

[effrena]

sorry about my wrong guess, i got mixed up with the books... i read too much ff

anyway great update! imagining voldemort having control of willow is just

more please?

Can`t we not suck anymore?! Ellen DeGeneres

[everbreeze]

That was interesting. I thought of something else... but this is nice... now Tara will do the protecting... I hope they get back to the swing.... Great job~1

[BurningWhiteRose]

Wow.



This is the best BTVS/HP crossover Ive read in ages. Its hard to find good ones of these, especially with W/T!! Write on, chap, write on!!





Sincerely,

BWR

Edited by: BurningWhiteRose at: 6/1/04 11:03 am

[Magrat70]

BFR from Paris: Lots of adventure and peril to come .



On the film; I loved it. It was darker, but it worked, the Dementors may have scared younger children. The kids have all grown-up, no cute little moppets here and the awkward teen thing that they are going through worked for the film. Best part Hermione punching Malfoy and we got to see it twice . Oh and Lupin was great . My fav of the 3 so far.



Trape: Freaky??!!! Oh lots to go through before happiness.



Tempest Duer: Thank you; it was weird I actually was reading the book about the same time as Seeing Red was shown and the idea hit me, but I have a twisted mind .



PeachyNectar: Really not clever. I liked the part with Willow, just a way to soften the situation and regain their connection; always important . On the battles to come light against dark will be important, hmm glad you are enjoying the mixture of characters.



LadyJane: thank you, I feel honoured . Hope you enjoy the rest.



Effrena; Don’t worry sweetie . Voldemort and Willow on the same side, very very scary



Everbreeze: Glad you liked the idea, yes Tara gets to do the looking after here, but she is in danger too. Remember the Death Eaters know what she means to Willow.



BurningWhiteRose: Thank you. I will write more; no problem

The Glorious People Republic of Treacle Mine Road;



Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love and a Hard Boiled Egg

[irishlassie101]

Hello,



what a wonderful fic...no wonder, it´s Magrat writing



PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE update soon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Magrat70]

Title: Harry Potter and The Return of The Witch part 12

Author: Magrat

Spoilers: as before

Disclaimer: not mine, blah, blah.

Rating: PG: 13

Thanks to Justin for his help



Harry Potter and The Return of The Witch part 12



Willow still felt like she couldn’t take in everything that had been said to her. It didn’t seem right that some unknown dark wizard could be seeking her to be some secret weapon to wreak havoc in a world she didn’t know much about. Once again, she had been so intent on her own thoughts that she had missed the conversation that was going on between Tara and Dumbledore. “I’m sorry, I missed what you said.”



“I wondered if you were hungry, you’ve both missed lunch, I could get the elves to bring you something if you want,” said Dumbledore pleasantly, he knew it was pointless everyone being tense and expecting an attack at any moment.



Tara stole a quick look at the clock. “Oh, I’m late for my class. I better go.”



“Alastor said he would be happy to fill in for you if you wanted to spend sometime with Willow. In fact I believe he was heading towards your classroom as he said it…Tonks was hurrying after him.”



“Mad-Eye! Mad-Eye and Tonks are teaching my class? Professor I had really better go,” said Tara looking perturbed and rising from her chair.



Willow resisted the temptation to giggle. She could imagine the look on the kids face when he arrived in the classroom.



“Spoken like a true teacher,” said Dumbledore, the twinkle in his eyes back.



“Can I? Would you mind if I watched you teach?” It was an impulsive statement, but she was curious. The blonde seemed to have a passion for it and it would be interesting to see her in action and of course it meant that she got to spend the afternoon with Tara. Willow’s anger had left her now and she wanted to make-up for all the time she and Tara had been apart.



Tara shot Dumbledore a questioning look. “I don’t see why not, news of Willow being at Hogwarts will be public property soon anyway. It’s up to you Professor Maclay; do you want Willow watching you teach?”



“I d-don’t mind,” said Tara, although her insides were shaking, this was going to be as nerve wracking as her first day.



Willow gave Tara a side-ways look. “Sweetie, it’s okay if you don’t want me too…”



Tara shook her head. “No, it’ll be fine, but we better go now.”





**********************



Harry looked up as Hermione ran into the classroom a little out of breath. “Where have you been? You’re lucky that Professor Maclay isn’t here yet.”



“I knew she wouldn’t be,” said Hermione, giving Harry what he could only describe as a superior smile. She caught his look of reproach. “I’m not being clever; I took a friend of hers to Dumbledore’s office. I think she was waiting there for her.”



“If you’ve all had enough talking maybe you can get down to some listening,” said a voice that made the entire class jump and Harry recognised instantly; Moody.



Moody shrugged off his invisibility cloak and stood at the front of the classroom taking in all of their shocked expression. “Be alert, could’ve wiped you all out with one flick of my wand. I know you’ve had a few jokes for teachers but I would have thought Lupin and Maclay would’ve taught you to be on your toes at all times.” Moody’s spinning eye caught a movement at the back of the class. “Do you wish to share with the rest of us Mr. Malfoy?” Moody practically spat the name out. “And stand up boy.”



Draco got to his feet his usual pale features burning with anger. “How dare you talk to me like that. You’re not a teacher here, I will tell my father.”



“I will tell my father,” mimicked Moody, making the Gryffindor portion of the class snigger and laugh with delight. “Your father’s days are numbered; it won’t be long until the ministry wakes up to what he is up to…”



“How dare you,” shouted Draco, shaking with hatred. “How dare you speak of my father. I…”



“Malfoy, sit down this instant,” came a ringing voice from the doorway. “Thank you, Alastor for taking my class, but I’m back and Dumbledore said he has some lunch ready for you.”



Moody looked like he was going to argue with her, there was nothing he would have liked better than to kick the youngest member of the Malfoy family’s backside, but he had patience and time. His electric blue eye swivelled and his expression darkened. “Professor Maclay can I have a quick word with you.” He walked quickly as he talked, gently pushing Tara into the corridor and shutting the door behind him. “What is she doing here, you aren’t thinking of taking her into your class?”



“She wanted to watch…”



“Watch,” Moody almost exploded. “You have the son of one of the most evil Death Eaters in your class and you want to invite the person Voldemort wants the most to sit in?! What are you thinking?”



“Dumbledore said that Voldemort will find out soon enough, so what difference will it make?” Tara asked, impressing Willow by standing up to this terrifying looking man. “And anyway she wants too.”



“Wants too? Does she even know what kind of danger she is in…”



“I’m standing right here. Will you stop talking like I’m not here and what I think and want doesn’t matter,” said Willow. “I want to watch Tara teach, I know I’m in danger and so what? I’ve been dealing with danger for years so there is nothing you can say that can stop me from doing what I want.”



“On your head be it,” growled Moody. “But don’t blame me when you’re tortured and murdered.” He turned and stomped away.



“Cheery guy,” said Willow with a little grin.



Tara didn’t respond to Willow’s smile instead she had a grave expression on her face. “Are you sure about this? I know he is a little over the top but he is right. The information that you are at Hogwarts will get to Voldemort even quicker…”



“Tara, baby,” said Willow, noticing that the blonde flinched slightly at the use of the endearment. “I don’t want to hide in the shadows.” She reached forward to squeeze Tara’s hand who evaded her.



“Will, we shouldn’t be anything more than friends. If…if anything happens to me, what would you do? I don’t want you to lose control again and hurt people,” said Tara, trembling. She hated having to say this, but she had heard and read so much about Willow’s rampage after her death, it wasn’t something she wanted to be responsible for again.



“One, pretending to be friends isn’t going to stop me from loving you and two, now that I have you back there is no way I am going to let anything happen to you,” said Willow closing the distance between them, gazing intently into worried blue eyes. She stroked her hand over Tara’s face, before pulling her in and placing a soft kiss on her lips. “These last few months have been hell without you. I promise we will get through whatever happens to us, we have to.” Willow regretfully pulled back from Tara. “And now I believe you have a class to teach.”



“I do,” said Tara. “But we need to talk.”



TBC

The Glorious People Republic of Treacle Mine Road;



Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love and a Hard Boiled Egg

Edited by: Magrat70 at: 6/20/04 11:33 am

[BurningWhiteRose]

Once again, I must state that this is an awesome fic.



I like how Willow insists on getting Tara back, and Tara should really just comply. I mean, you get your lover to understand that your alive from the dead, so HEY!!



Get with the lovin'!!



Sincerely,

BWR

[Insanity]

Malfoy this little prat!!!!



BUT: just friends??? NOOOO WAY!!!

You can't do that!!!



Insanity

"Nobody messes with my girl!"Tara, Bargaining

[CEsgirl13]

cool update but I'm totally not digging the 'only friends' thing. :crosses arms: definately not. update soon!

~Jamie

When you choose to hold the rose you are also agreeing to bleed.

[effrena]

As if Tara is really able to resist Willow!

Great update!

Can`t we not suck anymore?! Ellen DeGeneres

[everbreeze]

ooh up date~! THis is great... I just hope they get along well... of course they are~! but any way. Thank you, and it's great to see this... since I'm going to go watch the new one in a few hours.... HAHAHAHA~!

[Tempest Duer]

Just friends? Meh. Sure, they can try, but they both know, much like all of your devoted readers, that no matter how hard they try, Nature has other ideas for them.

It's insulting to the whole gender[sic] of rap.



~Eminem

[some dark thing]

come on, we already know that the 'just friends' is just another way for Magrat to tease us. :-)) I mean... "just friends"... on the kitten board? ;-)



I'm really interested in the teacher aspect of Tara, that makes the crossover so much more _real_. More than just names, there's the Hogwarts atmosphere. Nice work again, Magrat. :-)



BTW, it's good to see more of Tonks (I hope JK will go somewhere with that character in the next book)

[PeachyNectar]

Very interesting update Magrat. Enjoying how you incorporated so many characters in this update (such as Tonks). It's always enjoyable whenever Draco gets put in his place. Loved our dear Professor Maclay standing up to Moody as he attempted to keep Willow from observing class. This clearly shows just how far Tara has come from her days as the shy/studdering college student back in Sunnydale (though we all loved her then too).



Tara's recommendation of friendship as an attempt to avoid Willow once again becoming "all veiny" was such a strong testament to the depths of her love. Willow's response was equally poignant... pretending to be friends isn’t going to stop me from loving you. As all Kittens know nothing stands in the way of Willow/Tara goodness forever ... though I do foresee there may be bumpy roads ahead for them in this fic.



Looking forward to next update ... please don't make it a long wait.

[WickedReds]

Firends???

[Magrat70]

Hi all,



I usually like to answer feedback to people individualy but my mum's cancer which is terminal has progressed quicker than was expected and I am off back home to my family. Thank you for all your feedback, over what has been a difficult time for me, it always makes my day. Thanks to Justin and Beth for all their help



Love

Wendy

The Glorious People Republic of Treacle Mine Road;



Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love and a Hard Boiled Egg

[SaraBiga]

I'm so sorry Wendy. Remember us kittens are always with you. We are as real as real life can be, and our hearts really wish to help give you the heart you need.

Dear hugs

Sara

[some dark thing]

just wanted to say my thoughts are with you too. *hugs*

[BurningWhiteRose]

Im so sorry. Cancer...well, cancer sucks.



I know how it feels to care about people with cancer...



All My Support,

BWR

[everbreeze]

just waiting for an update. I think you've executed each character very well.... well keep up the great work~!