a crossover fic by Andy
Harry and Ron were running to class. They were going to late if they didn't hurry. Then suddenly BLAM!! They ran into two other people just standing there. From the floor Harry saw a woman about hermione's height and mistook her for a classmate. She had hair black as midnight with eyes to match and pale skin. Ron was tangled up on the floor with someone he knew darn well was fully adult, she could not be nearly this well developed or have legs that long at his age but he assumed she was a seventh year, and to be fair he was not far off her age. Her unnaturtal grace was canceled by his clumsiness though and it took them almost a full minute to disentangle themselves. Meanwhile Harry spoke.
"Sorry about that really. Here just let me get my glasses on straight and I'll help you gather any books you dropped. I'm afraid we'll all be late.." "Yes you will
said a gleeful and sinister voice. As Harry got his glasses straight he saw Professor Snape standing behind the woman. He stood and started stammering when the woman whom he could now see was no student turned around with a wrathful expression, "You!" she shouted. "are you responsible for bringing us here? If you are you have exactly 10 seconds to put us back before I shoot your sorry ass!"
Ron and Cherry finally managed to get free of each other and stand. Ron finally really saw the woman he had run into and realized why his hands seemed to
encounter skin anywhere he tried to put them, his embarassed recoil had been part of the delay in getting unentangled, and he was getter redder by the minute as he looked her up and down. Chery for her part was trying to figure out what had happened. One minute she was trying to talk Anita into getting a pool and the next they were in this hallway that reeked of magic. She ignored the stare of Ron as his eyes traveled from the toe ring on one bare foot up her long, long legs to the black shorts that looked sprayed on and up to the fishnet tank top that obviosly had no bra underneath just Cherry. Although just Cherry was apparently too much for Ron, he was rendered speechless as he reached her face and seemed to be running a fever as flushed and sweating as he was.
Snape was red as well but with anger, "Now see here young lady, I don't know how you got here but if you do not behave yourself you will feel my wand.
I do not care how powerful a wizard you might be no one invades Hogwart's with inpunity!" He pulled his wand from his sleeve as she pulled her Browning. Ron and Cherry winced and backed away. Ron also trying to motion Harry over. Harry watched wide eyed although he was sure that however he might not like Snape he did know magic fairly well and could easily deflect bullets, why he probably had a charm on that did so. Still now that he was a fifth year he could sense that the woman was a powerful magic user so who knew how that gun was enchanted. Anita looked surprised at the wand and got into her two handed shooting stance.
Fortuntely before it went any further a man flew past them getting both their attention as he landed nearby. "Dumbledore!" cried Harry happily. He knew
that things would get sorted out quickly now he just wished Hermione was with them in case Professor Dumbledore needed help. "Now now let's not be hasty. Severus these people, there are two of them if it escaped your notice, have not invaded they were accidentally deposited here when a student in the Summoning class on the other side of that accidentally activated that amulet there and brought them here from a different universe. Please back away I'm sure we can come to some reasonable understanding with them." Cherry stood up straight again as he was speaking and Ron started saying something but was stammering badly, "Bbbbbbb..."
Professor Dumbledore turned to Anita, "My Dear I am Head Master here at Hogwart's and I would like to apologize for my student's accidental displacement of you both from your home. Please put away your weapon and let us discuss things in my study. I am sure I can get you back home in time its just a matter of finding the right universe."
Cherry stepped forward towards Anita a little, "Thank you sir. I do hope we can get home. We have people there who depend on Anita." Anita frowned
but from the amount of magic she was feeling from everywhere and everyone including the two teenage boys she figured the gun might not work against anyone here anyway so she put it away and turned to face the man with the flowing white beard. "Ok if you can keep your hall monitor here under control I promise to try not to shoot anyone. I'm Anita Blake, licensed vampire hunter, and this is Cherry." Cherry walked forward and shook hands with first Dumbledore than Snape. Professor Snape's eyes bugged out a bit when he got a good look at her but a short stare from the headmaster and he said his goodbyes and left. Then as he was leading them to his office Dumbledore said over his shoulder, "Oh Harry, once you finish you classes why don't you bring Ron and Hermione by my office. I may need to hear your account of things and you three can help me investigate things." "You would let them help you?" "Why yes they often assist me in investigations. See you then Harry, Ron. Give my regards to Hermione."
"Boobs!!" Ron said. Harry laughed and they went to class. Neither could wait to get together with Hermione and tell her what happened. Hermione was
fascinated by their account although her eyes narrowed when Ron recounted his part in things. Still that was even more reason to go with him and Harry to Dumbledore's office. "It is really quite amazing. I never knew that thing hanging outside summoning could do that," she said as they rapidly approached their meeting. "I imagine the poor student who summoned them didn't either," Ron replied. As they entered Dumbledore's study they heard, "Really my dear are you sure you are not cold in that?" and they saw Professor Dumbledore offereing Cherry a sweatshirt and Anita trying not to laugh. "I think she looks just fine professor!" Ron stammered out then blushed. Hermione glared at him, "Boys! Always thinking with their glands." Anita snickered then introduced herself and then Cherry who was curled up cat like and a big armchair by the fire.
"No professor I am fine. Thank you but I am rarely cold."
Professor Dumbledore saw the three of them then, "Well met by moonlight students! I have been entertaining our inadvertent guests and I think I know how to get them home. Unfortunately it must wait til the night of the full moon which is a week away and I could use your help then. What do you say?" Harry spoke first, "Of course we'll help Professor and anything you need us for in the meantime as well." Ron blushed furiously red and nodded vigorously. Hermione tracked Ron's goggle eyed stare to Cherry's fishnet top and added, "Certainly Professor, anything I can do to speed these ladies on their way home. In the meantime maybe they can stay in the girls dorm at gryffindor? We can keep them from being bothered and surely they will need to borrow some clothes more suitable to drafty halls." "Thank you my dear but I think we will put them up in a spare room in the teacher's wing. We do have an open room while we wait for our new Defense against the Dark Arts teacher to show up." "Do you mean he is late Professor or has something worse happened to him?" Harry asked and frowned. This was bad; for while they never seemed to keep one for more than a year, this was the first year they'd ever started without a Defense against the Dark Arts teacher. Ron was still nodding, "Aaaaaaaa...." Hermione nudged him with her elbow and glared. "He is merely late Harry, his Volswagon blew up. Surely the work of evil but not nearly enough to stop him. He will be here shortly after our guests have left. But fear not! Ms. Blake has generously offered to fill in for him until we can send her and her companion home. She will be covered what to do if attacked by zombies or ghouls and how to handle angry lycanthropes. The other reason I asked you here is to show you the spell I will cast. Your comment on clothing was well taken Hermione so I will summon a week's worth of clothing and personal possesions for each."
Ron was still going, "Aaaaaaaaaa...." but at least had stopped nodding. Harry and Hermione watched closely as Professor Dumbledore chanted impressively and gestured with his wand. A loud 'POP' sounded and onto the rug next to Cherry landed a large makeup case along with 2 pairs of fishnet stockings, a black leather miniskirt, high heeled shoes and two black vinyl bras, one studded with with stainless steel and one not. Then next to anita landed what appeared to be 2 weeks worth of clothes followed by a few uzis, a shotgun, a very large knife, her firestar and lots of ammo. Dumbledore walked forward blocking Cherry from Ron's view, "I'm sorry my dear the spell seems to have gone a bit awry." "Anything at all." Ron finally said and looked around, "Hey what happened?" "You neeed to start acting more grown up is what!" Hermione answered Ron just as Cherry answered Professor Dumbledore, "No this is about a week's worth of stuff for me. Anita needs more because alot of her stuff gets stained fighting monsters and protecting people." Cherry left out the raising the dead part and Anita was thankful since it would likely give the wrong impression here and complicate matters.
Professor Dumbledore smiled, "Well you are likely to throw a wizard's concentration off dressing like that so I would prefer if you not enter any of the classrooms but the rest of the school and the grounds is yours to roam except for those places marked as dangerous this year and the forest outside which is always dangerous. You are both welcome to visit the town of Hogsmeade to pick anything you feel you need but I would suggest you take someone from the school with you when you go." His eyes twinkled with mischief, "Perhaps Ron would volunteer...." "Professor!" Hermione shouted. He chuckled, "Quite right, it should be an older boy. Or perhaps I'll have Hagrid escort you. Well enough of this I'm sure you would like to rest and reflect on the day. Let me show you to your rooms." He started towards the far door and Anita called out, "What about all this stuff?" Professor Dumbledore turned and gestured, "There, come along now," both ladies looked briefly shocked as their belongings started floating after him then shook it off and followed. Ron sighed as he watched Cherry leave and was elbowed again by his girlfriend. He had the grace to blush, "Why don't you ever wear anything like that Hermione?" "Because I am not that kind of girl! Now come along lets gets to supper." The three filed out and Harry thought to himself it was going to be another interesting year.
Chapter Two
Anita was teaching the seventh years how to fight a were if attacked. Cherry, in humanoid leopard form and full leopard form was assisting in the demonstration. In the middle of one demonstration a page ran in and told her that Prof Dumbledore wanted them by the edge of the Forest. She made her apologies to the class and left with Cherry padding next to her in full leopard form.
Hagrid had been teaching Care of Magical creatures when it happened. A Gargoyle swooped out of the forest and attacked the class. Hagrid's mixed heritage was the only reason the kids were still alive. He fought it if off with main strength, grabbing its tail and beating its head on the ground repeatedly, all the while shouting that nobody attacked the kids in HIS class while HE was teaching. Draco loudly pretended that Hagrid was the reason it attacked in the first place but aside from Crabbe and Goyle nobody believed him. Unfortunately after awhile his grip slipped and it got loose but it was so shaken up it just flew back into the forest. Which was why Professor Dumbledore wanted Anita and Cherry; to help track it to its lair and finish it.
They all headed into the woods. Cherry leading trying to trace the gargoyle's scent, then Anita with gun up and ready to fire when necessary, then Harry, Ron, and Hermione together with wands out watching the woods a bit nervously, and finally Hagrid guarding the rear with the crossbow watching and listening. After a while Cherry suddenly leapt at a patch of woods that seemed no different from any other until she collided with an invisble something that had been sitting on the branch of a nearby tree. She clawed and bit at it in fury but despite her lycanthrope strength all her attacks created was the sounds or claws on stone. "Pin it! Pin it and I'll shoot it!" Anita called out. After some more struggle during which something clawed bloody furrows through the skin on her flanks she managed to pin and hold it down with her forepaws. She looked up at Anita through green cat's eyes and nodded her leopard head. Anita's Browning thundered in the silence and a piece of stone went flying. The stone gargoyle became visible as Anita shot again and again. After she demolished its head completely it stopped its struggles and Cherry let it go and limped back towards the group bleeding from the wounds it had inflicted and flying stone chips.
"Change to human Cherry. You can do it, c'mon change." Anita sat on the forest floor nearby and put the great cat's head in her lap. She looked up at the others and said, "If she can change shape now it will not only speed her healing but eliminate any chance of infection, magical or mundane." Anita stroked the leopard shaped woman in her lap, "I know you have the strength left, change!" Slowly a human shape flowed out of the leopard leaving a clear fluid behind that quickly evaporated and beautiful woman lying hurt, unconscious, and naked but healing rapidly. "Help me carry her back to the school." Anita said struggling to rise with Cherry in her arms and not succeeding because although her arms were strong enough she was a half foot or more shorter than her burden.
Hagrid stepped in and lifted Cherry into his arms as all the students peered into the forest for more trouble. They left the forest with Hagrid in the lead carrying the unconscious woman, the three students muttering charms designed to see the invisible and Anita as rearguard with the reloaded Browning Hi-Power at the ready.
As he left the forest all senses alert Harry felt a peculiar type of magic in the wind, a dark type. "Someone is using a lot of magic, but I can't tell what type."
"I can," Anita said. "It's my... specialty you could say; Necromancy. You get Cherry to safety so she can heal. I can deal with this myself." Anita started walking towards where the zombies were slowing coming around the edge of the forest, putting away her gun as she did so. "Go on. I'll be ok."
Hagrid took a look at the zombies then at Anita, then at the injured woman still bleeding in his arms. "All right children. I'll get Miss Cherry to safety and you inform Dumbledore what Miss Anita is doing. He will know if she needs help and I daresay he can provide it better than you or I." With that he headed for the school, children hurrying close behind him.
Anita strode forward toward the zombies; she could feel them. Normally she couldn't until she had done some preparation but there was so much magic in this...place she was in that it was easy here. Easy was good. She could tell they were being controlled by somebody nearby. As she strode forward she sent her power towards them but she drew her machete because she knew she would need blood to control regardless. A small cut on her forearm and she flicked the bloody machete towards the zombies. As soon as the blood hit them it gave her power access. She took control of them away from the unseen enemy with ease, her powers greater here than even back home. She laid two commands upon the zombies. First she had them fall upon their erstwhile master and tear him to pieces and then she had them go back to graves and resume their interrupted eternal sleep. The zombies ambled slowly away to do her bidding and those who had remained to watch breathed sighs of relief. Professor Dumbledore warmly expressed his gratitude, "Thank you Anita for saving our school. We are in your debt."
Anita went back to their room where Harry, Ron, and Hermione were just finished lunch and were about to start on a lemon meringue pie. "Anita! Are you alright? How did it go? Did you get them all?" These were some of the questions fired at her. She was filling them in on what had happened and assuring them that they need never fear that particular evil wizard again when Cherry stepped out of the bathroom. She was fully healed and had just finished showering off the blood when she came out wrapped in a towel and drying her hair with another. As she looked up glad to see Anita victorious and whole the towel slipped off and left her naked. She shrugged and picked up the towel and threw both into the hamper then she walked towards her room to dress.
Meanwhile Ron had been staring speechless, now he started stammering "Pppppppp..." Hermione rolled her eyes and hit him in the face with the pie. "Boys!" Then they all broke out laughing even Ron as he cleared the sticky mess from his face.