Follow Through

Notice: These characters aren't mine; they belong to Joss and JK.
Spoilers and warnings are posted in the first part.

Just a reminder of the main pairings- Spike/Angelus/Xander/Draco;
Severus/Harry/Lucius; Faith/Ginny/Luna; Oz/Remus/Devon;
Giles/Ethan/Bill; Wesley/Sirius/Doyle;

Author's note: I can't remember if Oz was a year or two older than
the other Scoobies. I decided to write that he is a year older and
that Oz graduated six months before he was supposed to. Also this
story is taking place around the middle of December in Xander's
junior year of high school. Also in my universe there is no spell to
give Angelus back is soul, it was a one time event.

Not Beta'd
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"Sirius! How?" Harry screamed so loud that every part of the mansion
could hear him.

With in second everyone was gathered in the entrance hall. Spike was
carrying Xander and Angelus was carrying Draco. Even while in shock
Lucius had to smile at the fact his son was allowing someone to
touch him and that he left his room. Lucius and Severus quickly
moved closer to Harry who started to sway slightly indicating he is
close to passing out.

"Can we come in and maybe sit down? It's been a long tiring journey
and will take even longer story to explain," said a teen with
multicolored hair.

"Oz? What the heck are you doing in London with wizards?" Xander
lifted his head off of Spike's shoulder to get a better look at the
new guests.

"Hey Xander. You're a surprising sight but it is nice to see a
familiar face. Like I said all can be explained once we sit down."

Lucius motioned for everyone to follow him. Remus followed helping
Sirius walk with Oz on the other side. Remus was a bit surprised to
find Harry at Malfoy mansion but obviously Oz was correct after all
in finding Harry. Draco looked over from Angelus shoulder worried
about Harry's sanity and his father's relationship now that Sirius
was alive. However Draco was not about let go of Angelus while there
was a werewolf in the house. Spike and Angelus sat on one couch with
Xander and Draco on their laps. Wesley sat on ottoman near Spike's
feet just in case his master needed anything. Severus, Lucuis, and
Harry sat on the couch across from the vampires. Harry was
sandwiched between Severus and Lucius who also had an arm wrapped
around him. That left the larger couch which was in the middle of
the other two. Oz, Remus, and Devon sat on it while Sirius walked
around pacing slightly.

"S-S-Sirius how can you be here? We saw you fall into the veil.
Dumbledore said no one eve leave the veil and certinally no one ever
leaves the veil alive." Harry asked his voice shaking and eyes
watering with unshed tears.

"Short version is that Dumbledore lied and is an evil worse than
Voldemort. At least Voldemort never hid who he was or what his
ultimate goals were. Haven't any of you ever thought it was so odd
that before Dumbledore came on the scene it been a thousand years
since the last serious dark lord but after Dumbledore there were two
in a span of fifty years. I over heard discussion between Dumbledore
and a portrait that after people have started to move on with their
lives that he will make it look like Harry Potter is the next dark
lord and that the only one can stop him is Dumbledore.

You see Harry, the veil spit me back out less than twenty-four hours
after I fell in. Dumbledore and Minster Fudge were there waiting for
me. Before I could even react I was stunned and dragged back to
Hogwarts. I have been living in Dumbledore's closet handcuffed to
the clothes rod since then. A house elf had been feeding me but I
didn't recognize the one so I think it may have been Fudge's house
elf. But yesterday was miracle as I had honestly started to believe
I was going to die in that closet. I think the fates must have been
with me too because the elf to bring me my food that day was Dobby,
who almost dropped it when he saw who I was. By the way Harry, that
is some fan you have in that elf. Since Dobby was only hired and not
bound to Dumbledore he was able to help me a little but not free.
Dobby managed to take down the sound barrier spell. Oz was there
interviewing for a position as the music teacher, for the first time
since Dumbledore took over they are adding a couple of new classes.
Mr. All-knowing didn't know something for once, and that is that Oz
is a werewolf who grew up on the Hellmouth making him resistant to
typical spells used on werewolves in this country. As such Oz heard
me crying for help, I do any time I can tell someone is in the
office with Dumbledore but since the barrier was down I was able to
be heard. Dumbledore of course tried to do damage control by putting
a spell on Oz but like I said before the Hellmouth made him
resistant. Oz knocked Dumbledore out with a statue before breaking
down the door to the closet. After yanking the chains out of the
wall Oz carried me out of the castle. It was strange but all the
doors opened without us touching them, almost like the castle wanted
me to escape. So then we arrived in Hogesmead to meet with Devon.
Strange thing was Devon happened to be talking to Remus at the time
we arrived. Poor Remus passed out when he saw me." Sirius flashed an
apologetic smile to his friend before going back to his story. "We
then got a room in a muggle hotel since it would be the last place
Dumbledore would check for me, especially since we booked the rooms
under Oz and Devon's names. Remus has been filling me in on
everything that's happened. Oh, Harry I am so happy for you!"

Harry looked at his godfather is disbelief as did his soon to be
husbands. "You're not upset about who I'm marrying?"

"No, I've already lost so much time with you that I'm not going to
let something like that pull us apart. The wizarding word really
needs to stay connected to rebuild after having the Dark Lord
terrorizing for so long." Sirius stood up and gave Harry a hug
before sitting back down. "Draco, I'm not sure if you remember me
from when you were little but I'm a cousin of your mothers. You used
to play with me all the time." As Draco shyly shakes his head that
he does not remember. "Maybe this will help." Sirius quickly
transforms into a big black dog.

Draco gasps and gets a huge smile on his face. Everyone one is so
happy to see a positive emotion being expressed on Draco's face.
Sirius lays his head against Draco's knee. After a moment Draco
begins to pet him and gives Angelus a small smile as acknowledgement
for supporting him. Wesley shyly reaches out to pet Sirius also;
something about the man instantly intrigues him.

"Okay my turn to ask a question. Oz-man, what are you and Devon
doing with this group?" Xander asks while snuggling more against
Spike. Oz just nods to Remus to speak.

"I was saved by Oz and Devon while trying to escape from a couple of
squibs who were trying to kill me because it had been discovered
that I was a werewolf. They happened to be driving by and slowed
down enough so I was able to jump in the van. It was amazing Harry,
I had actually giving up hope on finding a mate to satisfy my wolf.
But the second Oz, Devon and I touched I knew I had finally found my
mates!" With the word mate it almost sounded like Remus was purring.
Congratulations were all given around. Sirius transformed back into
his human form but stayed where he was on the floor sitting next to
Wesley. "So, can you tell me all that's happened since I've seen you
last?"

The rest of the day was spent introducing each other to the new
people and catching up with old friends. The even managed to eat
some in between all the talking. When it was time for bed Lucius
showed his new guests to their rooms. There was very little surprise
when Sirius asked to stay in a room with Wesley, whose hand he had
not let go of since dinner. They all agreed tomorrow they would
start planning on taking over Hogwarts and rebuilding the wizarding
world. It was agreed to make a list of allies, enemies, and neutral
as the first step.
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End Part 6

Next time will show what each couple talks about and does during the
night. Thanks and please take the time to review as they are the
fuel to keep me writing, please be gently though.