Of Wizards and Slayer United
Summary: During the summer after the fifth book, Ginny is taken by men from the Watcher's Council, her wand snapped, and cut off from the wizarding world. She is then trained as she is a potential Slayer. When her Watcher is killed and she then becomes a Slayer she does not return. But what happens when she meets the Scoobies and they all travel to England to meet an acquaintance of Giles'? Why does she not wish to return to the world that she once thought of as home?
Sucks right? Hope you like it anyway. Set on Buffy the Vampire Slayer time frame. This is up instead of An Act Of Faith which I will redo and post up at some point.
Chapter One – Fate Sucks
Beginning of summer after Ginny's fourth year – 2002
Ginny had never been to Muggle London before. She knew she shouldn't go but she was so sick and tired of her brothers going on at her about everything, especially that incident about her telling Ron she was going out with Dean – which wasn't actually true – that she just had to get away from them and this seemed to be the ideal opportunity. She thought that if she slipped away from them as they went to Diagon Alley at the start of the summer holidays she could go into London and be back in Diagon Alley again without them even noticing.
When the day came she slipped on some Muggle clothing underneath her cloak and took a bag she knew the cloak would fit in. She went to Gringotts and exchanged some money for muggle money and quietly slipped out of Diagon Alley.
The world she'd stepped into amazed her. Although she had been to King's Cross, the actual city of London to her was completely different. She went into all sorts of different shops buying things and managing to get by with paying with muggle money. When it got to her having to get back to Diagon Alley she found that she actually remembered the way even though London was a big city.
She didn't make it back to Diagon Alley. She had just turned onto the street where The Leaky Cauldron resided when two men jumped out from one of the alleys. Before she could even scream they had covered her mouth with something and she felt as if the energy was being drawn out of her.
After she woke up she was taken in front of a long table of people. There they explained to her that she had the potential to become a Slayer, a fighter against the dark. She was bluntly told that she would be unable to see her family again and that she would not be able to return to her world. They held her wand out in front of her and snapped it. Ginny could not believe what was happening to her. She was then taken to what they called a 'safe house' and left there to await her Watcher. She tried to get out but found that she was locked in. Silently she sat on one of the chairs and began to cry.
When the she heard the door unlocking she thought to try and hide but changed her mind. She wouldn't let these guys destroy her. She would be strong and the first opportunity she got she would make a break for it.
The man who came through the door looked to be in his mid twenties. He wore jeans, a t-shirt and a shirt which was not what Ginny expected. He had short brown hair, brown eyes and was quite muscular and well built. She looked at him curiously as he saw her.
"Hey," he said to her. "You okay?" He sat down on the table in front of her. "You look like you've been crying."
"Oh, I wonder why," Ginny replied sarcastically. "I was kidnapped, my wand was snapped, I've been told that I've got some weird destiny and that I can never see my family again. Can't see anything to cry about there!"
"Okay, no need to get angry at me," he defended. "Well, I can see why you might be angry but I had nothing to do with it. Personally if I had it my way none of that would have happened to you but between you and me the whole Council seems to have run off the rails a bit. It didn't used to be like this, it's just something bad is coming and the Council doesn't like it."
"So why do they have to take it out on me?" Ginny demanded, getting up and beginning to pace the room.
"I don't know, but I swear that I will make you feel as welcome as I can," he told her. "Although, you have to know some things first. I told you I don't get the whole you not seeing your family thing but the Council says that there will be some bad consequences if you try to make contact with them. I don't want that to happen so please don't contact them. I will see if the Council will let me tell them you're okay though." He paused and Ginny nodded for him to continue. "Well, I'm basically your guardian and I'm going to teach you to fight, teach you about demons and maybe if you want to teach you a couple of these ancient languages." Again Ginny nodded. "I'll also teach you Wiccan magic as the Council knows that they cannot suppress the magic you were born with and they don't want you to become dangerous." He paused. "You seem too calm about all this."
"Well I'm trying to let it sink in before I give you a reaction," Ginny told him. "I've seen what happens when my brothers act before they think." Her Watcher laughed slightly. "Plus I don't seem to have much choice in any of this." Her Watcher looked away. She looked at him again curiously. "What's your name?"
"You can call me Ben," he told her. "Calling me sir or by my last name just makes me sound old." Ginny laughed. "You're going to have to change your name, the Council says. I persuaded them to let you decide." Ginny thought for a moment.
"It doesn't have to be too different does it?" Ben shook his head.
"It can be whatever you like."
"Okay… Gia West."
"Well then, welcome to Haven, Gia West."
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Beginning of summer 2003 – America
Gia West smiled as she walked through the park thinking of the day she had met Ben, her Watcher. They hadn't stayed at Haven, the safe house, for too long, instead moving to Greece where a lot of demon activity had started up. They had stayed with of couple of other potentials and the three of them had trained together. Several months after that, they discovered that the Watcher's Council had been blown up. None of them were that sad about it although Ben kept complaining about all the demon texts that had been lost. They all just laughed at him.
After that the trouble had begun. Strange men in black robes and no eyes had come. Ben had called them Bringers. They had killed Marie, one of the potentials. Soon after that Greg Thomson, the Watcher of the other potential, Jenny, was killed, as was Marie's Watcher Helena Michaels. Ben, Gia and Jenny fled Greece managing to board a cargo ship heading for Africa. It made no difference though as the Bringers kept on coming. First they lost Jenny and then Ben was killed while they were in America. Gia was left on her own and has been ever since.
A small tear trickled down her cheek but she quickly wiped it away. She had cried for him already. She had avenged him by tracking down Bringers and killing them. And now she was a Slayer. She knew what had gone down in Sunnydale from her prophetic dreams. Know she travelled from city to city in America killing the demons and vampires, fighting for her fallen watcher and friends.
Gia had changed a lot since the time she had been known as Ginny Weasley. Her red hair had grown darker so it was just lighter than auburn. It was slightly feathered and was just longer than her shoulders. She had grown and filled out more too. She was well curved and did look like a fighter. She wore dark blue jeans, dark brown boots, a white strappy top and a brown leather jacket.
Suddenly she tensed up. She could sense something close. Several things. The problem was they didn't sense of evil. She turned around to see three girls stood behind her, all of them several years older than her. The girl in the middle she knew immediately. The description that Ben had given her from his uncle was practically perfect.
"Let me guess," she started, slightly surprising the three girls now in front of her. "Buffy Summers."
"Yeah," said the blonde, Buffy, suspiciously. "How d'you know?"
"Ben's uncle was pretty detailed in his description of you."
"Ben?" The only Ben Buffy could think of was the Ben who turned into a Hell God bent on retaking her Hell dimension. And he was dead.
"My Watcher," Gia explained. "Ben Giles."
"Okay…" Started the redhead girl next to Buffy. "Who here knew Giles had a sibling, and even a nephew?"
"Not me, Willow," Buffy told her. "Faith?"
"Nope," answered the brunette, Faith. "So who are you?"
"Gia West," Gia answered. "From England as you can probably guess by the accent."
"Yeah, we guessed," Buffy replied. "So where is your Watcher?" Gia lowered her head and they suddenly all knew.
"The Bringers killed him," Gia told them after a minute. "There were three of us Potentials and three Watchers. I'm the only one the Bringers didn't get. And I made sure they knew about it."
"God, I'm sorry," Buffy told her.
"Yeah me too," Gia replied, they could see she wanted to get off the subject.
"So d'you wanna come meet the other Slayers?" Faith burst out. "I mean, we're not in any fixed place at the moment but we're trying to gather all the Slayers we can at the moment."
"Sure," Gia smiled, glad for the change of subject. "Do I get to meet the infamous Rupert Giles? I've heard quite a few stories about him, and not all of them were good."
"Yep," Willow said. "Let's go introduce you to the G-man as Xander would say."
"You're not a Slayer, are you?" Gia suddenly asked. "Those two are, but I can't sense any Slayer in you as it were."
"Nope, me I'm a Wiccan," Willow told her.
"Cool, I do Wicca too," Gia told her. She liked this girl. She reminded her of family.
"You do?" Gia and Willow got into a long conversation about the different aspects of Wicca they had covered, while Faith and Buffy lagged behind a bit.
"Is it just me," Faith started. "Or do those two look like they could pass off as sisters?"
"I don't think it's just you," Buffy replied, wondering.
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"So you're Ben's Slayer?" Giles said. "I've been looking for you, you know? Ever since I found out."
"He spoke very highly of you," Gia smiled. "Said you were the best Watcher the Council has ever had."
"Hear that, Faith?" Buffy chimed in. "We got the best Watcher the Council have ever had."
"Damn right!" They all laughed.
They had all arrived at the Hyperion little over an hour ago. Gia was surprised to find that Giles looked basically like an older version of Ben. She was also surprised to find out that he already knew of Ben's death. She hadn't thought that anyone but her knew. She had been quickly welcomed into the Slayer fold, as it were, and Faith had started to call her mini-Red because of her resemblance to Willow even though there was no family relation. Giles had also been surprised that the Council had allowed her to practise Wiccan magic. Gia simply said it was because of her background and left it at that.
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The end of the summer approached quickly. Giles had persuaded them all to move to England where he had quickly begun to rebuild the Watchers' Council with the help of Xander and his construction knowledge and Willow and Gia with their Wicca abilities. It surprised them how quickly they actually managed to repair the Council. The only areas that seemed to have been hit were those that the Council members had been in. They had found another secret library with copies of the many of the books that had been lost when the Council blew. There were also rooms underneath the Council building that Buffy, Faith and the Slayers quickly turned into training rooms as they were massive and Buffy simply said there was no use wasting space.
Willow and Gia got quite close and they began to feel like they were family, sisters. Gia often confided in Willow things that had happened to her, until one day she decided that she would tell Willow why the Council had consented to her being taught Wicca. Gia didn't want to hide anymore. They were sat in their room, which they shared with Buffy, Dawn and Faith.
"Willow, can I tell you something?" Gia asked.
"You know you can tell me anything," Willow replied, then she saw the look on Gia's face. "What is it?"
"It's… kind of hard to explain," Gia said. "But it's the reason that the Council allowed me to be taught Wicca." Willow nodded for her to carry on. "Willow, I don't know whether you know but there are two main branches of magic. Magic with a wand and without."
"There's actually magic you can do with a wand?" Willow asked, surprised.
"Yeah," Gia replied. "Well… before I was found as a potential Slayer I still had magic. I was born with the ability to do magic with a wand. So basically, I'm a witch and there's a whole world made up of people like me. The wizarding world. Except it's hidden from sight of those without magic. The Council took me away from that world, snapped my wand and told me I could never go back there. They took me away from my family and my heritage. But they couldn't get rid of the magic inside of me and they knew it. So I was taught Wiccan magic to counteract it." There was a short pause.
"Wow." Was the only thing Willow said.
"D'you believe me?" Gia asked.
"Well seeing as a lot of stuff that's happened to me since I've been friends with Buffy most people wouldn't believe, yeah it's possible."
"I'm sorry if I'm loading you with all this stuff, it's just I couldn't really keep it inside much longer. When Ben was around we'd talk about it but I haven't been able to since he's been gone."
"I know, and I believe you. Fate sucks, huh?" Willow smiled.
"Oh yeah, you got that right!" Gia replied whole-heartedly. Willow laughed.
"There is one thing though," Willow mused. "What I want to know is why didn't I get to go to one of these fancy magic schools? Or do I have the wrong type of magic?" Gia laughed.
"I don't know," she grinned. "Maybe living on the Hellmouth had something to do with it."
Gia was glad she had someone to talk about the wizarding world with and they began to talk about all the things that had gone on in Gia's life when she had been Ginny Weasley.
Several hours later they were called into the 'conference room' of the Council building. Giles looked very pleased being sat at the head of the table but he seemed to control his glee as he began to talk to them.
"I've just had a letter from a dear friend of mine asking for our assistance," Giles began. "There is a war going on in his world and he has heard rumours that the dark side has been gathering forces of vampires ad demons to aid them. They have little knowledge of fighting these types of foe so they have for our help. He found out about what happened in Sunnydale and says that he will be greatly thankful if we would help."
"I'm in," Buffy said almost immediately. "Nothing like a nice apocalyptic type war to get you pumped. And it's always good to rid the world of evil."
Everyone began to agree, although some said that they would say behind if they needed to move to gather more of the unknown Slayers. To Gia though, this 'war' sounded familiar and when Giles mentioned 'his world' she began to wonder.
"Giles?" She began, though not wanting to know the answer. "Who is this friend of yours?"
"His name is Professor Albus Dumbledore."
A/N: Sorry for all the time jumping and such. Hope you liked it. Please review and tell me what you think.
Teigra Wolfe
