From One World To Another
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Angel the Series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Harry Potter, as much as I'd like to. Remember that.
2:00 PM, The Hyperion Hotel, Los Angeles
"So you're telling me that fairies are real?" Gunn said, shaking his head sceptically.
"Yes. Most fairy tale creatures are real, excluding, of course, leprechauns." Wesley Wyndham-Pryce said seriously, even as he placed a sword in the weapons cabinet.
"What about the tooth fairy?"
"Her race-" Wesley's face showed surprise as a bright light covered the room.
"What's happenin'?" Gunn shouted, reaching out to feel for something.
"I don't know. It-" There was a sudden silence, and Gunn looked up to see both the blinding light and the Englishman gone.
"What the hell? Wes? Wesley! Yo, English?" called the black man as Cordelia Chase hurriedly walked out of the office. Stunning and beautiful, the brunette strode quickly towards Gunn. "What happened? Where did Wes go?"
"I don't know. There was like this bright light, then he was gone!" Gunn said, dark eyes worried.
There was a slight pause, then- "Angel!" On cue, the dark vampire appeared silently, making both the humans jump. "What's up?"
"Wes disappeared!" Cordelia exclaimed.
Angel frowned, then sniffed the air. "Magick."
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2:01 PM, The Magic Box, Sunnydale
Spike sat on a table, kicking gently at the legs of Xander Harris's chair as Rupert Giles droned on about the newest evil who wanted to kick the slayer's ass. Suddenly, a white light covered the room, preventing the Scoobies from seeing.
"Giles? What's happening?" Buffy shouted.
"I've no idea!" Giles called back.
Spike leapt to his feet. "I can smell the-" he got cut off as the light disappeared abruptly and took him with it.
"What was that?" said Xander, immediately crossing over to his girlfriend, Anya.
'I-I, uh, don't know," Giles admitted, taking off his glasses to polish.
"W-whatever it w-was," Tara stammered, ducking her head and blushing slightly. When she looked up, her face was worried. "It took Spike."
The others looked around. "You're right." Xander shrugged unconcernedly.
Willow put a comforting arm around Dawn's shoulders. "Don't worry, Dawnie, we'll get him back,"
"Yes. Well. We may have some trouble with that." Giles settled his glasses back on his nose and peered curiously at the table where Spike had sat earlier.
"What? Why?" Dawn's voice was pitched high, and the fiery-haired witch tightened the one-armed hug.
"He was taken with magick." Giles said grimly.
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2:02 PM, Ethan Rayne's house, London
Ethan Rayne jerked awake as a bright light filled his bedroom. He swore under his breath, and quickly started chanting aloud in Latin. He sketched hurried runes into the air, then yelled out as his magick accomplished nothing. The bright light disappeared as randomly as it had come, Ethan going along with it. The room was left devoid of human life.
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Five weeks later, The Hyperion Hotel, Los Angeles
As suddenly as five weeks earlier, the bright light filled the lobby of the Hyperion,. When the light disappeared, instead of taking people with it, the light left behind 3 men, black robes billowing around their bodies. All the men wore disconcerted expressions, and looked around the lobby. The two taller men looked exhausted. The shorter man on the left ran his hand roughly through platinum blond hair, mussing it up. 'Bloody 'ell." the familiar cockney accent was stronger than usual, and wasn't as lower British class as it had been.
The baritone voice of Wesley Wyndham-Pryce rang through the lobby clearly, his English accent stronger, as with Spike. "We're back."