I hope this is a good idea. It's a little out of date being that both of these shows are no longer on the air. Here's what's going on. Buffy is leaving the crater that was once Sunnydale. She is on her way to San Francisco to meet up with the charmed ones. I'm making this before Piper knew about Leo. This will be an A/U how she found out. When and if the other sisters come in I'll be using Prue because I never really cared for Paige. There are no plans for demon hunting I mostly just wanted them to meet. But who knows where this will lead. Enjoy.

Fallen Angel

Part 1

Buffy stood nearly paralyzed over what was once home. She felt nothing seeing the non existent town of Sunnydale, California. It certainly wasn't your ordinary small town USA but it had a few good memories rooted into it before heaven and earth collided opening a doorway straight to hell. They stood over the crater that was once Sunnydale. It was an unbelievable sight. They made it out alive. No one expected to live and now the Hellmouth was no more. What were they expected to do now? Can they have a real life after nearly a decade of fighting? There will be high school for the younger girls. There are college hopes for Willow, Buffy and possibly the older girls. Maybe they could talk Xander into pursuing a business degree. He'd be great going into business for himself; Xander Harris Construction, Inc has a nice ring to it. With what money would be another question to address later.

Giles was the one to break through the reverie and herded them all silently back to the bus. Where do we go from here? No one knew. No one had any ideas but then again just hours ago they won the battle of battles. The dust will settle and life will carry on as it always has ignorant to the continuous war of good and evil.

Buffy sat on the bus wondering what life has in store next. She never thought she'd be granted a full life. The life expectancy of a Slayer was late teens to early twenties. She made it over the hump. What now? It was all laughable. It all seemed like a joke now…life. She wanted to be happy about being alive but there was something dangling in the back of her mind. She tried desperately not to let it come to the front. However, after each fight being pulled from heaven tortured her mind. Most days she could suppress it but today she had fought the battle of battles. She was human. She was mortal which reminded her that she was hurt and exhausted but at least it was over. That is what she was hoping for…relief.

She will always remember being surrounded by warmth and love. She had once been complete for brief moment. The feeling of utter happiness made up the world in the clouds. There were no battles to fight, no wars waged, no ugliness to face. There wasn't a bad thought amongst the fray. But she was no longer there where ever there was.

She couldn't feel anything because always in the back of her mind was heaven. She was ripped from heaven and couldn't put it out of her mind no matter how hard she tried or how much she wanted to. She was here once again with the people who loved her most but she couldn't feel the same kind of contentment she felt before death won out. Death was her gift after all. She gave it gladly willingly sacrificing herself for the greater good. In her afterlife, for lack of a better word, she knew that everyone she cared about was alright. She just knew it. Time didn't mean anything. Nothing had form. She knew nothing about theology or dimensions but she thought she was in heaven. Now she was here once again to fight another day.

Her mind full all she could do as she watched the crater that was once home grow small was hug her friends and look away. As she sat back in her seat reaching in her pocket feeling a folded envelop. Pulling it tentatively from her pocket she curiously and slowly unfolded the flaps revealing a letter and a key. She read it with wide eyes.

My Dearest Buffy,

I wanted to give you a little something back. The key will open a door. I am hoping with all hope that it will be a door to a future you can live in.

I love you Always Buffy,

William

1330 Prescott St

San Francisco

Under the letter was another sheet of paper. It was a bank statement which made her jaw drop. She couldn't stop staring at it in awe. She read it over and over again in total disbelief:

Account of William Hunter

1330 Prescott St

San Francisco, Ca

Beneficiary: Buffy Anne Summers

Sunnydale, Ca

Amount: $10,000,000

Account Number:1123581321

She could hardly believe it. Her brain was cleared momentarily of all thought except those of Spike. As always Spike managed to surprise her once again. Ten million dollars! Was this for real? When did he ever have time to buy a house? He always made like he was hard up for cash. She remembered a time when she left him scrambling on the ground collecting bills she had thrown on the ground. He left her amazed. Well, he was a couple hundred years old. He was bound to win the lottery eventually.

"So where are we gonna go now? What are we going to do?" one of the potentials asked.

Giles was driving the school bus northward with nowhere in mind, "I really haven't had time to think it through. But I assure you we'll figure it out together. For now let's just focus on getting bloody hell away from this God forsaken place."

"Here, here!" Xander chimed in.

"We're going to San Francisco", Buffy announced from the back of the bus.

"What's in San Francisco?" Willow asked.

"To be honest I not sure but where else are we gonna go?" she wasn't planning on telling the gang about Spike's letter until they reached San Francisco. She wanted to make sure it was a real deal before she got everyone's hope up. If spike was for real the potentials had a home. They would be trained and cared for with no questioned asked. They would be given a life they deserved.

"San Francisco it is then", Giles agreed.

They rode in silence for hours restless with no words. There was nothing to say. The next step could be figured out later there was just too much to deal with now. They were all terrified of the uncertainty but what really is certain about life? The only certainty they all shared was the fact they were survivors. All of them: Dawn, Giles, Willow, Xander, Kennedy, the Potentials. They had all lost so much but they survived.