Halloween

Note: A special thank you to Darth Payne who has made this story even better to read.

Chapter 04

The three older teens were currently hording a pack of kids back to school. Xander was smiling happily under his ninja mask.

Dawn currently dressed as Felicia was walking in front of him moving her 15 year old body in ways that made his 16 year old heart beat faster.

Willow currently dressed as' Xena the Warrior Princess' was talking to Buffy and it looked like Buffy and Willow had fun.

Buffy sighed. She was getting a headache, the whole night, THE WHOLE DAMN night Willow had been bitching about Dawn 'The Slut' trying to steal her Xander. As her best friend she had the duty to help Willow, but she also felt the sisterly loyalty to help Dawn get lucky and hurt ANY boy that got lucky with her and as a best friend to Xander she also had the duty to help him and frankly Dawn was so much the better choice for him, Willow was a bit crazy.
"Willow I'm sure he does whatever is best. Let's talk about something else," she said.

Then it happened. It came down on them like a invisible wave, but nobody was hurt. Still it was as destructive as a volcano. Memories were changed as new souls took control.

Xander screamed silently as he fell down.

In his mind, the training in controlling animal possession and the basic shaman/witchdoctor skills he got from Uraki was being tested fully.

Besides him Felicia/Dawn stood up carefully and walked over to the cat-man/ninja. The beautiful catwoman/dancer and fighter carefully bent down. "How are you?" she asked worried. Something inside of her told her she knew who he was and he was somebody special. She was just about to lift the ninja cat-man up to protect him as she felt the smell of monsters around them, darkstalkers, demons and vampires.

Then a voice interrupted her. "Get away from him, monster," Xena/Willow the Warrior Princess growled to her with a voice smooth as silk and sharp as a razor.

She just knew that the cat-girl was the enemy and the man was somebody special. She had her chackram already in her hand.
Felicia/Dawn frowned as she looked up. "Hey, you can't tell me what to do."

Xena frowned, "Your choice." With a mighty throw she threw her chackram to the side bouncing off a lamppost.

The cat girl blinked, as the crazy person threw away her chackram in the completely wrong way. "I see crazy people," she looked around and a girl dressed like a 17th century princess was screaming "demons" while pointing at a car. "And obvious they are everywhere"

Then something hard hit her in the back. The chackram 'Xena' had thrown bounced from the lamppost to an oak tree and then straight into her back.
As she stumbled forward Xena/Willow attacked, "Ijajjaaaaaaaa," her battle scream echoed as her jump kick made Felicia/Dawn fly backwards.

The cat girl growled as she landed rolling up on her back only to come to stop standing. "Let's dance," she said as her claws came out to play.

She was no push over. That was something that the human would learn.

And the two jumped towards each other, claws VS swords. Not even Ares would dare get involved in that catfight.

The small demons and darkstalkers, children dressed as monsters, ran for their life.

*+*

In abandon building nearby Dru sat up and spoke in a ghostly voice. "Spiky, I see cat-people, they are everywhere."

Spike blinked and turned around watching his minions. "Who gave her drugs?"

None of them dared say anything.

*+*

On the ground the cat-man/ninja was resting. His body was asleep, but inside his mind a fight was going on.

He, Xander, was standing beside a ghost leopard. Mist surrounded him and on the opposite a cat man, looking a bit like a puma, was watching him.
Xander knew where he was but not why.

The puma man spoke first, "Who are you and what do you want?"

Xander frowned, "Call me Xander and I am NOT the one who brought you to this place."

The puma man frowned. His skill as a ninja told him the stranger was telling the truth. "I see. Xander, do you know where we are?"

Xander nodded, "The spirit plane, a place where ghost spirits and souls walk."

The puma man growled, "You say that we are dead?"

Xander answered to that, "No, I don't think we are. I'm a shaman in training and I have been here before. In here nobody can speak a lie, only the truth can be spoken." He looked carefully at the puma man and noticed that he was nude. "Could you focus on yourself and imagine yourself less nude?"
The puma man blinked and blushed a bit and then wished for something to hide his nudeness. Suddenly he had pants and a shirt on him."Where did that come from?"

Xander sighed, "If you THINK you are nude you are nude. If you think you have a uniform on, you have one."

As the puma man experimented, switching uniforms he focused his poor skills to investigate what was happening and trying to find a solution.
So far his shaman skill had prevented the puma man to possess him.

The puma man nodded.

Meanwhile Xander frowned. "I think I know what is happening. Not why it is happening, but what it is."

The puma man focused on Xander and growled. "What is happening?"

"It is chaos magic, some kind of spiritual possessions drawing your or my essence together and trying to merge us. Earlier today I dressed up as a ninja warrior, from a high tech world, a person that could morph himself into a puma," Xander explained to the man.

The puma man blinked, "I see. So you are claiming I'm not real then?"

Xander shook his head, "No you are real. Infinitive universes it probably drew the essence of the closest thing to what you are towards me. Probably making us switch places."

The puma man nodded. "I see," he said suspicious. "Do you mean we switch places permanent or?"

Xander shrugged, "No idea, but I think I might be able to stop it from happening." He looked at the puma man. "This spell is trying to force us to switch places and merge your essence with my body. I think I can trick it and let the two of us return back home."

The puma grinned and asked, "How?"

Xander answered him, "First by exchanging some of our knowledge, abilities and skills freely we can overcome this spell and return to our own worlds."

The puma man frowned. "Huh?"

"IF we do that we will not be able to focus on our unique essence instead it will just let us go." Xander said.

The puma nodded. "And then we will be returned to our home, but will I still be me or will we become a mix of both of us?"

Xander shrugged, "No idea. Probably only the skills and abilities we like will remain the rest will fade away. Let's hope we have some luck."

The puma nodded, "Let's do it."

Xander took his hand and they looked at each other. Then there was a flash of light and they were gone.

*+*

On the outside Felicia dodged yet another of Xena's swords slashes, but she missed the kick that lifted her from her feet and send her crashing down the hill and straight through a window.

As she shook her head to remove the dizziness she did not even notice the voices around her.

Dru clapped her hands, "Look Spike, a kitten has come to play."

Spike blinked, wondering who the hell had spiked his blood with drugs, than a screaming female came jumping through the window, waving a sword and a chackram.

Spike blinked. 'Xena?' What the hell and then the catfight was on again.

Dru giggled happily, "Can we keep them?" She asked with a hopeful voice.

Spike blinked seeing the two do gymnastic and martial arts that boggled his mind. Like two bloody slayers going wild.

Then another window crashed and a ninja-catboy jumped in.

Spike sighed. "Can't anybody use the bloody door now a days?"

Dru giggled, "Kittens. Mommy loves her kittens."

Xander growled as he ripped of the fake cat ears. It had worked, he was back in his own body and in his mind he had a library of skills only a ninja trained from childhood would have.

"Girls, stop it NOW," he screamed.

The two cat girls kept on fighting and ignored him.

Xander sighed while he looked around trying to find some means to make the fighting stop.

Dru giggled happily. "Mommy always says cold water will stop cats from playing."

Xander blinked, "Thanks. Does the fire sprinkler work?"

Spike growled, "Don't you bloody do that."

"Oo kitten is going to make us all wet and muddy he is yes," Dru said giggling and clapped her hands.

Spike growled stalking towards Xander the ninja.

But it was too late, suddenly the fire alarm was sounding and water started to rain down from the roof.

Felicia/Dawn growled, feeling cold water dripping down on her.

Xena/Willow blinked drying some water away from her.

Xander screamed, "Now STOP fighting, RIGHT NOW. Xena the cat-girl is not an enemy. Felicia it was a mistake." Xander hoped he was right that a version of

Xena was in control of Willows body and a version of Felicia was in control of Dawns.

The two girls looked at each other carefully and a bit nervous.

Dru giggled as she danced around.

Spike growled irritated.

"Now let's all go out of here, before the nice vampire get angry," Xander said.

Xander was not that afraid of the blood sucker. His power, boosted by a leopard primal, made him quite formidable and the fighting skills he got from the puma man made him even more. Sadly he had not got any transformation abilities, but at least he was still himself.

Felicia/Dawn shrugged. Vampires were nasty monster with a sick love of drama.

"Yes, let's do that."

Xena/Willow nodded, undead were not easy to fight, especially if you had no idea who was your friend or enemy, but the young male fighter seemed like a friend at least her instincts said so.

Xander sighed, "Well let's go."

Spike growled a bit. "What? You destroy all this and think you can just go?"

Xander nodded. "Yes, see you later." He turned away and he and the girls walked out.

"Bloody wanker," Spike said, but hid a smile as he started to plot his payback.

A vampire minion walked up to him, "Sir, should we follow them?"

Spike shook his head, "No, the kid got balls. Not much of a brain, but he has balls. Tonight he and the girls will live. I'm going to make him suffer before he dies."

The Minion nodded as Spike and he watched the tail end of the cat-girl walk away.

*+*

Later, Sunnydale school library

"URAKI, G-Man," Xander said as he walked into the library, holding the hand of a frighten Buffy, Xena/Willow was walking beside him and Felicia/Dawn was tailing him.

"Would you stop calling me G-man?" The G-man said.

Xander shook his head, "Unless you become as big and strong as Uraki I don't think so G-man. I need your help."

Uraki sighed, "Just give it up Rupert."

Giles nodded, "What do you need?" He asked in an irritated tone, but blinked in surprise. "Why have you duck-taped Buffy's mouth close and tied her arms together?"

Xander smiled thinly, "It looks like Dawn became a real cat-girl and Willow became Xena. Buffy has become a real princess and is scared of and complained about everything calling us monster. We used the duck-tape to keep her quiet."

Uraki nodded, "A wise move."

Giles grumbled, "Really Uraki, I'm sure they could have asked her friendly."

Xena/Willow sneered. "She called me a barbarian. I should have broken her jaw."

Felicia/Dawn added, "I wanted to claw her eyes out, but strangely my instincts say she is family."

Grimacing Xander answered, "Dawn/Felicia you are in Dawn's body so she IS your sister."

Uraki frowned, "This switching minds thing did it happen to you also Xander?"

Xander nodded, "Yes, but I managed to regain control using Shaman techniques. Got some skills and knowledge in the exchange also, I think. I'm better trained physical than before."

Astonished Uraki asked, "Are you a cat morph now?"

Xander shrugged, "I don't think so, but I know HOW to become a cat morph now. It's a type of magic, but I still would have to DO the ritual."

Giles sighed. "I see. Well let's find out what and why it happened. Did everybody transform?"

Xander shook his head, "No, some of the kids stayed the same."

Uraki looked at Giles and said, "A focus Rupert."

Giles nodded, "I think so also, but how did the mage give out so many?"

Being attacked by an idea Xander asked, "Focus? It could be anything, a medallion, a ring or a costume, right?"

Giles and Uraki just nodded.

Xander smiled, "Now we just have to figure out if everybody got their costume from the same place and if they did how all those costumes have become cursed. I think your old friend might help us if we ask him Giles."

Giles blinked, "Old friend?"

Xander nodded, "Elmer or wait no, Ethan, right Ethan."

Giles growled, "Ethan, the bloody asshole."

Uraki blinked, "Was he not the chaos mage you hung out with during you days as a bad boy rebel and demon summoner?"

Giles blushed, growled and then turned to Uraki. "Don't ever mention that part of my life again."

Xander blinked as he stood up, "You? You have been a bad boy? I don't believe it."

A bit ashamed Giles said, "I'm not proud of that part of my life. I i."

Xander smiled, "I don't care at least you have become a good guy."

Xena/Willow raised an eyebrow. "When do we hurt the evil mage?"

Felicia/Dawn added in an agreeing tone, "Yeah I want to kick some ass to."

Buffy said behind her duck tape gag, "Murmmmlllmmm." Meaning if you could understand her = Unhand and free me from these bonds at once or I let my father execute the lot of you.

Giles blinked. "Right," he said as fury came back to him.

Xander sighed as he looked at Uraki. "Would you go after him or should I?"

Uraki answered, "I think I will do that."

Xander nodded and said, "See you later then." Looking over the rest of the girls he added,"We stay here and wait."

Xena/Willow complained, "What you don't think girls can fight?"

Xander smiled, "No, I know girls can fight."

"I… wait you said you know?" Xena/Willow asked surprised.

Xander nodded, "Yup, I know you can fight and I know girls can fight."

Felicia/Dawn asked, "Then why not let us come with him?"

Xander answered, "Because the two of you might destroy or kill the bad guy before we find out what information we need."

Xena/Willow growled a bit, but sat down.

Xander sighed calm tranquility, finally.

*+*

Five minutes later

Felicia/Dawn sighed as she rubbed her shoulder, that barbarian bitch sure packed a punch.

"In pain? Good." Xena/Willow said grinning she just could not help herself but to dislike the cat girl. She wondered why.

Felicia/Dawn blinked, "At least I look good in leather. You don't."

Xander blinked, "Girls let's not fight again."

The two girls nodded and were silent.

*+*

Fifteen minutes later

Xena/Willow mumbled, "Alley cat..."

Felicia/Dawn quipped back, "Bitch."

Xena/Willow again, "Wimp."

Felicia/Dawn stood up, her claws were extended and said, "Let's see how tough you are without surprise." Then she jumped towards Xena/willow screeching like an angry cat.

Xena/Willow yelled, "Eeep" and rolled with the attack, barely managing to stop the pissed off cat-girl to scratch her eyes out. A hard kick and she managed to push the cat-girl back and pull her sword free, "Bring it on Kitty cat," she growled.

Xander sighed and pulled out his sword as he jumped between the two girls. "NO FIGHTING," he growled.

The two amazons circled each other watching the other carefully, none willing to be the first to stand down.

It would be a long night Xander sighed for himself, a long night indeed.

Then a flash of blond haired Slayer turned into a useless noble Lady ran away, her arms tied and a tape gag in her mouth.

Xander sighed. "Oh crap. We have to catch her." With that he ran after Lady Buffy.

The two girls looked confused. They really liked to fight each other, but growling at each other they joined Xander running after the tied and useless Slayer.

*+*

Meanwhile

Uraki finally dropped Ethan on the floor as Giles stepped back. He was a mess. Uraki had held him still while Giles had beaten the answer out of him.

Giles looked down on his former friend, "If you lied," he said as he walked forward to the statue of Janus and pushed it to the floor.

There was a soundless scream and a flash of light was send like a wave of light through Sunnydale only to be seen by those that could use magic or were under a spell.

One by one the costumes lost their powers.

Larry dressed up like a mighty pirate suddenly became Larry again and only a shade of memory and skills remained to fade away to be forgotten unless trained.

Andrew dressed up as Captain Kirk stumbled as he looked around. His costume was ripped and he was bruised after the fight against some demons or costume made aliens. Blinking in confusing he walked home. Some memories faded other remained as his love of fiction kept it alive.

Buffy dressed as Lady Elisabeth, a spoiled brat of the north suddenly stumbled and remembered that she was THE SLAYER. She ripped off the duck-tape
Xander had bound her hands with and slowly took off the duck-tape gag. Then she started to walk back to school she would have to talk with Xander about playing MacGyver, talk in a pain full way. At least she finally understood the French language a skill she would regain mostly.

Willow the Warrior Princess almost dropped on her knees as she once again became herself. The memories of the Warrior Princess plundering and destruction was awful and she wanted nothing to do with it so the memory faded away leaving nothing to remain, except the weak but painful understanding of consequences for your actions and the price you will have to pay.

Dawn blinked as she became normal, more or less. The essence of the key that was part of her willingly accepted the power of a were-cat type of cat-girl, but the memory faded only a fraction of dancing and fighting skills remained.

Xander stopped as he sensed the wave of energy flooding the area, freeing it from possessions. "Great. Girls are you alright?" he asked worried.

Willow nodded, "I am..." she said then continued, "or I will be," in a weaker voice. The memory of Xena was not good, lucky for her they were fading fast.

Dawn blinked, "I. I'm alright, but but Xander. I still am a catgirl," she said in shock.

Xander blinked, "Can you turn to normal?"

Dawn nodded and in a flash of light she was suddenly a normal girl again. "I think I kept the ability to transform. This is so cool," she said with an eager voice.

Xander grinned, "Well I liked the ears, very cuddly."

Willow sighed, why didn't she choose the cat costume?

"XANDER, I'm GOING TO HURT YOU. WHY did you gag AND TIED ME up?" Buffy's angry voice screamed.

Xander blinked. "Oh crap. Sorry got to go," he said as he started to run for his life with an angry Slayer after him.

*+*

Later

Uraki frowned as he turned to Giles. "I only thought these things happened in a Benny Hill movie," he said pointing out of the window.

Giles blinked as he watched Xander run by the store chased by an angry and screaming Buffy. "I'm going to hurt you."

A worried Dawn behind her shouting, "Buffy stop," and Willow yelling, "No Buffy".

"Bloody Americans," Giles said.