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Authors Note: This story is AU and as such will end up wherever I want it to. Thanks for reading.

Oct 30th

Sunnydale CA

"Mom…MOM!" Buffy snapped her fingers in front of her mother, trying to get her to come back to the conversation. It seemed she was stuck for a moment in her own world after finding out everything in such a short time.

Joyce snapped out of it looked around at everybody. "Is that all because I don't know how much more I can take" she asked with a desperate plea in her voice.

Buffy couldn't answer her, she knew the next part was most likely going to break her mothers heart. But no matter how strong she was there wasn't any way to protect her mother from this.

With Tara seeing Buffy wasn't going to answer, she went on with the real reason why she was here. She started telling them about her vision of the future, then told them about Buffy's bosses. What they plan to do to the Slayer and the Key.

Giles was dumbfounded, he couldn't believe this was really happening. He wanted to hit something, beat it to a bloody mess. Something to take his anger out on but the ones truly deserving were far out of reach.

Joyce for her part was raging inside, fire seemed to course through her. But the only thing she was capable of doing was to sit there with tears staining her cheeks holding Dawn and Buffy's hand. She needed her daughters in her life. She didn't think she could live without them.

For her part Tara could only imagine what was going through Joyce's mind at this point so she tried to put the woman's mind at ease as soon as possible. "Joyce please calm down, there's also some good news".

She looked doubtful at the young woman in front of her. She was about to reply with an angry retort but both her hands squeezed on both sides causing her to deflate instantly and listen to the young witch.

"If you wish you can go with them you will be able to but it will take careful planning". Tara watched her face bloom with hope. "After talking with Buffy and Dawn yesterday I realized what a big part you play in both their lives. I went back to my hotel and started thinking of a way you could go as knowing they would be heartbroken to lose their mother as well".

Joyce couldn't keep the smile off her face, tears still streaming but caused by sheer happiness.

Buffy and Dawn were both thinking the same thing. They were overjoyed she could go with them but their mother would be in danger if she went with them to this new dimension. She had no way of protecting herself if presented with the dangers Tara told them about.

Dawn looked to Tara "she won't be able to protect herself, we won't be around her 24/7". She looked fearful for a moment then smiled remembering what they were going to become. "She could just become Kryptonian like us right? Then there won't be any problems" but stopped when seeing Tara shake her head.

"I'm sorry Dawn but she can't or it would eventually kill her" Tara told her. She saw the puzzled looks from the adults and backed up her story for a second. She told them about the chaos mage and what he was going to do on Halloween. How everybody was going to turn into their costumes.

"That's when the PTB will strike is when the spell takes affect and everybody's distracted and not themselves. Buffy and Dawn will become their costumes but if the spell is ended to early they'll revert back to their normal selves." She looked around at everybody, nobody talking and listening to her intently.

"When the PTB activate the Key inside Dawn it will do something else but I don't think they know or even care what else the Key is going to do". She took a deep breath knowing she was going to have to explain this just right.

"When this chaos spell is cast the person wearing the enchanted costume will literally be turned into that costume. The being that costume represents will inhabit that body. He or she will turn into that being, with their body transforming along with other things. It basically overlaid someone on someone else".

She saw the puzzled looks all around except Mr. Giles. "Ok, it's like this" she went to grab a glass out of the cabinet and finally after rooting around in the kitchen found the vegetable oil. She sat back down with a clear glass filled a quarter of the way with water.

"This glass represents your body and the water everything that makes you who you are. When the spell takes affect it fills the body into that being but it stays separate". She poured some vegetable oil in and watched it hit the water but would not combine. "After the spell ends the oil is removed like it was never there. Now with Dawn the oil will stay separate until the Powers activate the Key. When that happens the Key will also unlock her DNA allowing the oil to merge with water becoming a hybrid of sorts".

"Now with Dawn being made from Buffy she will go through the same thing, her genetic code will be unlocked allowing the new DNA to combine. After the new DNA is fully merged the Key will then lock it back down. With Buffy being the Slayer, she is a mystically enhanced warrior with all the perks but the main one is enhanced healing. That is the only way she can become genetically a Kryptonian".

"And Dawn while not being an enhanced warrior is made from magic and the blood of a Slayer. This also gives her the ability to become Kryptonian.

"Now you Joyce being a normal human would end up being destroyed by the enhanced genetic code. But I've been thinking about this and realized that even though you couldn't become what your daughters are you're not with out options". She paused to get a drink of water.

All three looked hopeful at Tara's last statement but Giles could only think of one thing. "What in the bloody hell is a Kryptonian and is it something I need to research".

Tara sat back down "ok this is my thought. A movie was playing in my hotel room, mainly just for some noise to drowned out everything else. But something caught my attention and I ended up watching the rest of it. Have you ever heard of the X-Men movie that was out?"

Buffy and Joyce shook their head no but Dawn got a great big smile on her face and nodded yes. She had an idea where Tara was going with this and she loved it. She thought it was a great idea and the thought of her mother being able to protect herself was the icing on the cake.

Tara smiled at Dawn "it's a group of people getting special powers due to an extra gene called the X-Gene. Joyce you'll be able to protect yourself and other people if you wanted. You won't have to worry about your body rejecting the new gene since it's just a small alteration" she finished with a satisfied smile.

Buffy and Joyce were stunned, trying to process this new info, while Dawn was bouncing in her seat with excitement. She couldn't contain it anymore "which X-Men is she going to be?"

Her smile dimmed somewhat "I'm not sure yet, I haven't got a chance to go look for a costume to enchant it yet. I'll have to go to that other place in town to find one. I've already got yours in the bag I brought with me".

While Dawn jumped up to go take a look at her, costume Joyce took the chance to ask a few questions. "Am I really going with them?" She asked with a hopeful look. "Won't these Powers do something to stop me?"

Tara nodded "yes you're not gonna lose your daughters. But the Powers won't care about you going. They see us as unimportant and lower beings. But they're not all knowing and see all hear all, they use messengers to do their dirty work for them. That doesn't mean we want them to know what enhancements you three are going to be receiving either". Tara smirked

Buffy was thinking hard while her mother asked questions. She was extremely relieved her mom was coming with them, they wouldn't be split up after all. But she thought about her friends she was leaving behind and her watcher. She perked up thinking maybe they could come with her, maybe they could get powers too. She turned to Tara and asked and watched the blonde's face fall sad.

"I'm sorry Buffy but since the Key is being used and Dawn is the Key it would only allow the same blood to pass through. Since it's Summers blood you and your mom can go through since Dawn is made from you and Joyce gave birth to you there won't be any problems. Anybody else it would probably kill".

She continued "the same goes with powers. Since they don't have Summers blood the Key can't unlock their DNA to allow for a permanent merger. If we could do that then anybody with a costume that was enchanted would forever have powers of some kind. Not only would it eventually throw the world into chaos, people would learn what happened and would seek out more and more powerful beings to become and there are some very scary and very powerful people in the multi-verse."

"You three ladies are the only people in the world capable of completely keeping your powers and thankfully using them for good. Even then you'll still have to be somewhat close to Dawn when the Key is activated."

"We need to let things play out the way they were meant to be except you three. You can't tell your friends just for the fact that if the PTB got wind of what we're doing, they would stop you. They fear you becoming to powerful so they're taking steps to send you away without killing you. You're destined to be a great force for light, I've seen it and want to do everything in my power to help on you achieve that goal".

Buffy nodded slowly trying to come to grips with her words. Giles saw the conflict in her eyes, he put a hand on her shoulder gaining her attention. "My dear girl she's right, but don't worry to much. I'll do my best to look out for them". He smiled at her and she smiled back a little relieved for now.

Dawn came rushing back in at that moment and hugged Tara for all she's worth "I love the costume!" She giggled and let go "I can't wait to be Kara Zor-El. I always loved Power Girl comics!" She kept on talking and then thought of something.

"When I turn into Power Girl and keep her powers, will I be keeping her memories too?"

Tara shook her head no then turned to talk to all of them. "I'm making an amulet that you're going to have to wear with your costumes. In the short term and when they're in the driver seat their memories aren't a bad thing because it would fade when the spell was broken. Now for you three if the memories of your costumes stayed like your powers, your minds would be constantly at war."

"Your memories are who you are and if another life time of memories were to be stuffed in your head…" Tara trailed off thinking about how bad it could be. "If that mind were to win and shoved yours to the back or incorporated into its own thoughts, you wouldn't be you anymore. You would be Power Girl. Although you will have muscle memory.

Seeing that not everybody understand she added "muscle memory has nothing to do with the persons life time memories. It allows your body to remember what it's like to have the strength you have now, that way you can shake someone's hand and completely crush it on accident or fly through buildings and bring them down.

They all nodded not wanting to think about that horrible scene.

"I made a small amulet you wear. It won't allow another mind to enter your own, but it'll still allow the magic to change your body into a Kryptonian. It will also become handy if you were to encounter a telepath. After the Key unlocks your genetic code and locks it down again after it's completely changed, you will be extremely resistant to magic. Dawn already was because of her being the Key and it's not easy at all to manipulate the Key with magic. Buffy and Joyce due to the blood relations between all three of you and the changes the Key allowed to make."

Dawn flinched hearing someone talk about her being the Key but it wasn't as bad as it could be. She knew that if she were to find that information out on her own she would have had a much worse reaction instead her mother and sister made sure she knew she was loved and one of them. Even though she was made from Buffy, her memories told her that was her sister and nothing was going to change that. Her mother loved her no matter what and she made sure to tell her that often.

They sat there quiet for a few minutes thinking over everything that has happened tonight. Giles for his part was going over everything. "Tara, what is the name of the shop where all this chaos magic is supposed to come from?"

"It's a new shop that just moved in to town, it's called Ethan's." She noticed him look surprised for a second then his face showed rage. Tara grew concerned wondering what she said to get that type of reaction from the older Watcher.

Buffy noticed this as well, she put her hand on his forearm "ok Giles what's going on?"

Giles sighed and took his glasses off to clean them "if it is indeed who I think it is then I know the man we are talking about from my youth. I am loath to admit not being able to go over there right now and kicking his teeth in. Like miss Tara has said we need to let it all play out how it is meant to."

He sighed again "if you are to succeed in this task then you cannot have me messing everything up. I will stay away until the spell is done and you have been sent away. But as soon as that is done I will be there to take care of him and end the spell. Hopefully not to long after the spell is cast."

"I was thinking the same thing Mr. Giles, as soon as they are gone through the portal I was going to take care of him. He won't be expecting someone so soon after he casts his spell."

"I would very much like to be there my dear. I would hate if anything happened to you, he can be extremely dangerous and has a knack for getting out of tight situations." Giles told her hoping she took his offer for help.

Tara nodded a bit relieved to not having to face this mage alone.

Buffy decided to change the subject "what are we going to do with everybody we leave behind and will we ever be able to come back home?"

Joyce answered the first part "write a letter honey. Take your time and put down your feelings, make it personal for each of them."

Buffy nodded smiling at her mother. She was taking this far better then she thought she would.

"Also" Tara added "I'm not sure about coming back. We'll have to do more research in to dimension hopping." Not wanting her to give up all hope but at the same time letting them know it could be a while before anybody seen them again.

They all got the message Tara was telling them.

Joyce turned to Giles "Mr. Giles you have been there for my daughter when I was blind to world around me. I can't thank you enough but I have one more favor to ask of you."

Giles began to blush after hearing that, the three younger girls this began to snicker. "It was my pleasure and please call me Rupert."

Joyce smiled "alright Rupert it is, please call me Joyce. Now we just met but my daughter trusts you with her life so I would be a fool not to follow her advice. My gallery needs someone to take care of it along with my house. You may sell both if you wish taking at least part of the money to help with the Willow and Xander. Helping with anything you feel is right."

She smiled at everyone's shocked expressions "also Tara here I'm sure needs help in some way." She held up her hand to stop Tara from refusing "yes dear you deserve anything I can help you with. You not only saved my girls, you found a way for us to stay together and that is something I can never repay you for." She smiled with a few tears escaping from her eyes.

Tara for her part was blown away. She did this because it was the right thing and seeing these women happy because of her filled her with so much joy it was almost unbearable. She certainly didn't expect to get anything from just helping. "Thank you" was all she was able to get out.

They broke up the meeting soon after, needing everybody to get some sleep for tomorrow offering Tara Dawn's room after making sure it was ok with her. Tara accepted not really wanting to go back to her hotel so late at night.

One thing Giles kept thinking was what in the bloody hell a Kryptonian was. When he finally asked he got giggles and snickers from the three young girls. Joyce was better at maintaining her straight face "Rupert, there is only one word I can think of. Think superman and you got your answer."

Giles still had a puzzled look thinking of what that has to do with anything. The girls could almost see a lightbulb come on above his head when he put the two together. "Oh dear god" was all he could get out, his mind going over everything he could remember about the very popular movie.

The girls couldn't hold it in any longer and bust out laughing. Joyce giggled while walking him to the door and wished him a good night.

The four women returned to the kitchen but mainly to get something to eat since they skipped out on dinner.

Joyce was still buzzing from everything she learned earlier. But instead of feeling down and depressed about everything she missed of her oldest daughters life for which she chose to ignore and make it up to her for her short comings. No she was downright giddy about the fact she was going to be a part of both her daughters lives now. No more turning a blind eye to what's going on around.

She moved around the kitchen like a woman with a purpose all the while asking Tara and her daughters questions about anything that came to mind really. Until she remembered a moment earlier when Buffy was coming back from walking that good vampire out, Angel she reminded herself of his name.

"Buffy" she said to get her daughters attention. Buffy turned her head "yeah mom?"

"When you were coming back from walking Angel out why were you so upset?"

She gave her mom a look and thought about what she should tell her mother. In the end she just decided to be honest, I was just gonna be them three to count on for a while and she didn't want to lie. "Mom, Angel was my boyfriend until tonight" she winced from the look she got from that but continued "I broke up with him tonight not only for the fact that were leaving but there are some things about myself I realized and it just wasn't working."

She was grateful they broke up, thinking that kind of a relationship wasn't healthy for her still growing daughter. She was curious as to what she realized about herself but decided not to ask choosing to let her daughter come to her if she needed it. So she nodded her head went over kissed her forehead and told her what an amazing woman she grew up to be.

All three teenagers had tears in their eyes after Joyce was done. It was quiet after that each one of them lost in thought. After they all ate went to bed knowing the next day was going to change their lives and hopefully for the better.

The next morning found the Summers residence up and moving despite the late night they had. Tara was getting ready to head to the costume shop and the Summers women were trying to prepare for leaving and possibly not ever coming back.

Joyce called in Dawn and Buffy from school, stating that both were sick and would be out for the day. Dawn not really having anybody to write a goodbye letter to anyone decided to see if she could go with Tara to pick out her mom's costume.

Joyce and Buffy needed to get a few things done before they left for good so they decided to buckle down and get everything done. She had no problem with Dawn going with Tara, she trusted her to look after her youngest daughter.

While Joyce and Buffy were busy the other two slipped out not wanting to bother the other two. As they walked they chatted about anything and everything, learning about one another. Dawn found that Tara could be very witty and quick. She honestly like the blonde witch and if she was just a few years older the thought of asking her out on a date was pretty appealing.

They arrived at Party Town just after 45 minutes of walking and chatting. They both looked around at the selections and realized that with it being the 31st a lot of the costumes were already gone, they looked around some more until they found a couple X-Men costumes. There wasn't much of a selection so Tara asked Dawn which one would Joyce would like the best.

They stood there while Dawn studied the costumes going over each one of their powers in her head. Since there wasn't much of a selection and the more powerful ones were gone she was kind of stuck. With her bottom lip between her teeth she picked the best one, Tara nodded her head having guessed that one was the best.

They walked around and picked up two more costumes, making sure they were enough to cover their original costumes that way nobody could see what they change into. Hoping to fool the Powers with the ball gown dresses hiding anything that would give them away.

They paid for the costumes and headed back home to reveal what they chose.

Joyce was just finishing up her tasks just as the two girls came in the door holding a bag which she guessed was her costume. If it wasn't then her daughter talked Tara to take her shopping and that's something she could really see happening if this situation wasn't so serious.

Dawn handed her mom the bag and began to explain what it was. Buffy came down from her letters that she was writing to find out what her mom was going to be. The first one she explained were the two ball gowns and the purpose. Next she went for the X-Men costume.

"Mom, we really didn't have the selection we were hoping for with today being Halloween but the one we got is good. Her name is Kitty Pryde aka Shadow Cat, she's a human mutant with the ability of phasing through solid objects. It means you could walk through a bank vault and it wouldn't stop you. You can walk on air somehow making your body lighter than air. She's also trained in hand to hand combat including Aikido, Karate, Ninjutsu, and Krav Maga."

"Wow" was all Joyce could say, she couldn't believe she was going to be able to do all that. She thought of something "if we're not getting any of their memories how will I know how to do any of that?"

Tara answered "it the muscle memory, you won't know what it's called when you do some move but your body will remember the steps. Just like dancing, you might not know the song but as long as you let your body do what it's telling you, you won't have any problems."

Joyce nodded her head in acceptance, in awe about what was going to be happening tonight. Her life changing for the better, or at least she hoped and prayed the better.

Buffy couldn't wait, even though she hated leaving her friends and watcher. The mere thought was a painful one but she was determined to not let it affect her and the thought of leaving the hell mouth was very appealing knowing that she wasn't going to die a horrible death then being turned. With that thought she walked over to Tara, wrapped her in a hug and thanked her for everything, trying to ignore the heat from the blonde witch. A light red stained her cheeks with the way her thoughts went so she decided to return to her letters that were just about finished.

A little while later Tara walked to Buffy's room. She knocked lightly and received a "come in" in return. She brought her bag with her, she had a couple things to give to her.

"What's up Tara?" Buffy said noticing she had her bag with her.

She smiled "I got a couple things for you." She placed the bag on the bed and opened it. Tara pulled out a beautiful red and blue outfit along with red boots and red gloves. "This is yours, your sisters is a little bit smaller. I also have the amulet and one other thing."

Buffy nodded accepting the beautiful costume. Apparently somebody put a lot of work into this, it was definitely not something from a cheap costume shop. She put it down and took the amulet, Tara had made it into a beautiful necklace. Next she was handed a box, it wasn't very heavy and was curious as to what was in it.

Tara explained "inside the box is a very special knife. I enchanted it and after I was done I prayed to my Goddess to bless it, so bless it she did." She smiled at her accomplishment but noticed Buffy didn't really get it. "Buffy, this knife is one of the very few things that can actually hurt you since it was enchanted. You'll be practically indestructible but the Goddess informed me that one day you'll know how to use it."

"Ok Tara I get it, I believe you bust most importantly is I trust you."

Tara smiled wide at that and gathered up her bag. Practically skipping on her way to give Dawnie her costume.

Buffy just smiled while looking after Tara's retreating form. She chuckled and shook her head "to bad we can't stay."

Later that evening found two girls a blonde and brunette sitting in the living room wearing ball gowns, their real costumes being hidden from view. Another blonde was just coming down the stairs dressed in her normal clothes. Hers being enough to hide the costume underneath, no black or yellow showing at all.

Tara walked in after a minute just putting the finishing touches of her last spell. "Ok after the chaos spell takes a hold the Powers should show what they're going to do soon after. Probably a messenger given enough borrowed magic to activate the Key. Remember when you feel the spell take hold act like you have no idea what is going on or where you are. As the Key is activated your DNA merges with the person your costume represents becoming permanent. After Dawnie is forced through the portal Joyce grab Buffy and haul her in just to give the appearance you have no idea what's going on. We don't want them suspecting anything".

They all nodded slowly, hearts started to pound harder in growing anticipation. They all spent today preparing for tonight and it was finally here. With Joyce taking care of the major things giving Giles power of attorney over her belongings including the house and gallery.

Buffy having wrote letters to her two best friends wrapped her had around a small bag hidden under her gown and stood to go. She talked to Giles earlier to say good luck and see you soon. They never said good bye not wanting to, and choosing to believe they would find a way to find each other. During the call she laughed, she cried but in the end his words helped her prepare to face this challenge head on.

Dawn was ready, a little scared but more determined than anything. She had her sister and mother by her side and with them she felt seven feet tall.

Tara had just a few more things before they all left, she reached into her pocket and pulled out what looked like three glowing ball bearings. They were glowing a soft green "these are connected to your life force. When they stop glowing they should turn black but once they stop I'll know it's time for Mr. Giles and I to take care of the chaos mage. As you go through the portal they'll no longer register that you're alive".

They all nodded not knowing what to say, Dawnie was the first to go hug Tara and thank her for everything she's done. Joyce and Buffy following suit each thanking her, Buffy even kissed her on the cheek. Of course soon after she blushed bright red and headed out the door, Tara smiling the whole time.

Stargate Atlantis

Pegasus Galaxy

The scene around Atlantis was one of tense nervousness. Soldiers went about their duties installing weapons placements and securing ordinance. Scientist rushed around to complete impossible tasks trying to beat an impossible timeline.

Major Sheppard was just over seeing the loading of six naquadah enhanced 1200 megaton nuclear warheads into jumpers. Being ready for deployment in space in front of the fleet of hive ships bearing down on them. He was just briefing one of the pilots when the call came for security to the gate room.

Dr. Wier was in the control room when one of the control room operators got her attention. "Dr. Wier, we have an energy reading down by the gate."

She turned and frowned "what kind of energy reading?"

"I'm not sure, the sensors can't make heads or tails of it but it growing stronger. It's localized by the gate." He said tapping in commands in the laptop.

Wier turned her attention to the gate to notice a single point of light in what looked like the center of the Stargate. It was quickly growing in circumference and taking on a green glow. By now more people started to notice the green sphere, stopping what they were doing to stare.

{"Security to the gate room, Security to the gate room"} Wier called over her head set, afraid this was some type of Wraith attack. "Get Cornel Everett and Major Sheppard in her on the double!"

Cornel Everett was overseeing the installation on one of the RG/BBT mounted rail guns when his ear piece chirped {"Cornel Everett, we have a situation in the gate room!"} He tapped his ear piece "What is it Lt.?" {Sir, there's something happening in the gate room and nobody knows what it is"} "Alright Lt. I'm on my way" he said walking towards the gate room.

Rodney McKay ran into the control room already knowing about the strange energy readings. He slid into his place after casting a glance at the glowing sphere. He looked over the readings, realizing he had no idea what it was or how it was being powered. It was nothing but questions he was coming up with.

The sphere was about the height of the gate and just as big around. It was a steady glowing green that had many people staring.

Security was gathered around at a distance, weapons trained not knowing what else to do. A few soldiers from earth shook a little. Not ever have they seen anything like this, they all heard stories about this posting. The tense atmosphere from the hives bearing down on them causing them to become edgy.

Sheppard, Wier and Everett stood with Rodney McKay going over options on what could be done when the energy spiked. They all turned their attention to the sphere, watching it start to pulse with light. McKay turned pale watching his readings on his laptop. The energy was enough to take out the planet and there was nothing they could do about it.

Everybody watched in fascination as it pulsed faster until the green sphere glowed one last time, bright enough to temporarily blind everybody looking.

Wier covered her eyes until it was over, slowly lowering her arm taking in the state of the gate room. Everybody was fine, doing what she was doing in fact. She looked to where the sphere was for the last 20 minutes and found nothing but what look like three women laying in the middle of where it was. She noticed the absolute silence and stillness of everybody. Like her to stunned to say or do anything, expecting anything but the sight in front of them.

Joyce stirred, groaning when she rolled on her side. She moved to her knees and looked to her daughters after finally shaking the haze off. She moved to between them and checked their pulse, it was steady and strong. They just seemed to be out for a moment.

Joyce looked around for the first time wondering where they landed. They're were soldiers surrounding them and had weapons pointed at them. She looked with wide eyes at everything, before she would have met this sight with fear but that was before the change back in Sunnydale. She knew what she could do now and if she could then her daughters were even better, they just had to wake up.

She reached over and shook both of them, never taking her eyes off the people around them. Buffy was the first to stir and looked up smiling at her mother. Dawn was next yawning and stretching like she had been asleep all night. Only then did Joyce and Buffy notice that Dawn looked physically older. She looked like she could be Buffy's fraternal twin, her body and face looking more filled out.

Buffy looked to her younger sister then back to her mother, only then noticing she no longer had her curly blonde hair it was straight brunette hair. She was about to comment about it when she noticed the weapons pointed at them. She straightened up, pulling her dagger from her boot in one smooth motion. Dawn looked to where her sister was looking and got up too, not liking the weapons either.

One of the most recent recruited soldiers saw the quick motion of two youngest women. From a combination of stress and nervousness he accidently fired his shoulder mounted Wraith stunner. Only then did he realize his mistake. He might have just ended his career firing on a civilian.

Buffy felt the energy from the weapon, barley noticing the energy but enough to piss her off for firing at her family. She super sped over grabbing him and sped back to where she was, with her knife to his throat. She looked to Dawn nodded slightly and throwing the weapon to her, both of them taking up positions in front of their mother.

Cornel Everett finally came out of his shock after seeing what came from the sphere. He would have never expected three women to appear inside, two in what looked like ball gowns and the other in what would be Earth normal clothing. When he was about find out what was going on, he saw the blonde draw a blade and stand only to be shot with a stunner by one of his troops. That's when she seemed to disappear and reappear back in her spot with his man and the blade at his throat. She threw the stunner to the younger brunette and they both stepped to protect the older brunette.

"Whoa, whoa hold your fire! Hold your fire! Everybody calm down" Wier yelled as she was walking down from the control room. She held her hands out in front of her so as not to appear threatening in anyway. "Please, we won't harm you. What happened was an accident"

"Then why are there guns pointed at us right now? Dawn asked holding the strange weapon down in one hand. She knew she didn't need it but was merely for a visual affect.

Everett noticing Wier trying to calm things down decided to help "everybody, weapons down." He was walking to where Wier was standing seeing Sheppard joining them. "I'm the military commander here, my name is Cornel Everett and no one will harm you as long as you let our man go. It's not our policy to fire on civilians and he will be dealt with."

Buffy tensed but relaxed when her mother put a hand on her arm "Buffy, they put their weapons down. I think you need to let him go." Buffy nodded and slowly released the man she held hostage and straightened up.

"Alright Cornel, we let your man go but if anything else happens to endanger my family" Buffy said then looked at Dawn.

Dawn lifted the wraith stunner and calmly snapped it in half and tossed it to the ground. She figured the threat and warning were both applied in her little demonstration and smiled.

John Sheppard looked on in shock, he didn't know how strong you would have to be to snap one of those in half but what this little girl just did was unbelievable. He knew the materials to make the wraith weapons were just as strong as the materials to make his own P-90. He also saw the blonde hit by with the stunner and it didn't even make her blink. He'd been shot by those damn wraith stunners before and it just about shut down everything "one hell of a headache waking up too" he thought with some amusement.

McKay was thinking along the same lines but with equations going on his head. He wanted to run down there and ask questions but he also admitted to himself that the blonde was scary as hell. He hadn't even seen her move but she had a trained marine disarmed and held hostage before he could blink and she didn't look older than 16.

Joyce for her part shot a glare at Dawn but didn't say anything. "They did shoot Buffy and if she was still just a Slayer who knows what would happen. But she knew her daughters were in no danger due to their powers so she was allowed to relax some." She smiled coming to that conclusion. She stepped between her daughters and walked towards the Wier woman. "Hi I'm Joyce Summers and these are my two daughters, Buffy and Dawn.

Elizabeth Wier was even more shocked, but didn't let that stop her long. "It's nice to meet you Joyce" she nodded to the girls but turned her attention to the mother. She figured a gesture of good will would go a long way to soothing over the latest mess "Do any of you need medical treatment of any kind? How you appeared here couldn't have been easy?"

Joyce smiled seeing an olive branch when it was offered "No we're fine thank you but could you tell me are we still in the United States? You all seem to speak English." Joyce asked while looking around the gigantic room. She had decided after their huge talk in Sunnydale that she would become the mother she should have been all along. No more hiding or remaining clueless, she was going to take charge of what's going on around her.

Wier looked to John then Everett with another look of shock. She didn't know what to say but was saved by Sheppard "mam, were not even the same galaxy as Earth right now. We're in what we call the Pegasus Galaxy." He winced at the look she gave him.

Joyce was stunned to say the least but events leading up to this and she realized she really shouldn't have been.

Buffy and Dawn were looking everywhere, all around the room but what they saw was far more than that. Cranking up their x-ray vision looking for clues going as far as they could and pulled back. They needed to go up and take a look, they could use a little sun light as well to. So far they haven't been exposed to any and needed to sooner than later.

Joyce looked to her daughters and knew what they were doing, she spent time before they had to go going over everything about a Kryptoian. It was mind boggling and she couldn't be happier. They finally looked at her and Buffy pointed up. Joyce nodded and held up her one finger telling her to hold on. She turned around to face the three people that were watching them closely.

"Ok, I guess we'll have to sit down and discuss a few things. But while we do that do you have anything for my daughters to change into?"

Buffy face palmed totally forgetting about the gown she was wearing. Dawn giggled at her so Buffy threw her a mock glare and then rolled her eyes.

"Of course we can get that" she nodded. "While they get changed would you care to join me in my office? It seems we do indeed have a lot to talk about." Wier said to Joyce.

Buffy and Dawn stepped up smiling big at the thought of finally changing clothes.

"John would you call Teyla and tell her the situation please?" Wier then turned to the three "Teyla is one of the allies we met from another planet. She's human so no need to worry. We use the device behind you called a Stargate, it transports us to different worlds that have the same gate." She gestured to the stone circle with weird symbols on it located behind them.

Soon Teyla had come through to the gate room handing over the clothes her people had made. She greeted everyone to her custom and stayed when Wier asked her to. She escorted both the young girls to a nearby room they could in change in and left them to it. Ignoring the two guards that had followed on the Cornels order.

Once they were alone for a moment Buffy couldn't contain herself any longer. "Dawn look at you, you could pass for 16 or 17 now." She walked over to Dawn to make sure she was alright, she was being to quiet.

Dawn stood there by the mirror she found and looked at herself. She couldn't believe it but when Buffy stood next to her in the mirror, she saw it then. She was now the same height as Buffy and looked to be about the same bust size too, which had gone up to a comfortable C. Her face was more mature now and from the way she saw things, she could be her sisters fraternal twin.

Unknown to Dawn, Buffy was thinking the same thing. But one thing kept playing in her head "my breasts are awesome! Who needs surgery when we have magic."

She pulled out of her musings to realize they needed to get dressed. She turned to put on her clothes, first pulling the bag strapped to her leg with those precious few things in it. "Dawn we need to hurry and get back to Mom. Plus it would be nice to be out in the sunlight, I can't wait to fly!"

"I know it just took me by surprise". Dawn turned to get her clothes "when we hit the sky lets head up in to the atmosphere to get a good look at this planet and a good dose of sun light." Dawn knowing that is exactly what was needed.

Both girls finished getting dressed and opened the door to be greeted by Teyla and the two guards that followed them. "I trust everything fits and is satisfactory?" Teyla asked eyeing the girls.

Dawn spoke up smiling "yes everything is perfect thank you."

Teyla smiled "right this way then, we'll head back to the conference room to where your mother is located."

Buffy and Dawn were led back through the gate room where they got a chance to look around. Everybody had gone back to what they were doing before they got there. Both girls were silent as they walked back with Teyla, both deep in thought about what has happened and how their life has changed.

They reached the office where their mother was sitting comfortably listening to Dr. Wier talk about where they were and what was going on. They didn't like the look on her face though when she turned her head to greet them. They immediately assumed the worse and interrupted whatever Wier was saying.

"Mom, what is it?" Buffy looked around at the three people with a hard look "what did you say to my mother?"

Before the other people could respond Joyce took over "calm down girls." She gestured toward the seats next to her giving the silent command. When the girls sat down she knew what was going to happen when they learned of what was coming. She didn't like it but she had learned a few things from Giles when he was telling them about the Slayer. She knew Buffy wouldn't let innocent people be hurt when she could do something about it and if Dawn was anything like her sister then she would be right beside her in the fight.

"Girls I think you need to listen to Dr. Wier." Joyce said in a stern voice. "Please Dr. Wier tell them exactly what you just told me."

Everybody looked uncertain for a few moments not wanting to burden what they thought of were children. Nobody speaking for what seemed to long, each leader looking at the other until Joyce got fed up. "There seems to be 3 alien ships heading here to Atlantis and these people don't know if they're going to last long enough for their ship of reinforcements to get here in 4 days"

Buffy and Dawn were speechless for a few seconds processing what their mother just said. They both looked at each other and in a moment smiled at each other.

Everett, Wier and Sheppard couldn't believe this woman told her daughters that. She didn't even sugar coat it or seem frightened in any way. They could see the concern in her eyes but they thought it meant something different. Then what was truly shocking was the girls reaction, they just smiled at each other as if there was an inside joke going on that they didn't know about.

"I assure you that what your mother is telling you is true. We have encountered an alien species that feeds off humans by literally sucking the life from you. This city was built by an ancient race that left behind very high tech equipment. If the Wraith get their hands on this city or one of us they could figure out the way to Earth where they would have billions of people to go through." Wier told them.

"So basically you have a bunch of space vampires?" Buffy ask trying to contain herself. This was just to ironic and she could definitely see the funny in it.

Cornel Everett stepped up "they're a bit more complicated than that" he said with a hard edge in his voice. "They will kill everybody on this base unless my men stop them, I assure that this is no laughing matter" staring straight at Buffy.

She didn't rise to the bait "well I'm sure your men will do just fine." She turned to her mother "Do you think me and Dawn can get some sun now? We can talk some more when we get back."

Everett was done with this child, he had better things to do then explain things so he excused himself and left.

Joyce looked to the retreating Cornel then to her smirking daughter, she knew what she was doing but to piss off the commander of the military forces here was just asking for it. "Yes, go get out of my hair and do what you do best." She turned to Dawn "and you listen to her. You girls have fun and don't cause trouble.

They nodded then was led out by Sheppard, finding Teyla waiting for them along with the two guards. "So major do you fly at all? Do you go up in to space flying around fighting space battles? Buffy couldn't help but ask. What they were about to do was making her giddy and she just babbled along.

They were led to a balcony that over looked the ocean, you could also see a large portion of the city as well. They stepped out and was captivated by the beautiful view. The city was one of the coolest things they had ever seen and loved every second.

After a while Buffy turned to look at their two guards "so were you ordered to follow us everywhere?"

One nodded "yes mam, just to make sure you stay out of sensitive areas."

She smiled "well I hope you learn how to fly. Watch this!"

I know the dates don't match in the series shows but in this story I'll fit them together as best I can but the couple shows I plan on adding to this will be difficult. They will all be around the same time frame. Thanks for reading. Hoping to update soon.