*Chapter 3*

Disclaimer: BtVS characters belong to Joss Whedon / Mutant Enemy. Charmed characters belong to WB. Anita Blake characters to Laurell K. Hamilton. I claim no rights to any copyrighted material. Please do not copy or take this story without my permission.

A/N: Thanks to my beta for her help... mmooch.

A/N2: Well, this is where they finally get to Sunnydale. Next time it's time to see how they are received when they walk into the Magic Box but first, who is this evil that showed itself outside?

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After they stopped to get a change of clothes for the girls they were finally on their way back to Sunnydale. Buffy and Faith sat on opposite sides of the car, both knowing the other needed her space at that moment. Buffy, who was wearing an off the shoulder white sweater, tan leather pants, and a dark brown leather jacket, was thinking back on what led her to Sunnydale in the first place. As she played with the ring on her finger, the ring that the love of her life and the father of her child had given her, that still had the heart pointing towards her, she thought back on her life before Sunnydale. Her life before she was the Slayer.

*Flashback*

"Mom! I can't find my gown and Wyatt won't give me back my cap," a young Buffy yelled from the second floor of Halliwell Manor.

"Sweetie, your gown is down here in the closet and Wyatt Matthew leave your little sister alone. Let's go everyone, we have to go. Your aunts, uncles and cousins will be here any minute," Piper Halliwell yelled to her children from the bottom of the stairs.

"Mom is Anita coming to see me Wyatt and I graduate?" a 14 year old Buffy asked as she orbed into the front hall.

"Your father went to pick her up. They will meet us at Magic School, now go get your brothers and sisters down here, please," Piper told her second oldest daughter.

"Ok. Wyatt, Chris, Dawn, Jamie, Jessie, Beth! Mom said to come down stairs cause we're about to leave," she yelled from the bottom of the stairs.

"I could have done that," Piper said as the rest of her children came down the stairs.

"Mom, do you know how embarrassing it is to be graduating high school with your 14 year old sister?" Wyatt asked as he walked down the stairs.

"Wyatt! You know your sister is special, you've known about this for years. She is the Chosen One; she can't help what she is. Now if you don't stop teasing her and let her enjoy this moment, you are grounded," Piper whispered threateningly to him. "Chris is only three years older than her and you don't see him complaining about her graduating before him." Just then the front hall was filled with blue and pink lights, and in orbed Paige with her family, while in hearted Phoebe with her family. Paige had arrived with her husband Henry, and their daughters, Prue, Penny, the twins, Patty and Paris and their only son, Henry Jr. Phoebe had arrived with her husband Coop and their four daughters Izzy, Ana, Maddie and Haley.

"Ok. We're here. Where are my niece and nephew that will be graduating today?" Phoebe asked with a smile on her face.

"Auntie Phoebe! Auntie Paige!" Buffy shrieked as she ran and gave everyone a hug.

"Ok guys. We have to get moving or we will be late and we can't let that happen," Piper said as she watched her bright little girl with a smile. She was growing up so fast. Before everyone left Wyatt pulled his little sister aside.

"Hey Buffy, you know that when I complain it's just noise right? I don't really mind that you're graduating with me. I very proud of you," Wyatt explained.

"Oh yea I know. You're my big brother and you love me, of course I know that," Buffy answered setting his mind at ease.

"Ok little sis. Let's go graduate, shall we, before mom's head explodes huh?" Wyatt said, making his sister laugh.

"Yes let's, I kinda like mom's head the way it is," she answered with a laugh as they walked into the door leading to Magic School.

It was a few days later that Buffy was sitting at the kitchen table with her mom and dad, about to have the talk that would change her life forever.

"Honey, how would you feel about living with some friends of ours? We know that because of your impending destiny you haven't been allowed to be a normal teenager and we want you to experience that," Piper said to her daughter, her hands clenched with her husband's.

"It might be fun but I'll never be normal mom. I'm a witch, and not just any witch. I'm a Halliwell, a Halliwell with a destiny beyond being a witch. Demons come at us from every corner just to kill us. Besides I'd miss everyone to much," Buffy answered, showing with her deduction that she was wise beyond her years.

"Look Angel, if you want to go we can bind your powers, that way no one in the magical community, but us, will be able to find you. We will make sure you are as safe as we can possibly make you," Leo told his second daughter, his little angel.

"well I do think it would be a good experience, but I'll miss you guys and the rest of the family,' she said.

"I know, sweetie, but you can call us everyday, and all you have to do is call your daddy anytime and you know he will orb to you," Piper told her, Leo nodding his agreement next to her.

"Ok, if you are sure you're ok with this and you think it's a good idea, I'll go live with Aunt Joyce," Buffy told her parents, excitement shining in her eyes. "but you have to tell Auntie Phoebe, cause you know how she is," Buffy told them, laughing at the look on their faces. None of them knowing that the young girl sitting in front of her parents would leave and never be the same again, she would never be the fun loving and innocent little girl, her parents' sweetie and angel.

*End Flashback*

"Hey B," Faith, dressed in a black halter top, black leather pants and a black leather jacket, called from the other side of the car before getting out. Both girls knew never to shake or touch the other to get their attention, it usually only ended in pain.

"I'm up. Uh guess it's time to face the firing squad," Buffy groaned as she stretched the crick in her neck. "Wait, where are we?"

"After you…left the Mayor turned into a big snake demon and tried to take over the town at graduation. We stopped him but lost a lot of the senior class, including Principal Snyder. The only way to kill the Mayor was to destroy the school. I bought the Magic Box to give us a place to meet. We've also been based in your house. Joyce left me the key to hold for you until you were released, and with all of the Potentials arriving everyday, well my apartment was to small," Giles explained while rubbing his glasses.

"Oh, ok. I guess that was a good idea, but I better get my old room. Kick whoever is in it out of my room," Buffy said as they approached the door.

"Yes, well. Shall we?" asked as he was putting the key into the door.

"Wait," Faith said, "B, do you feel that?"

"Yea, now that you mention it," she answered. "My Slayer senses are going haywire." When Faith and Buffy turned around they were faced with the very evil they had felt, and suddenly they knew who one of the major players were in this fight.