A/N: This story was inspired by a story request I received from BellaVision. I've incorporated some of her requests as well as a few twists and turns of my own. So to BellaVision and all the rest of you I hope you enjoy.
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A/N 3: Just a heads up guys I am now nearly 34 weeks pregnant and the full-time stay-at-home mother to a 2 year old and 5 year old. Needless to say tired is my middle name. My updates reflect that condition and may become more sporadic as I get further along. The baby is due in the end of November, but if this one is anything like my other two then I don't expect the baby to make an appearance until around the end of December. During these next few months and right after the baby arrives updates may become more sporadic than they already are. I'm apologizing in advance for any frustrations this may cause.
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Disclaimer: Nope unfortunately I don't own any of it, Buffy and Angel belong to Joss and the idea stems from a challenge by BellaVision. Sadly I don't own Charmed or anything connected with it either.
CHAPTER TITLE: SEEING THE TRUTH
Things were quickly getting out of control. A hysterical slayer was not something anyone was prepare to deal with. Dru knew there was nothing to worry about and that she was just releasing emotions she would have normally held in. Although Faith was puzzled and a bit concerned she didn't sense anything negative or concerning in her sister slayer and decided to stay out of things as there was already enough to deal with when it came to the whole Darla mess.
Drusilla decided to take action while the others were distracted. She touched Dawn and Willow drawing them as well as Spike, Giles, and Faith into a mental conference since they were all touching.
"Red Tree you and Little Key can shatter this illusion. It's time for us, to ALL to see the truth."
"Do it Luv." Giles responded without any hesitation.
When the others all gave their consent and encouragement, Dru released the mental conference. Willow stepped forward linking her hand with Dawn's , while Spike, Faith, Dru and Giles took up protective positions around them.
Darla who up until that moment thought that Buffy the crazy slayer was providing the perfect distraction, began to tremble and quake with fear all of her earlier confidence drained from her faster than water through a sieve. She could smell the power emanating from the red head and it made every other experience she'd ever had with magic and those that channeled it seem like child's play. The girl next to the witch had seen through the illusion of her pregnancy as though it was nothing more than glass. These two would be her undoing and there was little she could do about it from within the confines of her cage.
Willow's roots that had started to turn black shifted back to red and then to white as she connected with Dawn. All of the training she'd been doing with Giles came forth. Giles noticed the shift within his lover with a sense of awe and complete respect. The woman before him was no longer a struggling wicca without training she was so much more than that and was on the verge of becoming something he'd only heard whispered about in the back rooms of the Council, now he was seeing the transformation before his eyes. Faith's eyebrow shot up and Dru smiled, the future was transforming before their eyes. Spike was too focused on his baby sister to notice what was going on. The air shifted and shimmered around the young women, seeming to brighten with their energy. Darla cowered in her cage, no longer making any attempt to disguise her fear.
By the Power of the Key
From this barrier we are Free
This lock we brake
Truth we reveal
Willow and Dawn intoned in perfect harmony, although their voice had a truly unearthly tone and was imbued with an Ancient sense of magics, the power was overwhelming. The display made the magics Willow had used to bring Buffy back to life seem like cheap pallor tricks. A flash of light shot out from the girls as they spoke. It struck out like lightening snapping at Darla. There was a loud crack and then what sounded like shattering glass. Willow's hair had gone snow white during the spell as things shifted back so did Willow's hair.
"Hey Red what the Hell is up with your hair?" Faith asked.
"Hhhmmm" Willow replied as though coming down from a clearly amazing high.
"She's a goddess." Dru said, clearly amused she began reciting an archaic passage.
From nothing born
A witch by soul
Tempted to turn
Power like none has known
A White witch she'll become
The first of the goddesses reborn
Red witch becomes White
The goddess line restored
"Oh dear Lord! So it's true then." Giles swore wrapping Willow in his arms, while Spike did the same only in a more brotherly manner with Dawn.
A & B
Meanwhile the chaos on the other side of the basement continued. Buffy seemed to take forever to stop laughing long enough to utter even a few intelligible words. Wesley was petrified that Buffy Summers, the Vampire Slayer had finally cracked. Perhaps there was some sort of mystical force that prevented two slayers for occupying the same time. Maybe there was some cosmic rule that only one Slayer was allowed to remain on the side of good and hold her sanity at the same time. Cordelia was still ranting about killing Darla. No one else really had a clue what to do.
"You … you thought … tho .. thought that D D Darla was preg .. pregnant?" Buffy managed to gasp out between fits of laughter. "She was a whore before she was turned" Buffy giggled out. "Then she spent well over what three or four hundred years fucking and screwing like a tramp. She was WAY TOO loose to ever carry a kid. Angel might have fucked her. Hell, she's an old pro … probably knows a few tricks and there was NO risk of pure happiness, but not even an elephant could knock that bitch up." Buffy gasped out before collapsing into another fit of laughter.
Wesley, Gunn, Xander, and Angel were in complete and utter shock at Buffy's outburst.
Cordelia and Anya however were completely on board with that particular line of thought.
"Darla? As in the Master's PET Darla?" Anya asked, when Buffy nodded the ex-demon doubled over with laughter. "Rumor had it she was so loose the Master with his bull size dick had to bind her legs together before fucking her just to get any kind of sensation. If it wasn't for her skills blowing him and taking it up the ass he'd have thrown her out long before she went off with the rest of the Scourge of Europe." Anya giggled on clearly amused to finally be able to take part in girl talk.
Cordelia practically doubled over the stair rail in hysterics, the giggle fest seemed to be catching as more pieces of the messed up puzzle came together.
Fred who was trying to puzzle the whole mess out started talking her way through the facts. "So Darla is a vampire hooker, whose been at it so long everyone lost count. She's a vampire and vampires can't get pregnant." Fred said ticking the facts off on her fingers as Buffy, Cordy and Anya responded with nods and barely intelligible "yeps" and "yes" comments to all of the Texan's statements. "She's been dusted before. Wolfram and Hart brought her back. Now she shows up here pregnant. She claims it's Angel's baby. Angel, whose also a vampire. Dru and Dawn say she's not. Why didn't we request a paternity test?" With that final comment all four girls dissolved into a giggle fest worthy of a preteen slumber party.
The poor guys didn't know what to do; on one hand though clearly loosing their minds, the girls were right; on the other hand the guys hadn't expected such vulgarity from the girls especially not Buffy and Fred.
It was at that moment that the stench coming from the cage wafted their way. The smell made the stink of a skunk seem sweet in comparison, it was truly indescribably awful. It choked everyone one in the basement making them gag and cough.
'Oh dear Lord what is that smell?" Wesley exclaimed.
"Told ya she was uber skanky." Dawn said causing everyone to turn in the direction of the cage.
There was a collective gasp at the sight that awaited them in the cage.
