"Who the bloody hell are you?" Spike demanded stepping protectively in front of Dawn, after they all got over there shock of two balls of light flying out of the tiny compact and turning into two people.
"It's didn't work." Dawn said painfully blinking back her tears.
"Where are we?" The red head asked unsurely.
"We'll be asking the questions here." Xander said eyeing them suspiciously.
"I'm James Potter and This is my wife Lily." The black haired man replied standing slightly in front of her.
"James and Lily, I know them!" Willow gasped as the realization washed over her causing all eyes to focus on her.
"I'm sorry, I don't believe we've met." James said suspiciously looking back at his wife who shook her head in confusion.
"We haven't." Willow explained blushing slightly under everyone's scrutiny. "I've seen them before." She explained to her friends. "They were younger, teenagers but it was them. On some sort of sports field, god what did she call it...it sounded like squid..." she nodded with a small smile.
"Quidditch." James offered still eyeing her suspiciously.
"That's it! She told me not to tell you I didn't know what it was." Willow said excitedly.
"Color us confused Wills, care connect the dots for the rest of the class?" Xander asked with a small smile.
"Their from the other world." Willow explained grinning. "After Glory took Dawn and...I saw them in Buffy's head."
"Buffy!" James and Lily gasped.
"You know Buffy?" James demanded. "Where is she?"
"In your World." Anya supplied with a shrug. "We were trying to get her and got you by mistake. "Wait, of she was there shouldn't they know?"
"Worlds?" Lily asked confused.
"Yeah there are a lot of them, and dimensions." Xander explained.
"The lights, you were right she was sent somewhere." Lily said turning to James with a small smile.
"How long has she been back?" James asked confused.
"About six months or so." Willow replied.
"That's not possible, we'd have known." James said confused. "Sirius."
"Her bother right?" Willow asked with a smile.
"Yeah." James nodded his attention flickering to the paper strewn across the coffee table before him. "That can't be right."
"What can't be right?" Giles asked.
"It's October." James began uneasily. "Halloween."
"Not for another few months." Xander said unsurely.
"James." Lily said tightening her grip on his hand as she followed his gaze. "That says it's 1996."
"It is." Xander nodded.
"You brought us into the future." James said trying to work it out in his head. "How, why?"
"I don't know." Willow began confused.
"I hate to burst your bubbles." Spike began flopping down onto the sofa. "But the spell was meant to bring back a dead person, a champion."
"But it didn't work." Xander began.
"That's what you think." Spike shrugged.
"What is the last thing you remember?" Giles asked seeing where the blonde vampire was going with this.
"Oh dear lord." Lily gasped. "Harry!"
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"What are we going to do?" Harry asked unsurely as they stood in the middle of her room staring at each other.
"I'll write Dumbledore." Buffy replied moving to her desk. "I'm going to have to tell him everything."
"Everything?" Harry asked.
"I have to do whatever I can to protect Dawn and my friends." Buffy replied.
"He's going to be mad." Harry sighed.
"Don't worry, he can't kill you you're the chosen one." Buffy offered teasingly.
As they anxiously awaited Dumbledore's reply the two teens discussed the any possibilities of just what could have happened with the mirror.
"I don't want to think about it anymore." Buffy sighed flopping down on her bed tired of pacing the room. "He should have answered by now, where the hell is he?"
"It's not like he tells me anymore than he tells you." Harry shrugged.
"How did this become my life." Buffy groaned burying her face in her pillow. "I'm so sick of it all, the secrets, the lies, I just want it all over. I want my life back."
"Which one?" Harry asked fiddling with a box on her dresser.
"Good question." She replied sitting up in her bed. "They all had their moments, and the moments that totally sucked. I mean if I never left everything would be so different, and if I never came back I'd be dead. Buffy Summers would be dead right now...well is sort of, you know."
"And this one?" Harry asked as she stood turning to face her.
"I missed so much but I am glad to be back. I don't know it so weird. It's my old life but it's not." She tried to explain. "My friends now are my old friends children, and I love you guys but it's just...hard sometimes. I guess I'll always wonder though, what would have happened if I'd stayed. I mean what would have happened to me? Would my friends still wind up as they did? Would I have a family, a husband, kids?"
"Would you be my mother." Harry said before he could stop himself unable to keep it in any longer.
"Excuse me?" Buffy frowned confused.
"You said you were tired of the secrets." Harry began gathering his Gryffindor courage and meeting her confused gaze. "Well so am I. I know about you and my father Buffy."
"You know about what exactly?" Buffy demanded folding her arms over her chest.
"I know about your meetings in the old transfiguration room. I know it's the reason Sirius and My father's friendship almost ended." Harry replied.
"You have no idea what you're talking about." Buffy replied stunned.
"I know you weren't just friends. I know you were in love with him." Harry insisted. "You practically told me anyways, before our first date. I just didn't want to face it. I still don't, I don't want to ruin what we have but I can't keep pretending that I don't know. Keep wondering if it's me your looking at or him."
"You need to leave." Buffy said making it across her room in three quick strides pulling open the door.
"Buffy Please." Harry began.
"Just go." She said shaking her head as he walked past her defeatedly. He turned to say something but was met with her door slamming in his face.