Beta: I can not even begin to thank my lovely, wonderful beta Nathy Faithy without whom I promise there would not be new chapters. My dear friend thank you so much for not only being a wonderful, helpful beta reader, but most of all for letting me bounce ideas off you and brainstorming with me. Your advice and insights mean so much! By the way my friend sometimes you're so bloody brilliant its frightening and the influence you've had on this story is beyond compare thank you for inspiring, pushing and prompting me!

A/N : Sorry it's so long between updates. I'm not abandoning this story at all. I just have 3 kids that have been into everything and exhausting the living daylights out of me, especially when you add in nursing one, pumping and donating breastmilk, homes schooling and everything else that goes into being a mom, house hunting and more. Please forgive the erratic updates and thank you all so very much for reading and reviewing!

A/N 2: I am going off cannon with the Charmed series a little here, so please go with me on this journey. Chris has been born and he's around 6 months or so and Wyatt is around 4 yrs old. Leo is still an Elder and never went crazy, instead while Future Chris was with the sisters he told them of a way to tell a fallen Whitelighter from a Whitelighter/Elder on the right path. That information helped the sisters and Leo recognize that there was an entire contingent of fallen among the Elders and Whitelighters which lead to their recycling and the saving of Wyatt and Chris. Also just a heads up something very pivotal happened on the day Chris was born and it had nothing to do with the Charmed world, cause the whole perfectly messed up world thing never happened. If I need to add more later I will. Please feel free to ask. I am also messing with the ages of Buffy and Faith, as Faith always seemed like she was trying to act far beyond her years.

A/N 3: I've been reading a bunch of Charmed fanfiction to recapture the sisters voices as it's been a while since I focused on them so special thanks to all the wonderful writers of stories. There are too many to name, but those of you whom I've sent reviews especially thank you for the inspiration! Special thanks to Silverkitten919 for the inspiration behind the boys and the idea of the Twice Blessed prophecy.

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The spell wasn't something everyone could easily stomach, but the payoff in the fight against good and evil was too great to ignore. Even Xander was willing to do his part, especially after being reminded of his own participation in ripping Buffy out of Heaven.

Five rings had been drawn in chalk on the ballroom floor. The outermost ring was edged in salt and apples with laurel leaves in their hearts, pots of white sage burned in every corner, beneath every window and blocking the path of every door. The lines were clear; evil was blocked at every single turn from disrupting the spell or harming those within the room. The witches had agreed that there was no such thing as too careful or too much positive energy with the spells they were working. Buffy and Angel stood in the center most ring as Penny performed a quick and simple hand fasting, leaving the cord binding the two in place, before returning to her place in the outer most ring. Taking an athame Penny sliced her palm and allowed a few drops of blood to flow into a stone chalice, before passing both the athame and chalice to Drusilla who repeated the process. The same act was repeated by everyone in their ring until Prue, Leo, Elizabeth, Ann, Joyce and Patty had all added their blood to the chalice. Then as one voice everyone in the circle said their part of the spell.

Blood of the dead

The chalice and athame were then passed forward to the next circle. Once again everyone in the ring: Fred, Xander, Anya, Lorne, Cordelia, Gunn and Wesley all added their blood before intoning their part of the verse.

Blood of the living

Once more the chalice and athame moved forward and the cycle was repeated by Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Faith, Willow, and Giles. They added their part of the spell before passing things forward.

Blood of the line

The only ring left before the center where Buffy and Angel stood was a small ring containing Dawn, Spike, Wyatt, and Chris. Dawn and Spike gently helped Wyatt and Chris add their blood to the chalice after adding their own. Thanks to the boys past experience with spells it didn't take much to get them to repeat the spell or in Chris's case be held by someone casting the spell. Once more things were passed forward.

Blood of the children

Staring into each others eyes as though nothing else existed in the world Angel cut Buffy's palm and collected her blood in the chalice before she did the same for allowing her to do the same for him. As one they added their part.

Blood of the mates

Then as one every voice in the room recited the spell.

Blood of the dead

Blood of the living

Blood of the line

Blood of the children

Blood of the mates

Freely given

Willingly accepted

Aurelian line erased

Reformed anew in blood

Aurelian order made true

Soul for soul

No more removed

Ringed in light

Cast made right

So mote it be

Buffy and Angel drank from the chalice before passing it back the way it had come. Each person who'd added to the chalice the first time around now touched a drop of the blood to their forehead. Penny who had been the first to add was the last to place a drop on her forehead. As the final words of the spell were spoken the blood absorbed into everyone's skin and then once again the chalice was returned to Angel. The instant the last of the blood passed Angel's lips a concussive wave of positive energy passed outward from the center ring until every person in the rings felt connected to the others. Instead of stopping at the edge of the final ring the wave continued out of the room and through the entire hotel. Apparently the spell had taken on a life of its own and decided that anything that wasn't a part of the casting circles was out to harm the newly established family and needed to be destroyed.

Cordy glanced over at the small TV monitor they were using to keep an eye on the prisoners in the basement and shrieked with joy. The same wave of energy that had passed through everyone in the circles and left them feeling connected, loved and positive was ripping toward the basement. Everyone turned to see what had Cordy up in arms and watched in amusement as Darla, Sahjhan and Holtz were literally blasted apart from the inside out in a fashion very similar to the Hallow or the Source leaving behind nothing, but scorch marks and broken bits of cage on the floor.

"Well it wasn't a tub full of holy water, but it definitely had style." Dawn commented.

"That was a nice vanquish, and we didn't even get dirty." Paige commented with a giggle.

"Kinda sucks we didn't get to torture her after all that bitch helped turn Jessie." Xander mumbled to himself, but all things considered the basement stench was gone and no one had to smell them again so it wasn't all bad. "Hey, wait up I gotta a question. What were Dawn and Fangless doing with the CHILDREN during the spell?" He might not be the smartest of the Scoobies, but no one would ever accuse him of being able to keep his mouth shut.

Unfortunately Xander's question sparked the curiosity of several people who weren't aware of the next step in the spell process. Drusilla had pushed Dawn and Spike into the Children's ring at the last moment and while Dawn and Spike had a pretty good idea of why this had happened, most of the Scoobies and the LA crew were in the dark. The spell had flooded everyone with a sense of belonging, but Xander's question had caused an odd ripple of curiosity to pass through the bond.

Although the bonds between everyone were fully formed it would still take some work before there was anything more than a vague sense of emotion passed through the bonds. Dawn instinctively reached out and latched onto Spike's hand, there were just some moments when a little sister needed her big brother's comfort. Allowing their part of the bond to spring to life and Spike felt the fear and nervousness pouring off his little sister in waves, she wasn't ready for questions right now and seemed to be reaching the same conclusion he had after Dru had pushed them into the ring their parents were somewhere in this bloody room, oh fuck. Dawn's eyes shot wide as she heard Spike's thoughts in her head.

No one said we'd hear each other's thoughts! Dawn's nerves spiked as her thoughts echoed in her brother's head.

Thankfully though the familial bonds between the Halliwells were well established and Penny took the lead.

"Alright if you're male, there's the door." She pointed with firm authority toward the exit, before adding "Ladies we need your help for this next part. Angel and Spike don't go far."