Q/A: BeneathYouICrunch - Her firepower is growing.
Blacksword Zero - Some possibilities for further growth of her firepower I may keep in mind.
Chapter 30: That Old Black Magic
Phoebe's looking out the living room window, talking on the phone to Prue. "Prue, Dan's truck just pulled up outside."
"Dan's truck? So?" Prue says.
Phoebe sighs, "So, Piper is with him and they're kissing. And I'm not talking about 'thanks for lunch' peck on the cheek kinda kiss. They mean business." She turns away disgusted.
"Okay, what is the problem? They like each other, this is a good thing." Prue says.
Phoebe shakes her head, "No, I know, I'm just worried that she's moving too fast. Like she's too in a hurry to get involved with someone else."
"Look, Piper's a big girl and really, I mean, it's none of our business. Right? Right?" Prue says.
"Isn't it sort of our business?" Phoebe asks.
"Okay, Phoebe, Piper can not just sit around for the rest of her life waiting for Leo. She's trying to move on." Prue says. "Besides, Dan's a great guy. Uh, gotta go, okay, bye." She hangs up.
Phoebe looks out the window and see Dan and Piper walking towards the door. "It's about freakin' time." Leo orbs in. "Oh! Leo, whatever happened to knocking?"
"I'm sorry, Phoebe, but there's no time. Where's Buffy, Prue and Piper? We have to talk." Leo says.
Phoebe shakes her head, "Uh, you know, now's not really a good time. Okay, I know, how about you orb back in say an hour. Okay, that would be great, bye, bye."
Leo shakes his head, "I can't. The worst thing imaginable just happened."
Buffy flames in.
Leo jumps back, "What the heck."
"What?" Buffy asks.
"How did you do that, it's a demonic power." Leo says.
"Oh the flame thing," Buffy says. "Not sure. I just started doing it a few days ago. Must be an extension of my fire power."
The door opens and Dan and Piper walk in laughing. They see Leo. Leo looks upset.
Piper and Leo walk in the solarium. "It's not that it isn't great to see you, Leo, because it is. But you can't just orb in whenever it's convenient."
"It's never been a problem before." Leo says.
Piper sighs, "Yeah, well, things have changed."
"I can see that." Leo says.
"Leo ..." Piper says.
Leo nods, "Sorry, wasn't fair. Where's Prue?"
"At work." Buffy says as she walks into the room.
Piper looks to Buffy, "Which reminds me. Why aren't you at school?"
Leo nods, "Fine. Then we'll have to start without her and your friend Dan has to leave now."
Buffy sighs, "I forgot a book. So flamed back to get it." Piper glares at her. "No one saw me."
Piper nods and looks back to Leo, "Oh, really? Why?"
"Because Buffy, you Piper and your sisters have a very big problem. A magical problem. Look, this isn't personal, it's business."
"What else is new?" Piper asks.
"Looks like I'm going to be missing last period then." Buffy says.
"You know, that handyman guy sure does hang around here a lot." Dan says in the Foyer.
Phoebe nods, "Well, it's an old house. Lots of things need fixing."
"Then why does Piper look so upset?" Dan asks.
Phoebe sighs, "Because there are some things he can't fix the way she wants it."
Dan looks at his watch. "You know, I'm late for a job. If you could just have her call me."
Phoebe nods, "Oh-oh, oops." She wipes lipstick off his face. "Lipstick."
"Thanks." Dan says as he opens the door. "Are Piper and Leo...?"
Phoebe smiles, "You're late."
Dan nods and heads out the door.
Piper walks back in the foyer. "Dan, wait. Well, I wouldn't know where to begin anyway."
Phoebe sighs, "Everything okay, sweetie?"
Piper shakes her head, "Oh, no."
Buffy and Leo walks back in the foyer.
"Come on, we gotta get going." Leo says.
Phoebe frowns, "Going? Where are we going?"
"I'll explain on the way." Leo says.
"No Leo, you'll explain now. We're not going anywhere." Piper says.
Leo sighs, "Two hundreds years ago, a good witch turned evil, and started using her craft against innocents. Fortunately she was tricked in a cave and entombed. But unfortunately this morning Tuatha escaped."
"Tuatha? Who wouldn't go bad with a name like that?" Buffy says.
Piper nods, "So, you want us to find her and vanquish her. What's the big deal?"
Leo shakes his head, "The big deal is you can't vanquish her. No witch can. She kills good witches."
Piper frowns, "Leo, if we can't defeat her, than who can?"
Leo nods, "There's only one person. He's known as the Chosen One."
Buffy raises her hand, "I'm the Chosen One, remember? Slayer."
Leo sighs, "Actually there is more than one kind of Chosen One."
"So is he a witch?" Phoebe asks.
Leo shakes his head, "No, he's a normal person. Other than the fact that he was born to use Tuatha's wand against her."
"So, what do you want from us? Why don't you just go get him?" Piper asks.
"I need you to protect him from Tuatha until the wand comes to him. It shouldn't be long. Look, law has it that once the witch is free, the wand will find him. But if she finds it first..." Leo says.
Buffy nods, "She'll kill him.
Leo nods, "And then she'll come after you too."
Buffy, Piper, Phoebe and Leo are walking down the sidewalk towards Gateway High.
"I don't know, an evil witch who gets her jolly's killing good witches? Maybe we should of waited for Prue to get home." Piper says.
Leo shakes his head, "There's no time."
"I could try flaming her here?" Buffy said.
Piper shakes her head, "The first time you tried taking passengers you missed the Manor by three blocks and the second time you wound up in the girl's locker room instead of the library. Until you have a better hang on it, it's better you not try with passengers again for a while."
"Okay, please tell me we're here because the Chosen One is a big burly football coach." Phoebe says.
"No, but he is the seventh son of the seventh son. We've been watching him since he was a young boy." Leo says.
"Okay, so how old is he now?" Piper asks.
"See, over there." Leo says as he points and you see a teenage boy getting picked on.
"He's a high school student?" Piper asks.
Phoebe sighs, "And he's a nerd."
"Hey, I didn't choose him, they did. If he can help save your lives, that's all I care about." Leo says.
Buffy looks at the boy, "I know. I got a class with him. His name's Kyle something or other."
Piper sighs, "Leo, he's a teenager. How can we let him go up against Tuatha? She'll destroy him."
Buffy glares at Piper, "Never underestimate a teenager. Remember I'm a teenager and can do things no normal teenager can do."
"Besides if he finds the wand and learns how to use it. Also, she knows he's the Chosen One. If we don't help him, she'll find him and destroy him anyway." Leo says.
"Doesn't sound like we have much of a choice." Phoebe says.
Piper nods, "This is wrong. He should be battling acne at his age, not evil witches." She looks at Buffy, "While we've accepted it Buffy that your Charmed and have a stake in all of what we are. You deserve a life away from it, you shouldn't have had to deal with it."
Kyle doing some magic tricks.
"Yeah, but look at us. Do we look like we should be the all powerful Charmed Ones?" Phoebe says.
Piper nods, "What's his name?"
"Kyle. Kyle Gwydien." Leo says.
"Does he know yet?" Buffy asks.
Leo shakes his head, "No."
"Any idea on how we're suppose to get him to come with us?" Piper asks.
Phoebe smiles, "I have an idea. He likes magic, right? Let's show him ours."
Kyle starts walking down the sidewalk. Piper, Buffy and Phoebe go up to him.
"Hey, it's Kyle, right?" Phoebe says.
"Do I know you?" Kyle asks.
Phoebe shakes , "You might know her." She points to Buffy. "But not us. Not yet anyways, but you will. You'll know all of us."
"I think you might have me confused with somebody else." Kyle says.
Buffy shakes her head, "No Kyle. I know you from school. We have a class together."
Piper nods, "You're the one."
Phoebe smiles, "The Chosen One."
"That was real subtle, Pheebs." Buffy said.
Phoebe smiles, "You heard what Leo said, clocks are ticking. Hey, Kyle, do you believe in magic? Real magic?"
Kyle frowns, "I gotta go." He walks off.
Buffy shakes her head and flames out and flames back in, in front of Kyle.
"How'd you do that?" Kyle asks.
Phoebe smiles, "Magic. Wanna know more?"
Later back at the Manor Buffy, Piper, Phoebe, Leo and Kyle are sitting at a table in the dining room.
"So, you're witches?" Kyle asks.
Piper nods, "Right."
"And you're a Slayer?" Kyle asks Buffy.
"A Charmed Slayer, because I'm also a witch. But yes."
Kyle sighs, "And I'm a Chosen One?"
Buffy nods, "Welcome to the club."
Kyle sighs, "And-and-and why exactly am I a Chosen One again?"
"Because you're the only one who can defeat Tuatha." Leo says.
"Leo a little tact, please." Buffy said. "Believe me it's easier to not drop it all on him at once."
Leo sighs, "Look, I'm sorry, we don't have a lot of time here."
"All the more reason not to freak Kyle out." Piper says.
Kyle shakes his head, "Too late."
"Look, Kyle, I know that this is a lot for you to take in and your first instinct is probably to resist it. I mean, I know that's how we felt when we first found out we were witches." Phoebe says.
"Still do sometimes." Piper says.
Buffy nods in agreement.
"But we've learned that you can not fight your destiny. It's like fighting who you are, who you're meant to be." Phoebe says.
Leo nods, "And your destiny is to vanquish the evil witch, Tuatha."
"I bet one of my brothers put you up to this, right? What, Sean? No, no, I bet, I bet it was Ian. I'm always the butt of their jokes." Kyle says.
Buffy sighs, "Kyle, listen."
Kyle shakes his head, "No, you listen. This is a joke. I'm not a Chosen One. I'm no one. You made a mistake." He starts to leave.
"Kyle, wait." Leo says.
"What do we do? What do we do?" Phoebe says.
"Stop him." Piper says.
Buffy flames out.
Prue walkins in through the front door with the wand. "Whoa, who are you?" The wand glows. "It glowed."
Buffy flames in blocking Kyle's out the still open front door. Prue glares at her but says nothing for the moment.
"That's the wand. It has to be. It recognizes you, Kyle." Leo says.
Prue frowns, "Recognizes? What do you mean?"
"Where did you get that?" Piper asks.
"From someone I think I should tell you about in private." Prue says.
"Someone named Tuatha?" Phoebe asks.
"Tuatha?" Prue asks confused.
Buffy nods, "Let Kyle hold the wand."
"Go ahead, it won't hurt you." Leo says.
Prue hands Kyle the wand and it glows.
"Oh!" Prue says.
Leo smiles, "It found you, just like it's suppose to."
Prue frowns, "Okay, time out. Attic anyone?" She goes upstairs.
"Kyle, won't you go in the kitchen and help yourself to anything you want. That is if you're staying." Piper says.
Kyle nods, "I'm staying. I don't know for how long though."
Buffy, Phoebe and Piper go upstairs.
"Leo, he is just a kid." Prue says as Leo walks into the attic. "Besides, you haven't seen this Tuatha's power. I mean, she made a woman disappear literally."
Leo sighs, "It's his destiny to defeat Tuatha, Prue. Just as it was yours to become the Charmed Ones and Buffy's to become the Slayer."
"Then why did I get the wand?" Prue asks.
"To make sure it got to him. It's part of the law. If you guys were meant to defeat Tuatha there would be a spell in the Book Of Shadows and there isn't." Leo says.
Buffy sighs, "He's right, we checked. Both books."
"Which means we need to spend what little time we have teaching Kyle how to use the wand." Leo says.
Prue sighs, "Look, Leo, I know that you've never guided us down the wrong path before, but please at least let us try to defeat Tuatha. If we fail, then fine, we'll help you with Kyle."
Leo shakes his head, "She'll kill you."
"Don't bet on it. Alright, we need to start by finding out where Tuatha is before she finds us." Phoebe and Prue start walking towards the door. "Piper, Buffy, are you with us?"
Piper stares at Leo. "Yep."
"Actually no. I think I'm needed here." Buffy says. "To help Kyle. One Chosen One to another."
They look at her and nod in understanding.
In the kitchen Kyle is looking at the wand as Jenny through the kitchen door.
"Hey, it's me." Jenny calls out.
"Hi." Kyle says.
"Who are you?" Jenny asks.
Kyle shrugs, "Apparently I'm the Chosen One."
"I haven't seen you around before. What's you name?" Jenny says.
Kyle smiles, "Kyle."
"Jenny. You a friend of theirs?" Jenny asks.
Kyle shakes his head, "No, no, I'm just helping them out with something. Maybe ... I don't know."
"Well, what's that?" Jenny asks.
Kyle smiles, "It's magic."
Jenny shakes her head, "I don't believe in magic."
"You kidding? Everybody believes in magic." Kyle says.
Jenny shakes her head, "Not me." Kyle puts the wand on the tip of his finger and it starts spinning around. "That is so cool. How are you doing that?"
"I have no idea." Kyle says.
Buffy and Leo enters from the dining room having just come downstairs.
Leo frowns, "What the hell do you think you're doing?"
Kyle stops the wand from spinning.
"I-I was just ..." Kyle says.
"Jenny, maybe you should go back home." Buffy says. "We'll see you later, okay?"
Jenny nods, "Sure, Payson. Would you tell Piper that my Uncle Dan needs to talk to her?" Buffy nods. She turns and heads out the back door.
"Payson?" Kyle asks.
Buffy smiles, "It's my name, it's kind of a complicated story. But you can call me Buffy if you like all my friends do."
"So, you still think you're not a Chosen One?" Leo asks.
A little later Kyle is trying to make the wand spin on his finger again. "Yeah, I can't make it do it again."
"You did it before." Leo says.
Kyle sighs, "I don't know how. I mean, I was just trying to impress Jenny, that's all."
Buffy smiles, "Well that's probably how. For me and my cousin our powers are tied to our emotions. What you did came from inside you from the emotion of that moment."
Leo nods, "You willed it."
Kyle frowns, "So what? So, I'm supposed to will some evil witch dead? Why me? You know, I don't understand, out of all people."
Leo sighs, "Don't sell yourself short, Kyle. You saw what you did before. Now, that was you. All you have to do is believe in yourself. Now try it again."
Prue, Piper and Phoebe walk in.
"Leo, we found her." Phoebe says.
Prue nods, "So, we're gonna go pay her a little visit."
"No, wait don't. please." Leo says.
"It's nothing personal, Leo. It's just business." Piper says.
"Be careful." Buffy says.
The sisters look to their cousin and nod. "We will," Prue says. They walk to the door. Prue opens it and there stands Jack.
"You." Prue says.
"Ah, thrilled to see me, I see. You know, this is a really nice house, Prue. Bucklands obviously pays better than I thought." Jack says.
Buffy rolls her eyes.
"What do you want and how did you find me?" Prue says.
Jack smiles, "I followed your scent. That musk. The Cartier, right? Now, that is a classy perfume, though I'm hardly surprised. Can I have my wand back please? See, Betty never called and I couldn't contact her because her address mysteriously fell out of my pocket somehow. You wouldn't know anything about that would you?"
Prue frowns, "You're blaming me for something that you lost? Isn't that a little juvenile? I mean what's next? A shoving match under the jungle gym or war over juice cups?"
"Prue, we really need to get going." Piper says.
Jack shakes his head, "The wand is mine, Prue, and you know it. All is fair in love and war."
Dan appears behind Jack. "Piper?"
"Hi, Dan." Piper says.
"Oh yeah, Piper. Jenny came over and said Dan was wanting to talk to you." Buffy says.
Leo walks in the foyer. "Piper, wait."
Dan frowns, "Is he still here?"
Leo smiles, "Never left actually."
"Prue, I'm kind of in a hurry here, so if I could just get my wand." Jack says.
Phoebe frowns, "You know what? Dan, Piper will call you back later, you, whoever you are, sorry no wand, Leo and Buffy, keep working with Kyle just in case, us, out the back door, out the back door." They go out the back door.
"Don't you have some other house to repair?" Dan asks.
Buffy rolls her eyes, "It's an old house, Dan. Requires frequent fixes. We hired Leo to be on call 24/7 in case something breaks down. That's why he's here a lot."
A short time later in the living room Kyle is trying to work the wand.
"Both hands. Alright, you have to use both hands." Leo says.
Kyle shakes his head, "But I didn't need both hands when I made it spin before."
Buffy rolls her eyes and snatches the wand from Kyle before he can even react, "And that's why you need both hands. Tuatha doesn't need physical abilities to do what I did. She can someone the wand from your hands. You need to hold on to it with both hands to make sure she doesn't get it from you."
"Also if she gets the wand from you, she becomes invincible and you will not be able to vanquish her." Leo says. "Now, just do as I say. Pretend I'm evil, alright, you connect to your destiny by connecting to yourself. Will me away."
Kyle tries to but nothing happens. "Look, give it up, Obe One, alright, you got the wrong guy."
"No, I don't. Alright, you are not just the seventh son, you are the seventh generation of chosen ones. It's in your blood, you just have to believe." Leo says.
Buffy shakes her head, "It can take time to get control, Kyle. Prue, Piper, Phoebe and I didn't have control over our power right away. It took practice."
"Believe in what? Myself? Forget it." Kyle says.
"Innocent people are going to die, are you wiling to live with that?" Leo asks.
"Way to lay that on him, Leo. Guilting him into it won't work." Buffy said.
"No, no, don't you lay that crap on me." Kyle says angrily.
Leo smiles, "Oh, does that make you mad? Good. At least that means finally you're being a real you."
"Screw you." Kyle says.
"That's right, get pissed at me. Show me your anger. Maybe you'll figure out what you're really angry about, huh." Leo says as he throws him the wand. "You don't think you're a chosen one, you think you're the forgotten one. Sick and tired of it too aren't you. Well, aren't you?" Kyle gets mad, the wand glows and Leo flies through the glass window.
"Leo?" Kyle asks.
Buffy smiles, "He'll be right back."
Leo orbs in behind Kyle. "Not bad."
Prue, Piper and Phoebe run in.
"What was that crash? What happened in here?" Phoebe asks.
Leo smiles, "A little training, that's all."
Buffy rolls her eyes.
Prue frowns, "That's all? Do you have any idea how much that's gonna cost to fix?"
"Well, I know who's gonna be fixing it. Leo, what if somebody saw you?" Piper says.
"Someone like neighbour Dan? Hey, you're bleeding." Leo says noticing the cut on Piper's forehead.
"It's nothing." Piper says.
"So, did you guys kick some butt or what?" Kyle asked.
"Or what." Phoebe says.
Prue nods, "Tuatha was ready for us, or at least for me. She stripped away my power."
"And then literally disappeared before I had the chance to freeze her. And it's a good thing she wasn't expecting all three of us otherwise we wouldn't have gotten out of there."
"You're lucky you did. Now, will you help Buffy and I with Kyle?" Leo asks.
"Why are you so ready to send a teenager up against an evil that we can't even defeat?" Prue asks.
Buffy sighs.
"Because he can. At least he can with the wand. And he's getting better at it too." Leo says.
Buffy nods, "He is."
"Uh-uh. I'm outta here." Kyle says.
Leo frowns, "Kyle, wait."
Kyle shakes his head, "No, what the hell is the matter with you? They're even scared of her. I told you, you have made a huge mistake. I can't do this." He throws the wand on the couch and leaves.
"Leo, you can't make him. Even if it is his destiny." Piper says.
Phoebe nods, "I hope he doesn't tell anyone we're witches."
Prue nods, "Won't matter much if we're dead. Okay, nobody knows the Book of Shadows better than you. So, if black magic can strip away powers, then surely white magic can do the same, right?" Phoebe nods. "Let's go."
Prue, Piper and Phoebe head upstairs.
"I'll go keep an eye on him, Leo." Buffy says before she flames out.
Kyle is walking along the sidewalk.
"Hey, where you going?" Buffy says as she flames in next to him.
"Just outta here." Kyle says.
"You want to know something?" Buffy asks.
"Sure." Kyle says.
"When I became the Slayer. I fought it tooth and nail. I didn't want it. Sometimes I still don't. Like you I'm a Chosen One, chosen to fight. And a lot of times I wish I wasn't."
"How do you continue doing what your doing then?" Kyle asks stopping and looking at Buffy. Seeing in her a kindred spirit.
"Well I have of course family that supports me and helps me. That's always a plus. But in the end I know what I do. Well let's just put it this way I help people and that feeling makes up for having this destiny thrust on me."
Kyle nods and looks back the way he came. "If given the chance after everything you've seen and done. Would you give it all up to be normal again?"
Buffy smiles, " you want to know something else. While I may never have known you much before today. I would like to think were friends, now. You are someone Kyle, don't let anyone tell you any different."
Kyle smiles, "Thanks. Do you think you can take me back to your house?"
"I can walk you there." Buffy says. "I'm still a little shaky with passengers."
"Good enough," Kyle said.
At the Manor in the Living room Tuatha's snake appears. Prue and Phoebe walk in.
Piper looks to her sisters, "Any luck?"
"Well, I did find one spell but it requires a human heart and unfortunately we're still using ours." Phoebe says.
Piper sighs, "Well, take mine. All it does is get me in trouble anyway. Anyone seen Buffy since Kyle left?"
Prue and Piper shakes their heads. "She may have gone to keep watch on Kyle," Prue said.
Leo walks in spotting the snake, "Snake!"
"Oh, I'm the snake, but you're the one who…" Piper says.
Leo points to the snake, "Snake!"
Piper sees the snake and runs over to the other side of the room. Prue gets a fireplace tool and cuts it in half. The two halves then turn into two snakes.
"Look out." Piper says.
Prue frowns, "Oh, oh, Piper, freeze them."
"I'm trying, it's not working. Prue…" Piper says.
"Prue…" Phoebe says.
Buffy and Kyle is outside at the front door.
"You ready?" Buffy asks.
"Prue, what should we do?" Piper says from inside.
Buffy and Kyle hears Piper and runs inside.
"Kyle. Buffy." Phoebe says.
"Leo, do something." Piper says.
Leo grabs the wand and throws it to Kyle. "Kyle, catch."
Kyle catches the wand.
"You can do it," Buffy says.
Kyle nods, "Die!" The snakes disappear.
Prue smiles, "Thanks."
Later in the Dining room there are potions on the table.
Phoebe nods, "Okay, this is the potion to induce sleep, this one is to repel an evil threat and that one puts out a fire."
"What kind of potion does that?" Buffy asks.
Phoebe smiles, "That's water. I didn't have a lot of time, it was the best I could do, okay."
Piper sighs, "But what about the potion to give Kyle more courage?"
Phoebe shakes her head, "I remembered wrong. There isn't one."
"Well that's disappointing." Piper says.
Phoebe sighs, "You guys. I'm scared. And not just for him but for us. I don't like feeling so powerless."
Piper nods, "Maybe that's our lesson for the day. Not taking our powers for granted."
Buffy sighs, "We're gonna get your powers back, then we're gonna have to help Kyle defeat Tuatha. And we're just gonna have to find a way to make Kyle feel more courageous without magic, that's all." She picks up the bottle that has water in it. "Come on." They walk in the living room. "How's it going?"
"Good. I think he's ready." Leo says.
Kyle nods, "I'm ready. I'm as ready as I can be. You know, it's funny, uh, I always wanted to be somebody special. You should be careful what you wish for."
Buffy laughs, "Tell me about it."
Piper nods, "Believe me, we can relate."
Tuatha appears.
"Phoebe, the sleeping potion." Prue says.
Phoebe throws a bottle at Tuatha's feet.
Tuatha does a fake yawn. "So young, so new to the craft. Now, this is a sleeping potion." She throws something at Phoebe's feet and Phoebe falls to the ground. Leo goes over to Phoebe and he falls asleep too. She then throws something at Prue, Buffy and Piper and their feet turn to water.
Buffy frowns, "Looks like she can negate me after all. I can't flame."
"Now, the wand if you please." Tuatha says as the wand floats through the air to her. "Not much of a chosen one are you? At least the last one was able to entomb me. And I will now entomb you."
"Buffy, the courage potion." Piper says.
Buffy smiles and gets what Piper is thinking. She throws the bottle of water at Kyle's feet.
"What? There is no courage potion." Tuatha says.
Prue shakes her head, "No? Now look who's teaching who."
"Kyle, get the wand, you can do it." Buffy says and she concentrates on Kyle. 'I hope this works,' she thinks.
"I wish for the wand." Kyle says.
The wand starts floating to Kyle.
"My wand!" Tuatha says.
The wand stops and starts floating back to Tuatha. It hovers in the middle as they try to get the wand to go to them.
"Don't give up Kyle. Believe." Buffy says.
The wand finally floats over to Kyle.
"I wish you gone forever." Kyle says.
"Noooo!" Tuatha screams as she disappears.
Piper, Buffy and Prue are freed.
Piper walks over to Leo, "Leo." She helps him up in the chair. "You're hurt."
Leo smiles, "I'm okay."
Phoebe, still asleep on the floor, makes some little noises and rolls over.
"Let me get you some ice." Piper says.
Leo shakes his head, "Really, I'm fine."
"Are you getting even?" Piper asks.
Leo nods, "Just finally getting it. What you deserve. A normal life or at least a normal life as you can get, which means a normal relationship, which I can't give you. I guess we know now why witches and Whitelighters aren't supposed to fall in love, huh." He orbs out.
Buffy walks up to Kyle. He's looking at the wand.
"It's broken." Kyle says.
Buffy nods, "It served its purpose."
"Yeah. Thanks to your magical boost of courage." Kyle says.
Buffy shakes her head, "Kyle. Tuatha was right. There was no courage potion. We made it up. You defeated her all by yourself. Well you and me anyways. A little augmentation to help you get the wand."
"Well, still it doesn't change anything. No one would believe me even if I told them what I did." Kyle says.
"Oh there are a couple people who would." Buffy says. "Still as long as you keep believing that you can make a difference, you can change what ever you want. Who knows what you're still destined for. Till then you can hang with me and my friends any time you want. They all know I'm a witch and the Slayer. And they won't tell a soul.
That evening at P4 Buffy, Prue, Piper and Phoebe are walking down the stairs.
"What are you going to tell him about what happened to the poor lady who owned the wand?" Piper asks.
Prue shrugs, "Well, what can I tell him? Look, I called him because I just wanna get rid of this thing, that's all."
Phoebe nods, "Are you sure it's just not an excuse to see him again?"
Prue shakes her head, "Phoebe, don't be ridiculous. This is business, it's not personal."
"Where have we heard that before?" Buffy asks.
Piper smiles, "Oh, gotta date, gotta go."
"Well, for what it's worth, I think Jack is pretty cute." Phoebe says.
Buffy nods, "A little old for me but he is kind of cute."
"Yeah, well, he's a jerk." Prue says.
"Says the girl in love with a vampire." Phoebe says.
Buffy laughs, "Well at least Angel looks younger than he actually is."
"How do I look?" Prue asks.
Phoebe smiles, "Fab."
"Hot." Buffy says.
Prue smiles, "Thanks." She walks over to Jack who's at the bar.
Buffy looks across the room and smiles, "I think I see said vampire." She walks across the room to Angel.