Title: Witch Switch 1-3


Author:
Doc WitchSwitch@eternal.ws

Disclaimers: I don't own Buffy or Angel or any of
the Scooby Gang nor do I own the Charmed Ones. I do own the Realm of the Nether, and the plot of course.

Distribution: Want...Take...Have. Give credit where credit it due.

Synopsis: The Charmed Ones come to Sunnydale after Pheobe has a vision. Wackiness ensues!!

Rating: you watch the shows, you can read this.

Spoilers: Anything S1-S3

Dedication: To my two friend, Meredith. You Rock My Boat!

PS: Go easy on me, this is the first fic I ever wrote!!! I think its quite good for an amateur...well, @ the time I was an amateur...Now I'm QUEEN OF THE FIC WRITERS....*laughs nervously* Did I just say that out loud?


The young blonde ran through the playground as fast as she could, a vampire right on her heals. Suddenly, she tripped and fell. Just as the vampire was arriving, she jumped up and gave it a hard round house to the face. It went down.
"Don't you know that midnight snacks give you heartburn?"
She plunged the stake into his heart. *Dusted* Buffy had been patrolling for about three hours and she had only dusted two vamps.
"The biz is gettin slow these days. The vamps can't even tell when they are being set up," she said to herself and the eyes watching her. She couldn't feel his presence, he has made sure to stay far enough away so she wouldn't. He followed her on her patrols, making sure she was always safe, and there to lend a helping hand if need be. Angel slowly turned around and walked further into the brush. She turned, feeling her Slayer sense tingling a little, but neither saw, nor heard anything. She decided to call it a night, and began to walk back to the Library, which served as Slayer World Headquarters.


Giles was in his office digging into his musty old books. Xander, Willow, Cordy, and Oz were all doing different things around the Library: studying, chatting on the Net, and sleeping. Suddenly, the Library doors swung open.
"Buffy!"
Giles was a little surprised to see her back so soon from patrol.
"No action tonight. The vamps must be getting lazy."
"Yes, well, we mustn't be too laid back. How many vampires did you get tonight?"
"A measly 2. I thought that another one was around, but it never showed itself. My spider sense just tingled a little."
"Couldn't it have been Dead Boy, Buffy?"
A sleepy Xander walked out of the stacks.
"Mornin' Sunshine," Oz said.
"Oh shut up Wolfboy," said an unhappy Xander.
"Geesh! Somebody woke up on the wrong side of the card catalog!"
"What's the matter with you Xander? Your mom sleep walking again?"
Buffy gave him one of her "concerned mother" looks.
"Yeah! She wigged my out last night. I was having the best sleep I have had in weeks when I was woken up by a bunch of banging around downstairs in the kitchen. I grabbed a stake, you know, just in case, and went downstairs. When my mom saw the stake, she asked me what I was barbecuing." Xander began to laugh.
"Your mom never ceases to amaze any of us Xand. You guys wanna Bronze it? It's still early."
Buffy was eager to get out. The slaying had been slow lately, but she had had a few late nights patrolling and she was looking for some relax time. She began to think about what Xander had said earlier. Maybe Angel was watching her. After all, he's a vampire, so her vamp alarm would go off. But he had a way of avoiding her, so that she couldn't sense him. She hated it! She hadn't seen him in a while and when she had gone on patrol at sunset, she had hoped he would show himself. She knew that he followed her on her patrols but she wished he would talk to her more.

When Angel had seen Buffy head back to the Library, he figured he would make an appearance. He hadn't seen Buffy in a long time, and he thought maybe he would walk her home. He was almost to the student parking lot in front of the school when he saw them. Three young women walking down the street. He sensed something about them, something supernatural. He decided to follow them and see where they were headed.

The Charmed One's were headed to the town's high school. They had already wandered around in circles for an hour and had finally gotten on the right road. Two days ago, Phoebe had had a premonition. She had seen a school, and above the doorway it said 'Sunnydale High School.' She had also seen a young blonde girl fighting a demon. They had made a decision to come to Sunnydale, because usually when Phoebe had a premonition, it involved something of the evil nature.
"Are you sure this is the right place Phoebe?"
Piper looked at her questioningly.
"What? Have my premonitions ever let us down? Uh, don't answer that."
They stood on the front lawn of the High School trying to decided what to do next. They saw some light on, but didn't know if anyone was actually in the school. Little did they know that they were standing near the Hellmouth, or that they were about to be welcomed by one of the members of the Sunnydale greeting committee. Angel walked out in front of the three girls as they were walking toward the High School. He had heard them talking, and now, he wanted some answers.
"Can I help you?" he said in a gruff, unfriendly voice. He had no idea what they were and he wasn't going to let them go into the school and ambush Buffy and her friends.
"Who are you?" asked Phoebe. She stepped forward. She had always been the bravest of the three. Plus she knew how to defend herself.
"I'd like to ask you the same thing."
"I'm Phoebe, and these are my sisters, Piper and Pru."
Angel stuck his hand out to shake hers, not knowing that touch triggered Phoebe's premonitions. Phoebe gasped when her vision was over.
"Oh my God!"
"Phoebe what was it?" her two sisters asked at once.
"Ummm! Run!!!"
The three girls began to take off.
"Wait!" Angel went to grab Phoebe by the arm to stop her, but was halted when Pru flung her hand at him, using her power to knock him to the ground. Angel recovered quickly.
"No! You don't understand. Will you just listen? I'm not going to hurt you." He went for a more friendly tone. He knew now that they were there to help, not to hurt Buffy.
"I know what you saw. But that's not who I am now. I changed. My soul was given back to me by a clan of Gypsies...It's a very long story."
"You're a vampire right?" Phoebe asked.
"My name is Angel. And, yes, I am a vampire, with a soul, that is. And just a tip, there are a lot more of my kind around this town that don't have a soul, so you shouldn't be out alone at night. It's not safe."
"I am guessing that from your powers you are the 3 Charmed Ones. Am I right?"
"Yeah, but how do you know?"
"I'm 243 years old. I have met a few witches in my day. Some of them were probably your ancestors. There is someone you should meet."
He motioned for them to follow him, and they did, although they were still a little reluctant to do so.


Buffy and the Scooby Gang were picking up their coats and about to leave for the Bronze, when Angel and the sisters came through the door.
"Angel!" Buffy exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"
"There's someone, well, I really should say someone's, that you should meet. Buffy, these are the Charmed Ones, Phoebe, Piper, and Pru. They are witches. They're in on the fighting evil gig."
Angel turned to the sisters.
"Girls, this is Buffy, the Vampire Slayer."
"The who?" Piper and Pru asked.
"No, I have heard about you. When I was reading about a demon back home, there was mentioning of some kind of I guess, superhero, called a Vampire Slayer. You fight the evil mojo like us, right?"
"Yupper, that would be me. One Slayer...each generation...find the vamps....fight em'...blah-di-blah-di-blah!"
"Hi," Willow said, stepping out from behind Buffy. She gave Angel and Buffy a bad look for not introducing the rest of the gang.
"I'm Willow. This is Xander, Oz, Cordelia, and Buffy's Watcher, Giles. It's nice to have witches as visitors for once. I'm a witch too. Well, a witch in training that is."
"It's nice to meet you. All of you." said Pru.
"So, Angel, Buffy, I think we need to have a chat. Any place we can go to talk?" asked Piper.
"We were just heading to the Bronze," Buffy said.
"Too crowded."
"What about my house?" Buffy asked. Angel leaned in closer to Buffy and whispered to her, "I was wanting to walk you home tonight."
"Well, we'll just have a little company." Buffy whispered back, a coy smile on her face.


Angel and Buffy walked hand in hand with Piper, Phoebe, and Pru in tail down Revello Dr. toward Buffy's house. They had already begun to talk, and had gotten some background information on the sisters. They were from San Francisco. Pru was an appraiser at an antique auction house, Piper owned a restaurant and was a chef, and Phoebe was attending college.
"Sounds like you guys have seen some evil. Well," Buffy's eyes widened and her hand flew to her jacket pulling out 4 stakes, 2 in each hand, "ever staked a vamp?" she said giving 3 of the 4 to the witches. The three girls followed Buffy's gaze. Walking straight toward them were 3 members of the Fang Gang decked out in their game faces.
"You armed?" Buffy asked Angel.
He gave a nod.
Buffy didn't give the vamps the chance to get near the Charmed Ones. She went straight toward them and knocked 2 down with a swift round house to the face. She took a punch in the jaw from the third, but was avenged when Angel joined in the fight. One of the three went after Phoebe. She knocked him to the ground with a swift snap kick
"Where did you learn that?" asked Buffy, as she was blocking punches from the vamp she was fighting.
"I know tae kwon doe. I am nearly a black belt," she said proudly.
"Wanna give us some back up?" asked Buffy.
"The stake goes where?"
"Heart. Gotta use some major force," Buffy said as she dusted her vamp. Angel staked his and he and Buffy stood back and watched as Phoebe held her own against her assailant . After a few quick blows to the head, and two to his midsection, she dusted him.
"Great fighting stance. Do you fight hand to hand with demons a lot?"
"Not much. We mostly use our powers. But since the only thing I could do was premonition them to death, I had to learn some kind of combat to defend myself. I only fight hand to hand if they decide to come after me. Which they usually do!" She chuckled her herself.
"Demons are so annoying that way. So predictable."
The three sisters and Buffy joined inn a laugh. Angel stood there with a solemn look on his face.
"Sorry honey," Buffy gave Angel an innocent smile and a kiss on the cheek.
"Well Phoebe, you can surely hold your own."
"So we know that Phoebe has premonitions, and Pru can like, I don't know, move things with her eyes, and hands, so Piper, what's your power?" Angel asked.
"Well,...." she said throwing her hands up and freezing everything, including Buffy and Angel. She went over and touched them and they unfroze.
"...I can freeze time, along with people." she said.
"Nifty!" Buffy started walking again. "Let's get going. We're almost there." Piper unfroze everything, and they walked on. They walked for about 5 more minutes and they came to Buffy's house.
"Awe...I am home sick. I miss the mansion," said Phoebe.
"Mansion?" Buffy said with an envious look on her face.
"Well, we inherited it from our family. It has been with us for centuries."
"Great! You guys have a mansion, Angel has a mansion. When does the girl who has saved the world at least 5 times get to live in a mansion?" Buffy said sarcastically. The five went into the house. Joyce Summers sat on the couch, sipping tea and reading the Sunnydale Daily. She jumped as they walked in. Joyce hadn't seen Angel since he had lost his soul. She knew he was back thought, and that his soul was back with him.
"Hello Joyce," he said. He kept his eyes lowered. He had done so many terrible things when Angelus had taken over.
"Hello Angel. How are you? I haven't seen you since...it's been a long time," she said.
"I am fine. It's good to see you again too. It has been a long time," he said as he slowly raised his eyes to look at her. It was funny how much Buffy looked like her. They had nothing really in common, and since Joyce had found out about Buffy's whole being the Slayer thing, she had gone kinda wiggy. Joyce looked past Buffy and Angel at the three young faces studying her.
"Buffy, aren't you going to introduce us?"
"Yeah...Oh...Umm...Piper, Phoebe, Pru, this is my mom, Joyce Summers. Mom, this is Piper, Phoebe, and Pru, they are the Charmed Ones. Good Witches. They each have an inherited power, with which they fight demons, like little 'ole me."
"Phoebe had a vision, Buffy, and we need to talk about it. Try to make some sense of it."
"Well, you guys can come in and use the living room. I need to go to bed anyways. Good night honey. Don't stay up to late, and Angel...behave yourself," she said as a light smile crossed her face. Joyce and Buffy may not have much in common, but Angel knew where Buffy got her sarcastic sense of humor.
"Night mom. Love ya!"
"So are you guys hungry? I could go and make something in the kitchen, maybe with a little of Piper's expertise?" Buffy asked her guess.
"Nothing for me Thanks," Angel said.
"Well, Buffy, why don't I come and help you. Piper had to do all the driving on the way here. She is probably beat. I make a mean PBandJ," said Phoebe.
"Sure, Whatever! I am just starved. Angel, don't you want a diet coke or something? I hate for all of us to eat and leave you out."
"Maybe just a coke. I'm full though."
"Hon, don't go into details," Buffy said with a smile.
"Ha Ha!!"
Buffy and Phoebe left the room and walked toward the kitchen.

"So whets the deal with you and vamp boy? Are you two like together?" asked Phoebe.
"Uhh...yeah...we have been together for about 3 years now...we have had a rough relationship, but in the end, here we are. Just a Vampire Slayer and her Vampire boyfriend. I know what you are going to say...HOW? It is a long story. He was bad, got his soul restored, was good, met me, we fell in love, lost his soul again, the usual 'had to send him to hell' gig, and then he came back. He has been through a lot. No matter what he did, I have always loved him. It is really weird," said Buffy making sure to keep her eyes on her work at the moment, which was making sandwiches.
"So, how long have you guys known that you were witches? Have you like had your powers your whole life?"
"No, we had our powers when we were little, but then they disappeared for a long time. We never remembered having the, until we went back in time...long story. We have had then about 2 years now. It has been a long and hard battle against the forces of darkness. How long have you been the Slayer?" Phoebe asked as she poured 5 glasses of diet coke.
"I have been the Slayer for about 4 years now. I found out when I was 15. I was terrified. I got kicked out of school when I burned down the gym because it was full of vamps. Than I moved here and met the gang, and Angel. They are the only thing that has kept me sane. When I first moved here, I wasn't going to slay any more. I was going to blow off my destiny, but then I met Angel. He made me see that I had to slay, to protect everyone, my friends, my family. I have a lot of weight on my shoulders, but hey, at least when I have a bad day, I get to kick some evil butt and blow off some steam."
"So, do you guys have any complicated relationships back home?"
"Well, Piper is in love with our white lighter, which is like our guardian. They kinda have a relationship like yours and Angel's. He shows up and warns us about the big evil and then he has to rush off again. Then Pru was involved with a childhood friend of ours, he was a cop. He was killed by some demons though. She was really broken up about it."
"I totally understand about Piper. It's like, 'Hello honey! There's evil brewing. See you next month.' It gets really old after a while. I understand about Pru too. When I had to kill Angel, I died inside. I ran away for like 3 months and went to L.A. It was really hard. Well, I am just about done with these sandwiches. Why don't you get the tray out from under that cabinet over there. You can set the drinks on it. Come on."
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Angel sat in the living room with Pru and Piper. He was hoping that Buffy would walk through the door right now and stop all the tension. He didn't think that Piper and Pru totally trusted him yet.
"So, how is I living on the Hellmouth?" Pru asked Angel.
"Oh, you know, the usual. Fighting demons, patrolling for vamps, helping Buffy. Just trying to get on with life. Buff is a very accomplished person. She came to Sunnydale and wasn't ever going to slay again, but she found the strength to rise about that. She's a great person. So you guys have really never heard of the Vampire Slayer? I would have thought that you would have known about her a long time ago."
" No, we really didn't know much about our magic or demons or anything else until about 2 years ago. I mean we knew that our Grams and our mother were into magic, but we just thought it was dabbling. We never thought we were going to be fighting demons in our early twenties. It was all new to us," said Piper.
" Sounds like a load. You guys and Buffy have a lot in common."
" Sandwiches anyone?" asked Buffy as her and Phoebe walked into the living room with the tray they had put together.
" Looks good Buff, you should become a gourmet chef," Angel quipped as he took a look a the sandwiches she had made.
" I think I just might after all. Better be careful, you might put Piper out of a job."
" You think you're funny don't you? Boy these little witches are bringing out a humorous side to you. You guys should come here to live. He is usually so serious. So, maybe we should get down to business," she said sitting on the arm of the chair Angel was sitting in.
" So, Phoebe, what was your vision about? Was I fighting demons as I usually am? What?"
" Well, my vision are never really clear. They have something to do with whatever I tough. When I had my vision about you guys, I was touching a book about the Realm of Nether. I saw your High School, Buffy, and I saw you fighting some kind of demon. I never really made out a face, but the girl I saw had your hair and your stature, so I am guessing it was you, unless you have some kind of evil twin running around. So, in summary, I am guessing that the Realm of the Nether is going to open up here in Sunnydale and, well, sorry Buffy, but you are probably going to have to fight some major evil. You'll have help at least," Phoebe looked t the 'not again' look on Buffy's face.
" You would think after 4 years of slaying, I would be use to fighting these things."
" I don't think you ever really get used to seeing what we have seen and dealing with it," Piper said.
" I agree. Totally," said Phoebe.
" When I first met a warlock, I couldn't believe the evil he had in him. He wanted to hurt us so much. Sometimes, they seem so normal. Then, without warning, they change on you."
" People aren't always what they seem," said Angel, seeming to look off in another direction, remembering 2 years ago.
" And they change so quickly, without you even knowing." Buffy added, seeming to be in the same trance Angel was, but seeing whatever they were seeing, slightly different. She suddenly go a very hurt look on her face.
" OK! Let's get back on track!" Buffy suddenly broke her trance. Angel seemed to snap out of it too. Phoebe had already made up her mind to ask Buffy what that was all about, but that would have to wait.
" So, we need to put Giles into research mode. Will can search on the Net. You guys need somewhere to sleep, don't you?" The three girls hesitated, but nodded slowly.
" You guys can stay at my place. I can find some other place to stay."
" Are you sure about that Hun? The only food you have is of the plasma nature. That is going to mean groceries," Buffy said chuckling a little.
" We can just stay at a hotel. Are there any hotels in Sunnydale? We don't want to impose on either one of you." Pru had no intention of coming to this little town to disrupt everyone's lives. She had gotten enough of that back home.
" Well, there are no hotels in Sunnydale that aren't rat infested. I will give you guys some money for groceries. I only have one bed though, so 1 or 2 of you is either going to have to take the couch or the floor. Please. Just take my place." Angel wanted them to be comfortable, but mainly well rested if a fight was coming up that they could help with.
" Where are you going to stay, Angel? We can't just put you out on the street like that." Piper gave him a concerned look. She was always thinking of others.
" He will stay here with me and mom. You can sleep on the couch. We'll reserve a place in the fridge for ya." Buffy let a laugh escape her mouth as she said this to a serious Angel.
" Buffy, I..."
" I won't take 'No' for an answer. If you don't wanna stay with me, then your gonna have to fight me. And you know I can kick your butt." She laughed.
" Well, then I won't even try it," he said with a sarcastically scared look on his face.
" So, I guess everything is settled. You three will stay at my place, and I am going to stay here at Buffy's. I know an all night store where you guys can get what you need. While ya'll go shop, I'll go home and pack a few things. Buffy, you might want to call Giles and tell him about our arrangement and about the Realm of the Nether. Put him into research mode. The sun will be up soon, so I am going to leave now. I'll be here when you guys get back. Here's a key to my place, I have an extra one. Bye Buffy," Angel said kissing her softly.
" Bye! Make sure you are back here in an hour. Don't want you to get sunburned. Even with all the aloe that I have I couldn't undo the damage that the sun will do on you."
" Promise."
Angel left to go home, while Buffy and the sisters gathered up their jackets to leave.
" Are we still going to need these stakes?" asked Piper.
" Most likely no, but slip them into your jackets just incase. You can't be too careful in Sunnydale."
The four girls walked out of the house and piled into Piper's Explorer.