A/N Sorry about the short chapters. As for the lack of detail, I wrote
this entire fic between classes and focussed mainly on the dialogue. It
took me a long time, but it's finished. I'm just now posting it. I'll put
it up a chapter or two at a time for a couple of weeks. Thanks for being
patient.
---Specialkay
"Giles?" Anya said from behind Buffy. "I thought you were in England."
"I was, but I flew back for the wedding." Giles explained.
"Where were you before you switched?" Buffy asked urgently.
"I was on a plane, coming here, why?" He answered and asked in the same sentence, curious as to why Bufffy was so interested.
"Dawn might be there. We'll split up. Giles, you and Willow take the airport. Anya and Spike will take Spike's crypt and I'll check around town. Meet at the Magic Box." With that, Buffy was gone, running down Revello drive at top speed. The rest of the Scoobies exited the house as well, spliting up as they reached the end of the drive way.
"I'm over here." Came a voice from the corner.
"Xander?" Anya said as she walked toward the voice.
"Yeah. And just let me say that Spike is the single dullest person I know." Xander said, emerging from the shadows.
"Oh, I am, am I?" Spike said as he approached Xander.
"No." Xander whined. "He's me."
"Yeah, well I'm not exactly jumping for joy myself. Is my hair really that blonde?"
"Yeah, it is. Look in a mirror sometime- oh wait you can't." Xander said in a mocking tone to Spike.
"Will you two stop arguing? Xander and I are going to be late for our own wedding if we don't hurry."
"Anya, if we try to get married today we'll be a 15 year old and a pile of dust." Xander reminded Anya, who sadly nodded in reluctant agreement.
"Let's get back to the Magic Box and work on finding a counter spell. The sooner I get out of this body the better." Spike announced.
"Hello. Sunlight." Xander reminded.
Spike sighed and grabbed a brown blanket from the table in the corner of the room. The twit had seen him use it enough that it should have been obvious to him, but then again Spike had to remind himself how stupid Harris could be.
Xander felt stupid. He'd seen Spike use that same scorched, brown blanket at least a hundred times.
"Throw this over you and stay out of direct sunlight." He said, tossing the blanket to Xander who hesitated a moment before putting it over him. He wasn't sure he trusted it to keep safe. Boy some sun block would be good right about now, maybe SPF 3000 would work, he thought.
With that the three of them set off for the Magic Box.
Mean while Willow and Giles were just arriving at the airport to look for Dawn or possibly Xander. After a moment of searching they realized there was no way they would ever spot Giles' body in the crowd.
"I'll just do a spell." Willow said, then seeing the worry in Giles' eyes she added, "It's not dangerous or anything. It just parts the crowd to reveal the one you're looking for. It doesn't even physically part them, it's just an illusion that only the person who casts it can see. "
"Alright then, but quickly." Giles agreed somewhat reluctantly.
"Partimus." Willow said while waving her hand.
"Did you see?" Giles asked.
"No." Willow replied, then tried again. "Partimus." Still nothing. "My powers aren't working." She explained the obvious.
She gazed around the airport, wondering what could have happened to her powers, and realizing they'd have to do this the hard way.
"Let's check the bathroom." She said at last. "You take the men's room incase it's Xander and I'll take the women's incase it's Dawn." She directed.
"Okay." Giles agreed, not thinking about the fact that he was in a women's body.
They walked to the restrooms. Willow tugged at the heavy metal doors, which had always been hard for her to open, but it came open with ease. In fact it camme right off it's hinges. Willow merely stood there in shock as Giles came running.
"You obviously have the strength of the slayer." Giles said.
"Really? I never would have guessed." Willow's reply dripped with sarcasm.
"Hey, that was locked." Came a voice from the bathroom.
"Dawn?" Willow said, barely able to keep a straight face as she watched the person who looked like Giles, the stuffy old British man she'd known for six years, sitting, curled up on the floor of the women's bathroom sobbing.
"Buffy!?" Dawn mumble through tears.
"Not exactly Dawnie." Willow started to explain. "I'm Willow and this is Giles." She said gesturing to the figure behind her.
"What happened to me?" Dawn asked, still crying. "I fell asleep in my own bed and my own body and when I woke up I was on an airplane in Giles' body."
"Well we don't really know what happened. This morning we all woke up in each other's bodies." Willow explained softly, so the ever growing crowd would hear.
"Well I want out." Dawn said as she stood up.
"The Magic Box will be the best place to find out what's wrong." Giles piped in.
"You don't say." Dawn replied in a tone much like Willow's only moments earlier.
With that the three of them headed to the magic box.
When they arrived Spike, Xander, and Anya were already there.
"Giles?" Xander asked.
"Yes." Giles answered.
Xander chuckled. "Then it's true, you really did get put in Anya's body… but in a manly way of course." Xander changed his tone mid-sentence after seeing the ultra pissed look Giles was throwing him.
"Is that little bit?" Spike asked pointing at Dawn.
"Yeah, it's me." Dawn said weakly. She felt stupid, she wished she'd have gotten Buffy's body or Willow's, heck she'd settle for Xander or Spike, anyone but Giles. "Where's Buffy?"
"Out looking for you." Anya answered quickly.
"She'll be back soon." Willow assured her. Then, to Spike Xander and Anya she asked, "Any luck with a reversal spell?"
Xander looked at the ground. He knew this was his fault and that the reversal spell would probably be in the same book the spell he had cast was in, but he was to scared to tell them. He had spent the afternoon looking through many books, but specifically avoiding the one he had used the night before. He would pick it up casually after awhile so no one would be suspicious of him. He closed the book he'd been thumbing through and reached for the book he needed. As he did Anya said something very disturbing.
"I've already looked through that book twice, there's nothing in there. Well there were several spells that could have caused this, but no reversal spells.
"Oh…" Xander answered, feeling sick. Up until now he'd thought returning to his own body would happen by the end of the night, but now he didn't know.
---Specialkay
"Giles?" Anya said from behind Buffy. "I thought you were in England."
"I was, but I flew back for the wedding." Giles explained.
"Where were you before you switched?" Buffy asked urgently.
"I was on a plane, coming here, why?" He answered and asked in the same sentence, curious as to why Bufffy was so interested.
"Dawn might be there. We'll split up. Giles, you and Willow take the airport. Anya and Spike will take Spike's crypt and I'll check around town. Meet at the Magic Box." With that, Buffy was gone, running down Revello drive at top speed. The rest of the Scoobies exited the house as well, spliting up as they reached the end of the drive way.
"I'm over here." Came a voice from the corner.
"Xander?" Anya said as she walked toward the voice.
"Yeah. And just let me say that Spike is the single dullest person I know." Xander said, emerging from the shadows.
"Oh, I am, am I?" Spike said as he approached Xander.
"No." Xander whined. "He's me."
"Yeah, well I'm not exactly jumping for joy myself. Is my hair really that blonde?"
"Yeah, it is. Look in a mirror sometime- oh wait you can't." Xander said in a mocking tone to Spike.
"Will you two stop arguing? Xander and I are going to be late for our own wedding if we don't hurry."
"Anya, if we try to get married today we'll be a 15 year old and a pile of dust." Xander reminded Anya, who sadly nodded in reluctant agreement.
"Let's get back to the Magic Box and work on finding a counter spell. The sooner I get out of this body the better." Spike announced.
"Hello. Sunlight." Xander reminded.
Spike sighed and grabbed a brown blanket from the table in the corner of the room. The twit had seen him use it enough that it should have been obvious to him, but then again Spike had to remind himself how stupid Harris could be.
Xander felt stupid. He'd seen Spike use that same scorched, brown blanket at least a hundred times.
"Throw this over you and stay out of direct sunlight." He said, tossing the blanket to Xander who hesitated a moment before putting it over him. He wasn't sure he trusted it to keep safe. Boy some sun block would be good right about now, maybe SPF 3000 would work, he thought.
With that the three of them set off for the Magic Box.
Mean while Willow and Giles were just arriving at the airport to look for Dawn or possibly Xander. After a moment of searching they realized there was no way they would ever spot Giles' body in the crowd.
"I'll just do a spell." Willow said, then seeing the worry in Giles' eyes she added, "It's not dangerous or anything. It just parts the crowd to reveal the one you're looking for. It doesn't even physically part them, it's just an illusion that only the person who casts it can see. "
"Alright then, but quickly." Giles agreed somewhat reluctantly.
"Partimus." Willow said while waving her hand.
"Did you see?" Giles asked.
"No." Willow replied, then tried again. "Partimus." Still nothing. "My powers aren't working." She explained the obvious.
She gazed around the airport, wondering what could have happened to her powers, and realizing they'd have to do this the hard way.
"Let's check the bathroom." She said at last. "You take the men's room incase it's Xander and I'll take the women's incase it's Dawn." She directed.
"Okay." Giles agreed, not thinking about the fact that he was in a women's body.
They walked to the restrooms. Willow tugged at the heavy metal doors, which had always been hard for her to open, but it came open with ease. In fact it camme right off it's hinges. Willow merely stood there in shock as Giles came running.
"You obviously have the strength of the slayer." Giles said.
"Really? I never would have guessed." Willow's reply dripped with sarcasm.
"Hey, that was locked." Came a voice from the bathroom.
"Dawn?" Willow said, barely able to keep a straight face as she watched the person who looked like Giles, the stuffy old British man she'd known for six years, sitting, curled up on the floor of the women's bathroom sobbing.
"Buffy!?" Dawn mumble through tears.
"Not exactly Dawnie." Willow started to explain. "I'm Willow and this is Giles." She said gesturing to the figure behind her.
"What happened to me?" Dawn asked, still crying. "I fell asleep in my own bed and my own body and when I woke up I was on an airplane in Giles' body."
"Well we don't really know what happened. This morning we all woke up in each other's bodies." Willow explained softly, so the ever growing crowd would hear.
"Well I want out." Dawn said as she stood up.
"The Magic Box will be the best place to find out what's wrong." Giles piped in.
"You don't say." Dawn replied in a tone much like Willow's only moments earlier.
With that the three of them headed to the magic box.
When they arrived Spike, Xander, and Anya were already there.
"Giles?" Xander asked.
"Yes." Giles answered.
Xander chuckled. "Then it's true, you really did get put in Anya's body… but in a manly way of course." Xander changed his tone mid-sentence after seeing the ultra pissed look Giles was throwing him.
"Is that little bit?" Spike asked pointing at Dawn.
"Yeah, it's me." Dawn said weakly. She felt stupid, she wished she'd have gotten Buffy's body or Willow's, heck she'd settle for Xander or Spike, anyone but Giles. "Where's Buffy?"
"Out looking for you." Anya answered quickly.
"She'll be back soon." Willow assured her. Then, to Spike Xander and Anya she asked, "Any luck with a reversal spell?"
Xander looked at the ground. He knew this was his fault and that the reversal spell would probably be in the same book the spell he had cast was in, but he was to scared to tell them. He had spent the afternoon looking through many books, but specifically avoiding the one he had used the night before. He would pick it up casually after awhile so no one would be suspicious of him. He closed the book he'd been thumbing through and reached for the book he needed. As he did Anya said something very disturbing.
"I've already looked through that book twice, there's nothing in there. Well there were several spells that could have caused this, but no reversal spells.
"Oh…" Xander answered, feeling sick. Up until now he'd thought returning to his own body would happen by the end of the night, but now he didn't know.