Potential in Smallville

Disclaimer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer belongs to Joss Whedon, while Smallville belongs to Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and whoever I forgot to mention. I do not own these characters.

Timeline: Post "Chosen" but takes place during the end of Chloe's junior year. The season finale did not happen, although Pete did leave. No one will be brought back from the dead.

Full Summary: BtVS/Smallville crossover. When Willow activated the potentials around the world, Chloe Sullivan started to experience certain changes within herself. "Why do these dreams seem so real?" "How was I able to heal myself so quickly?" "Where did all this strength come from?" She keeps her new changes to herself, until the scoobies come to town offering her guidance. She is taken to the new and improved Watcher's Council where she trains for the entire summer. When she finally goes back to Smallville for the start of her senior year, she will see that a lot of things have happened that will need to go on her, now deserted, "Wall of Weird."

Pairings: There will be no pairings in this story, only mentions of past couples. (Ex: Angel/Buffy or Buffy/Spike or something along those lines)

This fic is based off the challenged proposed from by JadeHunter.

Reviewers:

Korasei- Thank you for your comments, but I have never watched Stargate; though I should! Would you be interested in being my beta?

WelshChicky- There could be something between Lex and Chloe, but nothing intimate relationship wise or something. Sorry!

Danni Rand- Terribly sorry about the lack of Buffy/Spike, but I couldn't bring him back… Maybe?

Thanks to the other reviewers: Meghan, Buffy-CrazyaboutAngel

"Blah" means speech

'Halb' means thoughts

Chapter Three: Choices

Somewhere Over America

"And so here we are, Andrew and Willow, flying to Metropolis and then driving to the small town of, well of Smallville, to recruit the newest Vampyre Slayer to our team." This had been pretty much the routine of the flight. Whenever a thought about slayers popped into his head, he would bring out his video camera and start filming. Willow, as well as the others on board around them, got annoyed.

"Willow, what special characteristics do you think the new Vampyre Slayer will have?" The camera was immediately on the redhead.

"I have to go the restroom!" Willow yelped. She left in hurry to avoid being asked another question. She didn't really need to use the restroom, but Andrew didn't need to know that.

"That poor, young Wicca and her tiny bladder," Andrew said into the recorder. "That reminds me of her attempt to destroy me when she was evil, but I overpowered her…"

'I don't know how much longer we have been flying, but we better land soon. I'll even make with the mojo to land it myself!'

As Willow was leaving the restroom, the captain had said they would be landing within 45 minutes.

"See that Willow, the trip didn't take as long as you thought it would," Andrew said.

"Yea, lucky for me that you were here to make it all better," Willow replied sarcastically. Willow wasn't sure if Andrew had heard her and ignored the comment, or if he didn't hear her at all.

"What's even better is that you will have me this entire journey to keep you from going to the dark side, all the while, I will get everything recorded for the other slayers we haven't caught yet."

'This is gonna be a long trip.' Willow thought to herself as she stared out the window at the clouds.

Smallville, Kansas

"Chloe, you seem really out of it lately, you sure you're okay?" Clark asked. Ever since she came back from Metropolis with her father last week, she had been really out of it. Whenever they had a conversation, it was always one-sided.

"I'm fine Clark, really. I've just been thinking about some things lately." It wasn't a complete lie. When she received that e-mail, she was deciding on whether or not to send another one telling them she was joking or something. She hadn't done that yet, but since no one came looking for her yet, she figured she was in the clear. Another thing she was thinking about was telling Clark her secret. She had hoped that if she did, then maybe he could tell her his own secret.

Something inside her told her not to. Every time she was around Clark, she would sense something off about him. She couldn't tell what it was, but there was something definitely wrong. It wasn't the strong feeling she felt that night in Metropolis, so Clark couldn't possibly be a vampire… could he? From what she knew about vampire lore, Clark couldn't be standing in the sun and she's seen him plenty of times doing that. 'I just wish I knew what is about him that makes my senses go off!'

"Chloe, are you listening to me?" Clark asked, waving his hand in her face. "Is there anyone…"

"Clark, I have something to tell you," Chloe interrupted him. "Something happened to me last year and it explains why I've been the way I am now." Chloe herself was interrupted by her cell phone ringing. She was fishing through her purse, only to find out that it was father.

"Chloe, there are two people here who wish to speak with you. You're not in trouble for trespassing again, are you?"

"Oh, of course not dad, I would never do something like that," Chloe said jokingly. "I'll be there as soon as I can."

"Sorry, Clark, that was my dad, I'll see you later," Chloe rushed. "Don't worry about what I was gonna say. It wasn't important, so no need to worry." She left the Talon in a hurry to get away from a bewildered Clark.

Smallville- Sullivan Household

"We're in here, Chloe!" Her dad yelled out as she opened the front door. When she walked to the sound of her dad's voice, another feeling came over her. She noticed the man first. He had a video camera in his hand, and he seemed to be filming everything around him. The feeling came from the woman standing next to him. She could sense that this woman, whoever she was, was strong.

An awkward silence had occurred as soon as Chloe walked into the room. "They came here to answer an e-mail you sent to them."

Chloe's eyes went wide as her dad said those words. She kept looking from her father to the two people. Her dad must have sensed her discomfort, so he excused himself from the room.

"I'm Willow; I was one of the people who got your e-mail." Before Willow could walk up to Chloe, Andrew shoved the camera in her face.

"So, tell our nice viewers how it feels to be a Vampyre Slayer."

"Uh… a what?" Chloe asked, a little freaked out.

Willow was able to get Andrew away from Chloe long enough to explain why they were there. "Don't mind him; he's just a little excited. He's Andrew, by the way."

"So, then everything that's been happening to me, you can explain, right?" Chloe asked slowly.

"From what you've told us, everything that's happened to you is normal," Willow said, with an amused look from Chloe. "Well, for what you have become, you are considered normal."

"Well, what am I then?" Chloe asked. "I know I'm this slayer that people keep calling me, but I don't know what a slayer is."

"I can cover that also," Willow said with a smile. "Except, Giles does this a lot better than I do, with the accent and everything, but here goes." With a deep breath, Willow began to tell the story of the Vampire Slayer. "Into each generation, there is a Chosen One. One girl in all the world born with the strength and skill to stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness. She is the slayer."

"…"

"I tell it better than that," Andrew mumbled.

"Um… wow. I knew there was something different about me, but being a demon slayer wasn't exactly at the top of the list," Chloe said.

"Well, at least you are taking it better than other slayers."

"Wait, there are others?" Chloe asked confused. "But you just said "one girl in all the world."

"That's another long story that I have to explain before we get down to the real business." Before Willow could start, Andrew interjected.

"It doesn't have to be a long story, y'know."

"Hello, it's basically my story to tell! If it weren't for me, we would all be dead right now!" Willow snapped at Andrew.

"I can see what you mean," Andrew said calmly, "but I have here in my handy dandy fanny pack tapes of when we were Sunnydale. Fortunately, everything should be explained on them."

"I guess you proved Buffy wrong," Willow said amused. 'I probably shouldn't tell her that.'

"Buffy?" Chloe asked. She watched the exchange between Andrew and Willow and didn't understand a word they were saying.

"Sit, young one, and let us take you back to the time when there was only slayer… Well, actually two, but that also gets explained, but lets just watch," Andrew said excitedly.

Chloe watched on the screen as the past Andrew pointed his camera at everyone who was standing in the kitchen. Most of the people were female and two others were male. The camera went immediately to a blonde woman when the Andrew who was filming started talking.

"You've already met Buffy. She's beautiful, with a lion's heart and—and the face of an angel. She's never afraid, because she knows her side will always win." The camera stayed on Buffy, but zoomed out to fit a man in its screen. "Buffy and Spike have some history. You can feel the heat between them, although, technically, as a vampyre, he's room temperature.

Many questions were already going through Chloe's head, but she didn't have time to ask as the video camera focused on another woman. "Anya— a feisty waif with a fiery temper and a vulnerable heart that she hides; even from herself."

"This lovely girl— I don't remember…" The video suddenly began to fast forward.

"The next part isn't really for you. I'll take you to Willow's story next," Andrew said with a smile. "Ah, here we are."

Chloe watched as a dark haired girl held Willow's hand as they listened to the woman named Buffy talk.

"Willow and Kennedy have been in kind of a bad place lately, but things are looking up. You see, Kennedy pursued the reluctant Willow and won her heart... Only to find herself frightened when she glimpsed the darkness that still lies within the witch's mind."

The video soon stopped as Willow announced that she couldn't take anymore of this. "Where was the explanation on that? I don't really think she learned much about what it is we do."

"But..."

"Go wait in the car Andrew… I'll explain and I'll be there in a few minutes," Willow said firmly.

"Um, the tapes were really… helpful," Chloe forced out.

"You don't have to lie… He's gone now," Willow said with a smile. "I will start out with the basics. This is basically the Scooby gang that consists of Buffy, Xander, Giles, and me. We picked up other members eventually, but we will get there in time."

"There is Rupert Giles. When he was younger he dabbled in dark magicks. When he grew older he became a watcher at the Watcher's Council. The council is in charge of the slayers and the watchers are those who train them. He was sent to be Buffy's watcher. That was all he was supposed to do. He became our surrogate father and helped us through the years. Buffy was, obviously, the original slayer and our leader. Xander was our best friend…"

"Does he have special powers too?"

"If you consider the ability to get doughnuts in a pinch a power, then he does?" Willow chuckled.

"That would be a no the, I guess. What about you though?"

"I'm a witch."

"…"

"I know it's hard to believe but you're a slayer, so why can't I be a witch?" Willow asked defensively.

"That's true, but it's still a lot to take in, after all."

"Well, get yourself comfortable because this is going to be a long story," Willow said as she sat down on the couch next to Chloe.

Smallville- Hotel

"Do you think she's gonna want to accept our offer," Andrew asked Willow as they made their way into their room.

"She seemed to handle everything I told her. This led me to believe that something in this town is similar to Sunnydale. I gave her the rest of this week to decide," Willow answered. Usually, whenever Willow had to inform a new slayer, they took in the information, but not before going into denial about it. Chloe seemed to be levelheaded about the whole thing. Plus, when Willow entered the town for the first time, a powerful wave of, something, overflowed her senses.

"What did you tell her, exactly?" Andrew asked bringing Willow out of her thoughts.

"I started off with telling her about the people she would either meet or hear about from other people. Then I told her about Buffy's life as the slayer. That was about it since she should only hear the slayer's story. I made mention about the things that the other Scooby members have done." This got her look from Andrew.

"And yes, I told her about your time as a super villain," Willow groaned. She actually did tell Chloe, but it was more as a story to lighten the mood and prompted them to having a big laugh about Andrew's evil antics.

"Good. I wouldn't want there to be anything bad between us since I'm on the road to redemption. Don't want her to think that I'm trying to be evil again," Andrew said seriously, even though Willow was trying not to die of laughter.

"I don't think it's going to be a problem."

"So, what is she going to tell her dad and her friends?"

"We came up with the perfect plan and surprisingly, her dad already said that it was okay. He believes that Chloe won a chance to go to England to attend a school for journalism. I don't know how that passed since she is probably going to miss the half year of school. Luckily, she will still be learning regular things with the slayers who are also missing school. I think telling her friend, Clark, will be the hardest part. She told me about him and from what she was saying about him, she really likes him. I don't think she's gonna want to leave him."

Smallville- The Talon

One week. Willow gave Chloe one week to decide what she wanted to do. It had only been a day since Willow told Chloe about her destiny. The choices that Willow gave her would be hard to choose. 'So basically, I either stay here and possibly get killed by a demon because I wasn't trained, or go to England and get some training and come back here to protect the people, or go to England for a very long time and get reassigned to a random place around world. I never thought I would have to make this decision.'

Chloe had thought about her choices all night and morning and wanted Clark to be the first person she told. So here she was in the Talon, waiting for him to show up so she can tell him that she's leaving for a period of time that is undecided.

"Did you need to tell me something, Chloe?" Clark asked as he sat down.

"Yes, I've been meaning to tell you what's been going on since last time we were interrupted."

"You said something happened last year… What was it?"

'Oh crap. I forgot I told him that. Think of something fast Chloe! Tell him about the supposed journalism school!'

"I put in an application last year to a school in England and I was accepted for the summer semester!" Chloe said with too much enthusiasm.

"That's great, Chloe!"

"You're really okay with this?" Chloe asked shocked.

"Why wouldn't I be? I mean, you're getting chance to go overseas and it's a great opportunity. It's just for the summer, so I'll manage."

"That's the thing, Clark," Chloe said slowly, "I'll be gone through at least the first semester of our senior year, maybe even throughout the entire school year."

The smile on Clark's lips left his face at the words that his best friend was leaving. "How can you miss the whole year?"

"I'll be doing my schooling over there, so I won't be falling behind or anything like that," Chloe said in an attempt to console her friend. "And I'm sure they won't mind you coming over to visit when you have a break or something."

'But I don't think they would want someone who had no idea what we were up to disturb us. How would Clark look in a school with mostly girls who are stronger than him?'

Seeing the somewhat happy face of Clark made Chloe regret what she said. It wasn't her place to invite her friend to someplace she hasn't even been before. "Maybe."

"Since you're leaving, who is going to be in charge of the Torch?"

"Well, I was hoping you could take care of it. You've done stories for me before, so you should have no problem handling it by yourself."

"Are you sure, Chloe? It wouldn't be the same without."

"I think you'd be great reporter, Clark. And you can always e-mail me on anything you are unsure of."

"So, I guess this is goodbye then?" Clark asked. With a nod from Chloe, Clark hugged his best friend and placed a kiss on her forehead. "Goodbye, Chloe."

Smallville- Hotel

As soon as Chloe left the Torch, she was fighting the urge to cry. She didn't know that her decision would leave her feeling like this. She was leaving everything she knew behind. She went straight to Willow to tell her about the choice that she made and hoped that the witch could make her feel better.

"Chloe, what are you doing… Have you been crying?" Willow asked as she opened the door to find a sobbing Chloe.

"Is there some spell you can do to make me stop feeling this way?" Chloe asked frantically.

"Trust me when I say that whatever you're feeling, you will have to deal with it without the help of magic. When it's involved nothing good will happen," Willow said remembering all too well of her own experiences.

"So, it does get better then?"

"It will take time, have no doubt about that, but eventually, you will realize that you made the right decision and it was for the best. And plus, you will come back stronger than ever."

The last sentence made Chloe laugh as she thought about what she could do after she got properly trained at the Council.

"Not to mention, you will make friends at the school who are the same as you. You won't have to hide your powers from them or have to be all stealthy and stuff."

"So I guess you know what my decision is then?"

"Right when I saw you sobbing, I knew. I see it every time a slayer has to make that decision."

"I guess it won't be that bad, after all. New school, new friends, fresh start," Chloe said with a determined face.

"Exactly! You get there and make with the friend making and everything will be great."

"Not to mention that I always wanted to visit England."

"It does take my breath away sometimes. Way different than it is in America."

"So when do we leave?"

"Two days from today. That should give you time to pack what you need and make with anymore goodbyes."

"Trust me, I won't even need two days. My goodbyes have been made." Chloe said as she made her way to the door.

Metropolis Airport

"If you are having any second thoughts, it's too late," Willow said.

"Not even off my first thought."

"And what would that thought be?"

"That I have never taken a flight over the ocean before and I am definitely thinking of the worst right now."

"Don't worry. My first time, I had the wiggins too, but it's actually an enjoyable flight. Well, at least when Andrew isn't speaking."

"Where is Andrew, anyway?" Chloe asked looking around the terminal.

"He's probably trying to get some snacks or something. You'll learn to not worry about him when he wanders off."

"I'm here," Andrew said out of breath. "I went to get some food, but then I heard someone say we were boarding and I had to make the decision of waiting for my food or leaving."

"And we see you waited and just cut in front of all those angry people to board the plane," Willow said laughing.

Chloe soon tuned them both out as they began arguing about how Andrew got in front of the passengers behind them. She began to think about beginning her new life in a few days. After she boards this plane, she has to make her connecting flight in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she will be taken to England. She was hoping that her new life would be a good life.

End Choices

I hope this chapter was an enjoyable one for you all and that you review! The lines with Andrew talking about the Scooby gang are from "Storyteller!"

Next Chapter

-Chloe meets the slayers and her new roommates

-Chloe attempts some magic

-Chloe starts her classes