Disclaimer:
None of these characters are mine. All characters from Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Charmed are the property of Joss Whedon and Aaron Spelling, respectively. Tigger (as created by A. A. Milne and "The Tigger Song" (written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman) are the property of The Walt Disney Company.
Summary:
AU – Crossover between the Charmed and Buffyverses. What happens when a certain half-human demon and a red-headed witch get together?
Author's Note:
This idea came to while I was daydreaming one day. Let me know if it works.
Chapter Three – The Most Wonderful Thing Is He's The Only One!
Willow looked up from her computer and looked over at her children playing in the family room (or as Cole pretentiously called it, the media room). Buffy, just barely two, was watching Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger Too! She adored Winnie and all his friends – her favorite was Piglet. (Much to Cole's disgust. For some reason, probably his own demonic childhood experiences, he really disliked cartoons.)
Ben, a grown-up four, was playing with his little army men. Of course, when Ben played with army men, it was different from other children. Ben had shown magical abilities early. He could animate nearly any inanimate object. He just looked at his toys and they danced, flew, or marched, as the army men were doing.
Willow looked again at the army men marching and waging war. She shuddered. Willow hated these toys, but Ben really liked them. And, as long as Ben never showed a tendency at solving things with violence, Willow never really put her foot down.
She laughed softly to herself. She and Cole had such a strong relationship and, yet, they had so many differences. Cole was as politically conservative as they come, and Willow was just as the opposite. After all Angel himself always said that she wasn't just a 'bleeding-heart liberal,' more like a 'bleeding-every-corpuscle-in-her-body liberal.'
She looked up to the clock. Just after five. Cole promised to be home before six. I should probably really start dinner, she thought to herself and sighed. Willow didn't really feel like cooking tonight. Maybe they should go out. Or perhaps make tacos or pizza at home. The children really liked that. They really loved being able to make their own dinner. And you didn't have to plan a whole meal. Unfortunately, they really didn't have all the fixings for either.
"Oh, dear," she sighed out loud.
Ben turned quickly at hearing his mommy's voice. The army men all fell down. "What is it, Mommy?" He rushed up to his mommy and Willow nearly wept at the love she always saw in her son's eyes.
She smiled at him, her green eyes meeting the piercing blue of her son's. "No, little man. Mommy's just trying to figure out what to make for dinner."
Just then, a crash sounded from the family room where Buffy was watching tv. Looking over there, Willow could just not believe her eyes. There bouncing through the family room was a large six-foot tiger – and he was singing!
"...tops are made out of rubber,
their bottoms are made out of springs"
"Buffy Elizabeth Turner!" Willow screamed. "Get rid of that Tigger right now!"
CRASH! Tigger had bounced into one of the shelves full of DVDs. All the DVDs were now on the floor in a jumble.
"...bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
fun, fun, fun..."
Well, not THAT much fun, thought Willow. She cringed as Tigger started bouncing (or was it trouncing?) towards the dining room.
"Sowwy, mommy!" Buffy cried. She was actually frightened and Willow didn't think she was frightened of mommy. Actually, Tigger was actually a lot more...
CRASH! CRASH! Willow almost felt the glasses and crystal breaking down. "Oh, no!" Willow cried. "My best Orb of Thessala!"
"...the most wonderful thing about Tiggers is I'm the only one!"
Thank God, Willow thought to herself. I don't know if I could take more than one.
Then she heard it. Ben was chanting.
"My sister made Tigger come to be,
And make the dining room a mess,
Let him go back to the tv,
And never our house again to bless."
"What the hell?" Cole's voice rang out from the entryway. He looked and saw a large tiger, like the one in Buffy's cartoon, but only for a second before a breeze whisked through the dining room and he was gone.
"I did it!" Ben proclaimed triumphantly. He'd never really tried a spell before, but he was so happy it worked. "I did it, mommy! Did you see? Did you see?"
"Oh, my wonderful little magical man! You saved us." Willow enthused and swept up her son and swung him around the room. "Did you see your son, Cole? Did you hear that perfect little spell? His FIRST spell!"
"Well, I only really saw the results. It must've been a good spell, Ben. I'm really proud of you." Cole praised his son. He strode over and ruffled his son's hair as he preened in his mother's embrace. "But, just what was that thing and where did it come from?"
"M-me, Daddy." A small little voice let out from across the room. Buffy was looking down at her daddy's feet. She didn't want her daddy to stop loving her. "I tink I did it, daddy. I'm sowwy. I didn't mean it."
Cole looked down at his beautiful little girl. There were tears in her big green eyes and she was twirling her bright red curls between her small little fingers. He smiled and sighed. He bent down and picked her up, kissing her on her little cheeks. "Oh, sweetie, I'm sure it was an accident. But, you need to be careful. You know, like not throwing energy balls in the house."
Buffy smiled happily at her daddy. He wasn't angry. She was still daddy's little girl! "I know, daddy. I clean up da mess, I pwomise."
Willow smiled fondly at her husband. Sometimes it was hard to believe he was a demon and had killed so many innocent people. He was such a good father.
Cole put down Buffy and gave her a mock spank on her behind. He walked to Willow and took Ben out of her arms and placed him on the floor. Easing his arms carefully around his wife, he leaned into her and kissed her thoroughly. "That's better. Well, darling, it looks like you had a more exciting day than I did."
Willow laughed and rested her head on his shoulder. She relished these times when their magics intertwined and she felt the full force of their combined passion and love. "Mmmmmm. I never thought just how much mess Tigger could cause. He even sang his song."
"Song, he has a song?" Cole blurted out, damning himself at interrupting the perfect moment.
Willow leaned back and laughed at her husband. "Honey, don't you pay attention to Buffy's cartoons? Tigger has a song. Well, I'd better see if I can figure out what to make for dinner."
"Honey, stop." Cole soothed. "Why don't we go out for pizza?"
"YAAAAYY!" Ben and Buffy yelled.
"Well it's unanimous then." Willow laughed.