"Buffy's Cordelia"
Season 5 and up
Disclaimer: I don't own it!
Pairings: Buffy/Cordelia; Willow/Faith
Summary: Re-write
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Chapter 50: Gone
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Summers house
The door was unlocked but Buffy when she and Cordelia arrived in Sunnydale. Buffy knew that Cordelia wanted to show her the new apartment but Buffy wanted to come back home to her house to make sure everyone was okay and still alive. She walked up the stairs and went into Dawn's room to see if her sister was home…she wasn't.
The she turned and walked down the hall to Willow and Faith's room and when she opened the door no one was there. She turned make around and made a confused face. She didn't know where everyone was, they all knew she was coming home today so she didn't understand why they all wouldn't be home to greet her.
She walked back down stairs when the front door opened and in walked Dawn. Buffy smiled as she walked over to her sister. She gave Dawn an hugged but she felt as if her sister was holding back. Buffy stepped back and looked at her. "What?" Buffy asked confused about why hr sister was acting so weird. "What happened?" Buffy asked even more concerned.
"It's Faith," Dawn said.
"What happened to Faith? Is she okay?" Buffy asked and at this point Cordelia walked back into the living room with a diet Pepsi.
"She's fine…it's just," Dawn paused and waited for her sister to say something but she said nothing. "She moved out," Dawn said. "Her and Willow were fighting, she said Willow was using too much magic but Willow disagreed." She said.
"Did she say anything about Amy?" Buffy asked knowing why Willow got mad.
"Yeah she told Willow that she needed to stop hanging out with Amy, that she was being a bad influence." Dawn explained.
"I knew it!" Buffy said and Cordelia looked at her confused. "I knew that Faith was going to say something about Amy but she didn't listen when I told her not to," Buffy said.
"Buff if Faith is worried about how her girlfriend is hanging out with she has a right to bring it up," Cordelia explained.
"Not to Willow," Buffy said. "Willow is someone who doesn't take jealousy lightly. She looks at it as a form of mistrust," Buffy explained.
"It wasn't about jealousy," Dawn explained. "It was about worry," she added.
"Willow doesn't see it that way," Buffy said.
"This time I do," Willow said as she walked over to Buffy. Buffy looked up at her and saw that her eyes were completely black and she was walking funny. "Buffy…I need your help," she said as she fell to her knees and started to shake.
Buffy got to the floor as quickly as possible and picked her up. "We need to get her to the hospital," she said as she started toward the door but when Dawn opened it Amy stood before her. "Amy…what are you doing here?" she asked.
"They can't help her," Amy said. "It's magic," she said as she looked at Willow. "Just take her upstairs and let her rest it out. It'll pass in a day," she explained.
"How do you know this?" Buffy asked.
"Because it happened to me…he only does it to the ones he likes, it makes there magic last longer," she explained before she turned and walked away.
"Who's he?" Buffy asked but Amy didn't even turn around. Buffy turned and ran upstairs with Willow in her arms. She laid Willow down on the bed and walked out closing the door behind her. "What the hell happened when I was gone?" she asked.
"Downstairs," Cordelia when she saw the look on Buffy's face, she knew this wasn't going to be good. The three of them made there way downstairs and when Buffy sat on the couch Cordelia looked at Dawn. "Now explain."
Tara's apartment
Faith had never been her before nor did she ever expect to come here. But she knew Tara and she knew that Tara knew that something was up with Willow. Faith stood outside her girlfriend's ex-girlfriends door. Tara and she had never really gotten to know each other and not that she didn't want to. Tara just never came around after the break-up with Willow.
Faith brought her hand up to knock but the door opened before she had a chance and standing before her was Tara. "Okay that was weird," Faith said as she looked at the wicca.
"Can I help you?" Tara asked obviously not to thrilled about Faith standing in her doorway. "If you don't mind I'm busy," she lied and she hated herself because she knew from experience with Buffy that slayers could tell when someone was lying.
"We need to talk," Faith said.
"We have nothing to discuss with each other," Tara said trying to close the door but Faith held it open.
"It's about Willow," she said and Tara moved aside so Faith could enter. When Faith was in Tara shut the door with a wicked grin on her face.
Magic Box
Cordelia and Buffy made there way to the Magic Box to see Anya and Xander hoping that maybe they could help fill in what had happened while they were gone. After all Dawn had only given them her point of view so they didn't know what to think and who to blame.
They walked through the door and they saw Anya at the counter but they didn't see Xander anywhere. Buffy walked over to Anya as Cordelia went over and sat at the table. "Anya," Buffy said as she approached her.
"Buffy! Hey! Your back form England so I see everything went over well," she said as she looked at Cordelia who in turn rolled her eyes. "So everything's okay?" Anya asked looking down at the receipts.
Buffy looked back at Cordelia. "So far so good," she said with a smile. "Where's Xander?" Buffy asked turning back to her.
"In the back getting something outta stock for me," she said with a smile. Buffy lend over the counter to see what Anya was really looking at and before Anya could do anything Buffy snatched it from her. "HEY!"
"Look what Anya's looking at instead of paying attention to her customers," Buffy said tossing the magazine to Cordelia. "That's not very good serves I might just have to complain," she said looking at Anya.
"I define customers as someone who PAYS," Anya said. "Now can I please have my magazine back before Xander comes back out here," she whined.
"What he doesn't like you looking at these?" Cordelia asked. "Did you ever mind?" she turned and asked Buffy.
"It did get annoying at times but I got over it," she said. "Plus I looked at them to so it didn't matter," she said with a smirk. "Do you have any idea what went down while we were away?" she asked.
"You'd have to talk to Xander, no one talks to me," she said as she pulled another magazine out of the counter. "He should be back any minute." She added. Buffy sighed and walked over to where Cordelia was sitting.
Summers' house
Willow was lying on the bed that she and Faith used to share. She didn't know how long Faith could stay mad but she knew from experience not to mess with her when she was mad, bad things tend to happen.
Just as she began to doze off she heard someone coming up the stairs. When she turned toward her doorway she thought she would see Faith, instead she saw Amy. She rolled back over turning her back to the wicca.
"What do you want?" she asked.
"I want to know if you want to go out tonight?" she asked as she sat down on the bed next to Willow. "Come on it'll be fun," she said.
"No," Willow said. "Ever since I started going out with you I've lost everything," she said.
"Like what?" Amy asked in a disbelieving tone.
"For one my girlfriend," she said.
"You haven't lost me," and voice said from the doorway. "I'm right here," Faith said. "And I think you should leave," she added.
"You can't tell me what to do," Amy said.
"Oh I can and I will especially since Tara told me everything," she said as she looked at Amy.
"You talked to Tara?" Willow asked surprised. She looked over at Amy and saw that she was becoming more and more nervous by the second. "What did Tara say?" Willow asked.
"Nothing that you need to know about," Amy said looking directly at Faith. "Ever," she added with a harsher tone. "Come on Faith, you and I, we can work this out." She added.
"Leave. Now." Faith said as she looked at the women before her. And before Amy or Willow could say another word Amy was out of the room and down the stairs faster that Willow had ever seen anyone run before.
Magic Shop
Buffy and Cordelia had been waiting for Xander for a good hour in the Magic Box. Buffy was about to get up and ask Anya if she knew exactly when Xander would be back but then she saw that the ex-demon was once again engrossed in a wedding magazine. She looked over at Cordelia who just shrugged her shoulders.
"I'm gonna go get something to eat, want anything?" Buffy asked as she stood. "Cor?" she asked when Cordelia didn't answer.
"Hm…no thanks, I'm good," she said as she looked down at the book she was reading.
Buffy walked toward the door and when she opened it she looked back at Cordelia. "Hey Cor?" she called and Cordelia looked up at her. "We're already married," she said and then she walked out of the Magic Box. Behind her at the table Cordelia threw the wedding magazine on the table.
Outside
Buffy was walking across the street when she heard scuffling in the alleyway. When she looked over in that direction she saw Warren, Jonathon, and Andrew fighting over something. "Hey." She said as she made her way over to them.
"Oh no," Jonathon said as he tried to get the item away from Andrew. "Give it to me she's coming," he said but then suddenly he pulled the trigger. He looked over in the direction that Buffy was and saw that she was no longer there. "Oh crap," he said as he got rid of his grip on the item and alone Andrew stood with the gun in his hand. Soon he turned and fled the same was Warren and Jonathon had went.
Buffy didn't know what had happened to her but when she went to go look at her hands she didn't see anything. "Oh no," she said as she stood up and made her way to the Magic Box.
Magic Box
When Buffy walked into the Magic Box she saw that Xander was there. They had all looked in her direction but then looked back at each other as if they didn't see her. Which they didn't, Buffy realized. She was invisible.
She walked over to where Cordelia was sitting and ran her fingers through her hair. She then in turn saw Cordelia run her fingers through her hair as if she though something was in it. Then she bent down and gave Cordelia a kiss on her neck. Cordelia then jumped out of the chair and looked behind her but she saw nothing. She looked at Xander horrified but he just looked at her confused.
"Cordelia are you alright?" Xander asked as he looked at her as if she was crazy.
"I thought I felt something," she said as she sat back down. Once she sat down Buffy ran her hand up her leg and she jumped out of her chair again. "Okay now I know I felt something!" she screamed as she looked at the spot she had been sitting moments ago. She looked at Xander who was once again looking at her funny. "You sit there," she said.
"Okay," Xander said as he sat in the chair that Cordelia had sat in and continue to explain what had happened while she was in LA.
Cordelia was standing there looking at him, waiting for something to happen but nothing did. That's when she felt a hand go up the back of her shirt and when she turned around nothing was there. "What is this!" she asked no one. "Sprits pick on Cordelia day?" she asked.
"Okay I think we should wait for Buffy to get back before we continue since someone is obviously not paying attention." He said as he walked over to where Anya was standing.
Cordelia was alone in the middle of the room. Xander was over talking to Anya and Buffy wasn't back yet with the food. As she stood there alone she felt arms go around her and she turned around expecting to see Buffy but instead she saw no one. She screamed and ran for the door. But she was unable to open it. "OH MY GOD! Why can't I leave?" she said as she started to cry.
"Relax," a voice said and suddenly everyone stopped and looked at where Cordelia was standing. "It's just me," the voice said.
"Buffy?" Xander asked coming closer.
"Yup," she said as confident as ever.
"I don't see anyone," Anya said from where she was standing behind the counter.
"That's because I'm invisible," she said. "See," she said as she reached out and touched Cordelia's cheek. "It's me," she said.
"If it's really you then tell us something that only Buffy would know," Cordelia said.
"You, Cordelia, have a line of five freckles alone your spin on your back," she said.
"Anyone on the football team back in high school could have told you that," Xander said and he received a slap from Cordelia.
"Okay," Buffy said as she began to think. "I have a freckle on my right butt cheek," she said. "Right Cor?" she asked.
"That's right," Cordelia said as her eyes searched for something that would show her where Buffy was supposable standing. "How did this happen?" Cordelia asked.
"The nerds did I think," she said. "I mean they were fighting over something and then they shot it at me, no on purpose, but then suddenly I'm like this," she explained. "It's kinda cool," she said.
"You know what that means," Cordelia said.
"What?" Xander asked.
"We need a nerd to fix this, because I'm not staying married to someone I can't even see," she said as she looked at Xander seriously. "What's Willow doing today?" she asked.
Summers' house
Willow was sitting in her bedroom with Faith. Willow hadn't seen Faith act like that toward someone in a very long time, and the last person she was that mean so was Buffy; or so she thinks. Willow was sitting on the bed as Faith looked out the window making sure that Amy was actually leaving.
When Faith was sure that Amy was gone she turned back to the red head. She knew that she had some heavy explaining to do on why she decided to go see Tara instead of actually talking to her girlfriend. "Listen I know there is a lot you want me to explain but seriously, I have no idea where to even begin." Faith explained as she looked at Willow.
"I don't want you to explain anything, I just want you to TELL me what you and Tara talked about," Willow said. But before Fait could continue talking the phone rang. "Hello?" she asked as she picked it up. "Are you serious?" she asked in a unbelievable tone. "Sure thing we'll be right there," she said as she hung up the phone.
"Who was that?" Faith asked as she watched Willow get up from the bed and walk into the bathroom. "Who. Was. That?" she asked again becoming angry that she wasn't being answered.
"It was Cordelia," Willow said as she walked out of the bathroom and grabbed one of her jackets. "It seems that Buffy was turned invisible and they need to turn her back." She said as she started to walk out of the room. "You coming?" she asked. Faith followed behind.
Magic Box
Cordelia was sitting in the Magic Box and although she had an idea of where Buffy was she wasn't sure and it was driving her crazy. How could something like this happen just as everything was getting back to normal? Why did weird things always have to happen to her and Buffy why couldn't anything weird every happen to Anya and Xander or even Willow and Faith. Not that she wanted something to happen to them but she just wanted a break from it.
Just as she was about to scream out her wife's name so that she knew where she was she felt a pair of arms could around her neck. "Hey baby," she said. "We need to fix this invisible thing and we need to do it quick," she commented.
"We're just waiting for Willow," Buffy said.
"And she's here," Willow said as she came into the room followed by Faith who didn't look to happy. "What do you need?" she asked.
"You need to come with me," Buffy said and when she saw that Willow was looking for her she walked over and grabbed her arm. "I think Jonathon might have hit something else besides me with that invisible gun.
Buffy and Willow walked out of the Magic Box. Once outside and walking toward the ally that Buffy got hit with the invisible gun, Buffy grabbed Willow's arm and spun her so that she was looking directly at her. "What the hell is goin on around here?" she asked. "And don't even think of lying to me."
"Buffy can we please not talk about this now, I mean I feel like I'm talking to myself," she said as she looked around making sure no one could see her.
"No I know things are weird between you and Faith and I don't want trouble there. You two have been good together and you guys have been good FOR each other. You've kept her out of trouble and she keeps you safe." She explained.
"Buffy you're freakin invisible! Can we talk about this later," she said and then she turned toward the ally way. "Now were did you get hit?" she asked.
"Right around here," Buffy said.
"Buff a little more details would be nice," Willow said as she rolled her eyes.
"I don't know, there used to me more here," she said. "Like I think there was a dumpster by the wall to your left," she said.
Willow walked over that and then she ran into something. "Ouch," she said. "Yup," she said putting her hand on her forehead. "There something there," she said.
Buffy walked forward and she stepped on something. "There something here too," she said. "It's small maybe we should bring it back to the Magic Box and we could have Xander spray paint it or something." Buffy bent down and picked it up.
"Okay lets go," Willow said.
"As soon as I'm visible again u are so telling me what happened when I was gone," she said.
"Whatever," Willow said as she headed toward the Magic Box.
Cordelia and Faith and Faith never really got along, mostly because she once upon a time tried to kill Buffy. Of course Cordelia and Buffy weren't friends then but it still bothers her till this day. What if Faith had succeed in killing Buffy? What would Sunnydale be like?
Would she even still be here or would she have moved to LA and pursued her acting career. She didn't know and she is glad she never had to find out. Even though she and Faith never got along she could tell something was wrong with the slayer. She looked up at Faith who was looking at the table, spaced out, in her own little world.
"Faith," Cordelia said.
"Huh?" Faith responded looking up at her.
"Is something wrong?" she asked.
"Why Cordelia that sounds like concern in your voice," Faith said sarcastically. But before Cordelia could comment on that Willow came walking through the door, and Faith assumed Buffy was behind her. "Find anything?" Faith asked getting up.
"Yeah," Willow said not even looking at Faith. Cordelia noticed this but said nothing. "Do you know if there is any spray paint around here Anya?" Willow asked looking toward the front counter where Anya was still engrossed into her wedding magazine. She reached below the counter and pulled out and bottle of red spray paint. "Thanks," Willow said as she walked over and picked it up.
When she walked back over to where everyone was she looked around. "Buffy where are you?" Willow asked.
"Right here," she said from right next to Cordelia.
Cordelia jumped and looked at Willow. "We really need to fix this," she said.
"I'm trying," Willow answered. "Buffy did you place the thing on the table?" Willow asked.
"Yup it's right in the middle," she answered.
Willow started spraying the middle of the table and slowly but surely an object began to form. As Willow got more and more spray paint on it he formed into a cone, one that it found in like a construction site. Faith reached out to touch it but her hand went right through the cone.
"Well that can't be good," she said as she looked at the space beside Cordelia that was supposedly Buffy. "You need to be turned back and I mean like now," she said. "Will can you fix this?" she asked.
"Maybe if I had the gun they used. I could re wire it to where everything would turn back when it was shot at you." She explained.
"Good," Faith said. "I'll go get that gun," Faith said. She was about to walk out when she realized she had no idea where these people lived. "So where to they live?" she asked.
"I'll go with you," Buffy said as she walked up to Faith and grabbed her arm. "A little jumpy Faith?" Buffy asked.
"Its just that…um…your freakin invisible B," she said with a smirk.
"Shut up and come on," Buffy said as she dragged Faith behind her. Together they walked out of the Magic Box leaving Willow, Cordelia, and Xander alone. Anya was too engrossed in her wedding magazine to even know what the hell is going on.
Warren's house
Faith and Buffy were walking along the street. They had gone to Jonathon's house and his parents told them that he had been staying at Warren's house and she had given them the address, so now they were on there way to Warren's house to see if they could find the gun and turn Buffy back.
Faith approached the door and just as she was about to knock someone opened the door. "If your looking for Warren he's in the basement, I'm not sure." The lady said. "You can use the entrance on the side of the house," she said as she walked out closing the door behind her. Buffy and Faith watched her as she got into the car.
"That was weird," Faith said as she made her way towards the basement entrance. She opened the door and made her way down the steps. "This guys are major nerds," Faith said as she looked at all the action figures. Buffy bumped onto her on the way down. "Hey watch it B," she said.
"Sorry but the guns over this way," she said as she made her way toward the gun that was sitting on it's own little stand. Buffy picked up and started to walk out with it.
"Um…what do you think your doing?" Faith asked stopping her.
"I'm goin back to the Magic Shop so I can once again see my hands," she said. "And so I can touch my wife without her freakin out on me," she added.
"Your not walking out with the gun," Faith said. "I am. That's all people need in this town is to see a floating gun walking itself down the street," Faith commented as she grabbed the gun away from Buffy. "Okay now we can go," she said.
"Wait," Buffy said as she looked closer at something that was sitting on one of the chairs. "Is that whose I think it is?" she asked.
"It's Tara's," Faith said seeing what Buffy saw. "It the jacket Willow bought her," she added.
"Why would it be here?" Buffy asked.
"I don't know," Faith commented. "I think we should get outta here now," Faith added as she started up the stairs. Buffy followed closely behind.
Magic Box
Willow and Cordelia were sitting at the table waiting the cone slowly but surely disappear and they were wondering when Buffy and Faith were going to get back so Buffy didn't disappear. Just as Cordelia was about to get up and go find them herself the door opened and in walked Faith.
"Thank God," Cordelia said.
Faith walked over and gave the gun to Willow without saying anything to her. Willow looked at it. She looked at as she sat down, then she started to move switch and push buttons and then she pointed in the direction of the door. "Um…Buff where are you?" she asked.
"Right here," she said. Willow pointed and shot and soon Buffy began to become whole again. Piece my piece she was able to see her best friend. When Buffy was whole Willow smiled. "Welcome back Buff," she said.
Cordelia ran over and took Buffy in her arms. "You know what we have been having too many close calls. Now what do you say you go look at our new house," Cordelia said.
"Sure," Buffy said then she looked at Faith and Willow. "I'll talk to you guys tomorrow," she said.
Buffy and Cordelia's new house
Cordelia made Buffy close her eyes. She walked her up to the front lawn. "Now open," she said. Buffy opened her eyes and a huge smile spread across her face. "You like it?" she asked. "I know you didn't want to move far away from home," she said.
"I love it," Buffy said as she took Cordelia in her arms and kissed her. She looked over her wife's shoulder and saw Willow and Faith walking into her old house.
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AN: I hope you liked it! Sorry it's been awhile but I just moved into my dorm room so I am still getting organized.