The Commissary, SGC

As Sam, General Hammond and Teal'c were still in the facility, the Colonel asked them to join in for an impromptu meeting.

"Alright Colonel, you got us here. What's going on? And why the commissary?" asked General Hammond.

"Well Sir, it's pretty much the only place with some privacy in this facility" replied the Colonel.

"General, we were showing Willow the Stargate when she let slip a certain bit of information" said Daniel.

The General, Sam and Teal'c sat down and looked at Willow, wondering what she had to say that was so important.

"Please understand, I couldn't tell anyone of you this. Actually I shouldn't be telling you any of this but I just had to open my big mouth in the room with the Stargate. Please don't think that I'm nuts or a total loon after what I'm about to tell you because for the past few years, this was my life" pleaded Willow.

"Willow, it would be better if you put everything out in the open" said General Hammond.

Seeing how nervous she was, Sam got up and sat beside her.

"Willow, you know what we do. We deal with weird all the time, so I think we can handle it" said Sam reassuring her.

"It's a doozy alright" replied the Colonel.

"Please go ahead Willow" said Daniel preparing to listen intently.

"Ok" Willow said bracing herself for the eventual mocking, "I've have been fighting vampires and other monsters with my friends since I was in high school".

There was stunned silence around the table.

"I could give you the 'World is older than you think' speech that Giles usually gives people but what I've told you is the truth. I've been fighting vampires and other monsters for some time; well I help in research and stuff, not the actual fighting. Please someone say something" said Willow nervously.

Everyone around the table was still stunned, until Teal'c broke the silence.

"O'Neill, what is a vampire" asked Teal'c.

"Well it's a classic movie monster that has fangs and drinks the blood of people. I'll show you 'Dracula' one day" replied Colonel O'Neill.

"O'Neill, the Tau'ri seems to have strange tastes" replied Teal'c.

"Willow, you have to understand, all of this stuff about magic, vampires and monsters is a little hard to believe" said Sam.

"I'm not lying Sam. The story goes that Sunnydale was built on something known as the Hellmouth. It's literally a doorway to hell and because of that doorway, various things such as vampires and even demons keep on coming to Sunnydale" replied Willow.

"Well, while it is a fantastic story, I think that we give Willow the benefit of the doubt" said Colonel O'Neill.

"So you believe her Colonel?" asked General Hammond.

"Well I can put myself in her shoes, General. What would someone say if I told them that there is are teams of people from Earth who travel to other planets using an alien ring shaped device to travel to other planets in the galaxy? They'd think I was nuts even though I was telling them the truth" said the Colonel.

"I think I get your point Colonel" the General said, turning back to face Willow.

"Thank you Willow. I would like to remind everybody that what was said here will not leave this room and then will be no written report. I will personally get the tape of this briefing and 'misplace' it" said General Hammond as he got up and left.

"Colonel, I think I may have an explanation about this 'Hellmouth' thing Willow was talking about", said Carter, earning her a look from the rest of SG1 and Willow.

"I won't know until some tests have been run, but what if this 'Hellmouth' is a portal to another universe? Maybe even an alternate Earth, where these beings that Willow's talking about come from. It could even give out a certain type of radiation or energy that affects that adversely affects some people in our universe but not others, in the short term. Who knows what the long term consequences of such an exposure would be. But like I said, it's just an untested theory" said Carter.

"It would not be the first time we have encountered an alternate universe," said Teal'c.

"You guys encountered alternate universes before?" exclaimed Willow.

"Yes, the first time was when Daniel touched something called a Quantum Mirror. He was transported to an alternate Earth where the Gua'uld had invaded the planet. Before he escaped, he witnessed the complete takeover of the SGC of that world by the Goa'uld. When he returned, he had brought along information that we used to prevent the same attack to our Earth. There was another incident when an alternate me and a former friend came through the Quantum Mirror to our world. This time we went to their Earth to prevent a Gua'uld invasion by gating to the Asgard. After SG1 returned from that incident, General Hammond ordered that the mirror be destroyed" explained Major Carter.

"What Carter is trying to say Willow, is we've seen the dangerous, the weird and the wonderful, a lot of it actually. So in the sense of the big picture, your story is about the same as ours would be. Just don't tell anyone else on the base or at the academy your story. Actually don't tell anyone, and that is my first order to you. Is that understood" said Colonel O'Neill.

"Yes, sir" replied Willow smiling.

"You're not at the academy yet" reminded the Colonel.

In the weekend, the four ladies went shopping to make Willow feel welcome. She became fast friends with and something akin to an older sister to Cassie Frasier, Dr. Frasier's adopted daughter. Of course, Willow didn't reveal that she was a practicing witch who fought vampires and demons and Cassie never revealed that she was once modified to become a living Naquada bomb and a genetically superior host for the Goa'uld system lord, Nirrti.