"We need to figure out what went wrong." The reality shifting Xander said. "If we don't figure it out and just jump again, who knows where we might end up. It could be anywhere. We could end up lost in an endless stream of other realities."
"What realities have you been to so far?" Whitelighter Xander asked.
"The first one was what Cordy called a good example of a world without Buffy. Buffy stayed dead at the end of sophomore year. Cordy and I were the leaders of a group of souped up fighters keeping the Hellmouth safe. Willow didn't do Magic, ever, in that reality. Jessie was alive. Jenny was alive. Cordy and I had two kids and they were amazing."
"My Cordy and I have a little girl. She's just a few months old. Her name is Cassandra." Whitelighter Xander told reality shifting Xander.
"I know an immortal witch named Cassandra back home. She stripped Willow of her power and is helping Faith. Willow and Buffy did a number on her. Willow used Magic on her to convince her she was evil and Buffy tried to feed her to Angel, when Angel got hit with a poison that kills vampires."
"Willow doesn't do Magic in this reality either. We discovered after she redid the soul curse on Angel, that she accidentally used Hellmouth energy to do it. We may never know the full extent of the damage. Amy's their go to witch."
"Amy! I forgot about Amy. Gods, what do you want to bet it was another one of Willow's spells. Amy turned herself into a rat accidentally. Willow keeps her in a cage, said she wasn't able to turn her back. I've been so busy, I haven't thought about her. When I get back, I'll have to talk to Cassandra. I'm sure she can fix it."
"Sounds like Willow did quite abit of damage."
"She took in too much Magic and didn't know how to control it. It was eating away at her mind. It brought out things in her I had either ignored or never thought she was capable of. She got obsessed with me and keeping me normal and safe. She convinced Buffy I was weak and helpless and needed them to take care of me. I don't know if it's the damage from the Magic or she's just in denial, but she doesn't think she did anything wrong. She's yet to apologize."
"Yeah, I'm glad Willow doesn't do Magic if that's the kind of effect it has on her."
"Question, is Willow gay here?"
"Yes, she's been with a girl named Tara for a couple of years now. Tara's a natural born witch, very shy and sweet."
"In the good reality we were in, she was with a girl named Tara as well. Might be the same Tara. They were happy and considering adopting a child. Everyone in the group had kids except them and Giles and Jenny."
"Our Giles is with Joyce here. That happened just recently. Neither of them were willing to admit to any feelings for quite a long time. They'd both been hurt. They're doing well."
"That's good to know, maybe something like that will happ ummen back home. Did you know the Eyghon thing made Giles a Magic addict? Staying on the Hellmouth means risking a relapse, but he won't leave us to fight alone. He loves us, even if he can't say those words."
"I didn't know that, but considering he lied about knowing Magic during that thing with Catherine Madison and didn't tell us about Eyghon, it makes sense. He must have an iron will."
"I've said that myself." Just as Kyra, the Seer, came back into the attic. She was wearing a pink dress. She looked very pretty and rather innocent. "Paige's date is here. What do you guys think? Do I look good?"
"You look very pretty." Reality shifting Xander assured her.
Whitelighter Xander agreed.
"Please, that color is so not you." Reality shifting Cordelia said. "With your skin tone you should be wearing jewel tones. Sapphire and emerald. Then you'd go from pretty to amazing."
"I agree." Charmed Cordelia said. "What was Paige thinking putting you in that dress?"
Before they could continue, a demon shimmered into the room. He slammed Whitelighter Xander into a wall and Charmed Cordelia out of a window. Reality shifting Xander got hit with a fireball that also slammed him into a wall. He landed on the floor with his head at an odd angle. The demon turned to the other two girls and said.
"You are nothing. Stay out of my way unless you want the same thing to happen to you. And as for you, Kyra. Did you really think you could betray us and get away with it?" He grabbed her by the neck and lifted her up. He threw her away from him and directed a Magic attack at her. She started to scream and then the demon froze as something slammed into his back. Just as Paige, her date, Leo and Piper arrived in the attic having heard the sound of the battle. The demon looked over his shoulder and saw reality shifting Xander behind him. His neck was no longer at an odd angle.
"You should have made sure I was dead." Xander told him as the power sucking athame from the book shelf pulled the demon's powers from him. No one saw Kyra take the opportunity to pretend to die as she teleported away and materialized within realty shifting Cordelia, merging and becoming one with her. Changing her forever.
"Leo!" Reality shifting Xander said. "You guy's Cordelia got slammed out of the window."
"On it." Leo said and orbed out. He found Charmed Cordelia laying on the grass, barely alive. She'd fallen three stories after being thrown though the window. He began to heal her.
Back in the attic Xander jerked the athame out of the demon and said. "I think I just stripped him of his powers."
The demon threw out his hands and nothing happened. He tried to shimmer away and couldn't do it.
"Oh no." He said.
"Oh yes." Said Piper and her hands flashed forward and blew him into atoms. Xander stuck the knife in his pocket and hurried over to his Cordelia
