A/N Guest, Don't worry, a sequel is being planned and will include seeing how Dawn's adventures impact the various realities/time periods she visits/needs saving from. Lol. And since at some point in the current story Xander will be meeting the real Dr. Strange, you will also see both him and a follow up in a Marvel universe. Stay tuned. 😉

Syg, yes, Science is evidence based and yes, so is Magic. I was referring to the supernatural in general and religion. But your observations do make me think and lead me to very interesting ideas, so I'm thankful to you and please, don't stop making them. ✍️ More often than not, you feed the plot bunnies. 🐇

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"What are they?" Harmony eyed the odd contraptions Xander was holding out to her.

"Magic shoes." He responded seriously, because they were. Snicker, inwardly he was laughing because...Magic shoes. "They're called taleria and in the comics they belonged to a god. Whether the real god actually has his own version, I don't know." He shrugged.

"You want to give me shoes that belonged to a boy god?"

"Hermes, messenger god. I put a glamour spell on them and made them so they will answer only to you. You can change them so that while you're wearing them, they look like whatever you want them to look like. Cordy said to make sure they could match your outfits." Again Xander shrugged, he had zero interest in fashion and that wasn't changing even with Cordelia Chase as his girlfriend.

"What makes them Magic?"

"While you're wearing them you can fly at superhuman speeds. If you run into a demon, you can get away, super fast."

"And they'll look like any kind of shoe I want them to look like, no matter how expensive?"

"Yes and they'll only respond to you, it's a protection I put on all my gifts. I don't want a demon getting them away from you and using them."

"Eww! Like I'd wear them anyway if stinking demon feet were ever in them! Will having shoes that belonged to a god, make me a god?"

"These are inspired by a character in a comic book, no actual god ever wore them. No one's ever worn them, Magic created them and no, it won't make you a god. Just make a way for you to stay safe from demons."

"Well, I'm all for that. So I guess I'll take them. Seriously, you're getting good at the gift giving thing. Cordy got a flying horse, Willow got a robot and tech toys and I get Magic shoes that will look like any kind of shoes I want them to look like. If I didn't love Johnathan so much or wasn't afraid of Cordelia I'd give you a kiss."

"But you are and Cordy promised to kick my ass if I go evil and since she could twist me into a pretzel shape without half trying I don't intend to ever do anything evil and stay on her good side. Plus, I love her too, so you know -."

"Uh huh, give me the shoes." Xander handed them over and Harmony put them on and thought about what she wanted them to look like and the glamour adjusted. "Ohhh, boy! Daddy's going to be so happy, no more shoes needing a new closet to hold them."

"You have a closet for your shoes?" Okay, so he had a walk in closet bigger than some apartments thanks to the Sanctum and there were a lot of shoes in there, but a whole closet just for shoes? Time to go do something manly before he was dragged even further down this rabbit hole. "We should get going, Buffy beat up Willy and got the name and location of the only Bor'os demon in town. He calls himself Mr. Teeth."

"Not much imagination given he looks like a shark."

"Imagination might be part of our soul. Anyway, we're going to stop him from activating the Acathla statue. Given he apparently hasn't activated it yet, that probably means he hasn't figured out how to yet and hopefully we can stop the world from ending again."

"I'll keep Ms. Calendar and Mr. Giles or Mrs. Summers and Dawn company, I'm not a fighter, but I can cheer for you guys."

"Okay." Hopefully not with real cheer slogans, she was a cheerleader - rabbit hole again. They met up with the rest of the group and Buffy filled them in on what Willy had told her.

"He's adamant that Mr. Teeth was working for someone else, who, I couldn't get him to admit to. He told me I could just kill him, whoever Mr. Teeth is working for would cheerfully torture him until he forgot his own name. But Mr. Teeth does apparently hang out in a crypt with access to the tunnels. Again, Willy refused to tell me specifically which crypt because he doesn't want it getting out he gave the Slayer any info, let alone exact locations and names."

"Thirteen cemeteries in Sunnydale, but only five with crypts." Willow piped up. "So finding him shouldn't be too hard, especially if we split up."

"Amy and I can take one, you and Oz another and Xan and Cordy one." Buffy nodded.

"Here are the communicators I told you guys about." Xander handed one to each of them. "Stay in contact and happy hunting everyone."

"And if he happens to be activating the statue, just kill him." Cordelia advised. "Yes, he might be working for someone, but he might be one the crazies that wants to end the world, so don't take any chances, just end him. But if he's not trying to end the world -."

"One easy question." Amy smirked. "Who does want to end the world with a demon statue?"