BRING ME BACK TO WHO I WAS 2/?

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Chapter 2, guys!

You guys, I am so excited to be a part of this this summer. My writer's block was bad but this week I have been flying it. I hope you guys enjoy it, it's up on ao3 if you prefer and I'll probably be posting it on fanfiction too soon.

This is only chapter 1 but the other chapters will be up and running throughout the day.

Title: Bring Me Back To Who I Was
Summary: After the destruction of Sunnydale, the Scoobies are camped out at the Hyperion hotel, rounding up slayers from all over the world. But when Xander calls with news of an old friend, Rupert Giles and Wesley Wyndam Pryce rush to San Francisco to help someone they care about.

The idea for this story came from the fact that Charisma Carpenter guest starred in 2 or 3 episodes of Charmed as a demon seer named Kyra.  So I thought, Kyra, Cordy.... hey, there might be something in that. :)  So spoilers for the show Charmed if anyone wants to steer clear :)


Crossover: Charmed
Rating: FRG
Words: 1659
Disclaimer: I own nothing, except the story.
Characters: Rupert Giles, Cordelia Chase, Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, Phoebe Halliwell, Leo Wyatt, Prue Halliwell, Paige Halliwell, Piper Halliwell, Dawn Summers, Tara MacClay, Willow Rosenberg, Anya Jenkins, Fred Burkle, Charles Gunn, Kyra
Pairings: Rupert Giles/Cordelia Chase; Rupert Giles/Kyra

Giles walked into the kitchen, still in the sweats he had slept in. He had taken the night shift watching the Halliwell house. Wesley took over at 5am. But Giles hadn't gotten much sleep. How could he when they had no idea what they were dealing with? They weren't even sure they were dealing with anything.

When he woke, he hadn't even shaved. He headed straight downstairs for coffee. When he walked into the kitchen, Willow, Anya, Xander and Wesley were seated at the kitchen table. "Good afternoon."

"Shouldn't you still be asleep?" Willow asked.

"Yes, but that wasn't going too well. Coffee?"

Willow walked over and handed him a cup. "It should still be warm."

"It'll do." Giles sat down with the group. "Did Dawn get to school alright?"

"Yeah, she should be home in a couple of hours though," Anya answered.

"Tara's keeping an eye on the house," Willow offered.

Giles took a large gulp of his lukewarm coffee. "Anything?" Wesley shook his head.

"It's been a week. I say we storm the place," Xander said.

"And that is why you don't get the final say," Wesley replied.

"No offence Wes, but what are you even doing here?"

"Xander," Willow admonished.

"Really, Xander, where were you when she was dying? When she became half demon? When her body had been hijacked by an evil being?"

Giles all but slammed his cup of coffee down on the table. "Both of you. Stop. We all care about Cordelia." He rubbed his five o'clock shadow. "We don't know who these people are. How she came to be there. We don't know what we'd be walking into."

"Or if she's even there," Wesley mumbled.

"Seriously, Wesley, I'm this far from smacking your face."

"Xander." Giles rubbed his eyes. "Wesley's right. We need to make sure she's in there before we do anything."

"And how are we going to make sure of that? They're not letting her out of the house. And we're not making any efforts to get in there."

Anya raised her hand. "I have an idea. Well, what does everyone love?" She looked from Wesley to Giles. "Well, almost everyone…" No one answered. "A party. We throw a party and invite the Halliwells. If they show up, we get into the house and look for Cordelia."

"Cordy did love a party." Willow smiled, clearly entertaining the idea. "And it'd, you know, give us a chance to meet the neighbours."

"That's really not a bad idea," Wesley agreed.

Xander conceded. "While we're making nice, Will and Wes can get into the house and have a look around."

Giles stood up. "Alright. I'll pop around and invite the neighbours when Dawn gets back. I'll take her with me."

After a small catnap and a shave, Giles met Dawn off the school bus and together they walked along the street, inviting a few select neighbours before they rounded back to the Halliwell house.

"How was school today?"

"Fine." She looked up at him. "I mean, I now what I want to do with my life, I'm going to be a Watcher, so why do I need an education?"

Giles smiled. He sometimes forgot that she was a teenager. Buffy had been leaning on the same argument as Dawn but Giles insisted that an education was favoured by the Watcher's Council, and he wanted the child who had a tough few years to have some semblance of a normal life for what was left of her childhood.

Dawn rang the door bell and it was promptly pulled open by Leo. "Hey Rupert. Dawn. How're you guys settling in?"

"Well, Leo, thank you." They walked into the house. Leo led them to the living room where three brunettes were sitting, two engaged in a game with a toddler and one holding the baby Chris. Giles stood in the doorway but as the woman holding Chris walked up to them, Dawn walked to meet her.

"Hi, Chris." The baby giggled as Dawn held out her finger and reached for it.

"You guys didn't meet my wife the last time you were here. This is Piper. And these are two of my sister in laws, Prue and Paige. This is Rupert Giles and his daughter, Dawn."

"Lovely to meet you all."

"You moved in across the street, right?" Piper asked.

"Yes."

"With your kids and brother, if I remember correctly," Leo added

"Spot on. Though, uh, foster children. Of a sort. We're a, uh, very close knit group." Giles took off his glasses and began to wipe. "The house is officially overrun with 20 something year olds. They are actually the reason we're imposing again. They think that the best way to get to know our neighbours is by throwing a party and I've been thrown out of the house to invite everyone, buy drinks, food, decorations... Well everything, really in time for tomorrow night."

Prue stood up and crossed her arms. "I don't think we can make it. But enjoy the party."

"Party!?" Giles didn't know it was possible for a body to freeze and boil at the same time but that was the closest description of what he felt at the sound of the familiarly girly and confident voice. He turned and saw two women walking towards him. One, the fourth sister, he assumed, he didn't recognise.

The other, although he hadn't seen her in four years, he remembered as though he had only seen her yesterday. When Xander had called to say he had seen her, he wouldn't believe it until he saw for himself. Now that he had seen her, he still couldn't believe it. And yet the sight of her long, thick brown hair, deep hazel eyes and infectious warm smile filled him with affection. He had not expected to be gripped with such an emotion.

Dawn had moved away from the baby and made her way back to Giles where she gripped his arm, her nails digging into the fabric of his sleeve. Thankfully instead of his skin.

"What kind of a party?"

Giles shook himself mentally from the happiness of seeing Cordelia Chase standing in front of him. "Sorry?"

"Is it a gathering, a shindig or a hootenanny? There is a difference. I know there is, I'm just not sure what it is. I think one of them involves dip."

"Excuse our cousin, Kyra, she's a little odd. I'm Phoebe, by the way."

Giles couldn't take his eyes away from 'Kyra' in case he missed anything. "It's a shindig. The dip, I mean. It's for a shindig. Feel free to bring some. Dip, I mean. If you all decide to come. I certainly hope you do." Giles held out his hand. "Rupert Giles." Nothing. No flicker of recognition. Nausea and fear rose up in Giles at the prospect that this was happening to her again, after everything she went through with Jasmine.

"Uh, we'll try." Prue glanced at Piper.

"Your accent... I like it," 'Kyra' said.

"I've had it all my life."

Kyra giggled. "We'll be there. At the party."

Giles looked down suddenly. Dawn's was holding onto his arm and suddenly started squeezing. She too was staring at 'Kyra', only she had tears in her eyes. "Giles..."

Giles looked around the room. "We'd better get going." Giles took Dawn to the door, with Prue and Leo following them. "I do hope you all will be able to make it." He glanced back into the house at 'Kyra', catching her sending him a wave and a smile. Dawn wasn't waiting for him: she was already out of the house and heading down the steps. He said one last goodbye as he followed her out of the house. "Dawn," he called after. "Dawn!" She was already on the sidewalk before she stopped. Giles caught up with her and took her by the arm. "Are you alright?"

"She didn't recognise us. She- What's happened to her?"

"We'll find out. Let's get back home, we can't talk out here."