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BRING ME BACK TO WHO I WAS 3/?
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.
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
When they arrived back home, everyone was waiting for them in the front room. "Well?" Xander asked.
Giles and Dawn looked at each other. "We saw her." The room stared at them, stunned.
"Dawn, why don't you get a start on your homework, get it out of the way before tomorrow?" Dawn turned and headed up the stairs. Giles turned to Tara. "Keep her company?"
Giles walked into the living room and sat on the arm of Willow's chair. "You... Saw her? You saw her?" Willow asked.
"Yes. But- She didn't recognise us. She didn't recognise me." The words nearly caught in his throat.
"What do you mean she didn't recognise you? Couldn't it have been an act?" Giles looked at Wesley, who cleared his throat. "Right, yes, well..."
"When you say, 'saw her'...? Like, caught a glimpse?" Xander asked.
"No. Saw her, spoke to, touched her. Stood right in front of her. She did not know who I was."
"How did she look?"
Giles smiled. "Well. Healthy. She's not changed much."
"And possibly changed more than any of the rest of us," Wesley replied fondly.
"Dawn was- It scared her a little. Seeing Cordelia. Her not recognising us." Giles took off his glasses. Though an act he usually did out of habit, now he did it to have something to do with his hands. Slipping his glasses back on, he stood up and walked to the bay window overlooking the street, looking over to the Halliwell Mansion. "Are we all sorted for tomorrow night?"
Willow smiled weakly. "Yeah. We even picked up party hats..."
~~
"No. Really, we can manage here. There's plenty of us around... Dawn's been bombarded with homework... Yes I know you suggested she leave school and that was appreciatively filed away." Wesley walked into the room. "Buffy, really. Stay in L.A for a few days. Spend some time with Angel. Or Spike. Or whatever hell dimension soul you've found." He laughed. "I know... Buffy, I must go, we're attending a neighbourhood party. I'll give your love to Dawn. Stay safe... We will. Talk soon."
"Buffy and Faith succeed in Austria?" Wesley asked as Giles hung up the phone.
"Yes," Giles answered distractedly scanning the paper, "they found the slayers that Willow had located." He tossed the paper to Wesley.
"Anything interesting?"
"A string of disappearances in Michigan." As Giles took his seat at the kitchen table with Wesley, Dawn walked into the room in a pair of sweatpants and a tank top. "You don't look too dressed for a party?"
"I'm not feeling too good so I'm just going to do some reading."
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, just... Headache."
~~
The party got underway. The people started flowing in. They met the Taylors, the Cranes, the Peters. But an hour into the party, there was still no sign of the Halliwells. "Hey," Anya said to Willow and Giles who were standing by the refreshment table. "Have we thought about what happens if they don't show up?"
But that wasn't something they had to worry about. The door opened and in walked the Halliwells: Prue and Piper, followed by Leo, then Kyra and Phoebe. As the door closed behind them, Wesley, Willow and Xander all fell silent.
"Does anyone know the meaning of subtlety? Abort the plan," Giles asked Willow, quietly, as he walked away from the refreshment table to the family before Willow could ask why. "Glad you all could make it." He stuck out his hand and shook with Leo.
"This place looks great," Piper said.
"Paige wanted to come but she had to stay at home with the kids," Phoebe said, taking off her coat.
Kyra bounded to the front of the group. "Hi."
Giles smiled warmly. "Hello, how are you?"
"I'm well, thank you," she replied in a false British accent, giggling.
Giles looked back at the rest of the group, unwillingly. "Come meet my family." Giles led them over to the refreshment table where Tara had joined Willow and Anya. He introduced everyone.
"Welcome to our home," Anya greeted, bubbly. Willow continued to stare.
Tara nudged her. "Drinks?" she asked the guests.
"Willow, perhaps go check on Dawn," Giles suggested.
"She's not joining the party?" Leo asked.
Giles pulled his eyes away from Kyra who was busying herself with the chips and dip. "Unfortunately, she was feeling a little unwell. First week back to school, catching up to do. I'd say she just needed a bit of a rest. Ah," Giles smiled as Wesley and Xander joined them. He introduced the two men. Though more subtle than Willow, they too stared and Kyra for a moment too long.
~~
Giles looked around the room as he refilled his drink. Willow was talking to Prue, Phoebe to Wesley, Anya and the Turners, Leo and Piper to Xander, and Tara to the Cranes. His stomach dropped as he scanned the room. Where was Kyra?
~~
"I thought there was someone missing." Dawn jumped out of her bed, away from the door, dropping her book. She stared at Cordelia smiling back at her. Kyra. "We met yesterday. I'm Kyra." Kyra walked further into the room. "I didn't catch your name yesterday."
"Dawn," she choked.
Kyra frowned. "I'm sorry. Am I interrupting? Do you want me to go? I was looking for the bathroom and I guess I got turned around."
"It's a door down across the hall."
"Thanks." Kyra looked around the room. "I like your bedroom."
"Thanks." Dawn pointed to the boxes in the corner. "There's still some unpacking to do." She bit her lip, but it didn't stop her. "You remind me of someone. That's why I'm acting weird. I... You remind me of someone."
Kyra sat on the bed. "Do you want to talk about it?"
"I thought you needed to go to the bathroom."
Kyra shook her head. "I just needed to get away. It was getting a little bit crowded down there."
Dawn sat down next to Kyra. "She was a friend of my sister's when they were in High School. If my mom and Buffy were busy, she used to come over and hang out with me. Even after Xander, her boyfriend, Buffy's best friend, cheated on her, she still made time for me, taught me about fashion and make-up. She was sort of like a sister to me if Buffy couldn't be." As she was saying it, Dawn realised, that what she remembered about Cordelia, what she believed, wasn't true. She really didn't know this woman.
"I'd love to meet her sometime."
Had Giles not interrupted when he did, Dawn wasn't sure she could have kept it together. "Dawn-" When Dawn heard his voice and saw him leaning against the doorframe, she jumped. "Why don't you come downstairs, sweetheart, join the party? It's not often we give you a chance like this." He took a dress that was hanging on the outside of the wardrobe and handed it to Dawn.
Kyra smiled at this fatherly act. "Would she have liked it? The dress?"
Dawn looked at Kyra, glancing at the dress she was wearing. Despite the neckline and the colour, the dresses were identical. She smiled sadly. "Yeah, she would have."
Giles looked sadly at the two. "Come down when you're ready."
Kyra walked over to the door. "What was your friend's name?"
"Cordelia."
Giles froze as Kyra frowned. "Cordelia..." Then she smiled. "I like it."
Are you alright? Giles mouthed. Dawn nodded. He shut the door behind him. When he turned, he found Kyra waiting for him across the hall. He pushed his free hand into his pocket and, ever the gentleman, offered Kyra the drink in his other hand. She took it happily. "She's seems like a nice kid."
"She's wonderful. She's been through a lot but she's probably the stronger of us."
"You seem strong."
"I sort of have to."
"How's she settling into the move?"
"She's used to it, unfortunately. We, uh, we were in LA for a few months before this. But, she's almost finished High School and I want her to shave some sort of a settled life before she runs off to college."
"She mentioned her mom and sister?"
"Yes, her, um, her mother died. A couple of years back and Buffy travels a lot. For work."
Kyra smiled brightly. "So you've just been looking after her on your own?"
"No, there's Wesley and Xander and Willow and Anya and Tara... We're one big happy family. I could kill them sometimes but they're family."
Kyra smiled. "I'd like that. A family."
"What about your cousins?"
Kyra was unfazed as she studied all the photos that the gang had decided to cover the walls in. Well... that Dawn, Willow and Tara had decided to cover the walls in. "Well, yeah, but a big family. What happened to her?"
Giles frowned. "Who?"
"Dawn's friend. Cordelia." Kyra's smile widened. "She said I reminded her of her."
Giles smiled sadly. "It is uncanny." He swallowed hard. "She, um..." He took a seat on the top of the stairs. "She disappeared."
Kyra was genuinely shocked. "Oh my god." She sat down beside him. "Dawn seemed so upset about her. Is that why everyone seemed so freaked out when I walked in?" Giles looked at her. "Yes, I noticed. It was kind of hard not to."
Giles laughed. "I'm so sorry." Kyra waved it off. He couldn't believe it was possible, but he couldn't deny that it had been happening since Xander said that he had found her; the joy and hope he had felt. He had somehow at some point since he had last seen her, fallen in love with Cordelia Chase.
"You look great." Giles pulled himself out of his thoughts and looked at Kyra, who was looking up and smiling at Dawn.
He smiled up at her. "You look beautiful."
Kyra took her hand. "Come on, let's party."
Notes:
Takes place post-Chosen and post Angel Season 4. Angel Investigations don't move to Wolfram and Hart. Pretty much everyone's alive. YAYAYYYYYYYYY
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
When they arrived back home, everyone was waiting for them in the front room. "Well?" Xander asked.
Giles and Dawn looked at each other. "We saw her." The room stared at them, stunned.
"Dawn, why don't you get a start on your homework, get it out of the way before tomorrow?" Dawn turned and headed up the stairs. Giles turned to Tara. "Keep her company?"
Giles walked into the living room and sat on the arm of Willow's chair. "You... Saw her? You saw her?" Willow asked.
"Yes. But- She didn't recognise us. She didn't recognise me." The words nearly caught in his throat.
"What do you mean she didn't recognise you? Couldn't it have been an act?" Giles looked at Wesley, who cleared his throat. "Right, yes, well..."
"When you say, 'saw her'...? Like, caught a glimpse?" Xander asked.
"No. Saw her, spoke to, touched her. Stood right in front of her. She did not know who I was."
"How did she look?"
Giles smiled. "Well. Healthy. She's not changed much."
"And possibly changed more than any of the rest of us," Wesley replied fondly.
"Dawn was- It scared her a little. Seeing Cordelia. Her not recognising us." Giles took off his glasses. Though an act he usually did out of habit, now he did it to have something to do with his hands. Slipping his glasses back on, he stood up and walked to the bay window overlooking the street, looking over to the Halliwell Mansion. "Are we all sorted for tomorrow night?"
Willow smiled weakly. "Yeah. We even picked up party hats..."
~~
"No. Really, we can manage here. There's plenty of us around... Dawn's been bombarded with homework... Yes I know you suggested she leave school and that was appreciatively filed away." Wesley walked into the room. "Buffy, really. Stay in L.A for a few days. Spend some time with Angel. Or Spike. Or whatever hell dimension soul you've found." He laughed. "I know... Buffy, I must go, we're attending a neighbourhood party. I'll give your love to Dawn. Stay safe... We will. Talk soon."
"Buffy and Faith succeed in Austria?" Wesley asked as Giles hung up the phone.
"Yes," Giles answered distractedly scanning the paper, "they found the slayers that Willow had located." He tossed the paper to Wesley.
"Anything interesting?"
"A string of disappearances in Michigan." As Giles took his seat at the kitchen table with Wesley, Dawn walked into the room in a pair of sweatpants and a tank top. "You don't look too dressed for a party?"
"I'm not feeling too good so I'm just going to do some reading."
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, just... Headache."
~~
The party got underway. The people started flowing in. They met the Taylors, the Cranes, the Peters. But an hour into the party, there was still no sign of the Halliwells. "Hey," Anya said to Willow and Giles who were standing by the refreshment table. "Have we thought about what happens if they don't show up?"
But that wasn't something they had to worry about. The door opened and in walked the Halliwells: Prue and Piper, followed by Leo, then Kyra and Phoebe. As the door closed behind them, Wesley, Willow and Xander all fell silent.
"Does anyone know the meaning of subtlety? Abort the plan," Giles asked Willow, quietly, as he walked away from the refreshment table to the family before Willow could ask why. "Glad you all could make it." He stuck out his hand and shook with Leo.
"This place looks great," Piper said.
"Paige wanted to come but she had to stay at home with the kids," Phoebe said, taking off her coat.
Kyra bounded to the front of the group. "Hi."
Giles smiled warmly. "Hello, how are you?"
"I'm well, thank you," she replied in a false British accent, giggling.
Giles looked back at the rest of the group, unwillingly. "Come meet my family." Giles led them over to the refreshment table where Tara had joined Willow and Anya. He introduced everyone.
"Welcome to our home," Anya greeted, bubbly. Willow continued to stare.
Tara nudged her. "Drinks?" she asked the guests.
"Willow, perhaps go check on Dawn," Giles suggested.
"She's not joining the party?" Leo asked.
Giles pulled his eyes away from Kyra who was busying herself with the chips and dip. "Unfortunately, she was feeling a little unwell. First week back to school, catching up to do. I'd say she just needed a bit of a rest. Ah," Giles smiled as Wesley and Xander joined them. He introduced the two men. Though more subtle than Willow, they too stared and Kyra for a moment too long.
~~
Giles looked around the room as he refilled his drink. Willow was talking to Prue, Phoebe to Wesley, Anya and the Turners, Leo and Piper to Xander, and Tara to the Cranes. His stomach dropped as he scanned the room. Where was Kyra?
~~
"I thought there was someone missing." Dawn jumped out of her bed, away from the door, dropping her book. She stared at Cordelia smiling back at her. Kyra. "We met yesterday. I'm Kyra." Kyra walked further into the room. "I didn't catch your name yesterday."
"Dawn," she choked.
Kyra frowned. "I'm sorry. Am I interrupting? Do you want me to go? I was looking for the bathroom and I guess I got turned around."
"It's a door down across the hall."
"Thanks." Kyra looked around the room. "I like your bedroom."
"Thanks." Dawn pointed to the boxes in the corner. "There's still some unpacking to do." She bit her lip, but it didn't stop her. "You remind me of someone. That's why I'm acting weird. I... You remind me of someone."
Kyra sat on the bed. "Do you want to talk about it?"
"I thought you needed to go to the bathroom."
Kyra shook her head. "I just needed to get away. It was getting a little bit crowded down there."
Dawn sat down next to Kyra. "She was a friend of my sister's when they were in High School. If my mom and Buffy were busy, she used to come over and hang out with me. Even after Xander, her boyfriend, Buffy's best friend, cheated on her, she still made time for me, taught me about fashion and make-up. She was sort of like a sister to me if Buffy couldn't be." As she was saying it, Dawn realised, that what she remembered about Cordelia, what she believed, wasn't true. She really didn't know this woman.
"I'd love to meet her sometime."
Had Giles not interrupted when he did, Dawn wasn't sure she could have kept it together. "Dawn-" When Dawn heard his voice and saw him leaning against the doorframe, she jumped. "Why don't you come downstairs, sweetheart, join the party? It's not often we give you a chance like this." He took a dress that was hanging on the outside of the wardrobe and handed it to Dawn.
Kyra smiled at this fatherly act. "Would she have liked it? The dress?"
Dawn looked at Kyra, glancing at the dress she was wearing. Despite the neckline and the colour, the dresses were identical. She smiled sadly. "Yeah, she would have."
Giles looked sadly at the two. "Come down when you're ready."
Kyra walked over to the door. "What was your friend's name?"
"Cordelia."
Giles froze as Kyra frowned. "Cordelia..." Then she smiled. "I like it."
Are you alright? Giles mouthed. Dawn nodded. He shut the door behind him. When he turned, he found Kyra waiting for him across the hall. He pushed his free hand into his pocket and, ever the gentleman, offered Kyra the drink in his other hand. She took it happily. "She's seems like a nice kid."
"She's wonderful. She's been through a lot but she's probably the stronger of us."
"You seem strong."
"I sort of have to."
"How's she settling into the move?"
"She's used to it, unfortunately. We, uh, we were in LA for a few months before this. But, she's almost finished High School and I want her to shave some sort of a settled life before she runs off to college."
"She mentioned her mom and sister?"
"Yes, her, um, her mother died. A couple of years back and Buffy travels a lot. For work."
Kyra smiled brightly. "So you've just been looking after her on your own?"
"No, there's Wesley and Xander and Willow and Anya and Tara... We're one big happy family. I could kill them sometimes but they're family."
Kyra smiled. "I'd like that. A family."
"What about your cousins?"
Kyra was unfazed as she studied all the photos that the gang had decided to cover the walls in. Well... that Dawn, Willow and Tara had decided to cover the walls in. "Well, yeah, but a big family. What happened to her?"
Giles frowned. "Who?"
"Dawn's friend. Cordelia." Kyra's smile widened. "She said I reminded her of her."
Giles smiled sadly. "It is uncanny." He swallowed hard. "She, um..." He took a seat on the top of the stairs. "She disappeared."
Kyra was genuinely shocked. "Oh my god." She sat down beside him. "Dawn seemed so upset about her. Is that why everyone seemed so freaked out when I walked in?" Giles looked at her. "Yes, I noticed. It was kind of hard not to."
Giles laughed. "I'm so sorry." Kyra waved it off. He couldn't believe it was possible, but he couldn't deny that it had been happening since Xander said that he had found her; the joy and hope he had felt. He had somehow at some point since he had last seen her, fallen in love with Cordelia Chase.
"You look great." Giles pulled himself out of his thoughts and looked at Kyra, who was looking up and smiling at Dawn.
He smiled up at her. "You look beautiful."
Kyra took her hand. "Come on, let's party."
Notes:
Takes place post-Chosen and post Angel Season 4. Angel Investigations don't move to Wolfram and Hart. Pretty much everyone's alive. YAYAYYYYYYYYY