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Subject: ::BuffyLovesWillow:: FIC
Switching (1/1)
My first attempt at Buffy
fanfiction. Be kind! Bad feedback will likely cause me to crumble
up and die.
Title: Switching
Author: The Psycho (psycho@xxxxxxxxxx)
Pairing: Buffy/Willow (sorta)
Archive: Go ahead. Just keep it
intact and send me an email knowing where…. Please!
Disclaimer: I don’t own anything.
(wish I did) Just borrowing. Characters and stuff owned by Joss and
Mutant.
Summary: Willow casts a spell that
backfires in a totally unusual way.
Timeline: Sherman set the wayback
machine! Angel got sent to hell but never came back. Somewhere around season
3.
Chapter 1
"Buffy, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." not sounding too
convincing. Buffy knew she couldn't hide her feelings from her friend.
"Buffy…"
"Willow, I wish you could…"
"I can!" Willow interrupted her "…
or at least I can try… I mean, 'cause you're my best friend… and I like
helping you… and friends help each other right… And…"
"Willow…"
"Sorry. I just don't like to see
you upset." Eyes downcast.
// I am so lucky to have this
girl in my life, // Buffy thinks to herself. // She wants so much to
take care of me. // Buffy gives her best friend a hug. "I love you. What
did I ever do to deserve a friend like you? I'm sorry but this is something I
have to work out for myself."
"I understand." Willow knew she
needed to give her friend some space for now.
"I guess we should go. Classes,
studying… higher education and all that."
"That's right! I'm gonna be late!"
Willow hurried herself to get ready for class.
* * *
Willow knew what the problem was
that Buffy was having. Angel was in hell, and Willow's spell to give Angel his
soul back didn't work. Buffy missed Angel. She wished there was somethingshe
could do to help Buffy. She decided to see if there was a Wicca solution.
After classes she headed over to the library to check out Giles' 'secret'
spellbooks that he kept hidden away in his office. She had often read them and
thought she remembered a certain spell that might work.
She found the spellbook. It was
particularly old and burned. It must have been through a fire sometime inthe
past. She quickly flipped through the pages and found the spell.
. . . . eturn
Spell
. . eturn at once a banished
soul,
.nd bring him back safe and
whole,
Place the components in a
cup.
And with a fire, burn them
up.
Recite the chant with convic .
..
Use exactly the proper dic . .
.
If one is miss . . . . . cca
beware,
The so . . . . ..ess the caster
there.
There were a few parts missing but
it seemed like it should work. She copied the spell and left for home. She
opened her chest where she kept her spellcasting components. She found the
right ingredients and sat down to prepare them. She waited until dark… when
she was sure Buffy was on patrol. She read the chant silently first to get the
feel of it.
"I think I have it. The ending is
missing but I guess I can wing it."
She placed the ingredientsin a
cup, lit a match and dropped it in. They ignited with a flash. She recited the
chant once… twice… then all was dark.
* * *
Sunlight! Angel started with alarm.
He ran and hid in a corner when he realized he wasn’t smoking. The sunlight
didn’t burn! Angel looked at his surroundings. He seemed to be in abedroom. A
girl's bedroom. It definitely wasn't Buffy's. He tried to stand up. His body
felt strange. He walked around the room when something caught his eye. The
mirror. He turned and looked into Willow's face.
"This isn't good…" he said in
Willow's voice.
Chapter 2
Angel walked outside slowly, still
fearing the light. He looked up at the sun. The last time he looked up ata
blue sky was over 200 years ago. // This is so cool! // He just started walking, marveling at
the seemingly new world, a world previously only seen in the darkness. He wasn’t even aware of where he was
going. He didn’t care. It was a beautiful world, children
playing in their yards… trees seemingly who’s only purpose was to hide demons
and vampires ready to pounce on the unwary, now shimmered in the sunlight.
“Willow.”
Angel recognized that voice
instantly. He turned to see Buffy
standing on her porch. He must
have instinctively walked all the way to her house. But now seeing Buffy after all that
time in Hell was like a dream come true.
She was even more beautiful than he remembered. He was so mesmerized by
the sight of her he didn’t even realize Buffy was talking to him.
“Willow… what’s…”
Without even thinking, he ran up to
her. He folded his arms around her and kissed her with all the passion hehad
been building up during his time in hell.
* * *
Buffy had seen Willow walking up
the street staring dreamily up at the sky. She called out to her when Willow was
about to pass by her gate. Willow
turned and looked at her with such alarm. She was just staring at her. She tried asking Willow what was wrong
but she only got a few words out before Willow was suddenly kissing her!
All concerns over what waswrong
suddenly vanished. For a moment
she was too stunned to think. All
she could think was how good Willow’s lips on hers felt. Buffy was suddenly brought backto
reality when she felt Willow’s tongue find it’s way between her lips. As good as it felt to have thissecret
dream of hers come true, she knew something was wrong. She pushed Willow away.
“Willow… are you ok?”, Buffy asked
concerned.
Willow’s face faded from a look of
passion to anguish. “I’ve got to
go.” And ran away.
* * *
Angel was in heaven. Kissing Buffy again was
incredible. He felt Buffy start
to respond to him and kiss him back when she suddenly pushed him away.
Angel suddenly realized what was
going on. He wasn’t in hell. He
was back in Sunnydale and he was in Willow’s body. If he was here, where was Willow? He feared the answer to that. He dared not tell Buffy what was going
on. He had to talk to Giles. He’ll know what happened.
He desperately wanted to stay with
Buffy, but he then realized… He was in Willow’s body… He kissed Buffy… and
Buffy responded! He never knew
Buffy had those feelings for Willow.
Apparently neither did Buffy… Buffy seemed surprised by his/Willow’s
advances… even though she was turned on by it.
He didn’t have time to figure it
all out right now. He first had
to find out what happened. He
didn’t want to upset Buffy, if Buffy had feelings for Willow then she wouldn’t
be able to think straight. He had
to get away from her before she suspected too much. He had to find Giles. He just made up
something and left.
* * *
Chapter 3
Angel burst in the door toGiles’
place. He took a quick look
around.
“Giles!”
“Thank you for knocking.” Giles
said with slight sarcasm.
“Giles… There’s a big problem. I’m not Willow.”
Giles suddenly had visionsof the
Buffy/Faith body switching incident.
Had Faith come back and switched bodies with Willow? He started backing away from
Willow.
“Then who are you?” Giles said
nervously.
Angel knew Giles was scared, and
tried not to push it any further. “I’m Angel.”
“Angel’s in hell… Prove it.”
Angel tried to think of something
Giles might know but Willow wouldn’t. “I killed my parents and brother. Darla
was my sire, I was Spike’s sire…”
Giles knew Willow wouldn’t know
that. Giles knew of coursefrom
his chronicles. “Good
enough. So, if you’re in Willow’s
body… where’s Willow?”
Angel suddenly got a fearful look
on his face. “I don’t know! Do you think she might be… in…
hell?”
“I’m not sure Angel. We first have to figure out howyou
got here in Willow’s body before we can find Willow.”
“Angel?”
Angel turned upon hearing Buffy’s
voice.
* * *
Buffy had only heard the last
line. She feared somethingwas
wrong with Willow so she decided to go see Giles. When she walked in, Giles seemed to be
talking to Angel. She called out
to Angel. She didn’tsee him, but
after addressing Angel… Willow turned.
* * *
“Will… Angel?” Buffy was looking at
Willow expectantly.
Angel knew he couldn’t hide it from
her. “Yes.”
“Where’s Willow?”
“We don’t knowyet.” Giles spoke
up.
“We have to find her!” Buffy said concerned.
“We will. Angel, where were you when you came
back?”
“Willow’s bedroom I think… now that
I think about it, there was spell stuff around.”
“Willow must have cast a
spell.”
Buffy spoke up. “I’ll go to
Willow’s and see if I can find anything.”
“I’ll go with her. Giles, you stay here and see what you
can find out.”
Chapter 4
Walking to Willow’s home, Angel
instinctively took Buffy’s hand in his as they walked. Buffy was conflicted. She knew it was Angel but she loved
the feel of Willow’s skin on hers… even if they were only holding hands. Buffy didn’t say anything. All the time Angel was gone, she had
been trying to accept him being gone forever. She had started developing hidden
feelings for Willow. Feelings
which had been brought to the surface after Willow had kissed her. But it wasn’t Willow… not really. But she couldn’t shake the feelings
she was having for Willow… now in the open.
As if answering her thoughts Angel
spoke up. “We’ll get her back.”
Angel and Buffy soon got to
Willow’s room and started looking around. Angel soon found the scrap of paper
Willow had written the spell down on.
“Buffy… I think I found
the spell but it doesn’t look complete.
Let’s get it back to Giles’ and see what he can make of it.”
They didn’t speak the entire trip
back. Angel knew Buffy was
conflicted. She had loved him,
but she now loved Willow… even if she didn’t completely realize it. Angel saw how much Buffy loved kissing
Willow. They were best friends,
they would be very happy together.
He knew what would have to happen.
* * *
Angel and Buffy walked into Giles’
home. Giles came up to them, “Did
you find anything?”
“Yea, Angel found the spell I
think.”
Angel handed the spell to
Giles. Giles looked it over,
“It’s not complete…” Giles then
grabbed a book, flipping through he found the page he wanted. “Thisis a
Return Spell. Normally if it’s
cast correctly, the ‘banished soul’ will return whole. But if it’s mis-cast… the entity will
end up possessing the spell-caster.”
“She mis-cast it?” Buffy said
worriedly.
“Yes, the spell’s not
complete. This spell came out of
the Tome of Bromeus. It was in a
fire back in the 1800’s.”
Buffy turned away. “She must have
been trying to bring Angel back for me.
It’s a dangerous spell, and Will risked her life for me… I was feeling bad this morning,she
must have thought it was because I missed Angel… She didn’t know it was
because…” Buffy trailed off.
“Because…” Giles asked
curiously.
“Never mind that.” Angel stopped
him. He knew why. “What about
Willow?”
“Well, if the spell went bad… then
it’s simply a matter of possession.
Willow’s consciousness is simply buried. A simple banishment spell should get
Angel out of Willow’s body and Willow will simply re-surface.”
“… and send Angel back to
hell.”
Chapter 5
Angel took Buffy aside.
“Buffy. You know howmuch I want
to be with you, but not at Willow’s expense.” Angel turned to Giles. “Giles, can you
cast the banishment spell?”
“I think I can. I have the spell and reagents here.”
Giles started gathering up what he needed. “Angel… stand here in the center.”
Angel stood in the center of the circle while Giles poured a while sand around
him. Giles then handed Angel a
medallion. “Just hold this
talisman… the holder will have their primary consciousness banished.”
Buffy put her arms around Angel.
“Angel… I don’t want to send you back to hell!” Buffy said with worry on her
face.
“Buffy. We had our time. Maybe someday we can be together
again… But now it’s yours and Willow’s.
I know you love her. This
is the only way.” By this time Giles had started chanting. “Buffy, I’ll alwayslove you.”
Angel held Buffy tight with
Willow’s arms. He felt the spell
start to take hold of him. He
managed captured Buffy’s lips with his before he saw nothing but darkness.
* * *
Willow didn’t know where she was at
first. The first thing she
realized was Buffy was kissing her.
She didn’t know why but she wasn’t about to complain. Willow had long had feelings for Buffy
and now here she was! Kissing
Buffy! She gave in to the feeling
and kissed Buffy back.
Giles broke the moment. “Ahem.”
Buffy broke contact and Willow
whimpered from the loss. “Willow?”
“Yes?”
“I love you.”
Willow’s emotions soared. She didn’t know what happened but she
was so happy she didn’t care. “Oh Buffy, I love you so much!”
The next kiss not even thegods
could stop. Buffy and Willow
kissed again with such passion even Giles blushed. Lips melding together… best friends…
soon to be lovers.
End.
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