To be a family

Title: Wonders of fire and cats



Author: MoonKat

Fandom: Charmed/BTVS

Summary: Xander was changed when Willow attacked him with her dark magic. Xander’s real family finds him and he discovers Darth Willow changed him more then he thought. Mpreg.

Disclaimer: I own nothing except the craziness that spews out of my head. It does spew very sloppy-like. All characters belong to their respective owners. I don’t own nada. If I owned the Charmed Ones or Xander I’d have money. Which I don’t, sadly I don’t. Just writing here.



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Xander felt the powerful magic rush over toward him and he panicked, throwing his arms over his face Xander ducked down on the floor. When the magic past him and hit Willow square in the chest Xander blinked in shock and surprise. Xander was the one that started the fight . . . why was Willow the one getting bound?



The scoobies seemed pretty shocked too. Buffy stood with wide eyes her mouth open and gum that she had been chewing fell to the floor. Gum that she had been swapping with Riley through the day. Riley looked confused but still pulled a gun, the gun seemed to comfort him. Giles had a crossbow in his hand but he didn’t seem to know who to point it at. Willow stood frozen, shock and anger clearly seen in her eyes, her form glowed around the edges with warring magic. Xander can clearly see the bright pure light from the three witches starting to win over Willow’s grayish one.



Getting off the floor Xander scuttled toward Spike and the witches. But more toward Spike, he at least knew the vampire. They all at least seemed to be on his side for the moment, but trusting strangers is not of the smart. “Spike what the hell is going on?!”



Spike shrugged. Magic was flying this way and that, clogging up the vampire’s sensitive nose with its strong scent. He’s gonna be sneezing pixy dust all night! “How the bloody hell should I know Xander! You’re magically endowed! You tell me?!”



Since the powerful witches were fighting Willow magically and the others seemed captured in the powerful emotional moment Xander decided this would be a good time to leave. Spike had the same idea because he was sneaking toward the back door. Xander got to the back door just in time to see the three witches win against Willow and start fighting with Buffy and Riley. High tailing it Xander and Spike got to the alley behind the Magic Box only to be met by six unknown men in street clothes.

“Hello, we’re here to take you to our master. Come quietly and do not fight back and will let the vampire live, Phoenix.”



'Know these blokes luv?' Spike asked as he gave the creatures before him a smirk. He could use a good fight.



Xander groaned. Can he not get a break!? Just like once?! And why, WHY, is everyone calling him that name?!

Behind Xander the three witches appeared. “Wait Phoenix!! Please wait!” Yelled the one with short hair.



Xander and Spike looked from one blockage of people to the next. What to do? What to do?! Xander watched the slightly older but shortest witch walk forward and touch Xander shoulder. Her touch is warm and comforting. “Please wait Phoenix. We need to talk to you!”



“My names not Phoenix!! It’s Xander! Why do people keep calling me that?!“



“Because that’s who you are. Your birth name.” The woman said simply.



‘Well that explained a big fat NOTHING!’ thought Xander as he glared all around himself. At all the people crowding him, making his stomach upset and his head pound. Xander felt really trapped, evil guy’s trying to take him to their master, and witches that are calling him Phoenix and need to talk to him. The last woman that called him Phoenix tried to off him and turned into a snake. The pretty witches before him didn’t seem reptile-like but he was still pretty worried. What the hell did everyone want from him?!



When swords and axes started appearing in the street guys hands and their eyes started glowing a bright sick green Xander decided to attack now ask later. Firing a torrent of flames at the men or demons or whatever they are, Xander used his power to toss the wall of flesh away. But once he subdued one another would pop out of the air and attack! Spike ripped the head off one creature making it spurt out thick greenish/clear blood. The witches amazed Xander, fighting like a pack she-wolves. The shortest witch made gestures with her hands and things would blow up, the other did karate and seemed to flout at times, and the one with dark brown/red hair used blue light to toss thing and appear in different spots. Even with all the powerful help Xander could see they were losing, and in the Magic Box Xander could hear Buffy and the others coming. Even if Willow was now bound Xander still worried, he still couldn’t trust her. She was still a witch, still a fighter of the hellmouth.



Panting for breath Xander started firing fireball after fireball not worrying were it landed. That is he didn’t worry till he heard Spike yell out in pain. Xander looked around for Spike only to find the blond vampire surrounded by red angry fire. Xander’s fire. Not wanting to hurt or kill the blond Xander ran into his own flames somehow knowing his fire would not hurt him. Everywhere he stepped the flame would change color, surrounding Xander and Spike blue replaced red. Xander watched in amazement as his blue fire healed the blisters Spike got from his red fire.

Grabbing the vampire’s hand Xander started pulling him along behind him through the flame. “What the hell Xander?! You trying to kill me!?!” Said Spike resisting the pull and hanging on to his fire free corner.



“Spike we need to go!!”



“Xander that’s fire! Vampires and fire don’t mix! We get dead if we go into that!” Spike yelped wide-eyed.



Xander tugged on the pale hand and stepped into the fire, forcing that pale hand into the blue flame too. Spike gasped and tried to pull Xander back only to realize the flames did nothing to him, in fact it seemed to energize him. And Spike had to admit that the sweet heat shooting though his hand and into his arm left pleasurable tingles, it made him want more even though his vampire nature told him to run from the fire. Pulling again Xander finally got Spike to walk along with him, out of the fire pit.



“Xander! Stop! XANDER YOU GET BACK HERE!! NOW!” Yelled Buffy as she started running toward him, but was slowed by the fires.



“Stop Xander or I’ll shoot!” Riley said as he aimed for Xander’s back. When the shot was fired Xander yelped when it grazed his arm, moment later blue flame licked at Xander’s arm healing him. Puzzled Riley raised his gun again for another shot only to freeze after one of the witches waved her hand. Buffy gasped then looked enraged, she tossed her axe at the witch only to have it disappear in blue light. And appear ,in then youngest of the three, witch’s hand.



“Buffy catch!” Yelled Giles as he tossed her a flaming crossbow.



The magical arrows glowed with Giles power, but somehow Xander knew they were not for killing. Those arrows are blunt and made to subdue the targets. Even if they weren’t lethal Xander KNEW he didn’t want to get hit with one and panicked when three arrows were fired his way. Wishing to be out of the way Xander gasped when the air seemed to shift and a pocket appeared in the air. Going into it with Spike wrist still in his grip Xander gasped as the pocket of air popped them outside the alley. Looking at the firestorm and the fight in the alley for a second Xander bit at his lip, what about the witches? Should be help them?



Waving his hand Xander made a wall of fire between the witches and the demons, making sure they had a way out if needed. Then as an after thought Xander did the same to the scoobies but didn’t give them a way out. Xander wasn’t worried, Buffy can climb walls, Giles can do the magic thing, and Riley is a soldier. A little bit of magical flame won’t kill them.



Glaring at the air Xander smiled as another pocket formed in the air. Stepping into it with a very confused Spike following Xander disappeared from Sunnyhell.



‘And I’m never coming back!’ Thought Xander as he traveled through the weird air path.



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“Let’s get out of here!” Said Piper as she froze the slayer.

Kicking the soldier and the bound red-haired witch to the ground, Phoebe nodded. “We’re getting nowhere and Phoenix disappeared!”



“Alright ladies we are getting out of here!” with that said Paige orbed them away leaving the Scooby’s with the big demon mess.



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On the roof of the Magic Box the scoobies watched Xander disappear into a line of light and the witches vanish into blue light. Wiping ash off her face Buffy groaned, everything went ass up and it was the witches’ fault!! “What do we do now?! How do we deal with Xander?!”



Giles sat down heavily on the roof of his building. “I don’t know Buffy. But first I should research. We need to find out what they did to Willow. Tell me Willow did they hurt you at all?”



Willow shook her head no. She looked at Giles her eyes wide and full of tears, her lip wobbled. “Why did they do this to me Giles?! I thought they were good guys!!”



“I don’t know, but they must have had a reason. The Charmed Ones are the most powerful source of good next to the slayer! Maybe they had a spell on them?”



“So then we’ll have to help them!” Buffy grumbled, hating the thought of helping woman that kicked her ass.



“First we must help Willow, then deal with everything else. *sigh* I might have to call a friend for help.” Said Giles as he cleaned his glasses.



'I’ll call my team together. We’ll be here in Sunnydale for a week or two, we can be your backup.' said Riley as he pulled out his cell phone.



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Down low to the ground and out of human sight two cats sighed. ~Great! We missed the action! Couldn’t you have escaped that apartment earlier?!~ Meowed the gray tomcat. His bright yellow eyes glowed with annoyance and humor, the white V of fur on his face making his face look like he has eyebrows, highlighting his eyes and his emotions. The white tip of his tail swished back and forth while the light gray bulk held still. The bigger cat pawed at the little slender cats face.



The female cat glared, her black/grey fur puffing up with her annoyance. She shifted her white rear legs then wrinkled her white spotted grey nose. ~Shut up Andy! Do you know how hard it is to get out of the slayers house?! And get out before Dawn can notice?! I’m just glad I’m no longer the red witch’s familiar! Though I am sad that the shy one died. She was an innocent.~ The black/grey/white cat sighed sadly, her bright coal eyes dimming with regret.



~Prue . . . She wasn’t your charge. They weren’t our real responsibility.~ Andy sat closer and nuzzled the other familiar.



Prue hissed. ~ I may have chosen to be a familiar instead of staying in heaven but I’m still a Halliwell!!~



Andy nodded. ~I know. I’m a fucking cat because I couldn’t let you do this on your own! That kid needs guiding . . . Just wish the Great one would have let us get involved sooner. Even the pushy Elders aren’t as cryptic!~



Prue nodded and licked her paw to wash her face. It was kind of dirty, she had to squeeze herself though the attic window then jump down into a bed of leaves and dirt on the neighbors yard. If she had climbed down from the house and tried to cross the yard she would have been caught by Dawn. There was a spell around the house to keep unwanted things out and warn others when people or things leave. Then there is a spell on her to warn the people in the house that she is outside. After all Miss Kitty Fantastico can’t go out, she’s just a helpless little kitten, something would surely eat her. If Prue were human and she had found a cat with the name that is on her collar she would make sure the cat stayed lost.



~Should we stick around and see if Phoenix comes back or should we follow your sisters?~



Prue shook her grey/black head. ~ Did you see the look on his face! Phoenix won’t be back and staying here is too dangerous for us. *smirk* I’m not rescuing you from another game of kitty poker!~



Andy hissed. ~It happened just once! Will you never let me live it down? Besides while I lived on the streets gathering information on the Hellmouth, you were living it rich with those gay witches!~



Prue wrinkled her nose. ~You can hardly call fancy feast and a water dish in a small cramped dorm living it rich.~



~Better then sleeping at the police station and eating old donuts. Those cops are brainless, it was painful staying there with them. All of them were brain dead or blind!!~ Andy shuddered at the memory of all the stupid around him back then.



~Lets go.~ Said Prue as she disappeared with a pop sound.



~So impatient.~ Andy sighed as he popped away. Back to the Great One and his riddles. Oh how Andy hated being a cat, cats can’t hold guns. A cop’s worst nightmare!!



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Falling through the air pocket Spike groaned, holding his belly and covering his mouth the vampire tried to hold in his breakfast. Blood coming back up was not a pretty sight to see. Plopping down on the curb Spike swallowed and tried to speak. “X-xan-xander if you e-every make me go through that thing again I’ll eat you! I swear! Git!”



Xander stood off to the side by the wall of a brown building. He had a sheepish look on his face, but he seemed a bit green himself. “I’m new at this stuff Spike can’t be perfect the first time.”



Spike snorted. “It’s like sex then.”



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