Title: The Zanic Spell
Author: Shawna
E-mail: smkrause4@...
Couple: Willow/Giles
Summery: Willow does a spell..and later meets Ripper
Rating: PG13
Distribution: Strange Brew, if they want it...Anyone else, please ask.
Disclaimer: The characters belong to Joss Whedon, Fox and the WB network.
Feedback: Please give me feedback...keeps me writing....No flames, please!
Spoiler: Do I look like I can read Joss Whedon's mind?..Trust me I don't.
Note: There is no Tara..Oz is no longer around...Also, I wish to thank everyone for the wonderful feedback I got on my last story. Thank you...Those words mean a lot to me..I also need to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who answered my Ripper questions...I could hug each and everyone of you!..You helped me with this story and I hope that it is worthy of your help and time...hopefully?...Have a wonderful day..Enjoy!




Part 1

Willow was reading a spell. It seemed like a simple spell.

Willow sighed...

There was a word in it that confused her...Willow knew she had to get the word right or the spell would not work...Or the spell would work in a way that it wasn't suppose to.

The Zanic Spell...She had been so excited when she found the ancient book of spells at a rare book store...

The very day Willow bought it, she started to read it...Reading the spells with wonder and excitement.

But there was one spell she always came back to...The Zanic Spell...Weird name...Weird spell.

Willow knew she could do it...The spell called for various ingredients that were very easy to find. She had to draw a large square. In this square she would be able to see anytime or anyplace...

She would be able to see things in the past. See all kinds of things...

The spell sounded exciting....intriguing.

Willow always had a fascination with history. One of the reasons she loved to read the watcher journals.

Willow smiled and remembered...

One time...She walked into the library at a certain time she was sure Giles wouldn't be there...Which was rare...But there was a facility meeting today...And that would be a perfect time to sneak out a watcher journal from out of his office.

"You could always ask.."

Willow gasped in surprise and turned around to look at the person who spoke.

It was Giles of course. No one could mistake that voice...

"I-I, um..I was just...."

"Taking a book without asking...Especially, one of my watcher journals...And there have been times I've found some of my spells books missing too."

"I always bring them back!"

Oops! Willow realized that if Giles had any doubt about who was stealing...um, borrowing his books...She just erased that doubt.

She blushed under his stare. She felt like a little girl who was caught with her hand in the cookie jar.

Willow did the only thing she could think of...Accept the fact that she had been caught and hope to try and get away with it some other time.

"I'm sorry Giles...I'm not sorry for reading your books though."

"I know and I-I told you...Y-you could always ask."

"Can I really? I know you will say no..So, why should I ask?"

"I-I might surprise you, Willow...Go ahead, ask me."

"Can I?" Willow asked, holding up the journal.

"Yes, be careful with the book..it is very old."

Willow was surprised that he had let her borrow it.

She gave Giles a beautiful smile..Willow wanted to hug him!

"Thanks!...So, you have known I've been taking your books for awhile, huh?"

Giles laughed.

"Yes, Willow. I've known from the beginning. Who else would want to read books from my collection."

Willow started to ask after that. Sometimes, he would just hand her a book telling her that she would enjoy it.

Willow was always amazed with how well Giles knew her.

Willow looked at her supplies for the spell. She smiled. Time to do some powerful magic!

This was going to be so much fun!

Part 2

"Con Ez Ne Di Vaen"

Willow could fell the power. The power seemed to flow from everything..everywhere....

She spoke the words even louder...She knew it was working!...She just knew it!

A flash of bright light...

Willow screamed...

She felt like she was being torn apart. The pain was awful.

Willow couldn't help but wonder why she felt pain.

This wasn't part of the spell...Was it?...Willow had a bad feeling that she had missed up the spell...

Big time!

Was she going to die? She hoped not.

Another flash of light...

"When I miss up, I really miss up!" Willow thought to herself as her world went dark.

Part 3


When Willow opened her eyes...She could tell right away that she wasn't in Sunnydale anymore.

How in the hellmouth did this happen?

It wasn't possible, was it? Though in Sunnydale, anything could happen....

But she wasn't in Sunnydale...That was obvious. This is very strange...

She also noticed that she was standing in the middle of the street.

"Okay, the spell did not work the way it was suppose to." Willow thought to herself.

A car came racing down the street. Willow luckily saw it and ran out of the way.

Quickly, she moved on shaking legs to the sidewalk.

"I think I just entered the Twilight Zone." Willow whispered.

A group of people turned the corner. They walked right passed a bright red telephone stand. All Willow could do was stare. In shock and wonder. She took a good look around. Willow saw a newsstand and slowly walked to it.

Fear and just a little bit of excitement entered her blood.

She stared at the different newspapers in wonder. Willow asked the man selling them..

"Am I really in London, England?"

"Are you alright?" The man answered in a British accent. He also gave her a weird look.

"Please, just answer the question...It's very important."

"Yes." The kind man answered.

Willow again looked at the newspaper...Reading the date over and over...

1976...1976....She was in London!!...In 1976!!

Well, she wanted to see another time and place. She just didn't understand why she was here...How did this happen? Maybe, someone was practicing powerful magic at the same time she was? Maybe, she didn't say that silly word right? Who knows?!

The only thing she knew was she wanted to go home...But how?

She didn't know anyone here...Wait! Yes, she did...Except how could she find him?

Willow was in a city she'd never been in before. In a time...Goddess!...She hadn't even been thought of yet! Her parents wouldn't even meet until much later.

Oh, Goddess, if she was the type to curse...She'd be doing it!...Or at least spelling it!

Wait...Wasn't Giles the famous Ripper...All she had to do was look for chaos and she was sure to find him!

Suddenly, breaking of a glass window filled the air.

Willow looked...Surely, it wouldn't be that easy!...London was a huge city!

But there was Giles...Wasn't it?...

Her jaw dropped...

It was!

He looked a lot like the picture she once saw of him in his younger days. He was a younger version of Rupert Giles. But he was stealing a car....A car!

Rupert Giles wouldn't do that...Well, not unless he had to...But Ripper would just for fun.

Willow shook her head and started to run towards him. She couldn't miss this opportunity.

"Giles!...Um, Rupert!...Rip...RIPPER!"

She was amazed with how fast he had broken into the car and hot wired it...To think this is Giles!

Willow had heard the stories..She could even believe some of them, but to actually be here and see it...

Fear made her heart beat faster..Good thing it was daytime or she was sure vampires would be all over her.

"Ripper! Please, Ripper!"

She was so scared that he would leave...Ripper knew magic...He would always help even if he didn't know her, yet.

She was getting closer the car...

The car door was thrown open...

"Get in the bloody car, woman!..Can't you see, I'm borrowing this car?...I don't need you screaming my name like a banshee...Unless, I'm making you scream."

Willow quickly climbed into the car. Ripper drove off, like a bat out of hell.

Oh, goddess, and she thought Buffy and Cordelia's driving was bad! Ripper was in a field of his own!

Willow thought about what he said...

"You are borrowing this car?"

"Yes, you don't think I'm going to keep it, do you? The bloody window is broken!"

Willow couldn't stop staring at the handsome man beside her. Ripper was wearing tight..Really tight blue jeans, a white T-shirt with a popular rock group on it and a leather jacket..

Willow swallowed hard...Was it normally this hot in England or was it the man beside her?

Willow found her voice...

"Giles, you are the one that broke the window."

"Well, if the person who owns this car..Had left the window rolled down...I wouldn't have broke it in the first place."

Willow grabbed the dashboard as Ripper made a quick right turn.

Willow had a feeling that she was in for one wild ride...And she wasn't thinking about the car ride, either....

Part 4

When Ripper left the car behind...He grabbed Willow's hand. He started to run...She knew Giles could be fast, but this was ridiculous.

Willow had a hard time keeping up. She felt as if she was being dragged...And it probably looked like it to anyone who saw them.

Ripper obviously knew where he was going. Which was good. Ripper was taking her through many different alleys and then came to a stop.

For which Willow was thankful...Maybe, now she could catch her breath.

Giles opened a door to a very old building. He lead her up the stairs. Next thing Willow knew was that they were standing outside a door.

There was a smelly drunk laying down beside the door. Giles went up to him and lifted up the drunk's hat and took a key that was laying on top of the guy's head.

Willow took all this in with wonder.

Ripper noticed that she was staring at him.

"What is it, beautiful? Think my security system a little strange?"

"Um, yes...Why don't you have the key in your pocket?"

"Because, there's something called having holes in your pockets...Plus, this key here is just a spare....I wanted to see the look of shock on your face....This is Ed..He never leaves this spot...Or at least the gang and I have never seen him move from the spot...Don't know where he gets his liquor. Don't really care. As long as he leaves mine alone!"

Willow gave Ripper a smile.

He lead her into the apartment. If one could call it a apartment. Xander's basement looked better then this place. Willow could remember the time the gang had to stay at Xander's and Giles said he would not squat in that dank hole..

Looking around she knew Xander's place was a palace compared to this place.

The place was a miss. Ripper was a slob. Giles might leave clutter around...But his place was clean....Had a nice warm home feel. Giles' place held color...Had life...

Ripper's place was anything but that!

"I see you are looking around..Trust me, you haven't seen anything yet. In the next room..I have a very big bed. Not really used for sleeping."

"GILES!"

Willow blushed...Would she ever not blush around him? Even if it is Ripper, it is still Giles. Isn't it? Like she hadn't noticed how sexy Giles was. Ripper may look handsome now, but he will look so much better with age...So sexy!..So yummy!

Ripper laughed...

"Okay, beautiful. I brought you here because you seemed to know me...And I don't think I know you. I would have remembered you."

"You don't know me, yet. You will, one day."

Ripper nodded and said...

"So, do you like being on top or bottom?"

"WHAT!"

"You do mean I'll be knowing you in the biblical sense, right?"

"B-biblical? No!"

"Shame.." Ripper sighs and continues...

"Maybe, I can change your mind."

The look Ripper was giving her said he was picturing her without any clothes on...And Ripper liked what he imaged a lot!

Willow should be upset with how he was acting...Shouldn't she? Then, why on earth did she feel excited. Especially, from the pictures Ripper was painting in her head.

"Giles..um, Ru...I mean, Ripper, um, you see I did this magic spell and somehow I went into the past."

Ripper, suddenly, became very serious.

"What spell did you do, beautiful?"

"My name is not beautiful. It's Willow. I don't know if you heard of it...But, I used the Zanic spell."

"ZANIC! Are you insane! What are you? A-want-a-be-witch!"

"I am NOT a want-a-be, I AM A WITCH!"

"No, you are not! All the witches, I've known have had more since. Plus, how do I know you are really from the future?"

"Um..you..you come from a family of Watchers...And your father expected you to be one, too. A Watcher trains a Slayer..the chosen one, who...well, you know..."

"H-how do you know about Watchers?"

"B-because...Because in the future you are one." Willow spoke in a whisper....

Part 5


"H-h-how do you know about Watchers?" Ripper asked.

"B-because...Because in the future you are one." Willow spoke in a whisper....

"BLOODY HELL!!! I'll never be one of those tweed wearing Billocks! Next you'll be telling me that you are the slayer!"

"No...No, I'm not the slayer....Thank goodness, but my best friend is."

Willow was not even going to say anything to Giles about how sexy he looked wearing tweed.

"Really? Is she gorgeous, like you?" Ripper asked.

"G-gorgeous? You think I'm gorgeous. I've never been called...um...Well, Buffy is very beautiful."

"She can't be as beautiful as you."

"She can..." Willow whispered.

"I find that hard to believe, Beautiful."

"My name is Willow...Oh, never mind. Do you believe that I am from the future?"

"Why should I?"

"Because if you don't believe me, then you will never help me go back home...And I want to go home, Ripper...Please, help me. Please..."

"You know you are the one who got yourself into this mess...And you call yourself a witch...The Zanic spell!...That was real stupid of you, now wasn't?...Okay, I will help you. Just don't tell the gang."

"That I am from the future?"

"No, that I'm helping you...For nothing!..Unless, you'd like to give me a present before you go."

"Present?"

Ripper gave her a mischievous smile.

"Uh, I don't think so. Do you always think about...Well, you know?"

"Oh, yeah!"

"Oh, dear...Ripper! Concentrate here!"

"I am concentrating...on you."

The look Ripper was giving her, made her feel like she was melting. She saw deep rooted passion in his beautiful green eyes...

Willow was never so thankful to hear a knock upon the door before, but she was.

Really thankful....

Part 6

A little later...

Willow was walking beside Ripper. They were going to a magic shop to help get Willow back home.

She keep thinking about the group of people she had meet. The group that had knocked upon Giles' door.

Willow could remember all their names...Maybe, because they had once been mentioned years ago in Sunnydale. And of course, the famous Ethan Rayne...Ethan who loves showing up and causing trouble and chaos. He was a master at both!

Ripper's friends...Diedre Page, Thomas Sutcliff, Philip Henry and Randall....They all came over to Ripper's just to hang out and see what kind of mischief Ripper wanted to get into.

Randall...Wasn't Randall the one who was going to die...Whose death affected Ripper so much, that he changed into Rupert. The man she ended up falling in love with...In love...She use to have a crush on him..She even admitted that crush to her friends. But then she realized that the crush had grown into something more...

Out of everyone she had meet she liked Randall the best...He always seemed to be smiling...joking...She wanted to warn him or Ripper, but if she did...She had a feeling, she would lose Rupert forever....Even if she never had him.

Anyway, it was not right for someone to know to much of the future. Even telling Ripper that he would one day become a Watcher could have direr consequences. She hoped that she didn't change that.

Willow looked over at Ripper. She watched him light up a cigarette.

"Beautiful?" Ripper asked softy...

"Yes."

"You looked like you were thinking...Are you always so deep in thought."

"Sometimes."

"Bugger, I don't have a penny..."

Willow laughed and said...

"Would you really want to give me a penny for my thoughts?"

"Sure...Anyway, I've never meet a want-a-be witch from the future."

"A want-a...Ripper, you are on dangerous ground."

"I enjoy being on dangerous ground. Makes life interesting...So are you going to tell me what is going on in that pretty head of yours?"

"I was thinking that I can't tell you anything of the future...That I may have already said to much."

"You are smart as well as sexy."

"Um, thanks...So, you don't want to know? Not even curious?" Willow found herself asking.

"Of course, I'm curious...But the way I see it...One day, I'll find out myself...For I will be living it. Life has to have surprises or else life would be just plain boring."

"Never thought of it that way before."

"I do want to know one thing though..."

Willow stiffened...Wondering and fearing what his question of the future was.

"What?" She asked.

"Do we have a relationship?"

"Why do you want to know?"

Ripper threw down his cigarette. He looked straight at her and said...

"Because, you are one hell of a woman...You have brains...Well, you doing the Zanic spell still makes me wonder...You are sexy...Really beautiful...And I believe I'd have to be a monk not to have noticed you...Or want you...So, Willow what is our relationship? Do you want me...um, Rupert...For I know he must want you..."

 

 

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