Chapter 1 You Feel Me Somehow

Author's Note: I just wanted to give you guys a heads up that I changed a few things with the Buffy/Angel timeline. There's just a few things that didn't sit well with me, like Cordy and Connor having sex (I'm still not over that) or Angel and Co taking over Wolfram and Hart. I've been dying to write a crossover story involving Once Upon a Time and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, two of my favorite shows of all times. I have a few more Buffy/OUAT crossover story ideas but I wanted to start with this one first. Big thanks to CloverKitten06 for giving me the idea of using the song Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls for this story. Enjoy!

Faith was fast asleep in bed enjoying a peaceful slumber when all of a sudden she heard a loud crash.

She opened her eyes to look at the clock on her night side. It read 9:00am. As much as she didn't want to get up she knew she had to. Duty called. Slowly got out of bed and made her way toward the kitchen where she knew where her two roommates would be.

"Okay, what's going on," she demanded.

She stared at the little boy and girl in question, standing in the middle of a messy kitchen. There was a broken plate on the floor along with a couple broken eggshells. The kitchen counter was covered with open boxes, a frying pan and the kids themselves had flour on their pajamas and faces.

"Hi mom! We were trying to make breakfast for you," Iris explained.

"Yeah, for your birthday," Colin added.

Oh my god! Faith was so busy with being a slayer and a single mom that she completely forgot that her birthday was this week.

"Oh guys, that's awfully sweet but you didn't have to do all this for me," Faith assured them.

"But we wanted to," Iris protested.

"And wait until your surprise party tonight! Everyone is gonna be here and..." Colin said, but Iris punched him in the arm.

"Stupid! You weren't suppose to say anything. Now you ruined the surprise."

"Don't call me stupid!" Colin said rubbing his arm.

"Enough you two! It's too early in morning and I haven't had my coffee yet. Help me clean up here okay? And when we're finish you guys can clean up and we'll all go out for breakfast. Deal," she said.

"Okay," they agreed.

If someone told her nine years ago that she, Faith Lehane, would be the mother of fraternal twins she would have told them to screw off and then she would go and find a couple of vamps to slay. But here she was cleaning up the kitchen with her kids: Iris Willow Lehane and Colin Liam Lehane. Colin looked a lot like her with brown hair and dark brown eyes. Iris, on the other hand, looked more like her father with black hair and bright blue eyes, so bright, it reminds her how... no! No, she wasn't going to think about that man, especially today.

After cleaning up the kitchen and taking a quick shower, all three of them drove down to a little diner they would like to go.

"Morning Faith," a chubby black man greeted her from behind the counter.

"Hey Cedric. Can I get three breakfast specials," she asked.

"Sure thing. By the way, happy birthday. You looking good girl," he said.

"And you know it," she smiled.

The first time she met Cedric was when she moved to New York about nine years ago. She was walking in the park late one night when she saw this slim looking demon attacked the poor guy. Luckily she managed to save his life. She didn't know what freaked him out more, that he was almost killed by an actual demon or that he was saved by a woman that was seven months pregnant. She took him back to his apartment, where he owned a diner just below. When she explained vampires and other nasties that go bump in the night were real he took it rather well. To show his gratitude he offered her and her kids a lifetime of free meals.

Faith and her kids sat in their usual booth by the window.

"Hey mom, what do you want to do today," Colin asked.

"Well, I wouldn't mind spending time with my little hell raisers. And we can do whatever you want," she said.

"But today is suppose to be about you," Iris pointed out.

"No, it's about us. Nothing would make me happier then spending the day with you guys," Faith smiled.

After stuffing their faces with eggs, bacon and pancakes they went out to enjoy the day. They each got to pick a place. Colin got to pick first and they went to Time Square. Even after living in New York for a good number of years she was still amazed at how many people from around the world come here. Next Iris wanted to go to the zoo at Central Park. Faith laughed as she watched her kids make funny faces at the monkeys. When it was Faith's turn she took the kids on a boat tour around the city. She enjoyed being out on the water. It was one of the few times she could actually think about the twins father without wanting to throw something. They were having so much fun they didn't realize it was getting late so headed back toward their studio apartment. As soon as she turned on the light she saw all her friends come out from hiding and yelled "SURPRISE!"

Even though the kids already told her about her surprise party she was still pleasantly surprised.

"Come on you guys," Faith groaned.

"Oh no you don't! It's your birthday and we are going to celebrate," Willow declared.

"But..."

"Resolve face. You know what it means," Willow said.

"Fine," she rolled her eyes.

Willow smiled that she won the fight.

"Aunt Willow," the kids declared.

"Hey guys," Willow greeted them, and pulled them into a hug.

Faith watched as the twins hugged their godmother. Back in the day she and Willow didn't get along too well and that was before she became a homicidal maniac. But when Faith became good again she and Willow spent some time together during the battle with The First and got to know each other better. It turned out Willow went a little dark herself after her girlfriend was killed by some woman hating sleazebag. It was always the quiet ones you had to look out for. After Sunnydale collapsed they all went their separate ways but they keep in touch. In fact Willow was there when she found out that she was pregnant and she supported her 100%.

"My turn," Angel said.

Colin and Iris let go of their godmother and ran to their godfather. Aside from Willow, Angel is the only other person who knew the truth about the twins father, the real truth. Everyone else thought it was some random guy she met one met one night.

"Uncle Angel, you came," Iris declared happily.

"Of course I did. I wouldn't miss your mom's birthday for the world," Angel said.

"Can you teach us some more sparing moves while you're here," Colin asked.

"Yeah! We've been practicing. Last time I kicked Colin's butt," Iris proudly.

"No, you didn't!" Colin protested.

"I did too!" Iris argued.

"Maybe later. Right now, let's party," he said.

Iris and Colin cheered and made their way toward the dessert table, where they helped themselves to some cupcakes. Xander was there along with Dawn, who was six months pregnant with their baby girl. She had to admit that those made a cute couple. Gunn and Connor were playing Batman: Arkham Asylum. She thought it was sweet that Connor took the time off from UCLA to visit. Wesley and Fred were kissing on the couch. She thought those two would never get together. They were worried what Gunn would say, since he and Fred used to date but he was cool with it. Andrew was talking to a couple slayers that were based here in New York like her. The guy was still annoying but he had a good heart and she would gladly take a knife in the gut for him. The gang was all here, well almost.

Cordelia was back in LA because of a broken arm after a little run in with a gang of vampires about a week ago. Luckily Lorne was there to take care of her.

Giles was in London taking care of watcher business since he was the head of the new watcher's council.

As for Buffy, she was off god knows where with Spike. Everyone was shock to find out that Spike was alive after he sacrificed himself to save them all. Buffy didn't know whether to kill him or kiss him. After that they took off to parts unknown. A few times a month they would either get a postcard or an email. Now that there were was more than one slayer in the world Buffy can have the rest she deserved. But that didn't stop her from finding trouble. One time she got an email from Buffy telling her about how her and Spike defeated a bunch of witches in New Orleans from raising the dead during Mardi Gras. Another time she got a postcard from Hong Kong telling that they killed a dragon.

Yup. Never a dull moment in this group.

Before she knew it was time for cake. They didn't say make a wish as she blew out the candles because they all knew better then to say the 'W' word out loud. You never know who might be listening. Next it was time for presents. She got some good stuff from the gang. New clothes, like new leather pants and matching jacket. An ipod for her music. Some new weapons, like a bow and arrow, a couple of new knives. But her favorite were from the twins. They each made hand made stakes with their names craved on them. She wasn't one for crying but she had to admit she was getting misty eyed.

Faith never thought in a million years she would the mother of two beautiful kids and have the love and support of the most dysfunctional group of people she's ever met. For the first time in her life she felt truly blessed.

The rest of night involved playing Sing Star, a gift from Lorne, pigging out and just exchanging stories from past adventures. Soon one by one everyone started to leave. Some had to leave for the airport in the morning while others either they had slayer duties. The only ones left was Angel and Willow. Faith found Colin and Iris fast asleep on the couch.

"Need a hand," Angel asked her.

"It's okay big guy. I can handle it," she assured him.

"Angel help Faith with the kids. I'll get started in cleaning up," Willow said.

"Red..."

"Resolve face. Now go."

"Wow. She used the Resolve face twice today. She means business," Angel joked as he gently picked up Iris.

Faith rolled her eyes as she picked up Colin. As Willow started picking up trash off the floor, Angel and Faith carried the kids to their room. They got them in their pajamas and tucked them into made. They looked so peaceful. As they headed out the door Colin woke up.

"Mom," he called to her.

"Yeah baby," she asked.

"You forgot to sing the song," he said.

Angel decided to leave and let Faith to get into mom mode.

"What song?"

"You know," Iris said, waking up as well. "You and dad's song."

Of course, how could she forget. When she was pregnant she read in one of those pregnancy books that babies could hear music for the womb. Faith played all kind of songs but there was one song that always put them at ease and it was just her luck it was one that made her think about their father. Even before she met the man she always liked it. That's why she named her daughter after it.

She pulled out a chair and started to sing.

"And I'd give up forever to touch you, cause I know that you feel me somehow. You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be and I don't want to go home right now. And all I can taste is this moment. And all I can breathe is your life cause sooner or later it's over. I just don't want to miss you tonight. And I don't want the world to see me cause I don't think that they'd understand. When everything's meant to be broken. I just want you to know who I am," she sang.

Not a lot of people knew that Faith could sing but when you hear her it was just so beautiful. By the time she was done where were asleep again. She quietly went over to their beds and kissed them both good night.

"Good night guys," she whispered.

She carefully left the room as not disturb them. As she went into the kitchen to find that Angel and Willow were almost done with the cleaning.

"Man, what a day," Faith said, as she started to put away the plates.

"How does it feel to be another year older," Willow asked.

"I feel pretty much the same, except for you know being another year older," she said.

"You've come along way Faith," Angel said.

"Yeah. We're proud of you," Willow added.

Faith smiled at her friends. She really did come along way. The only thing that would be even better if... damn it! Why couldn't she stop thinking about him for five minutes?

"It's okay to miss him," Willow commented.

Suddenly Faith's smile turned into a frown.

"I don't miss him," she lied.

"Faith, it's been nine years," Willow pointed out.

"Yeah, nine years and I have never been happier."

Angel and Willow exchanged a look. They knew Faith was lying.

"Look, I know he broke your heart. But don't think it's time to the kids the truth about their father," Angel asked.

"Hey! I told you two the truth about Colin and Iris' father in confidence okay? The last thing in the world I want is for my kids to find out that their father is a no good pirate," Faith declared.

"But he's not just any pirate he's..." Angel pointed out

"Don't say it..." Faith warned him.

"Killian Jones. Or you know Captain Hook," Willow finished.

Freaky Hook! Just hearing the name out loud just made her want to... snap! Faith looked at the plate that she had in her hands was snapped in half. Damn! Faith sheepishly put in the trash bag and pretended to clean the counter.

"I'm sorry. We didn't mean to upset you," Willow apologized.

"Whatever. It's fine," she assured her.

Once again, she was lying but this time they decided not to push. If it was any other man Faith wouldn't be half as worked up. Hell, she didn't even get this upset when she broke up with Robin. But this was different. She fell in love with a pirate. That's right. Faith 'five by five' Lehane fell head over heels for Captain Hook, a fairy tale character.

It looked like they weren't gonna get anything out of her tonight so they just left it alone. Once Faith shut down it was hard for her to open up again.

"Well, I better get going. I've have a plane to catch," Angel said.

"I better go too. I have a class to teach in the morning," Willow said.

Willow was a teacher at the Joyce Summers School for Gifted Girls here in Manhattan. It was one of the many school for slayers that the new watcher's council started up after the Battle with the First. Faith was also a teacher there. She was the Senior Slayer instructor.

"Yeah, I'll walk you guys out," Faith said.

As she walk them to the door she gave them both a hug.

"Thanks for coming. I mean that," Faith said, sincerely.

"We know. Bye Faith," he said.

"Yeah, happy birthday. I'll see you in the morning," Willow smiled.

"Night guys."

Faith closes the door and heads to the living room, where she spots a picture of her and the twins on Halloween last year. They were all dressed like pirates. Pirates!

"Faith, behind you!"

She felt someone sneak up behind her and grab her by the shoulders. She snaps her head back to head butt him in the face and grabs onto his arm. Faith twists the guy around and shoves him into the section of the cave. It was just her, Captain Hook and his crew in the cave surrounded by the Lost Boys.

"What now, love," Hook asked her.

"I say we teach these boys a lesson in respecting their elders," she smiled.

"You read my mind, love," he smiled.

They both pulled out their swords, along with the rest of the crew and they charged at the Lost Boys.

Hook swings his sword around and thrusts at a Lost Boy with dreadlocks in front of him, but he parry. They exchange a few blows, blowing each other. Hook spins around and swings his sword down at him from above. He holds up his own block, but Hook hits it hard and he falls to one knee. Hook swings again, and he blocks. He spins around with a roundhouse kick to the Lost Boy's side, and he collapses to the ground.

Faith jumps up on a high rock and swings a blonde Lost Boy. He parries and swings at her legs. She jumps up and over the blade and lands on the ground. He tries her legs again, but she blocks his attempt with her sword. He tries a wide swing and this time he manages to cut her arm. He tries to take advantage of her distraction and comes at her with his sword held high, intending to swing from above, but she drops to the ground and rolls out of the way, so he only manages to smash a few rocks. Faith kicks his legs out from under him and scrambles back up. The lost boy gets to his feet as well, but she punches him in the face before he could do anything.

Suddenly a dark shadow with glowing eyes appeared in the cave.

"Enough!" he shouted.

Everyone stopped what they were doing. The Lost Boys got down on their knees at their master's pet. The shadow looked over to where Faith was standing. Hook stood beside Faith and took her hand. She didn't scare easily but she was glad Hook was with her.

"This isn't over," the shadow replied.

Soon the shadow leaves the cave with the Lost Boys following behind them. Hook's crew cheered that they were alive.

"Are you all right, love," Hook asked concerned, when he noticed the cut on her arm.

"Five by five," she shrugged.

"Don't do that! You know I worry about you," he said.

Faith stroked his cheek, touched by his concern.

"I know, but I'm a slayer. Fighting the bad guys is kind of my thing," she reminded him.

"There maybe a hundred of slayers where you're from. But there's one you," he said.

Faith wasn't one for all this romantic crap but even she felt her heart begin to melt. She leaned forward and gave him a cherished kiss.

"I love you," she said, meaning every word.

"I love you too," he said.

Faith was pulled out her thoughts when she heard police sirens outside. Just another night in New York. She turned off the light in the living room and headed to bed. Outside her apartment window a dark shadow with glowing eyes was looking in, watching and waiting for the right moment to strike.