Title: Vacations aren't always great

Author: weirdo1984

Disclaimer: I own none, all belong to Joss Whedon
Comments: Always welcomed!

Summary: The gang goes to a cabin for a vacation

Warnings/Spoilers: none

Chapter 1

Willow, Angel, Buffy, Xander, Cordelia and Spike all went up to the woods. Willow's uncle owned a cabin up there and Giles had decided they all needed a break. So they were spending two weeks there. They were all excited to get away from the hell mouth.

There was a lake not far from the cabin, so they could go swimming at night. Everyone got set up in their rooms. Buffy and Xander shared a room as did Cordelia and Spike and Angel and Willow.

Angel and Willow got together seven months. Spike and Cordelia started seeing each other three months ago and Buffy and Xander just had their one year anniversary.

"So what do you guys think?" Willow asked sitting on one of the chairs.

"It's so peacefully here. I like it." Buffy grinned flopping on the couch.

"Me too," Cordelia agreed snuggling against Spike.

"I used to come up here all the time. I loved it here." Willow replied looking around.

"Why did you stop coming up?" Spike asked playing with Cordy's hair.

"Life," Willow laughed, "We met Buffy and our lives changed. Not that it was a bad thing. I mean if we hadn't Buffy and Xander wound never have gotten together. Spike never would have tried killing us and getting his soul mate Cordelia and I never would have met Angel." Angel leaned down and kissed her.

"You know only in our lives would that ever be a good thing." Xander said rolling his eyes.

"Yeah well I wouldn't change it for anything in this world." Angel said nuzzling Willow's neck.

"So what do we want to do?" Willow asked smiling at Angel.

"I say we play hide and seek. Yeah it's juvenile but hey it's just us. I say we act like children." Xander suggested looking at the group.

"Sounds good to me," Cordelia agreed.

"Ok you can hide anywhere outside, the cabin is too small to find a decent hiding place." Willow said standing.

"Who wants to be it?" Buffy asked.

"Me." Spike smirked, "when I was a kid I was always best at this."

"We'll see old man." Cordy smiled.

"Let's go." Xander said as they head outside except for Spike who stayed inside to count to one hundred.

Willow knew a secret cave she used to play in. She knew Spike was already looking for them. Willow walked around to the front of the cave, and stopped in her tracks. There was a man eating someone and he wasn't a vampire Willow knew that for sure. She screamed making the man look at her and then stood. Willow turned back the way she had come and ran. She looked back and ran into someone causing her to scream again.

"Willow it's me." Angel said softly, "What's wrong?"

"I saw…" Willow couldn't finish the sentence she was shaking so much.

"Hey what's going on?" Xander asked running to them everyone behind him.

"Willow, are you alright?" Cordelia asked worriedly.

"Over there." Willow said taking Angel's hand pulling him towards the cave. "What they were right here." she looked around trying to find the man and body.

"What was here?" Spike asked looking around.

"There was this guy eating someone." Willow answered.

"Willow there is nothing here. You just imagined it." Buffy replied.

"No I saw him. It's true he does exist." Willow whispered.

"What are you talking about?" Angel asked confused looking at her.

"My uncle used to tell me stories about a man lived in these woods. He never comes out during the day. Not many people know about him. Visitors would walk around at night, and he'd catch them and eat them. I mean they were still alive while he did this. I always thought my uncle was trying to scare me, but it's true." Willow said her voice shaky.

"Willow it's not real. You thought you saw him or something. There is nothing here that would even make us think anyone was here." Xander replied looking at the ground.

"I saw it." Willow insisted.

"You probably remembered the stories your uncle told you, and it made you think you saw it." Angel reasoned.

Willow knew what she saw, the stories were real. She didn't understand why her friends didn't believe her. Turning she started her way back to the cabin. She wasn't going to stay out there. Angel wrapped his arm around her waist, but she refused to look at him. If Buffy had seen it they all would have believed her. Why not believe her?

Willow was lying in bed with Angel he held her close as he slept. It was usually comforting for her but not tonight. She couldn't get that picture out of her head.