Title: A Remembering, Chapter 1

Author: Romance At Its Best

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Distribution: Allowed!

Disclaimer: All characters belong to Joss except Londar.

Summary: Buffy remembers something horrible and the world changes – literally.

Rating: R

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"Do we really have to go through the graveyard to go home, guys?" Dawn asked as they headed that way.

"Oh come on Dawnie, you'll be safe," Willow replied.

"It isn't safety I'm worried about – it's always so dark."

Their conversation stopped as a piercing scream lit the air far off in the graveyard.

Buffy and Spike looked at each other and took off into the graveyard at a dead run.

As they ran, the others following, and they went faster as the screams became louder and more piercing as they neared them.

As soon as they got to the object of the screams they stopped dead.

Spread out eagle style on the grass, hands tied to stakes, legs spread out and tied, a girl was being raped by a man.

Spike lunged and was surprised to see, not a man, but instead a vampire raping the woman.

Buffy stood before the scene just watching.

The woman had stopped screaming suddenly, blood dripping down her neck from where he had bit her and bruises around her throat where he had been strangling her.

"Buffy! Help me!" Spike said, pulling at the vampire.

//Damn! He's strong!// Spike thought.

Buffy did and said nothing as she watched.

"BUFFY!"

Nothing, not a flicker.

As Spike was about to stake the vampire, he just went *poof* and disappeared with a laugh.

"Nice to see you again, Buffy…" he had said before he disappeared.

Spike checked the girl – she was dead. They hadn't been in time.

Spike went to Buffy and shook her hard.

"Why the hell didn't you help me? How the hell did he know your name?"

Nothing.

He backhanded her and she went to the ground and looked up with tears in her eyes.

She looked at Spike and uttered one word, "Londar."

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