Disclaimer: Nothing here is mine.

Pairing: B/A, W/T, X/A, D/C

Rating: PG 13

Warning: Character deaths

Setting: Completely AU

Author's Notes: Okay. Be warned that this plot is the product of way too much sleep and too many hours out in the sun. The original idea came to me when I was reading this adorable Port Charles Rali fanfic where Alison was pregnant and overemotional, so much that she cried while watching Gilligan's Island reruns because "they just can't seem to get off that island!" This is completely AU, no vampires, demons, keys, witches, etc, and no one really knows each other except Buffy and Dawn, who are sisters, and Connor and Angel, who are father and son. I also apologize for the character deaths if you are a fan of the characters who die. This is my first attempt at a somewhat humorous fic. So just bear with me. Please R&R!

Chapter 1: Shipwrecked!

"Buffy, why do we have to go to this stupid radio thing anyway?" Dawn complained as she and her sister approached the docked boat.

"Because I won this cruise and I want to get my reward!" Buffy said. A month earlier, she had won a day on a luxury cruise in the Pacific from a local radio station. Buffy had put a lot of effort into being the 41st caller, and she was determined to enjoy her prize. Dawn was lucky to even be here, it had taken some serious flirting with the deejay to get an extra ticket.

"Name?" asked the guy standing at the entrance to the boat.

"Buffy and Dawn Summers," Buffy replied. The guy scanned his list on the clipboard, and checked off their names.

"Contest winners, huh? You can go up on deck, most of the other winners are here already. We should be leaving a few minutes."

"Thanks!" Buffy and Dawn boarded the boat, which already contained about 20 people. Most were just milling around, looking pretty bored. There were several other girls around Buffy's age, and one younger boy who looked about Dawn's age. Buffy knew that there had been 11 winners, because the radio station was KFM11. The other people were probably either crew members or from the station.

"You want anything to drink?" Buffy said, spotting a bar where a handsome guy was serving drinks.

"Yeah, I'll have a tequila," Dawn joked.

Buffy frowned at her sister. Just then the guy with the clipboard came up on deck and motioned to get everyone's attention.

"Hey, everyone's here now. So, welcome contest winners! We appreciate having you here. There is an open bar, and downstairs there are some freebies that you are welcome to take with you. We will be returning at 10 pm tonight, so we have a nice long day ahead of us. So get to know each other and enjoy the California sun!" he stopped speaking, and went to talk to the captain.

"I wonder how long the sun's gonna last. It looks kinda stormy," Dawn said. The sky did have a funny gray color to it.

Buffy shrugged. "Well I'm gonna go get a drink. You'll be okay here?"

Dawn nodded, and Buffy headed over to the bar. She ordered her drink and sat down to wait. She was soon joined by a redheaded girl and a guy about their age.

"So are you enjoying yourself? Because I think that would make you one of the few," the guy said, with a goofy smile.

Buffy smiled. "Well I earned this, so I'm going to try to enjoy it. I'm Buffy," she said reaching out her hand.

"Xander," he said, shaking her hand.

"I'm Willow," said the redhead, with a smile and a wave.

Buffy smiled at Willow. "So are you guys from the area?"

"Yeah, I'm a student at UC Sunnydale," Willow said.

"Really? I went there. For like, a year. But then my mom passed away, and I have to take care of my sister. That's her, over there," Buffy said, motioning to where Dawn stood chatting with the younger boy.

"Oh, I'm sorry about your mom," Willow said kindly.

"Thanks. I've always intended on going back to school though." She turned to Xander. "So what do you do?"

"I'm a carpenter," Xander said.

Buffy nodded. "Very cool. Because I mean where would the world be without carpenters?" There was a brief awkward silence during which Willow and Xander looked at Buffy strangely.

"So did you guys know each other before?" Buffy asked.

"No. The only person I knew was Tara," Willow said, motioning to a shy looking blonde by the railing. "We go to UC together." Willow smiled at Tara, who smiled back.

The boat began to move. "Well here we go. I feel like we should be singing the Gilligan's Island theme song," Xander joked.

Willow's eyes widened. "No! No shipwrecks."

Buffy laughed. It was amazing, she had just met them, but she already felt like she had known Willow and Xander forever. Maybe they had known each other in a past life or something.

"Yeah, my sister dragged me here too," Dawn said to the boy, whose name was Connor. "I didn't think there would be anyone my age here."

Connor smiled. "Me neither. But my dad really wanted me to come," he said.

"Did your dad have to flirt with the deejay to get you a ticket?" Dawn joked.

Connor raised an eyebrow. "I sure hope not. Besides, it seems he's noticed your sister," he said. Angel was indeed eyeing Buffy. Dawn noticed another guy also checking out her sister, a punk looking dude with bleach blonde hair.

"Looks like a wide mix of people listen to KFM11," Connor commented. There was a great variety of people assembled on the boat. A geeky looking blond guy that looked like he belonged in some government agency or something was leaning awkwardly against the railing. A pretty dark haired girl was flirting with one of the crew members. An older man was sipping a beer and talking to a girl about Buffy's age. And a tomboyish looking brunette was closely studying the redhead talking to Buffy.

"Definitely," Dawn said. She smiled at Connor. She was becoming more happy that Buffy had dragged her along today.

Three hours later, Buffy was officially having a great time. Willow and Xander were hilarious, and they had already met some other people. The older British man was called Giles, and he was the librarian at the local high school. The punk with the bleached hair was Spike, and he had spent most of the cruise downing tequila shots and watching Buffy. The geek who had attempted to flirt with Buffy earlier was named Riley, and he had moved on to Cordelia, the aspiring actress, who was looking at him like he was something she stepped on. Kennedy was the tomboy who had been talking to Willow earlier, but Willow was obviously more interested in Tara, the blonde. No one really liked Anya, the store owner with no sense of tact, except for Xander, who seemed quite taken with her. Buffy hadn't talked to the mysteriously handsome father of Dawn's new friend, but they had exchanged a few glances. Meanwhile Dawn was having the time of her life, she and Connor appeared to be attached at the hip.

Buffy was in the middle of a conversation with Giles when she felt a raindrop. She looked up and noticed that the sky was completely overcast. Soon it turned into a downpour. Everyone took shelter under the awning covering the inner part of the deck.

"Everyone stay calm," spoke the captain's voice over the speaker system. "It is just a thunderstorm, it will pass. But as an emergency precaution that we are required to take by law, life jackets and rafts can be found in the box behind the bar."

Dawn rushed over to Buffy, looking worried. "Buffy, why are they giving emergency precautions?"

Connor took Dawn's hand. "It will be okay." Dawn smiled at him.

After ten minutes, the storm was only getting worse. There was now thunder and lightning in addition to the downpour, and the ride was becoming extremely rocky. Everyone was panicking a little.

"We should really turn back," Giles said, wiping his glasses.

As if answering him, the captain's voice returned to the speakers. "Everyone, I ask you again to remain calm. The storm has knocked out our signals, so we have to return to shore. Just sit tight."

"No signals? Forget Gilligan's Island, we should be signing the Titanic theme song!" Xander yelled as the boat began to turn.

Buffy winced as Celine Dion's voice filled her head. Great, now she would be singing "My Heart Will Go On" for a week.

Angel pushed through the crowd until he reached Buffy. "Hey. It seems my son and your sister are getting along quite well," he said, motioning to where Dawn and Connor sat, his arms around her.

Buffy smiled at Angel. "So what-"

She was cut off when a huge wave tipped the boat almost completely sideways, causing water to stream onto the deck. A few people screamed.

"I really don't like this anymore," Buffy said nervously.

Another huge wave hit the boat, sending everyone stumbling to the other side. Riley was crying now. Instinctively Tara had grabbed Willow's hand, and they were now smiling at each other, despite the huge waves crashing onto the deck around them.

"Passengers, stay calm. The crew is distributing life jackets, and we request that everyone puts one on."

There was a mad dash to the bar, because no one hated the idea of a flotation device right about now. Buffy pushed to the front and gave one to Dawn, before strapping one on herself.

Just then the biggest wave yet rocked the boat, tipping it completely sideways. Everyone screamed and grabbed onto the nearest object, except for Riley. He had been too slow, and was now crying like a baby as he fell off the boat into the churning water.

Everyone stared in horror as Riley's screams faded. Then everyone quickly continued strapping their life vests on. Buffy also grabbed the collapsible life raft, just in case.

"Everyone to the middle of the deck! Please hold on to something!" shouted the captain's voice.

Everyone scrambled to hold on to something, poles, stools, anything. But Kennedy wasn't quick enough. As another huge wave rocked the boat, she was pulled into the water. She reached out for something to hold on to, and Buffy tried to reach her hand, but it was no use, and she was taken screaming by the enormous wave.

As everyone stared in horror, Buffy heard a strange ripping noise, followed by the sound of flowing water.

"What was that?" she shouted to Angel. He shrugged.

Just then one of the crew members came up on deck. "Everyone, please don't panic, but we have a leak downstairs. We need to evacuate the ship immediately."

Buffy bravely let go of the pole she was holding on to and stepped forward. She could feel the ship starting to tip to one side already. It must be some leak. "Everyone over here!" She yelled, and she unfolded the life raft. Angel came to help her. As they worked at assembling it, their hands brushed, and they shared a brief smile. Then they snapped out of it. Buffy threw the decent-sized raft into the water, holding on to the rope it was attached to. "Dawn! Get in," she yelled.

Her sister stared down at the distance from the deck to the water. It was about 5 feet, and quickly decreasing. She took a deep breath, and Connor hoisted her over the railing where she slid down the rope to land safely in the raft.

"Come on!" Buffy encouraged, as one by one the people on the boat boarded the life raft. She soon realized with a sinking heart that they weren't all going to fit. Dawn, Willow, Tara, Cordelia, Anya, Xander, Connor, and Giles were in the raft already, and there was only room for about one more person. And there was still Angel, Spike, herself, two radio representatives, the captain, and about 3 crew members on board the quickly sinking boat. There was now only about 2 feet from the deck to the life raft.

"You go," Angel said, pushing Buffy forward. Relieved, she climbed into the raft next to her sister. Then Angel and Spike jumped into the water fully clothed. Just as they hit the water, a huge wave carried the boat backwards and underwater, trapping the remaining 6 passengers. A moment later they couldn't see the ship anymore.

The raft was packed very tight, and Angel and Spike were clinging to the sides. Buffy prayed that someone would come to rescue them soon. Then she realized with a sinking heart that the ship's signals had gone out over 30 minutes ago, and after that they had turned around. Even if someone back on shore realized that something was wrong they would start looking miles in the other direction. Buffy also realized that the raft was moving with the waves. She had completely lost her bearings when the ship had sank, so she had no idea where they were traveling in relation to land or the ship's course.

Next to her, Connor had his arms wrapped around a shivering Dawn, who was also crying. "Buffy, someone's going to r-rescue us right?" she asked hopefully.

Buffy pasted a very fake smile on her face. "Of course! I'm sure any minute now." She caught Angel's eye as he gripped the raft next to her, and realized that he was thinking the same thing she was: that the chance of them being rescued any time in the near future was very slim.

No one spoke as they continued to drift. It seemed like well over an hour. Eventually the storm began to pass, and the sun came out again. This raised everyone's hopes a little. Then, after what seemed like an eternity, Willow spoke. "Look! I see land!"

Everyone sat up straight and starting cheering when they saw an island ahead of them. It was pretty obvious that it was not California, but any land was better than the cold ocean.

They reached the island after several long minutes, and Angel and Spike, who were drenched, pulled the raft ashore. Slowly everyone climbed out. They appeared to be on a tropical island. They were standing in the middle of a large beach, and there were palm trees in the distance. For a few minutes no one said anything, until Anya broke the silence.

"I think I speak for all of us when I say THIS SUCKS!" she screamed. "We're shipwrecked in the middle of nowhere, we were just on a ship that sank with living people aboard, and no one's probably even looking for us!"

That pretty much sums it up, Buffy thought sadly.