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everything! The Forsaken belong to Sony Movies and I'm only borrowing them.
PG-15 to R. Set in season 5.B/X eventually (Is there any other?) Giles is
Buffy's watcher Glory is still around as is Dawn, Darla and Dru. DEDICATED to
Queen Angel, Edwin, and Dale et al. D'Hoffran's LAIR.He sits upon his throne and gazes, majestically, at Anya.
" So Anyanka your mission amongst the mortals is almost at an end. Do you
feel any remorse?" She stares at the friendship ring Xander had
given her before they battled Glory." A little my lord. I convinced them
my power was in the necklace and they believed it even when I used my powers to
save Xander during the final battle." She looks confused. " Please
tell me why it was so important that we become bond mates?" D'Hoffran grins. " So you could know true love and passion my
dear and so he could absorb some of your power to keep him living." " If I may be as
bold to ask why my lord?"" What do you know of the dark lord called Abbadon?" She shrugged. " Only that he used to visit battle fields and
purchased souls from the dying with promises of immortality and power
why?" D'Hoffran looks at the stars. " It is almost time for his
awakening Anyanka and when he does you will return to my side as the Vengeance
demon you rightly are."" But what of my feelings for him and his for me?"" ANYANKA! You are a vengeance demon! Not some piddling
mortal that falls in love. You must be ready to leave him when he is
awakened." " Yes Lord I hear and obey your words...." She
mumbles." No matter how dumb they are."XANDER'S
APARTMENT. Xander is sweating profusely in his sleep. His legs and arms are
moving as if fighting off something. Suddenly he's in a desert land dressed in
an old style Armour with a white breastplate and Red Cross on the front.
Another knight turns to him as they chase the infidel horde across the plains
of Antioch. " Tis more fun than shooting fish in a barrel
Alexandr`e!" Suddenly, as they top the rise,
another horde is waiting for them and as they turn the only way out is also
blocked. The other knight turns and panics. " God I do not want to die
today!" Xander turns his head up to the heavens. " I told you I would
join you soon Michele... Turn and fight them like the Holy Knights you
are!" He turns his horse and charges the Infidels line and is followed by
the rest.It
was a massacre over two hundred knights lay dead or dying in the fields of
Antioch. Xander feels a sharp pain in his chest as he wakens and sees a Turkish
arrow embedded deep in his chest as flakes of snow begin to fall. His vision
begins to cloud over and he sees a heavenly creature open her arms to him.
" Michele? I'll join you forever now my love. Death no longer keeps us
apart." One of the other knights screams out. " Who's there?
Leave us die in peace you unholy scourge!"Xander looks over to him and he sees a being dressed in black
bend over the group of eight fallen knights. Xander's hand searches for his
sword but only finds a shattered hilt. Still he picks it up and staggers
towards the monster. He points his sword at it. " Leave them be hell
spawn! Return to your master before I cleave your head from your body!" The being grins his feral eyes never leaving the
eight. " Listen to him and you die slowly or the Turk women will come in
dawns early light and slit your rich throats. Listen to me and you will live
forever!"Xander shouts at them.
" No! We came here to do God's work not the devils! Tell him to leave ...
NOW!" The eight, in pain-wracked bodies, hesitate
until Xander staggers and falls to the ground. The beast points to him. "
Be honest do you wish to join him in death or join me in eternal life? All the
women and power you could ever dream of."Jean asks. "
What would we have to do for this boon?" Abbados shrugs then
grins. " Swear your souls unto me ... Then seal the bargain with a blood
oath and blood offering." He turns his head to Xander's struggling form.
" His blood ... Drink it and the deal is done!" Xander finds he can
hardly move to defend himself as his former friends stalk towards him. " I
damn thee all! With my last breath I swear revenge upon my soul
AGHHH..."Xander
sits bolt upright in his bed bathed in sweat and his heart beating faster than
ever before. " Jesus Christ! What the hell kinda dream was that?" He
throws back the bedclothes and staggers into the bathroom splashing cold water
over his face as he tries to remember the dream. He looks at the clock on the
wall and decides to try seeing Giles at the shop. As he turns from the mirror he fails to see a
small scar begin to grow on his chest, a scar about the same size as an arrow
might leave. THE MAGIC BOX. Xander, meakly, opens the door with his key
and walks in to see Giles sitting at the table reading a book while Willow and
Tara prepare the store for the days business." Ugh Giles could I talk to
you for a minute?" Giles looks up and is shocked by how pale Xander looks and he
ushers him into a chair. " My god Xander what's the matter." Willow and Tara look over from the counter
and Willow too is shocked as Xander explains. " I have been having these
dreams for the past week." Willow blushes. " It's not
that dream about Tara and me again is it?" She points to Tara and herself.
" Cuz remember were gay." Tara looks at him while she nibbles on a
nail and grins. Willow nudges her and glares. " Yeah were gay." She
tells him with no conviction.Xander grins. " No it
wasn't that one. I haven't had that one for a while... I wish to god it
was!" He then commences to tell them everything his mind recalls of the
nightmares.SUMMER'S RESIDENSE. Buffy is napping on her couch after a hard nights slaying when she
enters REM sleep and her dreams begin. It starts off as it always does with her
in a frilly old-fashioned dress as she plucks flowers from her mother's garden
until a dark haired young man creeps up behind her and places his arms around
her waist. " You know I heard you before you even entered the
garden." She feels his lips on the nape of her neck and she shudders.
" Oh Alexandr`e you mustn't! Stop that is." She turns and
kisses him the flowers dropping from her arms as she enfolded him in them. As
they break the kiss she admonishes him. " You really shouldn't see me Alex
you know I cannot have friends, and especially not a lover!" She turns and
Buffy's body jolts as she sees the man for the first time. " Xander!"
Her lips mouth in wonderment.The dream cuts to nighttime and she's
running through a cemetery her dress torn and her top bloody as several
Vampires descend onto her. She stops and turns drawing a wooden stake from her
skirt and dusts the first Vampire. But the second throws her through the air
until she lands in a pool of water. As she struggles up she sees her own
reflection and is stunned that she looks like the Buffy of now.The Vampires
begin to feed on her and her last words as the Slayer of her generation echoed
to the sounds of her blood being drained. " I will wait for you my love
until time is no more...." Buffy jolts up from the couch shouting Xander's name and scaring
the hell out of Dawn.Dawn
yells at her." You keep having these dreams and I wont have to worry about
the undead killing me!" Buffy
enters the MAGIC BOX frantically looking for Giles. When she sees him she asks.
"Giles you have the diaries of every watcher there is right?" Giles looks up from his book of Abbados
and nods. " Yes Buffy of course I do why?" She sits across from him and places an
errant strand of hair back into place." I need to know everything about a
Slayer called Michele D`Tourney." Giles nods. " What year?"Buffy shrugs. " I don't know for sure
but she wears a puffy dress that takes like forever to get into (And too damn
long to get out of if you're in a hurry!) And the area looks like Europe middle
ages." She thinks more. " French! I think she maybe French." Giles gets up and goes into the back room as
Willow and Tara sit next to her. " Another prophecy dream? Cuz Xander was
just in here. OUCH!" Willow glares at Tara. " What was that
for?" Tara asks her.
" The name of this girl.. It wouldn't be Michele would it?"Buffy nods. " How did you know?" " Xander has been having these nightmares for over a week and
his beloved was called Michele and she died just before he went on the crusades
and was killed himself.""
Alexandr`e Lavelle!" She looks at them. " Alexander Lavelle
Harris!" She slams her fist on the table. " I should have
guessed." Giles
enters carrying three books. " It appears she was a Slayer during the wars
to free the holy lands." He turns to the last page. " She led a long
life. Almost as long as yours ... My god! She had a child!" Giles slumps
into the chair. " That's not possible!" He flicked through the books
then shut them and got up heading for the door he tells them. " I'm going
to call the Council there's been a few things they haven't told us!" END OF 1.
