Wish Granted
Prologue
Disclaimer: Contrary to popular belief, these characters are not mine. I know, it's shocking. And this little scene here is from "Entropy" written by Drew Z. Greenberg with modifications to get into the more plot-y-ness (if that's even a word...)
Anya turned her back on Xander, walking a few steps away from him so there would be more distance between them. She crossed her arms angrily across her chest, just wishing that Xander would leave her alone. There was no point in him being around. He had left her at the altar so clearly he did not truly care about their relationship. He was just like all those other men Anya had punished during her thousand-year job as a vengeance demon. She knew it had happened to all those other girls, but Anya had never imagined that such a dreadful thing would happen to her.
Xander moved a little closer to his ex- fiancee, hoping he could still make things right with her. He had to. "All I want is for us to be together. I love you. I...I wish we could just go back to the way things were before. He gave a weak smile, hoping to win her over. Not that he deserved it or anything, but he needed it. He needed forgiveness. He didn't need her love back, he couldn't imagine she'd give it to him, but he definitely needed to be forgiven. Such a thing would not be easy, he knew, but he'd do anything for it.
Anya was mad, her anger obvious. She had had enough of this and was doubting if she could take any more of it. Things could never be the same between the two of them, not after everything that's happened. She knew it and she knew that he knew it too. "And I wish you were never born," she said, her face morphing into her vengeance demon face without Xander seeing her.
She turned around, her normal face back and looked at Xander. Only he was not there. Anya groaned, remembering that vengeance demons cannot safely grant their own wishes. Though she thought it was stupid, she didn't make the rules. There was nothing she could do.
Anya sighed, figuring that Xander had left the apartment finally, just leaving her the same way he had on that disastrous March day. If he had any common sense whatsoever he would not even bother trying to find her again. Anya sighed, her eyes growing very heavy. Ever since that day she had not been able to sleep well and now it was catching up on her. Within seconds, the vengeance demon was asleep on the couch.
As soon as her head hit the couch pillow, Halfrek appeared with a wicked smile on her face. Her faced transformed from human to vengeance demon as she said, "Wish Granted."