Summary: Buffys got problems. Big ones. This is AU; but there are only a few really major changes. Buffy/Spike, X/A , W/Oz and Tara, F/?
AN: This starts near the end of Nightmares when Buffy realizes she's a vampire. It will touch on other episodes and follow the story line; but after the end of nightmares (and two tiny little scenes in it) the story is mine. (I apologise if any of the dialouge is wrong, I just don't want to drag it out and watch it. LOL )
WARNING: Some people may be out of charachter a little.
Disclaimer: Buffy does not belong to me. All charachters, places, etc belong to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy.
Chapter 1. Nightmares
Buffy was mortified. She felt the ridges on her face, and explored her sharp new teeth with her tongue. She looked up at her friends, who were gaping. Turning quickly, she yelled, "Don't look at me!"
Giles moved to her side and spoke gently. "You never told me you dreamed of becoming a vampire."
"This isn't a dream." She replied shakily.
"No it isn't, but we think we can stop this. If we can wake Billy, this will all go away, and reality will shift back to normal. Do you think you can hold together until we do that?"
Buffy took a breath and nodded. "Yeah." She lowered her hands and faced her friends. "But we better hurry, 'cause I'm getting hungry." She turned on her heel and started off toward the hospital.
The rest of them paled and Xander followed her saying, "That is a joke.....right?"
Willow was looking terrified in her rediculous costume and she turned to Giles. "Are you sure everything will go back? What if we can't wake him up?"
"Willow, do..shut up."
The hospital was in the middle of as much chaos as the rest of the town. Giles tried to attract the attention of a doctor; but his only response was, "My hands! My hands!"
They raced to Billys room, and Buffy stood guard at the door. She seemed to have forgotten to be embarassed about her condition.
GIles, at a loss as to what to do, leaned over Billy and yelled, "Billy! Billy!"
The child peeked around the curtains. "That won't work."
GIles did a take between the boy standing next to the bed, and the boy in the bed. He looked back up at the astral form of Billy. "Billy you must wake up!" He said.
"No, I have to hide." Billy said sounding scared.
"From who?" Giles pressed.
"From him!" Buffy said from the door. The ugly man was coming.
"What do we do?" Asked Xander.
"I think I know." Said Buffy, shedding her jacket. She headed into the hallway.
The ugly man was lumbering towards her. She was in the shadows, strolling forward.
"Glad you showed up. You see, I'm having a really bad day. "
"Lucky nineteen." The thing groaned.
"Scary. I'll tell you though. There are a lot scarier things out there than you." She stepped into the sunlight. "And I'm one of them."
With an animalistic snarl she launched herself at the ugly man. She fought with a ferocity that she'd never felt before. It was liberating. She punched harder and took blows easier than before.
The fight spilled into Billys room. Buffy broke the ugly mans club arm and sent him flying into the wall. He sank down to the floor and didn't move.
"Is he dead?" Billy asked fearfully.
"C'mere Billy." Said Buffy, holding out her hand.
"I..don..."
"You have to do the rest."
Billy moved forward and took the slayers hand.
Out in the hall, someone wasn't bothered at all by the chaos. He was watching carefully. This would have to be done just right. He watched as the child reached for the ugly mans face and began the incantation.
He finished just as the kid pulled off the last of the skin,and the world shifted back to normal. No one noticed the slight glow coming from Buffy in the bright sunshine. It was gone just as quickly, and there was no trace of the man that had been in the hall.
Buffy smiled and touched her face. Everything was back to normal.
"Hey look, he's waking up!" Said Xander. They all turned to look at Billy.
He was blinking in the bright light, and he looked around in confusion. "I had the strangest dream. And you were in it, and you.. Who are you people?"
Everyone smiled happily and Giles turned to go and get a doctor. He stopped however, when a man appeared at the doorway to Billys room.
"Oh, Billy has visitors." He said. He was dressed in a blue coat and hat with a whistle around his neck. "I'm his kiddie league coach. I come here every day, just hoping against hope he'll wake up. He's my lucky nineteen."
Buffys smile faded a little and she and Giles shared a glance.
"How is he?" Continued the coach.
Buffy took a step aside to reveal the child. "He's awake." She said coldly.
"What?" The man paled when he saw Billy and tried to bolt. Xander and Giles grabbed him.
"You decided to catch up with Billy after the baseball game didn't you?" Asked Buffy.
"I don't know what you're talking about." The man tried to deny it.
Billy sat up angrily and pulled the tube from his nose. "You said it was my fault we lost the game. It wasn't my fault. There's eight other players on the team. You know that." He relaxed back into the pillows and smiled back at Buffy, who was beaming at him.
"Nice going." She said.
Later after school let out she, Willow and Xander were heading out the school doors.
"I can't believe a kiddie league coach would do something like that." Buffy remarked.
"You've obvoiusly never played kiddie league." Xander jumped in. "I'm surprised it wasn't one of the parents."
"Well he's behind bars now." Said Willow happily.
Buffy spotted her dad waiting for her. He waved enthusiastically, and she grinned and waved back.
"Have a killer weekend guys." She said and took off to hug her father.
Xander and Willow waved to their friend. Willow took a sidelong glance at Xander and asked, "When Buffy was a vampire, you weren't still attracted to her.....were you?"
"Willow, how could you even think that? She was....grotesque." Xander said unconvincingly.
"Still dug her huh?"
"I'm sick, I need help." He admitted.
"Don't I know it!" Willow laughed.
Off campus a man watched from the shadows of a few trees. He chuckled. This was going to be quite a show. He couldn't wait.
AN: There, that is most likely the only episode I'm using that will remain mostly the same. Buffy will discover what has been done to her soon. And boy is she gonna be pissed off! LOL