So for the story we're just going to say that Lily and Marshall met in 2005 and got married in 2009 everything else is the same


How I met the slayer

So kids as you know your Aunt Lily's past was somewhat of a mystery. Well that was until the summer of 2011 when some people from her past made an unexpected visit. Kids what I'm about to tell you is entirely true.

It all began in August when your Uncle Barney was up to yet another one of his self inflicted challenges. This one involved picking a girl up at the airport while wearing a bright green eye patch.


Barney adjusted his eye patch, the darn thing was more itchy than he thought it was going to be and the airport chairs were starting to wrinkle his designer suit! Still it would so be worth it when he showed up with another hotty to rub into Ted's face; but not literally of course.

He glanced around with his uncovered eye, Barney had been here for almost an hour and still no girl worthy of his awesomeness had yet to show up. Finally a girl came through the terminal ahead of him. He grinned, yeah this is the girl he'd been waiting for.

The blonde turned her head and started talking animatedly to the girl that came out behind her. No way! Sisters, score!

The two sisters sat down a little ways from him, Barney tried his best to pass awesomeness waves their way. Then a tall brunette guy wearing an eye patch sat down beside them. No, no, no! the eye patch scheme was his idea, who did this guy think he was, he wasn't even wearing a suit!


"Say this corn dog isn't as meaty as the picture showed." Xander pouted.

"Xander no one cares about the meatiness of your wiener." Buffy retorted. Dawn and Xander stared at her.

Blushing bright red Buffy stuttered "I-I mean some people might care but I-I don't care because we're friends and friends don't-"

"Don't care about the meatiness of their friends corn dogs?" Xander sniggered.

"Exactly."

-Barney had heard enough of their conversation to know that the big guy was no threat to him. Moving stealthily Barney started towards the blonde prepared to make his move.

Barney sat across from the group with his eye patch pointed towards them, consequently he didn't realize the only person giving him attention was Xander.

That guy's eye patch is better than mine! Xander thought angrily, Why is he sitting so weirdly? HEY! He's trying to show me up?

"Xander are you listening? We need to figure out how we'll find Willow, New York isn't exactly small and we don't have much time." Buffy said

This statement caught Barney's attention. "So it's a girl you're looking for hmm? I can help you out there."

The trio looked at the strange man wearing a suit and green eye patch.

"What?"

"If you're looking for a legal aged girl living in the state of New York, Ohio or Colorado, I'm your man."

Buffy blinked considering his statement, then she realized what it was he was insinuating. "Oh, well the girl we're looking for doesn't exactly bat for that team..."

Barney let out a loud laugh, "You would think that would stop me. But seriously do you have a picture or something?"

Buffy looked at her companions who gave non-committal shrugs. "It's the best lead we got so far." Xander reasoned.

Buffy pulled out a worn picture of her, Xander and Willow that Giles had taken so long ago and handed it to Barney.

Barney looked at the picture before slowly taking off his eye patch. "This is Lily."

"Hey! Your eye patch isn't real!" Xander cried.

"Yeah," Barney laughed, "I wear it to pick up girls. Why do you wear yours?"

"I wear mine to cover up the grotesquely hollowed out eye socket that once held a working eye."

"Well this is awkward."

"Why did you call her Lily? This is Willow." Dawn questioned.

"No this is- oh you know what I think this is her Doppelganger! Yeah, yeah is she Russian?"

"No..." All three answered.

"Hmm well I suppose the accent could be fake did your friend ever express the wish to strip for money?" This next statement left the group breathless with laughter.

"I take that as a no, say you don't think Lily has more than one doppelganger do you? Oh this so exciting. Come on you guys have got to meet Lily the resemblance will blow you away!"