Disclaimer: Based on the characters from the TV shows Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel created by Joss Whedon and his team.
MAIN TITLE: Back To The Beginning
Part of: The Unfinished Trials Of The Slayer
Written By : (Me) Graham Duke
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The Prologue
Under raging storm clouds, a lone figure stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of castle Ravenloft. Count Strahd Von Zarovich stares down a sheer cliff at the village below. A cold, bitter wind spins dead leaves about him, billowing his cape in the darkness.
Lightning splits the clouds overhead, casting stark white light across him. Stradhd turns to the sky, revealing the angular muscles of his face and hands. He has a look of power - and of madness. His once-handsome face is contorted by a tragedy darker than the night itself.
Rumbling thunder pounds the castle spires. The wind's howling increases as Strahd turns his graze back to the village. Another dark figure dressed in a dark cloak with a hood covering their face comes upto Strahd and stands next to him. Next to the dark cloaked figure is a white rabbit with bright pink eyes that seem to shine in the night. Strand's face forms a twisted smile as his dark plan unfolds. Count Stradhd does not turn to the person but speaks to the figure, " The time has come, you know what to do?? " The figure stood behind him just nods their head for a moment and Strahd continues to speak. " Then I will open the time portal ".
Stradhd waves his hands and speaks once again " Hear these words, Hear the rhyme, We send to you, This burning sign then our future selves will find, In another place and time. " A round portal of brilliant orange light appears.
The dark hooded figure steps throw the portal along with the white rabbit and the portal closes behind them. Once again a dark smile comes across Stradhd's face. Another lighting flash rips thought the darkness, its thunder echoing thought the castle's towers. Only the howling of the wind - or perhaps a lone wolf - fills the midnight air. Now the castle walkway is empty as nothing can be seen of the count as he seems to have disappeared into the night it self.....
Chapter 1 - Back To The Beginning.
Just outside Sunnydale deep in the woods an orange bright light appeared and a figure step's out of the light, followed by a single white rabbit. The orange light then disappeared and just left a dark cloaked and hooded figure alone with a white rabbit. The rain bounced off the hood of the figure and the white rabbit didn't seem too amused about getting wet in the rain. The Hooded figure looked down at the rabbit and spoke in a soft voice " It would seem we have arrived ", the rabbit looked back up at the hooded figure with its bright pink eyes.
Once again the hooded figure spoke " Yes I know, time is short and we have much to do ". The wind picked up and his dark cloak billowed in the wind, at this point the figure started to walk towards Sunnydale and to the Highschool with the White rabbit hopping along behind him.
Life in Sunnydale for Buffy was not that much different from normal. Each night she would go out patrolling and watch for vampires and demons of all kinds of other nasty's , but at least she was not alone. All the old scoobie gang was with her, Dawn, Willow, Faith, Giles, Xander, Spike, Anya, a long with a few new members to the group.
Buffy fell onto her bed with a thud as she was cold, wet, and tired. It had been a hard nights work for the slayer. During the course of the night she had dispatched four vampires, 2 Devil Dogs, 4 Skeleton Warriors and a Shadow Demon and if that wasn't enough all night long it had been raining hard. Buffy was tired, very tired and all she wanted to do now was sleep. Buffy closes her eyes and fell into a deep restless sleep.
Outside the Sunnydale High School the wind picked up as the rain thundered down even harder still, so it was bouncing off the floor. A side door to the school banged as it open and closed in the strong wind. Inside in one of the many corridors a hooded figure and a white rabbit was stood in front of the schools trophy cabinet. The hooded figure raised one hand and spoke in a soft voice, and the glass in the cabinet disappeared. Next placing one hand on the cheerleader trophy spoke again in a soft voice.
The trophy glowed bright yellow and then a women's scream filled the corridor. The hooded figure removed their hand and looked down at the white rabbit which was looking back up at the hooded figure. The white rabbit's eyes glowed bright pink and the hooded figure spoke once again to the rabbit in the same soft voice " Yes, She is now free and will do our bidding". The white rabbit seems to nod its head in a return gesture back towards the hooded figure. The glass in the cabinet reappeared, but the cabinet itself now had one less trophy in it.
Giles entered the magic box shop carrying the local newspaper, Anya was busy counting the money in the till and seeing how much money they had made from that day , as always. Anya looked up and at Giles and said " Oh Hi, we did good today!! We made over $600 dollars profit " . Giles placed the paper on the counter and looked at Anya with a worried look.
Anya spoke again " What's wrong Giles? ".