Away From It All

Chapter 1: Waking Up Normal

By: Rogue-Slayer13

Summary: After destroying the Senior Partners, Angel and Spike Shanshu and everyone gets a chance at a normal life.

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Spike looked down the alley to where Buffy, the Scoobies, and some slayers were gathered and then back down to the other end where Angel, the LA Gang, Faith, Cordelia, and Oz were gathered. He hated being put in this position, having to choose between the two groups. One that treated him like shit, but he had history with, and the other that had been for the most part, nothing, but nice to him. He didn't have to make up his mind, because at that moment the alley was filled with light. As the light dissipated, a woman appeared in the alley.

"You've done well, much better then anyone thought you would." the woman walked toward the two groups and came to stand in between Spike and the Scoobies.

"What do you mean?" asked Buffy.

"The cards were stacked against you and yet you prevailed. For this you shall be rewarded."

"Is this the part where one of us walks away a real boy?" Spike gestured between himself and Angel.

The woman smiled.

"That is not the case anymore."

"What do you mean?" asked Angel.

"You never fully understood the Shanshu prophecy. It was never meant to be fulfilled by one person and one person alone. The word Shanshu means twin souls."

"It was meant for both of them, wasn't it?" Fred looked at the woman.

"Indeed it was."

"So what happens now?" asked Spike.

"You get to be normal so to speak."

"So to speak?" asked Buffy.

"Well, you'll remember everything from this life, and you'll know each other, but you'll no longer have any supernatural abilities."

"So no slayage?" asked Faith.

"Yes."

"It can't be that bad, right?" Cordelia looked around at the group.

"I'm glad you feel that way," said the woman as another light filled the alley.

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Spike woke up to find himself lying in bed in a strange room. The bed was done all in black and gray. The fitted sheet, two pillow cases, and the loose sheet were gray, while the comforter, the bed skirt, and, two of the pillow cases were black. The walls of the room and the back of the door were covered with various posters, things that had been cut out of magazines, and a few odd things (a penny, a package of dental floss, and an ace of spades playing card were just a few things Spike could see) stuck here and there. The closet door had a mirror on it and all around the mirror were pictures.

Spike got out of bed and went over to the closet to look at the pictures. There some of him with various Scoobies and LA Gang members, a few of just the Scoobies or LA Gang members, and a few of him and some other people who were familiar, but Spike couldn't quite place them. There was a desk and chair against the wall by the door, a guitar and amp were in the corner by the closet, and the bed was on the wall on the other side of the door, facing the closet. Spike didn't have too much longer to snoop around, because at that exact moment the door opened and in walked a girl of about fourteen came in.

"Oh thank god you're not naked," said the girl in a British accent.

The girl was tall, with dark reddish brown hair and green blue eyes. She was dressed in a pair of faded blue jeans that had a hole in each knee and a black T-shirt that had a sliver Slipknot symbol on the front. Spike starred at the girl for a moment trying to place her.

"You okay Will?"

Suddenly it dawned on Spike, put her in Victorian style clothes and it was obvious who she was, his sister.

"Yeah I'm fine Eryn, just a bit tired is all."

"Don't sweat it, I think becoming an eighteen-year-old human would take a lot out of you."

"What?"

"Oh come on. Like they'd bring you back without telling us? Ello, we can't go from eighteen-eighty to two thousand and four just like that."Eryn snapped her fingers to emphasize her point. "We needed a little update."

"Well since you're so informed, you can help me out."

"No problem, what do you need to know?"

"Where are we? Who do I hang out with? Do I have any relationships with people I should know about? Do I have a job?"

"London. Gunn, Oz, Faith, Xander, and Anya mostly. Angel's our cousin and no, you do not have a job."

"Wait a second! Angel is my cousin? How the bloody 'ell did that come about?"

"Apparently the PTB didn't want to disturb the family bound you to already had or something like that."

"Okay, anything else?"

"Uh, you're about to move in with Gunn, Oz, and Xander. Faith's dating Gunn, Xander and Anya are together. Willow's moving up 'ere to be with Oz, they're a couple and Cordy and Angel are together, but Angel lives in Dublin and Cordy lives in California so it's odd when they get together," said Eryn. "Oh! Wesley is a friend of yours too."

"This is a lot to take in."

"Yeah, everyone else is gonna have the same problem. The PTB gave us the four-one-one, but then we have to pass it along to you lot."

"Okay. Why'd you come in 'ere in the first place?"

"Oh, mum wants us to go shopping with 'er."

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To Be Continued . . .

I had a bad case of writer's block and now I'm suddenly full of ideas and I'm taking it out on you all. I'm just toying with a few ideas right now, I might keep these up or I might not, it depends on the reviews I get.