Willow raided the bookshelves; hoping to find a book that could answer all of her questions. She glanced over at a dusty wooden shelf, which looked as though it hadn't been touched in weeks. She swayed her hand over a few old books soon stopping eventually deciding which one to get. She pulled out a dusty old brown book. As she blew on the front cover she realized it was blank. Even the pages inside were blank. She flipped through every last page and was startled by a loud banging noise coming from the ground floor.
"BUFFY!" She called leaning over the staircase.
'Little help Will!' Buffy smiled holding out her hand to her best friend
Willow pulled her friend up onto her feet and glanced at the mess. About 50 books lie on the ground.
"What happened?" Willow tilted her head.
'They fell…what's that you got there?' Buffy pointed to the brown book.
'It's empty!' Willow passed the book to Buffy.
Buffy placed the book on the table and flicked through it once more with Willow. The doors to the library suddenly flew open and Anya stormed into the classroom. Xander rushed in after her.
"I'm staying in here where it is safe! I mean the ring leader is out there somewhere plotting something!" Anya stood on the table.
'Anya, get down from the table!' Xander sat on the table himself.
Sure enough Anya jumped down to the ground and caught sight of the brown book lying on the table.
"Oh I had this when I was little, it's great fun!" She flicked to the first page.
'Once upon a time' she began.
'You can read this Anya? But it's empty!' Willow questioned.
'Oh but of course! It's all about imagination, you write the story yourself in your mind, and it can be dangerous if you don't know how it works! It's magic works better the younger you are; you see children have the best imaginations!' Anya began to talk to herself as Xander sidled over to an empty seat, slouching down from exhaustion.
"What's up Xand? Pair of bunnies too much for ya?' Buffy teased.
'Hey! There were at least three!' He sighed.
Anya shut the book.
"Stop talking about bunnies, my imagination will run wild…the last thing I need is to be tortured!" She shut the book and sat on the table. As she leaned backwards she stared at the roof. Xander glanced up at her, his eyes then flicked from Buffy to Willow.
"If only there were more people in the world like me!' Anya sighed.
'Bunnies!' Xander said loudly. Anya shrieked and stood on the table.
'Oh did I say that out loud?' He narrowed his eyes and yawned.
She eventually got down sitting beside Xander on another bare seat.
"Wait, something's missing here!' Xander looked around the room.
'Where's Mr Nag a lot?' Xander continued. Giles arrived at the library as Xander continued with his conversation.
'He always complains about us being late and then he doesn't even show up himself, typical!' Just as Xander finished his sentence, he turned his head in the direction his friends were all staring.
'Oh… Hi Giles!' He smiled.
Giles glanced around the room and then at the pile of books that lie on his supposed to be clean floor.
"What happened?" Giles asked with a worried tone.
'See you wouldn't know because you weren't here!' Buffy countered.
'They just fell on Buffy that's all!' Willow said sweetly.
'Will you sure do know how to blow all the fun' Xander fiddled with his pen that he found in the left pocket of his black jersey.
"Well Buffy, are you all right?" Giles ignored Xander's sarcasm.
'Yup not a scratch, naturally' She eyed Giles a moment.
'What about you? You okay? You seem…distant lately!' Buffy leaned her head in her left hand as she awaited Giles' reply.
'I'm just fine, I know I am sorry for this but I need to research!' Giles stepped towards his study where he usually locked the door. He suddenly turned his head to look at the book which Willow pushed into the centre of the table.
"Where did you find this?" Giles seemed interested.
'You know what it is?' Willow asked cautiously.
'Yes, if a child should write in this their imagination would come true, and if that imagination is monstrous it would be quite a problem' Giles said with a low voice.
Angelus watched beneath the shadows; through the window as Giles paced up and down explaining what it was that the book did.
"Maybe those munchkins will come in handy after all!" He listened closely to the rest of the conversation.
'It would cause more problems for us besides the hellmouth, I don't really think we have time for any more monsters in Sunnydale!' he rambled on.
'I got it; put the book back in the place we got it from!' Buffy snatched the book from the table and stumbled up the stairs.
'Now that conversation is over I'm off to read the news!' Giles stepped into his study and locked the door behind him.
'Looks like the Scooby gang has another mystery to solve' Xander sighed yet again.
'I'll help! As long as it doesn't include bunnies! Some children have sick imaginations, like this one time one of my friends conjured up a bunny…that was creepy!' Anya drifted away into her own thoughts again and Willow laughed at Xander who dropped his pen on the floor. He leant back on his chair and Anya snapped into attention as he landed on the floor with a bang.
"Is everyone alright?" Giles shouted.
'Yeh, just dandy!' Xander pushed himself up from the ground.
As Buffy jumped over the banister on the staircase Willow stood up to the sound of the bell.
"Looks like we have classes to be getting to!'
The three friends made their way to the library doors as they heard a faint 'bye' from Giles. They went their separate ways as the corridors spilled out Children. Anya clung to Xander who told her to go home with a soft voice.
Angelus watched as the library became bear. His evil grin widened as he turned around running in the shadows of the school and jumped down the open sewage area.
Spike watched as Darla played with her dark hair and sat watching the television. She kept switching her hazel eyes from the television to Spike as he let out slight laughs.
She would copy him with small giggles of her own and Spike would watch her with satisfaction.
"So pet, what shall we do now?" He noticed her swinging her tiny little legs. The blood red dress Dru had stolen for her looked just wonderful. Though it often made Spike hungry if he stared at it for too long.
The two girls with blonde hair and blue eyes were with Dru in the bedroom.
"Now daddy angelus will be home soon, so remember to stay under the bed with Misss Edith and her friends until I say to come out!" Dru pulled the duvets of her bed down slightly to hang over the end of the bed. The twins did as they were told and crouched further under the bed.
Soon enough Angelus had rushed into the house, he entered the room where Darla was sat happily with Spike. She leapt over to Spike and clung to his leg.
"DRU get the kids, we're going to have a little walk!" He shouted in a dark tone of voice.