Author's Note: Hello all. I am sorry to say that this will be my last update of this story for a while, till November at the soonest. I am leaving for Basic Training for the Air Force and then I have my technical training. And as some of you know, I am coming to the end of "Phoenix Child." There is one chapter left on it and it will be finished by the time I leave. After I finish PT I will be continuing "Unforeseen Consequences" as well as starting a new fic since "Phoenix Child" will be over. I have for possibilities of what the new fic will be my since I can't decide, I'm asking you guys to help me with that decision. Just review and let me know which one you find most promising. The summaries are listed below:

1) "Sunnyhell High" Buffy/Spike pairing. Non-crossover. Set both during both 6th and 3rd season of BtVS. When Buffy and Spike got together in S6 they mated/bonded and didn't hide it from everyone. They're relationship wasn't the violent relationship that Joss showed ... it was only violent when they wanted it to be. but one night while patrolling, Buffy and Spike were thrust through a portal, only to find themselves in Sunnydale three years in the past. The question now is how do they return home without changing the future?

2) "Shades of Jade" Buffy/Faith pairing. BtVS/HP crossover. Set during season 3 of BtVS and in an alt 7th year of HP. There is a prophecy against Voldemort involving twins. On the year the twins were foretold to be born, two sets were born instead of one. So instead of getting rid of one set of twins, Voldemort had one child of each set taken care of. 17 years

later, both sets of twins are reunited and the prophecy begins to take action. It won't be long

before Voldemort realizes this and tries to right his wrongs made 17 years ago.

3) "Runaways" Harry/Draco pairing. Non-crossover. Set after HBP. After Dumbledore's death, there is nothing stopping Voldemort from coming after him himself, 24/7. One night on Privet Dr., Death Eaters attack and kill the Dursley's. Harry escapes and runs off to hide in muggle London where he meets another fellow runaway whom he least expected to encounter.

4) "The Boy Who" Pairing not yet decided. Non-crossover. Starts with the first HP book. What if Lilly Evans never married James Potter, but married Severus Snape instead? Would Harry still be orphaned? Would he still be The-Boy-Who-Lived? Would he still be in Gryffindor fighting against Voldemort, or would he be in Slytherin and fighting for the Dark Lord instead?

Chapter 4: Close Encounters of the Familiar Kind

"Um... Buffy?" Sebastian wheezed out.

"Yeah?" Buffy asked while still hugging her "brother."

"Can't ... breathe... cough..."

"Oh my gosh, Seb!" Buffy screeched, jumping off of him. "I'm so sorry. Are you okay?"

"Yeah," Sebastian stretched out his muscles, slowing standing up. "Damn, girl! You've got some muscle on you."

"Sorry about that," Buffy said, giving him a helping hand. "Sometimes I don't know my own strength."

The two stood silent for a moment, neither sure of what to say. For two people who hadn't seen each other in nearly a decade they sure didn't have anything to talk about. But that result could have been from all the letters they sent and calls they made.

Finally, Buffy was the one who broke the silence.

"So..." Buffy started. "Not that I'm not glad you're here, 'cause I am, but what are you doing here? You do have a reason for just showing up like you did, don't you?"

"Sis!" Sebastian exclaimed, with one hand over his heart and one hand wiping away an imaginary tear. "I can't believe you think so little of me. Can't a brother just show up to support his loving, caring sister on such a special occasion?"

Buffy just crossed her arms, tapped her foot, and gave him a glare worthy of Willow.

"Okay, okay," Sebastian admitted. "So maybe I do have ulterior motives. But how does lunch sound followed by meeting the band?"

"Seb..."

"You've got to take a break sometime, sis."

"Well ... okay," Buffy gave in. "I am starved. Just give me ten minutes to change and tell Tsi I'm leaving for a little bit."

"Tell you what," Sebastian told her, turning her in the direction of the stairs to get changed. "You go change and I'll tell Tsi. I'll be on my best behavior, promise."

"All right," Buffy told him. "I'll be down in a few minutes and then I want to hear all about the band."

With that Sebastian gave Buffy a kiss on the cheek and went to talk to Tsi. Besides, he wanted to know what Tsi's intentions were with his sister, if there were any. Just because Sebastian had matured since high school doesn't mean he had matured completely. Besides, what would the fun be in that?

Over in another part of town, an impatient brunette woman was waiting in a small for a friend to show up. She was seated in a corner table facing both the large windows and the door. Whenever the bell above the door would announce a customer the brunette woman would

practically jump out of her seat, wishfully hoping the next person to walk in to be her blonde friend. So far the woman had been in the cafe for twenty minutes and her friend had still to show. Finally however, about seven minutes later, a blonde woman walked in and seated herself at the small table with the other woman.

"So, Cecile," the woman said in greeting, "what is so important that you had to rush me over here in the middle of Passions? Timmy fell down the well again."

"Annette, this is way more important that that stupid show," Cecile told her friend.

"Okay, this has to be bad if you're calling Passions a stupid show," Annette said. "After all, you're the one who got me started on it."

"Um ... maybe you should sit down for this," Cecile told her.

"I am sitting," Annette said, now extremely worried about both her friend and the news she carried. "What's wrong? Did someone die?"

"...Not yet," Cecile mumbled under her breath.

"What's that?" Annette asked.

"No, no one's dead ... persay."

"Than what is it?"

"Well, maybe I should start at the beginning?"

"That would be a good pace to start," Annette said sarcastically.

"Well, I've been thinking of maybe taking up a self defense class to learn how to protect myself and Ronald's brother suggested this new place; he knows the owner or something. But anyways, I went there this morning to talk to the owner and I... I saw..."

"What did you see?" Annette was now extremely worried. The only other time she had seen her friend act like this was when Sebastian took off to go see that Kathryn bitch a few years back.

"I sa ... please don't be mad but I... I saw Sebastian... and a girl," Cecile told her. "They

looked really close. I left before they saw me and called you right away."

Annette didn't say anything for a while and Cecile became worried with each passing minute.

"Annette?"

Many different emotions crossed Annette's face, but never stopping for more than a minute. Cecile saw shock, denial, sadness, betrayal, jealousy, and finally anger. Her face settled on the last one before she reacted.

Annette stood up from her chair, picked up her purse, turned, and quietly started making her way to the door. Cecile jumped up to catch up with her friend.

"Annette?" Cecile was now the one who was worried. "What are you doing? Where are you going?"

Annette didn't respond. She just kept on walking, not even bothering to stop and wait for a cab. Cecile just followed.

"Annette? Wait up."

T.B.C.

A/N: I was going to make this chapter longer, but I still have to finish "Phoenix Child" before I leave. It will be up later today.