Here's the Graduation chapter guys. Thanks for being patient. I have no idea what exactly happened in the graduation episodes except that Buffy blew up the schoola fter the mayor turned into some weird snake demon, so bear with me because this is my version of how it happened.


Chapter 9

"Are you ready Buffy?"

Buffy glanced up to see her mother smiling at her. "Yeah, Mom," she replied. "Completely ready. I can't believe I'm graduating!"

"I'm so proud of you!" Joyce squealed.

"Mom?" Buffy said slowly.

"Yes?"

"If-if anything happens today, anything unusual, please run straight for the car and don't look back, ok?"

"Why would you ask such a thing? Come on, Buffy. Nothing bad is going to happen."

"I hope not." Buffy mumbled, knowing it was in vain.

Come on. Joyce said. Let's get to the school.

As they drove, Buffy prayed to every higher being she could think of that her mother got out of the city safe and unharmed. When they arrived, Willow and Xander were waiting for them excitedly. As Joyce went to go find a seat, Buffy and the others got in line according to their last names. Oddly enough, there was no one separating Willow from Buffy so the redhead grasped the blonde's hand firmly in hers and Buffy gave her a smile. When Snyder called Willow's name, Willow stayed firmly in place while everyone gave her puzzled looks. Snyder called Buffy and the blonde stayed in place as well.

Snyder glanced back and said, "Rosenberg, Summers! Get up here!"

The girls strolled up calmly, their locked hands swinging idly for everyone to see. There were a few gasps, but otherwise no one really reacted. The girls got their diplomas together and gave Snyder a smile. As they walked back, Willow gave Buffy a peck on the cheek, making Buffy blush and duck her head. Many of the students and a few parents giggled at this, but it didn't slow down the procession much.

When all of the students had received their diplomas, Giles surreptitiously came up behind Buffy and handed her a large wrench, which she passed to Willow, a flamethrower, which they passed to Xander, who had come to stand next to them, and a sword, which Buffy slipped into her graduation gown. As the mayor ended his speech, the four of them got into defensive positions with their hands on their separate weapons; Giles had even thought to bring a laser gun for himself.

When the mayor began his transformation, Buffy screamed, "Everybody, run!" Buffy made sure she had a firm grip on the others as herds of people scrambled around hurrying to their cars.

"Ready?" Buffy asked.

"With you?" Xander inquired.

"How could we not be?" Willow scoffed, hefting the larger than average tool. "

"Well then," Giles said, cocking the laser gun.

"Let's rock." The three teens said, rushing for the mayor. Before they could reach him, his giant green tails swung and pushed them away. Buffy slammed into the ceiling, Xander was pushed into the chairs around the stage and Willow was flung through the door and across the hall. The three teens groaned as they stood up.

"That tail packs a punch." Xander grunted

"Got that right." Buffy agreed.

Willow joined them and they watched helplessly as principal Snyder was eaten.

"Should we avenge his death?" Buffy asked.

"Maybe…" Willow told her.

"But I don't want that to be the reason we kill this thing." Xander added.

"Ok," Buffy said slowly, "we killed it because it smashed us into stuff and now it ate our principal."

"That works!" Giles said, running over to them.

"So what's our plan?"

"First, Willow, you smash its tail with your wrench and when it swings, Giles you slice it off. After Giles cuts off the tail, Xander you fry it so it can't mold back with the skin. While he's doing that, I'll be slicing at the gums until Willow can come help me with the teeth. While Willow's smashing its teeth, I'll stab its eyes, slice its nose, and cut its head off. All the while Giles and Xander will be slicing and burning the body bit by bit. Got it?"

The others nodded and they separated.

"Hey ugly!" Buffy called. The mayor demon hissed sliding forward to try and eat her too. Buffy waited until it was almost upon her before she slashed at it and sliced open multiple gums. Buffy continued doing this as the mayor demon healed itself.

Meanwhile, Willow was about to smash the snake's tail, but Xander's flamethrower accidentally went off and burned the tail, causing it to swing wildly. it slammed down on top of Willow and the wrench stabbed into her side; it wasn't in far enough to be fatal, but she also had quite a few broken bones.

"Willow!" Xander shouted. he had Giles slice the tail off her so he could burn it before they both ran to her. "she's alive," Giles said. "but there seems to be a lot of damage." Buffy, on the other hand, had sliced a tooth off and shoved it in upside down as far as it would go. hearing the commotion, the slayer did this to five more teeth before running over.

"What's going on?" she demanded. "Where's Willow?"

Xander looked at her fearfully before slowly moving aside to reveal the bloody, broken, and bruised Willow. Buffy's pupils contracted and she began shaking.

"Buffy…" Giles cautioned, but it was too late; the damage had been done.

Moving faster than Giles had ever seen her, Buffy snatched the flamethrower from Xander and ran at the snake full in the mouth. taking aim, Buffy put the thrower on high, set it to explode and threw it into the demon's throat. the explosion was timed so Buffy moved back to the others and took the laser gun from Giles. slicing at every piece of skin she could, Buffy threw it into the snake's mouth until she felt the telltale hum of explosives. racing back to the others, Buffy picked up Willow and the large wrench and took off running with the boys not too far behind. jumping down the school steps, Buffy felt the blast from the explosion propel her several hundreds of feet before she landed on a soft patch of ground.

Laying Willow before her, Buffy began using whatever she knew about first aid on her girlfriend. Buffy made sure the bones in Willow's arm were aligned and used a portion of her graduation gown to hold them in place. once that was done, the slayer wrapped the rest around Willow's wound so it would stop bleeding. after that, Buffy ripped a piece of her dress and began cleaning the scratches Willow had gotten here and there from the explosion. hearing someone coming up behind her, Buffy turned, ready to swing the big wrench in her hands.

"Whoa Buffy," Xander said in a calming tone. "Easy. It's just me and Giles." Buffy nodded and went back to cleaning Willow up.

When she was done Buffy turned to her male comrades. "Sorry about the explosion. I guess I kinda got a little out of control there. By the way, who puts an explode button on a flamethrower anyway? Not that I'm not happy, but-?"

Giles shrugged. "The man I got it from was a bit futuristic so I told him we would try it out and we did. It seems to have demolished everything within a two hundred yard radius. Either way the demon is destroyed and everyone in town is safe."

"Buffy that was awesome!" Xander told her excitedly. "whereas the original plan would have probably taken close to an hour, the revised Buffy edition only took thirty minutes tops."

"Yeah well, I'd take the hour over the half if it meant Willow being safe and unhurt." Buffy sighed.

Giles patted her shoulder comfortingly. "Yes, we are sorry about Willow, Buffy, but she's strong; shell pull through this."

"Yeah," Xander added. "That's our will; she takes a licking and still keeps ticking."

Buffy chuckled wryly. "Thanks." she murmured as the trio sat down to await the police.


Typing the next chapter now. THanks for being patient guys. Like I said, I have no idea what happened in the Graduation episodes so this is my version of what's going on. Leave me a review telling me what you think.

Hey, and you guys should check out BLOOD ADDICTION by the Grinning Psychopath. He and I are co writing it even though it's not on my stories list. It's really good and you should definitely read it.