AN: Okay I'm finally back! After a long time musing around, my mind finally decided to do this. Remember that I'm not re-writing the whole series, just parts of it. So the time will fast forward a bit.

I want to see shout outs to Jen, who is totally rocking with her fics! Helmi1 who has awesome fics also! And, SSJL who rocks Booth/Bones fics which I like also! Go check them out!

Okay, time for the chapter! Oh BTW, there is a bit of cannon lifting, I had to in order to make this chapter flow right.

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Two friends are thrown out of tavern with the bartender yelling at them. One of them turns and pounds on the door while he's speaking in an Irish accent. "We'll be back when we've found a bit more cash, boyo! Keep ta girls warm!"

His friend stumbles over to him, "Let's go Liam!" he moans out. Liam then turns and puts his arm around his friend and both start stumbling to their next destination.

"Come on, let's sneak in me house and steal me father's silver. The imbecile will never know. He eats with his hands, the pig," Liam tell his friend. He hopes that his father is asleep so he can get more cash for the women and the drinks. His friend has other ideas and faints. He smacks hard on the ground and Liam looks at him and shrugs. "Ah, why don't ya rest there then. I'll continue meself."

He starts walking when he spots a beautiful noble woman. She's small, petite, blond, and has taken an interest to him. Never a lad to pass up an opportunity, he tries his best to sober up and began to walk over to the lass. The noble woman disappeared from view as she walked forward and Liam kept his slow pace up to find out who she was.

"So, I'd ask meself…What's a lady of ye're station doing alone in an alley with the reputation that this one has?" Asked Liam, who was enchanted by the woman.

The woman stayed looking away and just talked over her shoulder, "Maybe she's lonely."

"In that case, I'd offer meself as escort to protect ye from harm and while away the dull hours," Liam said.

She still didn't turn, but spoke again in a heavenly voice, "You're very gracious."

Liam found that ironic and knew this woman wasn't from around these parts. She would know who he was and what were his real intentions, basically another notch on the post. "Hmm. It's been often said lass."

Finally, she turned and faced him and all of Liam's breath was stolen. She was beautiful, one of the most beautiful woman he has seen in some time. She then spoke once again in that little tone, "Are certain you're up for the challenge?"

Liam cockily smiled and walked over to the beautiful blond. "Milady, you'll find that with the exception of an honest day's work, there's challenge I'm not prepared to face." He then stopped in front of her and gazed into her blue eyes, "Oh…but ye're a pretty wee lass. Where are ye from?"

She looked around, smiled, and just shrugged her shoulder. "Around. Everywhere." She answered mysteriously.

Liam's eyes sparkled at the sound of traveling, mainly because he wants to explore the outside world. "I never been anywhere meself. Always wanted to see the world, but…" He trailed off, proving a point.

She jumped at the opportunity of showing this handsome man, her world. "I could show you." She then flashed a flirtatious, mysterious smile at Liam.

"Could ye then?" Liam asked her.

"Things you've never seen, never even heard of." She was getting ready to "show" Liam her world.

"Sounds exciting," Liam said as he was drawn more into her hypnotic voice.

"It is. And frightening." She said this as a "last warning" to offer Liam if he wants to back out. Not that she was going to let him get away, one way or another, he was coming with her.

"I'm not afraid. Show me. Show me ye're world." Liam was ready to take off with her. All he needed to do was to sneak into his house and take his things and leave with the lass.

Darla smiled and spoke one last time, "Close your eyes." Liam closed his eyes, missing that her face just changed into a demonic visage. She smiled over her fangs, tilted Liam's head to the side, and sunk her teeth into his neck.

A few feet away, a figure wearing a hood stood "watching" the events. Though his eyes were shut and seemed like carvings of a cross and X on each side where the eyes suppose to be.

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Angel woke up in a cold sweat and panting heavily. He got up from the bed and stumbled into the bathroom inside his bedroom. He stumbled over to the sink and splashed water on his face, trying to chase away the nightmare. It felt real and it felt like he lived it before, but he knew it couldn't be true because he didn't remember, yet the nightmare was intensely realistic. He took a few breaths to calm down and walked to his bedroom. He checked the time and saw it was 2:30 in the morning and decided to go back to sleep.

Earlier in the night, all Angel did was patrol and avoid everyone, including Buffy. This wasn't the first night either of ignoring everyone. For the past few weeks, Angel was ignoring, talking more monosyballic than ever before, and sleeping more each day. A few days ago, he slept the entire day and night, causing Buffy to start worrying. Each time he slept, he had a different nightmare. Starting from the girl in the alley to him and Buffy trying to kill each other, and Angel didn't know why.

He didn't understand the dreams and was feeling more and more fatigued and wiped out each time. There was one thing throughout all the dreams though, a figure always stood watching what he was going through. The figured was always wearing a hood and the eyes weren't there at all. Angel didn't tell anyone about the dreams and just kept them to himself. Well, Angelus offered his two cents, but even the demon didn't know what they meant.

Now the dreams were constantly on his mind, and they put a major strain on his and Buffy's relationship. Over the past weeks plenty happened, but Angel's mind wasn't there. He did get the gist of the events. From Xander and Anya breaking up, Buffy going invisible for sometime which resulted in weird sex for Angel, to Buffy getting a job at the Doublemeat Palace. Angel wasn't to ecstatic about that career choice for Buffy and let her know about it.

2 weeks ago

"Buffy, if you need a job that bad, you can work for me, or rather to say with me at the office. We need al the help we can get," Angel explained to Buffy for probably the third time in an hour.

"I know, but I want to do this myself, why can't you get that through your head?" She answered. She was tired of this and wanted to prove to herself that she could get her own job and make it for a while.

"Well why at the burger joint?" Angel just asked out. Buffy frowned at him and replied, "Because! The process was short and the interview was easy!" She exclaimed.

Angel looked at her like she grew a second head, "Easy? C'mon, Doyle could get a job there! And he is always drunk! I would've hired you easily!" Angel just yelled out.

Buffy scowled at him and growled out, "Well fuck you! Keep your damn job offer and stick it up your ass!" With that, she stormed out leaving Angel with an angry look.

Later on in the night, Angel got his revenge. So to speak.

Angel walked into the Doublemeat Palace and grimaced at the smell a bit. He didn't know how Buffy could work in here. He stayed in the back, just observing the area. His ears perked up as a group of 3 young men sitting close by him spoke about the "New Girl."

"Hey dude I'm telling you, there is a new hot chick working the register," One of the guys said. The other two leaned in as he spoke about her, "She is hot! Blond hair, petite tight body, these greenish/hazel colored eyes, and an incredible ass that looks wicked tight!"

Angel felt a growl start up, but he held it down as the others spoke. "Did you talk to her? Maybe you should get her number," One of his friends said.

"I tried, but she ignored me. I'm going to go back in a bit and use my charms to get her number, or possibly get to take her home and have my way with her." All three guys snickered at the comment and the third guy spoke up.

"Oh that's her," he whispered to the group as he pointed at Buffy learning how to use the register. Angel admired he beauty for a bit, before turning his gaze at the group. "Watch me work." The first guy said again. Angel then made his move.

He got up and stormed over the group and pushed guy down on his seat. He leaned into the table, ignoring the guy trying to break Angel's grip on his shoulder. "You wont be having your way with her," Angel growled out. "Reason why, she's with me and no way she is going to take an interest with a pissant like yourself."

One of the three tried to intimidate by glaring down Angel, but failed miserably as Angel turned his glare to him. "Got something to say?" The kid nodded and Angel smirked evily that sent shivers down all three men. "Now get out of here before you guys see my bad side." The three nodded furiously and all ran out of the building, with Angelus laughing inside Angel's head and Angel with a smirk on his face, till he turned and face the furious gaze of his lover.

He walked over to the counter and heard her telling her supervisor she was going on her lunch break. Angel walked to the employee's door and waited for Buffy to storm out. And storm out she did! She didn't even know Angel was standing on the side of the door and narrowly missed him. She looked around till she saw him and rounded on him. Buffy pointed a finger in his face and started whispering harshly. "What are you doing here!"

Angel just grabbed her arms, spun her so that her back was against the wall, and planted a brutal, demanding kiss that had Buffy's knees starting to go weak. He let her go after breathing became a small issue and spoke, "Your on a break right?" He asked Buffy. She nodded and Angel smiled lewdly. "Let's go out in the back," he said

Buffy nodded and lead Angel outside through the side entrance. They walked to a dark shadowy spot and Angel picked up Buffy by her waist and walked to wall. She wrapped her legs around his waist and she felt his hardness directly on her sopping core. She was instantly wet when Angel showed his possessiveness.

Angel moved his hand down to Buffy's wet core and groaned when he felt how wet she was. "Damn Buffy….you're so wet…."

Buffy moaned when she felt Angel's hand on her. She always loved feeling his hands exploring her body, and he played her body like how musician recalls his favorite instrument. Angel ripped away Buffy's panties and started to explore her intimate folds. Buffy let out a low groan at the feel of Angel's fingers exploring her.

Angel then slowly worked a finger inside Buffy, immediately finding the spot that makes Buffy go crazy. Upon feeling her jerk, Angel moved his lips from hers to his mark on her neck. Buffy came undone in a powerful orgasm as she felt Angel nibble on her scar and when his fingers rubbed on her spot inside her.

Angel groaned at seeing Buffy come undone. Buffy then had to feel Angel deep inside her and moved her hands and ripped away another of Angel's belt. Angel chuckled at her actions, "That's my 4th belt you ripped away."

Buffy smiled and shrugged, "You can buy another. Now shut up and give it to me…it's been too long."

Angel couldn't help but quip, "Too long? We did make love yesterday, all night long."

"Still too long, and damn it Angel! Stop stalling!" Buffy hissed. She reached down and pulled out his erect cock and gave him a few strokes softly. "God, you're so hard," she groaned out.

"All for you," Angel said as he moved Buffy's hand away from his cock and burying himself slowly inside Buffy. "Oh god…it has been too long…" Angel trailed off as Buffy clamed down on him with her internal muscles.

Buffy couldn't speak at all because she was in nirvana, but then she remembered her short lunch break and growled in her head. "Angel…oh….w….wa…wait baby," she managed to say as Angel slowed his thrusts down, "We have to be fast. I still have to wor…OH GOD! Harder…" Angel cut her off as he gave Buffy a powerful thrust that butted the wall of her womb.

Angel delivered thrust after thrust, unable to talk, just growl and moan. Buffy was panting, very close to release, that when Buffy felt Angel's fingers move to where they were joined so started panting faster. Angel was close to coming and felt that Buffy was also close, but gave her that final little push as he rolled around her sensitive clit, Buffy moaned loud and came hard drawing out Angel's own orgasm. He buried his face on her neck and smelled the sweet scent of her blood calling him. Buffy felt his face change and tilted her neck, offering Angel her blood. With love, he softly bit down and both had another quick orgasm.

After a few minutes, Angel let Buffy down slowly, letting her use his to help her balance. Also to keep from falling over as she felt like her legs weren't working from the orgasms Angel gave her. Angel put his forehead hers and looked deep into her eyes. "I'm sorry for acting like an asshole earlier." He apologized softly.

Buffy felt her earlier anger leave and she smiled softly, "It's okay baby." She leaned forward and softly kissed his lips and pulled back before round 2 started. "I have to get back to work. I'll spend the night with you when I get off okay?" Angel happily nodded, which cause Buffy to chuckled at his enthusiasm. Angel then walked her to the door, kissed her, and then left to the mansion when Buffy went inside.

Present Day

Angel thought back and that was before he became more angry and snapping at people for no reason at all. Tired and still early in the night, Angel went back to bed and fell asleep. Once again, he dreamed.

Romania 1898

He runs towards the source of his distress. All the way out in the woods, he uses his senses to find the group of people, but everything is highly distorted. He spots a flare up of fire in the distance and sprinted to the area as fast as his legs could carry him. Along the way, he flashes back to the beautiful gypsy girl he slaughtered without thinking much about his actions.

Angel's view then changes to the group that his alter ego is looking for and spots an old woman under a canopy chanting over an orb surrounded by candles, in a sacred circle. People around the old woman lay rose petals, while the old lady continues her chant in her ancient language.

"Este scris, aceasta putere este dreptul poporul meu de a conduce. Nici mort, nici al fiintei, te invoc, spirit al trecerii." She chanted while her fellow gypsies kept spreading the rose petals.

Angel's view then changes back to his alter ego and sees himself breaking through a clearing, only to fall down. He then hears the chanting of the old woman, and gets up to his hands and knees to charge at her but then is stopped as the old woman finishes the chanting. "Reda trupului ce separe omul de animal. Asa sa fie, cu ajutorul acestui!" The orb in front of the old woman started glow in a bright orange color after the chant, then disappeared.

Angel then saw Angelus' eyes glow bright orange and then dark. He looks as he sees himself looking around scared, in pain, and very confused. An old man walks up to him, sneering before he spoke.

"It hurts, yes? Good. It will hurt more," he snarls out to Angel. Angel's view moves to his own eyes as he starts to feel the pain of the whatever just happened.

He looks around confused still and panting hard with unneeded breath. "Wh…Where am I?"

The man looks a little cheerful to explain to Angel what is going on, "You don't remember... everything you've done for a hundred years. In a moment, you will. The face of everyone you killed...our daughter's face…they will haunt you, and you will know what true suffering is."

Angel is still confused because he doesn't understand the old man's explanation. Killed? He hasn't killed before. But suddenly, memories fill his head. His turning, killing his family, killing his baby sister, destroying his town, killing, maiming, torturing throughout the world and finally killing the gypsy girl. "No…" he moans out quietly. He can't believe what he's done. "No, no, no…" he trails off as the guilt hits him straight on and cries in disbelief.

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Angel wakes up in horror and jumps off the bed, feeling tears fall from his eyes. Everything, everything he's ever done, lived, saw, comes flying back into his mind straight on. For two years, Angel has been trying to remember his past, little bits have come up every now and then, but now he remembers everything.

His human life as Liam, being turned into a vampire, destroying and killing for 150 years, being curse with a soul, damning himself for the next 100 years of his existence, then finally meeting Buffy. He thought the pain and guilt would end at remembering Buffy, but it wasn't so.

He remembered the happiness, the love flowing in between them, her acceptance of him despite his horrifying past. Then he remembered the first time him and Buffy made love. And the consequences of those actions. He remembered then his actions as Angelus once again. This time, trying to kill Buffy and her friends, and going so far to trying to sent the world into hell.

As all this was going on, Angel failed to noticed the other figure standing in the room with him. The figure smirked evily at the sight of the now broken half vampire/half human. Three years ago, it almost succeeded in getting rid of the vampire then, but now it has a bigger plan, and it starts with Angel.

The figured changed it's appearance to one of Angel's past victims, Jenny Calendar. "Hello Angel. Remember me?" She asks in a sweet tone that carries an undertone of maliciousness.

"Je…Jenny…" Angel stutters as he sees her image. She was suppose to be dead! He can't get over seeing her again, that he fails to remember the events of three years ago, Christmas Time.

"Nice to know you remember well. Are you in pain?" She asks him once again in that tone.

"You…you're….dead. You're dead," he manages to stutter out as the pain and guilt kept tearing into him.

The image of Jenny smiled as Its plan was working. "I know a way to end the pain, just brace your dark half. Embrace the true you." It says.

Angel didn't know what it was saying and just tried to block out more images of his then moved into it's next part of the plan. Saying a quick, quiet incantation, it disappeared and slowly invaded Angel's mind. Since Angel was weak, he couldn't resist the takeover and fainted to the ground.

A few minutes later, he stirred and slowly woke up. He opened his eyes and slowly got up. Angel looked around the room, and then felt all control leave him and felt himself get locked away deep in Angel's own mind. It took over and because of this, Angel's normally brown eyes turned jet black. He smiled similarly to Angelus and moved into the next part of the plan. Time to go to the shop. Then back to high school.

The First has returned.

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AN: Review! I know it's short, but my muse is still trying to wake up and stop being lazy.