"Ok." Cellest began to think as she turned a corner. "It should be getting lighter. Something's not right"

Those were her first thoughts as she rounded the bend to get home. Only it wasn't how it should be. For starters the houses were all different. It was getting lighter and there was a large building nearly in front of her. As she got closer, Cellest realised it to be a school. Not just any school though. If the sign in front of the building was to be believed. It clearly started in large letters.

'Sunnydale High School'

This was just wrong. It was weird. It shouldn't be possible but here she was. Walking up the steps to Sunnydale High School. The high school from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A T.V. show.

God she remember watching that when she was younger. She didn't think it was actually a really school. Wait she should be freaking out. This building was not in her one pony town. So if it wasn't in her town, then the question remains. How did she get here? Walking through the halls she wondered where everyone was. Then she spotted teens in the classrooms. She was surprised that no one had stopped her when she came in the building. Any typical American high school had metal detectors and security guards and at the least a reception! But here she was walking through the halls and no one stopped her.

"Hay missy, where are you going. Should you be in class."

'Oops thought too soon.' Turning around Cellest was gob smacked. There in front of her was Principle Snider. 'No way! No freaking way!'

"Cutting class, let me guess going off to do drugs or spray graffiti! Well don't even think about it." His nasally voice, just as she remembered from the show.

"Oh no Sir. I was just off to the library to study during my free period. I would use the common room but the other kids just use it to hang out in. Not for studying." Cellest spoke 'What the hell! Why would i say that? Where did it come from?' This whole thing was wigging her out.

"Well its good to see someone in the school taking a keen interest in avoiding such things. Though the library probably isn't much better. Well get along then. Get learning." Snider said. Turning away from Cellest and walking down the corridor.

'Ok. So if he's going that way I'm guessing the library must be the other way. God why isn't there signs in this place.' Cellest thought to herself. "Well that's because normally people are actual students and therefore have a map! Idiot." She muttered to herself.

Keeping on walking the way she was and staying quiet. Cellest hoped to not be noticed by anyone else till she found out exactly what was going on. Finally getting to the library Cellest took a moment to imaging what she'd find when she walked in. 'Buffy and the scoobies all crowed round the table with books on them. They'd be trying to figure out some big bad and in would come Cellest and be able to tell them exactly what it was. How to stop it and get to see everything up close and first hand. Yeha something like that, I mean if I'm in this world then maybe it's some kind of quest I need to do and then I'll got straight back home. Where life is boring but at least she wouldn't be in constant danger.' She took a deep breath then walked in. To find the library completely empty. 'Ok, not what I was expecting.' Walking up to the desk Cellest looked around. 'Maybe Giles would pop up and tell her she was the new Slayer, even though she didn't feel like she had any super strength. Maybe it didn't feel any different to normal strength.' Still no one appeared.

"Erm, hello?" Cellest finally gave in and called out quietly. Nothing. Not even sounds of someone coming out from the book shelf's. 'Well this is a little disappointing.' Cellest thought. Walking away from the main desk she heads for the table when something crunches under foot. Bending down she finds it to be egg shells. 'Why is that familiar?'

Suddenly Buffy and Xander burst through the doors to the library. They stop seeing her, at a loss for what to say.

"Um, have you seen the librarian?" Buffy asks.

"Giles? No, I've not seen him. Erm I found egg shells on the floor though. What's going on?" Cellest asks.

"Oh he probable got hungry is all." Xander says trying to brush things off.

"Yeha I'm hungry too, you think that maybe he got the same craving that Willow got?" Buffy said to Xander, obviously trying to talk code in front of this new person that they weren't sure would believe them if they really talked about what was going on.

"Yeha I'm getting that feeling. Where do you suppose they went, for food." Xander finished lamely. Forgetting for a moment about this girl.

Suddenly a yell was heard clearly from the hall and all three dashed to see what was going on. There Cellest saw a short guy fighting to get something off his back but what she couldn't see. Then as suddenly as he started he stopped.

"I'm fine." He said in a monotone voice. Then began to walk away.

"Yeha I'm gonna go out on a limb and say he's not fine." Xander says to Buffy but Cellest heard too.

Suddenly it all started to click into place. This was the episode with the eggs, what was it called.

"Bad eggs!" Cellest said clapping her hands together. Pleased that she could remember back to the second season.

"Excuse me?" Buffy said. Both her and Xander turning to look at the girl.

"Bad eggs. Oh erm, didn't he get one of the eggs in health class. I bet he ate it or something." She finished lamely. "Well I'm going to go back to the library and wait for the Mr Giles. I have some over due books I need to deal with. Bye!" Cellest rushed out and ran back into the library leaving the other two behind in the hall.

'Ok, think, lets think.' Pacing back and forth. 'The Bad eggs episode was nearly finished so I should wait things out here but I might be able to help some how. Or I might get eaten by something.'

Before she realised what she was doing. She had already threw her bag behind the library desk and was sneaking out after Buffy and Xander. She was copying them. Pretending to be a zombie worker following along but keeping out of sight of the other two. Down to the basement they went following the other zombie workers. Then through the hole in the basement's wall and down further through the tunnels. Cellest could hear movement behind her. The Gorch's must be right behind her. If her memory was right, then they would only have eyes for Buffy. So all she had to do was keep up the zombie act and the two vampire brothers would move right on past her. Picking up a pickaxe she began to listlessly chip away at the walls of the tunnel and right enough the vampire brothers moved on past her, heading towards Buffy and Xander. Dropping her pickaxe she snuck further down the halls and held back till Buffy had killed one of the Gorch's and then been pulled down into the cracks in the ground. Cellest watched as the other Gorch brother looked down the crack, then gave a little jumped as Buffy pulled herself up from the crack. Covered in the black slime. Then the Gorch brother ran off, the zombies fell and Buffy moved off to help to help her mother. Cellest moved to help Giles. Pulling the thing off his neck, she quickly muttered to him 'Meet me in the library once everyone gone. Gas leak.' And moved off to help Willow. Helping the other students as quickly as she could. Cellest saw that Giles, Willow, Xander and Cordelia moved round pulling the things off the other students as well. Buffy though had disappeared. 'Probably off getting cleaned up.' she thought.


Once everyone was out of the basement and the story of the gas leak had been spread round everyone. Cellest was already back in the library. There was no one in there again. Giving a sigh she moved to go round the desk to get her bag, when Giles came through the library doors starting her.

"So you did come back. I was beginning to wonder." His cool voice came out from the door way.

"Of course I did. I said I would, didn't I." Cellest was offended but then she realised that he really had no reason to believe that she would. He didn't know her. "Mr Giles, Giles. Would it be wrong to call you Rupert?" Cellest started, fumbling over her words. Moving towards him, her hand out for a handshake.

"What your going to do is sit down and explain things. Or else I'm not going to be best amused." Giles told her. His tone leaving no space for her to argue.

Sitting down at the table. She thought it best to let him control the conversation. To appear as non threating as possible. It had always shocked her when Giles's inner 'Ripper' came out in the show. He was always so nice that she often forgot he could still be like this when someone he cared about was threated and she supposed since she wasn't as confused by what had happened as everyone else. She could be thought of as a threat to Buffy.

"Now tell me and don't lie. Who are you?" He demanded staring down at her.

"I'm not here to hurt anyone. Honestly I'm still not sure I'm even here." She rushed out. If she got Giles on her side then it would only be a win.

"Now why would you say that?" He asked while sitting across from her.

"I, well I. You see." Oh god. How could she explain this. Cellest began to rub her hands together. Things were finally settling in for her. How could she play this off. Or should she be honest with everyone. It be bad if she lied and then everyone found out. Right?

Seeing her getting upset, Giles began to feel a bit bad for the girl. Taking a deep breath, he sat down in front of her.

"Now, now. Just take a deep breath and start from the beginning." His voice was softer this time round.

"I know things." Cellest blurted out. Her mind began to run a mile a minute. "See things. Is this now?" She asked. A plan forming in her head already.

"What do you mean?" Giles was completely confused now. This girl was raising more questions than answers, and this 'is it now'. What did that mean?

"I've been seeing things for a while now. Horrible things. Then it came to me one night. A name, I wasn't even sure it was a place till lately but when I found out it was here. Then I had to come to see for myself." She rushed out. This seemed to be working. Yeha she could pull this off.

"Hold up." Giles took off his glasses and gave them a clean. Putting them back on he continued. "What do you mean you 'see things'? What things do you see?"

"Things that are happening now. Things that have happened. Things that are going to happen." Cellest gave a small pause for dramatic effect. "Ripper." She added.

Now that made him sit up straight, well straighter.

"Did Ethan send you? Are you working for him." His voice was harsh now. He was on the defensive again.

"Ethan? No but I watched it happen. That's how. I saw what you did to him. That's how I know. I think its best to say I see important events but I can also see things that won't mean much till later too." Cellest stared down at her hands, fiddling with her fingers now. She was trying to weave a web of lies off the top of her head, working things through slowly. The best lie is 90% made of the truth.