Author's Note: This is a work of fiction. I do not own the characters of Buffy and friends, I am just playing with them. They belong to Joss Whedon and Fox, blah blah. The characters of Cara, Natalie, James, Amy and the Lucys are based loosely on me and friends. No offence is meant. Season 5 may be spoiled for you if you have not seen it. Please r and r!

Two Halves Are Better Than One

Chapter 1 - From Cardiff To Sunnydale

It was just another normal Saturday afternoon. I was walking through town with my friends, Cara, Amy, Natalie and James, just chatting idly about the revision we weren't going to do when we got home. Welcome to the life of a teenager, I think as we walk through the shop door, into...a cemetery? As I look around I can see the crypts and the headstones and the light of an almost full moon, the first thought that runs through my mind is
"Huh?" Amy voiced my thoughts for me. "What the hell is this? Forbidden Planet going over the top with the re-decoration?"
"Lucy does this look strangely familiar to you?" asks Cara. "It looks like, it looks like...."
"One of Sunnydale's cemeteries? I thought that too" I finished her sentence for her, as we do. I'm met with stares from the other three, the ones free of Buffy obsession. "Yeah yeah, look at us as if we were crazy, its not the first time, but I'm telling you," as I turn and look around at this oh so familiar setting, "This is Sunnydale. Look, over there," I point to a mausoleum. "That's where the Glove of Myhnegon was. Somehow we have been transported to Sunnydale" I smile to myself for being the know-it-all for once.
"No shit Sherlock, but I've got a question for you: how do we get back?" I turn to look at Natalie.
"What do you mean, get back? Lets look around. Who knows, we might bump into Xander or Spike or a really huge vampire." My voice fills with despair. Over Natalie's shoulder I can see a vampire watching us, who looks about 6 feet tall and in desperate need of a bath. He lunges for the five of us and morphs into his vampire face, ready to feed on us but then he sees me and falls to the floor.
"I think he's scared of you, Luce" James stares at me and then the vampire, who is now huddled on the floor. I walk over to the vampire, although what I'm going to do I don't know, but the vampire stands up, and says, in a very wimpy way,
"I'm sorry, I meant to leave town, but you killed my sire and my girlfriend and my brother, I didn't have anywhere else to go, I'm sorry, I'll leave now" he turns to walk away, so I grab him and to my astonishment I'm able to pick him up and throw him at the nearest crypt. Catching my breath, and trying to stop my heart from beating so fast, I walk over to him and pick him up, his feet aren't even touching the ground, and I actually smile at him.
"So I'm guessing you know me then?" he nods, so I continue "Well, I'm having an attack of dumb brunette today, plus my memory is not what it used to be, so you're gonna have to fill in the blanks. Who am I?"
"You're, you're Lucy, from the Sisterhood Of Quecha"
"And what do I do?"
"You help the Slayer, killing vampires." This was getting too weird. Here I am, pumping a vampire for information and he's telling me that I'm from some kind of tribe. I turn to look at my frightened and amazed friends.
"OK, if this guy is telling the truth, we need to find Buffy. But she could be anywhere, as we don't know which season we've been sucked into. Is the school still standing?" I shake the vampire as I ask this question.
"No, no it got blown up"
"And the Initiative boys? They still around?"
"Yeah, the Slayer dates one of them" I drop him to the floor.
"Great, Captain Cardboard is still around, and we're in season 4, probably right in the middle of the whole Adam fiasco. We need to get to Giles. If there is anyone who can figure this one out, its him." I turn to walk away, when James asks
"What about this guy? If you do kill vampires, then, you're gonna have to kill him" My face tenses at the thought of killing someone, even a vampire.
"I don't have a stake. And he is just one vampire" he stands to look at me. "How much harm can one vampire do?" The answer is none, if he explodes to dust and I'm face to face with Spike.
"Have you gone mad, Lucy? I'm just one vampire and look at the trouble I caused, before bloody soldier boy and friends decide to put metal in my head. Just in case you forgot, stake, vampire, poof. Its not bleeding rocket science." He stares at the others. "And what's with Scooby Gang next generation? Training them to kill big bads?" he waits for a reply, but I'm in shock. Here I am, with William the Bloody himself, talking to me like he knows me and I dread to think what Cara's like. I tear my eyes away from his well defined cheekbones to check on her.
"Jeez Cara, breathe breathe!" she almost collapses to the floor, but she finds her feet and manages to say
"Spmhike" I smile but I have to get back to the fact that he knows me.
"Umm Spike, how do you know me?" he looks at me as if I was wearing a big sign saying crazy person.
"How do I know you? How do I know you? The soldier boys didn't get to you and put crazy chips in your pretty head did they?" He stretches his arm to touch my head but I pull away.
"Look you think you know me, that vamp thought he knew me, but whoever you think I am, I'm not. I'm Lucy, from Cardiff, a nobody. And right now, I wanna go back to boring life!" I'm interrupted by a cry of pain from Natalie. I turn to see her fall to the floor, with an arrow in her back.
"Natalie!" yells Amy, and she runs towards her.
"Oh crap." I whisper as I look up and see about 10 or 15 vampires, all walking towards us. Luckily only one of them has a crossbow, but its pretty steep odds.
"Lucy, whatever you are trying to pull, snap out of it now. I can fight these wankers, but only if you work with me. Stop the baby-sitting and start staking." I stare at him and I'm suddenly overwhelmed with whatever caused me to pick that vampire up earlier. I can do this. So I go to the nearest tree, break off a branch and yell to the others.
"Get Natalie into one of the crypts, or under cover. Stay out of the way!" James and Cara are able to pick Natalie up and pull her out of the way as another arrow comes flying their way. "Hey, big dumb stupid guy." I yell as I step into the vampires view. "Yeah, you with the crossbow. Anyone ever tell you that you fire that crossbow like a girl?" I make my way towards them as an arrow comes flying towards me and just before its about to tear into my skull I stop it with my hand. Even Spike is amazed by my reflexes, but not as surprised as me. But there isn't anytime, as Spike and I go into battle. I can't describe the feeling that came over me, but it was like I was taken over by some mysterious force, that could fight punch and kick, with the skill of the Slayer. I staked every single vampire that came towards me. I even managed to rip the head off of one guy. Spike had his vamp face on and I paused to watch him fight. I could see what Cara saw in him. Finally, the battle was over. "I think that's vampires, nil point and good guys, 15 points." I smile at Spike. "Not bad for my first battle, huh?" he gives me another look as we hear Amy yell.
"Is it over? Can we come out now?" I walk over to the bush they were hiding behind.
"Yes, you can come out now. How's Natalie?"
"I've been worse. No, wait, I really haven't" She walks, supported by James. Spike goes to look at where the arrow is.
"Oh wait, hold still" He pulls out the arrow, with a screech from Natalie. "Its OK now, didn't go in to deep. Looks like you'll live," gives her a glance, "unfortunately." Still in pain, and probably shock, Natalie doesn't answer him back. He starts to walk off, but I run after him.
"Wait, where are you going? You can't leave us."
"Yes I bloody well can. I'm evil! Remember?" I grab his arm.
"I get that you're evil, but I need to get to Giles' and I don't know where it is. I need you to show me the way." My voice takes a different tone. "I need your help." I try to give him my sad face, that usually works with most people. But obviously not vampires.
"Oh yeah, you're in trouble, lets run and ask Spike to sort you out. I can help you, but it'll cost you. Give me an offer I can't refused, then I'll think about it." I decide that the sad face isn't working, so instead I grab his neck and lift him from the ground.
"How about this offer - I pay you by not ripping your head from your body? You're gonna take us to Giles, or I kill you. You make the choice."
"Bloody women. Fine I'll take you to sodding Giles." I let go of him and he picks himself up. "I think I like you better when you're not crazy." He walks to Natalie, picks her up and beckons for us to follow. "For your information, I'm only carrying miss injured here because I want to get back to my crypt before Passions is on. Now come on."