Here's the second part! Enjoy! I just realised I haven't mentioned when it's set. Unless you haven't guessed from the scene with Spike in part one it's between Intervention and Tough Love. Continuity's probably off a bit here and there but, well, if the story works... :)
Disclaimer: All this belongs to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy. I'm just playing around with the characters!
Chapter Two
"Giles!" Buffy called out as she hit the door as loudly as she could. "Giles!" Things were going from bad to worse. First some girl appeared in her house claiming to know her. If she hadn't been so overwhelmed she would have found out more but she just ran into the street and met a vampire who acted as if they were friends. Ironically it was the vampire that suggested she come here and it wasn't exactly a bad idea.
She hit the door one more time. "Giles!" It finally opened and she looked around before walking in. "Something's wrong..."
Her Watcher gave her a look of concern. "Some... something wrong?" He stammered a little at the sight of Buffy in her current distraught state. "Is it Glory? Dawn?" He guided her inside. "What is it?"
"They've got to you too?" she asked nervously. "Something's wrong with the world... everything's changed... I don't... I don't understand..." With those words Buffy fell forwards as her vision blacked out.
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
As she slowly came back to her senses all she could hear were voices. Some were familiar while others were those of complete strangers.
"Is she okay?"
"She looks different."
"Is she dead?"
"Anya!"
"Sorry..."
"Ooh! She's moving!"
"Uhhhh..." Buffy opened her eyes finally to see that she was surrounded by five people. Her eyes moved across all of them. Giles (why isn't he wearing tweed? Why does he look... cool?). Xander (Since when did he become so... manly?). A girl with short blond, curly hair (who the hell is she?). Another blond... this one with longer hair (I definately don't know her!) and... (is that Willow? What's she done to her hair?). "Uhhhh...." Buffy repeated.
"Buffy? Are you awake?" Giles asked, carefully putting a pillow behind her to help her sit up a little easier. "You just passed out..."
"Giles?" she asked, a little warily. "What's happened to the world?" She looked at the two blond girls whose faces were new to her. "And who are they?"
"She's forgotten us?" the curly blond exclaimed. "Hit her. Maybe she'll remember."
Giles looked over to Willow and Xander. Buffy followed his gaze. "Do you know these?"
"Of course I do dummy. It's Xander and... a very short haired Willow."
"Good." Giles nodded nervously. He looked up at the others. "She may be suffering from some sort of memory loss. She appears to have regressed to a point in time before she met Anya and Tara."
"Or she's come from the past," the short haired blond, Anya as Giles had called her, piped up. "That could have happened, right?"
"Now that's just ridiculous," Giles scowled at her. "How could she..."
Suddenly everything made so much sense. Buffy sat up quickly making everyone else jump with shock. "The flashy thing!"
"T... the flashy thingy?" the other stranger, Tara asked. "Wh... what?"
Buffy looked around a little apologetically. "Um... sorry about that..." Once she was sure she'd got everyone's attention, as if she hadn't already, she continued. "I was fighting this vamp casting a spell to raise the Master. He tried to stop him but there was this flash of light and *woosh!* he was gone!"
"The Master?" Xander noted with a little surprise. "So wherever you're from the Master isn't dead yet?"
"He's dead?" Buffy smiled a little. "That's nice to know."
"Hush!" Giles chided him. "If she really is from the past then telling her anything more than she needs to know may alter time as we know it!"
"You've been watching to many movies, Doc," Xander smiled falsely at him.
"So she's really from the past?" Anya asked quickly. "So I was right? Ha! I knew it!"
Giles gave her another frustrated glare before turning back to Buffy who was still having a little difficulty taking this all in. Up until now everyone seemed to be talking at her rather than to her. Giles seemed to have changed quite a lot considering he was, well, already old. He finally spoke. "Do you remember anything about the spell?"
Buffy shrugged. "Not really. Just that Angel told me they were trying to help the Master rise and that I'd better stop them... so I did." She paused for a moment. "Where is Angel anyway?"
"He went to LA in case he had sex with you again," Anya quickly added before Giles started to go bright red as if he was about to explode.
"I'm gonna have sex with Angel?" Buffy smiled. "I like this future thing."
"We're still not one hundred percent sure that this is the case," Giles informed her. "This may be the future but your presence here would have already indicated major changes in history as we know it..."
"But nothing's happened," Willow pointed out.
"Exactly. Which is why we could just as easily be dealing with an alternate dimension..." Giles seemed to like this option much better. Probably because it was safer for him.
"Like the troll dimension or the world without shrimp?" Anya asked.
Buffy looked a little confused at her statement. "What the hell is a shrimp?"
Anya seemed a impressed with what Buffy had said and whispered "I was right" a few times to the others before Giles was able to continue. "It's possible that your world is moving at a slower pace to our own. Theoretically if there was just a split second difference the moment your dimension came into existence could make up for five over the course of billions of years." He frowned. "But either way, whatever you witness here could affect your world if and when we return you back to your home. If there are so many similarities."
"Well, I'm glad we've got all that worked out now... Agh!"
"What? What is it?"
Buffy came out in a cold sweat. "Willow and Xander!" she exclaimed. "They were affected by the spell too! They're in this world somewhere! I have to find them! If they..."
Giles held her down as she tried to jump to her feet. "No! You have to stay here! The more you find out about this world the more damage it could cause when..."
"And what about what they see? I have to look for them! If they see anyone other than me I dread to think what could happen!"
"She's right," Willow noted. "Knowing what I was like five years ago... how I would react to seeing this... Oh God!"
"And what if the other me meets our Buffy," Xander stated, his eyes open in terror before looking back at Anya. "... well, he'd think she'd be able to help him and... I... We have to find them!"
"Not without me you're not!" Buffy got to her feet, pushing Giles aside. "I had an un-Slayer-like fainting session. That isn't happening again I can assure you. Now let's get going!"
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"Xander!" Willow came running towards her friend and embraced him tightly. "Thank God I found you! Th... there's something wrong with the world!"
"You're telling me," Xander replied, pulling away from Willow who was almost choking him. "I went home and had my parents ever so kindly informing me that I wasn't wanted there anymore now I'd 'moved into that yuppie apartment with that irritating hussy.' They wouldn't give me time to ask what the hell they were talking about before they slammed the door on me!"
"Yuppie apartment?" Willow wondered before adding "Hussy?" with a tinge of jealousy. "What's going on, Xander?"
"I wish I knew... but I bet Buffy would."
"She went home. Maybe she's still there... it's not far from here..."
"Unless her mom decided she wasn't wanted anymore..." Xander smirked. "What happened to you?"
"Mom let me in... at least I... I was lucky in that respect. B... But she wanted to know how college was and... and how my boyfriend was... I have a boyfriend?" She looked pityfully at Xander. "And she said something about growing my hair again."
"What'd you do?"
"I ran. I've never ran away before. I've always been good. One minute it... it's running away... next thing you know I'll be shoplifting to pay for my drugs habit and..."
"Calm down, Will," Xander muttered, putting his arm around her. "I think you'll be able to keep your unblemished record. No jail for you, young lady."
Willow smiled a little. "But we have to find Buffy..."
"Well, what a surprise," a voice behind them exclaimed in an overly cheerful voice. "So do I!" Xander and Willow turned around slowly to find themselves face to face with a woman in a short red dress with curly blond hair. She grinned. "You wouldn't want to tell me where she is now would you?"
TO BE CONTINUED...
Disclaimer: All this belongs to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy. I'm just playing around with the characters!
Chapter Two
"Giles!" Buffy called out as she hit the door as loudly as she could. "Giles!" Things were going from bad to worse. First some girl appeared in her house claiming to know her. If she hadn't been so overwhelmed she would have found out more but she just ran into the street and met a vampire who acted as if they were friends. Ironically it was the vampire that suggested she come here and it wasn't exactly a bad idea.
She hit the door one more time. "Giles!" It finally opened and she looked around before walking in. "Something's wrong..."
Her Watcher gave her a look of concern. "Some... something wrong?" He stammered a little at the sight of Buffy in her current distraught state. "Is it Glory? Dawn?" He guided her inside. "What is it?"
"They've got to you too?" she asked nervously. "Something's wrong with the world... everything's changed... I don't... I don't understand..." With those words Buffy fell forwards as her vision blacked out.
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
As she slowly came back to her senses all she could hear were voices. Some were familiar while others were those of complete strangers.
"Is she okay?"
"She looks different."
"Is she dead?"
"Anya!"
"Sorry..."
"Ooh! She's moving!"
"Uhhhh..." Buffy opened her eyes finally to see that she was surrounded by five people. Her eyes moved across all of them. Giles (why isn't he wearing tweed? Why does he look... cool?). Xander (Since when did he become so... manly?). A girl with short blond, curly hair (who the hell is she?). Another blond... this one with longer hair (I definately don't know her!) and... (is that Willow? What's she done to her hair?). "Uhhhh...." Buffy repeated.
"Buffy? Are you awake?" Giles asked, carefully putting a pillow behind her to help her sit up a little easier. "You just passed out..."
"Giles?" she asked, a little warily. "What's happened to the world?" She looked at the two blond girls whose faces were new to her. "And who are they?"
"She's forgotten us?" the curly blond exclaimed. "Hit her. Maybe she'll remember."
Giles looked over to Willow and Xander. Buffy followed his gaze. "Do you know these?"
"Of course I do dummy. It's Xander and... a very short haired Willow."
"Good." Giles nodded nervously. He looked up at the others. "She may be suffering from some sort of memory loss. She appears to have regressed to a point in time before she met Anya and Tara."
"Or she's come from the past," the short haired blond, Anya as Giles had called her, piped up. "That could have happened, right?"
"Now that's just ridiculous," Giles scowled at her. "How could she..."
Suddenly everything made so much sense. Buffy sat up quickly making everyone else jump with shock. "The flashy thing!"
"T... the flashy thingy?" the other stranger, Tara asked. "Wh... what?"
Buffy looked around a little apologetically. "Um... sorry about that..." Once she was sure she'd got everyone's attention, as if she hadn't already, she continued. "I was fighting this vamp casting a spell to raise the Master. He tried to stop him but there was this flash of light and *woosh!* he was gone!"
"The Master?" Xander noted with a little surprise. "So wherever you're from the Master isn't dead yet?"
"He's dead?" Buffy smiled a little. "That's nice to know."
"Hush!" Giles chided him. "If she really is from the past then telling her anything more than she needs to know may alter time as we know it!"
"You've been watching to many movies, Doc," Xander smiled falsely at him.
"So she's really from the past?" Anya asked quickly. "So I was right? Ha! I knew it!"
Giles gave her another frustrated glare before turning back to Buffy who was still having a little difficulty taking this all in. Up until now everyone seemed to be talking at her rather than to her. Giles seemed to have changed quite a lot considering he was, well, already old. He finally spoke. "Do you remember anything about the spell?"
Buffy shrugged. "Not really. Just that Angel told me they were trying to help the Master rise and that I'd better stop them... so I did." She paused for a moment. "Where is Angel anyway?"
"He went to LA in case he had sex with you again," Anya quickly added before Giles started to go bright red as if he was about to explode.
"I'm gonna have sex with Angel?" Buffy smiled. "I like this future thing."
"We're still not one hundred percent sure that this is the case," Giles informed her. "This may be the future but your presence here would have already indicated major changes in history as we know it..."
"But nothing's happened," Willow pointed out.
"Exactly. Which is why we could just as easily be dealing with an alternate dimension..." Giles seemed to like this option much better. Probably because it was safer for him.
"Like the troll dimension or the world without shrimp?" Anya asked.
Buffy looked a little confused at her statement. "What the hell is a shrimp?"
Anya seemed a impressed with what Buffy had said and whispered "I was right" a few times to the others before Giles was able to continue. "It's possible that your world is moving at a slower pace to our own. Theoretically if there was just a split second difference the moment your dimension came into existence could make up for five over the course of billions of years." He frowned. "But either way, whatever you witness here could affect your world if and when we return you back to your home. If there are so many similarities."
"Well, I'm glad we've got all that worked out now... Agh!"
"What? What is it?"
Buffy came out in a cold sweat. "Willow and Xander!" she exclaimed. "They were affected by the spell too! They're in this world somewhere! I have to find them! If they..."
Giles held her down as she tried to jump to her feet. "No! You have to stay here! The more you find out about this world the more damage it could cause when..."
"And what about what they see? I have to look for them! If they see anyone other than me I dread to think what could happen!"
"She's right," Willow noted. "Knowing what I was like five years ago... how I would react to seeing this... Oh God!"
"And what if the other me meets our Buffy," Xander stated, his eyes open in terror before looking back at Anya. "... well, he'd think she'd be able to help him and... I... We have to find them!"
"Not without me you're not!" Buffy got to her feet, pushing Giles aside. "I had an un-Slayer-like fainting session. That isn't happening again I can assure you. Now let's get going!"
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"Xander!" Willow came running towards her friend and embraced him tightly. "Thank God I found you! Th... there's something wrong with the world!"
"You're telling me," Xander replied, pulling away from Willow who was almost choking him. "I went home and had my parents ever so kindly informing me that I wasn't wanted there anymore now I'd 'moved into that yuppie apartment with that irritating hussy.' They wouldn't give me time to ask what the hell they were talking about before they slammed the door on me!"
"Yuppie apartment?" Willow wondered before adding "Hussy?" with a tinge of jealousy. "What's going on, Xander?"
"I wish I knew... but I bet Buffy would."
"She went home. Maybe she's still there... it's not far from here..."
"Unless her mom decided she wasn't wanted anymore..." Xander smirked. "What happened to you?"
"Mom let me in... at least I... I was lucky in that respect. B... But she wanted to know how college was and... and how my boyfriend was... I have a boyfriend?" She looked pityfully at Xander. "And she said something about growing my hair again."
"What'd you do?"
"I ran. I've never ran away before. I've always been good. One minute it... it's running away... next thing you know I'll be shoplifting to pay for my drugs habit and..."
"Calm down, Will," Xander muttered, putting his arm around her. "I think you'll be able to keep your unblemished record. No jail for you, young lady."
Willow smiled a little. "But we have to find Buffy..."
"Well, what a surprise," a voice behind them exclaimed in an overly cheerful voice. "So do I!" Xander and Willow turned around slowly to find themselves face to face with a woman in a short red dress with curly blond hair. She grinned. "You wouldn't want to tell me where she is now would you?"
TO BE CONTINUED...