Chapter 11: Dreams aren't real...are they?


Scene:Buffy in Xander's bed as she sleeps.


(IN BUFFY'S DREAM)


Xander and Willow are at a table in the bronze as she walks up to them, Xander stands smiling as Buffy hands him her jacket.

"What's wrong with Angel?" Willow askes looking at Buffy.

Buffy shrugs looking back at Angel, which leads Xander to shrug at Willow like who cares, then Buffy looks back at Xander and says, "Lets dance." in a seductive tone.

"Oookay." he says as she leads him to the dance floor.

Buffy tugs at his shirt leading them under a dim light as she starts to dance seductively in front of him. Then she dances up to him, slowly turning her back to him and putting his arms around herself.

Buffy dances slowly as she craddles her back against Xander while he stands there unsure of what to do. After a few minutes of this seduction she turns around facing him and whispers, inches away from his mouth, "Xander, did I ever thank you...for saving my life?"

"No." he replies.

She looks up at him and says, "Let me." as her face changes and she digs her fangs into his neck.

Buffy wakes up sweating, as she catches her breath and then looks at the clock that reads 4:30 in the morning as she gets up in a hurry and starts to get dressed, heading for the library.
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Scene:The library


After Giles looked at Xander who seemed to be asleep with his head down, Giles got off the side of the table and went back behind the counter to continue his research, but before he could continue the phone in his office rang. Giles looked at Xander as he hurried to the phone hoping that the ringing didn't wake Xander.

Giles picking up the phone, "Hello."

"Rupert...Rupert Giles?" the voice asked.

"Yes, this is he." Giles answered back.

After a few moments of silence Giles got irritated, "Who is this?" but the only response he got was the other person hanging up.

Giles looked at the phone, puzzled as he hung it up. After hanging up the phone he walked out
of his office, but his mind kept wandering back to the phone calls he had recieved about watchers who were reported missing or turned up dead. Ever since this reality's Buffy died and Buffy's arrival from an alternate reality Giles hadn't had time to check in with any of his contacts at the council, so he decided to do just that. However, he was afraid of waking Xander with his phone conversations so he wrote a note saying that he was going home to make some phone calls and that he would be back before classes started. As he left, he put the note on the table in front of Xander, who was still out like a light.

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[Note:The vampire Buffy will be referred to as V-Buffy]


Scene:Outside Xander's window


V-Buffy looked on in astonishment, watching Buffy sleep from the window ledge of Xander's room {So the rumors are true, about another me} she thought to herself as she jumped down to the ground in front of three vamps who had pledged theirselves to do her bidding, mainly
because they were scared of her.

Ivan, the biggest of the three, was a Russian weightlifter for the Olympic team when he was alive. He seemed to be the only one who pledged himself willingly. He stepped forward, "What are
your orders master?"

"I want you to wait until she comes out to play." V-Buffy said smiling.

"Bu-but Master...the sunrise." one of the vampires said from behind Ivan.

When he recieved a glare from her that seemed to burn thru his soul (and considering he didn't have a soul that's saying alot) he lowered his head in fear.

"Do you want us to kill her?" Ivan asked.

"I don't care, just keep her busy until sunrise." V-Buffy said as she started walking away.

"Where are you going?" Ivan asked.

"To show my love his destiny." V-Buffy said not breaking a stride as she walked to the school.

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Scene:Inside of Xander's house a few minutes later


Buffy had just got up to get dressed when she felt the need to take a shower after waking up sweating. Going into the bathroom to take a shower she tried to remember every detail of the dream she could. After finishing her shower and getting dressed she went downstairs when she noticed the clock on the wall in the living room read five o'clock, "God, it takes me thirty minutes to take a shower?" she said to herself as she opened the door, but as soon as she headed out the door she was met by a kick to her midsection, knocking her down. While she was bent over, the vamp tossed her out onto the front lawn.

"It's about time you came out to play." said the vampire who kicked her.

"Great, I take a shower only to go outside to play in the yard." Buffy said getting back to her feet as she studied her surroundings. Three vamps, the one who kicked her who looked like he was a weightlifter and two others who seemed to be staying in the background as though they were unsure of what to do.

"Don't you think it's a little past your bedtime." Buffy said indicating the soon to be sunrise.

Ivan screamed at the two vampires behind him, "Don't just stand there!" but before the two vamps could even react to Ivan's orders Buffy slid a stake out from under her jacket's sleeve and threw the stake at one of the vamps dusting it.

{Two to one, I like those odds better} Buffy thought to herself as she waited for the vampire beside the one she dusted to attack. When he just stood there in shock at how fast she dusted his companion she took the offensive and lunged at him, dusting him in two seconds flat, leaving herself and Ivan.

Ivan wasn't impressed, in fact he seemed to be pissed as he lunged with his left hand at her, knocking the stake out of her hand. He then brought his right hand forward only to have it blocked and then kicked in the midsection as he fell on his back while Buffy searched for
the stake that Ivan had knocked out of her hand. Finding it, she picked it up and turned towards Ivan who was starting to get up until she kicked him and turned him face down on the ground as she leaned over him with her stake over his back, "Who sent you?" she asked pissed off.

After a few seconds of no answer she reinforced her grip on him, making him growl in pain. Buffy could see he was about to give in and was smiling to herself until she heard his answer, "You did" he said laughing.

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V-Buffy knew where Xander would be, she could feel him from a mile away as she walked into the school. The school was deserted this early in the morning as she walked to the library doors. Looking into the windows, she smiled as she saw him with his head down asleep on the table.

Xander was dreaming his usually dreams, which involved him and Buffy or him and food, when all of the sudden his dream changed to him watching the three eyed demon beat Buffy to death as he stood
there helpless as if his legs were cemented into the ground.

His head shot up as he woke from his nightmare, disoriented as he looked around catching his breath and sighing.


"Xander"


He turned to the sound of his name being whispered to see Buffy standing in front of the library doors looking at him.

Xander got up from his seat, "Buffy is everything okay, are you alr...(he was cut off by her) "Shhh...Xander come here" she whispered to him.

Xander felt drawn to her as he came closer, "Buffy what...(she cut him off again) "Shhh" she whispered with her finger to her lips as he came closer.

"Close your eyes."

Xander, now within touch of her, felt like he couldn't control himself when she whispered to him that way.

"Close your eyes." she whispered again.

Xander tried to respond, "Buffy..." (but she stopped him, this time with
her finger to his mouth), "Shhh...close your eyes."

Xander felt his eyes close even though he was unsure of this whole situation. He tried to speak with his eyes closed, but couldn't seem to open his mouth.

As Xander stood there with his eyes closed, Buffy morphed into her Vamp face, still with her finger to his lips as she smiled.
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