Part 2
AU Sunnydale
December 24, 2001
9:00 am
Buffy awoke on the porch swing. The last thing she remembered was an angel granting her wish. Buffy stood up and looked around. Things looked almost exactly the same.
"I knew he didn't change much around here," Buffy thought out loud.
Buffy stood up and reached into her pockets for her keys. But she couldn't find them.
"What the…I had them last night," Buffy said while checking her pockets again.
Giving up Buffy knocked on the door and rang the doorbell.
"DAWN," she yelled. "Let me in…I lost my keys!"
She banged on the door louder.
"DAWN! WILL!"
The door swung open and an grumpy old man opened the door.
"May I help you miss," the man asked angrily.
Buffy checked the number on the side of the house.
"Well," the man continued.
"I'm sorry. I thought this was my house," Buffy said.
"Well as you can see it isn't. I've been living here for a few years now, now go away," the man said.
He slammed the door. Buffy backed away from the door and ran.
Sunnydale
The Magic Shop
9:00 am
"I'm sure she didn't mean what she said," Willow told Xander.
He had just told them about what happened the night before.
"The point is she still slept with another vampire," Anya said. "She knows it won't end well."
"Then why does she do it," Xander asked. "I just want her to be happy. But I know she won't be happy with Spike."
"We just need to sit down and talk to her," Tara said. "Calmly and rationally without any yelling."
"I wasn't yelling at her last night," Xander said.
"Then what would you call it Xander," Anya asked.
"Uh…telling her stuff she should already now in a very loud voice?"
Everyone glared at him.
"Okay. I'll try to stay calm. But when she said she wished she hadn't met me, that hurt," Xander said.
"I know," Anya said. "We'll try to take care of this."
AU Sunnydale
Spike's Crypt
9:15 am
Buffy busted through Spike's crypt door.
"Spike. I need help. Something is wrong here," Buffy said.
Buffy finally looks around the crypt and sees that it is empty.
"Something is very wrong."
She doesn't see Spike's TV or furniture, or anything else of Spikes in the crypt.
"This is the right one, where is he," Buffy asks aloud.
"He's not here," Lorie said from the door.
"You," Buffy said.
Buffy ran up to her and grabbed her by the throat.
"What the hell is happening here? Someone else lives in my house and Spike is not here…what's going on?"
"You never met Xander…you wished he hadn't been born. So I granted you a special glimpse. In this world, Alexander Harris never existed."
"What does that have to do with all this happening," Buffy asked.
"I believe your friends hold the key to all these questions," Lorie responded.
Buffy released her grip.
"Let's go find them shall we."
Lorie puts her hand on Buffy's shoulder and they disappear.
AU The Magic Box
9:20 am
Buffy and Angel Lorie appear in the street across from the Magic Box.
"Well, at least things haven't changed that much. Giles still owns the Magic Box."
Buffy runs across the street to The Magic Box. She enters the magic shop, but none of her friends are around the table.
"Willow! Giles! Anya! Any of you guys here?"
Amy comes from the back room, sees Buffy and screams.
"Amy, it's okay. It's me Buffy!"
"WESLEY! GET IN HERE!! HURRY!"
"Wesley," Buffy questioned to herself.
"What's the problem Amy," Wesley asked.
He looks up, sees Buffy, and screams.
"Why does everyone keep doing that," Buffy asked.
"It's not possible. It can't be. You've been dead for years," Wesley said.
"Oh God," Buffy said with realization. "I was so angry I forgot Xander was the one who brought me back."
"Who's Xander," Amy asked.
"Is that the name of the demon that killed you," Wesley asked. "The prophecy never said anything about a demon, it was just the Master that killed you."
"It was. I mean. Just the Master," Buffy said.
"But you are alive now," Amy questioned.
"Alive and kicking. It's a long story."
"Good you can tell it to me. As your ex-watcher I think you owe me that much," Wesley said.
"Huh," Buffy said.
The Magic Box
10:00 am
Dawn rushes into the store.
"Guys have you seen Buffy," she never came home last night.
"Maybe she's sleeping with Spike again," Anya said.
Xander glared at her.
"What's she talking about," Dawn said. "Where's my sister?"
"The last time I saw her, before having an all out verbal fight with her," Xander said.
"She was sleeping with Spike."
"Spike?! Ewww," Dawn said. "Didn't she learn anything from Angel?"
"Apparently not," Xander said softly.
"I'm gonna go see Spike. Then I'm going to have a long talk with my sister," Dawn said as she huffed out the door.
"I'll go with you Dawn," Xander said. "Need to apologize for freaking out on her last night."
"You had every reason to freak Xander," Dawn said as they walked to Spike's Crypt.
"Yeah, but I could have handled it better. Not yelled at her."
"Things haven't been right since you brought her back," Dawn said simply.
"I know. I had hoped in time we could help her get back into the swing of things, but she keeps drifting further and further into the darkness. She'd rather talk to Spike than her best friends…That scares me you know."
"I know…maybe we should as Santa to help Buffy out," Dawn said.
"Maybe," Xander said. "Maybe."
AU Magic Shop
"Excuse me," Buffy said. "Wanna run down that last part for me again."
"What about wanting to know what happened to you," Wesley said.
"No…the watcher thing. You're not my watcher. Giles is."
Wesley was about to say something when Willow and a tall man with dark hair entered the Magic Box. Buffy turned around and saw her best friend, but she looked like she hadn't changed since sophomore year. She had long hair and wore her old nerdy clothes she had long since lost. This Willow also wore black-rimmed glasses. But what shocked her the most was the person standing next to her.
"Jesse," Buffy said.
"Oh my God," Willow said. "It's…you."
"Okay, I'm not the only freaked out by the dead girl standing in the middle of the Magic Shop," Jesse said.
Willow went to her friend she had thought had been long since dead and pulled her into a big hug. Tears were streaming down Willow's face.
"You're back. I can't believe your back," Willow said through the tears.
Buffy however had no feeling. Jesse seemed to be the only one to notice.
"What no hug for me," Jesse said. "The guy that started our Scooby club?"
Buffy smiled a small smile and hugged Jesse.
"All we need is Giles," Buffy said.
"Uh…Buffy," Willow said. "I don't want to ruin your homecoming and all, but don't you remember…I can't even say it."
Willow buried her face on Jesse's chest.
"Maybe you should tell her Brit boy," Jesse said.
"I told you not to call me that Jesse," Wesley said. "Buffy, don't you remember. Giles died only a couple months before you did."
Buffy's eyes grew wide.
"What?"
End Part 2
AU Sunnydale
December 24, 2001
9:00 am
Buffy awoke on the porch swing. The last thing she remembered was an angel granting her wish. Buffy stood up and looked around. Things looked almost exactly the same.
"I knew he didn't change much around here," Buffy thought out loud.
Buffy stood up and reached into her pockets for her keys. But she couldn't find them.
"What the…I had them last night," Buffy said while checking her pockets again.
Giving up Buffy knocked on the door and rang the doorbell.
"DAWN," she yelled. "Let me in…I lost my keys!"
She banged on the door louder.
"DAWN! WILL!"
The door swung open and an grumpy old man opened the door.
"May I help you miss," the man asked angrily.
Buffy checked the number on the side of the house.
"Well," the man continued.
"I'm sorry. I thought this was my house," Buffy said.
"Well as you can see it isn't. I've been living here for a few years now, now go away," the man said.
He slammed the door. Buffy backed away from the door and ran.
Sunnydale
The Magic Shop
9:00 am
"I'm sure she didn't mean what she said," Willow told Xander.
He had just told them about what happened the night before.
"The point is she still slept with another vampire," Anya said. "She knows it won't end well."
"Then why does she do it," Xander asked. "I just want her to be happy. But I know she won't be happy with Spike."
"We just need to sit down and talk to her," Tara said. "Calmly and rationally without any yelling."
"I wasn't yelling at her last night," Xander said.
"Then what would you call it Xander," Anya asked.
"Uh…telling her stuff she should already now in a very loud voice?"
Everyone glared at him.
"Okay. I'll try to stay calm. But when she said she wished she hadn't met me, that hurt," Xander said.
"I know," Anya said. "We'll try to take care of this."
AU Sunnydale
Spike's Crypt
9:15 am
Buffy busted through Spike's crypt door.
"Spike. I need help. Something is wrong here," Buffy said.
Buffy finally looks around the crypt and sees that it is empty.
"Something is very wrong."
She doesn't see Spike's TV or furniture, or anything else of Spikes in the crypt.
"This is the right one, where is he," Buffy asks aloud.
"He's not here," Lorie said from the door.
"You," Buffy said.
Buffy ran up to her and grabbed her by the throat.
"What the hell is happening here? Someone else lives in my house and Spike is not here…what's going on?"
"You never met Xander…you wished he hadn't been born. So I granted you a special glimpse. In this world, Alexander Harris never existed."
"What does that have to do with all this happening," Buffy asked.
"I believe your friends hold the key to all these questions," Lorie responded.
Buffy released her grip.
"Let's go find them shall we."
Lorie puts her hand on Buffy's shoulder and they disappear.
AU The Magic Box
9:20 am
Buffy and Angel Lorie appear in the street across from the Magic Box.
"Well, at least things haven't changed that much. Giles still owns the Magic Box."
Buffy runs across the street to The Magic Box. She enters the magic shop, but none of her friends are around the table.
"Willow! Giles! Anya! Any of you guys here?"
Amy comes from the back room, sees Buffy and screams.
"Amy, it's okay. It's me Buffy!"
"WESLEY! GET IN HERE!! HURRY!"
"Wesley," Buffy questioned to herself.
"What's the problem Amy," Wesley asked.
He looks up, sees Buffy, and screams.
"Why does everyone keep doing that," Buffy asked.
"It's not possible. It can't be. You've been dead for years," Wesley said.
"Oh God," Buffy said with realization. "I was so angry I forgot Xander was the one who brought me back."
"Who's Xander," Amy asked.
"Is that the name of the demon that killed you," Wesley asked. "The prophecy never said anything about a demon, it was just the Master that killed you."
"It was. I mean. Just the Master," Buffy said.
"But you are alive now," Amy questioned.
"Alive and kicking. It's a long story."
"Good you can tell it to me. As your ex-watcher I think you owe me that much," Wesley said.
"Huh," Buffy said.
The Magic Box
10:00 am
Dawn rushes into the store.
"Guys have you seen Buffy," she never came home last night.
"Maybe she's sleeping with Spike again," Anya said.
Xander glared at her.
"What's she talking about," Dawn said. "Where's my sister?"
"The last time I saw her, before having an all out verbal fight with her," Xander said.
"She was sleeping with Spike."
"Spike?! Ewww," Dawn said. "Didn't she learn anything from Angel?"
"Apparently not," Xander said softly.
"I'm gonna go see Spike. Then I'm going to have a long talk with my sister," Dawn said as she huffed out the door.
"I'll go with you Dawn," Xander said. "Need to apologize for freaking out on her last night."
"You had every reason to freak Xander," Dawn said as they walked to Spike's Crypt.
"Yeah, but I could have handled it better. Not yelled at her."
"Things haven't been right since you brought her back," Dawn said simply.
"I know. I had hoped in time we could help her get back into the swing of things, but she keeps drifting further and further into the darkness. She'd rather talk to Spike than her best friends…That scares me you know."
"I know…maybe we should as Santa to help Buffy out," Dawn said.
"Maybe," Xander said. "Maybe."
AU Magic Shop
"Excuse me," Buffy said. "Wanna run down that last part for me again."
"What about wanting to know what happened to you," Wesley said.
"No…the watcher thing. You're not my watcher. Giles is."
Wesley was about to say something when Willow and a tall man with dark hair entered the Magic Box. Buffy turned around and saw her best friend, but she looked like she hadn't changed since sophomore year. She had long hair and wore her old nerdy clothes she had long since lost. This Willow also wore black-rimmed glasses. But what shocked her the most was the person standing next to her.
"Jesse," Buffy said.
"Oh my God," Willow said. "It's…you."
"Okay, I'm not the only freaked out by the dead girl standing in the middle of the Magic Shop," Jesse said.
Willow went to her friend she had thought had been long since dead and pulled her into a big hug. Tears were streaming down Willow's face.
"You're back. I can't believe your back," Willow said through the tears.
Buffy however had no feeling. Jesse seemed to be the only one to notice.
"What no hug for me," Jesse said. "The guy that started our Scooby club?"
Buffy smiled a small smile and hugged Jesse.
"All we need is Giles," Buffy said.
"Uh…Buffy," Willow said. "I don't want to ruin your homecoming and all, but don't you remember…I can't even say it."
Willow buried her face on Jesse's chest.
"Maybe you should tell her Brit boy," Jesse said.
"I told you not to call me that Jesse," Wesley said. "Buffy, don't you remember. Giles died only a couple months before you did."
Buffy's eyes grew wide.
"What?"
End Part 2
