A prequel to "Until Sunrise", this takes place right after "Graduation:
Part 2". Angel and Wesley are long gone, Anya is still hiding away, and
Cordelia has just left Sunnydale as well.
DISCLAIMER: This story is put on this site with the consent of the writer. DO NOT use this material unless you have her consent. The "Buffy" and "Angel" characters and settings are property of Joss Wheadon and Mutant Enemy. This story is FAN FICTION; I am not profiting from their use. All new characters and settings have been born from my imagination.
COUNTDOWN: 27 hours till deadline
"Ouf! Geez you'd think someone as short as her would be lighter." Xander complained.
Bridgette shot him a look as she helped him sit Buffy in a chair, "Bite your tongue Xander! If she really was as heavy as you claim it would be because of muscle tissue!"
"Yes Ma'am." Xander said seriously.
"What is it with him?" Willow whispered to Bridgette. "He has to agree with everything you say!"
"I think he has a thing for her, Will." Oz explained quietly.
"Oh."
"Not that it isn't mutual…" Bridgette mused.
"Oh…"
"Are you not cool with that?"
"What? No! I mean, I am, okay with it. It's just…"
"Yeah…it is."
"Bondage." Xander interrupted.
"WHAT?!" Both girls exclaimed, still distracted by girl talk.
"Rope." Xander filled in, holding it up. "I think Bridgette is the best to do the honors, seeing as she can make it tight enough with her vampy strength, thus protecting us from rampaging Slayer."
"Oh. Right. Sure thing." Bridgette took the rope from Xander and secured Buffy just as she was coming to.
"So much for the security of tranquilizers." Willow drawled gravely.
"It'll be okay." Bridgette insisted.
"Not…for…you." Came Buffy's moans. "I am…SO…going…to…hurt you."
"Okay then, not that I don't have faith in my handy work, but Willow, guys, what I think we need is a de-raging spell."
"De-raging?" Xander frowned.
"Of course!" Came Giles's voice. He had been upstairs. "Why didn't I think of that?"
"You're succumbing to the ravages of time." Oz suggested.
"Ridiculous!"
Giles got very defensive, which shocked the others. Oz was only kidding. Bridgette was almost certain they would all have started throwing "Am not's" and "Are too's" at each other if she didn't do something.
"So! How about looking for that spell now?" She grabbed one of Giles books and started scanning. Willow, Oz, and Xander followed her lead. Giles did too…after Bridgette heard him mumble "Am not."
* * * * * * * * * *
COUNTDOWN: 22 hours till deadline
The group still had nothing to show for their research and Buffy was getting loud.
"Giles, I hope you have deaf neighbors, otherwise we could be in trouble." Bridgette promised.
Just then, she noticed a scratching sound, coming from one of the windows. Everyone else quickly heard it too. They all turned. They saw a white cat at the window.
Xander blinked. "Hey! That's----"
"Ghost!" Bridgette exclaimed.
"I was going to say 'a cat'…"
She rushed to the door, not hearing Xander. The cat met her there. Bridgette whispered something to it and then it leaped onto her shoulder.
"That's the cat from the Bronze." Willow realized.
"Yeah!" Xander said. "What I was thinking too."
"He's sorta my partner." Bridgette told them.
"He's dead." Oz commented.
Everyone looked at him.
"How'd you know?" Bridgette asked, but secretly already knew.
Everyone stared back at her.
"Werewolf." Oz admitted to her. "Scent kind of residual to that."
"Oh. Cool! How long have you been----"
"About two years."
"Ah. Weird to wake up one morning and be…"
"Yeah. It is."
The two were acting as if it were a normal conversation.
Xander took initiative. "Uh, excuse me, wondering why you both think that that cat is dead?!"
"Is he a zombie?" Willow asked nervously.
"Vampire." Bridgette stated.
"WHAT?!" Willow, Xander, Giles and even Buffy exclaimed.
"Well don't worry." Bridgette said defensively. "He won't bite anyone. He bites rodents, and the occasional demon, not people. Not yet anyway."
"Is that supposed to make me feel better?!" Xander exclaimed.
"Don't be jealous." Bridgette chided. "Oh and Oz, I hope you two can refrain from falling victim to the 'age old conflict'."
"I'll try and contain myself." Oz promised. But even as he did, Ghost leaped off Bridgette's shoulder and rubbed against Oz's leg. Willow couldn't help letting out a smitten "Aw".
"So why don't we get back to that spell." Bridgette suggested, still smiling at her cat.
Bridgette sat back down, and Willow and Oz sat next to her. Ghost eyed Xander, which made the poor guy jump back, but the cat just rejoined Bridgette without conflict. Giles smirked and went to the kitchen to make tea. Buffy eyed the cat and this time worked at her ropes more quietly.
Xander stood in the middle of the room, shocked.
* * * * * * * * *
COUNTDOWN: 19 hours till deadline
"Oh! Oh! Here!" Willow exclaimed. Waking up everyone but Giles, who was used to an all-nighter and had, therefore, not had the urge to sleep. Even Buffy had been asleep till now!
"I found a de-raging spell." Willow finished. She had long since moved to the Internet, which proved to be a better idea.
Bridgette and Oz looked over her shoulder and read the screen.
"Hmm. There are a lot of ingredients." Bridgette commented with a yawn.
"Oh?" Giles came from the kitchen to look. "Hmm. Yes, you're right. And most I don't have."
"Guess that means the Magick Shop." Oz said.
"There are still one or two things we can't find there. However, I know of a few places to look."
"Giles, we can't be running around all day. We need to get it done, on Buffy at least before she breaks out." Bridgette prompted.
"Yeah and that's gonna be soon!" Buffy insisted.
"I am aware of that." Giles told her. "Therefore while I get those other items, the lot of you can gather the remainder."
"But someone needs to stay with Buffy." Willow pointed out.
"No you don't! I'll be fine!" Buffy chirped.
"I'll stay." Bridgette told them.
"You sure?" Oz asked.
"Perfectly. So go on!"
The others nodded, except for Xander. But no one moved.
"Get going!" she exclaimed. "Everything will be fine!"
Xander stood his ground while the others filed out. Bridgette stepped slowly towards Xander.
"Get moving before I THROW you out black and blue." She growled.
Xander slinked away.
DISCLAIMER: This story is put on this site with the consent of the writer. DO NOT use this material unless you have her consent. The "Buffy" and "Angel" characters and settings are property of Joss Wheadon and Mutant Enemy. This story is FAN FICTION; I am not profiting from their use. All new characters and settings have been born from my imagination.
COUNTDOWN: 27 hours till deadline
"Ouf! Geez you'd think someone as short as her would be lighter." Xander complained.
Bridgette shot him a look as she helped him sit Buffy in a chair, "Bite your tongue Xander! If she really was as heavy as you claim it would be because of muscle tissue!"
"Yes Ma'am." Xander said seriously.
"What is it with him?" Willow whispered to Bridgette. "He has to agree with everything you say!"
"I think he has a thing for her, Will." Oz explained quietly.
"Oh."
"Not that it isn't mutual…" Bridgette mused.
"Oh…"
"Are you not cool with that?"
"What? No! I mean, I am, okay with it. It's just…"
"Yeah…it is."
"Bondage." Xander interrupted.
"WHAT?!" Both girls exclaimed, still distracted by girl talk.
"Rope." Xander filled in, holding it up. "I think Bridgette is the best to do the honors, seeing as she can make it tight enough with her vampy strength, thus protecting us from rampaging Slayer."
"Oh. Right. Sure thing." Bridgette took the rope from Xander and secured Buffy just as she was coming to.
"So much for the security of tranquilizers." Willow drawled gravely.
"It'll be okay." Bridgette insisted.
"Not…for…you." Came Buffy's moans. "I am…SO…going…to…hurt you."
"Okay then, not that I don't have faith in my handy work, but Willow, guys, what I think we need is a de-raging spell."
"De-raging?" Xander frowned.
"Of course!" Came Giles's voice. He had been upstairs. "Why didn't I think of that?"
"You're succumbing to the ravages of time." Oz suggested.
"Ridiculous!"
Giles got very defensive, which shocked the others. Oz was only kidding. Bridgette was almost certain they would all have started throwing "Am not's" and "Are too's" at each other if she didn't do something.
"So! How about looking for that spell now?" She grabbed one of Giles books and started scanning. Willow, Oz, and Xander followed her lead. Giles did too…after Bridgette heard him mumble "Am not."
* * * * * * * * * *
COUNTDOWN: 22 hours till deadline
The group still had nothing to show for their research and Buffy was getting loud.
"Giles, I hope you have deaf neighbors, otherwise we could be in trouble." Bridgette promised.
Just then, she noticed a scratching sound, coming from one of the windows. Everyone else quickly heard it too. They all turned. They saw a white cat at the window.
Xander blinked. "Hey! That's----"
"Ghost!" Bridgette exclaimed.
"I was going to say 'a cat'…"
She rushed to the door, not hearing Xander. The cat met her there. Bridgette whispered something to it and then it leaped onto her shoulder.
"That's the cat from the Bronze." Willow realized.
"Yeah!" Xander said. "What I was thinking too."
"He's sorta my partner." Bridgette told them.
"He's dead." Oz commented.
Everyone looked at him.
"How'd you know?" Bridgette asked, but secretly already knew.
Everyone stared back at her.
"Werewolf." Oz admitted to her. "Scent kind of residual to that."
"Oh. Cool! How long have you been----"
"About two years."
"Ah. Weird to wake up one morning and be…"
"Yeah. It is."
The two were acting as if it were a normal conversation.
Xander took initiative. "Uh, excuse me, wondering why you both think that that cat is dead?!"
"Is he a zombie?" Willow asked nervously.
"Vampire." Bridgette stated.
"WHAT?!" Willow, Xander, Giles and even Buffy exclaimed.
"Well don't worry." Bridgette said defensively. "He won't bite anyone. He bites rodents, and the occasional demon, not people. Not yet anyway."
"Is that supposed to make me feel better?!" Xander exclaimed.
"Don't be jealous." Bridgette chided. "Oh and Oz, I hope you two can refrain from falling victim to the 'age old conflict'."
"I'll try and contain myself." Oz promised. But even as he did, Ghost leaped off Bridgette's shoulder and rubbed against Oz's leg. Willow couldn't help letting out a smitten "Aw".
"So why don't we get back to that spell." Bridgette suggested, still smiling at her cat.
Bridgette sat back down, and Willow and Oz sat next to her. Ghost eyed Xander, which made the poor guy jump back, but the cat just rejoined Bridgette without conflict. Giles smirked and went to the kitchen to make tea. Buffy eyed the cat and this time worked at her ropes more quietly.
Xander stood in the middle of the room, shocked.
* * * * * * * * *
COUNTDOWN: 19 hours till deadline
"Oh! Oh! Here!" Willow exclaimed. Waking up everyone but Giles, who was used to an all-nighter and had, therefore, not had the urge to sleep. Even Buffy had been asleep till now!
"I found a de-raging spell." Willow finished. She had long since moved to the Internet, which proved to be a better idea.
Bridgette and Oz looked over her shoulder and read the screen.
"Hmm. There are a lot of ingredients." Bridgette commented with a yawn.
"Oh?" Giles came from the kitchen to look. "Hmm. Yes, you're right. And most I don't have."
"Guess that means the Magick Shop." Oz said.
"There are still one or two things we can't find there. However, I know of a few places to look."
"Giles, we can't be running around all day. We need to get it done, on Buffy at least before she breaks out." Bridgette prompted.
"Yeah and that's gonna be soon!" Buffy insisted.
"I am aware of that." Giles told her. "Therefore while I get those other items, the lot of you can gather the remainder."
"But someone needs to stay with Buffy." Willow pointed out.
"No you don't! I'll be fine!" Buffy chirped.
"I'll stay." Bridgette told them.
"You sure?" Oz asked.
"Perfectly. So go on!"
The others nodded, except for Xander. But no one moved.
"Get going!" she exclaimed. "Everything will be fine!"
Xander stood his ground while the others filed out. Bridgette stepped slowly towards Xander.
"Get moving before I THROW you out black and blue." She growled.
Xander slinked away.