Chapter 2
As Buffy opened her eyes, she saw hazy figures standing over her, she could hear a muffled mumbling sound. Very slowly, she recognised who the hazy figures were. They were Willow, Xander, Giles and another girl who seemed familiar but she wasn't quite sure how.
"Buffy!" She heard Willow say, she then heard her say, to the others, "she's awake!" Buffy lay there helplessly and looked at everybody. Willow had her short, auburn hair in pig-tails and she had that warm smile on her face that could melt even the most evil demon's heart.
Steadily, the Slayer sat up. She began to talk but pain shot into her leg like an arrow had just punctured it. Buffy winced and the other girl rushed towards her.
"Are you okay? What's wrong?" Buffy looked at her, she was in no mood to meet people right now.
"Who are you?" She asked, she sounded very rude but she couldn't help it, she was in so much pain she couldn't believe it.
"Well, I'm Hope. A Slayer." The girl announced. She had straight black hair, about shoulder-length, it flowed beautifully. She had brown eyes, rosy cheeks and smooth, clear skin. She was wearing a yellow cropped top and red tracksuit bottoms. "Well, are you okay?" Hope stood there and waited for a reply. It took Buffy about a minute to answer before she unconvincingly said,
"Yeah, fine." She bit her lower lip.
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[Next day]
"Ewww..." Dawn whinged as she ambled through Spike's crypt, there were cobwebs galore and Dawn had walked right into one. "Spike?" She called out as she bent down to go under yet another cobweb. "Spike...?" She crept through the shabby crypt to find to harmless vampire, who had became a vampire in his youth.
He had fallen in love but the woman he fell in love with broke his heart, so he stormed out, furious that they had all mocked him so and he bumped into a fair young lady who offered him the world, he was more than grateful to accept the offer, and he became a vampire, creature of darkness. But about three years ago, he had gained a chip in his head, that prevented him from doing harm to anybody of the living, he could only harm evil creatures, then, about four months ago, he had regained his soul and now he was condemned to an eternity of torture, just as Angel was.
"Spike, are you in here?" Dawn queried as she ducked to miss yet another cobweb. As the Slayer's little sister crossed over to the stone coffin, she smirked and pushed the coffin lid as forcefully as was possible. Dawn grunted, it was very heavy and stiff but she managed to push it off. There lay Spike, his arms crossed over his chest with his eyes open, looking up at her angrily. Smoke lifted up off of his flesh, there was a ray of light shining strongly into the coffin.
"AAAAGGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!! What are you doing in here short-stuff?!" Spike roared brusquely as he bustled out of the stone coffin and into the shade.
"Well, school was a drag so I came to see ya'! Aren't you happy to see me?" Dawn replied and sat on the edge of his coffin.
"Well, of course I am, but you should be in school and I should be in that coffin, away from the sunlight because incase you forgot, sunlight burns vampires, so please go back to school." Spike responded. Dawn flicked her hair with fury at Spike, spun around and stormed out.
She went home instead of back to school as she didn't want to go back to school, Buffy was in hospital and if they sent a letter home then she would just destroy it, Buffy need ever know that Dawn skipped school.
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"So, you're sure it was Ethan?" Buffy questioned Giles about the phone call he had received the night before for above the one-hundredth time. She was in a hospital bed, the attack the night before had fractured her leg so she was stuck in the hospital for a few nights.
"Quite positive, I remember he was captured by the Initiative, but what I don't know is, what actually happened to all of those demons when the Initiative was forced to close down?" Giles responded, with a glazed look on his face. Not one of the Scoobies had seen Ethan Rayne since he memorably turned Giles into a demon and everybody, including Buffy and Xander, didn't know it was Giles and thought he was trying to attack them.
"I never really thought about it to tell you the truth...well, Giles, let's recap, what exactly did he say to you?" Buffy was beginning to take charge of her life, which was a good thing seeing as she was the Slayer and she was looking after her younger sister who was a bit of a brat sometimes. The fact that she was stuck in hospital and hardly mentioning anything about it was a very brave thing, she hadn't been in a hospital much seeing as she battled with the forces of darkness every night. She also hated hospitals ever since she was young when she witnessed the death of her cousin, Cecelia.
"Well, he said that something big was coming and-"
"Why would he say that? He's an evil....warlock, the only big thing coming he'd be on about would be if he was going to have a bad hair day and he saw it in his crystal ball!" Buffy interrupted, getting agitated.
"I don't know, Buffy, it's what he said to me. He also said that we should be prepared and to be on the look-out for anybody new." Giles finished and took a sip of his tea, the green hospital mug shook in his hand as he lifted it towards his mouth, sipped the tea and set it back down on the table. Willow and Hope were looking in some of Giles' ancient books that Giles had brought with him full of ancient prophecies and other warnings, of course they were limited to as many as Giles could carry, plus they couldn't bring many incase hospital staff were to walk in when they were looking so Xander and Amy were looking at the books in Giles' apartment.
"Hey! I found something!" Hope announced abruptly.
"Wow, she's quicker than Willow.." Buffy muttered, taken aback by Hope's quickness and skill. Well, I guess she never had her friends helping her to study, I guess she had to study by herself, unlike me, Buffy thought. "What is it, Hope?" Buffy asked.
"It says; 'In the two-thousandth and second year, the strong girl will have to face an unseemingly amount of evil, which will arrive at the Valley of the Sun all together. There will be one main focus towards the evil who will be trying to open the Mouth of Hell and will succeed.'" Hope read out boldly.
"Well, that pretty much translates that in the year 2002, the Slayer will have to face a really big evil in Sunnydale who will try to open the Hellmouth along with smaller evils and the big main evil will succeed in opening the Hellmouth. Pretty fuzzy but it's clear enough to me." Buffy translated. Giles sat there by Buffy's bed with the same glazed look on his face and stared at the door. Willow and Hope were sitting on the floor, continuing to look through the books for any extra information they could possibly find in them.
As Buffy opened her eyes, she saw hazy figures standing over her, she could hear a muffled mumbling sound. Very slowly, she recognised who the hazy figures were. They were Willow, Xander, Giles and another girl who seemed familiar but she wasn't quite sure how.
"Buffy!" She heard Willow say, she then heard her say, to the others, "she's awake!" Buffy lay there helplessly and looked at everybody. Willow had her short, auburn hair in pig-tails and she had that warm smile on her face that could melt even the most evil demon's heart.
Steadily, the Slayer sat up. She began to talk but pain shot into her leg like an arrow had just punctured it. Buffy winced and the other girl rushed towards her.
"Are you okay? What's wrong?" Buffy looked at her, she was in no mood to meet people right now.
"Who are you?" She asked, she sounded very rude but she couldn't help it, she was in so much pain she couldn't believe it.
"Well, I'm Hope. A Slayer." The girl announced. She had straight black hair, about shoulder-length, it flowed beautifully. She had brown eyes, rosy cheeks and smooth, clear skin. She was wearing a yellow cropped top and red tracksuit bottoms. "Well, are you okay?" Hope stood there and waited for a reply. It took Buffy about a minute to answer before she unconvincingly said,
"Yeah, fine." She bit her lower lip.
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[Next day]
"Ewww..." Dawn whinged as she ambled through Spike's crypt, there were cobwebs galore and Dawn had walked right into one. "Spike?" She called out as she bent down to go under yet another cobweb. "Spike...?" She crept through the shabby crypt to find to harmless vampire, who had became a vampire in his youth.
He had fallen in love but the woman he fell in love with broke his heart, so he stormed out, furious that they had all mocked him so and he bumped into a fair young lady who offered him the world, he was more than grateful to accept the offer, and he became a vampire, creature of darkness. But about three years ago, he had gained a chip in his head, that prevented him from doing harm to anybody of the living, he could only harm evil creatures, then, about four months ago, he had regained his soul and now he was condemned to an eternity of torture, just as Angel was.
"Spike, are you in here?" Dawn queried as she ducked to miss yet another cobweb. As the Slayer's little sister crossed over to the stone coffin, she smirked and pushed the coffin lid as forcefully as was possible. Dawn grunted, it was very heavy and stiff but she managed to push it off. There lay Spike, his arms crossed over his chest with his eyes open, looking up at her angrily. Smoke lifted up off of his flesh, there was a ray of light shining strongly into the coffin.
"AAAAGGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!! What are you doing in here short-stuff?!" Spike roared brusquely as he bustled out of the stone coffin and into the shade.
"Well, school was a drag so I came to see ya'! Aren't you happy to see me?" Dawn replied and sat on the edge of his coffin.
"Well, of course I am, but you should be in school and I should be in that coffin, away from the sunlight because incase you forgot, sunlight burns vampires, so please go back to school." Spike responded. Dawn flicked her hair with fury at Spike, spun around and stormed out.
She went home instead of back to school as she didn't want to go back to school, Buffy was in hospital and if they sent a letter home then she would just destroy it, Buffy need ever know that Dawn skipped school.
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"So, you're sure it was Ethan?" Buffy questioned Giles about the phone call he had received the night before for above the one-hundredth time. She was in a hospital bed, the attack the night before had fractured her leg so she was stuck in the hospital for a few nights.
"Quite positive, I remember he was captured by the Initiative, but what I don't know is, what actually happened to all of those demons when the Initiative was forced to close down?" Giles responded, with a glazed look on his face. Not one of the Scoobies had seen Ethan Rayne since he memorably turned Giles into a demon and everybody, including Buffy and Xander, didn't know it was Giles and thought he was trying to attack them.
"I never really thought about it to tell you the truth...well, Giles, let's recap, what exactly did he say to you?" Buffy was beginning to take charge of her life, which was a good thing seeing as she was the Slayer and she was looking after her younger sister who was a bit of a brat sometimes. The fact that she was stuck in hospital and hardly mentioning anything about it was a very brave thing, she hadn't been in a hospital much seeing as she battled with the forces of darkness every night. She also hated hospitals ever since she was young when she witnessed the death of her cousin, Cecelia.
"Well, he said that something big was coming and-"
"Why would he say that? He's an evil....warlock, the only big thing coming he'd be on about would be if he was going to have a bad hair day and he saw it in his crystal ball!" Buffy interrupted, getting agitated.
"I don't know, Buffy, it's what he said to me. He also said that we should be prepared and to be on the look-out for anybody new." Giles finished and took a sip of his tea, the green hospital mug shook in his hand as he lifted it towards his mouth, sipped the tea and set it back down on the table. Willow and Hope were looking in some of Giles' ancient books that Giles had brought with him full of ancient prophecies and other warnings, of course they were limited to as many as Giles could carry, plus they couldn't bring many incase hospital staff were to walk in when they were looking so Xander and Amy were looking at the books in Giles' apartment.
"Hey! I found something!" Hope announced abruptly.
"Wow, she's quicker than Willow.." Buffy muttered, taken aback by Hope's quickness and skill. Well, I guess she never had her friends helping her to study, I guess she had to study by herself, unlike me, Buffy thought. "What is it, Hope?" Buffy asked.
"It says; 'In the two-thousandth and second year, the strong girl will have to face an unseemingly amount of evil, which will arrive at the Valley of the Sun all together. There will be one main focus towards the evil who will be trying to open the Mouth of Hell and will succeed.'" Hope read out boldly.
"Well, that pretty much translates that in the year 2002, the Slayer will have to face a really big evil in Sunnydale who will try to open the Hellmouth along with smaller evils and the big main evil will succeed in opening the Hellmouth. Pretty fuzzy but it's clear enough to me." Buffy translated. Giles sat there by Buffy's bed with the same glazed look on his face and stared at the door. Willow and Hope were sitting on the floor, continuing to look through the books for any extra information they could possibly find in them.
