Chapter 3
Xander and Amy sighed together. Xander stood up and walked over to the kitchen and collected food.
"Right then, Aimes, we have...potatoe chips, bananas, apples, ham slices, bread, and a load of crappy stuff. What shall we have?" Xander called out the menu, if you can really call it a menu.
"I'll just have a banana thanks." Amy chuckled and picked up another book with a strange engraving of an upside-down triangle on the front. As she opened the book a terribly strong musky smell lifted up and struck her nostrils hard. "EW! This reeks!" She cried, the smell was abominable and had obviously not been opened in a few decades, perhaps even a couple of centuries, therefore accumulating the musky smell that became stronger as it got older.
"Whassup, Aimes?" Xander came out of the kitchen with a large pile of snack-foods in his arms. He was well known for being a fiend for food, he could always be seen eating something, and he especially loved chocolate. As not long before Buffy killed the Master, all of their nightmares came true and Xander ended up half naked in front of his and Willow's class, he also ended up following a trail of chocolate bars and a clown came out chuckling it's evil chuckle and chased after Xander with a knife, but Xander faced upto his fear, he bopped the clown on the nose and knocked it out.
"This freaky book smells bad." Amy pulled a repulsed face and threw the book in Xander's direction. "You look at it, if you can withstand the smell." Xander picked up the book, lifted it's cover and scrunched up his nose.
"I'll be right back..." Xander fled from the lounge and into the kitchen. After a few minutes of clattering around, he bustled into the garden and returned with two little objects. Clothes-pegs. "One for you incase the smell gets that bad, and one for me." He handed Amy a wooden clothes-peg and placed one on his nose aswell and started to scan through the book. "Hey, listen to this; '-only one girl will be able to stop it, one girl in all the world, it will come in the year 2002 and will be unbearable. If she does not manage to close the Mouth of Hell in time....'" Xander stopped and just stared at the page.
"What? What is it? What will happen? Xander!"
"'...it will be the end of the mortal world as we know it.'"
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"Well, at least we have found something....I wonder how Xander and Amy are getting along." Buffy lay there, Willow and Hope were now sitting on the edge of her bed. Hope was wearing a white hooded jacket which said 'New York' on it in blue over a black holter neck top which ended in a point. Giles had gone out to get some drinks and the girls were chatting among themselves, mostly about Hope. "So, Hope, why are you wearing a top with New York on it if you have never been to America before and are British, you don't even have an American person in your family!"
"It's just the fashion in England at the moment, Buffy." She giggled, she was wearing her hair in a ponytail today with a blue rose in her hair and a small piece of hair was hanging down on the right side of her face. She was also wearing blue trainers without backs to support her heal and blue jeans with faded patterns on.
"Wow, British fashions are....interesting...especially Giles, have you seen what he wears? Somebody needs to call the fashion police on him!" Buffy laughed, she was having the most fun she had had in ages! The last time she'd laughed this much was probably with Riley, before he left her to go and work for the government that is. Though he did come back about a year later, only for the Scooby Gang to find, he was married to an extremely beautiful woman who had the same interests as him, and they loved each other deeply.
"Believe me, that's not British fashion, that's a fashion no-no, trust me, Giles is the British exception to fashion." Hope replied laughing too. Willow cracked a slight smile, the fact she was feeling left out was palpable, but the two Slayers were laughing among themselves so much that they didn't even notice her sitting there just looking at them, looking quite wishful.
"And what is wrong with the clothes I wear ladies?" Giles came in with three sodas and another tea for himself. "Cola - Willow. Diet cola - Hope. Dr Pepper - Buffy." The Watcher handed out the canned drinks to the three girls on the bed.
"Nothing's wrong with the way you dress Giles, but nothing's right with the way you dress either!" Buffy laughed again. Her sense of humor was obviously returning to her, she had lost her sense of humor when things got worse than bad in her life and she no longer had found life funny enough to laugh at anymore.
"Well, I have to go, college work to do. Bye guys." Willow left and smiled on her way out but hung her head as she closed the door. She was upset about what had just happened, the only other time she had felt that way was when Buffy was hanging around with Faith, and we all know what happened to Faith.
"Yeah, I better go too, getting late. See ya' you two." Hope stood up and was about to walk over to the door when Buffy stopped her.
"Make sure you patrol, find out all you can."
"Check, bye." Hope approached the door, opened it and left the room, closing the door behind her. She may have been a new addition to the Scooby Gang and British but she was catching on fast.
"Giles? Will you please stay here?" Buffy made begging puppy dog eyes at him.
"Of course, I'd have thought of nothing else but to keep you company. I'll have to go in the morning though. Get changed, freshen up, check on my house, make sure Xander didn't eat everything." Buffy laughed at that remark. and rested in Giles' arms, the way a daughter would in a father's after being dumped by the love of her life, and they fell asleep that way.
Xander and Amy sighed together. Xander stood up and walked over to the kitchen and collected food.
"Right then, Aimes, we have...potatoe chips, bananas, apples, ham slices, bread, and a load of crappy stuff. What shall we have?" Xander called out the menu, if you can really call it a menu.
"I'll just have a banana thanks." Amy chuckled and picked up another book with a strange engraving of an upside-down triangle on the front. As she opened the book a terribly strong musky smell lifted up and struck her nostrils hard. "EW! This reeks!" She cried, the smell was abominable and had obviously not been opened in a few decades, perhaps even a couple of centuries, therefore accumulating the musky smell that became stronger as it got older.
"Whassup, Aimes?" Xander came out of the kitchen with a large pile of snack-foods in his arms. He was well known for being a fiend for food, he could always be seen eating something, and he especially loved chocolate. As not long before Buffy killed the Master, all of their nightmares came true and Xander ended up half naked in front of his and Willow's class, he also ended up following a trail of chocolate bars and a clown came out chuckling it's evil chuckle and chased after Xander with a knife, but Xander faced upto his fear, he bopped the clown on the nose and knocked it out.
"This freaky book smells bad." Amy pulled a repulsed face and threw the book in Xander's direction. "You look at it, if you can withstand the smell." Xander picked up the book, lifted it's cover and scrunched up his nose.
"I'll be right back..." Xander fled from the lounge and into the kitchen. After a few minutes of clattering around, he bustled into the garden and returned with two little objects. Clothes-pegs. "One for you incase the smell gets that bad, and one for me." He handed Amy a wooden clothes-peg and placed one on his nose aswell and started to scan through the book. "Hey, listen to this; '-only one girl will be able to stop it, one girl in all the world, it will come in the year 2002 and will be unbearable. If she does not manage to close the Mouth of Hell in time....'" Xander stopped and just stared at the page.
"What? What is it? What will happen? Xander!"
"'...it will be the end of the mortal world as we know it.'"
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"Well, at least we have found something....I wonder how Xander and Amy are getting along." Buffy lay there, Willow and Hope were now sitting on the edge of her bed. Hope was wearing a white hooded jacket which said 'New York' on it in blue over a black holter neck top which ended in a point. Giles had gone out to get some drinks and the girls were chatting among themselves, mostly about Hope. "So, Hope, why are you wearing a top with New York on it if you have never been to America before and are British, you don't even have an American person in your family!"
"It's just the fashion in England at the moment, Buffy." She giggled, she was wearing her hair in a ponytail today with a blue rose in her hair and a small piece of hair was hanging down on the right side of her face. She was also wearing blue trainers without backs to support her heal and blue jeans with faded patterns on.
"Wow, British fashions are....interesting...especially Giles, have you seen what he wears? Somebody needs to call the fashion police on him!" Buffy laughed, she was having the most fun she had had in ages! The last time she'd laughed this much was probably with Riley, before he left her to go and work for the government that is. Though he did come back about a year later, only for the Scooby Gang to find, he was married to an extremely beautiful woman who had the same interests as him, and they loved each other deeply.
"Believe me, that's not British fashion, that's a fashion no-no, trust me, Giles is the British exception to fashion." Hope replied laughing too. Willow cracked a slight smile, the fact she was feeling left out was palpable, but the two Slayers were laughing among themselves so much that they didn't even notice her sitting there just looking at them, looking quite wishful.
"And what is wrong with the clothes I wear ladies?" Giles came in with three sodas and another tea for himself. "Cola - Willow. Diet cola - Hope. Dr Pepper - Buffy." The Watcher handed out the canned drinks to the three girls on the bed.
"Nothing's wrong with the way you dress Giles, but nothing's right with the way you dress either!" Buffy laughed again. Her sense of humor was obviously returning to her, she had lost her sense of humor when things got worse than bad in her life and she no longer had found life funny enough to laugh at anymore.
"Well, I have to go, college work to do. Bye guys." Willow left and smiled on her way out but hung her head as she closed the door. She was upset about what had just happened, the only other time she had felt that way was when Buffy was hanging around with Faith, and we all know what happened to Faith.
"Yeah, I better go too, getting late. See ya' you two." Hope stood up and was about to walk over to the door when Buffy stopped her.
"Make sure you patrol, find out all you can."
"Check, bye." Hope approached the door, opened it and left the room, closing the door behind her. She may have been a new addition to the Scooby Gang and British but she was catching on fast.
"Giles? Will you please stay here?" Buffy made begging puppy dog eyes at him.
"Of course, I'd have thought of nothing else but to keep you company. I'll have to go in the morning though. Get changed, freshen up, check on my house, make sure Xander didn't eat everything." Buffy laughed at that remark. and rested in Giles' arms, the way a daughter would in a father's after being dumped by the love of her life, and they fell asleep that way.
