Troublemakers: Slaying Bites

AUTHOR: Silence

DISCLAIMER: Joss, Fox, and UPN own all things Buffy

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PART 1

"Xander! Alexander Lavelle Harris, you wake up this minute before you're late!"

Xander opened his eyes and found himself in an unfamiliar room. The walls were white and bare. There was a desk near the door and several unpacked boxes on the floor. He sat up in bed extremely confused. As he stepped out of bed his mother walked in.

Jennifer Harris strolled over to the set of windows across the room and pulled the blue curtains open. His mother turned around looking radiant. Which was disturbing to Xander. She was dressed in a pale white sundress and an apron, her dark hair pulled back in a french braid. She smiled serenely and walked over to Xander's closet.

"Let's see. We want you to look good for you're first day of school." His mother said as she pulled out a green dress shirt. She tossed it on to the bed. "That will look good."

"Mom??" Xander asked in bewilderment.

Mrs. Harris turned around, "Oh. I'm sorry honey. I know this move was hard on you. Separating from Willow and Jesse like that." She sat next to him on the bed, "But it's only temporary. This new job of your father's has him so excited. I haven't seen him this happy in years! Now get dressed and come down for breakfast." She stood up and left the room. Jennifer paused in the hallway. "And make sure your cousin is ready to go too."

Xander began to get dressed his thoughts going crazy. *Okay. I'm in the past. Bad. Dad and mom are happy. Good. Jesse is still alive. Good. I'm still in high school. Bad. Very bad.* He walked over to the mirror and grinned. "Mom has good taste. Who knew?" He grabbed a backpack that was on his desk and walked out the door. He came to a screeching halt at the stairs. "What cousin?" _______

Lila frowned. "Come out of the closet already."

"No!"

"Do it! If you don't come out willingly, I'm going to drag you out myself."

"Fine! It won't be my fault when I burst into bloody flames then."

The bedroom door opened and Xander walked in. He groaned as he spotted Lila. This time the girl was wearing a school uniform. "Nice sailor suit." He said mildly. "You're not my 'cousin' are you?"

Lila shook her head. "No. He's in there." She stormed over to the closet and ripped the doors open. She reached in and dragged out a bitching Spike.

"Spike???"

Spike broke free of Lila and tried to pull himself together. "Yeah it's Spike. I..." He groaned as he realized he was talking to Xander. "Not you. Bloody hell."

"You have to be kidding me." Xander said. "He's playing my 'cousin'??"

Spike glared at him. "What? I'm not good enough for the job? I. hey... I'm not a ball of flame."

Lila pulled her hair back into a ponytail. "Duh. See while you're in the past, we've made you immune to those vampire weaknesses. You still have to deal with the chip though. Scarlet did fiddle with that. She made it so you're allowed to hit humans if they deserve it."

"I still want to know what's going on." Xander whined.

The purple haired girl shrugged. "You can do what you want. You'll see what's going on soon enough. The only condition is the two of you have to play friends along the way."

"You have to be kidding!" Spike yelled.

"Fraid not. See you two later." Lila said with a grin. She pressed a button on her watch and vanished.

Spike and Xander starred at each other in horror.

"BOYS!!! BREAKFAST!!"