Part: 1/?
Author: PsycGurl
Rating: PG

Couples: C/A, X/An, B/S, W/Oz are just the ones that enter my mind at the moment.
Spoilers: Set in season three of Buffy…around after Lover's Walk, but Angel and Buffy are not together as a couple.
Feedback: Please please please please (on hands and knees) please please please read and review!

Disclaimer: Don't sue me…I don't own anything.

A/N This is set in the past, with events from the present. Once again I haven't exactly read over it…please R&R!!

CHAPTER 1

PROLOGUE

" Hey I just came into check out a book, so don't think I came to see you people." Cordelia said as she burst through the doors of the library. All the Scoobies at the table didn't even look up at her, except for Xander.

" Thank God!" Xander exclaimed sarcastically to his ex-girlfriend. Cordelia rolled her eyes.

" So anyways Buffy how was patrolling yesterday?" Willow said ignoring the two who had started to bicker, until Cordelia left to go find her book.

" Well, me and Angel were like fighting this whole herd of vampires. All of a sudden this huge vampire came…and I mean huge…so I was like…" Buffy continued blabbing on to Willow, Oz, Xander and Giles. Cordelia eavesdropped from behind the shelves. She never knew why she was so interested in the whole demon fighting thing and why she still hung 'round with them. Suddenly Angel exploded through the doors.

" Hey, I just got the word that some new demon is in town. Apparently he's planning on getting to the slayer. My 'source' said that the demon said that he was 'mala ab futura'. I think the demon's a futurus demon." Angel announced to Giles, slightly ignoring the rest.

" Ok anybody else wanna join me in a huh?" Xander said.

" Mala ab futura. Evil from the future. Hmmmm…a future demon. I believe so…" Giles replied to Angel.

" You know I'll join you in that huh?" Buffy said to Xander. Giles realised that everyone else was looking at him with confused eyes.

" Oh yes, sorry. Mala ab futura is Latin for evil from the future. Angel maybe right in the fact that this is some type of futurus demon, a future demon. However there are a lot of different future demons. Being evil from the future narrows this demon down to about 50,000 other species of futurus demons."

" So what do they exactly do?" Oz asked.

" It depends on the type of futurus demon. They do many different things."

" Hey all I want to know is how do we kill it?" Buffy said.

" I'm not sure…I think we should research that."

" Wow…a research party…things have changed so much since I left. Sorry to ditch when things were just getting interesting!" Cordelia remarked sarcastically and gave the others a smirk look. She opened the library doors to be greeted by a huge brown, furry demon with purple horns. Cordelia screamed. Angel, who was the nearest to the door, grabbed her arm and pulled her quickly away. Angel and Buffy took their fighting stances.

" Come on big and furry! Give me what you got!" Buffy taunted the demon. The demon remained standing at the doorway and mumbled a few words and then he blew into a room. A cerise colored mist passed from his mouth and covered the inhabitants of the library.

" What the hell!" Xander exclaimed as the mist surrounded them, preventing them from seeing anything.

" Giles, what's going on?" Buffy asked.

" I don't know." Everyone started waving away at the mist and within a few minutes the mist had disappeared.

" The demon's gone." Angel noticed, gesturing at the door.

" I'll research. All of you go and try to find this demon. Give me word if you do. Do not kill it." Giles announced.

"  Ok, let's split up." Buffy ordered to the people in the library.

" Yes, that is a wise idea. Buffy and Willow you go check out the graveyard, Xander and Oz you go to the Bronze, and Angel go and patrol around…look for the demon. This is important. We have to know what he did to us." Giles instructed.

" Ahmmm…what about me?" Cordelia spoke up from the end of the table.

" You want to join?"

" Well the thing kinda consumed me too…you people drag me into this demon crap all the time!"

" Ummm…all right Cordelia…ummm…go with…Angel. I want you to come back here later. Now let's hurry people! Our lives may be at risk!" Giles ordered. When he was given weird looks he continued.

" Well maybe not at risk…yet."