TITLE: "Reprise"
AUTHOR: Doctor Strangelove (strangelove317@hotmail.com)
RATING: PG-13.
PAIRINGS: No one really in this part.
SPOILERS: Up to the end of Season 6. Takes place about a month after that.
FEEDBACK: I'd love it.
DISCLAIMER: Joss owns all the Buffy characters. I own the songs they sing.
"Reprise"
Written by: Doctor Strangelove
INT. THE MAGIC BOX - NIGHT.
[After her song ended and she realized she was singing and dancing again, Buffy decided to get some answers. Buffy walks into the Magic Box, which is empty except for our Scooby Gang, with a very determined look on her face. She walks straight past everyone else and goes directly to Xander.]
BUFFY
Why did you do it again?
XANDER
[Not getting it.]
Do what again?
BUFFY
You know exactly what I'm talking about Xander.
[No he doesn't]
XANDER
No I don't.
BUFFY
You summoned the musical demon again so that we'd all be singing out what we really feel. Don't you remember what happened last time?
XANDER
[Genuinely confused.]
Buffy, I didn't summon any demons.
BUFFY
[Shocked.]
You didn't?
XANDER
No.
[The others have all stopped what they were doing and have come over to the were Buffy and Xander are.]
DAWN
[Excited]
We're singing again? Oh, that is so cool! Except, it makes people burst into flames. Oh, that's not so cool.
GILES
Buffy, were you singing again?
BUFFY
Yeah, out in the cemetery when I was patrolling. Wait, are you guys saying none of you have been singing?
[Everyone shakes their heads no.]
BUFFY [cont'd]
So, it's just me then. Did any of you summon anything lately?
[Again, everyone shakes their heads no.]
WILLOW
Well, someone else must have summoned Sweet to come sing, if they didn't know how people get all fried from it. They probably just thought there would be songs and dancing.
ANYA
No, that couldn't have been it.
[Anya walks away from the group and behind the counter.]
ANYA [cont'd]
After the last time I locked up his amulet someplace safe.
[She pulls a locked box up from behind the counter and opens it.]
ANYA [cont'd]
And it's still in here. So it has to be something else.
DAWN
Maybe he has more than one amulet?
XANDER
Or maybe it's not him that's making Buffy sing.
WILLOW
Xander's right, this could be a completely different demon. Or maybe not a demon at all, maybe someone put a spell on you, Buffy. After all, you are the only one that's been singing. Did you see any innocent bystanders join in as the chorus?
BUFFY
No, I was all alone.
[Buffy sighs as she remembers what she was singing about.]
There was no one around.
And I didn't see anyone in town.
XANDER
We've got to find out what's happening to the Buffster.
WILLOW
[Realizing that their words are rhyming.]
I don't think that it's just her.
[The Scooby Gang looks around as a slow music starts to play, and Giles, who's been unusually quiet up until now, stands up and begins to sing.]
GILES
So we're singing again,
Why am I not surprised?
We've done it all before,
I guess this is the reprise.
DAWN
[Stands up and looks around at the others.]
Is it the same as before?
WILLOW
[Stands up also and joins Dawn.]
Is it anything new?
DAWN & WILLOW
It kinda feels different,
Like there's something askew.
XANDER
[Stands up and stands next to Giles.]
Who's responsible for this?
It sure isn't me!
ANYA
[Stands up by herself in between the other two groups.]
Someone's causing trouble
GILES, DAWN, WILLOW, XANDER, & ANYA
[The five slowly move into one group, except for Buffy, who's still seated.]
Who could it be?
[As the music speeds up, the groups breaks apart, all going into separate directions of the Magic Box, looking around for answers.]
WILLOW
Maybe it's a dancing demon, just like Giles said.
ANYA
Maybe we've finally, all gone crazy in the head.
GILES
It's Sweet again, I'd gander.
XANDER
That mother fu-
BUFFY
[Finally getting into the song, stands up and gestures to Dawn.]
Xander!
DAWN
[Defensive, walks over to Buffy.]
Hey, I'm not just a little kid!
But that's how I'm getting treated.
BUFFY
[Also defensive.]
Dawn, we don't have time for this,
When there's something quite amiss.
[Buffy pauses and then continues, like she's just realized something.]
But, then again, we're not in a hurry,
There really is no reason to worry.
[The music playing in the background slowly begins to resemble "If We're Together".]
GILES
[Thinking he knows what Buffy is talking about.]
Buffy's right, it doesn't really matter, or rather,
There's nothing we can't face if we're together
[The music slows down again and goes back to how it was before.]
BUFFY
No, that's not what I meant,
There's a different reason.
No matter what it is,
[Buffy, with a slight smile on her face, looks directly into the camera.]
It can't get as bad as last season.
ALL
[The entire groups moves over to Buffy and they all look at each to each other
and at the camera.]
Last season, things didn't go too well,
Last season, we all went through hell.
Last season, things got all dark,
Last season, we rarely had a lark.
GILES
[Regretful.]
For most of last season, I was gone.
ANYA
[Rubs her pendant.]
Last season, I got my vengeance on.
DAWN
Last season, I whined a lot.
ANYA
[mouths]
Last season?
WILLOW
[Distant with a smile on her face.]
Last season, I was evil and kinda hot.
BUFFY
Last season, I cam back from the dead.
Last season, I gave Spike head.
XANDER
[Spoken.]
Ew.
DAWN
Last season, I stole some things.
ANYA
[Looks at her hand sadly.]
Last season, I gave back my engagement ring.
WILLOW
[The smile fades, and she looks down, heartbroken.]
Last season, my lover died.
XANDER
[Looks at Anya regretfully.]
Last season, I dumped my bride.
ALL
Last season, things didn't go too well,
Last season, we all went through hell.
Last season, things were the worst,
[They all look at each other and perk up.]
But this time, Joss says, it'll be more like the first.
BUFFY
Last season, I was banging Spike
WILLOW
Last season, I was a magic-addicted dy-
[A censor walks out before Willow can finish her line.]
CENSOR
[Spoken.]
Hey you can't say that on this show.
WILLOW
[Spoken.]
Oh, sorry. Didn't know.
ANYA
Last season, I made out with Giles.
XANDER
Last season, I was- [realizes what Anya just said.] Giles!?
[Anya just shrugs and Giles looks away from Xander.]
DAWN
Last season, we lost our memories.
BUFFY
Last season, a psycho shot me.
ALL
Yes, it was bad,
We don't quite know the reason.
But we all did stupid things,
[As the song comes to a big finish, they all turn and face the camera again.]
Last season!
[The group, exhausted from their big musical number, all slumps down in chairs. After a few seconds Buffy sits up and asks-]
BUFFY
Well, okay, if it wasn't one of us, then who is responsible for this?
CUT TO:
INT. A STRANGE DARK LOOKING CAVE - NIGHT (NOT THAT YOU CAN TELL).
[We zoom in and see Sweet lounging in a chair with a young woman standing next to him in a dress, his new queen.]
SWEET
[Directly to camera.]
What? It's not me.