Disclaimer: I still don't own Buffy. All belongs to the magnificent Joss. I
also don't own Doritos, in case you didn't know..
Prophesy Girl -
The Scoobies sat around Buffy's living room as Buffy told them every detail about her dream. Well except for some of the Spike part, that was too close to her to talk about.
"And you believe this dream to be prophetic?" Giles asked her as he took off his glasses to clean them and then put them back on.
"Oh yeah. I was definitely getting uber - prophesy vibes." Buffy replied.
"Well then, I propose we gather and do some research on this demon. What did you say his name was?" Giles asked.
"Lucidus." Buffy replied. "His name was Lucidus."
"Hmm." He said. "The name sounds vaguely familiar. Well, I will begin calling some of my old associates, see what I can dig up. Willow, will you check the net, computer, thing?" He asked the redhead who was sitting, legs crossed, on the floor next to the sofa.
"Sure will." She said standing up. "It's been a while since I've had a good demonic research." She said as she walked out of the living room to get her brand new laptop.
"Great! Research party! Oh how I've missed these. Where should I start? Cross-referencing? Translations of dead demonic languages? Put me to work." He said searching the room for an answer. The others just stared at him. "Right. I'll go for snacks."
"Ok, Dawn, you and me will help Willow and Giles." Buffy said.
"Sounds good." Her sister replied. "Only, Buffy. Maybe you should let Faith, or one of the other Slayers deal with this. You've done enough."
"I know Dawnie, but I'm having these dreams for a reason. I want to know what it is."
"What should I do?" Andrew said from the corner he was sitting in. "What about me?"
"Andrew." Buffy said, thinking hard at what he could actually do. "Why don't you go with Xander?"
* * *
Spike landed with a loud thud, face down in the gravel. "Bloody hell" he mumbled as he stood up and brushed himself off. It was dark and the air was cool. He searched the pockets of his leather coat. "Balls" he muttered. You'd think when that higher power returned his coat she would have had the decency to return the packet of cigarettes he had stashed in the inside pocket. He looked around surveying his surroundings. He was in a crater of some sort, a big round hole and there was rubble everywhere. He began to laugh. He always said he would bring Sunnyhell to ruins.
He began to walk towards the edge. He figured he was somewhere near where the school once was so he figured he would walk to the right hoping that would take him to the highway, right outside Sunnydale. He reached the edge and looked up. 'Great' he thought. 'I have to climb'.
* * *
The gang had been researching for hours, with no luck. Giles had spoken to several colleagues; all of which had referred him to some demon reference book. A demon reference book that now lay destroyed in the rubble of Sunnydale. Willow had been searching on the net for the longest time, trying several different ways of spelling 'Lucidus', all of which took her to sights about dreaming and psychiatry. Nothing about a demon.
"Yes!" Giles exclaimed suddenly, coming in from the den where he was on the phone with some guy, probably someone British.
"You find something?" Buffy asked him hopefully.
"Yes. I just got off the phone with Niles Bradley, an ex-Watcher who specialized in demon mythology and dimensions." Giles said.
"And?" Buffy asked, getting a bit impatient.
"Lucidus." He said.
"Yeah, what about him?" Buffy asked, even more impatient than before.
"Lucidus isn't just your ordinary demon, he's a Sovereign." Giles explained.
"I think I speak for everyone here when I say 'Huh'?" Buffy exclaimed.
"A Sovereign." Giles explained, as if that should make any sense to them. "A Sovereign, in demonic mythology, is a ruler of the underworld, a King of a demonic dimension."
"Ok. So demon-boy controls an alternate dimension. What is it?" Xander asked, taking a break from chomping on his Doritos.
"Lucidus controls the demon dimension known as Phainein. It is a dimension of thoughts and dreams, or nightmares, to be more accurate. Any who enters the dimension will be plagued by bad ideas and feelings. The dimension toys with the human psyche. Lucidus controls all this. He has a great power over people's minds, and can bend their views to his will, playing on their innermost worries and fears. He is the cause of nightmares."
"So your telling us that every time we have a bad dream it comes from this dimension, and Lucidus controls it all? And that he is just the ruler of Nightmare - land?" Buffy asked, trying to sum up everything Giles had told her.
"Yes, precisely. Every unjustified uncertainty or fear, any bad dream, Lucidus is behind it." Giles said, glad he had made his point clear. "But why you are dreaming about him, Buffy, is unknown to me. Lucidus, like the First, is a demon that is only interested in balance. The balance between sanity and insanity."
"Well we saw how great the Firsts sense of balance was, maybe toppling over is contagious with these demons." Buffy said sarcastically, although deep down she knew there might be some truth to it. "I had that dream for a reason. This Lucidus guy is planning something. Something evil. And I'm gonna stop him."
Prophesy Girl -
The Scoobies sat around Buffy's living room as Buffy told them every detail about her dream. Well except for some of the Spike part, that was too close to her to talk about.
"And you believe this dream to be prophetic?" Giles asked her as he took off his glasses to clean them and then put them back on.
"Oh yeah. I was definitely getting uber - prophesy vibes." Buffy replied.
"Well then, I propose we gather and do some research on this demon. What did you say his name was?" Giles asked.
"Lucidus." Buffy replied. "His name was Lucidus."
"Hmm." He said. "The name sounds vaguely familiar. Well, I will begin calling some of my old associates, see what I can dig up. Willow, will you check the net, computer, thing?" He asked the redhead who was sitting, legs crossed, on the floor next to the sofa.
"Sure will." She said standing up. "It's been a while since I've had a good demonic research." She said as she walked out of the living room to get her brand new laptop.
"Great! Research party! Oh how I've missed these. Where should I start? Cross-referencing? Translations of dead demonic languages? Put me to work." He said searching the room for an answer. The others just stared at him. "Right. I'll go for snacks."
"Ok, Dawn, you and me will help Willow and Giles." Buffy said.
"Sounds good." Her sister replied. "Only, Buffy. Maybe you should let Faith, or one of the other Slayers deal with this. You've done enough."
"I know Dawnie, but I'm having these dreams for a reason. I want to know what it is."
"What should I do?" Andrew said from the corner he was sitting in. "What about me?"
"Andrew." Buffy said, thinking hard at what he could actually do. "Why don't you go with Xander?"
* * *
Spike landed with a loud thud, face down in the gravel. "Bloody hell" he mumbled as he stood up and brushed himself off. It was dark and the air was cool. He searched the pockets of his leather coat. "Balls" he muttered. You'd think when that higher power returned his coat she would have had the decency to return the packet of cigarettes he had stashed in the inside pocket. He looked around surveying his surroundings. He was in a crater of some sort, a big round hole and there was rubble everywhere. He began to laugh. He always said he would bring Sunnyhell to ruins.
He began to walk towards the edge. He figured he was somewhere near where the school once was so he figured he would walk to the right hoping that would take him to the highway, right outside Sunnydale. He reached the edge and looked up. 'Great' he thought. 'I have to climb'.
* * *
The gang had been researching for hours, with no luck. Giles had spoken to several colleagues; all of which had referred him to some demon reference book. A demon reference book that now lay destroyed in the rubble of Sunnydale. Willow had been searching on the net for the longest time, trying several different ways of spelling 'Lucidus', all of which took her to sights about dreaming and psychiatry. Nothing about a demon.
"Yes!" Giles exclaimed suddenly, coming in from the den where he was on the phone with some guy, probably someone British.
"You find something?" Buffy asked him hopefully.
"Yes. I just got off the phone with Niles Bradley, an ex-Watcher who specialized in demon mythology and dimensions." Giles said.
"And?" Buffy asked, getting a bit impatient.
"Lucidus." He said.
"Yeah, what about him?" Buffy asked, even more impatient than before.
"Lucidus isn't just your ordinary demon, he's a Sovereign." Giles explained.
"I think I speak for everyone here when I say 'Huh'?" Buffy exclaimed.
"A Sovereign." Giles explained, as if that should make any sense to them. "A Sovereign, in demonic mythology, is a ruler of the underworld, a King of a demonic dimension."
"Ok. So demon-boy controls an alternate dimension. What is it?" Xander asked, taking a break from chomping on his Doritos.
"Lucidus controls the demon dimension known as Phainein. It is a dimension of thoughts and dreams, or nightmares, to be more accurate. Any who enters the dimension will be plagued by bad ideas and feelings. The dimension toys with the human psyche. Lucidus controls all this. He has a great power over people's minds, and can bend their views to his will, playing on their innermost worries and fears. He is the cause of nightmares."
"So your telling us that every time we have a bad dream it comes from this dimension, and Lucidus controls it all? And that he is just the ruler of Nightmare - land?" Buffy asked, trying to sum up everything Giles had told her.
"Yes, precisely. Every unjustified uncertainty or fear, any bad dream, Lucidus is behind it." Giles said, glad he had made his point clear. "But why you are dreaming about him, Buffy, is unknown to me. Lucidus, like the First, is a demon that is only interested in balance. The balance between sanity and insanity."
"Well we saw how great the Firsts sense of balance was, maybe toppling over is contagious with these demons." Buffy said sarcastically, although deep down she knew there might be some truth to it. "I had that dream for a reason. This Lucidus guy is planning something. Something evil. And I'm gonna stop him."