Chapter 31: Explanations.

Title: Reunion time.

Author: Nikka

Author notes: Hi everyone, If you need to know about summary, rate and all the rest it's all in chapter 1 I'll just remind you that English is not my native tongue so you may find some spelling & grammar mistakes, you're more then welcome to let me know about them but remember you may find them while you read the story. Have fun.

Disclaimer: Angel & Buffy's characters are not my creation (wish they were) they belong to Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt. Other characters that are not familiar from the show do belong to me.

Author's remark: My chapters as of ch 12 will no longer be reproof by Sigma due to the fact that I have no internet and I'm asking someone else to post the remaining chapters for me. I want to take this opportunity and thank sigma for all the help. And I hope you will continue reading my story even without the excellent work sigma has done. Thank you again sigma for all your great work.

"The bogyman?" Buffy didn't understand, neither did the rest, except for Wesley.

"Dorkanious is a myth, a story. Just like humans have myths about ghosts, leprechauns and the Bogyman, so do demons." The three of them looked at him and had no idea what he was talking about. He noticed. "Centuries ago, almost 1000 years ago there was a story about an ancient mystical power that existed a 1000 years earlier."

"So this thing is 2000 years old?" Lorne tried to keep up.

"Supposedly even older, but it was never proven it existed on any plane or dimension. It's a folk tale. It's Like the Adam and Eve tale it has no prove or base."

"But there must be some writings about this Dorkanious if you two know about it." Buffy made a good point.

"There is." Wesley confirmed. "But they all refer to it as a myth, a tale." Wesley explained.

"And besides, it's only mentioned in very few books. And in each of them there's not more than a sentence about it." Giles added. "Sometimes even less."

"But Cordy said it for a reason." Angel commented. "It must have some meaning. Maybe it's what's after us?" Angel speculated.

"Angel I'm sorry but she probably meant something else. The Dorkanious is not a demon; it's a mystical power that has no form or body. At least that's what the legend tells." Giles was skeptic.

"There must be some way we can learn more about this." Angel wasn't about to give up. "You say it was first mentioned a 1000 years ago?" Angel tried to figure it out.

"Yes, The first documentation we have about it is about… a 1000 years ago." Wesley said.

"How did you two recognize it so quickly if it never existed?" Lorne was curious.

"It's the first thing you learn as a watcher." Giles replied. "To separate the facts from the myths."

"They always use the Dorkanious story as an example." Wesley elaborated.

"Anya." Buffy yelled and startled Giles. "She's a 1000 years old ex-demon." Buffy smiled proud of her discovery.

"That's right she can help." Angel was hopeful.

"Now, now, lets not rush into any conclusions." Giles didn't want to burst their bubbles, but he was still very doubtful.

"We need to call her and tell her to come over." Angel said excitedly. He rushed over to the phone, picked it up and asked Buffy for the number.

"Angel." She came over and took the phone receiver and put it back in its place.

"What?" he didn't understand, after all that was her idea.

"Look at the clock." She pointed to the clock hanging on the wall. It was after 23:00. "We can't call her now, it's late. We should wait till morning." Buffy suggested.

"No, it will be too late." Angel wasn't convinced. "We need to find out what happened now, not tomorrow."

"And we will." Buffy agreed with him, which made him even more confused. "But first, we have to find out what happened to Cordelia? I mean she wasn't suppose to that, right?" She looked at Giles for reassurance.

"Not according to my knowledge." Giles was a bit awkward, he hated been caught off guard.

"You see. We have a lot of work to do, so the Dorkanious thing can wait till morning. Okay?" She looked at Angel hoping he'll agree.

"Okay." He said and she smiled. "But we're still working on it, right?" He looked at Wesley. He couldn't ask Buffy and Giles to keep working after the busy day they had and after all they have done for him and Cordelia.

"Yes Angel, we'll stay up and research it." Giles said in confident. And Angel knew he wouldn't have to ask. They'll stay with him.

"Lorne?" Angel turned to him. "Could you bring Conor up and stay here with him and Cordy? That is if you don't mind?" Angel asked.

"Of course I don't mind big guy. Besides I always wanted to spend a night alone with this gorgeous creature." He glanced over at Cordelia.

"No funny business." Angel said with a smile.

They stayed up all night long. From time to time Buffy dosed off, but the rest stayed focused. Giles really enjoyed the whole thing. It reminded him of the good days in the library where he and Buffy and the rest stayed up all night researching. He knew willow would be disappointed when she learns they spent the entire night researching and she wasn't invited.

"What time is it?" Buffy jumped up from the sofa. "How long have I slept?" She asked in panic.

"Relax." Angel calmed her down. "It's only 07:00, and you slept no more than an hour." She sighed and then remembered…

"Dawn. Where's Dawn?" Buffy got up and headed for the stairs. "Dawn? Are you up?" She yelled.

"Yeah." Dawn answered back.

"Good." Buffy said to herself.

"Now can you relax?" Angel asked. It seem like they've switched places. Now she was panicking and he was telling her to relax.

"I need to take a quick shower." Buffy said. "Giles can you make sure Dawn eats something."

"Of course." Giles said smiling.

"I won't be long." She said and rushed up the stairs.

"We better get going as well and meet everyone at the shop." Wesley reminded them.

"Actually I think we should all meet here, that is stay here." Giles suggested.

"What?" Wesley didn't understand.

"Well, we have most of the books we need here with us, and Willow will come soon with the computer." Giles explained. "And in case we need anything else from the shop Anya can get it on her way over."

"No, I meant why here?" Wesley asked again.

"Oh, because of Cordelia. We need to stay close in case it will happen again." That made sense.

"So we better call them up." Angel took on the job of calling everyone, filling them in and asking them to come over. The most difficult one was Anya. She found it hard to accept the fact that the shop will remain closed for the day. She tried convincing Angel they should meet at the shop, and finally when Angel had enough Giles took over and ordered her to close the shop for the day.

"So are they coming?" Buffy asked as she came down the stairs.

"Yeah they're on their way. Except for Xander and Tara. They both said they'll join us later." Angel informed her.

"Is Xander still picking Dawn up?" Buffy asked.

"Yeah, he asked me to tell you to make sure she's ready on time."

"I will, thank you Angel." She smiled at him.

Xander came by a few minutes later and picked Dawn up. Buffy knew She was still angry with her, but she didn't have time to deal with her right now so she left it like that. "Have a nice day." She said to her as she walked out. Dawn didn't answer back.

"So what have we got so far?" Buffy asked as she set on the sofa.

"We have some theories but I believe the most logical one is the…"

"How long does it take you to get ready?" Willow who just came in asked Anya who followed her. They were obviously arguing.

"At least I do something with my face and hair before I leave the apartment." Anya teased her back.

"Hey." Willow was annoyed by that remark. "I do, do things with my hair and face."

"Good morning." Buffy said out loud so they can both hear her. "Would you like to join us?" Buffy smiled. They both looked pissed as they walked into the living room.

"Where are Fred and Gunn?" Wesley asked.

"They're parking the van." Willow answered. She looked around and saw all the books laid out on the table and the notes and the coffee mugs. She added it all together. "You did an whole nighter, didn't you?" As Giles suspected she looked disappointed she wasn't invited.

"Yeah." Buffy answered and then felt obligated to explain. "It was late and we didn't want to wake you, and Giles thought…"

"Me? Why me?" He looked surprised. "I had nothing to do with it." He said to willow in his defense.

"It's okay, I understand." Willow said. "So what did you find?" She asked Giles.

"Well I was just about to explain that…"

"Damn, I swear to you Angel there's more parking space in L.A. on a Friday night than here." Gunn who walked in with Fred commented.

"Sorry about that." Buffy apologized.

"No worries I'm just ranting. It's what I do." He smiled at Buffy. "Really ask Fred." He glanced over to Fred.

"He does." She agreed with him and Set down next to Angel.

"So what's up?" Gunn took a seat.

"As I was saying." Giles stopped for a moment making sure he won't be interrupted again. "We came up with several theories as to what happened to Cordelia last night. And we believe the most logical one is…"

"That Cordy sent us a message." Wesley took Giles's punch line. Giles smiled at him but it was obvious he didn't like him interrupting him

"How can she send us a message if she's unconscious?" Gunn didn't understand.

"There are documentations about people/demons who were able to communicate to the physical plane while been on the astrophysical plane." Giles explained.

"Can Cordy do that?" Fred was surprised; she didn't think Cordy had that much power.

"It is true that it requires massive power and a lot of concentration." Wesley started to answer Fred question. "But we don't know how much power Cordy got from the PTB's. She may have gotten more power than just seeing the visions." Wesley explained.

"Wow, that's cool." Gunn summed it up.

"How about that other thing the Dorka…" Buffy still couldn't get the name right.

"Dorkanious." Angel came to her rescue.

"Yeah. What about that?" She asked.

"That is why we are here. To research." Giles answered her.

"And what about Anya?" Buffy gave Giles a nudge to remind him about her little discovery last night.

"What about me?" Anya jumped up. I didn't do anything." She started defending herself.

"No one said you did." Giles calmed her down. "It's just that the first documentation we have about the Dorkanious is about a 1000 years old. And I'm afraid there's not much in it." Giles explained the situation to Anya.

"Oh, I see." She set down. "You think I might know something." Anya said to Giles.

"How can you know anything unless you're a 1000 years old? And it that case you look pretty well for and old lady." Gunn laughed amused by the idea. It took him a few seconds to notice no one else was laughing, including Fred. "You mean…?" Gunn was in shock. "You're a 1000 years old?" He asked amazed. (Author remark: I decided that Fred and Gunn are the only one's who don't know Anya is an ex-demon.)

"What are you?" Fred asked and regretted asking that, when she saw the look on Anya's face.

"I'm human. And you?" Anya was pissed.

"Anya she only meant…" Wesley tried to explain To Anya Fred's question.

"I know what she meant. But she should have chosen her words more wisely." Anya looked offended.

"Like you do?" Willow remarked. And Anya just gave her a stare.

"Anya is an ex-demon. She lost her powers and became human, when she granted Cordelia's wish…" Giles's explanation was cut off.

"Cordy made a wish? What did she wish for?" Gunn really liked the whole idea of granting wishes. "So you were a good fairy?" He asked smiling.

"No. A vengeance demon." Gunn wasn't smiling anymore. "I granted wishes to scorned women, betrayed by their men." Anya smiled remembering the good old days.

"So Cordy was… betrayed?" Fred asked confused.

"Okay I'll make a long story short, so listen up." Buffy knew the question wouldn't stop so she decided the best way is to just tell it all at once. "Cordelia found out Xander, who she dated at the time, cheated on her with Willow." Fred and Gunn looked at Willow stunned. Willow looked at them, smiling awkwardly. " So she made a wish to Anya, not knowing she was a vengeance demon." Before Gunn could ask, Buffy continued. "She asked that 'Buffy summers never came to Sunnydale', quote. Meaning me." She took a big breath and continued. "Her wish created an alter universe in which everything sucked." Willow nodded her head agreeing with Buffy's description. "Giles found out about the wish and found a way to reverse it."

"That is where I come in." Anya commentated.

"He was able to reverse the wish but the side effects of it was, that Anya lost her power and became human, again, after a 1000 years of being a vengeance demon." Buffy sighed as she finished off the explanation. Gunn and Fred just looked stunned.

Angel thought they wasted enough time explaining things. "So do you know something or not?" He asked Anya.

Anya took a moment and than said; "I do."

TBC

Hi ppl,

After long consideration I decided the best course of action is to ask you, the readers what you prefer.

So, the options are: A.) I send my stories, before I post them, to someone who will reproof them. That means that updates will take even longer (to remind you all I still don't have internet near by, I'm using someone else's)

B.) I won't send the stories to someone to reproof them and post them as soon as they're done. That means you'll have to rely on my English and spell check.

The choice is up to you. I'll check reviews for the next few days and the majority will rule, so if you care please review.

Thanks. Nikka.