Disclaimer: I don't own BtVS, but it's ending soon (sob), so if I ever get rich and famous or something, I can buy the rights! Anyway, don't own it yet, so don't sue. DO NOT EAT BTVS!

Timing: ok, I myself was a little confused with the timing, but I've decided that this takes place some time in Season 6. After Buffy is alive (duh), but before anything w/ Warren, Andrew, or Jonathan. A bit before "Once More With Feeling". Tara is still alive, but... well, something happens. No Willow magic overload, or Buffy heaven thing though. Anyway, the story:

Chapter One: From the River

Buffy Summers, who had recently come back from the dead, and her two best friends, Willow Rosenburg and Xander Harris, walked slowly down the street licking ice cream cones. Some ice cream started to dribble down Willow's chin, and Xander gently wiped it away with a napkin.

"I remember a few years ago, back in high school, we were right here, and we were eating ice cream and flirting, when a vamp attacked, and then Buffy came back and saved our asses," said Willow.

Xander was about to respond, but at that moment they had a case of extreme Déjà vu. Déjà vu times four, that is. Four vamps jumped out at them. They were too much for even Buffy to handle, as she was unprepared and unarmed. They were about to kill the trio, when they burst into dust, in a rhythmic order.

Behind them, a girl was revealed.

"Arianda, the Vampire Slayer at your service."

OOO, who is that??? Review, and I might tell you.