Title: Nothing is as it seems II

Author: Amanda

Email: Honeyj7106@aol.com

disclaimers: I do not own kindred the embraced nor do I own Buffy the
vampire slayer. Any and all original characters do belong to me unless I say
so.

Summery: This the Sequal the Nothing Is As It Seems. I have thought hard
about how this should go. I hope that it will interest you.

Do I want this to be put on someones site? I don't know yet. Ask me and
you shall receive an answer but please do not post without my knowledge.

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As Xander walked into his house, he could here the yelling coming
from the kitchen. Xander decided to try and get past the kitchen before
he was noticed. He braced himself and prayed that he wouldn't be noticed.
His prayers were not answered. Once he got into clear view of his father
all attention was turned to him.

"What in the hell are you staring at, basterd?" Jeremiah Harris
asked. His face turned to a gruesome red as his anger built up.

"N-Nothing." Xander stuttered as his father came near him. Jeremiah
lashed out as he got closer to his son. Before long Xander was huddled up
in a fetal postion on the kitchen floor.

"So, Alexander, you decided to ignore my warnings and tell your friends
what you know about us." A different voice spoke. This one was much calmer
than his father and yet it was still full of anger.

Xander tried to look up but the pain was just too much. "What are you
talking about?" Xander asked even though he knew the answer.

"Young man, please so not insult my intelligence with that question. You
have been watched the all time you have been here. You have been warned and now
I must do away with you." Julian grabbed the boy by his neck. He extended his
claws till they touched the tender flesh. Xander started to scream once he felt
his flesh tear and his life pour out of him.

"Nooooooo."

"Xander, wake up. Come on, Xander, wake up. Everything is going to be
alright." Frank took his son into his arm as he woke up. He held Xander, letting
him tremble and cry. "Shh. Alex, nothing happened. It was just a nightmare."

Xander looked up into his father's eyes and gave him a shy smile. "Sorry,
I got carried away." He mumbled as he shrugged out of his father's embrace. At
that moment he thought of something from the dream. "What time is it?"

"It's a little after seven in the morning. Why?"

"I got to make a phone call. That's why." Xander said as he rushed out of
his room to get the phone. As he came back to his room, he noticed that Frank was
still sitting on his bed. "Excuse ,me. Can I have my room back?"

"What? You don't want me to listen to you speak to you girlfriend?" Frank
asked with a sly smile on his face.

"Oh yeah. I got to ask her when she wants me to come over have sex."

"Okay. Okay. I can take a hint." Frank said throwing his hands up in the
air in defeat. "Hurry up, though. I want to take you out for breakfast before I
have to go to work."

"Oh, goody! Donuts!" Xander said with enthusiasm.

"Sometimes I wonder if you were meant to be a cop with the way
you love sweets." Frank stated as he left the room.

Once Frank was gone, Xander made his call.

"Hello?"

"Hey it's Xander."

"Xander, why are you calling again? Has something happened?" A concern
British voice asked over the phone.

"No. Well, not really." Xander paused and took in a deep breath to calm
himself down. "Listen, Giles, I don't think I should have told you about the kindred."

"Why do you believe this? You know it is of the utter importance that we know
all we can on a new enemy."

"I had a dream. Something's going to happen because I told you these things."

"Xander, it was just a dream. That is all. There is no reason to believe that
your dream will even come true."

"Yeah, but Buffy has dreams and you are always telling us that they might come
true."

"Yes. Well, Buffy is a slayer and she has the power to have visions of what
might be happening next." Giles said with a sign.

"Who says I can't have visions." Xander asked with sadness in his voice.

"I'm sorry, Xander, but it hardly likely that you will have such power.

"Fine. Whatever. Just don't go telling anyone about this." Xander pleaded.

"Again, I am sorry. Xander, you know that it is my duty to report any type of
problem like this to the council and to Buffy."

"FINE!" Xander yelled into the phone before he slammed it down.

He was sitting on his bed, with his head down in his hands, when Frank came in.

"Everything okay?" He asked in a fatherly tone.

"Yeah, dad. Just had a disagreement with a friend." Xander said with a sad smile.

"Must had been some disagreement." He muttered to himself. Out loud he asked, "How
about we go get those donuts."

At the donut shop:

"Hello. I would like to order an assortment of donuts. I would like these to be
a total of a dozen." Xander told on of the workers at the shop. As he picked out the
donuts he wanted, Frank waited by the door. He felt a hand on his shoulders. Grabbing the
hand, he turned around; ready to fight his adversary.

"Hey, man. It's just me."

"Sorry. Just a little bit on the wary side right now." Frank stopped as he thought
about something. "What are you doing here anyway, Sonny?"

"Can't I come and see my partner." Sonny gave Frank a cheeky smile. "Nah. I saw
you and wanted to see how your holding up."

"Ah. Well, now you know I'm doing fine."

"So why are you just standing here?" Sonny asked showing false confusion on his face.

"My son." Frank stated with pride in his voice as he pointed to Xander, who was making
his way toward them.

"Hey, dad. Who's this?" Xander asked as he got to where Frank and Sonny were standing.

"Xander, I would like for you to meet my partner, Sonny. Sonny, this is my son,
Alexander." Frank introduced the two to each other.

"You can call me Xander." Xander said as he shook Sonny's hand.

"Frank, I didn't know you had a son."

"Yeah. well, I didn't either till last week."

"Oh. So how did you two meet?" Sonny asked.

The three took a seat nearby. Frank started to talk about how he first found out about
Xander while Xander started to eat the donuts.

Same time
Luna Residence

"I want you to have one of your men watching him. I do not want him hurt, do you hear?
If he does something that will endanger us bring him here for me to deal with." A calm yet stern
voice order the short blonde in front of him.

"Don't worry. I will get one of my best men on the job." The blonde told his Prince.

"Oh and Cash?" Julian waited till he had Cash's attention before continuing. "If
any of the boy's friends decide to show up and cause trouble for any of us, I want you to take
care of them.

Cash bowed his and then looked straight into the Prince's eyes. His eyes started to
glow with wildness. "Don't worry, Julian. No one will cause any kind
of trouble and if they do I will take care of it personally."

"See to it that you do." Julian stated as he watched Cash leave his office.

Same time
Sunnydale

Giles stared at the phone before he picked it up. He let out a sign and prayed that
Xander would forgive him.

"Hello, Summers residents." A female voice came over the phone.

"E-ecuse me, Mrs. Summers. I was wondering if I may speak to Buffy?" Giles slightly
stuttered at first as a bout of nervousness took over.

"Rupert? Rupert, is that you? Why on earth are you calling to talk to Buffy in the
morning?" Mrs. Summers asked. She was a little put out that a librarian would be calling
her daughter during school break.

"Well, umm... Well, I have to discuss with Buffy about her trying to earn some extra
credit."

"Just one minute."

Seconds later a young female voice came over the phone. "Hello?"

"Buffy, I'm afraid that your are needed. I have just found out some disturbing news."

"Well, hello to you too." Buffy said. She felt a little upset that her good morning
had to come to an end.

"Oh, dear. Hello, Buffy. How was your morning?"

"It was just fine until you called and said there was trouble." Buffy let out a sign
before she continued. "Look, I'm sorry, Giles. I will be over there in a few minutes.
Whatever you ahve to tell me can wait until then. Okay?"

"Yes, must certainly."

"Oh and I'm going to call the others so that they can come and hear what you have to say."

"Oh, yes. Please do." Giles said getting a little upset that they others had to be
involved. With that he hung up the phone.