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Part One

'Arrrrggghhh' Cordelia moaned.

'Hey girl' Gunn said as he helped her up. Wesley and Fred were helping Lorne up.

'Thanks Gunn', Cordelia took a moment to take in her surroundings.

'Where are we?' she asked clearly confused and annoyed. No one offered an answer. Cordelia once again looked around, noticing that someone wasn't there

' Er guys, where's Angel? '

Liam awoke to a knocking on his bedroom door.

'Liam, Liam' he recognised the voice as his sisters Katherine, and he quickly got out of bed and went to his door. ' Kathy, Kathy what do you want'

'Nothing ' she giggled 'But mother wants you to get up' she giggled again and walked off down the hallway. Liam closed the door and went to get dressed, smiling all the while.

'Geez' Cordelia complained ' You'd think that there would at least be some freaking signpost about.

They had been walking for what seemed like hours through a dense forest and had found no sign of Angel.

' Not to be a party pooper chickadees, but does anyone know what the hell happened and how we can get back home because although I love hiking through deep dank woodland areas as much as the next person, I'm not really outfitted for this sort of adventure' said Lorne.

Everyone took a moment to take in his powder blue suit, pink ruffled shirt and black shoes.

' Yes, Well' Wesley said ' I think the first step will be to ascertain where we are, and then proceed to find our way home from there'

'Geez English ya think' Gunn was clearly annoyed. Fred spoke up for he first time.

' Look guys, the forest is getting thinner and there's more sun shining through the trees so we must be reaching a clearing. All we have to do is hold out until we reach it, okay' she pleaded desperate not to see Wesley and Gunn fight.

The two looked longingly at Fred ' Okay' they both said simultaneously.

They all started walking again. Cordy took Fred to one side and asked her ' Fred how did you know about the sun and the forest thing'

'Oh' she replied ' Well back in Pylea y'know before I found my cave I lived in the woods for a while.'

'Oh' Cordy looked at the girl standing next to her and linked her arm in with her own and they both carried on after the others.

Liam walked in to his family's dining room and took his seat. His mother and sister greeted him with smiles, his father had yet to come back from business in Dublin.

'So Liam my darling child' his mother started ' What are your plans for today'

'I thought I might go into town today mother' he replied.

'With whom' his mother pressed on.

'As usual mother, I will be going with Tom, Marie and Theresa.' His mother and himself had this conversation every time he was going into town and it was getting rather boring and predictable, and yet his mother went on with the next question.

'And why must you go into town once again Liam'

He replied honestly, ' Marie and Tom are courting again so it is a cause for celebration, Theresa and I are going in case peace keepers are needed should they decide to stop courting once again.' He paused, and grinned as he remembered the last time two of his best friends

had broken up. It had been extremely funny for himself and Theresa (his best friend since he had been born), it had not been funny however for Tom as Marie had slapped him so hard he had ended up with a black eye. He was pulled from his thoughts by his mothers voice.

'And what else are you and Theresa going to do all day' how had he known that question was coming?

'Mother' he replied ' Theresa and I are friends. Nothing more. We've known each other since we were born, if I were to be interested in her the way of which I am sure you are thinking and if she were to think of me in that way then it would be too much like being romantically involved with your own brother or sister.' Liam finished looking squarely at his mother.

'I'm sure Liam' she replied sipping her tea not appearing to have heard a single word her son had said.

Liam rolled his eyes as Katherine stifled a laugh. The silence was broken by a knock at the door that the O'Brian household knew well. Liam smiled as Tom walked in the door of the dining room and calmly told him.

' If we do not hurry Liam, the girls will have our heads'

The gang had had enough they had been walking all day, they had reached the edge of the forest and been presented with a pathway that seemed to lead into a village as they had followed it night had fallen and there was still no sign of Angel. They had all fallen into a companionable silence when they heard a scream at the end of the path.