Chapter 2
"You think we were sent back in time?" Spike asked and Buffy nodded.
"How else would you explain it? I just wish we knew why." Spike agreed and they continued walking.
"What year do you think this is?" Spike asked and Buffy shrugged.
"I don't know, by the looks of things it obviously wasn't that long ago. Wait, does this mean we could possibly run into our past selves?" Spike smiled.
"I think that could be fun." Buffy shook her head.
"No, we have to be careful. The smallest thing we do here could change the future." Spike looked at her.
"Maybe we're supposed to change it. The future obviously wasn't looking so great, Buffy. We had to have been sent back for a reason, maybe that's it." Buffy shook her head.
"I'm still not so sure." Buffy said when she was blinded by the similar white light again and her and Spike tried to shield their eyes from it.
"He's right, dear." Buffy put her hands down when she recognized the familiar voice and saw her mom standing before her with a white glow around her.
"Mom? Is it really you?" Buffy asked and Joyce nodded.
"It's really me. It's good to see you, honey." Buffy then couldn't stop the tears from falling down her face and went to hug her mother and was glad that she was able to touch her.
"I've missed you so much." Joyce patted her head.
"I've missed you too, Buffy. I'm so proud of you." Spike just watched them not sure what to say when Buffy finally pulled away.
"Are you the one that brought us here?" Joyce nodded. "Why?" Buffy asked.
"Spike had the right idea. There is much that needs to be changed." Buffy didn't know what to think.
"So, we're supposed to do something in the past to change the future. Isn't that dangerous?" Joyce nodded again.
"It is risky, but I knew you two could handle it." Spike finally found his voice.
"What are we supposed to do?" Joyce then looked at him and smiled.
"You have to find your younger selves and convince them to fall in love with each other." Buffy gave a short laugh.
"You mean I have to tell my younger self to fall in love with Spike. That's easier said than done, we couldn't even stand each other back then." Joyce nodded.
"That may be so, but it can still be done. If the two of you found love in each other from the beginning then a lot of things would be different and for the better. You have about two weeks to convince them and if you fail then you will go back to the future how it was and Spike will die, or you go back to the new future that you two would create." Spike wasn't convinced.
"How do we know that future would be any better?" He asked and Buffy looked at him.
"Because it has to be." She said as she grabbed his hand and gave it a little squeeze and then looked back at her mother. "We'll do it. I'm just not sure that two weeks will give us enough time." Joyce nodded.
"That's all the time I have to offer. I have faith in both of you and I know you will succeed. I have to go now, but I will always be watching you." With that Joyce disappeared and Buffy then turned back to Spike.
"Do you think we can do this?" Spike looked at her and brushed a strand of hair out of her face.
"Yeah, we can. I have a feeling it won't be as hard as we think." He told her.
"How can you be so sure? We hated each other." Spike shook his head.
"Maybe you did, but I never hated you. I always had an attraction to you, Buffy. I just couldn't really admit it to myself, hell even Dru saw it. To be honest, I always admired you." Buffy seemed surprised by that.
"You did?" Spike nodded.
"We just have to do our best to get them alone and convince them that they are meant to be together. If that doesn't work, we could always beat them until they agree." Buffy gave a small smile at that idea.
"Yeah, sounds like a plan." She said as she took Spike's hand and they headed back to the cemetery.
"You think we were sent back in time?" Spike asked and Buffy nodded.
"How else would you explain it? I just wish we knew why." Spike agreed and they continued walking.
"What year do you think this is?" Spike asked and Buffy shrugged.
"I don't know, by the looks of things it obviously wasn't that long ago. Wait, does this mean we could possibly run into our past selves?" Spike smiled.
"I think that could be fun." Buffy shook her head.
"No, we have to be careful. The smallest thing we do here could change the future." Spike looked at her.
"Maybe we're supposed to change it. The future obviously wasn't looking so great, Buffy. We had to have been sent back for a reason, maybe that's it." Buffy shook her head.
"I'm still not so sure." Buffy said when she was blinded by the similar white light again and her and Spike tried to shield their eyes from it.
"He's right, dear." Buffy put her hands down when she recognized the familiar voice and saw her mom standing before her with a white glow around her.
"Mom? Is it really you?" Buffy asked and Joyce nodded.
"It's really me. It's good to see you, honey." Buffy then couldn't stop the tears from falling down her face and went to hug her mother and was glad that she was able to touch her.
"I've missed you so much." Joyce patted her head.
"I've missed you too, Buffy. I'm so proud of you." Spike just watched them not sure what to say when Buffy finally pulled away.
"Are you the one that brought us here?" Joyce nodded. "Why?" Buffy asked.
"Spike had the right idea. There is much that needs to be changed." Buffy didn't know what to think.
"So, we're supposed to do something in the past to change the future. Isn't that dangerous?" Joyce nodded again.
"It is risky, but I knew you two could handle it." Spike finally found his voice.
"What are we supposed to do?" Joyce then looked at him and smiled.
"You have to find your younger selves and convince them to fall in love with each other." Buffy gave a short laugh.
"You mean I have to tell my younger self to fall in love with Spike. That's easier said than done, we couldn't even stand each other back then." Joyce nodded.
"That may be so, but it can still be done. If the two of you found love in each other from the beginning then a lot of things would be different and for the better. You have about two weeks to convince them and if you fail then you will go back to the future how it was and Spike will die, or you go back to the new future that you two would create." Spike wasn't convinced.
"How do we know that future would be any better?" He asked and Buffy looked at him.
"Because it has to be." She said as she grabbed his hand and gave it a little squeeze and then looked back at her mother. "We'll do it. I'm just not sure that two weeks will give us enough time." Joyce nodded.
"That's all the time I have to offer. I have faith in both of you and I know you will succeed. I have to go now, but I will always be watching you." With that Joyce disappeared and Buffy then turned back to Spike.
"Do you think we can do this?" Spike looked at her and brushed a strand of hair out of her face.
"Yeah, we can. I have a feeling it won't be as hard as we think." He told her.
"How can you be so sure? We hated each other." Spike shook his head.
"Maybe you did, but I never hated you. I always had an attraction to you, Buffy. I just couldn't really admit it to myself, hell even Dru saw it. To be honest, I always admired you." Buffy seemed surprised by that.
"You did?" Spike nodded.
"We just have to do our best to get them alone and convince them that they are meant to be together. If that doesn't work, we could always beat them until they agree." Buffy gave a small smile at that idea.
"Yeah, sounds like a plan." She said as she took Spike's hand and they headed back to the cemetery.