Chapter 5 True Love. I hope you guys liked my previous chapter. I had a lot of time to write it. Internet went funky on me for a couple of days. Don't forget to read chapter 3 again. I made some changes. Check it out. Review and enjoy. This is long. Couldn't help myself.
William leads Xander to where the others are. Faith quickly notices that William is bringing along company. She goes up to Oz.
"William," says Buffy rushing up to him.
"I'm okay pet," says William. Xander looks at William.
"What's going on?" asks Faith. "You were suppose to kill him not invite him to come with us."
"We made a deal," says William looking at Xander. "If I won the fight I'd get his sword and he won he gets Buffy." Buffy's eyes shot open at William's words.
"You're an idiot," says Faith. "How could you make a deal without consulting us first."
"Faith calm down," says Oz. "Look I think my associate here did you a favor of not killing you so we'll just let that be."
"That's it I'm going kick his ass," says Faith.
"Whose?" asks Buffy
"Williams," replies Faith about to pounce on him. Oz pulls her back.
"Look I know you're getting money for bringing the princess to this dealer," says Xander.
"Don't tell me you want in on it," says Faith.
"I don't want any of the money," replies Xander. "I'll help you get it."
"But don't you still want the princess," says Oz.
"Yes," replies Xander. " Ask him for the money first before you hand over the princess. The princess walks over, closes the dea,l then I come and take her. You guys leave with the money. Everybody is happy. Except the dealer."
"Sounds like a good idea," says Oz. "It's a deal."
"Hey!" says Buffy. "Don't I get any say in this?"
They all look at her. Then they look at each other.
"Sorry love," says William walking up to Buffy. "Believe me it's going to turn out alright. Trust me." He whispers the last words into her ear. Buffy looks at Xander. He is wearing mask that covers half of his face.
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Back at the palace Giles waits for Buffy to return. The door to his room opens and he thinks that is Buffy but it's not. The person who enters the room does not displease him.
"Your highness the priest is getting very impatient," says the maiden, one of Giles' maids and the head of all the maids of the household. Her name is Jenny.
Giles sighs then walks up to her.
"He can leave," says Giles. "There's not going to be a wedding."
Walking down the hallway Liam over hears what his stepfather said. He stays a while and listens to rest of the conversation.
"Well, I'll go tell him," says Jenny as she turns around to go.
"Wait Jenny," says Giles. Jenny stops and takes a deep breath. Giles goes up to her. She turns around to him. "I'm glad that I didn't get married today."
"Why?" ask Jenny. She already knows what his answer will be but she wants to hear it.
"Because I'm in love with you," Giles replies.
Liam behind the door is taken by surprise. He did not expect this from his stepfather.
"From the first time I saw you," says Giles.
"You were married then," says Jenny surprise by his words.
"Didn't you wonder why we never had children?" says Giles. "I didn't love her. It was for the Kingdome. The people needed a king. I had to marry someone of noble blood."
"That windbag," says Liam from outside. "He shouldn't be king. I should be. Ha, in love with a maid. He is so stupid."
"Rupert," says Jenny. "We're from two different worlds. No one would ever accept us." She touches his face and Giles holds her close to him. He touches her hand, the one touching his face, and holds it close to his face.
"I don't care what people think," says Giles. "If there's one thing I've learned that is never let go of the person you love because if you do we have nothing. I don't care what people think. I love you. No one can change that."
Tears begin to fall from Jenny's face and Giles wipes one with his other hand and lifts her chin up. She looks at him with a smile.
"I love you too," says Jenny. They kiss long and hard. Liam didn't want to hear any more and stomps off. He heads out of the palace and mounts his horse.
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Finally Faith agrees to the plan and they head to the meeting place of the dealer. Buffy's hands are tied at the back and they wait for the dealer to arrive. Xander is set in place to take Buffy and run.
In about two minutes Xander sees a rider coming over. The three thieves knew it had to be the dealer. He comes up to them wearing the green coat he wore before. He has a second horse next to him.
"Alright," says the man. "Mount her."
"Hold up," says Oz. "The money first." The man still on the horse pulls out a bag of coins from his coat. He tosses it to the ground. Faith then cuts the rope and pushes Buffy.
As Buffy starts to walk over she tries to look at the man on the horse. She then trips over a stone on the ground.
"Ahg," Buffy yells. "My ankle." She falls to the ground and holds her foot. The man on the horse furious mounts off his horse. He heads over to Buffy.
Just as he reaches her, Xander comes from the tree and picks her off the ground. Then they return back up to the tree. The man looks up. Then the thieves being what they are grab the man's second horse and ride away.
The man is infuriated at what just occur. He pulls his coat down to reveal himself. It is Liam. (Like you didn't all know.) He runs to his horse and attempt to find Buffy and that man who took her from him.
Xander is like Tarzan jumping tree branches through the forest carrying Buffy in his arms. He then slides down one of the tree when he thought they were safe.
"Come on we gotta keep going," says Xander pulling her from her hand.
"I can't," says Buffy in pain. "My ankle." Xander looks at her then picks her up and starts to walk into the forest.
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When they reach a top of a hill Xander stops and puts Buffy down. He looks down the hill and sees that it is very steep.
"Please," says Buffy holding her ankle. "Just let me go. I won't send anyone after you. I promise. I'm getting married today. This is the most important day of my life."
"Are you in love with him?" asks Xander causally. Buffy takes a minute to answer that.
"Yes," replies Buffy. Xander looks at her heart broken.
"Give me your ankle," says Xander.
"What are you going to do?" asks Buffy scare.
"Trust me," says Xander. She trusts him and hands over her ankle to him. He gives a nice and soothing massage to it. Then he gives it a big tug and pain came into Buffy like nails on a chalkboard. He releases her ankle and she moves it.
"It doesn't hurt anymore," says Buffy. She stands up to walks a bit.
"Come on lets go," says Xander as he grabs her hand again.
"I'm sorry but I can't go with you," says Buffy. Xander turns to her. "Let go of my hand please." Buffy pushes him, makes him lose his balance and he falls down the hill.
"As you wish," says Xander as he rolls down the hill. Buffy hears his words and gasp.
"Farm boy," says Buffy. She goes down the hill and begins to roll as well.
When they reach the bottom Buffy lands right on top of Xander. She looks at him. His eyes are close. Then she kisses him real hard. Xander is pleased to have her lips on his again. She releases him to give him some air. He gives a grin.
"Are you alright?" asks Buffy. "Are you hurt?"
"I can't feel my legs," says Xander.
"Oh, my God!" says Buffy. "You're paralyzed."
"No," says Xander. "You're sitting on them."
"Oh," says Buffy. She gets off of him and helps him up. "I thought I'd never see you again." Xander takes his mask off.
"I didn't think I see you either," says Xander. "When I heard that a princess by the name Buffy was getting married, I had to find out if it was you. And it is." He bows his head.
"Xander," says Buffy touching his face and turning it toward her. "I love you." Xander's eyes fill with joy and he kisses her intensely.
Then from the top of the hill is Liam. He catches their make out scene and is furious. Liam sneers at the two and leads his horse to a tree.
"I love you," says Xander. He then looks up the hill and sees Liam sliding down the hill. "We gotta go." He pulls Buffy by the and into the forest. They are running as fast as they can through the forest and Liam galloping right behind them like a mad bull.
Unexpectedly, Xander makes an abrupt stop just at the edge of a cliff where he almost goes over. Buffy quickly grabs him and pulls him back. The two look down and see a raging river about three feet down. They look behind and see Liam head toward them.
"One two three," they both say as they jump into the river. Liam watches them when he reaches the cliff being pulled away by the currents.
The currents drove them down the river and they struggle. Buffy begins to have trouble with her dress and she goes under.
"Buffy!" calls Xander looking for. He goes under to look for her.
Her dress is caught on some branches that had fallen from a tree into the river. Xander tries to swim to her, but can't because the current is against him. He tries harder and starts to get closer to her. At the point when her reaches her she is taking her last breath. Xander quickly rips the dress from the branch and pulls her to the surface.
He begins to swim to a shore and pulls her out of the water. Xander takes a breath and bends down to her side.
"Buffy!" Xander calls to her. He quickly positions her head right to begin CPR. "One two three four." He breaths air into her once more.
"No! Buffy. Breath!" says Xander angry and in tears. "No...you can't be..." He holds her tight in his arms.
William leads Xander to where the others are. Faith quickly notices that William is bringing along company. She goes up to Oz.
"William," says Buffy rushing up to him.
"I'm okay pet," says William. Xander looks at William.
"What's going on?" asks Faith. "You were suppose to kill him not invite him to come with us."
"We made a deal," says William looking at Xander. "If I won the fight I'd get his sword and he won he gets Buffy." Buffy's eyes shot open at William's words.
"You're an idiot," says Faith. "How could you make a deal without consulting us first."
"Faith calm down," says Oz. "Look I think my associate here did you a favor of not killing you so we'll just let that be."
"That's it I'm going kick his ass," says Faith.
"Whose?" asks Buffy
"Williams," replies Faith about to pounce on him. Oz pulls her back.
"Look I know you're getting money for bringing the princess to this dealer," says Xander.
"Don't tell me you want in on it," says Faith.
"I don't want any of the money," replies Xander. "I'll help you get it."
"But don't you still want the princess," says Oz.
"Yes," replies Xander. " Ask him for the money first before you hand over the princess. The princess walks over, closes the dea,l then I come and take her. You guys leave with the money. Everybody is happy. Except the dealer."
"Sounds like a good idea," says Oz. "It's a deal."
"Hey!" says Buffy. "Don't I get any say in this?"
They all look at her. Then they look at each other.
"Sorry love," says William walking up to Buffy. "Believe me it's going to turn out alright. Trust me." He whispers the last words into her ear. Buffy looks at Xander. He is wearing mask that covers half of his face.
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Back at the palace Giles waits for Buffy to return. The door to his room opens and he thinks that is Buffy but it's not. The person who enters the room does not displease him.
"Your highness the priest is getting very impatient," says the maiden, one of Giles' maids and the head of all the maids of the household. Her name is Jenny.
Giles sighs then walks up to her.
"He can leave," says Giles. "There's not going to be a wedding."
Walking down the hallway Liam over hears what his stepfather said. He stays a while and listens to rest of the conversation.
"Well, I'll go tell him," says Jenny as she turns around to go.
"Wait Jenny," says Giles. Jenny stops and takes a deep breath. Giles goes up to her. She turns around to him. "I'm glad that I didn't get married today."
"Why?" ask Jenny. She already knows what his answer will be but she wants to hear it.
"Because I'm in love with you," Giles replies.
Liam behind the door is taken by surprise. He did not expect this from his stepfather.
"From the first time I saw you," says Giles.
"You were married then," says Jenny surprise by his words.
"Didn't you wonder why we never had children?" says Giles. "I didn't love her. It was for the Kingdome. The people needed a king. I had to marry someone of noble blood."
"That windbag," says Liam from outside. "He shouldn't be king. I should be. Ha, in love with a maid. He is so stupid."
"Rupert," says Jenny. "We're from two different worlds. No one would ever accept us." She touches his face and Giles holds her close to him. He touches her hand, the one touching his face, and holds it close to his face.
"I don't care what people think," says Giles. "If there's one thing I've learned that is never let go of the person you love because if you do we have nothing. I don't care what people think. I love you. No one can change that."
Tears begin to fall from Jenny's face and Giles wipes one with his other hand and lifts her chin up. She looks at him with a smile.
"I love you too," says Jenny. They kiss long and hard. Liam didn't want to hear any more and stomps off. He heads out of the palace and mounts his horse.
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Finally Faith agrees to the plan and they head to the meeting place of the dealer. Buffy's hands are tied at the back and they wait for the dealer to arrive. Xander is set in place to take Buffy and run.
In about two minutes Xander sees a rider coming over. The three thieves knew it had to be the dealer. He comes up to them wearing the green coat he wore before. He has a second horse next to him.
"Alright," says the man. "Mount her."
"Hold up," says Oz. "The money first." The man still on the horse pulls out a bag of coins from his coat. He tosses it to the ground. Faith then cuts the rope and pushes Buffy.
As Buffy starts to walk over she tries to look at the man on the horse. She then trips over a stone on the ground.
"Ahg," Buffy yells. "My ankle." She falls to the ground and holds her foot. The man on the horse furious mounts off his horse. He heads over to Buffy.
Just as he reaches her, Xander comes from the tree and picks her off the ground. Then they return back up to the tree. The man looks up. Then the thieves being what they are grab the man's second horse and ride away.
The man is infuriated at what just occur. He pulls his coat down to reveal himself. It is Liam. (Like you didn't all know.) He runs to his horse and attempt to find Buffy and that man who took her from him.
Xander is like Tarzan jumping tree branches through the forest carrying Buffy in his arms. He then slides down one of the tree when he thought they were safe.
"Come on we gotta keep going," says Xander pulling her from her hand.
"I can't," says Buffy in pain. "My ankle." Xander looks at her then picks her up and starts to walk into the forest.
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When they reach a top of a hill Xander stops and puts Buffy down. He looks down the hill and sees that it is very steep.
"Please," says Buffy holding her ankle. "Just let me go. I won't send anyone after you. I promise. I'm getting married today. This is the most important day of my life."
"Are you in love with him?" asks Xander causally. Buffy takes a minute to answer that.
"Yes," replies Buffy. Xander looks at her heart broken.
"Give me your ankle," says Xander.
"What are you going to do?" asks Buffy scare.
"Trust me," says Xander. She trusts him and hands over her ankle to him. He gives a nice and soothing massage to it. Then he gives it a big tug and pain came into Buffy like nails on a chalkboard. He releases her ankle and she moves it.
"It doesn't hurt anymore," says Buffy. She stands up to walks a bit.
"Come on lets go," says Xander as he grabs her hand again.
"I'm sorry but I can't go with you," says Buffy. Xander turns to her. "Let go of my hand please." Buffy pushes him, makes him lose his balance and he falls down the hill.
"As you wish," says Xander as he rolls down the hill. Buffy hears his words and gasp.
"Farm boy," says Buffy. She goes down the hill and begins to roll as well.
When they reach the bottom Buffy lands right on top of Xander. She looks at him. His eyes are close. Then she kisses him real hard. Xander is pleased to have her lips on his again. She releases him to give him some air. He gives a grin.
"Are you alright?" asks Buffy. "Are you hurt?"
"I can't feel my legs," says Xander.
"Oh, my God!" says Buffy. "You're paralyzed."
"No," says Xander. "You're sitting on them."
"Oh," says Buffy. She gets off of him and helps him up. "I thought I'd never see you again." Xander takes his mask off.
"I didn't think I see you either," says Xander. "When I heard that a princess by the name Buffy was getting married, I had to find out if it was you. And it is." He bows his head.
"Xander," says Buffy touching his face and turning it toward her. "I love you." Xander's eyes fill with joy and he kisses her intensely.
Then from the top of the hill is Liam. He catches their make out scene and is furious. Liam sneers at the two and leads his horse to a tree.
"I love you," says Xander. He then looks up the hill and sees Liam sliding down the hill. "We gotta go." He pulls Buffy by the and into the forest. They are running as fast as they can through the forest and Liam galloping right behind them like a mad bull.
Unexpectedly, Xander makes an abrupt stop just at the edge of a cliff where he almost goes over. Buffy quickly grabs him and pulls him back. The two look down and see a raging river about three feet down. They look behind and see Liam head toward them.
"One two three," they both say as they jump into the river. Liam watches them when he reaches the cliff being pulled away by the currents.
The currents drove them down the river and they struggle. Buffy begins to have trouble with her dress and she goes under.
"Buffy!" calls Xander looking for. He goes under to look for her.
Her dress is caught on some branches that had fallen from a tree into the river. Xander tries to swim to her, but can't because the current is against him. He tries harder and starts to get closer to her. At the point when her reaches her she is taking her last breath. Xander quickly rips the dress from the branch and pulls her to the surface.
He begins to swim to a shore and pulls her out of the water. Xander takes a breath and bends down to her side.
"Buffy!" Xander calls to her. He quickly positions her head right to begin CPR. "One two three four." He breaths air into her once more.
"No! Buffy. Breath!" says Xander angry and in tears. "No...you can't be..." He holds her tight in his arms.