Normal Again...Again
Summary: What would have happened if Buffy hadn't gone back to Sunnydale to save her friends? What if she had stayed in what she thought was real?
Disclaimer: Yes, I own it all...Yes, I am also a liar!
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Chapter 9: Meeting Myself
Cordelia smiled very widely and looked at her friend. "How the hell are you here, you..." Trina trailed off.
"Died? Yeah, kinda did that, but I'm still a higher power and it's not all swirly white things. I get to do this." She explained.
"Must be a lot of fun." Trina smiled sarcastically. Cordelia agreed wordlessly and Trina was about to say something to her about Angel and the gang, but Lindsey moving himself and Buffy stopped her from saying anything. He looked as if he was trying to travel planes again. "Hey Lindsey, where do you think you are going?" The Slayer asked, facing him again.
He looked at her and didn't notice Nick disappear from behind her, he reappeared directly in front of Lindsey. He smiled very fake-ly, "Hi Linds, ling time no see." He took is large fist and punched Lindsey in the nose as hard as he could.
Meanwhile, Trina had run for Buffy and grabbed her. As Lindsey began to get up the Slayer looked at Cordelia one last time, "He misses you." She told her, Lindsay was about to strike Trina in the back of the head but Nick grabbed her and Buffy and shimmered back to Trina's car.
"How did you do that?" Buffy asked as the three of them appeared back in California, and on the right plane.
"He's a demon." Trina told her friend, who then looked confused.
"Shouldn't you be killing him then?" Buffy asked.
"It's more complicated than that." Trina replied, looking into her best friend's hazel-green eyes. Buffy sighed, then Trina looked up at Nick again. "Thank you Cole, I owe you one." She said sincerely.
"I'll remember that." He winked and pinched Trina's butt before shimmering away again. Trina rolled her eyes and then looked back at Buffy, who still looked troubled.
"Buffy, I can't start to understand how confused you are, but my guess is it's probably worse than Chuck was when he took Calculus." Trina smiled.
Buffy laughed slightly, and would have more if she weren't under such circumstances. She looked at Trina, who looked tired and in need of clean clothes and a bath. "I don't know Na, what I am supposed to do? Lindsey told me that if I went back as one person then all I could do was destroy everything I ever loved."
"I don't know if I would believe him or not. A few years ago he kinda tried to destroy the world." Trina told Buffy.
"And I didn't even notice that you seemed stressed. What a bad friend I must be." Buffy half-smiled.
"Nah, just good at hiding stuff."
"Obviously, I never suspected there were demons, vampires, or that you worked for one part of the time, or even that you dated one in high school." Buffy explained. "Although, I knew I didn't like him for some reason."
"I feel that around demons too, it's like you know they aren't good. For some reason it wasn't like that with him, hell I don't know." Trina opened the door to her car and got in the driver's side. Buffy walked around the front of the car and got in the passenger side. They both closed the door and Trina pulled out, she looked at her best friend for taking off, "I think we need to go to Sunnydale for some answers."
"I won't argue with you there." Buffy agreed.
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"Don't you think they are taking too long? Shouldn't Trina have called by now?" Willow worried. She and Angel still remained in the living room, waiting on some news, any news.
"Yeah that would be nice. I'm not complaining but Trina kinda was my ride," Angel replied as he watched Willow look out the window. If he could he'd be right by her side, but he had the urge not to burst into flames.
"Angel! They're here!" Willow said happily, hopping up from the couch and rushing to the front door. She said this so loudly, that Anya, Xander, and Dawn who were in the kitchen because they came back from the beach early, also came to the now open door with Willow. She soon rushed out into the driver when the Lamborghini pulled into the driveway.
"Wow who are they?" Buffy asked as Trina turned off the car.
"Apparently they are your friends. They seem rather happy that you're here." Trina smiled as the redhead waited anxiously at the end of the driveway.
"With those looks on their faces, I'd say that's an understatement." Buffy returned the smiled. The two got out of Trina's car and immediately the redhead rushed at Buffy and hugged her with all her might. Buffy half returned the hug, "Um, Hi." Buffy smiled, a little surprised at the attention. Soon a tall girl with long brown hair joined in on the hug, then a taller guy with short dark hair also hugged them.
Trina smiled, and walked inside where Angel and Anya were standing. "Hi." She sighed.
"Hello!" Anya said cheerily.
"Hi Anya." The Slayer looked at Angel. "Lindsey got to the beach before I did. He took her to some weird dimension, and to get there I had to call Cole, and **touch** him so he could take me there." Trina shuddered.
"Ah, the fun of exes." Angel rolled his eyes ironically.
"So much yeah. So when we found her Cordy was about to kick Lindsey's ass and Cole kinda grabbed us and brought us back to my car, then we came here." Trina explained.
"Cordelia was there?" Angel looked goofy-happy, like he hadn't in a long time.
"She's an active higher power again, but this time she doesn't just sit there. I would tell ya more but that is about all I know, didn't get much time to chat on account of Lindsey trying to beat my skull in. Cole grabbed us and shimmered us to safety."
"So Lindsey is still out there?" Angel asked nervously.
"I think Cole was going to go take care of him." Trina replied. Angel was about to say something about keeping Buffy safe but Buffy herself, Willow, Xander, and Dawn coming in stopped him.
"Not to be mean, cause you know I don't know, but who are you people?" Buffy asked.
Willow looked surprised, but she had been expecting this. "I'm Willow, the guy is Xander, the tall brunette is Dawn, and the blonde beside Angel is Anya. Me and Xander were your best friends, Anya is Xander's fiancé, and Dawn is your sister." Willow explained.
"Oh, okay." Buffy smiled.
Willow looked at Trina, "What took you guys so long?" She asked politely.
"Lindsey got her and took her somewhere, I called someone, we went and got her, then came back. Interesting afternoon." Trina briefed them.
"Are you two okay?" Dawn asked.
"Yeah, dirty, but good." Buffy replied.
"There really are two of you." Anya looked at the blonde before her.
"It looks that way." Xander answered for her.
Buffy looked at Trina, "can I talk to you alone for a second?" Trina nodded and the two walked back outside. Buffy looked over the little row of houses across the street, the sun was beginning to sink behind them creating a orange-pink sunset.
"What's on your mind Buffy?" Trina asked.
"This is a little weird." Buffy told her.
"Welcome to my life." Trina replied, Buffy was about to say something, but the Slayer began to talk. "Look Buffy, there's something I need to tell you. Me and Chuck fought over several demons outside of our apartment, at first I didn't know why they kept coming, but I started to figure it out. One of them said something about the rightful Slayer, I thought it was crazy or something, but after a while I figured it out. They all wanted you, they didn't care about me. To them, I was your substitute. I didn't know why they were after you, but I knew that whatever caused you to be like this, it didn't want you dead. It wouldn't have sent you to my classes and sat you beside of me. I knew something was up, but I didn't know what it was. Now I do."
"You could have told me."
"Buffy, they would have sent me to where you were, you would have thought I was bonkers."
"No—
"Yes, because you gave all the vampires and friends up when you were in the institute. You wouldn't have believed me."
Buffy nodded, "Can I see the other me, just so I know this is all real?"
"Sure, let's go back in." The pair walked back in the house, and everyone was in the living room. Trina looked at Angel, "She wants to see, her." She told them.
Dawn stood up, "This way." She lead them to Buffy's bedroom. To the blonde walking down the hall, it felt familiar but she didn't know it. Dawn opened the bedroom door.
Buffy walked in just after Dawn, she saw the girl identical to her in a half-sitting, half-laying position wearing pink duck pajamas. Suddenly both the Buffy's disappeared. Trina stared at the place where both of them had been.
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A/N: I love cliffhangers, they make you really want the next chapter, which I hope you like. Please review and I'll write faster...XOXO Charlize
Summary: What would have happened if Buffy hadn't gone back to Sunnydale to save her friends? What if she had stayed in what she thought was real?
Disclaimer: Yes, I own it all...Yes, I am also a liar!
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Chapter 9: Meeting Myself
Cordelia smiled very widely and looked at her friend. "How the hell are you here, you..." Trina trailed off.
"Died? Yeah, kinda did that, but I'm still a higher power and it's not all swirly white things. I get to do this." She explained.
"Must be a lot of fun." Trina smiled sarcastically. Cordelia agreed wordlessly and Trina was about to say something to her about Angel and the gang, but Lindsey moving himself and Buffy stopped her from saying anything. He looked as if he was trying to travel planes again. "Hey Lindsey, where do you think you are going?" The Slayer asked, facing him again.
He looked at her and didn't notice Nick disappear from behind her, he reappeared directly in front of Lindsey. He smiled very fake-ly, "Hi Linds, ling time no see." He took is large fist and punched Lindsey in the nose as hard as he could.
Meanwhile, Trina had run for Buffy and grabbed her. As Lindsey began to get up the Slayer looked at Cordelia one last time, "He misses you." She told her, Lindsay was about to strike Trina in the back of the head but Nick grabbed her and Buffy and shimmered back to Trina's car.
"How did you do that?" Buffy asked as the three of them appeared back in California, and on the right plane.
"He's a demon." Trina told her friend, who then looked confused.
"Shouldn't you be killing him then?" Buffy asked.
"It's more complicated than that." Trina replied, looking into her best friend's hazel-green eyes. Buffy sighed, then Trina looked up at Nick again. "Thank you Cole, I owe you one." She said sincerely.
"I'll remember that." He winked and pinched Trina's butt before shimmering away again. Trina rolled her eyes and then looked back at Buffy, who still looked troubled.
"Buffy, I can't start to understand how confused you are, but my guess is it's probably worse than Chuck was when he took Calculus." Trina smiled.
Buffy laughed slightly, and would have more if she weren't under such circumstances. She looked at Trina, who looked tired and in need of clean clothes and a bath. "I don't know Na, what I am supposed to do? Lindsey told me that if I went back as one person then all I could do was destroy everything I ever loved."
"I don't know if I would believe him or not. A few years ago he kinda tried to destroy the world." Trina told Buffy.
"And I didn't even notice that you seemed stressed. What a bad friend I must be." Buffy half-smiled.
"Nah, just good at hiding stuff."
"Obviously, I never suspected there were demons, vampires, or that you worked for one part of the time, or even that you dated one in high school." Buffy explained. "Although, I knew I didn't like him for some reason."
"I feel that around demons too, it's like you know they aren't good. For some reason it wasn't like that with him, hell I don't know." Trina opened the door to her car and got in the driver's side. Buffy walked around the front of the car and got in the passenger side. They both closed the door and Trina pulled out, she looked at her best friend for taking off, "I think we need to go to Sunnydale for some answers."
"I won't argue with you there." Buffy agreed.
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"Don't you think they are taking too long? Shouldn't Trina have called by now?" Willow worried. She and Angel still remained in the living room, waiting on some news, any news.
"Yeah that would be nice. I'm not complaining but Trina kinda was my ride," Angel replied as he watched Willow look out the window. If he could he'd be right by her side, but he had the urge not to burst into flames.
"Angel! They're here!" Willow said happily, hopping up from the couch and rushing to the front door. She said this so loudly, that Anya, Xander, and Dawn who were in the kitchen because they came back from the beach early, also came to the now open door with Willow. She soon rushed out into the driver when the Lamborghini pulled into the driveway.
"Wow who are they?" Buffy asked as Trina turned off the car.
"Apparently they are your friends. They seem rather happy that you're here." Trina smiled as the redhead waited anxiously at the end of the driveway.
"With those looks on their faces, I'd say that's an understatement." Buffy returned the smiled. The two got out of Trina's car and immediately the redhead rushed at Buffy and hugged her with all her might. Buffy half returned the hug, "Um, Hi." Buffy smiled, a little surprised at the attention. Soon a tall girl with long brown hair joined in on the hug, then a taller guy with short dark hair also hugged them.
Trina smiled, and walked inside where Angel and Anya were standing. "Hi." She sighed.
"Hello!" Anya said cheerily.
"Hi Anya." The Slayer looked at Angel. "Lindsey got to the beach before I did. He took her to some weird dimension, and to get there I had to call Cole, and **touch** him so he could take me there." Trina shuddered.
"Ah, the fun of exes." Angel rolled his eyes ironically.
"So much yeah. So when we found her Cordy was about to kick Lindsey's ass and Cole kinda grabbed us and brought us back to my car, then we came here." Trina explained.
"Cordelia was there?" Angel looked goofy-happy, like he hadn't in a long time.
"She's an active higher power again, but this time she doesn't just sit there. I would tell ya more but that is about all I know, didn't get much time to chat on account of Lindsey trying to beat my skull in. Cole grabbed us and shimmered us to safety."
"So Lindsey is still out there?" Angel asked nervously.
"I think Cole was going to go take care of him." Trina replied. Angel was about to say something about keeping Buffy safe but Buffy herself, Willow, Xander, and Dawn coming in stopped him.
"Not to be mean, cause you know I don't know, but who are you people?" Buffy asked.
Willow looked surprised, but she had been expecting this. "I'm Willow, the guy is Xander, the tall brunette is Dawn, and the blonde beside Angel is Anya. Me and Xander were your best friends, Anya is Xander's fiancé, and Dawn is your sister." Willow explained.
"Oh, okay." Buffy smiled.
Willow looked at Trina, "What took you guys so long?" She asked politely.
"Lindsey got her and took her somewhere, I called someone, we went and got her, then came back. Interesting afternoon." Trina briefed them.
"Are you two okay?" Dawn asked.
"Yeah, dirty, but good." Buffy replied.
"There really are two of you." Anya looked at the blonde before her.
"It looks that way." Xander answered for her.
Buffy looked at Trina, "can I talk to you alone for a second?" Trina nodded and the two walked back outside. Buffy looked over the little row of houses across the street, the sun was beginning to sink behind them creating a orange-pink sunset.
"What's on your mind Buffy?" Trina asked.
"This is a little weird." Buffy told her.
"Welcome to my life." Trina replied, Buffy was about to say something, but the Slayer began to talk. "Look Buffy, there's something I need to tell you. Me and Chuck fought over several demons outside of our apartment, at first I didn't know why they kept coming, but I started to figure it out. One of them said something about the rightful Slayer, I thought it was crazy or something, but after a while I figured it out. They all wanted you, they didn't care about me. To them, I was your substitute. I didn't know why they were after you, but I knew that whatever caused you to be like this, it didn't want you dead. It wouldn't have sent you to my classes and sat you beside of me. I knew something was up, but I didn't know what it was. Now I do."
"You could have told me."
"Buffy, they would have sent me to where you were, you would have thought I was bonkers."
"No—
"Yes, because you gave all the vampires and friends up when you were in the institute. You wouldn't have believed me."
Buffy nodded, "Can I see the other me, just so I know this is all real?"
"Sure, let's go back in." The pair walked back in the house, and everyone was in the living room. Trina looked at Angel, "She wants to see, her." She told them.
Dawn stood up, "This way." She lead them to Buffy's bedroom. To the blonde walking down the hall, it felt familiar but she didn't know it. Dawn opened the bedroom door.
Buffy walked in just after Dawn, she saw the girl identical to her in a half-sitting, half-laying position wearing pink duck pajamas. Suddenly both the Buffy's disappeared. Trina stared at the place where both of them had been.
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A/N: I love cliffhangers, they make you really want the next chapter, which I hope you like. Please review and I'll write faster...XOXO Charlize