Meant to Live Ch.3: Have We Lost Ourselves

by Tru Faith

A/N: Hiya people! Thank you for all the reviews! Every time I open my inbox anymore, I have at least one Review Alert! So, to quote the late Cordelia Chase: "Oh and you're welcome." :'(

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"...I mean, why does B want me to watch after these kids? Ain't that her job? I find 'em, she waits 'til they wake up. It's been like that for the last few months, what changed?"

"What? Besides the fact that they just landed in a different dimension? I can't imagine why Buffy would want to be there!"

"Shut it, Harris."

"Whatcha gonna do? Beat me up?"

"Wouldn't be the first time."

"I thought you don't hurt the good guys anymore."

"Exceptions could be made."

Lily stirred -in the bed she had been put in- from the voices only a few feet away. She pretended to sleep as the two people only three feet away continued arguing. The cold the had surrounded her only moments before she fainted was replaced with a calming warmth. Her mind scanned through the events that had passed so far. Had she and the others really fallen out of a portal -A PORTAL- not too long ago? Had she really seen Sarah Michelle Gellar? Was that really Sarah Michelle Gellar? Maybe I just fainted at school for some reason and dreamt all that happened. Maybe the portal was just a dream. And, maybe, I'm really at home now. Yeah, that's it. I'm home....She thought, trying to convince herself. But, to her surprise, the only familiarity in this place was the voices. Voices from a certain place, or show, which, she considered, to be impossible. But deep down she knew all that happened was real. Plus, that landing hurt too much to be fake, she still felt the sting of that fall and the punch to the right side of her jaw. Just then, Lily paused all the thoughts swimming through her brain. Okay, I gotta hit the rewind button...did that girl call him 'Harris' and mention...'B'?!

Her eyes snapped open and she immediately sat up and stared, wide-eyed, at the two. In front of her Nicholas Brendon-with an EYE PATCH- and Eliza Dushku turned to her. 'Eliza' stood and moved closer. "Kid? You okay?"

Lily glanced up at 'Eliza', blinking a few times, as if she couldn't see clearly. Her eyebrows furrowed. "E-eliza Dushku?" She stammered.

'Eliza's face soon matched the confusion on Lily's. She turned back to 'Nicholas'. "She speaks English, right?"

"Will said she was from her reality's version of Canada. Maybe she's from the French part of it." 'Nick' shrugged.

Lily looked to 'Nick', like he was an alien. She tried her best to form words, though it even felt like it was hard to breathe. "W-will?.... Willow... Rosenberg?"

Now he was confused as well. "You know Willow? Did she like talk to you in your mind before you came? She does that a lot."

"No..." Lily shook her head fiercely. "No." She told them more firmly. She hopped out of the bed and ran out of the room. "No-" As she left the room, she stopped in her tracks. The people in the room she entered were way too recognizable. On the couch was Michelle Trachtenberg, AKA Dawn, and Anthony Stewart Head, AKA Giles. At the Dining Table, sat Alyson Hannigan, AKA Willow, holding hands with that girls who played Kennedy (did you expect her to know all the actor's/actress' names?). There were also a few teenage girls all around the room. But the person Lily had her eyes focused on was Sarah Michelle Gellar, AKA BUFFY, who sat across from 'Alyson'. Lily took a deep breath and shouted, "WHAT IS GOING ON?!"

'SMG' stood and moved slowly to Lily. "I know this is a lot to take in. What with the whole 'being-sucked-into-an-alternate-reality'. But you're safe here." She gave a reassuring smile. "I'm Buffy. These are my friends." She gestured to all the people around her.

Lily shook her head again. "You don't exist! It's just some show!"

"Show? What do you mean?" Buffy asked curiously.

"Yes, a SHOW!" Lily expression changed immediately. "I thought BTVS ended. Is this some sort of reunion thing? But why would they have me here? Or my friends?" She gasped suddenly. "My friends! Ray, Travis, Robbie...where are they?!"

Buffy walked over, putting her hands on Lily's shoulders. "Breathe, okay? What does BTVS mean?"

Lily rolled her eyes. "YOU should know, Buffy! The Vampire Slayer!"

Buffy furrowed her eyebrows. "How do you know...?"

"I'm a fan of that show! All seven seasons! Up to the finale where Anya and Spike died!" Lily still ranted. Now Buffy was beyond shocked. She turned to her best friend, Willow.

Willow let go of Kennedy's hand and got up, giving a weak smile. "I forgot to tell you, guys. In her dimension, there are two shows kinda based of your life, Buffy, and Angel's life, er, unlife. I know they exist, but what they show on them, I have no clue."

"Thank for dropping that crater-sized bomb on us NOW." Xander quipped.

Buffy gave a 'we-are-gonna-have-a-LONG-talk' kind of look to Willow, before turning back to Lily. "So, cliff-notes version, we're real."

"So, you are REALLY Buffy? Buffy Summers?" Lily's shocked changed to a grin spreading across her face. "Oh my god! I am one of your biggest fans! Me and my friends-" She stopped again. ""Where are my friends?"

"Those three boys?" Buffy queried. Lily nodded. "They're upstairs. But before you see them, maybe you should know why you're here."

Lily nodded. "Yeah, that would kinda help."

"Well, a few months back Willow, my friend, did this spell." She began, pointing to Willow. "It was where she awakened all the-"

"Potential Slayers, yeah I know." Lily intervened.

Buffy nodded in agreement. "Yeah, well, we've been searching for and training these Slayers from all over the world. But there was one that was out there, but not. She was in an alternate reality. So Will opened that portal and, poof, your here."

"What do you mean? I'm..." Lily trailed off, as her jaw dropped.

Buffy smiled. "Lily Randall? You are a Vampire Slayer."

TBC

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A/N: WHAT AN ENDING TO CH. 3! Well, we know how Lily reacted to the Buffyverse. How will the boys react to it? Find out next time!

Dun, Dun, DUN!!!!!