The First
Buffy looked around the room one last time before the doctor's busily shoved a gas mask over her face. She began to get dizzy and nauseous almost ready to vomit. Until it was silent, nothing but blackness. She could tell she was in a dream-like state. And then she heard it. And then she saw it. Her and her mother. Laughing? Playing? Together?
"Buffy, sweetie it's okay don't be afraid. It's nicer over there, you will like it."
"Mommy? What are we doing here?" The silhouette of a small child turned around to face total darkness then faced the tunnel of light once more.
"It's okay baby, come on mommy has a present for you but we have to go down the tunnel!" Joyce outstretched her arms from
"Mommy I don't like the light, it burns." The little girl crossed her arms.
" Come on baby it's aright, it will all be over in a couple of minutes."
"Okay mommy but only if I get an ice cream after this." Little- Buffy outstretched her hand ready to take Joyce's but before that could happen Buffy's thought's kicked in.
"Oh will this saga ever end?" The older Buffy came hurdling out of the shadows.
"Buffy?" Her mother asked.
"Yes mom?" Both Buffy's replied with a look of confusion.
"You can't touch her you know, she alone will decide where to go." Joyce stated
"What do you mean?"
"You can't stop her from leaving."
"You can't mom! If I think that tunel leads to where I think it leads.the baby."
"Precisily"
The true Buffy looked aghast. Her mother didn't like the idea of the baby but she would never kill her and the baby.
"You.you aren't my mother."
"Mommy what Is going one?" The little Buffy inquired still fiddling with her dolly's hair.
"The mean lady wants you to go to the dark, come with mommy come to the light."
"What are you!" Buffy yelled.
"That which you cannot control." Joyce smiled smugly.
"Why do you want this?"
"Can't you see you stupid girl, that baby will be the downfall of us all. She's really just not meant to be."
"You, you monster! Using my mother's body, manipulating a younger version of me you are are."
"The first."
"The what?"
"Oh don't worry you will never have to face the likes of me, you'll be dead by then, but your child she will and she just might succeed and we can't have that now can we? Buffy baby come on mommy's going to buy you a giant sundae with sprinkles!"
"A Sundae? With sprinkles!" The little girl's smile grew as she grabbed what looked like Joyce's hand.
"No, Buffy don't go to the light! She is tricking you!" Buffy's voice was frantic, her life depended on a sundae.
"Mommy the lady says you are being tricky."
"Baby the lady is jealous she want's the light too."
"Well she can't have it, it's mine." Little Buffy sprang to the light.
"Nooo!!!!!!!!!" Buffy screamed and whaled almost. And with that her eyes sprung open. She looked around trying to feel her stomach but she was so stiff so tired she just couldn't. She looked around the room then stopped.
"My god." Her breath was caught in her throat. She smiled and heaved a sigh of relief. In the corner of the room in a rocking chair was Angel. And in his arms was a small rosy, pink bundle of blankets with slivers of flesh poking out of them and a tiny pink cap. A little arm fell over the blanket and onto Angel's big one. Both were asleep, both were smiling. Just then Willow dodged by the room.
"Buffy you're still here!" She smiled and gave Buffy a big hug, still whispering.
"I am."She sniffled tears of joy in her eyes, " and so is she." Buffy nodded toward the baby in Angel's arms.
"You should have seen him when they carried her out to him. He almost fell of his chair he was so nervous. His hands engulfed her whol body, you know she's a premature baby and so tiny. He was so careful, so scared to hurt her. HE sat there and whispered her name over and over and then something about , you're as beautiful as mommy is. And then he asked about you. I swear if he wasn't taken I would ditch Xander and straight to him." Willow smiled to show Buffy she was only kidding and Xander was the one for her.
"I can only imagine, I wish I was there when he first got to hold her." Buffy sighed.
"Willow I there is something I need to tell you."
"Anything?"
"I..I had a dream. It wasn't good."
"What was it?"
"A thing called, the first? It was trying to convince me to go to heaven, to die, and kill the baby, it wanted to kill Rachel."
"Buffy it was just a dream."
"Will, Slayer's dream's are a lot different from human's."
" But Faith is the slayer right now, you're in retirement."
"Still.'
"I will try to do a protecting spell but its only temporary."
"We need all the help we can get, I think a lot is coming Willow, and it scares me."
Willow gulped, Buffy is not easily scared.
Buffy looked around the room one last time before the doctor's busily shoved a gas mask over her face. She began to get dizzy and nauseous almost ready to vomit. Until it was silent, nothing but blackness. She could tell she was in a dream-like state. And then she heard it. And then she saw it. Her and her mother. Laughing? Playing? Together?
"Buffy, sweetie it's okay don't be afraid. It's nicer over there, you will like it."
"Mommy? What are we doing here?" The silhouette of a small child turned around to face total darkness then faced the tunnel of light once more.
"It's okay baby, come on mommy has a present for you but we have to go down the tunnel!" Joyce outstretched her arms from
"Mommy I don't like the light, it burns." The little girl crossed her arms.
" Come on baby it's aright, it will all be over in a couple of minutes."
"Okay mommy but only if I get an ice cream after this." Little- Buffy outstretched her hand ready to take Joyce's but before that could happen Buffy's thought's kicked in.
"Oh will this saga ever end?" The older Buffy came hurdling out of the shadows.
"Buffy?" Her mother asked.
"Yes mom?" Both Buffy's replied with a look of confusion.
"You can't touch her you know, she alone will decide where to go." Joyce stated
"What do you mean?"
"You can't stop her from leaving."
"You can't mom! If I think that tunel leads to where I think it leads.the baby."
"Precisily"
The true Buffy looked aghast. Her mother didn't like the idea of the baby but she would never kill her and the baby.
"You.you aren't my mother."
"Mommy what Is going one?" The little Buffy inquired still fiddling with her dolly's hair.
"The mean lady wants you to go to the dark, come with mommy come to the light."
"What are you!" Buffy yelled.
"That which you cannot control." Joyce smiled smugly.
"Why do you want this?"
"Can't you see you stupid girl, that baby will be the downfall of us all. She's really just not meant to be."
"You, you monster! Using my mother's body, manipulating a younger version of me you are are."
"The first."
"The what?"
"Oh don't worry you will never have to face the likes of me, you'll be dead by then, but your child she will and she just might succeed and we can't have that now can we? Buffy baby come on mommy's going to buy you a giant sundae with sprinkles!"
"A Sundae? With sprinkles!" The little girl's smile grew as she grabbed what looked like Joyce's hand.
"No, Buffy don't go to the light! She is tricking you!" Buffy's voice was frantic, her life depended on a sundae.
"Mommy the lady says you are being tricky."
"Baby the lady is jealous she want's the light too."
"Well she can't have it, it's mine." Little Buffy sprang to the light.
"Nooo!!!!!!!!!" Buffy screamed and whaled almost. And with that her eyes sprung open. She looked around trying to feel her stomach but she was so stiff so tired she just couldn't. She looked around the room then stopped.
"My god." Her breath was caught in her throat. She smiled and heaved a sigh of relief. In the corner of the room in a rocking chair was Angel. And in his arms was a small rosy, pink bundle of blankets with slivers of flesh poking out of them and a tiny pink cap. A little arm fell over the blanket and onto Angel's big one. Both were asleep, both were smiling. Just then Willow dodged by the room.
"Buffy you're still here!" She smiled and gave Buffy a big hug, still whispering.
"I am."She sniffled tears of joy in her eyes, " and so is she." Buffy nodded toward the baby in Angel's arms.
"You should have seen him when they carried her out to him. He almost fell of his chair he was so nervous. His hands engulfed her whol body, you know she's a premature baby and so tiny. He was so careful, so scared to hurt her. HE sat there and whispered her name over and over and then something about , you're as beautiful as mommy is. And then he asked about you. I swear if he wasn't taken I would ditch Xander and straight to him." Willow smiled to show Buffy she was only kidding and Xander was the one for her.
"I can only imagine, I wish I was there when he first got to hold her." Buffy sighed.
"Willow I there is something I need to tell you."
"Anything?"
"I..I had a dream. It wasn't good."
"What was it?"
"A thing called, the first? It was trying to convince me to go to heaven, to die, and kill the baby, it wanted to kill Rachel."
"Buffy it was just a dream."
"Will, Slayer's dream's are a lot different from human's."
" But Faith is the slayer right now, you're in retirement."
"Still.'
"I will try to do a protecting spell but its only temporary."
"We need all the help we can get, I think a lot is coming Willow, and it scares me."
Willow gulped, Buffy is not easily scared.