Xander looked from one to the other of the figures in front of him.
"Huh?"
The female figure smiled. She loved this part. Humans. Such simple creatures. So easy to manipulate.
"You will remember your childhood, growing up with the people who were in your life, and they will remember you. But the future you have seen will be wiped from your memory. For now anyway."
"Aren't you forgetting something?" Xander said. "I'm no longer human. I am a Vampire now. The sun doesn't bother me, but I think the whole drinking blood thing is a bit obvious."
The male walked slowly around Xander muttering to himself. The female just stood watching. Soon, a red glowing aura seemed to spring up from the ground and completely swallow Xander. There was a sharp pain in his chest causing him to yell out. But the muttering continued. The aura turned violet and then finally blue. The pain eased, then disappeared completely. Xander fell to the floor.
"What did you do to me?" he gasped.
The female held out a crystal prism. She whispered softly, her eyes fixed on Xander's face. He felt the pain again. His mouth opened to scream, but instead, a green beam shot from his mouth and flew into the prism, lighting it up. Then the pain was gone. Xander gasped again. Only this time, he gasped for breath.
"Yes," whispered the female. "Human again. The Vampire part of you is here." She held up the prism. "You will go back to your life, such as it was, as Xander Harris, human child, until the day they come to take back their Ring and their Saviour. On that day, Xander Harris the human will return to their world with them. Xander, the first Vampire, will stay here and this," she thrust the green glowing prism at him, "this will return to you. Only then will you remember everything."
For a moment, all Xander could do was breathe. Its funny how much he missed it. Then her words sunk in. He was human and would remain human until the day Aragorn and the other guy came to Sunnydale. Only then would the Vampire part of him return. For a brief second he wanted to destroy the prism, destroy the Vampire part of himself. But he knew it was too late. Far too late. The only thing he could do was maybe stop himself becoming the Vampire. For another brief second he fooled himself into believing it was possible. Then he saw the look on the faces of the two in front of him.
"I won't remember any of this will I?" he asked in a small voice.
"Nothing," the male replied. "Nothing until the day your human side leaves this world and the Vampire part takes over again."
"Why? Why are you doing this?"
"There is a balance and you have upset it. It must be set right before..."
"Balance?" Xander interrupted. "I upset it?"
"Something is coming," the female continued. "Something that will destroy all this world as you know it."
"How bad could it be?" Xander asked. "We've faced bad before..."
The male laughed. "You have seen nothing."
"If you don't stop it, all life as you know it will end and he will reign," the female said.
"Ok, you guys really need to get a new record. I've heard this one before. Faith destroyed the Ring. Sauron was defeated. He can't come back," Xander said as he finally found his feet and stood up.
"There is evil unknown to you, unknown to anyone," the male whispered in his ear. "And its coming...soon."
"Remember," the soft voice of the female floated around him. "You are only human until they take you. Then its up to you to stop them releasing all that has been contained."
There was a flash of light, then everything went black.
Xander was home.
Xander woke up feeling strange. It was the first day back at school so he really didn't think much of it. School had this effect on him. At least he'd have Willow there to help him through the harder classes. Namely, all of them. He dragged himself out of bed, pulled on his clothes and after grabbing his skateboard, he was off. His parents were still passed out. They'd never know he was gone. Not that he cared.
He was dodging the other students when he saw her. He felt the strongest sense of deja vu before he crashed into the handrail. He lay there shaking his head for a moment. When he looked up, he saw Willow standing over him, smiling as she pushed a strand of her long red hair behind her ear.
"Willow!" he exclaimed, scrambling up to his feet. "You're so very much the person I wanted to see."
"Oh?" she smiled. "Really?"
"Yeah," he said as together they walked towards the entrance to school. "You know, I kinda had a problem with the math."
"Which part?" Willow asked.
"The math," Xander admitted. "Can you help me out tonight, pleeeease, be my study buddy?"
Willow stopped walking and looked at Xander. "What's in it for me?" she asked.
"A shiny nickel."
Xander saw the girl a while later. She was scrambling to pick up the contents of her spilled bag. He quickly crouched down to help her.
"Can I have you?" he asked.
She shot him a confused look. Xander blushed when he realised what he had actually said.
"Ah, can I help you?" he corrected himself.
The girl looked over at him and smiled. "Thanks."
He felt that deja vu again, but shook it off. Still, he couldn't help asking, "I don't know you, do I?"
"I'm Buffy. I'm new," she replied.
"Xander, is, is me," he stammered, still trying to shake off the feeling he did in fact know her.
They finished gathering up Buffy's things.
"Um, thanks," she said as she stood back up.
"Well, maybe I'll see around...maybe at school...since we both...go there," Xander managed to say.
"Great," she smiled. "It was nice to meet you."
Xander watched as she walked off down the hallway.
"We both go to school. Very sauve. Very not pathetic."
He was about to walk away when he noticed something on the floor. He reached down and picked it up.
"Oh hey," he called after her. "You forgot your...stake?"
She didn't hear him, just continued walking away. Xander felt uneasy as he held the stake, but he banished it from his mind and walked away to his next class.
"Huh?"
The female figure smiled. She loved this part. Humans. Such simple creatures. So easy to manipulate.
"You will remember your childhood, growing up with the people who were in your life, and they will remember you. But the future you have seen will be wiped from your memory. For now anyway."
"Aren't you forgetting something?" Xander said. "I'm no longer human. I am a Vampire now. The sun doesn't bother me, but I think the whole drinking blood thing is a bit obvious."
The male walked slowly around Xander muttering to himself. The female just stood watching. Soon, a red glowing aura seemed to spring up from the ground and completely swallow Xander. There was a sharp pain in his chest causing him to yell out. But the muttering continued. The aura turned violet and then finally blue. The pain eased, then disappeared completely. Xander fell to the floor.
"What did you do to me?" he gasped.
The female held out a crystal prism. She whispered softly, her eyes fixed on Xander's face. He felt the pain again. His mouth opened to scream, but instead, a green beam shot from his mouth and flew into the prism, lighting it up. Then the pain was gone. Xander gasped again. Only this time, he gasped for breath.
"Yes," whispered the female. "Human again. The Vampire part of you is here." She held up the prism. "You will go back to your life, such as it was, as Xander Harris, human child, until the day they come to take back their Ring and their Saviour. On that day, Xander Harris the human will return to their world with them. Xander, the first Vampire, will stay here and this," she thrust the green glowing prism at him, "this will return to you. Only then will you remember everything."
For a moment, all Xander could do was breathe. Its funny how much he missed it. Then her words sunk in. He was human and would remain human until the day Aragorn and the other guy came to Sunnydale. Only then would the Vampire part of him return. For a brief second he wanted to destroy the prism, destroy the Vampire part of himself. But he knew it was too late. Far too late. The only thing he could do was maybe stop himself becoming the Vampire. For another brief second he fooled himself into believing it was possible. Then he saw the look on the faces of the two in front of him.
"I won't remember any of this will I?" he asked in a small voice.
"Nothing," the male replied. "Nothing until the day your human side leaves this world and the Vampire part takes over again."
"Why? Why are you doing this?"
"There is a balance and you have upset it. It must be set right before..."
"Balance?" Xander interrupted. "I upset it?"
"Something is coming," the female continued. "Something that will destroy all this world as you know it."
"How bad could it be?" Xander asked. "We've faced bad before..."
The male laughed. "You have seen nothing."
"If you don't stop it, all life as you know it will end and he will reign," the female said.
"Ok, you guys really need to get a new record. I've heard this one before. Faith destroyed the Ring. Sauron was defeated. He can't come back," Xander said as he finally found his feet and stood up.
"There is evil unknown to you, unknown to anyone," the male whispered in his ear. "And its coming...soon."
"Remember," the soft voice of the female floated around him. "You are only human until they take you. Then its up to you to stop them releasing all that has been contained."
There was a flash of light, then everything went black.
Xander was home.
Xander woke up feeling strange. It was the first day back at school so he really didn't think much of it. School had this effect on him. At least he'd have Willow there to help him through the harder classes. Namely, all of them. He dragged himself out of bed, pulled on his clothes and after grabbing his skateboard, he was off. His parents were still passed out. They'd never know he was gone. Not that he cared.
He was dodging the other students when he saw her. He felt the strongest sense of deja vu before he crashed into the handrail. He lay there shaking his head for a moment. When he looked up, he saw Willow standing over him, smiling as she pushed a strand of her long red hair behind her ear.
"Willow!" he exclaimed, scrambling up to his feet. "You're so very much the person I wanted to see."
"Oh?" she smiled. "Really?"
"Yeah," he said as together they walked towards the entrance to school. "You know, I kinda had a problem with the math."
"Which part?" Willow asked.
"The math," Xander admitted. "Can you help me out tonight, pleeeease, be my study buddy?"
Willow stopped walking and looked at Xander. "What's in it for me?" she asked.
"A shiny nickel."
Xander saw the girl a while later. She was scrambling to pick up the contents of her spilled bag. He quickly crouched down to help her.
"Can I have you?" he asked.
She shot him a confused look. Xander blushed when he realised what he had actually said.
"Ah, can I help you?" he corrected himself.
The girl looked over at him and smiled. "Thanks."
He felt that deja vu again, but shook it off. Still, he couldn't help asking, "I don't know you, do I?"
"I'm Buffy. I'm new," she replied.
"Xander, is, is me," he stammered, still trying to shake off the feeling he did in fact know her.
They finished gathering up Buffy's things.
"Um, thanks," she said as she stood back up.
"Well, maybe I'll see around...maybe at school...since we both...go there," Xander managed to say.
"Great," she smiled. "It was nice to meet you."
Xander watched as she walked off down the hallway.
"We both go to school. Very sauve. Very not pathetic."
He was about to walk away when he noticed something on the floor. He reached down and picked it up.
"Oh hey," he called after her. "You forgot your...stake?"
She didn't hear him, just continued walking away. Xander felt uneasy as he held the stake, but he banished it from his mind and walked away to his next class.