Giles looked over caught the look on Legolas' face before he could hide it.
"You knew?" he asked softly.
The Elf turned away, but Giles grabbed his shoulders and turned him back around.
"Why did you say nothing?" Giles yelled, his angry barely under control now.
Anger flared up in Legolas' eyes, turning his eyes a deeper blue. He pulled away from Giles and turned back towards the door. Then he stopped. He had nowhere to go.
"What's going on?" Willow asked.
"That's what I would like to know," said Buffy. She stood up and walked over between Giles and Legolas. "Whenever you're ready guys."
"I did not know," Legolas said softly. "I read it in his book, but could not tell you."
"Tell what?" Buffy asked, slowly getting impatient with the two of them.
"Xander," Giles said. "Xander becomes a..."
"What?" Buffy shouted impatiently.
"Valarauko," Legolas whispered.
"This is wrong," the male figure said as he and the female watched Krytalia enter Xander's crypt.
"If she finds him, all will be lost," the female replied.
She waved her hand over the image of Xander they were watching and he disappeared.
"You read my mind," grinned the male.
"Don't I always?"
Krytalia cautiously entered the crypt. She could feel the power surging around inside it, but it was empty. She sighed, but what had she expected? The Father of Demons was just a legend after all. But part of her had hoped it was true. She walked around it slowly, trying to read the inscriptions, but it was written in the old tongue, well before her time.
Xander watched her. He couldn't understand why she couldn't see him. It wasn't as if this was a huge crypt.
"Its too soon," whispered a voice inside his head.
"No-one can know you are back," whispered another one.
"But soon...soon it will be your time," the first voice said.
"Soon you must stop him and with the ancient one's daughter of flames, you will defeat him."
Great, Xander thought to himself, more riddles. Daughter of flames?
"You will know her," whispered the voice of the female.
"She will find you and together, your power will be strong," said the male voice.
Why is it always me? Xander thought to himself.
"You wrote what should have been lost," said the male voice.
"If he finds it, all will be lost."
"Only you and the daughter of flames can stop him and destroy the books."
"Xander is a demon?" Willow asked. "But he can't be. He's....Xander."
"Willow's right," said Buffy. "You read it wrong. Xander is many things but he is not a demon."
"Buffy," Giles said softly. "Something must have happened to him when he left here and returned to Middle Earth. Its in his Diary, written in his own hand. Xander is, was, the first of the Vampires."
Buffy looked over at Legolas to see if it was true. The tall Elf just nodded. Tears formed in her eyes as she slid to the floor, her hand covering her mouth.
"No, not Xander," sobbed Willow.
"Nothing," Krytalia sighed. "He will not be pleased."
Xander watched as she turned and left the crypt. He? Did she work for the one he had to stop? And what was it she was looking for? His Diaries? But he had left them with the...the...Watchers Council.
Giles! He had to get to Giles.
"You knew?" he asked softly.
The Elf turned away, but Giles grabbed his shoulders and turned him back around.
"Why did you say nothing?" Giles yelled, his angry barely under control now.
Anger flared up in Legolas' eyes, turning his eyes a deeper blue. He pulled away from Giles and turned back towards the door. Then he stopped. He had nowhere to go.
"What's going on?" Willow asked.
"That's what I would like to know," said Buffy. She stood up and walked over between Giles and Legolas. "Whenever you're ready guys."
"I did not know," Legolas said softly. "I read it in his book, but could not tell you."
"Tell what?" Buffy asked, slowly getting impatient with the two of them.
"Xander," Giles said. "Xander becomes a..."
"What?" Buffy shouted impatiently.
"Valarauko," Legolas whispered.
"This is wrong," the male figure said as he and the female watched Krytalia enter Xander's crypt.
"If she finds him, all will be lost," the female replied.
She waved her hand over the image of Xander they were watching and he disappeared.
"You read my mind," grinned the male.
"Don't I always?"
Krytalia cautiously entered the crypt. She could feel the power surging around inside it, but it was empty. She sighed, but what had she expected? The Father of Demons was just a legend after all. But part of her had hoped it was true. She walked around it slowly, trying to read the inscriptions, but it was written in the old tongue, well before her time.
Xander watched her. He couldn't understand why she couldn't see him. It wasn't as if this was a huge crypt.
"Its too soon," whispered a voice inside his head.
"No-one can know you are back," whispered another one.
"But soon...soon it will be your time," the first voice said.
"Soon you must stop him and with the ancient one's daughter of flames, you will defeat him."
Great, Xander thought to himself, more riddles. Daughter of flames?
"You will know her," whispered the voice of the female.
"She will find you and together, your power will be strong," said the male voice.
Why is it always me? Xander thought to himself.
"You wrote what should have been lost," said the male voice.
"If he finds it, all will be lost."
"Only you and the daughter of flames can stop him and destroy the books."
"Xander is a demon?" Willow asked. "But he can't be. He's....Xander."
"Willow's right," said Buffy. "You read it wrong. Xander is many things but he is not a demon."
"Buffy," Giles said softly. "Something must have happened to him when he left here and returned to Middle Earth. Its in his Diary, written in his own hand. Xander is, was, the first of the Vampires."
Buffy looked over at Legolas to see if it was true. The tall Elf just nodded. Tears formed in her eyes as she slid to the floor, her hand covering her mouth.
"No, not Xander," sobbed Willow.
"Nothing," Krytalia sighed. "He will not be pleased."
Xander watched as she turned and left the crypt. He? Did she work for the one he had to stop? And what was it she was looking for? His Diaries? But he had left them with the...the...Watchers Council.
Giles! He had to get to Giles.