Chapter 2 – The Bringing.

Willow, Xander and Buffy sat around the dinner table in Willows house.
It was dark outside and there was a slight chill in the room.

"Right." Willow said looking at Xander. "We have to sit here, palm to palm." She turned her head towards Buffy. "We have to go in a trance type thing. No biggy!" She smiled.

"This isn't dangerous or anything is it Wil?" Buffy asked with caution.

"No biggy, I said, didn't I? Relax ok? This won't work if you two don't!" Buffy and Xander both nodded. "Good. Ready? Empty your mind." The three friends sat in silence, concentrating on nothing, just trying to let each of their minds at ease. Xanders face was twitching a bit out of focusing so hard. At the same time Willow, Xander and Buffy opened their eyes. Their view was different. It seemed to them as if everything was dark, and they could just about see objects around them. Their legs followed a gold dust ball in front of them leading the way forwards. They stood up and followed it, amazingly not bumping into anything on the way.

"I'm glad the beasties gone. You two seemed a little too friendly to me pet." Spike said relieved. "Just hopes he brings the how parade here."

"Yes and then we'll have a party." Drusilla beamed.

"Yes love." Spike took her hand and they both sat on the oak table. "Nice place I found here." Drusilla nodded. "We'll be staying here for a while, till the Slayer and her annoying little followers die, bloody painfully." The room started to shake hard. "He's back!" Spike laughed.

"Willow, do you know where this is going?" Buffy thought in her head. A voice answered back. It appeared to be Willows.

"We are following the dust to Phoserthus."

"Hey guys, doesn't it look like we're heading to that weird looking house their. With all the curtains shut?" Xanders voice interrupted in Buffys head.

"It most certainly does." Buffy replied uneasy.

A large cloud of heavy smoke wafted all around the room where Spike and Drusilla were sitting. As they looked around, they saw figures emerge from the smoke and the smoke lifted upwards and away. Someone tapped Drusilla on the shoulder and voice said,

"Who are you?" Spike turned around.

"Willow?" He said questioning her. "Ah...vampire Willow." He grinned mischievously.

"I've been here before." The pale red head said. "Not long ago. I recognise the smell of all these people still around. Enough to have a mighty feast." Her red lipstick on her lips was as deep as blood and the leather cat suit she was wearing as skin tight. 'Willow would have never worn that' Spike thought to himself. A man walked up towards the vampire Willow and said,

"Tell me, what are we doing in this place. Its not as nice as home." He softy touched vampire Willows neck.

"Xander?" Drusilla's eyes became rapt with awe. She remembered the time she stopped Angel killing him because she thought she was in love with him, but it was just a spell.

"Do I know you?" Vampire Xander moved close to her, again in leather.

"Hey mate, that's my girl." Spike looked at him with disgust and Xander chuckled to himself. Phoserthus walked forward.

"I made a stop on the way, to the hell dimension you told me to. I found this strange character and thought you might recognise her." A small lady with blonde hair looked up and smiled.

"Hello Drusilla." Darla nodded. "And of course Spike. You look better than ever." There was a knock at the door.

"But who's come to join the party Spike?" Drusilla asked her voice seemed happier that things were going their way.

Willow shouted

"Stop this trance," And Buffy, Xander and Willow saw things as normal again. Buffy looked at the dark wooden door and knocked hard on it. Deciding not to wait, she struck it down with one hard kick.

"Can you teach me that sometime?" Xander said. "Are you sure we want to go in there?" His voice sounded uncertain.

"Course, I mean, what's the worst that could happen?" Spike was walking towards them in the hall.

"Drusilla!" He shouted. "Party crashes have come to destroy our party!" Drusilla looked round the door and Buffy, Willow and Xander ran straight in the room. No one seemed to be in it until a girl stepped forward.

"Darla? How did you come back?" Buffy asked surprised.

"She's not the only one." A red head emerged from the shadows.

"You again, god cant you go back to your own dimension?" Willow stood forward as her alternative vampire Willow smiled. "I've brung a friend, want to see?" Vampire Xander stepped forward. "It's me, no...wait...dark evil me!" Xander said confused. "Evil Willow has brung evil me!" Buffy turned to look at him.

"Im confused," She said. Buffy then realised she was in a room surrounded by five extremely scary vampires and the odds were unfair.

"Suit up Dru," Spike said and all the vampire faces changed to become frightening and bumpy. "You've come to meet your end Slayer." He said with joy.