A/N: I know that my profile says that I am working on a fanfic in the romance genre. I am trying to make it epic. But in the meantime, I am going to write this standalone fic set exclusively in the Buffyverse. Also, there may be some minor descriptions of trauma throughout this fic. Spoilers for the entire Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. I haven't seen Angel except for one or two episodes of season 1. So if there are some inconsistencies with that show, I am prewarning you. I'll stop blithering on now.

December 1, 2015

It had been raining heavily for the past 2-3 weeks here in my hometown Chennai. Also especially in the suburbs of the city where I resided.

But today was the worst. It rained cats and dogs. My house was now plunged into darkness. All we had with us were some candles, hand fans and a radio.

"Welcome to All India Radio Chennai." The female radio host announced.

I and my parents listened to the radio in attention mode.

"Today's news. Due to the historic rainfall of more than about 34 cm, the official death toll as of now is 52. The figure is expected to rise as the rain is still continuing and today has been announced as a public holiday" She continued giving some more devastating news on the flood.

I have always prayed to the Hindu Rain God consistently to have more rain. It was not for the general benefit of society but for my own selfish reasons.

More rain meant flooded roads which resulted in a holiday being announced for all the schools in the city. What? I'm sixteen!

I hate going to school. Of Course, I could have ditched school but when you have overbearing parents like mine who know my every move, it is impossible to do so.

I am reasonably good in academics in the sense that I always score above 90%. You get the gist. I was also preparing for JEE exams which were one of the toughest exams in the whole world. So, while I was good at studying, I absolutely loathed it because of how stressed it made me.

But now I am starting to regret that prayer. There were some reports on the radio that the entire ground floor and the first floor went under flood waters in some areas. This made me extremely scared as we were on the ground floor of a high-rise apartment.

"Matthew, don't worry. This rain will most probably subside tomorrow." My parents reassured me.

I just nodded my head. I had a bad feeling about this but I went on to sleep because it was nearly 10:30 PM at night.

After some time, I found myself awake but weirdly unable to open my eyes. I felt like I was breathing water and choking on it. I felt a burning sensation in my chest. I shook my body and my hands vigorously in a sense of reflux. Still, after all that, I felt like I was dying.

And died I did.

Someplace I don't know yet

I found myself gasping and awake. When I look into the mirror, I found myself looking like a Hollywood celebrity. Asa Butterfield to be precise.

I pinched my cheeks and my nose and found that it was all too real.

"Shaun! Wake up!" I heard the voice of an American woman.

The voice of this woman was way too familiar. I had surely heard this voice somewhere. My internal musing was halted as the voice came nearer and became louder.

"Shaun! Wake the hell up!"

When I tried to look in the direction of the voice, I found myself looking at a very annoyed Sarah Michelle Gellar who was standing outside my room with her arms crossed.

"I am awake!" I raised my hand in defence.

"Now get ready for school!" She admonished me and was out of there.

My mind was now running wild. Am I in a Hollywood movie where Asa and Sarah starred together? But then Sarah looked way too young.

"Buffy! Stop teasing Shaun. Today's Sunday" I hear another voice.

I now see a redhead standing outside my room.

"Hi, Shaunie!" She greeted me with a sweet smile.

"Hi!" I did the polite thing and greeted back.

"You've got to go and do your daily things now that you're awake" She stated the obvious.

"Ok. I'll go to the bathroom and pee" I said with a sheepish smile and ran towards the bathroom which was visible outside my room in some distance. I now closed the door and let out a relieved sigh.

She must have given me a weird look. But it does not matter. I could literally feel my elevated heartbeat and migraine in my head. I have figured out one thing. I am dead in my previous life. This seems to be some sort of rebirth or a body possession in America. Bloody America!

Also, my name is apparently Shaun now. And I look like Asa Butterfield from Ender's game which would peg me at approx 16 years. Plus the redhead referred to this weird name called Buffy. I am guessing she was calling Sarah Buffy. Now that I think about it, Gellar had orange hair in the scooby doo movie which I remember seeing but now she was blonde.

I've immediately got to figure out what exactly is happening and how the fuck am I here. Yay! F-bombs could be dropped within one's mind.

After letting my thoughts wander, I decided that the best course of action would be to search if this Shaun has any diary/journal and read everything from them.

If I am reborn, why do I not remember anything before and if I am not, why and how am I able to possess this body?

I really hoped that a lot of questions that were running through my mind would be answered. But for now, I could feel a gross smell coming out of my body and my mouth. So, I decided to brush my teeth first to tackle the problem of gross breath. Then I took bath. Finding hot water was difficult but I managed.

"Shaun! I need to pee. Come out now!" I heard Sarah, sorry, Buffy scream as she tapped the bathroom door vigorously.

I decided to end my bath and open the bathroom door.

"Can a guy not even take bath in this house?" I whined but Buffy pushed me out and locked the door.

I was surprised by her strength as she managed to drag me out very casually.

I decided to stay focussed on the task and hunt down the source of information AKA 'The Diary of Shaun'.

When I entered the room again, I found the bag with an ID card. Shaun Summers is the name of the guy. 16 Years old. Grade 10. After that, I found a collection of diaries labelled Shaunmeister chronicles.

It was a collection of 10 diaries with the latest one being in the year 2000. Goddamn, the bastard has been maintaining a diary for a decade. Reading them in and of itself will take at least a week. I truly am screwed!

Sunnydale, California, 2 weeks later

Now, I have managed to read all the information in the dude's diary. I had to read them as my survival depended on them.

The important information which I learned was that Buffy Anne Summers is the slayer. She is the 'Chosen One' (Harry Potter is what came to my mind) who battles against the forces of darkness like vampires, demons and many other kinds of monsters. Also, she is Shaun's sister.

Willow Rosenberg, the redhead was Buffy's best friend who is also a witch. She's in love with this other witch called Tara. Yes. Homosexual love. This is my first time meeting an actual homosexual lesbian couple. Coming from a household where homosexuality was viewed as something perverted, I was really very shocked. I had to overcome my own internalised homophobia and I am still in the process.

Xander Harris, the funny guy with black hair(Finally someone with normal hair colour for once) is Buffy's other best friend. He had been in unrequited love with Buffy but is currently in love with Anya who was now human but previously a vengeance demon.

Joyce Summers is the matriarch of the Summers household. Hank Summers is the absentee father.

Rupert Giles is Buffy's watcher who trains Buffy.

Riley Finn is the current boyfriend of Buffy. He was tall, buff(excuse me for the pun) and in the military.

Angel was a vampire who was Buffy's ex. Their story was way too complicated but the gist of it was that their love was never going to work out so Angel being the old man that he was, broke up with Buffy and went to Los Angeles.

Spike is the resident punching bag vampire of Buffy and her friends but I always found it great to hang out with him.

The latest event in Buffy's life was when she battled Dracula in his own cave and killed him.

Now, after reading everything I understood that I was now somehow in the world of this TV show called Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. I know this because The Avengers movie director had directed this show before he moved on to movies. I have never watched an English TV show in my previous life.

The stress of my previous life was nothing when compared to this life. In fact, it is more complicated now that I have to attend school as well as stay out of the demon and vampire business. But something deep inside myself tells me that things are going to get infinitely worse.

A/N: This chapter was a prologue of sorts. This is my first story where the OC does not know the canon of the show into which he jumps. The real action will start in the next chapter. I am trying to write this story in a way so that people who do not know the fandom could also understand. I'll try to stick to canon as much as possible but no promises. As usual, I'll update weekly but earlier if I feel more creative.P.S. Favs, follows, reviews and PMs would be much appreciated.