AN: Thanks to my reviewers!
Disclaimer- I own nothing. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is owned by Joss Whedon. Star Wars is owned by George Lucas. #Waving hand around# "You do not need to sue this one. He is not the one you are looking for"
----- End of the Line
Chapter 2
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"How do I know you are not some freaky weird demon just looking to jack with me?" Xander asked angrily?
"You do not. I can assure you that I am no demon, no ghost, no wandering spirit being, and am not evil. You can choose to disbelieve all that I have told you or you can go with me now and become who you were born to be" stated Obi-Wan calmly.
"What... Are you saying I have some kind of destiny? That I have super powers? "asked Xander warily.
"No, you have no more powers than I did or any other Jedi. Nothing more than an ability to interact with the Force." came the reply.
Xander started to pace around his living room. He turned to the fairly solid appartion and asked, "OK, whatever, but why would I have to go somewhere? What's wrong with good old Sunnyhell?"
"This place is infested with the dark side. Then there is the small factor of needing time to train your body and mind to the challenges to come. That cannot be accomplished here. We must go where time stands still"
"Only hope, huh? Well, why not. Always wanted to be more than I am" Xander said as he resigned his fate to that of a Jedi.
Obi-Wan smiled. "Good... Good..."
With a flash of light the man and the Jedi disappeared from this plane.
As soon as they had disappeared, what appeared to be one of his best friends appeared out of the ether. "Damn it" it cursed.
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Elsewhere...
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Xander inhaled deeply with his nostrils and held the breath a moment before letting it out slowly through pursed lips. Balanced on one hand and a large boulder on his feet he stood in a handspring. The large boulders spinning in circles around him began to falter. He grimaced, straining to hold them up and failed. He fell miserably to the ground in a heap then rolled to avoid being crushed and the other stones dropping around him.
"Very good young Padawan," said Obi-Wan from his perch in the tree above his charge. He stood and dropped to the ground. "You may take a rest"
Xander got up and dusted himself off and picking up his newly constructed lightsaber, walked to the nearby stream for a drink. He paused before his reflection. His hair was shoulder length. Here time did not pass swiftly at all. From his estimation he had been here several years. How time was spent in his former home he did not know.
"Your thoughts are still with your friends," Obi-Wan said as he walked to Xander's side.
"Yes master, they are," Xander replied without looking up from the stream. "I do not much miss them though I still care for them" he said shrugging his much broadened shoulders.
Obi-Wan put his hand on his Padawan learner's shoulder and said, "Then it is time for your next lesson. May the Force be with you"
So saying, he stepped across the small stream and Xander followed suit. After walking for an hour through green fields under an azure blue sky dotted with clouds they came to a small grove of trees. Obi-Wan pointed to the ancient statue barely visible in the center of the grove.
"There you will find your next challenge" he said and flopped down on the grass to stare at the clouds above. "And leave your lightsaber here" he commanded. "You will not have need of it"
Xander did as he was bade, bowed then turned and walked the short distance to the grove. He weaved his way through the trees until he stood before the statue. The carving of the man's face was large and grotesque. Out of proportion with the rest of his head, the large tongue protruded through what were once sharpened points of ebony. Bands of gold still gleamed as they ran around the red stone robes of the standing statue and came to a rest on the pedestal it stood on. It exuded evil. Xander stood for a moment and calmed his thoughts and walked through the door at the base of the feet and down the steps. Behind him the door slid shut, trapping him in darkness.
The padawan feeling fear rise up in him used the force the calm himself. He waited for a few minutes to see if his eyes would adjust to the dark and allow him to see. Thankfully there was a small amount of light coming in from the outside and he began to make his way forward.
Coming to a large round room he stopped and carefully looked around, addressing his surroundings. The room had 4 pillars in the center for what he supposed was for support of the very thick stone ceiling. The wall was also built with stone and of course, just to be cliché, had vines growing on random sections. The light was coming from outside through a square hole in the low ceiling. Taking all this in he began to walk toward the middle of the room and stopped suddenly when the light dimmed and turned red.
A eerily dense mist began to fill the room out of nowhere. Xander spun around feeling someone behind him. To his surprise there stood Angel.
Reaching out with the Force he said, "You're not Angel. I do not fear you."
The Angel look-a-like only laughed maniacally and vamped out. "No, but I am what you fear to become," he said then attacked with a speed far greater than Angel could have normally. Grabbing Xander by the neck and slamming him against a pillar he cackled, "Become me!!!"
Xander groaned and struggled feebly to no avail. The creature wrenched his head to the side and tore into his neck and Xander felt his life drain out of him with each pulse of his heart. Then he felt something press against his lips and then cold liquid leak down his throat.
"No, no, no..." he murmured and fell to the ground, now released from the vampire's grip. Xander Harris, Padawan learner, blacked out.
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Sometime later he awoke and got up. The evil inside of him cackled and smiled. On the floor in front of him was the one he never expected. His best friend as he remembered her from high school lay on the floor. The bloodlust welled up inside him and he started toward her, weak and vulnerable on the floor.
Xander feeling his control slip strained against the monster almost panicked. Then suddenly he was in charge again, and he stopped. He groaned as he saw the flutter of her pulse against her pale skin and felt his forehead and teeth change. He gasped then and as he watched her stretch and stretch her slim neck. The monster within tried again to take over but Xander ruthlessly shoved him back down.
"Willow, run" he said straining to be calm and stand still. With those words, Willow disappeared and Buffy appeared in her place.
Buffy looked up and smiled sexily and moaned, "Oh Xander, you have what I want now... Take me." She began to walk toward him running her tongue over her teeth. Sauntering over to him she pressed against him placed his hands on her bare back.
He stared for a moment struggling then relaxed and spoke, "There is no emotion; there is peace. There is no ignorance; there is knowledge. There is no passion; there is serenity. There is no death; there is the Force."
The vision of his former crush disappeared. Xander sighed in relief and stretched his neck then realized he no longer could feel the evil inside of the demon. Shaking his head he sighed again and waited. Not having to wait long his father appeared before him. He reeked of alcohol and cigarette smoke.
"You little bastard" he growled and Xander could not help but flinch as Tony Harris, the man who made his early years hell ran up to him and began to beat Xander around the head. On instinct Xander reached for his lightsaber but then remembered where it was. He fell to the ground from a well-aimed blow to his jaw and on the ground in front of him appeared a revolver.
He got back up. "You can make the pain stop, just take it up and end it all. He is here, your vengeance is justified," a voice spoke inside his head. Xander, angry and shaken was knocked to the ground by a kick to his stomach. He reached for the pistol and stopped with his fingers wrapping around the butt.
Centering himself, he became calm and let the peace of the light side flow through him. He felt the blows become less frequent then stop all together. He breathed in and out calmly and upon opening his eyes he found himself standing outside the statue. Blinking furiously from the sudden change of light he started forward then stopped when he saw Obi-Wan standing in front of him.
"Congratulations my Padawan learner," he said as Xander opened his mouth to speak. "You have passed the trials and we now confer upon you the rank of Jedi Knight. May the Force be with you"
Xander grinned then bowed slightly. "Thank you, Master. And with you as well."
With that, Xander disappeared from that pleasant land.
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AN: Well, what do you think? Read and review!
Disclaimer- I own nothing. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is owned by Joss Whedon. Star Wars is owned by George Lucas. #Waving hand around# "You do not need to sue this one. He is not the one you are looking for"
----- End of the Line
Chapter 2
-----
"How do I know you are not some freaky weird demon just looking to jack with me?" Xander asked angrily?
"You do not. I can assure you that I am no demon, no ghost, no wandering spirit being, and am not evil. You can choose to disbelieve all that I have told you or you can go with me now and become who you were born to be" stated Obi-Wan calmly.
"What... Are you saying I have some kind of destiny? That I have super powers? "asked Xander warily.
"No, you have no more powers than I did or any other Jedi. Nothing more than an ability to interact with the Force." came the reply.
Xander started to pace around his living room. He turned to the fairly solid appartion and asked, "OK, whatever, but why would I have to go somewhere? What's wrong with good old Sunnyhell?"
"This place is infested with the dark side. Then there is the small factor of needing time to train your body and mind to the challenges to come. That cannot be accomplished here. We must go where time stands still"
"Only hope, huh? Well, why not. Always wanted to be more than I am" Xander said as he resigned his fate to that of a Jedi.
Obi-Wan smiled. "Good... Good..."
With a flash of light the man and the Jedi disappeared from this plane.
As soon as they had disappeared, what appeared to be one of his best friends appeared out of the ether. "Damn it" it cursed.
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Elsewhere...
-----
Xander inhaled deeply with his nostrils and held the breath a moment before letting it out slowly through pursed lips. Balanced on one hand and a large boulder on his feet he stood in a handspring. The large boulders spinning in circles around him began to falter. He grimaced, straining to hold them up and failed. He fell miserably to the ground in a heap then rolled to avoid being crushed and the other stones dropping around him.
"Very good young Padawan," said Obi-Wan from his perch in the tree above his charge. He stood and dropped to the ground. "You may take a rest"
Xander got up and dusted himself off and picking up his newly constructed lightsaber, walked to the nearby stream for a drink. He paused before his reflection. His hair was shoulder length. Here time did not pass swiftly at all. From his estimation he had been here several years. How time was spent in his former home he did not know.
"Your thoughts are still with your friends," Obi-Wan said as he walked to Xander's side.
"Yes master, they are," Xander replied without looking up from the stream. "I do not much miss them though I still care for them" he said shrugging his much broadened shoulders.
Obi-Wan put his hand on his Padawan learner's shoulder and said, "Then it is time for your next lesson. May the Force be with you"
So saying, he stepped across the small stream and Xander followed suit. After walking for an hour through green fields under an azure blue sky dotted with clouds they came to a small grove of trees. Obi-Wan pointed to the ancient statue barely visible in the center of the grove.
"There you will find your next challenge" he said and flopped down on the grass to stare at the clouds above. "And leave your lightsaber here" he commanded. "You will not have need of it"
Xander did as he was bade, bowed then turned and walked the short distance to the grove. He weaved his way through the trees until he stood before the statue. The carving of the man's face was large and grotesque. Out of proportion with the rest of his head, the large tongue protruded through what were once sharpened points of ebony. Bands of gold still gleamed as they ran around the red stone robes of the standing statue and came to a rest on the pedestal it stood on. It exuded evil. Xander stood for a moment and calmed his thoughts and walked through the door at the base of the feet and down the steps. Behind him the door slid shut, trapping him in darkness.
The padawan feeling fear rise up in him used the force the calm himself. He waited for a few minutes to see if his eyes would adjust to the dark and allow him to see. Thankfully there was a small amount of light coming in from the outside and he began to make his way forward.
Coming to a large round room he stopped and carefully looked around, addressing his surroundings. The room had 4 pillars in the center for what he supposed was for support of the very thick stone ceiling. The wall was also built with stone and of course, just to be cliché, had vines growing on random sections. The light was coming from outside through a square hole in the low ceiling. Taking all this in he began to walk toward the middle of the room and stopped suddenly when the light dimmed and turned red.
A eerily dense mist began to fill the room out of nowhere. Xander spun around feeling someone behind him. To his surprise there stood Angel.
Reaching out with the Force he said, "You're not Angel. I do not fear you."
The Angel look-a-like only laughed maniacally and vamped out. "No, but I am what you fear to become," he said then attacked with a speed far greater than Angel could have normally. Grabbing Xander by the neck and slamming him against a pillar he cackled, "Become me!!!"
Xander groaned and struggled feebly to no avail. The creature wrenched his head to the side and tore into his neck and Xander felt his life drain out of him with each pulse of his heart. Then he felt something press against his lips and then cold liquid leak down his throat.
"No, no, no..." he murmured and fell to the ground, now released from the vampire's grip. Xander Harris, Padawan learner, blacked out.
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Sometime later he awoke and got up. The evil inside of him cackled and smiled. On the floor in front of him was the one he never expected. His best friend as he remembered her from high school lay on the floor. The bloodlust welled up inside him and he started toward her, weak and vulnerable on the floor.
Xander feeling his control slip strained against the monster almost panicked. Then suddenly he was in charge again, and he stopped. He groaned as he saw the flutter of her pulse against her pale skin and felt his forehead and teeth change. He gasped then and as he watched her stretch and stretch her slim neck. The monster within tried again to take over but Xander ruthlessly shoved him back down.
"Willow, run" he said straining to be calm and stand still. With those words, Willow disappeared and Buffy appeared in her place.
Buffy looked up and smiled sexily and moaned, "Oh Xander, you have what I want now... Take me." She began to walk toward him running her tongue over her teeth. Sauntering over to him she pressed against him placed his hands on her bare back.
He stared for a moment struggling then relaxed and spoke, "There is no emotion; there is peace. There is no ignorance; there is knowledge. There is no passion; there is serenity. There is no death; there is the Force."
The vision of his former crush disappeared. Xander sighed in relief and stretched his neck then realized he no longer could feel the evil inside of the demon. Shaking his head he sighed again and waited. Not having to wait long his father appeared before him. He reeked of alcohol and cigarette smoke.
"You little bastard" he growled and Xander could not help but flinch as Tony Harris, the man who made his early years hell ran up to him and began to beat Xander around the head. On instinct Xander reached for his lightsaber but then remembered where it was. He fell to the ground from a well-aimed blow to his jaw and on the ground in front of him appeared a revolver.
He got back up. "You can make the pain stop, just take it up and end it all. He is here, your vengeance is justified," a voice spoke inside his head. Xander, angry and shaken was knocked to the ground by a kick to his stomach. He reached for the pistol and stopped with his fingers wrapping around the butt.
Centering himself, he became calm and let the peace of the light side flow through him. He felt the blows become less frequent then stop all together. He breathed in and out calmly and upon opening his eyes he found himself standing outside the statue. Blinking furiously from the sudden change of light he started forward then stopped when he saw Obi-Wan standing in front of him.
"Congratulations my Padawan learner," he said as Xander opened his mouth to speak. "You have passed the trials and we now confer upon you the rank of Jedi Knight. May the Force be with you"
Xander grinned then bowed slightly. "Thank you, Master. And with you as well."
With that, Xander disappeared from that pleasant land.
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AN: Well, what do you think? Read and review!