Chapter 1
Sunnydale, California 2004
William flew out of the portal and landed hard on the ground. The portal closed once he was through and he looked around at his new surroundings. It looked like he was in a cemetery, but he didn't recognize the place. He didn't see the lake anywhere. He was broke out of his thoughts when he heard a voice. "Wow, I can't believe that actually worked. Hey, you okay?" William looked up at the voice to see a dark haired man standing there and he was confused by the man's ensemble. He then realized that he must have somehow ended up in America from the clothes and the other man's accent. He let the man help him up as he dusted himself off.
"Where am I?" William asked and the man raised his eyebrows.
"Do you have amnesia or something? You're in Sunnydale. I seriously was only messing around, man. I had no idea a portal would actually open. My name's Xander by the way. Where did you come from?" William tried to process everything he was saying.
"I'm from London. I was by the lake when your portal opened. Do you have any idea of what you were messing with?" The other man shrugged.
"I just found that spell book at the library. I had no idea there were real spells in there. Sorry you came a long way, but at least you got a free vacation out of it. What's with your clothes anyway?" William looked down at himself and didn't know what was wrong with what he was wearing. He looked back up at the man.
"There is nothing wrong with my clothes. What are you wearing? Does everyone in America dress like that?" Xander looked at his clothes and didn't know what was wrong either. He then realized that the mysterious stranger's clothes looked old fashioned.
"Wait, what year are you from?" He asked and William raised his eyebrows at the odd question.
"I am from 1880, why do you ask?" He explained and this time Xander raised his eyebrows.
"Oh, man. You're from the past? I really screwed up here. I mean I should have known with your outfit and all." William wondered what he meant and feared the answer to his next question.
"What year is this?" He asked and Xander took a deep breath before he answered.
"It's 2004, looks like you really came a long way." William didn't have a response for that as he fainted.