Second Chances
Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy or Star Wars.
Summary: Xander-Halloween fic. Xander goes as a Jedi Knight, giving to two young lovers a second chance.
Rating: PG-13; just to be on the safe side.
Author's Notes: Thanks for all the reviews! I said this in the last chapter; the 'real' Tahiri is not one of the canon Btvs characters! She's of my own creation and will not be introduced until after Ethan's spell is broken.
Perfect Darkness: It's definitely going to be used but later.
Marcus Lazarus: That's right. Read and see.
Darklight: I just have to ask; why are you so fixated on Harmony?
Contains Spoilers for the New Jedi Order series!
Chapter 3 Hiding out and Surprises
"Well don't just stand there! Come in and close the door!" exclaimed Willow to the two shocked Jedi.
Hastily Tahiri stepped into the house and closed the door, she then turned to face Anakin.
They stood there staring at each other in shock at each other's comment, "What do you mean I'm not…" they both said at the same time, "…Of course I'm me!"
They lapsed into silence again.
"Uh guys I don't know what's going on but maybe this that will help explain things," Willow said while pointing to a nearby mirror.
They both went to look in the mirror.
What they found shocked them both.
Anakin's mouth went dry as stared into a face that was not his own. He brought up his hands to his face and slowly traced the new unfamiliar lines that he found.
He turned to Tahiri to see her gently tracing the three longitudinal scars, that Yuuzhan Vong had given her when they tried to shape her into a Force-sensitive Jedi Hunter that were on her forehead. They were the only familiar features on her face.
Her voice wavered, "What's going on? How is this possible?" Tahiri asked.
Anakin found a picture on table next to the mirror. It showed a smiling Willow and Elizabeth with a boy.
A boy that was wearing the same face he currently was.
"I guess Willow was right," Anakin said in shock.
He turned ask Willow how it was possible. He found her walking away from Elizabeth, "She couldn't have gone as Xena!" she said in a frustrated voice.
"I believe you now Willow," Anakin said in subdued voice.
"Good-" was all she managed to say before a cry for help from outside cut her off.
Anakin was out the door in a flash, with Willow behind him calling out, "You can't kill it it's just a kid!"
As before he used the Force to throw the beast away from a girl in a tightly fitting costume. He grabbed her and pushed her into the house in front of him.
Willow came up to the girl and said, "Cordelia you're not a cat, it's just a costume! You're a person, your name is Cordelia."
"I know that! What's your damage?" the girl, Cordelia said to Willow. The girl examined the tear in her costume, "Aaah…my costumes ruined, now I'll never get my security deposit back from Partytown," the girl said in disgust.
"You should be happy that you're alive," Anakin said.
Cordelia looked at him and said, in a dismissive tone, "Yeah sure. Whatever Xander."
"I am not Xander, I'm Anakin."
Willow spoke up, "In need to get to Giles he'll know what to do!"
Elizabeth perked up at this, "Is he the head of the local militia? Will he and his men be able to protect us?"
"Even if he is, you're safer here with two Jedi Knights," said Anakin.
"Two? Where is the second Knight?" asked Elizabeth eagerly.
He pointed at Tahiri, who was still looking at herself in the mirror
"Her! Women can't be Knights!" exclaimed Elizabeth in surprise.
Tahiri turned to look darkly at Elizabeth.
Cordelia looked at them strangely, then turned to Willow, "What's wrong with them? And where did you pick up another pathetic loser along the way?" she said while gesturing at Tahiri.
"They became what they dressed up as. You need to keep them here while I go to Giles."
Cordelia snorted and said "Who died and made her boss?" as Willow passed through the wall behind Cordelia much to the shock of Elizabeth.
They stood around unsure of what to do next, Tahiri had turned back to the mirror.
Before they could do anything a dark haired pale young man suddenly walked up to them from further in the house, "What's going on?"
Anakin immediately demanded, "Who are you!" In the Force, this man reeked of the Primordial Darkness but there was a white halo surrounding and encasing his darkness.
The man looked at him, "Xander?" he asked in confusion. He looked to Elizabeth, "Buffy…" he squinted closely at her, "what's up with your hair?"
"Hey Angel. Some sort of spell is affecting them, sort of like amnesia," said Cordelia.
"Oh…" was all Angel could say.
Cordelia turned to the now tense Tahiri and Anakin, "Relax he's a friend."
"But what is he?" demanded Tahiri almost immediately.
"He's a vampire, but the good kind, "Cordelia said with a dismissive wave of her hand.
"Oh…" said Tahiri in shock, Anakin sharing her sentiments.
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On the other side of town, Spike turned around the corner on the street he was on, this part was strangely empty of the other monsters that had been running amok tonight. He had not gone two more steps when he saw why.
Lying in the street was a Fyarl demon.
And pinning the demon to the ground was a strange eight-legged reptile with fur, a long snout and a long prehensile tail. The reptile was energetically and viscously biting into the demon. Spike could also see the corpses of various other demons littering the street.
"Bloody hell…" said Spike under his breath in awe. The carnage he saw was amazing, few things were capable of such violence.
Even as Spike marveled at what he saw, one of the corpses, a badly burned and mauled vampire was trying to drag himself to safety. The retreating vampire must have made a noise for the reptile reared its head out of the Fyral demon's chest cavity and turned towards the retreating vampire.
The vampire took notice and shrieked in terror as the reptile ran towards him.
The creature reached the vampire. It opened its massive jaws and engulfed the vampire's head in it. It bit down and with a sickly wrench the reptile ripped the head clear off the vampire's shoulder. The vampire collapsed into dust.
The reptile shook its head in confusion then froze.
It raised its head up as if hearing something. Spike froze fearful that the reptile knew he was watching.
The reptile raised its head, howled twice into the air then it bounded off into dark night at an impressive pace.
What Spike did not know was that the reptile had earlier that night been the dog of a young boy, who had watched in shock and horror as his dog turned into the costume he had made for it from parts he had bought from the costume shop called Ethan's. Needless to say the boy had let go of the leach he was holding and run away screaming.
Spike looked at the reptile's handiwork then in the direction it had run off in. He came to a very important decision.
Perhaps tonight was a bad night to go roaming the streets for the Slayer, especially if such creatures were running around tonight.
Even if the Slayer was supposed to be weakened, tonight was a bad night to go out hunting…
He looked gain at the disemboweled and eviscerated demons.
You might just become the prey…
Author's Notes: Hope u like this chapter. Please Read and Review. The reptile in the fic is a Voxyn. It was a new species genetically engineered from the vornskyrs (predators that hunt using the Force) of Myrkr to hunt down and kill all Force users, including Dark side users and especially Jedi! They were very successful their job!