A/N Consider this chapter a prologue before the final battle.

Also thanks for all the reviews.

To cacklesmadly Gunn gave the number to Faith.

To chuckjamm Jesse got the sword from his father. It was sort of an behind the camera type of thing like they did in the show. You know how they make a reference to something that we never saw.

Thanks to everyone else who reviewed, now on with the next chapter.

Chapter 22

Ashes To Ashes pt.1

Wayne Manor

Morning

Xander woke up breathing heavily and sweating perfusely, in his bed. Taking a look around his dark room, he sighed and knew that he was just having another nightmare. Laying back down in bed, he wiped some sweat off of his brow with the back of his hand and thought about what had happened last week.

Life had definately went to shit and all of them had almost died when they had fought the Creeper.And for some reason an unknown power was channeling magic through Willow. He really didn't know if that was a good thing or a bad thing. But even after all of the darkness and gloom there were still some good things that happened. Faith decided to renew her role as Catwoman to seek redemption for what she'd done, Kendra decided to live at the manor with them for atleast three days out of the week, and Buffy had kissed him and told him that she was willing to give a relationship a try.

Xander smiled at that last one, as he sat up in bed and got dressed. They were going on their first date tonight and he couldn't help but to put a little pep in his step. Making it downstairs he smiled as he walked past his living room and saw Kendra and Selina watching a Scooby Doo marathon. He smiled again as he watched Selina explain to Kendra who the characters were and what was going on.

Moving on, he walked passed the dojo room and saw Faith and Diana sparring against one another. Diana was matching Faith move for move and made it almost seem like it were just a dance. The two of them didn't like each other at first, but after a while they started to get used to each others attitudes. Faith didn't like Diana much, because she found out that she used to be a prostitute. It reminded her so much of her mother, but Faith had a little growing up to do once she remembered what Diana told her that made her not run away. Family sticks together and doesn't judge , but rather help and support one another.

For the first time in his life, Xander was truly happy. It seemed that his family had finally come full circle and he had finally found the girl of his dreams. Little did he know but today his life was going to change forever.

The Bronze

Later That Night

"What is a beautiful girl like you, doing in a place like this?" Xander asked as he snuck up behind Buffy, who was sitting alone at a table, and whispered into her ear.

"I don't know." Buffy replied with a smile. "Probably looking for a prince charming that's not twenty minutes late." she said making a show of looking at her watch.

"I'm sorry about that, Buff." he told her as he sat down. "But, I ran into some of our bumpy head friends on the way over here."

"Are you okay?" she asked concerned as she put her hand on his.

"Yeah, just fine." he replied, loving the warmth he felt from her hands. Suddenly a song he liked played on the speakers. "Oooo, let's dance."

As he dragged her onto the dance floor, they both started to sway through the large group of teens on the dance floor. Neither of them payed the other kids any mind, because they were lost in their own worlds as their bodies interacted with one another. That was until they bumped into someone.

"Sorry." Xander immediately blurted out, not even bothering to turn around.

"Just watch where you're going, whelp." came a british man's reply, that made Xander's blood run cold. Turning he saw that it was a platinum blonde haired man, with a leather duster, dancing with a tall, thin, pretty woman with long flowing dark hair, wearing a victorian styled gothic dress.

"Spike, it's him." Drusilla pretended to whisper into her lovers ear. "It's our son, the Dark Knight. Isn't he handsome?"

"Xander do you know these people?" Buffy asked as she looked up at him. And for the first time she had known him, Xander looked genuinely petrified.

"Of course he knows us dear." Dru replied with a smile as she layed a gentle gloved hand on Buffy's cheek. "He's our son."

"Buffy." Xander said, finally finding his voice as he grabbed her hand. "Let's, let's get out of here." grabbing Buffy roughly by the arm, both of them ran for the door.

"Xander my jacket!" Buffy yelled out as they passed their table.

"I'll bye you a new one, now come on!" he yelled as they ran out of the club. Giving each other a smile, Spike and Drusilla followed.

"Xander what the hell is going on?" Buffy asked as he nervously fumbled to put his keys into the car door. Once he succeeded in opening the door, he shook with fear as someone closed it. Looking up, he saw that it was Spike.

"What's the matter?" Spike asked as he moved in closer, making Buffy be between him and Xander. "Are you to scared to say 'ello?"

"Alright, you Billy Idol wannabe." Buffy said looking Spike up and down. "Who the hell are you and what do you want?"

"Ooooo, I just like you luv." Spike said as he leaned in to take in her scent. "You just 'ave so much spunk." and as he looked up, Buffy saw that he had slipped into his vampiric visage.

Cursing herself for not sensing what he was earlier, she punched Spike in the face then elbowed him in the chest.

"Well." Spike started as he took a step back. "Aren't you just full of life? Not for long though."

Deciding to go in more directly, Buffy did a roundhouse kick that caught him full in the face. But to her dismay he only flinched back a bit and swung at her. Sidestepping the blow, she swung back, but he only grabbed her arm, swung her around and threw her into a metal roll-up door. Hitting it high and hard she fell to the ground, but quickly got back to her feet. With a growl he swung again and hit the metal door with his fist when she ducked under the punch.

Swaying into the fray, Buffy was forced to block Drusilla's punch. Holding on to her arm, she looked behind herself at Xander.

"A little help would be nice." she said, only to find that he was still frozen in place. Looking at him in disbelief, Spike punched her in the stomach, winding her and sending her to her knees.

"My third Slayer, ain't that a bitch?" Spike asked himself cockily as Drusilla held the Slayer down, and as he leaned over to bite Buffy on the neck.

"No, but your girlfriend's a bitch." a voice whispered from behind him. Turning, he was smacked across the face with a whip, making him and Dru let go of Buffy.

"Nice kitty." Dru said as she took a step back as Catwoman strolled out of the shadows.

"Let's get the 'ell out of 'ere, Dru." Spike said as he held his bloody nose with one hand and grabbed Dru with the other. Getting to her feet, Buffy watched as they dissappeared into the night before turning to her saviour.

"Thanks for the assist."

"What's wrong with him?" Catwoman asked, ignoring Buffy's thanks, as she walked past her and over to the still frozen in place Xander.

"I don't know. We saw those vamps and he just started acting all wiggy on me."

"Well help me get him into the car before they get back." Catwoman said as she grabbed Xander's arm.

Spike's Crypt

"So that's what you've been wanting all these years?" Spike asked Drusilla as he sat down in their plush bed. "You wanted that little pancy to be our son?"

"Bite your tongue!" Dru scowled at him. "That boy will be our son soon. He must join our family and be fully claimed to the darkness."

"Well." Spike said thinking about the benefits of making Xander his childe. "S'not like I've never wanted to be rich before."

"Then I think we should visit him soon." Drusilla said as she picked up a ragged doll. "Miss Edith whispered to me and said that we must deliver a message."

"What Miss Edith wants." Spike started as he kissed Drusilla passionately on the lips. "Miss Edith gets."

Wesley's Apartment

The Next Day

"Are you certain that he said his name was, Spike?" Giles asked as he drew something on a scetch pad. Buffy and Faith had called both Watchers last night and had asked them to meet at Wesley's for a private meeting. They wanted to discuss with them about the possible new threat of Spike, but also about why Xander was acting so nervously around him. Kendra was out with Joyce at the moment buying new clothes.

"Yeah." Buffy confirmed, causing Giles and Wesley to give each other a look. One that didn't go unnoticed by Buffy. "Giles what's going on? Who is this Spike guy?"

"He's known as 'William the Bloody'." Wesley started as he let out a huge sigh. "He earned his nickname by torturing his victims with railroad spikes."

"Wow that's fascinating." Buffy replied sarcastically with a roll of her eyes. "Now what's so important about him?" as she asked the question, Giles and Wesley shared another look. "Alright, you guys are seriously freaking me out. Giles what's going on?"

"Spike...Spike has fought two Slayers in the past."

"And?" the current Slayer asked as she looked between the two Watchers.

"And he has slayed them both." Giles finished, as he looked up at Buffy. And as he had guessed, she had a look of both fear and worry on her face, that slowly dissapeared to be replaced by confusion.

"So why is, Xander so afraid of him?"

"Because that creep killed Xand's folks." Faith answered Buffy's question as she walked into the room and handed her a soda. Sitting down on the couch next to Buffy she started to explain. "When Xander got home last night, I made him tell me what was up and he told me that when he was little his parents were killed in front of him by Spike."

'Then that explains why he was acting so wierdly.' Buffy thought to herself sadly. 'Poor Xander.'

"If Xander has any hope of surviving while Spike is here then he must overcome his fear of him."

"Pretty easy for you to say, Wussley." Faith said with a glare. "The guy just had the shock of his life last night. Why don't you..."

"Wesley's right." Giles interrupted Faith's tirade. "From what Buffy said happened last night, Xander could have easily gotten himself killed. And trust me, William the Bloody isn't the type of person you want to drop your guard on." he said thinking about all the stories of Spike he had read from the books Wesley had brought.

"That's why until this matter with Spike is dealt with, I think that we should go out in force while on patrol." Wesley said as he stood to his feet and started to pace. "Strength in numbers would seem to be our best option at the moment."

"Again, I am inclinced to agree with Wesley." Giles said amazed. 'I guess there's a first time for everything.' "There's no telling what Spike is really here for, so as a precaution as Wesley suggested we should stay in a tight group."

"Do you think he's here to kill Buffy?" Faith asked as she put her soda can on Wesley's coffee table.

"That's a strong possibility. Spike has been known to track down Slayers..."

"And with there now being two of them, both of you are bound to be a target." Wesley finished for Giles.

"I don't think that's the case." Buffy said with a thoughtful expression on her face.

"What makes you say that, Miss Summers?" Wesley asked as he drank his tea.

"Because when me and Spike were fighting, he didn't even seem to know my name." She said thinking back to the incident. "It was like he was specifically there for Xander."

"Nevertheless watch each others backs." Giles said as he handed her the very accurate scetch of Spike. "William the bloody is a very dangerous vampire and his consort, Drusilla is just as viscious. If we go into this showing fear then he'll pick us off one by one."

Later That Night

Wayne Manor

"Mom is there something wrong with, uncle Xander?" Selina asked Diana as she entered her room.

"Why do you say that honey?" Diana asked as she got more comfortable in her bed. She had become sick with a bad cold.

"Because he hasn't told a joke or smiled all day. And...and he has this sad look on his face."

"Well maybe you should go and talk to him." Diana said as she sat down on her bed. "See if you can try to cheer him up."

"Okay!" Selina yelled happily as she ran from the room. Running to different sections of the house, she finally found him in the dojo room sitting indian style on the floor. Seeing that he had his eyes closed, she decided to sneak up on him.

Xander sat in a meditative state, lost in thought about what had happened last night. His whole life...his whole life he had waited to find Spike and kill him, but when he had seen him in person last night it was like he was a little boy again, looking at the murderer of his parents.

'What the hell was I thinking?' he mentally berated himself. 'And Buffy, she'll never forgive me. I have to do what dad told me. I have to face my fears.'

As if on reflex, he caught the hand before it touched him and flipped it's owner over his shoulder. As the little body sailed through the air, Selina twisted into a roll on the exercise mat, stood to her feet, and looked at her uncle confused.

"Babe, I'm so sorry." Xander said as he stood to his feet and ran over to her. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah." she said as she looked up at him. "Did...did I do something wrong?"

"No...no." he assured, pulling her into an ackward hug. He was glad that Faith was training Selina or he could have really hurt her. "I'm just a little jumpy today and I'm sorry."

"Why are you jumpy? Is it something I did wrong?"

"Of course not." Xander said as he took her by the hand and sat down on an exercise bench. "Why would you even ask something like that?"

"Because you haven't even looked or talked to me all day." she replied sadly as she lowered her head.

"Hey." Xander said as he put a hand under her chin, making her look up at him. "This has nothing to do with you, okay. It's because I saw..."

"Saw what?" Selina asked, after a moments pause.

"I saw...I saw the person who killed my parents."

"Were you scared?" she asked as she took his hand in hers.

"Yeah, I was. My whole life I've waited to confront him and I froze."

"Are you going to kill him?" she asked with anger evident in her little voice. "Because when I get big enough, I'm going to kill the man who killed my daddy."

Not knowing what to say, all Xander could do was gather his niece up in his arms. He wanted to explain to her the difference between killing Spike and her killing the murderer of her father. Spike was a soulless evil demon and the murderer was evil for what he had done, but was still a man. And the Wayne family didn't go around killing people.

Even though he took Selina in as his niece, he still felt that it was her mother's right and duty to explain to her about demons and the like. Selina was still innocent and so young, but tainted with darkness because of what another man did and Xander didn't want to add on to that. Because once she knew about demons and what the real world held, the last of the innocence she held would be gone forever.

"Selina, let the police handle that guy." Xander started as she looked up at him with hurt and betrayed eyes. "You're a part of my family now and we don't kill pe..." he was cut off as a big rock smashed through the small window behind them, sending a shower of glass all over him.

Putting Selina down and away from the glass, he climbed on the bench and peered outside. Not seeing anybody, he looked back at Selina and saw that she was stepping through the glass trying to pick up the rock.

"Selina get back, before you cut yourself." he told her as he scooped her up off the floor.

"But there's a note on the rock." she said as she pointed at it. Sitting her down, he picked up the rock, shook the glass off of it, and read the note. And what he read would change his life forever.

"So what's wrong with your ma?" Faith asked Selina as the both of them sat down at the dinner table.

"She said she had a bad cold." Selina replied as she picked up a cloth napkin.

"Tell her, I hope she feels better." Faith replied as Xander walked into the room carrying some food on a platter, wearing a long chef's apron. "That way Xand, want have to cook again."

"Ha ha, Faith." Xander said with a roll of his eyes as he layed the food down on the table. As he went to sit down something fell out of his apron and rolled by Selina's foot. Picking it up, she examined the bottle before handing it back to him.

It was a drug her mom used to give to her father when he had chronic insomnia. She knew that it was highly potent because, it would put her father to sleep in a matter of minutes. What her uncle was doing with it she didn't know, but she had a bad feeling about it.

All throughout the meal she would watch her uncle and she noticed that he wasn't eating his eggs. Mimicking what he was doing, she would only eat what he ate. For the first time since she'd known him, she didn't trust her uncle. She felt somehow that he was doing something wrong.

"I'm mad tired." Faith suddenly said as she finished off the last of her food and stood to her feet. "Good eat's, bro." she said patting him on the shoulder as she walked out of the room.

"I'm tired too." Selina said hurriedly as she finished hiding a portion of her eggs and yawned. She had to make it look like she had eaten some and became sleepy like her aunt.

"Go ahead and go to bed then babe." Xander said as he stood to his feet. "I'll clear the dishes away."

"Okay." she said as she bounded to her feet, kissed him on the cheek, and walked out of the room.

"So how are you feeling?" Xander asked as he walked into Diana's room. The dozens of snotty tissue papers on the cover of her bed and her blowing her nose seemed to answer his question for him.

"So what's been wrong with you?" Diana asked as he sat down beside her on her bed. "Selina's been worried sick about you."

"I saw the guy who killed my parents last night."

"Oh, Xander I'm sorry." because she knew how she would feel if she ever saw the man who killed her husband.

"It's...it's not a big deal because I'm gonna take care of him." he said as she started to violently cough. "Right after I take care of you." he said as he took out his stethoscope.

"I'll be fine by tomorrow." she said looking at him curiously. "Since when did you become Dr. Quinn medicine woman anyway?"

"My grandfather, Bruce's dad, was a doctor." Xander said as he put the stethoscope over her heart and listened to it. "I never met him, but he taught Bruce a few medical techniques and he taught them to me. Now put your arms back." looking at him curiously, she did as he asked and heard a loud clicking noise. Looking up, she saw that he had handcuffed her wrists around the bedpost of her bed.

"What the..."

"Spike contacted me today and told me to meet him alone." Xander said as he stood up from the bed. "I can't risk anybody following me and getting hurt because of him."

"Xander don't do this." Diana said pulling at her bonds. "What..."

"I'm not going as Batman so if...if I don't make it, then I want you to tell Faith, Buffy, and the rest of my family that I love them and I'm sorry. I also want you and Selina to be financially secure, so I want you to collect my inheritence." he said as he put a piece of paper at her side.

"No..." Diana said, tears stinging her eyes. 'It just can't end this way.'

"Have I ever told you how beautiful you are?" Xander asked as he kissed her on the lip and then on the cheek.

"Xander no!" Diana yelled as she again struggled with her bonds. 'Why the hell isn't anybody coming in to see why, I'm screaming.' she thought to herself as Xander walked out of the door. "Damnit!" she exclaimed as she stopped struggling.

Stopping by a bedroom door, Xander peeked his head in and saw his sister laying haphazardly on her bed. It looked like she didn't even have time to change into her night clothes before the drug went into effect. Putting her all the way into bed, he tucked her in and stroked a strand of hair out of her face.

"Goodbye Faith." Xander said as he kissed her on the forehead. Wrinkling her nose up, in her sleep, Faith turned over on her other side and started to silently snore. Looking over his shoulder one last time at Faith, Xander walked out of the door and down the hall.

Opening up another bedroom door, he looked in on his little angel, Selina. Walking into the room, he smiled as he saw her kitten, Miss Kitty silently sleeping beside her on the bed. Leaning over the side of the bed, he took a little silver cross out of his pocket and layed it by her head.

"If I don't make it, one of my biggest regrets is not being there to see you grow up into the beautiful woman I know you're gonna be." Xander voiced aloud as he kissed her on the cheek. "Goodbye babe." he said as he walked out of the room and closed the door.

Upon hearing the door close, Selina sat up in bed already fully dressed and looked around. Spotting the crucifix, she quickly put it on as well as her yellow raincoat and followed after her uncle.

Sunnydale Park

A deep rumbling tore through the night sky, as heavy rain showered down from the heavens. The steady beats of the raindrops, as they landed on the ground, sounded like thousands of little drummers. Looking through the shroud of darkness and the heavy sheets of rain Xander saw Spike, standing under a tree smoking a cigarrette.

"Bout time you showed up." Spike said as he took the cig out of his mouth and stomped it underfoot. "I thought you were to scared to come?"

"You're the one who should be scared." Xander said as he took out a stake. "Because I'm gonna kill you."

Letting out a hardy laugh, Spike slipped into his vampiric visage. "Bring it, whelp." he said as the two charged each other.

Looking from her hiding spot behind a trashcan, Selina heard someone let out a deep grunt of pain. The figure slushed through the mud and held at his side breathing heavily and as the thunder rumbled and the lightning flashed, it was revealed to be her uncle who angrily looked over at another man with short blonde hair.

'This is exactly like my dream.' Xander realized as he thought back to a couple of months ago. Chancing a glance over his shoulder he was relieved when he didn't see Selina anywhere in sight. In his dream Selina had followed him out into the night and had gotten herself killed. Taking advantage of Xander's distraction, Spike did a rainbow kick that caught Xander on the chin and sent him spinning to the dirty ground.

"I thought you would put up a better challange?" Spike asked as he grinned widely at Xander. "Don't know why Dru wants to bother turning you."

His plan revealed Xander waited until he got close enough and kicked Spike, sending him tumbling to the mud. As he tried to kick Spike again, the demon caught his foot and pushed him back. Spike then overpowered Xander, pushing him to the ground and punching him repeatedly in the face.

Coming out of his daze Xander grabbed Spike's arm and kicked him away. Xander went to punch Spike again, but this time, Spike grabbed his arm and twisted it around so that he could almost bite his neck.

Alarmed, Selina stood, knocking over the trash can she was hiding behind. Startled Spike, turned to see what happened, just as Xander seized the moment, and head-butted Spike, freeing himself from his grip. He then elbowed him, punched him, and finally knocked him down with a viscious kick. When he stood, Xander threw a stake he had ready, towards his heart. Seeing the projectile coming, Spike caught it between his palms only inches in front of his chest.

"So you do have some moves after all." Spike said impressed as he twirled the stake in his hands. As he was about to come up with another quip, he saw a little girl standing behind the whelp. "Too bad it wasn't enough." he said as he threw it whipping past Xander's head. Turning, he was just in time to see the stake headed towards Selina.

Just as the stake was an inch from the horrified girls face, someone snatched the stake out of thin air. Looking up Xander and Selina saw that it was Kendra and Buffy.

"Thought you'd sneak up on old Spike 'ey?" Spike asked. "We'll meet again whelp and next time come alone." he said before slipping into the darkness.

"Xander what's going on?" Buffy asked as Xander sank to his knees in the mud, staring dead at his niece.

"Babe." Xander said ignoring Kendra and Buffy's presence as Selina stared back at him, shaking and whimpering. Something about the way her uncle was looking at her and her own fear triggered a stray memory for her.

"No..." Selina cried out still shaking. In her minds eye all she could see was Xander dressed as Batman and hundreds upon hundreds of bats. "No!" she yelled as her halucinations took over causing her to faint. Before she could fall onto the muddy ground Kendra picked her up and held her close.

"Xander what de hell is going on?" Kendra asked again as Xander looked up at her with a tear in his eye.

"What the hell were you thinking!" Diana shouted as she slapped Xander hard on the face. The force of the blow sent rain water and mud that was still clinging on Xander, flying to the wall. Thanks to the drugs that Slade made Faith take, the drug Xander gave her wore off sooner than expected and she freed Diana once she heard her screams. "You could have gotten my little girl killed."

"Diana." Xander started as he tried to hold her hand. Seeing that she flinched away from his touch, he lowered his head. "I'm sorry."

"Sorry?" Diana asked increduously. 'I could just strangle him.' she thought to herself.

"Kit just woke up." Faith voiced, before Diana could make good on her thoughts. "She's asking for you." sending another glare towards Xander, Diana stalked out of the room.

"Do you think she'll ever forgive me?" Xander asked as Faith and Kendra walked fully into the room.

"You should worry about me forgiving you." Faith said as she jabbed a finger into his chest. "What the hell was going through your mind when you drugged me?"

"Faith it wasn't like that...Spike..."

"I know all about him Xander." Faith said with a shake of her head. "But we take on the bad guys as a team. What you did..." not even bothering to finish her statement, she walked out of the room disgusted, leaving him and Kendra in the room alone.

"What am I supposed to do now?" Xander asked mostly of himself as he sat down on the floor, his clothes still dripping with mud.

"Can I offer you some advice?" Kendra asked as she gave Xander a curious glance.

"Go ahead." Xander replied as he put his head in his hands. 'How can my life get any worse?'

"Dis is someting dat Bruce told me awhile ago. A man has got to know who he is before he can confront his demons."

"What is that supposed to mean?" Xander asked as he looked up at her.

"It means dat you should show Spike not only who you are, but what he made you become." she said as Buffy came into the room and sat down beside him and rubbed his back. She didn't know exactly what was going on, but she felt that Xander needed some comfort. She didn't know how right she was because the next couple of days were gonna be the worst of their lives.

Spike's Crypt

Spike smiled down at the sleeping form of his eternal lover. Putting a bloody finger over her nostrails, she inhaled the coppery smell, opened her eyes, and smiled widely at him.

"Where is he?" Drusilla asked as she sat up in bed. "Did you bring our son 'ere."

"No." Spike said as he put his bloody finger in her mouth. "But this is just a sample of his blood." he said as she sucked Xander's blood off of Spike's finger.

"It's so sweet." Dru said licking her lips. "And I can feel his pain. I must visit him soon." and for some reason, Spike felt as though that would be a bad idea.

"I think that would be a good idea." they heard a woman's voice say.

"Who's there." Spike said as he stood to his feet and looked around the room. He couldn't sense or smell anything new in the room.

"I'm a friend." Cloak said as she stepped out of the shadows. "Now let's have a little chat, William."

Wesley's Apartment

"This...this can't be." Giles said outloud as he scanned over the ancient tome.

"What is it, Mr. Giles?" Wesley asked as he walked over to him and looked over his shoulder.

"This prophecy just appeared in the Codex."

"That's absurd." Wesley said as he took the book out of Giles' hands and started to read it. "Prophesies just don't appear in books."

'A boy of noble blood shall rise from the ashes of his dead family and become a Dark Knight. The Knight will grow and destroy the seer of the Slayer of Slayer's and that shall start the tipping of the scale amongst good and evil. The heavens will cry as a road will be named, that will carry the unholy ones new and old. As the young heroes journey down the road of the resurrected old ones, they will fear what can't harm them. If they fail to destroy evils champion the mouth of hell shall open and the world will be flooded with the legions of darkness. And if they win the forces of evil will be pushed back to the beginning.'

"The Slayer of Slayer's." Wesley repeated to himself. "Could this be referring to William the Bloody and his seer Drusilla?"

"And isn't another name for Batman the dark knight?" Giles asked as Wesley handed him back the book.

"What do you think this means?" Wesley asked dumbfounded as he sat down and nervously poured himself some tea.

"Another apocalypse." Giles said with a sigh as he took off his glasses to clean them. 'Could life get any worse?'

A/N I have a big battle planned for the Scooby Gang and the forces of darkness. Also I need you guys to vote. Should Diana be apart of the final battle or should I have her skip town with Selina? I need a decent amount of votes before I can continue with the next chapter.

Also the nightmare Xander kept having is the one from chapter 8 Teachers Pet.

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