Normal All Over Again

Disclaimer: None of the characters in this story are mine, they all belong to the genius Joss Whedon.

In Normal Again, Buffy is poisoned by a demon and made to believe that nothing in Sunnydale is real and that Buffy is really schizophrenic, but by the end of the episode it is discovered that she really isn't. BUT Imagine this: Buffy decides that she really is schizophrenic and after killing her friends, returns to what she thinks is reality.

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Chapter 1

Buffy sat under the staircase trembling in shock. The floor was covered with the unconscious bodies of her friends and sister. The demon that she had unleashed on them had now escaped without even seeing her petit body as she hid in the shadows of her own house.

'What had she done? It had to be done for her to go on living in the 'real world''

Buffy stood up, a little unstable, stepping over Xander, Willow and then Tara before climbing the staircase. When Buffy got to the top of the staircase she shut the door to the basement behind her and stood for a few minutes looking at the kitchen, just remembering. That was where she put a patch on Angel's wounded stomach, that was where Spike and her Mum had sat just talking all those times and that was where she told her mum she was a slayer… 'slayer..' thought Buffy, ' No! Bad Buffy, those people aren't real, nothing is real, I am not a slayer, I have to take everyone away, so that I wont cant come back to this place, who else … Spike.'

By the time Buffy got to Spike it was well and truly night time so she found him in the cemetery, wondering around, obviously looking for a bit of action with one of the latest creature features.

"Back to normal are we slayer? Ready for another round of 'Kick the Spike'" By now Buffy had stopped walking but Spike continued to advance on her. "Looking for a bit of rough and tumble are we?" When Buffy did not reply Spike softened his approach. "Are you feelin' alright Buffy, you 're looking a bit pale, a bit green around the edges."

"Stop it Spike, don't make this any harder then it needs to be." With this Buffy punched Spike in the jaw who recoiled in shock.

"Have you gone bloody mad? Loopy in the head or something? I was trying to help you. You know, a bit of sympathy and affection."

"I don't want your affection Spike, I just want this over with."

"Could've fooled me, a couple of weeks back you couldn't keep your hot little hands off me. And hold up. You want what exactly to be over with." Spike copped another of Buffy's punches, but blocked a third one that was headed for his nose.

"Everything. I want normalcy in my life again." With this Buffy Swung up her leg and kicked Spike across the face making his lip bleed a little.

"Hang on I thought Willow fixed your little mind game thing." Spike was being careful not to physically hurt Buffy in what appeared to be an extremely fragile state.

"It is not a GAME" Buffy kicked Spike so hard in the stomach that he flew up in the air and hit a nearby crypt. Before he had an opportunity to get back onto his feet Buffy went and sat on him and began to punch him continuously. "This fabricated world is the game. How could a world of Slayers and Vampires and magical keys and witches ever be real. How could a world this painful and this heartbreaking be real. In the real world I never would have degraded myself and lowered myself so much by being with you." By this stage Buffy didn't even know wether Spike was conscious anymore, but she continued to hit his limp and lifeless face. She stood up in shock and looked at the bloody mess she created and mumbled "In the real world I would never hurt the people I care about." A tear rolled down her cheek and she walked away.

Buffy found herself in a nearby park and remembered that she had seen Angel with Drusilla here once and another time she was almost staked by a vampire… with her own stake. "Stop it!" she said out loud "It's not real." As she sat herself down on a swing she feltas thoughas thougheverything around her (including herself) were evaporating and before she knew it she found herself on a bed that she recognised as one in a mental institution.

"Oh Buffy, I'm so pleased you've come back!" Buffy's parents rushed to her side and wrapped their arms around her and she found herself being relieved and almost happy.

"Don't worry mum, I'm not going back"