Disclaimers: I own nothing. All rights and all the hoopla belong to Joss Whedon and all his people.

Timeline: Set during 'Who are you?'

Pairings: Hmm... Haven't really decided yet...

Summary: What if Buffy had turned evil instead of Faith?

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Buffy backed away from Giles' window, confusion written on her face. She'd seen the whole scene and frankly she didn't understand what was going on at all. In one room were people who hated each other and here they were sitting around, talking like old friends. To say it pissed her off would be putting it lightly.

With a sigh, she stepped out onto the street and started towards her and Willow's old apartment, her mind still reeling. The sight of Xander himself drove her mad. She'd wanted him to share in all the glory the Mayor had offered them. But instead he'd sided with his girlfriend. He'd chosen someone he'd only known for months over someone he'd loved for years. That was what pissed off Buffy the most.

At the moment, she was trying to push all thoughts of what she'd just seen out of her mind. She knew she needed to get to Willow. The redhead always seemed to know everything, which Buffy now realized was a wonderful thing. Her only fear was that in the past 8 months, Willow had changed as much as the others.

Fifteen minutes later, she walked up the steps and stopped in front of the door to the apartment. Buffy didn't even know if Willow was here. It was just a faint hope from a lost woman. Just as she rose her hand to knock on the door, the door swung open, revealing a very anxious looking Willow. "Oh thank goddess it's you!" The red head exclaimed before enveloping Buffy in a hug. "I heard them talking about you in Giles' apartment, but I wasn't sure… You're really here?"

Buffy laughed at Willow's over zealousness. "I'm real, but I am being squished a little bit." She hinted feeling a little crowded. She'd almost forgotten how much she had missed the redhead.

Sheepishly, Willow let go of Buffy and ushered her into the apartment. "Sorry, it's just so exciting seeing you again. I mean, you were gone for so long. Are you hungry? Thirsty?" Willow babbled as she all but pushed Buffy onto the couch.

"I'm fine." Buffy insisted, laughing again. "I am a little confused though." She looked carefully at Willow. "What's this about you hearing what they talked about in Giles' apartment?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.

Willow didn't even blush. Instead she seemed proud of herself. "Just a bit of harmless fun. I bugged his apartment. I wanted to be the first to know if they found anything out about you. Besides, it's kind of fun." She pulled Buffy off the couch and led Buffy into a large room filled with computers. On each screen were multiple shots of different rooms in Giles' house, Angel's mansion and Xander's basement apartment. Next to each computer was a set of speakers, all turned off except the one of Giles' living room. Buffy looked at the screen, but the room was now empty.

"This is a bit of harmless fun?" Buffy asked with a laugh. "Looks more like an obsession. They really kept you out of the loop, huh?" The slayer added as she stopped in front of the monitor of Angel's mansion. Her gaze was immediately drawn to Angel's bedroom. The silk sheets were folded precisely, and on top of the pillows was an old looking doll that Buffy assumed to be Miss Edith. "What happened while I was gone?" Buffy asked Willow, her gaze now on the image of a room filled with dolls, a large tea set, an old fashioned dressing table with a missing mirror, and various dresses, some old fashioned and some modern.

Without missing a beat, Willow caught where Buffy's gaze was now focussed. "You mean, how did Angel end up with Drusilla and why Xander and Giles can actually stand to be in a room with Drusilla and Spike?" She asked, shrugging lightly. "It's a long story."

Buffy spun around and looked at Willow, her eyes blazing. "I want to hear it. I need to hear it." As soon as the words were out of her mouth, her gaze was caught by the image of Angel entering his mansion, calling out for Drusilla. She tore her gaze away from him and back to Willow. "What happened?"

With a sigh, Willow led Buffy out of the room and back to the couch. Once Buffy was seated on the couch, Willow began her story. "Okay, now I got most of this off what I've seen on the computers. First of all, Xander left right after graduation. He went on a road trip and came back three months later with Anya in tow. But that's not really important. About 5 months ago this secret ops team called the Initiative came into town." Her face suddenly grew dark. "They started capturing demons and half-breeds."

"Oz?" Buffy asked already not liking where this story was going.

Willow's eyes flashed black for a moment. "is dead. He tried to escape with Drusilla and Spike. They made it out as you probably noticed. Spike was implanted with a chip that stops him from hurting humans."

"And Drusilla?" Buffy asked with a heavy glare.

This question caused Willow to grin. "She has a chip too, but they haven't figured out what hers does yet. I have. It makes her untraceable and somewhat impervious to sunlight. It's kind of a warning zap telling her that she's near sunlight or actually in it. They were going to use her as an assassin.

"After they escaped, Drusilla couldn't figure out why Spike couldn't eat. She went to the park and found Xander being attacked by vampires. Shestaked themand told him that she saved him and it would be his turn to save her. The next night she showed up at Giles' with a sick Spike. Faith was going to kill Spike, but not Drusilla because she knew it would piss off Angel if she did."

Buffy snorted. "Were Faith and Angel still having their affair?"

"They never had an affair, Buffy, I told you that." Willow said with a sigh. "Anyway, Drusilla got all hysterical and Xander remembered the park. He told Faith and Giles and they called Angel. It was Angel who figured out that Spike was harmless. It was also Angel who blew up the Initiative."

"He blew it up?" Buffy asked not believing that her ex-boyfriend was capable of something like that.

Willow nodded. "Apparently he's very overprotective of his childer, especially Drusilla. So it wasn't all that shocking when Angel moved back to Sunnydale and insisted that Drusilla and Spike live with him in the mansion. Angel started going to Scooby meetings again and bringing them with him. Soon, Giles started to trust him again. Xander still doesn't like Angel or Spike but he still trusts Giles and Faith's judgement. Besides, after Drusilla saved him in the park, he found out from Angel that Drusilla had put a claim on him. So, basically now Xander's afraid of what'll happen if he pisses Drusilla off.

"But the only wild card still is Spike. Faith and Angel trust him, but no one else really does. Actually I don't even think Angel trusts him. He just keeps him around to please Drusilla." Willow looked at Buffy almost afraid of what Buffy's reaction would be to her next news. "Spike and Drusilla broke up again about a month after Angel had come back. Drusilla had started spending all her time with Angel and next thingevery oneknew they were all coupley. Spike moved out the mansion and into a crypt. He couldn't take seeing Angel and Drusilla together. It's funny though, half the time Angel spends brooding is devoted to figuring out how he actually ended up with Drusilla."

It was all almost too much for Buffy to handle. She never would have predicted things to change this much in the time she was gone. But it did, and it only pissed her off more. Now that she was back, she only had one goal: to stir up the perfect little world Faith and Angel had created. Faith had destroyed Buffy's world and even stole her friends, her watcher and her life. It made Buffy want to be sick. Instead she gave a slight smile to the now silent Willow. "Hey, Wills, I'm gonna go take a shower now, kay? I just need to wrap my head around all this."

Willow nodded, understanding completely. "Oh. Wait." She instructed before dashing into another room and coming back with a small box and a tape. "The Mayor left this in his office. It was for you." She handed it to her. "I think he made it just in case his plans went all kablooey."

The tape and box felt like a bomb in Buffy's hands. She had this vague feeling that with these two simple things everything would change.

Harry2- -gives cookie- I haven't yet decided if I'm going to make it Buffy/Willow. I'm very tempted to do so, though. And Faith and Buffy will see each other soon. Promise.

tohonomike- I hope that was a good enough explaination for you. Things will keep getting clearer with each chapter.

Serrafina- I'm not sure if I'm going to end it with Bangel or with Drangel. I have two different endings worked out in my head, I just can't decide which one I want to use yet.

Deamondeathstone- I just really couldn't see Xander working for the Mayor. And I could see him siding with Faith simple because of their 'special relationship' at the time.

TrueDarkHero- Wow. I feel very honored to have inspired you. I just have one condition- send me the link so I can read the story when you've posted it!

Dru fan!- Thank you. Was this fast enough for you?

Love to all-

Karma