The End of the World Rewritten
Part One

Disclaimer: In no way do the characters mentioned in the following chapters belong to me.
Author's notes: This story starts off right after Wyatt was born by a few weeks. In BtVS, we know very little about the First. And on A:tS, well, Angel never went bad. And Cordy's not the Beast Master, and there's no Jasmine. Because when this was written, we didn't know that. This was written mostly within the week between the episodes when Wyatt was born, and when we knew his name!
Oh, if you've read this previously on it's getting a bit of a makeover. I now know more about writing, so I'm gonna try to improve it a bit! Can't say how much improvement, but there will be some!

For this story, Sunnydale is where Sunnyvale California is, and San Fransisco and Los Angeles are in the same spot.

Sunnydale
Summer's Residence

"So, Will, how's the recuperating going?" Buffy asked her long time friend Willow Rosenberg as she came into her room. Willow was just finishing meditating. It was a beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon, and she could hear the girl's in the backyard through the open window.

"Good. I even did a tiny search online the other day, for practicing groups in town. There were a few that seemed interesting, I might eventually get up the nerve to check them out. Any news on The First, any new demon that needs its ass kicked?"

Buffy laughed, "Nope, no new news. It's been wicked quite, too quiet, if you ask me. I'm always partial to kicking some demon ass myself."

"Yeah," Willow agreed with her friend.

Los Angeles
Angel Investigation

"Angel, there's something demonic going on in San Francisco," Lorne told his boss.

"What type of demonic activity?" Angel asked, slightly concerned, but not too much, it wasn't his town, wasn't really his responsibility. He couldn't do anything about it right now anyway, the sun was up, a bright and sunny Saturday.

"Seems demon or magical. Seems like an all out war."

"ANGEL!" A shaky voice screamed from upstairs.

"Cordy? What's wrong?" Angel called, he felt himself grow more concerned and worried than he was before, mostly because of the tone in her voice, and the scent she was giving off. As if I'll ever tell her, that I get concerned when she starts smelling differently!

"I had one of the strangest visions ever! I was in this very nice house, in a...solarium. Right in front of me, was this huge, horned demon. He was looking at...no, through me, to whatever was behind me. There was a burst of magical light, that grew in strength, like it was added to, it was so bright it almost blinded me, then, poof, the demon exploded," she said, coming unsteadily down the staircase.

"Strange, normally it's people who need help, not people who know what they're doing," Lorne stated the obvious.

"I know. And I had the, strangest of all, the feeling of being safe, being in control. Oh, and right before the demon was vanquished, a guy appeared, to my right, I saw him out of the corner of my eye. He was holding a tiny baby. On it's nightclothes, there was a strange symbol. It looked like this…" She grabbed a sheet of scrap paper, and started drawing.

"I've seen it before, but it's not ringing any bells to why a demon would have this symbol," Angel said, peering over her shoulder as she drew, "I can't remember what it is," Angel said, aggravated.

"Me either," Lorne put his two cents in.

"WES!" Angel bellowed.

"Yes?" Wesley came into the room, followed closely by Fred and Gun.

"Look this symbol up for me."

"Right."

"Gun, Fred, hold down the fort for awhile, will ya?"

"Angel, where are you going?" Gun's "k" was drowned out by Fred's question.

"San Francisco." With that, Angel swept out of the room.

San Francisco
Halliwell Residence

"Look at that window!" Piper complained, "That's like the 100th time it's been broken!"

"Maybe we should just board it up. Plywood costs less than glass," Paige joked.

"Well, miss smarty pants, you can clean it up! Come here, sweetie!" This last part was directed at her baby boy.

"Well, nice to see you all again, I'm off to work," Phoebe joked, as she grabbed her coat.

"Ok, fine," Paige sassed her older sister, "That demon was ...kinda tough."

"Well, I've seen worse, but that was the third demon this week! Things are getting kinda hairy."

"Yeah. Hey, Leo, have the Elders said anything about anything going on? There are excess demon's to go around!" Paige exclaimed as Leo came into the room, with a drink in his hand.

"None that I've heard of."

"Could you ask, there is something really strange going on, and it's getting dangerous," Piper said, snuggling her son close to her chest. For once, she was more afraid for someone else's safety, besides her sisters', than her own. She pulled over the bouncy seat, brushing out any stray dust bits, before settling him in it. She had thought that sending that message via the old crone would stop the demon attacks for awhile.

"I can try." With that, he orbed out.

"Thank you!" Piper called, knowing he could hear her.

Sunnydale
Summer's residence

"Giles, this is getting strange! Stranger than normal!" Buffy complained later that day.

"What is? I haven't heard of anything lately."

"That's what I'm saying! It would be nice to be able to train the girls on something besides Spike! He's still not his old self, after having his chip removed. He's getting mopey, and he doesn't even try to fight back, like he still had the chip in!"

"And I'm thankful for that."

"You know what I mean! I mean since before he got the chip out! I don't want him like he was before, with no leash!" Though, I don't know if he'd kill me, and the others, or not. He's changed, even without his soul. I just don't know how much.

"I'll recheck my books, see if I missed anything, about why the demons might have vanished. But I don't think I find anything."

"Ok, thanks," Buffy said, walking out of the room, to check on the girls.

Los Angeles
Angel Investigations

"Angel."

"What do you want, Cordy?"

"I want to go with you. I know that you can take care of yourself, but you don't know what you're getting into. It could be dangerous."

"Which is why you should stay here."

"It's just as dangerous here as it will be there, it might even be safer."

"Please stay here. I have enough to do, I don't want to have to protect you, too."

"Well, I can take care of myself, Mr. Hotshot, and I want to go. Please, I've never been to San Francisco, and I know this isn't a sight seeing tour."

"Fine, hurry up! The sun is almost set. We need to hurry, so we can make good time."

"Oh, Thank you, Angel!" On impulse, she ran up to his, and kissed his cheek, then ran out. Angel felt his insides flop, like they used to when Buffy was around, and he tried to get himself under control in a hurry. Remember what she did, or better yet, who she did. She doesn't love you, she slept with your son.

Sunnydale
Summer's residence

"Buffy! Buffy, I was meditating, and wow, I felt the most amazing power!" Willow cried, rushing down the stair, trying to get her breathing to calm. The power had invigorated her for some reason, and she didn't like how it made her feel, all giddy, like before. It was Sunday, and she had also done a ritual, because it was, well, Sunday. "It was tugging me north. It flared to a huge crescendo, then it dissipated, but if I concentrate, I can still feel it. It's still there." Maybe it's always been there, and you weren't attuned enough to the forces, that you couldn't feel it a voice mocked her, the voice that had made it all too easy to kill Warren, and to hurt her friends. I won't listen to you! she told it.

"Will, could you follow it, are you up to following it?"

" I think-I know I could. And I feel fine, don't worry about me."

"I couldn't go with you, but Giles would most likely be willing, you could ask him."

"No, I'll be fine, I can take care of myself. I promise I'll be careful, And I'll bring supplies, just in case."

"I'd rather Giles went with you, but I can't force you to take him. Just be extra careful. The First is out there somewhere, it could be trying to drag you away from me, to its side."

"Don't worry, I'll be extra careful." Yet she was unnerved, Buffy had voiced her deepest thoughts. The First has tried to do you in before, your obviously important, what if it want's you were on its side?

NO! Don't think about it! It will never happen, you are with the people that you love, the people who love you! You won't throw that away again!

But what would it be like, to be on the First's side? It wanted Andrew to do it's bidding, what if it wanted you?

NO! You are on the side of GOOD! That's where you started, that's where you'll stay!