" Buffy?" Willow asked, " It's you, right?" Jenny was quiet.
" Where's Hannah?" Jenny asked.
" She just disappeared." Willow said, " Oh, god Giles is going to be pissed."
" The horse... If it wasn't for him..."
" What is she saying?"? Willow asked.
" The horse? What horse?" Willow said, then the Scooby's all ran into the kitchen.
" Buffy." Angel yelled.
" Where's Hannah?" Ronald asked.
" We don't know, after the spell she just disappeared." jenny said.
" Oh my god Buffy." Joyce said, she pulled her arms around Buffy and held Buffy in a strong embrace, Buffy didn't hug her back, she just laid there like a confused baby. Xander smiled.
" We've missed you." Willow said.
" HOW ARE YOU?" Cordelia asked. Xander then stopped smiling.
" Something's wrong." Xander said.
" Yes something is, where's Hannah?" Ronald said.
" Uhh." Buffy said, " The horse..." She put her hands over her ears.
" Buffy." Joyce said, " Buffy." Buffy pushed her mother back and she ran through the kitchen to the living room and out the front door.
" Buffy." Joyce said.
" What's wrong with her?" Willow asked.
" You mean other than what was wrong before?" Cordelia asked.
" Cordelia." Xander whispered.
" Was she in hell?" Ronald asked.
" Yeah." Angel said.
" ... The hell dimension had a whole different timeline than the earth dimension. Though I don't know how different. She could have been in hell for years."
" Oh my goddess," Willow said.
" I'll go find her." Angel said.
" No." Willow said, " The last thing she probably remembers from this is you sending her to hell."
" I didn't." Angel said, " It was Drusilla."
" You were with Drusilla for a bit, and you were fighting her, she probably has bad memories with you." Willow said
" That makes sense." Angel said, " Very well, I wont go."
" Who will go?" Ronald asked, then all the Scooby's all looked at Ronald, " Me?"
" It seems the only option." Jenny said.
" Go find my little girl." Joyce said.
" Me?"
" Go." Willow said.
" I don't remember her." Ronald said, " What if she doesn't remember me either?"
" She'll probably remember you more than us." Willow said.
" Very well." Ronald said, " But what about Hannah?"
" We can try to find out what happened."
" Ok." He said.
" Oh, take this." Willow said, she handed Ronald a phone, " If you need to call us, just dial the number named home in the address book." Ronald stepped out the front door and looked around the front yard. He then took his gut feeling and turned left.
" Er... Buffy?" He asked. No reply. He continued walking and son he found himself in front of a mansion, the front door was open and swinging back and forth. He took a chance and walked into the freaky mansion.
" Buffy?" He asked. He heard a whimpering noise. He followed the noise down the stairs thorough a hallway and he was now in a basement. Sure enough Buffy was down there, she was touching a stone creature. Ronald guessed it was Acathla.
" Buffy?" He asked. Buffy slowly looked at him, confusion was in her eyes.
" What is this?" She whispered.
" What?" Ronald asked, he couldn't hear her.
" What is this." She yelled, Ronald backed up, he didn't want to get on the back side of this slayer he had heard so much about, and her greatness and originality.
" This is earth, and your surrounded by people that love you."
" Love." She whispered.
" They brought you back form hell." He said, " You've been gone for about three weeks here how long were you there?"
" S-six-sixty years." She trembled.
" Sixty?" He asked, " Buffy."
" Who are you?" she asked.
" I'm Ro-Giles." He said, " Your watcher."
" Watcher?"
" Yes."
" Giles..." She shook her heard no and put her hands in front of her body holding herself. Ronald then noticed the marks on her arms, it looked like cut marks and needle marks.
" Let me look at your arm." Ronald said. Buffy itched her arm and reluctantly let him hold her arm, " What did they do to you?" He asked, he started to feel a bit fatherly to this young confused girl.
" Little toy..." She said, " A new shiny different toy..."
" Toy... What Buffy?" he asked he lifter her up into his arms and carried her out of the basement, Hannah was now forgotten, she looked back at the stone bust and whimpered again. He carried her up the stairs and out of the mansion and continued walking towards her home. He stepped to the door and it was opened within seconds. He walked in and set Buffy on the couch. She looked at all the Scooby's and frowned.
" Buffy?" Joyce said, " I've missed you so much, I love you Buffy."
" She probably doesn't remember any of us." Giles said, " To her, she's been gone for sixty years. Angel kneeled down by Buffy and smiled.
" Gorgeous." He said, when he said this, Buffy started to freak out and try to get away from Angel, Xander pushed Angel away and yelled.
" Get away from her, right now, she may as well still think that you want her dead." Xander said.
" You don't tell me what to do." Angel said.
" Angel, Xander." Willow said, " I know you both love Buffy and you want to help her, but right now, we need to give her space. Angel, though, Xander does seem to have a point." Then Buffy started to talk.
" It's been so long..." Buffy said, " But I think I remember... W-Willow... And Xander... Giles, Jenny... Mommy, I've missed you." Buffy said.
" And Angel." Willow said.
" Angel..." Buffy said thinking, " Angel..."
" You should get some rest." Giles said, " It's been a long day."
" Rest." Buffy said. She stood up, shakily.
" Here, this way." Joyce said, she pulled Buffy up the stairs and they disappeared up the stairs.
" That was different." Jenny said, " She isn't acting like Buffy."
" It's hard for her, she was gone for sixty years." Xander said.
" I want to be the first to talk to Buffy." Angel said.
" You cant." Xander said.
" I want to clear things up to her."
" Clear things up?" Xander asked, " Knowing you you'll ruin it instead."
" Harris." Angel warned. They both stood up, chest to chest.
" Dead Boy." Xander warned too.
" Don't make me hurt you, conscience or not."
" I'd like to see you try you... You... Sack of potatoes."
" Sack of pota-. What?" Angel asked.
" Yeah you're a sack of potatoes... All potato-ey." Xander said, he then sat down out of embarrassment.
" Potatoes..." Angel said shaking his head as he also sat down.
" Geese (?) you too, you'd think you two would be all happy-cheery." Cordelia said, " You both are acting like you have a stake up you're a."
" Hey." Xander protested.
(next morning)
" Buffy, would you like some eggs?"
" Eggs." Buffy nodded, she still didn't remember much, but her memory was slowly coming back to her.
" Angel's coming over in a few minutes, is that ok?" Joyce asked Buffy, she put some eggs onto Buffy's plate.
" Angel's coming." she said. Just when that happened, someone knocked on the back door, it was Angel, Buffy got up and opened the door, " Angel," she smiled.
" Buffy," He said giving her a hug, " It's good to see you again."
" nice to see you too." She said. She pulled away and went to her breakfast. Joyce left them two alone, and went into the living room.
" So, Buffy. Tell me what happened in hell."
" I'd rather not talk about it." She said.
" Ok, fair enough." He said, " I was so frustrated with you gone, I was frantically looking for a spell to fix this. I couldn't leave you there."
" Yes." She said, " Thank you."
" I just want to kill Spike and Drusilla for making you suffer."
" Spike and Drusilla?" Buffy asked, trying to remember.
" Not important." Angel said, " So..."
" I'm full." Buffy said without eating any of her food, she lifted the plate off of the table and started to walk to the garbage can. It then slipped out of her hand and fell to the floor, " Oh no." She said, she knelt to the ground, but Angel beat her.
" Here."
" I got it." Buffy said, but Angel continued to pick up the glass.
" ... I could help you with that, anyways." Angel said. Buffy then had pictures flash in her head. The first was of a small room, then a sight of blond hair, then a sight of Angel kissing her roughly, right before throwing her into the blue hole.
" Ok." Buffy said, Angel finished with the last bit of the broken plate and looked at her, " Thanks."
" Anything for you." Angel said. Then more pictures flashed in Buffy's head, now it was of Spike, and her snuggling on his shoulder, and then him jumping into the hole after her.
" I remember." Buffy whispered.
" Buffy?" Angel asked a bit scared, he was hoping Buffy hadn't remembered that night.
" Spike.. He jumped in after me, he tried to save me... You... You were the one who threw me in." Buffy said, " you killed us."
" Buffy, your not making sense." Angel said, " It's because you have just came back from hell... Your not thinking strait."
" You killed me and Spike... Oh my god, he's left in hell alone..." Buffy said.
" Buffy." Angel pleaded, he stepped away from the slayer.
" Angel, how could you?" Buffy asked.
" Buffy." He said, Buffy grabbed a knife off of the counter. Angel shook his head no.
" Buffy?" Joyce asked as she stepped into the room, she had heard the whole conversation.
" Mom." Buffy said, " Leave me alone, I have to do this."
" Joyce, stop your daughter." Angel said.
" No," Joyce said, " I trust her decisions."
" Thanks mom." Buffy said, " I ... hate you Angel.." She stepped towards him again, she swung the knife at a Angels neck, but he grabbed her wrist and twisted it.
" Buffy, Buffy, Buffy... Tsk tsk tsk." He chanted, " Think you can do in ole Angel?" Buffy tried to get away from him and twisted around, her mom wasn't there anymore.
" Uhh." Buffy grunted as she got out of his grasp.
" No." Joyce said from behind Angel then he turned to dust. Joyce appeared with a wooden spoon, the handle facing towards Angel had just stood seconds ago.
" Come." Buffy said as she grabbed her mom's hand, " Were going to Giles." They walked down the porch steps and over to Giles's door, Buffy knocked hard on his door. They heard a curse and a noise of someone yelling 'I'm coming, hold your horses.' The door opened a second later.
" Buffy, Joyce." Giles said.
" Giles, I need to get Spike out of hell."'
" Spike? ... Hell?"
" Angel was lying." Buffy said.
" I did warn you of that." Giles said.
" Ok," Joyce said, " But here's the real story."
" Ok, come in, come in." Giles said.
" Wait." Buffy said, " Get the rest of the Scooby's."
" Aren't they at school right now?" Joyce asked.
" I'll get them out." Giles said, " Stay here." He pulled the two women into his home and left the house, into his car.