Xander Harris used to be your average teenager until one day he met a girl who literally changed his life forever; Buffy Anne Summers. When he got pulled into the world of the Supernatural, he thought it was one of the coolest things ever. But with all cool things there were always drawbacks and this was one of them. The fight in the forest all came back to him in bits and pieces as he finally started to regain consciousness. He could tell somewhat that he was in a hospital bed and heard the faint beep of a heart monitor; the pain in his chest having subsided to a degree. Just what hospital was he in anyway?

"Xander?"

"Buffy?" He asked hearing her voice. He opened his eyes, turned his head to the right, and saw Buffy's worried face staring at him; parts of her face stitched or bandaged up from her fight with Victoria.

"Xander; thank God," she said hugging him. "I thought you were dead for a moment."

"If I'm going to die, it's gonna be during a mighty blaze of glory. Not from a few cheap shots," Xander joked. "Speaking of which, would you care to fill me in on what happened after the conclusion of that fight? It's kind of a blur."

"Not much else happened. After the fight, I got us out of the forest and managed to get a truck to pull over to help us. The driver took us to the hospital after you passed out. I tried calling our friends, but the call would not go through, no matter how much I tried."

"And what did you tell her about what happened to me?"

"That we're from California and that we were taking some time off from school to travel the United States for a while. Sometimes hitching rides, sometimes by bus and that when we came here, Forks I believe is what the driver that picked us up said we are, we decided to explore the woods where we got attacked by a wolf."

"I'm sure Oz would've loved to have heard you say that...wait, did you just say Forks?" Xander asked.

"Yeah, why?"

"Ah, I'm glad to see you're awake," a doctor said entering Xander and Buffy's room. "My name is Doctor Carlisle Cullen," he introduced himself to Xander, who just stared like he saw a ghost. "You're very fortunate that your friend got you here in time. Any later and you could've bled out."

"That's Buffy. Always saving my hide. Um, where exactly are we?" Xander asked hoping he this isn't the Forks he thinks it is.

"You're in Forks, Washington. You said you were attacked by a wolf?"

"Yes," Buffy lied.

"Odd. I've never known there to by any wolves in this area," Carlisle lied himself, but decided to not press the matter for the moment. "Do you have any family in town that could come get you?" He asked Buffy and she told him the story she told Bella earlier. "Hm, California is quite a ways off and with your friend's injuries, I'd recommend he stay in bed for at least two weeks." A knock came at the door when Carlisle said this and the group turned towards it.

"Um, hi. I didn't mean to eavesdrop. The door was open," Bella said peeking inside the room.

"Bella; I thought you left," Buffy said to her.

"I wanted to make sure you two were all right before I did," Bella said. "I'm Isabella Swan, but people call me Bella," she introduced to Xander.

"Alexander Harris, but...everyone calls me Xander," he said still hoping beyond hope that this situation isn't what he thinks it is.

"If you need a place to stay while your friend gets better, you're welcome to stay at my house," she offered.

"I wouldn't want to be a bother," Buffy tried to decline while also realizing that something about this set up was starting to feel vaguely familiar to her.

"I'm sure my dad won't mind. He did in fact tell me that he wants me to make a few more friends now that I'm living here."

"When did you move here?" Xander asked.

"Just a few weeks back. Used to live in Phoenix, Arizona with my mom." At that comment, it all hit Xander like a stake to the heart.

"Alright, then I accept. Thanks for all your help, Bella," Buffy said holding out her hand, which Bella shook.

"We'll leave as soon as you're ready," Bella replied.

"Ok. Can you both give me a moment alone with my friend?" Buffy asked.

"Of course," Carlisle said and exited the room along with Bella.

"That was a nice thing you did for her, Ms. Swan," Carlisle said after they left; Buffy closing the door behind them.

"I'm just, you know, doing what any decent person would," Bella said.

"I'd like to believe that, but people can be disappointing more times than not," he sighed.

When Carlisle and Bella left the room, Buffy closed the door behind them and turned back to Xander, who looked pale white.

"Xander? Are you ok?" Buffy asked looking at his petrified look.

"Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore," he said.

"What are you talking about?" Buffy asked and then her phone started to ring. "Um, hello?" Buffy answered somewhat shocked that a signal finally came through on her phone.

"Oh, Buffy. Thank goodness," Willow's voice came over on the other end. Buffy switched the phone to speaker.

"Willow, I'm going to kill you!" Xander yelled into the phone.

"I'm so sorry, Xander. I didn't know this would happen," Willow apologized.

"Ok, we're miles away from home Xander, but that doesn't mean you have to yell," Buffy said.

"You don't get it, Buffy. Willow didn't teleport us away from Sunnydale. She teleported us into the first novel of the Twilight Saga."

Everything suddenly clicked for Buffy when Xander said this from how she vaguely recognized some of the names dropped to that vampire not knowing what a Slayer was. She started to run a hand down her face, when another thought crossed her mind. "Wait, if that's the case then how is Willow calling us?"

"Cordelia found a spell that can let me communicate with those in other worlds and I cast it on my phone. We were all surprised that Cordelia found it to say the least."

"The world must be coming to an end if Cordy actually helped out," Buffy said.

"I heard that!" Cordelia shouted on their end.

"It's taking all my concentration just to maintain the link so we better make this quick."

"Ok. What went wrong with the spell?" Buffy asked.

"Nothing went wrong with it. It did as it was supposed to. I only misread it. When the spell said you'd have to go through each novel it meant literally go through them. I'm not sure what it meant by you'd have to go through so many pages a night, however."

"What do we have to do to get out of here?" Xander asked her.

"I don't know if there's anything you can do to get out. Not until you've gone through Breaking Dawn, the last book in the series, and from what I've read about the spell, you can't just wait it out. You have to actually participate in the story."

"Well isn't this just terrific?" Buffy sighed running her hand down her face again.

"Don't worry B. We'll figure out a way to free you guys," Faith said to her.

"I'd like to point out that for once I'm not the one responsible for messing things up," Cordelia said before the line went dead.

"Looks like we're gonna be here for a while," Buffy sighed again.

Victoria was furious…no she was beyond furious. She had been bested by a human! And the thing that really boiled her blood was how she didn't even seem afraid. Every human that she met always went out with the fear clear in their eyes, but that human woman fought back and managed to inflict physical harm with just her bare hands, which is supposed to beyond impossible for humans to achieve. Yet here she is hanging out in a tree and gritting her teeth as her wounds slowly healed.

"Victoria?" She heard James call out from the foot of the tree. Victoria jumped out of the tree and landed in front of her mate along with Laurent.

"Where were you two?" She asked in a displeased tone.

"Ran into a group of lost hikers, so Laurent and I figured 'why not' and helped ourselves," James answered.

"What happened to you?" Laurent asked observing her injuries.

"It's nothing," she answered trying to cover some of them up.

"Hey, any harm that comes to you is not nothing," James said observing the cracks in Victoria's arm. "Who did this to you?"

"If I told you, you'd hunt them. And I don't want you to hunt them just yet. She's mine."

"She?" Laurent asked.

"Just drop it for right now. Both of you." Victoria turned and sped off before either of them could continue the conversation further.

Victoria felt somewhat surprised that she flat out refused to let James go out on a hunt, but there was something special about this girl, this 'Slayer'. And if it was in the girl's blood, Victoria wanted it for herself first.

To Be Continued...