Author's Note I don't any of this or get money for it. It is pretty much A/U in the future. Enjoy.
2023
A woman stood at the edge of an enormous crater, it was nearly the size of a small canyon. Next to her was a marker which read "From beneath them it devoured." Her gaze moved along the canyon. She could still remember what the town had looked like before that dreadful day. So many lives had been lost, but so many more had been saved. "Has it really only been twenty years?" She whispered. So much had happened since then that it felt like it had been centuries ago. There were times when she almost regretted casting that spell… Almost… That spell had changed so many lives, including her own. About a year after that, Angel and Spike had vanished from the face of the earth. Rounding up all the new slayers had been a challenge; however, after four long years, they had finally done it. They had brought them all together.
They hadn't been prepared for was to come. They had prepared for demons. But the idea of a bomb hadn't even crossed their minds. Tears streamed down her face as she thought back to that dreadful day. She and two slayers had just returned to London, after completing a mission with Giles. Their car pulled to a halt near where their headquarters had been just a few days before. Most of the bodies had already been placed in body bags; however, three of them were still lying mangled and twisted on the street. She had recognized them instantly as Buffy, Xander, and Dawn. Buffy and Xander had fallen in love, and, soon after the last new slayer was found, they had gotten married. They had made a wonderful family. Then suddenly their lives had been ripped away from them. Now there were only two slayers, herself and Giles. Last week Giles and the two slayers had been killed in a car wreck. She was all alone in the world now. She had sold most of her belongings and purchased a plane ticket to L.A. From there she had driven back to this spot. Back to Sunnydale's remains. Her once entirely red hair was now mostly white. It was long again too, even longer than it had been in high school. She gave canyon one last longing look and turned to go. She had lost everyone that she had ever loved, and now it was time for her to go into hiding. How long would it be? She had no idea. But when a new slayer was finally called, she would be ready. She would wait as long it took for the powers that be to step in again and choose someone to pick up the banner of the slayer. She would be there for the new slayer to train her, to guide her, but most of all to guard her. She was a guardian, and it was her destiny.