I'M GETTING A HORSE! I am sooooo excited! Okay…that had nothing to do with Buffy. Lol.

Thanks tons for the reviews!

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Anaharath

Giles stared at Oz. "You found a reference to him?" disbelief filled his voice. "But I've been looking all week and haven't seen a word about Balthazar."

Oz read aloud from the huge book in front of him, "Balthazar the Imposter received his name in 1678 when he cast a glamour over himself in order to decieve the priests of Shalack and bring about the Anaharath. The Apocalypse is brought about by a series of complex rituals."

Willow frowned, "What else does it say? Does it tell what exactly happens when this Anaharath comes about?"

He shook his head, "It says tons of stuff about fear though. The name, Anaharath, is Hebrew and it means the groaning of fear. A later passage says something about total domination over all demisions by a common fear. Something everybody and everything is afraid of."

Xander shivered. "Man. That does not sound good."

"I bet it's polyester."

Everyone in the room stared at Andrew.

He shrugged, "What? It's a synthetic material, everybody should fear it."

Xander rolled his eyes and grabbed Andrew's arm, "I think being around all these books has demented you. Come on, let's go outside for a little walk." With that, he hauled the protesting Andrew out of Giles' loft.

The elder gentleman wiped his glasses, "Well, now that we've disposed of that loonatic, down to business."

Dawn spoke suddenly, "Balthazar."

Buffy glanced at her younger sister, puzzled by the expression on her face, "What about him?"

The young girl looked at Giles, "It's Balthazar. He's going to bring about Anaharath, and make himself what everybody's afraid of! He can rule the entire universe that way, and not just ours either."

Giles stared at Dawn in awe, "From the mouth of babes. I believe Dawn has struck the nail with the hammer."

Faith lifted an eyebrow, "You think? Way to go Dawnie."

The youngest Summers daughter flushed from the praise. "Thanks." Suddenly a thought struck her, "We have to tell Fae!"

Buffy frowned slightly, "Do we have to?"

Dawn gave her sister the evil eye, "Yes we have to."

Willow rose from her chair, "I'll do it."

Nodding his thanks, Giles turned back to the business at hand. Figuring out where exactly the Anaharath was going to take place.

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Marissa put the phone back in its cradle. Walking into a large study she sat down in front of a huge fireplace. The fire wasn't lit and the shadows from the many candles in the room gave the occupant of the chair opposite of her an eerie look.

She stared at the ashes a moment before speaking, "That was the Witch. They have uncovered The Imposter's mode of operendi."

"Really?"

The girl nodded. "He chose Anaharath."

The figure sat bolt upright in his seat, "Again? We foiled his last attempt to use Fear to conquer the word."

A shrug was the response he got. "Maybe he doesn't realize it's us."

Fae rose from the chair, "Impossible. How could he not realize?"

"I don't know. But he hasn't sent anyone after us yet. So he either doesn't know it's us…"

Fae finished her thought when she trailed off, "Or he doesn't care."

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Ooooo. I wonder what they're talking about. Don't you?