Oz and Dawn left the uncounciouss teen in front of the hospital, and after they saw that a nurse noticed him and carried him inside they left for the library. "We must hurry and tell Giles what has just happened" Oz said with all the seriousness "What sort of creature were they" asked Dawn but Oz just replied "I don't know Dawn, I have never seen anything like that before, they kind of remind me of vampires but without their game faces" Dawn said "I thought that to. I just hope Giles will know something" What they didn't know was that they were being fallowed

"Did you hear that Willow? I told you it was a good idea to fallow them. I just knew from the time I saw them holding stakes that they both knew about vampires, and that maybe they were friends with Giles" Willow replied "You are probably right, but do you think we could follow them to where Giles is, Do you think we will be unnoticed by the others? Oh God I just hope my Xander is still here in Sunnydale" Buffy replied with hope "And Angel".

The two vampires fallowed the Scooby members for a while "They are going inside that building… wait! Isn't this place where our school was?" Willow asked with surprise. Buffy just answered "Well, that inscription reads Sunnydale High school but it looks very different. I wonder what has happened in the past nine years" then she noticed something "Willow look, all the light are off except that window. I think Giles must be there" Willow said with some fear "But what if they see us?" Buffy answered with a smile "Come on Will, that window is on a second floor. I don't think they expect someone will be there floating in the air" Willow added "I guess you are right"

They both took off and when finally they were in front of the window, their eyes opened "My God… Xander is here… look at him Buffy he is now a man… And Giles doesn't seem to have aged at all, he just looks exactly the same as nine years ago" Willow said while trying to calm her feelings "God help me, I know I shouldn't but all I want now is go inside and hugh them" she thought to herself.

After her initial shock Buffy said "Angel is here as well, God I miss him, but I wonder who all these other people are. You know how Giles have told us that not to many people should be involved into this" Willow then added with surprise "Look at that Buffy… even Cordelia Chase is here".

At that moment they saw that the two strangers they meet before entered the room and they decided to see what was going to happen.

Giles was really worried about Oz and Dawn "Why haven't they come?" was a constant thought in his mind, and he was about to tell the others to go out and search for them when suddenly the door opened and they came inside. Giles was about to ask them why they came so late, but before he could say anything Oz told him "Giles, there is something we need to tell you". Giles, as well as the others who were accustomed of hearing the shocking news of the Hellmouth were not really worried, they were more relieved now that their two friends have finally come.

At first Giles was calm, but as the story went on his interest grew, "And you said they flew?" asked Spike with interest "Yes" answered Dawn. Giles then intervened "To tell you the truth, I have never heard of any creature with those characteristics. I'm afraid I will have to do some research" At that moment Oz said "The thing that surprised me the most was that they were only two girls, and they looked even younger than Dawn" Dawn then added "Yes, I still remember their faces, One had Blond hair while the other was red haired"

Until that moment both Angel and Xander hadn't paid much attention to the story, they were both doing some research about a new demon in town, but when they heard the description they immediately raised their faces from the books and looked at Giles. "Umm Guys what is wrong with you?" Drusilla asked when he saw the expression in the faces of the three of them.

Xander, who was always very joyful, stood up from his chair with a very serious expression rarely seen in him and approached Dawn "Dawn, did they say their names?" Dawn thought for a moment and answered "Now that you mention it, I think they did but at the moment I was just too afraid and I don't remember". Both Giles and Angel approached Xander and Giles said "Xander, you know it can't be them" Xander looked at him with tears in his eyes and said "Giles, I know you are right, I know it can't be them but what is wrong with me? After all those years and the things we have been through I thought I have gotten over this"

Angel then said sympathetically, while putting an arm in his friend shoulder "Xander, I also haven't forgotten about them" Xander Looked at him and then Giles and said while a tear ran down his face "I just need to go outside and clear my head", Anya approached him and said "Do you want company" But Xander just replied with a sad smile "Thank you but I just need to be alone for a while" Anya smiled and said "I'll wait for you here".

As Xander left the room, Giles saw that everyone was staring at both him and Angel and he knew that they were all waiting for an explanation and he decided to tell them "Back in 1996, four months before Faith arrived…"

While Giles was explaining to them the story, the door from the school opened and Xander went out "I think I will just take a small walk" he thought to himself "How weird, I haven't thought about them for almost four years and now I feel like back then when the pain was still very intense". While he was thinking both Willow and Buffy were staring at him, bloody tears in their eyes "He... He stills remember us… I didn't k... Know my death would affect him so much, even after nine years" was the only thing Willow could say. At that moment Xander started to walk and Willow told Buffy "I'm going to follow him" Buffy just replied "Willow be careful, don't let him see you. I think that it will cause him more grief if he ever finds out about us" Willow looked at her friend with pain and said "But Buffy, I...I" then she sighted and said with resignation "Don't worry Buffy; I just want to make sure he will be ok".

Buffy added "You go; I will wait here to hear what else the others say".

Xander walked for about 20 minutes near the school but he constantly turned his head behind, He felt as if someone was fallowing him, but each time he looked there was no one there.

He was about to return to the school when suddenly he heard growl behind him. As he turned, his face paled when he saw a seven foot green demon approaching him. He knew it was the demon he had just read about it and knew that he didn't stand a chance against it.

The demon started to run towards him when suddenly both Xander and the demon heard a scream above them "LEAVE HIM ALONE". Over the past nine years Xander had seen a lot of weird things, but nothing of his previous experience prepared him for what he saw "W… Willow?" he managed to say.

Willow was fallowing her friend with great care; she didn't want him to see her, but when she saw that he was in danger, she forgot all her precautions and now the only thing that was on her mind was to save him.

She flew with incredible speed towards the demon and when she arrived, she grabbed it and threw it with all her strength to a wall.

After a while the demon stood up with great difficulty, He knew he didn't stand a chance against this creature so he just ran away. Willow just stood there, surprised at what she just did. "Did I just do that?" she thought to herself "A day ago I was just a shy girl and now… wait…. Did I just reveal myself to Xander?" She turned her face and saw her fried standing there with his eyes wide open