Title: Immortal Miracles

Author: Kristin Hulett Warning: Probably none, unless some of you haven't seen Buffy season 4 and Angel season 1, since the story is set shortly after those two seasons.

Summary: Buffy and the Scooby Gang find out about the prophecy about Angel turning human (the Shanshu prophecy). Then they get some strange dreams and prophecies of their own.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters on Buffy and Angel. I am only a lowly fan who liked the Angel/Buffy relationship and has my own ideas about the prophecy Wesley found. The only characters that are possibly mine are the members of the Council of Miracles (and Megan, in the epilogue). Meaning, don't sue me because what would you expect to get out of a 23-year-old without a job, driver's license, or anything that could possibly mean my family's rich. All you would get would be a lot of junk and a possibly psycho golden retriever.

Author's note: Any dialogue that is between and is either thoughts, dreams or something that happened before the action in the story.

Part Two

The next day, Giles calls everybody to another meeting at his apartment. He wants to discuss his strange dream. All three people show up. While Giles is discussing his dream, Xander and Willow blurt out that they all had similar dreams. Nobody notices that Buffy is sitting pensively, not making any comments.

She thinks, "I wonder if I should tell them about my dream. I'm not even sure if it was true, but with their dreams, maybe it would be better to tell them."

Buffy quietly speaks up, explaining about her dream. Giles seems like he wants to start researching right away, as usual, but he doesn't know where to start. When Buffy finishes explaining, everybody acts concerned. Willow wonders, "What if it's more than just a dream? It wouldn't be the first time Buffy had a prescient dream. Is there a way to find out if it could have actually been true?"

Giles' research mode kicks in. He walks to his bookshelf and starts pulling out books he thinks are relevant to the search. He gives some books to each teen to start looking for anything. Xander tries researching but quickly gets bored and starts looking for pictures instead. Giles tells Buffy to train, after she seems like she isn't thinking about researching, so, in the end, only Giles and Willow are actually researching.

Suddenly, Willow looks up. "Aha! I think I found something." Everything stops. All three people are staring at Willow and she starts getting nervous. Finally, Giles speaks.

"What did you find?" He accompanies this with a push on his glasses. Since this move has become such a ritual, the teens know he is ready for information.

Willow explains, "I'm not sure if this would help, but this book says: 'Before the new millennium, a warrior and her enemy shall meet and love each other. Obstacles shall be faced but when the millennium comes, they shall be together for all time.' Do you think this might be something?"

Giles acts flustered, probably because he didn't find it first, and then answers. "Of course it might be something. Now, we need to do more research to find any other prophecies that might be relevant."

Both Buffy and Xander look at Giles. Xander asks, "Huh?" Buffy sits down on the couch.

Giles patiently explains. "We need to find something that will help us get more information."

"Oh. I knew that," Xander replies. "But I thought the millennium already came. Wouldn't the thing that this prophecy is talking about have already happened?"

"Well, actually, according to our calendar, the millennium is not until January 1, 2001. There was no year 0 AD, so 2000 would not be the beginning of the new millennium . . ." Giles goes into a long, complicated explanation, of course, but most of the teens tune out the end of it.

Buffy is just sitting there with a thoughtful look on her face. Willow cautiously passes a book across the couch toward her. When Buffy realizes what Willow is doing, she looks alert and takes the old book, quickly flipping the pages. She suddenly stops, flips back a few pages, and then stares at the open book.

"What? Did you find something, Buffy?" Willow asks.

"I think so. This picture looks familiar." She starts reading out loud. "The Oracles: a group of transdimensional people that can be called on to help warriors in extreme cases. They are known to be cryptic and slightly aristocratic."

"Well, that's a good start. At least we have something useful," Xander replies sarcastically when he thinks Buffy has finished reading.

"Hey! You didn't seem to be helping much," Willow scathingly adds, "At least Buffy tried."

"Thanks, Will. But I'm not positive that these people are exactly what I saw. Maybe there is some branch or something of these things that contacted me. And besides, I don't even know if the dream was true," Buffy responds.

Giles is still reading. Suddenly he looks up. "Well, with this new angle, I have already started to find anything about these 'Oracles.' And I found this information." He takes a small pause and looks at the teenagers. They are looking back at him questioningly.

"That was fast," Willow adds.

"I found a mention of a 'Council of Miracles' in one passage about the Oracles. I don't know what or who that is, because there is no description in this book, and I also would like to find this prophecy that Wesley spoke of."

"What we need is some sort of supernatural encyclopedia. We could just look in the volume for 'C' and find 'Council of Miracles' and know all the fun facts available," Buffy comments.

"Well, I'm going to call Wesley and ask him about this prophecy so we can try to find the information. Meanwhile, you try to act normal until I find something out," Giles says.

"We're just supposed to ignore the fact that our best friend might have magically been made invincible or immortal or something," Willow argues.

"Yeah! And why would someone decide to make Dead Boy a human after all that he's done?" Xander adds.

"I though you were over that. And Angel's not even here, so why are you calling him that? It won't annoy him if he can't hear you," Willow replies.

Buffy stood up. "Well, I, for one, would love to act like I have a normal life. Besides, I'm supposed to have a date with Riley tonight, so I don't want to be distracted." She starts walking toward the door.

Willow speaks up. "Speaking of Riley, how are you going to tell him if the prophecy and your dream are actually true?"

Buffy stops dead. "Oh yeah. I hadn't really thought about that. I guess I should figure something out." Then, she opens the door and leaves.

Xander is the first to speak. "Sometimes I don't get her. Willow, I really need to get help understanding the female mind."

"Sorry, can't help you there. I would be letting out confidential information. Then I'd have to kill you," Willow replies distractedly while looking at the door.