Chapter Three: Subconscious Creation

Buffy's heart pumped fiercely in her chest. Her blue eyes widened in fear. This was the demon...The demon that made everything normal.

It was Andrew! That sneaky little bastard! He had done this to me! Buffy thought. She struggled and tried pulling the I.V out of her arm. The nurses had grabbed her arms and held her down.

Joyce's eyes widened in fear. Why was her daughter so afraid of her? Joyce wondered.

Buffy kicked her legs and shook her body. No! This wasn't real! Where was her sister?! Where was Dawn?! Why was Robin a doctor?! The heart monitor beeped loudly and Robin ran to her bed.

"Buffy what are you doing?!" Robin yelled. "You need to stop right now or you'll give yourself a heart attack!"

Buffy shook her head. "No! Where's Dawn?! Andrew did this to me!" She yelled. "You have to find Andrew!"

Joyce ran to her daughter's bed. "Sweetie, stop please!" She yelled. "What do you mean Dawn?"

She knew who she was, but she wanted to find out who her daughter had thought who Dawn was.

"You're not real!" Buffy yelled and ripped the mask off. It had hurt a ton, but she hadn't cared. She had wanted to get back to her friends and her family, her real friends and family. "You know who Dawn is! Dawn is my sister!" She yelled and turned to Robin. "Robin! You are a principal, not a doctor! What are you stupid or something?!"

Robin looked at her strangely. "I'm sorry Miss Summers; I think you have me confused with someone else. This is our first time meeting since your accident."

Buffy had stopped struggling and relaxed. The nurses had a tight grip on her still and everyone seemed afraid. What accident? Buffy wondered and she had noticed that the heart monitor returned to normal. She looked at the people in the room that she had known, or at least she thought she had known them. Her mother was dead though and her father had dropped out of their lives with his secretary.

Buffy had eyes on Robin, Faith, Joyce, and her father. They were all insane. She was never in any accident. Okay, unless you had counted all the times where she almost got killed. There was the time where she had drowned, when she was cursed by a witch, the time when she worked at the Double Meat Palace, and there were a lot of times. Not to mention the time where she had actually died and her friends had pulled her out of Heaven.

"What accident?" Buffy asked Robin.

Robin sighed heavily and turned to her parents. "She has a right to know what happened to her."

"What happened?" Buffy asked him and looked at Faith.

"B," Faith had said slowly and with sympathy, which was odd for Buffy.

Joyce turned to Buffy. "Sweetheart, when we had moved to Sunnydale we had gotten into a car accident." She explained. "The car had rolled so many times. We were both hurt really bad. I have scars and I was in the hospital for months, but you were…You were hurt worse."

Buffy's eyes widened. "No, no mom…You know I'm The Slayer."

"The Slayer," Joyce repeated. "What is a Slayer?" She turned to Robin. "Doctor Wood, what is she talking about?"

Robin sighed heavily. "I guess Buffy created a whole world to last her for the past seven years."

Buffy was stunned. It was just like that one time...That time when she was attacked by a demon that made her hallucinate. She was going to kill Andrew. It had to be him and his magic.

"B," Faith said. "It's me your sister." She looked at Buffy with pain in her eyes.

This was all crazy, Buffy thought. Faith touched the top of Buffy's right hand with her own hand. "Do you remember me?"

Buffy rolled her eyes. "Of course I know who you are Faith." She paused. "You're not my sister. Dawn is my sister. Where is she?"

Faith's eyes watered. "B..."

Faith was very surprised that Buffy hadn't recognized her.

This was all so strange. Why was everyone so worried? Buffy wondered. Perhaps being a superhero was just a dream. If that were true, what was going to happen to her? Buffy sighed heavily.

"I'm sorry," she said. "I have been asleep for a long time. I need someone to explain to me what is going on in my life."

She was going to find a way out of this world and she needed to get out of this hospital to do so. In order for that to happen, she needed to cooperate.

Joyce smiled. "We can help you." She said and looked at Robin. "Can we take her home Dr. Wood?"

Robin shook his head. "Not just yet, I want to keep her here for a whole week and then you can take her home. It is just for observation and some tests, but after that I promise you...Then you can take her home."

Faith hugged Mr. Summers. "My sister gets to come home with us Dad!" She said happily.

Buffy had grimaced, seeing that was disturbing. Faith was a part of her family. So if Faith was a part of her family, who the hell was Dawn? Why had she made Faith the enemy and Dawn her sister? Buffy had to find out if this world was real or not. If it was, she would give up slaying. Buffy looked at her family and smiled. It was nice to see them together again. The last time that she had seen her parents together was when Andrew, Johnathon, and Warren created that demon and she went into her ideal reality. Well this was not her ideal reality. Buffy wanted to see Dawn again. She wanted to see Giles. She missed her family.

"So what do we do now Dr. Wood?" Buffy asked.

It was still funny to see him as a doctor to her, but she had held in the laughter. Faith had looked at her strangely, as had her parents. Buffy hadn't missed them at all. Well, she had missed her mother and her father, in her mind, was having an affair with his secretary. What a cliché, Buffy had thought.

"Well now we let you get back on your feet, metaphorically speaking of course. I'll have the nurses bring you some very basic foods and a glass of water. You have been digesting your food through a feeding tube for the last seven years, your body needs to get used to eating solid foods again." Dr. Wood said. Buffy hated the idea that she had been eating through a feeding tube. She hadn't wanted to know what the hospital had been feeding her for the last seven years. It had made her stomach feel queasy just thinking about it. Still Buffy had nodded and acknowledged what he had told her.

"I can get her some food." Faith said as she stood up.

Buffy cringed. Even though the last time Buffy had seen her, Faith she was good, but Buffy still felt uneasy about her. Her parents looked so happy that she was awake. It was strange that she had her parents together. Hell this whole thing was strange. Faith was her sister! This was all different. This was all a twist. This wasn't reality. This was Andrew's doing and she swore to God that when she had found him, she was really going to give him a real beating. Still, she would play this out for now. Buffy would play along, for now.

"No Faith let the nurses do this." Dr. Wood had said. "There is nothing more you and your family can do." He explained. "You especially should go home and rest."

Joyce looked at Robin. "But when can we take Buffy home?"

"Mr. Summers," Robin said and looked at Buffy's father. "You should take your family home. You all need to rest."

Hank looked at Buffy. "Are you going to be okay here for a night alone?" He asked.

Buffy looked at her dad and smiled. "I think I will be fine."

Faith actually looked concerned and walked towards her. She kissed her on the forehead. "We will be back tomorrow." She said.

Buffy cringed and faked a happy smile. It was still disturbing that Faith was her actual sister. Buffy had watched her family exit the room and shortly after that, the nurses had given her some food. It was mostly soft foods. The first course was applesauce sand then around lunch she had jello. Her stomach hadn't felt so good after the jello but she hadn't thrown up. After the un-appetizing jello, the doctors and nurses decided to run a few tests to make sure that she was okay. After a very long and tiring day, Buffy was finally able to get some real sleep. The room was quiet and Dr. Wood had reassured her that there were no more tests that the hospital could do so therefore. She was done for the day. There were faint sounds of other people being awake and walking around but Buffy was able to ignore the sounds. She had fixed her pillows by hitting them a couple of times and then she relaxed. Buffy leaned back in her bed and closed her eyes. She smiled as she went back into her own reality. The one she truly loved.