'The Prophecy when Buffy was supposed to die at the Master's hand! That was unfulfilled as well,' stated Giles.
Buffy rolled her eyes. Everybody had been celebrating the fact that Buffy was giving birth to twins, although Giles seemed too interested in the Prophecy. No one had given much thought to how the Prophecy would unravel; Buffy had expected to be giving birth to one child who would join Phoebe as the Chosen Two.
'G-man, we are celebrating! Let's see you shake what your Momma gave ya!' laughed Xander.
'I beg you to stop calling me that,' moaned Giles, rubbing his temple.
Buffy gestured for Giles to follow her. Giles stood up, stepped around a dancing Xander, and followed Buffy towards the kitchen. Buffy opened the backdoor and stepped outside into the crisp night, taking a seat on the garden steps. Giles shut the door behind him and joined her.
'Buffy, I am sorry if I have ruined your celebrating,' apologised Giles, taking off his glasses. 'However, I am merely trying to sum up this Prophecy.'
Giles wondered whether the Prophecy would be unfulfilled or altered in some way. He wondered whether the apparent 'Chosen Two' had just become the 'Chosen Three'; there was no way of knowing how this was going to unfold. The most possible scenario was that the twins were the Chosen Two, but where did that leave Phoebe?
'Celebrating and pregnancy doesn't work well,' laughed Buffy, patting her bump.
Giles chuckled and placed his glasses on the brink of his nose. 'Well, no, I suppose it doesn't.'
Buffy's smile vanished and she became quite serious as she studied Giles through her green orbs.
'I can't work out which children get a power,' sighed Buffy in frustrate. 'We know that at least one twin has a power, but what about the other? What about Phoebe?'
Buffy wondered if she now had three magical children on her hands. She knew that she was reaching too far into this and that it seemed so simple that the twins probably were the magical ones. Yet, somewhere deep in her mind, she believed that Phoebe was more likely to receive a power. It sounded stupid, and Buffy knew it, although she hated how unpredictable it was.
Giles sighed. He was about to reply when a sound of a twig snapped pierced the silence. Buffy raised her eyebrow and Giles looked around the darkness. Everyone was inside, no one was unaccounted for which meant that they would have no late comers to their little 'party.' The two shrugged it off until another twig snapped and leaves rustled from a nearby bush.
'You have any weapons on you?' asked Buffy, rising to her feet.
'And can I ask where you think I would stash them if I had?' said Giles, also rising to his feet.
Buffy shrugged as she backed away towards the door, her eyes never leaving the dark garden. Usually the Slayer would have searched the garden, although she couldn't take any chances when she was pregnant. Giles had already opened the door for her when a cold voice erupted from the back of the garden.
'Slayer, how are you on this cold night?'
'Wow, they have manners now,' Buffy whispered to Giles.
Buffy stepped forward slightly and her squinted eyes travelled around the garden. She suddenly became aware of the twenty dark figures stood in her garden, all surrounding one person.
'Who are you?' called Giles, standing besides Buffy. 'What do you want?'
'I want to be able to go out into the sunlight, I want a fast car like you seen on television, I want to drink the slayer's blood,' sighed Lysander, who strutted forwards. 'But, mostly I want your child!'
Buffy casted him a disgusting look through the darkness. 'Ok, gross! I wouldn't want to shack up with some random vampire!'
Lysander's face twisted into a smirk as he pressed his fingertips together, stopping at the bottom of the garden steps. His minions, as he liked to call them, had arranged themselves in a circle around him.
'I meant your daughter, Phoebsie is it?' he asked.
'It's Phoebe,' hissed Buffy.
'What do you want with her daughter?' questioned Giles, stepping in front of Buffy.
'Now that would just be telling,' snarled Lysander, baring his teeth.
Lysander jumped forwards, although Giles was ready for him and punched him in the face. Buffy yelled for Angel as the other vampires advanced on them, their snarls echoing around the garden.
Angel and Faith were first to arrive in the door, their eyes feasted upon the herd of vampires and suddenly their questioning faces disappeared as they got into their fighting mode.
'Get inside,' ordered Angel, grabbing hold of Buffy's arm.
Buffy nodded and rushed inside, passing Spike who had also came to help.
'Oh buggery,' he murmured as the door closed behind him.
Buffy looked around to see Willow, Oz, Xander, Anya and Cordelia joining her, a million and one questions appearing over their faces. Buffy's heart skipped a beat when she realised Phoebe wasn't with them, her mothering instincts kicked in.
'Where's Phoebe?' asked Buffy.
'With Dawn in the sitting room' answered Cordelia, raising an eyebrow. 'Buffy, what is going on outside?'
'Vampires. They're here for Phoebe, and I doubt it is to wish her an early happy birthday,' said Buffy.
She rushed into the sitting room and found Phoebe struggling in Dawn's arms, tears rolling down her face. Buffy thanked Dawn and took Phoebe, bouncing her up and down as she held her to her chest.
'What do you mean Vampires are outside?' cried Anya.
Buffy ignored Anya's question as she sat down, perching Phoebe on her knee. Xander leant against the door frame and tried to control Anya's lack of helpfulness, Cordelia was informing Dawn on the current situation and Willow sat besides Buffy with Oz stood besides her/
'Anything I can do?' Willow asked.
'I don't think there is anything you can do,' whispered Buffy, inhaling Phoebe's scent.
A/N: I hate not being able to update quick enough for you all! You are the most encouraging readers I have for any story and I'm so thankful for your reviews. A little bit of drama and I apologise for how crap it is. I just seem drained all of a sudden. Has anyone read Twilight? I love that book – I've become obsessed, but I've only read the first one and not the other three to the series :( Thank you for the reviews! x