TITLE: In Any Lifetime

AUTHOR: AmethystxX

CHAPTER: 7

RATING: R

PAIRING: A/S

Disclaimer: My cat has fleas and the bites are really itching and I don’t know what to do and im on medication that makes me sleepy and I fell asleep in English class which was bad because drool was involved. Oh and nothing own, nothing gained from the fic M’KAY!!!

Summary: AU What if the live you know wasn’t real. That your life was altered, changed, destroyed by the scorn of one woman. Will you be able to get your life back in order with the help of the only person who trusts you, or stay within the lie. AngelSpike SLASH!

IMPORTANT NOTES: Quotes are being used from the Buffy series to make it a little bit more...realistic I guess. The attitudes will change SOON.

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A Million Miles

“I want you, Xander” The girl breathed out softly, “I want you to be my first” She leaned forward to Xanders ear, “We both know it’s right...No one can resist you Xander” She moved backwards to face Xander again, making a ‘come hither’ motion with her hand. Xander grinned and stepped forward, stroking the girls brunette red hair, his eyes widened with shock.

“WILLOW?!”

Xander woke up with a jolt, falling of the chair in the process and breathing heavily. He looked around the room for anything out of order, and saw the library doors firmly closed and Giles no where in sight.

Xander sighed with relief, but frowned as something didn’t feel right, as though there was something he was supposed to remember. He sat back down in his chair and looked at his watch which read 8am. He yawned and stretched his arms but froze midway and stared at the sight in front of him.

“Oh Crap” Xander muttered desperately as the cage was empty and Anya was no where in sight.

“Harris! When your meant to be watching someone your supposed to be watching them!” Giles voice yelled out in the direction of the library doors.

Xander’s head shot in the direction of the voice, “Giles, I’m telling you now...it was NOT my fault” he stuttered.

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14 and a half hours earlier...

Buffy lips curled up into a smile, “Note to self, Religion: Freaky” She whispered, excitement colouring her voice, although the excitement didn’t come from both parties.

Halfrek sneered at Buffy in distaste, walking around the room and taking in the surroundings. She turned to Buffy with furious, cold, unmerciless eyes.

“How dare you!” She bellowed, making the girls on Buffy’s couch squeal and cower in fright, “You call upon me from another dimension to a world where there is the barest hints of magical esscence! Foolish human” Halfrek finished smirking, drawing out a long, thin sword from under her cloak.

Buffy scoffed, “Do you think that you bellowing is going to get me scared. It may make them scared but I’m telling you now, they’re a lot of scarier things than you and I’m one of them” She boasted confidently. Halfrek stared at her incredulously then burst out laughing, which made everyone in the room wince at the scratchy sound.

Lexi crept up behind Buffy, “Buff, I really don’t think that we should antagonise her while shes holding a deadly weapon” She whispered, Dazzle and Harmony quickly nodding in agreement.

Buffy ignored her, “I’ve read up on your ‘terms’ and I agree to them,” With that Halfrek stopped laughing, “It’s only fair. I called you from a very long way away”

Halfrek smiled, “Well in that case young lady I’ll be glad to help!” She said, putting the deadly weapon on the floor beside her.

“Now what are you looking for? Torture, death, destruction, or none of the above?” Halfrek asked, sitting down on the chair in front of the computer.

“None of the above. I wish to make a wish” She replied, picking up the items which laid upon the floor. Halfrek raised her eyebrow.

“I can tell from looking at a girl like you, your not going to be asking for a simple ‘Hocus Pocus’ spell. Well in any case, I can’t turn down a wish. Now, before we can start anything, who is your sacrifice going to be?” Halfrek asked, placing her right leg across her left. Her hand resting on her right knee, as she waited patiently.

Harmony, Dazzle and Lexi paled, “Sacrifice?” Harmony choked out painfully.

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Willow ran into the bronze, breathing incredibly hard as she searched the tables for Liam and Will. When she couldn’t see them she cursed under her breath then wound her way through the dance floor.

The bronze had a live gig with ‘Faithless’ playing which didn’t help her search as she had to continue puching and squeezing her way through the screaming crowd, whom were either jumping or dancing. When she checked the back stage and the dance floor, she sat down at a table as the song ‘Mass Destruction’ started up which had the crowd screaming. As Willow scanned the crowd she noticed none other than Wesley sitting at a table a few down from her.

She decided to surprise him and crept up behind him, and sharply placed her hands on his shoulders, making him jump so hard Willow couldn’t help but laugh.

“Hey Wes, didn’t expect to see you here” Willow said, sitting down next to Wesley, “You here for the girls?” She joked, snickering as Wesley flushed and stuttered.

“Y-Yes I-I’m here f-for the Girls. B-Buffy to be specific” Wesley replied, sipping at his coke when Willow stared at him suspiciously.

“Why?” She asked, still looking through the crowds for Liam and Will.

“Well, when you informed me of Buffy’s plan I thought that I should contributute in some way. I guess I felt a bit useless to the gang” Wesley admitted, coughing slightly.

Willow smiled sympetically, “Oh Wes your not useless. It’s just that we’d figure that you’d be busy with school work and everything. I mean you are the most respected pupil in the school,” She said patting his hand.

“So you found anything out,” She asked, Wesley perked up.

“Yes actually. I decided that Last period was nothing special and thought that I’d scan the local area, aka here. Good news is that I found out that Cordelia came here yesterday and that she will be going into school tomorrow, from what I heard from her conversation with someone. So that’s our perfect chance to interogate her” Wesley replied, sipping at his coke.

“BOO!” Will shouted behind Willow, making her screech.

“What’re you two doing here” Liam asked, his arm around Will’s waist.

“Bad news” Willow stated, and the boy’s faces fell, “What?” They asked in unisen.

“Anya told us some good news. She told us when the spell took place” She said, the boy’s looked confused.

“But isn’t the spell bad news?” Will asked.

“Well yes or no. I think that it was the beginning of the events going to happen. So the spell Buffy done must not have been the main spell” Willow replied, saying ouch as a guy behind her accidentally hit her on the head.

“when the spell took place?” Liam asked, tightening his arm around Will.

“The beginning of the spell, as in the start of the events about to happen, started about 30minutes ago” She replied, smiling sadly. The boy’s told her not to worry and that they’d all meet at the library tomorrow morning sharp to talk to Anya. As Willow left. Liam led Will up some stairs and pushed him against the wall. He pinned Will’s hands either side of his head and pushed placed his lips lovingly back onto William’s his mouth opening to deepen the kiss.

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Harmony stared down at her hands, concentrating deeply on every aspect of them, memorizing each angle, each defect, every mark that lay upon them. She didn’t allow the tears to flow, she let them rest on her eyes, Her eyeballs glazed as the liquid built up.

Dazzle took a different approach. She stared out in front of her, breathing deeply, her mouth moving without any sound flowing through them. She gulped and stared silently at the sight in front of her.

Lexi stood in front of Halfrek, impaled through the stomach on the sword held by Halfrek. She gasped and tears slid freely down her face as she turned to Buffy accusingly. Buffy refused to look at her and turned away from her. Lexi turned back towards Halfrek and a dripple of blood escaped from her mouth as she spoke.

“You Bitch”

She fell limply to the floor, unmoving, her chest not raising in fright as it ha done before.

Dazzle screamed. Harmony’s tears were finally released and she still refused to look at the sight out of the corner of her eye. Buffy closed her eyes. Willing it not to affect her.

“This wish you have told me off. Will take a while to prepare, maybe days or even weeks. There are complicated aspects that must be taken into consideration. I will come back when it is ready. Then you must shout out your wish to me. If you change your mind, you will pay in blood” Halfrek stated, vanishing from the scene.

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Present...

Giles walked up to the cage slowly, not believing what laid out before his eyes. He turned to Xander angrily and slammed his coffee down on the table.

“You were supposed to be keeping watch on her!” Giles shouted, making Xander stare at his feet guiltily.

“Well I only rested my eyes for a little while” Xander muttered pectulantly.

“How long exactly did you rest your eyes for?” Giles asked, sounding suddenly calm which scared Xander more than if he was shouting.

“Hey don’t you English people drink tea?” Xander asked, trying to change the subject.

“Yes well, tea is soothing and I wish to be tense. Now answer my question!”

Xander gulped, “A little now, uh, a little then. But I never heard Anya leave, and she was here in the morning when I, um...when I...”

“Woke up?!” Giles supplied.

“You could put it that way if you want to Mr.Technical!” Xander yelled at Giles, sitting down at his chair, “Besides how did you know Anya had gone before you came here?!” Xander asked suspiciously.

“Yes well I kind of ran into her coming back from the staff lounge” Giles replied, slightly embarrassed.

“And you let her get away?” Xander accused.

“As the soon-to-be-purple area of my jaw will attest, I did not let her go!” Giles shouted, just as Willow, Liam and Will came through the doors.

“Guys you will not believe what Will had to tell his sister about Liam! He had to tell her that he was 17 because Liam, being an idiot, took his car with him on the date!” Willow chirped, Liam glaring at her.

“It was SO fun- Where the hell is Anya?” Willow asked mid sentence.

Giles and Xander looked sheepish. Willow sighed.

“Great” She groaned. Will hopped up onto the desk, Liam standing between his legs, whispering into his ear not-so-innocent thoughts as Will flushed.

“Oh! Oh! I’ve got an idea!” Willow suddenly shouted. Xander pouted at the fast time Willow seemed to get new plans at his screw-ups.

“We can have Cordelia take us to Buffy’s house, since we don’t actually know where she lives, and we can stop her before she completes the spell” Willow said smiling.

“What’re we going to do when we get there though” Will asked, Liam’s mouth currently occupied with Will’s neck. Xander made an ‘Ew’ face.

Willows face fell, “Oh. We can-“

“Storm Buffy’s house! Kick her ass?” Xander cut in, his face brightening.

Willow shook her head, “Actually I was thinking that we hide and take notes on what happens when Buffy does the spell” She said.

Xander’s face instantly looked relieved, “Oh thank God!”

“So we got nothing” Liam said, looking sad.

Xander grabbed his head, “Whoa. Whoa! I... I think I'm having a thought. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's a thought. Now I'm having a plan...Now I'm having a wiggins” He said, shuddering.

The others looked at him expectantly.

“Ok, Liam I need you to do me a favour, when Cordelia walks through the school doors, which she is bound to do, you...”

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Cordelia walked towards the school doors, straightening out her hair and re-applying her lipstick while holding her mirror. She put her accessories away in her Gucci hand bag and strutted through the school doors.

Liam grabbed her from behind, placing a paper bag over her head and pulled her, with her struggling, to the library.

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Once Cordelia was sat down in a chair with Willow integregating her, Liam walked up to Will and kissed him.

“Does it get any easier?” Liam asked, leaning against the counter, Will looked at him, “You mean life?” Will said.

“Yeah does it get easy?” Liam asked, looking at Cordelia as she yelled at them.

“What do you want me to say?” Will asked, stepping up closely to Liam.

“Lie to me” Liam said, hugging Will around his waist.

“Yes” Will replied, placing his arms around Liam’s neck, “Its terribly simple. The nice guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy noses or black hats, and we, uh, beat up the bad guys everyday leaving no bad guys left in the world and everybody lives happily ever after” Will said, kissing Liam on his nose.

Liam smiled and nibbled his ear, “Liar”

TBC...

 

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