Cordelia's Wish, became Anyanka's dream

[ILLYRIAN]

CORDELIA'S WISH BECAME ANYANKA'S DREAM.

"I wish Buffy Summers had never come to Sunnydale," exclaimed
Cordelia. "At last," thought Anyanka, starting to have her doubts
about the stupid girl. Anyanka, the Vengeance Demon turned to face
Cordelia, "DONE !"

The teacher had just completed doing the days register call, she was
starting to tell the class about the temporary classroom. The door
opened, in walked Buffy casting a disdainful look at the teacher.
"Oh good she is back, say hello to Buffy every-one. It is because of
her that you are now in a temporary classroom. The people re-doing
the gym have put all their tools and the supplies in the proper
classroom.
"So tell us all Buffy, what did the principal have to say to you. Tell
us what happened?" "Okay, when I left here I went to my locker, I
took a drink and something to eat then went and had a look at the
gym. When I felt like going to the principal's office I went. As it
was, the principal couldn't be bothered to see me, he let his
secretary tell me the good news." Buffy continued walking to her
desk. "Well? what did he say?" asked the teacher. Buffy gazed out
of the window, slowly turning her head to face the teacher, "For my
attempt at redecorating the gym I have to help the janitor for two
hours every-day for the rest of this year." "Well that is good, I was
hoping you wouldn't be expelled, it seems a lot of students liked
you, which is sad really, as all those students that liked you died in
the mayhem that you started."

The teacher smiled, "Now go to your desk, sit down, shut up and
listen." "Just so that you know the truth, I didn't start the mayhem,
I didn't do any damage to the gym, well not much of it any-way."
She took a few steps towards her desk. "No, she stated, "You can
take this lesson and shove it. The principal left me an order, a
directive! I have to do two hours janitorial work per day. As I was
told if I do the my penance in the morning, midday, or evening, that
is up to me. Guess what? I was given a letter, a signed letter from
the principal. Just in case you had forgotten there are quite a few
here who will remember last weeks lesson. You stated that morning
is from daylight to midday." Buffy smiled to her. "Who's stupid
lessons do you think I am going to miss this year?"

The teacher squirmed as Buffy grabbed her coat, her books then
went to leave the room. Looking to the other students, she saw they
were all attempting to hide their smiles. Buffy yanked the door open,
smiled to the teacher. "Do not slam the door," said the teacher.
Buffy pulled the door as hard as she could, stopping it just before it
slammed shut. She opened the door a bit "Okaay," she replied.
Waiting just long enough to hear a few laughs she gently closed the
door.

Wandering along the corridor she kept going until she faced the
door marked Janitors Closet. Opening the door she saw a set of
steps going down. Shrugging to herself she went down the steps to
the expected little closet, she was surprised to find the steps led to
the basement, looking about she noticed some-one sitting at a desk.
Going to him, "Buffy Summers, redecorator extraordinaire
reporting for cleaning duties as requested by the principal."

Looking up as she spoke, "Ah, miss Summers I presume."
Remembering her last history test, "Good job my name isn't
Livingstone." "Hmm? oh yes, very clever!" He looked to the file
on the desk, he said what he was writing, "Retains information," he
looked to her then continued, "Regardless how insignificant. Now
miss Summers, would you say you know your way about the
school? because I don't. I got this job last week, so today is my first
day. I did come here over the week-end, to get your room ready.
Now, I really do not like this type of work so we will do what has to
be done for half an hour each day, then we can do our stuff. Ok?"
"Okay, sounds good to me, what else are we going to do?" Buffy
put her coat over the back of a chair, "You have been told about me
by the principal, so you know who I am and what I am like, who are
you?" The janitor took his glasses off, gently rubbed the eye glass,
then put them back on. "I have read your file; of when you were
born, who you think your parents are." "What?" "I am talking miss
Summers, so you will wait until I have finished and just in case
you decide not to remember that." He opened a drawer and put a
loaded cross-bow on the table, pointed at her. Buffy stepped two
paces back. "What is that for?" "That is for my defence miss
Summers, you are much stronger than me." Suspicious of his
meaning, Buffy looked at him "Why did you say that?" He read
from a file, "Miss Buffy Anne Summers, the Chosen One, the
Vampire Slayer." He looked straight into her eyes. "The files I have
read about you were not given to me by this school nor from any-
one in this country. You may have heard the term Big Brother is
watching you, well I am one of those that Big Brother reports to, I
am a watcher, your watcher. My name is Mr Giles." Buffy was
surprised by him, "What? what are you here for?" asked Buffy.

"For one, I intend to teach you enough to help you reach your
twenty first birthday, alive and well." Knowing he meant it, she was
glad. She smiled, thinking that she could do with a friend. "So first
up, the basics, I need to know what you have been taught. Merrick
was set in his ways a bit, he may have left out a few details, so tell
me what you know."
Buffy walked around the room, "Cut their head off, stick a bit of
wood into their chest," she faced him, "That is through the heart, or
kick them into the sunlight. He taught me to fight and how to know
they are there." Giles grimaced, "So, nothing of any consequence.
Okay, right, start from the beginning. You, young miss, are a
vampire slayer, that is what you are called, what you are known as.
Yet you are a Demon Hunter first and foremost, you hunt and kill
all types of demons not just vampires and I will teach you how to
prepare your-self for a fight, to know what you are up against and if
needs be how to kill what you are up against." Buffy looked at him,
"You started last week? how did you kI'd be sent here?" Giles
smirked, "I have my sources. If you are good at your studies I will
say who and what they are, when you are ready."
"English are you?" asked Buffy. "Yes, as are many demons."

To Be Continued

 

[ILLYRIAN]

Cordelia's Wish, became Anyanka's Dream.

Part 2

"The dummy, I want you to attack it, think of it as a demon of
unknown origin who is attacking you. You need time to think, to
get that, attack the demon at full power, now go."
Giles watched as she attacked the dummy. "Ok, your punch was
wrong, keep your thumb out of the way, your kicks may have been
effective against a dummy, or if you nailed a demon to the floor but
in a real fight they would be air kicks. Use your arms to make the
spin quicker, while you are spinning bring the knee to your chest
and tense your muscles, when your are in position, react. The same
for a punch, tense the muscles so that the time taken for the punch
can be reduced by fifty percent."
"When you prepare your body for a fight what do you do?"

"I don't think I do anything, I know what is going to happen, so I
behave accordingly," said Buffy. "No, no that is a ok. As long as
you want to be a memory before next week. The first thing you do
is create a tension in the muscles throughout your body. As they
begin to strike at you, you will move out of the way and stay
balanced. It is at that point you need to know where you will be
and where they will be so that your next move will be effective,
see what is on the ground around you. If you need to step back
three paces to gain control of the fight, knowing about a bush can
save your life." Buffy studied the dummy, whilst watching it,
"What you just said, it sounds like a lot to do. If I do it as a thought
though, it will be done as instinct."

"Something you need to accept, Merrick should have told you to
keep your identity secret. I am not saying wear a badge but the
demon's will know about you, most will try to take you out, some
will want to be at your side. The old adage, "˜Keep your friends
close and your enemies closer' make a list of who fits into what
side. For arguments sake that person Pike? one day he is a grease
monkey, scruffy looking. The next day he is a "˜Joe cool wanna be'
he goes in the second part," Giles noted her downward look, the
furrowed brow, "What is it?" Buffy breathed in, "What you said
earlier, the balance, gaining control of the situation. This whole
place is wrong, in the basement I have control but as soon as I walk
up those steps and out that door, every-one knows a bit about me
and the demons know I am here. I have lost all control."

"Leave it with me, one phone call and we will move from here.
You, your mother and me, give it a week and we will be gone," he
glanced up at the clock, "They are a few hours ahead, I'll call them
now. Buffy, go to the beam, I want to see your balance." As Buffy
left, he rang through to the watchers council, twenty minutes later
he went to Buffy. "I passed the message on, gave your reasons. On
Monday of next week you will be in a new school, the details will
need to sorted but it will happen."

By the following Monday, Buffy and her mother were in a new
town, Giles on the other hand though had to stay at his new home
until his path was clearer, it seemed there was a problem. Buffy
though found her own problems, anonymity was great but it could
be a pain in the butt. So Buffy kept to herself through the day,
stopping to see Giles on her way home. "What did you think of
your first day at a new school?" he asked. "Your people couldn't
have picked a weirder place if they had tried. No-one knows me,
I have never been here before. So how come when I bumped into
this girl at school, she wanted to know how come I was here again?
and guess what? your twin is there and I mean he is identical name
glasses, everything. Another thing, the clothes that were worn, they
were all dark, no-one had on white socks, no-one drove to school
and when I was walking home no one else was walking, two or
three others at the most."
"Okay," said Giles, "I will give them a call, find out what is going
on here, if you drop by tomorrow I'll have some answers for you.
Come on, I will walk you to the gate."

Standing at the gate they both noticed how quiet the place was as a
girl nearly bumped into Buffy, "Sorry I didn't see, oh, you are the
new girl, hi oh? how are you here, I just left.. .. oh no, are you
vampires?" "No, we are not, how come you know about them?"
asked Buffy, "and who is following you .. Giles! that's a vampire."
Giles and the girl stepped into the shadows, Buffy readied herself.
As soon as the vampire was got enough, "I was beginning to
doubt him, he told me you would be here, that I was to help you, I
did think he meant you would be here sooner though."
"You know her?" asked Giles stepping from the shadows, "I
thought you said he is a vampire?" "What are you doing in here?
you live back along the road, forget about that. I was behind a girl
I want to make sure she is safe, you must have seen her." "Do you
mean me?" asked Willow stepping into the light. "Oh good," said
Angel, "You are safe. Right Buffy, what are your orders and I
have this for you."

"The he, you said, what did he tell you about Buffy?" asked Giles
"Buffy is the vampire slayer, help her, he took me to when she was
called." "Oh great, we need to go and see Giles, not you, my Giles
he is a watcher, he must be your watcher." "No, this Giles is my
watcher," said Buffy. "Let me see if I have this right, two identical
people, both named Giles, both are a watcher?" "What are your
names?" asked Giles. "I'm Willow." "I am Angel."

"Now we need to meet the other me," said Giles. As they walked
along the road Willow asked Buffy what was in the box. Buffy
opened the little box. "A cross?" said Willow. Buffy looked at the
back of it, "A pure silver cross."
At the other house Willow knocked on the door, she was quickly
invited in. "Who are they?" he asked. "This is going to be
awkward, this is Angel, he is a vampire but that is ok because this
is Buffy, the vampire slayer with her is her watcher, his name is
Giles as well." "I have a twin?" asked Willow's Giles. "They are
not twins," said Angel, "Take a close look at them, they are the
same!" "He is right, they have even got the same scuff marks on
their shoes!" exclaimed Buffy. "Right then people, remove all the
"˜this is a fantastic thoughts', this is something demonic, it has to
be," said Willow.

To Be Continued

Part 3
WARNING RELATIONSHIP ISSUES
(If Spike and Buffy is Spuffy, then it follows that Angel and Buffy
is Auffy, which sounds wrong. So, as Angel was Liam, then him
and Buffy should be Luffy. I mean, really. No wonder they
decided to be friends only.)

"Have a good look in this room Buffy," said her Giles, "All the
furniture is the same as mine." He looked to Willow's Giles, "Do
you have a book, The Way of The Wyrd by Brian Bates? he agreed
"Willow go and open the book to the third info page, there is a
message there. To Giles lots of regards from Suisan. 1981."
"Exactly right," said Willow.
"And the other thing," said Willows Giles, "And I think we should
both write this. Who is Suisan and about the date." When they had
both written their answer Willow and Buffy compared answers.
"They have written the same about Suisan, they both state the book
wasn't released until 1983, plus the writing style of the both of
them is exactly the same," said Buffy. "That proves it, something
has happened here," said Willow. "But what? you said something
demonic Willow?, why would any demon force give the slayer two
watchers?" asked Angel. "Hmm, Giles? the vampire is right," said
Giles. "What if the demon that did this didn't know about Buffy
being the slayer?"

"Alright, Angel is here, my Giles is here, no, not my Giles, the
Giles I know, "˜cos that would be Eewwwww! Right getting over
that, thing is they are here, so it stands to reason that what-ever
happened, it happened here," said Willow. "Ok, another constant
would be the school," said Buffy. "Let's go with that, Buffy? did
anything extraordinary happen today, anything you remembered,
thought was odd or just strange?" asked Angel. "Just about every
thing, although one thing that was a bit odder than the rest, that
girl who said about me being here again, thinking about it, she
wore clothes that accentuated her figure and she had something
in her hair." "That sounds like Cordelia," said Willow, "If we do
see her it should be this evening, from what I was told Angel is
allergic to sunlight. That and she thinks she is a man magnet so
Angel being with us would help."

As they were driving to Cordelia's house Giles asked Giles if he
would put a cover on his car, "From what was said about us being
the same the chances are our cars have the same number plates."
"Good point Giles," replied Giles. "How do we explain ourselves
to people?" "Simple, just say we are identical twins that like
messing with peoples head, one of us can be Rupert the other is
Giles, we don't tell them who is who though." "Sorry Willow, my
Giles is becoming a bad influence on your Giles."

Standing outside Cordelia's house, Willow practised asking if she
was in, "Is Queen bitch in?" Suddenly the door opened, Cordelia
stood waiting for Willow to say why she was there, "Angel wanted
to know where you live." Angel stepped forward. "Ooh, don't just
stand there, come in," said Cordelia. "Thanks," said Buffy and
they all walked in much to Cordelia"˜s shock.
"So, this silly world, we think you caused it," said Buffy, "We are
here to put it back." "And if I don't want to?" asked Cordelia.
"Angel," said Buffy, "Show her what you are, then touch her neck."
Angel became a vampire, grabbed her head then put his teeth
against her neck. "Now, it is like this Cordelia, if you don't say
how we are here, Angel will make sure you do not get to stay
here," said Buffy.

"In the other world, I was with my usual groupies, but another was
with them. She came to see me a little later, she wanted me to talk
about Xander." "Why Xander?" asked Willow. "Oh Dear, here we
go. I was dating Xander, we that is Oz, Buffy and me found out that
you and Xander had been taken. When Oz and I found you in the
factory you were kissing Xander. I got impaled on a bar of metal,
Oz split with you and Spike went back to Drusilla." "Hang on,"
Angel reverted back, "Eewwww, I'm not going to get any Xander
germs am I?" "Willow was dating Oz," continued Cordelia. "You
little Hussy," said Buffy. "I agreed, I mean especially with him
being a werewolf." "Hang on, Spike? Spike was here?" asked
Angel. "Leaving that out of it this, don't get me wrong Angel you
vampires are ok, but that whole love bite thing, it takes on a new
meaning, anyway Anya wanted me, that is, she wanted me to say
I wish. At that time I thought Buffy was to blame for my problems
so I wished that Buffy had never been here, er there, then every
thing changed."

"Excuse me, Willow's Giles here, Anya could be Anyanka, a
vengeance demon, a granter of vengeance wishes for women."
"She had me wear her necklace, although I never saw it again."
"So we go and find this demon and break her necklace, then it goes
back to norma

"Buffy? before we go can I get a photo of you all in the same
room?" "Why? what is so special about us being in the same
room?" asked Angel. "I forgot, you don't know, sorry. Buffy and
you have just split up, again. The last time it was because you
became Angelus, she killed you by sending you to hell but you
came back, there was something else though but I was never in the
loop, even though I was with Xander." "At least I only dated a
werewolf, you dated a vampire! and you call me a hussy? huh!"
exclaimed Willow.

The Giles's faced each other, "We could invoke that demon."

The End