Set 2 months after The Gift.
Prologue:
The Scooby Gang sat around
The Magic Box. Spike and Dawn were talking quietly on a sofa, Anya
and Xander were discussing Xander's new job by the cash register
and Giles was reading a book at the table.
Everyone looked up
when the bell above the door sounded.
"Hey." Willow grumbled
walking into the store.
"Hey Wills. What's up?" Xander
called.
"Nothing. Just stupid Professor McPoopie Head."
Willow sounded like a little child. "My English professor gave me a
B- on an A paper!"
"We all feel your pain, Red." Spike
rolled his eyes.
"Shut up, Blondie." Willow smiled slightly.
Willow and Spike had gotten closer over the last few months. You
could even call them friends.
The phone rang and Giles wordlessly
got up to answer it, still reading his book, and Willow went and sat
with Spike and Dawn. Spike, Willow, and Dawn wrapped themselves in a
conversation about Dawn's new crush on some guy named Jared and
Anya and Xander continued their original conversation. Although,
everything got quite when Giles dropped his book. Giles hung up the
phone and turned to address the room.
"That was, well, it was
The Council."
"The stiff shirts? What did those bloody
pillocks want this time?" Spike asked.
"They…they know…um,
about Buffy. The next slayer was, well, called."
"Who is she?
Where is she?" Dawn asked solemnly.
"Well, that's the
thing, they wouldn't tell me. All they said was that the new slayer
was called and that they were going to pay us a little visit."