Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chosen Forever

[Matthew]

Authors Note: I don't do my fan-fiction like everyone else's. I don't think there is a certain 'way' to do it so I done mine like you would see it done in a book. You will probably find mess-ups, hopefully not too many. This fiction is set during season 3, and I hope everyone enjoys it. Comments are greatly appreciated.

Chapter 1

"I'll be chosen forever." Buffy said grimly to Giles. "Well not forever." Giles replied. "Yeah well, until I die." Buffy sighed. Buffy and Giles were the only ones in the library. "What are you supposed to be doing?" Giles asked. "Well I'm supposed to be studying but I never study." Buffy said smiling. Then they heard the library door open. Joyce walked into the library with a smile on her face as usual. Buffy grabbed her History book as fast as she could. Joyce walked up to the table Buffy and Giles were sitting at. "Oh hey mom." Buffy said loudly. "I'm sorry I'm late Buffy." Joyce said. "That's ok mom." Buffy said as she stood up from the table. Buffy was walking to the door very quickly. "Come on mom." Buffy yelled from the other side of the library. "So how's Buffy doing in school?" Joyce asked Giles. "Not so well." Giles said. "What do you mean not so well?" Joyce said madly. "Well, she never studies. That's one thing I know of." Said Giles blankly. "Also how's the slaying going? I mean is slaying the reason she never studies and she's failing?" Joyce said as she started to walk off. Giles didn't say anything back. When Joyce got to the library door she said, "Bye Mr. Giles." and she shut the door.

"So what did you and Giles talk about?" Buffy asked Joyce when they got into the car. "You." Joyce said as she started the car and drove off. "Really? What did he say?" Buffy said. "He said you never study." Joyce said then looked at Buffy for a second then back at the road. "I study ALL the time, everyday." Buffy lied. "No you don't. You're too busy slaying things. You never even get a chance to crack a book!" Joyce yelled. Buffy sighed and looked out her window. She saw a shadow moving in the dark. "Mom. Stop the car." Buffy said. Joyce came to a stop. Buffy opened her door and got out and ran toward the shadow. Only it wasn't a shadow moving in the dark it was a vampire. "Hey vamp. I'm Buffy and I think I'm gonna have to slay you!" Buffy yelled as she got over to the vampire. There was a girl laying on the grass with a neck wound. "Well, come on slayer. Slay me." The vampire said to Buffy. "I could be studying right now but this is better." Buffy said as she punched the vampire hard on the face. Buffy reached into her pocket and pulled out a stake. The vampire looked at the sake with fear in his eyes. "You better be scared." Buffy said. She kicked the vampire he fell down onto the grass. The girl had already ran away. Buffy went down and staked the ugly vampire. "Now your dust." Buffy said when the vampire turned to dust.

After Buffy had slain the vampire she ran back to the car. "Sorry mom, scary vampire, someone has to slay them." Buffy said to Joyce when she closed the door. Joyce started to drive. "Well, why does it have to be you?" Joyce asked Buffy. "I don't know. Because I was chosen." Buffy whispered.

When they got home Buffy went up the stairs to her room. "Hey Dawn." Buffy said right before she opened the door. Dawn jumped then hid something behind her back. "Hey! How did you know I was in here." Dawn whined. "You always come in here. When I'm gone." Buffy said. "Well, whatever." Dawn said as she slyly sat down Buffy's diary that she had had hidden behind her back on the desk. "Also why wasn't you in the car?" Buffy asked with attitude. "Janice's mom drove me home from school because mom had to work late at the gallery. Duh." Dawn said. Then she sat down on Buffy's bed. "Get out." Buffy said pointing to the door. "Fine! I'll leave. I know you hate me!" Dawn said. She slammed the door closed when she ran out. "Oh my God. Why can't I be an only child?" Buffy asked herself. Buffy sat down at her desk and picked up her diary and a pen then she started to write the nights events down.

The next day Buffy woke up to her alarm ringing so loud she thought she would have to slay it. She reached over and pushed the snooze button and went back to bed. The next time it went off she got up out of bed and went to her closet to see what she was going to where today. Buffy finally found a pink and blue shirt and some jeans. When Buffy got dressed and fixed her make up and hair she walked down the stairs to eat breakfast. "Good morning." Joyce said when Buffy sat down at the table beside Dawn. Joyce was washing some dishes in the sink. She turned and faced Buffy. "Yeah but I wouldn't call it good." Buffy replied. Dawn looked at Buffy and rolled her eyes. Buffy also rolled her eyes. "What is it with you two? I'm glad you don't go to school together. Because if you did you would be in fights all day!" Joyce said. "What's wrong with us is we're sisters." Buffy said. "No we aren't. You were adopted." Dawn said smartly. "Whatever. Lets go know." Buffy said walking to the door.

Buffy got out of the car and walked to the main door. When she got to her locker Willow greeted her. "Hey Buffy." She said smiling. "Hey. Where's Xander?" Buffy asked. "He's not here today. I think he's sick." Willow said with a frown. Oz walked up to Willow and put his arm around her. Willow smiled when he did. "Hey Buffy." Oz said. Buffy didn't say anything she just smiled. Then the school bell rang. "Oh no class. Help me God!" Buffy said looking up at the ceiling. Willow and Oz both smiled.

When Buffy and Willow got to their class they sat down next to each other and started talking about last nights homework. "I forgot to do it!" Buffy said. "Really?" Willow asked. Willow opened her book and pulled out the work. "You can copy mine really quick." Willow said and handed Buffy the assignment. Buffy wrote down everything on her worksheet. When she was done copying she handed it back to Willow and said "Thanks. You saved me Wil." Buffy looked over at the desk where Xander would be sitting. She felt like a piece of her life was missing without him there with her. Willow looked over at Buffy and smiled. Buffy smiled back. Then the teacher got up from his desk and started to teach the class.

When the bell rang for the next class Buffy handed in her homework and walked out of the classroom with Willow. "So how are you and Oz doing?" Buffy asked. "We are great!" Willow replied. They were walking down the hall toward their lockers. When Buffy stopped to open her locker to get her books for the next class she felt very dizzy. Then she felt as if an unseen force was holding her down. Buffy fell to the ground gasping for breath. Willow ran over to help Buffy. "I can't breathe." Buffy rasped. "Oh my God!." Willow screamed. "Someone get help. Call an ambulance!" Willow screamed even louder.

When the ambulance came Buffy was wheeled into it on a stretcher. Willow and Xander went to the hospital with her. When they got to the hospital Willow called Joyce. "She's in a room with Xander right now." Willow said to Joyce. "What's wrong with her? Is she doing ok?" Joyce asked. "Well that's the thing we don't know what came over her. Maybe something supernatural." Willow said sadly. "Well I'm in the car right now. I'll be at the hospital as soon as I can." Joyce said. "Ok. See you when you get here. Bye." Willow said and put the pay phone back on it's rack. Willow walked down the hall and then into Buffy's room. Buffy was laying on a hospital bed. Willow thought she looked really bad. "Hey." Willow said to Buffy. "Hey Will." Buffy said in a raspy voice. "Are you feeling better?" Willow asked. "No." Buffy told her honestly. Willow found a big green fluffy chair to sit in by the window. "Your mom is coming." Willow said looking at Buffy. Buffy just nodded. Tears started to form in Willow's eyes. "Buffy. You're my best friend! I hope you know that. I hope you know that I love you. I love you so much. I don't want anything to happen to you and seeing you this way makes me feel so bad! I hope you get better!" Willow got up and walked over to Buffy and hugged her. Buffy started to cry too. Xander, very sad just looked at the floor then he got up and hugged Buffy too. "Thanks guys." Buffy said happily. She knew she had the best friends in the whole world.

Joyce walked into the room and over to Buffy. Xander and Willow were sitting down. Joyce kissed Buffy on the cheek. "Hey mom." Buffy said. "I love you." Joyce said smiling. Joyce walked over to a chair beside Willow and sat down. "Have the doctors said anything?" Joyce asked Willow. "No they haven't said a word really." Willow said. Then after a few minuets of sitting in silence some doctors walked into the room and motioned for Joyce to walk outside with them. Joyce got up and walked to the door turned and smiled nervously at the gang. Joyce closed the door behind her. "Where's Giles?" Buffy asked. "He's out of town. Do you want me to call him?" Willow said. "No I don't want to worry him." Buffy said. When Joyce walked back into the room she had a huge smile on her face. "What?" Buffy asked her. "Nothing. That's just it. There's nothing wrong with you. You are perfectly ok." Joyce said happily. "That's great! Now lets get out of this place." Buffy said starting to get up. "No you can't leave yet. They still need to keep a watch on you." Joyce said. "Why? I'm ok right?" Buffy asked. "I don't know exactly why you have to stay here." Joyce said. "That's weird." Willow said. "Did they say why that happened? I mean what was the cause of it?" Xander asked. "I don't know. They didn't say." Joyce said. Buffy just stared up at the hospital's yellowish ceiling wondering what was going to happen to her.

[Matthew]

Chapter 2

Buffy was all alone in the hospital that night. Joyce was at the gallery. Buffy tried and tried to get to sleep but she just could not. She remembered last year when Death attacked the children's ward. She slayed him though so he would never be able to attack another person again. Buffy laid there looking up at the ceiling thinking about Vampires and the forces of darkness. She was the slayer so she really had no time for nothing else in her life. Sometimes she wished she wasn't the slayer. Kendra had told her something very important last year, slaying wasn't a job it was who she was. Buffy knew that but she really just wanted to be a girl. Buffy stopped thinking about all that when she heard a loud bang that came from the bathroom. Buffy got up and walked over to her bag. She pulled a stake out of it. Then, she walked over to the bathroom door to see who or what made that noise. She pulled open the door and she looked in the bathroom but she didn't see anything. "Hello. Is anyone here?" Buffy asked. No one said anything. "Oh well." Buffy said. She walked back to her bed and lay down. Buffy screamed when she felt someone beside her. She jumped out of bed and pulled the covers off the bed. There was nothing there. "OK?" Buffy said to herself. The rest of the night Buffy stayed up with a stake in her hand ready to slay whatever unseen thing that was hiding in the room.

That morning Buffy woke up and she was back in her room. "What?" She asked aloud looking around. "Hey honey. I brought you back home in the middle of the night. Can you believe it?" Joyce said. She was standing right at the door to Buffy's room. Buffy got up off her bed and walked over to her mom and hugged her. "I'm gonna kill you." Joyce told Buffy. "NO!" Buffy screamed as Joyce stabbed Buffy in the chest with a really sharp knife. Joyce started to laugh when Buffy hit the floor with a loud thud. Buffy woke up. She was still in the hospital. She was breathing very hard and sweating. "What's going on?" Buffy asked herself. Buffy called Joyce later that day. "Mom I need out of this place." She told her mom. "Okay. I'll be right up there. Good thing today is Saturday huh?" Joyce said laughing.

When Joyce arrived Buffy smiled her biggest smile ever. "Mom I'm so glad to see you!" She said as she got up from the bed. "Thanks Buffy. Are you feeling alright?" Joyce said. "I'm fine mom lets go now." Buffy said heading to the door with her bag. "They said it's ok for you to go now so I guess we can go." Joyce said smiling. Joyce and Buffy took an elevator down to the first floor. Then, they both walked out the doors and to the car. Joyce was in lead because Buffy didn't know where the car was located. They got in the car, Joyce in the drivers seat and Buffy in the passengers seat. "That's was one fun-filled visit to the hospital." Buffy laughed. "Really?" Joyce asked surprised. "Mom I was being sarcastic." Buffy said. Joyce looked over at Buffy with her eyebrows raised then she looked back to the road. Buffy noticed she forgot to buckle her seatbelt so she did. "So what did happen anything cool?" Joyce asked. "Cool? Don't think so." Buffy said. Joyce smiled. "I think there was a ghost in my room with me." Buffy said. "Really did it hurt you?" Joyce asked with concern. "No it didn't. It just freaked me out a little I guess." Buffy said. They were home. Joyce stopped the car and they got out and headed to the house. Joyce unlocked the door. Then she opened it. Dawn was on the phone talking to someone. "Ha! Oh my mom's home now so I've got to go. Bye." Dawn hung up the phone and then put it down on the table in front of her. "Hey mom. Hey Buffy." Dawn said. "Hey." Buffy said smiling.

That night Buffy, Dawn, and Joyce were all sitting on the couch watching some old movie. "Mom you get to where you let Dawn stay at home by herself a lot here recently." Buffy said looking at Dawn. "I know. She is only twelve years old." Joyce said. "Mom! It was only once! When you went and got Buffy from the hospital!" Dawn wined. Joyce looked at Dawn and smiled. "I love you. So I don't want anything to happen to you."

After the movie Buffy went upstairs to her room. A few seconds later Dawn went upstairs too. Joyce had fallen asleep on the couch. When Buffy got to her room she sat at her desk and opened her diary to write down what had happened at the hospital and about her time with her mom and Dawn. Dawn knocked a little on Buffy's door. "Hey. What are ya doing." Dawn said as she sat down on Buffy's bed. "Just writing." Buffy said. "Cool. I have a diary too!." Dawn said happily. "I know I've read it." Buffy said. "You better not have!" Dawn screamed. Buffy looked at Dawn. "Calm down! I was just kidding around!" She said. Dawn and Buffy then laughed until their stomaches hurt.

[Matthew]

Chapter 3

Joyce woke up on the couch. She had fallen asleep before the movie was over. "Buffy! Dawn!" She screamed. Buffy and Dawn came running down the stairs. "What mom?" They said at the same time. Buffy and Dawn looked at each other and started laughing again. "I think you two have some giggles." Joyce said smiling. "Yeah we got started and we can't stop." Dawn said. Dawn and Buffy walked up to their mother and sat down on the couch with her. Dawn was on the right of Joyce and Buffy was on the left. Joyce was hugging them. "I'm so glad to see you two getting along." Joyce said to them.

"I'm getting tired." Buffy yawned. "Me too." Dawn said. Buffy got up off the couch and walked toward the stairs. Dawn followed. "Goodnight." Joyce said to them. When Buffy got to her room she changed her clothes and lay down. Then , she immediately fell asleep. She had missed her bed when she was at the hospital.

Buffy started to dream. She dreamed about a woman. She was a beautiful woman with long dark hair and a slim figure. The woman was walking down a dark alley in Sunnydale when she fell. Her long dress had got caught on something. When she got up she saw a Vampire. "What are you?" She asked him. "I'm a Vampire." He said. "I kind of figured that. You know with the fangs and all." Stella said. Stella started to walk back wards. "You can't get away from me. I'm stronger than you." the Vampire said. "Well, there's a Slayer in Sunnydale and she'll kill you." Stella said. "Oh really. I don't see her." he said looking around. He ran for her. Stella ran from him but she wasn't fast enough. He grabbed her and spun her around. She was now facing him and she was breathing very hard. The Vampire could feel her heart beating. He opened his mouth wide and went down to bite her neck and drink. Dark red blood trickled down her neck. He drank for quite a while then he dropped her to the ground. "That was good." He said smiling, his teeth red with blood.

Buffy woke up with a gasp. She looked around the room. She felt a presence in the room with her. "Hello." She said. No one answered her. "Is someone in here?" She asked. "I am." She heard a woman say. "I'm a ghost now. I don't like being a ghost. I was killed by a stupid Vampire. You could have saved me but where were you? No where to be found. You are the Slayer right? Why wasn't you there to slay him!" She screamed. "I don't know who you are." Buffy said. "I'm Stella. I told you my story already. You dreamed about me. Remember?" Stella said. "Well yeah. I can't see you though." Buffy said. "Of course you can't! I'm a freaking ghost!" Stella screamed. "I can help you maybe. I'll have to talk to Giles and the gang though." Buffy said to her. "Well, ok I guess. I just wish you could have helped me sooner." Stella said. "I do too." Buffy replied. Then Buffy could no longer feel her presence.

The next day Buffy woke up and thought the night before was all a dream. Until she realized she was in Sunnydale the home of demons and the forces of darkness. Buffy got up off her bed and walked to her desk and sat down. She opened a drawer and pulled out her diary and got a pen. Then she wrote down what all had happened the night before. When she got done writing she put her diary back where she had got it along with the pen. Buffy got up from the chair and walked out the door and to the stairs and down the stairs. She walked into the kitchen where she heard glass things clanging together. Joyce was making breakfast. "Hey Buffy. Do you want something to eat?" She said. "No I'm not hungry." Buffy said. Then Dawn walked into the kitchen. "Yum. Smells good mom." Dawn said looking at the eggs that were in the skillet on the stove. Buffy sat at the table. Dawn walked over to the table and sat down beside Buffy. Joyce put some eggs and toast on a plate and then put it on the table in front of Dawn. Dawn picked up her fork and ate some of the eggs. "This is good mom." She said. "Thanks." Joyce smiled. Dawn looked at Buffy and smiled. Dawn could tell something was on Buffy's mind. Dawn put down her fork. "What's wrong Buffy?" She asked. "Nothing. Just had a bad dream last night and it's getting to me. That's all." Buffy said. "Oh really?" Dawn said and then continued to eat. Joyce sat down at the table. She sat in front of Buffy. "You sure you don't want any eggs?" She asked. "Yes. I'm sure." Buffy said smiling blankly at Joyce. "Is Giles still out of town?" Buffy asked Joyce. "I think so but I'm not sure though. Why?" Joyce said. "Just need to talk to him about Slayer stuff." Buffy said. "I love weekends." Dawn said with her mouth full of toast. "Why?" Buffy asked her. "There's no school on weekends." Dawn replied with a huge smile on her face. "Yes but you have to go back tomorrow." Joyce said happily. Dawn's smile faded and she looked at Joyce and sighed.

Giles opened the door to his home. It was very dark out and the moon was shining bright. He had some books in his hands and when he got to his desk he put them down. Then he yawned. He was very tired. Giles sat down at the desk and began to read one of the many books he had gotten. It was a huge book on various demons and ghosts. After he had read about five chapters there was a knock on his door. He stopped reading and walked up to his door and opened it. It was Buffy. "Hello Buffy. What are you doing here so late?" Giles asked. "I need to talk to you about a ghost." Buffy said. "A ghost?" Giles asked surprisingly. Buffy walked in. She went over to the desk and picked up the Ghosts and Demons book. "This might come in handy." Buffy said. "Be careful with it. It's a first edition." Giles said as he walked up to Buffy and took the book from her. "Ok Mr. Librarian." Buffy laughed.

Buffy and Giles sat on the couch. Giles flipped through the Ghosts and Demons book while Buffy told him everything about the ghost Stella. When she got done telling him Giles looked up at her with a blank expression on his face. "So she is mad at you because you was not there to slay the vampire and save her life?" Giles said. "Pretty much. I feel bad Giles. I could have saved another life but I wasn't there to do it." Buffy said sadly. "You aren't always going to be there." Giles said. Buffy nodded and sighed. "That's what I'm afraid of." She whispered.

[Matthew]

Chapter 4 (Final Chapter)

"So what are we going to do about this ghost Stella." Buffy asked the gang. Every one of them was sitting at the table in the school library. Willow, Xander, Cordelia, Oz, Giles, and Faith. They all looked at her blankly. "Ok. Thanks for your many suggestions." Buffy smiled. "I say we kill it." Cordelia said happily. "She's already dead. Plus she doesn't pose a threat at all. She's just a dead girl who is mad and won't accept it." Buffy said. "Well, I guess we are done here." Faith said as she started to get up from the table. "What?" Buffy said to Faith. "Well, I mean there is really nothing we can do about all this. She a ghost for God's sake. There is no butt to kick." Faith sighed and sat back down. "Well, anyway. We can just help this girl cross over that's all she really needs." Buffy said to the gang. "Everyone grab a ghost book and get to reading." Giles told everyone. Willow smiled and got up then walked up the stairs to get a book. Then everyone else walked up the stairs to get a book too. Except Xander he stayed at the table. "Xander we need your help too. The more people that are in this the faster we can help this girl." Buffy said. "Ok. I just hate reading." Xander said then got up and walked up the stairs to get a book along with everyone else.

When everyone found their book they sat back down at the table. After a while Willow yelled. "Hey! I found a spell to make the ghost cross over!" Willow held up the book pointing to the spell. "That will help a lot." Buffy said. Buffy walked over to Willow and got the book from her and looked over the words. "It says there has to be five people to perform this spell." Buffy said looking at everyone. "Well I'm out of here." Faith slammed her book shut. She got up from the table and walked out of the library. "Well then. One more person can leave if they want to." Giles said to everyone. "I'm gonna leave ok? I've got shopping to do." Cordelia said smiling. She got up from the table and walked out of the library. "What if this girl doesn't want to cross over?" Xander asked. "Good question. I have no idea. I guess she'll have to deal." Buffy said. Buffy kept reading over the spell. She was sitting by Willow now. "Oh it says here that this spell is really dangerous." Buffy said blankly. "Dangerous is good." Willow said. Xander, Oz, Giles, and Buffy looked at Willow for a minuet. "What? I thought we liked danger. We don't like danger do we?" Willow said looking away. "No we don't like danger. I mean why go through this dangerous spell just to make a girl that doesn't even want to cross ever cross ever?" Buffy said. "To get her out of your hair?" Xander said. "I'm supposed to help her. I just don't know what exactly it is that she wants help with." Buffy said. "Maybe you can kill the Vampire that killed her?" Oz said. "Great idea!" Willow yelled and then she smiled. "We can contact Stella and ask her if that's what she wants us to do." Buffy said and nodded.

That night Buffy, Willow, Giles, Xander and Oz met at Giles' house to perform the contacting spell. They all sat on the couch and there were some ingredients on the coffee table in front of them. "Ok this spell is really easy. I do it all the time." Willow said to them all. Everyone looked at her like she was insane. "Well, it's really cool! Just read these words from the book, everyone reads at the same time." Willow said. They all looked at the book and smiled. "Yeah ok." Buffy said awkwardly. Buffy had never contacted the dead before. Sure she had slain a few dead things before but never really held on a conversation with dead people until here recently anyway. "Ok let's start." Willow said. After she said that they all leaned in closer to the book. They all started reading. "I call upon the dead. To rise up and join us here in this home. Stella we call upon you and you only. Please join us and tell us your secrets.” When they got done reading a huge bright light formed in front of them. “Hello Stella.” Willow said to the light. “Hey. What have you summoned my spirit for?” Stella asked. “I wanted to ask you what exactly is it you want from me?” Buffy said. “Oh it’s you. I didn’t even notice you there. I want you to bring me back to life.” Stella said. “I’m sorry Stella but we can’t do that your death was natural and not mystical.” Giles told her. “Natural? I don’t count that as natural. Natural is dieing of old age or in your sleep. A vampire sucking all your blood out isn’t natural in my book!” Stella yelled. “I know, I know. Death isn’t all that fun.” Giles told her. "You're right there." Stella said. "Is anyone else creped out?" Xander asked the gang. "A little." Oz said. "Well, since everyone hates me and is scared of me because I'm a stupid ghost I'll just leave." Stella said. "No! Don't go!" Buffy screamed. Then the bright light faded out. "Well, that's it. I'm through with her. I've got better things to deal with in life than a ghost." Buffy said.

“Think of it this way. What if you were to die and be a ghost? Wouldn’t you want to come back from the dead to be with us?” Willow asked Buffy. “Well, yeah I guess. I mean if it’s my time then I guess I would just have to deal with my death and move on. Ya know?” Buffy said. “Well, if you put it that way.” Willow said. They were still at Giles’ home. Everyone had left except for Buffy, Willow, and Giles of course. “I think I’m gonna have to go now.” Willow said and then got up from the couch. “Okay. Bye.” Buffy said to Willow. Willow waved to Giles when she got to the door and then opened the door and shut it behind her. “Giles I want to help this girl but it doesn’t seem like she wants it that bad.” Buffy said. “Well, there really isn’t a way you can help her. It’s impossible.” Giles said. “So we just ignore this ghost then, what?” Buffy looked up at Giles with her concerned face. “Nothing we just deal and get over it.” Giles said. “Oh. Yay a ‘get out of jail free card’ that’s great,” Buffy laughed. Giles sat down beside Buffy. He was reading another Demon book of some kind. “Well, I think I’m gonna have to go. Mom is probably having a ‘freak’ out.” Buffy said. She got up and then walked over to the door and stepped out into the dark night.

When Buffy got home she sat down on the couch and turned on the TV. Joyce walked in and sat on the couch beside her. “Hey Buffy, what are you doing?” She asked. “I’m just watching some old movie.” Buffy said and then looked at her mother. “Mom, I love you.” Buffy said. “I love you too honey.” Joyce said and then hugged her daughter real tight. “I miss this.” Buffy said. “Miss what?” Joyce asked. “Just sitting down with you and having a good time.” Buffy said. “What! Why do you two get to have all the fun?” Dawn asked as she walked into the room. “Dawn, go to bed its half past your bet time.” Joyce said to Dawn. “Why?” Dawn said loudly. “You have school tomorrow.” Joyce said. “Why?” Dawn asked again. “Ok Dawn. You can stay up for a little while but after this move you have to go straight to bed. Understand?” Joyce said. “Yes, of course.” Dawn smiled when she sat down beside her mother. Dawn laid her head down on Joyce’s shoulder. It wasn’t long before she fell asleep.

“Dawn! Wake up for school!” Buffy yelled up the stairs. “No! I’m not going!” Dawn yelled back. “It’s Tuesday!” Buffy said. “And your point is?!” Dawn yelled. “Whatever, Mom do something!” Buffy said to Joyce. “Dawn! Get ready for school and then get down here!” Joyce yelled. “Ok!” Dawn yelled as she sat up in her bed.

When Joyce had dropped Buffy and Dawn off at school she headed to the gallery. When Joyce got there and got out of her car she walked up to the gallery door. Then she pulled out her keys and opened the door. Joyce walked in and the lights were out. Joyce knew where the light switch was located so she easily turned the lights back on. When the lights came on she screamed.

Buffy was at school when she got an absolute feeling of dread. “Something’s wrong, somewhere.” She said to herself. She was standing at her locker. She slammed her locker shut and ran to the library. When she got there she went into Giles’ office where the phone was. She dialed the number for the gallery. “What are you-”Giles began. “Shhh.” Buffy listened, nothing. “Answer.” She whispered. Then finally someone picked up. “Hello is my mom there? Her name is Joyce.” Buffy asked. “Hey slayer. I’m a friend of one of your ‘good’ friends. I have your mother and she’s gonna die if you don’t come here soon.” said the person on the other line. Buffy slammed down the phone and ran for the door. “Giles hurry!” Buffy yelled.

“My daughter is going to be here any minuet!” Joyce yelled at the Vampire who was tying her to a chair. “Whatever, she’s not as brave as you think she is.” The Vampire said. When the vampire got done tying her she stood up straight and laughed a very evil laugh. “Oh really? She must be brave. She’s right behind you.” Joyce smiled. The vampire turned around and saw that Buffy was standing there with a stake in hand. “Hey. Mr. Vampire. What are you doing with my mother? Tell me nicely and you won’t find this stake jammed into your little black heart.” Buffy said to the vampire. “I was told to do this by a ghost named Stella. I do this and I get a boat load of money.” The vampire smiled evilly. “That little meanie! So Stella wanted me to bring her back to life but I couldn’t so therefore she has kidnapped my mother to make me bring her back to life, lame plan.” Buffy said. “Yeah sure, I guess.” The vampire said. “Well, bye.” Buffy said to the vampire. Buffy walked up to the vampire and staked him. “He didn’t even put up a fight.” Buffy laughed. She untied Joyce and then walked to the door of the gallery with her. “Put the closed sign up ok honey.” Joyce said. Buffy grabbed the closed sign and stuck it to the door.

That night Buffy, Joyce, and Dawn were watching another old movie. “Why does she do this to me? She knows good and well that I can’t bring her back to life.” Buffy said to them. “She’s dead what can she do?” Dawn asked. “A few things, like kidnap me.” Joyce laughed. “She kidnapped you? I thought ghosts couldn’t touch people.” Dawn said. “Stella told a vampire to do it.” Buffy said. “Weird.” Joyce said. “That’s Sunnydale, home of weird.” Buffy smiled at them and then turned her attention back to the movie. “Wait! Stella framed that vampire. That vampire was the one who killed her! Stella didn’t do this to make me bring her back to life she done it so I would have to kill the vampire that killed her. I guess she changed her mind about the whole coming back to life thing.” Buffy said.

The next day at school Buffy told everyone about the vampire incident and about her mother getting kidnapped. “So she changed her mind about the life thing?” Willow asked. Willow was wearing a rainbow colored beanie hat. “Nice hat.” Cordelia said to Willow with a smirk on her face. “Let’s get back to the main subject here.” Buffy said. “It’s over, she’s gone now. I’m guessing she’s happy. I wonder where she went.” Giles said to the group. “No one ever really knows that.” Buffy said.