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Buffy Episode 8.10 154. Infinite Possibilities?
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. They belong to Fox Studios and Joss Whedon. This work is fictional and is only for my and others entertainment. Therefore no infringement is intended. I do not intend to make a profit from this work. However I own all characters that have not previously appeared/been mentioned on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, so I can do whatever I like with them. Therefore any unauthorised usage of these characters will result in legal action
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Giles VO: Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Buffy VO: Every girl who might be a Slayer will be a Slayer.
Willow: Slayers are awakening everywhere.
Shot of Spike and Buffy in the hellmouth.
Buffy: I love you.
Spike: No you don't, but thanks anyway.
Buffy looks sad. Cut to Buffy and Angel in the sewer from The Prom
Angel: Don't.
Buffy: Don't love you? I don't get a choice in that. I want my life to be with you.
Angel: I don't.
Buffy looks upset. Cut to Tara and Willow in Entropy.
Tara: Can you just be kissing me now?
Tara is shot.
Willow: Tara?
Willow cries over Tara's body. Willow kneels by Tara's gravestone. Cut to Willow and Kennedy in The Killer In Me.
Willow: I let her be dead!
Willow breaks down in Kennedy's arms.
Kennedy: You'll be a kite, and I'll be your kite string. Ok?
Willow: Ok.
Cut to Kennedy's mum in Legally Mine. Willow joins hands with Chris.
Kennedy's mum: Kennedy!
She disappears.
Kennedy: (to Willow) Thanks.
Cut to Xander with Anya in All the Way.
Xander: We're getting married.
They kiss. Cut to Hell's Bells. Anya and Xander part hands. Cut to them in bed together in Storyteller.
Xander: I knew we'd always do that again.
Anya: Do you think there should be more?
Xander: It felt like a one more time.
Cut to them on the kitchen floor kissing in Touched. Cut to Anya getting sliced by the Bringer's knife in Chosen. Cut to her lifeless body.
Xander: Anya! Anya!
Cut to Andrew and Xander.
Andrew: She died saving my life.
Xander: That's my girl.
Cut to Andrew in Storyteller.
Andrew: Here's the thing. I killed my best friend.
Cut to Andrew stabbing Jonathon in Conversations With Dead People.
Andrew: Warren was cool. And wasn't Jonathon just the cutest thing?
Cut to Siobhan by Andrew's hospital bed in Open Wounds.
Siobhan: Andrew you gotta wake up. I've never felt this way about anyone before.
Andrew wakes up in Endeavour.
Siobhan: You heard me?
Andrew: It's so great that we can be friends.
Siobhan looks shocked. Cut to them in Fractures.
Siobhan: Andrew I don't wanna be friends!
Andrew: I don't love you.
Siobhan looks upset. She shuts the door in Andrew's face.
Cut to Siobhan and Dawn in Back to Reality.
Siobhan: My mum is hardly ever around. She goes to work, comes back late, goes to bed, sleeps and works the weekend away. I don't think she even noticed the blood on my cardigan the other night.
Dawn: I'm sorry.
Siobhan: No. You shouldn't be. I should really be grateful that she's still around.
Cut to Buffy in The Body.
Buffy: Mommy?
Paramedic #1: Your mother's dead.
Cut to Buffy telling Dawn in school. Dawn breaks down and cries on the floor. Cut to Conversations With Dead People.
Dawn: Mom?
Joyce fades.
Dawn: No!
Cut to Dawn and Chris in How Do You Like My Darkness Now?.
Dawn: I can trust you.
Chris: I'm not sure.
Dawn: I am.
They fall back on the bed.
Dawn: Last night was um?new.
Chris: You wanted to-
Dawn: I wanted to. I just wasn't prepared.
Chris: You should have told me.
Dawn: I just did.
She walks away.
START OF EPISODE
ACT I
Open on everyone sat around the kitchen table. They are all laughing and eating Christmas dinner.
Buffy: You know it's so great that life is easy for once.
Willow: Yeah, I mean it's been two weeks and Rogue Slayer count is zero.
Kennedy: Maybe they realised they'll never win?
Xander: Cause Buffy'd kick their asses!
Buffy: Thank you Xander.
Dawn: Well I'm just glad that we can have a hopefully normal Christmas for once.
Buffy: Hey last year's was?ok so we were kinda rebuilding the house and the threat of ultimate evil was upon us, but I got some wicked shoes.
Willow: Which you left in Sunnydale.
Buffy: That's not the point, it was good.
Dawn: Well I think Christmas three years ago was good.
Chris: What did you do?
Dawn: Mom was there.
Buffy smiles at Dawn. Dawn smiles back.
Willow: And I remember Anya with Santa Claus.
Siobhan: There's a Santa Claus?
Xander: Long story.
Siobhan: Wow.
Dawn: But he disembowels kids.
Siobhan: Oh. Won't be leaving a mince pie for him this year.
Everyone laughs.
Kennedy: Well I remember two years ago. Me and my mom had Christmas together.
Willow smiles at Kennedy.
Buffy: That Christmas was bad I remember.
Willow: Oh I was a total wreck.
Buffy: No not that. Well yeah that. But I remember I burnt the turkey.
Dawn: Oh god I remember.
Siobhan: So did we.
Chris: We dropped the stuffing.
Everyone laughs.
Dawn: And then-
Siobhan: It was so funny-
Buffy: We took ages to find another one-
Everyone continues to talk. The camera zooms out suddenly and shows that they are being watched through a crystal ball of some kind. The camera zooms out further to show the box seen in Fractures next to it.
Voice: We have collected information on all of them sir.
The camera scrolls up to show a smaller demon and a larger demon.
Large Demon: Good.
Smaller Demon: We will begin at once then?
Large Demon: Yes. Make it slow.
Smaller Demon: Yes sir.
The demon salutes and walks off. The large demon moves closer to the crystal ball.
Large Demon: Yes, enjoy yourselves children. You haven't got long left.
The camera zooms in on the crystal ball and we are back in the Summers' kitchen. Everyone is still laughing. Suddenly white light explodes from the middle of the table. The camera shows everyone one by one frozen in time. There is silence.
Opening credits.
Starring:
SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR - Buffy Summers
NICHOLAS BRENDAN - Xander Harris
ALYSON HANNIGAN - Willow Rosenberg
MICHELLE TRACHTENBURG - Dawn Summers
JASON DOHRING - Chris Ashton
IYARI LIMON - Kennedy Elisonne
JEMIMA ROOPER - Siobhan Bligh
TOM LENK - Andrew Wells
ANTHONY STEWART HEAD - Rupert Giles
Special Guest Stars:
DAVID BOREANAZ - Angel
JAMES MARSTERS - Spike
KRISTINE SUTHERLAND - Joyce
EMMA CAULFIELD - Anya
AMBER BENSON - Tara
Guest Starring:
LAUREN AMBROSE - Kass
KATIE HOLMES - Kelly
MICHELLE WILLIAMS - Marie
ALEXIS BLEDEL - Line
GIGI EDGLEY - Kirsty
ADAM BUSCH - Warren
DANNY STRONG - Jonathon
FREDDY PRINZE JUNIOR - Robby
LANI TUPU - Demon
SONYA WALGER - Siobhan's mother
Cut to everyone still frozen. The camera moves around and stops. Everyone fades from the surroundings. Xander appears in the dimension that man was in before. He shakes himself.
Xander: Ok what the-
Voice: Don't worry Xander, this is a dream.
A man appears. Cut to Dawn in a similar place.
Dawn: It is?
Man: Yes. You ended up here.
Cut to Willow
Willow: Where's here? Cos if this is another dimension I gotta tell ya-
Man: No no. Just a dream. But not an ordinary dream.
Cut to Chris.
Chris: I don't feel asleep.
Man: You are. In a way. I have a message for you however.
Cut to Siobhan.
Siobhan: What kind of message?
Man: You'll see.
Cut to Kennedy.
Kennedy: What do you mean?
Man: Let me show you.
Cut to Andrew.
Andrew: Why should I trust you?
Man: Because I can give you the world.
Cut to Buffy.
Buffy: Ok then. Give it to me, whatever it is.
The man smiles. Cut to Xander. The man pushes his hand towards Xander's face. He doesn't hit Xander, but Xander gasps and closes his eyes as if something is in them. He slowly opens them and looks shocked.
Cut to Xander and Anya sitting on a sofa watching TV. The captions say it is the year 2006. Xander no longer has his eye patch. Anya is visibly pregnant and she is leaning against Xander.
Anya: This movie's boring. Why couldn't you have got one with monkeys?
Xander: There were no monkey movies. Or at least, none that were any good.
Anya: Well there could at least have been one with some kind of sex in it. Remember we used to enjoy watching that.
Xander: Uh?the baby might see.
Anya: I don't think the baby has x-ray vision.
Xander: Well, this is all we have.
Anya sighs.
Anya: Well I'm glad that it's with you.
They continue to watch. Anya frowns slightly and sits up.
Anya: Hey! There's a bunny in this movie!
Xander: Anya it was on for two seconds.
Anya: Yeah but did you see how it looked at me? It's gonna kill that couple isn't it? They're just happily eating lunch on that hill, and it's gonna eat ?em!
Xander: Anya I don't think?oh god it is!
Anya: Turn it off, turn it off!
Xander reaches for the remote. He turns off the TV. Anya lies back relieved.
Anya: You see what I mean now? Bunnies are evil. Every single one of ?em.
Xander: Not all bunnies are gonna kill you.
Anya: Well if any try, will you stop them?
Xander: Sure. No bunny's gonna get my girl.
Anya smiles at Xander. Xander kisses her forehead. Xander turns on another channel. He looks at Anya. The fatal wound she got in Chosen has appeared.
Xander: An, what's that?
Anya looks down.
Anya: Oh that? Don't worry about that. It was a battle I didn't win.
The continue to sit together. Cut back to Xander. He looks up at the man. The man smiles. Cut to Dawn. She opens her eyes and looks shocked.
Cut to her, Joyce and Buffy sitting around the table in the Summers' old house. The year is 2005.
Joyce: Honey I'm just so proud of you.
Dawn: Mom I'm not the only person to ever get into Harvard.
Joyce: That doesn't matter! You got through all this trouble and still managed to get into a college as good as that.
Buffy: I obviously wasn't her role model.
Joyce: Now Buffy don't talk like that. You were offered a place in Northwestern remember?
Buffy: Yeah, I also remember the not going to it.
Dawn: Well I'll send you a postcard from Harvard.
Buffy: (sarcastically) Thanks Dawn.
Dawn giggles.
Joyce: Now honey you must remember to come home right?
Dawn: Oh I will.
Buffy: Try not to make it too long ok?
Dawn and Buffy smile at each other. Joyce smiles at them both.
Joyce: Well, I need to go and get the pudding. Dawn come and help me with the dishes?
Dawn: But I'm the guest of honour!
Joyce: You can still wash dishes though.
Dawn smiles and rolls her eyes. She follows Joyce.
Buffy: Don't worry I'll help too.
Oh Buffy that's sweet of you. Joyce turns around. Her face is white like it is in The Body. She frowns slightly.
Dawn: You ok mom?
Joyce: Yeah just um?my head it uh, it felt like it used to.
Dawn: Oh my god, are you-
Joyce: Dawn I'm fine. I think it was just a small headache.
Joyce walks back into the kitchen. Dawn follows frowning slightly.
Cut back to Dawn. She looks at the man. He turns around.
Man: This is what I can show you.
Willow: Ok?what is it?
Man: This.
Willow gasps too. Cut to Willow and Tara walking in a field holding hands. The sun is shining down on them. The year is 2004.
Tara: Don't you juts love days like this?
Willow: Yeah. Made better be a certain someone.
Tara smiles.
Tara: I guess it's just tomorrow, it's bringing back so many memories.
Willow: The anniversary of the accident.
Tara: Thinking I almost died I-
Willow: But you didn't.
Tara: No?you saved me.
Willow: Well ok maybe just a little.
Tara: Are you kidding? Not many people can get a bullet out like that.
Willow: Xander saved Buffy. I saved you. Everything worked out.
Tara: It does. In the end.
Willow: Well this better not be the end, cos I'm still in the interval here.
Tara and Willow laugh. Tara looks up at the sky.
Tara: It looks like it's gonna rain.
Willow: I can put a stop to that.
Willow shoots some yellow sparks at the clouds. They part and the sun shines on them.
Tara: You, uh, you missed a spot.
Tara shoots on spark at the last remaining cloud. She and Willow smile at each other. The continue looking at each and do not notice a small slope ahead. Willow trips and Tara falls with her. They roll to a halt laughing. Tara is on top of Willow.
Willow: Sorry.
Tara: It doesn't matter.
They kiss. Blood drips from Tara's chest.
Tara: Guess the wound's still there.
Willow: Shouldn't we get it checked?
Tara: No, it'll always be there.
Cut to Chris. He looks impatient.
Chris: Are you sure this is a dream because I-
Chris gasps. Cut to him and Dawn walking into a restaurant. It's 2004. He looks around and then recognises someone.
Chris: They're over there. You're gonna love them. And they'll love you.
Chris and Dawn walk over to a table. Robby, Kass, Kirsty, Kelly, Marie and Line are sat around the table.
Kass: Chris hey!
Chris: Hey guys. This is Dawn.
Line: Dawn come sit by me.
Dawn: Oh, ok.
Dawn smiles enthusiastically and sits down.
Kass: Sorry I'm being rude, I'm Kass. This is Kirsty, Kelly, Marie, Line and Robby. Robby's our little bitch.
Robby: What? No way.
Everyone laughs.
Marie: So Dawn where you from?
Dawn: Well until recently, Sunnydale California.
Kelly: You mean that place that collapsed?
Kirsty: Wow, everyone's been talking about it here.
Dawn: They have? Well yeah it was pretty crazy. But everyone I know was ok so it's not too bad.
Kass: Well that's good at least. Nothing amazing happens here.
Chris: Except next week remember?
Kass: Oh yeah how could I forget! Chris here's actually gonna star in a movie!
Dawn: I know I'm really looking forward to it. You'll all be there?
Kirsty: Sure wouldn't wanna miss Chris' big night.
Chris: Aw, you guys. But it's not like I'm in Scooby Doo or anything. It's just a normal movie.
Marie: Well we'll be cheering you on offset. Quietly cheering.
Everyone laughs.
Dawn: I'm just gonna go to the toilet, I'll be back before they have to take our orders.
She gets up and walks away.
Chris: So what do you guys think?
Robby: She's definitely a looker!
Kass rolls her eyes.
Kass; If you want a girl's opinion ? or well five ? she seems great.
Kirsty: Yeah Chris, you too look great together!
Chris: Thanks you guys.
The scene changes ? Kass, Line and Marie suddenly have blood all over their hands. Kelly has a few specks, while Kirsty and Robby suddenly look like corpses, with blood all over them. Chris looks up.
Chris: Shouldn't you guys wash your hands?
Kass; Oh, no this stuff never comes off.
Cut back to Chris. He gasps and falls on the floor breathing heavily. The man smiles again. Cut to the smaller demon from earlier. Several other even smaller demons are stood around him.
Smaller demon #1: Is all going well?
Small demon: Yes?it's working.

Buffy Episode 8.10 154. Infinite Possibilities?
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. They belong to Fox Studios and Joss Whedon. This work is fictional and is only for my and others entertainment. Therefore no infringement is intended. I do not intend to make a profit from this work. However I own all characters that have not previously appeared/been mentioned on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, so I can do whatever I like with them. Therefore any unauthorised usage of these characters will result in legal action

Giles VO: Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Buffy VO: Every girl who might be a Slayer will be a Slayer.
Willow: Slayers are awakening everywhere.
Shot of Spike and Buffy in the hellmouth.
Buffy: I love you.
Spike: No you don't, but thanks anyway.
Buffy looks sad. Cut to Buffy and Angel in the sewer from The Prom
Angel: Don't.
Buffy: Don't love you? I don't get a choice in that. I want my life to be with you.
Angel: I don't.
Buffy looks upset. Cut to Tara and Willow in Entropy.
Tara: Can you just be kissing me now?
Tara is shot.
Willow: Tara?
Willow cries over Tara's body. Willow kneels by Tara's gravestone. Cut to Willow and Kennedy in The Killer In Me.
Willow: I let her be dead!
Willow breaks down in Kennedy's arms.
Kennedy: You'll be a kite, and I'll be your kite string. Ok?
Willow: Ok.
Cut to Kennedy's mum in Legally Mine. Willow joins hands with Chris.
Kennedy's mum: Kennedy!
She disappears.
Kennedy: (to Willow) Thanks.
Cut to Xander with Anya in All the Way.
Xander: We're getting married.
They kiss. Cut to Hell's Bells. Anya and Xander part hands. Cut to them in bed together in Storyteller.
Xander: I knew we'd always do that again.
Anya: Do you think there should be more?
Xander: It felt like a one more time.
Cut to them on the kitchen floor kissing in Touched. Cut to Anya getting sliced by the Bringer's knife in Chosen. Cut to her lifeless body.
Xander: Anya! Anya!
Cut to Andrew and Xander.
Andrew: She died saving my life.
Xander: That's my girl.
Cut to Andrew in Storyteller.
Andrew: Here's the thing. I killed my best friend.
Cut to Andrew stabbing Jonathon in Conversations With Dead People.
Andrew: Warren was cool. And wasn't Jonathon just the cutest thing?
Cut to Siobhan by Andrew's hospital bed in Open Wounds.
Siobhan: Andrew you gotta wake up. I've never felt this way about anyone before.
Andrew wakes up in Endeavour.
Siobhan: You heard me?
Andrew: It's so great that we can be friends.
Siobhan looks shocked. Cut to them in Fractures.
Siobhan: Andrew I don't wanna be friends!
Andrew: I don't love you.
Siobhan looks upset. She shuts the door in Andrew's face.
Cut to Siobhan and Dawn in Back to Reality.
Siobhan: My mum is hardly ever around. She goes to work, comes back late, goes to bed, sleeps and works the weekend away. I don't think she even noticed the blood on my cardigan the other night.
Dawn: I'm sorry.
Siobhan: No. You shouldn't be. I should really be grateful that she's still around.
Cut to Buffy in The Body.
Buffy: Mommy?
Paramedic #1: Your mother's dead.
Cut to Buffy telling Dawn in school. Dawn breaks down and cries on the floor. Cut to Conversations With Dead People.
Dawn: Mom?
Joyce fades.
Dawn: No!
Cut to Dawn and Chris in How Do You Like My Darkness Now?.
Dawn: I can trust you.
Chris: I'm not sure.
Dawn: I am.
They fall back on the bed.
Dawn: Last night was um?new.
Chris: You wanted to-
Dawn: I wanted to. I just wasn't prepared.
Chris: You should have told me.
Dawn: I just did.
She walks away.
START OF EPISODE
ACT I
Open on everyone sat around the kitchen table. They are all laughing and eating Christmas dinner.
Buffy: You know it's so great that life is easy for once.
Willow: Yeah, I mean it's been two weeks and Rogue Slayer count is zero.
Kennedy: Maybe they realised they'll never win?
Xander: Cause Buffy'd kick their asses!
Buffy: Thank you Xander.
Dawn: Well I'm just glad that we can have a hopefully normal Christmas for once.
Buffy: Hey last year's was?ok so we were kinda rebuilding the house and the threat of ultimate evil was upon us, but I got some wicked shoes.
Willow: Which you left in Sunnydale.
Buffy: That's not the point, it was good.
Dawn: Well I think Christmas three years ago was good.
Chris: What did you do?
Dawn: Mom was there.
Buffy smiles at Dawn. Dawn smiles back.
Willow: And I remember Anya with Santa Claus.
Siobhan: There's a Santa Claus?
Xander: Long story.
Siobhan: Wow.
Dawn: But he disembowels kids.
Siobhan: Oh. Won't be leaving a mince pie for him this year.
Everyone laughs.
Kennedy: Well I remember two years ago. Me and my mom had Christmas together.
Willow smiles at Kennedy.
Buffy: That Christmas was bad I remember.
Willow: Oh I was a total wreck.
Buffy: No not that. Well yeah that. But I remember I burnt the turkey.
Dawn: Oh god I remember.
Siobhan: So did we.
Chris: We dropped the stuffing.
Everyone laughs.
Dawn: And then-
Siobhan: It was so funny-
Buffy: We took ages to find another one-
Everyone continues to talk. The camera zooms out suddenly and shows that they are being watched through a crystal ball of some kind. The camera zooms out further to show the box seen in Fractures next to it.
Voice: We have collected information on all of them sir.
The camera scrolls up to show a smaller demon and a larger demon.
Large Demon: Good.
Smaller Demon: We will begin at once then?
Large Demon: Yes. Make it slow.
Smaller Demon: Yes sir.
The demon salutes and walks off. The large demon moves closer to the crystal ball.
Large Demon: Yes, enjoy yourselves children. You haven't got long left.
The camera zooms in on the crystal ball and we are back in the Summers' kitchen. Everyone is still laughing. Suddenly white light explodes from the middle of the table. The camera shows everyone one by one frozen in time. There is silence.
Opening credits.
Starring:
SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR - Buffy Summers
NICHOLAS BRENDAN - Xander Harris
ALYSON HANNIGAN - Willow Rosenberg
MICHELLE TRACHTENBURG - Dawn Summers
JASON DOHRING - Chris Ashton
IYARI LIMON - Kennedy Elisonne
JEMIMA ROOPER - Siobhan Bligh
TOM LENK - Andrew Wells
ANTHONY STEWART HEAD - Rupert Giles
Special Guest Stars:
DAVID BOREANAZ - Angel
JAMES MARSTERS - Spike
KRISTINE SUTHERLAND - Joyce
EMMA CAULFIELD - Anya
AMBER BENSON - Tara
Guest Starring:
LAUREN AMBROSE - Kass
KATIE HOLMES - Kelly
MICHELLE WILLIAMS - Marie
ALEXIS BLEDEL - Line
GIGI EDGLEY - Kirsty
ADAM BUSCH - Warren
DANNY STRONG - Jonathon
FREDDY PRINZE JUNIOR - Robby
LANI TUPU - Demon
SONYA WALGER - Siobhan's mother
Cut to everyone still frozen. The camera moves around and stops. Everyone fades from the surroundings. Xander appears in the dimension that man was in before. He shakes himself.
Xander: Ok what the-
Voice: Don't worry Xander, this is a dream.
A man appears. Cut to Dawn in a similar place.
Dawn: It is?
Man: Yes. You ended up here.
Cut to Willow
Willow: Where's here? Cos if this is another dimension I gotta tell ya-
Man: No no. Just a dream. But not an ordinary dream.
Cut to Chris.
Chris: I don't feel asleep.
Man: You are. In a way. I have a message for you however.
Cut to Siobhan.
Siobhan: What kind of message?
Man: You'll see.
Cut to Kennedy.
Kennedy: What do you mean?
Man: Let me show you.
Cut to Andrew.
Andrew: Why should I trust you?
Man: Because I can give you the world.
Cut to Buffy.
Buffy: Ok then. Give it to me, whatever it is.
The man smiles. Cut to Xander. The man pushes his hand towards Xander's face. He doesn't hit Xander, but Xander gasps and closes his eyes as if something is in them. He slowly opens them and looks shocked.
Cut to Xander and Anya sitting on a sofa watching TV. The captions say it is the year 2006. Xander no longer has his eye patch. Anya is visibly pregnant and she is leaning against Xander.
Anya: This movie's boring. Why couldn't you have got one with monkeys?
Xander: There were no monkey movies. Or at least, none that were any good.
Anya: Well there could at least have been one with some kind of sex in it. Remember we used to enjoy watching that.
Xander: Uh?the baby might see.
Anya: I don't think the baby has x-ray vision.
Xander: Well, this is all we have.
Anya sighs.
Anya: Well I'm glad that it's with you.
They continue to watch. Anya frowns slightly and sits up.
Anya: Hey! There's a bunny in this movie!
Xander: Anya it was on for two seconds.
Anya: Yeah but did you see how it looked at me? It's gonna kill that couple isn't it? They're just happily eating lunch on that hill, and it's gonna eat ?em!
Xander: Anya I don't think?oh god it is!
Anya: Turn it off, turn it off!
Xander reaches for the remote. He turns off the TV. Anya lies back relieved.
Anya: You see what I mean now? Bunnies are evil. Every single one of ?em.
Xander: Not all bunnies are gonna kill you.
Anya: Well if any try, will you stop them?
Xander: Sure. No bunny's gonna get my girl.
Anya smiles at Xander. Xander kisses her forehead. Xander turns on another channel. He looks at Anya. The fatal wound she got in Chosen has appeared.
Xander: An, what's that?
Anya looks down.
Anya: Oh that? Don't worry about that. It was a battle I didn't win.
The continue to sit together. Cut back to Xander. He looks up at the man. The man smiles. Cut to Dawn. She opens her eyes and looks shocked.
Cut to her, Joyce and Buffy sitting around the table in the Summers' old house. The year is 2005.
Joyce: Honey I'm just so proud of you.
Dawn: Mom I'm not the only person to ever get into Harvard.
Joyce: That doesn't matter! You got through all this trouble and still managed to get into a college as good as that.
Buffy: I obviously wasn't her role model.
Joyce: Now Buffy don't talk like that. You were offered a place in Northwestern remember?
Buffy: Yeah, I also remember the not going to it.
Dawn: Well I'll send you a postcard from Harvard.
Buffy: (sarcastically) Thanks Dawn.
Dawn giggles.
Joyce: Now honey you must remember to come home right?
Dawn: Oh I will.
Buffy: Try not to make it too long ok?
Dawn and Buffy smile at each other. Joyce smiles at them both.
Joyce: Well, I need to go and get the pudding. Dawn come and help me with the dishes?
Dawn: But I'm the guest of honour!
Joyce: You can still wash dishes though.
Dawn smiles and rolls her eyes. She follows Joyce.
Buffy: Don't worry I'll help too.
Oh Buffy that's sweet of you. Joyce turns around. Her face is white like it is in The Body. She frowns slightly.
Dawn: You ok mom?
Joyce: Yeah just um?my head it uh, it felt like it used to.
Dawn: Oh my god, are you-
Joyce: Dawn I'm fine. I think it was just a small headache.
Joyce walks back into the kitchen. Dawn follows frowning slightly.
Cut back to Dawn. She looks at the man. He turns around.
Man: This is what I can show you.
Willow: Ok?what is it?
Man: This.
Willow gasps too. Cut to Willow and Tara walking in a field holding hands. The sun is shining down on them. The year is 2004.
Tara: Don't you juts love days like this?
Willow: Yeah. Made better be a certain someone.
Tara smiles.
Tara: I guess it's just tomorrow, it's bringing back so many memories.
Willow: The anniversary of the accident.
Tara: Thinking I almost died I-
Willow: But you didn't.
Tara: No?you saved me.
Willow: Well ok maybe just a little.
Tara: Are you kidding? Not many people can get a bullet out like that.
Willow: Xander saved Buffy. I saved you. Everything worked out.
Tara: It does. In the end.
Willow: Well this better not be the end, cos I'm still in the interval here.
Tara and Willow laugh. Tara looks up at the sky.
Tara: It looks like it's gonna rain.
Willow: I can put a stop to that.
Willow shoots some yellow sparks at the clouds. They part and the sun shines on them.
Tara: You, uh, you missed a spot.
Tara shoots on spark at the last remaining cloud. She and Willow smile at each other. The continue looking at each and do not notice a small slope ahead. Willow trips and Tara falls with her. They roll to a halt laughing. Tara is on top of Willow.
Willow: Sorry.
Tara: It doesn't matter.
They kiss. Blood drips from Tara's chest.
Tara: Guess the wound's still there.
Willow: Shouldn't we get it checked?
Tara: No, it'll always be there.
Cut to Chris. He looks impatient.
Chris: Are you sure this is a dream because I-
Chris gasps. Cut to him and Dawn walking into a restaurant. It's 2004. He looks around and then recognises someone.
Chris: They're over there. You're gonna love them. And they'll love you.
Chris and Dawn walk over to a table. Robby, Kass, Kirsty, Kelly, Marie and Line are sat around the table.
Kass: Chris hey!
Chris: Hey guys. This is Dawn.
Line: Dawn come sit by me.
Dawn: Oh, ok.
Dawn smiles enthusiastically and sits down.
Kass: Sorry I'm being rude, I'm Kass. This is Kirsty, Kelly, Marie, Line and Robby. Robby's our little bitch.
Robby: What? No way.
Everyone laughs.
Marie: So Dawn where you from?
Dawn: Well until recently, Sunnydale California.
Kelly: You mean that place that collapsed?
Kirsty: Wow, everyone's been talking about it here.
Dawn: They have? Well yeah it was pretty crazy. But everyone I know was ok so it's not too bad.
Kass: Well that's good at least. Nothing amazing happens here.
Chris: Except next week remember?
Kass: Oh yeah how could I forget! Chris here's actually gonna star in a movie!
Dawn: I know I'm really looking forward to it. You'll all be there?
Kirsty: Sure wouldn't wanna miss Chris' big night.
Chris: Aw, you guys. But it's not like I'm in Scooby Doo or anything. It's just a normal movie.
Marie: Well we'll be cheering you on offset. Quietly cheering.
Everyone laughs.
Dawn: I'm just gonna go to the toilet, I'll be back before they have to take our orders.
She gets up and walks away.
Chris: So what do you guys think?
Robby: She's definitely a looker!
Kass rolls her eyes.
Kass; If you want a girl's opinion ? or well five ? she seems great.
Kirsty: Yeah Chris, you too look great together!
Chris: Thanks you guys.
The scene changes ? Kass, Line and Marie suddenly have blood all over their hands. Kelly has a few specks, while Kirsty and Robby suddenly look like corpses, with blood all over them. Chris looks up.
Chris: Shouldn't you guys wash your hands?
Kass; Oh, no this stuff never comes off.
Cut back to Chris. He gasps and falls on the floor breathing heavily. The man smiles again. Cut to the smaller demon from earlier. Several other even smaller demons are stood around him.
Smaller demon #1: Is all going well?
Small demon: Yes?it's working.
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