“Are we home?” Xander asked.
“It looks like home,” Willow said uncertainly. She turned to Buffy. “What do you think?”
“I think I’m gonna take a look around before I answer that.”
“Good idea,” Willow agreed.
Buffy exited the magic shop, but returned less than a minute later out of breath. “Definitely not home,” the slayer announced.
“How do you know?” Anya asked.
“Trust me,” Buffy said.
The door to the magic shop opened a second later and in walked Giles and Joyce, holding hands.
“Buffy?” Joyce cried with a start.
Buffy looked away.
“How did you get here?” Giles asked.
Anya glared at Willow. “She brought us here.”
“Oh,” Joyce said. “How?”
“Dimension portal,” Anya told her.
“Oh,” Joyce said, still confused.
“We’re from a parallel world,” Buffy explained.
“Intriguing,” Giles observed.
The door opened again and another Willow and Xander entered.
“What the...” The new Xander said.
“They’re from a parallel world,” Joyce said. “Whatever that means!”
“Does that mean that they’re the us on their world?” the other Xander asked.
Giles nodded.
“Oh,” the other Xander walked over to Xander.
The new Willow walked over to her counterpart also. “I like your hair,” she said shyly as she tucked her long red-brown hair behind her ear.
Willow smiled. “Thanks.”
“So,” the other Xander said. “You’re me.”
The two Xanders eyed each other.
“I’m having like a major de-ja-vu thing goin’ on here,” Xander said. “Like with the Toth demon.”
“You had a Toth demon?” Giles asked, surprised.
“Yeah,” Anya said dreamily. “There were two Xanders.” She sighed. “But our Giles put them back together before I could have sex with them both.”
Both Xanders gave her an appalled look.
“What?” Anya asked. “It’s not like it would’ve been cheating. They were both still technically Xander.”
“Who ARE you?” the other Xander asked.
“Anya.”
The other Xander looked confused.
“Anyanka, vengeance demon?”
“Not ringing any bells.”
“Great!” Anya cried miserably. “Another Anya free world.” She looked at Xander. “I’ll bet you’re loving this,” she accused.
“So,” Xander said, changing the subject, “who’s the vampire with a soul?”
“vampire?” Giles asked.
“vampire,” Xander repeated.
“What’s a vampire?” Giles asked.
“Isn’t your Buffy her a vampire slayer?”
“She was the slayer,” Giles said, “but I don’t know anything about any vampire.”
“Bloodsucker?” Buffy offered. “Creature of the night? Sun phobic?”
Giles looked dumfounded.
“Never mind,” Buffy said.
“So, what does a slayer on your world slay?” Xander asked, “If there aren’t any vampires.”
“Demons,” Giles said.
“How did your Buffy die?” Buffy asked softly.
“Toth demon,” Giles said sadly. “It killed one of her before we could rejoin them.”
“Oh,” Buffy said.
“It was awful,” the other Willow said. “I still have nightmares about it.”
“So, who’s the slayer now?” Xander asked.
“Harmony,” The other Xander said.
Buffy, Xander, and Willow looked at each other and busted out laughing.
“Really?” Buffy asked, amused. “Is she any good?”
“She’s no Buffy,” Giles said sadly.
“Why are you two holding hands?” Anya asked suddenly.
Giles and Joyce smiled at each other.
“We’re engaged,” Joyce said.
“Can we go now?” Anya asked.
“I guess,” Willow said.
“Good,” Anya said. “Maybe there will be an Anya in the next world, since I doubt we’ll be going home any time soon.”
“Shut up,” Xander told his ex.
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