“Is this one home?” Anya ask.
“It looks like it,” Willow said. “But so have a number of other worlds so far.”
“It seems normal enough,” Xander said. “And we even landed in the Magic Box.”
“Everything looks the same,” Buffy said, surveying their surroundings. “But how can we be sure?”
“I say we take a look around,” Xander suggested.
Before any of them had the chance to head for the door it swung open.
“Not our world,” Anya said.
“What in the HELL is going on here?” The new Xander asked as he stepped further into the shop, followed by an anya, a Buffy, a Giles and a Tara.
Willow’s mouth dropped open.
“There’s an Anya here!” Anya cried happily.
“Willow?” The Tara asked.
“We’re not from your world,” Buffy explained. “We had a little spell accident and now we’re here.”
“That’s pretty obvious,” the new Xander said.
Willow tried not to stare at the Tara, but failed miserably.
Anya walked over to the other Anya and smiled. “Boy am I glad to see you!” she said.
“Really?” the Anya asked.
Anya nodded. “We’ve been hopping around from dimension to dimension and you’re the first Anya I have seen. I was starting to feel so alone!”
“Didn’t you have money to keep you company?”
Anya’s eyes lit up. “You like money too?”
“Who doesn’t?” the other Anya asked.
The Anya’s walked over to the table and sat down, deep in conversation.
The Xanders exchanged an amused glance.
“Let me get this straight,” the Giles said, “A spell brought you here?”
“Yep.” Buffy confirmed. “Willow was trying to cast a protection spell on the magic shop and it went all wacky. Don’t know exactly what happened, but we’ve been hopping around form dimension to dimension ever since.”
“IT’s a dimension portal spell,” willow clarified, still not taking her eyes away from Tara.
“So, you’re a witch,” the other Xander said.
Willow nodded.
“Our Willow was a witch too,” the Xander said sadly.
Willow turned to face him. “Was?”
The Xander nodded. “She died, a few months ago.”
“How?” Willow asked.
“This guy named Warren shot her.”
“Warren?” Willow asked. “He...”
“He got Tara on our world,” Buffy finished for her.
“You had a Tara?” Tara asked.
Willow nodded sadly.
“Well, it’s getting rather late,” Giles said. “And the four of you look like you’ve been starved and deprived of sleep for a week.”
“Four days actually,” Buffy clarified, “but I won’t argue with you.”
“We can go back to my place and order a pizza,” the Buffy suggested. “And I’m sure we can find somewhere for you guys to crash.”
“That sounds wonderful beyond words,” Buffy said.
“Then tomorrow, Giles can help you figure out how to get home,” the Buffy said.
“That sounds like a plan,” Buffy said. She turned to the Giles. “If that’s alright with you.”
“Fine,” Giles said, smiling. “Willow,” he said. “If you can tell me the spell you used I can get a head start on the research while you all go freshen up.”
“I can do better than that,” Willow said, handing him the book. She flipped through the pages and showed him the spells. “This is the one I was trying to cast, but this is the one I actually ended up casting.”
“Splendid,” Giles said. “I’ll get right on it. See you all in the morning.”
“Let me give Dawn a call so we don’t totally freak her out,” the other Buffy said.
“Good idea,” Buffy said.
When they left, The Buffys walked together in the lead.
A few steps behind them were the Anyas, followed by the Xanders, and bringing up the rear was Willow and Tara.
***A/N The following conversations in this chapter take place simultaneously and are written kind of in script format because I got seriously confused trying to write them out in story form.***
***B= Buffy, OB= other Buffy, A= Anya, OA= other Anya, X= Xander and OX= other Xander. W= Willow and T= Tara...***
THE BUFFYS:
B: You have a Dawn, right? So then it would only be fitting that you also had a Glory.
OB: Yep
B: Did you die?
OB (NODS)
B: And your friends brought you back?
OB: Yep. Were you in heaven?
B: (SMILES) Did you sing too?
OB: That was seriously weird.
B: Don’t I know it.
OB: Do you guys have a Spike?
B: Yeah, he has a chip. So, he’s like neutered.
OB: Ours too.
B: So then there was an Initiative and a Riley?
OB: Yep, but he left a couple years ago and I haven’t heard from him since.
B: You’re lucky! Mine married some chick named Sam and came back last year. I made a complete fool out of myself AND to top it off, he found me in bed with Spike!
OB: (EYES WIDE) You what?
B: After I came back from heaven I had a little thing with Spike.
OB: Wow, we could like be the same person!
B: We kinda are.
(BOTH LAUGH)
OB: Did you have an Angel?
B: Vampire with a soul?
OB: That’d be the one.
B: Did you guys date?
OB: Yep, you?
B: Yep.
OB: Did he lose his soul?
B: Uh huh. Killed the computer science teacher.
OB: Huh, on my world he killed Harmony.
B: She’s a vampire on my world. Actually dated Spike for a while.
OB: That must’ve been interesting. I’m not really picturing her as a vampire.
B: You don’t know the half of it! Last year she had minions!
(They laugh at the thought)
***
The Anyas:
A: Are you and Xander together?
OA: Yes. We got married a few months ago.
A: Oh. My Xander left me at the altar.
OA: If I still had my powers I’d grant you a wish.
A: You were a vengeance demon too?
OA: Yep. Til Xander’s ex Cordelia made a wish.
Both: ‘I wish Buffy Summers had never come to Sunnydale.’
THEY GIGGLE.
OA: Did the Giles in that dimension destroy your power source too?
A: Yes, and D’Hoffryn wouldn’t let me back into the fold. So I conned Willow into helping me cast a spell to retrieve my power source and...
OA: You ended up summoning the vampire versions of Willow and Xander!
A: No. Just willow. Wait. You got Xander?
OA: Yep. (SMILES AT THE MEMORY)
A: Really? What was he like as a vampire?
OA: Very hot. That’s actually the reason I invited him to prom.
A: Did you have a Toth demon?
OA: Get out! Did you have two Xanders too?
A: (NODS) But Giles put them back together before I could have sex with them both.
OA: (A LITTLE POUTY) Really. It’s not like it would’ve been cheating.
A: I know. They were both Xander!
(They Anyas turned around and glanced behind them at the Xanders, then started giggling.
***
THE XANDERS
X: So, you married Anya.
OX: Yep. Why didn’t you?
X: I guess I had a major case of cold feet.
OX: I had that too, but I got over it and I couldn’t be happier.
X: (UNENTHUSIASTICALLY) Great.
(THEY CONTINUED WALKING IN SILENCE)
***
W: I know I’m staring, but I cant help it.
T: It’s ok. I’ve actually been staring at you too. I miss... my Willow.
W: I know what you mean. It’s just, you look so much like her. In every way... you are her. Except one.
T: I know.
(BOTH GIRLS WERE CLOSE TO TEARS)
T: This is going to sound a little weird, but... just for a minute. Could you hold me?
W: (SMILES) I’d really like that.
(THEY HELD EACH OTHER AND CRIED FOR A FULL FIVE MINUTES, THEN RELUCTANTLY PARTED)
T: Thank you.
W: No, thank you. (SHE PAUSED) We should get going.
(TARA SILENTLY AGREED AND THEY BEGAN WALKING AGAIN, THIS TIME SUBCONSCIOUSLY HOLDING HANDS)
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