"So what you're telling me is that a wizard from 'The Sword in the Stone' sent us here?!" Willows concluding sentence sounded incredulous, even to Giles. "Well, basically, er, yes." he smiled at her, after almost six hours of explanation he was exhausted but thrilled that he had gotten through to Willow, he'd known that Tara would be the one thing that she would recognise, even if it was merely subconsciously and had been glad of the pictures. "And now we have to find all the other people in these pictures so that we can return 'home'?" Willow suddenly sounded unsure, "But what if I am happy here, how do I know that wherever you say it is that we'll be going to is better than this?" Her last question stumped him slightly and he hesitated before answering, the look he was receiving was pure Willow, even the doubt held her trademark charm, "I didn't say better, but it's where you belong." he finally managed. Willow took a moment to contemplate this, Giles was sure she was never going to buy into the lame line he had tried to sell her when a smile spread across her lips, dimpling her cheeks and making her eyes shine. "Best we start looking for the others then!" she answered with a trusting but mischievous smile.
Giles sank into the chair in the corner of the room and took off his glasses, polishing the lenses slowly. "That’s where our problems may really begin," he said with a dejected sigh, "I have no idea how, or where to start. I found you almost by chance." he continued, suddenly standing and pacing the room and rubbing his temples. Willow watched him and reached over to the file he had fetched while trying to refresh her memories of her friends in Sunnydale. She waved it at him, "We have these, surely if we look for the opposite of these people than we should have a chance. We could always use the net." Giles beamed at her, it seemed to him like the longer she was in his presence, the more Willow she became. "Let’s start with Xander, unless you'd prefer to look for erm....." Willow rifled through the papers within the folder; "... ah! Buffy?!" she looked up at him expectantly but he was unable to speak, crossing the room he stood just behind her and placed his hand on her shoulder, squeezing gently. Finally he found speech, "I think Buffy may be a little more helpful." he chuckled.
In a deserted graveyard less than three blocks from where Giles and Willow were beginning their Scooby hunt, the same vampire was sat in her crypt staring into space. She'd spent a lot of that day trying to sleep but had been having bizarre dreams that had broken her peaceful slumber, dreams of another time, another place and a whole other person. A blonde haired girl of similar age to when she herself had been sired. A Slayer. But not the current Slayer or any that she had encountered before. 'Ratty', so named for the plague of death she had been responsible for, felt a connection to this Slayer from her dream, more than that, the dreams were more than her imagination, they felt like memories and they disturbed her immensely. "Only one thing to do then.." she said to the shadows, "better go get me some dinner." With that she pulled on her boots and headed for the door.
As she stepped out onto the side street, the same English man she had seen kidnapping the young woman a few days before, turned the corner in front of her. "Mmmmm. Now what's he up to?" 'Ratty' wondered as the same blonde haired woman turned to the corner to join him. They seemed to be deep in conversation and she decided to follow, if they were up to no good, she wanted in, after all any badness could always lead to death and if it was human caused, the chances are that that pesky Slayer wouldn't be around to investigate.
She clung to the shadows, following them at a safe distance so as not to alert them to her presence. The turned onto Maple Street and headed towards a funeral parlour, 'Ratty' wasn't sure whether this was a good or bad thing, they may have been going for unnatural and magical reasons or they could be working with the Slayer. As the large gothic building loomed over them, she ducked into a side alley as they entered the building. Seconds later they re-emerged. "Not vampire hunting then." she whispered as the walked past the mouth of the alley. The blonde stopped dead just feet from the mouth of the alley. "Did you hear something?" she asked to man she was with as she turned back towards the alley. 'Ratty' weighed up her options, they didn't seem to be anti-vampire and if she played it cool she could get a good meal. Stepping out into the streetlight, she wore her best smile, "Hi, sorry, didn't mean to make you all with the jumpy." she said, her brow furrowing in confusion at the words she had just spoken. The man smiled a knowing smile and she felt instantly drawn to him, not just as a food source but almost in a daughterly way. "Not to worry, no harm done." he replied, his soft voice warming her cold body. "I don't suppose you could help us." he continued before she had a chance to slip away, "Do you know much about the local undertakers?" he then added quickly "I know it's a strange query." Ratty smiled at him, man, these guys were definitely up to something and she just had to know what it was. "I know a bit, what are you after knowing?" she stepped away from the blonde, who was eyeing her strangely. "Well, maybe we could all get something to eat and discuss the matter further?" the man said, before adding, "I'm terribly sorry, my name is Rupert Giles and this is......."
"Jasmine." the girl cut in quickly, still eyeing her with incredible doubt. 'Ratty' froze inside, what on earth was she going to say her name was, she heard the words falling from her lips like an uncontrollable waterfall, "I'm Joan." her mouth told them, "There's a great little steak place round the corner" she finished with a smile. She started off and Rupert and Jasmine followed her.
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