Buffy, Giles, Xander and Willow were researching about another typical demon when Giles flip's open a book he had never seen before, and since this was his library, it was a highly unlikely occourrence.
' What's this?'
' Giles, if you've never seen it, chance's are, we've never seen it.' said Buffy.
' Giles hasn't read all the books in the world? Oh my god, you've failed your title as Mr bookworm' joked Xander.
Willow took the book off Giles, ' Artakia, a book
that's been missing for years. It was said to have belonged to Zarigarta, a Guru with the power of Foresight. All of his premonitions were recorded within that volume.' Said Giles. ' I wonder how it got here.'
In the shadows of the book case's, a dark figure of a man stood watching the scooby gang with an old book opened. He was waiting, smiling. Waiting for the oppitune moment to extract his small revenge upon them.
Ethan had only been waiting for 3 month's
to get back at them for ruining his Halloween trick, but he felt like it had been longer.
I want to make them as weak and as meek as they really are, he thought. This will be fun.
' Well, open it instead of blabbering on.' exclaimed Xander. Giles opened it and read out loud.
' Febuary, 1794. I Saw my own mothers death today as if I were there.
Her crying made my heart sob and my hands shake.
She was spread out along the bed holding my hand. I couldn't speak except for the words my Seen self managed to whisper between the wails of her pain.
I told her not to cry or worry and that she was going to a safe haven to enjoy God's company forever.
She started convulsing, her eye's rolled back in the sockets,.... and she died. I awoke from my vision to find my mother laying on the bed sweating and complaining of heart pains, with the glow of the morning sunshine stroking at her face. At 8:00pm she died clutching my hand ,as Seen in the vision.' He turned to the last entry and read something that grabbed their attention.
' March, 1796. I had a premonition of terrible fate this evening while dining on what small luxuries I had left before moving to England. It seems that my calling to England by my grandfather was for other purposes than to hold our family tree as one and keep our family from falling apart.
The vision was of a small village in the middle of England and a terrible secret that only those of the Midnight hour know of. A deep passage way in the ground for evil to dwell, a Hellmouth.
The mouth glowed with excitement and anticipation for its soon to be awakening by the gods and its fires to break loose of its bonds and wreak havoc on the unsuspecting world of the living. I knew this was what was happening, as it has been wrote of before of one of three of these gateways opening after 200 years of enclosement.It is said that this one always opens after 200 years of being bound, as it is the most strongest of the mouths. So far, every time this has happened, a
man of great will and power has closed it before it had a chance to open completely. It appears that I am now chosen for this task, I just prey I succeed and live through it.'
'Every 200 years?' asked Buffy
' Yes, exactly 200 years.'
' Wait, the year it was written was 1796, add 200 years'
' And you have 1996.' Interrupted Buffy. ' That's this year!
And if it exactly 200 years each time then that must mean it was the same month each time. Its March now!'
Now seemed like the perfect moment to suprise and horrify Rupert and his slayer, as they already seemed on the brink of something bad.
He stepped out of the shadows and recited the spell.
' Incanya ereximay youngen trigen!'
Wooshp, the room filled with smoke and the gang felt themselves shrinking a little.
'Whats going o-' Buffy was interrupted by a bang of magic and looked around. The smoke cleared a little and she could see her friends and her attacker.
' Ethan! I sound strange, I sound squeaky, what the fuck have you done!'
' You look very youthful now-a-days Rupert, someone could almost say, child like.'
Giles looked at his reflection in the glass from his office.
' Bloody hell, im a child!'
' Um Giles, you're not the only one.' said Willow.
They were all smaller and their clothes were baggy on them.
' Most people always say that they wanted to be 13 again, and you have their wish. Have fun sorting out your Hellmouth. Try doing it when you're only 4 foot tall. Ha ha ha ha ha!' Ethan ran and crashed through the window. Buffy started to run after him but found that she wasn't as strong as she was before, and that her clothes got in her way.
' What's happening? I can't run as fast as usual.'
' It's the spell, it made you younger, and when you were 13, you weren't the slayer, therefore you're not as strong as you were.' Said Giles in a way that made it sound like it was the obvious answer and that she should have known.
'Damn, what do we do now?' said Buffy trying to push back the desire to hit him for being so snooty about it.
' We've still got to go to England and stop that Hellmouth from opening.' Said Xander rather high pitched. It was the first time he had spoken since the transformation into a 13 year old, and it made both Buffy and Willow smile.
' I know, but we can't exactly show up on our doorsteps and say, by the way mum, ive been turned 13 again by an old friend of Giles' and I have to go to England to stop a Hellmouth from opening. I'll be back by 6:00. Doesn't exactly fit into normal conversation about what kind of day ive had.'
' There's a spell in one of Giles' books that can make someone forget something and make them think that a person is doing something that they're not. So we can cast it to make our parents think that we are in our rooms all weekend and go to England and save the world. It will also make them forget about us not going out or coming down for dinner.' Said Willow suggestively.
' Willow, youve been reading through my personol collection again haven't you?'
' Um, yes.'
' Well lets do it! Hellmouth, England, here we come.' said Xander
' Its not that simple, it look's like a difficult spell. And I will need some ingrediants.'
' Well I will go to the magic shops and have a look around for....?'
' Rosemary, Sage and Patchouli oil, also an incense stick. Buffy, just don't look as if you're about to pinch something, or they will kick you out.OK? You just look like you're waiting to steal something or have a fight at this age.'
' As if I would... I never got into fight's when I was 13....Only sometimes.'
LATER...
' Umbwayiso motolun, take this powder, mas lukok tumn, and give it magic. Hasyo sowthro, Make it so, Embasstut lyut comkarman, it forgets and deceives.'
' Great, now what Willow?' asked Buffy.
'We just need to sprinkle it onto our parents faces. They will probably all be asleep around about now, good job we did a round robin before all this happened.'
'Okay, meet you all back here. Try not to make a sound, it will be hard trying to tell our parents that the smelly powder we are trying to sprinkle on them is to make them forget about us and think we are in our rooms while we are actually saving the world from a fiery end.'
EVEN LATER...
' It took me a long time, but I got us all plane tickets to leave for London tonight and we will figure the rest out from there. I also left a note on Snider's desk explaining "that my brother needed me in England and is probably dying."'said Giles after everyone had got back successfully from their house's. Each had packed a very small bag, as they diddn' know how long they were going to be there.Not that any of their clothes actually fitted now, but they guessed that they would buy some more when they get there.
' Let's go to England!' said Buffy.
Ah, back to the mother country thought Giles.
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