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Subject: 8x12: Granted Author: VKMax [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 18:03:18 12/03/03 Wed Previously on Buffy, the Vampire Slayer Cordelia gaps as Anya reveals her demon face Anya tells Xander she’s vengeance demon again Anya is killed in Chosen Tara is shot Dawn is rushed to hospital Willow performs a spell Buffy bumps into Hank Hank says he’s taking Dawn Tara wakes up in Buffy’s room Vi is called as a slayer. [INT – MANOR – NIGHT] Vi walks in and places her suitcase on the floor VI Hello? She walks through the room further and stops at the sound of crashing VI Who’s there? Vi jumps as the slayer, Siobhan, pops out from the doorway SIOBHAN You’re back VI I am SIOBHAN You know if I were a demon, I’d have known you were here – calling out isn’t a wise thing to do. VI Where is everybody? SIOBHAN On patrol VI All of them? Siobhan puts the box of cookies down and turns to face Vi, continuing in her truly upper class English accent SIOBHAN Did nobody call you? VI For what? SIOBHAN Dom is back in hospital VI Who’s Dom? SIOBHAN Buffy’s sister VI Dawn? SIOBHAN Right, that’s why everyone’s patrolling apparently she threw a fit and all of the gang are staying at the hospital or helping with the magic shop or something to that effect. VI Is she okay…I should go to her SIOBHAN Buffy says no visitors, she sounded angry. VI We should do something CUT TO. [EXT – GRAVEYARD – NIGHT] Siobhan and Vi are walking along, slowly SIOBHAN You’re one of the originals aren’t you? VI Originals? SIOBHAN You know, slayers VI Oh, no I’ve been a slayer as long as you have but, here, I’ve been here for a year now SIOBHAN Wow so you’re like friends with the gang? VI I’m friends with Dawn I guess and…Xander’s cool to me SIOBHAN Xander’s cute, but he doesn’t really do much – he’s a bit boring VI He’s not! He’s like the core of the group cans you even imagine him not being here? Vi is knocked to the floor as a demon leaps out and slashes her arm – the wound closes instantly as a light blue flicker seeps into it. SIOBHAN Vi! Siobhan tosses her axe at the demon who seemingly doesn’t attempt to run – it dies. SIOBHAN Are you okay? Siobhan supports a faint Vi, who collapses into her arms. Seconds later, Vi wakes in the same spot – she turns to see a grave stone a wooden cross stuck in the ground with the word “Faith” spray painted across it. Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar Nicholas Brendon Michelle Trachtenberg Tom Lenk Amber Benson James Marsters Alyson Hannigan as Willow Guest Starring Emma Caulfield, Felicia Day [INT – MAGIC SHOP – NIGHT] Vi stand’s in the door way of the completely crushed building VI Buffy? Dawn…anyone? ANYA Who are you? Vi spin’s in shock to see Anya in the doorway VI Anya? ANYA It’s Anyanka and how do you know me? VI It’s me…Vi, one of the potentials ANYA Potential customers? Because if you didn’t know this place has been shut for more than a year VI A…but I was just… (beat) Where is everyone? Buffy, Willow…Xander Anya stops, dead still. ANYA You know Xander? VI Yeah ANYA Did you sleep with him? VI No! ANYA I haven’t seen him for two years, not since our non-wedding VI But you were living with him at Buffy’s with me and… ANYA (laughs) Buffy! Listen crazy little red headed girl – Buffy’s gone, big time gone VI Buffy’s dead? ANYA No she got bored of that I’m talking off the rails, she had some miracle child when Spike got a soul and he got kidnapped and now she’s this crazy vampire who’s waiting for her son to come back from some hell dimension. VI Okay something’s not right here… ANYA I know! Wait til you see her hair then scream when she eats you (pause) Wait… Anya looks at Vi really hard ANYA You’re the slayer VI A slayer ANYA No, the slayer – Buffy died, Faith died, unless I missed some crazy all potentials got called thing, which would be way idiotic …you’re the only one. VI Anya would you believe me if I told you I was from another reality? ANYA Strangely yes. VI Good because where I come from – you’re sorta dead ANYA I don’t believe you VI But you said ANYA Screw what I said, I’m a vengeance demon, we don’t die – not like the Xander’s of the world, or the Giles or the Dawn’s. VI What? ANYA Dawn – the girl who got made back into a big ball of energy by Willow who, by the way, if you see her – she’ll probably kill you, or maybe she’ll dye your hair, she went off the red thing VI Willow’s still evil? ANYA Evil? She killed ‘The First’ she turned his army of Uber Vampires on him and then killed everyone in the entire town. Nobody’s left except for me – I was on vacation and Spike and…Tara VI Tara? END OF PART ONE INT – INITIATIVE CENTER – NIGHT Tara limps down a corridor followed by Vi and Anya, she stops as she reaches a light, she has a jagged scar down her right cheek TARA Anya ANYA Tara – welcoming as always I see TARA What do you want? ANYA This is Vi, the vampire slayer apparently TARA What does she want? ANYA She’s stood right there TARA (to Vi) What? VI Wow you’re nothing like Willow said you’d… Tara pulls out a small knife and pins Vi against the wall TARA Willow sent you here? ANYA Hello! Let’s remember the slayer part shall we? Tara and Vi both look at Anya ANYA Righty – I’ll be leaving Anya zaps out as Tara releases Vi, she steps back and lights a cigarette TARA How do you know her? VI She made me a slayer…listen there’s a lot to explain and I need you to trust me Tara looks at Vi suspiciously, causing her to nervously choke – a matter not helped by the cigarette smoke being blown into her face TARA Five minutes CUT TO. INT – 314 – NIGHT TARA I don’t believe it. VI That’s how it happened TARA When Willow bought Buffy back she was just, addicted to magic she lost all connections with everything and when Xander left and I stopped being around she just lost it, then Warren shot me. Willow bought me back, she had that power by then but it didn’t make a difference because she wasn’t Willow. She was magic. VI I’m sorry TARA It doesn’t sound right – all the potentials, that evil creature being a goddess, Anya dying a human, Dawn still around – none of it fits with this world. VI Do you know where Spike is? TARA He still takes care of Buffy, she hates him for it because he let their son get taken away by the son of another slayer, apparently revenge for his Mother’s death VI Principal Wood TARA Robin. You know him? Faith ended up killing him when he tried to rape her. VI What happened to Faith? TARA She died. VI Yeah I got that I mean…how? TARA Buffy killed her. She escaped from Jail when she heard Buffy had turned, she got caught off edge and Buffy took her out. VI What do you do? TARA Whatever I can do. I used to work with Oz and Riley do you know them? VI No. TARA They got eaten by the Turok Han. VI They’re here? TARA Not so much anymore, they prefer L.A – we get a few VI We? TARA Me and Andrew VI Andrew?! TARA You know him too? CUT TO. INT – BRONZE – NIGHT The place is entirely empty as Spike waltz in with a bag of blood Buffy looks at him, disgusted BUFFY This blood isn’t human SPIKE Incase you haven’t noticed pet, I haven’t been killin for some time BUFFY Since the First got defeated big deal…I won’t drink this SPIKE There’s no human’s in this town BUFFY There’s some! Kill that Hunter and her sidekick! SPIKE Everyone’s tried – she’s too strong! You’re forgetting she’s a bloody powerful witch as well as a trained fighter! BUFFY You killed two slayer’s! SPIKE You were one but that didn’t help you did it? BUFFY Shut your mouth SPIKE Make me! BUFFY It’s not going to work Spike! SPIKE What’s that? BUFFY Making me make you so you can bend me over that table and do to me what you did to those girls Spike’s face drains of any pigment at all SPIKE I have to leave BUFFY You’re such an idiot! You stay with me even though you’re stained with that pissing soul! SPIKE Because I love you BUFFY You can’t love me! SPIKE I’m starting think along that line! CUT TO. INT – ANDREWS LAB – NIGHT TARA Anything? ANDREW Who’s this? VI Hey TARA She’s the vampire slayer ANDREW Interesting – I wonder how long she’ll last VI It’s been a year so far ANDREW Wow. Good job I guess you’ll die soon then (beat) You’re not from around here are you? VI I’m from another world ANDREW She’s crazy get her out of my place TARA She’s not crazy, I believe her – I spoke with Anya, she knows these things ANDREW Anya?! You spoke to her? TARA She bought Vi here ANDREW How did you get here VI? TARA I was…I don’t know I was in the graveyard and a demon attacked me, then I was here ANDREW Oh, that sounds like the Ha…the Mmm…the…demon who’s blood creates an alternate reality, I done that to Buffy when I was evil VI She said ANDREW You’re friends with Buffy? VI I’m not telling the story again ANDREW If this world is real there’s a way to get back there VI Please try anything ANDREW (to Tara) Anywhere is better than this TARA Except I’m dead there END OF PART TWO [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: 8x12: Granted Author: VKMax [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:04:21 12/03/03 Wed EXT – GRAVEYARD – NIGHT Tara, Vi and Andrew approach the exact spot at which she arrived. VI This is it ANDREW Can you remember what your last words were? I was talking to Siobhan about…Xander ANDREW Why were you talking about Xander? VI Casual I guess, we were talking about (Thinks) That’s it! TARA What’s what? VI I said I couldn’t imagine the gang without Xander and now this is it TARA A world without Xander…everything changed when he left here ANYA (O.S) I wouldn’t give Xander that much credit VI Think about it, you became a vengeance demon when he left you, He talked Willow down from darkness, he protected Dawn all the time and he done his best to keep Buffy and Spike going too far! (beat) This is it! ANYA Wow. Didn’t I die in this other world? VI Maybe ANYA Then I think we should stay here VI/TARA/ANDREW Anya! TARA This is serious, if this isn’t reality, if anyone in the world can be living a better life then I don’t care If I’m dead in this real world ANYA Well, I do WILLOW (O.S) Won’t make a difference They all turn to see Dark Willow hovering over them WILLOW Mama’s back She grins before bolting energy at them, throwing them in different directions Spike is walking through the graveyard on the other side, Buffy is stalking him SPIKE Piss off BUFFY I thought you loved me SPIKE Yeah but you’re doing my head in BUFFY Ooh, fire! Spike looks over and sees that Willow is hovering SPIKE It’s her BUFFY The High School Loser? SPIKE The one and only BUFFY Please, I’d kill her with a flick SPIKE Right Spike runs over to them, Andrew is already dead on the floor WILLOW Well, well look what the slag dragged in BUFFY Hey I heard that! WILLOW Well duh! BUFFY Blah! Skin treatment lately vein face?! WILLOW Look who’s talking? BUFFY Oh please! I am so gonna… Willow waves her hand and a tree branch swings through Buffy’s chest – she dusts Spike looks on in shock as Anya goes to teleport away, Willow freezes her in mid transport. WILLOW Don’t leave now! She hurls a ball of energy and smashes Anya into pieces before floating down to the ground. WILLOW Who’s your friend? TARA Stay away from her WILLOW Oh did Tara finally move on, apparently you’ve still got a thing for the red heads TARA Shut up. You’re not her WILLOW Who Willow? TARA You don’t get to speak her name WILLOW Whatever! Tara runs at Willow who pauses her on the spot and holds out her hand, a gun materialises WILLOW If at first you don’t succeed She aims the gun directly at Tara’s chest and shoots her in the back as she unfreezes and tries to run away. WILLOW Your shirt Vi falls down as Willow raises into the air and throws her hand up – the skies literally tear open to reveal space as things begin lifting from the ground and out of the whole Willow brings her hands down and throws a bolt of lightning at Vi, who flies across the ground and hit’s her head on a grave stone CUT TO. EXT – GRAVEYARD – NIGHT SIOBHAN Vi? VI Wh… (rubs head) SIOBHAN You’ve been out for like ever VI No, I went to… SIOBHAN You didn’t go anywhere Vi stands, still a little out of it she runs off SIOBHAN Crazy girl CUT TO. INT – HOSPITAL – NIGHT Xander stands to his feet as the Dawn’s eyes spring open (the spell from the previous episode has kicked in as this episode is in the exact same timeline) Dawn springs up in her bed DAWN I feel…different XANDER Good different DAWN Alive different XANDER As opposed to being dead? DAWN Xander! Buffy slowly walks in the door looking sad, before seeing Dawn and running up, hugging her as she bursts into tears DAWN Buffy what’s wrong? BUFFY You know…you know how much I love you right? DAWN Of course BUFFY Good (sniffs) Good DAWN Buffy what’s going on? BUFFY It can wait CUT TO. EXT – DAWN’S ROOM – NIGHT Buffy and Xander are stood outside, watching Dawn sleep XANDER You wanna talk about it? BUFFY Which part? XANDER The part that made you cry with not happiness even though your sister was feeling better BUFFY It’s my Dad (beat) He want’s Dawn to live with him XANDER He called? BUFFY He…saw me slaying tonight, he lives in Sunnydale XANDER Say what? BUFFY He went completely crazy and… Vi comes sprinting down the hall and throws her arms round Xander BUFFY But people apparently have gone crazier XANDER Slayer strength! Slayer strength! VI Don’t leave. Ever, ever! XANDER Um…what did you smoke? BUFFY Vi what’s going on? VI Scary alternate reality! No Xander – lots of dead people XANDER So I’m like, a god? VI Just you, but very scary XANDER I was scary? VI The world was scary BUFFY When did you get home? VI About…not long ago. Is Dawn okay? BUFFY She’s going steady VI Right, um I cut in so… (Thinks) I have to go see somebody BUFFY Sure… Vi walks away slowly as Buffy and Xander look at each other with that “she’s lost it” look XANDER …You were saying about Spike? BUFFY I didn’t say anything about Spike XANDER You didn’t let me finish…Sp…rite, you want some? BUFFY What do you know about Spike? XANDER He likes the leather BUFFY Xander! Xander shifts awkwardly BUFFY Oh god XANDER Buffy… BUFFY You knew…You knew he was back and he was human, you didn’t tell me (shock) How long? XANDER Buffy please… BUFFY How. Long? XANDER Six weeks Buffy turns away in disbelief, Xander puts his hand on her shoulder BUFFY Don’t! She throws his hand off BUFFY Don’t touch me END OF PART THREE INT – MAGIC SHOP – NIGHT ANDREW It went bust? WILLOW I…I don’t know, call Buffy ANDREW The phone’s dead The light’s go out ANDREW You blew the lights WILLOW Fine, we’ll call her from home CUT TO. INT – SUMMERS HOUSE – NIGHT Vi walks through the door and calls out VI Willow? TARA (O.S) Willow! VI Buffy? Vi slowly walks upstairs and aims for Buffy’s room – she swings the door open to see Tara who is sat in the corner looking lost. WILLOW (O.S) Vi is that you I just saw coming in? Willow walks into the room WILLOW What are you… (shock/tears) Tara? TARA W…Willow WILLOW T…I…What… TARA I was so lost Willow throws herself down to Tara’s side and kisses her on the head, she looks up at Vi with her eyes flooded with tears her face drowned in confusion at she strokes Tara’s head. Tara is crying into her lap as Willow looks even more confused END.

[> Subject: Re: 8x12: Granted Author: Nullafy [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 08:05:07 12/09/03 Tue I SO LOVED THIS EPISODE! I'd love to see more of that reality! New fanfic idea? :P

[> Subject: Whoo hoo this is unreal!! Author: Gemma [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 06:21:11 12/10/03 Wed I love this alternate reality idea..not the fact that most of them were dead or died ;) but the concept was terrific. And how true was it that Xander is the core of the group and things would be different if he wasn't around. What a way to state that! I was wondering what happened to the other stuff from last episode so I'm glad you put the note in about it running in line. TARA I was so lost= a simple line but a heart wrenching one yet another ep that outdid expectations. Excellento

[> Subject: Random dreams find another reality Author: MTsFan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 06:47:57 12/14/03 Sun The alternate reality has quite a few twists - most notably a darker, stronger Tara. At least that's the one I had to reach farthest to picture. Now I'm ready for the next ep - the real return of Tara has my interest.