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Title: A Bad Word 69/100 TtH Prompt: #84 Wish Summary: Buffy gives an explanation. A Bad Word “Hey, why aren’t we allowed to use the ‘w’ word?” Daniel asked suddenly. “Huh?” Buffy replied, looking at him in confusion. “The ‘w’ word, you know, wi..” “Ack!” Buffy screeched, pointing a finger at him. “Don’t you dare say it! It’s a bad word.” “Why?” Vala asked, peeling at the label on her beer bottle. “It can lead to bad, bad things… like giant worms,” she said with a shudder. “Giant worms?” Cameron asked, his eyebrows rising up to his hairline. “There are these demons out there – vengeance demons – that will grant the ‘w’ word.” “Lemme guess, they’re not granted in a ‘normal’ way or what the wisher intended?” Daniel asked. “No where near. And they each have a specialty. Halfrek answered to children, Anya… Anya dealt with scorned women.” “Wait. I thought Anya used to be Xander’s fiance,” Vala said, waving her beer bottle in the air. Buffy had given them a brief history of her friends before they had gone to Cleveland and Vala distinctively remembered hearing that fact. “She was.” Cameron frowned. “Xander dated a demon, but didn’t like you dating a vampire? Doesn’t sound fair to me.” “She was human at the time,” Buffy explained, snuggling back into the cushions of the sofa. She took a sip of her juice before continuing. “It was during high school and Xander was dating Cordelia… only heaven know why.” “Cordelia, she was the seer?” Daniel asked, as he scrunched his nose up trying to remember. “Yeah, only not at the time. She caught Xander kissing Willow in an old warehouse…” “That’s a hot place for making out,” Cameron said with a snort. Buffy smacked his arm. “They had been kidnapped. Anyway, long story short, she ‘w’ worded I had never come to Sunnydale, Anya granted, and Cordelia found herself in bizarro land where vamps were mostly in charge. Giles of that world figured out what was wrong, destroyed Anya’s amulet, made the world go back to normal and Anya human.” “But how do giant worms fit into the picture?” “That was after she became a demon again.” “Again? That can happen?” “Xander had stood her up at the altar.. She was a little upset,” Buffy said with a shrug. Vala nodded her head. “And rightly so.” “She granted this woman’s ‘w’ that her ex was a worm or something like that. Anya just…” “Embellished?” Daniel supplied. “Exactly.” “Damn it, Jackson. Drink more, you’re still using big words,” Cameron said with a roll of his eyes. “How did you know about Halfrek?” Vala asked. “Dawn ‘w’d that people wouldn’t be able to leave ‘cause she was feeling neglected and a bunch of us got stuck in the house. But we tricked Halfrek and got her stuck with us so she released the spell.” “Dawn used the ‘w’ word? Didn’t she know the dangers?” Cameron asked in surprise. “Yeah, but she was having some issues and kind of forgot.” They sat in silence mulling over what Buffy had told them. “So, no ‘w’ word… check,” Cameron said getting up to get another round of beers. “We don’t have Reba here to kill the Graboids.” He frowned when he saw the others’ confused looks. “You know, Tremors… Man, you guys need to watch more movies.” “Maybe you should just watch good ones,” Daniel retorted. Previous Chapter Buffygate Menu Next Chapter |
