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Panorama by Shay
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8: Fan fiction

Characters:
Buffy
Faith
Xander
Willow
Kennedy
Dawn
Giles
Anya
Wood
Andrew
Tara

Guest Starring: Male demon Valle

Episode 2 Panorama

Buffy and her friends don't exactly see eye to eye, so a demon named Valle forces them to via a spell.

Scene 1 ACT 1 "Home Sweet Home"

SCENE: Wood is driving the bus, with Faith behind him, attempting to give directions to the nearest motel. They pass the motel, but Wood turns around and parks the bus in the parking lot.

Wood:
"Everybody out."

Dawn:
"We're staying here? You want us to stay in this dump?"

Buffy:
"We have to save our money."

Faith:
"Look's like home sweet home to me."

Dawn:
"Okay!"

Buffy:
"Why with the sudden change of heart."


Dawn:
"I don't know..."



[everyone walks into the motel, as the door closes the motel keeper turns around and sees them.]

Motel Keeper:
"Andrew?"

Andrew:
"Ray?

Ray:
"Hey there buddy! [pats Andrew on back] How ya been?"

Andrew:
"Good, good. I didn't see you at the last convention."

Ray:
"Had to stay and work, we had a big rush of people come in."

Andrew:
"It was great. But alas, I will not be attending another."

Buffy:
"Sorry to cut in here, but what convention? And can we get some rooms?"

Ray:
"That would be Star Trek ma'am, and yea, I can get you some rooms. Free o’ charge.”

Buffy:
“R-really? [eyes water] Thank you.”


[Ray gets them three keys and leads them to their rooms.]

Andrew:
“So...”

Buffy:
“So what?”

Andrew:
“I did good right?”

Buffy:
“Uh...no, Ray did!”

Credits [scene 2]


Scene 3 "The truth about Ray"

SCENE: The gang are all in Buffy's hotel room for a meeting. Willow and Tara are off to the side talking in whispers, Kennedy is being sulky by the door, Buffy and Dawn are sitting on one of the beds, and everyone else is at the door, coming in.

Buffy:
[waiting for everyone to get in] "Ray is evil."

Andrew:
"That's not very nice, considering he gave us all free rooms."

Buffy:
[exasperated]"I mean he's a vampire."

Andrew:
"Oh really...? [childish] Well, how do you know?"

Buffy:
"Hello, Slayer...remember?"

Giles:
"Why didn't you stake him before?"

Buffy:
"He have us free rooms...I was happy at the time."

Willow:
"Are ya gonna stake him at all?"

Buffy:
"Well...yea..."


Xander:
"Buff, we can still have free rooms, even if you
stake him. He's already dead remember?"

Andrew:
"You're just gonna make him go 'poof' after he was nice to you?"

Ray:
[with five other vampires behind him] "That's not very courteous now is it?"


scene fades


Dawn:
"She told you so!"

Giles:
"Oh yes, let's all be very immature."

Ray:
"[looking around at his pals] "Ready boys...and lady?"

Faith:
"Hell yeah!"


[Buffy, Faith, Wood, Xander, Kennedy, Willow, and Giles start fighting the vampires, while Tara, Anya, and Andrew take Dawn behind the bed and hide.]

Tara:
“I remember this.”

Andrew:
“What?”

Tara:
“Hiding…”

Dawn:
“Yep, this definitely happens often.”

Tara:
[seeing Buffy through a vampire across the room] “I missed this!” [laughs]


[Buffy and the others are still fighting in the background, and Andrew, Tara, and Dawn are all still talking but it is now inaudible.]

Buffy:
[staking a vampire] “That’s for slicing my shirt you jerk!” [vampires dusts, but she continues talking to the air] “Do you know how much this cost?”

Faith:
[staking two vampires [left then sharp right] “I almost forgot what a good brawl feels like!”



Willow:
[holding a vampire while Wood stakes him] “Good job!”

Wood:
“Thanks, it’s been a while.”

Willow:
[As a vampire comes at her] “Not nearly long enough!”
[Willow pulls out her stake and practically runs into the vampire, dusting him.]

Buffy:
“That just leaves you and me Ray… and I’m not too happy anymore.”
[Buffy runs at Ray, trusty Mr. Pointy in hand. Ray grabs her and throws her across the room]

Dawn:
[from behind the bed] “Buffy!”

Ray:
[looks over at Dawn] “I see we have a young one in the mix. I love young blood, it‘s so warm and pure.”

Buffy:
[getting up off the floor runs at Ray as he walks towards Dawn, staking him in the back, and through the heart.]
“Eww.” [Ray dusts]


Andrew:
[crying] “Ray…”

[Everyone looks over at Andrew]

Andrew:
“Tears of joy! I’m happy everyone is okay.” [looks at Ray’s pile of dust and sobs] Adieu.


Scene 4 “Improvising*”

SCENE: Willow, Kennedy, and Buffy are sharing a room with Dawn and Tara. Dawn is in the bathroom, and Tara went down the hall to get a snack.

Willow:
“I think we should stay here for a while. Kinda lay low until everything settles down.”

Kennedy:
“Well, seeing that Sunnydale is now a big crater, I think everything has settled down. We need to get out there and move on to a new town, keep fighting the evil.”

Buffy:
“I’m with Will on this one. We need to stay here for a while. We’ve been constantly on the move since we left… and after the other day, I think we all just need some time to readjust.”

Kennedy:
“Readjust to what? Anya is alive, big whoop, I’m happy, but why do we need to readjust after that?”

Willow:
“Tara is alive too Kennedy. And she’s been… [pauses]…she’s been dead for over a year.”

Kennedy:
[uncaring] “Okay, so she was dead. She’s alive now. Shouldn’t we just all be happy and move on?”


Willow:
“It’s not that easy Kennedy. Tara meant a lot to all of us. It’s kind of a shock to see her again after so long.”

Buffy:
“Will’s right. Tara was gone for a long time. It’s weird seeing her again, and I speak for myself as well as Dawn when I say we have a lot of catching up to do. Dawn loved Tara, and she is so happy to have her back. We need to stay here, and we are staying.”

Kennedy:
“Fine, whatever, I see that you and Willow are going to agree all night, as long as you are both against me… right?”

Willow:
“Ken…” [she is interrupted by Kennedy]

Kennedy:
“You know what? I’m going to bed. I’ll see you in the morning.” [Kennedy lays down and faces the wall.]

Buffy:
[mouths] “Sorry.”


Willow:
[getting up and moving to the door, Buffy follows and they walk down the hall]
“It’s okay, she’s been kinda moody since Tara came back. And I can’t really blame her, I guess we’ve all been paying more attention to Tara and Anya than her. She’s just jealous, being an only child and all.”

Buffy:
“Yea, but still. We don’t need anyone to be upset. There’s no telling what’s after us right now. With Ril… with the Initiative, and the council together, we are in a lot of danger.”

Tara:
[turning the corner and bumping into Willow]
“Oh…sorry Will. Are you alright?”

Willow:
“Um…Yea…”


Buffy:
“This is my stop, chocolaty goodness awaits.”

Tara:
“It ate some of my money, but I finally got something.”

Buffy:
“Who says I’m going to use money?” [she walks into the snack room, and a few seconds later there is a loud sound, of breaking glass.]

Willow:
“I call that improvising.”

Scene 5 “Sitting Ducks”

SCENE: Everyone is gathered in the lobby of the motel. Xander is in a chair, Wood is on the couch with Faith in his lap, and Willow and Kennedy beside him. Tara is standing behind Willow, behind the couch, Anya is sitting on the table, Andrew is in the floor Indian style, Dawn is sitting beside him, and Buffy and Giles are standing.

Faith:
“I’m tired of running away, it’s not something I do well.”

Wood:
“I’m with Faith on this one, I see no reason to run anymore.”

Buffy:
“Where are we going to stay? What are we going to do? We have to keep running. Do you think anyone is going to understand our story, or buy it for a second?”

Dawn:
“We could stay here Buffy.”

Willow:
“And we could find the new slayers and help them.”

Tara:
“W-w-Willow is right. We should help out all the new slayers, it’s probably very hard for t-them to understand what is happening. And what about their families?”

Kennedy:
[mumbles] “What happened to staying and catching up?”

Buffy:
“I’m not proposing we leave tonight Kennedy, or that we stay forever. I’m just saying we need to leave here soon, that’s all.”

Xander:
“I tend to side with Buff on this one. I mean, we are all not in our best fighting conditions, and we can’t stay here forever without being noticed.”

Anya:
[mumbles] “You always side with Buffy.”

Buffy:
[ignoring Anya] “Xander’s right. Someone is going to eventually find us, and best case scenario is we are arrested and thrown in jail.”

Giles:
“And with the Council not destroyed, and teamed with the Initiative, we would be like the proverbial sitting duck, if we stayed here.”

Wood:
“But…”

Buffy:
[cutting Wood off] “No buts. We are going within the week, and that’s it.”

Andrew:
[raising his hand] “Can I say something?”

All together:
“No!”

End Act 1

Scene 6 “Eye to Eye”

Wood:
“What if we don’t go with you?”

Buffy:
“Then you die.”

Faith:
“Is that a threat?”

Buffy:
“No, I’m just telling you, that you will probably die if you stay in one spot too long. You weren’t here when the Initiative was around…well except for that one time… but that’s beside the point. We know what they are capable of. They could track us down in a heartbeat if they wanted to.”

Faith:
“So who says they want to? How do we know they are even after us?”

Giles:
“The Council doesn’t just befriend anyone. If they are working with the Initiative, then it is for a reason.”

Wood:
“But how do you know we are the reason? It seems this Riley guy you told us about has kept them off you guys since he left.”

Dawn:
“Yea Buffy, why would they come after us now?”

Buffy:
“We don’t know. We just know that they are tracking us, and we have to keep moving.”

Faith:
“Well I’m not going anywhere. This motel is my last stop.”

Willow:
“Buffy, I don’t think we should run. But I’m sticking with what I said earlier. We need to find the new slayers. Imagine how confusing it was for you, and magnify that by like a hundred. These girls don’t have a Watcher, or anyone else, who can explain to them the things that are going on around them. They need our help.”


Buffy:
“I understand Will, and we will help them. Just as soon as we figure out what is up with our situation.”

Xander:
“Um…guys?”

[Everyone turns around to look at Xander, who has jumped up from his seat, and is holding his hand over his patched eye.]

Willow:
[confused] “What is it Xander?”

Xander:
“I can see.”

Anya:
“What do you mean?”

Xander:
[moving his hand, and taking off his patch to reveal an eye where there was only a hole before.] “I mean, that I can see.”


Scene 7 “Peace”

SCENE: Xander is standing in front of a mirror, looking at an eye that is identical to his other eye, and the eye that had once been there. Willow and Giles are looking through books trying to find spells and other things that could have caused this to happen, and everyone else is standing behind Xander in front of the mirror.

Buffy:
“I can’t believe it.”

Xander:
“Eye [points to his eye] can’t either!” [he laughs trying to make a joke.]

Giles:
“Oh dear.”

Xander:
“Why ‘oh dear’? Why do you always say ‘oh dear’?”

Giles:
“Willow found a passage on renewal spells.” [he says assuming that this makes everything clear.]

Willow:
[seeing everyone’s confusion picks up where Giles left off.] “Things like this have been documented before. Veterans getting missing limbs back, bob tail cats growing tails, and stuff like that. But it only occurs when a demonic force is preparing to use dark magic’s.”


Buffy:
“So what you’re saying is that there is a demon or something getting ready to use magic? To do what?”

Willow:
“Well, since it happened to Xander, it’s safe to assume we are in trouble…again.”

Buffy:
[Calmly] “Oh…okay.”

Faith:
“So what do we do?”

Willow:
“Well, we can’t do anything until we know what the demon is planning to do…which kinda means we are stuck.”

Wood:
“If we would have left this morning when I said we should, this would never have happened… Buffy…”

Buffy:
“If you guys would stop whining and help research, we might live…Robin.”

Giles:
“Now really is it necessary…” [he is cut off by Faith walking up to Buffy and punching her in the face.]

Faith:
“He helps out plenty around here.” [Faith says angrily.]

Dawn:
“Stop it!” [she yells]

Faith:
“Stay out of this little sis’.”

Buffy:
“Dawn, go sit do-” [she stops mid word when she is hit again by Faith]”I’m not going to fight you Faith.” [Buffy says through clinched teeth.] [Buffy punches Faith in the face, sending her to the ground] “But I might hit you.” [Buffy adds smiling]


[Before Faith can get up the gang runs to separate the two slayers. Everyone starts yelling at once but are cut off by a voice from across the room.] [Everyone turns to see a bright pink man, with icy blue eyes, and dressed in a plaid suit standing there.]

Demon [Valle]:
“Enough!” [he yells loudly]

Faith:
“Who the hell are you?”

Anya:
“Valle! I haven’t seen you in… what six hundred years?”

Valle:
“Seven hundred, at D’hoffryn’s birthday party.” [Valle says nonchalantly]

Anya:
“Right, I remember.” [closes eyes in thought.][opens eyes] “So, what brings you here?”

Valle:
“I’m here to make peace.”

Buffy:
“Make peace with what, that outfit?”

Valle:
[stutters] “Wha-what about my outfit?” [then he stands up straight, and remembers his purpose.] “I’m here to help you all get along.”

Buffy:
“We were getting along just fine thank you.”

Valle:
“You are all separated in opinion, and that causes you to be angry with one another. Until you can see each others side, and compromise, I will be forced to make you see.”

Xander:
“See what?”

Valle:
[begins to chant with his hands raised towards the roof. A mist begins to rise from the floor, and everyone in the room is knocked unconscious.]

Chapter 8 “Switched”

SCENE: Everyone is beginning to wake up, and there is a confused silence until Tara speaks.

Tara/Kennedy:
“What the hell just happened?” [everyone looks at Tara in confusion, and then Tara sees Kennedy, and her eyes grow wide.] “Why am I not in my body?” [she asks confused and angry.]

Kennedy/Tara
“I-I’m not sure, bu-but it seems you are in my body.”

Tara/Kennedy:
[looks down and sees herself dressed in a long flower skirt, and a too large t-shirt.] “What?!”

Faith/Giles:
“No need to panic, Willow and I will hit the books.”

[everyone laughs at hearing Faith’s voice and seeing her body, but knowing that Giles was the one talking.]

Giles/Faith:
“Why did I have to be in the watcher’s body?” [Faith asks with a laugh]

Andrew/Buffy:
“I think I got the end of the short stick.”

Faith/Giles:
“It’s short end of the stick, and you must be Buffy, only she would get well known phrases backwards.”
Andrew/Buffy:
“Hey!”

Buffy/Andrew:
“Wow…I’m in the slayer’s body…wow…”

Andrew/Buffy:
“Don’t even think about it you creep.” [she says punching him in the arm.]

Buffy/Andrew:
[laughing at her] “You hit like a girly girl.”

Andrew/Buffy:
[raising eyebrows] “I’m in your body, so no, you hit like a girly girl.”

Wood/Willow:
“I’ll keep researching on renewal spells, and body switching spells. The only body switch I’ve ever seen was with Faith and Buffy, and that was different than this.”

Willow/Wood:
“I guess I know who got my body.”

Wood/Willow:
“Wood? Is that you?”

Willow/Wood:
“Yea Willow, it’s me. How does it feel to be in my body?”

Wood/Willow:
“Kinda awkward, I think you’re a lesbian Wood.” [she laughs]

Willow/Wood:
“Ha ha, very funny.”

Anya/Dawn:
“Buffy, I don’t like this.”

Dawn/Anya:
“Hey! What’s wrong with my body?”

Anya/Dawn:
[hurriedly] “N-nothing, it’s just-”

Dawn/Anya:
“Maybe I don’t like being stuck in a little kids body.”

Anya/Dawn:
“I’m not a little kid.”

Dawn/Anya:
“Oh…you’re not a virgin!”

Buffy/Andrew:
[quickly]“We’ve already established this fact, please don’t mention it again.”

Valle/Xander:
“I guess I lucked out…I’m still in my body.”

Dawn/Anya:
“Xander?”

Valle/Xander:
“Yea?”

Faith/Giles:
“Look down pinky.”

Valle/Xander:
“What?” [Xander looks down to see that his flesh is pink, and he is wearing a plaid suit. He looks across the room and sees that Valle is lying on the floor, just coming to.] “Why am I always the demon. I’m either a hyena, or I’m dating a demon, or in love with a demon, or about to get my head bit off by a demon. Just like that last girl, Will, I told you I wanted to be gay.”

Xander/Valle:
“I hope you all wi-” [he breaks off in mid-word when he sees himself standing across the room.] “What?”

Dawn/Anya:
“It seems you switched all of us, including yourself Valle.”

Anya/Dawn:
“Will you undo it now?”

Xander/Valle:
“No…[faltering]… No, I will not undo it, until you have learned your lessons. Even if that means I must inhabit this…body for a time.”

Valle/Xander:
“What do you mean ‘this body.’ I happen to have a very nice body, thank you!”

Dawn/Anya:
“Yea!” [coughing] “I mean uh…”

Valle/Xander:
“Anya?”

Dawn/Anya:
“What?”

Valle/Xander:
“Remind me to talk to you when I can take you seriously.”

Anya/Dawn:
“Hey! You mean you can’t take me seriously?”

Valle/Xander:
“No, I just can’t take Anya seriously when she is in a kids body.”

Anya/Dawn:
“I am not-” [Faith/Giles cuts her off]

Faith/Giles:
“Willow, continue research on Xander’s new eye, and I will start the research on body switching. Xander, help Willow, Buffy, you can help me out. The rest of you find some other books and look for Demon, human body switching, it is quit different from just human, human body switching.”

Giles/Faith:
[laughs] “Wow, I’m the smart one, aren’t I.”

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