3! 2! 1! Happy New Year....?
By Jessica
SPOILER WARNING: Ha! Nothing big.......just know that "Innocence" and
"Wild At ,Heart" never happened, and Xander and Cordelia are still together,
because Willow and Xander never cheated. And that means that "Angel" (the
show) doesn't exist, because Angel and Cordy never left.
RATING: PG
CONTENT WARNING: Nothing bad or offensive.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Buffy characters. They are the sole property
of Joss Whedon, "The Evil One". Don't sue me!
NOTES: This is my Millennium fic, for Felicity's Millennium Fic contest. Enjoy!
"Y2K?" Cordelia repeated, "You know, I hear all this stuff about it
on TV, but I still don't really get what exactly it is," the brunette said as
she munched on the bowl of popcorn that had been popped for her and her friends.
"Cordy, it's not that hard to comprehend. Basically it means that when it becomes
2000, the computers will interpret the year as '00' and think it's the year 1900,
which may cause certain systems to crash," Willow said, rolling her eyes as
her eyes were glued on the heinous red of Carrot Top's hair on Jay Leno.
"Oh," Cordelia said. "What the hell is that supposed to be?"
she asked a moment later as Carrot Top held out another piece of his "Holiday
Crap" that he thought to be incredibly funny.
"I think it's supposed to be Tara Lipinski's Olympic gold medal," Buffy
commented as she made out a really fake medal on a red, white, and blue striped ribbon
that was adorned with lace and bows.
"Oh," Cordelia said again.
* * *
A half hour later, Buffy had flipped over to ABC to watch Dick Clark in Times Square
to watch the countdown and the ball drop.
"Hey! Do you think that if everything blacks out, school will be canceled?"
Xander asked suddenly. His response was a smack on the arm by Buffy, who happened
to be curled into the arms of her Angel on the couch. Likewise, Willow was entwined
in Oz's arms on the floor, and Cordelia and Xander had plopped next to each other
on Buffy's loveseat.
Soon, they all shushed up when the people gathered in Times Square began counting
down from 10 on the TV.
"....10! 9! 8! 7! 6! 5! 4! 3! 2!...........................1!!!!! HAPPY NEW
YEAR!!!!!......." But all was not well as someone started screaming.
"Oh no!!" Buffy groaned.
"Wow, this Y2K thing really was real," Angel commented, craning his neck
to see what was wrong in Times Square.
"You may be right, Xander, school just might close if this thing effects the
West Coast," Buffy spoke up, trying hard not to imagine what kinds demons would
take advantage of humans in a crisis. She would be working overtime. Her moment of
self pity was interrupted by Willow's voice.
"WAIT!! You guys, the lights are all still on.....but.....what happened to the
glass ball???" Willow observed. They all craned their necks to see the screen,
and sure enough, the infamous glass ball that dropped every year was no longer bright
with light.
Dick Clark's voice suddenly came back on, "Don't worry, folks, the bulbs apparently
went out. I want to reassure all of our viewers that this is simply bad luck and
NOT Y2K related....."
"Whew!" Cordy exclaimed, "I was scared for a second." The others
nodded in agreement, and Buffy flipped back over to NBC to watch the last part of
Jay Leno.
Jay: "Well, apparently we have just received word that the ancient ball in Times
Square was still running on Windows 3.1 and was therefore not Y2K compliant.......hey,
Kevin, did you know that that glass ball dates back to the last millennium?"
Kevin Eubanks: "Jay, you got to be kidding me, man!"
The End!!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!