My full name is Alexander LaVelle Harris, Xander to my friends, Fallen Angel to my enemies. I am the oldest of my kinds. Yes, kinds. I am a nearly unique blending of vampire and Immortal, giving me the pro's of each race and almost none of their con's. My birth certificate says that, currently, I'm 20 years old, however due to circumstances in the next few days that will change. It was in the last battle with Glory that it all changed....
I arrive at the top of the tower, built by the insane, just in time to see Doc make the last slice into Dawnie. I ran up behind Doc and shove him away, over the edge of the tower like he had done to Spike, just as a drop of blood from Dawn opens the portal. I never saw the vampire that bit me and Sired me that night, but in desperation I took some of Dawnies blood into me and crawled over the edge of the walkway into the portal. The energy struck my dying form and sensed the blood of the key within me, causing it to close with me inside. I never saw what happened after I fell into the portal as it closed, taking my body with it.
I found out later that the portal, due to a mistake by Doc, instead of taking me to another dimension sent me back in time. When I awoke I found myself in a jungle surrounded by humans, and a horrible headache.
"What? I should be dead?" Xander said, looking around him in surprise. "Why am I here?"
The humans around Xander said something in another language, one Xander had seen in a book of Giles' that dated back to when Demons had ruled the earth.
"I'm sorry I can't understand you," Xander said, looking in the speakers eyes. When he did so his headache faded. Xander suddenly remembered just what had happened before he fell. "No! No! No!" Xander said, feeling his face. His hands felt the ridges on his forehead and his tongue touched his teeth, feeling the sharpness of them. "Oh God No!" Xander said, not noticing the sun shining on his body. He felt a warmth engulf his body and it somehow shift.
"Be at ease, young man," A soothing female voice said, resting her hand on his shoulder. "You are no vampire as you believe. I do not have long before my brother comes so I must give you the gift I summoned you for." The woman said, as a beam of light struck Xanders head and a sword formed in the other. "I have given you the gift of languages. You can now speak and understand any language ever spoken, at any point in time. I also give you the sword, Alexander. It will never leave your side, and has many powers. It is the sword of my brother, and so is holy. Its blade will never rust, break, bend, or nick in any way due to its power. Go now, Alexander," She said, sending Xander back to the jungle.
Behind her she heard a voice. "Are you sure that was wise, Goddess?"
"Yes, Gaebrial. He will suffer many trials, but he may just be able to strike down Lucifer and his army." Goddess said.
"With the demon inside him he may be turned to Evil?" Gaebrial questioned.
"The Quickening negates the demon's ability to control him. That preserves his free will, as I and my brother decreed so long ago."
"I do not understand, Goddess? Why do you and God allow Lucifer to do this?"
"We.. don't know. Our knowledge tells us to follow our instincts, and our insticts say to leave it to the lower plane's beings."
"I'll be going Goddess." Gaebrial said, before disappearing from view.