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A small, seemingly innocent, intricately carved wooden box sat carefully positioned out of the way of prying eyes on the shelves in Giles small office in the library of Sunnydale High. The box had been one of the least worrying things about the whole Xander getting cursed incident and had been all but forgotten in the following eventful days by the Watcher. Giles had planned to research into the box and figure out what exactly was inside, for even Ethan who had given the box by his mysterious visitor had no idea.

The box shuddered on the shelf, barely enough to be seen and if someone had been watching they might have put it down to their eyes playing tricks on them. When the box jumped an inch into the air — as if something had hit it from the inside — it spun and landed on another face, knocking the heavy tome beside it over and off the shelf to the floor with a bang.

Then like a possessed rubik's cube, the top lifted slightly and slowly rotated around. A faintly glowing ethereal green mist leaked out from the gap as the top continued to rotate. As suddenly as it began the rotation stopped as the moving face dropped back into position with a click. The mist slowly evaporated and there was a little more chaos in the world. If anyone had been about and strained to listen, they might have a whisper that almost sounded like the word, "Soon…"

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