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buffyfic-digest Saturday, June 13 1998 Volume 02 : Number 228
In this issue:
BUFFYFIC: Re: Third Child (3/?)
BUFFYFIC: Love's Revival (16/?)
BUFFYFIC: Love's Revival (15/?)
BUFFYFIC: Love's Revival (15/?)
BUFFYFIC: Love's Revival (15/?)
BUFFYFIC: Cloaked in Darkness: Chapter 8/?
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Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 19:39:43 PDT
From: "Tracy Cain" <rihanon@hotmail.com>
Subject: BUFFYFIC: Re: Third Child (3/?)
Name: The Third Child
Author: Rihanon
Address: Rihanon@hotmail.com
Feedback: This is my first story, so please share! Good? Bad? Ugly? I
crave this information!!!!!!!!
Distribution: Anya can have it, anyone else who wants it can e-mail me
and ask. I'll say yes, but please ask first.
Summary: Angel and Buffy discussed stuff.
Spoilers: uh- What's My Line? Definitely before S/I, though.
Disclaimer: In no way am I creative enough to come up with the
characters used in this story. If you recognize anything, it's not
mine, and belongs to the evil Joss.
Warnings: Some violence, a little angst.
Rating: PG/PG13
Author's Note: Nearly every piece of feedback I get is just a request
for story parts. I'm ceretainly willing to send previous parts, but I
need oppinions/critisisms/ANYTHING! Please, people, tell me what you
think!
******************
The Third Child: (3/?)
By Rihanon
******************
*****
Angel stared down at the Slayer as she slept. She had cried
on his shoulder for hours; pleading with him not to leave.
It broke his heart to see her hurting and know that he was
the cause, and the pain was made even worse by the knowledge
that a few words from him could have lifted her spirits and
stopped her tears. The remembered sight of her sobbing almost
caused him to break down; but he summoned the memory of
Rasitin, and the image of those insane, hate-filled eyes was
enough to bolster his resolve. As a vampire, Rasitin had been
his greatest triumph - but even then, when he'd been considered
one of the most vicious and dangerous vampires *ever* to walk
the night, he had feared Rasitin.
He glanced slowly around the room, trying to remember every
aspect of his apartment, of the sleeping Slayer, of the life
he'd managed to build for himself that he would now be forced to
leave behind. Closing his eyes, he bent down next to Buffy and
kissed her on the forehead gently. Then, before he could change
his mind, he turned and left his apartment, refusing to look back
for fear that if he did he would be unable to make himself leave.
******
"I don't suppose you'd care to share this wonderful plan of yours,
mate?" Spike inquired sarcastically.
The laugh he got in return was chilling in it's emptiness.
"Spike, don't you trust me? Have you *ever* known me to fail to
take my target?"
"I just don't understand your game. Why not just kill the bloody
Slayer? And, for that matter, how in Hell did she kill your pet
demonling?"
"I had been under the impression," drawled the figure in a soft
voice, "That you were interested in more than simply their
deaths; I came here because you wanted *suffering*. And she
didn't kill my wraith; I banished it."
"Why?!?! If you wanted to play with the girl, why not grab her
when your pet had her down? What - "
"You know Spike," the other vampire hissed, "this constant
questioning is starting to get on my nerves. I wanted the
Slayer to take a message for me, and I needed to give it the
right look. By now Angelus knows I'm here, and his actions are
pathetically easy to predict. He'll run. He's so besotted with
that little Slayer that he'll try to play the martyr, draw me
away from her."
"*So what?*"
"You're pathetic. You spent all that time with Angelus and I,
and you still don't understand. If you want to hurt someone,
you find out what they fear the most, and give it to them. I
wanted to be sure of Angelus' fear; now that I am, I've sent
Beltarz to fetch him on his way out of town."
"And Beltarz is who?"
"My familiar demon," Rasitin whispered.
Spike turned away to escape those frightening, staring,
insane, *empty* eyes, and wondered, not for the first time,
how it was that Angel had managed to turn relatively normal
people into none-to-sane weapons.
*****
On the other side of Sunnydale, a man knelt over the crumpled
body of a little girl. Looking up he snarled in wordless rage.
I didn't care one way or the other about them, but I swear I
will find whoever did this, and deliver them to the cold embrace
of my Master. The rain slashed against him as he stared into
nothing with hatred in his eyes.
______________________________________________________
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------------------------------
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 22:58:49 EDT
From: <Aglx@aol.com>
Subject: BUFFYFIC: Love's Revival (16/?)
Title: Love's Revival (16/?)
Author: Michelle
Email Addy: Aglx@aol.com
Rating: PG
Spoiler: Nothing really...just a few spoiler hints...
Feedback: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!!
Distribution: Ask first, please.
Disclaimer: Savarah is mine! Buffy and the gang belong to Joss
Whedon, the WB, etc. The Story and the characters not part of the
regular cast are mine!
Sumary: Buffy + Angel. Need I say more?
IMPORTANT: Sequal to The Dark One Series. This story is explained
as best as I could to fill in the blanks but you have to read
"The Dark One" to understand it. You can check it out as well as all
my other stories at: http://members.aol.com/aglx/fanfic.html
Sorry for the delay with this...let's just say I've been seriously busy.
***************
*She's right. I can't save her. I can't protect her
any more now than I ever could. Buffy is the slayer, not me;
but I just can't stand around and do nothing. I love her.*
Xander walked slowly through the halls of the hospital.
Not sure where to go, he just walked, avoiding reaching a
destination.
"Watch it, sir!" A nurse cried out as she ran into Xander.
"Oh, sorry." The words were almost silent. He was too
caught up in his own thoughts about Buffy, about everything, to
notice what he was doing. Walking steadily through the middle
of the hallway, Xander was an obstacle for everyone who walked by.
"Excuse me?" A doctor asked as he saw Xander walking in
a daze.
"Huh?" Xander stopped a few steps away from walking into
a wall.
"Are you okay?"
"Uh, yeah. I'm just...uh, walking."
"I noticed that. Walking into a wall is more like it.
Can I help you find something?"
"Oh no. My friend is here...in the hospital. I'm just...
here." The words didn't make much sense to him, but he didn't
know what he was doing so he couldn't explain it to the doctor.
"Okay, well, you might want to be a bit more conscious of
where you are going. You're near the psyche ward here and if
you're not careful, someone may mistake you for a patient." The
doctor smiled, hoping Xander would too.
"Oh. Didn't think about that. Thanks." Xander just turned
and walked away. Maybe he would get lucky and someone
would emit him. Time in a padded room might be beneficial to
his life. He was so preoccupied with his feelings for Buffy that he
paid no attention to everything he had. Pretty soon, that
distraction was going to cost him more than he could afford to
loose.
Cordelia was great but he was always to busy looking at
who she wasn't to realize who she was. *Why does she even stick
by me? Sure, she's not the kindest and most sincere person in the
world, but she actually likes me. She sees something in me that
few people actually see. Awe, hell, that probably makes her even
crazier than I am.*
Xander stood outside the door to Buffy's room. Angel was sitting
in a corner, waiting for the sun to go down so he could leave.
*Why is this so difficult? Buffy has Angel, I have Cordelia, why
can't I get that through my thick skull?!?' Xander argued with
himself. 'I've got to let her go. She's my best friend and
nothing more. I've got to let her go!*
"Xander?"
"Yeah?" Xander turned to see Giles--who hadn't slept in
days--standing behind him. "Giles, don't take this the wrong way
but you look terrible. Go home and get some rest!"
"Oh, I guess I should. I just want to make sure that Buffy
will be okay."
"Giles she'll be fine. She's out of the woods now. Let her
recuperate. She'll need you to be strong and preferably awake when
she's feeling better." Hearing the words come out of his own mouth
almost scared him. Buffy is going to be okay. She has Angel now,
for good. As much as the thought of Angel and Buffy made him sick,
it was comforting to know that Angel would always protect Buffy
and now, was no longer a threat to her life. Just her heart.
"Yes, I suppose you're right. Will you be staying?"
"Yeah. I've got no where else to be." Xander stepped away
from the door to let a nurse go in.
"Home?"
"Parents are out of town. I'd rather stay here and keep an
eye on Buff. Don't worry. Go home, get sleep, come back and then
be the watcher."
"Okay." Giles forced a smile as he noticed how tired Xander
looked himself. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight."
*****
End Part 16. What do you think?? I'll try to have parts 17 - 20 out tonight
too! ( :
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 22:56:13 EDT
From: <Aglx@aol.com>
Subject: BUFFYFIC: Love's Revival (15/?)
Title: Love's Revival (15/?)
Author: Michelle
Email Addy: Aglx@aol.com
Rating: PG
Spoiler: Nothing really...just a few spoiler hints...
Feedback: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!!
Distribution: Ask first, please.
Disclaimer: Savarah is mine! Buffy and the gang belong to Joss
Whedon, the WB, etc. The Story and the characters not part of the
regular cast are mine!
Sumary: Buffy + Angel. Need I say more?
IMPORTANT: Sequal to The Dark One Series. This story is explained as
best as I could to fill in the blanks but you have to read "The Dark One" to
understand it. You can check it out as well as all my other stories at:
http://members.aol.com/aglx/fanfic.html
Sorry for the delay with this...let's just say I've been seriously busy.
16 will be out in just a minute.
***************
Part 15
"I just don't get it. After all he's done to her, how can she just
take him back?" Cordelia asked as she grabbed a cup of coffee.
"Isn't it obvious? It's that Savarah. I bet she brainwashed
her or something. Either that or Buffy's gone insane." Xander had a
tray of hospital food that he was pushing down the counter towards
the cashier.
"Xander! She's been through a lot. Don't you think she
deserves the slightest bit of support on your part?" Willow said,
finally breaking into the argument. "I mean, he makes me nervous
too, but if Giles thinks it's alright..."
"Hey, I'm supportive guy; I just don't agree with her reasons.
She brought the devil back to life to save the guy who broke her
heart and her soul."
"He's also the only guy she ever loved." Willow said,
quietly.
"Xander, I agree with you about Angel, but you've got to lay off
of Buffy. She's got a hell of a lot on her shoulders and she doesn't
need your overprotective, criticizing self to make this any more
difficult than it already is!" Cordelia couldn't control herself. She
had no choice, he had to be stopped. If he wanted to criticize Angel,
fine; but Buffy wasn't at fault. She knew it would hit Xander hard, but
he had to realize that Buffy loved Angel and his chances with her no
longer existed.
It was all so painful. Why did she love a guy who was head over
heals in love with another woman who didn't love him back? Sure,
he cared about her, but it wasn't the same. Buffy was always
first on his list.
Xander froze, unable to move or speak. He just looked at
her, hoping she would take that back. After several minutes of
holding up the line, they made their way to a table in the
cafeteria. They all sat down, eyeing each other carefully to see
who would make the first move to break the silence.
"And I thought our school food was bad," Xander finally
said as he poked at his plate.
"I never thought I'd say this but, I actually miss our
school lunch," Willow said. She pushed her tray away from herself.
Cordelia hadn't even bothered to get anything; she'd just grabbed a
cup of coffee.
'Look at him, he's so hurt. Why'd I have to sound so
mean?' Cordelia watched Xander from across the table, hoping his
sad face would change. ' Because I had no choice; he was out of
control. Buffy didn't need him to keep opposing her in her trials with
Angel. Just what she needed, the two guys who loved her, fighting
against her. Maybe it will end now, now that Angel is back. Maybe
it won't.'
The sound of Xander's chair screeching across the floor
interrupted Cordelia's thoughts. "I'm not hungry enough to eat this. I'm
gonna head back and check on Buffy."
"Xander, you can't. Angel's there with her. Let them have some
time alone," Willow said, glaring at him.
"I don't think so. Every time those two are alone, they get
themselves into some sort of trouble." Xander started to turn and
walk away but Willow stopped him.
"What? And you're going to save them this time? Dammit
Xander, give it up! Buffy will be okay without you. You can't
always be there to catch her when she falls!" Willow now forced
herself to her feet to keep at his eye level.
"I've got to do something." He turned and walked away.
Cordelia kept her mouth shut, afraid of the reaction it may get
her.
She just stood there, waiting for him to come back and
apologize. Waiting so she could apologize.
*****
End Part 15 -- The more feedback...the more stories! ( :
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 22:56:13 EDT
From: <Aglx@aol.com>
Subject: BUFFYFIC: Love's Revival (15/?)
Title: Love's Revival (15/?)
Author: Michelle
Email Addy: Aglx@aol.com
Rating: PG
Spoiler: Nothing really...just a few spoiler hints...
Feedback: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!!
Distribution: Ask first, please.
Disclaimer: Savarah is mine! Buffy and the gang belong to Joss
Whedon, the WB, etc. The Story and the characters not part of the
regular cast are mine!
Sumary: Buffy + Angel. Need I say more?
IMPORTANT: Sequal to The Dark One Series. This story is explained as
best as I could to fill in the blanks but you have to read "The Dark One" to
understand it. You can check it out as well as all my other stories at:
http://members.aol.com/aglx/fanfic.html
Sorry for the delay with this...let's just say I've been seriously busy.
16 will be out in just a minute.
***************
Part 15
"I just don't get it. After all he's done to her, how can she just
take him back?" Cordelia asked as she grabbed a cup of coffee.
"Isn't it obvious? It's that Savarah. I bet she brainwashed
her or something. Either that or Buffy's gone insane." Xander had a
tray of hospital food that he was pushing down the counter towards
the cashier.
"Xander! She's been through a lot. Don't you think she
deserves the slightest bit of support on your part?" Willow said,
finally breaking into the argument. "I mean, he makes me nervous
too, but if Giles thinks it's alright..."
"Hey, I'm supportive guy; I just don't agree with her reasons.
She brought the devil back to life to save the guy who broke her
heart and her soul."
"He's also the only guy she ever loved." Willow said,
quietly.
"Xander, I agree with you about Angel, but you've got to lay off
of Buffy. She's got a hell of a lot on her shoulders and she doesn't
need your overprotective, criticizing self to make this any more
difficult than it already is!" Cordelia couldn't control herself. She
had no choice, he had to be stopped. If he wanted to criticize Angel,
fine; but Buffy wasn't at fault. She knew it would hit Xander hard, but
he had to realize that Buffy loved Angel and his chances with her no
longer existed.
It was all so painful. Why did she love a guy who was head over
heals in love with another woman who didn't love him back? Sure,
he cared about her, but it wasn't the same. Buffy was always
first on his list.
Xander froze, unable to move or speak. He just looked at
her, hoping she would take that back. After several minutes of
holding up the line, they made their way to a table in the
cafeteria. They all sat down, eyeing each other carefully to see
who would make the first move to break the silence.
"And I thought our school food was bad," Xander finally
said as he poked at his plate.
"I never thought I'd say this but, I actually miss our
school lunch," Willow said. She pushed her tray away from herself.
Cordelia hadn't even bothered to get anything; she'd just grabbed a
cup of coffee.
'Look at him, he's so hurt. Why'd I have to sound so
mean?' Cordelia watched Xander from across the table, hoping his
sad face would change. ' Because I had no choice; he was out of
control. Buffy didn't need him to keep opposing her in her trials with
Angel. Just what she needed, the two guys who loved her, fighting
against her. Maybe it will end now, now that Angel is back. Maybe
it won't.'
The sound of Xander's chair screeching across the floor
interrupted Cordelia's thoughts. "I'm not hungry enough to eat this. I'm
gonna head back and check on Buffy."
"Xander, you can't. Angel's there with her. Let them have some
time alone," Willow said, glaring at him.
"I don't think so. Every time those two are alone, they get
themselves into some sort of trouble." Xander started to turn and
walk away but Willow stopped him.
"What? And you're going to save them this time? Dammit
Xander, give it up! Buffy will be okay without you. You can't
always be there to catch her when she falls!" Willow now forced
herself to her feet to keep at his eye level.
"I've got to do something." He turned and walked away.
Cordelia kept her mouth shut, afraid of the reaction it may get
her.
She just stood there, waiting for him to come back and
apologize. Waiting so she could apologize.
*****
End Part 15 -- The more feedback...the more stories! ( :
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 22:56:13 EDT
From: <Aglx@aol.com>
Subject: BUFFYFIC: Love's Revival (15/?)
Title: Love's Revival (15/?)
Author: Michelle
Email Addy: Aglx@aol.com
Rating: PG
Spoiler: Nothing really...just a few spoiler hints...
Feedback: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!!
Distribution: Ask first, please.
Disclaimer: Savarah is mine! Buffy and the gang belong to Joss
Whedon, the WB, etc. The Story and the characters not part of the
regular cast are mine!
Sumary: Buffy + Angel. Need I say more?
IMPORTANT: Sequal to The Dark One Series. This story is explained as
best as I could to fill in the blanks but you have to read "The Dark One" to
understand it. You can check it out as well as all my other stories at:
http://members.aol.com/aglx/fanfic.html
Sorry for the delay with this...let's just say I've been seriously busy.
16 will be out in just a minute.
***************
Part 15
"I just don't get it. After all he's done to her, how can she just
take him back?" Cordelia asked as she grabbed a cup of coffee.
"Isn't it obvious? It's that Savarah. I bet she brainwashed
her or something. Either that or Buffy's gone insane." Xander had a
tray of hospital food that he was pushing down the counter towards
the cashier.
"Xander! She's been through a lot. Don't you think she
deserves the slightest bit of support on your part?" Willow said,
finally breaking into the argument. "I mean, he makes me nervous
too, but if Giles thinks it's alright..."
"Hey, I'm supportive guy; I just don't agree with her reasons.
She brought the devil back to life to save the guy who broke her
heart and her soul."
"He's also the only guy she ever loved." Willow said,
quietly.
"Xander, I agree with you about Angel, but you've got to lay off
of Buffy. She's got a hell of a lot on her shoulders and she doesn't
need your overprotective, criticizing self to make this any more
difficult than it already is!" Cordelia couldn't control herself. She
had no choice, he had to be stopped. If he wanted to criticize Angel,
fine; but Buffy wasn't at fault. She knew it would hit Xander hard, but
he had to realize that Buffy loved Angel and his chances with her no
longer existed.
It was all so painful. Why did she love a guy who was head over
heals in love with another woman who didn't love him back? Sure,
he cared about her, but it wasn't the same. Buffy was always
first on his list.
Xander froze, unable to move or speak. He just looked at
her, hoping she would take that back. After several minutes of
holding up the line, they made their way to a table in the
cafeteria. They all sat down, eyeing each other carefully to see
who would make the first move to break the silence.
"And I thought our school food was bad," Xander finally
said as he poked at his plate.
"I never thought I'd say this but, I actually miss our
school lunch," Willow said. She pushed her tray away from herself.
Cordelia hadn't even bothered to get anything; she'd just grabbed a
cup of coffee.
'Look at him, he's so hurt. Why'd I have to sound so
mean?' Cordelia watched Xander from across the table, hoping his
sad face would change. ' Because I had no choice; he was out of
control. Buffy didn't need him to keep opposing her in her trials with
Angel. Just what she needed, the two guys who loved her, fighting
against her. Maybe it will end now, now that Angel is back. Maybe
it won't.'
The sound of Xander's chair screeching across the floor
interrupted Cordelia's thoughts. "I'm not hungry enough to eat this. I'm
gonna head back and check on Buffy."
"Xander, you can't. Angel's there with her. Let them have some
time alone," Willow said, glaring at him.
"I don't think so. Every time those two are alone, they get
themselves into some sort of trouble." Xander started to turn and
walk away but Willow stopped him.
"What? And you're going to save them this time? Dammit
Xander, give it up! Buffy will be okay without you. You can't
always be there to catch her when she falls!" Willow now forced
herself to her feet to keep at his eye level.
"I've got to do something." He turned and walked away.
Cordelia kept her mouth shut, afraid of the reaction it may get
her.
She just stood there, waiting for him to come back and
apologize. Waiting so she could apologize.
*****
End Part 15 -- The more feedback...the more stories! ( :
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 21:54:09 PDT
From: "Aurelia Destiny" <princessdestiny@hotmail.com>
Subject: BUFFYFIC: Cloaked in Darkness: Chapter 8/?
HI everyone! I'm looking for any Buffy Fanfiction to put on my new
Webpage, at the URL inclueded at the bottom of the page. Send me some
guys!
Love,
Aurelia
*********************************************************************
TITLE: Cloaked In Darkness
AUTHOR: Princess Destiny (princessdestiny@hotmail.com)
SUMMARY: Things are not exactly what they seem when Giles finds an
ancient diary, with news of the death of the Slayer. A new girl comes
to Sunnydale and things start to go crazy, Angel is jealous because
Buffy has a boyfriend and the Anointed one gets a nasty surprise...
It is naturally a Buffy/Angel Romance story, cause I'm a hopeless
romantic!
RATING: PG.
TIME PERIOD: Hmm, well since we have only seen up till Prophesy Girl
here in AustraliaBut I HAVE read the scripts for the rest of
them...Okay, just after Prophesy Girl and we'll leave it at that!
THANK-YOUS:
FEEDBACK: PLEASE! I love to hear from people!
DISTRIBUTION: Ask me first, I'll say yes anyway, but I want to know
where it is going.
DISCLAIMER: Buffy, Angel and the others are the property of Joss Whedon.
Gabriella and any others I add later on are Mine, Mine, Mine! This is
my first try at a Buffy fic so don't be too harsh, comments and
suggestions or even praise for my lovely story are very welcome!
************************
CLOAKED IN DARKNESS
************************
***PART 3: SECRETS***
Chapter 8: Deadly Scheming
"Hey Buffster! What's happening?" Xander's cheerful voice penetrated
Buffy's daze and made her wince. She turned to face her two best
friends and their expectant expressions with slight apprehension. Buffy
had seen Willow dancing with Angel the night before and it had made her
jealous...of WILLOW! She never would have figured herself for the
jealous type, but here she was jealous of Willow AND that girl Gabriella
that Angel liked so much. AND Gabriella might be Angel's girlfriend
too, he had not denied it.
"Hi guys, everything's cool. Have you seen Giles around today? He
wasn't in the Library when I wen there earlier." Buffy asked with a
smile, while taking her Math book from her locker and then locking it
again. Willow and Xander exchanged a look, Buffy knew when someone was
keeping something from her...and they were.
"Okay, spit it out, what do you know?" Buffy demanded and Xander choked
on his chocolate bar. Willow pounded him frantically on the back,
clearly trying to stall.
"Uh, know? We know nothing, nothing at all" Xander gasped and Willow
nodded quickly, giving her friend a sidelong look that said to keep
talking.
"Yep. Nothing." The red-haired girl confirmed, her eyes swinging around
the locker area as if for inspiration.
"So, Uh, Buffy. What're you doing tonight?" Xander asked
conversationally, he put an arm around Buffy and led her away from the
lockers. Buffy let him only because Willow had stayed behind. As soon
as they were around the corner Buffy slipped closer to Xander and
fluttered her lashes, smiling sweetly.
"Oh Xander, do me a favor?" Buffy said on a sugary tone and Xander
flushed, gasping like a fish for the moment at her unusual behavior.
Buffy knew he had a crush on her and usually avoided close contact.
"Sure Buff" he stammered and her expression hardened, she grabbed his
arm and pinned it behind his back while still smiling sweetly.
"tell me what's going on. I KNOW there's something going on...Slayer
sense and all" she said with a shrug but just then Willow came back and
Xander shook himself free with relief. He rushed behind Willow and
mock-cowered, using her as a shield.
"Willow! Buffy's trying to make me tell, stop her!" Xander pointed to
the Slayer dramatically and Buffy grinned despite herself. The day
might not turn out to be so bad, she thought with relief. Just then she
spotted a tall graceful figure with incredibly long black hair and Buffy
bit her lip angrily.
"Hey Buff, you're simmering" Xander noted and Buffy ignored him, her
eyes glued to the girl making her way through the halls at Cordelia's
side. They were heading for the front entrance and Buffy started after
them without a word of goodbye to her friends.
"She's spacier than usual" Willow noted back and Xander nodded. They
had no idea what Buffy was up to, but they were going to find out. Each
simultaneously started after their blonde friend and then laughed as
they saw they both had the same idea.
************************************
"...And this is the front office, you'll need to sign up here..."
Cordelia was saying as Buffy strode up behind them, Cordelia noticed her
first and both girls turned to look at Buffy.
"Buffy, aren't you supposed to be with the loser squad about now?"
Cordelia said smoothly and Buffy glared, not in the mood. Instead she
turned to Cordelia's new friend and the glare intensified.
"What are you doing here may I ask?" Buffy almost purred, Gabriella
looked startled and Cordelia patiently incredulous.
"Buffy, surely it's obvious what we're doing, Duh" Cordelia snapped,
taking the other girl's arm and they both entered the front office with
a steaming Buffy behind. She watched through the glass as Gabriella
talked to the woman behind the counter and saw that Gabriella had been
told the school was full. She would have had very little chance getting
into Sunnydale High this far into the year and Buffy felt an irrational
satisfaction. She didn't even see her two friend's sneak down the hall
and dash behind a wall.
"This is not a good thing, Buffy's glued to the front office" Xander
whispered as he and Willow peered around the corner. The blonde leader
of the Slayerettes was acting far more weird than usual, and that was
saying a lot about Buffy.
Buffy expected Gabriella to leave once she found out she couldn't get
in, but then something strange seemed to happen. The woman got a blank
look in her eyes after meeting Gabriella's gaze and then she handed over
a few forms for the dark-haired beauty to fill out. Buffy felt a jolt
like electricity go through her body and she shivered as if someone had
walked over her grave. Minutes later Gabriella was a student at
Sunnydale High and Buffy was flabbergasted.
"No. Way." She said slowly, each word spitting from her mouth like a
bullet. Gabriella had somehow gotten into the School with just a few
word and now Buffy had to contend with being near her rival every
day...she didn't even see as Cordelia and Gabriella left the front
office and the woman was staring out at Buffy as if she were mad. Buffy
was staring at nothing however, her Slayer senses having gone off the
scale the moment Gabriella met the woman's eyes...
**********************************************
Buffy couldn't wait till lunch to see where Giles had been and she raced
to the Library. Giles looked up startled as Buffy stormed in and dumped
her bag on the desk before the Watcher.
"Buffy. I'm glad you're here..." Giles began and Buffy glared.
"Really? Let me guess, someone wants to take over the world...Brain
perhaps?" she shouted and the Watcher frowned in confusion as Buffy
raved on incoherently and stomped away.
"Is there something bothering you?" Giles asked gently and Buffy
stopped her tirade, calming at a remarkable speed. She came back to the
desk and flung herself into a chair, leaning her chin against her hand
pensively.
"You could say that, Giles. What if I said that there was a new girl
and she gave me REAL weird vibes?" Buffy asked and Giles took his
glasses off to wipe them, something she noticed he did a lot when
worried.
"R-really, she makes you worried?" Giles said and Buffy rolled her
eyes.
"That's an understatement, as usual. I'd say it's definitely a problem,
as in my Slay-O-Meter going off the scale?" Buffy hinted and Giles
reached immediately for his books. He was silent for a while, then with
a nervous expression aimed in Buffy's direction, he pulled out a book
from under a pile of papers. Buffy immediately felt something and Sat
up straighter, staring intently at the red leather cover.
"What's that Giles, a new Codex?" Buffy asked, mystified as she reached
for it and Giles pulled it back out of her reach almost protectively.
Buffy frowned in confusion and then pouted.
"Giles! Come on, you never let me handle any of the books!" Buffy
almost wailed. It took another five minutes of pouting and wailing but
Giles eventually handed over the book just as Willow and Xander entered
the Library.
"So any new disasters abroad G-man?" Xander said good-naturedly. Giles
frowned, replying automatically as he kept an eye on Buffy. The blonde
seemed fascinated by the book, though he knew she couldn't read it, she
was looking at the back page as if she could and Giles panicked.
"Buffy! Be careful, it is very old!" he shouted, snatching it out of
her hands and they all stared at him in surprise.
"I was careful!" Buffy protested. She got to her feet and walked
towards the weapon's cupboard.
"Buffy, I haven't put the 'closed for filing' sign up yet. Anyone could
just walk...in" he finished weakly as the doors pushed inward and
someone he had never seen in the school walked in. She was amazingly
beautiful and Giles found himself gaping for a moment before remembering
he was supposed to be the Librarian.
"Can, can I help you?" he stammered and she turned from a shelf to give
him a sweet smile that melted his limbs, she was wearing a white dress
that fell to her knee's and white knee boots. Her hair was incredibly
long and dark and fell past her waist like a silken waterfall.
"I was just interested, I joined Sunnydale today and I always love to
read" she told him quietly, her gaze was steady and there seemed to be
an infinite wisdom in her dark green eyes. Giles felt drawn to her
immediately and barely heard the clatter of the quarter-staves as Buffy
brought them out of the weapon's cage.
"Ready for a thrashing Giles?" she asked cheerfully. Giles turned to
look at the Slayer in slight horror at the same time Buffy realized they
weren't alone. Giles expected Buffy to say some story about what she
was doing with the staves but instead she was glaring with almost hatred
at the girl behind the Watcher's shoulder.
"I am sorry, I didn't know you were doing something private" the girl
said quietly and Buffy leaned the staffs against the table, walking
closer.
"Oh, no. We were just practicing...vampires you know" Buffy said and
Giles gasped in horror, Willow almost fell over and Xander just gaped.
"Giles, guys, this is Gabriella. She's Angel's new girlfriend" Buffy
introduced the girl and Giles felt rather than saw Gabriella flinch at
Buffy's bitter words.
*********************************************
Gabriella blinked a tear from her eye before the other's could see it,
her heart truly felt for Buffy and her anguish. But she didn't know if
it was Angel's intention to pretend that she was his girlfriend or not.
If he wanted she was fully intending to help him out, he had to have
SOMETHING to use, Buffy had Dwayne and now Angel had Gabriella to help
him.
"Gabriella has been around a few times when I've been fighting" Buffy
murmured. Gabriella moved towards the table and past the girl, almost
reaching out to give the blonde comfort. But not. Buffy would in no
way take help from a rival.
"I didn't mean to intrude...who are your friends Buffy?" Gabriella
asked gently and the blonde seemed to shake herself out of a kind of
trace. She introduced the two students as her best friends and Giles as
the Librarian. If Gabriella found this odd she said nothing and Buffy
glared at her back as Angel's girl sat down at the table like she owned
the place.
"It IS the Library Buffy" Giles muttered in Buffy's ear, clearly
recognizing the outraged look on the Slayer's face. Gabriella saw the
look also and almost laughed, she talked with them for a while more and
then left.
******************************************
"...To see this Miss Calendar...it's amazing...can't translate..."
Giles voice echoed back from the halls as he and the computer teacher
walked towards the Library. Miss calendar had seemed most interested at
the prospect of translating an unknown book. They pushed open the doors
and walked in silently, Giles heard a slight noise and he and Miss
Calendar crept forward. Buffy wasn't due today and neither were the
other two, school was also out so there should have been no one in the
Library at all.
"Be as quiet as you can, I'll see who is there" Giles murmured and Miss
Calendar nodded and hide behind a book shelf near the door. Preparing to
fight if neccessary, as the Watcher inched around the counter till he
could see who was in the room. He recognized the new girl Gabriella
immediately and almost straightened in relief, but something made his
paused and he looked closer. He almost gasped when he saw she was
holding the precious book, the red leather covers were open and
Gabriella stroked the pages lightly.
After a moment he saw her lips move and then she began to read a loud.
But not in any language he could understand and he almost had a heart
attack when he realized she could understand and read what was written
in the pages.
"Impossible!" Giles said more loudly than he had intended and
Gabriella's head shot up, he saw with shock that there were tears in her
green eyes and they shimmered like emeralds in the light.
"Oh" she sniffed delicately and put the book down, still open. Giles
moved around the counter until he was standing opposite Gabriella, the
table between them and he glanced down at the book curiously. The pages
were open about half way through the book and he stared at the script
for a moment before glancing timidly up at her. If she could truly read
it he wanted to know how and she could very well be the key to his
saving Buffy.
"Can you...?" Giles started to say but Gabriella leapt to her feet with
a wary expression. She ran swiftly and was out the door before Giles
could finish his sentence and he ran after her without thinking.
"Stop her!" Giles yelled to Miss Calendar as Gabriella passed where she
was hiding but the teacher stood up with a confused expression.
"What? Giles?" she said, turning her head to watch the girl running
swiftly out the Library doors.
Giles felt an irrational anger and pushed past her, his eyes darting
around the school halls. He looked left and then right, all the
classrooms were locked at night so she couldn't have gone into any of
them and the halls were long. Gabriella had just disappeared into thin
air...
"I want to take you where the night never ends..."
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