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A/N: set post Dock scene in Consequences but pre-Mayor in Buffy. Set in True North of Once. Completely AU for the rest of both series.

Prologue

For the last five minute Faith had been sitting outside city hall debating on if she wanted to work for the Mayor or not. While Faith was sitting outside unaware of Wilkins watching from his office window, Wilkins was wondering if his compulsion spell would work on the young slayer. He noticed that she seemed to actually be fighting the compulsion to come over to his side.

It seems that Wilkins wasn't the only one watching Faith as she sat outside city hall. Angel stood far enough away in the shadows as he observed the younger slayer. The Soul-ed Vampire armed with the knowledge that Mayor Wilkins was the big bad and seeing the younger Slayer outside city hall caused Angel to jump to the conclusion that Faith was going to work or had offered to work for the Mayor. Angel turned and headed back to the high school to let Giles and Buffy know what he had seen.

Faith found herself greatly compiled to work for the Mayor even knowing that he was the bad guy in this. This confused Faith because she has a large beef with authority figures. Faith fought with herself for a little while before leaving city hall and headed back to her motel room to pack up and leave town like she had originally planned to do before being stopped at the docks by Buffy.

In the Library, Angel was telling the Scooby gang what he had seen. Willow and Wesley were nodding their heads as if they saw this coming. Xander was torn between not believing it because it was Deadboy telling them and believing because of the whole straggling thing. Buffy and Giles both wanted to deny the possibility because for Buffy it would mean that Faith saving her life meant nothing to the brunette Slayer, while for Giles it was because if Faith sided with the Mayor it would seem as if he, himself had failed somewhere with the younger slayer.

Wesley spoke, "We need to alert the Council. It would appear that we have a rogue Slayer on our hands."

Buffy bite at her lower lip as she spoke up, "We don't know for sure what, Faith was doing there."

Willow answered back, "Buffy, Angel saw Faith at city hall."

Buffy turned to Angel asking, "Did you see her go in or come out?"

Angel sighed, "Buffy."

"No, if you didn't see her enter or exit the building how can you be sure that she was siding with the Mayor."

Wesley interrupted, "We can't risk it. The Council must be called."

Neither Buffy nor Giles were all that happy with the choice of Wesley calling the council. With just a look Giles prompted Buffy to head to Faith motel room to find out the truth.

After packing up her room, Faith hightailed it to the bus station and used the money she rolled off some vampire and got from pawning off the jewelry from her slays. Faith had just enough money to get her to Phoenix, AZ.

Buffy had just missed her sister slayer at the motel and had no idea where or when Faith had left the motel. The blonde Slayer was torn between feeling betrayed that Faith would have left and being relieved that Faith wasn't working for the Mayor. She hoped that her sister slayer could keep under the radar from the Watcher council as well.

Three weeks after Faith left Sunnydale she found herself being chased through the woods in Maine by a Council wet-works team. It was dark and wet as Faith kept running as gun fire blasted from behind her. She was bleeding from a graze at her right thigh.

The Slayer knew that the Council men were not interested in taking her back for rehabilitation as they would have been weeks ago. Mostly due to the fact that Faith had run rather than stay in Sunnydale, Faith pitched forward over a log that she hadn't seen coming. The Council men were within thirty feet from her when she heard one say, "Where did she go?"

Another spoke, "There is nothing ahead of us."

Faith blinked as she stood up silently turning towards the council men. She saw them looking right at her but it was as if they couldn't see her. Faith watched as the men turned and headed back to their helicopter. She decided not to stick around and headed onward, even without the council goons on her back anymore.

Faith hiked for about ten minutes before finding the road. The blood loss was starting to get to her but Faith continued until she found a blonde woman. The Slayer groaned, "Help me," before passing out.

Sheriff Emma Swan turned around from the scene of Michel Tillman being united with his children when she heard a voice behind her saying, "Help me." There behind the Sheriff was a young dark haired woman, who looked as if she had been running for her life. It was as the girl hit the ground did Emma notice the blood. Michel and his kids ran over as Emma instructed, "Call an ambulance, now!"

A few hours later, Emma found herself once more at the brunt of Mayor Regina Mills ire. The Mayor and Sheriff where toe to toe outside the young woman's room, Regina asked, "Who is she, Sheriff?"

Emma pinched the bridge of her nose as she answered, "I don't know Madam Mayor, for one she passed out before I could ask her. And given I was more worried about keeping her alive than finding out who she was. But Doctor Whale did give me her wallet so it should have some form of ID in it."

Regina gestured, "Well get on with it."

Emma rolled her eyes as she opened the wallet, "Name's Faith Lehane, age 17, and Boston born and breed." Emma noticed a couple of bus tickets, "Huh?"

"What is it Sheriff?"

Emma blinked, "There's two bus tickets one from Boston to New York that's at least 5 if not 6 months old. The other is a ticket from some place called Sunnydale to Phoenix."

Regina demanded, "So she's a runaway?"

Emma bit back, "Well Madam Mayor there is no way to know for sure until she wakes up."

Henry had been standing besides his mom and birth mother looking in at the strange new girl. The young boy silently snuck passed his arguing parents to enter the room that housed the stranger. Henry took a sit in the chair next to the bed and pulled out his book and a candy bar.

Faith groaned softly as she started to come too. The Slayer kept up the façade that she was asleep to take stock of the room. Faith heard beeping, while the room held a sterile scent or lack of a scent. There was soft chatter outside the room, but the only sounds that didn't fit was the sound of rustling paper and crinkling wrappers that coincided with the smell of musky parchment and chocolate. Slowly shifting her head towards the odd sounds and smells, Faith opened her eyes to find a little boy munching on a chocolate bar, reading a book.

Henry caught the slight movement, "Hi."

Faith gave a slight pained half-smile, "Hi."

Both Emma and Regina had stopped arguing when they noticed Henry was no longer next to them. The two women turned to find the boy in the stranger's room. Before either could go in to retrieve the boy, they noticed that the young girl was awake.

Emma caught a nurse saying, "Could you get Doctor Whale? Our Jane Doe's awake." The nurse sped off to find the Doctor as Regina and Emma entered the room.

Faith gritted her teeth as she studied the two women that had entered. The Slayer noticed the badge on the blonde's belt causing Faith to groan.

Regina introduced herself, "Hello Ms. Lehane, I'm Mayor Regina Mills."

Faith scoffed, "Great, left one small town to avoid authority figures only to land in a hospital room with a different small town's authority figure."

Emma asked, "What are you running from?"

Faith smirked, "Tweed wearing idiots." Looking around the room, the Slayer had to ask, "Can I go?"

Henry, who had been silent as his parents talked to Faith, spoke up, "But you were hurt?"

Pushing herself up on the bed, Faith turned and studied the little boy who couldn't have been more than 7 years younger than her if that. The Slayer gave a soft smile, "Well Little Bit, I'mma quick healer."

Across the country, Buffy found herself confused as she left Angel's mansion after the ruse that she and Angel set up for her sister slayer, who she had thought left town. Buffy still believed that Faith left Sunnydale but two days ago Faith or someone that looked like Faith showed up offering up the excuse that she needed to clear her head after the whole Finch thing.

While at City Hall, Mayor Richard Wilkins puppeteer his creation so that she believed that one she was Faith Lehane the Dark Slayer and two that the goody-two-shoes Scooby gang would be against the real Faith Lehane if the young slayer ever returned to Sunnydale.

tbc... Please read and Review... also there should be more of my other stories I just needed to get this thought out.