The Family Tradition
Rating: PG for now, PG-13 in later chapters
Dedication: For Pasha. She told me all the things I missed in science while
my
head was off in another galaxy planning out this story. Not only that, but
she's
only heard me tell her the entire plot like 80 times. I love you man.
A/N: This is the sequel to Emily. This takes place ten years after season
6, and
its very AU from there. Also, The Oracles were never killed. I hope you
like it!
A/N 2: I changed my mind. I definitely recommend you NOT read Emily first. It sucks, and it will totally turn you off of this story. In the next paragraph, I'll explain the relavant plot points of it, but if you want to be unspoiled, go read Emily and come back later. Please. And now the Sparknotes version of Emily: Connor was never kidnapped, so he aged normally. Buffy actually was raped by Spike and got pregnant with his child at the end of season 6. She didn't think the baby would be safe with Spike, and a vampire cult named the Order of Syron ordered her to sacrifice herself or they would take her child. She left the baby with a note on the doorstep of the Hyperion and sacrificed herself to the order of Syron. Angel named her Emily and raised her as his own daughter. She and Connor grew up like sister and brother, and he was a few months older. When she was six, she found out about demons, and that Angel was not actually her dad. She and Angel went to Sunnydale to see Spike, and then Spike came back to Los Angeles with them. So Angel, Spike, Emily and Connor were like one big happy family. The End. Now read.
Angel awoke with a start when he heard Emily cry out. He bolted out of the room and up the stairs to her bedroom. She was moaning in her sleep. "You can't wake her," a voice said from behind him. Angel spun around.
"Whistler. What's wrong with her?"
"It's a test. The easiest one she'll have," said Whistler.
"A test?"
"What's going on?" asked Spike as he entered the room, just back from patrolling. "Who are you?"
"I'm Whistler. She's being tested, because she's being considered as a Slayer."
"A Slayer?" asked Angel. "She's ten."
"One of the reasons she's being tested."
"What's the other reason?"
"Slayer lineage doesn't usually pass from mother to daughter. In fact, it's never happened before. They want to see if she's good enough."
Emily gasped and sat up.
"Emily," said Angel. "Are you okay?" Angel and Spike rushed to her side.
"I saw her," she said.
"Saw who?" asked Spike.
"My mom. She said bad things were coming, and I was going to have to fight them. And I would have to make a choice. And then these things, they tried to hurt me."
"It's ok," Angel assured her. "It was just a dream."
"No it wasn't," said Whistler. "It was a test!"
"Ok, thank you," snapped Angel. "Why are you here anyway?"
"I was in the neighborhood, thought I'd give you the message."
The two vampires turned back to Emily. "Go back to sleep," said Angel.
"I can't. You have to teach me to fight, Buffy told me."
"Now?"
"Yeah. I don't know when they're coming. Something's going to change, and you have to teach me before it does."
Angel sighed. "Ok, get dressed." Angel and Spike went downstairs.
"How could she be the Slayer?" asked Spike. "She's still just a bit."
Angel shrugged. "She's carrying on the family tradition."
Spike, Angel and Emily were in the lobby of the hotel. "This is a roundhouse," said Angel. He spun around and kicked Spike in the stomach.
"Bloody hell!" yelped Spike. "Ah, I mean.heck. Can you please stop kicking me? Kick the desk or something."
"But Spike," said Angel innocently. "She has to learn. Ok honey, now you try."
Emily stood in front of Spike for a minute. Then she spun around, kicked him, and he was flung into the wall behind him. "Sorry," she said.
Angel stared at Spike, looked back at Emily, and back at Spike. Spike coughed. "Angel, could you do the kicking from now on?"
"What's going on?" asked Connor as he sleepily padded down the stairs.
"We're teaching Emily to fight," said Angel.
"But she's a sodding fast learner," said Spike slowly.
"Are you okay?" asked Emily.
"Yeah," said Spike. "I might have broken a rib.or a spine-ow. But, I'm okay." He stood up.
"So why are you teaching her to fight anyway?"
"Well, your sister's a potential Slayer," said Angel.
"Huh," said i really, when you beat me in all those fights we had, you had an unfair advantage."
"Yeah right. Like the son of two vampires doesn't have any special powers. Those fights were fair and square. Deal with it!" She narrowed her eyes at him.
"That's my bit," said Spike.
A/N 2: I changed my mind. I definitely recommend you NOT read Emily first. It sucks, and it will totally turn you off of this story. In the next paragraph, I'll explain the relavant plot points of it, but if you want to be unspoiled, go read Emily and come back later. Please. And now the Sparknotes version of Emily: Connor was never kidnapped, so he aged normally. Buffy actually was raped by Spike and got pregnant with his child at the end of season 6. She didn't think the baby would be safe with Spike, and a vampire cult named the Order of Syron ordered her to sacrifice herself or they would take her child. She left the baby with a note on the doorstep of the Hyperion and sacrificed herself to the order of Syron. Angel named her Emily and raised her as his own daughter. She and Connor grew up like sister and brother, and he was a few months older. When she was six, she found out about demons, and that Angel was not actually her dad. She and Angel went to Sunnydale to see Spike, and then Spike came back to Los Angeles with them. So Angel, Spike, Emily and Connor were like one big happy family. The End. Now read.
Angel awoke with a start when he heard Emily cry out. He bolted out of the room and up the stairs to her bedroom. She was moaning in her sleep. "You can't wake her," a voice said from behind him. Angel spun around.
"Whistler. What's wrong with her?"
"It's a test. The easiest one she'll have," said Whistler.
"A test?"
"What's going on?" asked Spike as he entered the room, just back from patrolling. "Who are you?"
"I'm Whistler. She's being tested, because she's being considered as a Slayer."
"A Slayer?" asked Angel. "She's ten."
"One of the reasons she's being tested."
"What's the other reason?"
"Slayer lineage doesn't usually pass from mother to daughter. In fact, it's never happened before. They want to see if she's good enough."
Emily gasped and sat up.
"Emily," said Angel. "Are you okay?" Angel and Spike rushed to her side.
"I saw her," she said.
"Saw who?" asked Spike.
"My mom. She said bad things were coming, and I was going to have to fight them. And I would have to make a choice. And then these things, they tried to hurt me."
"It's ok," Angel assured her. "It was just a dream."
"No it wasn't," said Whistler. "It was a test!"
"Ok, thank you," snapped Angel. "Why are you here anyway?"
"I was in the neighborhood, thought I'd give you the message."
The two vampires turned back to Emily. "Go back to sleep," said Angel.
"I can't. You have to teach me to fight, Buffy told me."
"Now?"
"Yeah. I don't know when they're coming. Something's going to change, and you have to teach me before it does."
Angel sighed. "Ok, get dressed." Angel and Spike went downstairs.
"How could she be the Slayer?" asked Spike. "She's still just a bit."
Angel shrugged. "She's carrying on the family tradition."
Spike, Angel and Emily were in the lobby of the hotel. "This is a roundhouse," said Angel. He spun around and kicked Spike in the stomach.
"Bloody hell!" yelped Spike. "Ah, I mean.heck. Can you please stop kicking me? Kick the desk or something."
"But Spike," said Angel innocently. "She has to learn. Ok honey, now you try."
Emily stood in front of Spike for a minute. Then she spun around, kicked him, and he was flung into the wall behind him. "Sorry," she said.
Angel stared at Spike, looked back at Emily, and back at Spike. Spike coughed. "Angel, could you do the kicking from now on?"
"What's going on?" asked Connor as he sleepily padded down the stairs.
"We're teaching Emily to fight," said Angel.
"But she's a sodding fast learner," said Spike slowly.
"Are you okay?" asked Emily.
"Yeah," said Spike. "I might have broken a rib.or a spine-ow. But, I'm okay." He stood up.
"So why are you teaching her to fight anyway?"
"Well, your sister's a potential Slayer," said Angel.
"Huh," said i really, when you beat me in all those fights we had, you had an unfair advantage."
"Yeah right. Like the son of two vampires doesn't have any special powers. Those fights were fair and square. Deal with it!" She narrowed her eyes at him.
"That's my bit," said Spike.
