A/N: I found a challenge that I really wanted to try. It isn't supposed to be very serious so keep that in mind while reading. I hope it turns out well. If things go the way I plan this will be a very long fiction series.

Warning: There will be events throughout the series that I will change to my liking. Some will be minor details that annoyed me and in some cases an entire episode might disappear (i.e. "Ted). I don't plan on introducing original characters at the moment, but that may change. You've been warned

And a thank you to evilredknight who pointed out that that chapter I initially posted was, well crappy. And I looked at it and it was not what I had intended to post so here's the actual chapter/episode 1.

AU – A world where Vampires & Buffy use guns

Welcome To The Hellmouth

(Daytime)

(Sunnydale High School)

It was a typical warm, sunny, late summer day in California. Outside the large stone structure that was Sunnydale High School in an early 90's model Jeep Cherokee a mother and daughter sat in relative silence. The girl, though her mother would never hold it against her, knew that she was the reason they had had to move to this God-forsaken town. Her mom insisted that they had moved to Sunnydale for a chance to start fresh after her father had left them for his secretary. Joyce turned to her daughter finally breaking the silence, "Have a good time, I know you're gonna make friends right away. Just think positive. And Buffy…honey…try not to get kicked out. Even if you have to take time to do your slayer duties, try to be discreet about it if you can." She finished pleadingly. Buffy had told her about being a slayer and then shown Joyce a vampire to prove she wasn't crazy. Joyce hadn't been happy, but once she had accepted it she had decided they should tell Dawn, just so she would be safe when she was out of the house.

"I promise mom. Bye Dawnie you have a good first day too." Buffy said with a reassuring smile as she stepped out of the vehicle waving to her eleven year old sister in the back seat.

As the Jeep pulled away Buffy turned toward the school, her petite five foot four inch tall frame standing confident with light blonde hair falling in waves across her shoulders as her hazel eyes calmly took in her surroundings. With a sigh she shouldered her bag and made her way into the stone structure.

Xander Harris, sci-fi nerd and proudly unpopular kid was rolling up in front of the school on his skateboard, wobbling as he swerved to avoid the other students on the crowded sidewalk. He was stunned when he caught a glimpse of the beautiful new girl walking up the stairs. So enamored was he the he could not avoid being clotheslined by the metal railing. He ended up lying on his back with one foot still resting on his skateboard squinting up at the sun until a cute redhead in a dark green flower-print dress stood over him blocking the sun, "Willow! You're so very much the person I wanted to see!" He exclaimed as he got back to his feet, picking up his skateboard as he and Willow made their way toward the school entrance.

"Oh really?" Willow asked in her usual bubbly manner.

"Yeah I kinda had a problem with the math."

"Uh…which part?"

"The math. Can you help me out tonight? Please be my study buddy."

"Well what's in it for me?"

"A shiny nickel."

"Ok well you need to check out a book."

"Check out a book?" Xander asked somewhat confused.

"Yes from the library, where the books live."

"Oh, right. I'm there, see I wanna change."

Just then Xander and Willow met up with their friend Jesse as they stepped through the doors and into the main hall of the school. They talked for a short time as they headed to their first class inevitably coming to the topic of the new girl and when asked by Willow and Xander what he knew about her Jesse simply said, "New girl."

"Well you're certainly a font of nothing." Xander stated as they continued down the hall.

Sitting in her first class of the day Buffy found herself at a bit of a loss when the teacher told them to turn to a page in their book, a book which Buffy didn't have due to the fact that instead of being able to go to the library to pick up any books she would need for her classes she had been talking with Principal Flutie, a nice man who tried to act tough when necessary, but came across as somewhat of a crazy person. Which lead to her quickly leaving his office to get to class on time and as she walked through the door she bumped into some guy in the hall causing her to spill half the contents of her bag. He stopped to help her pick everything up and introduced himself somewhat awkwardly as Xander.

Luckily for Buffy the well-dressed brunette next to her was willing to share her book with the new girl. So Buffy was able to survive her first class, as she was putting her notebook and pencils away the girl who had shared her book extended her hand, which Buffy shook, and introduced herself as Cordelia. Cordelia proceeded to give Buffy a tour of the school while quizzing Buffy on her coolness factor, the test ended with Cordelia informing Buffy that she passed. The two girls stopped at the water fountain where Willow was currently getting a drink. "Willow! Nice dress. Good to know you've seen the softer side of Sears!" Cordelia said causing Buffy to feel slightly uncomfortable with how she was treating the redhead.

God what a total bitch! Buffy thought as she watched the interaction between the shy nerdy girl and Cordelia, Was I like that at Hemery?

Willow either not noticing or just ignoring the teasing responded, "Uh…w-w-well my mom picked it out."

"No wonder you're such a guy magnet. Are you done?" Asked the bullying girl glancing at the drinking fountain.

Willow quickly walked away and Cordelia turned to Buffy and said, "If you wanna fit in here, first rule is to know you're losers. Once you can identify them all by sight…" she trails off looking in the direction Willow had just walked, "They're a lot easier to avoid."

Buffy smiled and nodded, but she had only been half listening to the popular girl. She felt bad for the redhead who was apparently the subject of a lot of Cordelia's bullying. Buffy's heart sank a bit when she saw Willow look back before turning her eyes to the floor and walking around a corner. As Buffy and Cordelia resumed walking Cordelia told Buffy she should go to The Bronze later that night since it was the place to be. It was located in the bad part of town conveniently only half a block away from the good part of town. They parted ways as Buffy entered the library, already annoyed with the tall brunette.

After meeting with the librarian who along with her textbooks had set a giant leather bound book held closed by metal clasped with large letters spelling the word VAMPYR. Needless to say she made a hasty retreat from the library. She had promised herself to avoid facing all the things that went with being the vampire slayer, she didn't want for her and her mom and her sister to have to move again. Quickly regaining her composure she continued on with her day.

Later on she walked out onto the courtyard and saw Willow just sitting down to eat her lunch, she walked over to the girl and said, "Hi, Willow right?"

"Why? I-I mean hi. Uh do you want me to move?"

"Why don't we start with 'Hi I'm Buffy' and uh then lets Segway directly to me asking you for a favor. It doesn't involve moving but it does involve hanging out with me for a while."

"But aren't you hanging out with Cordelia?" Willow asked say the girl's name in disgust.

"I can't do both?" Buffy asked answering a question with a question.

"Not legally." Willow answered, the tone of her voice making Buffy unsure as to whether she was joking or not.

"Well Cordelia's been really nice…to me anyway, but um I kinda have this burning desire to not flunk all my classes and I heard you were the person to talk to if I wanna get caught up."

Suddenly excited about talking about school topics, and the prospect of possibly making a new friend, Willow's face brightened immensely as she smiled and said, "Oh! I can totally help you out. If you have sixth period free we could meet in the library."

"Or not. We could meet someplace quieter…or louder…that place just kinda gives me the wiggins."

Willow nodded understanding, "It has that effect on most kids. I love it though, it's got a great collection and the new librarian is really cool. He just started used to be the curator at a British museum or the British museum, I'm not exactly sure. But he knows everything and brought all these historical volumes, and biographies, and am I the single dullest person alive?"

Buffy smiled at Willow as she started eating her own lunch, "Not at all."

Suddenly Xander Jesse showed up in a flurry of movement and tossed backpacks, "Hey are you guys busy, are we interrupting, we're interrupting."

"Buffy this is Jesse," said Willow pointing to the tall, skinny, brown haired boy in an orange shirt, "and that's Xander."

"Oh, me and Buffy go way back, old friends, very close. Then there was that period of estrangement where I think we were both growing as people, but now here we are like old times, I'm quite moved." Xander said realizing he should just stop talking and finished with a nod of his head. Buffy though didn't seem too put off by his ramblings instead looking at him with a raised eyebrow and a smirk on her face.

Shaking his head while responding to his friends spiel Jesse said, "Is it just me or are you turning into a babbling idiot?"

"No, it's uh, not you." Xander responded as he and Jesse settled in for lunch.

"Well it's nice to meet you guys, I think." Buffy said ending with a slight frown on her face.

Jesse answered her, "Well you know we wanted to welcome you, make you feel at home, unless you have a scary home."

"And to return this." Xander said holding up the stake that had fallen out of Buffy's bag and she had forgotten to pick up, "The only thing I could think is that you're building a really little fence, unless of course you happen to be a vampire hunter or something like that" He conclude holding the stake with the sharpened point toward the ground.

"Uh, no actually it's for self-defense…everyone in LA has these. Pepper spray is just so passé." Buffy explained taking the stake and putting it back in her bag, wondering at Xanders non-joking tone when he mentioned vampires as well as Willow and Jesse not laughing or rolling their eyes at him. Do they know? She wondered.

Displaying his ability to change topic at the drop of a hat Xander sat between Buffy and Willow on the bench asking, "So what do ya do for fun, what do you like, what do ya look for in a man? Let's hear it."

"And if you have any dark, painful secrets you'd like us to publish…" Jesse added trailing off.

"Gee everyone wants to know about me." Buffy said, smiling with mock enthusiasm, "How keen."

"Well not much goes on in a one Starbucks town like Sunnydale, you're pretty big news." Xander offered in explanation.

Just then Cordelia walked up asking if Buffy was being bothered by Willow and her friends. "She's not hanging out with us." Willow said trying to help Buffy save her reputation, if she wanted it saved.

Cordelia went on to tell them that gym was cancelled because of a dead guy found stuffed in a locker. As Buffy asked questions which caused the others to wonder why she was asking about the body, Jesse tried unsuccessfully to hit on Cordelia, who of course shot him down without missing a beat, barely even acknowledging his presence.

Buffy quickly took off from the group and broke into the locked-down locker room pulling the sheet back to examine the body. Finding two puncture wounds on his neck she made her way to the library. She and Giles had an argument in the library about slaying and duties until Buffy stormed away angry. Xander, who had gone into the library to check out the book Willow had told him to get, heard the whole thing and unsurprisingly disbelieving what he heard. Though that would explain a lot of the strange things that happen around here, he thought, I mean for a small town like Sunnydale we sure have a lot of crime that gets blamed on "gangs on PCP".

(Nighttime)

(Summers' Residence)

After she had gone home and done her homework, which was a much lighter load thanks to Willow helping her after school, Buffy helped Dawn with her homework and then they both helped their mom with inventory for the art gallery. Dawn and Joyce then got supper ready; Buffy was only ever allowed to use the toaster, microwave, and sink, though with her slayer skills she was also useful with slicing and chopping. After dinner Buffy told her mom, who was sitting down to watch a movie with Dawn, that she was going to go hang out with some friends. After answering the expected questions from Joyce of who, what, when, and where, she was allowed to go.

(Sunnydale Streets)

Buffy, having sensed someone was following her quickly disappeared down an alley and waited as the individual passed by below her. He was a man of average height and seemed to be in his mid to late twenties, with brown hair, and was dressed in dark clothes. With all the grace of an Olympic gymnast Buffy swung from her perch knocking the man to the ground, after a short conversation followed by a cryptic message the man tossed Buffy a box with a silver cross necklace inside. After giving her the necklace he said, "I know the watchers are stuck in their ways, but I was given a message to pass on to you from my contact to the Powers That Be. They say don't be afraid to embrace modern technology and weapons in the battle against evil, it's time to move away from the ways of the past, though a stake or sword will still get the job done obviously."

When the stranger started to walk away Buffy called out to him asking, "Who are you?"

"Let's just say…I'm a friend." Answered the stranger.

"Yeah, well maybe I don't want a friend."

"I didn't say I was yours." He added as he disappeared around the corner.

(The Bronze)

A little bit later Buffy finally arrived at her destination, an all ages night club called The Bronze. She felt kind of awkward walking in alone; she scanned the interior, looking for any of the few people she might recognize. When she felt nearly ready to just give up and leave she spotted a familiar red haired girl sitting at the bar eating from the bowl of peanuts. She walked over and sat with Willow and talked with the shy girl for a while, learning a bit about her, Xander, and Jesse's past and even ended up giving Willow a bit of dating advice in telling her to "Seize the moment, cause tomorrow you might be dead." Just then Buffy spotted Giles on the upper level of the club. She excused herself from Willow and told her she'd be back in a moment.

Upon reaching the upper level she had another argument with Giles about her duties as the slayer, she was starting to acquiesce that she couldn't just quit and did as her watcher asked by scanning the club to see if she could spot any vampires. She found one quickly, much to Giles' surprise. She pointed him out by his dated wardrobe. Buffy was quite proud of herself and happy with accomplishing her task, until she saw that the girl the vampire was talking to happened to be Willow. Not even waiting for Giles' to say anything Buffy took off after them, but Willow and her new "friend" were already out of the building. However Buffy didn't see them leave and wasted time searching the back halls of the Bronze, nearly staking Cordelia with a broken chair leg thereby bring an end to her chances of easy popularity.

Realizing that Willow was no longer at the Bronze Buffy left, passing Xander as she went out the door, who, after Buffy told him about Willow meeting some guy, insisted he go with after seeing how upset Buffy was about the situation. They tracked Willow and her companion to a crypt in a cemetery. Then before Xander and Buffy could walk in they spotted Jesse and another woman enter the crypt as well.

(Restfield Cemetary)

Willow was crouching in a corner with an angry look on her face and holding Jesse protectively as he held his hand over a wound on his neck. "This isn't funny anymore. We're outta here!" Willow snarled.

"Oh, you're not going anywhere," said the blonde woman who had walked in with Jesse, as she switched to her demon face, "Until we've fed!"

Willow screamed and Buffy and Xander walked in distracting the vampires. "Who the Hell are you?" Asked the female vamp.

"You mean there's actually someone in this town who doesn't know already?" Buffy replied, "That's a relief, having a secret identity in this town is tough."

"Buffy, we're gonna bail now right?" Xander asked gesturing to the door of the crypt.

"Not yet!" Hissed the male vampire.

As the two vampires circled Buffy she addressed them again, "Now we can do this the hard way or…actually there's just the hard way."

"That's fine with me." Said the female vampire.

"Are you sure? We're talking violence, strong language, adult content." As Buffy finished the male vampire rushed her from behind as she pulled out her stake and dusted him without turning around. "See what happens when you roughhouse?"

"He was young and stupid."

"Xander go!" Buffy exclaimed as she and the remaining vampire began fighting.

Xander helped Willow and Jesse back to their feet and they hurried from the crypt. Buffy and the vampire trade blows for a short time. Then Buffy blocked a wild swing, landing a kick to the vampires midsection then struck with a downward elbow strike to the base of the next when her opponent doubled over. When Buffy was trading more words with the vampire now lying at her feet she was lifted off the ground from behind by a hand around her next and tossed across the room.

"You were supposed to be bringing an offering for the Master. We're almost at Harvest, and you dally with this child." Said the newcomer lifting the female vamp off the ground, carrying her with him as he spoke.

With her voice laden with fear the female vampire answered, "We had someone, then she came. She killed Thomas. Luke, she's strong!"

"You go, I'll see if I can handle the little girl." Luke ordered as he sent the other vampire away to chase down Xander, Willow, and Jesse.

After a short fight Buffy found herself laid out in the sarcophagus in the crypt with the vampire swooping in to bit her. Before Luke could finish his move there was a loud blast from beside the sarcophagus and instead of the weight of the large vampire, Buffy instead felt dust raining down on her. She climbed back out to the main part of the crypt and saw Dawn sitting propped up against the wall where she had been thrown after blowing the vampires head off by firing both barrels of their father's old shotgun. She was conscious and uninjured, but bruised and a little shaken up.

Buffy was about told tear into Dawn about how dangerous what she did had been when they heard Willows scream from outside. Buffy helped Dawn up and told her to stay close as they hurried out the door. They found Willow, Jesse, and Xander surrounded by five vampires. Jesse would be no help due to blood loss from his bite. Buffy was still assessing the situation when she saw Dawn reload the shotgun. "Stay close to me Dawnie. Don't shoot that unless there is no other choice, Okay?" Dawn answered with a nod.

Buffy and Dawn charged in and Buffy took on a vampire, staking it quickly. Xander and Willow, taking their cue and wasting little time, double-teamed a vampire, each grabbing an arm and driving her into a broken tree branch, effectively dusting her. Two other vamps and Jesse were gone and the last vampire, seeing Dawn as an easy target rushed her, thinking to bring the Master a prize. He was met by Dawn firing off one of the barrels knocking him back directly into Buffy's waiting stake and causing Dawn to stumble quickly backwards ending up on top of a pile consisting of her, Xander, and Willow.