The Guardians of Four
Prologue
The hot burning flames gleamed as the night wore on, it was London in England and in its darkest of nights roamed four girls calling on their unique magic to save and punish those of their world. The buildings of London were alight flames sped through it faster then any animal, the four girls quickly ducked into a small alleyway and began to converse
" This must be done quickly for they will be after us soon and we must be ready" the Witch pronounced. These four girls were special they had each been chosen by the powers that be to rule the mortals and magical beings on earth, One was a Slayer of Vampires, another was a Witch and the last two were a Demon and a Vampire. Each girl controlled a part of the worlds system with Magic, Control (Thrall), Growth and Strength.
" Yes I do agree with Gabrielle we must hurry and perform the immortality spell before all is lost" Cassandra Smith (The demon) agreed and slowly bent down to reveal a piece of rock in her hand
" What ever are you doing Demon" Drusilla (The Vampire) commanded looking horrified at her counter part " Do not mark the ground for they will find us" Stephanie Thornton was shocked
" Did you see something Dru? We must know" Stephanie was getting worried Drusilla saw things that others did not her power worked that way sometimes
" Why would I tell a slayer that she will die when it would be my pleasure to do it myself" Drusilla replied her head was spinning she knew that on this night The Guardians of Four would never again exist. Stephanie looked worried eventually she would crumble her strength would be no more and the Guardians of Four would turn evil Together with Gabrielle they have enough power to be good but alone they are powerless to stop Drusilla and Cassandra, Stephanie turned and ran out of the alleyway she couldn't face them anymore she couldn't handle being the Slayer and the Guardian of Magic and Anger.
Later on that same evening…
William the Bloody grabbed the Slayer around the neck and flung her into the wall, inside of him he could fell that this was wrong that killing somebody he loved would damn him forever but his demon side knew better
" She is the only one left William she is the last tie to cut from your family KILL HER kill the Slayer,"
His inner demon instructed. Tears began to string from Stephanie's face she knew that this was what Drusilla had prophesied that this was her death, she kicked William dead in the stomach but it didn't make any difference because he only sank his teeth in her anyway. Her knees began to wobble as William the Bloodies fangs imbedded themselves into her neck and slowly drank her blood she could feel death coming and she gratefully embraced it finally Stephanie Thornton's limp and bloodless body fell to the ground and William the Bloody (her brother) fled from the scene meeting his sire Drucilla out in a near by alleyway.
" My pet is it done is the Slayer dead?" Drusilla asked licking William's face and stroking it ever so carefully, William looked at his new family his Sire Drusilla and her sire the great Angelus with his evil girlfriend Darla, William slowly nodded and they all congratulated him on some fine work
" Very good William you have done very well" Angelus congratulated but deep down he felt sick inside he had loved Stephanie with all his heart she had been the one person in his world who he could always go to for help and now she was dead.
Chapter One Little Black BookConner searched through the many boxes his father had stored secretly in his old room hoping to find anything he could tell him why his father (the vampire Angel) had refused to speak to anyone for the past week. Angel had shut himself up in his office and refused any contact with anyone one in the outside world, Conner picked up a small black box that had completely no dust on it, he knew because of the lack of dust that his father looked at this regularly. Opening the box he found a diary, some photos, stakes and holy water and a silver diamond incrusted necklace, Conner ignored the rest of the box and concentrated on the small black diary. Opening it up a small piece of paper fell out the front revealing the writing on the first page
" I Must get this out quickly today a man named Alexander came to me and told me that I was a Vampire Slayer, I could not believe what this man was saying so I asked him ever so kindly was he ill but it turned out he was not. He begged me to come with him at nightfall so I eventually agreed, he took me deep into the heart of London and into some very dark streets he also so gave me such a surprising weapon to protect myself with A STAKE. We came across some people on our travels until I realized they were vampires I was ever so worried about getting my nightdress dirty for Mama would notice if I did but Alexander prodded me until I fought. It was like cleaning the room with your bonnet on backwards for I had no idea what so ever of what to do and eventually I managed to stake an incredibly gruesome man in the breast with my stake. Finally I knew what I was and from then on I was no longer Stephanie Eleanor Thornton, daughter of Sir Robert Thornton and sister to William Thornton poet and writer I was Stephanie Eleanor Thornton, Vampire Slayer and Savior of Us all."
Conner was surprised at what he had just read why would Angel have a diary of a dead Slayer? Who was she? And did she really exist? Conner packed the diary back in the box when he spotted a piece of paper that had fallen out on the ground, behind him he didn't notice a black candle springing magically alight as he slowly read out what the paper said
" From cloud to sky,
From face to eye.
Let the one we
Seek return, When
The flame on this candle
Ceases to burn.
Let Stephanie Eleanor Thornton
Return to us."
Suddenly Conner found he was surrounded by purple light and slowly the light faded and joined to create a figure dressed in a beautiful silk gown, the girl slowly took in her surroundings before noticing Conner
" A true believer in my kind Good day future being what year is this?" she asked. When Conner didn't reply she shook her head " You do not who I am do you?" she complained Conner nodded at least she spoke English that was a good sign " I am Stephanie Eleanor Thornton I am the Chosen One the Vampire Slayer and I am Guardian number 2 for the Powers that be" she explained walking around the room she spotted the black box and smiled Angel was here how else could this boy have gotten my treasure box if Angel had not possessed it. Searching through the box Stephanie found her Diamond chain, which Angelus had given to her in Budapest after they had finally admitted how they had truly felt about each other. Opening the door Angel walked in only to find himself confronted by his son Conner and a girl around sixteen who looked strangely like Stephanie " Uhhhh Stephanie" Angel thought " How I miss you" Angel snuck a glance down to the picture in his hand it showed Stephanie with her brother William and her Watcher and Guardian Sir Alexander Price
" Angelus?……… is that you?" Stephanie asked moving forward and gently stroking Angel's face just the way he liked it. Angel stepped away from Stephanie
" Stephanie…. How could this have happened? You were dead" Angel stuttered he noticed Conner holding the spell tightly in his hand
" You raised Stephanie from the dead?" Angel asked his son grabbing the piece of paper out of his hand before raising his hand to slap him across the face, Angel felt a soft but strong grip on his arm he turned around to find Stephanie looking up at him with her beautiful blue eyes
" What's done is done my love if it had not been for this brave boy the Guardians would not again ever exist" Stephanie creased the outline of Angel's face getting a feel for the ageless face she would always remember
" I suspect that Gabrielle and Cassandra have retired to their dimensions but Drusilla always liked mine so I suspect her and William still reside here… In Prague perhaps or maybe somewhere in Spain Willie always loved Spain" Stephanie had started pacing now " Oh Angelus please tell me that Willie is alright I could not bear to hear he has been staked?" Angel felt a cold rush down his spine Stephanie had only been alive for a couple of minutes and already she was thinking about the man who had killed her the one she could never get enough of his love…. Spike. Angel turned away he couldn't bear to see her again not knowing how much she still loved Spike even though he had killed her
" Angelus my dearest I will always love you but William he was always there for me when I needed him when my Slaying got the better of me…." Stephanie stopped and grabbed Angel's hands attracting Conner's full attention " When you were to busy with her" Angel could feel her pain he had loved her but he knew that it must have been hard always playing the other women to a vampire you wished were dead but could not touch because you didn't want to lose the man you loved
" It was never Darla's decision for me to leave you I choose it myself" Angel had to get it out it wasn't going to be bundled up anymore not inside his soul
" She was a demon Angelus she was pure evil how could you have stayed decades with that women" Stephanie shouted moving back to the black box and picking out her necklace " You said to me Angelus when you gave me this necklace that you would forever love me and that she didn't matter that if needed you would leave her for me… I lay there dying and the only thing I could think about was her touching you, kissing you, being with you FOREVER". Conner moved forward this girl Stephanie was talking about his mother nobody talked about her that way, Conner raised his hand to punch her but she swung around and caught it sending Conner flying back into the wall behind him, Stephanie fled she couldn't handle dealing with Angelus now not after what he had done to her, she ran out of the hotel and into the street she was no longer in London anymore this place she was in had incredibly large buildings with strange carriages and interesting roads, she defiantly was in the future now…