Disclaimer: I don't either series. They are owned by Joss Whedon and Konami.

Author's note: I thought I'd take a crack at a crossover that I doubt anyone would've tried. It's the Buffy/Angel series and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. In truth, I love the mythology of Lords of Shadow because it actually uses the mythology of the different cultures and made them believable. So I thought I'd mix the two with the Buffyverse mythology having more of the CV: LOS feel. Also, I want readers to know, that some mythology from either series I am likely to change so as to make it more realistic. Now, for the story.

Harris Residence

Sunnydale

California

There is a legend of a warrior who existed about a millennia ago. He was raised a member of a brotherhood and loved someone dearly, was devoted to serving the Almighty God, and fought against evil. He was the subject of a prophecy that foretold of a pure-hearted warrior who would fight against three powerful forces of darkness, known as the Lords of Shadow. With their defeat, he would unite a power , known as the God mask, which would allow the wearer to become God's vassal on Earth. However, the prophecy was just a means of controlling him, used by one of the Lords of Shadow, so that he may use the mask for his own purpose. It turns out, the three Lords of Shadow were created as a result of a spell done by the brotherhood founders, whose spirits left their bodies, while their bodies rose as dark entities. The warrior fought two of the Lords and emerged victorious. As for the third, he defeated the warrior and claimed the mask but was overtaken by the ruler of the underworld. The king of Hell took the mask and was challenged by the warrior, only to be defeated and sent back to his imprisonment.

The warrior had faded into obscurity until over twenty years later, unconfirmed reports that a vampire bearing his likeness had arisen. An army was sent to destroy, but was decimated within minutes. Three warriors have stood against him: his own sons, one a human that he never knew would be born during his travels. The other he sired with a another human woman. His human son had fallen to him, while has half-breed spawn was also defeated. His grandson also rose to challenge him but was later defeated. No one knew of his fate afterwards. The reports following his victory over the King of Hell were never confirmed but it is known that some entity of great darkness was responsible for the army's demise. Whoever reads this, pray that you do not come across this entity, or you fall into a great darkness.

Rinaldo Gandolfi

'Man who comes up with this stuff?' a young man asked as he finished reading the old book that was on his desk.

"Hey Xander! You finish that book yet?" asked another young man who was in the same room reading a comic book.

"Yeah Jesse. I gotta say, these old myths sure get long-winded. I've heard gossip stories that were shorter than this. And most of those are about Harmony and much more detailed," Xander replied smiling goofily, while Jesse laughed.

The two young men had been best friends their entire lives. They were practically brothers to each other. There was nothing that could tear them apart. The two always enjoyed each other's company and even debated about the comics they enjoyed reading. They were even there for each other when they needed it, especially Jesse. He had known for some time that Xander's parents weren't exactly the best to be around. He sometimes noticed that his friend would walk with a bit of a limp. He had confronted Xander one day about it and his friend had confessed what his dad does to him on a regular basis. Living with a drunk abusive parent was horrible.

This made their friendship stronger than ever. As Jesse was leaving Xander's house, two figures stood outside, both on opposite ends of the street looking at the two young men. Both had plans for them that would change everything that everyone who would become involved ever knew.

The next day...

Sunnydale High School

Xander skated his way to school, barely avoiding the students walking towards the entrance. As he came towards the steps, he spotted a beautiful blonde girl going up the steps and he couldn't take his eyes off her. Unfortunately, he rammed into the stair rail. As he tried re-situate himself, a cute redheaded girl came up smiling at one of his antics. He smiled back as his other best friend, Willow Rosenburg looked on.

"Willow! You're so much the person I wanted to see," Xander said to her.

"Really?" the girl replied.

"Yeah. I need help with the math," Xander replied as they entered the building. As the two friends walked in, they were joined by Jesse a moment later.

"Hey Jesse! What's the what?" Xander asked.

"New girl," Jesse replied.

"Oh right! I saw her. She's a hotty," Xander said, missing the slight look of jealousy on Willow's face. She chose to keep quiet at the moment.

"So. Tell. What's the sitch?," Xander asked.

"Dude, new girl," Jesse replied giving Xander a pointed look.

"Well, you're a fountain of info," Xander replied.

The three friends continued walking on to their classes and even going through the day as if everything was alright. Xander had a slight run in with Buffy, and realized she dropped a stake but didn't think too much of it. When the three met up with Buffy at the courtyard, Xander returned her stake. As the three talked, Cordelia, Jesse's crush, came to them telling Buffy about the body of some random young man in the girl's locker room. When Buffy left, the rest were standing there wondering about what was next.

"Well, it's safe to say this day just went right to hell, didn't it?" Xander asked, sarcastically.

"When isn't every day in this place like hell? Something's always happening and no one ever knows why," Jesse responded.

"If you losers are done, I've got to be somewhere that isn't near you people," Cordelia said as she was leaving.

"Okay. Well, I'll be around...if you need me...or not," Jesse said with his voice dropping to a barely audible whisper.

"Maybe you should let it go Jesse," Willow said putting her right arm around her friend's shoulders.

"Yeah. You don't need her. You really want a girl to treat you the way she does all of us?" Xander asked trying to make his friend feel better.

"You're right. Thanks guys. So whose up for the Bronze tonight, huh? Anyone?" Jesse asked feeling slightly better.

"Of course," Xander said as the three got up to continue the rest of their day.

Xander decided to make a stop by the school library to return the old book that he read with that strange passage on the last page. As he was ready to see about any other books he was interested in, the librarian came up to him.

"Excuse me," a cultured English voice said behind him. Xander turned around to find an older man with glasses, wearing a tweed jacket looking at him.

"How may help you Mr. Harris?" the librarian asked.

"Oh, I was just returning this Mr., uh...?" Xander trailed off.

"Giles. Rupert Giles," the librarian introduced himself.

"Well, Mr. Giles, I was just returning this old book here. It wasn't bad but it wasn't exactly on my top ten list," Xander joked with the older gentleman.

"Well Mr. Harris, a book like this is not meant solely for entertainment. It is one of many records that help teach us about the past and the deeds that were done to ensure a brighter future," Giles replied to Xander.

"Well I-" Xander was cut off as a feminine voice with a slight attitude broke in.

"Alright! What's the sitch?" came Buffy's voice from the desk. Giles turned aorund and immediately went to her. Xander stopped in his tracks as they began to talk and he heard mention of the guy found in the girl's locker room. He immediately thought it weird that a girl like Buffy wouldn't care about a person's death until he heard an interesting piece of the conversation. Buffy began shooting off about vampires and how they are created when Giles cut in.

"You have no idea what's going on, do you? Do you think it's coincidence, your coming here? That boy was just he beginning," he said.

"Why can't you leave me alone?" Buffy huffed turning hoping to be able to leave.

"Because you are the slayer. Into every generation a slayer is born. One girl in all the world, a Chosen One. One born with-" he was cut off as Buffy finished for him.

"The strength and skill to hunt the vampires. Stop the spread of evil, blah blah. I know," Buffy said.

"If you've accepted your calling why are you-" he stopped as Buffy cut in again.

"Because I've been there before and look where it got me! I lost all of my friends. I was kicked out for having to fight some big bad vampire. And I was sent to a psycho ward. And I'm moving on," Buffy finished.

"What do you know about this town?" Giles asked.

"Aside from being two hours away from a Neiman Marcus?" Buffy tried to joke.

"This place has a history of odd occurrences. It is possible it is the center of some mystical convergence that causes things to gravitate towards it," Giles began.

"Like vampires?" Buffy asked.

"For a start. There's also werewolves, zombies, incubi, succubi. Everything you ever feared dwelt beneath your bed and were told could never be real exists as much as you and I do," Giles said looking at her sternly.

"And what do you expect me to do without me causing trouble?" Buffy retorted.

"You fight. That is your destiny," Giles answered. Buffy only turned around and stormed out. As Xander came from his hiding place, he could only look at the spot where the other two were, wondering what the hell he just heard.

He left the library not bothering to pick up another book and continued thinking about the conversation Giles had with Buffy. He understood that the town had a lot of strange things happen that no one could really explain or never bothered too. But for someone to say that vampires and other monsters existed seemed ludicrous. As the school day was coming to an end, Xander told Willow and Jesse he would meet them at the Bronze later.

Four hours later...

Harris Residence

Xander got ready to meet his friends at the Bronze for another night of fun. He was already running late as it was and he hated keeping his friends waiting for him. However, his thoughts were interrupted as he looked in his mirror at a man in a blazer, wearing slacks and a button down shirt, along with a fedora looking around his room.

"Who the hell are you?! I'm calling the police!" Xander shouted reaching for his phone only to be blocked by the man who had inhuman speed.

"Trust me. The cops won't be taking calls at this hour. Especially with all the monsters running around," Whistler said in a slightly playful tone.

"Who are you?" Xander asked hoping he wouldn't die.

"The name is Whistler. I'm here to give you a gift," Whistler said as he approached Xander with superhuman speed. He laid his right hand on Xander's chest and it crackled with blue energy from the spot the man's hand laid on. When he removed his hand, Xander knelt down and looked up to find the intruder gone.

'What the hell?!'