Buffy: The Vampire Slayer
The New Blood
By,
Aaron Parent
Introduction and Disclaimers
I have been a huge fan of Buffy and Angel from the very beginning. Since the show's debut in 1996, I've always enjoyed the "Buffyverse". Lately, there's been whisperings of a reboot or continuation of the adventures of Buffy and the Scooby gang. Personally, I would love it if done well, but that's my own personal opinion. However, this is my idea of a successful reboot done in the style of the J. J. Abrams Star Trek reboot. I hope you, dear friends and gentle readers, enjoy it.
I do not own the rights to any places, characters or things in the Buffy universe. This is purely a work of fan-written fiction. Please, Joss, don't sue me.
1
Sunnydale, California: Summer 1996
"Well, here I am in the bloody colonies," Giles grouses to himself, "waiting for the slayer to finally move here and as a cover, the council made me the school librarian." Giles, a watcher for the council of watchers who handle generations of vampire slayers drove his beater Citroen through the darkened streets of Sunnydale, California. As he drove he marveled at the populous and their obviousness to their danger from the dark. "At least that principal seems nice enough…for an American." The watcher runs over the meeting with the high school principal, Robert Flutie, in his mind. An inoffensive, if slightly vacuous man. As he turned a corner, Giles saw a flash in the sky and a young lady hurtle to earth to land in a tree in a nearby cemetery.
"What the devil?!?" Giles blurts as he slams on his brakes hard, causing a stall. He runs from the car carrying his torch, a stake, and a cross. Slowly approaching the tree he calls out, holding his cross out front. "Miss, are you all right? You seem to have had quite a fall." The red-headed woman slowly shakes her head and blinks her eyes. A slow moan escapes her mouth, "Ugh, yeah Giles, I'm fine...a little sore though." Giles jumps back, shocked. "How the bloody hell do you know my name?" The woman looks at him, shocked by his tone. "What do you mean, I've known you for over 20 years…" "Forgive me, madam," the watcher replied tersely, "but I think I'd remember a red-headed woman that flew and is obviously a practitioner of Wicca if a very powerful one." The woman looks at him in disbelief. "Giles, it's me...Willow...I met you in high school in 1996 when Buffy, Dawn, and their mom came to Sunnydale." The middle-aged man looked at Willow quizzically, "First off Miss, this is 1996, and second, the only Willow I know is a sophomore I ran into on my way to be interviewed for my new job at that high school." Willow gasps in horror as she looks around. "Oh God, the Bronze, this cemetery...I'm back in Sunnydale before the earthquake...my spell threw me back in time???"
Giles thinks for a moment, remembering his manners. "Listen, Miss, I don't pretend to know what you're going on about, but I'll help you out of that tree. After that, I'll take you home, give you a cup of tea, and you can better explain yourself." After Willow, with the watcher's assistance climbed down from the tree they soon found themselves in Giles tiny parlor sipping earl grey.
"Now, Miss, start at the beginning…" the grave expression barely hidden on Giles' face as he prodded his guest. Willow sighs slowly, "It's kind of a long story...I am Willow Rosenberg but from the year 2018." Giles could barely hide the shock and disbelief from his face at this. "Forgive me if I find that hard to believe." Willow nods slowly, "I understand why. It's hard for me to believe too, but here I am." The watcher gestures to continue, "Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Xander and myself were cleaning out a nest of sun immune vampires, but there were more than we could handle. I tried casting a powerful teleport spell to banish the horde and it obviously backfired. Best I can figure, my spell opened a hole in the time stream, sucking me back in time where you found me." "Spike...you mean William the Bloody? Why would he be helping Buffy?" Giles asks in a shocked voice. "That's another long story for another time, short version...Spike was captured by a covert branch of the U. S. Military and implanted with a behavior modification chip and became our reluctant ally. Over the course of that partnership he fell in love with Buffy, but without a soul couldn't show his love the proper way. After an unfortunate incident he ran off to get his soul 'rebooted' for lack of a better phrase. After a brief period of rehabilitation he helped us defeat the first evil at the cost, at what we thought at the time, of his unlife." Willow paused to sip her tea, silently laughing at the slack-jawed expression before she continued. "Turned out Spike survived and teamed up with another vampire with a soul, Angel, and Buffy's ex-boyfriend. Years passed and Buffy fully fell in love with him, and they've been a couple ever since." Giles fell back in his chair in shock. "Angel I knew about, but William the Bloody getting a soul because he fell in love with a slayer sounds incredible since he's killed two in his history." Willow grins, "You'll find out how exceptional Buffy is soon enough I expect, but what do we do about me? I'm trapped in the past…"