Beautiful stranger
By
Hecatemoon
Disclaimer: I made up Avalon, and dr. Martin. Everyone else is the property of Joss .
" Tell me again why it is you drug me out of Las Vegas to bring to sunnydale dad?" The girl looked at him with curious distain. Once again she was being uprooted for their benefit.
" I told you, I'm getting a lot of money to be their head Neurosurgeon, and I was able to get you into a college that has accreditation. Lucky for you they have know idea what you did last time." He was in his late fifties, with silver hair and small glasses on the end of his nose. Dr. Martin Styles was the best neurosurgeon on the west coast, and so far had been able to keep his daughters secret, but she made it hard.
" That was not my fault! And you said he asked for it. Besides, he won't ever do that to a woman again." She sat back in the front seat of the car, looking out the window. She noticed as they came into this sleepy little town that it seemed very peaceful. It was almost creepy.
" Avalon, you know better than that! Anytime you use your power like that you become more like your mother, less like a girl. Please, don't make me banish you like I had to do to her!" He was flustered and on the verge of tears, so she let it drop. They pulled into a parking lot and he got out of the car.
" I'm going into the realtor's office. If you want, look around, and I'll call you when I'm through." He looked at her for a moment. She was all he had left of his love.
" Ok daddy. I'm sorry. For everything." Avalon looked at him with her unnatural black eyes. She fluffed her platinum blonde hair and got out of the car.
She looked around the street, and focusing on a magic shop went in for a peek.
The magic box was bustling as usual. Anya and Xander were taking inventory while Tara and willow worked on a new spell. The door opened and Avalon walked in. Behind the counter, Anya lifted her head from an inventory list.
" There's a demon in here. Xander, did you hear me?" Anya tugged at his shirt, but his attention was elsewhere. He was starring at a very attractive woman in the store.
" Yes hon., a demon. What? " He looked at Anya pointing at the girl.
"Her? An, no way. She's too pretty to be a demon. Demons are all ugly and nasty. Except you! You were always pretty." Xander said as he tried to recover from the hits to the stomach that he received. The girl walked over to the counter and smiled at them.
" Hi! I was wondering, do you have any Sumerian Ice crystals? I know they're hard to come by." She smiled at the couple behind the counter. The girl seemed familiar.
" No, we don't serve our kind here." Anya was very nasty to this girl.
" Our kind? Um, ok. What kind might that be? Pretty?" The girl laughed. She extended her hand out.
" I'm Avalon styles. I just moved here. And you are?" She was looking at Anya.
" That doesn't matter. You have to go. Now. Run and don't come back!" Avalon backed away from the counter. Xander grabbed Anya and asked her what was wrong.
" What are you doing? What's wrong with you?" Xander began to apologize to Avalon.
" Sorry, she's just stressed out right now. We're getting married." Xander was very proud looking.
" That's wonderful. I understand. She understands too. Don't worry, I can control it. Really." Avalon looked at Anya and they exchanged a meaningful look.
" Look the sun's gone down. Can we walk you home? It's not safe out there. Right Anya?" Xander looked at his fiancé and smiled.
" She doesn't need our protection. Trust me. " Anya was still suspicious.
" Well, if you can get those crystals for me, that would be great. Have a nice day!" Avalon left Xander stunned at anya's behavior, and Anya angry and scared.
After the girl left Xander questioned his girlfriend.
" You wanna share with the whole class what's going on? "
" She's a fire demon. At least part of her is. They are ok until they get mad, then POOF! She lights men on fire. A Bad fire, that burns their souls forever. It can never be put out. On a demon scale she made me look like spike in the harming department." Anya put her arms around Xander.
" We need to tell buffy about this. "
Buffy walked out of the house ready for patrolling. She was so frustrated! Spike! He was everywhere! Outside her house, the shop, the bronze. If she didn't get him out of her head soon, she was going to go crazy! She wandered down the street to the park. She noticed a girl sitting alone on the bench near the swings. Hmm, buffy thought. Not a very smart girl. Suddenly the pang in her stomach started. From the bushes, a vampire jumped out and grabbed the girl. Buffy started over there, but just then, spike came up and went for the vamp. Now he's doing my job!! Why???? Buffy was fed up! She charged into the fray. The vampire drug the girl into the bushes and spike followed. Suddenly, he came flying out of the bushes and tackled buffy.
" What are you doing?"Buffy snapped.
A large ball of fire shot up from behind the bushes. The vampire became dust but there was this small ball of flames hovering in the air. Buffy pushed spike off her and went behind the bushes and saw the blonde girl standing there, smiling.
" Are you ok?" Buffy asked her.
" Yeah, did you see that?" the girl asked hesitantly.
" I saw something. What happened?" Buffy was looking at this girl. She had just been attacked, but she was totally calm.
" Nothing. He, he caught on fire. Very strange." The girl looked at her feet.
" You set him on fire! " Spike came up on buffy's side and looked at the girl. Blonde hair, small waist. Nice chest, quite the little package.
" Spike, what are you saying?" Buffy looked at him like he was crazy.
" I'm saying that she chanted, looked at him, and now that is all that's left of him." Spike said.
" I did. But please, it's not what you think. He was a vampire." The girl stammered.
" You know what he was? How?" Buffy was intrigued. This was a whole new ballgame now.
" They always go for me. They can feel me. Ask your friend, he can feel me too." She looked at Spike.
"My name is Avalon, Avalon Styles. You must be the slayer. "
Buffy was surprised. " Yeah, how did you know?" She was nervous, but this girl didn't seem dangerous.
" I used to run in circles that knew you. I heard your good. Best slayer yet." Avalon smiled.
" So, what did you do to that guy, exactly?" Buffy asked.
" I burned him up and his soul will burn for eternity." Avalon said very matter of factly. She stepped up to spike and looked him in the eye.
" So, why are you helping the Slayer. Are you sick, or broken?" Spike backed away.
" I'm fine, she needs me' help is all." He huffed.
Buffy laughed. " He's broken. The government put a chip in his brain. He can't harm any humans. Go ahead, hit him." Spike looked at Buffy with horror in his eyes.
" I am not a joke! I am William the Bloody! " He yelled.
" Don't worry, I'm not gonna hurt you. I wouldn't hurt the defenseless anyway.
I'm not that kind of girl. I think you know what kind of girl I really am." She looked into his eyes. Suddenly, he understood.
" Well then, Buffy. Off with you now, patrolling and all. I'll walk the lady home." Spike bowed in front of Avalon.
" What? Oh no, why don't we all go to the shop, we can talk there. " Buffy was strangely hurt by him. Why? If this girl wanted to be stalked by spike so be it. But she felt jealous.
" What kind of girl are you?" Buffy asked, a little too sharp for her taste.
" Well, since you're the slayer, I guess I could tell you. I'm part fire demon. When I get angry, I can cause fires. But ask William about it. He knew my grandmother. Didn't you?"
By
Hecatemoon
Disclaimer: I made up Avalon, and dr. Martin. Everyone else is the property of Joss .
" Tell me again why it is you drug me out of Las Vegas to bring to sunnydale dad?" The girl looked at him with curious distain. Once again she was being uprooted for their benefit.
" I told you, I'm getting a lot of money to be their head Neurosurgeon, and I was able to get you into a college that has accreditation. Lucky for you they have know idea what you did last time." He was in his late fifties, with silver hair and small glasses on the end of his nose. Dr. Martin Styles was the best neurosurgeon on the west coast, and so far had been able to keep his daughters secret, but she made it hard.
" That was not my fault! And you said he asked for it. Besides, he won't ever do that to a woman again." She sat back in the front seat of the car, looking out the window. She noticed as they came into this sleepy little town that it seemed very peaceful. It was almost creepy.
" Avalon, you know better than that! Anytime you use your power like that you become more like your mother, less like a girl. Please, don't make me banish you like I had to do to her!" He was flustered and on the verge of tears, so she let it drop. They pulled into a parking lot and he got out of the car.
" I'm going into the realtor's office. If you want, look around, and I'll call you when I'm through." He looked at her for a moment. She was all he had left of his love.
" Ok daddy. I'm sorry. For everything." Avalon looked at him with her unnatural black eyes. She fluffed her platinum blonde hair and got out of the car.
She looked around the street, and focusing on a magic shop went in for a peek.
The magic box was bustling as usual. Anya and Xander were taking inventory while Tara and willow worked on a new spell. The door opened and Avalon walked in. Behind the counter, Anya lifted her head from an inventory list.
" There's a demon in here. Xander, did you hear me?" Anya tugged at his shirt, but his attention was elsewhere. He was starring at a very attractive woman in the store.
" Yes hon., a demon. What? " He looked at Anya pointing at the girl.
"Her? An, no way. She's too pretty to be a demon. Demons are all ugly and nasty. Except you! You were always pretty." Xander said as he tried to recover from the hits to the stomach that he received. The girl walked over to the counter and smiled at them.
" Hi! I was wondering, do you have any Sumerian Ice crystals? I know they're hard to come by." She smiled at the couple behind the counter. The girl seemed familiar.
" No, we don't serve our kind here." Anya was very nasty to this girl.
" Our kind? Um, ok. What kind might that be? Pretty?" The girl laughed. She extended her hand out.
" I'm Avalon styles. I just moved here. And you are?" She was looking at Anya.
" That doesn't matter. You have to go. Now. Run and don't come back!" Avalon backed away from the counter. Xander grabbed Anya and asked her what was wrong.
" What are you doing? What's wrong with you?" Xander began to apologize to Avalon.
" Sorry, she's just stressed out right now. We're getting married." Xander was very proud looking.
" That's wonderful. I understand. She understands too. Don't worry, I can control it. Really." Avalon looked at Anya and they exchanged a meaningful look.
" Look the sun's gone down. Can we walk you home? It's not safe out there. Right Anya?" Xander looked at his fiancé and smiled.
" She doesn't need our protection. Trust me. " Anya was still suspicious.
" Well, if you can get those crystals for me, that would be great. Have a nice day!" Avalon left Xander stunned at anya's behavior, and Anya angry and scared.
After the girl left Xander questioned his girlfriend.
" You wanna share with the whole class what's going on? "
" She's a fire demon. At least part of her is. They are ok until they get mad, then POOF! She lights men on fire. A Bad fire, that burns their souls forever. It can never be put out. On a demon scale she made me look like spike in the harming department." Anya put her arms around Xander.
" We need to tell buffy about this. "
Buffy walked out of the house ready for patrolling. She was so frustrated! Spike! He was everywhere! Outside her house, the shop, the bronze. If she didn't get him out of her head soon, she was going to go crazy! She wandered down the street to the park. She noticed a girl sitting alone on the bench near the swings. Hmm, buffy thought. Not a very smart girl. Suddenly the pang in her stomach started. From the bushes, a vampire jumped out and grabbed the girl. Buffy started over there, but just then, spike came up and went for the vamp. Now he's doing my job!! Why???? Buffy was fed up! She charged into the fray. The vampire drug the girl into the bushes and spike followed. Suddenly, he came flying out of the bushes and tackled buffy.
" What are you doing?"Buffy snapped.
A large ball of fire shot up from behind the bushes. The vampire became dust but there was this small ball of flames hovering in the air. Buffy pushed spike off her and went behind the bushes and saw the blonde girl standing there, smiling.
" Are you ok?" Buffy asked her.
" Yeah, did you see that?" the girl asked hesitantly.
" I saw something. What happened?" Buffy was looking at this girl. She had just been attacked, but she was totally calm.
" Nothing. He, he caught on fire. Very strange." The girl looked at her feet.
" You set him on fire! " Spike came up on buffy's side and looked at the girl. Blonde hair, small waist. Nice chest, quite the little package.
" Spike, what are you saying?" Buffy looked at him like he was crazy.
" I'm saying that she chanted, looked at him, and now that is all that's left of him." Spike said.
" I did. But please, it's not what you think. He was a vampire." The girl stammered.
" You know what he was? How?" Buffy was intrigued. This was a whole new ballgame now.
" They always go for me. They can feel me. Ask your friend, he can feel me too." She looked at Spike.
"My name is Avalon, Avalon Styles. You must be the slayer. "
Buffy was surprised. " Yeah, how did you know?" She was nervous, but this girl didn't seem dangerous.
" I used to run in circles that knew you. I heard your good. Best slayer yet." Avalon smiled.
" So, what did you do to that guy, exactly?" Buffy asked.
" I burned him up and his soul will burn for eternity." Avalon said very matter of factly. She stepped up to spike and looked him in the eye.
" So, why are you helping the Slayer. Are you sick, or broken?" Spike backed away.
" I'm fine, she needs me' help is all." He huffed.
Buffy laughed. " He's broken. The government put a chip in his brain. He can't harm any humans. Go ahead, hit him." Spike looked at Buffy with horror in his eyes.
" I am not a joke! I am William the Bloody! " He yelled.
" Don't worry, I'm not gonna hurt you. I wouldn't hurt the defenseless anyway.
I'm not that kind of girl. I think you know what kind of girl I really am." She looked into his eyes. Suddenly, he understood.
" Well then, Buffy. Off with you now, patrolling and all. I'll walk the lady home." Spike bowed in front of Avalon.
" What? Oh no, why don't we all go to the shop, we can talk there. " Buffy was strangely hurt by him. Why? If this girl wanted to be stalked by spike so be it. But she felt jealous.
" What kind of girl are you?" Buffy asked, a little too sharp for her taste.
" Well, since you're the slayer, I guess I could tell you. I'm part fire demon. When I get angry, I can cause fires. But ask William about it. He knew my grandmother. Didn't you?"