Here's a little short story for an Easter Weekend. Buffy the Vampire Slayer belongs to Joss Whedon. Hellblazer belongs to DC/Vertigo.
Introduction
Things had been looking on the up and up for Faith since she'd left Sunnydale to travel with Constantine. Turns out the bastard had friends in high places. Like, really high places considering how all the charges against her had been dropped. The fact that he was also able to secure her an official state I.D. and a passport was pretty impressive.
Talk about the man with the magic touch.
The first major change was the move to London. Apparently his 'base of operations', whatever that was supposed to mean, was located there, so naturally she tagged along. For John it was a return. For Faith, it was the start of madness, or so John told her. She soon learned why that was. It was the maddest city that she'd ever seen. Everything from the people, to the way of life, to just the city sky line seemed so… odd.
And the weirdest of all, was the magic. London's magic scene was unlike anything she'd ever seen. Not necessarily in terms of the quality of what was there, but because of its quantity. Having been the capital of a globe-spanning empire, it's multiculturalism brought every type of magic the world over. Everything from restaurant owners who worshipped the Hindu pantheon, to sex-clubs run by succubae, to djinn masquerading as taxi drivers, to politicians who made pacts to the Lords of the Fallen, to gentleman's clubs ran by the Heavenly Host.
But her first real lesson on the weirdness that was London and John Constantine's hectic life happened just a week after they had moved to the city. It was a hell of an Easter weekend and it started quite… unexpectedly.
I was, oddly enough, feeling the Easter spirit (is that a thing?), so I wrote this. It's a chapter a day until Easter Sunday, so that's my weekend booked. And for those who are still waiting for the next chapter of "All the King's Men", don't worry. A new chapter should be up by the end of next week, at the latest.