Prolouge---- Part 1
" We gather here today to mourn the loss of a true hero,"
Giles spoke to the small group that formed around the gleaming black casket. Grief masked the faces of many while pride flowed from others. In some way Buffy had touched the lives of everyone in this small town. Everyone remembered the many acts of kindness she had showed upon them and today they gathered to remember a truly wonder human being.
" Throughout the years many of us came to depend on Buffy's strong spirt. She fought for what she believed in and did one hell of a job," He chuckled even as the tears streamed down his cheeks.
" I pray today that none here forget Buffy Summers and all she did for each and every one of us." Giles reached in his pocket to grab a tissue he'd placed there. Slowly he walked from the casket to the small group that stood the closest, and enveloped Willow in a hug.
Together the small group of three stood, holding on to one another as the funeral progressed.
Willow, Xander and Giles stood beside her, during battle, during victory and during loss...even today they stood strongly beside her.
Soon the sun began to fade behind the tress and the sky grew dark, everyone ran to the shelter of their cars, until three remained.
"Willow, Xander... I believe it's time to leave." Giles said as he felt the first small droplets of rain on his face.
"Wait." Willow whispered as she knelt down beside the stone.
Gently she placed a single rose there and stopped to trace the name etched in stone.
Buffy Anne Summers
Beloved Daughter
Savior to us all
From the edge of the clearing, deep in the shadows, eyes watched their every move. He waited until they left to emerge from the trees. Clouds darkended the sky and rain pelted down onto his leather coat. Tears streamed from his dark brown eyes, quickly mixing with the rain.
Angel stood there staring down at the stone , hardly believing his eyes. The news of her death seemed unreal to him. Some how even standing here beside where she lay didn't seem right.
"I should have been there with you Buffy. I should have never left you. God I'm so sorry..." His voice cracked as he spoke to the sky, where he was sure she now resided.
" I love you Buffy. Forever."
Prolouge----Part 2
I awoke that night feeling a hunger like I had never felt before...a raw burning feeling in the pit of my stomach that gnawed at my insides until I felt driven to madness. This new state of mind didn't really surprise me until a moment later. Where was this feeling coming from?
I remember eatting dinner with Willow in the new quaint little restaurant down town...then walking home... the cold hands gripping my arms, legs...'Oh god no...' I thought to myself, to stunned to speek the words aloud. Suddenly like a burst of lightening the memories of that night bolted back into my dazed mind. The cold hands pulled me backward onto the grass, I remember hearing Willows screams somewhere near me, I faught so hard to get to her, to help her. But the number of arms holding me down where just to strong...I couldn't. I began to remember the faces above me, one in particular as he lowered his head to my neck...
"No no no..." I screamed , startled when the sound rushed back at me off the walls of my casket. My casket!
I lay there ripping at the walls, tearing at anything and everything in an effort to escape this prision. Finally I felt the dirt in my hands, I breathed in the smell of it. Blood ran down my arms from the wounds I'd made on my hands. The smell assalted my senses, making the hunger inside me grow even stronger. I felt ashamed of myself , I felt guilty in some strange way.
Finally my hands hit the open air, finding a hand hold on the wet earth I pulled myself up and out of my grave.
My grave!
I lay there on top of the hole that I could have called home, staring at a stone that proved my dreams where correct.
I was dead.
I was a vampire.
Author's Note: Very short- I know, but if you like the idea and I get some comments I'll post the first chapters.