A/N: This is my first ever fanfic so it probably is not very good. Please review but be kind.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in the Buffyverse.
Chapter One
Los Angeles 1998
Buffy could not believe that her mother had kicked her out of the house. All she did was tell her the truth about who she was and her mother could not accept that. So now here she is riding on a bus out of Sunnydale, California to who knows where.
She ended up in L. A. because she could not handle leaving the state, but not being able to stay that close to her family either. She got a job as a waitress in a bad diner close to where the apartment was that she was staying in. She met new friends while she was moving into her apartment who live on the same floor. But no one could compare to the friends she left back home.
Sunnydale Same time
We see a black Desoto crash into the "Welcome to Sunnydale" sign. He falls out of the car the only thing that he says is "Home… sweet… home." Anyone can tell that he is drunk.
He came back to find the Gem of Amara so that he could kill the Slayer and prove to Drusilla that he was not in love with Buffy. He did not know of course that she was no longer in Sunnydale. He got some fledgling vamps to help him with the digging that was required to find the Gem. Within two weeks he had found the Gem of Amara in a ring. After he put it on he went out searching for Buffy but could not find her.
Since Spike thought that she was hiding he decided to look for her friends instead. While he was searching he came across Willow and Xander at the Bronze. He waited until they were on their way home and attacked Willow from behind.
"Where is Buffy?" He said while still holding Willow by the neck so that he could easily bite her if he wanted to.
"She's not here. She left the same time that you did." Willow said while trying to remain as still as possible.
"What do you mean 'she's gone' where did she go?" He asked confused as to why she would leave all of her friends on the Hellmouth without a Slayer to protect them.
"We don't know. The only thing that we heard from her mom was that when she found out Buffy was the Slayer she went a little bit crazy and told her not to come back if she left the night that she made the deal with you to help defeat Angelus. So, apparently she left and she took what her mom said to heart. The only reason that we found out about that was because one night when we went to see her, her mom had been drinking a little to try to make the pain go away." said Xander trying to do whatever Spike said in order to protect Willow from being hurt.
"Buffy hasn't written, hasn't sent word that she is okay? Nothing?" Spike wanted to know letting go of Willow to look at her because he knew that they were best friends.
"Well she did send a post card from an address in L. A. but when we went there to look for her she was not there. She probably just sent it out at a bus stop seeing as that is the most logical way to get out of town." Willow admitted.
"Bloody Hell, so what you are telling me is that she could be anywhere and she left you all to watch over the Hellmouth while she, what works on her tan." Spike said with a little resentment at the fact that in order to kill her he would have to find her first.
Given that he knew he would not find Buffy in Sunnydale he decided to leave town. The best thing for him being that with the ring he would not have to worry about the sun being fatal. He thought that he should start with the only lead that he had. He was heading to L. A.
TBC…
A/N: So what do you think. Please review and be kind.