Disclaimer: I do not own any of the BTVS or Charmed characters or storyline.
The only thing I own is my own Original concepts.
This story is a re-write of BTVS Season 1. It has some slight changes. Such as Dawn is in it, Buffy and Dawn have another Sister, who will be explained in this chapter. It is also a crossover with Charmed but as for now they are not major characters in it and there will be a Charmed piece that goes along side it eventually.
Welcome to the Hellmouth
Joyce Summers pulled up in front of the school and warily turned to face the passenger seat, where her daughter sat. Buffy Summers turned to face her mother knowing she was in for a lecture "Okay please behave and try not to burn anything down," turning her head to look in the back where her other daughter Caitlin Halliwell-Summers sat "Both of you," her tone was firm even if she were begging her daughters.
Caitlin looked at the school then back to her mother "I'll try" she said with a hint of a smile on her face but it was quickly gone making Joyce sigh.
"Mom don't worry we'll be on our best behaviour, won't we Cait?" Buffy turned to face her sister slightly but kept most of her body facing her mother. Caitlin was going to make a snappy remark but kept it to herself when she saw the look on her mother's face, so instead she nodded.
Joyce looked between her daughters and saw they were serious so she nodded in reply to their assurances, "can one of you pick Dawnie up for me? I've got to get the gallery a place to set up and it's going to take a while" Joyce looked to Buffy but the girl was almost pulling a face. She knew Buffy loved her sister but Dawn was hyper most of the time at the moment, with the thought of a new town and new friends and it was obvious she didn't want to get her ear talked off by her sister.
Caitlin snorted at the look on her sister's face "I'll pick the Taz up" this time the girl did smile, her younger sister could always bring a smile to her face. Caitlin had a nickname for Dawn and it was Tasmanian devil because the younger girl was obsessed with the animal after watching the Looney Toons cartoon, so now she called her Tasmanian devil or Taz for short and only she could get away with it.
The mother looked relieved "Thank you honey and try not to be late I don't want her to panic." The girl nodded back at her mother and started to climb out of the car and Buffy followed her lead "Have a great day and try not to get kicked out," the girls murmured back about hoping so, Joyce put the car in gear and drove off.
Caitlin looked up at the School with a small frown on her face; it was a couple months into the term and she was almost dreading starting the new school year. Buffy saw the look on her sisters face and slung an arm around her sisters shoulder "It'll be fine, new school with new people no one will know," the comfort only worked slightly because the frown disappeared but the anxiety remained in the girls eyes. Buffy started towards the school and Caitlin started to follow but before she got too far she noticed a guy staring at her sister whilst ridding a skateboard, he was so transfixed he didn't notice the railings and crashed into them. Caitlin raised an eyebrow and started after her sister.
~GU:CM~
Caitlin Halliwell-Summers, born to Joyce Summers and Ricky McKenzie, she is Buffy's and Dawn's half-sister. Joyce and Hank split a few months after Buffy was born and Joyce's best friend Ricky was there to help her. Eventually they started a relationship and exactly a year and 9 months after Buffy was born, Caitlin was born. Ricky died 26th January 1983, just 3 months after his daughter was born; Joyce continued to raise Buffy and Caitlin on her own until Hank came back into the picture a year later and their relationship was back on track. When the girls were 5 and 3 years old, Dawn was born and Hank and Joyce's relationship got better. Until 2 years ago when Hank started having an affair with his secretary and started to drift away from his girls, he became very harsh towards Caitlin who he had considered a daughter, or so everyone thought. Caitlin had always resented her step father and even went as far as to avoid any contact with him, which was hard for her sisters to see but her mother understood knowing why unlike her sisters.
Caitlin was similar to her sister Buffy but she was slightly taller and slightly bigger seeing as she thought her sister was too skinny. Her hair was a dirty blonde that was cut short and didn't quite reach her shoulders and was cut in layers of irregular lines and the teenager usually wore it spiked out slightly giving it a messy look that suited her perfectly. Her eyes were identical to that of her older sisters which she was glad for because she loved Buffy's eye colour, a forest green, slightly darker than usual green eyes with hints of brown around the iris.
~GU:CM~
Caitlin and Buffy were sat in chairs in front of the principles desk as he was digging through files in his filling cabinet; he made a noise of victory at finding their files obviously expecting them to be in the same place but he was mistaken. "Buffy Summers, sophomore and Caitlin Halliwell-Summers, sophomore, Late of Hemery High School Los Angeles. Interesting Records, quite a career you both have," he placed the files in front of him as he sat down. Caitlin and Buffy glanced at one another and as they turned their heads to look back at him, he surprised them by ripping an identical bit of paper from both files, "Welcome to Sunnydale, a clean slate girls that's what you get here. What's past is past." Caitlin raised both eyebrows and her older sister matched that look "We're not interested in what it says on a piece of paper, even if it says," Principle Flutie picked a piece of paper and read it quickly then looked shocked "Whoa!"
Buffy quickly decided to intervene before the third degree came, "Mr Flutie..." Caitlin could see the excuses pilling in her sisters head.
Principle Flutie quickly stepped in "Kids here are free to call me Bob," neither sisters believed that to be true but had to follow it.
The older sister shot her younger sister a look knowing the drill but the principle clearly wanted her to say it "Bob..."
"But they don't," it was an obvious set up so neither of them looked shocked or offended that he had changed his mind about allowing them to call him by his first name, the man was too busy trying to put the paper back together to look up at them anyways.
Buffy carried on determined to get this out of the way early "I know our transcripts are a little...colourful," yet again the Principle cut her off.
"Hey! We're not caring about that," the two sisters looked at him in disbelief here he was telling them it wasn't important and they didn't care about that as he was getting cellar tape to stick them back together "Do you really think, uh, *colourful* is the word? Not, uh...Dismal," at the Buffy's face started falling she was not looking forward to him judging her, she turned her head to look at Caitlin but her sister's face as usual these days was void of much emotion.
The older sister tried to defend both of them "it wasn't that bad," she had used the wrong words because as soon as she finished the Principle looked up at her.
Principle Flutie was stuck in between annoyance and disbelief at Buffy's words, looking at both of them he stated what they both knew he was going to "you burned down the gym," he continued to look at both of them.
For the first time Caitlin decided to speak up "We did. We really did but..." Under Flutie's disapproving and annoyed stare the younger sisters eyes started to narrow in a glare but before she could continue Buffy brought back attention to her knowing her sisters hatred for judging.
"You're not seeing the big picture here," Flutie took his gaze off of Caitlin who closed her eyes trying to calm down, the grip on the arms of the chair was turning her knuckles white and she was thankful her sister had saved her before she had done anything rash. Again. "That Gym was full of Vampi..." Caitlin looked at her sister in shock; she had not really almost just said that word, Buffy stuttered slightly before lamely finishing "asbestos."
"Buffy, Caitlin don't worry," Caitlin had to hold in a snort because it was exactly what she planned to do once she got out of this god awful meeting. "Any other school they might say 'watch your step' or 'we'll be watching you' but that's just not the way here, we want to service your needs and help you to respect our needs and if your needs and our needs don't mesh..." he didn't finish the sentence but put both pieces of paper back in the files and slammed them shut "...well lots not think about that on the first day shall we," he focuses all of his attention on Caitlin which made Buffy tense in anticipation not knowing what he was going to say to her little sister. "You're only 14 and already a Sophomore" Caitlin nodded slowly not knowing what else to do, "well I hope we can accommodate your needs and most of your classes are with your sister as your mother asked for, so why don't you go collect your schedule then head to the library and collect your books," he smiled and showed them that it was the end of their conversation both nodded and rushed to the door.
"Well that went well" Caitlin muttered as she and Buffy walked out of administration office with their schedules, Buffy had both pieces and was checking how many classes they had together. Caitlin had all of the courses she wanted which she was thankful for, being smart meant she had done most of the courses they had to offer already.
Buffy shrugged at her sisters words "It didn't go to badly at least he didn't ask what happened after we burnt down the gym," Caitlin visibly tensed at her sisters words; she didn't like to remember what happened afterwards. Buffy noticed and tried to distract her so she handed her sisters schedule back to her "Most of our classes are the same bar the language you have Latin whilst I have Spanish and you don't have to do gym," Caitlin nodded. Buffy envied her sister because she got to choose all of her courses and instead of doing college courses she had wanted to do regular ones with Buffy for this year to help ease the transition. Buffy stepped further into the hallway and knocked into a girl and the contents of her bag went all over the floor, both sisters went down to pick the stuff up. They both looked up when they noticed someone helping and Caitlin noticed it was the same guy from earlier and tried to stifle a laugh.
"Can I have you?" he said and Buffy looked shocked by what he said, Caitlin tried to stop the laugh building in her throat knowing he hadn't meant to say that. Buffy's eyes were wide as the guy corrected himself "Duh! Can I help you?" A relieved short laugh came from Buffy as she thanked him; "I don't know you, do I?" he undoubtedly wanted to.
"I'm Buffy, I'm new" her reply was met with a strangely cute smile.
"Xander...is...is me. Hi" Buffy thanked him again, Xander was clearly nervous as he spoke because of the way he was speaking. Caitlin smiled, even if it didn't last long and then he turned to face her, this meant he also wanted to know her name.
"Caitlin, Buffy's sister" she allowed a small friendly to appear on her face a little longer than her last smile; he nodded at her with an equally friendly smile only larger.
"Cool...well, um, maybe I'll see you around, maybe at school since we...all...go there," Caitlin felt sorry for the poor guy with all the weird things he was saying but her sister didn't seem to feel too sorry for him as it was usual for guys to do this to her.
"Great! It was nice to meet you," Buffy replied as she finished putting everything away in her bag and started to stand up, Caitlin and Xander following soon after.
Buffy walked off but Caitlin stayed standing where she was because she wanted to see what Xander would do "'we all go to school' very Suave, very not pathetic," Caitlin's giggle interrupted his monologue and he turned to face her looking embarrassed.
Caitlin started walking but looked back at him "don't worry too much Xander it was kinda cute," Xander's jaw dropped open and Caitlin rushed to catch up with her sister who was walking slowly waiting for her.
~GU:CM~
Both sisters endured history without a text book and Buffy had made a new friend Cordelia Chase, Caitlin had spent most of the time taking notes even if she knew some of what the teacher was talking about. Cordelia was a popular kid and wanted to know everything about Buffy from school to fashion and it was annoying Caitlin but when Cordelia turned to talk to her about fashion, she saw what the teen was wearing and the glare on her face before she turned to talk to her older sister again. Caitlin's fashion was different from her sisters she just wore stuff that was comfortable and today it was skating shoes, loose jeans and a hoody. The fashion queen seemed to be interested in her hair but the glare she sent the older female had apparently scared her from asking, which she was glad for not wanting to explain the whole story behind her hair. They stopped in front of the water fountain, when Cordelia addressed someone drinking from it "Willow!," said girl looked up and Caitlin instantly took a liking to her she was innocent seeming and the red hair with emerald green eyes seemed to make her appearance friendly ."Nice dress, good to know you've seen to softer side of sears" Willow looked down at her dress.
She looked back up "oh, well, my mom picked it out," Caitlin allowed a small smile her thoughts were correct, the redhead had an aura of innocence that was rare in teenagers.
Cordelia didn't seem to like Willow and that didn't sit well with Caitlin, but she didn't speak up just in case Buffy became friends with her "No wonder you're such a guy magnet. Are you done?"
Willow looked confused for a second then realised where she was stood "oh!" she looked at the fountain then back to the three girls in front of her then she took off. Cordelia turned to face the sisters with a pleased smile on her face, Buffy looked taken back but Caitlin looked outright annoyed and took off after Willow. Willow turned to see Caitlin following her but thought nothing of it.
"Willow," the redhead stopped and waited until Caitlin was beside her before she looked at her "Hi I'm Caitlin and I'm new here," she stuck her hand out as a friendly gesture and Willow timidly shock the offered hand. "I was wondering if you could show me around," Caitlin tilted her head; Willow thought it was a cute gesture and nodded at the new girl, they started walking.
"So how's the day been so far?" Willow asked not knowing what else to say, she wasn't used to meeting new people who'd willingly talk to her.
"It's been cool so far apart from meeting miss popular that was a certain downer. I've got to go to the library and pick up some books and I hope they have a good selection to read otherwise I will be disappointed," the redhead laughed gently and looked at Caitlin who looked back at her, the redhead couldn't see any malice in the girl.
Willow looked forward for a second before looking back "Library I can do, so you like reading?" finally a topic she could talk to the blonde about, Caitlin nodded. "Well they don't have the best selection but it's interesting," Caitlin's eyes light up but she didn't allow herself to smile and the redhead saw that but didn't mention it.
"Hey back there I'm sorry for not sticking up for you but I didn't know if my sister wanted to be friends with her and I don't want to ruin it for her, she's done a lot for me lately. Gotta pay her back somehow," Caitlin looked forward not knowing what the girl beside her was going to say to her.
Willow shook her head, she was used to Cordelia "I'm used to it," Caitlin's eyebrows furrowed at that but didn't make a comment. "So that was your sister, are you twins?" she had to ask because she knew two new people were joining their grade so commonly it would be twins, plus they looked almost identical.
The younger girl laughed lightly, "No not twins" Willow looked confused so the blonde helped her out in figuring it out "she's my older sister, 2 years my senior actually I'm 2 grades ahead because of my test scores and IQ," Caitlin faced Willow again and saw the shocked look. Caitlin could tell she was a smart person herself "don't look too shocked Willow your face might freeze that way," she joked lightly trying to help her snap out of it.
"That is so cool; I've never met another person who's skipped a grade let alone two." Caitlin tilted her head again "I skipped a grade too," both smiled at each other and they eventually came to a halt in front of the library, "Well here we are, see you around?"
Caitlin looked at the double doors then back to Willow "Yeah I'd like that," she smiled and waved as Willow waved and made her way to her next class. She walked into the library and immediately saw the librarian behind the desk and approached him, he looked up from his paper shocked, maybe no one really came in here Caitlin thought, "Hi I'm new I'm looking for my class books," the man's eyes widened.
"Miss Summers?" Caitlin nodded hesitantly not knowing if people knew she had a hyphened last name "I'm Mr Giles the Librarian," she tried not to make a remark to that because he was stood behind the desk so he must have been the librarian. "I was told you were coming," again she tried to hold in the remark and again with success. "I know what you're after," he bent down slightly and put a thick book on the desk in between them and Caitlin looked shocked, Vampyr was its title and she knew what it meant.
She looked up at the older man "I think you got the wrong sister," she stepped back slightly; she didn't even want to be near that thing it had caused trouble for them back in LA.
Giles stuttered slightly "are you sure?" he didn't seem to understand he knew of a new student called Buffy summers and she seemed to fit the description.
"I'd think I was Mr Giles...I'm Caitlin Summers...Halliwell-Summers," she stammered out in her nervous state. It meant this guy was her sister's new watcher and that was not a good thing, her sister would have to start slaying and it could ruin everything, yet again.
Giles put the book back and looked at Buffy's sister "she has a twin?" he asked sounding perplexed and he saw the girl shake her head. So she was a younger sibling "how did you know I had to wrong sister?" he was more curious about her knowledge now.
"Because it's the reason we are here... can you just get my class books please," Giles nodded and proceeded to give the girl her books and handed them to her. "Thank you Mr Giles it was a pleasure to meet your acquaintance," with that the young blonde turned and rushed out of the library.
~GU:CM~
Caitlin put her books in her locker, which had taken her awhile to find and she was glad for that as it gave her time to cool off, Buffy would be pissed off and devastated when she went to the library. Caitlin closed her locker and rested her head against it, the cool metal feeling nice against her skin, Willow spotted the 14 year old as she entered the hallway and quickly made her way over to her. "Caitlin, hi," her perky voice welcome to the blondes ears as it was much better than her thoughts, Caitlin turned to face her and raised her hand in greeting but didn't speak, "so I was wondering if you wanted to have lunch together?" Willows question was innocent but Caitlin wanted to play on it a little.
"Willow isn't a bit early to be asking me on a date?" she questioned seriously her face remaining blank apart from the raised brow. Willow blushed and tried to talk but words wouldn't come out. Caitlin laughed and patted Willow on the shoulder "I'm just messing Willow I'd love to have lunch with you," Willow, still reddened, nodded and walked out of the hallway into a little courtyard and sat down, Caitlin sat next to her and they both grabbed their lunches.
Buffy noticed Willow and her sister as she walked out of the building and approached them "Uh, hi Willow right?" Buffy smiled at her sister whose lip twitched showing she wanted to smile back.
Willow was startled as she looked up and said the first thing that came to mind "Why?" Buffy looked taken back slightly so Willow amended her statement "I...I mean, hi. Did you want me to move?" Caitlin frowned at Willows question so she obviously was used to people telling her too move and she didn't like that one bit.
"Why don't we start with 'Hi I'm Buffy'? And lets Segue directly into me asking you for a favour, It involves hanging out with me as well for a while," Buffy sat next to her sister and leant into her slightly. This was something they always did in close proximity it showed support and comfort if needed, they developed it at an early age and until recently had stopped doing it. Willow knew Caitlin wanted to be her friend that much was obvious with the teasing and her following her after Cordelia's comments but she couldn't be too sure about Buffy.
Willow shuffled in her seat slightly, she was not used to people seeking her out to hang out "But aren't you hanging out with Cordelia?" Caitlin looked at her sister and nodded wanting to know the same thing, she would be glad if she didn't because Cordelia was too much like Buffy's old friends and she hated them for good reason.
The older female looked confused, being popular had meant she could do what she wanted and this was different "Can't I do both?" she looked between her sister and her sisters soon-to-be new friend.
Caitlin took this one knowing her sister was confused, back in Hemery they had different clicks and knew Buffy had been the popular kid "Not legally," she joked dryly electing a laugh from Willow and a pout from Buffy who smiled eventually.
"Look, I really wanna get by here, new school and Cordelia's been really nice...to me, anyway but, um, I have this burning desire not to flunk all my classes and...I heard you were the one to help me catch up because unlike my brainy sister I don't already know all this stuff," Buffy smiled as she grabbed her lunch. Caitlin nudged her shoulder slightly showing she could help but Buffy nudged her back effectively telling her she wanted to make friends with Willow too.
Willow seemed excited with helping Buffy out "I could totally help you out!" her eyes lightened with the challenge it seemed "If you have sixth period free, we could meet in the library," neither let it show but they leant a little bit more into each other and they seemed to get the message to each other they both knew about the watcher.
"Or not," Buffy quickly said, she didn't want to go back in their not with her normal life hanging in the balance, Willows face fell.
At seeing the look on Willows face Caitlin quickly stepped in "How about somewhere quieter... Louder even, Library's give Buffy the creeps," she leant forward as to whisper something in Willows ear "Too many words, she's afraid of knowledge because it could make her smart," Willow giggled slightly and Buffy playfully pushed her sister having heard that but was thankful for the save.
"Place gives me the wiggins," she shrugged apologetically but Willow seemed to understand.
"It has that effect on most kids. I love it though and apparently so does your sister, it's a great collection, and the new librarian is really cool," Willow continued to smile unaware of the effects of her words on the sisters.
"He's new?" Caitlin queried quickly sensing something amiss with that, he must have been sent here for Buffy then.
"Yeah, he just started," she didn't see anything wrong with that but how could she didn't know what his real occupation was. "He was a curator at a British Museum or the British Museum I'm not sure but he knows everything. He brought all these historical volumes and biographies and am I the single most dullest person alive?"
Caitlin couldn't help but smile at the babble the redhead had just done, she seemed to like Mr Giles and her appreciation for knowledge was refreshing for the teenager seeing as most kids hated it "Not at all," Buffy nodded in agreement but Caitlin wasn't too sure why it wasn't dull for her but then her sister did surprise her, sometimes.
Two guys approached the bench where they were sat and Caitlin recognised one of them as Xander but the other guy she wasn't familiar with "Hey you guys busy? Are we interrupting? We're interrupting," Xander sat on the wall behind the three girls and put his feet on the bench whereas the unnamed male stood in front of them.
"Hey," Buffy and Caitlin greeted at the same time, so maybe they could understand how they were mistook for twins.
"Hey there," the unknown male responded not in the least but phased
Willow followed up by making the introductions "Buffy, Caitlin this is Jesse and that is Xander."
"Oh Me, Caitlin and Buffy go way back old friends, very close," Buffy looked at him whilst Caitlin just ate her lunch knowing that her comment still played on his mind as he spoke to her sister and if she looked she would probably laugh but not in a mean way. "Then that period of estrangement, where I think we were all growing as people but now here we are like old times. I'm quiet moved." He finished and Buffy nodded at first not knowing what to say, she wasn't used to jokers other than her sister whose humour was mainly dry and sarcastic.
"Is it me or are you turning into a bibbling Idiot?" Jesse replied and everyone turned to face him.
Xander didn't know what was up with him but he knew he sounded lame and idiotic "No, it's uh not you," he looked confused and had a lost puppy look on his face.
"Well it's nice to meet you guys I think," Jesses sat down as Buffy spoke; Caitlin nodded not knowing what else to say and lately not one for words. Xander jumped over the bench to be on the other side near Jesse.
Jesse got out his lunch as he spoke "We wanted to welcome you, make you feel at home, unless you have a scary home." Buffy glanced slyly at her sister but didn't notice any tensing so she smiled at the boy, who seemed just as strange as Xander only he didn't babble.
Xander searched his bag and pulled out what he had found on the floor earlier "And to return this," both blondes' eyes bulged out at seeing the stake in his hand, Buffy knew she had to come up with an excuse and fast "The only thing I can think is that you're building a really little fence."
The older summers quickly grabbed the stake and fumbled out an excuse "uh...no, um...It was for self-defence. Everyone has them in LA Pepper spray is just so passé," Caitlin looked bewildered by her sister's excuse knowing it was positively lame, she also wondered how her sister knew that word.
Xander started to talk to Buffy so Caitlin turned to Willow who was being left out "So you have sixth free...want to help me catch up too, like Buffy said I know stuff but It's kinda knowing which stuff to know," she took a bite of her sandwich and waited for Willow to answer.
Willow chewed quickly having just taken a bite when the younger girl asked her the question, she had decided meeting new people was fun but was in no rush to do it again because the sisters seemed cool enough. "I'd be happy to help you catch up to, but to where we are now or ahead?" it was a geeky question but she wanted to know the extent of Caitlin's preferences.
"Ahead would be good you know less revision for exams and plus I don't think I've got anything better to do other than unpack," she kept her voice light so Willow knew she wanted to be ahead for the sake of it and maybe because of interest which was good because then she could discuss things with someone from now on.
"Are these guys bothering you?" everyone turned to see Cordelia looking at Buffy, she had decided Caitlin was a lost cause and didn't care what she did.
"Uh, No" Buffy answered simply, not understanding the look of horror splayed across Cordelia's face. A year ago that would have been the look on Buffy's face as well but the blonde didn't seem to register that.
Willow quickly spoke, she clearly babbled when nervous "She's not hanging out with us," shaking her head as she spoke. Caitlin tuned the rest of the conversation out looking at Willow's down cast eyes, she nudged the older girl as Cordelia spoke to her sister and when Willow looked up she smiled a small smile at her and got one in return. Her head snapped up at the mention of a dead guy.
"What?" Buffy said shocked that someone was found dead on her first day and the first thing she thought of was vampire and it seemed to mirror Caitlin's thoughts too.
"What are you talking about?" Willow seemed to regain some of her confidence when she spoke
"Some guy was stuffed in Aura's locker," she kept her gaze on Buffy as she spoke as if looking at anyone else would turn her into a loser
"Dead?" Caitlin repeated she didn't want it to be supernatural not after what happened back in Hemery she honestly didn't want to burn down another gym and end up...
"Totally dead. Way dead" Cordelia interrupted Caitlin's chain of thought and the young teen could almost kiss the popular kid.
"Not just a little dead?" Xander's remark was sarcastic drawing Cordelia's attention
"Don't you have an elsewhere to be?" she replied looking disgusted to even be talking to him. Caitlin's eyes glazed over as Buffy tried to get information from Cordelia, a part of her didn't want to get involved but if her sister was in trouble then she would help.
Buffy noticed her sisters state and decided to go check it out "I gotta book, I'll...I'll see you guys later," she picked her stuff up and leant down to her sisters ear "Don't worry," Caitlin nodded and Buffy stroked her hand over her sisters messy hair and walked off. Caitlin continued to eat her lunch, Jesse and Xander chatted away happily but Willow noticed the glazed look in Caitlin's eyes but didn't mention it because she didn't know what it was about.
~GU:CM~
Caitlin sighed in relief the school day was over and now she could go pick up the Tasmanian devil and head home to help her 10 year old sister unpack, she saw willow approaching her "Want company walking home?" Caitlin smiled at Willow's thoughtfulness even if the older girl didn't know where she lived.
"It would be appreciated but I'm on pick up duty...Gotta go pick the baby sis up from elementary and I don't know which way you live so I don't want to disrupt the flow," both walked out of the main doors and headed down the steps until they reached the street. Caitlin turned to face Willow "How about I ask my sister if she wants to meet you and maybe you could pick her up with me...maybe?" Dawn had always wanted to hang out with her friends but her friends back in LA were not child friendly at all but Willow would be good for Dawn, if they became friends.
Willow nodded "That would be cool," she wouldn't mind meeting the youngest Summers because it meant meeting someone new and the prospect of helping a child learn was making her excited, both teens said their goodbyes and headed in different directions.
Caitlin arrived at her sister's school about 10 minutes later and she spotted Dawn waiting at the bottom of the steps she was on her own but she was waving to a car so she assumed her baby sister had made a friend and they left already. The older sister made her way over to her younger sister and Dawn's face light up as she saw Caitlin approaching. Dawn got on better with Caitlin then she did Buffy for a few simple reasons, such as Caitlin didn't mind sharing her stuff with her and always made time for her, even if she was going to hang out with her friends. Whereas Buffy could never do that, she felt her stuff was too expensive to lend to her baby sister and her friends came first. Dawn knew about Buffy being the slayer simply because she caught the two of them sneaking in and out at all hours, so they had to explain it to her and they were pleased to find their little sister just wanted to be in on the secret. Caitlin knew Dawn didn't know about her actually being her half-sister and it never occurred to her to find out her sisters last name, as it always was Summers when Hank was around as he hated the hyphened version not liking to think she was someone else's and the 10 year old didn't know what happened for them to be kicked out of school either. Caitlin sat next to her sister and nudged her with her shoulder "Good day Taz?"
Dawn nodded vigorously "I met some new people and a girl named Janice helped me get everything I needed and let me hang out with her and her friends, plus the teachers are super nice." Dawn stood up and went to grab her bag but Caitlin slung it over her shoulder as she stood up leaving Dawn with nothing to carry but it suited the young girl fine. Caitlin put her arm over her sister's shoulder bringing her closer to her side and again Dawn didn't mind, she liked the contact "Did you make any friends?" she looked up to see her sister looking forward.
Caitlin looked down when she felt eyes on her "Yeah I met a few new people and only one person so far struck me a friend material, she's...kinda geeky but not in an in your face sort of way," Caitlin explained as she looked back up.
"How'd you met her?" Dawn was surprised her sister wanted to hang out with a geek even if she was a nerd herself; her last friends were far from geeky and usually skipped school altogether and she had heard rumours they took drugs and used free time to have sex and break the law. She knew her sister had never been arrested but she didn't know what her sister got up to and some part of her was afraid to find out.
Caitlin let out a small laugh "Buff met a new friend the popular kind and when Cordelia, the popular kid, saw Willow, geeky kid, she started insulting her clothing and Willow is kinda innocent and Cordelia dug her claws into that as well...so I followed Willow leaving Buffy to her new friend and we talked...she's nice you might like her and she's only a year older than me 'cause she skipped a grade, would you like to meet her sometime?" Dawn nodded with a huge grin and looked forward again. They walked in silence for a few blocks until they turned down their road "Race ya home," with that Dawn ran off knowing Caitlin said that but would give her a head start. Counting to ten Caitlin allowed Dawn to get some distance on her then ran after her sister and easily caught up and arrived home half a minute before Dawn did, "C'mon slowpoke let's get your room sorted," Caitlin opened the door and immediately started up the stairs, Dawn closed the door then followed her sister to her room.
~GU:CM~
The Teenaged Summers girls were in Buffy's room looking for an outfit for the girl to wear to the Bronze, Buffy picked up two dresses and they were both to the extreme one was leather and the other was a flowery summer dress. Buffy held the first dress up in front of her and looked in the mirror "Hi! I'm an enormous slut," she smiled as she heard the rare laughter coming from her sister's mouth; she switched dressed "Hello. Would you like a copy of 'The Watchtower'?" Caitlin continued to laugh. Buffy turned to look at the younger girl occupying her bed "I used to be so good at this," she moped to her and the laughing died down until it stopped but the mirth remained in the identical green eyes.
Joyce entered Buffy's room having heard the laughter drifting from it, she smiled at how comfortable Caitlin seemed in the new town and the new house because after the incident she would never relax for more than a second and even her sleep was short "Hi girls" she greeted and both replied "hey" cheerfully. Joyce set the laundry basket down on a chair in the room and proceeded to retrieve her oldest daughter's clean washing, "Are you going out tonight?" she asked Buffy having seen her with both dressed.
"Yeah we're going to a club," Buffy replied absent-mindedly.
"Oh. Will there be boys there?" Joyce asked sounding slightly suspicious of this club Buffy was going to, what she didn't know was that Caitlin would be joining her sister for some much needed dancing to help her relax more.
"No Mom, it's a nun club," Caitlin said back with a straight face but it was clear she was joking and Buffy snorted with laughter at seeing their moms face.
Joyce rolled her eyes at Caitlin's humour and continued to talk to Buffy "Well...just be careful."
Buffy and Caitlin nodded "We will," they replied simultaneously but seemed unaffected by this as it happened too often for them to be shocked anymore.
"Wait, we?" Joyce asked sounded confused, she thought it was just Buffy going but now Caitlin was too, it would be the first time Caitlin wanted to go out since everything back in LA.
"Yeah hoping Willow will be there," Caitlin nodded her head agreeing with her own plan; Joyce knew who Willow was because they had talked about their days during dinner earlier.
Joyce's smile was filled with that of hope "You know I think we can make it work here, I've got my positive energy flowing," she finished with Buffy's clothing and came to stand by the bed and lifted her hand to play with Caitlin's stylishly messy hair. "I'm gonna get the gallery on its feet," Buffy paid attention to her mother as she carried on trying to find an outfit, Caitlin knew what she wanted but was waiting for Buffy's seal of approval on it before she changed "We may have found a space today."
"That's great," Buffy smiled at her mother before turning back around to search her clothing again, she spent a good hour getting ready usually and most of that time was deciding what to wear and what shoes went with the outfit.
"That school is a very nurturing environment, which is what you both need," Caitlin just nodded knowing her mother was on her nurturing issue, does she enough or not enough so she left her mother too it.
"Well, actually..." Buffy started to speak but Joyce cut her off anticipating what Buffy was going to say even if it was totally different from what the blonde had in mind.
Joyce stopped playing with Caitlin's hair because she didn't want to ruin it too much "Oh, not too nurturing. I know you're both teenagers. I've read all about the dangers of over-nurturing," Buffy approached the bed where she lead her outfit for the night out and looked at her mother who continued to talk, "It's hard, a new town and everything. It is for me too," Both girls nodded seriously both by the tone in their mothers voice and knowing it was true. "I'm trying to make it work, I'm going to make it work," she grabbed a hand from each girl in her hands; they both replied that they knew "You're good girls, you just fell in with the wrong crowd. But that is all behind us now," she looked hopeful and proud.
"It is from now on. I'm only going to hang out with the living," Joyce looked confused by what Buffy said and Caitlin nudged her sister with her foot for her to correct the sentence, Buffy grabbed her clothing "I mean lively...people."
Joyce looked appeased by the correction and wished them a good night and left the room "gees Buff give it out easily or what, that's like four times today," the younger teen mocked as Buffy started to get dressed. Caitlin got up and made her way to her room and sat down next to her outfit which consisted of tight black hipsters, a black tank top, a white shirt and a fitted leather jacket and she decided to wear her boots with the outfit and after her sister approved of the choice she got ready in a matter of minutes.
~GU:CM~
Caitlin was not pleased, she was looking at her sister and some random guy that had followed them talking, he had admitted he was a vampire by joking about not biting. They had been talking for a few seconds and she already didn't like him, before he left he gave her a present which intrigued her so she approached and looked over her sister shoulder, Buffy opened it and saw a silver cross "The cocky bastard knows who you are sis," Caitlin commented as she watched the guy disappear into the night.
"Yeah I guess he does," Buffy put the cross back and put the box in her pocket, "C'mon lets go" she turned and headed towards the Bronze, Caitlin obediently followed her sister and before long they were approaching the Bronze "You sure you want to go?" Buffy asked her sister a final time needing to know that she was positive, Caitlin rolled her eyes in annoyance but nodded nonetheless. They paid to get in and Caitlin immediately started bouncing her head to the song, she looked around not paying attention to her sister for a while until Buffy tugged on her arm slightly and pointed over to the bar. Arriving there they saw Willow sat on her own so they flanked her sides, "Hey."
"Oh, hi. Hi"
"Are you here with someone?" Caitlin asked as she sat down, if she was they didn't want to disturb her.
"No. I'm just here, I thought Xander was gonna show up," Willow looked slightly nervous glancing at everyplace that herself and Buffy were looking, Buffy and Caitlin ordered their drinks.
"Oh! Are you guys going out?" Buffy seemed excited with relationship talk, it had been a couple of months since her last boy and wanted the down low on Willow's relationship, Caitlin gave Buffy a knowing glance but her sister pointedly ignored her.
"No, we're just friends. We used to go out, but we broke up," Willow replied looking down at her drink and then back up at Buffy.
"How come?" Buffy picked up her recently delivered drink and started to take a few sips
"He stole my Barbie," Caitlin couldn't help but laugh at that because it was so immature and it had to have happened a while ago, she was glad she hadn't been drinking "Oh we were five," Buffy's face turned understanding, Caitlin picked up her glass and started to drink. "I don't actually date a whole lot...lately," Caitlin could see where this was headed and she wanted out, she had only ever had one boyfriend and she was not willing to discuss it. Caitlin signalled to the dance floor getting a nod from her sister so she got up and left, she wanted a release and this is how she got it by dancing even if it was a little moshing and she was glad she left her drink with her sister.
After the song she felt relaxed and made her way back to where she left her drink and her sister only to notice Willow was on her own, "Hey where's Buffy?" she asked as she sat down, Willow looked surprised she had eve returned, Caitlin downed her drink and sighed feeling refreshed.
"Oh, she said she would be back," Willow turned to face Caitlin fully, "Do you know Buffy's Philosophy" Caitlin nodded knowing it very well seeing as it often got her in trouble "Do you believe in it?"
"I guess I do I mean if you live in the past you aren't gonna get anywhere but too much 'moment' can get you in trouble trust me," she turned to look over at the dance floor, "Dancing is a good way to live in the moment, you don't have to worry just feel the music that's how I live in the moment," she titled her head to look at Willow and smiled.
Willow could tell Caitlin enjoyed dancing simply by the way she spoke about it, and was shocked when Caitlin grabbed her hand and tugged her up "What are you doing?" Willow didn't want to know the answer but asked anyways.
"I'm taking you to the dance floor, and if you don't feel comfortable just stand to the side and watch how people do it until you do," Caitlin released her hand and headed to the middle where she let loose and danced to her heart's content, loosing track of time. Caitlin noticed Buffy rushing past her moments later and followed her "Buff what's up?"
"Vampire took Willow," she didn't need to say anymore and both of them felt an overwhelming guilt settle on their chest knowing it was partly their fault she had been taken. As they left the Bronze they walked into Xander.
"Leaving already?" the young man asked.
"Xander, have you seen Willow?" Caitlin asked quickly, she needed to know that the redhead was alright and that it wasn't her fault she was taken.
"Not tonight, no." Xander didn't seem too concerned but then again he didn't know Willow had gone off with a vampire to become its next snack.
"She left with a guy," Buffy started but Xander interrupted her
"We're talking about Willow? Scoring at the Bronze! Work it, girl," he was pleased for his friend; she was cute and was glad she could pick up men.
"No, I need to find her. Where would he take her?" Buffy was in a desperate rush, her thoughts similar to that of her sisters, if Willow died it would be her fault for giving Willow that advice.
"Why? Oh, hey I hope he's not a vampire, because then you might have to slay him," Xander was clearly trying to be funny but both sisters looked back at him as they had just started to walk off to find Willow.
"Was there...a school bulletin, was it in the newspaper? Is there anyone in this town who doesn't know I'm the slayer?" Buffy started to rant, her secret was out and she wasn't happy about it and after the mystery guy and Giles her tolerance level was well below normal
"I know you *think* you're the slayer and the reason why..." Xander wanted to tell them how he had discovered about Buffy being a slayer.
"Whatever. It doesn't matter. Just tell us where would Willow go?" Caitlin interrupted Xander before he could make any crazy comments or witty remarks time was of the essence and they were seriously wasting time.
"You're serious" Xander looked between both sisters in astonishment; he thought it was some stupid fantasy but they were way too serious for it to be that.
"We don't find her, and there's gonna be one more dead body in the morning," Buffy leant in towards him and peered up at him, her game face was on and she had little time to use pleasantries or soften the blow, they need to get Willow and they needed to get to her now.
"Uh...um probably the ice cream shop" Caitlin and Buffy both grabbed him and dragged him with them.
"Lead the way" Buffy said as they let him go on the main street and Xander quickly took off in the right direction, Buffy and Caitlin were quick to follow.
~GU:CM~
"Buffy!" Caitlin called as she stopped by the Cemetery, if the guy was a vampire then this is where he would take her, "They're probably in here" she said pointing in the cemeteries direction, Buffy jogged to where he sister was and saw her pointing in the vampires resting place and nodded. They all started to rush through looking for signs of Willow or the vampire.
They all turned when they heard a feminine scream and rushed over to a mausoleum "Both of you stay behind me," Caitlin looked like she was about to shake her head but this wasn't both of them this time it was other people who could get hurt so she agreed, they entered the tomb in a hast and saw Willow and Jesse in the corner with two vampires in front of them, "Well...this is nice, it's a little bare, but...a dash of paint...a few throw pillows...call it home!" Buffy had effectively gotten their attention and walked further into the mausoleum
"Who the hell are you?" the female vampire asked as she watched Buffy walk around, you could hear the annoyance in her voice even if you couldn't see it on her face.
"You mean there's actually someone in this town who *doesn't* know already? Phew that's a relief. I'm telling you having a secret identity in this town is a job of work," the teen was mocking them but you could hear some sort of relief in her voice which had Caitlin rolling her eyes, her sister was such a drama queen.
"Buffy we bail now right," Xander asked looking at the scene in front of him and he wanted to be gone as quickly as possible and he wanted to get going now.
"Not yet," the male vampire was curt and barely took his attention off of Buffy whilst answered Xander
"Ok, first of all, what's with the outfit? Live in the now OK? You look like DeBarge," Buffy was full on fashion rant and looking in between both vampires trying not to look disgusted, everyone else looked quiet shocked she was giving a vampire fashion advise seeing as he wanted to kill all of them "Now, we can do this the hard way or... well, actually, there's just the hard way" she focused on the female sensing that she was the stronger one of the two and more dangerous.
"That's fine with me," came the cocky reply, she wanted to play with her food and the new girl was proving to be fascinating
"Are you sure? Now this is not gonna be pretty. We're talking violence, strong language, adult content..." the male lunged and Buffy's back and she quickly staked him, not looking bothered by it "see what happens when you roughhouse?" her voice was condescending and taunting, Caitlin didn't think it was smart to mock them but let her sister get on with it.
"He was young and stupid," the female looked shocked but kept her ground as she mainly defended herself and showing she was indeed stronger as well as older.
"Xander, Caitlin Go!" Caitlin rushed over to Willow as her sister and the blonde vampire engaged in fighting, she helped the redhead up and then helped Xander with Jesse then hurried out of there before more vampires came
"Don't go far," the voice echoed out behind them and it wasn't Buffy's voice but it seemed to panic the other three whereas it made Caitlin want to stake the vampire herself
"We'll get the police! It's just a few blocks up!" Willow said as she ran along with the other three, she clearly wasn't used to vampires it seemed.
"Not going to help Willow," Caitlin said as she tightened her hold on the weakened Jesse, he was suffering from light-headedness due to the blood loss but they were lucky he could still walk, suddenly all four of them stopped as they saw lots of vampires in front of them "this is not good," Caitlin remarked as the vampires came at them.
Please tell me how you found it, I have debated not putting this story up at all because I'm not sure what people will think about it.
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