BUFFY REIMAGINED Origins

by Stuart Reinke-williams

A series of One shot stories about the characters from my Buffy the Vampires Slayer Reimagined book series. It will take place before Buffy came to Sunnydale and is intended to flesh out more of each characters histories. (All rights to Buffy of course are owned by Joss Whedon and no copyright infringement intended)

1. Chapter 1

A series of One shots exploring the characters in my Buffy REIMAGINED story before the slayer came to Sunnydale.

Samantha - The witches beginning

Growing up it was always clear she was special, from her earliest memory of her mother telling her she was magical to actually finding out that she had magical powers Samantha knew there was something that set her apart from all the other children at the academy she was raised at.

For a start Sam always knew she preferred girls to boys, something about the way girls acted they always seemed more sensible at least in her mind.

When she was Fifteen her mother Ann explained that the academy had a secret, it wasn't just a magical place for witches but also had a part called the Watchers council. They apparently trained girls called Slayers to fight against Vampires, demons and pretty much all the evil in the world. Sam always felt this was pretty unfair as exactly how did anyone expect one girl to take on not to mention beat all of the undead in the world on their own.

As luck would have it Samantha or Sam as she much preferred to be called had been selected to be the first to take part in the joint Witches and Watchers seeers division which would be put in place to help train and assist not just young witches but Slayers too.

the Council also felt such a move would also help whoever watched over the Slayer putting less pressure on him or indeed her if the Watcher was a woman.

Sams ' first assignment would take her to Sunnydale where a young witch named Willow Rosenberg was is need of training to use her magical gifts. Being thrilled to be given a assignment this big so quickly she grabbed it and soon started loving her role as mentor, never did she dream she and Willow would actually fall in love, that part was a massive bonus on both their parts.

Name Samantha (Sam) Barnes. Nationality American

Job Watchers/Witches Council training division Status Level 3 Witch ( There are 10 levels)

Age 17

Parents Ann and Robin Barnes

Love interest Girlfriend Willow Rosenberg

Allies Willow, Giles, Buffy, Xander, Dawn

Foes Any Vampires and Demons