AN: My first attempt at a non AU fic. This part is really, really short and
I promise the next chapters are longer. The story is set 4 years after
season 6. Tara didn't die. Spike never returned to Sunnydale. Read and the
story will explain, I think. Let me know what you think.
Prologue
Sunnydale 2005
Buffy wandered through the familiar cemetery, not even looking up. She knew the grounds by heart and didn't really need to see where she was going. It was a quiet night, slayage wise. All she had encountered was two fledglings. Buffy knew why. After all, the last nine years or so, on the hellmouth, had taught her one thing. Whenever an apocalypse was approaching, the demon world had a tendency to either run off in fear or hide to plot their evil part in it.
This apocalypse was no different. Four weeks ago she had first heard of ' the Daywalkers '
She had run into a fledgling who had pleaded with her; " Don't kill me. I'll tell you about the Daywalkers if you don't" Buffy had held her stake and shrugged before responding; "Kinda hard to kill something that's already dead", before letting her stake plunge through the vampires chest. Before the dust had even settled she heard hands clapping. She whirled around to see where it came from.
Out of the shadows by a mausoleum stepped a bronze-skinned, tall man with long, black hair.
"So this is the infamous slayer", the dark-haired man had said in American, slightly tinted with a weird accent. His black eyes studied her.
"Doesn't that entrance and line ever get old? I've got to tell you, if you want to impress a girl you really need to come up with new material", Buffy said, referring to her first encounter with Spike, Dracula and several others later. She sensed the 'thing' in front of her was a vampire, but something was off. This wasn't like anything else she had encountered.
Before any other words were exchanged, Buffy launched an attack. She did a couple of roundhouse kicks and sent 'the vampire' flying. He didn't resist. He just smiled at her. When she came close and tried a left hook, he caught her wrist. As she tried to throw a punch with her right arm he caught her right wrist as well.
"Tsk, tsk. Whatever happened to the introductions? Allow me. I'm Teb Ankh and this" he tilted his head to his right, where a raven-haired beauty had stepped out from the shadows, "is my sister Sha-het-nem." He released his grip and both of them smiled at Buffy.
Buffy didn't waste any time conjuring up a stake and plunged it through Teb Ankh's chest. He just laughed and pulled it out.
"You actually believe you can destroy me, with the same means you use on the pitiful nightwalkers?", he asked. He slapped Buffy with his backhand and it was Buffy's turn to go flying across the cemetery from his forceful blow. Buffy crouched up, a little dizzy and wiped the blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.
"Fear not, Slayer. I shan't kill you. I want you to be here, when we bring an end to this world, and claim our throne to make this world our own. You'll make a nice little slave." With that he had left
Prologue
Sunnydale 2005
Buffy wandered through the familiar cemetery, not even looking up. She knew the grounds by heart and didn't really need to see where she was going. It was a quiet night, slayage wise. All she had encountered was two fledglings. Buffy knew why. After all, the last nine years or so, on the hellmouth, had taught her one thing. Whenever an apocalypse was approaching, the demon world had a tendency to either run off in fear or hide to plot their evil part in it.
This apocalypse was no different. Four weeks ago she had first heard of ' the Daywalkers '
She had run into a fledgling who had pleaded with her; " Don't kill me. I'll tell you about the Daywalkers if you don't" Buffy had held her stake and shrugged before responding; "Kinda hard to kill something that's already dead", before letting her stake plunge through the vampires chest. Before the dust had even settled she heard hands clapping. She whirled around to see where it came from.
Out of the shadows by a mausoleum stepped a bronze-skinned, tall man with long, black hair.
"So this is the infamous slayer", the dark-haired man had said in American, slightly tinted with a weird accent. His black eyes studied her.
"Doesn't that entrance and line ever get old? I've got to tell you, if you want to impress a girl you really need to come up with new material", Buffy said, referring to her first encounter with Spike, Dracula and several others later. She sensed the 'thing' in front of her was a vampire, but something was off. This wasn't like anything else she had encountered.
Before any other words were exchanged, Buffy launched an attack. She did a couple of roundhouse kicks and sent 'the vampire' flying. He didn't resist. He just smiled at her. When she came close and tried a left hook, he caught her wrist. As she tried to throw a punch with her right arm he caught her right wrist as well.
"Tsk, tsk. Whatever happened to the introductions? Allow me. I'm Teb Ankh and this" he tilted his head to his right, where a raven-haired beauty had stepped out from the shadows, "is my sister Sha-het-nem." He released his grip and both of them smiled at Buffy.
Buffy didn't waste any time conjuring up a stake and plunged it through Teb Ankh's chest. He just laughed and pulled it out.
"You actually believe you can destroy me, with the same means you use on the pitiful nightwalkers?", he asked. He slapped Buffy with his backhand and it was Buffy's turn to go flying across the cemetery from his forceful blow. Buffy crouched up, a little dizzy and wiped the blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.
"Fear not, Slayer. I shan't kill you. I want you to be here, when we bring an end to this world, and claim our throne to make this world our own. You'll make a nice little slave." With that he had left