Into the Darkness

Prologue

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I sat there looking over the old Watcher's Diaries. In my hands lay the diary of Rupert Giles. He had been the Watcher of not one but two Slayers. Two of the most famous Slayers. Buffy Summers and Faith…I squinted at the page. It had no last name copied down for Faith. Mr. Giles had never known his second Slayer's full name.

I put the diary down and searched through the other journals. Found it! I now held in my hands the diary of Samantha Kyle, Faith's first Watcher. I skimmed through it and vaguely wondered how the Dark Slayer had come to be. She had to have once been more than just an abomination. A menace. At one time or another, she had to have been an ordinary, happy girl.

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Jack stared at the tiny face and shrugged. Another mouth to feed. He sighed and looked down at his older kid. She didn't seem very interested in her baby sister either. Then again, Janet was nine years old and had long ago outgrown that baby-fascination. The two walked into his wife's room.

Instead of any joyful remark, he simply asked, " What're you gonna call the kid?" Amanda shrugged. He turned to his daughter. "You got any ideas?"

Janet who had simply made herself comfy in a hospital chair grabbed one of the magazines from her lap and held up the page. Jack squinted, the article was titled: A Leap of Faith. The man shrugged.

And that was how the dark slayer was welcomed into the room.

A/N: R/R Please