Buffy Has A Secret (Or A Few)
Disclaimer- I don't own BTVS or any characters.
Time Set- Almost 17 years after the big battle. More specifically, almost 17 years after Spike died.
Chapter 1;
Return to Sunnydale
Everything seemed over in a single moment. No matter how long it had been since then, it still weighed on my mind, pulling me back to all those memories. Not like I could ever escape them.
"I love you." The world was literally crumbling down around us, and I didn't care. All I cared about was him.
"No you don't. But thanks for saying it." And just like that, all of it was gone. The vampires were gone. The schol was about to be gone. And most of all, he was gone. My life, my purpose; Spike was dead. Spike was gone and I didn't even get a chance to tell him anything.
"MOM!" I snapped out of my day dream, turning my glance to the passanger seat. "The lights green." My 16-year-old daughter smiled at me. That beautiful, big, bright white smile. Her ivory skin and blonde hair, curling into little ringlits all over her face.
"Sorry, Willa. I was day dreaming." Willamina Twilight Summers. Maybe I was biased, but my daughter was the most beautiful girl in the world. So much from me, but so so much from her father. Especially that smile.
She smiled at me. "It's ok. I understand. Coming back here, after all this time." This was the first time Willa would be seeing Sunnydale. After the final battle I moved to L.A. to be with family, who helped me raise and take care of Willa. Making the decision to come back was hard, especially because I left everyone without saying a word. Somehow, though not surprising, Giles found me and gave me a call. Things were happening and he needed me. I had no choice.
"What do you think, kiddo?" We passed the old high school. Of course the new one was built over the remains, same layout and everything. Even though I knew it was different, it didn't change the funny feeling I got in my stomach.
"It's...tiny." Was her only response. All I could do was laugh. Same as me. Just seeing a little town with nothing to do. As we approached the Magic Box, my stomach dropped. When I left, I hadn't told Willow, Xander or Giles a thing. Not even that I was pregnant. When Giles called it was the first time I had spoken with him since I left. I didn't feel like it was the right time to tell him I had a 16-year-old daughter. We'd leave that surprise for face-to-face.
I parked the car a block down from the Magic Box. Willa and I both got out of the car. I had always been honest with my daughter, about everything. So it wasn't a shock to me that when she got out of the car she looked around her, making sure nothing bad was near. She was such a great fighter. Like me. And her father. She walked with me to the door. I took a deep breath and stepped in, Willa close behind me. I looked over to the room below the loft to see three familiar faces. Xander, Willow and Giles.
"Buffy?" The all questioned as they stood up.
"I really didn't think you'd come." Giles said with a gentle laugh in his British accent. The walked over to me, their expressions changing when they saw another person standing behind me.
"Who's the kid?" Xander asked, looking her up andd own.
I put my arm around her, trying to make her less tense. I wanted her to know that there people would now be her new family, much as they were mine.
"Yes, who is this child?" Giles asked, examining her features. I didn't have to tell him anything, because he could just guess. He took a single look into Willa's eyes and knew. "Oh my." Was his only response. He walke doff into the side room, probably to grab a book or something so he could figure out how this is possible.
"Buffy?" Willow questined. "Who is she?" I took another breath. Though it didn't matter, since some loud mouth already beat me to it.
"Well, since my Mom sucks with conversations, I'm Willa, her daughter. Nice to meet ya!" Their mouths almost hit the floor.
"You have a kid?" Xander asked. I nodded. "Well, damn! Sure doesn't look like it!" I chuckled. Xander could always make me laugh with his off-the-wall comments.
"She's beautiful, Buffy." Willow gave me a hug. "And I like her name."
"Thanks! What's your name?" Willa was so bubbly and good with meeting people. I was luck to have a daughter like her.
"Willow." Willa smiled and turned to me.
"Are you sure I'm not named after her? Like I believe you about being named after my dad, but Willa and Willow?" She was such a sarcastic one, but I loved her.
"Oh, cool! What's this stuff?!" She ran over to the table and started invetigating spell books and books about demons.
"Is she aloud to look at that stuff?" Willow asked as we followed her over. I nodded.
"She knows everything, Wil. All of it. I knew it would become too hard to hide it from her an-"
"Buffy!" Giles yelled from the side room. I excused myself and followed his voice. I met him in the side room where he sat, sweat covering his brow and a big old thick book opened on his lap. Everytime he turned the page dust flew up into the air, nearly suffocating him.
"Yeah, Giles?" I went over and sat by him, already knowing where this conversation was going.
"How the hell did this happen?!" He questioned, flipping a page. "I mean I know how, but...HOW?!" I sighed and began to explain things.
"Spike fought to get his soul back, Giles. And when I died and came back..I was different. He was different. I found out the morning of the final battle. Giles.." I looked at him, teary eyed. "All I ever wanted to do was tell him and now he's gone. This is the one thing I could never tell Willa." I shed a single tear. "Giles, how am I supposed to tell her that her father was a vampire? What is she going to think of me? That I'm absolutely insane?"
Giles sighed and closed the book, since he had found all the answers he was looking for. "She will think that you are her mother and she loves you. And that there were some things you just couldn't tell her right away." Giles always had a way of amking things better. Or worse. Depending on the situation. I dried my tears and stood up.
"Well, that's for another day. I just moved her cities, schools and now she has to learn to exist with people she doesn't know. I think that's enough for a little while." Giles nodded, agreeing. They walked back out to join the others.
"Mom these books are so cool! They're so much better than the ones we have at the library in L.A." I smiled, happy to see how interested she was in everything.
"Willa, do you want to show Mr. Giles and everyone what we've been practicing on?" Willa sighed then nodded, bored with what I was about to have her do. We all went into the training room.
"So what's she going to do?" Giles asked. "Is she a gymnast? Do you have her in cheerleading like you always liked?" I laughed and walked over to her.
"You ready kid?" I whispered to her. She nodded, that evil smirk in her eyes, much like her fathers always had. And with that, she dove at my, jamming an elbow towards my chest that I blocked just in time.
She spun around and kicked at me, hitting me in the shoulder and knocking me over. She jammed her elbow into my back and knocked me to the ground. I jumped back up, throwng a few fists her way, all of which she blocked, not forgetting to swing her leg uder mine and knock me down. She put me on the ground, and threw her fist in my face. Both of us a little out of breath, got off the ground and brushed off.
"So can you tell she's mine?" I asked the gang. They laughed and nodded.
"You definitely get your fighting from your mom." Willow told her.
Willa laughed. "That's funny. She says I got it from my dad since he was the only one who could ever knock her on her ass." Willa looked around at all the weapons and the practice dummies. "Uhm, can I stay in her and mess around?" Giles nodded.
"Of course! Help yourself to any training equipment in here you'd like. I think we'd all like to catch up with your mom." We walked back out into the shop and sat at the table with the books.
"So what's been going on guys?" I asked, but everyone seemed preoccupied with Willa.
"So, her dad?" Willow questioned, crossing her arms across her chest. "Who exactly is that, Buffy?" I sighed. I wanted to cry again.
"It's Spike. I don't want to explain how it happened, but all I know is I have this beautiful little girl missing half her soul who can drop a vampire in about 5 seconds."
"Half a soul?" She questioned. "But wouldn't that mean she's a vampire, too?"
I sighed again. They couldn't take the hint and leave it alone. "Listen, I've told her the truth about a lot of things. But there are some things that she can't know. Not yet. She's only changed one time, and she was eight. She wrecked her bike and got really angry and it happened. Since then, it hasn't. And she doesn't remember it. I want to keep it that way for a little while. Besides, she just figured out she can cast spells. She doesn't need to figure out how to be a vampire, too."
Willow nodded, understanding. "Buffy, all that matters is you're back here with us." She gave me a big hug. God did I miss these guys.
"Now, really," I started, pulling away from the hug. "What's going on?"
Giles sat down and flipped open a page of the book and began explaining things more to me.
Willa POV.
If any vampires come near me I'll kick their asses and turn them into dust. I kicked the practice dummy to hell and back, steaking it right where the heart would be on a vamp. I was lucky to have a mom like I do. She's such a badass. A vampire slayer? No one can say their mom is that cool. My mom kills monsters for a living. I hope I can be just like her some day.
With the skills I got from her, and apprently the great fighitng skills I got from my dad, too, I should be an ultimate fighter. I hope I see a vamp so I can turn him to dust. I'll kick his-
"Ah!" I screeched hearing the back door swing open.
"I knew I smelled slayer blood. You look a little different, Slayer." One of the two vamps said.
"Slayer?" I back into the wall, trying to grab a stake. Now that the time came to fight, I was such a little girl.
The second vamp came close to me and sniffed me up and down, making my heart beat fast.
"I don't smell slayer blood. I smell..William the Bloody blood." The first vamp looked at him like he was crazy.
Since I had a moment to reacted, I kicked the vamp closest to me in the face, getting some room to move around. The other one came towards me, trying to attack. I fought back, kicking and punching him left and right. After cornering him and shoving a stake right through his chest, I turned around and did the same to the other. What a thrill. But who the hell is William the Bloody? And why did they smell and come after me? I exited the practie room, panting and covered in sweat. My mom looked up and smiled.
"Have a good practice?" I shook my head and fell to the floor.
"Yeah, uhm, I just killed two vampires." She ran into the practice room, checking it out as Willow mumbled some words I didn't understand. They made me fell better, though. It took the pain from the few blows I suffered away. I felt like I hadn't even fought those two guys.
"Willa, what did they say to you? Did they hurt you? Are you alright?" My mom looked me up and down. "They must have come through the back door, Giles. What a fucking shock. I come back for a day and they're already stirring up trouble with my kid."
"Mom?" I stopped her. "Who is William the Bloody?"
My moms face said exactly how she felt; Fuck.
Welllllllll? How do ya'll feel about it so far? I tried to lay everything out for you guys so you can understand where it's going to do. Still a LOT I'm going to do with this, but tell me what you think. :3
Spoiler Alert! (Kind of)
All I can say, is Spuffy fans will be extremely happy with this series ;)