Changing Lives
Buffy had just moved from L.A to the town of Sunnydale. Her parents had divorced about five years ago, and Buffy had lived with her dad, while her sister Dawn lived with her mother. That had all changed when St. Andrew's school for the blind opened in Sunnydale.
Buffy having missed her mother and sister, only being allowed to visit during the summer had jumped at the idea of attending the new school. She explained to her father that she needed to spend time with her mother and sister. After a few hours she finally convinced her father to allow it. The next week, at the beginning of summer she was dropped off in Sunnydale by her father.
"Buffy it's time to wake up." Buffy's mother, Joyce Summers said as she walked passed her youngest daughter's bedroom.
"Thanks mom." Buffy said as she got up and reached for her cane. Since Buffy was allergic to dog hair, this was all that was available.
After spending the first couple of days memorizing the layout of the house Buffy felt confident that she could find her way around by herself. The cane was only used to make sure she didn't bump into anything that was moved or dropped on the floor.
"Hi mom," Buffy said as she sat down at her seat at the table.
"Hey Dawn, could you show me around the neighborhood today?" Buffy asked her sister.
Dawn was a year older than Buffy and had been living in Sunnydale for four years. This was her last year before she graduated.
"How do you always know who's in the room?" Dawn asked her younger sister for the millionth time.
Buffy gave her the same response she always gave her. "I don't know it just felt like you were here. So can you show me around? I've been in the house for the past three days." She said in an almost whiny voice, making her sister smile.
"Sure, we can go right now. You can meet my friends I told them all about you." Dawn said excitedly.
"Great." Buffy said with a smile as she made her way to the closet to get her shoes.
As soon as Buffy left the room Joyce turned to her eldest daughter. "Take care of Buffy Dawn. It isn't safer for her to out there on her own." "Don't worry mom. That happened years ago she's fine now." Dawn said remembering what happened a few months before her parents broke up.
~***~
Dawn was in grade eight and Buffy was in grade Seven. Dawn had a crush on a boy in her class and invited him home with her. She introduced him to her family and when he met Buffy he couldn't take his eyes off her. He spent the rest of the night talking to Buffy and completely ignoring Dawn.
Buffy had sensed her sister's discomfort, and had tried numerous times to draw Dawn into the conversation as well, but was quickly brushed off. Dawn was too jealous at the time to see that her sister didn't understand what was going on and had stormed off to her room at the end of the night.
The next morning when the girls went to the park Dawn had a plan to get back at her sister. Dawn led Buffy further into the park than they had ever been before, and Buffy completely trusting her sister never considered why.
When Dawn thought that they got far enough out she tore her hand out of Buffy's.
"You stole my boyfriend!" Dawn shouted at her sister, who was not prepared for it fell down in shock.
"What?" Buffy asked in a scared whisper. She had never heard her sister yell at her before.
"Don't pretend you don't know." Dawn said in a disgusted voice. "He couldn't keep his eyes of you. The whole night it was Buffy this, and Buffy that."
"I didn't mean to." Buffy said as tears began to form in her eyes.
"You're not going to steal any more of my boyfriends." Dawn said still raging. She then turned around and ran out of the park leaving Buffy disoriented and scared.
"Wait Dawn, please!" Buffy shouted as she fought back her tears but Dawn had already left.
Thankfully Buffy had remembered her address, so when a jogger found her a few hours later she was able to get home.
After thinking about it for a few hours Dawn had felt horrible. She was just about to go out and find Buffy when the jogger that found Buffy was leaving.
Her parents had yelled at her for over an hour, grounded her for two months, and sent her to her room.
Just as Dawn thought that the worst part was over there was a soft knock on her door. "It's Buffy, can I come in?"
"Sure." Dawn said, thinking that Buffy was there to yell at her as well, and knowing that she deserved it.
What Buffy said when she walked in was worse than all the punishments that her parents had given her. "I'm sorry Dawn."
"What are you sorry for?" Dawn asked.
"I don't know. I just made you sad."
That was all Dawn could take. She ran over to her sister and hugged her, crying and apologizing to her over and over again.
Buffy had forgiven her almost immediately, but wanted to know what her sister's friend like about her so much.
This had led to a complicated discussion about why people liked the way Buffy looked more than Dawn, most of which Buffy didn't understand at all.
~***~
"Are you ready to go?" Buffy asked, bringing her mother and sister out of the old memory.
"Yeah, let's go." Dawn said as she took her sister's hand and led her out the door.
After walking for about fifteen minutes Dawn led Buffy to the only place in Sunnydale that was remotely entertaining during the summer, the Bronze.
"This is the only club/hangout in Sunnydale." Dawn explained to her sister. "Willow, Xander, and Faith should be here by now."
"Are those your friends?" Buffy asked. "I think I remember you talking about them in your e-mails."
"That's them." Dawn said as she took her sisters hand and led her to one of the couches.
"Guys I'd like you to meet my little sister Buffy." Dawn said as she introduced her to everyone.
"So what's L.A like?" Xander asked. "It must be cool seeing all those movie stars walking around."
"I'm not really sure, seeing things really isn't my strong suit." Buffy said feeling a little uncomfortable. She wasn't used to being around people that didn't know she was blind.
"What do you mean-" Xander asked before realizing it. He then blushed and started to apologize. It was actually kind of funny to listen to.
Buffy finally took pity on him on stopped him before he made a complete ass of himself. "It's okay. I was also kind of defensive. I don't really know how to act around people that don't know."
The conversation picked up again, but after a while it became clear that Buffy was feeling nervous about asking something.
"What is it Buffy?" Willow asked being the first to notice.
"It's nothing." Buffy said quickly. "You're all just going to think it's weird."
"It's not weird." Dawn said adamantly. She remembered what Buffy did when she first walked into the house.
"What's not weird?" Faith asked curiously.
"Buffy wants to feel your faces." Dawn explained. "It helps her get a mental picture of you, and figure out what you look like."
"Sure go ahead." Faith said as she sat down next to Buffy.
Buffy carefully moved her hands to Faith faces, and gently ran her fingers across her face. She carefully traced out her jaw line, the shape of her nose, her forehead, her ears, her lips, and when her fingers touched Faith's eye lids she let out a soft gasp and pulled her hands back quickly.
"What the matter?" Faith asked in concern. She was actually kid of liking the face massage that Buffy was giving her.
"I don't know. It's just I felt something when I touched your eyes. It's like there's this energy there, I've only felt it a couple of times before. I don't think it means anything." Buffy said.
The scoobies all exchanged panicked glances. They were all thinking the same thing, Buffy was some how able to feel when someone wasn't completely human.
"Why don't you try me next?" Willow asked as she took Faith's spot beside Buffy.
Buffy tentavliey felt Willows face, and when her fingers touched Willows forehead, gasped again and pulled her hands back.
"It happened again. It wasn't the same as with Faith but it was there."
Buffy repeated the process with Xander but didn't feel anything with him. The scoobies didn't know what to think at this point. Buffy was somehow able to figure out who was Human and who wasn't just by touching their faces.
"Hey Buffy do you want to meet Giles? He's the librarian at Sunnydale High." Willow asked.
"Is everyone friends with their teachers here too?" Buffy asked curiously. "I thought that only happened at my school."
"No!" The scoobies said all said at once.
"Okay..." Buffy said confused by their outburst.
"Giles is the librarian, and the only teacher at school that we like." Xander explained.
Before Buffy could respond she was pulled to her feet by someone. "What are you doing sitting with those losers?" the voice asked. It was fairly clear to Buffy that it was a woman.
"Leave her alone." Dawn said as she grabbed onto Buffy's other arm.
"What's going on?" Buffy asked a little panicked as she was pulled in two directions at once.
Dawn and her friends continued to argue with the woman's voice, which only caused Buffy to get more upset.
"Please stop." Buffy pleaded as she began to cry. The constant pulling and yelling had disoriented her.
Dawn and her friends immediately stopped arguing with the strange woman's voice when Buffy started crying. Both Dawn and the woman's voice immediately let go of Buffy and she took a couple of steps away from them before falling onto the couch and curling herself into a ball.
"I'm sorry Buffy." Dawn said as she hugged her sister. "I didn't mean to disorient you." She said remembering how much it upset Buffy when she couldn't tell where anything was.
"What's going on?" Buffy asked in a soft voice.
"That voice I was arguing with was Cordelia Chase. We don't really get along." Dawn said.
"Are you okay?" The concerned voice of the now identified voice of Cordelia asked. "I didn't mean to make you cry."
"It's okay. I just get scared when I can't tell where I am." Buffy said feeling better now that she could tell where everyone was.
"I still feel bad about it. What can I do to make it up for you?" Cordelia asked as she figured out that she had a tug of war for a blind woman.
"Well you could give us a ride to Giles's place." Xander said. The idea of walking had suddenly becoming unappealing to him.
"I didn't ask you." Cordelia snapped.
"Is it far from here?" Buffy asked. "I don't want to put you out of your way."
"Forget about it." Cordelia said offhandedly. "I think I know the way there it should only take a few minutes."
"Thank you." Buffy said as Cordelia took her hand and led her to her car.
As soon as they were out of ear shot Xander was the first to speak. "How did she do that? I don't think I've ever seen Cordelia that nice before."
"That's just the way Buffy is. I haven't met a person yet that didn't like her right away." Dawn said as she followed Buffy and Cordelia out of the Bronze.
"Just stay in the backseat." Cordelia instructed them. "Everybody doesn't have to see me driving you guys around."
Buffy put her hands on the side of the car and looked for the door to the backseat.
Cordelia saw what Buffy was doing and gently led her to the front passenger seat. "When I said that I was talking to them," she said as she closed the door for Buffy.
"I guess the whole nice thing only extends to Buffy." Faith grumbled as everyone else squeezed into the backseat.
During the drive over Cordelia and Buffy talked a bit more and found out that they had a lot in common. They both liked listening to Lincon Park, and the sound of Mel Gibson talking among other things.
"Do you want to come in and talk to ...Giles?" Buffy asked Cordelia as she just remembering the name.
"I don't know. It would be kind of weird talking to one of my teachers outside of school." Cordelia said.
"Come on, it isn't going to be that bad. I'm sure that he's a nice enough person." Buffy said in her most friendly voice.
"Ok, ok you win." Cordelia said with mock annoyance. "I just hope no one finds out that I spent my Saturday hanging out with Faith and her friends."
"Hey," the scoobies all said from the back seat in annoyance.
"Did anyone ever tell you guys that when you argue it's pretty funny?" Buffy said in between laughs.
"Ha, ha," they all said sarcastically as they stepped out of the car, and Dawn led Buffy to Giles's house.
"Is there something wrong?" Giles asked as he opened the door to let the teenagers in.
"Why does there always have to be something wrong when we come to visit?" Faith asked as they all sat down in the living room.
"By the way this is Dawn's sister Buffy." Xander said handling the introductions.
Giles reached out to shake her hand, and immediately noticed that Buffy was blind but decided not to say anything about it. "It is a pleasure to meet you Buffy," he said shaking her hand.
"I like you accent." Buffy said by way of greeting.
"By the way, Buffy can sense when people aren't completely human." Xander interrupted just to see the look on Giles's face.
Giles didn't disappoint. His jaw hit the floor for a moment before he began to explain to Buffy about demons.
"It's okay Giles." Buffy interrupted him. "I already know. Dawn told me a little bit about it in her e-mails."
"Can you demonstrate this ability?" Giles asked.
"I can only tell when I feel your face." Buffy said as she raised her hands.
Giles guided Buffy's hands to his face and waited as she ran his fingers across his face. Buffy stopped after a moment and pulled her hands back.
"It feels the same as Willow. Do the two of you have anything in common?" Buffy asked.
"We both use magic." Giles offered. "It must be what you are sensing."
"That makes sense." Buffy agreed.
"Do you know how you are able to sense these things?" Giles asked.
"I'm not really sure. I guess I was always able to do it. I think I only realized that I could do it a few years ago."
"Can you do anything else we should know about?" Giles asked.
"I can't think of anything else." Buffy said after thinking about it for a moment.
"What about how you can always tell who's in the room with you?" Dawn asked.
"Does that really count? I think it's just intuition." Buffy said.
Buffy, Cordelia, and the scoobies spent the rest of the afternoon testing Buffy's abilities and trying to figure out what else she could do.
"Maybe we should take a break." Buffy suggested. "Dawn told me that the Bronze was even better at night."
"Perhaps you're right Buffy." Giles said as he removed his glasses. "We can start again tomorrow."
"Great." Cordelia said enthusiastically. "You can meet some of my friends." Cordelia said as she led Buffy out of the house.
When they arrived at the Bronze it definitely had a lot more business. In the morning there were only a few people standing around, but know there was a band playing and everyone was on the dance floor.
Cordelia led Buffy to the second floor with Dawn and Faith trailing behind them.
"Hey guys I'd like you to meet Buffy Summers." Cordelia said as she led Buffy to a chair.
"Are you related to Dawn Summers?" one of the bottle blondes asked.
"Yeah, she's my sister. I moved here a couple of days ago." Buffy said happily.
"Where did you used to live?" a brunette asked her curiously.
"I was living with my dad in L.A." Buffy said. "I missed my mom and sister so when St. Andrew's opened I moved here."
"Isn't that the school for the blind?" the blonde asked. "Wait, does that mean you're..." she trailed off.
"Yeah, I've been blind for most of my life." Buffy said.
"Do you have a seeing eye dog?" the brunette asked.
"No I'm-" Buffy said before she was interrupted by the loud crash coming from the first floor. "What was that?"
"I'm not sure. Maybe we should get out of here." Cordelia said as she and everyone else in the club went outside quickly.
During the confusion and the panic Buffy was separated from Cordelia, Faith, and Dawn. Buffy was forced into going the same direction as the rest of the crowd. She just hoped that her friends would find her soon.
"Well aren't you just the cutest little thing." A woman's voice said as she got closer to Buffy.
"Who's there?" Buffy asked feeling panicked. "What's going on? Where is everyone?" Buffy asked as she realized that she couldn't hear anyone else around her.
"They all ran away, and left poor little you all by yourself." The woman's voice said in southern accent.
Buffy could tell by the sound of the voice that whoever was there was really close. A hand wrapped itself around Buffy's waist and pulled her towards the woman, causing Buffy to gasp.
"Who are you?" Buffy asked.
"Glory." The woman said. "I like you cutie, you're the only one that didn't run away."
"Did you make that loud noise at the club?" Buffy asked.
"You know it sweet pee." Glory said smirking. "How come you're not afraid? Don't tell me I'm loosing my touch."
"No, I'm sure that you're very scary." Buffy said with a small smile. "You just have to see it to believe it."
"And you can't." Glory said as she realized why the blonde's eyes couldn't seem to focus on her. "What's your name?"
"I'm Buffy Summers. I don't suppose you could tell me why you're smashing up the club could you?" Buffy asked.
"I need to find my key. It's somewhere in Sunnydale." Glory said getting serious for a moment. "I wonder why I haven't killed you yet? Or at least sucked out your soul?" Glory thought out loud.
"I'm the only one here that isn't afraid of you or trying to find a way to kill you." Buffy said wisely. "If I'm gone who else are you going to talk to?"
"I do have minions you know." Glory said, beginning to like the blonde even more.
"Probably, but how much intelligent conversation can you have with them?" Buffy asked with a smirk.
"Get away from her." Faith said as she and the scoobies finally tracked Buffy down.
"Who's that?" Glory asked, not taking her eyes off Buffy.
"That's my friend Faith." Buffy said.
"Being friends with the slayer could really hurt our friendship." Glory said with a smile. "Here's a little something to remember me by." Glory said as she lowered her head and kissed Buffy's neck.
Buffy felt a warm heat on her neck. After a few moments it stopped and Buffy felt something solid on her neck. "What is this?" Buffy asked as she felt some kind of metal necklace.
"A little present, don't let anyone take it off." Glory said as she released Buffy and disappeared.
"Did she hurt you?" Faith asked as she ran over to Buffy.
"No, we just talked." Buffy said as she felt the necklace.
To Be Continued...
Buffy had just moved from L.A to the town of Sunnydale. Her parents had divorced about five years ago, and Buffy had lived with her dad, while her sister Dawn lived with her mother. That had all changed when St. Andrew's school for the blind opened in Sunnydale.
Buffy having missed her mother and sister, only being allowed to visit during the summer had jumped at the idea of attending the new school. She explained to her father that she needed to spend time with her mother and sister. After a few hours she finally convinced her father to allow it. The next week, at the beginning of summer she was dropped off in Sunnydale by her father.
"Buffy it's time to wake up." Buffy's mother, Joyce Summers said as she walked passed her youngest daughter's bedroom.
"Thanks mom." Buffy said as she got up and reached for her cane. Since Buffy was allergic to dog hair, this was all that was available.
After spending the first couple of days memorizing the layout of the house Buffy felt confident that she could find her way around by herself. The cane was only used to make sure she didn't bump into anything that was moved or dropped on the floor.
"Hi mom," Buffy said as she sat down at her seat at the table.
"Hey Dawn, could you show me around the neighborhood today?" Buffy asked her sister.
Dawn was a year older than Buffy and had been living in Sunnydale for four years. This was her last year before she graduated.
"How do you always know who's in the room?" Dawn asked her younger sister for the millionth time.
Buffy gave her the same response she always gave her. "I don't know it just felt like you were here. So can you show me around? I've been in the house for the past three days." She said in an almost whiny voice, making her sister smile.
"Sure, we can go right now. You can meet my friends I told them all about you." Dawn said excitedly.
"Great." Buffy said with a smile as she made her way to the closet to get her shoes.
As soon as Buffy left the room Joyce turned to her eldest daughter. "Take care of Buffy Dawn. It isn't safer for her to out there on her own." "Don't worry mom. That happened years ago she's fine now." Dawn said remembering what happened a few months before her parents broke up.
~***~
Dawn was in grade eight and Buffy was in grade Seven. Dawn had a crush on a boy in her class and invited him home with her. She introduced him to her family and when he met Buffy he couldn't take his eyes off her. He spent the rest of the night talking to Buffy and completely ignoring Dawn.
Buffy had sensed her sister's discomfort, and had tried numerous times to draw Dawn into the conversation as well, but was quickly brushed off. Dawn was too jealous at the time to see that her sister didn't understand what was going on and had stormed off to her room at the end of the night.
The next morning when the girls went to the park Dawn had a plan to get back at her sister. Dawn led Buffy further into the park than they had ever been before, and Buffy completely trusting her sister never considered why.
When Dawn thought that they got far enough out she tore her hand out of Buffy's.
"You stole my boyfriend!" Dawn shouted at her sister, who was not prepared for it fell down in shock.
"What?" Buffy asked in a scared whisper. She had never heard her sister yell at her before.
"Don't pretend you don't know." Dawn said in a disgusted voice. "He couldn't keep his eyes of you. The whole night it was Buffy this, and Buffy that."
"I didn't mean to." Buffy said as tears began to form in her eyes.
"You're not going to steal any more of my boyfriends." Dawn said still raging. She then turned around and ran out of the park leaving Buffy disoriented and scared.
"Wait Dawn, please!" Buffy shouted as she fought back her tears but Dawn had already left.
Thankfully Buffy had remembered her address, so when a jogger found her a few hours later she was able to get home.
After thinking about it for a few hours Dawn had felt horrible. She was just about to go out and find Buffy when the jogger that found Buffy was leaving.
Her parents had yelled at her for over an hour, grounded her for two months, and sent her to her room.
Just as Dawn thought that the worst part was over there was a soft knock on her door. "It's Buffy, can I come in?"
"Sure." Dawn said, thinking that Buffy was there to yell at her as well, and knowing that she deserved it.
What Buffy said when she walked in was worse than all the punishments that her parents had given her. "I'm sorry Dawn."
"What are you sorry for?" Dawn asked.
"I don't know. I just made you sad."
That was all Dawn could take. She ran over to her sister and hugged her, crying and apologizing to her over and over again.
Buffy had forgiven her almost immediately, but wanted to know what her sister's friend like about her so much.
This had led to a complicated discussion about why people liked the way Buffy looked more than Dawn, most of which Buffy didn't understand at all.
~***~
"Are you ready to go?" Buffy asked, bringing her mother and sister out of the old memory.
"Yeah, let's go." Dawn said as she took her sister's hand and led her out the door.
After walking for about fifteen minutes Dawn led Buffy to the only place in Sunnydale that was remotely entertaining during the summer, the Bronze.
"This is the only club/hangout in Sunnydale." Dawn explained to her sister. "Willow, Xander, and Faith should be here by now."
"Are those your friends?" Buffy asked. "I think I remember you talking about them in your e-mails."
"That's them." Dawn said as she took her sisters hand and led her to one of the couches.
"Guys I'd like you to meet my little sister Buffy." Dawn said as she introduced her to everyone.
"So what's L.A like?" Xander asked. "It must be cool seeing all those movie stars walking around."
"I'm not really sure, seeing things really isn't my strong suit." Buffy said feeling a little uncomfortable. She wasn't used to being around people that didn't know she was blind.
"What do you mean-" Xander asked before realizing it. He then blushed and started to apologize. It was actually kind of funny to listen to.
Buffy finally took pity on him on stopped him before he made a complete ass of himself. "It's okay. I was also kind of defensive. I don't really know how to act around people that don't know."
The conversation picked up again, but after a while it became clear that Buffy was feeling nervous about asking something.
"What is it Buffy?" Willow asked being the first to notice.
"It's nothing." Buffy said quickly. "You're all just going to think it's weird."
"It's not weird." Dawn said adamantly. She remembered what Buffy did when she first walked into the house.
"What's not weird?" Faith asked curiously.
"Buffy wants to feel your faces." Dawn explained. "It helps her get a mental picture of you, and figure out what you look like."
"Sure go ahead." Faith said as she sat down next to Buffy.
Buffy carefully moved her hands to Faith faces, and gently ran her fingers across her face. She carefully traced out her jaw line, the shape of her nose, her forehead, her ears, her lips, and when her fingers touched Faith's eye lids she let out a soft gasp and pulled her hands back quickly.
"What the matter?" Faith asked in concern. She was actually kid of liking the face massage that Buffy was giving her.
"I don't know. It's just I felt something when I touched your eyes. It's like there's this energy there, I've only felt it a couple of times before. I don't think it means anything." Buffy said.
The scoobies all exchanged panicked glances. They were all thinking the same thing, Buffy was some how able to feel when someone wasn't completely human.
"Why don't you try me next?" Willow asked as she took Faith's spot beside Buffy.
Buffy tentavliey felt Willows face, and when her fingers touched Willows forehead, gasped again and pulled her hands back.
"It happened again. It wasn't the same as with Faith but it was there."
Buffy repeated the process with Xander but didn't feel anything with him. The scoobies didn't know what to think at this point. Buffy was somehow able to figure out who was Human and who wasn't just by touching their faces.
"Hey Buffy do you want to meet Giles? He's the librarian at Sunnydale High." Willow asked.
"Is everyone friends with their teachers here too?" Buffy asked curiously. "I thought that only happened at my school."
"No!" The scoobies said all said at once.
"Okay..." Buffy said confused by their outburst.
"Giles is the librarian, and the only teacher at school that we like." Xander explained.
Before Buffy could respond she was pulled to her feet by someone. "What are you doing sitting with those losers?" the voice asked. It was fairly clear to Buffy that it was a woman.
"Leave her alone." Dawn said as she grabbed onto Buffy's other arm.
"What's going on?" Buffy asked a little panicked as she was pulled in two directions at once.
Dawn and her friends continued to argue with the woman's voice, which only caused Buffy to get more upset.
"Please stop." Buffy pleaded as she began to cry. The constant pulling and yelling had disoriented her.
Dawn and her friends immediately stopped arguing with the strange woman's voice when Buffy started crying. Both Dawn and the woman's voice immediately let go of Buffy and she took a couple of steps away from them before falling onto the couch and curling herself into a ball.
"I'm sorry Buffy." Dawn said as she hugged her sister. "I didn't mean to disorient you." She said remembering how much it upset Buffy when she couldn't tell where anything was.
"What's going on?" Buffy asked in a soft voice.
"That voice I was arguing with was Cordelia Chase. We don't really get along." Dawn said.
"Are you okay?" The concerned voice of the now identified voice of Cordelia asked. "I didn't mean to make you cry."
"It's okay. I just get scared when I can't tell where I am." Buffy said feeling better now that she could tell where everyone was.
"I still feel bad about it. What can I do to make it up for you?" Cordelia asked as she figured out that she had a tug of war for a blind woman.
"Well you could give us a ride to Giles's place." Xander said. The idea of walking had suddenly becoming unappealing to him.
"I didn't ask you." Cordelia snapped.
"Is it far from here?" Buffy asked. "I don't want to put you out of your way."
"Forget about it." Cordelia said offhandedly. "I think I know the way there it should only take a few minutes."
"Thank you." Buffy said as Cordelia took her hand and led her to her car.
As soon as they were out of ear shot Xander was the first to speak. "How did she do that? I don't think I've ever seen Cordelia that nice before."
"That's just the way Buffy is. I haven't met a person yet that didn't like her right away." Dawn said as she followed Buffy and Cordelia out of the Bronze.
"Just stay in the backseat." Cordelia instructed them. "Everybody doesn't have to see me driving you guys around."
Buffy put her hands on the side of the car and looked for the door to the backseat.
Cordelia saw what Buffy was doing and gently led her to the front passenger seat. "When I said that I was talking to them," she said as she closed the door for Buffy.
"I guess the whole nice thing only extends to Buffy." Faith grumbled as everyone else squeezed into the backseat.
During the drive over Cordelia and Buffy talked a bit more and found out that they had a lot in common. They both liked listening to Lincon Park, and the sound of Mel Gibson talking among other things.
"Do you want to come in and talk to ...Giles?" Buffy asked Cordelia as she just remembering the name.
"I don't know. It would be kind of weird talking to one of my teachers outside of school." Cordelia said.
"Come on, it isn't going to be that bad. I'm sure that he's a nice enough person." Buffy said in her most friendly voice.
"Ok, ok you win." Cordelia said with mock annoyance. "I just hope no one finds out that I spent my Saturday hanging out with Faith and her friends."
"Hey," the scoobies all said from the back seat in annoyance.
"Did anyone ever tell you guys that when you argue it's pretty funny?" Buffy said in between laughs.
"Ha, ha," they all said sarcastically as they stepped out of the car, and Dawn led Buffy to Giles's house.
"Is there something wrong?" Giles asked as he opened the door to let the teenagers in.
"Why does there always have to be something wrong when we come to visit?" Faith asked as they all sat down in the living room.
"By the way this is Dawn's sister Buffy." Xander said handling the introductions.
Giles reached out to shake her hand, and immediately noticed that Buffy was blind but decided not to say anything about it. "It is a pleasure to meet you Buffy," he said shaking her hand.
"I like you accent." Buffy said by way of greeting.
"By the way, Buffy can sense when people aren't completely human." Xander interrupted just to see the look on Giles's face.
Giles didn't disappoint. His jaw hit the floor for a moment before he began to explain to Buffy about demons.
"It's okay Giles." Buffy interrupted him. "I already know. Dawn told me a little bit about it in her e-mails."
"Can you demonstrate this ability?" Giles asked.
"I can only tell when I feel your face." Buffy said as she raised her hands.
Giles guided Buffy's hands to his face and waited as she ran his fingers across his face. Buffy stopped after a moment and pulled her hands back.
"It feels the same as Willow. Do the two of you have anything in common?" Buffy asked.
"We both use magic." Giles offered. "It must be what you are sensing."
"That makes sense." Buffy agreed.
"Do you know how you are able to sense these things?" Giles asked.
"I'm not really sure. I guess I was always able to do it. I think I only realized that I could do it a few years ago."
"Can you do anything else we should know about?" Giles asked.
"I can't think of anything else." Buffy said after thinking about it for a moment.
"What about how you can always tell who's in the room with you?" Dawn asked.
"Does that really count? I think it's just intuition." Buffy said.
Buffy, Cordelia, and the scoobies spent the rest of the afternoon testing Buffy's abilities and trying to figure out what else she could do.
"Maybe we should take a break." Buffy suggested. "Dawn told me that the Bronze was even better at night."
"Perhaps you're right Buffy." Giles said as he removed his glasses. "We can start again tomorrow."
"Great." Cordelia said enthusiastically. "You can meet some of my friends." Cordelia said as she led Buffy out of the house.
When they arrived at the Bronze it definitely had a lot more business. In the morning there were only a few people standing around, but know there was a band playing and everyone was on the dance floor.
Cordelia led Buffy to the second floor with Dawn and Faith trailing behind them.
"Hey guys I'd like you to meet Buffy Summers." Cordelia said as she led Buffy to a chair.
"Are you related to Dawn Summers?" one of the bottle blondes asked.
"Yeah, she's my sister. I moved here a couple of days ago." Buffy said happily.
"Where did you used to live?" a brunette asked her curiously.
"I was living with my dad in L.A." Buffy said. "I missed my mom and sister so when St. Andrew's opened I moved here."
"Isn't that the school for the blind?" the blonde asked. "Wait, does that mean you're..." she trailed off.
"Yeah, I've been blind for most of my life." Buffy said.
"Do you have a seeing eye dog?" the brunette asked.
"No I'm-" Buffy said before she was interrupted by the loud crash coming from the first floor. "What was that?"
"I'm not sure. Maybe we should get out of here." Cordelia said as she and everyone else in the club went outside quickly.
During the confusion and the panic Buffy was separated from Cordelia, Faith, and Dawn. Buffy was forced into going the same direction as the rest of the crowd. She just hoped that her friends would find her soon.
"Well aren't you just the cutest little thing." A woman's voice said as she got closer to Buffy.
"Who's there?" Buffy asked feeling panicked. "What's going on? Where is everyone?" Buffy asked as she realized that she couldn't hear anyone else around her.
"They all ran away, and left poor little you all by yourself." The woman's voice said in southern accent.
Buffy could tell by the sound of the voice that whoever was there was really close. A hand wrapped itself around Buffy's waist and pulled her towards the woman, causing Buffy to gasp.
"Who are you?" Buffy asked.
"Glory." The woman said. "I like you cutie, you're the only one that didn't run away."
"Did you make that loud noise at the club?" Buffy asked.
"You know it sweet pee." Glory said smirking. "How come you're not afraid? Don't tell me I'm loosing my touch."
"No, I'm sure that you're very scary." Buffy said with a small smile. "You just have to see it to believe it."
"And you can't." Glory said as she realized why the blonde's eyes couldn't seem to focus on her. "What's your name?"
"I'm Buffy Summers. I don't suppose you could tell me why you're smashing up the club could you?" Buffy asked.
"I need to find my key. It's somewhere in Sunnydale." Glory said getting serious for a moment. "I wonder why I haven't killed you yet? Or at least sucked out your soul?" Glory thought out loud.
"I'm the only one here that isn't afraid of you or trying to find a way to kill you." Buffy said wisely. "If I'm gone who else are you going to talk to?"
"I do have minions you know." Glory said, beginning to like the blonde even more.
"Probably, but how much intelligent conversation can you have with them?" Buffy asked with a smirk.
"Get away from her." Faith said as she and the scoobies finally tracked Buffy down.
"Who's that?" Glory asked, not taking her eyes off Buffy.
"That's my friend Faith." Buffy said.
"Being friends with the slayer could really hurt our friendship." Glory said with a smile. "Here's a little something to remember me by." Glory said as she lowered her head and kissed Buffy's neck.
Buffy felt a warm heat on her neck. After a few moments it stopped and Buffy felt something solid on her neck. "What is this?" Buffy asked as she felt some kind of metal necklace.
"A little present, don't let anyone take it off." Glory said as she released Buffy and disappeared.
"Did she hurt you?" Faith asked as she ran over to Buffy.
"No, we just talked." Buffy said as she felt the necklace.
To Be Continued...