Author Notes: I wanted to alert readers to the fact this is about one year before Buffy and Willow make their appearance on the campus. Since Tara had been there, I was sure to assume she was there a little longer. As I promised a small little thing revealed by the will of the werewolf here . It is the first fact that I will give to you as a whole on them.
Were Fact#1
The Innerwolves of these Weres vary in personality and can vary from being quite placid to extremely violent. However despite this violence, if the current Were shares a personality trait with the wolf; it is known that both get along extremely well and increase the capabilities of the Lycoan being as much as 1.4x's with just this bond formed between man and wolf. –End Fact-
I did decide to give Tara a little more of a proactive point in the story, so forgive the fact that Tara may have more guts so to speak. I just gave her enough that she would seek out things that were otherwise uncommon to her, instead of having her silently waiting back. As she is the star of this tale, I can't have her helplessly sit back.
Hope you enjoyed that note, now in this chapter I hope to show much more of Tara; in light of this I ask that you as the reader be patient is all. Well that's all I've got to say, take care and read hearty.
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Chapter 1: Seeking out the Savior, into the Wolf's Den
(Tara's POV)
The new day was as if a dream had hit, the campus of UC Sunnydale would carry on their usual morning strobe of classes. For the average student it was simply another beautiful day of life continuing and yet the haunting attack of the vampire on Tara Maclay was strongly set on her mind, it had been something she heard about at sometime. With her secret, she knew that she was hardly normal amongst the other students; other thing that made her frown softly upon the present before her.
It was the meeting of the Wicca Group today and it was something she was hoping would make her time worth it, she hoped that she might be able to find a proper place amongst the Coven; that her powers might be allowed to be free in open practice that would allow her to hide in the open. She felt some joy in the fact she had found out about her fellow followers of Wicca, it gave her some sense of hope in finding refuge away from the normal.
"Now today, we will feel out our roots to Mother Gaea, feel the powers of the cosmic and universal reaching out to you." The head of the Coven had spoken rather plainly, this struck Tara as odd. Why was she calling out to the cosmic just to get in touch with Gaea?
She was trying to understand the meaning of the words and fell off 'rhythm' with the group initially; she did feel some small potential within the mass of the group that she felt here. Tara gave a small inner sigh as she closed her eyes; maybe this was a form of modern coven life…right? She tried to convince herself of that point and let her body relax as she synchronized herself with the efforts of the group, as they say in silence and directed their minds towards connecting with the earth and land, through the 'Power of the cosmic source' as the Coven head spoke out.
Tara had felt time passing her, as she and the coven sisters of hers now had broken away from the small meeting; she felt it was lacking in something of essence. That brought a little sadness to her that she felt as a group they were only trying half as hard as they could, it was the very menial of focus.
"Well I suppose that they are all I have…I had better 'get with it' as Rebecca said I should. They just…don't try." She spoke these words quietly to herself; she was genuinely bothered with the effort put into the actions of the coven. "Maybe in time…we'll just get better." She said again trying to convince herself that was to be sure.
Her eyes snapped up, as the sheer force of the aura she felt roaming the halls; even through that weak link connection that she and her coven made…with her senses she knew that she felt it. She grew scared inside, fearful of this mass of wild nature that was still…it seemed well controlled; she could feel that the force was calm. It seemed to hold itself proudly.
"What…is that…I feel?" she tried to find its focus, though it seemed to be spread through the crowd; it was done well as the source masked itself. "This, I felt this just…last night." The point itself came clear to her now.
Tara's mind was working quickly now, she knew where she had felt this before; during that small instant she saw her hero from the night before. There was something wild about the strange boy she had seen…no not boy, young man. It seemed she corrected herself and she knew it, she knew better than to address this force as a mere boy; it was too well controlled though held almost arrogantly. She found herself entranced by the powers that had been of the moment, this moment in time was lasting forever; up until the point that the aura was fading as the young man left.
She seemed to be stunned and found herself taking a breath she didn't know she was holding inside, she didn't imagine that she could have felt something so stunning, and the auspicious nature of his aura, it was gorgeous. She found herself smiling a little bit at this, he was definitely from nature and his powers were rooted in it; this was not simply a physical force…but some form of mystic level she felt.
"He's more than he may know of." She said it now, she was certain she felt in him what she had in herself, an understanding of magic and the potential of its power.
But classes were a must, after her Wicca meeting she had a class in Biology which was across campus; she put her mind back into regular priority of classes by pulling out her schedule and taking off in a dash.
As of now she had decided classes were important, but she knew this aura now and it hardly hid itself; she could find it later with that in mind. She sighed though since it was oddly out of place, had this been what she was waiting for all this time? An adventure into the world she hid from public? She hadn't an answer for herself, but this strange young man was waiting for her to find him; she imagined it and it made her smile again as she ran to class. With those blond locks playing about in the wind behind her, she was unknowingly tracking the very hero of hers who was tracking her; what was this getting to now?
(End Tara's POV)
As Huyana sat down in his class he knew how restless he was, his innerwolf was rolling over and barking now; with every intention and instinct tingling within his system he wanted to move. But it was through sheer self control that Huyana kept settled, he had learned to not let the innerwolf rule his decisions or actions of his. 'Hold yourself in...we'll be free in an hour and ten minutes.' his mind murmured to the wolf.
The wolf simply snorted and barked again, Huyana shook his head physically and just let his mind calm over; he sent the wolf back to its cave and had kept his focus settled on the area ahead, this wasn't meant to go much further than it had. It was just time for things to be clear and for him to work. "Yes...alright, that can work." He said it softly to himself, while paying more attention to the lesson that the teacher was trying to get into the student's heads; it was amusing enough that it might go that far.
He let it go on but class was just in the background for him, there was little there for him to focus on, even the work itself seemed to have so little place with him; he let the class period drift right over his head while he mechanically wrote everything the teacher said; he'd sort the mess out later. Classes were easy, it was everything else that seemed so much more difficult to face.
As the bell rang and brought him back to reality, he did find all of his notes well taken, he had just grinned a little bit; he loved being able to zone out and still focus in enough to write the work, he wrote down word for word...at those slightly superhuman abilities; though not enough to be outright caught in act of doing so. It was only slightly faster and that was enough he found, as he rose from his seat and headed out the room; he found himself skimming his notes while roaming the halls on the way out. This was no problem for him, since any human he'd smell and 'see' via his nose and hearing. He was able to avoid them unlike most humans who would be walking and bump into people; but he simply weaved through them with a natural grace.
"Hey Kid." the words drew him down from his notes, he found himself looking at an evenly taller male, by the tell of the apparel he found one of the football players at the college.
"Yes?" he made it clear that he heard him and was looking to the larger but obviously to him; weaker male trying to appear intimidating.
"You look smart, I think I'll have you do my work for me." the words were the typical, in the class there was occasionally an issue of picking on the lower classmen; this would be an attempt that amused Huyana.
"Let me see...no, I don't see any reason to nor will I even consider it." he said this cooly while he looked at the bigger boy, his eyes speaking the annoyance at the suggestion of it.
"I don't think you understand me, this isn't an option; this is a-" he was cut off quickly.
"A command? do I look like form of canine to you boy? Now if you please, I have studying to do." he attempted to step past him, while the jock grabbed his shirt.
"Look here, you are whatever the hell I say you are, you are a dog if I want you to be!" the bully obviously had never been put in his place, but...this was changing; his hand was wrenched in a painful manner upwards. "Ahh!"
"Listen...one fair warning, I will not have you ever consider me a dog; I am a walking and talking person who will not do something he doesn't want." he said it with a cold tone; twisting his hand in a curve to cause him more pain; he was answered with a satisfying cry from the human. "Now, leave me alone." he said this before tossing the boy's hand to the floor.
Huyana did create a spectacle but thought nothing of it, in that stead he had walked off and left the jock down holding his wrist and rubbing it over; the grumbling didn't escape Huyana nor did the threat.
"That son of a bitch, I'll get him this afternoon." the jock shared a few classes with Huyana, and that was all he needed for another chance.
Huyana was walking down the way of the hall and seemed to be musing over it. "Stupid...human." he said it, while within his body the wolf seemed to be growling in annoyance; much to Huyana's amusement they both found the boy to be an irritation, he wouldn't be after his second try.
--(Tara's POV)--
She had watched in some amazement at this boy...Huyana was his name? She had heard the teacher in class speak the attendance, she was actually glad for once that she kept her interest in the Old World Civilization of American; it was a stroke of luck to find her savior had been there. During the class she had missed notes because of the powerful aura this young man had, it wasn't an obsession but she felt drawn to the magic she felt in him; it was wild magic that hadn't been tapped into yet. She could tell by the feeling, it was as her father said...perhaps this boy was a demon in human skin? Like...her?
She seemed to find a small comfort in that, there was someone like her who seemed to embrace whatever nature he had inside of him. He used it for good, she smiled a little bit...was there hope for her yet? She shook her head lightly and stopped staring after him, she gathered her bag and things and started to follow him. This gave her a reason to ask him for help, the notes he took in class...she had missed them and that was no lie in itself; albeit not the only reason she was following him.
Her mind was wandering as she walked down the hall, why was she seeking this boy out? So he had magic, so...he was sort of like her, perhaps he had even saved her life; was she trying to fool herself about something?
You really are pathetic you know..? you know who and what you like, this boy is confusing you.
'It's...not like that, I am just trying to find someone...he might know something.'
Then why is your heart beating fast? What is this sense of feeling there, he saved you? So you owe him some feeling?
'I told you...it's not like that so stop making it seem that way. You know it ended bad for me and her, father didn't help...as none of them helped. They cursed it, as another thing wrong with me.'
Don't retreat from me with that pitiful excuse, so you think if you are straight you'll fool daddy? Think he'll accept you a little more?
'Stop it..., don't do this to me; trying to make it...something it isn't.'
Her thoughts were finally silenced as she straightened out her demeanor, she did feel something strange about this boy, but there was simply no way she could fall for him. She ignored the very concept that her mind thought up, it was just a feeling; it didn't mean anything and she knew it.
"Huyana!" her voice rang out to him, he was moving fast and she was nearly jogging just to keep up with him; finally she had caught up to him.
(End Tara's POV)
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'The girl I saved the other night...? What does she want with me?' his mind had straight outwardly thought this while his wolf had leapt about inside of him, she had come to them and that was a miracle.
"Hello there, you are...in my class are you not? I've sm- er... I've seen you in class, I saw you in the chair as you were gazing at the board. Is there something that I can do for you?" his voice was intelligible, clear, and friendly.
"Y-yes, you can help me with something; I missed the notes in class today, would you mind letting me see your notes?" Tara hoped that he was willing to share them, she was counting on it really.
"Of course, how can I deny such a polite request?" his articulateness spoke that he was well educated in his past, though this was simply another way for him to prove his humanity in some way. His father and he were very fluent in many languages due to this, though it was merely a result of that myth 'articulation is the key to humanity.
With Tara now readying herself to confront him as the two sat down to study, she was debating to herself whether she was really ready to tell someone of her secret. She hadn't fully decided whether she could trust him based upon a mere gut feeling.
You are a fool if you think he'll even care.
That decision I'll make on my own.' Tara seemed to silence the voice all together, with some hope that was there since he seemed nice enough; she was counting on it once more to come through. Could she alert him of her being a practicing witch without any worries? She was going to find that out herself, if worse came to worse he would likely keep it a secret; after all she knew he was hardly normal himself.
(End Chapter)
Well here's a piece at chapter 1, Tara meets up with Huyana and finally will get her chance, what will happen? Stay Tuned .
