Faith sat in her room, she had cried until the last tear escaped and she could cry no longer.
Faith- I will kill you with fire.
She thought of Angel, of her home in the town, and yes-even of Buffy. Would she come looking for her? No, and even if she did even the thought of Buffy's face pericing her personal bubble made her want to hurl.
Faith rose , walking around the room. She paced back and forth trying to gather her thoughts.
"Dressed for dinner..."She looked down at her clothes. She grunted. There were holes and the cloth was tattered. She did not mind but she was sure the Selene would.
But why did she care so much? The Selene was holding her against her will.
Selene: I'm not too sure how much 'against her will' is going on here.
Faith: -Noms on Pocky- I found some in the drawer...
Faith moved over to an old upright, lilac colored dresser. Turning the nob , She saw an array of dresses all the caliber of a princess. "Oh hell no.." She groaned. "I will not be wearing something from a Disney Princess movie."
Ehlayah: : D
"But M'lady, this is what the all powerful, all awesome , all great Selene has chosen for her...Erm. Guest?" said a very flamboyant voice coming from inside of the room.
Faith's head shot up as she searched the room. "Who's there?"
Clanking could be heard ,sounds of china and other objects seemed to be falling behind a poorly lit curtain.
"Now you've done it!" Said the voice of a woman.
"Yeah now Selene is going to play 'kick the cup' again and its entirely your fault!" Said a growling woman's voice.
"Hold on a second..." Faith went over to the curtains and pulled them back. A teapot, and a chipped cup seemed to be attacking a wind up clock. "Willow? Ken? And erm..."
The wind up clock was thrown into the wall as he hobbled back up, figuratively brushing himself off."Andrew..thats okay, everyone forgets about Andrew. I'm just the silent avenger..just like Bruce Banner before he gets all hulky..."
"Oh yeah..And Andrew..." Faith paused for a moment before looking back to the Teapotted willow and cupped Ken. "What happened to you guys?!"
Kennedy Rolled her eyes. "It was all Dawn and Xander's idea. They just wanted to go for a-" Started hopping around like she was prancing. Her voice went up an octave. " -Nice little stroll in the happy brightly lit woods.."
The Willow teapot bumped into Kennedy. " Oh stop it Ken. You know you were just as up to see what the big bad in the forest was. If i remember correctly you said something along the lines of . 'Screw the sign I want the pocky.' "
Kennedy Huffed, mumbling under her breath.
Faith fought back a laugh. Well atleast she wasnt completely alone. "Wait a sec, You said Xander and Dawn were here? "
Andrew nodded. "Yes, They're the Candle stick and the Duster... but god only knows where they are..."Andrew took a moment of silence before piping up again. "Oh and spike is here too!"
Faith rose an eybrow. "Spike? How did he get into the group?"
The three shrugged "I guess he just followed us." they said in unison.
Faith grinned. "So what is he?"
The three looked to each other uneasily, then all turned to the brightly painted, lilac , upright dresser with the princess dresses in it.
Ehlayah: Wait for it...
Selene: -High Fives Ehlayah-
Faith looked over to the dresser, it took her a moment before she put two and two together. Sure enough a pair of eyes that belonged to spike appered at the top. This sent her over the edge. She hit the ground with a thud rolling on the ground with laughter.
"Oh shut your bloody rachet face before i fall on you..." Spike shouted in anger.
"Remember what Selene did to you the last time you tried to fall on someone in revenge?" Kennedy piped up.
"She turned him into a Dresser. What could be worse then that?..." Faith asked curiously, now sitting on the floor.
There was a long pause before spike spoke next. "I used to be brown..."
This just sent Faith into another flurry of laughter.
...
-Meanwhile in the dining room-
Selene paced back and forth, growling annoyed. "Where is she?!" Selene boomed. "I Told her to be down here for dinner!"
A cowering Andrew who had come down at the request of Selene squeaked out. "She says...She says..."
Selene stopped pacing to stare at him."Yes?"
Andrew gulped. 'Shes..Not coming."
An immense roar could be heard throughout the castle as Selene ran to Faiths room banging on the door. "COME OUT NOW!" She shouted. "OR LET ME IN!"
"Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin!" Faith quipped.
Selene: Wrong fic.
Ehlayah: Meh, perfect opportunity.
Selene growled. "Well WHY?! Wont you come OUT!"
Just then the door opened and a horde of pink and pastel fluffy dresses came out, slamming into Selene. The door Slammed shut shortly after. "I AM NOT WEARING THOSE!" (In the background Spike could be heard profusely thanking Faith for ridding him of his Tu-tu problem)
Selene growled. 'Well then.." She said trying to regain her composure. "Just come in what you have now?"
Another bout of silence filled the area. "Nah, I got me some pocky!"
Selene roared in anger. "FINE THEN! HAVE IT YOUR WAY!" She punched the wall. "If you will not eat with me you will starve!"
In a rush, Selene left the hall stomping down the stairs.
Inside of the room, Faith chomped on the strawberry sticks of yumminess and shrugged. "Whatever!"
...
Selene stormed up to the east wing tower, Inside the room was all but in ruins. All except for a single wilting red rose, carefully guarded underneith a glass cover. It seemed to be the only time she seemed calm. Next to the incased rose, there was a hand held mirror.
Selene: Mirror Mirror on the -Twack-
Faith: Again ALREADY DONE!
Selene picked up the mirror, staring into it. "Show her to me." She said softly.
The image of Faith sprouted up, she sat in the room laughing with her enchanted friends. It made her skin boil with anger. But then again, these were faith's friends. Taking a deep breath, Selene placed the mirror down. She knew what she had to do.
She searched the tower through the rubble and brought out what looked like a nobleman's suit. It was a navy blue top with a ruffled white shirt underneath. The pants were pitch black and had white accents around the boarders. Selene stared at them for a moment before picking up a piece of parchment and a quill. Scribbling something on the paper, and pinning it to the folded suit.
This girl was Selene's last hope.
Selene quietly snuck to the door of Faith, Placing the folded clothes and note infront . She rose her hand to knock, but thought twice about it. Lowering her hand, she left the scene without drawing attention to herself
Little did Selene know , She had been seen. Candle holder Xander and Duster Dawn had witnessed the action , and smiled to each other.
Slipping through the vents, both Xander and Dawn entered the room. "Hey there faithy!" Xander cheered.
"Xander! Dawn!" Faith said, chowing down on the last pocky stick. "Its like the scooby gang without the Buffyinfection. "
The group laughed at the joke, the mood in the room becoming more and more comfortable.
"Oh, and Faith." Dawn said with a smirk. "I think theres something at the door for you."
Faith raised a brow. "Is it more pocky?"
"No." Dawn and Xander both said together.
Faith then fell back onto the floor, her arms above her head laying in a comfortable position. "And like that you lost me."
The two looked at each other and grimaced. "Well the other reason why were here is to round up the troops"Xander said in a grunt "...I guess we have to go clean up the kitchens tonight..."
The group groaned.
"Except for me!" Spike said excited.
Willow looked up to spike. "Yeah because your a pretty pretty princess dresser..."
The group left before Spike could fully get into his 'ruddy sodden puss balls of filth' rant. Leaving Faith to Endure the brunt of it.
"I juss dont get why she made me Lilac of all colors!" He finally finished.
"Yeah, thats the 15th time you mentioned in in the last half hour." Faith said groaning. "So, why were you following the scoobs in the first place?" Faith Asked curiously.
Spike sighed. "Cause, Lil bit always gets in trouble with Captain Morgan over there. Don get me wrong. I hate Buffy 'n all but Dawn's like me sister."
Faith Nodded, understanding. Just then he stomach growled. It seemed she needed further substance then pocky. She growled in frustration. "Great, now i'm hungry."
"You heard what Selene said, You eat with her or not at all." Spike said mocking Selene's tone. "And trust me, you get on her bad side she'll-"
"-Paint me Lilac i get it!" Faith interrupted. Sitting up, she went to the door. "Like hell i'll starve here." She said putting her hand on the doorknob.
"I wouldn do that.."Spike warned.
"Shes long gone soul boy. Time for Faith to get her snack on..." Faith opened the door expecting to see scattered dresses around where she threw them. Instead, there laid a small suite with a note attached. Curious, Faith stepped out to retrieve them. Taking off the note, she read the note, only a sentence in all.
Be my Guest.