Note: I do not own Buffy or anything from it...I'm only borrowing it from Joss Whedon and company...Hope you like it and there will be a sequel of sorts after this is all posted...Enjoy...
My first week in Sunnydale had me jumping in all directions and it couldn't make me any happier. I helped Buffy with her homecoming queen thing while the others helped Xander's girlfriend Cordelia. While I had met the brunette, she was acting like a bitch and I couldn't understand why others put up with what she said or did to them. Hence my choice to help Buffy and using it to knock Cordelia down a few pegs.
I personally drew and colored the 'Vote Buffy' posters. Most of the picture was in black and white except for Buffy and the wording. It stood out better and caught people's eyes. The artsy students commented on them and suggested I join the Arts Club. I didn't commit or decline the invitation since I wasn't sure if Rupert would keep up my training and demonology education.
The night of Homecoming was suspenseful since neither Buffy nor Cordelia was there for most of the night. Willow and Xander thought it would be a good idea to trap the girls together so they would talk out their differences. I didn't think it would end up like they hoped but all of us were surprised when they showed up, dirty and ragged. Buffy called it an average night for a Slayer.
Life after the dance seemed to settle down. Rupert offered me the spare room, which he had been using for storage and while I felt a bit uncomfortable, I agreed to make him happy. With 2 Slayers to train against, there was never an easy moment. Faith had gotten better since the last time I saw her. Rupert allowed me to read any book that he had in exchange for adding Mum's books into his collection. I kept onto a few of my own that I didn't want Rupert or anyone else to see. It would be too much to explain.
It started like any other day of the past week until mein früher announced that each student had to sell chocolate bars for new band uniforms. I nodded to all the others at our table and stood up to gather the boxes. His beady eyes watched me as I descended on him.
"We can't have the band team wearing last year's styles, now can we? My friends and I will do our best to make them the best dressed band even though they can't put two notes together and win a competition. I'll take 5 boxes for the group."
"Watch your tongue, Ms. Winston," he replied, handing over the 5 boxes.
"I haven't said anything that others haven't thought. Classes start soon so I better get back to the trenches. I shouldn't give you any educational reasons for belittling me."
Even though the chocolate was tasty, it turned the town upside down. Anyone over the age of 30 was a kid again and I saw something that went against nature: Snyder as a kid. It was wrong and creepy and I was glad to be rid of him, at least until I saw Rupert, my father, acting like a delinquent. Buffy was more shocked to see him making out with her mother. The two of us had gone to investigate the chocolate while the others researched possible reasons at the library.
"Mom. Quit it. It's just…ew to see you making out with Giles," she said, pulling her mother away from Rupert.
Inside the warehouse, Buffy and Rupert went after the man speaking on the phone. They seemed to know him and weren't happy to see him. Rupert landed a good right hook into the man's eye and Buffy ran after him when he tried to escape. The man circled around and was running towards Mrs. Summers and I. I thought quickly as to what I could do to stop him and my knife was out of the question.
"Oi, evil man," I yelled.
His attention focused on me for a second and he stopped dead in his tracks. Buffy came up behind him with a length of rope she found and bound his arms to his body.
"Dee, did you really have to flash him? Couldn't throw something at him and knock him down?" she asked.
"It stopped him and our parents are a bit preoccupied."
They were seriously snogging. Rupert had Mrs. Summers pushed against the wall and his hands were all over the place. Rather than focusing on our disgusting parents, Buffy and I turned to the man.
"Ethan, I thought I made myself clear the last time you were in town. Now tell me what's going on or I will force feed you a chocolate bar and then let Ripper after you."
"Come on, Buffy. Is that how you greet an old friend?" he asked.
"An old friend? You tried sacrificing me to a demon and the time before that I nearly died because you turned me into a damsel in distress."
"You picked that costume yourself. I only said a few incantations."
The smacking noises coming from our parents were making me ill so I stepped up to this Ethan and knelt down to his level.
"I'm not a Slayer so I don't possess the strength that she has but I can put a lot of force behind a punch. And if I have to, I'll magick the answer right out of you."
"A Brit? I thought Ripper was the only Brit in the Slayer's little gang."
"I'm new and I bring a different way of doing things to the team. Now either tell us what magick you did on the chocolate or I'll show you what else I bring to the team," I said, straddling his waist.
"Hmm. You think your position allows you to threaten me? I quite like you on me," he smirked.
I slid my hands up under his shirt and found his nipples. I flicked them once in pleasure before grabbing them and twisting. He hissed in pain.
"See what I can do? That was just the start of my persuasion technique. Now tell us what's going on or I up the ante."
Ethan spilled his guts after another twist of his nipples. He told us about the tribute and exactly what a vampire named Mr. Trick was going after. Since she was near the phone, Buffy called Willow, Xander, and Oz who were at the library. She told them to research this demon Lurconis and to send someone over to the hospital to see about the babies.
I pulled Ethan over to the desk and secured him to the legs so he wouldn't escape. Buffy and I detangled our parents and headed towards the hospital to meet up with Xander. He was interrogating the nurse who hadn't seen a thing.
"They're gone. This so called nurse was too busy watching TV to check on the newborns," he told us.
I ran my fingers through my honey colored hair and shrugged.
"I guess that means a trip down into the sewers. In the weeks that I've been here, I've seen every cemetery and church but never the sewers. Damn, I wish I brought my camera."
Xander handed Buffy a cross bow and a curved ax to me. He looked at the adults and kept the other weapon for himself. Rupert and Mrs. Summers followed us down in to the sewers and were the first to notice the babies. Mrs. Summers wanted to rush to them but Buffy held her back.
"Don't you guys know already that this is my town and I'm not going to let anything evil happen?"
One of the vampires attacked Buffy and the fight was on. Xander and I went after the other vampires while Rupert and Mrs. Summers went after the crying babies. A deep rumble filled the sewers and the demon made an appearance. Buffy dropped the cross bow and I handed her the ax. Unfortunately the blade did nothing against the demon.
I looked around the section of sewers and saw a pipe labeled gas.
"Buffy," I yelled pointing up at the pipe.
She reached up, broke the pipe free, and pointed it at the torch in front of the demon. It acted like a giant blow torch and lit the demon on fire. It screeched and jerked several times before collapsing silent. Lurconis was dead.
We returned the babies to the hospital and we headed to the library to meet up with Willow and Oz. I forced Rupert into a chair far away from Mrs. Summers while we told them what happened. Willow called the police to collect Ethan before we headed home.
Rupert was more quiet and withdrawn over the next few days. He apologized up and down for anything that he might have done while under the influence of the chocolate. Buffy threatened him with a beating if he ever kissed her mother again. While I thought it was gross, I didn't have that paternal bond with Rupert so I didn't care, I just didn't want to see it happening.