Hey! It's chapter 2! I'm in the procress of beginning two other fanfics, so I'm a little distracted...

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2: The Library

Buffy's POV

When the bell rang we all packed up, though I had to hurry Cordelia up a bit. As I walked through the door, bag over my shoulder, I felt Miss Russo's gaze on my back. Shivering for some unknown reason, I ignored her and continued into the corridor. After a quick glance I noticed Snyder standing at the corner and glaring at everyone as they went past. Unfortunately Cordelia had too, and she stormed over to him.

"Principal Snyder, are you aware of the fact that your so called 'Miss Russo' the substitute teacher is no more than a short, 14-year-old demon with a frankly awful hairstyle?"

Cordelia stood there with her hands on her hips and a disapproving look, waiting for Snyder's reply. Maybe she thought he'd come to his senses suddenly and reward her for helping the school, before throwing Miss Russo out. Whatever it was, neither of us was expecting what he did say.

"Of course I know she's 14. But it doesn't matter because she has all the qualifications of a teacher, which is probably more than you'll ever have in your life. Miss Russo is most definitely extraordinary, but isn't a demon. Not that there are such things anyway. I admire her very much and you lot should all aim to be more like her. More..." he paused for effect.

"...civilized. Miss Chase, if I catch you insulting any member of staff again believe me when I say that you will be severely punished.

And the same goes for you, Miss Summers." He looked straight at me, clearly coming to the conclusion that I was the one behind all the trouble. Again.

"Now, I have better things to do than laze around chatting to students less competent than an Eighth grader." Giving us one final warning look, Snyder walked off.

"Well that was rude," Cordelia said. "Who does he think he is? That he has power over us?"

"He does. He's the principal. Though I wouldn't mind if he was eaten by hyena-people too." I really wouldn't. If a single thing went wrong or weird then Snyder was on my case for it, whether it was my fault or not. Granted, I was usually connected to it, but that wasn't the point. Snyder got in the way of my Slayer duties, and that is never a good thing. Thank goodness I'd be out of his reach at the end of the year.

"Hey, do you think we should go to Giles now? Before demon girl kills everyone?"

"Yeah. Let's go."

It wasn't a very long walk to the library, just a couple of right turns and there it was. Cordelia pushed open the double doors and walked straight in. The doors were quite ordinary and had circular windows at eye level, though nobody ever really used them. But the library itself was interesting, if you were the right sort of person.

The room was fairly dim because most things were made of a dark, varnished wood. The entrance opened to a central area, at the centre of which sat a large table with green lamps on it. To either side were small staircases leading up to a raised level, fenced off by waist-high railing. The tall shelves stretched back further than they first appeared to, and loomed over anyone who stood in the narrow aisles in between. If you knew where look then you would be able to find books related to my 'job', stuff on demons and ancient lore, etc. In general, stuff that most school libraries didn't have.

To my immediate left was a white mesh cage that house weapons and very large 'tomes' or whatever to help me in my quest to rid the earth of vampires and other foul creatures of hell that polluted it. Not my words, just some of the many Giles used when he gave one of his lectures about my importance to the world. The cage lived up to it's name every month for the three days when Oz went all wolfy by containing him. That way, he didn't kill anyone.

I've done my left, so now I'll do my right. To be honest, it was a lot more boring. Librarian's office – small and pokey – and in front of it one of those desk/ counter thingies where you check out books. Not that anyone ever did. It was quite lucky that no one liked libraries because it meant that nobody had yet told Snyder about the, oh I don't know, axes and crossbows hanging on the walls and the gruesome pictures in some of the books here. Giles said it was very convenient for the Slayer, having a disused area so close at hand. Even so, I could tell he was a little bit upset by Americans' lack of enthusiasm for places where you could read.

I was slightly curious as to where we'd go once I left Sunnydale High. There was no way Snyder would let us back in when we weren't students here.

Cordelia had already sat down and crossed her legs at one of the chairs surrounding the table. Her bag lay forgotten as she gushed out to Giles.

"I swear, she's evil! Trying to bring around the doom of every fashionable person alive! Is there a demon that does that? She's definitely one of those. With her hair she'll destroy the world as we know it and bring chaos!"

Giles removed his glasses and cleaned them a little before replacing them and turning to me. I pouted a little.

"Well I thought – apart from the hair – that Miss Russo was quite nice. Sweet and kinda homey."

Cordelia gaped at me.

"What are you talking about Buffy? Don't tell me you've fallen under her spell?"

At that moment the doors eased open. Ok, so maybe there was one person who used the library, but she was with us, so it didn't really count.

Willow walked in. She had red hair and was fairly small in stature. Her clothes – which Cordelia often mocked – were chosen by her mother and not very fashionable. Willow was shunned by most people as 'uncool', but she was clever and a major asset to our team. She could use the computer much better than any of us. She was smiling widely as she dumped a couple of books on the counter.

"What's got you all happy then?"

Willow looked at me and grinned even more. She was very happy, and so I was too.

"I was just told that 'I should be confident because in the future I'm going to be very important and the world depends on me. I will be above the people who mock me now, and can kick their asses whenever I want. I will be powerful, if I believe I will be.' The way she said just makes it sound like fact! I like the idea of I like the idea of kicking ass!"

"That's great Willow!" I decided I was going to like whichever person made her this happy. "Who told you all of this?"

"The new substitute teacher, Miss Russo! I really like her, and I haven't even had her for class yet! She seems so sure of herself, it's amazing! She can handle trouble makers with only a couple of words! Wow, just, yeah, wow!"

As soon as Willow had said the teacher's name we'd all frozen. There was an awkward silence once she'd finished. Her face fell a little

"What, are you not happy?"

"Of course I'm happy that you're happy Will. It's just that–"

Cordelia cut me off, as she does.

"Miss Russo's evil, Willow! You fallen for it too! She already got Buffy; how long before she gets Giles and Xander and everybody else! Am only I seeing things clearly?"

Cordelia paused for a moment. Then a look of wonder came across her face, like she'd discovered something enlightening and important.

"I must have some kind of... immunity to her spells! I'm the only person who can stop her. Giles, tell me what to do!" By the end of it Cordelia was panicking.

"Now, let's just calm down shall we?" Giles was brilliant in these situations. Always calm and bringing out the best ideas of what to do. "Are you absolutely sure she's a demon?"

"Yes! She tricked Snyder and all the students into thinking there's nothing wrong with her being here!"

"Well, I don't think there's anything wrong with her!"

Cordelia shot out of her seat and pointed at her.

"See? She even got Willow!"

"It does sound convincing, but why does she need to make him believe she should be here? Does she actually look like a demon rather than having a guise or something?"

"Well, not like a demon exactly." Cordelia faltered a bit.

"Then what?"

"She needs to trick him because she–"

Before Cordelia could finish the door slid open. This time it was not a member of the Scoobies.

It was Miss Russo.

Dun dun duuuuuuuunn!

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