"Giles! Giles!" Buffy yelled through out the Library.
"Screaming isn't necessary Buffy, I'm right here."
Giles looked at the girl accompanying Buffy. "Buffy you know I'm not too fond of you bringing friends here when your... er... working." Giles motioned for her to follow him out of the Library.
"She knows Giles there's no need to tip toe around the subject. I'm the Slayer. Your the Watcher. Does anybody not know?"
"So, Miss...?"
"Star. Just Star."
"Alright Star, who would you be? A demon, a watcher?"
"She's a vampire." Buffy contributed as she parked herself on the counter.
"Your a vampire?" Giles looked stunned.
"I'm not a vampire. I'm a slayer."
"Your a slayer?"
"You can't be a slayer. I'm the slayer. Well not the only slayer, there's Kendra and everything but there can only be two slayers. Right Giles?" Buffy whined.
"Um... well I'm not sure. I mean we only thought there was you until not so long ago."
"I'm not a slayer." Star said as if talking to herself.
"But you just aaid you were." Giles took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes in confusion.
"Oh well, I am and I'm not and I was. That also goes for the vampire thing too."
"Huh?" Buffy climbed off the counter and walked over to Star.
"Look I think you should start from the beginning and work from there instead of getting all cryptic. Okay?"
"Okay, here goes. My real name is Samantha Carroll. Around 500 years ago I crossed over and was made a Vampire. Before that I was a Slayer pretty much like yourself, Buffy. My watcher, Christos, was the same as any other, he made me work hard and always train.
"Now it all began on a night like any other, expect for the fact that all the planets in the solar system had aligned perfectly. Christos had sent me out on patrol through the twon. I usually went on patrol there but the fact that I was sent out on a night like that was what made it unusual. See in my time, people were very superstitious and a plantery alignment was not recorded in any of the scriptures, or so I was told.
"I didn't argue with Christos knowing that it was wrong to disrespect my elders."
Giles gave Buffy a 'why aren't you like that?' look.
"If I was like that Giles, you probably wouldn't like me as much." Buffy answered cheerfully.
"Anyway, I went out and patrolled in the usual fashion only to be completely surrounded by camps in a matter of seconds. I new I couldn't beat them all but gave it a go. I was right. I closed my eyes hoping it would dull the pain, and just before he striked I looked up almost instinctively to see my so called watcher staring back.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"I woke up moments later in a large room that I could only make out to be a type of arena. The lights came on and I stood up. I looked around, there seemed to be hundreds of people seated before me. I recofnized Christos immediately and was sure that the person next to him was the head of the watchers council. The slightly old man began to explain to me that my fate was foretold in the scriptures, I was to be the greatest fighting machine the council would have against the demons and evil.
"All through the watchers little speech I didn't smile but stared in disbelief at my watcher, my ex-watcher. As the room filled with cheers I began to panic. What had happened to me? Why did I feel so, strange? Being a normal 18 year old, I screamed. The room was silent. My eyes darted from person to person and in a flash, I ran.
"I didn't know why I was running and for some reason I didn't have to. I could hear the desperate cries for my return as I left the building. I ran and ran 'till I was out of breath. But I wasn't. I collapsed to the floor remembering allthat had happened. The look on Christos' face as he sent me to patrol. The vampires that had encircled me last night. Last night. It was day time and I was a vampire but I wasn't burning in the sun.
"For the following years I learnt all the secret powers that I had gained. I could walk around during the day but had wonderful night vision. I had the strength of a slayer and a vampire. But most important of all, I was still myself. I could feel the demon inside of me but I could also feel myself keeping it at bay. I found that If I drank blood it would give me the strength I needed to fight and still be myself. I would drink from humans making sure I would not kill them.
"I used my strength to help fight the evil. I might be a vampire but I will always think of myself as a slayer. I would help other slayers fight and I would control the vampire populations overseas. I ran into many vampires in my time, great and small. Angelus was one of them. He and I have been fighting ever since he was turned. I wasn't surprised he was here.
"This is the way I have been living for the past 468 years. This is why I hate the watchers council. This is why I'm here, to help."
Star seated herself at the table and waited for a reaction.
"Screaming isn't necessary Buffy, I'm right here."
Giles looked at the girl accompanying Buffy. "Buffy you know I'm not too fond of you bringing friends here when your... er... working." Giles motioned for her to follow him out of the Library.
"She knows Giles there's no need to tip toe around the subject. I'm the Slayer. Your the Watcher. Does anybody not know?"
"So, Miss...?"
"Star. Just Star."
"Alright Star, who would you be? A demon, a watcher?"
"She's a vampire." Buffy contributed as she parked herself on the counter.
"Your a vampire?" Giles looked stunned.
"I'm not a vampire. I'm a slayer."
"Your a slayer?"
"You can't be a slayer. I'm the slayer. Well not the only slayer, there's Kendra and everything but there can only be two slayers. Right Giles?" Buffy whined.
"Um... well I'm not sure. I mean we only thought there was you until not so long ago."
"I'm not a slayer." Star said as if talking to herself.
"But you just aaid you were." Giles took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes in confusion.
"Oh well, I am and I'm not and I was. That also goes for the vampire thing too."
"Huh?" Buffy climbed off the counter and walked over to Star.
"Look I think you should start from the beginning and work from there instead of getting all cryptic. Okay?"
"Okay, here goes. My real name is Samantha Carroll. Around 500 years ago I crossed over and was made a Vampire. Before that I was a Slayer pretty much like yourself, Buffy. My watcher, Christos, was the same as any other, he made me work hard and always train.
"Now it all began on a night like any other, expect for the fact that all the planets in the solar system had aligned perfectly. Christos had sent me out on patrol through the twon. I usually went on patrol there but the fact that I was sent out on a night like that was what made it unusual. See in my time, people were very superstitious and a plantery alignment was not recorded in any of the scriptures, or so I was told.
"I didn't argue with Christos knowing that it was wrong to disrespect my elders."
Giles gave Buffy a 'why aren't you like that?' look.
"If I was like that Giles, you probably wouldn't like me as much." Buffy answered cheerfully.
"Anyway, I went out and patrolled in the usual fashion only to be completely surrounded by camps in a matter of seconds. I new I couldn't beat them all but gave it a go. I was right. I closed my eyes hoping it would dull the pain, and just before he striked I looked up almost instinctively to see my so called watcher staring back.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"I woke up moments later in a large room that I could only make out to be a type of arena. The lights came on and I stood up. I looked around, there seemed to be hundreds of people seated before me. I recofnized Christos immediately and was sure that the person next to him was the head of the watchers council. The slightly old man began to explain to me that my fate was foretold in the scriptures, I was to be the greatest fighting machine the council would have against the demons and evil.
"All through the watchers little speech I didn't smile but stared in disbelief at my watcher, my ex-watcher. As the room filled with cheers I began to panic. What had happened to me? Why did I feel so, strange? Being a normal 18 year old, I screamed. The room was silent. My eyes darted from person to person and in a flash, I ran.
"I didn't know why I was running and for some reason I didn't have to. I could hear the desperate cries for my return as I left the building. I ran and ran 'till I was out of breath. But I wasn't. I collapsed to the floor remembering allthat had happened. The look on Christos' face as he sent me to patrol. The vampires that had encircled me last night. Last night. It was day time and I was a vampire but I wasn't burning in the sun.
"For the following years I learnt all the secret powers that I had gained. I could walk around during the day but had wonderful night vision. I had the strength of a slayer and a vampire. But most important of all, I was still myself. I could feel the demon inside of me but I could also feel myself keeping it at bay. I found that If I drank blood it would give me the strength I needed to fight and still be myself. I would drink from humans making sure I would not kill them.
"I used my strength to help fight the evil. I might be a vampire but I will always think of myself as a slayer. I would help other slayers fight and I would control the vampire populations overseas. I ran into many vampires in my time, great and small. Angelus was one of them. He and I have been fighting ever since he was turned. I wasn't surprised he was here.
"This is the way I have been living for the past 468 years. This is why I hate the watchers council. This is why I'm here, to help."
Star seated herself at the table and waited for a reaction.