Buffy sat on the couch staring at Willow as she repeated the incantation. Past Willow and Tara sat looking at into each others eyes. Present day Willow's eyes and hair had turned white an hour after meditating, and 3 days into chanting nothing had happened. Willow had been at it for a day. Buffy groaned and sat back, not breaking the witches concentration. She had begun channeling from Buffy's blood making the Slayer feel lightheaded. Her phone buzzed and she walked outside.
"Who are you? And how the hell did you get a company number?" Buffy snapped,
"Well you see that's for me to know and you to never find out."
"Seriously not in the mood. Tell me who's calling." She demanded,
"My name is, Damon Salvatore, I have a friend in L.A. who said you might be able to help with a problem." He cleared his throat, "Spike says hi."
"Look, I really can't. My kid is missing, and I-"
"Look, I am not thrilled to being reduced to asking a Slayer for help but a two thousand year old immortal might make it hard to do anything."
"Silas..." She said,
"Glad you know who I'm talking about. I'll text you the address." He hung up, she turned around and almost screamed when she saw Rebekah standing there.
"Why does Damon bloody Salvatore want your help?"
"Five letter word, begins with 'S', and has a thousand years on you and your siblings." Buffy said,
"Silas." Rebekah said, "I'm coming with you."
"Um, just wondering, why?" She said, "oh my god I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be rude." Buffy said in shame,
"Hey it's all right, your son, my nephew is missing. I get it, but if anything is happening with Silas, having someone who is very strong by your side might help." They set off in Rebekah's car, they arrived there soon after. Buffy jumped out of the car and walked to the front door. She knocked and then a brunette girl opened the door.
"My name is Buffy, Damon Salvatore just called me about Silas. He said I might be able to help."
"Damon!" The girl called he appeared a moment later, Buffy was immediately took off guard by his eyes.
"Wow, I thought you'd be taller." He said,
"That's a very common misconception. But don't let my size fool you." Rebekah took it upon herself to demonstrate, Buffy grabbed her and threw the Original backwards sending her rolling across the ground. "So what's the deal?" She looked between the two very stunned vampires.
Buffy jumped off her horse and sat on one of the many large rocks that bordered the road.
"God, I hate horse riding." She complained, "and I miss my clothes." She pouted, Klaus got off his horse and sat next to her.
"I need to feed." He said, "I don't really fancy animal blood either." He said Buffy just sighed and took off her gauntlet and held her wrist to his mouth.
"Under any other circumstances I would never do this. But apparently at some point in my future I trusted you enough to have sex with you..." She began to babble, "just drink." He bit into her wrist and fed. He now understood why a Slayers blood was so intoxicating. He pulled back and looked at her.
"That is..."
"The most intoxicating thing you have ever tasted? Yea I got that from the one vampire who ever fed on me." She sighed and grabbed her canteen. "Do I even call this a canteen?" She laughed, she then took a sip of water which was somehow still cold. She leaned back as much as her armor would allow. "I hate this armor. Why couldn't it be lightweight." She said, Klaus laughed.
"For the Slayer I thought you had more endurance."
"Hey, I can endure this, that doesn't mean I can't wish for something less bulky. And more stylish, these elves wouldn't know style of it hit them in the nose." She said, Klaus smiled at her. They got back on their horses. They found a sight that marked roadways. "That's nifty," Buffy said before turning her horse in the direction of Valenmore. Klaus followed, they began to see buildings in the distance. Finally they arrived in the town, they found the stables. They told the people who they were sent by and they let the horses stay there for free. The first place they saw was a large house, that was surrounded by beautiful trees. There were ponds on either side, and statues that lined the walk way. They arrived at a pair of wooden double doors. Buffy knocked,
"Melharthwere, invulwen." A woman said answering the door,
"Adrianna," Buffy said, the woman nodded and let them in. She led them through a grand entry way that had marble stairs that spiraled upwards. In the middle of the two stairs was a fountain with a depiction of a Buffy. She was holding the sun in one hand, and the moon in the other. The water came from her tear ducts. "Do they revere us like Gods? Also why do I look sad in that?" She pointed to it.
"You are revered as Gods." A man said walking into the room. He was the first human they had seen. He was tall, about 6'4, and was clad in armor that resembled a dragon. He had large sword in a sheath at his side and a bow on his back with a full quiver. He had long blond hair and piercing green eyes. "Among the actual Gods that is." He looked over Buffy and Klaus.
"I'm assuming you're the informant we were sent to meet." Klaus said, he hated not being in charge. Buffy could tell he hated it.
"Yes, I am," he had an almost Scandinavian accent. It sent chills down Buffy's spine, Klaus noticed this and smirked at her. She blushed and looked back at the man,
"It's kind of weird that people know who we are. You got a name?"
"Galdore," he bent to one knee and kissed her hand, then he got up and shook Klaus' hand. "It is a pleasure to be in the presence of the Chosen Ones." He led them into a dining hall and Buffy got really excited.
"Food!" She practically screamed. Galdore laughed and he offered them seats at the head of the table. Buffy sat down and the instant she was seated she grabbed the plate in front of her. She bit into the warm bread which was drenched in butter. She spied a glass of what she thought was some sort of ale and chugged it. Both Klaus and Galdore looked at her curiously. "What?" She asked biting into a piece of chicken, "leave me alone, I haven't eaten in almost three days." She complained and went back to eating, "do you have any more ale?" She asked, a server came over and set two glasses in front of her.
"So what is it that Adrianna needed you tell us?" Klaus asked,
"You need to retrieve a blade. It's broken, but the jewel that lays in the hilt of the blade is a very powerful conduit for magic... The sword itself is that of legend. It was used to kill the first Dragon in this land." He said, Buffy looked up from her plate.
"So you want to send us after a sword that I'm assuming has been lost for thousands of years, to get a jewel... What's the catch?" Buffy asked narrowing her eyes,
"It's gaurded."
"By what?" Buffy asked,
"A giant." Buffy almost fell backwards,
"Come again... A giant, as in really tall, really mean, hates anyone that gets within a hindered feet of it." Buffy said, she then began to grumble about how they were in middle earth, and many other things about The Lord Of The Rings.
"She's right, they are evil. So you need to be smarter, which may not be hard but you also need to be stealthy. The sword is likely put out in front, for everyone to see so to speak." Buffy had stopped eating and looked to be in deep thought.
"Where is this Giant?" She asked,
"Mithrin Mountain, follow the path itself, and you will find yourself in drastically different terrain. Beware, Griskin dwell. They are like wolves only twice the size and their bite is poison. If you get bitten there is but one cure." He said, "the blood of a giant." Both Buffy and Klaus looked at each other then back at Galdore.
"Is their bite poison to a hybrid?" Klaus asked,
"It is not... I'm more worried about you, Slayer." He said, "the poison is painful. Like someone had pushed you into a fire. Then it becomes an agonizing pain that feels like the underneath of your skin had hot needles shoved under it. You then run a fever, and then well I assume you know what happens next." Buffy looked down at her plate, her appetite gone. Buffy stood up from the table and walked out. Klaus excused himself and went after her.
"What's wrong?" Klaus asked finding Buffy by the fountain.
"Remember that bad feeling I had 3 days ago?" Klaus nodded in response, "well it's back." The feeling she was having she had experienced only once before. "The only time I had ever felt something like this was when I fought The Master... When I... When I died."
"You are not going to die," Klaus said.
"How do you know that? What makes you think this can be stopped?" She asked, tears falling from her eyes. "I was spared death, Klaus! I can't die, I can't leave Dawn alone. Alex needs me until he gets his real mother back." Buffy cried,
"You are his real mother!" Klaus argued, "though you have not carried him, you still love him like your child and that's because he is. You become my best friend, I can't let you die." He hugged Buffy, "Is won't let you." Buffy just nodded,
"Should we stay here and rest, or do you wanna keep moving?"
"I say we keep moving." Buffy took a deep breath. She was about to say something when her breath caught. Klaus noticed and pulled back looking at her face. He turned around and saw Halforth.
"Isn't this nice. Yet isn't it wrong to lie to someone?"
"What are you saying?" Buffy asked, "how could he possibly know I am going to die."
"Oh my bad," he was suddenly in front of Buffy and a sword was stuck in a break in her armor. "I was just distracting you." He smiled cruelly, Klaus punched him full force in the face causing him to fly across the room.
"Buffy," he said taking the sword out of her. She gasped in pain, she was pointing at something behind Klaus. Klaus didn't have time to react as he was hauled to his feet.
"Like I said before. You think that actually hurt?" He asked, Klaus was being held by the neck several inches off the ground. The height difference was staggering. He took his hand away from Klaus' throat, Klaus stayed in the air.
"Let him go," Buffy said through gritted teeth.
"As you wish," he smiled. He flicked his wrist and a loud tear was heard, followed by Klaus screaming. He fell to the ground, Buffy looked in horror at the detached arm. "So silly, how you think I can easily be beaten." He kicked Buffy in the side causing her to go crashing into the wall by the dining hall. Galdore was nowhere to be found,
"Stop this," Buffy pleaded, he just advanced on her. She struggled to her feet and drew the sword made from the Dragon scale. He gave her a quizzical look before drawing his own sword. His eyes glowed as he smelled her blood. He removed his helmet and it hit the floor with a loud clank. His red hair fell into his shoulders.
"You think you could best me in a sword fight?" He rushed Buffy but she shot out her leg and it connected with his stomach. He groaned as he felt a rib crack.
"A word to the wise, don't piss of the Slayer!" She swung her sword and he parried, she was remarkably fast, she whipped around and back handed him. "And hurting my friends didn't earn you points either." He had enough, he used the dull side of his blade and swung it at her midsection. It connected with a sickening crack before she crashed into a wall. Blood was forced out of her lungs and her vision began to blur. She felt more blood coming from the sword wound.
"Pathetic." He said, "my sister put spells on you... Yet that can be fixed." He reached out a hand and held it just above her for head. There was a white light. "There," he backhanded her and she hit the ground. He made a gasping noise and was thrown backwards. Klaus stood over Buffy, his sword was drawn and his eyes had changed. He fed Buffy his blood,
"How dare you!" Klaus screamed turning to face Halforth. The elf just smiled wickedly and threw his sword, Klaus was suddenly behind him. Halforth fell to his knees as he felt a sword go through his chest. Klaus bit into his neck. "You do not touch my family!" Klaus bellowed. His arm had reformed, he brought the hilt of his sword to Halforth's neck knocking him out.
"Klaus, thank you."
"No problem love, we need to go." Buffy nods and they raced out of the large house. The un-tied their horses and took off running. I'm the distance behind them the large house exploded into flames.
Buffy was led into the Library of the Salvatore house.
"So you're friends with Spike." She she stated with a chuckle, "I didn't know spike had friends."
"Yeah well that's not important supergirl." He said, Buffy groaned. As if she didn't know enough vampires that gave her nicknames. "Our friend Bonnie was recently brainwashed by Silas. He convinced her to do three massacres to complete the expression triangle. Now we don't know where she is. She's the only one that can kill Slias, so if we find the witch, we will also find a two thousand year immortal hell bent on beginning Armageddon."
"Wow, so your friend sacrificed thirty six people in the name of Silas?"
"Well she didn't actually do it herself."
"Then how-"
"Not important, we need some muscle." The front door opened and slammed. "There's Stefan."
"Damon, what's going on?" He asked walking into the room,
"Well you see Stefan I'm being the good guy with the help of the Slayer." He motioned at Buffy who waved at Stefan.
"Oh, why is she here?"
"Because blue eyes over there asked for my help, I'm Buf-"
"Ground rule, nicknames are my thing." Damon interrupted,
"Hi I'm Buffy, it's nice to meet you." She said ignoring Damon, "apparently your brother doesn't understand it's polite to greet people." She cast an annoyed look at the vampire.
"Stefan Salvatore," he said.
"So is there any thing that happens when this guy shows up? Lights flickering, a bunch of people going missing..." She trailed off when the power died. "Or power outages," she said.
"Damn it," Damon said. He turned the flashlight in his phone on and walked off to the basement. The brunette walked in,
"Hey your name is Elena right?" Buffy asked, "I heard Damon call you that on his way to the door earlier."
"Yea..."
"So I take it when love sick idiot says 'our friend Bonnie,' he means your friend Bonnie." She said Stefan laughed at how well she was able to read Damon.
"Is there any place you can think of this might be going down? Think really think." Buffy said.
"No I'm sorry." Buffy's phone rang,
"Hello?"
"Buffy, this is Sheriff Liz Forbes, I need you down at the hospital."
"Okay, I'm on my way." She got up, "blue eyes I'm heading out, the sheriff wants to meet with me."
"And I am coming with you." He said, Buffy groaned but let him step in front of her. He stopped and kissed Elena goodbye and they walked to the front door.
"So just wondering why would she call me? I met the woman two days ago,"
"She knew a guy in England that was a watcher." He said pondering on the name, "Rupert Giles," he finished.
"She knew Giles," Buffy said.
"Knew?" Damon asked, Buffy didn't answer. They got in his car, "all she knew is that he had trained the most powerful Slayer in the world. Come her surprise when she learned it was you." Buffy said nothing and kept staring out the window. When they arrived at the hospital they both rushed in.
"Liz what's happening?" Damon asked as he and Buffy walked up to her,
"The power outages originated these three spots." Liz pointed,
"Those are the spots of the massacres. So she filled the expression triangle." Damon said,
"So where would she be?" Buffy thought for a minute and then pointed to the middle of the triangle where the school was. "What is it with towns that have supernatural shit and schools?" Buffy asked, they both looked at her funny. "I loved on the hellmouth for 7 years. My high school was built right on top of it." Buffy explained,
"Good for you Blondie, but we have to get there. Let's go." He said and dragged Buffy with him.
Caroline sat with Alex eating dinner.
"Caroline?" He asked,
"Yeah?"
"Are mommy and daddy going to be okay?" He asked sadly,
"They'll be fine." She said with a smile, even though she doubted her own words. They sat in silence for a little while until a knock sounded at the door.
"M'lady, Adrianna requests to speak with Alex." Caroline nodded and gave Alex the okay. Alex followed the woman to a large dining hall where Adrianna sat. She smiled when she saw him,
"How nice of you to join me." She said with a large smile, "has anyone ever thought you to control your magic." He nodded,
"Aunite Willow did." He said, he demonstrated by infighting several candle with his eyes.
"So you want to learn of to do it better?"
"Mommy said I'm not ready yet."
"It's okay to break the rules here, I won't tell." She said, Alex shook his head excitedly.
"Bring in the creature." Two guards walked in with a large cat looking creature. "That is a Medrigon, the night prowler. They aren't very nice."
"It's scary," Alex said,
"Wanna see something." She focused on the animal. "Volmenir esterwen," the creature howled in pain and then fell to the floor. There was a large ice crystal sticking out of its side.
"Wow," the six year old said.
"That's all you have to say when something wants to hurt you."
"Volmenir esterwen." Another one appeared in the creature and he laughed. "That is so cool." He said in glee.
'Yes the child will do well by the end of this he will be able to destroy Halforth and Fergein Veil will be free." She thought as she taught him another spell.
The path narrowed as Buffy and Klaus crossed into the mountains. The scenery change was outstanding. They followed the path deeper into the forested mountain, the air beginning to feel thick they got off their horses and walked a little ways ahead.
"Hello," a woman said appearing next to them.
"Hi..." Buffy said, the woman's face turned warped and she hissed at Buffy. Buffy pulled out her sword and slashed. The woman dodged it and then her fingernails elongated and her skin tore from her body. Before them stood a creature that Buffy would've sworn was uglier than anything she had ever fought. It's face became almost entirely skull besides the patches of fur and the deer antlers that sprouted from its forehead. It's body was half skeletal, and was cover by a very thin discolored layer of muscle.
"Volugurom nethmalwin ulufuct." Buffy felt chills at the words.
"What are you?" Buffy asked as it's hollow eyes turned to her.
"Grajden." It answered before vanishing. Buffy shuddered,
"That thing was terrifying," Buffy said underneath her breath. Klaus laughed,
"And here I thought the Slayer doesn't scare easily." Klaus teased,
"That is not true. Okay maybe it is but there is still a level of creep factor." Buffy said. Klaus just shook his head,
"Sshould we take the horses or walk?" He asked, Buffy just shook her head.
"I think we should camp. I'm wicked tired." Klaus and Buffy started to set up camp. They put up a tent that on the inside looked like a house. There were candles lit, beds for the both of them and a small lounge area. "This is unreal," Buffy said. She stripped out of her armor. "I feel like I haven't slept, how long have we been here?"
"5 days," Klaus said.
"She wasn't lying when she said time moved differently." Buffy grumbled, she took off her armor and sat on her bed. Buffy melted into the soft bad. Klaus came in and did the same, only removing his shirt after. Buffy Sat up and took a deep breath. She walked over to him and kissed him softly on the lips. "Thank you for saving me." She said, Klaus looked possessed. She still kissed the same, and he felt something inside him stir.
"I would do it again if it ensured you living." He said. He couldn't believe himself. He still loved Buffy, he was scared to have ever admitted it but it was true. He also loved Caroline, he had to blurry the feelings for Buffy. He loved Caroline too much to lose her to this. Buffy could practically see his mind at work.
"I'm sorry I shouldn't have kissed you." She felt bad now, she had just betrayed Caroline.
"It's alright, we should get some rest." He said, the candles blew themselves out as the two settled into bed.
The next morning Klaus and Buffy were both pulled from a sound sleep to the sound of growling. Buffy was out the door in a second with her sword.
"Klaus!" She screamed and then there was a thud followed by her shouting. When Klaus emerged he saw a bear like creature cricketing Buffy. He used all his strength and snapped the things neck.
"Buffy behind you," Klaus warned. She whipped around while slashing her sword and another creature fell dead.
"What the hell are these things?" Buffy asked, they were a lot larger than a bear and much stronger. One charged from the bushes and tackled Klaus. He screamed as it but into his neck, he reared back and punched it square in the nose there was a loud crack. The creature bellowed and slashed its claws through his chest. Buffy stabbed her sword clean through its neck. She turned th re sword around in the wound and the thing stopped moving. Klaus kicked the creature off sending it flying.
"Okay I guess my sword doesn't mean anything." She complained as she went to retrieve it.
"I'm sorry it biting half through my neck wasn't on your list of priorities." Klaus said as he walked over to her.
"You sent have to take a tone with me, this was the sword they made from the Dragon scale." Buffy said angrily,
"Again you could've stabbed it while I was down. Hell before it bit into my neck." He said grossly, Buffy shoved him hard. His eyes grew dark and he shoved her back. He was mere inches from her face again when she kissed him.
"I can't fight this anymore." She said against his lips. Klaus rushed them back to the tent and he took of her clothing and she removed his. He he picked her up and pushed inside her as she wrapped her legs around his waist. They fall into the bed, never breaking contact. Buffy moaned as he trailed kisses down her neck and over her collar bones as he slid in and out of her. "Klaus," she gasped as he thrust deeper inside her. His pace picked up as he neared his end. Something in the back of his head told her needed to pull out. He just barely got out before he came, his release dripping on her navel.
"Sorry," he said and then kissed her hard.
"I'm glad you remembered." She said, if he stayed inside her. Well she didn't want to get pregnant. Yet. She knew she would run into Klaus again and have Alex. Maybe in her universe she sold get Klaus to stay with her. They both sat in silence. "We can not tell Caroline." Buffy said after a few minutes,
"No we can't," Klaus couldn't believe what he had just done. Part him hated himself for it, but another part liked it. His vampire side was taking over which his lust. He shook it off, they changed back into their clothes and armor. Buffy picked up her sword from out side and put it back in its sheath. They left their horses and set off into the dense forest. The brush was thick so Buffy cut through it with her sword, whistling the entire time.
"Would you stop with the bloody whistling!" Klaus exclaimed while glaring at her.
"Fine you didn't have to scream at me." Buffy said, she then punched Klaus in the nose, "don't scream at me ever." Buffy warned, Klaus looked shocked. Even this Buffy wasn't afraid of him, regardless of the power she could feel coming off him it didn't scare her.
"So punching an Original in the face is a great reaction." Klaus said,
"Then don't tell at me. God you're annoying." She complained as she sliced through another branch. "I cans still see the path but the brush is really thick." She said, the ground shook for a minute. "That's not a good sign." Buffy pointed out,
"Really, here I was thinking it meant we were about to be showered upon by sunshine." Klaus grumbled, she smacked the back of his head.
"Attitude." Buffy scolded, Klaus growled and shoved her. She swung around and clipped his jaw, they were ready to come to blows when a bellowing voice stopped them.
"Do not stop!" The voice screamed, Buffy looked up. Looking over them was a creature about fourteen feet tall.
"So... Are you the giant?" Buffy asked,
"I take that as an insult." It said,
"Okay but you are aren't you?"
"Yes. But I know what you're thinking, it's going to kill me, oh no!" It said dramatically, "I've never taken the life of an innocent. I feed off of the wolf like creatures that live here in these woods." She said, Buffy just shook her head. She was actually talking to a giant,
"So is there a reason why you were about to let us kill each other?" Klaus asked,
"Entertainment." The giant said, Buffy didn't expect it to look so normal. It looked like a human only much taller,
"I was expecting you to be made out of like stone or something." Buffy said, he scoffed,
"You mistake me for my cousins. They are simple minded and can't hold a conversation at family gatherings." He said with distaste. "I'm assuming you are here for the broken sword or whatever. Have fun dealing with my father. If you can kill him you can have anything in his stash. Where he keeps his treasures." The giant said,
"Why would you want to kill your father?" Buffy asked,
"All he has done my entire life is lay hands on me and tell me I'm worthless. Apparently it is my fault I like humanity and not a heartless killing machine." He sighed, "I hate the man pain and simple." Klaus' heart went out to him, he knew how it felt to be at the end of a father's wrath.
"Do you have a name." The giant made a series of creaking sounds which Buffy and Klaus assumed was the language of giants.
"I'm gonna call you Creak." Buffy said, "where do we have to go to find your dad?" Buffy asked, Creak pointed tot he east and Buffy thanked him. "That was interesting to say the least." Buffy said with a laugh,
"Creak?" Klaus asked her,
"What when he said his name it sounded like a creaking floor bored." Buffy pouted, "don't judge me." She said, Klaus just shook his head. The path finally opened up to reveal a chasm that dropped several hundred feet. On the other side was where they needed to be. Klaus picked Buffy up and threw her across before jumping with all his strength across.
"God damn it Klaus!" Buffy screamed as he landed next to her.
"That's for punching me in the nose." He said Buffy just rolled her eyes and they walked between two mountain peeks the lined the trail on both sides. The trail opened up once more, Buffy and Klaus froze. There were patches of snow on the trail and several frozen rivers could be seen cutting through the mountain. The cold immediately hit her.
"This place gives me the Wiggins." Buffy said as she saw how dead everything looked. No trees grew, the only plant they saw on occasion as they moved forward was strange looking and dropped an odd colored nectar. Wolves could be heard howling in the distance, or Buffy hoped they were wolves. "Okay it is really cold." Buffy said,
"We have to keep moving if-" she cut him off.
"I'm from California. Me and cold are very unmixie things." Buffy said, she began to dig through the bag that was given to her. She smiled in victory when she pulled out a a thick, ebony colored winter cloak. She put on and sighed in relief.
"Buffy we have to keep moving." They began to walk forward then the sun began to set. Buffy cursed,.
"How long have we been walking!" She screamed as she played on the ground.
"All day." Klaus said,
"Please tell me you remembered to take down the tent." Buffy said, Klaus' eyes widened. "You idiot!" Buffy screamed, "go use your special speed and grab it." Klaus groaned but flashed off. He would've carried Buffy as well but at the speed he wanted to go it would destroy her body. She may be a Slayer but the speed of an Original would be like sticking your head out the window of a car going over one hundred miles per hour. Buffy reached in her pack to look for something to start a fire. She found a weird looking log and a glowing red stone. She placed the log down in front of her and then set the strong on it. It immediately lit and Buffy felt the warmth. She then heard a thud in her back pack and she looked to find the stone back there.
She knew the fire was mystical as it spread in a circle around her. She should reach through the flame yet it did not burn her. She held a piece of hair over the fire and it didn't singe. Klaus arrived moments later drenched in sweat.
"I am never doing that again." He said, Buffy just smirked.
"Then don't forget the tent next time." He then noticed the fire, "it's met for the tent to go over. Watch," she put her hand directly into the fire and held it there. Nothing happened but Klaus could feel he heat of the flames. He set up the tent and they both went in. Buffy groaned as she took off her armor. She went to lay back but screamed when she felt a stab of pain on the lower right hand side of her abdomen.
"Buffy?" She nodded, and tried to stand up but she fell to the ground in pain.
"Of god, I think my appendix just burst." She said, Klaus lifted up her short to inspect her abdomen. He then noticed there were lines spreading from where she got stabbed two days prior.
"You've been poisoned." He said, Buffy then started to feel the pain wrapping g it's way around her body.
"Klaus it hurts." Buffy said, even when hurt he had never seen tears in her eyes.
"Buffy I'm going to move you to the bed okay? 1, 2, 3-" she screamed when he picked her up. He played her on the bed gently. He then noticed that the poison looked almost like a werewolf bite. He then remembered what Galdore had told them. Griskin poison could only be cured by a giants blood. He also remembered that the poison worked like werewolf venom.
"Klaus, I don't feel so good." Buffy then began to cough, with each cough blood was forced from her lungs. "I'm dying, I told you I had that feeling." She said painfully, Klaus looked on helpless. He came to the conclusion he was going to have to kill the giant.
"Ill be back shortly." He said in a low voice. He closed the ten and to his amazement it disappeared from view. At least the fire did not.
Buffy followed Damon to the school. Only two days in Mystic Falls and she was already go to girl for an apocalypse. Elena met them, she was then followed by Stefan.
"You sure this is the place?" Stefan asked,
"I'm positive. Perks of being a Slayer. When there is some center of mystical energy I can feel it almost." Buffy said,
"Okay enough chitchat." Damon said as they walked into the school.
"Why was she with Katherine, do you know where Katherine is?" Elena questioned, Buffy knew she was lost in the conversation when Elena reached up snapped Stefan's neck and bolted.
"Is she always crazy?" Buffy asked, Damon glared at her.
"She just turned her humanity back on. Katherine, fed her little brother to Silas so he would wake up." Buffy's eyes darkened. Elena couldn't have been more than eighteen.
"Where the hell is this bitch, I might go help Elena." Buffy said, "that kid was what, fifteen, sixteen years old?"
"No supergirl, you are helping me." He dragged her off, he wanted Katherine to get what was coming to her but he also knew he had to stop Silas more. They got the boiler room door and Buffy kicked it open. They walked through it and Buffy groaned as she noticed the cave entrance.
"That just instills my theory." Buffy declared, "all high schools have a creepy cave system underneath them." Buffy said, Damon just laughed and they pressed forward.
"Blondie stay down here, I'm gonna go look up stairs." He rushed out,
"Why do people always leave me alone in caves?" She asked herself, she walked forward and then she heard chanting. She could feel magic radiating from the direction of the chanting. Buffy ran as fast as she could and stopped when she saw a teenage girl standing in a circle talking to someone who wasn't there.
"Grams, I miss you so much." The girl said,
"Bonnie," Buffy said assuming it was her. She turned, "you're talking to yourself." She pointed out. Bonnie then realized she was talking to Silas.
"You can't get in my head anymore!" She screamed, then Buffy heard a voice she didn't expect to hear, it was Caroline.
"Did you really think you could keep me out of your head?" She then looked at Buffy, "a Slayer. No wonder why I can't really get inside that pretty little head of yours." He then morphed into Stefan.
"Well taking the form of my best friends pregnant girlfriend wouldn't really shave me much. Points for effort," Buffy backhanded him and he smacked against the wall. He looked up at her in surprise. "Look here, I am not mortal. I haven't been for a very long time." Bonnie completed the spell and he screamed. Damon and some other man came running as Silas covered his face as he turned to stone.
"I wonder what he looked like." Bonnie asked as Damon knocked on the stone statue.
"What ever he looked like you'll never know." Buffy sighed, "look I have to go, but if you need me." She fished a business card out of her pocket, "that's my direct personal cell number. You just made ally off a Slayer, consider yourself lucky." Buffy walked off, she heard the sounds of a scuffle and she sighed and ran. She saw Elena fighting, well, Elena. She then noticed how the other one was dressed much skankier. Buffy grabbed the other one and threw her down the hallway.
"What the fuck?" She questioned the Slayer. Buffy stood before her in the blink of an eye,
"Hi I'm Buffy Summers, I bet you've heard of me." Katherine nervously nodded. "Good, so I heard you killed her little brother." She said,
"He was collateral damage what's it matter to you anyway." Buffy decked her,
"Because he was what sixteen? You took away his entire life, and that girls only family." Elena walked up behind Buffy, "and I know all about you. Katerina Petrova. 500 years old, breaker of many hearts, and destroyer of lives. You know vampires who lived through that crisis in Atlanta still talk about you." Katherine struggled to her feet but Buffy caught her throat and hauled her old the ground. "If even hear a single word about you still being in town while I'm here I will help Elena kill you." She set Katherine down and the vampire sped off.
Buffy finally walked out of the school and sat in the parking lot. She felt a presence next to her.
"Hi," the girl said. Buffy smiled,
"Tara," she hugged her friend.
"It is so good to see, you, you, well actual you. I mean,"
"I get it Buffy, a lot of crazy stuff had happened." She said, "I need to see Willow. One more time." She said, Buffy nodded.
Klaus rushed through forest at full speed. Buffy was losing an uphill battle. He reached his destination. He walked into the cave and was almost crushed by a large hammer.
"Hyrbine," the creature said stepping out of the shadows. It was twice the height of his son and much more intimidating. Klaus waisted no time and punched full force into its leg. It screamed and fell to one knee. "You are strong. But are you stronger." Klaus rushed around it and then landed another blow to its ribs. The giant became fed up and threw Klaus against the cave wall. Klaus felt his back crack. He groaned as it began to heal. Hearted forward with his sword drawn and he jumped. He sunk the sword into its eye and it began to scream. Klaus jumped on his shoulder and twisted it's neck. With all his strength he finally heard it snap and the giant fell dead. He found a small crystal vial and filled it with blood.
Klaus looked around for the blade and found it. He grabbed that and few other weapons and rushed off. By he got back he heard Buffy talking.
"Dawnie no please don't do it!" Buffy pleaded and then stopped as if she were listening. "My blood. Dawn the monks made you out of me. If your blood open the portal mine can close it." She assured, she then looked and saw Klaus with a vial.
"You need to drink this, love." Klaus said he helped her sit up and she drank it. Buffy didn't feel anything at first.
"I don't think it worked." Buffy said, she slumped backwards. Then she felt it, she felt the infection in her body start fading. She could feel the warmth under her skin fade. "Klaus..." She said, she pulled him to her and kissed him.
"Buffy we can't," Buffy nodded. This couldn't be happening to her, she was in love with Klaus. She began to sob, "what's wrong?" He asked,
"I almost died again, and then us..." She took a shaky breath. "Its nothing."
"You're lying to me." Klaus said,
"Damn it Klaus I'm in love with you!" She screamed at him, "and it hurts knowing I can't do anything about it." She cried, "because you're with Caroline, and because I haven't met you yet. One thing I promised myself and to Alex. We will be together when we actually meet in the future. Alex will not grow up without knowing you." She wiped her tears, "maybe if we could actually be together I might be able to love again." She said quietly.
Klaus didn't know what to make of what she said. She loved him, and he had feelings for her. Then there was Caroline who is the love of his life. He had Waring emotions inside him he couldn't comprehend. Caroline would be crushed if she found out that he slept with Buffy let alone that he and Buffy had feelings for one another.
"Buffy, we can't go there. I love Caroline with my heart and soul, also what if we did? What happen to your future self? You may be from a different reality, but it still might affect the future. What of Alex?" Klaus asked, Buffy just looked at the comforter. She didn't know, she also wasn't the stuck up popular girl that would move in on someone else's relationship.
"I-it's-" she couldn't find words. To love someone and not be able to have them was hard. It was like Angel all over again only they never got started. "How do I know if I will ever meet you again?" She asked,
"Some things are written in stone, like Alex. He was born into a prophecy and he will be born. That means you know you will see me again." He gave her one last kiss on the lips. "You will remember that till we meet again in your reality." He said, Buffy began to cry again.
"God why did I have to fall for a taken man?" She asked,
"The heart want what it wants." Buffy and Klaus finally agreed to sleep.
The next morning they began their track back. Klaus showed her the sword.
"Wow," Buffy said in awe. It was a standard elven sword but instead of the gold and silver she had seen back at the palace, what remains of the blade was crimson red. She then noticed a particular amber crystal. She could feel power coming off it in waves. "I found the jewel." She said, Klaus immediately felt it too. He must've not noticed because he was so focused on saving her. They set off and when they came back to chasm he threw Buffy across, this time with a warning. By the time they made it back to the horses it was dark. Somehow the horses managed to live, so they quickly set up camp and slept. It had taken them three days to get to the town. Then days of not sleeping just to get to the mountain. By the time they reached the palace 28 days had passed. They had finally begun to feel the effects of the time difference.
"Multhwin, valharaa incomptwere. Welcome, honored ones." A maiden said as she waited at the bottom steps. The Griffin flew over head and Klaus still marveled at the creatures beauty. They were led back to their room and as soon as they opened the door they were tackled by an excited six year old.
"Mommy, daddy!" He was crying, Caroline walked in and smiled. They had the clothes on that they had worn the first two days they were there.
"Alex why don't you let them get cleaned and then they can tell you about their adventure." She suggested, he nodded and Klaus and Buffy walked to the door that led to the springs. She wasted no time ditching her armor and jumping in, Klaus did the same.
"Oh my god it feels so good to be clean!" Buffy exclaimed with glee, "of geez we haven't showered in a month." Buffy wrinkled her nose in disgust. Klaus was just enjoying the warmth of the water.
"I never want to leave Alex or Caroline for that long." He said,
"I never thought I would have kids, but I can't wait till I have Alex." She said with happy smile.
Buffy walked into the Mikaelson Mansion.
"Wills you can take a break you've been non-stop for almost a week." The veil still wasn't back up. When she had brought Tara to Willow at the beginning of the week Willow hadn't noticed. Now she was going to make her. "Wills!" Buffy called Willow jumped out of her trance and looked around. She felt like she hadn't moved in days.
"God when was the last time I moved?" Willow asked,
"Six days ago." She then endangered Elijah. "We have the spell just not the right type of power." Buffy said sadly, "but someone is here for you." Tara had freaked out her past self and past Willow. Willow stood up and noticed everything was stiff. She followed Buffy curiously to the backyard and that's when she saw the familiar blue shirt and jeans. The perfume hit her nose and her knees buckled. "Tara?" She asked, Tara turned around. It was hard for Willow to see the clothes she was wearing, they were the ones she died in.
"It's me baby, it really is." Tara walked over to Willow and sunk down to her knees. She embraced the red head as she cried.
"I'll give you guys a while." She walked back inside to find Elijah standing with a glass of blood. "I am so sorry we had you like that."
"It's quite alright, I did volunteer myself after all." He said as he finished the blood, "how many days have passed?" He asked,
" Six days," Buffy said. "There was some guy here earlier named Kol... He said he was your brother."
"That's not possible, Kol has been dead for months."
"Aww, I've missed you too, Elijah." A voice sounded. Elijah looked stunned and a tear escaped his eye. "It's good to see you again brother." Kol said, Elijah stood up and walked over to his younger brother, embracing him tightly. Her phone rang and she stepped out,
"Hello?"
"Super girl," Damon said,
"Can I help you?"
"The veil is back up, I'm sorry if you didn't get the chance to say by to your friend." Buffy stopped,
"Well then someone let her come back because she is very much alive." Kol rushed and grabbed her phone,
"Long time mate," Kol said, Buffy snapped his wrist and took the phone back. "Bloody hell, you could've wrapped of my hand!" Kol exclaimed,
"So someone felt fit to bring back the most annoying original." Damon grumbled.
"I owe you an ass beating," Kol threatened. You could practically hear Damon's eye roll.
"Listen, Elena wanted to invite you over for dinner as a thank you for helping with Silas... And a certain doppelganger who will not be mentioned."
"Oh that's right I have to kill Elena... Shareholding have killed me."
"One minute Damon," Damon could hear a loud thud, Kol screaming and then the sound of a vampire rushing away. "Sorry I was kicking Kol's ass, yea Ill be over for dinner. What time?"
"7:00, don't be late." He hung up and she sighed.
"Kol, I'm sorry!" She yelled feeling bad, Elijah came out with a very amused look on his face.
"I have never seen someone so easily subdue an Original."
"Yoyve never met me before. I fought and beat The First Evil, an Original you can physically fight." She said, "and compared to The First, you guys aren't even scary." Elijah had never seen someone so calm and daring. If he didn't know of her he might have killed for such disrespect, but he knew he could not. He also could not kill his brothers best friend.
"I had forgotten toy fought The First Evil." Elijah said,
"Sorry but that is a story that is going to require a lot more alcohol." Buffy said with a laugh. "I have dinner at the Salvatore's. I'm really not in the mood for going alone. Could you be my plus one?" She asked hopefully. She really didn't want to be alone, because that would lead to questions about why she was still in Mystic Falls. She couldn't talk about Alex,
"I would be honored." Never had he met a girl who could make him feel this way after a handful of meetings. She smiled and walked into the mansion. Past Willow and past Tara were sitting on the couch watching their future selves.
"It's weird seeing me kissing you." Willow said, Buffy just smiled. Maybe in their reality Tara didn't die, and in their reality Willow didn't try to destroy the world. All she knew is she owed the powers one. They brought Tara back but also with an annoying cocky Original. She walked up into the room she claimed as hers and settled into the queen sized mistress, a smile on her face.
"I understand you found the sword." Adrianna said as she walked with Klaus and Buffy. They nodded and Klaus handed her the blade. "How did you two manage to defeat a giant?"
"Buffy was dying Nd I did what ever I could to save my friend." Klaus said. She looked at him astonished. She then felt another thing of power radiating off of the hybrid.
"What is that weapon?" She asked, he removed a dagger from its sheath and it engulfed in flames. Klaus watched in awe. "The is the Phoenix dagger. It was lost almost a thousand years ago." She said.
"That's fine and good, but I would really like to get home and make sure Dawn hasn't blown up the house." Buffy said folding her arms across her chest. Adrianna sighed,
"The stone is one part of it, now we need blood."
"What kind of blood?" Buffy asked hating where this was going,
"The blood..." She took a deep breath, "of a Griffin." She said sadly. "Valgrendore!" She called, the beast came to her. "You know what to do." Stemmed understand as it walked over to Klaus and sat down staring at him.
"Klaus I think you need," she motioned cutting with the knife. He closed his eyes and did so.
"Valgrendore was old, even by Griffin standards. He was alive in my father's time which was well over twenty thousand years ago." She said, "this was an act of kindness." She assured, mostly for herself. She remembered when her and Halforth were young, how he would fly in him to escape their fathers beatings. How she would go with him to comfort him. She had started to cry at the memories.
"Are you okay?" Buffy asked softly,
"Yes, m'lady," She said.
"It's okay to cry. We all need to sometimes." Buffy said, for literally the first time in four thousand years she cried.
"I'm sorry it is not proper for you to see me like this," she apologized.
"Don't ever apologize for crying, it's natural and healthy." She turned to look at Klaus. "That's why he's always so grumpy." Klaus just rolled his eyes. They returned to their room. Alex was staring intently at Caroline.
"Do you hear that?" He asked, Klaus listened. Instead of hearing the two heart beats that usually came off her there was third. He was not ready for that.
"Caroline love, we're having twins." Alex nodded his agreement.
"I heard them about four days ago but I wanted to wait for daddy." He said, Caroline couldn't believe this. She jumped onto Klaus and kissed him,
"I love you," she said.
"And I you," he said.
A/N: This is a longer one so enjoy.