Chapter Four: Fear Itself
It is Sunday, October 31, 1999 and its Halloween night, it has also been two and half weeks since Buffy knee surgery. Tonight was also Destiny first time going trick or treating and she went as a princess. For Destiny first time trick or treating Xander who is dress as a fire fighter, Kennedy who is dress as a fairy, Faith who is dress as a doctor, Buffy who is dress as little red riding hood, Willow dress as Joan of arc, and Oz who dress as god takes Destiny trick or treating around Sunnydale, but Tara stays back at her, Willow and Buffy dorm room to read and just relax because she has a stuff up nose and a tickle in her throat and thinks she might be coming down with a cold. Destiny, Faith, Xander, Kennedy, Buffy, Willow and Oz are walking to the last home to get candy out, which is Giles Apartment. When they reach the door of Giles's apartment, Faith knocks on Giles's door and he opens the door. Giles puts candy in all of the bags and then Giles lets them all inside that way the six of them can fill him in on how it went and hear if Destiny had fun or not. At the same time outside Angel is watching the three slayers, the Scooby gang, Giles and Destiny and he notices that Buffy is not wear her Knee brace like she is supposed to. Angel's then sees that Buffy knee brace is laying on the couch. He knows that not only was this Destiny first time trick or treating, but that this month has also brought about fears for each other of them.
(Angel talking) Everyone has fear in their life even the undead and the vampire slayers. Fear is not only for the normal everyday souls. Throughout my years as a vampire without a soul I have watched many slayers from a far. The two fears I notice about the girl choosing to fight the forces of darkest are that she feels like she is alone in fighting against evil and is tonight the night that I am going to die. Once the Gypsy cursed me with a soul I learn that must people fear the little things in life, like will I pass the tests I have in the morning, or will I get fire from my job. They do not normal fear what goes bump in the night. When I moved to Sunnydale in 1995, I started to work along side Faith the vampire slayer and her watcher Rupert Giles along with Buffy Summer the other vampire slayer when she moves to Sunnydale in the fall of 1996 and Kennedy when she moved to Sunnydale and I learn that not only does the slayer fear that she is alone in fighting the forces of darkest and is tonight the night that I am going to die, they also fear other things. Buffy fear that a vampire or demon could kill her mother, father or baby brother Bailey and fears that Oz, Willow, Xander and Tara who help her fight the forces of darkest could die helping her Kennedy and Faith. Faith has an every big fear that her daughter Destiny will get killed by the vampire, or that she or her daughter father Xander will die fighting the vampires and demons and leave her without parents. Kennedy, Faith and Buffy fear that Giles will die fight a vampire or demon alone side of them. Kennedy, Buffy and Faith friends not only fear about the forces of dark, they also fear other things in their Life. Oz and Willow are worry that their unborn baby will be a werewolf like Oz is, so the two of them have been speed hours at Giles's apartment doing research to figure this out. After three days of research they were glad to find out that the baby will not be a werewolf. Willow of cause also fears about what could happen if a spell she cast backfires. Oz fear that he will get out of his cage on a wolf night and kills someone. Xander also fears about dying fighting the force of dark and leaves his daughter without a dad. His big fear is that Faith will be kill fighting a vampire or demon. Then Tara feels that she will lose her new friends and that a spell she cast will not work and Giles fears that one or all three of his slayers Kennedy, Buffy or Faith will die in the line of duty. Kennedy fears for her family in New York will be killed because of her being a slayer and that her watcher, Buffy, Faith and the Scooby gang that are like family to her will be killed by a vampire or a demon. Of cause my fears are sunlight, behead, stake through the heart, lose of the friends I made in Sunnydale and fight along sides of in the fight against evil. But what I feel the worst is losing the soul the Gypsies cursed me with and going evil and kill all the one I love.
Meanwhile back inside Giles's apartment Buffy is icing her left knee and Destiny has fallen to sleep in Buffy's lap. Faith stands up and walks over to Buffy and her daughter. Faith then picks up Destiny and Xander hand Destiny bag of candy to Faith.
"I am going to take Destiny home."
"I go with you Faith's it is getting late and i have to study for a test in school tomorrow."
"That is fine Kennedy."
Kennedy stands up and grabs her bag of candy and then Faith carrying Destiny and Kennedy leaves Giles's apartment and head upstairs to the second floor and Faith's apartment. A short while later Oz gives Buffy and Willow a ride back to they dorm and then heads home himself.