The next morning Arielle skipped into the forer and saw her mother lounging lazily on the couch in one of her fathers oversized shirts.
"Mommy?" Arielle asked tentively, stopping square in her tracks.
"Arielle." Buffy said with false warmness.
"W-What are you doing here?" The little girl asked, stepping forward.
"Your mother took up our offer Princess." Angelus answered, walking into the room without a shirt on, smiling viciously.
"Y-Your a vampire?" Arielle walked slowly forward, still unsure of her mothers intention.
"Fangs and all." She smirked and walked over to Angelus, his arm wrapping around her waist.
Arielle walked over to them and crossed her arms. "So how exactly is this going to work? Seeing as how neither of you can actually walk in the sunlight."
Buffy's eyes gleamed, "I have an idea."
"Hello to all." Xander said the next morning when him and Anya walked into Giles house the same morning.
"I heard Buffy was back. You know considering I never met the girl my husband used to be in love with." Anya added, looking a tad testy towards Xander.
"I told him not to tell you that." Cordeilla said as she passed them on the way to the couch.
"Shut up Cordy." Xander mumbled, chucking a pillow at his ex girl friend, plopping down on the couch and Anya plopping down on his lap.
"Where is Buffy anyway?" Willow added, entering the living room herself.
"She should be coming over soon enough." Giles said, taking a sip of his tea.
Almost as if on cue, there was a banging on the door and Giles went to open it. Standing in the doorway was a very haggard looking Arielle. There was a large bruise growing on her right cheek and her curls were stringy and puffy. Her dress was tattered and blood was trickling from her forehead.
"Arielle?" Giles gasped.
The little girl crumpled at his feet and looked up at him, "Angelus has her."
"Who's that?" Anya asked, peering around Xander, who had rushed forward to help Giles carry the girl in.
"Arielle, It's Buffy's daughter. And the evil vampire we've been fighting has her at the moment." Xander answered.
Giles placed Ari on the couch and ran off to get a rag to clean the blood off her face. The little girl breathed slowly for a moment before pushing herself upward and faced the group.
"My father has Buffy, and He's... He's planning on killing her. I tried to stop him and he just, He just..." Her breathing hitched, and then she continued, "I got away as soon as I can. You have to help me."
"We'll help you all we can Ari." Willow assured her.
Ari smiled at her mothers friends and took a deep breath,She felt no regret for lying to these people. She knew nothing of them, therefore they were disposable to her, just as they were to her parents.