Hey everyone!
Here's chapter 32 of The Mini Slayer! Thanks to all the new followers and favourites, and specially to bwburke94 and HarriettWithTea for their reviews once again. And yeah, guys, you get to see who the person arriving from L.A is in the next chapter! As, due to the changes in the plot, there will be no OMWF, I'm letting you know I'll be writing a new original chapter to sub for it, and I hope I can surprise you with it. I got so excited while writing part of it I had to stop and breathe deeply for a few seconds.
To make the storyline from Angel and BtVS fit after the changes in timeline I made at the beginning of the fic (check the first chapter if you don't know what I'm talking about) almost a year and a half has to be added to season 1 of Angel. Same as with Buffy, no big plot changes due to the added time.
Can anyone guess who the new arrival from L.A. will be? Let me know in the reviews, 'cause I'm quite sure you won't be able to guess!
Lee out.
Spike and Ally rushed out of the club, leaving the witches to look for the youngest Summers girl in that area. They headed towards where some hormonal teens would spend Halloween night.
Cemetery it was.
Spike noticed his love's extreme concern but didn't try to say anything. She was scared, worried and angry all at once, and he understood. He knew the Little Bit was probably the most important person for Ally, more than Buffy or him, and she wouldn't calm down until they found the Nibblet and took her back home.
And just as they neared one of the several graveyards in Sunnydale, they heard a scream that made their legs pump even faster, sprinting to the forest next to the eerie burial ground.
When they got there, they found Giles surrounded by a bunch of vampires with their behind them cars, their lights letting the new arrivals easily see everyone in the clearing, and therefore see another vamp holding Dawn by her neck.
Ally saw red. No one threatened her baby sis and got away with it. Call her overprotective, but family was important for her. Family and friends were her life. She was sent to protect Dawn, and protect her she would. Even if she had to tear that hand off the vampire's arm.
"You let my sister go or I'll rip out your entrails and make you eat them." She hissed, approaching them.
She was brought to a halt as Buffy arrived at the scene, standing right next to the Watcher. "Dawn are you...?" She stopped, looking around, focusing on the teen. "Where you parking, with a vamp?"
"I-I didn't know he was dead!" The girl defended herself, taking a step away from her lover boy.
"Living dead." He corrected, only to get shushed by his victim.
"Shut up!"
"How could you not know?" The senior Slayer continued, outraged, making Ally want to smack her.
"Buff, priorities!" The other slayer snapped, nodding towards their sister's companion.
"I just met him!" The teen insisted, looking nervously between her sisters.
"Oh!" That was just the last drop for the eldest brunette. She couldn't believe how senseless her sister could be. "Oh, so you were parking in the woods with a boy you just met."
The boy just didn't seem to get it was a personal discussion. "We've seen each other at parties."
Ally fixed him with a death glare, her hand wrapping around the hilt of her sword. "Shut up." Her eyes moved back to Dawn, filling with disappointment. "I don't believe you!"
"Oh, like you've never fallen for a vampire?" The kid complained, nodding towards the bleach blond assessing their opponents.
"It's different. Have you missed the part where he is good?"
"Evil." Spike rectified, only to be shushed like the other boy.
"Not helping." His girlfriend snapped, apparently making the rest of vampires lose their patience.
"Uh, excuse me! Can we fight now?" A big vampire from one of the cars asked, bored of their argument.
Buffy looked around the circle surrounding them, stake in hand just in case, looking completely at ease. "Hey, didn't anyone come here to just make out?" A couple at the back, behind some bushes raised their hands. "Aw, that's sweet. You run." As the couple ran away, the blonde Slayer glanced at the big vampire. "You scream."
And thus the battle started. Spike and Giles went for a few vampires on the sides as others attacked the two Slayers, Buffy calmly staking them as Ally unsheathed her sword and beheaded another, his body exploding into a pile of dust before it hit the floor.
Meanwhile, the vampire-boy grabbed Dawn, realising what he had gotten into. "Your sisters are slayers? I totally get it! I knew there was something about you."
Insulted, Dawn kneed him in the groin, taking her chance to run away from him. The other two girls were to occupied fighting the other vampires, the blonde helping her Watcher while the brunette prevented another two undead from attacking her boyfriend as he fought the big one farther away.
Ally was suddenly attacked by two vampires at once, one grabbing her from behind while the other punched her in the gut, the impact lessened by the material of the costume. She lost hold of the sword, yet she didn't stop fighting, kicking the creature attacking her in the chin and the nose, sending him tumbling backwards as she headbutted the one behind her. He hold slackened, allowing her to break free and hit him with a roundhouse kick to his neck, effectively knocking him down.
None of the vampires ready to attack her yet, she picked up her sword and made quick work of one of them, the other only having enough time to stand up before she aimed a side kick to his gut, the vampire hitting a nearby tree. Out of luck or strategy, he didn't know, a branch had buried itself in his back, its pointy end sticking out of his chest, right where his heart was. He barely realized what had happened before he burst into a cloud of dark dust, finally dead.
Buffy had just dusted her vampire, joining the other Slayer in their search for their baby sister, who they soon found lying on the ground, fighting not to cry while she clutched a pencinl in her hand.
She had killed her date. She had killed a vampire.
She had lied to them.
Once they were all home, Xander and Anya just leaving, Ally let herself fall down on the couch, her head between her hands. Buffy seemed to be fine, and Dawn was a wrecked mess in the dining room, yet none of them had tried to talk to her. Buffy was avoiding it, and Ally was just hurt, so disappointed she didn't want to lose control and say something that she would later regret. But... How could Dawn be so stupid? Why did she think she had to lie to her, to Ally? Hadn't she been understanding? Hadn't she been there for her when Dawn needed her? Why did she think she had to betray her trust?
She was so disappointed she really didn't want to talk to Dawn right then.
"You alright, love?" Spike asked, sitting next to her and wrapping one of his arms around her.
"Yeah..." She lifted her head and gave him a light smile, shifting so she was closer to him. "You should go home, I don't think it's going to be nice around here in a while." She suggested, her hand coming to rest on his thigh.
"Guess I should bugger off. Something about big bads not venturing far from their crypts on Halloween." He agreed, looking up to meet the other Slayer's gaze.
Buffy nodded, averting her gaze as the bleach blond kissed her sister and left the house, actually wishing him a "good fight". Ally was at least happy they seemed to be getting along.
When her vampire was gone, the brunette let her head fall between her hands again, thinking about how she should act with Dawn, knowing being nice and supporting wasn't the right way right then. What could she do? Buffy wasn't ready to take charge, as she so clearly showed when she subtly told Giles to take care of it, the Watcher being caught off guard. He looked over towards his newest protégée, knowing she was too hurt to ask her to do it.
He would have to be the adult once more.
Ally barely listened to what Giles and Dawn said in the other room, her own mind going back in time, swimming through memories of times when she had been the kid, the rebellious teen and someone had been there to tell her off when her parents were away and she messed up. She had looked up to that person for years, even after she was gone. She never forgot those times, those little bits of wisdom and discipline she had received, always in a way that made her feel cared for instead of being treated like a brat. Maybe that was what Dawn needed.
Would she be fit for that role? Could she be the one to set her in the right path?
When Giles left the dining room and Dawn headed upstairs, Ally knew it was her moment.
"Dawn." She called out, following the teen to their room, taking in the kid's ashamed expression and the jacket she clutched in her arms. "We need to talk." She stated, her voice firm, no room for replies.
The young slayer walked around the teen and entered their room, not turning to see if her sister was following her, knowing she would. She approached the window and crossed her arms over her chest, remembering every little detail of the time she had been the one waiting to be berated. She remembered every single one of the words used in that conversation, every single one of the postures, the expressions.
"Sit down." She ordered, not looking back but hearing the sound of Dawn sitting on her bed. "You were alone with a vampire in the woods. You were unprotected at night, out on the streets. You were about to get bit, and either killed or turned." Ally pivoted in place so she was able to see the kid, to face her and let Dawn see her expression.
"I know. I was stupid to let all that happen." She muttered, not able to look directly at the eldest brunette for more than a second.
"No. That's all a given in this town." Ally took a couple steps closer to the bed, her costume making her look even more intimidating. "What isn't a given is you lying to us, to me." She paused, trying to reign her emotions so she didn't raise her voice. Don't raise your voice, improve your argument. Dawn needed to understand so she could correct her attitude, not feel like everyone was against her. "How can I trust you now, Dawn? I don't care about the vampire, or the making out with a boy in a park. Hell, most teens do that, I knew you would at some point. But I thought you would tell me. That I'd know when the time came, and I could be there for you if something went wrong, because I would know what was going on. You lied to me." She let her arms fall to her sides, not taking her eyes off the girl. "How can I trust you now?"
Dawn didn't answer, her lower lip trembling and her hands clutching the jacket even tighter. She had never thought it would get to that point. She had thought they would never know, that they would never find out and she was simply going to have a Halloween night with her friends and a boy she liked. How could she have been so stupid?
She lifted her gaze when she heard Ally walk around the room, pick up her bag and head to the door.
"Are you leaving?" The teen sobbed, making her sister pause at the door.
"I don't want to stay here right now. Go to sleep." With that, she left the room and closed the door, going to the bathroom to change her outfit to some normal clothes before leaving the house and heading towards Spike's crypt.
A/N: The quote in cursive Ally thinks while talking to Dawn "Don't raise your voice, improve your argument" was said by South African social rights activist Desmond Tutu.
