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Author's Note: For this story Faith never escaped from the Council.
A Slayer's Life
By
Anessa Ramsey
When Merrick first told me that I was a vampire slayer I laughed. I mean, no one
except crazy people actually believe in vampires, or so I thought. That night Merrick
took me to a cemetery in LA and gave me a wooden stake. Needless to say when
something started digging it's way out of a grave I was stunned. So stunned I almost lost
my life that night. As I found out later the life expectancy of a slayer is only about
twenty years. I was already fifteen.
When I moved to Sunnydale with my mom I was thrilled, but I didn't let it show.
I thought that I would finally be able to have a life without worrying about being the
Chosen One. I came to find out that we moved to the Hellmouth. I thought that Fate had
royally screwed me over until I met Xander and Willow. They became my two best
friends and partners in slayage. If it weren't for them I'd be dead already. It's been four
years since they found out and I'm still going strong.
Just when things are going good though, Fate sweeps in and sends everything into
a tailspin. When Willow began to change the way she dressed and wouldn't let people
walk all over her I was happy for her. She was so much more fun. When she fell in love
with Spike I thought she was crazy. I was sure that he was using her to get to me but I
was wrong. He really was in love with her, so I dealt with it. She was happy and he
wasn't feeding on people. When she told Xander and Giles things didn't go so good.
Giles was okay with it after asking us a few questions but Xander freaked out. He swore
that he would see Spike turn to dust. When Xander's involved things never go as
planned. Because of his actions my best friend is now a vampire. She has eternity while
I have just years.
Xander has been missing since the night it happened. I don't think he wants to
face up to what he did. I know how that feels. I shouldn't have snapped at him in the
park and Giles was a little harsh when we got to his place with Willow, but he was just
worried. I know that if he would just come back everything would be okay.
It's hard to believe it's only been three weeks. I miss having a girl to talk to.
Anya is really great but she and Giles are pretty wrapped up in each other right at the
moment. I was upset when Willow made the decision to move to LA with Spike so that
he could be with Angel. I knew about Angel's past with his childe. I knew when Spike
had Willow's soul restored he was going to try and make amends with his sire. I never
expected them all to fall in love with each other, but they have. That's one relationship I
didn't see coming but it seems to make them happy.
What I'm really thrilled about though, is the call I received today. It seems
they're going to move back to Sunnydale. I never thought I would ever have to thank
Cordelia Chase for anything, but it was her idea. She's been really unhappy in LA and so
has Willow. Together they managed to convince Angel that the Hellmouth needed a
private investigator more than LA did.
When they come back I'm going to tell them about the promise I extracted from
Spike before he got his soul back. Being the slayer doesn't give me the option of a long
life or the chance to accomplish my goals so I made Spike promise to turn me and have
Morrigan restore my soul. In just five weeks I will be a vampire. Maybe then I will
finally get to rest. I broke up with Riley right after Willow left for LA. He doesn't know
what I am and certainly wouldn't have liked what I am going to become. Angel and
Willow will try to talk me out of it. Giles and my mother won't understand, but I don't
want to die at the hands of a demon out to destroy the world or a vampire waiting for one
good day. I want to see the world and what it has to offer. If I have to live in the night
and drink blood to do it, so be it. It's worth it to me. I'm ready to be selfish and let
someone else worry about the fate of the world. Let them release Faith to fight and die or
let them call another. It doesn't matter to me. This slayer's life is over.