Part 2
They lay entwined on the sand. Shrunken bodies still close together, beads of moisture dotting their pale skin, their faces lax and smooth. She stared at them, idly entwining pink sea flowers into the girls long brown hair, humming as she worked. Looking up she stared at the woman in front of her who also sat naked on the sand, watching her as she worked.
"Who are you," her voice was calm and indifferent with a hint of danger but the woman never flinched. She merely threw back her head and laughed, her long, full, black hair falling down at her sides beside her, her dark purple eyes dancing,
"I have many names," she replied in a thick, rich voice.
"And," Buffy returned to her work, "Who are you?"
Cocking a delicate eyebrow the stranger stared at her a moment longer before laying into the sand and staring at the empty sky, "You may call me the Moon."
"The moon," she said contemptuously, "But the moon is in the sky."
"Is it," the woman motioned towards the spot where the ghostly orb had once been, "Take a second look, ma Cherie."
Buffy glanced up at the dark sky, at the blank gap and then back at the woman, "So. You're the moon."
The woman laughed again before turning around and propping herself up on her elbows, "I've been watching you Slayer. Night after night you come here. But I've never seen you kill before."
"That's because I never have," dropping the dead woman's hair she stared at Moon, "I've always been such a good little girl."
"Yes," the moon said seriously, "you have. Which is why I wonder what's changed Slayer? Who the lust for the kill now?"
Shrugging Buffy began pulling on her clothes, "The sun's coming up soon."
"He's coming," the Moon said quickly," and you have to trust him."
"Who's coming," she said, pulling on her black top over bare breasts.
"A warrior," the moon said before standing and looking out at the sea, "He'll help you fight the First, Buffy. You can't do it alone."
"I don't need anybody," her voice was stiff as she stared out across the water before turning away and melting into the night.