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Subject: Michael and Maria
Rated: PG-14
Summary: Maria finds out she is half sister to Buffy.
She also discovers a hint of slayer powers ... what
will happen.
Note: This has characters from Buffy sorry no Angel ... yet!
And I promise, it is not as corny as it sounds. Just to say,
this takes place after Destiny.
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Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I don't own any characters in Buffy
or Roswell.
Mistaken Identity
A thousand nails would have been more painless than this. How stupid. How idiotic, could he have been. You don't say I love you, and then leave. Especially if it is the first time. It was as if a million lives shattered before her. She went into a rampaging rage ... what was she going to do?
Maria didn't care. She wrecked everything that got in her path! Trash cans stormed into the street. Mailboxes were lifted and crushed. And surprisingly, she broke a glass window by throwing a plastic Frisbee. This strength had been coming on faster and faster. Maria was just about to put a dent in her stupid Jetta when she saw an unfamiliar car in the driveway!
She walked in her house and saw a strange blonde girl talking to her mother. She looked like she was in collage ... but why was she here. Maria got a strange sensation from the girl ... who was she!
"Mom I am home." Maria said really mumbling to herself.
"Maria wait, there is someone I would like you to meat!" Amy Deluca said with a half smile on her face.
Maria didn't say anything, she just stared at the girl.
"Uh ... hi, I'm Buffy!" Buffy replied, looking around the house. She looked incredibly strong and incredibly beautiful. But unfortunately, Maria wasn't in the mood for chit chat. She just wanted to shrivel up in her room and die.
"Buffy ... great ... well it was nice to meat you!" Maria replied, and then just blew her off. And turned to go upstairs.
"OK!" Buffy replied confused looking at Amy.
"Maria ... wait. Buffy is um ... she is your ... Buffy is your sister ... half ... I mean!" Amy replied while staring at the ground.
"What! What are you talking about! Wait, this is some sort of a ... joke ... right?" Maria replied in disbelief!
"You two ... um ... you share the same father!" Amy replied with a small laugh trying to loosen the mood.
"What! How ... how long did you know?" Maria asked in total anger.
"A while ... about 3 months I guess!" Amy replied noticing how angry Maria looked.
Maria was so upset. It wasn't really the fact that she had a sister. I mean with what she was going through, a sister was the perfect thing she needed. But it was the fact her mother didn't even tell her. She just sprang her with the news. Which was even more harder with what just happened to her? She was so angry ... sad ... upset, all at the same time. Maria had to be anywhere but here. And dealing with Buffy, well, that was not the best thing for her right now! So Maria ran to the door, slamming it behind her.
"Well, ... that went well." Buffy said confused and sarcastically.
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That stupid jerk! That stupid, stupid, stupid jerk. Michael was never really known to be smart. But still, he should have realized you don't tell someone you love them and then ... leave! She looked at her reflection in a puddle in some alley. Who was that girl she was looking at. No one Maria new. No one ever brought Maria down like Michael did. No ... she was Maria Deluca ... hurricane Deluca and by the gods, she was going to have some fun.
Maria found herself in Exotic Places. A dance club for teens. She found some cloths in her car that she used when she went to a party about a month ago. A black leather mini skirt, a red, sparkly shirt that had no back to it except two small strings that tied together. And black, knee high boots to go along with it. She never drank, but what better way to drown your sorrows then by drowning them for real.
Then all of the sudden one of her favorite songs came on. Jumpin; Jumpin by Destiny's Child. It was like, the best dance song ever. She just let the music carry her body around. She was dancing so much she didn't even notice Isabelle, Tess, Max, and Michael walk in. But of course, it didn't take her long to notice them either. Buffy then came in with two other people, and Maria noticed Buffy approach her. Maria grabbed another bear and began to drink it.
"I think your a bit young for this!" Buffy said as she pulled the bear away from Maria.
"What ever ... God I love this song! So ... who are your two friends, what are you ... some sort of a which!" Maria said pretending to be wasted. But she wasn't, she just wanted Big sister Buffy to get off her back!
"Actually, I prefer the term wicca!" Willow replied trying not to feel insulted.
"Xander, Willow, this is my sister ... Maria!" Buffy said looking from them back to Maria.
"Well, that's just great, I will be going now!" Maria said and pretended to loose her balance and fell into Xander's arms.
"Maria cool it. I have been watching you since you got here ... the most you drank was half a beer. Not that I condole that or anything, but your not drunk!" Buffy said starting to get a little annoyed.
"She's cute ... I like her. How old is she again Buffy?" Xander said jokingly to Maria.
"16!" Buffy replied.
"Ahem ... 17." Maria replied.
"So Willow, your a wicca, so what exactly do you ... do?" Maria said.
"Incantations, other stuff, most the time I just screw up! It's strange though, most people are intimidated by *witches*." Willow replied.
"Screw up huh ... that's the story of my life. As for being a witch. Growing up in Roswell ... you actually believe in aliens. Nothing new." Maria replied as she looked in the 4 aliens direction. And then looked back feeling Michael's eyes on her.
"So Maria, do you want to dance?" Xander asked.
Maria looked back at Michael, who's eyes still never left her, "Sure!" She replied as she grabbed his arm and lead him to the middle of the dance floor.
A lot of couples were out of the dance floor. Maria thought Xander was cute, but that wasn't the reason she brought him on the floor. It was pure and simple. She wanted to make Michael jealous. She pulled out all her moves. Moving her body to the beat of the music. Ever so often catching a glimpse of Michael. And his eyes were burning now. If he was ever angry, it was now. She loved the attention not to mention the fact that Xander was having fun.
"Poor Xander, you know this isn't the first time a girl ever used him to make another guy jealous." Willow said to Buffy!
"What are you talking about?" Buffy asked.
"Remember when you came back from LA after you killed the Master. You were dancing just like Maria is just to make Angel jealous!" Willow said smiling at her.
"Yeah well ... I had a good reason!" Buffy said trying to make a joke of it.
"Maybe ... but what's Maria's?" Willow asked while looking on poor Xander who actually looked like he was having fun.
"I don't exactly know. But what ever it is, I am sure it has got something to do with that kid over there who is looking at Xander, if he had darts ... Xander's eyes would be the bulls eye." Buffy said pleased with the metaphor she came up with!
Meanwhile Michael's eyes still never left Maria. Her body was mesmerizing. Hitmotising. Every move she made ... his eyes followed. What upsetted him ... was the fact she was dancing with some guy she just met, I mean, he may have hurt her. But they just broke up! Then Michael's eyes found his way to Buffy. And Buffy stared at him. She saw the same hurt and anger that was in Angel's eyes when she was dancing with Xander.
"Michael ... Huston we have a problem." Isabelle said while waving her hand in front of Michael.
"What ... oh ... sorry, I am just not into this dancing thing!" Michael replied trying not to meet there eyes.
"Yeah ... just watching it." Tess snickered.
"Look, Michael give her up, we all have a lot to loose!" Max said. But deep within Max, he felt like a hypocrite. If it were Liz out there, he would have been a pile of puddy.
"Who?" Michael replied as he stormed out of the building.
Back with Maria and Xander, Maria realized the only person she was putting a show on now, was for herself. And to be quite honest, it wasn't a very entertaining show. She was tired and realized that going home would be the best thing. So she literally walked away and blew Xander off.
"Great ... another day in the life of Xander Harris." Xander said to himself as he watched Maria walk away.
"Where did Maria go?" Willow asked as she looked at Xander's mellow face.
"I really don't know. But it's OK ... because I have my two favorite ladies with me right!" Xander said as he put both his arms around them.
"I better make sure she gets home OK!" Buffy said as she went in the direction Maria left in.
This day really sucked. But that was Maria's life. Everybody left her. It was normal. Something she could always count on. Her father left her when she was 6. Not even really saying good-bye. Then again, she never really new her father. But every father daughter dance she missed, every father daughter camp out Liz always seemed to talk her into always made Maria rethink the thought of having a father around. And then there was her Dalmatian who was hit by a car. Now of course that wasn't his fault. But Maria loved animals, and it didn't help that she saw the car hit Dottie. And now there was Michael to add to that list. Maybe she was just bad luck. Her mother always talked about an albatross. Apparently something that brought bad luck to it. She didn't really care ... or at least that is what she tried to tell herself.
Deep within her thoughts, Maria began to realize that there were footsteps not far behind her. It was like one of those scary movies where you are screaming at the girl ... no don't go upstairs you moron, or no, don't lock yourself inside. She just happened to turn down a dark alley.
"OK Buffy ... this isn't funny, now what are you doing ... stalking me?" Maria asked trying to convince herself she wasn't in a bad situation.
"So you do know Buffy. How good for me!" A strange man said as he walked up to her.
"Who are you?" Maria asked feeling the blood within her rise.
"That's not important!" He replied as he started walking towards her.
"Are you going to kill me?" Maria asked. What the hell was she doing. Why wasn't she running ... or screaming at least? Why wasn't her life flashing before her? Then all of the sudden, the mans face changed. They were all wrinkled, and his teeth grew ... they grew fangs.
"Well, that depends if you call rising from the grounds death!" The guy replied.
He started to advance towards her and all of the sudden he was knocked from off Maria to the ground, about 100 yards away. Then she saw the ... thing wrestle Buffy. OK what was this ... this freak show. Buffy and the thing were fighting. Crashing into boxes not to mention each other, then all of the sudden Buffy took a wooden chair and broke of the leg. Then she stroke where she assumed was the things heart and it literally disintegrated before her eyes.
"What ... how ... who the! OK, I am like in la la land her. What just happened?" Maria asked real confused.
"Uh ... it's kind of hard to explain." Buffy said trying to give a fake half smile.
"Simple ... she's the slayer!" Spike said as he came around the corner.
"Great. Now I have to deal with you. What are you doing in Roswell Spike?" Buffy asked more annoyed than ever.
"Nice to see you to." He replied sarcastically.
"So you've been here the entire time, you could have helped you know!" Buffy replied as she crossed her arms.
"Hello ... I am the bad guy remember. Just because I can't do any damage, doesn't mean I can't enjoy other damage. Especially when it's being done to you!" Spike replied with a fake evil grin.
"OK ... hello, I believe my question was ... what the hell is going on here." Maria replied, "I mean was that ... vampire?" Maria asked not shocked at all.
"Sure. That's one word for them." Buffy replied kind of confused Maria wasn't freaking out!
"Well, what else would you call us!" Spike replied sarcastically.
"And your one to?" Maria replied trying to analyze all of the information pouring into her.
"You don't seemed surprised at all. I mean ... the last time someone found out about this, they freaked out and ran out of the building like a raving lunatic!" Buffy replied looking at her with a surprised.
"Oh .. Believe me ... I have already done that one!" Maria replied.
"What do you mean, you have already seen a vampire?" Buffy said surprised that any would show up in Roswell.
"Not ... exactly." Maria replied looking at the ground.
"What ... exactly ... do you mean!" Buffy said hoping Maria wasn't playing her.
"O come on ... this is Roswell! Think about it. What is Roswell known for?" Maria asked in disbelief.
Buffy just stared at her.
"Aliens?" Spike asked out of the blue.
"Finally ... God, I mean it's Roswell. The only reason we were put on the map was because of the *siting*" Maria replied quoting her hands at the word siting.
"O come on. You what ... slay vampires. Is it really so hard to believe that there are aliens?" Maria replied sharing the same expression as Buffy.
"And then some. But yeah ... I guess it makes sense." Buffy answered.
"Demons ... witches ... vampires. Now aliens. Interesting!" Spike said laughing to himself.
"Have you actually met an alien?" Buffy asked getting a little intrequed. She never really thought about the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
"Hell. I dated one for 4 months. Until that stupid jerk left me for that tramp ... after telling me he loved me ... while I saved his ass and the rest of the world ... and then he up and leaves ... oh I'm sorry, was I babbling?" Maria said.
"You mean that guy who was staring at you in the club was an alien. OK. Your coming with me!" Buffy said as she took Maria's arm.
"What ... where exactly are we going?" Maria asked confused.
"You are going to meet a guy named Giles!" Buffy replied.
"Hey ... what about me?" Spike asked ... not that he really cared.
"Your not invited." Buffy replied.
"So tell me ... why didn't he try to bit us?" Maria asked confused at the world she had just been opened up to!
To be continued ......
