Title: Dangerous Elements
Author: Espio
Summary: There's a new power in town, but whose side are they on
Authors Note: This is actually my first piece of fan fic, so please go easy on me :).
Feedback: As long as it is good :). If you can think of a better title, tell me about it coz I suck at this.
*Story Note: Set in Buffy season 6. Giles moved back to England permanently. Also set in Charmed season 4. Prue is still dead*
Dangerous Elements: The Beginning
Wind whispered through the trees, on the deceivingly calm night, in the town of Sunnydale, as a dark silhouette moved across the pools of moonlight streaming through the trees. Despite it's cautious efforts to remain unseen, the figure did not go unnoticed.
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The bell above the door clinked as Buffy Summers entered "The Magic Box". Approaching her friends, seated at the table situated towards the rear of the store, she thought to herself, pondering the mysterious figure she had seen moving through the cemetery.
"Hey Buffy, what's up? Where's Dawn?" The cheerful voice of Willow Rosenburg chimed through the store.
"I'm here." Dawn announced as she entered the door sending the bell ringing again.
"What's wrong Buffy?" Tara asked, concerned by the troubled expression on Buffy's face.
"Oh. I was just thinking about something I saw last night on patrol." She replied distractedly.
"Want to tell us about it?"
"Huh? Oh," Buffy replied as she snapped out of her daze, "I saw some strange figure in the cemetery. It appeared to a cloaked figure of some kind."
"Could it have been one of Glory's leftover minions?" Xander asked with his hands clasped firmly around Anya's.
"No, I don't think so. It appeared smaller, younger and less demony."
"You think they may have been human?" Willow's pondered. Eyes wide suddenly, she asked, "Do you think they were looking for you?"
"It's possible. It's not like they were there looking for a reception desk," Buffy replied in a half serious tone.
"I think you should base patrol around that area tonight. See if you can find out moreā¦" Willow began but was cut of as Tara toppled over clutching her stomach. Hastily she rushed to her girlfriend's aide as the pain subsided as fast as it began.
"I'm okay," Tara stated as she slowly rose.
"What happened?" Buffy asked concerned.
"There is some great power near by, but I can't tell if it is good or evil." She replied, grimacing at the last of the pain.
They all jumped startled as the bell above the door rang suddenly.
"Uh, is this a bad time?" Asked a teenage boy who hesitantly passed through the threshold of the store. He had dark blonde color hair, green eyes and about 6 feet tall. He appeared to be about Dawn's age.
"Aiden?" Dawn's voice came from the back of the group, "What are you doing here?"
"Um, I was curious. I have passed by this place many times and I wanted to find out what it was and... err...I saw you come in here so..." Aiden replied voice trailing off as he glanced at some of the items on the shelves. A look of confusion passed across is face. "What is this? Like some freaky hocus-pocus stuff?"
"The power I feel, it's coming from him," Tara whispered quietly to the group so that Dawn, who was arguing with her friend, didn't hear, "It's almost as strong as the power coming off of Dawn."
"I feel it too," Willow stated, "I mean, it's not as strong as what you feel but I can feel it. We need to find out more about this guy."
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Phoebe Halliwell gasped as a premonition over took her. It was much more intense then usual. Bordering on painful, as she struggled to keep standing.
Above the images, sounds and feelings the premonition sent to her, she could hear her sisters, Piper and Paige coming to her side.
End of Part 1
*I promise more parts will come soon and that they will be longer. This is just a sort of test to see how I go.
