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Chapter 14
Revelations
"I killed someone." Faith said. She had calmed down now and was sitting with the members of the fellowship. "In my world, I'm a slayer." She paused and took a deep breath before she continued.
"Into every generation a Slayer is born. One girl in all the world, to fight vampires and stop the spread of evil. That's what I am, that's the reason I can fight the way I do and heal the way I have." She gestured towards her arm. "But I made a mistake. And I killed someone."
"But surely you had a reason to kill?" Gimli questioned with a frown on his face.
Faith shook her head. "No, I thought he was a vampire, but he was human and he died."
"What is a 'vampire'? Is it like an orc?" Pippin asked
"A vampire is..." Faith stopped wondering how to explain vampires to a group that knew nothing of them. "A vampire is essentially a demon. They look human, taking the form of the person they kill. They feed on blood. Preferably the blood of a human. Sunlight, stakes through the heart, cutting off their heads - that's what kills them. Holy water works pretty good too."
"So you made a mistake, you thought this man was a vampire and killed him. Yes?" Legolas asked.
"That's not all I did." Faith spoke quietly, her mind going over the events in her past.
Aragorn spoke. "What else did you do?"
"My friends tried to help me. There's another slayer in my world. It's not supposed to happen like that, there's only meant to be one of us. Before I was chosen, She was the slayer. Buffy, Buffy Summers. She drowned, but her friends brought her back. Because she died another slayer was called."
"And that was you?"
"No Gimli. Not quite. There was another before me but she died and then I was called. I moved to Sunnydale and met Buffy." Faith closed her eyes as her memory recalled all that had happened while she was in Sunnydale. "We were on patrol one night when it happened. Buffy realised and said to stop, but I didn't." Her jaw clenched as she thought of what she had done. "I tried to forget what had happened. Buffy kept reminding me. I couldn't cope and I turned against her."
"What happened then?" Pippin asked looking at Faith as a tear rolled down her cheek, her eyes still shut tightly.
"I... I did things I shouldn't have. I went bad. Evil. I worked against Buffy, trying to hurt her. I went after the people she loved. But I couldn't escape what I'd done. Eventually I stopped trying and gave myself up. Now I'm in jail, trying to 'repay my debt to society'." She smiled at her own turn of phrase looking down into her lap, then raising her face to the fellowship dreading what they would think of her.
"You are very brave Faith." A voice came from behind. Gandalf smiled down at her, before settling down beside her. "And I for one am pleased you are here."
"I am also pleased that you are here." Pippin spoke. "For if it were not for you, I'd still be with Ugluk!"
Aragorn smiled at Faith before speaking. "To admit that you are wrong is never easy, and to try to right that wrong is very hard. I too am glad that you are on this quest."
"As am I" growled Gimli. "Else I would be impaled on an orc sword now, and not here with you."
But there was no word from Legolas. He had left while Faith was explaining her past.
Chapter 14
Revelations
"I killed someone." Faith said. She had calmed down now and was sitting with the members of the fellowship. "In my world, I'm a slayer." She paused and took a deep breath before she continued.
"Into every generation a Slayer is born. One girl in all the world, to fight vampires and stop the spread of evil. That's what I am, that's the reason I can fight the way I do and heal the way I have." She gestured towards her arm. "But I made a mistake. And I killed someone."
"But surely you had a reason to kill?" Gimli questioned with a frown on his face.
Faith shook her head. "No, I thought he was a vampire, but he was human and he died."
"What is a 'vampire'? Is it like an orc?" Pippin asked
"A vampire is..." Faith stopped wondering how to explain vampires to a group that knew nothing of them. "A vampire is essentially a demon. They look human, taking the form of the person they kill. They feed on blood. Preferably the blood of a human. Sunlight, stakes through the heart, cutting off their heads - that's what kills them. Holy water works pretty good too."
"So you made a mistake, you thought this man was a vampire and killed him. Yes?" Legolas asked.
"That's not all I did." Faith spoke quietly, her mind going over the events in her past.
Aragorn spoke. "What else did you do?"
"My friends tried to help me. There's another slayer in my world. It's not supposed to happen like that, there's only meant to be one of us. Before I was chosen, She was the slayer. Buffy, Buffy Summers. She drowned, but her friends brought her back. Because she died another slayer was called."
"And that was you?"
"No Gimli. Not quite. There was another before me but she died and then I was called. I moved to Sunnydale and met Buffy." Faith closed her eyes as her memory recalled all that had happened while she was in Sunnydale. "We were on patrol one night when it happened. Buffy realised and said to stop, but I didn't." Her jaw clenched as she thought of what she had done. "I tried to forget what had happened. Buffy kept reminding me. I couldn't cope and I turned against her."
"What happened then?" Pippin asked looking at Faith as a tear rolled down her cheek, her eyes still shut tightly.
"I... I did things I shouldn't have. I went bad. Evil. I worked against Buffy, trying to hurt her. I went after the people she loved. But I couldn't escape what I'd done. Eventually I stopped trying and gave myself up. Now I'm in jail, trying to 'repay my debt to society'." She smiled at her own turn of phrase looking down into her lap, then raising her face to the fellowship dreading what they would think of her.
"You are very brave Faith." A voice came from behind. Gandalf smiled down at her, before settling down beside her. "And I for one am pleased you are here."
"I am also pleased that you are here." Pippin spoke. "For if it were not for you, I'd still be with Ugluk!"
Aragorn smiled at Faith before speaking. "To admit that you are wrong is never easy, and to try to right that wrong is very hard. I too am glad that you are on this quest."
"As am I" growled Gimli. "Else I would be impaled on an orc sword now, and not here with you."
But there was no word from Legolas. He had left while Faith was explaining her past.