A/N- Okay, this chapter is kind of short, but I was in a hurry to get it up. I often get comments on Spelling errors and typos, so I read through this one carefully, and Spell checked it. But, I don't currently Have anyone who's a Buffy fan, and a good reader to edit it for me, so you'll just have to deal. If it bothers you all that much e-mail me and I'll send it to you to edit
Chapter 3.... A light in the dark.
Buffy laid in a field of grass. Faith came and sat next to her. "You can't keep coming back here B" she said to her.
Buffy nodded, "Well, I'm here now, no sense leaving right away" she said to Faith. Faith nodded and looked off into the distance.
Buffy followed her Gaze. She found herself looking at Ezra. She wasn't alone though. She was with a boy who looked slightly older then her. He reminded her of Spike, though he looked nothing like him. If Spike was night, this boy was day. He had golden hair that fell below his shoulders. It was braided like an elf's.
His Eyes were a deep bright blue. He was tall, and thin yet muscular. His face was quite fair. His nose was round, and his lips were full. His face was near flawless. His skin was light, and he appeared to glow. She looked at Ezra, who also appeared to glow.
Ezra was sitting below the male. He had his hand on her shoulder in a protective way. She glared at him for it. He smiled down at her, and her glare quickly turned into a Smile for him. He gave her a hand up and they walked off.
Now Buffy new why he reminded her of Spike. He walked, and moved like Spike. He treated Ezra how Spike treated her, except nicer maybe. Buffy looked back at Faith. "Who is that" she asked her.
Faith looked at Buffy, then up at the sky "Looks like rain" she said.
Buffy looked up at the, the sun was shining brightly and there wasn't a cloud in the sky, "Why must you always talk in riddles?" she asked Faith.
"It's your dream" Faith responded with a shrug of her shoulders.
"Buffy" she heard Spike calling from afar.
"You better go" Faith said. "Sounds like trouble".
Buffy felt his hands shaking her gently. She closed her eyes then opened them again. She found herself lying on her bed, and looking apon the face of Spike. She quickly sat up, "What?" she asked.
"Ezras got a problem" he said.
"What? Where is she?" Buffy asked confused.
"She's down stars. I ran into her and she just started freaking out. Clutching her head, saying he found her" he told her.
Buffy was confused. Very very confused. "Who found her?" she asked.
"Don't know, she wouldn't tell me, but I think she was waiting to tell you." he said. He reached out and put his hand over hers Looking deeply into her eyes. Then he stood up and left the room, "Comon" he called back to her.
Buffy got out of bed and went down stairs. Ezra was sitting on the couch looking extremely uncomfortable. "What's up?" Buffy asked.
Ezra wouldn't look at her. "I haven't been completely honest with you" she said sadly.
"What?" Buffy asked confused.
"Well, I mean, where I come from, my past. I haven't really been telling the truth about everything" Ezra explained.
Spike remained silent, however Buffy didn't, "Past?" she questioned, "your fifteen, what kind of past could you possibly have" she looked at Ezra. The girl was so small. Her eye's glinted with innocence.
Buffy realized she was serious. She walked over to the couch and sat next to her. "Sorry, I'm just kind of surprised now, tell me about your past" she said.
Ezra looked up at Buffy. Buffy noticed that those eyes that were so full of innocence were also full of knowledge and pain. Ezra brushed her red hair out of her eyes. "I'm not like you" she said slowly, "My people, they're different. Their beliefs, their traditions, and abilities. We do things different" she explained.
"What do you mean 'your people', how are you different?" Buffy asked more confused then ever.
"Well, we can communicate, um... through our minds. We can read other peoples minds" she said.
"You've been reading our minds?" Buffy asked angry. She was horrified at the thought that Ezra could hear every thought she had. Every thought about Spike.
Ezra shook her head "Not on purpose" she said, "But sometimes I can't control it. Like when I'm really tired or something." She said. "But that's not all" she said, "My people, we are binded to another at birth" she stopped. There was a knock at the door.
"Just a minute" Buffy said getting up to answer the door. She walked over to the door and opened it. She stumbled back in surprise. There was a boy at the door who looked exactly like the boy in her dream.
The boy walked inside without paying an attention to Buffy. He went straight to Ezra, who refused to look up at him. "Linie" he said to her, "are you okay?" she simply nodded. "You know, when you cut me off, your not the only one who feels pain" he scolded her. She simply nodded again.
Buffy came into the living room, "Okay, who are you" she said in a slightly raised voice, "And WHAT is going on?" she asked.
Ezra looked up, "Well, as I was saying, we are binded to one other. I was binded to Aaron" she pointed at the tall elf like boy. "It's possible to sever the link" she said, "But it comes with great pain to both people, and since we are eternally bound to each other, it's still possible to track them down. Just more difficult" she explained.
Buffy shook her head trying to clear it and understand what was going on. Ezra continued talking, "When I was chosen, my people outcasted me, for I was different. Aaron, being bound to me was outcasted with me" she said.
Buffy looked over at Aaron. He was standing over Ezra. A look of great sorrow came upon his face as Ezra talked. "When you're outcasted from my people, your supposed to hide. Go into shadow" Ezra went on. "I didn't want that, not for me, not for Aaron. I love people, and I love the sun, so I ran from Aaron and cut off our link" she stopped, her story was apparently over.
Buffy looked over at Spike, who seemed to be absorbing the information much better then she was. Aaron sat next to Ezra. Ezra scooted away. He put his hand on her hand. She pulled her hand away. It was very clear that Ezra was not happy about being bound to Aaron.
Yet, Aaron apparently didn't see this, or if he didn't he didn't care. He put his hand on her hand again, and this time she reluctantly allowed him to do this.
"Your people, they just outcasted you?" Buffy finally asked, "That makes no sense at all" she said.
"Our people have their own traditions, and they fear above all else change" Aaron said. "They believed that we would corrupt the town, don't judge my people, they simply feared us" he said.
Buffy shook her head and pulled Spike out of the room to talk to him. "What do you think?" she asked him.
"I've heard of it before" Spike said, "I thought these people were a myth. They're called Hydrics and are said to live in the forests. The myth is that they live like elf's and can communicate with all animals etc. I never believed the stories" he said.
Buffy wrapped her arms around herself, she was wearing a tank top and it was cold in the house. Spike reached out and ran his hands down her arms, stretching them out in front of her. She shivered at his cold touch.
He examined her arms, noting that there didn't appear to be any new marks. Buffy realized what he was doing and pulled her arms away. She took a step towards him and put a hand on his waist. "I stopped" she said.
Spike nodded and put a hand on her face. He leaned towards her and kissed her. It was a soft gentle kiss. His kiss reminded her of the first kiss she had shared with Angel. It had been soft and tender. They both had known that they shouldn't be doing it. Yet, there had been this fire that couldn't be put out. A need for each other. Buffy felt the same way now, with Spike.
He pulled back and stared at her. She stared up at his bright blue eyes. He was dead but his eyes were so full of life. Like the stars, Buffy thought herself. The stars, she remembered were dead by the time the light got to earth, yet we can see them. Buffy laughed at the sentiment behind her thoughts.
"What?" Spiked asked.
"Nothing" she said and went back to the living room. Spike followed her.
"Okay" she said to Aaron and Ezra" First of all, no one is 'going in to shadow'. Aaron, you can stay with Spike well Ezra remains under my care" Buffy directed.
Aaron stood up, "Absolutely not. I stay here" he said.
"Fine" Ezra stood up, "Then I'm staying with Spike" she said. Buffy laughed at this.
Aaron however did not seem to find this amusing. "You'll stay with Spike, and Ezra will stay here. End of story" Buffy said.
After a few minutes Aaron finally agreed. "Great, Spike will take you back to his place" Spike nodded his agreement. "Well, you two get going then. Aaron pulled Ezra up and gave her a hug. She allowed him to, but Buffy saw her roll her eyes.
As they began to leave Buffy pulled Spike back and wrapped her arms around him, needing his comfort for a moment. She gave him a kiss, said good bye, and they left. Buffy shut the door behind them, and turned around to find Ezra staring at her.
"Just friends?" she asked with her eyebrows raised.
"Oh go to bed all ready" Buffy said to her.
"Oh Buffy, I love you soooooo much" Ezra said pretending to be Spike.
Buffy left the room and went upstairs to her own bed. She really could not deal with the mockings of a fifteen year old at the moment. Fifteen. She seemed so young. How could Ezra have all this weight on her shoulders. How could she be betrothed. At fifteen.
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Chapter 3.... A light in the dark.
Buffy laid in a field of grass. Faith came and sat next to her. "You can't keep coming back here B" she said to her.
Buffy nodded, "Well, I'm here now, no sense leaving right away" she said to Faith. Faith nodded and looked off into the distance.
Buffy followed her Gaze. She found herself looking at Ezra. She wasn't alone though. She was with a boy who looked slightly older then her. He reminded her of Spike, though he looked nothing like him. If Spike was night, this boy was day. He had golden hair that fell below his shoulders. It was braided like an elf's.
His Eyes were a deep bright blue. He was tall, and thin yet muscular. His face was quite fair. His nose was round, and his lips were full. His face was near flawless. His skin was light, and he appeared to glow. She looked at Ezra, who also appeared to glow.
Ezra was sitting below the male. He had his hand on her shoulder in a protective way. She glared at him for it. He smiled down at her, and her glare quickly turned into a Smile for him. He gave her a hand up and they walked off.
Now Buffy new why he reminded her of Spike. He walked, and moved like Spike. He treated Ezra how Spike treated her, except nicer maybe. Buffy looked back at Faith. "Who is that" she asked her.
Faith looked at Buffy, then up at the sky "Looks like rain" she said.
Buffy looked up at the, the sun was shining brightly and there wasn't a cloud in the sky, "Why must you always talk in riddles?" she asked Faith.
"It's your dream" Faith responded with a shrug of her shoulders.
"Buffy" she heard Spike calling from afar.
"You better go" Faith said. "Sounds like trouble".
Buffy felt his hands shaking her gently. She closed her eyes then opened them again. She found herself lying on her bed, and looking apon the face of Spike. She quickly sat up, "What?" she asked.
"Ezras got a problem" he said.
"What? Where is she?" Buffy asked confused.
"She's down stars. I ran into her and she just started freaking out. Clutching her head, saying he found her" he told her.
Buffy was confused. Very very confused. "Who found her?" she asked.
"Don't know, she wouldn't tell me, but I think she was waiting to tell you." he said. He reached out and put his hand over hers Looking deeply into her eyes. Then he stood up and left the room, "Comon" he called back to her.
Buffy got out of bed and went down stairs. Ezra was sitting on the couch looking extremely uncomfortable. "What's up?" Buffy asked.
Ezra wouldn't look at her. "I haven't been completely honest with you" she said sadly.
"What?" Buffy asked confused.
"Well, I mean, where I come from, my past. I haven't really been telling the truth about everything" Ezra explained.
Spike remained silent, however Buffy didn't, "Past?" she questioned, "your fifteen, what kind of past could you possibly have" she looked at Ezra. The girl was so small. Her eye's glinted with innocence.
Buffy realized she was serious. She walked over to the couch and sat next to her. "Sorry, I'm just kind of surprised now, tell me about your past" she said.
Ezra looked up at Buffy. Buffy noticed that those eyes that were so full of innocence were also full of knowledge and pain. Ezra brushed her red hair out of her eyes. "I'm not like you" she said slowly, "My people, they're different. Their beliefs, their traditions, and abilities. We do things different" she explained.
"What do you mean 'your people', how are you different?" Buffy asked more confused then ever.
"Well, we can communicate, um... through our minds. We can read other peoples minds" she said.
"You've been reading our minds?" Buffy asked angry. She was horrified at the thought that Ezra could hear every thought she had. Every thought about Spike.
Ezra shook her head "Not on purpose" she said, "But sometimes I can't control it. Like when I'm really tired or something." She said. "But that's not all" she said, "My people, we are binded to another at birth" she stopped. There was a knock at the door.
"Just a minute" Buffy said getting up to answer the door. She walked over to the door and opened it. She stumbled back in surprise. There was a boy at the door who looked exactly like the boy in her dream.
The boy walked inside without paying an attention to Buffy. He went straight to Ezra, who refused to look up at him. "Linie" he said to her, "are you okay?" she simply nodded. "You know, when you cut me off, your not the only one who feels pain" he scolded her. She simply nodded again.
Buffy came into the living room, "Okay, who are you" she said in a slightly raised voice, "And WHAT is going on?" she asked.
Ezra looked up, "Well, as I was saying, we are binded to one other. I was binded to Aaron" she pointed at the tall elf like boy. "It's possible to sever the link" she said, "But it comes with great pain to both people, and since we are eternally bound to each other, it's still possible to track them down. Just more difficult" she explained.
Buffy shook her head trying to clear it and understand what was going on. Ezra continued talking, "When I was chosen, my people outcasted me, for I was different. Aaron, being bound to me was outcasted with me" she said.
Buffy looked over at Aaron. He was standing over Ezra. A look of great sorrow came upon his face as Ezra talked. "When you're outcasted from my people, your supposed to hide. Go into shadow" Ezra went on. "I didn't want that, not for me, not for Aaron. I love people, and I love the sun, so I ran from Aaron and cut off our link" she stopped, her story was apparently over.
Buffy looked over at Spike, who seemed to be absorbing the information much better then she was. Aaron sat next to Ezra. Ezra scooted away. He put his hand on her hand. She pulled her hand away. It was very clear that Ezra was not happy about being bound to Aaron.
Yet, Aaron apparently didn't see this, or if he didn't he didn't care. He put his hand on her hand again, and this time she reluctantly allowed him to do this.
"Your people, they just outcasted you?" Buffy finally asked, "That makes no sense at all" she said.
"Our people have their own traditions, and they fear above all else change" Aaron said. "They believed that we would corrupt the town, don't judge my people, they simply feared us" he said.
Buffy shook her head and pulled Spike out of the room to talk to him. "What do you think?" she asked him.
"I've heard of it before" Spike said, "I thought these people were a myth. They're called Hydrics and are said to live in the forests. The myth is that they live like elf's and can communicate with all animals etc. I never believed the stories" he said.
Buffy wrapped her arms around herself, she was wearing a tank top and it was cold in the house. Spike reached out and ran his hands down her arms, stretching them out in front of her. She shivered at his cold touch.
He examined her arms, noting that there didn't appear to be any new marks. Buffy realized what he was doing and pulled her arms away. She took a step towards him and put a hand on his waist. "I stopped" she said.
Spike nodded and put a hand on her face. He leaned towards her and kissed her. It was a soft gentle kiss. His kiss reminded her of the first kiss she had shared with Angel. It had been soft and tender. They both had known that they shouldn't be doing it. Yet, there had been this fire that couldn't be put out. A need for each other. Buffy felt the same way now, with Spike.
He pulled back and stared at her. She stared up at his bright blue eyes. He was dead but his eyes were so full of life. Like the stars, Buffy thought herself. The stars, she remembered were dead by the time the light got to earth, yet we can see them. Buffy laughed at the sentiment behind her thoughts.
"What?" Spiked asked.
"Nothing" she said and went back to the living room. Spike followed her.
"Okay" she said to Aaron and Ezra" First of all, no one is 'going in to shadow'. Aaron, you can stay with Spike well Ezra remains under my care" Buffy directed.
Aaron stood up, "Absolutely not. I stay here" he said.
"Fine" Ezra stood up, "Then I'm staying with Spike" she said. Buffy laughed at this.
Aaron however did not seem to find this amusing. "You'll stay with Spike, and Ezra will stay here. End of story" Buffy said.
After a few minutes Aaron finally agreed. "Great, Spike will take you back to his place" Spike nodded his agreement. "Well, you two get going then. Aaron pulled Ezra up and gave her a hug. She allowed him to, but Buffy saw her roll her eyes.
As they began to leave Buffy pulled Spike back and wrapped her arms around him, needing his comfort for a moment. She gave him a kiss, said good bye, and they left. Buffy shut the door behind them, and turned around to find Ezra staring at her.
"Just friends?" she asked with her eyebrows raised.
"Oh go to bed all ready" Buffy said to her.
"Oh Buffy, I love you soooooo much" Ezra said pretending to be Spike.
Buffy left the room and went upstairs to her own bed. She really could not deal with the mockings of a fifteen year old at the moment. Fifteen. She seemed so young. How could Ezra have all this weight on her shoulders. How could she be betrothed. At fifteen.
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