Disclaimer: I couldn't do them the justice they deserve. Only Joss can.
AN: Thanks for the reviews!! This is for you then...I'm sorry it took me so long! I had major writer's block...and I wasn't sure if I would be able to pull this chapter off well. Hopefully, this doesn't completely suck (hehehe, vampire humor)! Merry Christmas!
CHAPTER 4 - Pontianak
Inside Giles' apartment, Anya was flipping casually through an old book. "I once helped her," she would murmur to herself as she glanced at pictures of female demons and other assorted monsters.
Willow and Oz would exchange glances whenever she did that. They were sitting at the coffee table doing research.
"Where's Buffy?" Giles asked, wandering into the room, a cup of tea in his hands. "And Xander?"
"They were...getting a snack." Willow shrugged.
Just then there was a knock on the door, and Buffy and Xander walked through it.
"So, what's the deal with this pony ark thing?" Buffy asked as she walked into the living room with Xander, wiping off traces of blood from her lips with the back of her hand as her face slowly changed back into its pretty human guise. Xander's face had already converted into its human mask.
Giles, Oz and Willow stared at her questioningly as she threw herself into one of Giles' leather couches. Anya just gazed up lazily, smiling at Xander as he perched on the armrest of her chair.
"You know...that Asian vampire we're hoping to appease or whatever." Buffy crinkled her brow, raising her shoulders slightly.
"Pony ark?" Willow repeated.
"Yeah, pony ark."
"Pontianak," corrected Oz.
Buffy shrugged. "Isn't that what I said?"
"No," Anya spoke up. "You said something else. Something stupid."
Buffy's face turned, and she glared at Anya through yellow eyes. Anya shrugged. Xander bent down and whispered into her ear.
"Why should I apologize? Its true." Anya was complaining loudly. Xander rolled his eyes and shook his head in defeat even as Buffy's face turned human again.
"Anyway, its pontianak." Giles interrupted. He picked up a thick, heavy book and looked inside, then his brow furrowed and his mouth twitched as he shut it. He examined another, then nodded to himself. "Alright." He cleared his throat and the others sat up to listen carefully.
"The pontianak," Giles explained while holding up another one of his thick, musty books and pointing to a picture of a pale, fanged man with long unruly black hair. "Travels around and lives in the region of South East Asia. It originates from Borneo.
"It hunts at night, but is not affected by sunlight. It does not dust when staked. When another vampire pays reverence to it, or offers a sacrifice, it gives said vampire the same powers, whilst its own is enhanced. The only way to defeat one is by a spell, or enchanted scripts, written with blood."
"So it's hard to kill." Willow murmured. Then a smile spread over her pale face, as she volunteered, "So *we'll* be hard to kill."
Giles smiled cruelly in return. "Exactly."
AN: Thanks for the reviews!! This is for you then...I'm sorry it took me so long! I had major writer's block...and I wasn't sure if I would be able to pull this chapter off well. Hopefully, this doesn't completely suck (hehehe, vampire humor)! Merry Christmas!
CHAPTER 4 - Pontianak
Inside Giles' apartment, Anya was flipping casually through an old book. "I once helped her," she would murmur to herself as she glanced at pictures of female demons and other assorted monsters.
Willow and Oz would exchange glances whenever she did that. They were sitting at the coffee table doing research.
"Where's Buffy?" Giles asked, wandering into the room, a cup of tea in his hands. "And Xander?"
"They were...getting a snack." Willow shrugged.
Just then there was a knock on the door, and Buffy and Xander walked through it.
"So, what's the deal with this pony ark thing?" Buffy asked as she walked into the living room with Xander, wiping off traces of blood from her lips with the back of her hand as her face slowly changed back into its pretty human guise. Xander's face had already converted into its human mask.
Giles, Oz and Willow stared at her questioningly as she threw herself into one of Giles' leather couches. Anya just gazed up lazily, smiling at Xander as he perched on the armrest of her chair.
"You know...that Asian vampire we're hoping to appease or whatever." Buffy crinkled her brow, raising her shoulders slightly.
"Pony ark?" Willow repeated.
"Yeah, pony ark."
"Pontianak," corrected Oz.
Buffy shrugged. "Isn't that what I said?"
"No," Anya spoke up. "You said something else. Something stupid."
Buffy's face turned, and she glared at Anya through yellow eyes. Anya shrugged. Xander bent down and whispered into her ear.
"Why should I apologize? Its true." Anya was complaining loudly. Xander rolled his eyes and shook his head in defeat even as Buffy's face turned human again.
"Anyway, its pontianak." Giles interrupted. He picked up a thick, heavy book and looked inside, then his brow furrowed and his mouth twitched as he shut it. He examined another, then nodded to himself. "Alright." He cleared his throat and the others sat up to listen carefully.
"The pontianak," Giles explained while holding up another one of his thick, musty books and pointing to a picture of a pale, fanged man with long unruly black hair. "Travels around and lives in the region of South East Asia. It originates from Borneo.
"It hunts at night, but is not affected by sunlight. It does not dust when staked. When another vampire pays reverence to it, or offers a sacrifice, it gives said vampire the same powers, whilst its own is enhanced. The only way to defeat one is by a spell, or enchanted scripts, written with blood."
"So it's hard to kill." Willow murmured. Then a smile spread over her pale face, as she volunteered, "So *we'll* be hard to kill."
Giles smiled cruelly in return. "Exactly."