The Bargain Chapter 1
The Ghost Roads
Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy or any of the characters. However, this plotline is mine, it's been bothering me since I saw becoming part 2. This'll probably never happen on the show, but I'm going to have some fun with it anyway.
Kendra was doomed to walk the ghost roads for all eternity. When Drusilla killed her back in the Sunnydale Library, she had some business that was left unfinished with her old watcher. She couldn't let it go, because it was the primary reason why she was in the ghost roads.
So, she walked constantly, through the fog and shadows that the ghosts were forced to reside in. She did have one friend on the ghost roads, another slayer known as Lucy Hanover. They usually talked a great deal. One day, Kendra had a burning question that couldn't wait another day.
"Lucy, is there any way I can go back?"
"Go back?" Lucy asked.
"Yes, I want to finish my business."
"I'd have to find that out." Lucy said, before speeding off.
"Okay," Kendra said, taking her place amongst the ghosts.
Lucy went off to seek Willow's advice. Despite the fact that Willow was alive, she was often heard talking to Lucy.
"Friend Willow." Lucy greeted her.
"Hi, Lucy." Willow looked oddly at the spirit. "What brings you to Sunnydale?"
"I need a favor."
"Sure, what?"
"I've been talking with Kendra a lot on the ghost roads." Lucy started, "She has some issues."
"Issues?"
"She has some business that lately she's been obsessing over." Lucy started to fade out.
"What's going on?" Willow asked while crossing the room to check one of her texts.
"Some disturbance on the Ghost roads." Lucy explained.
Willow opened the book. "This is a text of some of the strongest spells concerning the ghost roads. I take it that Kendra wants her human body?"
"Yes."
"That complicates matters." Willow stated. Then she poured over the volume with Lucy looking over her shoulder. "Um...please, I hate having people read over my shoulder."
"Sorry." Lucy said, and went to look around Willow's room. She ended up looking some odd little gadgets that sat on the dresser top. Then, she looked in the closet and saw a bunch of the funny old hats that Willow was so accustomed to wearing.
"I'm not finding anything useful." Willow said, "At least the ones I'm seeing only last an hour or two."
"So, what should I tell Kendra?"
"I'll keep looking, if I find one, I'll perform it." Willow promised.
"Okay." Lucy faded back into the Ghost Roads.
Meanwhile, Kendra kept up with her endless wandering. She watched some ghosts and felt a rumble somewhere inside the ghost roads. Suddenly, she was approached by a very ugly demon.
"Hello, Kendra." The demon regarded her.
Kendra kept walking.
"I know what you want." He watched her slow down. "You want to be a human, even if for a few days. To finish business and get your revenge."
Kendra turned to face him. "How did you know that?"
"The name's D'Hoffryn. I know everything." The demon sat down, and Kendra followed suit.
"Why have you chosen me out of all of those ghosts?"
"You want it most."
"I'm not sure." Kendra trailed off.
"Are you sitting around and waiting until that pathetic Willow can bring you across?"
"Yes." She answered, decidingly.
"By the time she does that, Drusilla might be gone."
"How did you know....oh right, the demon thing."
"Just hear me out." D'hoffryn pressed gently. "If you don't like my deal, then we'll forget this whole thing, and you can wait forever."
"Okay."
"Picture this, I give you mortality for five days. In that time, you can do exactly what you need to do. If your mission is a success, then you'll cross over to a heaven dimension."
Kendra smiled at that, but then turned to dark thoughts. "What if I don't?"
"You return here, with the extra weight on your soul."
Kendra thought this over. After all, a demon was offering her the chance to go back and right everything that she couldn't have done before. If she succeeded, she could get into heaven.
"Okay." Kendra said.
"If any old friends see you, the deal is off as well." D'hoffryn added, "Enemies are fine, but no friends."
Kendra thought again. 'I'll be able to do things anyway.' Then she spoke, "Sure, I'll do it."
"Shake on it." D'hoffryn answered.
They shook hands, Kendra's body jolted every-which way. It felt as though she was being electrocuted. The pain was so intense that it made her scream. Suddenly the ghost roads started to spin, faster and faster. Kendra took her eyes of D'Hoffryn for a moment in which she saw Lucy Hanover flying towards them at a top speed.
"Too late." D'Hoffryn shouted as the Ghost Roads turned a solid black color.
Kendra felt herself faint from the shock. When she came too, she stood in the area where she was murdered in the rubble of the Sunnydale Library. She put her hand to her neck to find the scar where Drusilla slashed her.
It was dark now in Sunnydale, and she was sure where she could find Drusilla. With no other options, she decided to convince Spike to let her know where she was hiding.
"Time to find Drusilla, and when I do, that bitch will pay." Kendra said, as she started climbing through the rubble. Now the only problem was going to be finding out which crypt Spike lived.
The Ghost Roads
Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy or any of the characters. However, this plotline is mine, it's been bothering me since I saw becoming part 2. This'll probably never happen on the show, but I'm going to have some fun with it anyway.
Kendra was doomed to walk the ghost roads for all eternity. When Drusilla killed her back in the Sunnydale Library, she had some business that was left unfinished with her old watcher. She couldn't let it go, because it was the primary reason why she was in the ghost roads.
So, she walked constantly, through the fog and shadows that the ghosts were forced to reside in. She did have one friend on the ghost roads, another slayer known as Lucy Hanover. They usually talked a great deal. One day, Kendra had a burning question that couldn't wait another day.
"Lucy, is there any way I can go back?"
"Go back?" Lucy asked.
"Yes, I want to finish my business."
"I'd have to find that out." Lucy said, before speeding off.
"Okay," Kendra said, taking her place amongst the ghosts.
Lucy went off to seek Willow's advice. Despite the fact that Willow was alive, she was often heard talking to Lucy.
"Friend Willow." Lucy greeted her.
"Hi, Lucy." Willow looked oddly at the spirit. "What brings you to Sunnydale?"
"I need a favor."
"Sure, what?"
"I've been talking with Kendra a lot on the ghost roads." Lucy started, "She has some issues."
"Issues?"
"She has some business that lately she's been obsessing over." Lucy started to fade out.
"What's going on?" Willow asked while crossing the room to check one of her texts.
"Some disturbance on the Ghost roads." Lucy explained.
Willow opened the book. "This is a text of some of the strongest spells concerning the ghost roads. I take it that Kendra wants her human body?"
"Yes."
"That complicates matters." Willow stated. Then she poured over the volume with Lucy looking over her shoulder. "Um...please, I hate having people read over my shoulder."
"Sorry." Lucy said, and went to look around Willow's room. She ended up looking some odd little gadgets that sat on the dresser top. Then, she looked in the closet and saw a bunch of the funny old hats that Willow was so accustomed to wearing.
"I'm not finding anything useful." Willow said, "At least the ones I'm seeing only last an hour or two."
"So, what should I tell Kendra?"
"I'll keep looking, if I find one, I'll perform it." Willow promised.
"Okay." Lucy faded back into the Ghost Roads.
Meanwhile, Kendra kept up with her endless wandering. She watched some ghosts and felt a rumble somewhere inside the ghost roads. Suddenly, she was approached by a very ugly demon.
"Hello, Kendra." The demon regarded her.
Kendra kept walking.
"I know what you want." He watched her slow down. "You want to be a human, even if for a few days. To finish business and get your revenge."
Kendra turned to face him. "How did you know that?"
"The name's D'Hoffryn. I know everything." The demon sat down, and Kendra followed suit.
"Why have you chosen me out of all of those ghosts?"
"You want it most."
"I'm not sure." Kendra trailed off.
"Are you sitting around and waiting until that pathetic Willow can bring you across?"
"Yes." She answered, decidingly.
"By the time she does that, Drusilla might be gone."
"How did you know....oh right, the demon thing."
"Just hear me out." D'hoffryn pressed gently. "If you don't like my deal, then we'll forget this whole thing, and you can wait forever."
"Okay."
"Picture this, I give you mortality for five days. In that time, you can do exactly what you need to do. If your mission is a success, then you'll cross over to a heaven dimension."
Kendra smiled at that, but then turned to dark thoughts. "What if I don't?"
"You return here, with the extra weight on your soul."
Kendra thought this over. After all, a demon was offering her the chance to go back and right everything that she couldn't have done before. If she succeeded, she could get into heaven.
"Okay." Kendra said.
"If any old friends see you, the deal is off as well." D'hoffryn added, "Enemies are fine, but no friends."
Kendra thought again. 'I'll be able to do things anyway.' Then she spoke, "Sure, I'll do it."
"Shake on it." D'hoffryn answered.
They shook hands, Kendra's body jolted every-which way. It felt as though she was being electrocuted. The pain was so intense that it made her scream. Suddenly the ghost roads started to spin, faster and faster. Kendra took her eyes of D'Hoffryn for a moment in which she saw Lucy Hanover flying towards them at a top speed.
"Too late." D'Hoffryn shouted as the Ghost Roads turned a solid black color.
Kendra felt herself faint from the shock. When she came too, she stood in the area where she was murdered in the rubble of the Sunnydale Library. She put her hand to her neck to find the scar where Drusilla slashed her.
It was dark now in Sunnydale, and she was sure where she could find Drusilla. With no other options, she decided to convince Spike to let her know where she was hiding.
"Time to find Drusilla, and when I do, that bitch will pay." Kendra said, as she started climbing through the rubble. Now the only problem was going to be finding out which crypt Spike lived.