Disclaimer in previous chapters!!!
A/N: Ciara you wanted to know some more about the past of Buffy. Your wish is my command. Thanks to all of you who review.
by the way Ellania is Buffy. It is her original name. That said I hope you enjoy!
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Buffy fell asleep that night at Spike and Drusilla's new home in Sunnyhell. A lovely victorian house, that Sila said looked similar to some of the house rich people had when she was growing up. Spike said those houses where mostly outside of London, but it was hard to tell which one of them was telling the truth. She couldn't remember anything about the buildings of London, but oh the memories of what happened in her home town. And as she slept she dreamt of those times...
1984
"Jeanette, we have to send Ellania to America to live with her aunt, we have no other choice. The hunters know that she exists." Edmound told his wife.
Jeanette sighed, she didn't want to part with her beloved daughter, "Edmound isn't there any other way?"
Edmound shook his head, "No my love, there isn't. The hunter thrive on finding half breds like Ellania, I remember last time they found a half bred child , I think it was a hundred or so years ago, they trained her to kill the disobedient slayers."
"Why would they kill the council's slayers?" Jeanette asked softly in a scared voice. Part of her didn't want to hear this explaination.
"Because they disobeyed the council."
Jeanette looked at her husband in disbelief, "You have got to be kidding me, the hunters can't be part of..."
"They are." Was the only thing Edmound would say.
Then there was a sudden rapping at the door, the husband and wife turned towards one another. "That can't be?" Jeanette whispered softly. Suddenly as the rapping started it stopped.
Both let out the breath they hadn't known they had been holding. "Thank you Go..." There was a repeated crashing sound and the sound of wood splintering.
"Oh my God no." Was the last words Edmound would say before the arrow hit his chest, and then his body lay lifeless on the floor. Jeanette ran from the room where her husband lay towards her child, she would not let them have her child.. The last thing she saw before the knife slit her throat was the sight of her child being ripped from her crib and taken away by the men in the silver suits...
1986
"Kill half bred, kill her now." The hunter behind the child whispered to the girl, "She is of no use to us now, for she will not obey."
"No I won't" Ellania cried out throwing down the weapon. "I can't kill another human being. I will not!"
The hunter slapped the young girl across her face, "You will do what I say half bred, for I am your superior."
"No!" The girl cried out loudly. "I will not."
"You will or you will never see your mother again."
Ellania whimpered for a moment before raising the gun, aiming and firing. With one shot Lady Rumian was dead and the Hunters had gotten their way once again with Ellania. They had a new slayer who was completely in their control.
A few days later....
"I don't know how you manage to get that strong willed half bred to obey you." One of the hunters said to Fang.
Ellania managed to crept to the door dividing the hunters from her, catching the question that had been asked.
"Easily." Fang said, "I tell her she will not be able to see her mother unless she does what I say."
The other hunters laughed, puzzling Ellania. 'Why is it that they are laughing at this, surely they made the same promises to the other children.'
"You are weak Fang. Only you would tell a ophaned half bred that she would be able to see her mother."
"Then again, maybe his plann' to send her to mommy with a knife through her heart."
Buffy listened closely as she listened to the men talking. Could it be true? That her parents were dead? If they were, there was nothing keeping her here any more. Tears began falling down the child's face as she quickly moved around the small room gathering up the little bit of possessions that she had. Nothing more then a black shirt and pants. The hunters kept all the weapons. She did want those anyways, she didn't want the memories of all those people she had killed for them. To get a mother back who was already dead....
"Hello little girl..." Spike said softly to the child crying on the streets of London. Easy pickin's for vampire, like a gift to him. Dru had been wanting to have little girl for a long time.
"What are you doing out here so late?" Spike said in his sweetest voice that he could. "You should be home with your mum."
"Haven't got a mum, sir. She died awhile ago, along with my dad." Buffy said softly, looking up at the stranger.
'This is great!' Spike though to himself. 'There will be no one to go looking for the little chit.'
"Why don't I take you somewhere were you can get a hot meal."
Buffy looked at him for a moment, searching his face. Then upon deciding he wasn't like the hunters, she got up to follow him.
"Okay lets go." ....
"Dru, I brought you something special love."
"What did you bring me pet." Dru asked with a childish excitement that came with her insanity.
Spike left the room for a moment, then came back with Ellania. "You said you wanted a little girl." Guiding the child towards Dru, who was lying on the bed.
The girl looked into the vampire's now golden eyes and knew she was going to die. She knew how to kill one, but it wasn't worth the effort, she had lost all of what she had wanted. She had no family now to take care of her. She bent her head willingly, offering her blood to the insane vampiress.
At this Dru paused, looking at the girl, clarity came to her as did a vision. "A half-bred who will be the greatest slayer ever."
Spike stood in shock, half-breds were rare finds. Part of the original race (fays) of the planet and human. Some of the strongest slayers had been half-breds before the race became assasins. Spike then watched as Dru's eyes shifted back to blue. The child reminded her of her little sister Elizabeth, Dru thought to herself.
"Poor dearie lost her family to them. Lost so much. Mummy understands." then Dru did something very uncharacteristic of her, she grabbed the child and gave her a hug.
As Spike looked on, mouth hanging open, Dru coddled the child mummering sweet nothings into the child's ear. "It will be alright luv, it'll be alright. Just relax luv."
The girl did relax, so much that she fell asleep. Drusilla placed her on the bed and got up, walking over to Spike. "Come on pet, I want to eat before my little Elizabeth wakes up."
Spike watched as she walked out into the night, then turned back to the child. He watched her for a few moment and saw that she was shivering. On impulse he grabbed up a blanket, covering her up like he had his little Ellie a century before. As he turned to follow Dru, his eyes caught the tag on the girl's bag that she had been carrying.
He picked up the bag, then looked down at the child. He smiled softly, "Looks like your a better find then I thought luv. Me and Dru are going to have a great deal of fun with you."
At that Spike dropped the bag and went to join Dru. The tag on the bag read, 'Property of Quitin Travers, W.C.'
As Buffy dreamt, Xander ran down the hallways to Sunnydales library. Reaching the double doors, he yelled at the top of his lungs. "Giles, where are you we have a serious problem!"
tbc
A/N I'll be away on a retreat for the next few days, so I will try and work on the stories while I'm away. Can't promise anything, for I don't know if there will be anytime to relax. I hope you enjoyed the background so far. And to all of you who wanted to know, this is a friendship fic between Spike and Buffy. That's it, nothing else. Buffy and Spike are like sister and brother, possibly in ways daughter and father. (They have a complicated relationship, what can I say?) Anyways hope you enjoyed this chapter.
sincerely A. Nightshade.
A/N: Ciara you wanted to know some more about the past of Buffy. Your wish is my command. Thanks to all of you who review.
by the way Ellania is Buffy. It is her original name. That said I hope you enjoy!
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Buffy fell asleep that night at Spike and Drusilla's new home in Sunnyhell. A lovely victorian house, that Sila said looked similar to some of the house rich people had when she was growing up. Spike said those houses where mostly outside of London, but it was hard to tell which one of them was telling the truth. She couldn't remember anything about the buildings of London, but oh the memories of what happened in her home town. And as she slept she dreamt of those times...
1984
"Jeanette, we have to send Ellania to America to live with her aunt, we have no other choice. The hunters know that she exists." Edmound told his wife.
Jeanette sighed, she didn't want to part with her beloved daughter, "Edmound isn't there any other way?"
Edmound shook his head, "No my love, there isn't. The hunter thrive on finding half breds like Ellania, I remember last time they found a half bred child , I think it was a hundred or so years ago, they trained her to kill the disobedient slayers."
"Why would they kill the council's slayers?" Jeanette asked softly in a scared voice. Part of her didn't want to hear this explaination.
"Because they disobeyed the council."
Jeanette looked at her husband in disbelief, "You have got to be kidding me, the hunters can't be part of..."
"They are." Was the only thing Edmound would say.
Then there was a sudden rapping at the door, the husband and wife turned towards one another. "That can't be?" Jeanette whispered softly. Suddenly as the rapping started it stopped.
Both let out the breath they hadn't known they had been holding. "Thank you Go..." There was a repeated crashing sound and the sound of wood splintering.
"Oh my God no." Was the last words Edmound would say before the arrow hit his chest, and then his body lay lifeless on the floor. Jeanette ran from the room where her husband lay towards her child, she would not let them have her child.. The last thing she saw before the knife slit her throat was the sight of her child being ripped from her crib and taken away by the men in the silver suits...
1986
"Kill half bred, kill her now." The hunter behind the child whispered to the girl, "She is of no use to us now, for she will not obey."
"No I won't" Ellania cried out throwing down the weapon. "I can't kill another human being. I will not!"
The hunter slapped the young girl across her face, "You will do what I say half bred, for I am your superior."
"No!" The girl cried out loudly. "I will not."
"You will or you will never see your mother again."
Ellania whimpered for a moment before raising the gun, aiming and firing. With one shot Lady Rumian was dead and the Hunters had gotten their way once again with Ellania. They had a new slayer who was completely in their control.
A few days later....
"I don't know how you manage to get that strong willed half bred to obey you." One of the hunters said to Fang.
Ellania managed to crept to the door dividing the hunters from her, catching the question that had been asked.
"Easily." Fang said, "I tell her she will not be able to see her mother unless she does what I say."
The other hunters laughed, puzzling Ellania. 'Why is it that they are laughing at this, surely they made the same promises to the other children.'
"You are weak Fang. Only you would tell a ophaned half bred that she would be able to see her mother."
"Then again, maybe his plann' to send her to mommy with a knife through her heart."
Buffy listened closely as she listened to the men talking. Could it be true? That her parents were dead? If they were, there was nothing keeping her here any more. Tears began falling down the child's face as she quickly moved around the small room gathering up the little bit of possessions that she had. Nothing more then a black shirt and pants. The hunters kept all the weapons. She did want those anyways, she didn't want the memories of all those people she had killed for them. To get a mother back who was already dead....
"Hello little girl..." Spike said softly to the child crying on the streets of London. Easy pickin's for vampire, like a gift to him. Dru had been wanting to have little girl for a long time.
"What are you doing out here so late?" Spike said in his sweetest voice that he could. "You should be home with your mum."
"Haven't got a mum, sir. She died awhile ago, along with my dad." Buffy said softly, looking up at the stranger.
'This is great!' Spike though to himself. 'There will be no one to go looking for the little chit.'
"Why don't I take you somewhere were you can get a hot meal."
Buffy looked at him for a moment, searching his face. Then upon deciding he wasn't like the hunters, she got up to follow him.
"Okay lets go." ....
"Dru, I brought you something special love."
"What did you bring me pet." Dru asked with a childish excitement that came with her insanity.
Spike left the room for a moment, then came back with Ellania. "You said you wanted a little girl." Guiding the child towards Dru, who was lying on the bed.
The girl looked into the vampire's now golden eyes and knew she was going to die. She knew how to kill one, but it wasn't worth the effort, she had lost all of what she had wanted. She had no family now to take care of her. She bent her head willingly, offering her blood to the insane vampiress.
At this Dru paused, looking at the girl, clarity came to her as did a vision. "A half-bred who will be the greatest slayer ever."
Spike stood in shock, half-breds were rare finds. Part of the original race (fays) of the planet and human. Some of the strongest slayers had been half-breds before the race became assasins. Spike then watched as Dru's eyes shifted back to blue. The child reminded her of her little sister Elizabeth, Dru thought to herself.
"Poor dearie lost her family to them. Lost so much. Mummy understands." then Dru did something very uncharacteristic of her, she grabbed the child and gave her a hug.
As Spike looked on, mouth hanging open, Dru coddled the child mummering sweet nothings into the child's ear. "It will be alright luv, it'll be alright. Just relax luv."
The girl did relax, so much that she fell asleep. Drusilla placed her on the bed and got up, walking over to Spike. "Come on pet, I want to eat before my little Elizabeth wakes up."
Spike watched as she walked out into the night, then turned back to the child. He watched her for a few moment and saw that she was shivering. On impulse he grabbed up a blanket, covering her up like he had his little Ellie a century before. As he turned to follow Dru, his eyes caught the tag on the girl's bag that she had been carrying.
He picked up the bag, then looked down at the child. He smiled softly, "Looks like your a better find then I thought luv. Me and Dru are going to have a great deal of fun with you."
At that Spike dropped the bag and went to join Dru. The tag on the bag read, 'Property of Quitin Travers, W.C.'
As Buffy dreamt, Xander ran down the hallways to Sunnydales library. Reaching the double doors, he yelled at the top of his lungs. "Giles, where are you we have a serious problem!"
tbc
A/N I'll be away on a retreat for the next few days, so I will try and work on the stories while I'm away. Can't promise anything, for I don't know if there will be anytime to relax. I hope you enjoyed the background so far. And to all of you who wanted to know, this is a friendship fic between Spike and Buffy. That's it, nothing else. Buffy and Spike are like sister and brother, possibly in ways daughter and father. (They have a complicated relationship, what can I say?) Anyways hope you enjoyed this chapter.
sincerely A. Nightshade.