Title: Half of my soul and all of my heart
Author: ladydewinter
Email: ladydewinter@gmx.net
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: W/K first, but I don't really like them...so W/T eventually :-) And this is becoming B/S as well, it seems.
Setting: The story takes place roughly after The Killer in Me, so spoilers up to then.
Disclaimer: Willow, Tara, Kennedy, Anya et. al belong to Joss Whedon and ME and - hey you know whom they belong to. The story however is mine. Oh, the title is taken from a book called "Magic's Promise" by Mercedes Lackey. And there may be quotes from the show included in this story - I haven't really marked them, but if it sounds familiar - I mean it as an hommage, I don't wanna violate any copyright, really. Please don't sue me!
Feedback: I can't stop to thank you all for the nice feedback I get - I'm so glad you like this story. And I'm glad I started writing it. So let me say it once more, with feeling: THANKS!
Distribution: If you want it, you can have it, just let me know where it ends up.
Summary: This is mostly just talk again. But the next part will be a bit less filler like like this one, I promise.
Author's note: As you guys have had to wait quite long for Chapter Fourteen, I decided you deserve a real treat for the rest of this week: check for updates tomorrow and on Saturday as well...I promise you there'll be new chapters up. Maybe (if I'm not too lazy) you'll get Chapter Nineteen on Sunday as well :-)
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While Buffy and Faith were talking downstairs in the basement, the others were all standing in the livig room, curiously eyeing Connor. Anya was the first to speak up.
"So - who exactly are you?"
"Connor."
"Yeah, we kinda got that - but what are you doing here?" Xander questioned him.
"Reading." He pointed at the book in his lap.
"Look, I don't know about you, but this isn't really funny anymore. Are you going to tell us who you are or -"
"He's Angel's son." Willow answered, having finally woken up.
"Willow!" Xander quickly walked over to her. "Are you alright?"
"My head - it feels big. Is it big?"
"No, it's head si - what did you just say? This - Connor is Angel's son?"
"Yes. Faith told me." Willow started to get up from the couch. "Ouch! It's - sure, it's strange, but - his mother is Darla-"
"Darla? I thought she was dead!" Xander got even more confused.
"No, I knew about that," Spike said. "She has been resurrected. Dru told me some time ago."
"But - I mean - then Angel must have - I mean - and - huh?"
"Angle must have had sex. It can't have been that good, because otherwise Angelus would have been on the loose. I thought she was a prostitute when she was human - guess she had a bad day," Anya wondered.
"She was a prostitute?" Now Connor sounded interested.
"She didn't tell you?" Anya smiled at him. "Poor neglected child - teenage child. How come you're so - big?"
"My mother is dead."
"Again," Xander muttered.
"And I was raised in a helldimension. And I'm not a child." He looked at Anya, defiantly.
"Sure. You're quite the man. So Faith's your girlfriend?" she asked him.
"Actually, it seems Cordy-" Willow started, stopping in the middle of the sentence, realizing that this probably was something Xander didn't need to know. But he understood.
"Cordy? You are Cordy's boyfriend?" Xander looked at him in horror.
"What does it mean to you?"
"Nothing, except...oh my god, this really is turning into a soap opera, isn't it? Or maybe it's a dream, one I really want to end now!" He sat down on the couch. "This isn't a dream, is it?"
"I guess not. I'm sorry." Willow smiled at him, almost apologetically.
"It's not your fault. Does - does Buffy know?" he asked.
"It looked like it, didn't it?" Kennedy said. "I mean, she told him she knew... it seemed as if she felt it or something. I'm sure Faith is telling her everything right now."
"Hopefully not everything. She doesn't need to know about Cordy and Ange-" Willow muttered, again forgetting Xander.
"Cordy and Angel?" Now Xander was completely horrified. "What's up there in LA? Has evrybody gone crazy? Angel is having sex - oh god, did he have sex with Cordy? He didn't did he?" He turned to Connor.
"I don't hope so. What do you care about Cordelia?" Connor looked confused.
"She's his ex girlfriend," Anya answered.
"You mean him?"
"What do you mean, you mean me?" Xander sounded a bit hurt.
"Guys, it's enough," Willow interrupted them. "There is no need to - there is no time for this. Besides, it makes my head hurt. So, did you find her? The third Slayer?"
"There is a third one?" Connor asked. "I thought it was the Chosen One."
"You know what? Why don't you and the girls go to the kitchen - I'm sure you're hungry, aren'tcha?" Willow smiled at him. "Dawn, could you?"
"Sure. This way." She went over to the kitchen, joined by the potentials. Connor had started to protest, but when he saw Willow's look and Dawn he decided not to. "So, where will I sleep tonight?" he asked.
"You could sleep in my room," Dawn offered.
"You think you're sister would be fine with that?"
"I-" By then they had arrived in the kitchen, and the others couldn't here them anymore.
"So -" Willow spoke up. "What did you find out?"
"We found the third one -" Xander started.
"I did," Anya chimed in.
"Anya found the third one. She was hanging from the ceiling of an unused classroom. We - or Buffy has a copy of her driver's licence. You think that'll help you find out something?"
"I guess that should work. So she's definetely dead, is she?"
"She is." Xander sighed. "And now Faith is back, huh?"
"Yeah, she is."
"What happened, Willow? Did she attack you?"
"No, Connor did."
"Connor! Why -"
"Xander - I told them to. It - it was pretty odd - or rather - I don't know. Faith and Connor - they got me really confused and a bit upset and then Faith started to talk about Tara - in a nice way - and upset became angry as in 'very angry' and suddenly I lost control - the First was inside me. I think it wanted me to attack - to kill Faith. But Connor luckily knocked me out in time."
"Do you think she'll stay?" Andrew asked. "I mean, it's not that we couldn't use another superhero around here... maybe we could ask Angel to come over as well."
"I'm sure they have things to take care of as well," Willow said.
"They have." Everybody turned around. Faith was standing at the door, Buffy behind her. "So I guess you have to put up with me. Hey everybody." She smiled slightly. Xander, Anya and Spike murmured a welcome, but Andrew walked up to her and offered her his hand. "Hi Faith."
She looked at his hand for a moment, then took it. "Hi-?"
"Andrew. I'm Andrew." He smiled eagerly.
"And you are?"
"He's our hostage turned cook. We don't know exactly what he's there for, but - the house is crowded anyway, so one person more or less doesn't matter," Buffy answered. "Speaking of cook - are you hungry?"
"No, thanks - I'm mostly tired. Do you think I could sleep somewhere? Do you have a spare blanket?"
"Sure, I'll get one. Um, what about Connor? Will he be staying here for long?"
"I guess not. Maybe till tomorrow. He really should get back to the others, they need his strength."
"You can never have enough superheroes, can you?" Buffy grinned and started walking in the direction of the kitchen.
"Wait, Connor's a superhero?" Xander called after her, sounding frustrated.
"He sorta is."
"This is so unfair. Why don't I have special powers? Everybody else has, even demon spawn boy," he grumbled.
"Maybe we can find a spider to bite you," Andrew offered. Xander just looked at him. "I think maybe we should all go to sleep," he suggested.
"I'm fine with that," Willow smiled at him. "Don't be grumpy, Xander- remember, you saved the world last summer."
"I sure did." He smiled back at her. "Good night then."
"Good night."
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Author: ladydewinter
Email: ladydewinter@gmx.net
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: W/K first, but I don't really like them...so W/T eventually :-) And this is becoming B/S as well, it seems.
Setting: The story takes place roughly after The Killer in Me, so spoilers up to then.
Disclaimer: Willow, Tara, Kennedy, Anya et. al belong to Joss Whedon and ME and - hey you know whom they belong to. The story however is mine. Oh, the title is taken from a book called "Magic's Promise" by Mercedes Lackey. And there may be quotes from the show included in this story - I haven't really marked them, but if it sounds familiar - I mean it as an hommage, I don't wanna violate any copyright, really. Please don't sue me!
Feedback: I can't stop to thank you all for the nice feedback I get - I'm so glad you like this story. And I'm glad I started writing it. So let me say it once more, with feeling: THANKS!
Distribution: If you want it, you can have it, just let me know where it ends up.
Summary: This is mostly just talk again. But the next part will be a bit less filler like like this one, I promise.
Author's note: As you guys have had to wait quite long for Chapter Fourteen, I decided you deserve a real treat for the rest of this week: check for updates tomorrow and on Saturday as well...I promise you there'll be new chapters up. Maybe (if I'm not too lazy) you'll get Chapter Nineteen on Sunday as well :-)
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While Buffy and Faith were talking downstairs in the basement, the others were all standing in the livig room, curiously eyeing Connor. Anya was the first to speak up.
"So - who exactly are you?"
"Connor."
"Yeah, we kinda got that - but what are you doing here?" Xander questioned him.
"Reading." He pointed at the book in his lap.
"Look, I don't know about you, but this isn't really funny anymore. Are you going to tell us who you are or -"
"He's Angel's son." Willow answered, having finally woken up.
"Willow!" Xander quickly walked over to her. "Are you alright?"
"My head - it feels big. Is it big?"
"No, it's head si - what did you just say? This - Connor is Angel's son?"
"Yes. Faith told me." Willow started to get up from the couch. "Ouch! It's - sure, it's strange, but - his mother is Darla-"
"Darla? I thought she was dead!" Xander got even more confused.
"No, I knew about that," Spike said. "She has been resurrected. Dru told me some time ago."
"But - I mean - then Angel must have - I mean - and - huh?"
"Angle must have had sex. It can't have been that good, because otherwise Angelus would have been on the loose. I thought she was a prostitute when she was human - guess she had a bad day," Anya wondered.
"She was a prostitute?" Now Connor sounded interested.
"She didn't tell you?" Anya smiled at him. "Poor neglected child - teenage child. How come you're so - big?"
"My mother is dead."
"Again," Xander muttered.
"And I was raised in a helldimension. And I'm not a child." He looked at Anya, defiantly.
"Sure. You're quite the man. So Faith's your girlfriend?" she asked him.
"Actually, it seems Cordy-" Willow started, stopping in the middle of the sentence, realizing that this probably was something Xander didn't need to know. But he understood.
"Cordy? You are Cordy's boyfriend?" Xander looked at him in horror.
"What does it mean to you?"
"Nothing, except...oh my god, this really is turning into a soap opera, isn't it? Or maybe it's a dream, one I really want to end now!" He sat down on the couch. "This isn't a dream, is it?"
"I guess not. I'm sorry." Willow smiled at him, almost apologetically.
"It's not your fault. Does - does Buffy know?" he asked.
"It looked like it, didn't it?" Kennedy said. "I mean, she told him she knew... it seemed as if she felt it or something. I'm sure Faith is telling her everything right now."
"Hopefully not everything. She doesn't need to know about Cordy and Ange-" Willow muttered, again forgetting Xander.
"Cordy and Angel?" Now Xander was completely horrified. "What's up there in LA? Has evrybody gone crazy? Angel is having sex - oh god, did he have sex with Cordy? He didn't did he?" He turned to Connor.
"I don't hope so. What do you care about Cordelia?" Connor looked confused.
"She's his ex girlfriend," Anya answered.
"You mean him?"
"What do you mean, you mean me?" Xander sounded a bit hurt.
"Guys, it's enough," Willow interrupted them. "There is no need to - there is no time for this. Besides, it makes my head hurt. So, did you find her? The third Slayer?"
"There is a third one?" Connor asked. "I thought it was the Chosen One."
"You know what? Why don't you and the girls go to the kitchen - I'm sure you're hungry, aren'tcha?" Willow smiled at him. "Dawn, could you?"
"Sure. This way." She went over to the kitchen, joined by the potentials. Connor had started to protest, but when he saw Willow's look and Dawn he decided not to. "So, where will I sleep tonight?" he asked.
"You could sleep in my room," Dawn offered.
"You think you're sister would be fine with that?"
"I-" By then they had arrived in the kitchen, and the others couldn't here them anymore.
"So -" Willow spoke up. "What did you find out?"
"We found the third one -" Xander started.
"I did," Anya chimed in.
"Anya found the third one. She was hanging from the ceiling of an unused classroom. We - or Buffy has a copy of her driver's licence. You think that'll help you find out something?"
"I guess that should work. So she's definetely dead, is she?"
"She is." Xander sighed. "And now Faith is back, huh?"
"Yeah, she is."
"What happened, Willow? Did she attack you?"
"No, Connor did."
"Connor! Why -"
"Xander - I told them to. It - it was pretty odd - or rather - I don't know. Faith and Connor - they got me really confused and a bit upset and then Faith started to talk about Tara - in a nice way - and upset became angry as in 'very angry' and suddenly I lost control - the First was inside me. I think it wanted me to attack - to kill Faith. But Connor luckily knocked me out in time."
"Do you think she'll stay?" Andrew asked. "I mean, it's not that we couldn't use another superhero around here... maybe we could ask Angel to come over as well."
"I'm sure they have things to take care of as well," Willow said.
"They have." Everybody turned around. Faith was standing at the door, Buffy behind her. "So I guess you have to put up with me. Hey everybody." She smiled slightly. Xander, Anya and Spike murmured a welcome, but Andrew walked up to her and offered her his hand. "Hi Faith."
She looked at his hand for a moment, then took it. "Hi-?"
"Andrew. I'm Andrew." He smiled eagerly.
"And you are?"
"He's our hostage turned cook. We don't know exactly what he's there for, but - the house is crowded anyway, so one person more or less doesn't matter," Buffy answered. "Speaking of cook - are you hungry?"
"No, thanks - I'm mostly tired. Do you think I could sleep somewhere? Do you have a spare blanket?"
"Sure, I'll get one. Um, what about Connor? Will he be staying here for long?"
"I guess not. Maybe till tomorrow. He really should get back to the others, they need his strength."
"You can never have enough superheroes, can you?" Buffy grinned and started walking in the direction of the kitchen.
"Wait, Connor's a superhero?" Xander called after her, sounding frustrated.
"He sorta is."
"This is so unfair. Why don't I have special powers? Everybody else has, even demon spawn boy," he grumbled.
"Maybe we can find a spider to bite you," Andrew offered. Xander just looked at him. "I think maybe we should all go to sleep," he suggested.
"I'm fine with that," Willow smiled at him. "Don't be grumpy, Xander- remember, you saved the world last summer."
"I sure did." He smiled back at her. "Good night then."
"Good night."
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