***Drake's POV***
I walked in the door of the nice home and was ill prepared for what I had just gotten myself into. Dawn held my hand as I entered and walked merely milliseconds ahead of me. She greeted a large group of giggling teens that stared at me like they were hungry and I was steak. Also there were two guys staring at me confused, a red headed beauty, an older more business like man, and a gorgeous blonde with beautiful eyes. I was sizing the room up when I heard Dawn speak aloud to the group very fast trying to explain the nights events to everyone, "Okay, I know you're all wanting to know why I brought my date home, but it's a long story so I'll tell the whole group later. Right now Buffy, we need to do the scoobies meeting thing." With that the girls went back to jabbering between each other glancing back at me, I think I heard them say I was cute and heard the red head whisper to the older man that I looked like someone named Angel.
Dawn led me into the kitchen of her home followed by the vampire in the trench coat, Buffy (I figured out), two of the three males in the room, and the red head came in holding another brunettes hand and shared a quick kiss. I looked around the room kind of uncomfortable cause I was the center of attention, but oh well, if I like this girl I guess I'll have to stick it out.
***Storyview***
Xander walked to Spike's side and tried to figure out why he was wearing the scowl he hadn't seen since he was evil. Willow and Kennedy sat down at the island counter along with Buffy. Giles stood in the back next to the sink. Buffy stood with her back on the table. All looked anxiously at Dawn and this handsome young man. Buffy was joined by Spike and Xander against the counter. Dawn and Drake stood in front of them waiting for everyone to get settled. Dawn looked at Buffy and started, "Ok, here's the thing, we were out and sorta got into a thing with some vamps. He saved my hide," pointing at Drake, as she said that she gave him a smile and quick look saying I could kiss you right now, "then we started talking about how he knew about vampires and he dropped the bomb. Sweetie, think you can tell them the rest," Dawn asked as she looked him in the eyes again almost apologetically, "wouldn't want to get it wrong."
Drake took a step forward and put on a confident face, hoping that he wouldn't cry again, it was bad enough in front of Dawn, but not in front of all these people. He looked at Dawn as he spoke so he would feel more comfortable, "Ok, yeah. Um..my mom was a slayer in the early eighties, and well..um..she died giving birth to me. Her watcher raised me and trained me and such. The twist is that since she died giving birth to me, I have her powers, something about her giving me her all so that I could live, it was prophecied about in a book somewhere. Anyways, I came to Sunnydale for God knows what reason, hellmouth's aren't my ideal home. But something drew me here and to her," Drake said as he looked at Dawn with a smile and kissed her hand. "When we were at the Bronze she noticed a vamp taking a girl out the back, by the time I caught her she had him dusted and was getting surrounded by a group. So, I went back into fighting mode and helped out."
Buffy's eyes widened, she really didn't know where to start. Two slayers son's in such a short time. She had so many thoughts rushing through her head that she was getting lost: Dawn got in over her head, Slayers can have lives, we could use his help... She looked at Dawn and decided to go with her motherly instinct first. "Sweetie, are you okay?"
Dawn nodded her head, "Thanks to Drake, I froze when I saw the group. I helped the girl I saved get up and told her to run and when I did, I went blank. That is until he showed up, he tried to get us to leave but it was too late. He dusted two before I could finish a complete sentence, with his swords. Then I staked one, and got clocked by the other," pointing to the bruise on her cheek, "but before he could finish me Drake swooped in and dusted him too. For a bonus, he almost dusted Spike after he walked me home," she finished with a giggle.
"Hey, bloody boy couldn't have taken me," Spike said almost sounding hurt at Dawn's backing of someone other than himself. Before he could say anything else, Drake had snapped his right wrist and had a sword at Spike's neck.
"I'm still not sure why I shouldn't," Drake said looking into Spike's surprised and almost happy eyes.
"Cause he is a good guy," Dawn started, "he has a soul. He was a good guy before, but now he really is one. He is a big help to us, and he's my bestfriend."
"I like the boy," Spike sang almost joyfully, "maybe we could have a go."
Drake snapped his wrists back and thought for a second, "Spike..I've heard of you. You killed the slayer before my mother."
"Yes, I did just that," Spike remarked with very little of the joy he had expressed before.
"My mother said you fought very well, at least that's what her watcher said. Why didn't you ever try to kill her?"
"I did it back in the day, just to prove I could. There was no one to prove it to at the time, I had done my do when I did off Woods' mum. Sides, your mum kicked my ass."
"Woods' mom? So you know the son of the slayer you killed?"
"Yeah, he tried to kill me. Tall man, black, bald, really resourceful in a fight."
"So he tried to kill you, did you kill him?"
Dawn broke into the conversation here, as everyone elses eyes were locked on the two waiting for something to happen, Spike didn't like to be grilled with questions. "No, he didn't. He bit him, but didn't kill him. He understood his pain, but knew that he was needed to stop the coming apocalypse, so he couldn't let himself die yet."
"Apocalypse?" Drake asked almost as he realized that's why he was drawn here.
"Yeah," Buffy started, "the big one. The First Evil has decided that it was time to make all the world it's playground. It's killing off the slayer line, trying to destroy us. He killed most of the potentials, the girls you met before are potentials. I'm the slayer..well a slayer, Faith is one too, she's upstairs. Long story. This is Spike, who you just shared your moment with. He's good in a fight," and in bed she thought, "then this is Xander, he's our heart. Then Willow back there is my bestfriend and one powerful wicca, along with Kennedy who is a potential. Last but not least, that's Giles, my watcher."
"Nice to meet you all," Drake softly said with a nod of his head, "and I do mean you all," he finished looking at Spike.
"So what's with the powers being given to you? Does that make you a slayer yourself?" Andrew asked as he poked his head in the door from where he was eavesdropping.
"I'm not a slayer, only females can be slayers, I just have power. I guess that's why I'm here."
Buffy nodded her head, "You haven't fought any robed guys with no eyes have you?"
"Yeah, some of those guys attacked me last week before I moved. There were five of em, hard fight, if it wasn't for my shotgun I would've lost."
"You carry a shotgun?" Buffy asked with a slight grin.
Drake opened up his coat to reveal a sawed off shotgun hidden in his coat along with a stake in his inside pocket. "Can't be too careful, sides, a good scatter shot will kill most demons," he finished with a laugh and almost looked as if he was reliving a thousand memories at once.
"Wait," Dawn asked, "I danced with you for over an hour and never felt anything."
Spike's eyes went wide, "Why would you be dancing that close for?" He slowly rose looking at Drake again, mad like when he saw them kiss.
Buffy laughed, looking at Spike knowing that he must really love Dawn, "Down boy." Was all she said before continuing. "So, where you staying?"
"Some crummy hotel on the outskirts."
"Well that won't do. Since you have powers, and apparently fight on the right side, I think we can help you, if you can help us." Buffy said trying to be general Buffy.
"How's that?" Drake asked.
"Big battle coming, you have slayer power, we need to stick together. You fight with us, you can stay with us." Buffy finished trying to look tough, but came off funny looking.
Drake smiled and looked at Spike, "Never pass up a good fight."
"Good, we could use another trainer too, so tomorrow we'll get you started. Tonight we'll just have to figure out were you can crash. Oh, and I guess school's going to have to wait." Buffy stated looking at Dawn who was joyful and at Drake who didn't seem to care as much about school.
"He can stay in my room," Dawn said quickly and started to drag Drake out of the kitchen.
Spike stood up, his eyes blazing, "The hell he will, over my dead body."
Drake turned with a gleam in his eye, "I know the whole Dawn's room thing isn't happening, but maybe I can do something about the whole dead body thing. What do you say we step out back and spar for a bit?"
Spike's eyes lit up and he noticeably eased, he looked at Dawn and laughed, "Bit, can I burrow you're boy for a while?"
Dawn laughed, "Gosh Spike, never knew you swung that way."
As Drake and Spike stepped out the backdoor everyone laughed at Dawn's quick quip. Then Buffy went to her sister's side at the window watching Drake and Spike fight. Impressive speed and power were being displayed by both, both had discarded their coats, and Drake had taken off his swords as well. Buffy's eyes lit up with recognition, "My God Dawnie, do they not look alike?"
"Honestly, thought he looked more like Angel myself," Dawn laughed, "but they fight just alike."
They watched as the two danced around each other, both with the same cocky swagger and fluid movement. Dawn looked at Buffy, and Buffy looked at Dawn, they sighed as they walked away from the window, knowing their men would be out there all night. Buffy quickly looked at Dawn before she could walk away, "Mine's cuter."
Dawn looked back with the young eyes Buffy hadn't seen in years and laughed, "Uh uh."
I walked in the door of the nice home and was ill prepared for what I had just gotten myself into. Dawn held my hand as I entered and walked merely milliseconds ahead of me. She greeted a large group of giggling teens that stared at me like they were hungry and I was steak. Also there were two guys staring at me confused, a red headed beauty, an older more business like man, and a gorgeous blonde with beautiful eyes. I was sizing the room up when I heard Dawn speak aloud to the group very fast trying to explain the nights events to everyone, "Okay, I know you're all wanting to know why I brought my date home, but it's a long story so I'll tell the whole group later. Right now Buffy, we need to do the scoobies meeting thing." With that the girls went back to jabbering between each other glancing back at me, I think I heard them say I was cute and heard the red head whisper to the older man that I looked like someone named Angel.
Dawn led me into the kitchen of her home followed by the vampire in the trench coat, Buffy (I figured out), two of the three males in the room, and the red head came in holding another brunettes hand and shared a quick kiss. I looked around the room kind of uncomfortable cause I was the center of attention, but oh well, if I like this girl I guess I'll have to stick it out.
***Storyview***
Xander walked to Spike's side and tried to figure out why he was wearing the scowl he hadn't seen since he was evil. Willow and Kennedy sat down at the island counter along with Buffy. Giles stood in the back next to the sink. Buffy stood with her back on the table. All looked anxiously at Dawn and this handsome young man. Buffy was joined by Spike and Xander against the counter. Dawn and Drake stood in front of them waiting for everyone to get settled. Dawn looked at Buffy and started, "Ok, here's the thing, we were out and sorta got into a thing with some vamps. He saved my hide," pointing at Drake, as she said that she gave him a smile and quick look saying I could kiss you right now, "then we started talking about how he knew about vampires and he dropped the bomb. Sweetie, think you can tell them the rest," Dawn asked as she looked him in the eyes again almost apologetically, "wouldn't want to get it wrong."
Drake took a step forward and put on a confident face, hoping that he wouldn't cry again, it was bad enough in front of Dawn, but not in front of all these people. He looked at Dawn as he spoke so he would feel more comfortable, "Ok, yeah. Um..my mom was a slayer in the early eighties, and well..um..she died giving birth to me. Her watcher raised me and trained me and such. The twist is that since she died giving birth to me, I have her powers, something about her giving me her all so that I could live, it was prophecied about in a book somewhere. Anyways, I came to Sunnydale for God knows what reason, hellmouth's aren't my ideal home. But something drew me here and to her," Drake said as he looked at Dawn with a smile and kissed her hand. "When we were at the Bronze she noticed a vamp taking a girl out the back, by the time I caught her she had him dusted and was getting surrounded by a group. So, I went back into fighting mode and helped out."
Buffy's eyes widened, she really didn't know where to start. Two slayers son's in such a short time. She had so many thoughts rushing through her head that she was getting lost: Dawn got in over her head, Slayers can have lives, we could use his help... She looked at Dawn and decided to go with her motherly instinct first. "Sweetie, are you okay?"
Dawn nodded her head, "Thanks to Drake, I froze when I saw the group. I helped the girl I saved get up and told her to run and when I did, I went blank. That is until he showed up, he tried to get us to leave but it was too late. He dusted two before I could finish a complete sentence, with his swords. Then I staked one, and got clocked by the other," pointing to the bruise on her cheek, "but before he could finish me Drake swooped in and dusted him too. For a bonus, he almost dusted Spike after he walked me home," she finished with a giggle.
"Hey, bloody boy couldn't have taken me," Spike said almost sounding hurt at Dawn's backing of someone other than himself. Before he could say anything else, Drake had snapped his right wrist and had a sword at Spike's neck.
"I'm still not sure why I shouldn't," Drake said looking into Spike's surprised and almost happy eyes.
"Cause he is a good guy," Dawn started, "he has a soul. He was a good guy before, but now he really is one. He is a big help to us, and he's my bestfriend."
"I like the boy," Spike sang almost joyfully, "maybe we could have a go."
Drake snapped his wrists back and thought for a second, "Spike..I've heard of you. You killed the slayer before my mother."
"Yes, I did just that," Spike remarked with very little of the joy he had expressed before.
"My mother said you fought very well, at least that's what her watcher said. Why didn't you ever try to kill her?"
"I did it back in the day, just to prove I could. There was no one to prove it to at the time, I had done my do when I did off Woods' mum. Sides, your mum kicked my ass."
"Woods' mom? So you know the son of the slayer you killed?"
"Yeah, he tried to kill me. Tall man, black, bald, really resourceful in a fight."
"So he tried to kill you, did you kill him?"
Dawn broke into the conversation here, as everyone elses eyes were locked on the two waiting for something to happen, Spike didn't like to be grilled with questions. "No, he didn't. He bit him, but didn't kill him. He understood his pain, but knew that he was needed to stop the coming apocalypse, so he couldn't let himself die yet."
"Apocalypse?" Drake asked almost as he realized that's why he was drawn here.
"Yeah," Buffy started, "the big one. The First Evil has decided that it was time to make all the world it's playground. It's killing off the slayer line, trying to destroy us. He killed most of the potentials, the girls you met before are potentials. I'm the slayer..well a slayer, Faith is one too, she's upstairs. Long story. This is Spike, who you just shared your moment with. He's good in a fight," and in bed she thought, "then this is Xander, he's our heart. Then Willow back there is my bestfriend and one powerful wicca, along with Kennedy who is a potential. Last but not least, that's Giles, my watcher."
"Nice to meet you all," Drake softly said with a nod of his head, "and I do mean you all," he finished looking at Spike.
"So what's with the powers being given to you? Does that make you a slayer yourself?" Andrew asked as he poked his head in the door from where he was eavesdropping.
"I'm not a slayer, only females can be slayers, I just have power. I guess that's why I'm here."
Buffy nodded her head, "You haven't fought any robed guys with no eyes have you?"
"Yeah, some of those guys attacked me last week before I moved. There were five of em, hard fight, if it wasn't for my shotgun I would've lost."
"You carry a shotgun?" Buffy asked with a slight grin.
Drake opened up his coat to reveal a sawed off shotgun hidden in his coat along with a stake in his inside pocket. "Can't be too careful, sides, a good scatter shot will kill most demons," he finished with a laugh and almost looked as if he was reliving a thousand memories at once.
"Wait," Dawn asked, "I danced with you for over an hour and never felt anything."
Spike's eyes went wide, "Why would you be dancing that close for?" He slowly rose looking at Drake again, mad like when he saw them kiss.
Buffy laughed, looking at Spike knowing that he must really love Dawn, "Down boy." Was all she said before continuing. "So, where you staying?"
"Some crummy hotel on the outskirts."
"Well that won't do. Since you have powers, and apparently fight on the right side, I think we can help you, if you can help us." Buffy said trying to be general Buffy.
"How's that?" Drake asked.
"Big battle coming, you have slayer power, we need to stick together. You fight with us, you can stay with us." Buffy finished trying to look tough, but came off funny looking.
Drake smiled and looked at Spike, "Never pass up a good fight."
"Good, we could use another trainer too, so tomorrow we'll get you started. Tonight we'll just have to figure out were you can crash. Oh, and I guess school's going to have to wait." Buffy stated looking at Dawn who was joyful and at Drake who didn't seem to care as much about school.
"He can stay in my room," Dawn said quickly and started to drag Drake out of the kitchen.
Spike stood up, his eyes blazing, "The hell he will, over my dead body."
Drake turned with a gleam in his eye, "I know the whole Dawn's room thing isn't happening, but maybe I can do something about the whole dead body thing. What do you say we step out back and spar for a bit?"
Spike's eyes lit up and he noticeably eased, he looked at Dawn and laughed, "Bit, can I burrow you're boy for a while?"
Dawn laughed, "Gosh Spike, never knew you swung that way."
As Drake and Spike stepped out the backdoor everyone laughed at Dawn's quick quip. Then Buffy went to her sister's side at the window watching Drake and Spike fight. Impressive speed and power were being displayed by both, both had discarded their coats, and Drake had taken off his swords as well. Buffy's eyes lit up with recognition, "My God Dawnie, do they not look alike?"
"Honestly, thought he looked more like Angel myself," Dawn laughed, "but they fight just alike."
They watched as the two danced around each other, both with the same cocky swagger and fluid movement. Dawn looked at Buffy, and Buffy looked at Dawn, they sighed as they walked away from the window, knowing their men would be out there all night. Buffy quickly looked at Dawn before she could walk away, "Mine's cuter."
Dawn looked back with the young eyes Buffy hadn't seen in years and laughed, "Uh uh."