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Rating: PG-13 for now, may change later on!!

Genre: Romance/Mystery

Summary: Buffy Summers is stuck staying at her Aunt Jenny's house for the summer. There she runs into a pile of mysterious happenings, and a tale that will shock her.

Title: A Strange House

Author: TK

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Part 1

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"Mom, why do I have to stay with Aunt Jenny this summer?" demanded eighteen year old Buffy Summers as she packed her last suit case.

"Buffy, your father and I are going to be away on an exhibition all summer, and we thought you would enjoy staying with your Aunt Jenny. You use to adore her when you were little," reasoned Joyce Summers handing her only daughter a credit card.

"Only for important stuff?" asked Buffy taking the credit care. She knew her mother and father very well. Both her parents were aerologists and often spent time on digs all over the world, however, she usually got to go with them, but not this time. This time she was being sent to stay with her mother's sister Jenny, who lived in Old Creek, Nebraska.

When Buffy was younger she had enjoyed visiting her Aunt Jenny and Uncle William, but after her uncle had died mysteriously her Aunt Jenny had never been the same. The huge old white house called Old Creek, named after the town itself, seemed empty the last time Buffy had visited. The house had always felt weird to her, but the last time it felt cold when usually it was warm.

"You'll get to see some of your old friends you met there," Joyce pointed out bring Buffy back from her thoughts.

Buffy shook her head in defeat. No way was her parents going to change their mind if they were already playing the friends you haven't seen a while card," You win," admitted Buffy closing her suit case.

"Good," replied Joyce smiling at her honey blond daughter. "Your father is waiting in the car to take you to the air port, and then your Aunt will pick you up once you have landed," Buffy followed her mother listening to all the information she was given.

This was going to be one very long summer. Old Creek wasn't exactly a dead town, but it was definitely no Los Angelus. Hopefully, some of her old friends she had made while visiting her Aunt as a child were still there, and remembered her.

"Ready, Honey?" wonder Hank Summers taking his daughters' suit cases from her to load in the car.

"As ready as I'll ever be," returned Buffy getting into the car, and turned on her lab top computer her father had brought out to the car for her.

"Lets go," chirped Joyce excited about her and her husband's exhibition to Egypt.

"Off to La, La land," added Buffy under her breath as she began to type away.

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"Buffy!" exclaimed Jenny Thomas at seeing her favorite niece. "My how you've grown," she added hugging the young woman before her.

"Hi, Aunt Jenny," responded Buffy plastering a smile on her face. "Thanks for letting me stay with you this summer," grabbing her bags from Dylan, her Aunt's driver, when Jenny released her. It had surprised Buffy at first that her Aunt had sent Dylan to come get her at the air port instead of herself, but after Dylan had explained that Aunt Jenny was having her room fixed up she understood. Jenny Thomas was an interior designer, and she was really good at it. She had re-done most her house and helped Buffy's parents do theirs, and that was the quick version on people she helped.

"Lets get you settled in, shall we?" ushered Aunt Jenny motioning for Buffy to follow her.

Buffy followed Aunt Jenny up the long narrow staircase, up to the second floor. Then they took a wide staircase up to the third floor, traveling down the lighten brown hall way they went until finally Buffy was stopped in front of a blue painted door.

"Here is your room, Dear," said Aunt Jenny opening the door to relieve a nice size room with sky blue and white wall paper. An old canopy bed set against the north wall with freshly clean rose sheets. The room held a sense of oldness to it as Buffy looked around at the old time rocking chair and desk.

"I had Willow come over yesterday and put up some new shelves for you," Aunt Jenny informed Buffy indicating the selves next to the pine book case. "You remember Willow Rosenburg, don't you?" she inquired opening the sky blue window curtains.

Buffy though a moment before replying," Yes, I use to play with her and her twin sister Tara when I would visit.. We use to hang out with Xander Harris and Angelus O'Connor.

"Right, " affirmed Aunt Jenny lying one of Buffy's suit cases on the bed. "She and Tara now work for me as helpers around the house or on my job if the need should arise. If you need anything let them know and I am sure they will get it for you," promised Aunt Jenny running her hands through her dark silky hair. "Now if you'll excuse me I have some loose ends at work to tie u p, but I'll be home in time for dinner," was the last words Buffy heard from her Aunt for the rest of the day.

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