Three Among Many by Pre-Used Soul

Chapter 2: A What Slayer?!

Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Degrassi: The Next Generation. If I did, Kennedy would jump off a bridge and die and they'd have a "Kennedy Died" party. And James Marsters would be locked up in my basement...::sigh:: But alas, he is not...Oh, well!

Oh, and a slight change was made. This story is now right after the episode on 10/10/03. Ready and.....action!

\\//^\\//

The three stared up at the woman strangely. Another, dark-haired woman came towards them and asked, "Do you have to say that in every town?"

The first woman's eyebrows furrowed. "What? Too cheesy?" She turned to the girls again, "Was it cheesy?"

The girls simply stared, wide eyed at her. Paige was the first to speak up. "Okay, we're actually out here to talk to the principal."

"Ever think why he asked you to go out front?" The other woman asked. "Or why he called you guys out here in the first place?"

For the first time in months, Paige was at a loss of words. Ashley was next to chime in. "Who are you anyway?"

"I'm Buffy and this is Faith." Buffy turned pointing to Faith. The girls chuckled quietly.

Between fits of laughter, Paige asked, "'Buffy'? Bet you were popular in school." She assumed sarcastically.

"Actually I was...mostly." Buffy answered meekly. "So what about you three? What are your names?"

"I'm Ashley." Ashley replied.

"I'm Manny." Manny responded just above a whisper, still in shock..

Paige sighed and rolled her eyes. "I'm Paige."

Buffy and Faith started to walk away. Buffy then stopped and turned back to the three. "You guys coming?"

They looked at each other in bewilderment. Manny looked up at Buffy. "But...school..."

"You're excused for the day." Buffy answered hastily.

"But I thought only our parents could do that. How did you excuse us?" Ashley asked.

"Connections." Faith told them simply.

Paige looked wide-eyed at Faith. "What? You're friends with the mob or something?"

"Actually we're friends with a principal." Buffy corrected. "So basically you can either come with us and meet your destiny or you can go back to class and forget you ever met us."

Immediately, all three girls got up and followed Buffy and Faith as they walked away. Paige caught up to Buffy and asked, "So, what are we again?"

"Vampire Slayers. Girls chosen to fight vampires, demons and other supernatural forces of darkness." Buffy stated nonchalantly. Paige crossed her arms and looked at Buffy in disbelief.

"Vampires? You're joking, right? Monsters aren't real." Paige said unconvincingly. "Besides, why me?"

"I think Paige means 'Why us?'" Ashley rectified.

Buffy smiled knowingly at the question, remembering her own reaction: confusion, disbelief, shock. As they kept walking, they made their way to a motel building. She took a key out of her pocket. Paige spoke up...yet again.

"And one last question...why should we trust you?" she asked suspiciously.

"Because we're some of the very few people you will be able to trust after you know what this world's really like." Buffy told them, opening a door to one of the rooms. There were people in the room. A middle-aged man trying to communicate with one of the clearly foreign girls, a red haired woman talking to a man with black hair and one eye, a black man focused on a book, and quite a few teenage girls. Oh, and some geeky looking guy.

"So...enlighten us. What's this world really like?" Paige asked mockingly.

"Death. Resurrection. Betrayal. Mortifying experiences you'll want to forget but never will." Buffy turned and smiled cryptically.

The girls looked terrified and beyond shocked. They stared at Buffy fearfully.

"And that's just the first year."

TBC...