Buffy opened her eyes and sat up with a jolt. She was in a house, not one
that she knew though. It was quite spacious and decorated in a very old
fashioned way, maybe 1970's style.
"Hello?" Buffy called, her voice echoed off the faded yellow walls.
"Hello," a tiny voice said behind her. Buffy spun round to see a small girl standing behind her. The little girl was extremely pretty, with long blonde hair and piercing blue eyes.
"Hi sweetie, what's your name?" Buffy asked, kneeling down so that her eye level was equal to the girls.
"Thea," the little girl stated. "You're Buffy Summers."
"That's right." Buffy nodded, not sure how she knew this.
"You're like me, an Immortal." Thea said, looking straight into Buffy's eyes.
"You're an Immortal!" Buffy exclaimed. The girl nodded.
"My Mommy was a slayer and when my Mommy died I became an Immortal," Thea explained. "Not many people know that's what happens to slayer's children."
"Who else changed with you?" Buffy asked. To her surprise the little girl started crying.
"I didn't know anyone else except my Mommy and Daddy, and they both died." She sniffed. "I'm all alone." Buffy swept Thea into a big hug, rocking her back and forth. Buffy remembered her own Mom doing this whenever she was upset.
"How long have you been an Immortal?" She asked.
"Thirty years." Thea's voice was muffled by Buffy's top but she could still hear the girl.
Buffy made up her mind that very moment. "Would you like to come back with me and live with me and my husband?" Thea's face lit up.
"Yes please!"
~~~~~
With those two words Buffy opened her eyes to see her friends surrounding her, still on the porch roof.
"Buffy, are you ok?" Willow asked, panic in her voice. Before Buffy could answer there was a giggling noise from Buffy's room.
Everyone turned around to peered through the window. Buffy climbed back through it and went over to her bed. The gang soon followed. There was a six-year-old girl bouncing on the Slayers bed. The girl from Buffy's dream. She then realised that it wasn't really a dream, but some higher power trying to make Buffy adopt Thea.
"Guys, this is Thea." Buffy introduced them. "Thea, these are my friends; Giles, Willow, Xander and Spike."
Nobody spoke; they just stared at the little girl. Even though they had never seen her before, they seemed completely at ease with her and excepted her as part of the group. None of them thought that this was even remotely strange.
Thea looked straight at Spike.
"You're gonna be my Daddy, aren't you?" She asked him. Spike opened his mouth to speak but shut it again, what was she talking about. "You are, aren't you? You are my new Mommy's husband?"
"Um.yeah." Spike couldn't believe it; this kid had just appeared out of no where. He smiled, he was a dad! "So, Princess, how old are you?" Spike asked, sitting down next to his new daughter. Thea held out six fingers. "Six!" Spike exclaimed. "You're almost all grown up!" Thea giggled.
Buffy took her friends outside to explain to them about her dream and Thea. They all agreed that Buffy had made the right choice to bring Thea back with her.
Not long after, Willow, Xander and Giles left; they said they would be back tomorrow but thought that Buffy, Spike and Thea would like sometime to themselves.
Buffy walked sheepishly down the stairs, Thea and Spike behind her. She had to break the news to her mom about Thea.
"Hi mom!" Buffy smiled as she came into the lounge, her mom was watching television.
"Oh, hi sweetie. Are you feeling better?" Joyce asked. Buffy sat down next to her mom on the sofa.
"Yeah. Did Giles tell you what happened?" Buffy double-checked. It would be embarrassing if her mom didn't know she was an Immortal.
"He explained everything, sweetie." Joyce put her hand on her daughter's knee. "And I am so proud of you." Buffy sighed in relief. She beckoned for Spike and Thea to come in. Joyce looked up over to the door as the ex- vampire carrying a little girl entered the room.
"Thea, this is your Grandma Joyce." Buffy said. Joyce blinked a few times. She looked at Buffy, confused. A wash of fear hit the ex-Slayer; Giles had left the little detail of Thea out!
The little girl ran over and jumped on her Mom's lap. "Mom, Thea is an Immortal like me and Spike." Buffy explained. "And she was all alone for thirty years! So I said that I would be her new Mommy."
Joyce thought about what her daughter had said and nodded. Her daughter had been very brave agreeing to look after this girl. But the girl deserved a family; she had been alone for so long. She too, although unknowing, had been affected by the mini-spell that stopped them from asking questions about the girls appearance.
"So, Thea, you want to go out shopping?" Joyce asked her new granddaughter. Thea grinned and nodded.
~~~~~
Spike collapsed backwards onto his and Buffy's bed. He never realised that a kid needed so much stuff: a bed, clothes, toys, little hair scrunchie things, videos.
Just then, a single mattress appeared in the doorway.
"Little help, Spike!" A muffled voice called from the other side. Spike got up and helped lift the mattress to the space on the floor infront of the bed. Thea ran into the room, squealing. She jumped onto her mattress and started bouncing up and down on excitedly.
"Um, what's this doing in here?" Spike asked.
"I'm sleeping in your room tonight." Thea grinned.
~~~~~
Joyce passed her daughter's doorway on her way home. She opened the door a fraction and peeked inside. If she didn't know the three sleeping Immortal's conditions then she would have been worried. She would have thought they were dead.
Thea looked so happy lying in the arms of her parents, having one last moment of peace. Giles had told her of the training the three of them would have to go through so they were ready to face eternity together, fighting and saving people's lives forever.
She needed to make, what she could see of their lives, as happy as possible.
"Hello?" Buffy called, her voice echoed off the faded yellow walls.
"Hello," a tiny voice said behind her. Buffy spun round to see a small girl standing behind her. The little girl was extremely pretty, with long blonde hair and piercing blue eyes.
"Hi sweetie, what's your name?" Buffy asked, kneeling down so that her eye level was equal to the girls.
"Thea," the little girl stated. "You're Buffy Summers."
"That's right." Buffy nodded, not sure how she knew this.
"You're like me, an Immortal." Thea said, looking straight into Buffy's eyes.
"You're an Immortal!" Buffy exclaimed. The girl nodded.
"My Mommy was a slayer and when my Mommy died I became an Immortal," Thea explained. "Not many people know that's what happens to slayer's children."
"Who else changed with you?" Buffy asked. To her surprise the little girl started crying.
"I didn't know anyone else except my Mommy and Daddy, and they both died." She sniffed. "I'm all alone." Buffy swept Thea into a big hug, rocking her back and forth. Buffy remembered her own Mom doing this whenever she was upset.
"How long have you been an Immortal?" She asked.
"Thirty years." Thea's voice was muffled by Buffy's top but she could still hear the girl.
Buffy made up her mind that very moment. "Would you like to come back with me and live with me and my husband?" Thea's face lit up.
"Yes please!"
~~~~~
With those two words Buffy opened her eyes to see her friends surrounding her, still on the porch roof.
"Buffy, are you ok?" Willow asked, panic in her voice. Before Buffy could answer there was a giggling noise from Buffy's room.
Everyone turned around to peered through the window. Buffy climbed back through it and went over to her bed. The gang soon followed. There was a six-year-old girl bouncing on the Slayers bed. The girl from Buffy's dream. She then realised that it wasn't really a dream, but some higher power trying to make Buffy adopt Thea.
"Guys, this is Thea." Buffy introduced them. "Thea, these are my friends; Giles, Willow, Xander and Spike."
Nobody spoke; they just stared at the little girl. Even though they had never seen her before, they seemed completely at ease with her and excepted her as part of the group. None of them thought that this was even remotely strange.
Thea looked straight at Spike.
"You're gonna be my Daddy, aren't you?" She asked him. Spike opened his mouth to speak but shut it again, what was she talking about. "You are, aren't you? You are my new Mommy's husband?"
"Um.yeah." Spike couldn't believe it; this kid had just appeared out of no where. He smiled, he was a dad! "So, Princess, how old are you?" Spike asked, sitting down next to his new daughter. Thea held out six fingers. "Six!" Spike exclaimed. "You're almost all grown up!" Thea giggled.
Buffy took her friends outside to explain to them about her dream and Thea. They all agreed that Buffy had made the right choice to bring Thea back with her.
Not long after, Willow, Xander and Giles left; they said they would be back tomorrow but thought that Buffy, Spike and Thea would like sometime to themselves.
Buffy walked sheepishly down the stairs, Thea and Spike behind her. She had to break the news to her mom about Thea.
"Hi mom!" Buffy smiled as she came into the lounge, her mom was watching television.
"Oh, hi sweetie. Are you feeling better?" Joyce asked. Buffy sat down next to her mom on the sofa.
"Yeah. Did Giles tell you what happened?" Buffy double-checked. It would be embarrassing if her mom didn't know she was an Immortal.
"He explained everything, sweetie." Joyce put her hand on her daughter's knee. "And I am so proud of you." Buffy sighed in relief. She beckoned for Spike and Thea to come in. Joyce looked up over to the door as the ex- vampire carrying a little girl entered the room.
"Thea, this is your Grandma Joyce." Buffy said. Joyce blinked a few times. She looked at Buffy, confused. A wash of fear hit the ex-Slayer; Giles had left the little detail of Thea out!
The little girl ran over and jumped on her Mom's lap. "Mom, Thea is an Immortal like me and Spike." Buffy explained. "And she was all alone for thirty years! So I said that I would be her new Mommy."
Joyce thought about what her daughter had said and nodded. Her daughter had been very brave agreeing to look after this girl. But the girl deserved a family; she had been alone for so long. She too, although unknowing, had been affected by the mini-spell that stopped them from asking questions about the girls appearance.
"So, Thea, you want to go out shopping?" Joyce asked her new granddaughter. Thea grinned and nodded.
~~~~~
Spike collapsed backwards onto his and Buffy's bed. He never realised that a kid needed so much stuff: a bed, clothes, toys, little hair scrunchie things, videos.
Just then, a single mattress appeared in the doorway.
"Little help, Spike!" A muffled voice called from the other side. Spike got up and helped lift the mattress to the space on the floor infront of the bed. Thea ran into the room, squealing. She jumped onto her mattress and started bouncing up and down on excitedly.
"Um, what's this doing in here?" Spike asked.
"I'm sleeping in your room tonight." Thea grinned.
~~~~~
Joyce passed her daughter's doorway on her way home. She opened the door a fraction and peeked inside. If she didn't know the three sleeping Immortal's conditions then she would have been worried. She would have thought they were dead.
Thea looked so happy lying in the arms of her parents, having one last moment of peace. Giles had told her of the training the three of them would have to go through so they were ready to face eternity together, fighting and saving people's lives forever.
She needed to make, what she could see of their lives, as happy as possible.