The Pack
~Keysuna
A/N I am going to say this right now. I am in no way, shape of form, a shipper. Yes, Buffy and Angel and meant for each other, but it can never be. And Spike's love for Buffy is very true, but their relationship in Season 6 wasn't healthy at all, and it takes more then a soul for the Slayer to get over that.
There will be both pairings in the story. But because Spike is still in Prague with Dru, he can't very well be a love interest for Buffy in this installment, now can he? This series will have six books, one for each season, and the cannon pairings will more or less be identical. I am still not sure what I will do with Spike when he is introduced in School Hard, but I can assure you this, there will be conflict between him and Angel. We are dealing with a Season 7 Slayer, not a 16 year old girl. She was in love with both vampires at the series finale, and she is in love with both of them right now.
Please do not write off this story because of the pairing, and please do not criticize me for not pairing Buffy and Spike together. I will, it's just not possible if I hold true to cannon.
~ ~ ~
"What are Kyle and his buds doing with Lance?"
Buffy looked in Willows direction and saw what the red head was referring to. The four punks were harassing a smallish dorky kid who the Slayer vaguely remembered from her prior high school days.
Xander joined in their gazing. "Oh, playing with him as a cat plays with a mouse."
The Slayer sighed. It had taken her the whole week to remember exactly why she had dreaded this trip. At first she had chalked it up to the fact that watching caged animals had never been her idea of fun. Then, as she had thought about it instead of paying attention in physics, she had wondered that maybe some social disaster occurred. It was only when Willow had mentioned the new hyena exhibit that Buffy had recalled the exact reason.
At least it's easy enough to avoid, she sighed. "What is it with those guys?"
"They're jerks." Jesse added, sipping the last of his drink so that it made an irritating slurping noise.
"Well, every school has 'em. So, you start a new school, you get your desks, some blackboards and some mean kids." One of the girls pushed Lance toward the Hyena section as Xander spoke.
Buffy excused herself and made a made a straight line to stand between the exhibit and the students.
"Summers, get out of our way." Kyle hissed as he came up to her.
Tor came beside him and smirked. "Careful, she might beat you up!"
The four of them laughed, Lance joining in nervously.
Buffy just shook her head. "It's closed, or can't you read? What, need to get held back a few more years?"
Kyle's eyes narrowed, but he didn't have a chance to say anything before the hyena specialist halted all of them. "Oh, hold it, hold it, are you blind, or are you just illiterate? Because hyenas are very quick to prey on the weak."
The Slayer quickly apologized for all of them and walked away, a last glare by Kyle and his lackeys following her as she went back to Willow.
"What was that about?" The red head asked as Buffy took them over to the monkeys.
"Nothing. . . but remind me to tell Giles to file a report against the hyena guy."
~ ~ ~
The Watcher was able to file a malpractice suit against the zoo keeper for ill treating the hyenas.
It left Buffy with a sense of accomplishment, that she was able to avert evil without much of a hassle as she patrolled the graveyard that night.
~Keysuna
A/N I am going to say this right now. I am in no way, shape of form, a shipper. Yes, Buffy and Angel and meant for each other, but it can never be. And Spike's love for Buffy is very true, but their relationship in Season 6 wasn't healthy at all, and it takes more then a soul for the Slayer to get over that.
There will be both pairings in the story. But because Spike is still in Prague with Dru, he can't very well be a love interest for Buffy in this installment, now can he? This series will have six books, one for each season, and the cannon pairings will more or less be identical. I am still not sure what I will do with Spike when he is introduced in School Hard, but I can assure you this, there will be conflict between him and Angel. We are dealing with a Season 7 Slayer, not a 16 year old girl. She was in love with both vampires at the series finale, and she is in love with both of them right now.
Please do not write off this story because of the pairing, and please do not criticize me for not pairing Buffy and Spike together. I will, it's just not possible if I hold true to cannon.
~ ~ ~
"What are Kyle and his buds doing with Lance?"
Buffy looked in Willows direction and saw what the red head was referring to. The four punks were harassing a smallish dorky kid who the Slayer vaguely remembered from her prior high school days.
Xander joined in their gazing. "Oh, playing with him as a cat plays with a mouse."
The Slayer sighed. It had taken her the whole week to remember exactly why she had dreaded this trip. At first she had chalked it up to the fact that watching caged animals had never been her idea of fun. Then, as she had thought about it instead of paying attention in physics, she had wondered that maybe some social disaster occurred. It was only when Willow had mentioned the new hyena exhibit that Buffy had recalled the exact reason.
At least it's easy enough to avoid, she sighed. "What is it with those guys?"
"They're jerks." Jesse added, sipping the last of his drink so that it made an irritating slurping noise.
"Well, every school has 'em. So, you start a new school, you get your desks, some blackboards and some mean kids." One of the girls pushed Lance toward the Hyena section as Xander spoke.
Buffy excused herself and made a made a straight line to stand between the exhibit and the students.
"Summers, get out of our way." Kyle hissed as he came up to her.
Tor came beside him and smirked. "Careful, she might beat you up!"
The four of them laughed, Lance joining in nervously.
Buffy just shook her head. "It's closed, or can't you read? What, need to get held back a few more years?"
Kyle's eyes narrowed, but he didn't have a chance to say anything before the hyena specialist halted all of them. "Oh, hold it, hold it, are you blind, or are you just illiterate? Because hyenas are very quick to prey on the weak."
The Slayer quickly apologized for all of them and walked away, a last glare by Kyle and his lackeys following her as she went back to Willow.
"What was that about?" The red head asked as Buffy took them over to the monkeys.
"Nothing. . . but remind me to tell Giles to file a report against the hyena guy."
~ ~ ~
The Watcher was able to file a malpractice suit against the zoo keeper for ill treating the hyenas.
It left Buffy with a sense of accomplishment, that she was able to avert evil without much of a hassle as she patrolled the graveyard that night.