Crossover: Buffy and the Animorphs
Summary: Buffy meets some unexpected allies, and is pulled into a whole new
war.
Rating: Pg-13 for searing and violence
Disclaimer: I own none of Joss Whedon's or K.A Applegate's characters.
Chapter 1
Buffy stuck her stake through the vamp, dusting him, then quickly spun around and landed a roundhouse kick on the second one who had sloppily tried to sneak up behind her. The vamp howled in pain, and Buffy used the opportunity to stake him too. She dusted herself off, then casually turned and walked out of the cemetery, completely oblivious to the red tailed hawk that was watching her from a nearby tree. The hawk watched her go with his fearsome gaze, then flapped his wings and swooped majestically from the tree and into the night sky.
~~~~~~~
Tobias dropped into his tree and waited for the group to arrive. Ax was the first, dashing gracefully over the fallen branches and roots of the dense forest, his blue fur contrasting heavily with the foliage and making him look truly alien to the environment. {Hey Ax-man.} Tobias greeted, {Any sign of the others?}
{They will be arriving shortly. What is so urgent, my friend?} Ax questioned.
{Just wait till everyone gets here.} Tobias replied excitedly. {Trust me though, it's big, and I mean BIG.}
Moments later an odd assortment of birds including an eagle, a falcon, and two identical ospreys landed in a clearing several feet away. The group of birds began to change, their feathers melting like wax, and their bones crunching and shifting as the small birds slowly and gruesomely took on human form. Once the group had finished de-morphing, Ax trotted over to them and Tobias landed on a small rock in front of him, beginning to pace back and forth, which made for a very odd sight. {Okay guys, let me just start by saying that whatever Marco may have told you, I am completely sane, and I swear this is the truth.}
Marco raised an eyebrow, looking curious and simultaneously annoying Rachel, who swatted him. "Well?" Jake asked, "Don't keep us waiting, what is it?"
{I will, I will. But first I have to ask you a question. Do any of you believe in vampires?} Tobias asked silently, his piercing gaze sweeping across them.
"Yeah," Marco said sarcastically, "the tooth fairy told me all about them."
{What is a vampire?} Ax asked curiously.
"A vampire is a fictional monster." Cassie explained. "They are dead humans who rise at night and suck blood from the living. They're supposedly already dead, so only sunlight, a wooden stake, or fire is supposed to kill them."
"You forgot decapitation." Rachel added grinning.
{Okay, so safe to say the answer is no.} Tobias conceded. {Well last night, I found out that they are real. As in, there are real, no bullshit, dead humans walking around at night who suck blood from the living.}
"Dude I think you might want to start hunting in a new area, cuz there is something seriously wrong with whatever the hell you're eating now." Marco stated.
Cassie cast Tobias a worried glance. "Tobias are you feeling alright? I mean, as crude as Marco is, he is right, hallucinations can be caused by what you're eating."
Tobias sighed inwardly. {I knew you guys would be like this. Come on, I'm serious! I took a little trip a couple of towns over, to a place called Sunnydale. I saw a couple of vamps rise from graves in a cemetery, then a girl came in and staked them. They just turned into clouds of dust and evaporated.}
"Even if vampires did exist, wouldn't we know about it by now? How could they keep themselves secret?" Jake asked.
{Well first of all, we have all heard of vampires, so clearly they don't keep themselves a secret. And besides, given all the damage we've done, you'd figure people would be a little more curious about us, but people just seem to buy whatever the news or the paper says. People believe what they want to believe.}
"And who would want to believe in vampires?" Rachel finished. "Come on guys, let's check it out." She said in her usual gung-ho fashion. "We might even get some powerful morphs out of the deal."
Jake considered for a moment, looking very thoughtful. Then he shrugged. "Why not? Hell I still don't know if I believe this, but we're not doing anything right now anyways. All seems quiet on the Yeerk front. I guess since we're looking for vampires, we should go at night. Everyone meet back here at 6, and make an excuse in case we end up out the whole night."
Marco groaned. "Man! But Family Guy is on tonight! Besides, whenever we leave town I seem to get into trouble."
"So come up with a better excuse." Rachel said simply. "Aren't you supposed to be witty or something?"
"Alright, alright." Marco said raising his hands in surrender. "I'll see you guys here at six."
~~~~~~~
A group of six owls flew silently over the town of Sunnydale.
{Wow.} Cassie commented. {This must be an awfully old town, look at all the graveyards.}
{Yeah.} Marco added.
{Either that or about five hundred people a year die. Can we make this quick? This whole town gives me the creeps.}
{Aww, wittle baby Marco. You can turn into a 500 pound gorilla but a few graveyards creeps you out?} Rachel demanded.
{Guys! That's the girl I saw yesterday.} Tobias reported, and the group looked down onto a street to see a pretty blond girl who looked somewhere around 20.
{Umm, she doesn't look much like the fighting type.} Jake said.
As Jake said that, the girl turned a corner and walked into an alley, only to see a vampire tearing into a girls neck, who was trying to scream but failing because of the vampire's hand over her mouth.
{Oh. My. God.} Rachel said in awe.
The vampire looked up as the girl entered the alley, then dropped his now unconscious victim and started towards the girl, his mouth red and dripping with blood.
{Okay. I am not seeing this. Maybe this guy's just a deranged psycho or something. There is no way I'm looking at a real, goddamn vampire!} Marco babbled.
{Yeah?} Tobias countered. {Take a good look at his face.}
The group did, only to see that whatever this thing was, it wasn't human. It had two long fangs, beady yellow eyes, and a ridged forehead that made it look decidedly mosterish. Still looking at the girl, he snarled, "Slayer."
"Slayee." The girl replied, producing a stake from beneath her coat. The vamp lunged at her, but she easily sidestepped the lunge and spun, kicking the vamp in the back of the head. He cried out, then turned around and threw a sloppy punch that the girl easily blocked. The girl then threw two quick jabs of her own, and while the vamp was stunned, she stabbed him through the heart with a wooden stake, and the vampire disintegrated into a pile of dust.
{I like this girl already.} Rachel said happily.
~~~~~~~
Buffy looked at the pile of dust with a satisfied expression on her face, then she suddenly had the strange feeling she was being watched. Actually, she had been having it for a while now, she just pushed it away while she fought the vampire. Buffy turned to look around, but saw no one standing around. Buffy looked up in time to catch a group of owls leaving the scene. 'Since when do owls fly in groups?' Buffy thought. She shrugged, figuring she might want to mention it to Giles when she saw him next.
End chapter 1
Just so everyone who hasn't read the Animorph books knows, {anything in these} means telepathic communication. I know that isn't what's used in the book but for some reason fanfiction deletes everything I put in the actual symbol. What does everyone think? Please leave a review!
Chapter 1
Buffy stuck her stake through the vamp, dusting him, then quickly spun around and landed a roundhouse kick on the second one who had sloppily tried to sneak up behind her. The vamp howled in pain, and Buffy used the opportunity to stake him too. She dusted herself off, then casually turned and walked out of the cemetery, completely oblivious to the red tailed hawk that was watching her from a nearby tree. The hawk watched her go with his fearsome gaze, then flapped his wings and swooped majestically from the tree and into the night sky.
~~~~~~~
Tobias dropped into his tree and waited for the group to arrive. Ax was the first, dashing gracefully over the fallen branches and roots of the dense forest, his blue fur contrasting heavily with the foliage and making him look truly alien to the environment. {Hey Ax-man.} Tobias greeted, {Any sign of the others?}
{They will be arriving shortly. What is so urgent, my friend?} Ax questioned.
{Just wait till everyone gets here.} Tobias replied excitedly. {Trust me though, it's big, and I mean BIG.}
Moments later an odd assortment of birds including an eagle, a falcon, and two identical ospreys landed in a clearing several feet away. The group of birds began to change, their feathers melting like wax, and their bones crunching and shifting as the small birds slowly and gruesomely took on human form. Once the group had finished de-morphing, Ax trotted over to them and Tobias landed on a small rock in front of him, beginning to pace back and forth, which made for a very odd sight. {Okay guys, let me just start by saying that whatever Marco may have told you, I am completely sane, and I swear this is the truth.}
Marco raised an eyebrow, looking curious and simultaneously annoying Rachel, who swatted him. "Well?" Jake asked, "Don't keep us waiting, what is it?"
{I will, I will. But first I have to ask you a question. Do any of you believe in vampires?} Tobias asked silently, his piercing gaze sweeping across them.
"Yeah," Marco said sarcastically, "the tooth fairy told me all about them."
{What is a vampire?} Ax asked curiously.
"A vampire is a fictional monster." Cassie explained. "They are dead humans who rise at night and suck blood from the living. They're supposedly already dead, so only sunlight, a wooden stake, or fire is supposed to kill them."
"You forgot decapitation." Rachel added grinning.
{Okay, so safe to say the answer is no.} Tobias conceded. {Well last night, I found out that they are real. As in, there are real, no bullshit, dead humans walking around at night who suck blood from the living.}
"Dude I think you might want to start hunting in a new area, cuz there is something seriously wrong with whatever the hell you're eating now." Marco stated.
Cassie cast Tobias a worried glance. "Tobias are you feeling alright? I mean, as crude as Marco is, he is right, hallucinations can be caused by what you're eating."
Tobias sighed inwardly. {I knew you guys would be like this. Come on, I'm serious! I took a little trip a couple of towns over, to a place called Sunnydale. I saw a couple of vamps rise from graves in a cemetery, then a girl came in and staked them. They just turned into clouds of dust and evaporated.}
"Even if vampires did exist, wouldn't we know about it by now? How could they keep themselves secret?" Jake asked.
{Well first of all, we have all heard of vampires, so clearly they don't keep themselves a secret. And besides, given all the damage we've done, you'd figure people would be a little more curious about us, but people just seem to buy whatever the news or the paper says. People believe what they want to believe.}
"And who would want to believe in vampires?" Rachel finished. "Come on guys, let's check it out." She said in her usual gung-ho fashion. "We might even get some powerful morphs out of the deal."
Jake considered for a moment, looking very thoughtful. Then he shrugged. "Why not? Hell I still don't know if I believe this, but we're not doing anything right now anyways. All seems quiet on the Yeerk front. I guess since we're looking for vampires, we should go at night. Everyone meet back here at 6, and make an excuse in case we end up out the whole night."
Marco groaned. "Man! But Family Guy is on tonight! Besides, whenever we leave town I seem to get into trouble."
"So come up with a better excuse." Rachel said simply. "Aren't you supposed to be witty or something?"
"Alright, alright." Marco said raising his hands in surrender. "I'll see you guys here at six."
~~~~~~~
A group of six owls flew silently over the town of Sunnydale.
{Wow.} Cassie commented. {This must be an awfully old town, look at all the graveyards.}
{Yeah.} Marco added.
{Either that or about five hundred people a year die. Can we make this quick? This whole town gives me the creeps.}
{Aww, wittle baby Marco. You can turn into a 500 pound gorilla but a few graveyards creeps you out?} Rachel demanded.
{Guys! That's the girl I saw yesterday.} Tobias reported, and the group looked down onto a street to see a pretty blond girl who looked somewhere around 20.
{Umm, she doesn't look much like the fighting type.} Jake said.
As Jake said that, the girl turned a corner and walked into an alley, only to see a vampire tearing into a girls neck, who was trying to scream but failing because of the vampire's hand over her mouth.
{Oh. My. God.} Rachel said in awe.
The vampire looked up as the girl entered the alley, then dropped his now unconscious victim and started towards the girl, his mouth red and dripping with blood.
{Okay. I am not seeing this. Maybe this guy's just a deranged psycho or something. There is no way I'm looking at a real, goddamn vampire!} Marco babbled.
{Yeah?} Tobias countered. {Take a good look at his face.}
The group did, only to see that whatever this thing was, it wasn't human. It had two long fangs, beady yellow eyes, and a ridged forehead that made it look decidedly mosterish. Still looking at the girl, he snarled, "Slayer."
"Slayee." The girl replied, producing a stake from beneath her coat. The vamp lunged at her, but she easily sidestepped the lunge and spun, kicking the vamp in the back of the head. He cried out, then turned around and threw a sloppy punch that the girl easily blocked. The girl then threw two quick jabs of her own, and while the vamp was stunned, she stabbed him through the heart with a wooden stake, and the vampire disintegrated into a pile of dust.
{I like this girl already.} Rachel said happily.
~~~~~~~
Buffy looked at the pile of dust with a satisfied expression on her face, then she suddenly had the strange feeling she was being watched. Actually, she had been having it for a while now, she just pushed it away while she fought the vampire. Buffy turned to look around, but saw no one standing around. Buffy looked up in time to catch a group of owls leaving the scene. 'Since when do owls fly in groups?' Buffy thought. She shrugged, figuring she might want to mention it to Giles when she saw him next.
End chapter 1
Just so everyone who hasn't read the Animorph books knows, {anything in these} means telepathic communication. I know that isn't what's used in the book but for some reason fanfiction deletes everything I put in the actual symbol. What does everyone think? Please leave a review!