A Hollywood Horror

Chapter One

Disclaimer: I own Buffy in no way.

Summary: AU: This is another one of those fics where instead of Willow who's lived in Sunnydale her whole life, it was Tara. Willow is brought to town for a specific reason and the two meet. Enjoy!

Rating: PG-13 to R

Pairings: B/?, X/A, W/T, F/?, others?

A/N: Feedback is welcomed. It gives me motivation and boosts my self-esteem.

Starts after 'This Year's Girl'.

"Tare! Wait up!" Buffy quickly caught up to her best friend. "Did you get the Psyche homework?"

The blond witch gave her friend a large grin. "Yeah." She was already digging through her bag to get it. She waved it mockingly in front of her friend. "Next time, try not to fall asleep." She handed the papers over.

The slayer grinned sheepishly. "Hehe. Yeah."

"So what is it Giles wants to tell us?"

"Don't know. It involves Faith so…" The petite girl scowled at the name.

"You don't think Faith broke out of j-jail, do you?" The thought made Tara nervous.

"As I said before. I don't know. I don't think that's it though. If it was, I think Giles'd make it sound more urgent."

"I guess you're right."

"C'mon, let's get to class."

"It's just wrong when Giles is late." Xander looked over to the three girls with him.

"I'm sure he has a good reason." Tara said.

"Either that or his head caught on fire."

"Anya!!!" They all cried in union.

"Hello everyone." The scoobies turned to see Giles. He turned to the ex-vengeance demon. "On fire? Why would that happen to my head?"

Buffy grinned. "So what did take you so long?"

Giles sighed. "I'm only ten minutes late." A pause. "I was settling our visitor in."

"We have a guest?" Xander wasn't sure whether to be excited or worried.

"…Faith's sister."

The slayer gaped at him. "A sister."

The watcher began to rub his glasses. "She's here under observation. The Council wants to make sure that she's stable."

Buffy sneered. "Unlike her…sister?"

"Yes." He put his glasses back on. "She's upstairs."

"Is she a little or big sister?" Anya questioned.

Buffy glared. "Does it matter?"

"I said she's upstairs, Buffy. She can hear you." He turned to Anya. "Younger, by a year."

Nobody knew what to do with this new arrival.

She watched the group from the stairs. They didn't seem very enthused with her being there. Why would they though? They didn't get along with Faith. They're gonna hate me. They'll send me home.

She began to examine each of them. The small blond, what was her name, Bunny?, was the slayer. What her sister was. She could see a dark haired man, a brunette, and another blond. The latter caught her attention. So beautiful. She tried to clear her head of those thoughts. Bad! I'm being a bad girl! If they knew her thoughts, they'd hate her even more. She couldn't let them find out.

"Does she know about…vampires?" Tara knew that this was critical.

Giles sighed again. "She's a witch."

The slayer sneered. "You've got to be kidding me!"

Out of the corner of her eye, Tara noticed someone hiding behind the wall. Is that her? She's…beautiful. Beautiful? What am I thinking? She returned her attention back onto the topic at hand. They couldn't keep talking about…she didn't know her name!

"What's her name?" the blond witch couldn't even think before she blurted it out.

"Willow. Willow Rosenberg." Giles responded.

"So that's Faith's last name." Xander said, full of wonder.

"Guys?" Tara cut in.

"Yeah Tare?" Buffy smiled at her friend.

"She's here." Tara paused. "Watching us."

They all turned to where Tara was looking. The figure quickly vanished. Giles called out to her. "Willow, it's okay!" She came back.

Now that Tara could see her, she knew that the redhead was indeed beautiful. She couldn't take her eyes off her. And their eyes met. She almost wished they hadn't. The girl's eyes had been large and frightened. And haunted. She thought. Can't forget haunted.

A/N: Sorry it's so short. ^^