Faith had no idea why she was walking into P3 but she did. All she had
known ever since Piper left was that she missed the light feeling with her.
Yes, light was the perfect word for it. For months she had walked with
Buffy in her thoughts, it sure as hell felt nice when she was able to share
light laughter with nothing attached. When she reached the bar she ordered
her drink and searched for the beautiful woman that was in her bed just
that morning.
When she saw her search smiling and walking towards her, she felt that lightness again.
"So, you actually came." Piper said unable to stop smiling.
"You know me, I go anywhere for a free drink. You did say drink would be free right?"
Piper just grinned. She hadn't grinned so much since she had first met Leo. But, after Pru was gone even Leo was not able to make her smile like she didn't have a care in the world. And that's how she felt at that moment. Even as the music blasted in the background both the women who had scars on their heart found themselves walking towards each other finding a healing relief with each other and forming closeness.
It wasn't long before Faith was a regular at P3 and Piper found herself buying stuff to fill Faith's once empty apartment. At first Faith had resisted when Piper got her gifts that she needed like furniture to display; but Faith had eventually given up.
When Faith finally pushed the bed towards the window, she looked up just to catch the eldest Charmed One nodding her head in disapproval.
"I said more to your left Faith not right. Do you know which your left is?"
This is a very interesting place to put this.. ( For the purpose of this story:
Tara does not die. I hated it when they killed her so I kept her alive.
First does come and everything will happen at a pace I write not as in
the actual series. If I miss out any event then it's because it didn't
fit into my concept of the story.
Kennedy will still come as a potential slayer.
Willow never tried to destroy the world. But she did turn evil due to
too much magic and did go to coven in England to recover, when she
came back Tara and the gang welcomed her back. This happened way
before Faith escaped from the jail.
Giles went to England way before Faith escaped from jail. Now he
returns as the story continues )
"Buffy it's the First." Mr. Giles informed the Slayer and her friends as soon as they finished exchanging the pleasantries after his return. "That's why the council sent me back. The First is back and more powerful than ever."
"I beat him once, I'll beat him again." Buffy replied not aware of the gravity that Mr. Giles was trying to convey to her.
"I am amazed at your attitude Buffy. The First is not to be taken lightly. You of all the people should know that."
"I do, but that doesn't mean the First is not here. It's me against him. Save the world routine. I get it."
Mr. Giles was taken aback by her response. This certainly was not the Buffy Summers that he had left behind. He looked around the room for answer from other Scoobies. Sensing his puzzled look, Willow decided to shed some light.
"Well, Mr. Giles. Things have been a little different around here lately. But we are still all for saving the world. Right. We are."
Mr. Giles took off his glasses and decided to continue.
"All right then, that is a good thing. I must say. Its just that the council and I feel that this time it really could be the big one. So, we have decided to get some help in the form of potential slayers."
Buffy: "What potential slayers?"
Giles: "Well as you know that there are many potential slayers
but only one is called for one generation. So, we are bringing here
every potential slayer we can find so that well.."
Anya: "If Buffy gets killed then you have another slayer to finish the
job. Am I right?"
This little insight from his girlfriend certainly did not hit the
right cord inside Xander.
"Is that true Giles. Are you planning on replacing Buffy?"
Giles: "Well, Xander you have to try and see the bigger picture
here. First is trying to open the hellmouth here. If we don't stop
him."
"I understand." Buffy sternly stated, trying to put a stop to her
friends' concerns.
Not being able to look at anyone, Giles still continued.
"Council is sending in the first group of girls tomorrow. The First is
already here so we have to be prepared. We have to prepare the girls."
Willow: "Prepare them how?"
Giles: " Well teach them, sort of."
Tara: "You mean train them."
Giles: "Yes."
Buffy: "The more the merrier I guess. Anymore good news Giles, apart
from me having to baby sit teenagers and wait for my death."
Giles: "One more thing. We need to get Faith here; her being the other
slayer and all."
Xander: "Good luck with that. We have been looking for her for nearly
six months now. No one knows where she is."
Giles: "Oh! The council has located her. She is in San
Francisco."
Buffy got up immediately. "I am going to San Francisco."
"I am beat. I got to get home and crash."
"Come on Faith I thought you were going to wait till I closed up."
"Not tonight. I think I am actually drunk."
"Then wait, have one more drink, get drunk and I'll drop you home."
"No, you are not crashing in my place again. I am in no mood to sleep in that thing called couch that you got me."
"We can always sleep in the same bed, I mean after all we both are
women you know."
"And two women, in bed together! What Ms. Perfect. you have no idea what might happen?"
"You got a dirty mind Faith."
"Sometimes the way you look at me, I am certain we got like minds Ms.
Perfect."
"Ok, its official, you are drunk. Get out of here."
"Fine I'll see ya. You are welcome to crash at my place; just don't complain that I didn't warn you."
Faith walked out with a grin in her face. Just as she was walking out the door she bumped into Phoebe. In a flash Phoebe saw a demon attacking Faith right in P3's parking lot.
"Paige, our demon is going to attack that woman. I just got the premonition."
"What do we do?"
"Ok, I'll go and try and defend her, you go and get Piper so that we can vanquish the demon."
"Ok."
Phoebe walked out as Paige rushed inside to find Piper.
"Ok, trooper slow down, what's the rush."
"Piper, the demon that we thought we had vanquished this morning, is not gone."
"What do you mean it's not gone? We said the spell and it went poof remember?"
"We kind a used the wrong spell, we assumed it to be a wrong demon, and instead of vanquishing it, we made it invisible."
"What? I thought you had got the hang of writing the spell. How do we find it now?"
"Phoebe just got a premonition that it is going to attack this woman in our parking lot right about now so let's just go and do this again."
"What woman?"
"The woman that was just walking out the door."
"Oh my god Faith. Hurry hurry move lets go."
Phoebe was just watching Faith. She appeared to be struggling with herself. As, soon as Piper saw her sister not helping Faith, she just hit her.
"Why aren't you helping?"
"Look at that woman. She is strong."
"Stop it. Get the spell fast, its hurting her."
They chanted the spell as Faith saw them from the corner of her eyes, and the force that was holding her just vanished. She had some injuries but more than that she wanted to find out what had just happened. Her eyes were definitely not leaving Piper's as the three sisters approached her. "Faith before you even start to ask anything, let me just start by saying I have a very good explanation."
"You are a witch." It wasn't a question; Faith just stated it.
"Witch, what do you mean a witch?" Paige started trying to cover their secret, but Piper stopped her.
"It's ok Paige. Let me help you with your hurt. I could call a friend who could take care of it for you." Piper moved closer holding Faith's injured arm. "That's ok. I heal fast." Faith making sure the wound didn't distract them from the real question on hand.
Phoebe and Paige could only stare at each other when they saw Piper bestow all her affection and concern on Faith. Before they could even realize what was happening, Piper had already told Faith about the Charmed Ones and was taking her to the manor while the two sisters stayed behind to close the club.
When she saw her search smiling and walking towards her, she felt that lightness again.
"So, you actually came." Piper said unable to stop smiling.
"You know me, I go anywhere for a free drink. You did say drink would be free right?"
Piper just grinned. She hadn't grinned so much since she had first met Leo. But, after Pru was gone even Leo was not able to make her smile like she didn't have a care in the world. And that's how she felt at that moment. Even as the music blasted in the background both the women who had scars on their heart found themselves walking towards each other finding a healing relief with each other and forming closeness.
It wasn't long before Faith was a regular at P3 and Piper found herself buying stuff to fill Faith's once empty apartment. At first Faith had resisted when Piper got her gifts that she needed like furniture to display; but Faith had eventually given up.
When Faith finally pushed the bed towards the window, she looked up just to catch the eldest Charmed One nodding her head in disapproval.
"I said more to your left Faith not right. Do you know which your left is?"
This is a very interesting place to put this.. ( For the purpose of this story:
Tara does not die. I hated it when they killed her so I kept her alive.
First does come and everything will happen at a pace I write not as in
the actual series. If I miss out any event then it's because it didn't
fit into my concept of the story.
Kennedy will still come as a potential slayer.
Willow never tried to destroy the world. But she did turn evil due to
too much magic and did go to coven in England to recover, when she
came back Tara and the gang welcomed her back. This happened way
before Faith escaped from the jail.
Giles went to England way before Faith escaped from jail. Now he
returns as the story continues )
"Buffy it's the First." Mr. Giles informed the Slayer and her friends as soon as they finished exchanging the pleasantries after his return. "That's why the council sent me back. The First is back and more powerful than ever."
"I beat him once, I'll beat him again." Buffy replied not aware of the gravity that Mr. Giles was trying to convey to her.
"I am amazed at your attitude Buffy. The First is not to be taken lightly. You of all the people should know that."
"I do, but that doesn't mean the First is not here. It's me against him. Save the world routine. I get it."
Mr. Giles was taken aback by her response. This certainly was not the Buffy Summers that he had left behind. He looked around the room for answer from other Scoobies. Sensing his puzzled look, Willow decided to shed some light.
"Well, Mr. Giles. Things have been a little different around here lately. But we are still all for saving the world. Right. We are."
Mr. Giles took off his glasses and decided to continue.
"All right then, that is a good thing. I must say. Its just that the council and I feel that this time it really could be the big one. So, we have decided to get some help in the form of potential slayers."
Buffy: "What potential slayers?"
Giles: "Well as you know that there are many potential slayers
but only one is called for one generation. So, we are bringing here
every potential slayer we can find so that well.."
Anya: "If Buffy gets killed then you have another slayer to finish the
job. Am I right?"
This little insight from his girlfriend certainly did not hit the
right cord inside Xander.
"Is that true Giles. Are you planning on replacing Buffy?"
Giles: "Well, Xander you have to try and see the bigger picture
here. First is trying to open the hellmouth here. If we don't stop
him."
"I understand." Buffy sternly stated, trying to put a stop to her
friends' concerns.
Not being able to look at anyone, Giles still continued.
"Council is sending in the first group of girls tomorrow. The First is
already here so we have to be prepared. We have to prepare the girls."
Willow: "Prepare them how?"
Giles: " Well teach them, sort of."
Tara: "You mean train them."
Giles: "Yes."
Buffy: "The more the merrier I guess. Anymore good news Giles, apart
from me having to baby sit teenagers and wait for my death."
Giles: "One more thing. We need to get Faith here; her being the other
slayer and all."
Xander: "Good luck with that. We have been looking for her for nearly
six months now. No one knows where she is."
Giles: "Oh! The council has located her. She is in San
Francisco."
Buffy got up immediately. "I am going to San Francisco."
"I am beat. I got to get home and crash."
"Come on Faith I thought you were going to wait till I closed up."
"Not tonight. I think I am actually drunk."
"Then wait, have one more drink, get drunk and I'll drop you home."
"No, you are not crashing in my place again. I am in no mood to sleep in that thing called couch that you got me."
"We can always sleep in the same bed, I mean after all we both are
women you know."
"And two women, in bed together! What Ms. Perfect. you have no idea what might happen?"
"You got a dirty mind Faith."
"Sometimes the way you look at me, I am certain we got like minds Ms.
Perfect."
"Ok, its official, you are drunk. Get out of here."
"Fine I'll see ya. You are welcome to crash at my place; just don't complain that I didn't warn you."
Faith walked out with a grin in her face. Just as she was walking out the door she bumped into Phoebe. In a flash Phoebe saw a demon attacking Faith right in P3's parking lot.
"Paige, our demon is going to attack that woman. I just got the premonition."
"What do we do?"
"Ok, I'll go and try and defend her, you go and get Piper so that we can vanquish the demon."
"Ok."
Phoebe walked out as Paige rushed inside to find Piper.
"Ok, trooper slow down, what's the rush."
"Piper, the demon that we thought we had vanquished this morning, is not gone."
"What do you mean it's not gone? We said the spell and it went poof remember?"
"We kind a used the wrong spell, we assumed it to be a wrong demon, and instead of vanquishing it, we made it invisible."
"What? I thought you had got the hang of writing the spell. How do we find it now?"
"Phoebe just got a premonition that it is going to attack this woman in our parking lot right about now so let's just go and do this again."
"What woman?"
"The woman that was just walking out the door."
"Oh my god Faith. Hurry hurry move lets go."
Phoebe was just watching Faith. She appeared to be struggling with herself. As, soon as Piper saw her sister not helping Faith, she just hit her.
"Why aren't you helping?"
"Look at that woman. She is strong."
"Stop it. Get the spell fast, its hurting her."
They chanted the spell as Faith saw them from the corner of her eyes, and the force that was holding her just vanished. She had some injuries but more than that she wanted to find out what had just happened. Her eyes were definitely not leaving Piper's as the three sisters approached her. "Faith before you even start to ask anything, let me just start by saying I have a very good explanation."
"You are a witch." It wasn't a question; Faith just stated it.
"Witch, what do you mean a witch?" Paige started trying to cover their secret, but Piper stopped her.
"It's ok Paige. Let me help you with your hurt. I could call a friend who could take care of it for you." Piper moved closer holding Faith's injured arm. "That's ok. I heal fast." Faith making sure the wound didn't distract them from the real question on hand.
Phoebe and Paige could only stare at each other when they saw Piper bestow all her affection and concern on Faith. Before they could even realize what was happening, Piper had already told Faith about the Charmed Ones and was taking her to the manor while the two sisters stayed behind to close the club.