Chapter 3 has been revised, so if you haven't read the 'new' version, go back and check it out!
A/N: I'm soooo sorry about this sort of late chapter since I was able to type more than three pages worth of this, when one of my family closed my computer without me being able to save it! Talk about major piss off in my case. So yeah, I had to bloody type this all over again, loosing time and y'alls know what happens when that happens. Anyways, enough bad news, the good news is that I'm really happy about the responses that you guys gave me for the new story, so, 'Varta O Quente', will be going to made, but it will still go through major plot editing or creating, so don't expect the new story out any time soon. Check in my bio to see its progress.
And the winners for the last chapter are: Athene Saile, midnight, animechickie, and dev0t3d^men@ce. Not a lot of people. Should a place the level of the questions down, or not? Please tell me so a lot more of you guys have more chance of being able to answer 'em.
These are the answers for the last set of the Trivia Questions:
1) (Pirates) How long ago did the Pearl started to plunder ports?
- The Black Pearl had started its pillaging and plundering act ten years ago before the movie happened. Remember the jail scene just before the Pearl came? There was this one guy who told Sparrow that:
"Tha Black Pearl has started plunderin' ten years ago when the British settlement came. It ne'er leaves any survivors." And then Jack says:
"No survivors? Then where do the stories come from, I wonder?" Yeah, that scene.
2) (LoTR) Where did Merry and Pippin meet Treebeard, the Ent or a tree-hearder?
- Merry and Pippin were being chased by this goblin (I think) to Fanghorn Forest where they eventually realized that Gandalf was alive. Go Gandalf Go!
3) (BtVS) What was Buffy's 'gift' (not the birthday kind) at Season 5?
- Death, is Buffy's gift to the world. As in her dying to save the world.
4) (Harry Potter) What was the name Uncle Vernon's sister who came to the Dursley's house at the beginning of the Prisoner of Azkaban?
- It was...Uncle Vernon's fat sister, Aunt Marge. You know the one that got inflated by Harry because she was PMSing on the poor kid.
5) (LoTR) How did Grima Wormtongue kill Theodred, King Théoden's son?
- It didn't show it in the Two Towers movie, but Wormtongue slackened Theodred's thirst with poison when he was brought in back to Edoras after they were attacked by Orcs. Theodred could've survived that night if it wasn't for Grima. But since it's much more widely known that Wormtongue had set up that ambush, I'll let it slid. This time.
Expect this chapter to have some fluff here and there, and some angst and cursing here and there. Words in the italicized form are parts of Buffy's dream.
Chapter Thirteen, Dreams
"Ge' outta tha way!" Jack growled out as he carried the blonde's unconscious form across the deck towards his quarters. Ana Maria was right behind him, her tan face filled with concern for her friend. As they both entered the room, Jack gently but quickly placed Buffy on his bed and swiftly went to his bureau to get some cloths for her new bandages.
"Wha' happened, Jack?" Ana Maria asked through gritted teeth. Sure she knew about Buffy's wound, but she didn't know that it was this serious. Ana Maria never really found out how she got the wound, hence the fact that she was angry.
"We go' attacked by some vampires las' night. Buffy had some, casualties durin' tha' encounter," Jack said in a monotone voice, which annoyed the other pirate. Ana Maria glared at her captain, but Jack shrugged it off when he felt the look.
"How come I wasn't told 'bout this?!" Ana Maria demanded angrily. But Sparrow couldn't and wouldn't stand her short demands while Buffy's wound was still unstable. Even if no one told her about how serious the wound was, Buffy's life is still in the line here even though she is still the Slayer, and they can't risk her life by bantering on and on why no one told what. Bloody chit.
"If yer gonna stay 'ere tah bicker an' banter 'bout how no one has told ye how serious Buffy's wound is, then tha door is right o'er there an' I want tah see ye on tha otha side," Jack paused his movements and looked her straight in the eye. "Bu' if ye want tah save the Slayer's life 'ere, take off her bloody corset an' tha bandages too." With that he went back into retrieving some actual clean water for Buffy. He didn't wait for Ana Maria's answer, he didn't have to. Without another word, Ana Maria walked over to Buffy and started to loosen the ties she made a while ago.
Since Ana Maria wasn't thoroughly comfortable on undressing her friend even if it was for medical purposes, she was thankful that Buffy wore the top part of her 'bikini' as a make shift bra while she wore the corset. She removed Buffy's arms from the sleeves of the dress, giving her better access at the bloody wound. Ana Maria tentatively began to unwrap the bandages, careful not to cause pain to the already wounded Buffy. The pirate finally managed to take the bloody bandages off with a bit of difficult since Buffy was lying down. But as soon as she stood up, with the cloth and all, Jack took over her spot and began to wipe the blood away.
The injury finally stopped bleeding due to Buffy's 'accelerated' healing ability, so it only left Sparrow to wipe the dried blood away. After finishing this task, he quickly began to wrap the new linen on her bandages, his face void from any emotion at all. As he was doing this, Ana Maria began to wash the used bandage from the blood it contained, stealing a glance or two at the couple's form.
They both worked in silence. But it wasn't comforting nor was it awkward. Their thoughts were much more focused on Buffy's face that was showing pained expressions. It wasn't until Jack who finished wrapping the cloth on Buffy's stomach who broke the never ending silence.
"Tell tha crew tah ge' the Pearl on top speed. We'll be able tah make good time with this weather. Oh, an' ask Gibbs on how long it'll take us tah ge' tah Gibraltar," Jack ordered Ana Maria as she finished drying the cloth. She nodded in confirmation even if Jack didn't see it and walked towards the door.
"An' wha' will I tell tha men?"
"Tha' she'll be fine," Jack replied simply, but a touch of annoyance was evident in his tone. The female pirate raised her brow at the tone of his voice, and turned around to look at Buffy. The Slayer was whimpering now and then and was clutching the white sheets from God knows what. She was anything but fine. Ana Maria shook her head slightly and left the room, not catching Jack's gesture or even his murmured sentence.
"She jus' has tah be," and he reached his hand out to comfort her hand.
"Slayer…," someone whispered behind Buffy's back, making her shiver involuntarily. She turned around, eyes looking frantically for the source of the voice. When finding none, she stepped in a defensive circle, arms out as if she's trying to touch something, but all she saw was black.
"W-whose there?" she tried to keep her voice calm, but her nervousness managed to come out on her sentence. The voice or rather voices, snickered, as if mocking her of this emotion. She felt something move around her, so she turned around and tried to punch it, but her fist only met air.
"OOOOhhh, missed me. Hmm, you're not…scared, are you Slayer?" another voice taunted her when it heard her tone. Another round of laughter roused; so loud it was that it almost made Buffy deaf.
"Of what, you? Tch, you wish you coward. You're the one who's too scared to fight me out in the open," Buffy snapped back to the thing or things, but it didn't do much good. She started to keep herself focused at keeping her emotions at bay so she could have a clear head to think about all of this.
"Think that if you like… But unlike you, Slayer, we're not shaking in our boots like you are…," the demon continued to mock her. "WE didn't fail on…"
"On what? On killing me? You have to wait for a long time buster. There's a lot of bigger baddies than you out there that…," but Buffy was interrupted by the voices who snapped at her angrily.
"YOU FAILED SAVING US, YOU BITCH!!!" the thing screamed at her. Buffy suddenly felt anger, but she knows that it wasn't from her; it was from the thing that was screaming at her. The Slayer's eyes grew wide once she realized that this was no demon.
"What?" she whimpered confusedly. A sudden tirade of emotions came over her body and it was too overwhelming to try and control over it. The feelings of anger, pain, disappointment, hatred, and other emotions were like attacking her all in one force, and it hurts to even breathe.
"YOU LET THEM GET US!!!!" the thing hissed angrily. A form started to appear in front of Buffy who was clutching her hair out of pain. As the form finally materialized, the Slayer stared at him with utter confusion.
"H-how?"
Jesse, Willow and Xander's long time friend glared back at her, his eyes full of accusation of something she slowly began to realize. Jesse ignored her question, but he instead started to blame her for not saving him from the Master.
"You weren't there were you? You didn't save me from those…things! They killed me Buffy! They killed me!!" Jesse yelled at her, eyes full of pain from the past. "You were supposed to be there! To save my life and those they killed!"
Other forms began appear, their face white and filled with bruises, scratches, and wounds that had killed them were oozing with blood. She saw Jesse reach on his neck and she saw that it was the wound that he got when the Master drank from him.
"LOOK WHAT THEY DID TO ME!!!" Jesse shrieked at Buffy as he showed her his hand full of blood, making her flinch and step back. The people began to surround her, screaming 'you failed' at her over and over, each time getting louder while the emotions hurt her more. Unconsciously, she dropped to her knees, her hands still clutching her hair as she looked around her.
"I-I tried to save you…," Buffy explained, her voice whimpering. "I really did! I'm s-sorry…"
"THAT'S IT?! YOU'RE SORRY?" the group of people spat at her in unison. "WE'RE DEAD BECAUSE OF YOU AND THAT'S ALL YOU CAN SAY? YOU'RE SORRY!?"
Buffy began to scream painfully at the sudden attack of the emotions. It was as if she was being burned inside out. Tears began to form in the corner of her eyes as the emotions that was directed to her felt like they were magnified three times. She gritted her teeth out of frustration, closing her eyes as if wising that they'd go away by doing so. And almost as if someone was listening to her wish, they did go away, even the emotions.
She lifted her head up, confusion and relief written all over her face. Buffy shakily rubbed her wet eyes with her shaking hand, and sniffed loudly. Another form began to appear only it was someone much more different than before.
"M-mom?" but Joyce's face was full of despise, almost disgust. And she felt it, just like how she felt the voices emotion a while ago.
"You have no right on calling me your mom, Buffy," Joyce seethed. She glared at her with utter disgust, while Buffy began to tremble at the sudden hollow feeling at the next words her mom said to her. "Why couldn't I just have a normal girl? Someone who wasn't ALWAYS getting in to trouble at school and for God's sakes, sleeping with a VAMPIRE?! But noooo, I just had to have you, didn't I? What did I do to make you this way? Didn't I raise you up right?"
Buffy gasped at what she said, and she couldn't help but start to rock back and forth on her knees as she clutched her sobbing form. All of the sudden, the voices plus Jesse, her mom, and the group of people began to yell at her.
"YOU WEREN'T THERE!!!"
"YOU LET US DIE!!!"
"MURDERER!!!"
"HOW COULD YOU?!"
They continued to chant at her, while she kept on mumbling incoherently under her breath.
"YOU FAILED US!!!"
"YOU LET THEM KILL US!!!"
"SOME SLAYER YOU ARE!!!"
"YOU SLEPT WITH A VAMPIRE!!!"
Buffy continued to rock herself, eyes completely shut as tears began to fall down uncontrollably. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry," she kept on saying it, sobbing as she did.
"Wake up Buffy!" Jack shook her, trying to wake up from her horrible nightmare. She's been crying and saying 'sorry' while she slept, getting him nervous at her situation. 'Please wake up,' he thought to himself worriedly. Finally as if she heard him, Buffy's eyes snapped open.
"I'M SORRY!!" she yelled one final time, sitting right up as she did. Jack was startled a bit but kept on holding her shoulders. Buffy's eyes were wild from her nightmare, frantically searching for…something.
"It's alright, pet. Its jus' a dream," Jack assured her once she started to sob from her dream. She leaned forward to Jack's shoulder, hands clutching at his sleeves when he hugged her tightly to comfort her. He began to soothingly rub her back in circles while she cried from her horrible dream.
"It's alright. Don't cry, luv. Yer awake now," he unconsciously began to rock her back and forth until her pitiful sobs ceased completely.
Somewhere in Ithaki
"Milady," a vampire bowed down out of respect in front of the sitting form of his leader. Cool silver eyes stared at his form, waiting for him to get on with his report. "It's been confirmed that the Dagger of Morpheus has taken its effect on the Slayer. Though Domivan and his brothers were able to carry out their mission, they are however, been utilized during their operation," the vampire debriefed his leader as he stood up straight.
"A small price to pay for something greater," the leader off handedly replied as she was too happy about the succession of the mission. A crazy grin appeared on her face but the vampire was too used to this expression that it didn't faze him as much as it would on someone who hasn't. "Don't you agree?"
"Of course, milady," the vampire agreed with her in a slightly monotone voice.
"Good. Tell me when they are passing the Strait and keep a record of her dreams. It should come in handy when they come. Oh and Daniel?" she stopped him before he took another step.
"Yes, Lady Syrinx?"
"Do cheer up. We're going to have a fabulous time with our visitor and I can't have you sulking around," Syrinx told him in a playful manner as she twirled her flaming red hair around her index finger.
"Of course, Milady," Daniel bowed one final time before leaving her chamber. Syrinx gleefully stood up and laid down on a velvet sofa, sighing happily as the first part of her plan was carried out.
'Vampires do have their perks,' she mused before reaching over a table and taking a sip on her wine. Her silver eyes glazed at the thought of what 'fun' she could do to the Slayer. 'Ahh, the torture of having to wait.'
A/N: So here it is, the first introduction of the villain. This should be uber fun…. Anyways, really wanted to thank you guys again about the responses on the new story and for the reviews before placing in the trivia questions. So, thank you. Now that that is over, trivia questions are coming right up!
Trivia Questions:
1) (Pirates) What did the Governor granted Will when they came back to Port Royal?
2) (LoTR) Who was the other 'White Wizard' in the movie except for Saruman?
3) (BtVS) Why did Willow go all 'phsyco-crazy' during the end of Season 6?
4) (CoA) Why did the Angel Investigation get the Wolfam and Hart company?
5) (Harry Potter) Who told Harry that he was a wizard?
So there they are! Special thanks by the way too:
animechickie= its not sad. You even got to be a winner!
Athene Saile= just picture someone getting jealous and at the same time giddy at you having the Return of the King soundtrack. Really am thankful for supporting my idea, check it out when it's out! (Hope you like this chapter by the way)
prophecy_girl3= hope the last bit answered you question about the dreams. *Flushes* thanks for the compliment. Makes me proud on this story when you say it like that. Hope you like this chapter as much as I did writing it, which is a lot…
midnight= it took me awhile to get the full meaning of your review, and now that I do, its making me blush. All of the reviews plus seeing Lord of the Rings again has inspired me to write another story, but I really didn't want it to get in the way of updating Pandora's Box, which is my whole pride. And I will update, see? Chapter 13 got updated!
Blackened Heart= LOL! It's okay if you don't like LoTR. I myself didn't like it too much at first since Tolkien's writing was kinda…dry, in a way if you get my drift. Thanks though for telling me. Makes me somehow happy…weirdly.
Catlimere= First, thank you so much for telling me it'll be fine to do the story. I know its kinda big to bring the Scoobies plus the maximum of 10 'special slayers' over to Middle Earth, but I'm planning on separating them a little bit so their not together throughout the whole story, while be entirely exhausting to do. Yes, the Scoobies (Xander, Dawn, Buffy, Willow, Giles, Faith, and even Spike) will be there since I love all of their characterizations, plus I like how they interact on the show. About three of them will go with the Fellowship, others will be going elsewhere, and some are staying in Lothlorien in the middle of the story but they will all managed to meet up again at the end. I was thinking of Lorien as their training ground since Galadriel (I think) has a deeper connection with the Valar or PTB than the other Elf-Lords. I will skip some of your other questions since some of my answers might change while I write the story, though the fact that Kennedy won't be coming with them to ME is confirmed since I really don't like her. But I know for sure about the shippers though. Although I like the shipperness of Buffy/Legolas, I'm a bigger spuffy fan than B/L and so, Buffy and Spike are gonna get hooked up in this story. Apologies if you don't like this, but hey I warned y'all that it is going to be different than the usual BtVS xover with LoTR. Other shippers include: Willow/Faramir, Faith/Haldir (I dunno why but I kinda like toying with the idea), Xander/Eowyn, Dawn/Legolas, and Aragorn/Arwen (I think they're better off together). Weird shippers you might think, but I kinda like it this way. Second, grateful for actually checking out the 2nd chapter. Means a lot. Third, congrats on the Pirates DVD! Make sure you go and see the blooper reel, really funny. Oh and do you know how to work the special DVD-rom features? Really want to know how that works. Finally, I agree with you with Jack being noble and all, he really does show that during the movie by actually keeping to his word! Hope you liked how the nightmare goes and the little snippet of the villain of this piece at the end. I think its going to be fun to write a villain's character since you have no limits on being to evil. FUN FUN FUN!!
Destiny's Dragon= it was very funny to write it, and it's actually one of my favorite chapters on writing it. Female pride and all that jazz! Anyways, don't expect the new story to be out soon. I'm still typing the first chapter. Look in my profile to see its progress.
dev0t3d^men@ce= thanks for saying that you love it! Makes me really happy when people say that.
Lexi= I really don't know what PotC xover you like so I wouldn't be able to recommend any stories. Though I do have a ton of Pirates of the Caribbean fiction on my favorites on my profile, so go check it out if you're interested.
Luv2FigureSkate8= I'll never forget to update this story! Gods will forbid it…and so will I. Just picture me flushing at the things you said plus getting all giddy. Hope you like this chapter.
manticore-gurl071134= thank you! I would try to keep up the excellent work, and I'll try to update soon but it is sometimes hard to do that since with school being hectic and all. Darn school.
Mikla= even I am still thinking about Buffy's revenge, though I wouldn't make it too hard since she did get wounded and Jack's all there cleaning her up and stuff. I would luv to work with you and your story sometime. I think by doing this, our stories will be authentic, as far as doing a crossover with LoTR is. My AIM screen name is: spikeaholic288 if you want to AIM me but my email is hobbes288@aol.com if you want to mail me instead.
Rood-Roosje= first off, I want to thank you for telling me about your suggestions on the new story. Yes, I know that I'll be uber hard to keep all of them together in one spot, that's exactly why I'm sending them in different journeys so it'll be easier for me to write it all. I really hope that this will all work out, and having supports like this inspires me more to write. Anyways, thanks for reviewing, and check out the story when I post it up.
There you are folks! Chapter 14 will be coming right up!