Prologue
"Buffy?" the slayer was awed by who she saw in front of her. Barely a minute ago, the demon Angelus, the scourge of Europe was flounting around terrorizing her friends and herself, and now, her lover had returned. She didn't question it- you're not suppost to look a gift horse in the mouth. She smiled and bent down with him. She kissed him longingly. He kissed back. "What's going on? I.. I can't remember. Oh God. Buffy. I feel like I haven't seen you in months." He looked at her arm when he noticed it. "Buffy, you're hurt." She didn't care about herself right then, Angel was back, Angelus no more. "Shh. Don't worry about it." And then she heard it. It was a roaring sound, it wasn't noticeable for a moent like this, but it wasn't something she wanted. And then it hit her, what had happened, and what was going on. What had to be done. Her breath caught. She could feel her blood turn to ice. "Buffy?" He asked "What's going on?" "Shhh..." she said. She bent down and told him, "I love you." There was a pause while she just savored him being with her. "Close your eyes." She stood him up in front of her. Tears ran down her face as she knew what she had to do. She kissed him, savoring his taste, the last kiss she would ever recieve from him, from her love. And she stood back, and let her heart break, She picked up her sword and...
Buffy awoke from her dream. She hated those memories. She would always remember them in her dreams though. It hurt. And now, she felt it again. The absolute numbness- it was the closest thing to pain experiencable, for her especially. She wasn't feeling well. Not really a surprise though, considering. But when she started to show near the middle of her third month, she got the test. It was positive. She threw her bottles away, and became more determined to eat healthy. If she was going to have to care for another, she wouldn't mess it up. If it were her, she would willingly drink herself to death or something, but it wasn't. So she would care for herself.
Over the next 2 months, she helped a girl named Lily, and found a vampire-hunting gang. She met up with Gunn and his sister Alonna. They became friends. In her second month away from the hellmouth, she was found by Kendra's succesor, Faith. They quickly became friends, seeing as how they were in need of companionship, and needed someone who would understand. They took down Alonna's vampire-self, and were there to help him grieve. But they didn't push. Faith really didn't know how it went, and she was having troubles of her own over Alonna's death. But Buffy knew how it was to grieve. Grief was never something you just got over. So she let him cry on her shoulder when needed, or be there to talk to. Lily was there to help as well. Buffy and Faith tracked down Alonna's sire, and brought it to the gang. It was a master vamp making minions. They beat him up and dragged him to the warehouse they were using in LA. They hurt him any way they wanted to, and then they let Gunn stake it, for any closure he could possibly recieve.
By now, the group knew some about Buffy's past, and about the same amount of Faith's. Nobody pushed on anything htough. It was just to get anything they wanted out in the open. During her first month there,she almost met a nice demon named Lorne; he had the ability to read your soul, present, past, and future. He was a welcome sight within the group.
When Lily got transported to a different dimension though, they went after her. A month later, they finally tracked her down, and helped another girl named Fred excape with them. They started up on a spell to take them back home, but they were interrupted, and were sent spiraling into another dimension; a hell dimension called Quartoth, it's one of the worse ones. Before they could be attacked though, a good demon named Clem, whose skin was hangy, got them entrance into a peaceful village in secret.
But in the end of her 7th month, due to her smallness (and unknown twins) she went into labor. It was a hard and painful process for her. First, she had Connor Liam, but when he was out, and Buffy continued contracting, they brought Elizabeth Kendra out. Buffy had internal bleeding, and she passed out soon after naming them, and she died. If it wasn't for her slayer healing, and magic around the village though, she would have stayed that way.
But death brought her back stronger again. Within the week she was back to a normal strength. Even those that knew about the slayer strength stuff were surprised, including Faith and herself. Buffy and Faith trained alot, and saved almost all of the village when the barrriers started to fail. They got everyone who survived out and got them located to a different village.
A year later, it became evident to the group that they needed to leave. But no one around could find an incantation or spell that would take them back to Earth. So, for ten years, they circled from dimension to dimension looking for a good spell. A few weeks after the twin's eleventh birthday, they found one. They used it a day later after they gathered all the needed ingredients, and thier belongings. They had a lot of stuff to sell and give to museums. Buffy was going to ship a large portion to Giles without an explanation. She knew for a fact that some of the things were dangerous.
When they returned to the abandoned homeless shelter, they found alot of money and empty unused space. So they set the place up, and within the month, had everything ready. They were very rich now, and the shelter was already paid off for many years. The title was under Lorne and Gunn, but the others were on a containment sheet for it. It was confidential though, so there were no troubles of the kind. Lorne started up a hit club called "Caritas" meaning Mercy in a demonic language. It was a demonic karaoke bar, and the group were there alot.
But they all soon got bored within a year, they were all used to the traveling and action. So Faith got an idea, she knew Buffy could sing, and she could have sworn that she mentioned a guitar somewhere. When Faith presented it to her older sister-slayer, she was intruiged by the idea. Lorne was all for it, and within the week, the rest of the group were all up for it.
They would create a band together. They just had to come up with a name for it. Many were suggested, and Caritas had a small award of a night of free drinks for the person or demon who could come up with the best one. Those who were familiar with them, which were many, were very creative, and put many names down: Chosen, Called, Experience, Lifetime, Night Walkers, Secret Protectors, Slayers, Judges, Hunteers, Fighters... as well as many others. Many were put up for grabs, and eventually they decided. In the end, Clem, who had come back with them, had been the one to suggest it...
"Buffy?" the slayer was awed by who she saw in front of her. Barely a minute ago, the demon Angelus, the scourge of Europe was flounting around terrorizing her friends and herself, and now, her lover had returned. She didn't question it- you're not suppost to look a gift horse in the mouth. She smiled and bent down with him. She kissed him longingly. He kissed back. "What's going on? I.. I can't remember. Oh God. Buffy. I feel like I haven't seen you in months." He looked at her arm when he noticed it. "Buffy, you're hurt." She didn't care about herself right then, Angel was back, Angelus no more. "Shh. Don't worry about it." And then she heard it. It was a roaring sound, it wasn't noticeable for a moent like this, but it wasn't something she wanted. And then it hit her, what had happened, and what was going on. What had to be done. Her breath caught. She could feel her blood turn to ice. "Buffy?" He asked "What's going on?" "Shhh..." she said. She bent down and told him, "I love you." There was a pause while she just savored him being with her. "Close your eyes." She stood him up in front of her. Tears ran down her face as she knew what she had to do. She kissed him, savoring his taste, the last kiss she would ever recieve from him, from her love. And she stood back, and let her heart break, She picked up her sword and...
Buffy awoke from her dream. She hated those memories. She would always remember them in her dreams though. It hurt. And now, she felt it again. The absolute numbness- it was the closest thing to pain experiencable, for her especially. She wasn't feeling well. Not really a surprise though, considering. But when she started to show near the middle of her third month, she got the test. It was positive. She threw her bottles away, and became more determined to eat healthy. If she was going to have to care for another, she wouldn't mess it up. If it were her, she would willingly drink herself to death or something, but it wasn't. So she would care for herself.
Over the next 2 months, she helped a girl named Lily, and found a vampire-hunting gang. She met up with Gunn and his sister Alonna. They became friends. In her second month away from the hellmouth, she was found by Kendra's succesor, Faith. They quickly became friends, seeing as how they were in need of companionship, and needed someone who would understand. They took down Alonna's vampire-self, and were there to help him grieve. But they didn't push. Faith really didn't know how it went, and she was having troubles of her own over Alonna's death. But Buffy knew how it was to grieve. Grief was never something you just got over. So she let him cry on her shoulder when needed, or be there to talk to. Lily was there to help as well. Buffy and Faith tracked down Alonna's sire, and brought it to the gang. It was a master vamp making minions. They beat him up and dragged him to the warehouse they were using in LA. They hurt him any way they wanted to, and then they let Gunn stake it, for any closure he could possibly recieve.
By now, the group knew some about Buffy's past, and about the same amount of Faith's. Nobody pushed on anything htough. It was just to get anything they wanted out in the open. During her first month there,she almost met a nice demon named Lorne; he had the ability to read your soul, present, past, and future. He was a welcome sight within the group.
When Lily got transported to a different dimension though, they went after her. A month later, they finally tracked her down, and helped another girl named Fred excape with them. They started up on a spell to take them back home, but they were interrupted, and were sent spiraling into another dimension; a hell dimension called Quartoth, it's one of the worse ones. Before they could be attacked though, a good demon named Clem, whose skin was hangy, got them entrance into a peaceful village in secret.
But in the end of her 7th month, due to her smallness (and unknown twins) she went into labor. It was a hard and painful process for her. First, she had Connor Liam, but when he was out, and Buffy continued contracting, they brought Elizabeth Kendra out. Buffy had internal bleeding, and she passed out soon after naming them, and she died. If it wasn't for her slayer healing, and magic around the village though, she would have stayed that way.
But death brought her back stronger again. Within the week she was back to a normal strength. Even those that knew about the slayer strength stuff were surprised, including Faith and herself. Buffy and Faith trained alot, and saved almost all of the village when the barrriers started to fail. They got everyone who survived out and got them located to a different village.
A year later, it became evident to the group that they needed to leave. But no one around could find an incantation or spell that would take them back to Earth. So, for ten years, they circled from dimension to dimension looking for a good spell. A few weeks after the twin's eleventh birthday, they found one. They used it a day later after they gathered all the needed ingredients, and thier belongings. They had a lot of stuff to sell and give to museums. Buffy was going to ship a large portion to Giles without an explanation. She knew for a fact that some of the things were dangerous.
When they returned to the abandoned homeless shelter, they found alot of money and empty unused space. So they set the place up, and within the month, had everything ready. They were very rich now, and the shelter was already paid off for many years. The title was under Lorne and Gunn, but the others were on a containment sheet for it. It was confidential though, so there were no troubles of the kind. Lorne started up a hit club called "Caritas" meaning Mercy in a demonic language. It was a demonic karaoke bar, and the group were there alot.
But they all soon got bored within a year, they were all used to the traveling and action. So Faith got an idea, she knew Buffy could sing, and she could have sworn that she mentioned a guitar somewhere. When Faith presented it to her older sister-slayer, she was intruiged by the idea. Lorne was all for it, and within the week, the rest of the group were all up for it.
They would create a band together. They just had to come up with a name for it. Many were suggested, and Caritas had a small award of a night of free drinks for the person or demon who could come up with the best one. Those who were familiar with them, which were many, were very creative, and put many names down: Chosen, Called, Experience, Lifetime, Night Walkers, Secret Protectors, Slayers, Judges, Hunteers, Fighters... as well as many others. Many were put up for grabs, and eventually they decided. In the end, Clem, who had come back with them, had been the one to suggest it...