SavageLove: alright you caught me, I changed that and a couple of other
things
Nalaniangel: thanks, i figure the story would be kind of dull if Buffy was too helpless
Lypiphera, Pain Bearer: what does everyone have against mary-sue characters?
Gwendolyn P. Malfoy: I really do try to update soon, the only problem is I'm always having new story ideas that I just have to write down, which are inevitably over 3000 words, so I think why not post it? Long story short I have like eight stories I'm writing all at once, so it takes forever to get stuff posted.
Karmawiccan: What can I say? If I don't do something different from everyone else why would anyone bother to read it?
Litchik08: thanks, hope you like the changes I've made
Shizuka Slytherin Tsukino: I'm glad you like the plot, and I know I goofed on the blind thing
SpikesSpecialfriend: I totally agree, when I was looking over the first chapter I realized how much I changed Buffy's character. The lily thing was also a coincidence
Changing Lives
Part Two
"A little present, don't let anyone take it off." Glory said as she released Buffy and disappeared.
"Did she hurt you?" Faith asked as she ran over to Buffy.
"No, we just talked." Buffy said as she felt the necklace.
~***~
"Buffy thank god you're okay." Cordelia said in a relived voice. "I thought you were still stuck in the Bronze."
"I'm okay. I think I came out of one of the side exits." Buffy said calmly.
"Don't ever do that again," Dawn scolded as she gave Buffy a hug. "I'd never be able to forgive myself if something happened."
"It's okay Dawn, nothing bad happened." Buffy said in a soothing voice.
"It looks like we have a new big bad in town." Xander said. "I saw her tear a whole through the Bronze with her bare hands."
"We have to find out what she wants. Did she tell you anything important?" Faith asked.
"She did, but I think your watcher should be here for this as well." Buffy said.
"You're probably right." Willow agreed. "Giles will probably have some books on what we're dealing with."
"I'll go with you." Cordelia volunteered.
Everyone piled into Cordelia's car and returned to Giles's house. During the drive nobody said a word. They had never seen or dealt with something this powerful before.
"Giles." Faith called as she rang the doorbell. "We need to talk to you, it's important."
"What is it?" Giles asked as he opened the door and allowed them to enter.
"There's a new big bad in town." Xander said as everyone took a seat in the living room, and he explained everything that they knew so far.
"What can you tell us about what happened Buffy?" Giles asked.
"Well she said her name was Glory, and she was looking for her key. She also said something about being able to suck out people's souls."
"I've never heard of this Glory before." Giles said clearly confused. "Did she do anything else?"
"She kissed my neck, and this appeared around it." Buffy said as she fingered her necklace.
"It's beautiful," Willow said as finally noticed it.
"Let me have a look at that." Giles said as he reached over to remove it.
"No wait-" Buffy tried to warn Giles but it was too late. A beam of light shot out of the necklace and struck Giles in the chest, sending him flying back a good ten feet before hitting the wall.
Giles painfully got back up to his feet to hear Buffy finish. "Glory told me not to let anyone try to take it off."
"I should have known." Giles groaned as he got to his feet. "Perhaps you can remove it yourself?" he asked.
"I'll try." Buffy said as she reached for the clasp, but her hands went right through the necklace as if it wasn't there.
"I can't feel it anymore." Buffy said in a slight panic.
"It's still there Buffy. Your fingers just went through it." Dawn said as she watched Buffy breathe a sigh of relief.
"Try just to touch, and not to remove it." Cordelia suggested.
Buffy moved her hands on the necklace and was happy to find that she could feel it again.
"You must only be able to touch it when you don't want to take it off." Cordelia observed.
"Is there any way to find out what it does?" Dawn asked. "I don't think she just gave Buffy the necklace for the hell of it."
"It feels kind of warm now." Buffy said as she fingered the jewel in the middle.
The scoobies all looked over to see Buffy disappear in the same way that Glory had.
"What happened?" Willow asked in a panic.
~***~
Buffy almost felt like she was being pulled somewhere as she held on to her necklace. When the feeling suddenly stopped she realized that she wasn't at Giles's house anymore.
"Where am I?" Buffy asked as she tried to find a wall until she heard soft foot steps coming towards her. A familiar arm wrapped itself around her waist and Buffy ventured a guess as to who it was. "Glory, is that you?"
"Got it in one," Glory answered in a southern drawl.
"How did I get here?" Buffy asked.
"Don't tell me you forgot about this already." Glory said as she fingered the necklace.
"Is that what the necklace is used for?" Buffy asked curiously.
"That's one of the things, the rest you'll find out later."
"Why did you bring me here? You didn't change your mind about the whole soul sucking thing did you?" Buffy asked half joking, half serious.
"That's what I like about you cutie." Glory said with a laugh. "You know just what to say to make me smile. Come sit down." Glory said as she led Buffy to a chair, then sat down and pulled Buffy into her lap.
"What are you doing?" Buffy asked. A little shocked to find herself sitting in the lap of a woman that she hardly knew.
"I always get what I want cutie." Glory said as her southern accent disappeared. It was replaced by a colder harder voice. "You aren't like the rest of the sheep out their. You're a mystery to me, one that I'm going to solve."
"There isn't anything special about me." Buffy said as she began to shake. She was trying not to show it but at that moment she was terrified.
"Oh, did I scare you cutie?" Glory asked as her southern accent returned. "I could never hurt you honey. Like you said, who else would I talk to if you were gone?"
"What are you going to do with me?" Buffy asked, still feeling nervous around the powerful woman.
"You're going to stay here." Glory ordered.
"What about my family? They'll be worried about me." Buffy said desperately. "They don't have to worry about you." Glory said as she turned Buffy's head to face her. "I won't let anything bad happen to you."
"Please I have to be able to see my family." Buffy said as she began to cry.
At first Glory didn't know what to do. She was completely out of her element. She had never had to deal with a crying woman before.
"Don't cry." Glory finally said. "I don't like it when you cry." She said as she used a handkerchief to dry Buffy's tears.
"I've never been separated from my family before." Buffy sobbed.
"You can say goodbye when we get your things. I'll let you visit them too." Glory offered. This was the first time that Glory bargained with anyone about anything, she usually took what she wanted, but she knew that in this situation it wasn't quite that simple.
"Would you like something to eat?" Glory asked. "My minions can get you anything you want."
"I'm not very hungry. Can you take me to my mother?" Buffy asked sadly.
"Sure cutie, you can say your goodbyes and we can get your stuff. It won't feel as bad in a few days." Glory promised.
Buffy and Glory both disappeared in a flash of light only to reappear a few seconds later in front of Buffy's house.
"I don't like it when you do that." Buffy said as she realized what Glory had done. "I can't tell where I am."
"Maybe this'll help." Glory said as she pulled Buffy close and kissed her lips. "Now you can always tell where you are."
Buffy gasped as she realized Glory was right. She couldn't see but it was almost like she could feel where she was, like when she touched people's faces.
"Did you need to kiss me to be able to do that?" Buffy asked trying to figure out what Glory had done.
"No, I just wanted to." Glory said as she rang the doorbell before Buffy could respond.
"Hello, I'm Buffy's mother." Joyce said, introducing herself. She had gotten used to the idea of her youngest daughter bringing home new friends all the time.
Buffy and Glory walked into the house and walked into the living room with Joyce.
~***~
"Glory must have taken her somewhere." Giles said.
"There must be some way to find her." Dawn said. "She wasn't even here a day and she's been kidnapped."
"Maybe we can use a locator spell to find her." Willow thought out loud.
"That should work." Giles agreed as he pulled out a spell book and chanted the words for the spell.
A tiny light flickered into existence and started to spin around Giles, as if waiting for a command.
"Take us to Buffy Summers." Giles said in an authoritative voice.
The light began to move out of the room, careful not to go so far that its summoner couldn't find it.
"Why is it taking us to my house?" Dawn wondered out loud when she realized where they had been led.
"Maybe the necklace took Buffy home." Cordelia said hopefully.
The scoobies quickly walked into the living room of the Summer's house to see Joyce talking amicably with Glory.
"Hi honey." Joyce said as she greeted her oldest daughter. "Did you meet Buffy's new friend yet?" she asked.
"Are you okay Buffy?" Faith asked.
"I'm okay." Buffy said, speaking for the first time since she entered her house.
"It's time to go cutie." Glory ordered. In another flash of light Buffy's suitcases appeared, packed and ready to go.
"Buffy isn't going anywhere." Faith said.
"Did you just tell me what I couldn't do?" Glory asked angrily as her southern accent disappeared again.
"Leave before I make you leave." Faith said not giving an inch either.
Even before Faith could blink Glory was on her feet and in front of Faith. Glory's hand quickly shot out and grabbed Faith's neck and lifted her into the air.
"No one tells me what to do Slayer." Glory ground out.
Buffy carefully walked up to Glory. She didn't want to startle the powerful woman.
"Please don't hurt her." Buffy pleaded as she put her hands on Glory's arms and tugged gently until Glory lowered Faith.
"You're lucky she's here." Glory said as she threw Faith back a couple of feet.
"Buffy what's going on?" Joyce asked as she finally had a real glimpse of Sunnydale.
"I'm sorry mom. I have to go." Buffy said as she hugged her mother with tears in her eyes.
"What are you talking about?" Joyce said still not understanding what was going on.
"Dawn will explain." Buffy said as she hugged all of her friends.
"It's time to go Buffy." Glory said gently.
"I'm ready." Buffy said as she sadly released her sister who was too shocked to do anything.
"It won't feel quite so bad after a few days." Glory said comfortingly as they disappeared in a flash of light.
To Be Continued...
Nalaniangel: thanks, i figure the story would be kind of dull if Buffy was too helpless
Lypiphera, Pain Bearer: what does everyone have against mary-sue characters?
Gwendolyn P. Malfoy: I really do try to update soon, the only problem is I'm always having new story ideas that I just have to write down, which are inevitably over 3000 words, so I think why not post it? Long story short I have like eight stories I'm writing all at once, so it takes forever to get stuff posted.
Karmawiccan: What can I say? If I don't do something different from everyone else why would anyone bother to read it?
Litchik08: thanks, hope you like the changes I've made
Shizuka Slytherin Tsukino: I'm glad you like the plot, and I know I goofed on the blind thing
SpikesSpecialfriend: I totally agree, when I was looking over the first chapter I realized how much I changed Buffy's character. The lily thing was also a coincidence
Changing Lives
Part Two
"A little present, don't let anyone take it off." Glory said as she released Buffy and disappeared.
"Did she hurt you?" Faith asked as she ran over to Buffy.
"No, we just talked." Buffy said as she felt the necklace.
~***~
"Buffy thank god you're okay." Cordelia said in a relived voice. "I thought you were still stuck in the Bronze."
"I'm okay. I think I came out of one of the side exits." Buffy said calmly.
"Don't ever do that again," Dawn scolded as she gave Buffy a hug. "I'd never be able to forgive myself if something happened."
"It's okay Dawn, nothing bad happened." Buffy said in a soothing voice.
"It looks like we have a new big bad in town." Xander said. "I saw her tear a whole through the Bronze with her bare hands."
"We have to find out what she wants. Did she tell you anything important?" Faith asked.
"She did, but I think your watcher should be here for this as well." Buffy said.
"You're probably right." Willow agreed. "Giles will probably have some books on what we're dealing with."
"I'll go with you." Cordelia volunteered.
Everyone piled into Cordelia's car and returned to Giles's house. During the drive nobody said a word. They had never seen or dealt with something this powerful before.
"Giles." Faith called as she rang the doorbell. "We need to talk to you, it's important."
"What is it?" Giles asked as he opened the door and allowed them to enter.
"There's a new big bad in town." Xander said as everyone took a seat in the living room, and he explained everything that they knew so far.
"What can you tell us about what happened Buffy?" Giles asked.
"Well she said her name was Glory, and she was looking for her key. She also said something about being able to suck out people's souls."
"I've never heard of this Glory before." Giles said clearly confused. "Did she do anything else?"
"She kissed my neck, and this appeared around it." Buffy said as she fingered her necklace.
"It's beautiful," Willow said as finally noticed it.
"Let me have a look at that." Giles said as he reached over to remove it.
"No wait-" Buffy tried to warn Giles but it was too late. A beam of light shot out of the necklace and struck Giles in the chest, sending him flying back a good ten feet before hitting the wall.
Giles painfully got back up to his feet to hear Buffy finish. "Glory told me not to let anyone try to take it off."
"I should have known." Giles groaned as he got to his feet. "Perhaps you can remove it yourself?" he asked.
"I'll try." Buffy said as she reached for the clasp, but her hands went right through the necklace as if it wasn't there.
"I can't feel it anymore." Buffy said in a slight panic.
"It's still there Buffy. Your fingers just went through it." Dawn said as she watched Buffy breathe a sigh of relief.
"Try just to touch, and not to remove it." Cordelia suggested.
Buffy moved her hands on the necklace and was happy to find that she could feel it again.
"You must only be able to touch it when you don't want to take it off." Cordelia observed.
"Is there any way to find out what it does?" Dawn asked. "I don't think she just gave Buffy the necklace for the hell of it."
"It feels kind of warm now." Buffy said as she fingered the jewel in the middle.
The scoobies all looked over to see Buffy disappear in the same way that Glory had.
"What happened?" Willow asked in a panic.
~***~
Buffy almost felt like she was being pulled somewhere as she held on to her necklace. When the feeling suddenly stopped she realized that she wasn't at Giles's house anymore.
"Where am I?" Buffy asked as she tried to find a wall until she heard soft foot steps coming towards her. A familiar arm wrapped itself around her waist and Buffy ventured a guess as to who it was. "Glory, is that you?"
"Got it in one," Glory answered in a southern drawl.
"How did I get here?" Buffy asked.
"Don't tell me you forgot about this already." Glory said as she fingered the necklace.
"Is that what the necklace is used for?" Buffy asked curiously.
"That's one of the things, the rest you'll find out later."
"Why did you bring me here? You didn't change your mind about the whole soul sucking thing did you?" Buffy asked half joking, half serious.
"That's what I like about you cutie." Glory said with a laugh. "You know just what to say to make me smile. Come sit down." Glory said as she led Buffy to a chair, then sat down and pulled Buffy into her lap.
"What are you doing?" Buffy asked. A little shocked to find herself sitting in the lap of a woman that she hardly knew.
"I always get what I want cutie." Glory said as her southern accent disappeared. It was replaced by a colder harder voice. "You aren't like the rest of the sheep out their. You're a mystery to me, one that I'm going to solve."
"There isn't anything special about me." Buffy said as she began to shake. She was trying not to show it but at that moment she was terrified.
"Oh, did I scare you cutie?" Glory asked as her southern accent returned. "I could never hurt you honey. Like you said, who else would I talk to if you were gone?"
"What are you going to do with me?" Buffy asked, still feeling nervous around the powerful woman.
"You're going to stay here." Glory ordered.
"What about my family? They'll be worried about me." Buffy said desperately. "They don't have to worry about you." Glory said as she turned Buffy's head to face her. "I won't let anything bad happen to you."
"Please I have to be able to see my family." Buffy said as she began to cry.
At first Glory didn't know what to do. She was completely out of her element. She had never had to deal with a crying woman before.
"Don't cry." Glory finally said. "I don't like it when you cry." She said as she used a handkerchief to dry Buffy's tears.
"I've never been separated from my family before." Buffy sobbed.
"You can say goodbye when we get your things. I'll let you visit them too." Glory offered. This was the first time that Glory bargained with anyone about anything, she usually took what she wanted, but she knew that in this situation it wasn't quite that simple.
"Would you like something to eat?" Glory asked. "My minions can get you anything you want."
"I'm not very hungry. Can you take me to my mother?" Buffy asked sadly.
"Sure cutie, you can say your goodbyes and we can get your stuff. It won't feel as bad in a few days." Glory promised.
Buffy and Glory both disappeared in a flash of light only to reappear a few seconds later in front of Buffy's house.
"I don't like it when you do that." Buffy said as she realized what Glory had done. "I can't tell where I am."
"Maybe this'll help." Glory said as she pulled Buffy close and kissed her lips. "Now you can always tell where you are."
Buffy gasped as she realized Glory was right. She couldn't see but it was almost like she could feel where she was, like when she touched people's faces.
"Did you need to kiss me to be able to do that?" Buffy asked trying to figure out what Glory had done.
"No, I just wanted to." Glory said as she rang the doorbell before Buffy could respond.
"Hello, I'm Buffy's mother." Joyce said, introducing herself. She had gotten used to the idea of her youngest daughter bringing home new friends all the time.
Buffy and Glory walked into the house and walked into the living room with Joyce.
~***~
"Glory must have taken her somewhere." Giles said.
"There must be some way to find her." Dawn said. "She wasn't even here a day and she's been kidnapped."
"Maybe we can use a locator spell to find her." Willow thought out loud.
"That should work." Giles agreed as he pulled out a spell book and chanted the words for the spell.
A tiny light flickered into existence and started to spin around Giles, as if waiting for a command.
"Take us to Buffy Summers." Giles said in an authoritative voice.
The light began to move out of the room, careful not to go so far that its summoner couldn't find it.
"Why is it taking us to my house?" Dawn wondered out loud when she realized where they had been led.
"Maybe the necklace took Buffy home." Cordelia said hopefully.
The scoobies quickly walked into the living room of the Summer's house to see Joyce talking amicably with Glory.
"Hi honey." Joyce said as she greeted her oldest daughter. "Did you meet Buffy's new friend yet?" she asked.
"Are you okay Buffy?" Faith asked.
"I'm okay." Buffy said, speaking for the first time since she entered her house.
"It's time to go cutie." Glory ordered. In another flash of light Buffy's suitcases appeared, packed and ready to go.
"Buffy isn't going anywhere." Faith said.
"Did you just tell me what I couldn't do?" Glory asked angrily as her southern accent disappeared again.
"Leave before I make you leave." Faith said not giving an inch either.
Even before Faith could blink Glory was on her feet and in front of Faith. Glory's hand quickly shot out and grabbed Faith's neck and lifted her into the air.
"No one tells me what to do Slayer." Glory ground out.
Buffy carefully walked up to Glory. She didn't want to startle the powerful woman.
"Please don't hurt her." Buffy pleaded as she put her hands on Glory's arms and tugged gently until Glory lowered Faith.
"You're lucky she's here." Glory said as she threw Faith back a couple of feet.
"Buffy what's going on?" Joyce asked as she finally had a real glimpse of Sunnydale.
"I'm sorry mom. I have to go." Buffy said as she hugged her mother with tears in her eyes.
"What are you talking about?" Joyce said still not understanding what was going on.
"Dawn will explain." Buffy said as she hugged all of her friends.
"It's time to go Buffy." Glory said gently.
"I'm ready." Buffy said as she sadly released her sister who was too shocked to do anything.
"It won't feel quite so bad after a few days." Glory said comfortingly as they disappeared in a flash of light.
To Be Continued...