AUTHOR'S NOTES: Ok, I don't know what the hell is going on, but I swore I
had posted this chapter! No wonder I have no reviews for this story!
I am so sorry guys, and I guess it's your lucky day, because I have part 12 done as well, and ready to post! Two chapters for the wait of one!
FINAL POST DATE: June 10, 2004
Divine Interference
Part Eleven
Author's notes: Sorry it's taken so long guys. I really didn't mean for it to take this long to get another chapter up! I've been really busy, with homework, and schoolwork, and all that. We have like...I think it's 17 days left of school. Our Dress Rehearsal is tonight, and then we have our Spring Concert tomorrow. Then I have a huge research paper due Weds, and I'm just counting down until the school year ends! But that also means that the sooner school ends, the sooner there are finals....EEKKK!!!!
But the good news is that I've finished Stolen Innocence, and I'll be posting the end within the next few weeks, if any of you are reading that. Is Daddy an Angel was nominated for an award awhile back, but it doesn't seem like we've won anything pout Better luck next time. Because there will be a next time, lol.
And I'd just like to take this time to ask for a moment of silence for our dearly departed favorite show...Angel, we are seriously going to miss you! Those of you that still have like three weeks or something, because you're not in the US, savor those moments!
But here is your long awaited update! I hope you enjoy!!!
Reader Responses:
Malfeus: I so agree. I wonder if they make like...bullet proof baby back packs, and shock absorbing ones too? And yeah, I agree, that chapter was a pain in the butt to do, mostly because of the entire changing tenses thing. I'm no good at that what so ever. But here's a long awaited update, and I think it's not so muc script stuff....I hope not, anyway!
Thanks for the review!!
Melluvben: well, I hope to achieve that. That is my goal with almost every story I start writing, to get those two back together!!!
And that seems to be it!
I should really get offline, to see if I have a ride to my Rehearsal....oh well!
START OF STORY HERE
"Look, I know Mom wants to gather and make with the merry tomorrow night, but with everything that's going on..." Buffy sat at the table in the Magic Box, while the others researched around her.
Willow walked up behind her. "This is exactly what you need." She sits next to Buffy. Tara is sitting on Willow's other side, "A 20th birthday party with, with, with presents, and funny hats, and, and those candles that don't blow out..." she then leaned over to Tara and whispered, "Those used to scare me."
"Me too." Tara is quick to agree.
"I just don't think this is the best time to break out the party piñata. We need to stay focused if we're gonna find a way to stop Glory." She insisted. Xander and Anya are sitting on Buffy's other side.
"We're going up against a god. An actual mightier-than-thou god." Xander said, still seeming to not being able to grasp the concept.
"Well, you know what they say, the bigger they are-"Willow tried to help Buffy.
"The faster they stomp you into nothing." Anya said, crushing Willow's attempt to make Buffy feel better.
"She's right. I've thrown everything I've got at her and she just shrugs it off."
"Then we have to find something heavier to throw." Willow insisted.
"That might pose some difficulty. From what the Council's been able to discover from the book of Tarnis and, and, and other sources, Glory and two of her fellow hell gods ruled over ... one of the more seriously unpleasant demon dimensions."
"There's more than one?" Tara asked, nervous.
"Oh, there are thousands of demon dimensions. All different." Anya said.
"Yeah, we really can't know for sure which one we're dealing with." Angel put in, from his place on the floor, holding Dawn. She was now six months old, and she tried to crawl around, as he played with her.
"All pushing on the edges of our reality, trying to find a way in." Giles informed them.
"I guess Glory found one. The question is, why?"
"There's nothing to indicate that here. Just ... vague references to ... chaos and destruction." The teakettle whistled, and Giles left his papers to make the tea.
"Okay, so, we know where Glory's from. What do we know about her? You know, she's tough, yeah, but, but no bolts of lightning, no blasts of fire, shouldn't a god be able to do that kind of stuff?"
"Being in human form is probably severely limiting her powers. All we have to worry about right now is she's immortal, and invulnerable." Angel said.
"And insane." Giles added.
"A crazy hell god? And the fun just keeps on leaving." Xander complained.
"From what I've been able to gather, her living in this world is ... seriously affecting her mental state as well. She's only being able to keep her mind intact by, uh, extracting energy from us. Well, from, from the human brain."
"She, she, she's a brain-sucker?" Willow and Tara exchange a look.
"She, um ..." he leaned over the table, to read from the book, "'absorbs the energies that bind the human mind into a cohesive whole." Once drained, all that's left behind is, uh-"
"Crazy people." Buffy stated sadly.
"Which is, I'm afraid, why there's been a marked increase in the ranks of the mentally unstable here in Sunnydale." Giles agreed.
"At least vampires just kill you." Tara said, "Oh, uh, no offense, Mr. Angel."
"None taken." He said, looking at the pretty girl that was sitting so close to Willow.
"We have to find a way to stop her." Buffy stood up.
"Oh, well, Tara and I can work on some tactical spells." Willow said hurridly, smiling at her girlfriend.
Giles handed Buffy a cup of tea. "ug." She looked at the cup, and Angel gave her a pointed stare. She sighed, and added lots of sugar to the British drink.
"I can do some research. I know way more about demon dimensions than Giles does," Anya said in her usual way. Giles frowned at her. "Well, I do."
"This is great long-term plan-y stuff, but what about this ... key thingy Glory's looking for?" Xander asked. Buffy, Angel and Giles all sipping tea, exchange a look.
"Yeah, I mean, shouldn't we be trying to find it before she does?" Tara asked.
"I don't think that's what we should be worrying about right now," Buffy said, as Giles sat.
"They've got a point. Whatever Glory's planning on opening with the key, I'm guessing it won't be filled with candy and flowers," Willow said.
"So where should we start looking? Do we know where it used to be kept? Who saw it last?" Xander asked.
"We did. Angel, Giles and I. We, we know where it is," Buffy said, looking down at her hands. Angel got up silently, and placed a reassuring hand on her back.
"You what?" Xander sputtered.
"You know, and you didn't tell us?" Willow asked, wounded.
"There were ... reasons," Giles tried to reassure them all.
"But Dead Boy knows, and we don't? He's been out of the loop way longer than any of us others have. And suddenly he holds a clue?"
"Look, i-if Glory knew that you guys knew where it was, I ... I-I just didn't wanna put you in that kind of danger."
"As opposed to the other kind we're always in?" Xander asked, annoyed.
"You should have said something." Willow said quietly.
"Will, there-"she paused, trying to think it all through. "You're right." She looked up at Angel, "It's time."
"Are you sure?" he asked quietly, as if the conversation wasn't for the others to hear.
"If they're gonna be risking their lives, they deserve to know." She said, matching his tone.
"Know what?" Xander asked, annoyed. Buffy looked at her friends. They looked at her.
She sighed, "There's something that you need to know ... about Dawn."
PAGE BREAK
"Buffy!" Willow cried later that night, "you could have told us!"
"And put all of you in more danger? This God or whatever, she's crazy, Wills. And she sucks brains. I just didn't want you guys getting hurt."
"Do you really think that she'd stop, just because we didn't know anything?"
"I think she didn't tell us because she doesn't trust us," Xander said, from his place on the couch. He and Willow had come home with her, pretty much to bitch at her.
"That's not it at all! Guys, I trust you better than I trust myself! It's just..."
"What?"
"This is my problem to deal with-"
"That's shit, Buffy, and you know that as much as we do."
"He's right. We love you, Buffy, and we love Dawn."
"I know." She sighed. "What do we do now?"
"Tara and I are gonna do an early warning spell, both here, your mom's house, and the shop, so if Glory comes, then we'll know before she shows up."
"Good. And where are we on research? Do we have any idea how to kill her yet?"
"She's a hell god. She's immortal, and impermeable."
"Still with the un-killable thing. What else?"
"Your birthday." Buffy groaned. "We're going to meet at your mom's house, and Angel agreed to literally drag you over there, if he has to," Xander said.
"Fine, I'll go." She sighed, "But I really think that it's a waste of time. We have other things we have to worry about!"
PAGE BREAK
"Prezzies!" Buffy cried, looking at all the gifts her friends had gotten her. She was sitting on the couch, squished between her mom and Angel, her mom held Dawn. Xander, Giles, Tara, Anya, and Willow stood around. Tara and Xander hold gifts, while Willow wears a party hat and holds a bottle of bubble-blowing liquid.
"See, just what you needed," Willow smiled, blowing bubbles towards Dawn. She giggled her baby laugh and swatted at the bubbles.
"You are very, very wise. Now gimme, gimme, gimme!" Buffy cries, excited at the prospect of getting gifts. Tara hands her a gift, and Buffy begins ripping off the paper. Joyce saved the bow, and stuck it in Dawn's hair.
"This is extremely suspenseful! I want the presents." Anya said, just a bit too loudly, to Xander.
Buffy quickly finished demolishing the wrapping paper, and pulled out a dress from the box. "Ohh ... it's beautiful. Thank you, guys!"
"Well, we thought you'd get lots of crossbows, other killy stuff." Tara said, smiling.
"Yeah, so we figured, less killy, more frilly." Willow said, blowing more bubbles, this time in Angel's face. He was debating about taking them away from her.
"And we also figured you'd get lots of stuff for Dawn already, and this was your birthday." Tara explained some more.
"I love it, guys! And now I don't want to sound under appreciative, or anything, but next!" everyone laughed.
"Uh, open this one." Angel took a small gift from his jacket pocket.
"You didn't have to get me anything, Angel. You've given me enough." She didn't know if it was to be malicious or not.
"Just open it." Willow blew more bubbles. Buffy slowly unwrapped the paper for a minute, then she shrugged her shoulders, and ripped into the paper. What she saw, once the paper was gone, was a hinged picture frame. The first picture was a picture of her, smiling, holding Dawn, after she had been released from the hospital. The second picture was obviously a candid picture, with her sitting on the couch, holding Dawn, Angel sitting on the floor by her feet.
"Aww." She murmured, then looking up at both Angel and Willow. "Guys, I love it! It's gorgeous. And I actually don't look that bad in these pics." Joyce laughed, as Buffy hugged first Angel, and then Willow. "I really love it!"
"Here, open this one next." Xander held out his gift. Buffy laughed, and took the large box.
PAGE BREAK
Author's Note: We're now jumping ahead, from Buffy's birthday, to the big ending. But there are still some things that we're going to cover. I just REALLY want to put some parts in here. So...on to the story!
"Professor Lillian?" Buffy said, standing in the classroom doorway.
"Buffy." The teacher acknowledged her, fighting with a slide stuck in the projector.
"I'm sorry that I missed the lecture today. Was it good?" He gives her a look. "Um, of course it was. D-do you want me to try?
"Yes, thanks, the slide is stuck in the ... thing." He gestured helpfully.
"Um, I just ... came by to tell you that ... I have to drop this class. Um, all my classes actually. I'm not finishing the semester. I wish it ... um ... I just, I can't be in school right now. I-I had a baby this summer, and things at home aren't going to well at the moment. I-I just need to be home with her right now."
"I understand."
"Um, I have these forms from the registrar's office that I need you to sign." She gave him the papers.
"Oh ... yes." He put the papers on the table, and put on his glasses to read them. Buffy waits while he signs the papers and gives them back.
"Thanks." She put them in her bag as the professor took his glasses back off. Then she looked back up at him.
"Is there something else?"
"No. Yes. Yeah. Um ... I wanted to tell you ... how much I enjoyed this class. I mean, I know that I wasn't the best student, but ... I really learned a lot. Uh, and I really like poetry. I really do. And I hope...that maybe once things are better, I can come back. Next year, maybe. A-and hopefully I'll be back next semester. I just can't deal right now."
"I understand."
"Thanks. So, uh, bye." She waved, stuffing the papers into her bag, and leaving the classroom.
END OF UPDATE
Yeah, I know that chapter kinda sucked. More scriptiness, less me-ish. But I promise you that the finale will be totally me! I've already gotten it written out! I just have to borrow a few things from the original script, but other than that, it's all new stuff!
Things to look for in the next update:
Willow and Tara's first fight
Bye bye Tara brains.
Events leading up to the End!!!
I am so sorry guys, and I guess it's your lucky day, because I have part 12 done as well, and ready to post! Two chapters for the wait of one!
FINAL POST DATE: June 10, 2004
Divine Interference
Part Eleven
Author's notes: Sorry it's taken so long guys. I really didn't mean for it to take this long to get another chapter up! I've been really busy, with homework, and schoolwork, and all that. We have like...I think it's 17 days left of school. Our Dress Rehearsal is tonight, and then we have our Spring Concert tomorrow. Then I have a huge research paper due Weds, and I'm just counting down until the school year ends! But that also means that the sooner school ends, the sooner there are finals....EEKKK!!!!
But the good news is that I've finished Stolen Innocence, and I'll be posting the end within the next few weeks, if any of you are reading that. Is Daddy an Angel was nominated for an award awhile back, but it doesn't seem like we've won anything pout Better luck next time. Because there will be a next time, lol.
And I'd just like to take this time to ask for a moment of silence for our dearly departed favorite show...Angel, we are seriously going to miss you! Those of you that still have like three weeks or something, because you're not in the US, savor those moments!
But here is your long awaited update! I hope you enjoy!!!
Reader Responses:
Malfeus: I so agree. I wonder if they make like...bullet proof baby back packs, and shock absorbing ones too? And yeah, I agree, that chapter was a pain in the butt to do, mostly because of the entire changing tenses thing. I'm no good at that what so ever. But here's a long awaited update, and I think it's not so muc script stuff....I hope not, anyway!
Thanks for the review!!
Melluvben: well, I hope to achieve that. That is my goal with almost every story I start writing, to get those two back together!!!
And that seems to be it!
I should really get offline, to see if I have a ride to my Rehearsal....oh well!
START OF STORY HERE
"Look, I know Mom wants to gather and make with the merry tomorrow night, but with everything that's going on..." Buffy sat at the table in the Magic Box, while the others researched around her.
Willow walked up behind her. "This is exactly what you need." She sits next to Buffy. Tara is sitting on Willow's other side, "A 20th birthday party with, with, with presents, and funny hats, and, and those candles that don't blow out..." she then leaned over to Tara and whispered, "Those used to scare me."
"Me too." Tara is quick to agree.
"I just don't think this is the best time to break out the party piñata. We need to stay focused if we're gonna find a way to stop Glory." She insisted. Xander and Anya are sitting on Buffy's other side.
"We're going up against a god. An actual mightier-than-thou god." Xander said, still seeming to not being able to grasp the concept.
"Well, you know what they say, the bigger they are-"Willow tried to help Buffy.
"The faster they stomp you into nothing." Anya said, crushing Willow's attempt to make Buffy feel better.
"She's right. I've thrown everything I've got at her and she just shrugs it off."
"Then we have to find something heavier to throw." Willow insisted.
"That might pose some difficulty. From what the Council's been able to discover from the book of Tarnis and, and, and other sources, Glory and two of her fellow hell gods ruled over ... one of the more seriously unpleasant demon dimensions."
"There's more than one?" Tara asked, nervous.
"Oh, there are thousands of demon dimensions. All different." Anya said.
"Yeah, we really can't know for sure which one we're dealing with." Angel put in, from his place on the floor, holding Dawn. She was now six months old, and she tried to crawl around, as he played with her.
"All pushing on the edges of our reality, trying to find a way in." Giles informed them.
"I guess Glory found one. The question is, why?"
"There's nothing to indicate that here. Just ... vague references to ... chaos and destruction." The teakettle whistled, and Giles left his papers to make the tea.
"Okay, so, we know where Glory's from. What do we know about her? You know, she's tough, yeah, but, but no bolts of lightning, no blasts of fire, shouldn't a god be able to do that kind of stuff?"
"Being in human form is probably severely limiting her powers. All we have to worry about right now is she's immortal, and invulnerable." Angel said.
"And insane." Giles added.
"A crazy hell god? And the fun just keeps on leaving." Xander complained.
"From what I've been able to gather, her living in this world is ... seriously affecting her mental state as well. She's only being able to keep her mind intact by, uh, extracting energy from us. Well, from, from the human brain."
"She, she, she's a brain-sucker?" Willow and Tara exchange a look.
"She, um ..." he leaned over the table, to read from the book, "'absorbs the energies that bind the human mind into a cohesive whole." Once drained, all that's left behind is, uh-"
"Crazy people." Buffy stated sadly.
"Which is, I'm afraid, why there's been a marked increase in the ranks of the mentally unstable here in Sunnydale." Giles agreed.
"At least vampires just kill you." Tara said, "Oh, uh, no offense, Mr. Angel."
"None taken." He said, looking at the pretty girl that was sitting so close to Willow.
"We have to find a way to stop her." Buffy stood up.
"Oh, well, Tara and I can work on some tactical spells." Willow said hurridly, smiling at her girlfriend.
Giles handed Buffy a cup of tea. "ug." She looked at the cup, and Angel gave her a pointed stare. She sighed, and added lots of sugar to the British drink.
"I can do some research. I know way more about demon dimensions than Giles does," Anya said in her usual way. Giles frowned at her. "Well, I do."
"This is great long-term plan-y stuff, but what about this ... key thingy Glory's looking for?" Xander asked. Buffy, Angel and Giles all sipping tea, exchange a look.
"Yeah, I mean, shouldn't we be trying to find it before she does?" Tara asked.
"I don't think that's what we should be worrying about right now," Buffy said, as Giles sat.
"They've got a point. Whatever Glory's planning on opening with the key, I'm guessing it won't be filled with candy and flowers," Willow said.
"So where should we start looking? Do we know where it used to be kept? Who saw it last?" Xander asked.
"We did. Angel, Giles and I. We, we know where it is," Buffy said, looking down at her hands. Angel got up silently, and placed a reassuring hand on her back.
"You what?" Xander sputtered.
"You know, and you didn't tell us?" Willow asked, wounded.
"There were ... reasons," Giles tried to reassure them all.
"But Dead Boy knows, and we don't? He's been out of the loop way longer than any of us others have. And suddenly he holds a clue?"
"Look, i-if Glory knew that you guys knew where it was, I ... I-I just didn't wanna put you in that kind of danger."
"As opposed to the other kind we're always in?" Xander asked, annoyed.
"You should have said something." Willow said quietly.
"Will, there-"she paused, trying to think it all through. "You're right." She looked up at Angel, "It's time."
"Are you sure?" he asked quietly, as if the conversation wasn't for the others to hear.
"If they're gonna be risking their lives, they deserve to know." She said, matching his tone.
"Know what?" Xander asked, annoyed. Buffy looked at her friends. They looked at her.
She sighed, "There's something that you need to know ... about Dawn."
PAGE BREAK
"Buffy!" Willow cried later that night, "you could have told us!"
"And put all of you in more danger? This God or whatever, she's crazy, Wills. And she sucks brains. I just didn't want you guys getting hurt."
"Do you really think that she'd stop, just because we didn't know anything?"
"I think she didn't tell us because she doesn't trust us," Xander said, from his place on the couch. He and Willow had come home with her, pretty much to bitch at her.
"That's not it at all! Guys, I trust you better than I trust myself! It's just..."
"What?"
"This is my problem to deal with-"
"That's shit, Buffy, and you know that as much as we do."
"He's right. We love you, Buffy, and we love Dawn."
"I know." She sighed. "What do we do now?"
"Tara and I are gonna do an early warning spell, both here, your mom's house, and the shop, so if Glory comes, then we'll know before she shows up."
"Good. And where are we on research? Do we have any idea how to kill her yet?"
"She's a hell god. She's immortal, and impermeable."
"Still with the un-killable thing. What else?"
"Your birthday." Buffy groaned. "We're going to meet at your mom's house, and Angel agreed to literally drag you over there, if he has to," Xander said.
"Fine, I'll go." She sighed, "But I really think that it's a waste of time. We have other things we have to worry about!"
PAGE BREAK
"Prezzies!" Buffy cried, looking at all the gifts her friends had gotten her. She was sitting on the couch, squished between her mom and Angel, her mom held Dawn. Xander, Giles, Tara, Anya, and Willow stood around. Tara and Xander hold gifts, while Willow wears a party hat and holds a bottle of bubble-blowing liquid.
"See, just what you needed," Willow smiled, blowing bubbles towards Dawn. She giggled her baby laugh and swatted at the bubbles.
"You are very, very wise. Now gimme, gimme, gimme!" Buffy cries, excited at the prospect of getting gifts. Tara hands her a gift, and Buffy begins ripping off the paper. Joyce saved the bow, and stuck it in Dawn's hair.
"This is extremely suspenseful! I want the presents." Anya said, just a bit too loudly, to Xander.
Buffy quickly finished demolishing the wrapping paper, and pulled out a dress from the box. "Ohh ... it's beautiful. Thank you, guys!"
"Well, we thought you'd get lots of crossbows, other killy stuff." Tara said, smiling.
"Yeah, so we figured, less killy, more frilly." Willow said, blowing more bubbles, this time in Angel's face. He was debating about taking them away from her.
"And we also figured you'd get lots of stuff for Dawn already, and this was your birthday." Tara explained some more.
"I love it, guys! And now I don't want to sound under appreciative, or anything, but next!" everyone laughed.
"Uh, open this one." Angel took a small gift from his jacket pocket.
"You didn't have to get me anything, Angel. You've given me enough." She didn't know if it was to be malicious or not.
"Just open it." Willow blew more bubbles. Buffy slowly unwrapped the paper for a minute, then she shrugged her shoulders, and ripped into the paper. What she saw, once the paper was gone, was a hinged picture frame. The first picture was a picture of her, smiling, holding Dawn, after she had been released from the hospital. The second picture was obviously a candid picture, with her sitting on the couch, holding Dawn, Angel sitting on the floor by her feet.
"Aww." She murmured, then looking up at both Angel and Willow. "Guys, I love it! It's gorgeous. And I actually don't look that bad in these pics." Joyce laughed, as Buffy hugged first Angel, and then Willow. "I really love it!"
"Here, open this one next." Xander held out his gift. Buffy laughed, and took the large box.
PAGE BREAK
Author's Note: We're now jumping ahead, from Buffy's birthday, to the big ending. But there are still some things that we're going to cover. I just REALLY want to put some parts in here. So...on to the story!
"Professor Lillian?" Buffy said, standing in the classroom doorway.
"Buffy." The teacher acknowledged her, fighting with a slide stuck in the projector.
"I'm sorry that I missed the lecture today. Was it good?" He gives her a look. "Um, of course it was. D-do you want me to try?
"Yes, thanks, the slide is stuck in the ... thing." He gestured helpfully.
"Um, I just ... came by to tell you that ... I have to drop this class. Um, all my classes actually. I'm not finishing the semester. I wish it ... um ... I just, I can't be in school right now. I-I had a baby this summer, and things at home aren't going to well at the moment. I-I just need to be home with her right now."
"I understand."
"Um, I have these forms from the registrar's office that I need you to sign." She gave him the papers.
"Oh ... yes." He put the papers on the table, and put on his glasses to read them. Buffy waits while he signs the papers and gives them back.
"Thanks." She put them in her bag as the professor took his glasses back off. Then she looked back up at him.
"Is there something else?"
"No. Yes. Yeah. Um ... I wanted to tell you ... how much I enjoyed this class. I mean, I know that I wasn't the best student, but ... I really learned a lot. Uh, and I really like poetry. I really do. And I hope...that maybe once things are better, I can come back. Next year, maybe. A-and hopefully I'll be back next semester. I just can't deal right now."
"I understand."
"Thanks. So, uh, bye." She waved, stuffing the papers into her bag, and leaving the classroom.
END OF UPDATE
Yeah, I know that chapter kinda sucked. More scriptiness, less me-ish. But I promise you that the finale will be totally me! I've already gotten it written out! I just have to borrow a few things from the original script, but other than that, it's all new stuff!
Things to look for in the next update:
Willow and Tara's first fight
Bye bye Tara brains.
Events leading up to the End!!!