Disclaimer- Buffy the Vampire Slayer belongs to Joss Whedon. The Grudge belongs to Takashi Shimizu. Nothing, but the plot of the story belongs to me.
Summary- She left and never looked back at the things she left behind. Now some years later evil threatens her life once again. Will those she left behind come to her aid before its too late?
The Grudge
Departures
She was known as Karen Davis here. Karen Davis of Richards High school who lived on 25th street in a small apartment by herself. Karen Davis who worked part time at the small café on the corner of her block. Karen Davis who everyone knew as the smart kid, the secretive kid at school. Karen Davis that had no family that anyone knew of. Karen Davis who's past she was running from and trying to forget...
Karen Davis often sat by her window letting salty tears run down her face as the memories of her old life resurfaced. A life and past she had long turned her back to. A past that was full of anguish and loneliness. A past full of violence, hurt, and death. That was what her old life, the life she had disowned and was currently leaving behind, had consisted of.
She wasn't just leaving behind a life; she was leaving behind her destiny, her true calling. Some people would call it running away, being a coward. But if they had lived one day in her life, her destiny they would want out as bad as she had wanted. They would be the ones being the 'coward' and running away, escaping a life that would surly be the death of them... in her case it had been the death of her for a short while.
She reasoned with her gone her old friends, people she was regrettably leaving behind, would be able to have some sort of normalcy in their life. And her mother... her mother would finally get the peace and normal life she had wanted. After all it had been her mother who told her to leave and not return when she had left to stop him from awakening Acathla. She truly hoped her mother would finally be happy with her departure.
Her mother wasn't the only influence that prompted her to leave. Running a sword through the man she loved chest and sending him to hell just to save the world was a key factor. That day still sent new waves of pain through her frail looking body. New tears to her old jade eyes, to spill down her smooth cheeks.
But that was what her life, her destiny, had been about. Stopping apocalypses, saving mankind, and making painful sacrifices.
No more though. She was through with being the one that lost the people she loved. She was through with being the one to always make the hard decision and sacrifices. She was through with dedicating her life to save the world even if it meant forfeiting her own life.
She was leaving the life of Buffy Summers behind, and engaging the life of Karen Davis.
A/N- This popped into my head as I was watching The Grudge today. If you haven't figured it out yet, this is set after Season Two in BTVS and at the beginning of The Grudge. Please review and tell me what you think, bye.
ZombieGurl98
Always & Forever