Buffy and Dawn stepped onto the path that led to the front door of the
house after Willow and Kennedy. Xander came up behind them with Giles and
Faith. A few of the other Slayers had decided to come but the others were
to tired. They all looked up at the house. It was big and pink and sort of
Victorian looking. It was two stories and from what they could tell was
very long. The door and window frames and trimming were white and there was
a balcony surrounding the whole of the second story.
"It's huge." Said Kennedy.
"It's amazing and beautiful." Said Willow.
"Can we have it?" asked Buffy. She seemed somewhat excited. It was the closest any of them had seen to excited or even happy since Spike had died.
"Buffy, you haven't even had a look at the inside yet. Though I rather like the outside myself."
"So let's go in." said Xander. They walked inside and looked around the porch. There was a nicely carved bench on one side and a closet on the other. The wallpaper was flowered and ugly.
"We get this place and that's the first thing to go." Said Faith.
"Yes, I would have to agree with you there, Faith." Said Giles.
"Yeah." Said Buffy. She walked into the next room and gasped. It was a long hall lined with doors and archways and at the end was a large wooden staircase. "Wow."
The first 3 rooms on the left were bedrooms with 2 single beds with bedside tables, 2 dressers and 2 closets. The next room, through an archway, was a large living room with a corner couch with a coffee table in front of it in one corner, a table and 2 chairs in another corner and a normal couch in front of a big TV, which was in another corner. The next room was another bedroom.
The first room on the right side was a bathroom with a big bathtub Jacuzzi, a toilet and double sinks. The next was another bedroom. The next, through another archway was the kitchen. It had a long counter that took up the right and back walls only cut into by the Fridge and stove. There was an Island almost in the middle of the room with six stools. On the left side was a table with four chairs and a pantry. Next room was a dinning room that contained simply enough a long table surrounded by 12 chairs.
The group looked through all the rooms and started up the stairs. "Giles? Can we get it? Please?" asked Willow.
"I haven't even seen the upstairs and I want it." Said Buffy as they reached the second floor. Another long hallway.
"You wanted it even before you saw the inside, B." said Faith.
"I'm in love with this house Giles. We have to get it." Said Buffy.
"Let's have a look at the upstairs before we make decisions." Said Giles.
"Giles!" whined Xander making fun of the girls' tones. "I want it. It's all pretty and pink. Please?"
"Shut up Xander." Willow said lightly slapping his arm. Buffy walked through the archway that led to the first room on the right of the stairs. It was a fairly large...empty room. There was another room in the corner that looked like it had been built in. Buffy opened the door. Empty.
"Weird." She said. "Will, can you do a spell to see if theres anything invisible in these rooms?"
"Sure." Said Willow. "Umm, I think I saw candles in the living room on the table. Xander could you?"
"On my way." Xander headed back downstairs.
"I've got matches in my purse just in case and...oh my necklace has a pentagram on it." Willow took off her necklace and laid it on the floor in the middle of room, then took the matches out of her bag. Xander came back with three candles and Willow placed them equally around the small pentagram. " I call upon thee Goddess Thespia, To lift thy vale and let be seen, What has been hidden within these walls."
There was a burst of silver and then nothing. "Umm, ok, that didn't work." Said Willow.
"You mean there's nothing in here?" asked Xander.
"Just a big empty room?" asked Kennedy.
"Usually, revealing spells don't go...umm...boom." Said Willow.
"That's rather odd." Said Giles.
"So whoever owned this house before was a Wicca? Yes?" said Buffy.
"I suppose." Said Giles he took off his glasses and wiped them with a white cloth.
"And the G-mans confused." Said Xander.
"Not the only one." Said Faith.
"Nope. We move on to the rest of the rooms and come back and figure this out after?" said Buffy. "Even though it has a creepy room that seems empty to anyone stupid, I still want the house."
"Can we have it please?" asked Willow.
"I'll taunt you with the time you ate those chocolate bars and..."Buffy was cut off.
"Alright, we'll get it." He said. "But do not repeat that story to anyone."
"Yay."
They went on to look at the rest of the top floor. The next 3 rooms were large bedrooms with double four-poster beds, closets, dressers and double doors onto the balcony. Willow and Kennedy called the one next to the training room, Giles called the next one and Xander called the next one. The last room on the right was a smaller bedroom with two single beds, two dressers and two closets.
There was a room right in the middle at the end of the hall. It was a bathroom with a bath/shower a toilet and a sink.
The last room on the left was a large library with shelves lining the walls and some in the middle of the room. There was one round table by the door with six chairs surrounding it. That was where they lost Giles. The next room was another large bedroom except there was a set of bunk beds with a futon on the bottom instead of a double four-poster. Dawn called that one. The next on was another large bedroom, which Faith called. And the last one was...Huge! There was another room built into this one too. In the bedroom itself there was a large queen sized four-poster bed with a rocking chair next to it. A large walk-in closet with a dresser next to it and double doors out onto the balcony. The room built into it was a long bathroom. There was a Jacuzzi, a toilet and a sink, a sauna and a shower. Buffy claimed it before anyone could say anything. "Mine." She said and fell back onto the bed.
"Hey Buff, wanna switch rooms?" asked Xander.
"No." said Buffy. Giles then walked into the room with a book in his hand.
"This house belonged to a Watcher over a century ago. His name was Sir Walter Hamburg. He was watcher to the slayer Ariel." He said. "It says here in his watchers journal that he put a spell on the training so that the contents of the room and the weapons room were hidden unless the spell was reversed by someone who would not use it for evil and was, conveniently, the current slayer."
"Cool." Said Willow taking the book from Giles. "You mind if I read?"
"No of course not." He smiled as Willow sat on the bed next to Buffy and flipped through the pages. "The journals of Sir Walter Hamburg are of the few that the council could not find. Though they tried without success for years."
"Oh it says that Ariel was more interested in researching the demons she fought before hand than most slayers and that she was a very accomplished Wicca." Said Willow.
"OK, Now I'm jealous, how come I don't get to be an accomplished Wicca?" said Buffy.
"It's huge." Said Kennedy.
"It's amazing and beautiful." Said Willow.
"Can we have it?" asked Buffy. She seemed somewhat excited. It was the closest any of them had seen to excited or even happy since Spike had died.
"Buffy, you haven't even had a look at the inside yet. Though I rather like the outside myself."
"So let's go in." said Xander. They walked inside and looked around the porch. There was a nicely carved bench on one side and a closet on the other. The wallpaper was flowered and ugly.
"We get this place and that's the first thing to go." Said Faith.
"Yes, I would have to agree with you there, Faith." Said Giles.
"Yeah." Said Buffy. She walked into the next room and gasped. It was a long hall lined with doors and archways and at the end was a large wooden staircase. "Wow."
The first 3 rooms on the left were bedrooms with 2 single beds with bedside tables, 2 dressers and 2 closets. The next room, through an archway, was a large living room with a corner couch with a coffee table in front of it in one corner, a table and 2 chairs in another corner and a normal couch in front of a big TV, which was in another corner. The next room was another bedroom.
The first room on the right side was a bathroom with a big bathtub Jacuzzi, a toilet and double sinks. The next was another bedroom. The next, through another archway was the kitchen. It had a long counter that took up the right and back walls only cut into by the Fridge and stove. There was an Island almost in the middle of the room with six stools. On the left side was a table with four chairs and a pantry. Next room was a dinning room that contained simply enough a long table surrounded by 12 chairs.
The group looked through all the rooms and started up the stairs. "Giles? Can we get it? Please?" asked Willow.
"I haven't even seen the upstairs and I want it." Said Buffy as they reached the second floor. Another long hallway.
"You wanted it even before you saw the inside, B." said Faith.
"I'm in love with this house Giles. We have to get it." Said Buffy.
"Let's have a look at the upstairs before we make decisions." Said Giles.
"Giles!" whined Xander making fun of the girls' tones. "I want it. It's all pretty and pink. Please?"
"Shut up Xander." Willow said lightly slapping his arm. Buffy walked through the archway that led to the first room on the right of the stairs. It was a fairly large...empty room. There was another room in the corner that looked like it had been built in. Buffy opened the door. Empty.
"Weird." She said. "Will, can you do a spell to see if theres anything invisible in these rooms?"
"Sure." Said Willow. "Umm, I think I saw candles in the living room on the table. Xander could you?"
"On my way." Xander headed back downstairs.
"I've got matches in my purse just in case and...oh my necklace has a pentagram on it." Willow took off her necklace and laid it on the floor in the middle of room, then took the matches out of her bag. Xander came back with three candles and Willow placed them equally around the small pentagram. " I call upon thee Goddess Thespia, To lift thy vale and let be seen, What has been hidden within these walls."
There was a burst of silver and then nothing. "Umm, ok, that didn't work." Said Willow.
"You mean there's nothing in here?" asked Xander.
"Just a big empty room?" asked Kennedy.
"Usually, revealing spells don't go...umm...boom." Said Willow.
"That's rather odd." Said Giles.
"So whoever owned this house before was a Wicca? Yes?" said Buffy.
"I suppose." Said Giles he took off his glasses and wiped them with a white cloth.
"And the G-mans confused." Said Xander.
"Not the only one." Said Faith.
"Nope. We move on to the rest of the rooms and come back and figure this out after?" said Buffy. "Even though it has a creepy room that seems empty to anyone stupid, I still want the house."
"Can we have it please?" asked Willow.
"I'll taunt you with the time you ate those chocolate bars and..."Buffy was cut off.
"Alright, we'll get it." He said. "But do not repeat that story to anyone."
"Yay."
They went on to look at the rest of the top floor. The next 3 rooms were large bedrooms with double four-poster beds, closets, dressers and double doors onto the balcony. Willow and Kennedy called the one next to the training room, Giles called the next one and Xander called the next one. The last room on the right was a smaller bedroom with two single beds, two dressers and two closets.
There was a room right in the middle at the end of the hall. It was a bathroom with a bath/shower a toilet and a sink.
The last room on the left was a large library with shelves lining the walls and some in the middle of the room. There was one round table by the door with six chairs surrounding it. That was where they lost Giles. The next room was another large bedroom except there was a set of bunk beds with a futon on the bottom instead of a double four-poster. Dawn called that one. The next on was another large bedroom, which Faith called. And the last one was...Huge! There was another room built into this one too. In the bedroom itself there was a large queen sized four-poster bed with a rocking chair next to it. A large walk-in closet with a dresser next to it and double doors out onto the balcony. The room built into it was a long bathroom. There was a Jacuzzi, a toilet and a sink, a sauna and a shower. Buffy claimed it before anyone could say anything. "Mine." She said and fell back onto the bed.
"Hey Buff, wanna switch rooms?" asked Xander.
"No." said Buffy. Giles then walked into the room with a book in his hand.
"This house belonged to a Watcher over a century ago. His name was Sir Walter Hamburg. He was watcher to the slayer Ariel." He said. "It says here in his watchers journal that he put a spell on the training so that the contents of the room and the weapons room were hidden unless the spell was reversed by someone who would not use it for evil and was, conveniently, the current slayer."
"Cool." Said Willow taking the book from Giles. "You mind if I read?"
"No of course not." He smiled as Willow sat on the bed next to Buffy and flipped through the pages. "The journals of Sir Walter Hamburg are of the few that the council could not find. Though they tried without success for years."
"Oh it says that Ariel was more interested in researching the demons she fought before hand than most slayers and that she was a very accomplished Wicca." Said Willow.
"OK, Now I'm jealous, how come I don't get to be an accomplished Wicca?" said Buffy.