Title: the Slayer and the Fellowship
Author: Princess Serenity
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot!
Author's Notes: I'm so sorry about the long wait for the update! I didn't mean to make you wait so long for this. But life caught up with me. Report cards came out this past Friday, and my grades aren't what they should be. So this 9 weeks I really have to get down, because school is going to be out for the summer soon, and I need to pass so I can be a senior next year. I don't want to stay an extra year at my high school. But anyway, here's the next chapter, and again I'm terribly sorry for the long wait. But we're almost at the end, and then part two will be out! How excited are you?!
"..." Speech
'...' Thoughts
~*...*~ Change in worlds
Ch.8 Memories
Buffy sat in the boat thinking about what the first slayer had said to her in her dream the night before. 'Death is your gift.' The first slayers voice rang over and over. 'The time will come for you to understand.'
'What does this all mean?' Buffy thought, biting her lip nervously. Little did she know, Legolas was watching her closely. He's been doing so ever since they left Lothlorien, Buffy and Dawn have been unusually quiet; and Legolas found it odd.
'She brought up Angel, and the fact I killed him three years ago.' Buffy sat during the entire boat ride, deep in thought.
~Flashback~
They were battling is out. Buffy and Angel-no, Angelus-with swords. The big confrontation had already begun. Buffy had finally come to conclusion that the love of her life was gone and was never coming back. Buffys' anger flared when she found Kendra dead, and Giles kidnapped and tortured by Angel, Willow in the hospital in a coma, and Xander a broken arm.
She had been expelled that night. Principal Snyder found her kneeling next to Kendra, at a loss for thoughts as she stared down at her fellow slayer-sister, dead. He accused her of the crime and was arrested and escorted out of the school.
Buffy had gotten away and went to the hospital, then home with the help of Spike. She ended up dusting a vampire in front of her mother, causing Buffy to have to spill everything about being the Slayer. Which all ended her kicked out of her house.
All of that led to this fight. Buffy was putting all of her strength and being into this. She had nothing to lose. But Angel was getting the upper hand. He boxed Buffy up into a corner and knocked her down, weaponless with his tip pointing at her. "That's everything, huh? No weapons, no friends, no hope. Take all that away and what's left?" He asked, his sword pointing at her face. Buffy looked up at him with complete sadness. His words hit home in her heart. She was exhausted from all the fighting; she wanted to end it all. She closed her eyes. Angel took this as the opportunity and lunged his sword forward at Buffys face. Without opening her eyes she slammed her palms together over the blade, stopping it an inch from her face. She opened her eyes and glared at Angel.
"Me." She jerked the sword back, slamming the hilt of the sword into his face, and kicked him in the chest as she sprung up and grabbed her fallen sword. She began several punches and kicks, not giving Angel the time to recover from her blows.
She sent blows after blows until they were in front of Acathla. Buffy knocked his sword out of his hand and had managed to make a small cut on his hand. He stood before her spent and beaten.
Angel dropped to his knees as Buffy swung her sword back, ready to cut off his head until he cried out in pain, his eyes glowed and collapsed on the floor, and Buffy hesitated for a moment.
"Buffy?" He asked confused.
He pulled himself up and Buffy stepped away uncertainly. "Buffy, what's going on? I don't remember... Where are we?" He asked.
"Angel?" Buffy whispered his name, afraid that her voice would shake. He looked over her and noticed. "You're hurt." He said taking her arm in his hands. Buffy couldn't move, her mind was frozen with too many thoughts running through her head. Her sword hung at her side, limp. The next thing she knew was Angel was hugging her tight.
"God, I feel like I haven't seen you in months. Buffy, everything's so muddled. "He said, kissing her neck as he held her. At first she was afraid, confused, but at the warmth of his touch, the overwhelming rush of his return, her eyes close and with her free arm she grips him to her, realizing he was her Angel again.
She saw Acathla open his mouth suddenly and the portal opened, ready to suck everything on Earth to hell. Buffy gripped Angel tighter to her, despair overriding her emotions. There was a rumble and Angel looked at her. "Buffy, what's happening?" He asked. Buffy shook her head and pressed a finger to his lips to quiet him. "Shh. It doesn't matter." She whispered. She brought his face down to hers and they kissed passionately, tears falling down her cheeks freely.
"I love you." Buffy said, her voice shaking.
"I love you..." Angel whispered.
"Close your eyes." She quietly commanded. He did. Buffy kissed him again softly before taking a step back and thrusting her sword into his chest, and Acathla's chest, connecting them together. There was a roar from Acathla and Angels eyes opened wide as he stared down at his chest, then at Buffy uncomprehendingly. Buffy couldn't speak -- she tried not to cry as she took another step back.
Angel reached out to her -- and the vortex closed over him, sucked him into Hell. And was gone. Acathla closed his mouth and the threat was over.
Buffy dropped her sword and fell to her knees in front of Acathla, sobbing.
~End Flashback~
A lone tear fell from Buffy as she thought about that day. She quickly wiped it away in hope no one noticed.
But Legolas noticed that single tear. He decided to ask about it later.
Some time later, Aragorn signaled Legolas and Boromir to pull off to the Western shore. They nodded and shifted the boats in the direction.
Once the boats got near the shore, Aragorn, Legolas, and Boromir jumped out of their boats and pushed them up into the sand. Buffy and Dawn jumped out to help.
"We cross the lake at nightfall, hide the boats, and continue on foot. We approach Mordor from the north." Aragorn told everyone. "Why don't we just cross the river to the other side now?" Dawn asked. Aragorn shook his head. "No. Orcs patrol the Eastern shore. We must wait for the cover of darkness." He answered.
"Oh, yes? Just a simple matter of finding our way through Emyn Muil? An impassable labyrinth of razor-sharp rocks? And after that, it gets even better! Festering, stinking marshlands, as far as the eye can see!" Gimli ranted. Dawn shuddered at the thought of that. "That is our road. I suggest you take some rest and recover your strength, Master Dwarf." Aragorn said to him firmly. Gimli sat back down, mumbling.
Meanwhile, Buffy stood on the shore, gazing into the crystal clear water, memories of the past overwhelming her.
~~~
"Angel... there must be some part of you inside that remembers who you are."
"Dream on schoolgirl, your boyfriend's dead." ~~~
"I'm trying to do what's right here. I'm trying to think with my head instead of my heart."
"Heart? You have a heart? It isn't even beating."
"Don't."
"Don't what? Don't love you? I'm sorry. You know what? I didn't know that I got a choice in that. I'm never gonna change. I can't change. I want my life to be with you."
"I don't."
"You don't want to be with me? I can't believe you're breaking up with me."
"It doesn't mean that I don't..."
"How am I supposed to stay away from you?"
"I'm leaving. After the Ascension. After it's finished with the Mayor and Faith. If we survive, I'll go."
"Where?"
"I don't know."
"Is this really happening?" ~~~
'What the heck? Why am I thinking of Angel all of a sudden?' Buffy thought. She as so lost in her thoughts she didn't hear Legolas come up behind her. He put a hand on her shoulder, and in an instant found himself on his back.
"Oh God! Legolas, I'm so sorry!" Buffy said, pulling him up. "Are you ok?" She didn't mean to flip him over her shoulder like that. "Yes, I'm fine. Just a little startled. But are you alright? I've noticed since we left Lothlorien you've been rather quiet and distant." He said. Buffy shrugged. "I guess I've been a little tense, that's all. You know, losing Gandalf, Saruman and Sauron and Glory getting stronger with their uber-Orc armies.." Buffy half-lied. She wasn't ready to let Legolas know her past, the things she's gone through, or her secrets.
Legolas didn't believe her. She wasn't telling him the full story and he didn't like it. But she seemed keen not to talk about it, so Legolas decided against pushing the subject further.
"I suggest everyone rest. We'll be traveling as soon as the sun sets. Regain your strength." The two heard Aragorn say.
"Regain strength." Gimli muttered.
"Where is Frodo?" Sam asked.
Everyone looked to where Frodo was last seen and glanced around the area. Buffys eyes immediately went to where Boromir had made his spot and found he was not there either.
"I think the question here is, where is Boromir?" She asked.
Author: Princess Serenity
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot!
Author's Notes: I'm so sorry about the long wait for the update! I didn't mean to make you wait so long for this. But life caught up with me. Report cards came out this past Friday, and my grades aren't what they should be. So this 9 weeks I really have to get down, because school is going to be out for the summer soon, and I need to pass so I can be a senior next year. I don't want to stay an extra year at my high school. But anyway, here's the next chapter, and again I'm terribly sorry for the long wait. But we're almost at the end, and then part two will be out! How excited are you?!
"..." Speech
'...' Thoughts
~*...*~ Change in worlds
Ch.8 Memories
Buffy sat in the boat thinking about what the first slayer had said to her in her dream the night before. 'Death is your gift.' The first slayers voice rang over and over. 'The time will come for you to understand.'
'What does this all mean?' Buffy thought, biting her lip nervously. Little did she know, Legolas was watching her closely. He's been doing so ever since they left Lothlorien, Buffy and Dawn have been unusually quiet; and Legolas found it odd.
'She brought up Angel, and the fact I killed him three years ago.' Buffy sat during the entire boat ride, deep in thought.
~Flashback~
They were battling is out. Buffy and Angel-no, Angelus-with swords. The big confrontation had already begun. Buffy had finally come to conclusion that the love of her life was gone and was never coming back. Buffys' anger flared when she found Kendra dead, and Giles kidnapped and tortured by Angel, Willow in the hospital in a coma, and Xander a broken arm.
She had been expelled that night. Principal Snyder found her kneeling next to Kendra, at a loss for thoughts as she stared down at her fellow slayer-sister, dead. He accused her of the crime and was arrested and escorted out of the school.
Buffy had gotten away and went to the hospital, then home with the help of Spike. She ended up dusting a vampire in front of her mother, causing Buffy to have to spill everything about being the Slayer. Which all ended her kicked out of her house.
All of that led to this fight. Buffy was putting all of her strength and being into this. She had nothing to lose. But Angel was getting the upper hand. He boxed Buffy up into a corner and knocked her down, weaponless with his tip pointing at her. "That's everything, huh? No weapons, no friends, no hope. Take all that away and what's left?" He asked, his sword pointing at her face. Buffy looked up at him with complete sadness. His words hit home in her heart. She was exhausted from all the fighting; she wanted to end it all. She closed her eyes. Angel took this as the opportunity and lunged his sword forward at Buffys face. Without opening her eyes she slammed her palms together over the blade, stopping it an inch from her face. She opened her eyes and glared at Angel.
"Me." She jerked the sword back, slamming the hilt of the sword into his face, and kicked him in the chest as she sprung up and grabbed her fallen sword. She began several punches and kicks, not giving Angel the time to recover from her blows.
She sent blows after blows until they were in front of Acathla. Buffy knocked his sword out of his hand and had managed to make a small cut on his hand. He stood before her spent and beaten.
Angel dropped to his knees as Buffy swung her sword back, ready to cut off his head until he cried out in pain, his eyes glowed and collapsed on the floor, and Buffy hesitated for a moment.
"Buffy?" He asked confused.
He pulled himself up and Buffy stepped away uncertainly. "Buffy, what's going on? I don't remember... Where are we?" He asked.
"Angel?" Buffy whispered his name, afraid that her voice would shake. He looked over her and noticed. "You're hurt." He said taking her arm in his hands. Buffy couldn't move, her mind was frozen with too many thoughts running through her head. Her sword hung at her side, limp. The next thing she knew was Angel was hugging her tight.
"God, I feel like I haven't seen you in months. Buffy, everything's so muddled. "He said, kissing her neck as he held her. At first she was afraid, confused, but at the warmth of his touch, the overwhelming rush of his return, her eyes close and with her free arm she grips him to her, realizing he was her Angel again.
She saw Acathla open his mouth suddenly and the portal opened, ready to suck everything on Earth to hell. Buffy gripped Angel tighter to her, despair overriding her emotions. There was a rumble and Angel looked at her. "Buffy, what's happening?" He asked. Buffy shook her head and pressed a finger to his lips to quiet him. "Shh. It doesn't matter." She whispered. She brought his face down to hers and they kissed passionately, tears falling down her cheeks freely.
"I love you." Buffy said, her voice shaking.
"I love you..." Angel whispered.
"Close your eyes." She quietly commanded. He did. Buffy kissed him again softly before taking a step back and thrusting her sword into his chest, and Acathla's chest, connecting them together. There was a roar from Acathla and Angels eyes opened wide as he stared down at his chest, then at Buffy uncomprehendingly. Buffy couldn't speak -- she tried not to cry as she took another step back.
Angel reached out to her -- and the vortex closed over him, sucked him into Hell. And was gone. Acathla closed his mouth and the threat was over.
Buffy dropped her sword and fell to her knees in front of Acathla, sobbing.
~End Flashback~
A lone tear fell from Buffy as she thought about that day. She quickly wiped it away in hope no one noticed.
But Legolas noticed that single tear. He decided to ask about it later.
Some time later, Aragorn signaled Legolas and Boromir to pull off to the Western shore. They nodded and shifted the boats in the direction.
Once the boats got near the shore, Aragorn, Legolas, and Boromir jumped out of their boats and pushed them up into the sand. Buffy and Dawn jumped out to help.
"We cross the lake at nightfall, hide the boats, and continue on foot. We approach Mordor from the north." Aragorn told everyone. "Why don't we just cross the river to the other side now?" Dawn asked. Aragorn shook his head. "No. Orcs patrol the Eastern shore. We must wait for the cover of darkness." He answered.
"Oh, yes? Just a simple matter of finding our way through Emyn Muil? An impassable labyrinth of razor-sharp rocks? And after that, it gets even better! Festering, stinking marshlands, as far as the eye can see!" Gimli ranted. Dawn shuddered at the thought of that. "That is our road. I suggest you take some rest and recover your strength, Master Dwarf." Aragorn said to him firmly. Gimli sat back down, mumbling.
Meanwhile, Buffy stood on the shore, gazing into the crystal clear water, memories of the past overwhelming her.
~~~
"Angel... there must be some part of you inside that remembers who you are."
"Dream on schoolgirl, your boyfriend's dead." ~~~
"I'm trying to do what's right here. I'm trying to think with my head instead of my heart."
"Heart? You have a heart? It isn't even beating."
"Don't."
"Don't what? Don't love you? I'm sorry. You know what? I didn't know that I got a choice in that. I'm never gonna change. I can't change. I want my life to be with you."
"I don't."
"You don't want to be with me? I can't believe you're breaking up with me."
"It doesn't mean that I don't..."
"How am I supposed to stay away from you?"
"I'm leaving. After the Ascension. After it's finished with the Mayor and Faith. If we survive, I'll go."
"Where?"
"I don't know."
"Is this really happening?" ~~~
'What the heck? Why am I thinking of Angel all of a sudden?' Buffy thought. She as so lost in her thoughts she didn't hear Legolas come up behind her. He put a hand on her shoulder, and in an instant found himself on his back.
"Oh God! Legolas, I'm so sorry!" Buffy said, pulling him up. "Are you ok?" She didn't mean to flip him over her shoulder like that. "Yes, I'm fine. Just a little startled. But are you alright? I've noticed since we left Lothlorien you've been rather quiet and distant." He said. Buffy shrugged. "I guess I've been a little tense, that's all. You know, losing Gandalf, Saruman and Sauron and Glory getting stronger with their uber-Orc armies.." Buffy half-lied. She wasn't ready to let Legolas know her past, the things she's gone through, or her secrets.
Legolas didn't believe her. She wasn't telling him the full story and he didn't like it. But she seemed keen not to talk about it, so Legolas decided against pushing the subject further.
"I suggest everyone rest. We'll be traveling as soon as the sun sets. Regain your strength." The two heard Aragorn say.
"Regain strength." Gimli muttered.
"Where is Frodo?" Sam asked.
Everyone looked to where Frodo was last seen and glanced around the area. Buffys eyes immediately went to where Boromir had made his spot and found he was not there either.
"I think the question here is, where is Boromir?" She asked.