TITLE: Le Premier Innocent 4/?
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AUTHOR: Little Lab Rabbit
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SUMMARY: After the end of Amends Buffy and Angel find a child in the snow who appears to be able to bring Angel his redemption.
SPOILERS: Season 3, Episode Amends.
CONTENT/WARNINGS: -
RATING: PG 13
DISCLAIMER: Joss Whedon, ET. Al, are the owners. I simply write non-profit work.
NOTE: Response to GidgetGirl's Snow Child Challenge. She also owns the idea behind Angel unable to hold the Child. And she owns another idea that when it shows up I'll tell you if I tell you now will ruin a major plot. Now also mixed with her Hidden Child Challenge. The girl's a genius, GidgetGirl I mean!

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Elysa is pronounced: Elle-Lee-Sa

"I'm your who now?" Buffy stuttered, blinking rapidly, as if that would make what Elysa said clear. It didn't help much.

"Mommy." Elysa said innocently, "Daddy." She said grabbing Angel's hand. He jerked away before his hand caught on fire. Elysa wasn't disturbed, in fact she seemed to understand about her 'father's' inability to hold hands.

Buffy was not calm. In fact she was about as far away from calm as you could get, "I can't be your mommy. I wasn't pregnant, I didn't birth. No with the mommy-ness."

Angel was still trying to wrap his mind around the chance that he could be a father. That was impossible. He was dead, but still a chance to be a dad. It was something he'd thought about once or twice but it had never crossed his mind that he could actually be one.

He couldn't be Elysa's dad. She was just bonding with the first people she met.

"I can't be your mommy." Buffy reminded her, but decided to leave it. If it made Elysa feel better so be it. What kind of parents would let their child be alone in the snow naked? Not very good ones she reasoned.

"We better go." Angel said gesturing towards the door. He was still trying to figure out where she was going to sleep, "Do you want to stay when we get to my house? Never mind... you better get home to your mom. It is Christmas."

The slayer had forgotten all about it being December 25th, her mom would want her home. Joyce wasn't still all that cool with the staying out at weird hours and missing meals. And missing holidays was a big no-no.

But she felt bad leaving Elysa with Angel. What if she got scared? He couldn't comfort her, give her a hug.

As if reading his girlfriend's mind, Angel added, "We'll be fine. I might not have food besides blood, but a 7-11 has to be open."

Buffy smiled, "Sugary snacks given to a four year old. You haven't done this much, have you?"

The vampire shook his head, Elysa now in Buffy's arms looking around at the two. Eager to get going to where ever they going.

"Bye Giles, bye Lumi." The older blond called, as Angel shut the door behind them.

Giles sat on the edge of Lumi's bed. She was cuddling a stuffed dog, the first thing Giles had bought for her when Jenny had died.

"No! He's going to her again. Rainbows are bad, there was a rainbow before mommy went away. He's going to hurt mommy again, and then he'll hurt her too. He won't want to, but he will, the vampire will hurt them!" She said tears once again streaming down her face.

Giles wrapped his arms around the little girl, her tears slowing, until they stopped all together. She was remembering the murder.

The librarian thought that was the end of it, the girl had stopped rocking and he moved to leave and make breakfast. In all the strangeness, he'd forgotten to put Lumi's presents under the tree.

"She's the first." Lumi voice came out emotionless, her eyes glazed over causing Giles to turn around in shock, "She'll destroy him, slowly, but he'll be gone. Dead. She came with rainbows. The first sent to destroy him."

The First Evil. How could Lumi known? He hadn't wanted to scare her; he had made sure he didn't tell her about the Bringers or the First. No reason for a four year old to know about the First or vampires, but it was too late for that.

The former watcher tried to find a logical reason for her knowledge. Finally, despite how before he had reassured himself before, Giles thought that she had over heard him. And was pretending to know what was going on.

Like most parents, even adoptive Giles didn't want to think that Lumi was different or that something was wrong with her. But Lumi had never liked to play dress up or have imaginary friends. So why now was she starting to make some up?

Just as a girl appeared they knew nothing about.

"Daddy?" Lumi whispered, her voice returned to normal, and her eyes were warm again, "I'm hungry. Can we have pancakes?"

Pancakes. That was more like it.

"Sure. I'll make them after we open presents." Giles said picking up the brunette.

Lumi grinned and Rupert returned the smile.

"Let me down. I got you a present!" Handing him a crudely drawn picture of what appeared to be her, a man with really large glasses and floating over them an angel with dark brown hair, "That's mommy." She added informatively, "I think she misses us."

"I know she does." Giles agreed examining the picture.

While in another part of town, a certain vampire was wishing he had listened to his girlfriend about four year olds and sugar.