Chapter four – Through The Forest

Two days had past since Faith had been taken away and in Buffy's spare time she would try and sneak around to see what she could find out about what was on the other side of the forest. For each day she had gotten closer to the forest and every time she went near the forest or went to go in that direction, one of the other potentials would threaten Buffy they would tell a watcher. Buffy didn't want to get into trouble again with Mr. Travers but she did want to find out where Faith was taken so she keep on trying.

The lessons Buffy had were hard for her. She thought the camp was going to be the best thing but it wasn't it was scary, hard and awful. She hadn't really made any friends. She found the work hard and she had the creepy old man on her back, watching her and every move as well as the other potentials watching her too.

The fighting skills were today's lesson. All the girls were put into groups of three's and one group of two, Buffy was in the group of two. Buffy's partner's name was Lisa. Lisa and her friends were laughing at Buffy because she was smaller than them and they were talking about how she wouldn't be good at the fighting either so it must have been a mistake for her to be even chosen as a potential Slayer.

Buffy started to cry and that made things worse for Buffy because Lisa, Katie and Michelle called Buffy a crybaby. Their watcher for the fighting lesson was Mr. Giles but Buffy hadn't noticed until Mr. Giles tapped Buffy on the shoulder and told her everything would be alright, that she would do fine in the fighting and that it wasn't a mistake that she was chosen. Buffy asked if she could go wash her face and she did. Mr. Giles said,

"If anyone tries to upset any of the other potentials they will have consequences of their own."

Then there was silence amongst the three girls. Buffy turned around and smiled at them because they were told off but before then she remembered Giles used the word consequence again. It reminded her of Faith again and how she had to find her soon before something really bad happened to her.

Giles started off showing some of the more basic moves a slayer would use in fighting, and Lisa, Michelle and Katie couldn't do anyone of them properly and they were only the basics. When the three of them gave up and looked around they were shocked that Buffy could do all the moves correctly, just the way Giles showed them. Giles came up to Buffy and smiled,

 "See you have been chosen, it wasn't a mistake, you're the best fighter here."

"Yeah.. maybe I was chosen for something but was I really chosen for this, slaying? I mean I find all the research and stuff really hard," said Buffy.

 "Your only ten, most tens year olds wouldn't be able to understand this stuff at least you can understand some of it."

 Buffy just smiled and Giles went back to the front and showed the group of girls the moves again but how to use them altogether at once.

"Now everyone I want you all to apply these basic fighting moves into a routine you could use when fighting against a vampire but instead of a vampire you will practice these moves with your partner or partners."

Buffy and Lisa fought and of course Buffy one. Buffy smiled while Lisa frowned at her. Lisa didn't like it one bit that a girl like her was a better fighter than her and would some how make her feel bad for being good at something.

After the two-hour lesson of basic fighting skills they had a break and had their lunch.

Giles came up to Buffy and said that Mr. Travers wanted to see her in his office. Buffy was scared of course because of the last experience with this creepy man. Giles said everything was okay and not to worry about a thing. He lead her to the building where his office was and when Buffy turned around to say thank you for earlier, he was gone, not to be seen any where. Buffy then walked inside the doors and found her way to Mr. Travers office.

"Why hello Miss Summers. How have you been?" asked Mr. Travers.

"I'm good," answered Buffy.

"Do you know why I've asked for you to come here?" asked Mr. Travers.

"No."

"Well I've asked for you to come because we have noticed something different about you. We have noticed that you are a very good fighter, probably the best in this bunch of new potentials. We think you have a lot of potential for being a great Slayer but you still have a lot to improve. In order to be a great Slayer you have to be a great potential so if you want to have a better time here at Slayer Camp and not have any consequences I think you should try and focus on your research side of training because obviously your fighting is good enough. You also need to stop trying to go past the woods. Soon enough your questions will be answered but if you keep seeking for the answers you will get no where and if you try again to go through the forest we will know because we are always watching, don't you forget that. We are part of the Watcher's Council. It's what we do best. Now go off to lunch. I hope to see you here next time for an another good reason not for a consequence okay. Now run along like a good little potential," said Mr. Travers.

"Bye Mr. Travers," said Buffy.

Buffy tried to take in everything he had just said. She knew it was important to her to find out about Faith and the forest but she knew if she tried again there wouldn't be very nice consequences and it would involve seeing Mr. Creepy man for a bad reason and not good one and so she knew if she did what he said she would eventually, slowly find out what was through the forest.