Chapter five  – Same Time, Different Place

After Buffy had been given a talk about how she needed to concentrate on her research and other skills besides fighting, Buffy had been now spending her free time in the library studying and researching and had noticed that another potential, Kendra spent all her free time in the library too.

 Some times Buffy would sit near Kendra and she wouldn't say much but would smile at Buffy when she came to the library and waved goodbye when she left. Buffy had only been studying and researching for only two days and she had learnt a lot more and was getting great marks on her quizzes that she received a note from Mr. Travers saying it was time. Buffy knew what he meant, well at least she did and met him near the forest later that afternoon.

Lisa and Michelle watched Buffy and Mr. Travers talking near the forest, they were of course sneaking around trying to find out where Buffy was going and why weren't they, until they got tapped on the shoulders by the watcher's and were told to get back to their training sessions. Mr. Travers said that he knew it was time for Buffy to move on and leave any consequences she might have had behind and just do the best she could in the few remaining days she had left here at the Slayer Camp. Quentin told her to follow the path right in front of them and it would lead her to where she would need to be going and she would meet up with her watcher later.

Buffy walked down the old, dirt path and hoped what she would find behind the forest was something good, not bad. She also hoped that she would find Faith there and she was alright.

The trees that surrounded her in the forest were tall and big. The only noise you could here were the birds chirping and it was very peaceful. Buffy finally got to the end of the path and walked out into a large field, which was located on the other side of the forest.

There were hundreds of potential slayers training in the field, all looked older and experienced. Buffy couldn't figure out why Quentin had told her it was time for her, time for what. Buffy was no way as good as these girls, she didn't believe it was her time for this or anything.

Buffy looked around the field at all the older potentials and noticed one girl in particular with brown hair, she stood out from the rest. She was a quick at making her moves in fighting, much quicker than Buffy. Her partners in fighting all lost against her while Buffy was watching, then Buffy noticed something familiar about this girl but before she could think more about her, her watcher Giles stood in front of her and welcomed her to the Slayer Camp. Before her watcher had a chance to continue talking buffy interrupted with,

 "Umm sir.. Mr.Giles if I'm not wrong, haven't I already been welcomed to the Slayer Camp already, like three days ago?"

Giles replied with "Yes Buffy, you were welcomed to the Slayer Camp three days ago but this, this is the REAL Slayer Camp. That, over there, on the other side of the forest is really a Potential Camp, it's were we choose the potentials who have potential to be a real Slayer. Over here is the real Slayer Camp and now you have been chosen to be trained as a real Slayer."

Buffy quickly jumped in again before Giles could say anything else with,

 "but how.. how could I be chosen, I'm so much younger and smaller than everyone else, I'm not good at anything.."

 "But you are good at something, your good at fighting and you have gotten better with your research over the past two days too, so this no mistake with us choosing you  for a special thing like being a Slayer." answered Giles.

Buffy said "How do you really know you have made the right decision on choosing me for something like this?"

Giles answered with, "We know we have made the right choice because their have been signs that have given us good reason to welcome you to the true side of slaying a vampire. Just trust us, we now what we are doing."

Buffy continued to walk with Giles and followed him to the main block in the 'real' Slayer Camp. Buffy turned her head and said goodbye to the Potential Camp and all the other potentials, including Lisa, Michelle and Katie.

As Buffy followed Giles, she tried to take in what she saw around her, hundreds of girls of different ages, sizes and abilities, training for one role and destiny.

 Before Buffy walked inside the building she remembered now she was in the real Slayer Camp, through the forest, she knew she could find Faith here and start her first real friendship but she was wrong , Faith had changed since been taken through the forest. 

"Everyone changes when they are taken away from the others", said a soft voice. Buffy quickly turned around but she couldn't see the girl who spoke to her.

A/N: Thanks to everyone who has reviewed my story so far, it helps me write more because I know that people are actually reading it, thanks everyone!