The Daywalker
Time: Mid-Season 7 of Buffy (pretty accurate) and Mid-Season 4 of Angel (accurate to Season 2, Overview for Season 3 and 4).
Relationships: Angel/Lily Love (a new character), Fred/Wesley, Buffy/Spike, Buffy/Riley, Faith/Spike, Willow/Kennedy, Willow/Tara, Giles/Jenny Calendar, Xander/Anya
Need to know Info: not all of the watchers were killed, Cordy is somewhere between good and evil, also with her visions.
Distribution: No
Rating: R, violence and sexual relationships
Story:
Chapter 1 (The Birth)
18 years earlier, Sunnydale, California. A very pregnant woman is walking down Main St. towards the Sunnydale Hospital; when a vampire on the Master's command is stalking her. They are only a few (5-7) blocks away from the hospital. The vampire is watching for a sign, a sign that the Master specifically told (a scream). The Master foresaw that a human, pregnant woman would give birth to a demon child tonight. He sent out ten vampires to watch the women whom are close to giving birth to their child. This vampire (Henry), only a few years sired, is the lucky one; he is the one with the special woman. Henry's instructions were very clear; stalk his target, watch for the sign, bite the woman, and then turn her. The woman screams and doubles over; she is definitely in labor.
Her husband and she were attacked by wild animals; her husband ran a different way than she did. She noticed the hospital by luck and the full moon behind it. She thought that she was saved; little did she know that she was in worse danger than when she was attacked by the wild animals. Another labor contraction. She knew that she had to get to the hospital quick. Because she is focused on the contraction, she didn't notice that Henry has sneaked up behind her. Henry transforms and sinks his teeth into her pale neck; she screams. After drinking just enough to bring her right before death, Henry turns the pregnant woman around and ask her, "Do you want to save your child? Because I can kill just you and save your child or kill your both."
The woman looks at this creature of the night and just is taken aback; she does know what to say. She wants to scream, but can't find her voice. Henry in a demanding voice ask, "Well, what will it be you or you and the child?"
"Me," the woman whimpers.
"So be it. If you drink my blood, the child will be spared, but will be born a demon and will serve my Master." Henry slashes his wrist, while the woman drinks his blood to save the dying child in her womb; for she has no choice.
The woman collapses in Henry's arms from lack of blood; Henry rushes her to the hospital because the Master would be displeased if Henry let the child died. Henry calls out for the nurses and doctors to help the woman, and then disappears into the night once the woman is on a gurney.
The doctors doubt they can save the woman but the child can be; little to they realizes is that they, too, are being watched, but by humans, by the Watchers' Council. The council also heard about the demon child that was to be born; they figure that they watch the hospital and steal the child afterwards. With the council is a younger Quentin Travers. This is his first head assignment, where he is in charge. This is not a matter to bother the slayer and her watcher; no he has to prove himself to the council. He has to do whatever necessary to rid the world of this evil.
The council and the vampires aren't the only ones watching this child; no there are other beings, higher beings. Beings that know the true purpose, the true destiny, of this blessed child. For they are ones that arranged for this child to be born; they are the ones that told both human and demon kind about this child. Both species misinterpreted the knowledge that was given to them, like they have for other prophecies. But one of these higher beings knows more than the others; for this being is the one that foresaw this child and only told facts that it deemed worthy. This being is disappointed by sins of man and demons, but not as disappointed as it is going to be.
Back to the woman, she is just barely alive, but she is fighting against the demon blood to change her child. She is having a hard time doing so. The doctors tell her to hold on just a bit longer and the child will be born. Just one more big push. The woman screams and nearly the last of her strength she pushes her baby out. The doctor declares that it is a girl and that she appears to be healthy. The mother asks to see her daughter; the doctors agree. "My beautiful baby. I shall name you: Lily Rose Love. Know this: you are special; you are going to do great things. I believe in your lifetime there will be peace between all creatures. You ... are . . . GOOD!" with that the mother goes limp and the child cries.
"Well, Lily I hope your father shows up because it would be a great shame that a beautiful and special child like you go to an orphanage." The doctor thinks, 'It is strange. You seem to understand what I am saying.' Yet the child also understands his thoughts as well, that is just one of her many powers that she has and will have.
The confuse council did not understand; the child was suppose to be a boy, not a girl. That did not make a difference to Travers; he knew what he had to do. He persuades the doctors that he is a distance relative; the doctors allow him to see Lily. The nurse hands the baby to Travers; once Lily is in his arms, he overhears the nurse and a doctor talking about a man that has been brought that has claw marks and is asking for his pregnant wife that is in labor. Travers immediately returns Lily to the nurse and asks if he can see this man. The doctor agrees to Travers seeing this man, David, but only for a short time.
Travers enters David's room alone. David is conscious; he is barely hurt, no bite marks, just a few scratches. Travers introduces himself as secret agent that works for the government that they specialties in the paranormal. Travers continues tell David that his wife was attacked by a wild animal and his wife died almost immediately. His daughter is dying very slowing, but will be dead within next few hours. He also explains that the doctors can not detect this and if he wants to spare his daughter any pain that all he has to do is sign a contract. A contract stating that he, David, releases his daughter over to Travers and Travers will perform an incantation that will release his daughter from her body and her pain.
"I don't know . . . I . . . just . . . don't know. I mean I don't even know my daughter's name and you are telling that sign her over to you and let you kill. I just don't know."
"Well Mr. Love, your daughter's name is Lily Rose; she is dying and in a great deal of pain. I just want to stop her suffering." Travers encourages.
"I can I see her before I decide."
"Yes, but I must warn you that she may break your heart. I will get a nurse."
Travers finds a nurse and tells her that Mr. Love wants to see his baby and wants him to deliver her to him. The nurse replies that will be okay, leads Travers into the nursery, and hands him Lily. On the way, Travers tells the baby that her father is deciding whether to give her because of her demon blood or not. He tells Lily that he told her father that she is a half demon with evil powers with evil blood and that she is a monster that will eventually kill him and his family. With that Lily begins to cry, as Travers hands her over to her father. David tries to calm her, but nothing works. He decides that Travers was right that she is in a great deal of pain and agrees to give her up on one condition that he watches as Travers casts the spell. Travers agrees.
Travers calls the home office, "Mr. Love, the father, has agreed to the incantation. (Pause.) But sirs, the high council had agreed that killing the child would be the best course of action. (Pause.) I understand sirs." Travers reflects 'so they want to curse her with the thoughts of the slayer, but I will put in the strictest half way house for half demons. Maybe they can beat the demon out of her.'
While David watches, Travers performs the incantation that the council approves of. David can't stand watching anymore and runs out of the hospital. Travers runs after him and returns to Lily telling her that a vampire killed him. Travers shows the doctors the release paper that David signed, and the doctors release Lily to Travers. Travers takes Lily to Domus Poena (roughly house of pain in Latin) Half Way Home for Half Demons. Under the title is this writing: Acceptus pravus (Welcome evil). The headmistress is one of the strictest teachers and although she is a great beauty, she is nearly seventy years old. The council always suspected witchcraft because she has a pulse, so the glance the other way. Her name is "Miss Swan." The home is in Sunnydale for now; the home magically moves from city to city across the world, so no one can attack it. To find the home, one must know the magically code.
