"She was to sire the boy and then come home but she never came home", replied Darla in full vamp face as the maid fainted
"You are not welcome here leave", cried Annie as she and William huddled together
"I suggest you listen to the lady and leave or you'll end up a little pile of dust like Drusilla and for the record it wasn't William it was me that turned her to dust", stated Buffy as she stood up and took a large piece of kindling from next to the fire
"Aren't you a sassy little lass, you don't know what you've gotten your self into", said Angelus as Darla advanced on Buffy
"No you don't know what you've gotten into", laughed Buffy as she fought Darla
"Slayer", whispered Darla as Buffy broke her nose
"Oh so you do have a brain in this time", stated Buffy as she staked Darla and she turned to dust
"You killed my women you'll die for this Slayer", yelled Angelus as he charged Buffy
"Strangely I fell alive which I haven't for a very long time", replied Buffy as she kicked Angelus away and Angelus ran out the open door
"He's gone what are we to do, will he come back", asked William as Buffy looked out the door and Angelus was out of sight
"He will come back I killed his childe and sire I can't stay with you, Drusilla was suppose to kill you I can't let Angelus kill you because I'm here", said Buffy as she was about to walk out the door
"Child wait you saved my son let us return the favor", stated Annie as she put a hand on Buffys shoulder
"Okay do you know of any magic shops or herb shops we have to de invite Angelus so he can't come in again and I need weapons stronger then a piece of kindling", asked Buffy
"Of course I know the shopkeeper he's an old friend but he doesn't open until eight in the morning", answered William
"The two of you take care of the maid, I'm going to the roof and keep watch", replied Buffy as she walked out the door and William and Annie watch her climb to the roof
"She is an intriguing young woman but she isn't telling us something", stated William as he closed the door
"Miss. Buffy is an extraordinary girl and I think you fancy her", said Annie causing William to blush
Morning
"Are things well Miss. Buffy", asked William as he let Buffy in the back door
"Angelus didn't come back and there were no signs of other vampires and they wont come during the day so things are as well as they can be", answered Buffy as she sat at the kitchen table with William
"There's something I need to ask because I'm not as stupid as I may seem but you weren't Shanghaied were you and what did you mean in this time that guy wasn't smart", stated William
"In a way I was shanghaied but not from America from the year 2030 I was born in America in 1981and moved to London in 2003. I'm what's known as the Vampire Slayer I fight the evil in the world and my love was killed in a battle. I got depressed and couldn't get out, I tried killing my self many times and I was put in the Watchers Council Psycho ward. An old friend of mine who is a witch finally saw fit to do a spell that sent me where I could be happy again", replied Buffy as Williams face only could express shock
"You poor dear how can being here make you happy", asked Annie as she stood in the doorway
"I don't entirely know and I don't know why I'm twenty two instead of forty nine but I do feel a spark that I thought had been doused a long time ago. I actually felt pleasure and took happiness out of fighting vampires and ridding the world of two great evils", said Buffy as Annie sat next to her
"The future most be so different the technologies that have been achieved", mused William
"Yes tell us was a iceless ice chest ever invented, milk curdles in only two days has that gotten better", asked Annie
"If you mean something to keep foods cold that would be a refrigerator and milk lasts over a week in it but it wont come into play until electricity is more wide spread even though the first light bulbs were sold this year and clothing is defiantly different at least corsets aren't required in this time. I wore one for Halloween once and it hurt like hell", stated Buffy
"You know a lot about our time how is that", asked William
"For a while I was close with a man who had lived in 1880", answered Buffy
"How is that possible even in he was just born in 1880 he'd be 101 years old when you were born", stated Annie
"I told you that Drusilla wanted to vamp William, well vampires are immortal and the poetic spirit kina eat through the evil and he became good again", replied Buffy
"You knew my son as a monster", whispered Annie
"Not a monster a good man that just couldn't go out in the daylight, went by the name of Spike, wore black 99 of the time and the evilest thing he did was use up all the hot water", smiled Buffy at the memory
"He was honorable and he is where you got the poetry you said last night", asked Annie
"Yes and he was a very good man", answered Buffy
"Well enough talking the coach will be waiting for us", intercepted William not wanting to hear any more
Four Hours Later
"I dare say we're boring William", laughed Annie as they walked out of the dress shop carrying brown paper packages
"Timeless the way men can't stand shopping", added Buffy
"No, no I have nothing other to do", replied William as they placed the packages in the waiting coach
"William please take Miss. Buffy to the herbal shop, I need to rest. I hope you wont mind walking home", stated Annie as the driver helped her into the coach
"Of course come this way Buffy", said William as he lead the way
"I want to thank you again for putting up with all of this I know it must be difficult to understand", babbled Buffy as they walked down the crowded street
"It's nothing you helped me and I can help you till you figure out where you want to go", replied William as he walked into a store and Buffy followed
"Welcome to the Herbal shop what can I interest you in today, oh William it's you it's good to see you old buddy", laughed the man as he turned around from his work
"It's good to see you Nicholas but my friend here Miss. Buffy Summers needs to purchase some items. Miss Buffy Summers, Mr. Nicholas Giles", stated William as Buffy stepped forward
"What would you like a specialty herb to spice up your cooking", asked Nicolas as he leaned against to counter
"No I don't cook but I need the herbs on the list", answered Buffy as she gave the guy a piece of paper
"Do you know what these items are child", asked Nicholas as he looked pointedly at Buffy
"I do and what happens when they're mixed together in those portions and a few Latin words are said. A stupid live in maid invited the wrong person into the Westton house and we can't have it come back in the middle of the night now can we", said Buffy as William just stood back and watched with interest
"Of course not, these items are in back it'll take me a few minutes to get them", replied Nicholas as he walked through a doorway
"Got an apple up his ass just like my Giles", smiled Buffy as she looked at William
"What do you mean", asked William
"All Slayers have watchers from the Watchers Council mine was a stuffy British guy by the name of Rupert Giles and he's nearly a dead on resemblance for that Nicholas", stated Buffy
"Can I get you anything else", asked Nicholas as he came back with a brown package
"Yah do you have any holy water, a medium sized cross, crossbow and a tip maker, a battle axe and a knife for witling stakes and spikes", replied Buffy as Nicholas jaw dropped
"I don't have any here but I can take your order and deliver them this evening", answered Nicholas as he recovered and took a pencil and paper out of his smock
"Two pints of Holy water in the little glass vials, one medium sized cross, a cross bow with the holders for two extra arrow, a metal tip former, a pound bar of steel, a two foot battle axe, and a six inch stake knife", said Buffy as Nicholas furiously wrote
"Thank you for your help today Nicholas", stated William as he took the package off the counter and place money in its place
"So where can I deliver this", asked Nicholas
"Miss. Buffy is a guest at my Mothers house", replied William
"Very well see you both then", said Nicholas as the two walked out
"So what do you Victorian people do with your time", asked Buffy as they walked through the streets
"Men talk and check on investments, woman cook and do needle work, basically that's it", answered William
"How wonderful my cooking taste like garbage and the closest I've come to a needle is in a doctors office, so I might as well sleep all day and slay vamps at night", stated Buffy
"So what when you're the Vampire Slayer you devote your time to just killing evil", asked William
"Mostly but I was different then most, you once told me that's what kept me tied to the world was my friends and family and that you'd be there when that was gone and I was weak so you could destroy me. The only thing is you were only partly right you dying is what destroyed me", replied Buffy as she wiped at her eyes trying not to cry
"If you'd like I know a quiet place where we can talk", said William
"Thanks I'd like that, it's just been so much this last day", whispered Buffy as William lead her the opposite way they had been going