Cordelia's New Obsession 9?

Disclaimers are in part 1, for those who read them.

The school day couldn't end faster for Buffy; she was tired of getting sympathy looks from everyone. She honestly didn't know how people found out about her break up with Angel, and the death of her father. To make the day worse, the librarian seemed awfully concerned with Faith. She made a mental note to ask the other girl about that later.

"Hey Buffy." A familiar voice called out to her.

She turned around and was met with Cordelia, and she smiled a genuine smile. "Hey Cordy, what's up?"

Cordelia finally caught up to the blonde and stopped her. Buffy took the time to actually look at her, she was a little on the pail side, but a very attractive looking girl at that. She blushed a little at her thought.

"I wanted to know what you were doing after school today. I mean we do have a report to work on together." She gave her a mischievous smile.

Buffy had to come up with a viable excuse of why today wouldn't be a good day.

"Today wouldn't be a good day to start. I mean with the death of my father plus I have to do some studying and what not. I have a test in Government Friday, and I need to study. How about we get together Tuesday afternoon and start then." It wasn't a complete lie, but she couldn't really tell her the truth.

"I'm sorry about your father. I know what you are going through, if you ever need someone to talk to, I'm your girl." She said sincerely.

The blonde offered her a small smile. She didn't understand, how someone so nice could be related to Drusilla. A car horn cut the conversation short; both girls looked over and saw Lindsey. They gave a little wave.

"That would be Lindsey. Are you alright to get home?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. I have mine over there." She smiled.

Buffy tore off a piece of paper and wrote something on it. She handed it to the taller girl and smiled.

"Here's my number, give me a call sometime." She turned and walked away.

Cordelia smiled until she saw the blonde girl disappear. She got a telephone number, and she was looking forward to going over to her house tomorrow. Her stomach was growling she went to look for someone to eat.

The librarian was working late, so Cordelia decided to take her out. To her surprise she realized that she wasn't alone. The brunette girl she knew as Faith was in there, with vamp hearing she was able to listen to what they were saying.

"Faith, I know that this is a lot to take in, but you have to believe me. There are such things as vampires, demons, and etc."

She looked at the librarian like she grew a second head. "Mrs. Post, until I see one I don't believe it. I don't care about being a 'Chosen One'."

"Well, you should be, you were summoned to help a prophesized wicca. I don't know who she is, but she is in LA."

Faith still had a hard time believing this. She was just a girl, how did this get dumped on her shoulder.

"So what do I do now that I'm this Slayer or whatever?"

"You and I are going to train, everyday after school. You will of course do your homework first. One thing you need to remember is that you can't tell anyone. You'll risk putting everyone in danger. I still don't understand how you could have been missed."

Faith watched as Mrs. Post walked behind the checkout desk. Her mind was running three ways over. Life had gotten that much more complicated.

Cordelia couldn't believe what she heard, 'Faith is the slayer.' she thought. She had to find a way for her not to sense her. She ran out of the school and to her car, something had to be done.

Giles House

Buffy came walking in the house she noticed that the living room was empty. "Aunt Jenny, mom, grandma I'm home." She called out into the house. Lindsey had dropped her off at home and returned back to school, he had a late class.

Jenny came down stairs and greeted her niece, "Hey angel, your mom told me to tell you that she is working late at the gallery. She will see you tomorrow because the two of you have to talk."

Buffy put her books down on the table, and sat down. "So where is grandma? I thought she would be here by now." She looked around the dining room and saw different crystals, books, and some other things.

"She should be here right about now." As soon as she said it Amy appeared in the dining room. This amazed Buffy again, she wanted to do something like that.

"Hello my darlings. Let's get started, I Tivo'd Passions." She winked at her granddaughter.

"How long are these lessons a day? I have a report to do with one of my classmates and its due Monday."

Both wicca's looked thoughtful, "For about an hour every day. Some days you will be brushing up on history, some days you will learn spells. Today you will be learning a little bit of both." Amy answered the young girl.

Buffy looked in between the two women. "Okay then let's get with the learning." She smiled.

"Witchcraft, Wicca's, Paganisms, and the lot have been around for a long time. Wicca is a modern religion based on ancient witchcraft. We love anything that deals with the earth. We are a very peaceful and harmonious group of people; we do not do things to harm others. Not in the literal sense, but we do have a law called 'The Law of Three'. It means that whatever we do against earth or nature will come back to us threefold either good or bad." Amy explained to the young girl.

"So what you're saying is, I can't do stuff as an act of revenge?" Her mind went immediately to Angel.

"No, we harm none. Unless it's to rid the world of evil, which you my dear are required to do." Jenny smiled.

"Do we sacrifice animals, or worship Satan?" She asked timidly.

"No my child we do not. That would defeat the law of Harm None. Now you can do that if you want to practice the dark arts, but that is not what you are here for." Amy warned her.

Jenny handed her a book, "This book gives you a detailed history of Witchcraft and Wicca. I want you to study it before you go to bed at night. There will be a quiz at the end of the week to see if you actually read it." Jenny smiled.

Buffy grumbled a little at this. It's enough the teacher's pile on homework, but this is ridiculous.

"I would like for you to keep a journal of sorts. It's like your personal Book of Shadows."

"The Book of what?" She asked in confusion.

Jenny looked at her patiently, "A Book of Shadows, you write your thoughts, poetry, spells, herbs, etc. It is for your eyes only, you can follow this, as you grow you will learn more."

"This is very important in your growth and knowledge of things. Since you are 'The One' you will also be having visions."

"This just keeps getting better and better" Buffy mumbled incoherently.

"There are four elements that we call from: earth, air, fire, and water."

The lesson went on for over two hours. She never realized that there was a lot to learn, plus it disappointed her that she couldn't extract revenge.

"I think it's time to call it quits, Buffy has to study for school." Amy looked at the girl.

"We will pick this up tomorrow. If you pass the crystals test, we will teach you how to effectively cast a spell. Now I want you to point at something and concentrate you can move it." Jenny told the blonde.

Buffy looked at a candlestick sitting on the table and concentrated. She wasn't disappointed when it started moving on its on accord. She gasped in amazement at how she was moving it. Just then Lindsey and Giles came walking through the door and stopped. They were awe struck by what they saw, especially Lindsey. The candlestick fell five minutes later.

"What happened?" She asked a little afraid.

"Your power isn't as strong yet; you can only do so much in so little time. Until you actually begin casting and practicing it will get better." Amy suggested.

"That was truly amazing. How do you feel?" Lindsey asked his cousin. "Hi grandma, hi mom."

"Hi honey." They said in unison. "I feel drained." Buffy said tiredly."

"Buffy that was great for your first try. I know you are tired, we will work some more this week-end." Giles chimed in.

She gave him a smile and headed upstairs to lie down. It had been a long day for her.

"I have some news; a new slayer has been called." Giles sat down in the table chair.

"A slayer you say? Do you know who it is?" Amy asked excitedly. She knew of two slayers in her time.

"Yes, I do. I got a call from Gwendolyn Post this afternoon and I found out that it was Faith. The slayer before her Kendra was killed by a Gilbre demon."

Lindsey leaned up against the wall in shock. He knew about slayers from reading the books. Even though he wasn't a 'Wicca' it was still important for him to do studies and the occasional spell. Faith is like a sister to him as is Buffy, now she was summoned to fight off evil and die.

Finding his voice he finally spoke up, "So Faith is the new slayer? Does that mean she'll fight beside Buffy?"

"Yes, she will fight beside Buffy. Only when the time is right, the time isn't right at this moment, but it will be in the future. When? We don't exactly know, but ridding the earth of evil will be done."

Lindsey looked pensive; two of his favorite girls were destined for things that shouldn't exist. He felt sorry for the two girls who had to carry so much.

Cordelia's

Cordelia walked through the door and called for her childer. She needed to talk to them and she hated to be kept waiting.

"Today vampires! This is uber important." She stomped her foot. All six of them were in her presence. "Where is Drusilla?" She asked testily.

Everyone looked around, "I'm here, don't get all snippy." Drusilla came walking down the steps.

"It was brought to my attention that a new slayer has been called. The slayer's name is Faith. She is a very dear friend of my Buffy's. This Faith needs to be taken care of As soon as possible. She will deter my goal, and I can't have that." She said eyes blazing gold.

"Yes, mistress." The vampires said in unison. Spike just rolled his eyes at the situation, Cordelia saw this and pulled a stake out of nowhere and threw it straight to his heart. He turned to dust.

"Anyone else wanna challenge me?"

The vampires moved back a giant step. "Do everything in your power to make the slayer die. Dismissed." She commanded.

The vampires left without another word. She turned and faced Dru.

"I wasn't expecting a slayer to be summoned here. I didn't know that it would turn out to be my Buffy's friend."

"The seer said that she plays an important role in the final battle against good and evil. I say we don't kill her, let's corrupt her and bring her to the dark side." Drusilla suggested.

Cordelia looked thoughtful for a minute, "No, we must get rid of her. She is one of the people grounding Buffy to this plane. It would defeat the purpose of bringing Buffy over. I want her to rule by my side as the dark princess. "Let's go get someone to eat, I'm hungry."

Drusilla followed behind her sire. She was kind of leery of the whole thing, because of Lindsey. Vampires aren't supposed to love, but she was in love with Lindsey, and she really didn't want to do anything to hurt him. Buffy was his weak link, and he was Buffy's.

Faith's House

Faith walked into the house tired and drained from her day. It was just the first day, and she had tons of homework to do.

"Mom, I'm home." She called out into the house.

Her mom came out of the kitchen wiping her hands on her apron.

"Hello sweetheart, how was your day?" Mrs. Williams asked the girl.

"Trying, it was the first day of school and teachers are already giving us pop quizzes, and reports." 'Finding out that you're some kind of warrior.' She wanted to add.

She smiled at her daughter, "That's school for you. Before I forget, Buffy called for you. I'm concerned about the poor girl. I heard about her father, how is she holding up?"

"Well, she was good at putting up a front. I could see through it though, we just have to be there for her.' Faith got up and went upstairs to return her friends call. She wished she could share this with her.

"Dinner will be ready in about an hour." Her mother called after her.

Elsewhere

Drusilla and Cordelia had just killed a group of unsuspecting teens and were now content. They were just walking around until they ended up in front of the Giles house. Cordelia could sense that Buffy was in there. This sent her blood racing through her veins.

"Dru, what exactly are we doing here?" The vampiress asked.

"I wanted to see my Lindsey. He started college today, and I want to see him." They walked up to the door.

"Makes sense, but I have to be invited in though. If his mother is all witchy, she will know what I am."

"No she won't. I've been over here many of times, and she never found out." She rang the doorbell.

They could here Lindsey's vice behind the door.

"Hey Dru, and Cordelia. Come on in." He held the door open.

Cordelia smiled and entered, "Thank you."

"What brings you two by?" He questioned.

"I just wanted to see you, and Cordelia had to talk to Buffy about their project." Just then they were joined by Jenny and Giles.

"Drusilla how good to see you again dear." Giles greeted the girl. He really didn't understand why Jenny didn't like the girl.

"It's good to see you too. Hello Mrs. Giles, I would like to introduce my cousin Cordelia. She goes to school with Buffy." Drusilla introduced the two.

"It's nice to meet you both." She greeted out. Being in the Giles house made her skin crawl. She hoped that this would be a short visit.

"Are you new here? I mean I don't remember seeing you around before." Jenny asked.

"I just moved here a couple of months ago. I live with Drusilla."

Jenny looked at the girl suspiciously. She didn't exactly have a readable aura, but something about her made her stand on edge. "Buffy is upstairs studying, you can go on up." She gestured up the stairs. Cordelia smiled and ran up the stairs.

She knocked on the door and heard Buffy's 'Come in'. She turned the knob and entered. Buffy was doing her chemistry homework.

"Hey, Buffy."

"Oh, hey Cordelia. What brings you here?" She sat up on the bed.

The vampire took on her decor. It was a little too boyish for her, but then again it was Lindsey's room.

"Drusilla is here visiting her boyfriend. I wanted to come and see you." She smiled.

"That's cool. How did you enjoy your first day?" It was trivial, but had to start somewhere.

"It wasn't boring. I realized that there are a lot of shallow people at that school."

"Yeah, but Harmony, and her cronies aren't there. They think they are so it, but they are so wrong." She smiled.

Cordelia knew who she was talking about; she killed them the other day. Buffy didn't need to know that.

"If you are not busy this week-end, why don't you and I hang out together? I mean your friends are nice and everything, but I get the feeling that they don't like me too much." She was always such a good actress.

"Sure, we can. I mean I don't think we have plans." Buffy smiled.

Cordelia looked intently at the blonde and she did the same. 'You know who your heart belongs to. You are destined to be mine, don't let anyone tell you differently.'

Buffy came out of her trance like state. "That was weirdness personified." She stated lackadaisically.

"Whatever do you mean? We just had a quiet moment. Anyways, why are you in Lindsey's room?"

Buffy looked around the room, "Oh this. Well, I am here temporarily until they get the other bedroom cleaned out. It's a guest room, but they want to make it more mine." She said flatly.

This confused the vampire a little, "I thought you lived with your mom."

"Well, since mom found out about the whole Wicca thing, she thought it was best for me to stay here. I can get all my training and practicing on."

"So when is your dad's funeral?" She asked in mock concern.

"Tomorrow, I won't be in school. It's a small ceremony, but I know Willow, and Faith will be there. He was like a surrogate father to them." She said sadly.

She hated to see her girl in pain. All she wanted to do was take it away.