Sunnydale + Foreign Exchange Student equals All Hell Breaking Loose
I do not own Buffy and crew. But I do own my OCs! XD I'm still not making any cash over this, and if you don't like the story, I don't care. By the way, I have no idea when this is set.
Chapter 1: Germans and Daemons
Dawn glanced up at the door, after having heard it open, and noticed a new kid walking into her Math class. She clutched her books tightly as she shyly looked around the room with vividly green eyes hidden under a fall of long bangs. Dawn scrutinized the new girl's appearance. Her clothes nearly covered her entire body; light, black turtleneck, black T-shirt over that, black arm warmers, 2 black belts around her waist, dark purple pants, and black boots. Her nails were painted black and her ears were pierced thrice with small, silver hoops. But that wasn't what caught everyone's attention. Most of her hair was in a braid that went nearly past her lower back, and it was as blue as the noonday sky. Dawn's teacher finally gestured towards the girl.
"Class, welcome miss Jaeger Nacht to Sunnydale High. She is a foreign exchange student from Germany." The teacher adjusted her glasses as she addressed her class. Dawn averted her gaze as the girl was led to the empty desk beside the Slayer's sister.
"Now then, the Coefficient of the radical is 12. Can anyone tell me what the radicand is?" The teacher pointed to the problem on the board. The new student slowly raised her hand.
"Yes, miss Nacht?"
"Drei-err-three?" She spoke with a mild German accent. Dawn perked up as the teacher commended her with the correct answer. So, the new kid understood radicals, huh? Dawn thought.
It turned out that Jaeger had 5 of Dawn's 8 classes; the 5 Dawn either hated or had trouble in. Jaeger seemed to like school a little, and did very well, though she seemed much happier that someone was willing to talk to her. A friendship soon blossomed between the two, despite their having no other friends, as Dawn had lost all of hers after skipping so much.
A few days later, Dawn and Jaeger were walking to the Summer's home after school, and Jaeger was bent on making Dawn understand the Math lesson. An amiable argument over the necessity of imaginary numbers erupted as they climbed the stairs of the porch. Dawn could hear harsh words being exchanged inside as she neared the door. A quick excuse about forgetting her front door key and a detour around to the back door proved to allow the two to avoid the heated debate Buffy was having with Xander and made it up the stairs to Dawn's room.
"Vat vas 'dat all about?" Jaeger asked. Dawn pointedly glared at the door.
"My sister arguing with Xander."
"Boyfriend trouble?"
"Oh, no! Friend. Friend only trouble." Dawn assured, still trying not to smirk at the mental image that gave her. Jaeger shrugged, pulling out her math book and glancing at the homework.
"Ach...more radicands." Jaeger scoffed.
Dawn snuck down the stairs, straining to hear if Xander and Buffy were still at it. She didn't hear anything and slowly skulked into the kitchen, nabbing two sodas and a bag of chips before starting up the stairs to be stopped by her sister.
"Doing homework?"
"Yeah." Dawn gave a half-hearted nod.
"We're going to the Magic Box tonight to research some demon spottings, want to come?"
"Uh, Buffy? You do remember that you agreed to let my friend come over, right? Asked you this morning? You said yes?" Dawn gestured as if to help Buffy remember. Her sister's eyes widened.
"Oh...crap. I forgot all about that! I'm sorry!"
"I'm sure you are. Look, Jaeger and I will be fine by ourselv-"
"Nein, Dawn, I don't mind going. I need some new incense anyvay." Jaeger smiled from the top of the stairwell, seemingly oblivious to the rest of that conversation.
"You sure?" Dawn asked, tossing one of the sodas. Jaeger deftly caught it.
"Ja." She said with a nod.
Buffy tried not to stare, but her sister's friend was a little strange. Once Jaeger disappeared into Dawn's room to fetch her backpack, Buffy turned to Dawn.
"That's your friend?"
"Yeah, there something wrong with that? She's nice. She's from Germany. She wears normal clothes sometimes. Still black, but she loses the turtleneck-in-mid-Californian-fall."
"She seems a bit...off."
"Buffy, I'm her only friend at school." Dawn pointed out quietly, dropping the conversation to grab her bag from Jaeger as she descended the stairs.
"Lead the vay to 'dis Magic Box." The black clad girl grinned as Dawn's mood shifted for the better and they bantered lightly over some event in history. Buffy followed, keeping a close eye on the strange, blue-haired girl.
Buffy opened the door of the shop to see everyone already there, except for Willow and Tara, waiting for her. She ushered her sister and her little German friend inside and went over to the table. Xander spoke up first.
"Hey, Dawnster? Who's that?"
"Oh! Everyone, this is Jaeger. She's a foreign exchange student from Germany." Dawn quickly got the introductions out of the way so she and Jaeger could sneak about.
"Excuse me for asking but, is your hair naturally that color?" Giles cleaned his glasses nervously.
"Nein, I dye it everyday." She answered with a small smile. She whispered something that made Dawn laugh before they began rifling through the shop. Anya looked a bit upset, but Giles informed her that if Dawn's friend wanted something, she could get it.
It was sometime later, after Jaeger had purchased a handful of incense and was in the middle of explaining the importance of the scents you choose to Dawn when the door burst open and Spike stepped in, covered in great big splotches of green gloop.
"'Ey, Slayer, I found one of those 'uber-wolf' demons you were looking for. 'E ran off though an-" He stopped short, spotting Dawn and the blue-haired girl. Dawn had a rather disgusted look on her face, which was very normal, but Spike was a bit thrown by the gothic child that was obviously not one of the scoobies.
"Slayer? Uber-volf?" Jaeger asked slowly, her German accent butchering the name. Buffy quickly covered.
"Oh! Yeah, band talk. My nickname used to be Slayer...and the set of drums I played we called the Uber-wolves." The phony excuse was quickly adopted, but nothing was going to stray past Jaeger.
"I lived in Germany, you know. I had a friend who vas obsessed vit daemons und monsters. She got killed by a vampire." The seemingly innocent Goth girl just seemed to grow stranger to everyone except Dawn. Dawn, of course, had already learned about that, having slipped up enough times to get the story out of her friend. That was one of the reasons that she hadn't stopped Spike, or worried too much about her coming to the Magic Box. Dawn quickly set things to truth.
"Jaeger, this is Spike. He's a vampire, but he's a good vamp. My sister and the Scoobies have been looking for these big, kinda-werewolf things that have been eating people."
"Ach! I read about one of those in a book once! Real big? Vit blue fur?"
"Yeah..." Xander offered. Jaeger glanced over the books on the table, and finally picked one up. She flipped through a few pages before turning the book around and pointing at the page for the rest to see.
"VereFenris." She stated calmly. Then, a bit shyly, "My friend alvays asked for help vit the books."
Spike seemed very impressed. "Trust our lit'l niblet to find the one kid who understands this stuff." He chuckled. Buffy visibly looked relieved that she didn't have to explain anything, as opposed to the incredulous looks from Anya, Giles and Xander. Dawn pulled Jaeger away and helped her gather her things.
The next morning, Dawn entered her Math class and poked the sleeping Jaeger she found.
"Hey, wakey wakey. If I can't sleep, you can't sleep." Dawn laughed. She was greeted with a smile, but something seemed to be troubling the German.
"I...I think your sister hates me. I think they all hate me." Jaeger's frown returned as she laid her head on her arm.
"No! Of course they don't! It was just a little awkward...you know? Plus, Spike liked you a lot."
Jaeger was silent for a moment before turning the corners of her lips again.
"Thank you, Kumpel."
"'Kumpel'?" Dawn asked.
"A dear friend. In German."
So? How is it? the OC okay? If you need translations or are just not familiar with German verbage, drop me an e-mail and I can help you out!