Authors Note: Why thank you all for your Reviews…. Here are the Following Character Pairings… Well the Major Ones Anyhow
Buffy/ Sirius
Buffy/Spike
Faith/ Remus
Isabella/ Harry
Dawn/ Ron
Willow/ Xander
Okay so tell me what you think of these Pairings when you review…. Hope you like this chapter
This Chapter is dedicated to Jenny… Jen I want to thank you so much for putting up with my constant annoyance of asking you to Please Read my story… Thanks so much Jen I love ya so much
Chapter 6 Thinking about another Life
Buffy curled up on Sirius's bed and watched how the Wizard slept beside her, it had been three days since their kiss in the alleyway and the two of them had just got closer and closer eventually Buffy had moved her stuff into his bedroom and began camping out there with him. Buffy smiled as Sirius moaned slightly in his sleep and turned over, his black locks falling over his face, Buffy resisted the urge to lean forward and scoop the locks out of his face in the fear of waking him up. Buffy felt a cold hand rest of her shoulder and she almost jumped of the bed in surprise
"Jesus Angel you scared the living daylights out of me" Buffy whispered turning around to face her old lover who looked extremely tired, Buffy's eyebrows knitted together as she looked at Angel who looked very torn and upset "What's the matter?" Buffy asked stepping of the bed and letting her silky pink robe crumple down to her ankles barely sitting on her shoulders. Buffy watched as Angel ran a hand through his Un- brushed hair struggling with how to tell her something
"Buffy I'm going back to L.A…. I can't stay here anymore knowing that she's there all alone" Angel managed to straggle out, Buffy's mouth opened in surprise and she cast a look back at Sirius still seeing him asleep
"Angel… Izzy's safe you have to know that… She wouldn't want you or me there looking out for her… She's a Slayer let her have her own life for God Sakes I mean the child was raised in hell after all" Buffy said taking Angel's arm and moving him away from the bed much to his protest
"She's my Daughter Buffy and I am certainly not going to let her be raised by Riley Finn" Angel said crossing his arms and looking down at the Slayer in front of him. Buffy sighed and raised her hands to the ceiling in frustration
"Our" Buffy corrected making Angel look up at her
"Excuse me?" Angel asked
"OUR Daughter Angel, Not yours, Not Mine Ours Izzy is my daughter to and my Slayer I wouldn't want anything to happen to her either… but You saw what happened to her after Spike died, she hasn't got the ability to be able to bounce back after something like that" Buffy explained quietly. Angel looked at Buffy his mouth open wide in shock at what Buffy had just said
"I can't believe you would say something like that… You were the one that missed Spike the most… even though it broke Izzy's heart to see her Best Friend die; you were the one that loved him after all and now here you are saying that our Daughter doesn't have the ability to ' bounce back'… God Buffy" Angel shook his head and ran another tentative hand through his hair. Buffy glared at Angel shooting him daggers
"You know I loved him Angel… but I won't have Izzy being involved in this world… I don't want to see her hurt..." Buffy trailed off slowly resting her head into Angel's shoulder as he stroked her hair. Behind them both Angel and Buffy didn't noticed that Sirius was sitting up in bed watching the exchange with great interest
"You have a daughter… With Him?" Sirius managed to choke out pointing slowly at Angel, Buffy whipped around and hurried over to Sirius, she sat down and took his hand in hers ignoring Angel who was smirking
"Yes…. Along time ago When Angel and I were still hung up over each other… Angel went kind bad and he and I slept together and I got pregnant… My baby progressed unnaturally and soon she was born a beautiful little girl…" Buffy's voice trailed of as she seemed to be in some sort of trance
" Isabella Amara Summers O' Connor… that's what we called her" Angel finished for Buffy flashing her a comforting smile letting her know he was there for her, Buffy smiled back and turned her attention back to Sirius
"After Izzy was born… everyone in the Supernatural World, Demons, Vampires, The Watchers Council wanted the girl that was born of a Slayer and the Great Angelus… Weasley took her and gave her away and made me return to Sunnydale… A couple of Days later I got word from Angel that there was a Slayer trying to kill him, I came back and came face to face with a 14 year old Isabella, She tried to kill both me and Angel because I had killed her surrogate father who had been a Vampire Hunter turned Vampire… She stuffed Angel in the trunk and threw him into the Ocean and she drugged me rendering me useless… Gunn, Angel and Faith managed to convince her who she was and she turned back into herself, she stayed with Angel in L.A while Faith and I returned to Sunnydale and she was called the following year… Izzy's currently living in L.A and she's sixteen years old well technically she's only about three or four… but yeah" Buffy turned to Angel and held out her hand, Angel quickly reached into his pocket and extracted a photo from his pocket and handed it to Buffy who handed it to Sirius. Buffy shifted so she was sitting next to Sirius, her head resting on his shoulder, Buffy watched carefully as Sirius smiled at the photo he held in his hands. Buffy looked over at the photo and saw her, Izzy, Spike, Angel, Gunn and Weasley all sitting in the Hyperion smiling brightly at the camera, Buffy looked more closely and saw that Spike had an arm around Buffy's waist and she was leaning back into his arms, Angel held his daughter tightly who was wrapped up in Spike's leather duster which was much to big for her
"She looks just like you Buffy… and You Angel" Sirius said his eyes focusing on the blonde girl who was held in Angel's embrace, Sirius let go of the picture and handed it back to Angel who tucked it into his pocket and patted it to make sure it was still there. Sirius put on his robes and turned back to Buffy and Angel
"I'll talk to Dumbledore about setting up a Portkey to Los Angeles so you can bring Isabella here" Sirius smiled and kissed Buffy's forehead before walking out of his room, leaving the parents behind.
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Buffy let go of the Portkey that Dumbledore had set up for them and landed hard on her feet outside the Hyperion Hotel, it was night time and Buffy looked around at Angel, Sirius and Harry, who had insisted on coming since Sirius was going, Buffy quietly followed Angel into the Hyperion putting her hand through Sirius's and taking comfort in his warmth. In the lobby the four people looked around, Angel frowned slightly at the sound of giggling coming from his old office and out ran Riley and Sam Finn; they both stopped the moment they saw Buffy and Angel. Riley tilted his head to the side and came forward opening his arms to Buffy who graciously accepted his hug, remembering the embrace of her old boyfriend. Harry stood back from the group his attention fixed on the man in a bad suit who had walked into the room, the whole group became quiet and Whistler tilted his hat at Buffy and Angel and Riley
"Well If it isn't my old pal Angel and the girl who wanted to wear my rib cage as a hat… ohhh and can't forget her Charming ' Ill let the Vamps eat me to feel' boyfriend… Man Being Immortals fun" Whistler chuckled slightly, Harry glanced at Buffy who looked extremely angry, before Riley and Angel could stick out their hands to stop her Buffy had launched herself at the bad suit man and was wrestling on the ground with him
"YOU BASTARD… YOU COULD HAVE SAID HE WOULD HAVE DIED…ARRRRGGGHHH" Buffy yelled managing to get in a few good punches before Riley picked her up by the waist and slung her over his shoulder taking her over to the couch and sitting her down there
"SIT…. What do you want Whistler?" Riley asked turning back to see both Sirius and Harry giving him a look. Whistler picked himself up of the ground and sighed slightly
"Little Slayer has her Own Prophecy… Like Mother Like Daughter hey? ...It's complicated but She has a great destiny, and it's sort of tied to his" Whistler said pointing to Harry, Harry's eyes were wide with surprise
"Who Me?"
"Yeah you kid… You're the Boy who lived and your destiny is great… but Izzy's going to be something extremely important to ya… Maybe she'll save you" Whistler suggested only hearing a loud grumble from the upstairs part
"I'M NOT SAVING ANYONE I ALREADY TOLD YOU THAT" Isabella shouted and threw herself over the balcony, Harry and Sirius both gasped, Everyone turned to see Isabella land gracefully on the ground, In two steps Izzy was holding Whistler high in the air
"I was raised in Hell for you people; don't think all of a sudden you can make me just go of and save people…. FORGET IT WHISTLER" Izzy yelled and threw him hard across the ground getting a satisfied grin from Buffy who was silently cheering her daughter on. Angel took his daughters hand and drew her silently away from Whistler and into a bone crushing hug; Izzy patted Angel awkwardly on the head
"Umm… Angel you're kind of breaking my ribs… Oww" Izzy said and pushed Angel slightly away trying to be nice about it, Angel reluctantly let go of Izzy feeling hurt that she didn't address him as dad. Sam stepped forward and gently tied a bit of Izzy's blonde hair behind her ears smiling down at her
"Honey maybe its best if you went to patrol… take Harry... Isn't it? And leave us handle Whistler" Sam mediated quietly getting a sigh from Izzy
"Sure mom whatever… Let's go" Izzy turned to Harry and grabbed him by the arm dragging him out, only to stop to get her stake and to get Harry a cross and another stake. Buffy leaped up from her chair and moved towards Sam
"Mom? MOM…WHY WOULD SHE BE CALLING YOU MOM…IM HER MOTHER" Buffy screamed trying hard to launch herself at Sam but having no luck because Sirius and Angel took hold of her arms preventing her from doing it. Angel put his arm around Buffy's shoulders stopping her from moving and began looking back and forth between Riley and Sam
"You know Spike would kill you if he were here right now? You're using Izzy to keep yourselves safe from The Ministry, from The Watchers Council and from your Government… It's not right and I won't have it…." Angel stated his words kind but extremely firm, Angel stuffed his hand into his pocket and picked out a book full of paper
"Buffy and I have decided that we are going to take Izzy back with us to England… This is all that Buffy, Dawn, Spike, Giles, Gunn, Faith, Willow, Xander, Weasley and I owned and left to Izzy… This includes the Hyperion and the Slayer Offices in Rome…. It's yours to look after and I mean ONLY LOOK AFTER until or when Izzy decides to come back and take it as her own" Angel handed Riley the book his arm still placed around Buffy's shoulder who looked incredibly pissed. Sirius found himself starring hard at the book that Angel had given Riley, It held everything Buffy, and the rest of the people Angel had mentioned, owned and had left to Isabella
Man this is starting to get weird, Sirius thought to himself grimly trying hard not to look at Angel who held Buffy tightly, Sirius watched as Angel turned Buffy around and began heading upstairs only to stop for a minute
"I'm guessing that you gave Isabella Spike's room and that you took Buffy's so I'll take My room and Buffy and Sirius can bunk in Cordy's old suit and Harry can have Gunn's old room" Angel said and continued moving up making a motion for Sirius to follow, Sirius glanced back at Riley who was looking jealously at him and quickly went to follow Angel.
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Isabella walked slightly ahead of Harry, staking the occasional vampire with ease, Harry found himself slightly surprised that a girl of her size could actually handle the vampires that had been attacking them, with a huge thump Harry landed flat on his stomach with a large green man on top of him
"Help!" Harry managed to choke out, Izzy spun around to see Lorne lying on top of Harry squeezing him as if hopping he would pop
"Lorne Get off Harry He's not a Vamp Trust me" Izzy said lazily and rested the back of Spike's duster against a near by headstone watching as Lorne got off Harry and started furiously brushing of his white suit, Izzy raised an eyebrow at his fashion sense but chose not to say a single thing, after all she was the one wearing her Dead Vampire Best Friend's Leather Duster.
"Just thought I'd come and help, Sugar Cakes, You always look lonely when you're out hunting" Lorne said using his beautifully fashioned Nickname for Izzy with great enjoyment
"Well I don't have Spike to make my Patrols any fun anymore so I guess I would be lonely… Buffy and Angel are back, their having the big 'who gets Izzy' fight back at the Hyperion and they wanted to get little old me out of the way so I got landed Baby Sitting, Mr. Boy Who Lived over there" Izzy said no emotion what so ever in her voice as she pointed her stake slightly towards Harry who was cleaning his glasses on the edge of his shirt. Lorne's gaze drifted over to Harry and his eyes lit up
"It's Harry Potter… Man Sugar Cakes you are in the right company… Do you reckon He'd sing for me?" Lorne said practically ecstatic, Izzy rolled her eyes and walked over to Harry and slung an awkward arm around his neck, it was awkward because Harry was quiet a bit taller then her, Harry looked at Izzy and then back at the Green Demon and slipped his hand silently around her waist putting on a fake smile
"Back of Lorne… He's with me" Isabella said possessively leaning her head into the crook of Harry's neck trying to ignore the fact that he was holding her waist. Lorne raised his hands in defeat and grinned wildly
"Well Sugar Cakes… You know where to find me If you want to know your future… I'm just a song away" Lorne said humming a small tune before disappearing into the shadows, Izzy let go fast of Harry's neck and moved away causing Harry to almost fall over, Izzy didn't want to have him to close to her she couldn't make room in her heart for someone other then Spike. Isabella wrapped Spike's duster closely around her and turned slowly away from Harry, silently breathing in Spike's scent
"We should probably head back now… You're probably really tired and plus There's no more Vampire's here" Without waiting for his answer Isabella headed back to the cemetery car park where Angel's old convertible sat waiting for both her and Harry.
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Harry, Sirius and Angel watched as Buffy paced back and forth Spike's bedroom waiting desperately for Izzy to come back from her trip to the Finn's room, Harry couldn't help but just stare at the room in amazement, it was all shut up tightly with black and red sheets on the bed and men's clothes in the closet along with some girls clothes too, there were tons of pictures lining the walls and spare space anywhere else. Harry got up from his place on the bed and picked up the nearest picture frame to him, it was a picture of Izzy and a blonde haired man who was wearing her leather jacket, Harry felt Buffy's presence behind him and he looked up the see that her beautiful eyes were glazed with tears as she looked down at the man in the photo
"Who is he?" Harry questioned silently eager to know the identity of the man that Isabella held so close to her heart
"His name was Spike…. Well you would probably know him as William the Bloody…" Buffy looked up from the picture to see Harry's repulsed face
"When I first met Spike he wanted to kill me, and when we parted company he helped me send Angel to hell… When he did returned to Sunnydale he was captured and he got a chip in his head preventing him from killing humans… He joined us in the fight and eventually we got together, this was after all of my stuff with Angel of course, Spike told me he loved me but I couldn't handle it so he ran of and got a soul, he came back to us and he faught by my side and when we destroyed the Hellmouth he went with it… But you couldn't get ride of him that easily Spike came back to L.A as a ghost, became corporal and fought with Angel and his crew… When my gang came to Fight with Angel, Spike and I got together again and…. And he died in the battle" Buffy slowly whipped away a tear from her eye as a loud cough came from the other side of the room, announcing Izzy's entrance
"You forgot to add the part about Spike being like my Best Friend and a Second Father to me" Izzy stated breezing through the room and hanging Spike's duster up in the closet exposing her red halter top to the room. Harry couldn't help but watched as Izzy walked over and picked up a book from out of her drawers and chucked it to Buffy, Buffy glanced up at her daughter and then down at the book, stunned completely
"It's for you… Spike asked me to give it to you if he didn't survive the fight" Izzy explained her voice more cold beyond reason. Izzy sat down on the bed next to Sirius who flashed a small smile which she didn't return
"So Mom said that you're planning on taking me to England, Why are you two so suddenly concerned about me?" Izzy asked bluntly making Harry raise his eyes wide in surprise
"We have always cared about you Iz... but you've never returned the favor… We want you to have to chance to live life with as much normalcy as possible…" Angel said from his place in the corner of the room, Izzy sighed and flicked her blonde hair out of her eyes
"Whatever" she said turning her eyes away from everyone else…